April 1, 2003
STRINGER GETS A PROMOTION
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amHoward Stringer's star keeps rising. Stringer, the chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corp. of America, was named vice chairman of Sony yesterday. He will keep his duties as...
FEDS CHARGE BANKER WITH PAYING BRIBE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan merchant banker poured more than $20 million into Swiss bank accounts to bribe senior Kazakhstan officials brokering a $1 billion oil deal for Mobil Oil, the feds charge....
EMI SINGS A DUET - PAIRS UP WITH BLACKSTONE TO COURT WARNER TUNES
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amBlackstone Group is teaming up with EMI Group PLC, the struggling British music company, to make a run at Warner Music's recorded-music operations, The Post has learned. Blackstone, the New...
WORLDCOM RESTATES $2B MORE IN PHANTOM EARNINGS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIf WorldCom's $9 billion in inflated profits wasn't bad enough, the bankrupt phone giant now says it found another $2 billion of phantom profits. The damage from its cooked books...
USAIR EXITS CH. 11 AS AMR AVOIDS IT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTwo troubled airlines - American and US Airways - managed to take flight patterns out of bankruptcy court yesterday. The aviation industry sighed in temporary relief, but feared that the...
DOWNTOWN WAKE-UP CALL BUILDS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTOP real estate dealmakers roared assent yesterday with the pleas of three top Wall Street CEOs to kick-start redevelopment downtown. As The Post reported, Ken Chenault, Stan O'Neal and Tom...
SONY GIVES STRINGER A NEW TITLE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amHoward Stringer's star keeps rising. Stringer, the chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corp. of America, was named vice chairman of Sony yesterday. He will keep his duties as...
ROUGH SKIES FOR SKITTISH AIRWAYS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTwo troubled airlines - American and US Airways - managed to take flight patterns out of bankruptcy court yesterday. The aviation industry sighed in temporary relief, but feared that the...
FIRMS MAY 'EXPENSE' SPITZER $$
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe nation's biggest investment banks, fined $1.4 billion by regulators for issuing research in exchange for investment banking business, are now trying to minimize their costs by deducting as much...
BANKER CHARGED WITH $20M BRIBE IN MOBIL DEAL
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan merchant banker poured more than $20 million into Swiss bank accounts to bribe senior Kazakhstan officials brokering a $1 billion oil deal for Mobil Oil, the feds charge....
WHY JOBS DATA WON'T BE BELIEVED
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTHE real whining will start Friday. That's when Washington announces the first employment report since the war began in Iraq. And unless the Bush administration is prepared to clearly explain...
DOW BATTERED BY WAR; OFF 153
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amWith bombs falling on Baghdad, U.S. markets tanked early in the day on fears the war will be prolonged and that corporate earnings will be slow to recover. Though the...
ROUGH 'LIFE'
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amLIFE (X) 3 [] Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway, (212) 239-6200. ----- THE balances of chance are amazing, making "if only" one of the most pregnant phrases in any...
MAN WHO WOULD RE-DO 'KING'
April 1, 2003 | 5:00am"LORD of the Rings" director Peter Jackson is still thinking big - he'll follow up his epic trilogy with another cinematic monster: "King Kong." Jackson will begin work on his...
GREAT WHITE 'ELEPHANT'
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTHE WHITE STRIPES "Elephant" V2 Records Not being a White Stripes fan, I've abused the duo for its bare-bones garage attack that seemed amateurish. I criticized the two for their...
UPDATE: NO PUFF PEACE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amAttention smokers: You're history. If it makes you feel any better, this new ban on smoking in bars is simply part of a worldwide trend. Heck, Uganda plans wide-scale bans...
DON'T BE 'LATE' FOR POE & CO.'S POETIC SONGS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amI love everything about David Poe: his soulful voice, witty stage delivery and overall charming demeanor. But best of all are his rich pop songs, laced with jazzy percussion, electronic...
SADDAM SHOULD SEE THIS ...IT MIGHT KILL HIM!
April 1, 2003 | 5:00am"Lost At Home" Tonight at 9:30 on Ch. 7 Absolutely no stars IF the Bush administration really wants to find bombs, they should get out of Iraq and tune into...
MADONNA VIDEO COULD EXPLODE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amVH1 is dropping a bomb Friday night - premiering Madonna's controversial new video, "American Life," in which she supposedly throws a grenade at President Bush. The special, "Madonna Speaks," airing...
BROWN NOSED OUT; ZAHN STEALS SHOW IN WAR GAME
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amCNN is increasing Paula Zahn's prime-time presence - while cutting back on Aaron Brown's face time. Zahn, who normally anchors "American Morning" (7-9 a.m.), has also been anchoring CNN's war...
AMERICAN BAD GUYS: NOW COREY'S ONE TOO
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amAN "American Idol 2" contestant is in trouble - again. This time it's Corey Clark, who faces trial April 15 on charges he assaulted his kid sister and resisted arrest,...
STARR REPORT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amRyan's hope spurs 'Creek' plotline One of the final plotlines of "Dawson's Creek," which is ending its six-year run, will focus on "Grams" Ryan (Mary Beth Peil), whose diagnosis of...
DAVE SHINGLE-HANDEDLY MAKES COMIC COMEBACK
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amDAVID LETTERMAN joked about shingles and paid tribute to a dear friend last night as he returned to his CBS "Late Show" for the first time in five weeks. He...
HOOSIER DADDY? INDIANAPOLIS MAKES VISITORS TAKE NOTICE, SAYS DAVID LANDSEL
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amLAYOVERSOME cities are sexy. The Circle City is handsome. Neat and tidy, its blood thick with German heritage (radio deejays with names like Fritz count down the hits) and passion...
'RUDY' MOVIE RUNS RECORD NYC RATINGS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amHE'S no longer mayor, but Rudy Giuliani still rules the roost here in New York. USA's original movie, "Rudy: The Rudy Guiliani Story," starring James Woods as the ex-mayor, snared...
DOWN ON THE FARM: MAJOR FAN JON HART HITS THE ROAD TO CHECK OUT THE NORTHEAST'S COOLEST MINOR-LEAGUE BALLPARKS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amLOOKING for your field of dreams this baseball season? Head straight to the minors, where tickets are cheap, the players willingly sign autographs and there's usually a free-bie promotion on,...
ON BANNED-WAGON - CITYWIDE ADS PITCH CIG-KICK PRODUCTS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amNicorette hopes the city's tough smoking ban will give smokers something to chew on. GlaxoSmithKline, marketers of three stop-smoking products - Nicorette gum, the NicoDerm CQ patch and the new...
RATE HIKE COULD BE H2OH!
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amHere we go again. Homeowners who swallowed an 18.5 percent property-tax hike in January had better brace for a 6.5 percent increase in water and sewer bills. That was the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amLeave it to beavers to outfox the New Jersey community of Knowlton Township. Beaver dams have caused flooding on town property and blocked hydrant pipes for years, but officials say...
URBAN WARRIORS - NO BLOODBATH: OUR BOYS ARE TRAINED FOR THIS FIGHT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amSADDAM had a plan. He intended to lure allied forces into the streets of his cities, where ambushes would turn the war into a bloodbath. Unfortunately for Saddam, our troops...
DADDY'S DANDIES: SONS HARDLY DRESSED TO KILL IN 'LATEST' TAPE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIs this really the way Saddam Hussein's sons - one of whom is the head of the supposedly crack Republican Guards - dress during wartime? Iraq wants us to believe...
DEVELOPER: I CHEATED MTA OUT OF MILLIONS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA wealthy developer who allegedly swindled the MTA out of $10 million in a massive no-show job scheme copped a plea to fraud and money-laundering charges yesterday. Frederick Contini, who...
ISRAEL FEARS SADDAM HID BIO ARMS IN SYRIA
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli military intelligence suspects Saddam Hussein has hidden chemical and biological weapons in neighboring Syria, a top officer said yesterday. Brig. Gen. Yossi Kupperwasser told the Knesset's Foreign...
FOX NEWSMEN INJURED IN IRAQ MORTAR ATTACK
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amFox News Channel reporter Greg Kelly was injured during a fierce battle in southern Iraq yesterday when he and his cameraman were caught in an Iraqi mortar attack. Kelly, a...
APPLE BIDS TO CONFINE THE 'ILL'
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe Health Department is seeking the power to quarantine for up to 60 days anyone it suspects may be a victim of smallpox or other deadly disease that could be...
MOM: KID 'THRIVED' ON VEGAN DIET
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA vegan mom yesterday claimed her baby was "thriving" on an odd diet, which doctors blame for a slew of medical problems afflicting the grossly underweight girl, including malnutrition and...
L.I. 'SCAMMER' PAL FACES COURT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amOne of three youths authorities say was involved in a bogus credit-card cyberscam - the alleged driver for the gang - was arraigned yesterday on a misdemeanor charge in a...
CONSTRUCTION BOSS FEARED UNION RAT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA construction company owner - on trial for manslaughter in a fatal Upper East Side collapse - feared union officials would put one of those big inflatable rats outside of...
COLUMBIA PROF TRIES ODD VIET DEFENSE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA Columbia University professor who wants to see U.S. troops suffer "a million Mogadishus" in Iraq defended his stand yesterday - and dug his hole a little deeper. In his...
PAIN IN THE BRASS GERALDO MAY GET BOOT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA top U.S. military commander wants Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera out of Iraq for violating the security of a military mission - but he's still in the country. During...
THE 'FROGS' OF WAR - TROOPS FIND MISSILE STASH IN TRAILER
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTWO deadly Iraqi missiles were discovered yesterday planted smack in the middle of an isolated farming community south of Al Hillah - hidden by soldiers carrying out Saddam's sinister agenda....
WOMAN GUILTY OF KILLING BEAU
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman was convicted yesterday of brutally slaying her boyfriend during a fit of jealous rage, after a jury rejected her "battered woman's syndrome" defense. Valerie Seeley, 46, was...
BOMBS RAVAGE FOE'S DEFENSES - HARDEST HITS YET SHRED ELITE UNITS & SHAKE CAPITAL
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S warplanes pounded Republican Guard and other targets around Baghdad with some of the heaviest bombing of the war last night, as Saddam Hussein's defenses appeared to be...
FINDING PEACE, NOT PEACENIKS, AT SHEA
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTHERE was a moment. Before the Mets took the field at Shea to break our battle-weary hearts, 50,000 Americans - those who'd traveled here from Queens or from Brooklyn, from...
BIG VICTORY FOR YES-PERATE FANS - SPITZER BROKERS YANK-CABLE DEAL ON OPENING DAY
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIt went into extra innings, but YES and Cablevision late yesterday reached a truce that allowed the cable company's 3 million subscribers to watch last night's Yankee season opener. After...
N.Y. BUDGET LATE FOR 19TH STRAIGHT YEAR
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders yesterday failed again to reach agreement on a new state budget, ensuring that New York will have a late budget for the 19th...
FIND OUT THOSE 'WHO FAILED US' - 9/11-PROBE HEARINGS BEGIN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA federal commission began its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks yesterday by listening to survivors, rescue workers, politicians and relatives of the dead urging members to "point fingers"...
COP CAR IN BOMB MYSTERY
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amAn anonymous phone tip yesterday led Brooklyn police to a cache of homemade pipe bombs and two guns in a car belonging to a cop - the same officer who...
FATAL JAIL BEATING COSTS NASSAU $8M
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amNassau County has agreed to pay $7.75 million to the widow and family of Thomas Pizzuto - the former heroin addict who was beaten to death by correction officers four...
NBC PULLS THE PLUG ON ARNETT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amControversial war reporter Peter Arnett has been axed by NBC and National Geographic Explorer. He was about to leave Baghdad in shame when he was quickly hired by the rabidly...
NAACP 'GUN'-HO VS. ARMS BIZ
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe NAACP has promised to deliver "shocking" proof that more than 80 gun-makers turn a blind eye to street violence, as a civil trial got under way yesterday. "We will...
'PSYCHO' SLAY SUSPECT ON SUICIDE WATCH
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe deranged monster who cops say blew away four innocent shopkeepers in a vicious racial killing spree in Brooklyn and Queens was ordered caged without bail yesterday - and immediately...
APPLE'S BUDGET-BUSTERS OUT OF BLOOMBERG'S CONTROL
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amDespite Mayor Bloomberg slashing city agencies across the board, budget-busters beyond his control - from soaring pension costs to sky-high Medicaid bills - will raise the city's spending by $1.6...
PATAKI NIXES MEETING WITH MTA BIG WHO CLAIMS CORRUPTION
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amGov. Pataki has refused to meet with the MTA's top security official, who has accused agency bosses of turning a blind eye to corruption, sources said yesterday. Louis Anemone wanted...
B'KLYN FIRE HEROES PREVENT DROWNING
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amBrooklyn's Bravest pulled an unconscious man from the waters of Bay Ridge Channel last night. Engine 241 sped to the pier at 58th Street and First Avenue at 7:45 p.m.,...
LEVY TO TEACH TEACHERS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amFormer Schools Chancellor Harold Levy has landed a job as a top executive at the for-profit education firm Kaplan Inc., where he will oversee the creation of a new college...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A man was killed and another wounded early yesterday when gunfire erupted on an East New York street, police said. Cops were called to the corner of Norwood...
FUROR OVER SLAIN INNOCENTS - TERROR-WARY GIS GUN DOWN SEVEN WOMEN AND KIDS IN VAN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amArmy brass yesterday insisted U.S. soldiers had no choice but to spray an Iraqi van with bullets after its driver ignored repeated orders to stop, killing seven women and children...
FOE BUCKLES IN BAGHDAD - * ELITE GUARD 'WEAKENING' * GIS BLAZE INTO KEY CITIES
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. warplanes inflicted some of the heaviest bombing of the war on Republican Guard and other targets in and around Baghdad last night, further battering Saddam Hussein's already weakened forces....
CONSTRUCTION BOSS FEARED UNION RAT AT DEATH SITE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA construction company owner - on trial for manslaughter in a fatal Upper East Side collapse - feared union officials would put one of those big inflatable rats outside of...
POL WANTS WATCHDOG TO PROBE MTA'S 'UNDERGROUND' GRAFT
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amAn independent oversight panel should be created to look into allegations of corruption at the MTA, state officials and transit advocates said yesterday. "There definitely is a need to police...
NAACP 'GUN'-HO ON BLAMING ARMS BIZ
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe NAACP has promised to deliver "shocking" proof that more than 80 gun makers turn a blind eye to street violence as a controversial civil trial got underway yesterday. "We...
PIPEBOMB CACHE IN COP'S CAR
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amAn anonymous phone tip led Brooklyn police to a cache of homemade pipe bombs and two guns in a cop's car yesterday -- the same cop who was the target...
PSYCHO SUICIDE FEAR: HATE-SLAY SUSPECT ON 24-HR. JAIL WATCH
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe deranged monster who cops say blew away four innocent shopkeepers in a vicious racial killing spree in Brooklyn and Queens was ordered caged without bail yesterday - and immediately...
LEVY TO TEACH TEACHERS FOR KAPLAN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amFormer Schools Chancellor Harold Levy has landed a job as a top executive at the for-profit education firm Kaplan Inc., where he will oversee the creation of a new college...
FIND OUT THOSE 'WHO FAILED US': 9/11-PROBE HEARINGS BEGIN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA federal commission began its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks yesterday by listening to survivors, rescue workers, politicians and relatives of the dead urge them to "point fingers"...
CUSTOMS MOVE 'TOO COSTLY'
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amA senior federal official hit back yesterday at Sen. Charles Schumer's calls for the Customs Service to return to lower Manhattan, saying such a move would cost taxpayers at least...
PETER'S OUT AFTER NBC PULLS PLUG
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amControversial war reporter Peter Arnett has been axed by NBC and National Geographic Explorer and is leaving Baghdad in shame. The firing, an embarrassment for NBC, came just about 12...
COLIN GOES ABROAD TO DEFROST TURKEY
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell heads tomorrow to Turkey to repair relations damaged by the Turks' refusal to let U.S. forces use one of their bases. The move...
GIS KILL 7 CIVILIANS IN CHARGING VAN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. soldiers yesterday riddled an Iraqi van with bullets at an Army checkpoint after its driver ignored repeated orders to stop - killing seven women and children inside, military brass...
CHECK OUT DADDY'S DANDIES: SADDAM SPAWN HARDLY DRESSED TO KILL IN 'NEW' TAPE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIs this really the way Saddam Hussein's sons - one of whom is the head of the supposedly crack Republican Guards - dress during wartime? Iraq wants us to believe...
FUROR OVER SLAIN INNOCENTS: TERROR-WARY GIS GUN DOWN SEVEN WOMEN AND KIDS IN VAN
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amArmy brass yesterday insisted U.S. soldiers had no choice but to spray an Iraqi van with bullets after its driver ignored repeated orders to stop, killing seven women and children...
FOE BUCKLES IN BAGHDAD: ELITE GUARD 'WEAKENING'; GIS BLAZE INTO KEY CITIES
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. warplanes inflicted some of the heaviest bombing of the war on Republican Guard and other targets in and around Baghdad last night, further battering Saddam Hussein's already weakened forces....
ALMONTE TABBED AS SHORTSTOP STOPGAP
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Joe Torre told Enrique Wilson last night that Erick Almonte is being elevated from Columbus to take Derek Jeter's place and will get a chance to...
DEVILS' 'O' ON FIRE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amWho said the Devils can't score? While Martin Brodeur was winning his 40th game of the year Sunday against the Islanders, moving him that much closer to winning the Hart...
SKIDDING ISLES KNOW IT'S NOW OR NEVER
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThey want to hurt each other, the Islanders and Rangers do. And tonight they fight for their playoff lives in a head-to-head, four-point battle for the final playoff spot in...
BARBER RESTRUCTURES
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amWhen the Giants need money, they know where to turn. For the second consecutive year, they asked running back Tiki Barber to restructure his contract and once again, Barber has...
HOWLAND TO TAKE UCLA JOB
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe economy might be sluggish, but the job market for college basketball coaches is never hotter than the week before and after the Final Four. The first major move has...
IT'S JUST LIKE OLD TIMES ; NOTHING NEW HERE: METS LACK HEAT OF A CHAMP
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amCubs 15Mets 2PERHAPS the bad news is that the Mets' games are on Cablevision. It's not fair, of course, to pass judgment off one game - even if yesterday was...
NCAA LAGS BEHIND NIT, KNIGHT SAYS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe NCAA selection committee decided that Bobby Knight's Texas Tech squad wasn't good enough for the Big Dance. And to hear Knight talk about it, you'd think that's fine with...
DON THREATENS BENCHINGS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amOn the day after the Knicks' Canadian collapse, coach Don Chaney still was seething. While the normally upbeat Chaney wanted to work the Knicks to the bone during yesterday's practice,...
COMEDY OF ERRORS CONTINUES AT SHEA ; BE AFRAID, METS FANS, BE VERY AFRAID
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTHERE they were, stacked neatly in the closet of every Mets fan like cordwood, a pile of anxieties that taunted every day of the endless winter. You could try to...
BASHED BACSIK TAKES THE BLAME
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amMike Bacsik nearly pitched for the cycle yesterday. In two innings of work, that's not good. With a chance to further show why he should be the fifth starter and...
THOMAS ADDS BITE OF APPLE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amJames Thomas, a rarity as a player in that his thirst is quenched by rebounds, not points, was recruited heavily by Syracuse. It sure appeared to be a natural fit....
CAMBY EYES N.Y. ENCORE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Earlier this season, Latrell Sprewell got himself in trouble with his buddy Marcus Camby when he said the ex-Knick center didn't like it in Denver. Yesterday, Sprewell said...
AMAZIN'S PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF, GET CRUSHED BY CUBS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amCubs 15 Mets 2 This is what $122 million bought? It looked good on paper this winter. Tom Glavine would be the Mets' dominant staff ace, Cliff Floyd would solidify...
BOEHEIM RETURNS TO CRIME SCENE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - In the Orange euphoria outside the Syracuse locker room Sunday afternoon, a cell phone was thrust at Jim Boeheim. Boeheim held the phone to his ear and his...
ART TRIES TO LAUGH OFF MISERABLE SHOW
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIn the seventh inning at Shea yesterday, a small section of fans chanted, "Bring back Bobby! Bring back Bobby!" Bobby, of course, is the fired Bobby Valentine. Fans chanting for...
CEDENO, CLIFF 'STARS' OF DEBACLE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amThe play was so ugly, you half-expected someone to mercifully halt the game and shout, "Roger Cedeno Center Field Experiment, take two!" There was plenty of brutality in yesterday's 15-2...
DAZZLING START HAS CUBS GIDDY
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amCorey Patterson was Ruthian, Kerry Wood was Clemens-esque and Mark Grudzielanek was Rickey Henderson Redux. Welcome to your 2003 Cubs. "This is the best [Opening Day] I've ever been involved...
STILL IN 'MIX' FOR REYNOLDS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES A Mets official said yesterday the club would be "right in the mix" of signing free-agent righty Shane Reynolds, who cleared waivers yesterday afternoon. A representative for the...
MURPH SITS OUT OPENER
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amBob Murphy, the 78-year-old Hall of Fame radio play-by-player, missed his first Met Opening Day yesterday when he stayed in Florida due to the chilly New York weather. Murphy had...
PIAZZA EXPECTS DECISION ON APPEAL TODAY
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amMike Piazza met with Major League Baseball officials late yesterday afternoon after the Mets' disastrous 15-2 loss to the Cubs. He expects to hear about the appeal of his five-game...
KIDD PLAYS MIND GAMES WITH FUTURE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amIS it just coincidence all of those who've had a profound effect on the Nets franchise always depart after just two or three years? Rick Barry. Julius Erving. Larry Brown....
RANGERS WEARING DESPERATION WELL
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amOUT on the limb sagging from the weight of the $80 million fat cats, bad calls, bad bounces and bad hands are the saw that can send the Rangers to...
YANKS LOSE DEREK ON OPENING FRIGHT; BOMBERS WIN OPENER BUT PAY HEAVY PRICE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYankees 8Blue Jays 4 TORONTO - This is the 101st season of Yankee baseball and you have to dig deep to find a more depressing victory in the storied history...
JEFFERSON'S A WOW, NOT YAO, IN NET ROMP
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amNets 110Rockets 86 OK, so the state of New Jersey is a little different than Yao Ming expected. But that went right along with the team he saw last night....
BRACING TO FACE LIFE WITHOUT DJ
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - George Steinbrenner called for focus, commitment and 110 percent - whatever that is - from Derek Jeter in the offseason. And how silly do those requests seem now?...
'POINT' OF NO RETURN? RANGERS ON BRINKAFTER KEY OT LOSS
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amOVERTIMEThrashers 4Rangers 3 The Rangers have survived their peculiar high-wire act into Game 80, which is longer than they've lasted in any of the previous five seasons. But if they...
JAYS' HUCKABY CATCHES GRIEF
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - Derek Jeter and Joe Torre hedged. But in Enrique Wilson's mind Blue Jay catcher Ken Huckaby was guilty of a dirty play when he dislocated Derek Jeter's left...
YANKS LOSE DEREK ON OPENING FRIGHT: BOMBERS WIN OPENER BUY PAY HEAVY PRICE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYankees 8 Blue Jays 4 TORONTO - This is the 101st season of Yankee baseball and you have to dig deep to find a more depressing victory than last night's...
JAYS' CAP AD ROUNDLY BOOED
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - George Steinbrenner wasn't commenting on the Blue Jays' advertisement in local papers that encouraged SkyDome fans to boo Hideki Matsui last night and showed bird droppings...
GODZILLA READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - From the day he signed with the Yankees, Hideki Matsui downplayed his arrival in the major leagues. He said he would work hard, try to fit into the...
BOMBERS SEEKING OFFENSIVE BALANCE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - Models work out in attempts to improve their already beautiful appearances. Millionaires keep investing to make more millions. And the Yankees are determined to be model millionaires on...
SPRING INTO ACTION : YANKEE SPIRITS HIGH AS SEASON OPENS UP
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - Joe Torre often talks of the little kid that lives inside of Roger Clemens. It's a side the public rarely sees of the Hall of Fame lock who...
JAYS HEAR ONLY BOOS FOR CAP AD
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - George Steinbrenner wasn't commenting on the Blue Jays' advertisement in local papers that encouraged SkyDome fans to boo Hideki Matsui last night and showed bird droppings...
NEW JERSEY'S NOT WHAT YAO EXPECTED
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amOK, so the STATE of New Jersey is a little different than Yao Ming expected. But that will go right along with the team he came there to see last...
WITH RANGERS, YOU NEVER KNOW
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amEVEN the fattest cats stuck up a tree could use a hug, and the $80 million Persians awaiting rescue after six seasons out on the limb are no exceptions. But...
MUTOMBO'S STRAY ELBOW GETS YAO'S ATTENTION
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES Dikembe Mutombo thought Yao Ming would try to take him inside. "I just didn't know why he didn't try to post me up," said Mutombo, the Nets' 7-2...
JEFFERSON HONORED
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES As the Nets make their final regular-season push for playoff positioning, they need everyone to raise their games. Richard Jefferson has obliged, and everyone has noticed. For his...
NEW LINE REVIVES KOVALEV
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amMaybe Alex Kovalev would have busted out of his nine-game goal-scoring slump no matter the line on which he played on Saturday. But maybe not. Because in playing right wing...
JETER PROGNOSIS 2-4 MONTHS: DOCTOR
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - According to Dr. Steven Nicholas there are two ways to treat Derek Jeter's dislocated left shoulder, and both will require extended recovery time for the Yankees' shortstop. "There...
YANKS LOSE DEREK: BOMBERS WIN OPENER BUT PAY HEAVY PRICE
April 1, 2003 | 5:00amYankees 8 - Blue Jays 4 TORONTO - This is the 101st season of Yankee baseball and you have to dig deep to find a more depressing victory than last...