March 21, 2003
MEL-COME RALLY - KARMAZIN'S SHARES UP $8.4M ON NEWS OF CONTRACT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWall Street applauded Viacom for signing a new pact to keep Mel Karmazin on board as its president for three more years. The deal - which sent Viacom shares jumping...
U.S. MAG SAYS HI TO ARAB READERS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amYour tax dollars are at work on a new magazine for the Arab world. After we finish bombing Iraq, Colin Powell's State Department has a plan to help win the...
DINAR WORTH MORE THAN THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED ON
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe nearly worthless currency of Saddam Hussein's shaky regime is selling here at flea markets at thousands of times its face value. "There's a great curiosity interest in the dinar,"...
AN UN-HEALTHY STAFF - PECKER CANS MAG'S EDIT TEAM TO FACE OFF WITH REAL SIMPLE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amAMERICAN Media CEO David Pecker dropped another bombshell on his newly acquired Weider Publications, laying off the entire editorial staff of Natural Health, including editor-in-chief Rachel Stripe. He also laid...
C&W GRABS BROKER FROM INSIGNIA
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA broker has been poached from Insignia/ESG, which is getting ready to merge operations with CB Richard Ellis. One of Insignia/ESG's downtown specialists, Andrew Peretz, signed on with rival Cushman...
STARR REPORT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMaxim(um) exposure for Saddam 'experts' Add this one to the "strange but true" department. The editors of Maxim magazine are crowing over the sudden interest shown in their magazine by...
KING OF THE JUNGLE - 'SURVIVOR' DEFECTORS HAND 'IDOL' BIG WIN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amIN an unprecedented head-to- head battle this week, "American Idol" and "Survivor: Amazon" - the kings of reality TV - battled for bragging rights in TV's hot new genre -...
A DIM 'VIEW'
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amVIEW FROM THE TOP [] Stick a fork in Gwyneth. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated PG-13 (mild profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Chelsea, others. ------ FOUR years...
SWEETLY PLOWING THROUGH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTHE GIRL FROM PARIS [] In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (brief sex, animal cruelty). At the Paris theater, 58th Street and Fifth Avenue. ------...
SINKING FEELING
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOAT TRIP [ 1/2] Needs a life raft. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, language and some drug material). At AMC Empire, Loews 34th St, Loews Kips...
SMALL PIG'S TALE OFFERS YOUNG ONES SAFE SPACE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPIGLET'S BIG MOVIE [ 1/2] Think pink. Running time: 75 minutes. Rated G. At E-Walk, the Lincoln Square, the Village East, others. ------ HE'S really little. But Piglet, the gosh-...
AMATEUR NIGHT GUISE & 'DOLLS'
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amDOWN AND OUT WITH THE DOLLS [] Musical mayhem. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated R (strong sexuality, language and some drug/alcohol use). At Cinema Village, East 12th Street between University...
CHINESE FIRE THRILL
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFULLTIME KILLER [] Hong Kong's greatest hits.In Cantonese, with English subtitles. Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (violence). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ----- 'FULLTIME...
GOOD CAST CAN'T WAKE UP 'AFTERNOON' OF A YAWN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amGAUDI AFTERNOON [] Desperately seeking substance. Running time: 92 minutes. Not rated (sexual suggestiveness, profanity). At the Quad, 13th Street, east of Sixth Avenue. ------ 'GAUDI Afternoon," a mildly entertaining...
BAND OF BROTHERS ALIVE AND CLICKING
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTHE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND The Allman Brothers continue at the Beacon Theater, Broadway at 74th Street, through March 30. Tickets are $65 from Ticketmaster, (212) 307-7171. ----- WHEN you wait...
'SUPE' HELMER QUITS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amDIRECTOR Brett Ratner is the latest casualty of the beleaguered "Superman" movie. Ratner cited the tortured casting process for the projected trilogy - Brendan Fraser, Jude Law and Josh Hartnett...
LINKIN'S MONUMENT - SINGER WANTS THE MUSIC TO BE THE MESSAGE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amCHESTER Bennington - half of the vocal team of rap 'n' roll band Linkin Park - likes to talk about how hard life is, even if his own has gotten...
NOT A PLEASURE DOME IN SIGHT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amZANNA, DON'T At the John Houseman Theatre, 450 W. 42nd St. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. ---- FANTASY needs charm, romance, wit - but almost all are missing from "Zanna, Don't!"...
PRIMETIME SHUFFLE STARTS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTHE war in Iraq continues to throw network programming into disarray. NBC shifted its entire slate of original "Must-See TV" shows last night to this coming Tuesday, and ABC has...
PLAGUES ON THE HOUSES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFIRST a strike, now a war. What's next? Locusts? Broadway's certainly had its share of troubles this winter. But - and this may be the industry doing its best to...
FIRST BLOOD
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amNBC's coverage of the first day of war in Iraq topped the ratings. From 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. during President Bush's speech and the first raids, NBC scored a...
KING OF THE CHILL - 'DREAMCATCHER' DELIVERS A CAMPY THRILL RIDE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amDREAMCATCHER [] Infectious fun. Running time: 131 minutes. Rated R (gory violence, vulgar humor, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Cinema 1, the Union Square, others. ------ 'DREAMCATCHER" is one of...
SHORT IS A 'MATRIX' FAN'S DREAM
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFOR many fans, the best reason to catch "Dreamcatcher" may be "Final Flight of the Osiris," the ultra-cool 11-minute short showing with the film. "Final Flight" is one of nine...
U.S. ONSLAUGHT SOCKING ENEMY: SADDAM'S MEN HELPLESS AS ALLIES SEIZE KEY CITIES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. and British forces launched their massive ground attack against Saddam Hussein's regime yesterday by seizing port cities in southern Iraq and launching a drive from Kuwait toward Baghdad. Among...
BAGHDAD BOMB BLITZ: SADDAM 'HIT' - WOUNDED IN RAID: REPORT; SADDAM WOUNDED, OR WORSE, IN MISSILE STRIKE: REPORT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTop U.S. officials think Saddam Hussein was at least injured in the fierce allied missile barrage on his Baghdad compound that began the war, it was reported today. "The preponderance...
GIS STORMING TO BAGHDAD - * 2,000 ASSAULT VEHICLES IN LAND RAID * MARINES MEET FIERCE RESISTANCE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amAmerican troops blitzed toward Baghdad today in a lightning strike led by an armored convoy of more than 2,000 tanks, assault vehicles, Humvees and trucks. "We're in southern Iraq across...
U.S. GIVES BUTCHER OF BAGHDAD A BIG KICK IN HIS ASSET$
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday used special war powers to confiscate $1.7 billion of Iraqi assets - and aides said they're gunning for billions more including Saddam Hussein's chunk of...
WTC BIGS AGREE ON A HIRE POWER
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe two key Ground Zero agencies - often at odds over how to rebuild - said yesterday they will work together in hiring winning World Trade Center architect Daniel Libeskind...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amAn elderly couple committed suicide in a Florida motel room, leaving a note that apologized for the mess and a check for $200 to cover the cost of cleaning or...
WORLDS APART ON WAR - PROTESTERS AND ALLIES SPEAK OUT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe world took sides yesterday as national and religious leaders expressed outrage, regret or support for the Iraq war - while massive anti-American protests were held in Rome, Cairo, Athens,...
EVIL SADDAM GOT FIRST TASTE OF BLOOD AT 14
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein has portrayed himself as a legendary endary warrior in the mold of the ancient Arab heroes, destined to lead his 22 million people country to new glory, but...
'REAL DEAL' SENDS WARRIOR MORALE SKY-HIGH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSeven miles inside Iraq, with the 54th Engineers Battalion USING the Kuwait-Iraq border as the line of scrimmage, Spc. Corey Montgomery punted a football deep into Iraqi territory - despite...
TOXIC FIREHOUSE FOUND SAFE, REOPENED
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn firehouse where firefighters have suffered strange growths on their hands and some of their wives have had miscarriages has been reopened after two more tests declared it safe,...
DASCHLE AND DEMS DITCH DIVISION AND RALLY 'ROUND DUBYA
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A few days after blaming President Bush for war with Iraq - and getting blasted for it - Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle yesterday said it's time to...
CHOPPER CRASH KILLS 4 YANKS, 12 BRITS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSixteen allied soldiers were killed aboard a U.S. helicopter this morning when it plunged along the Kuwait-Iraq border, U.S. defense officials said. They are the first casualties sustained by coalition...
$CAM SNITCH 'BETTOR' OFF
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe rogue software engineer who masterminded a scheme to cash bogus winning tickets at horse-racing tracks and fix a bet at last year's Breeders' Cup got a reduced sentence yesterday...
KLEIN WARNS AWOL PRINCIPALS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein's office yesterday ordered principals to stay in their schools because of the war against Iraq. "For the rest of this week, in light of world events,...
TWO KILLED IN L.I. INFERNO
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA woman and a boy died in a fast-moving fire that destroyed their Massapequa, L.I., home, officials said yesterday. Patricia McCorgray, 55, and Damian Forquet, 12, were found dead huddled...
GLOOMY 'FARE'CAST - TRANSIT BIG: WE MAY HAVE TO HIKE AGAIN BY 2005
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amStraphangers, still reeling from an impending fare hike that's the biggest in city history, could face another hit in less than two years. A high-ranking MTA official left the door...
DEADLY NEW ASIA ILLNESS COULD BE IN APPLE NOW
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTwo New York City residents who recently visited Asia may be suffering from a mysterious respiratory illness that has killed at least 14 people around the world, health officials announced...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Cops are asking for the public's help in capturing a thug who allegedly shot his friend in The Bronx and committed seven armed bank robberies in three...
THRILL KILLING NO. 5 - SHOPKEEPER SLAIN, PAL SHOT IN B'KLYN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe shopkeeper-killing psycho who already has murdered four workers has struck again, police believe - slaying the manager of a Brooklyn convenience store execution-style and leaving a clerk fighting for...
MENAGE-A-GUILTY - JURY NAILS 'THIRD MAN' ABOARD L.I. SEXPRESS TRAIN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island man who took part in a hot threesome on an LIRR train was found guilty yesterday in 20 minutes flat - less time than the ride itself....
ONE NATION, ON GUARD AND UNDER GOD
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFEARING that a lightning bolt from the heavens will strike, I will not identify myself as a religious person. However, I'm always amazed at the way people turn to God...
PROBATION FOR KID DRUG MULE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA 13-year-old drug mule, who said he was forced by Nigerian drug lords to smuggle heroin into JFK Airport last year, was sentenced to two years' probation yesterday. Prince Nnaedozie...
ENEMY SPIN IN HIGH GEAR
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein threw his evil Iraqi propaganda machine into overdrive yesterday as he pointed the finger of blame on the United States troops for the first civilian fatality in the...
SCHOOL-STAB TEEN SUES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teen has sued the city and its Department of Education for $8 million, saying they failed to keep him safe at a Canarsie high school where another student...
REVOLUTIONARY WAR! - THE REAL LEAP OF THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWE have entered a genuine revolution in warfare when the casual American TV viewer or newspaper reader has a vastly better picture of the theater of conflict than the enemy's...
APPLE GOES ON HIGHEST ALERT EVER
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWith the onset of war against Iraq, the NYPD has launched "the most comprehensive terrorism-prevention operation the city has ever conducted," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. "We have every...
SADDAM MISSILES SPARK CHEM FEAR FOR GIS IN DESERT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Iraq struck back at the United States yesterday by firing as many as a dozen missiles at troops inside Kuwait. The retaliatory blitz sent soldiers scrambling into their...
SICK REASON TO 'STARVE' A BABY
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA vegan Queens woman on trial for allegedly starving her baby girl nearly to death did so because she wanted her to be "more normal" than the "too-large" infants she...
HANS BLIX YESTERDAY SAID IRAQ VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED NATIONS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amHINGTON - Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix yesterday said Iraq violated its agreement with the United Nations if the missiles it fired at American troops were Scuds. "I'm very...
TOOTHY TOOTSIE GUILTY IN SHOPAHOLIC SCAM
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan jury yesterday convicted a credit-card scammer who was arrested in her dentist's chair after trying to use fake plastic to pay for root-canal surgery. Adiam Testamichael-Berhane, 28, ran...
NEW JAYSON TWIST - LAWYER: HE HELD SLAY GUN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFLEMINGTON, N.J. - Disgraced former NBA star Jayson Williams was holding the gun when his limo driver was shot dead at the ballplayer's New Jersey mansion, his lawyer conceded for...
NYPD-SARGE UNION OKS PACT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD's 4,700 sergeants accepted a tentative contract yesterday identical to the one imposed by an arbitrator on the larger Patrolmen's Benevolent Association last year. The 30-month contract gives the...
UFT IN WAR ON PRINCIPAL
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe head of the teachers union is declaring war today against a Brooklyn principal for allegedly downplaying safety concerns, mistreating teachers and mismanaging the school. In a unprecedented move, United...
MIKE'S PIE IN THE $KY - FISCAL PANEL WARY OF BUDGET
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's current plan for closing a $3.4 billion budget gap next year will be "difficult, if not impossible to achieve," a top fiscal monitor warned yesterday. Just hours later,...
3 MINUTES TO DECIDE - HOW BUSH GAVE 'GO' ORDER TO BLAST SADDAM
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said, "Let's go" as he ordered a surprise first strike against Saddam Hussein at 7:12 p.m. Wednesday - just three minutes before the deadline to decide,...
POLICE AND SOLDIERS FROM NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT AND NEW JERSEY WILL BE RIDING THE COMMUTER RAILS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPolice and soldiers from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will be riding the commuter rails as part of a rare joint tristate security operation, the three state governors announced...
COPS FIND DEADLY RICIN IN PARIS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFrench terror police, on high alert because of the war on Iraq, found traces of the deadly toxin ricin in a Paris railroad station, officials said yesterday. Police found two...
1,000 NABBED IN ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amAnti-war protesters held large rallies in cities and towns around the country, including New York, where demonstrators in Times Square snarled evening rush-hour traffic. There were numerous arrests, the largest...
INSIDER IS SMOKING 'GUN' WITNESS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amA gun-industry whistle-blower has joined forces with the NAACP in a nasty court battle to nail gunmakers for allegedly feeding street violence through irresponsible marketing practices. Robert Ricker, a former...
HORSE-RACE SCAM BOSS 'BETTOR' OFF FOR SNITCHING
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe rogue software engineer who masterminded a scheme to cash bogus winning tickets at horse-racing tracks and fix a bet at last year's Breeders' Cup got a reduced sentence yesterday...
JAYSON HELD SLAY GUN, LAWYER ADMITS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFLEMINGTON, N.J. - Disgraced former NBA star Jayson Williams was holding the gun when his limo driver was shot dead at the ballplayer's New Jersey mansion, his lawyer conceded for...
COPS AND SOLDIERS ARE IN 'TRAIN'ING
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPolice and soldiers from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will be riding the commuter rails as part of a rare joint tri-state security operation, the three state governors announced...
VOICING THEIR DISGUST OVER THE HOURS-OLD WAR AGAINST IRAQ, PROTESTERS GATHERED IN UNION SQUARE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amVoicing their disgust over the hours-old war against Iraq, protesters gathered in Union Square - and in cities around the nation yesterday - to denounce President Bush's military action as...
STEADY AT THE HELM - CALM BUSH STEERS WAR WITH BIZ-AS-USUAL STYLE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush woke up to war yesterday with a 6 a.m. phone call for an "overnight update" on combat. Later, in his first public appearance since announcing the...
HUSSEIN VID-CAM SCAM MAY DISGUISE HIS DEATH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The White House said that even if it was Saddam Hussein on Iraqi TV yesterday, it doesn't prove he's alive because the video could have been taped days...
U.S. ONSLAUGHT SOCKING ENEMY - FIRST BULLETS FLY AS FOES FAIL TO STOP GI ADVANCES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. and British forces launched a massive ground attack against Saddam Hussein's regime early yesterday, rolling across the moonlit desert border from Kuwait into Iraq. Iraq tried to fight the...
SOLDIERS SWEEP INTO ENEMY TURF - BULLETS FLY AS GIS CROSS BORDER FOR GROUND WAR
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. and British forces crossed the moonlit desert border from Kuwait into Iraq yesterday, launching a massive ground war against Saddam Hussein. In the first firefight between American and Iraqi...
ENEMY TORCHING OIL WELLS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein may be reprising a spiteful strategy from his last tangle with Uncle Sam - torching oil wells, officials said yesterday. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said three or four...
U.S. SCORCHING HIGH AND LOW - FORCES POUND FOE BY AIR AND LAND
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe United States attacked Iraq from the air and on the ground last night, raining missiles down on Baghdad as troops invaded from the south. Red and white anti-aircraft tracers...
COPTER CRASH KILLS 4 YANKS, 12 BRITS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSixteen allied soldiers were killed aboard a U.S. helicopter this morning when it plunged along the Kuwait-Iraq border, U.S. defense officials said. They are the first casualties sustained by the...
GROUND WAR GETS ROLLING * BOMBS RAIN AS U.S. TROOPS INVADE * ALLIES SUFFER THEIR FIRST CASUALTIES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe United States blitzed Iraq from the air and on the ground last night, raining missiles down on Baghdad as troops invaded from the south. Red and white anti-aircraft tracers...
DARING RAIDERS LEAD THE WAY
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. Special Forces teams played a critical role in the surprise attack on a compound in southeast Baghdad where Saddam Hussein was believed to be meeting with his...
BADGERS ADVANCE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Wisconsin 81 - Weber St. 74 MIDWEST: Tulsa 84 - Dayton 71 SPOKANE - So much for one of the hottest teams in the nation heading into the NCAA...
IRISH PULL OFF GREAT ESCAPE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amNotre Dame 70 - Wisconsin-M. 69 INDIANAPOLIS - Notre Dame coach Mike Brey knew exactly what to expect out of last night's NCAA Tournament first round game. After all, the...
SATHER CATCHES 'CHEATER' SNOW
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amIf a player is caught playing with an illegal stick, his team is penalized and plays shorthanded. Yet if a goaltender is caught with illegal equipment, he receives a warning...
GARDEN PARTY COULD BECOME A P.J. AFFAIR
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES P.J. Brown saw Wednesday night how badly the Knicks need someone like him after his Hornets crushed them on the boards 13-3 in the first quarter. The 6-foot-11...
WINTER FLOUNDER OFF TO COLD START
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amDESPITE the glorious weather we had last weekend, the winter flounder remained in the mud, reluctant to move after such a long cold winter. A number of party boats along...
MADNESS MARCHES ON - ESPN PUTS SCANDALS ON THE BACK BURNER
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amLAST week, ESPN sobered up. Its anchors and college basketball analysts, insiders, outsiders and courtsiders gnashed their teeth and wrung their wrists while reporting the latest round of unearthed toxins:...
SPREE-DEMPTION IS KEY
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWhen Jeff Van Gundy ruled the Knick roost, he always said Latrell Sprewell was "all about winning." And despite his ragged shooting this season, Sprewell has handed the keys to...
YANKS PUT HITCHCOCK ON DISPLAY
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amCLEARWATER - The Yankees extended invitations to all major league teams to come see Sterling Hitchcock pitch in a minor league game yesterday at the Paul Owens Training Complex. Every...
CONTRERAS EXPECTED TO START '03 IN BULLPEN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amYANK NOTES CLEARWATER - Despite Jose Contreras' awesome outing Wednesday night against the Indians, the Cuban refugee will likely open the season in the Yankee bullpen. With Roger Clemens, Andy...
TIGERS CLIMB OUT OF TRAP
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Missouri 72 - S. Illinois 71 INDIANAPOLIS - Missouri turned the ball over 23 times yesterday to go along with only seven assists . . . and yet the...
JETS ADD CONWAY TO WIDEOUT CORPS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amCurtis Conway was introduced yesterday by the Jets as their new starting receiver, NOT the next Laveranues Coles. "We didn't bring Curtis in here to replace Laveranues Coles," Herman Edwards...
THE TIME HAS COME FOR IRISH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - There was a time, not long ago, when some of the nation's best high school basketball players would consider playing at Notre Dame about as much as they'd...
IUPUI VET'S ATTENTION IS DIVIDED NOW
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST REGION NASHVILLE - Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis guard Matt Crenshaw will play in the biggest game of his career today, but one can hardly blame him if his thoughts turn more toward...
REY, ROBERTO CLEAR THE AIR
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Rey Ordonez didn't call anyone stupid yesterday, but the former Met shortstop accused former double-play partner Roberto Alomar of "talking [bleep]." Ordonez, who was traded to...
PUZZLE AT THE POINT - KIDD SHOT TOTALS ARE MYSTIFYING
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amFROM where I word process, I'm categorically undecided whether Jason Kidd shoots too much (26 launches in last Sunday's home loss to Philly) or not enough (10 in Wednesday's loss...
JUMPIN' JASPERS HUNGER FOR UPSET
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amEAST REGION BOSTON - The scene has been played out in dormitory rooms on campuses all across America, and, yes, even in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. "I was...
HUSKIES SURVIVE - MIGHTY OKAFOR SAVES DAY AS UCONN HOLDS OFF BYU
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSOUTH: UConn 58 - BYU 53 SPOKANE - A 14-point edge had been shaved to two before Taliek Brown made two free throws, but UConn's 52-48 lead was anything but...
CTK EYES TWIN TITLES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amGLENS FALLS - Brian Williams has friends on Christ the King's girls' basketball team, but he rarely goes to games. "You know it's not going to be a good game,"...
SUNDAY STARTS DELAYED
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe NCAA moved Sunday's tournament games in Tampa and Nashville back two hours. The first games of the doubleheaders in those sites will begin shortly after 4:30 p.m. The second...
WAR BOUNCES DAY GAMES TO ESPN
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amIn the hectic CBS control room on West 57th Street yesterday, nearly 100 televisions of various sizes flashed NCAA Tournament action, except for one. On the big corner TV, CBS'...
CROSS AT A LOSS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Marquette 72 - Holy Cross 68 INDIANAPOLIS - Holy Cross keeps playing the same game every March in the NCAA Tournament first round. Some of them even end in...
NETS NEED TO REVERSE FLOPS IN 4TH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBack at the All-Star break, the world was an optimistic 34-15 place for the Nets. Fourth quarters were just another 12 minutes. Routinely, the Nets outscored, outshot and outplayed opponents...
PENN CAN DRAIN ON OKLAHOMA ST. PARADE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - The sharpshooting Penn Quakers went from spot to spot on the FleetCenter court where one by one they proceeded to knock down jumpers. Every 35 seconds the horn...
SEAHAWKS TOAST OF S. DAKOTA
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - Even though there isn't a single Division I college basketball program in South Dakota, March Madness runs rampant in the basketball hotbed of Mitchell. Honest. As of today,...
METS FEEL HAWKISH
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - David Weathers has a message for Martin Sheen and other dovish entertainers and protesters: Get behind President Bush, or get bent. "It's a shame to see...
PIAZZA MAY YET PLAY IN OPENER
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Don't count Mike Piazza out of Opening Day just yet. A high-level industry source told The Post yesterday that Major League Baseball could capitulate...
THE BOOING BACKFIRES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amIsles 6 - Canadiens 3 MONTREAL - The Canadien fans here disgraced themselves last night when they forcefully booed the Star Spangled Banner in an ugly protest of the war...
WAGNER EYES DREAM - STATEN ISLAND'S FINEST BRACE FOR BIG, BAD PITT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - The time for dreaming is over. Wagner College must look the Pittsburgh beast square in the eye today and not blink. If the Seahawks flinch, the Panthers will...
TERRAPINS LOOKING TO REPEAT
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amSOUTH REGION NASHVILLE - Maryland comes in as the defending champion. Can the Terrapins hold on to that hard-earned crown? History and the prognosticators say no, but the players say...
CONE COMEBACK FOR REAL
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - David Cone is finally allowing himself to dream about life in a Mets uniform, and so are his bosses. Cone jump-started his comeback bid last night...
WISCONSIN COOLS OFF WEBER STATE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Wisconsin 81 - Weber St. 74 SPOKANE - So much for one of the hottest teams in the nation heading into the NCAA Tournament. Weber State, king of the...
CROSS AT A LOSS - SNAKEBIT CRUSADERS FOILED AGAIN, FALL TO MARQUETTE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Marquette 72 - Holy Cross 68 INDIANAPOLIS - Holy Cross keeps playing the same game every March in the NCAA Tournament first round. Some of them even end in...
KENTUCKY LOOKING TO RUN TABLE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Kentucky sits squarely in the winner's bracket of office pools throughout the country. The Wildcats aren't just the top seed in the Midwest Region, but shoulder the burden...
PENN CAN DRAIN ON OSU'S PARADE
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - The sharpshooting Penn Quakers went from spot to spot on the FleetCenter court where one by one they proceeded to knock down jumpers. Every 35 seconds the horn...
STATEN ISLAND'S FINEST CHEERED (IN S. DAKOTA)
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - Even though there isn't a single Division I college basketball program in South Dakota, March Madness runs rampant in the basketball hotbed of Mitchell. Honest. As of today,...
REVOLUTIONARY WAGNER - SEAHAWKS PLOT PITT'S OVERTHROW IN BOSTON
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - The time for dreaming is over. Wagner College must look the Pittsburgh beast square in the eye today and not blink. If the Seahawks flinch, the Panthers will...
KNICKS UNEASY WITH WAR
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amWhen President Bush told the world Wednesday night that the war to disarm Saddam Hussein was under way, the Knicks and Hornets paused their game at New Orleans Arena. The...
EX-HAB ASHAM LIKES LIFE ON ISLES
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amMONTREAL - Arron Asham was a huge fan of the famous hot dogs served in the press box here at Canadiens games. He said he used to shovel down about...
HUB-BA, HUB-BA! - BOSTON COULD BE CENTER OF FIRST-ROUND UPSETS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amBoston's FleetCenter may not have a fancy moniker like "The World's Most Famous Arena. But for New York-area residents seeking some local flavor in the NCAA Tournament, it figures be...
IRKING-CLASS HERO - ESPN'S ELLIOTT A STRAIGHT SHOOTER - EVEN IF IT MIFFS SOME NBA-ERS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amESPN's Sean Elliott is the anti-Charles Barkley. Elliott doesn't want publicity over controversies. So Elliott, the former Spurs forward, refused to name the prominent NBA coach who confronted him earlier...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DIGGER PHELPS
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN college-basketball studio analyst Digger Phelps, who took Notre Dame to the Final Four in 1978. Q: Who's going to win the...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: MARCH MADNESS VS. NFL POSTSEASON (WHAT'S A BETTER WATCH?)
March 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe two best TV events in American sports are the NFL playoffs and March Madness. The win-or-die atmosphere of the playoffs and Super Bowl makes them a fan's nirvana. Plus,...