April 9, 2003
BOTH SIDES OF HUDSON VIE FOR NEW TV TOWER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWhile Bayonne, N.J., is ready to welcome a $200 million permanent TV antenna structure that would replace the World Trade Center's TV tower, area broadcasters still favor a New York...
COLE DRAWS FIRE WITH ADS FOR 'PIECE'
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amFashion designer Kenneth Cole has never been afraid of mixing politically charged messages with the marketing of his clothing. But now some analysts say Cole has tread on dangerous ground...
BIONDI SET TO JOIN HIS PAL BRUCE AT LAZARD
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amIf Bruce Wasserstein has his way, the new Lazard may look a lot like his old gang. Wasserstein, the legendary deal maker who now heads Lazard LLC, is about to...
HEALTHSOUTH'S 3RD CFO CHARGED
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAlabama's collapsed rehab chain HealthSouth is turning out to be a smokehouse for cooked books - with its third CFO being hit with criminal charges. Michael Martin - who was...
AOL TW BUYING EUROPE UNIT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWhile it wrestles with a mountain of debt and sells assets, AOL Time Warner has decided to spend $812.5 million to reclaim its lost European dream. The company said yesterday...
REICHL STIRS NEW COOKBOOK - GOURMET EDITOR PUTTING THIRD MEMOIR ON BACK BURNER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMOVE over, "Joy of Cooking," Julia Child and Craig Claiborne. Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet, is gunning for you. Reichl is cooking up a brand new cookbook, which...
CHECKETTS MAKING PLAY FOR AOL TEAMS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amDave Checketts, ousted two years ago as head of Madison Square Garden, is the latest sports honcho to kick the tires of AOL Time Warner's sports holdings. Backed by billionaire...
BEN'S DOGHOUSE - HEALTHSOUTH WASN'T ONLY UBS DEAL WRECK
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amScandal-ridden HealthSouth wasn't the only troubled company UBS Warburg investment banker Ben Lorello and his team brought to investors. Lorello and his deputy, William McGahan, also were bankers to MedPartners...
DON'T PASS THESE OVER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMAN-o-Manischewitz. A lot of ink has been spilled over the last few years to say how good kosher wine has become. It's not your bubi's Mogen David, that sort of...
STARR REPORT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amGreta makes history on FNC Fox News Channel's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" (10-11 p.m.) earned the highest ratings in FNC history Monday night, snaring a whopping 6.3...
HOLD THE MAYO - CONDIMENT TO GO AWAY IN THE MANGER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNEXT month, Pret A Manger plans to launch a new, mayonnaise-free sandwich line - and it won't come a minute too soon. Mayo is the menace that has gummed up...
ITALY TASTE TOUR EARNS A PAT ON THE BACCHUS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amPERBACCO [] 234 E. FOURTH ST. BETWEEN AVES. A AND B (212) 253-2038 ----- PERBACCO is an old Italian expression meaning, "It's Bacchus' fault." "It's kind of a polite swear...
UP ON CLOUD 'NINE' - 'ALLY MCBEAL' BAD GIRL SWINGS LIKE A STAR
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSHE played a swinger on "Ally McBeal" - but from now on, they'll call her "the girl in the sling." As Carla, the saucy sex kitten of Broadway's "Nine," Jane...
WINE CRITIC SAYS NON!
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amCONSPICUOUSLY absent from the first tasting of France's 2002 wines is American Robert Parker, arguably the world's most influential wine critic, who will not make the trip to Bordeaux for...
GIVE 'STONE' THE COLD SHOULDER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSTONE COLD DEAD SERIOUS At the Chashama Theatre, 135 W. 42nd St. Through May 3. Call Smarttix, (212) 206-1515. THERE'S an attitude among playwrights that sees the American family as...
'NINE' IRONS IN THE FIRE ; MOVIE MOGULS CHECK IT OUT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00am'CHICAGO" director Rob Marshall can't swing by a Broadway musical these days without triggering intense speculation he's there to check out its big-screen potential. And if he's got Harvey Weinstein...
MATZOS GRACIAS - THIS SEDER'S HEADED SOUTH OF THE BORDER; SOUTH OF THE BORDER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amPASSOVER and fiesta aren't words we're used to seeing together. But that's exactly what Rosa Mexicano has in mind for the coming Jewish holiday. From Saturday until April 18, the...
TINA'S READY TO CHAT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAFTER being so rudely interrupted by the start of the war in Iraq, Tina Brown has a new debut date for her CNBC show,"Topic A with Tina Brown" was originally...
THE BUTCHER IS A NOWHERE MAN : VANISHED AMID HINTS HE'S DEAD OR WITH RUSSIANS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein's whereabouts remained a mystery today - but U.S. officials said there's growing evidence he's dead, even as rumors swirled in Baghdad that the dictator had taken refuge in...
VICTORY CHEERS IN TIMES SQUARE: PSYCHED-UP CROWD GETS PEEK AT HISTORY
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers broke into cheers today as they gathered in the cold drizzle in Times Square to watch what they excitedly described as a moment in history. With their eyes...
IRAQIS DANCE ON TOPPLED SADDAM: GREET GIS WITH FLOWERS AND HUGS; CHANTS OF: 'BUSH, BUSH, BUSH!'
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThousands of Iraqis jubilantly danced in the streets of Baghdad today, celebrating the defeat of the tyrant Saddam Hussein, whose huge bronze statue was yanked down as U.S. troops liberated...
BUSH REJOICES OVER LIBERATION OF IRAQ
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is "heartened" by the liberation of Baghdad, the White House said today - a classic understatement as the whole world order changed in front of rolling...
'MOGADISHU' PROF BACK AT COLUMBIA
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Columbia University professor notorious for his anti-American rants returned to class yesterday under extraordinary security, vowing he would "not be silenced." Two campus guards were assigned to Nicholas De...
SHIITES' TALES OF TORTURE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amShiite Muslims liberated by coalition forces in Basra have told bloodcurdling tales of a chamber of horrors where they were tortured because of their opposition to Saddam Hussein. "They put...
COPS NAB TEEN IN L.I. CABBY KILL
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on Long Island for shooting and killing a cabdriver during a robbery, police said. Nassau Police said Eddie Shears got into a cab in...
'MAKEUP BANDIT' STALKS L.I.
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amPolice on Long Island are looking for an unusual suspect in a bizarre series of armed robberies: a 6-foot-tall woman wearing a long, dark coat, 4-inch platform shoes and black...
VOTER POLL: PACK IT IN, PATAKI
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - New Yorkers by better than 2 to 1 want to replace Gov. Pataki - but they'll still vote for him over two possible Democratic challengers, a new poll...
PRISON PARADISE - FREED L.I. MAN'S TORTOLA CELL WAS LAP OF LUXURY
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island man freed yesterday after serving three years of a life sentence for a murder in the British Virgin Islands said he did his time in a cushy...
'SLAY' MOM BEATS UNDERAGE-SEX RAP
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amA mother of two who was exonerated in the self-defense stabbing death of an ex-boyfriend has also been acquitted of charges she had sex with one of her 13-year-old wards...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amA mischievous skunk brought traffic to a halt in Ohio after getting a soda can stuck on its head and wandering in circles on a busy main road. "Somebody had...
LABORATORY OF WAR - AMERICA'S MILITARY LEARNS AS IT FIGHTS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAMERICA'S armed forces entered the war in Iraq with the finest equipment, the best training and the most advanced doctrine in the world. Our military will end the war with...
COUNCIL TO KO VETOES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe City Council is poised to override four mayoral vetoes today and pass laws that Mayor Bloomberg considers either unnecessary or burdensome. One of the bills would mandate that contraception...
FEDS GIVE APPLE BIG $LICE OF 9/11 PIE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York City will get the largest share - $25 million - of the first batch of federal homeland security money, officials said yesterday. Homeland Security Secretary Tom...
THOUSANDS HONOR TRAGIC FISHERS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amTora Fisher cried alongside thousands of mourners in the hulking, gray belly of the USS Intrepid yesterday, while saying goodbye to her parents, Anthony and Anne Fisher, who died in...
238G TIX-FIX SCAM
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amA former city employee collected tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for dismissing thousands of parking tickets worth more than $238,000, authorities charged yesterday. Jeffrey Summers, 26,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amQUEENS * NYPD detectives flew to North Carolina yesterday to bring back a suspect on charges of fatally shooting another man in a dispute over a woman on New Year's...
POLS' BURNING ISSUE - CANDIDATES: LET'S EASE CIG RULES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwo of the seven potential candidates for mayor in 2005 say they think the new smoking ban goes too far and would consider trying to change it. Mayor Bloomberg last...
ISRAELIS BUMP OFF HAMAS TERRORIST
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel ended a 12-year hunt for a terrorist leader by blowing him up, along with four other Palestinians, in a missile attack in the Gaza Strip yesterday. At...
HIT THE ROAD, JACK! GAS PRICES PLUNGING
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amHello, road trip! The price of gasoline is dropping, thanks to a fall in crude-oil prices and the positive outlook Americans have about the war in Iraq. The Department of...
A HITLER MINISERIES MEANT TO BASH BUSH
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amYOU know those protesters who carry posters with a short brush mustache under the president's nose and the slogan "Bush = Hitler"? The protestors who, rational liberals assure us, represent...
U.S. HEDGES ON CHEM FIND
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. military said yesterday that more testing is needed before a determination can be made about whether suspicious substances found by troops in Iraq are proof that...
PANEL PINPOINTS TA TRACK TRAGEDY
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe death of subway track worker Joy Antony last November occurred when his supervisor asked him to perform other duties while he was supposed to be warning workers of trains...
L.I. FONDLE-RAP COP: I DID IT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island highway cop charged with forcing four Suffolk County women to strip to avoid DWI arrests has entered a surprise guilty plea in federal court - as two...
WAR AND LEASE - LANDLORDS FIRE BACK OVER ANTI-MILITARY 'BIAS'
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council members yesterday called for a crackdown on landlords who refuse to rent to military personnel - but two landlords specifically targeted by the pols said they aren't anti-military...
WTC MEMORIAL DESIGN BID DUE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAnyone in the world who is at least 18 years old will be able to enter a design competition for the World Trade Center memorial, officials said yesterday. The memorial...
THE HOT NEW NAME FOR BABY GIRLS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amIf Destiny's your child, chances are a lot of kids come running when you call out her name at the playground. It's the only new moniker on the latest Top...
DOORMEN SHOW OFFER THE DOOR
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNegotiations between the city's doorman union and the Realty Advisory Board broke down yesterday, bringing the workers closer to a strike when the contract expires on Easter. Local 32 B-J,...
MUCH A-DO: LINGERIE MODEL CLAIMS SHE GOT '$HORTED'
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amTalk about a bad hair day. A Canadian lingerie company is refusing to pay supermodel Eva Herzigova $30,000 for a photo shoot because it didn't like her hairdo, court papers...
HEREIN 'LIES' THE TALE OF BAGHDAD BOB
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThey call it the "Al-Sahhaf show." As Saddam Hussein's regime crumbles, the Iraqi minister of information is fighting a one-man war of words. And the deeper U.S. troops penetrate into...
COBBLE HILL STROLLER MOMS PLOT BATTLE OF ENGINE 204
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amCALL it the People's Firehouse redux. Mayor Bloomberg probably never saw this one coming. But in a Brooklyn neighborhood where folks still fly the American flag proudly and without irony,...
TRYING TO WEASEL WAY INTO IRAQ
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - France, Germany and Russia - the coalition of the unwilling that tried to block the Iraq war - yesterday said they'll huddle this weekend with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi...
MAYOR'S LAYOFF PLAN TRASHES SANIT CREWS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMore than 10 percent of the Sanitation Department work force could get dumped under a new plan from Mayor Bloomberg that tightens the screws on municipal unions. Harry Nespoli, president...
KLEIN RECRUITS EX-TEACHERS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein wants former teachers, including retirees, to come back to the classroom. Klein yesterday announced the "Call Back to Teaching" program to recruit 300 experienced former instructors...
STOP THE PRESSES: ROB PLOT AT TIMES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amA newspaper pressman acted as the "inside guy" for a bunch of dumbfella mobsters who hatched a crazy plot to rob The New York Times of as much as $6...
ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe elite 4th Infantry Division, newly arrived in the Gulf, is preparing for a major offensive against Tikrit - birthplace of Saddam Hussein and the place he'd likely go to...
MIXED VERDICT IN JOB COLLAPSE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan jury last night cleared a contractor of manslaughter in the fatal collapse of an East Side townhouse being gutted to build a sister eatery to the ritzy Serafina...
HOT NIGHT PUTS JAZZ CENTER IN A JAM
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amJazz at Lincoln Center's future home was damaged in yesterday's early-morning fire at the beleaguered AOL Time Warner site on Columbus Circle. Officials at the center were unsure how much...
TOMMY'S 'DROWN' DEFENSE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSANTA MONICA, Calif. Rock star Tommy Lee sounded a steady drumbeat yesterday, insisting he's not responsible for the tragic drowning of a 4-year-old boy at his Malibu mansion nearly two...
ROACHES EYED IN SARS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe deadly lung disease that has killed dozens of people and infected thousands more may be spread by cockroaches, officials in Hong Kong said yesterday. Medical investigators have been trying...
TOUGH VICTORY IS IN THE BAGH: MARINES CAPTURE ANOTHER AIRPORT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. forces swiftly snuffed out isolated pockets of Iraqi resistance as they continued to tighten their noose on Baghdad yesterday - pummeling key government buildings, capturing a strategic military airstrip,...
12 MINUTES TO KILL SADDAM: CONFLICTING REPORTS ON FATE OF BUTCHER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAs their adrenaline surged, crew members checked the coordinates four times. Their B-1B bomber had been suddenly diverted to a vital Baghdad mission, and nothing - but nothing - could...
ROCKER BLASTED IN COURT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amSANTA MONICA, Calif. - A 4-year-old boy drowned virtually under the nose of rocker Tommy Lee, and he should pay for the tot's tragic death, a lawyer for the child's...
COCKROACHES EYED AS KILLER FLU CULPRITS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe deadly flu epidemic that has killed dozens of people and infected thousands more may be spread by cockroaches, officials in Hong Kong said yesterday. Medical investigators have been trying...
TOUGH VICTORY IS IN THE BAGH - MARINES CAPTURE ANOTHER AIRPORT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. forces swiftly snuffed out isolated pockets of Iraqi resistance as they continued to tighten their noose on Baghdad yesterday - pummeling key government buildings, capturing a strategic military airstrip,...
'MOGADISHU' PROF GOES BACK TO COLUMBIA
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Columbia University professor notorious for his anti-war and anti-American rants returned to his classroom yesterday under extraordinary security, vowing he would "not be silenced." Two campus guards were assigned...
LIBERATORS BRIDGING POWER GAP
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWith the Army's 54th Engineers THE simple note, written in a blend of Arabic and broken English, was left two days ago at a U.S. checkpoint on the Euphrates, 20...
TOP DOGS! - HUSKIES TOP LADY VOLS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - You graduate four seniors from a national championship team and it's natural to worry how your team is going to fare. So it was that Connecticut coach Geno...
HEARTBREAK FOR TENN. DUO
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK ATLANTA - Kara Lawson and Gwen Jackson thought last night was going to be it. Instead, Tennessee's senior duo got only heartbreak, falling short in the Final Four for...
GRANTS WILL LURE YOUTHS INTO ANGLING
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Future Fisherman Foundation, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, the American Association for Leisure and Recreation and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education have formed a unique...
METROSTARS ARE FIRED UP
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAs last season drew to a close, the MetroStars were on the verge of something special. Then they imploded. After failing to pick up a win in their final three...
FRANCO WINS RAVES AFTER 25-PITCH BP SESSION
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - John Franco's comeback progressed again yesterday, as the 42-year-old lefty threw 25 pitches during an early afternoon batting practice. Franco threw to Joe McEwing, Tony Clark...
HOOTIE'S TRUMP CARD CAN BEAT BURK
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Normally, Hootie Johnson's annual Masters week press conference is sparsely attended and speckled with occasional yawns. But this morning all eyes and ears will be on the chairman...
BOEHEIM DIDN'T NEED TITLE TO FIND TRANQUILITY
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS - Jim Boeheim walked out of the Superdome Monday and into the warm humidity of the New Orleans night. One by one the fans approached the Syracuse coach,...
POP GUNS TAKE AIM AT TIGER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - One by one they line up and take their best shot at Tiger Woods and, one by one, they leave disappointed or disillusioned, like the kids at the...
MUTOMBO AWAITING SCOTT'S STARTING NOD
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amDikembe Mutombo was confused. He did not consider himself a backup and was not pleased when Byron Scott seemed to be making him one. Yesterday, Scott clarified himself. "He is...
CLIFF FRIES THE FISH - RIDICULES MARLINS FOR GIVING PUDGE $10M PACT
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Cliff Floyd called Pudge Rodriguez a Hall of Fame player yesterday afternoon but also ripped his former team for signing the 31- year-old catcher. Floyd, a Marlin from...
JOE WANTS NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR DARRYL
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Like many members of the Yankees' family, Joe Torre hopes for the best when it comes to Darryl Strawberry's life after prison. "I just wish Darryl the best,"...
BANZAI BOMBER'S JUST GRAND - MATSUI'S SLAM CHILLS TWINS IN BRONX OPENER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amEight weeks ago, he was George Steinbrenner's latest marketing tool. By Sunday, he was the best Yankee left fielder in the Joe Torre Era. Today, Hideki Matsui is a Yankee...
EARNING HIS 'STRIPES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amHIDEKI Matsui has played his time as a Yankee ideally. He has fit into an accomplished clubhouse by acting with humility. He has endeared himself with foreign and local media...
MORTON DECISION HAS JETS 'UPSET'
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amIn the end, regarding the shocking loss of Chad Morton to the Redskins, it was the Jets' trust in attorneys that cost them their key role player, who was awarded...
VENTURA HAPPY HE CAN HELP
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amRobin Ventura couldn't have been happier to escape the spotlight yesterday. After Ventura hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, Hideki Matsui - whose locker is next door -...
PETTITTE CHILLS TWINKIES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe wind was whipping and the temperatures plummeting for the Yankees' home opener, the kind of weather at the Stadium that makes pitching tough and left Andy Pettitte's curveball all...
KNICKS STAVE OFF EXECUTION
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amKnicks 99 - Hawks 95 The Knicks know it will take a miracle for them to slip into the playoffs. But that's not stopping them from playing the games as...
FLOYD MIFFED AT MARLINS OVER PUDGE SIGNING
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Cliff Floyd called Pudge Rodriguez a Hall of Fame player yesterday afternoon, but he also called out his former team for signing the 31-year-old catcher. Floyd,...
TY GIVES METS A WIN - LONG HOME RUN HELPS OUT LEITER
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amMets 4 - Marlins 2 MIAMI - When Cliff Floyd, Mike Piazza and Mo Vaughn are in the lineup together, you don't expect Ty Wigginton to shoulder the load for...
VUJANIC'S ROAD TO NBA GOES THROUGH BARCELONA
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Not that it matters which Spanish team Milos Vujanic plays for next season, but the Knicks' point-guard-of-the-future is headed for Barcelona, not Real Madrid, according to well-placed sources....
BOMBER HEX HAUNTS TWINKIES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Twins have risen to the top of the AL Central in both payroll and performance, and they fancy themselves among baseball's best teams. But if the Yankees are any...
ROCKIN' ROBIN GETS RIGHT BACK IN SWING
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWith the temperature at 36 degrees for the Yankees' home opener, the goal for all was to stay warm. So when Robin Ventura returned to the dugout after hitting his...
JOE SENDS BEST TO FRESHLY SPRUNG STRAW
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Like many members of the Yankee family, Joe Torre hopes for the best when it comes to Darryl Strawberry's life after prison. Strawberry was released yesterday from a...
GODZILLA EARNS HIS PINSTRIPES
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amHIDEKI Matsui has played his time as a Yankee ideally. He has fit into the fabric of an accomplished clubhouse by acting with humility and deference. He has endeared himself...
ALLAN, ANDY BRIGHT SPOTS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amWith playoff elimination looming over the Knicks, it's a good chance to reflect on a season that most would agree surpassed post-Antonio McDyess expectations. The Knicks went into last night...
HUSKIES ARE STILL ON TOP OF THE HEAP
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amUConn 73 - Tennessee 68 ATLANTA - When it was over, Diana Taurasi fired the ball toward the heavens and let out a scream. Then she pointed toward the "UCONN"...
SUMMITT: I'LL BE BACK, WIN OR LOSE
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK ATLANTA - Title or no, Tennessee coaching icon Pat Summitt is planning to return to the sidelines. "I don't know what I would do with myself if I retired,"...
TITLE GAME A SHOWCASE FOR TAURASI
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - If you've got some free time, go ask a bunch of people to name Diana Taurasi's most impressive attribute. Considering that Connecticut's junior sensation was averaging 25.8 ppg...
DEVILS SEEKING PLAYOFF PAYBACK
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils have waited nearly a year to atone for their playoff loss to the Hurricanes, their reputation stained throughout this grand 108-point season. The two key 2002 Dallas imports,...
DEVILS VS. BRUINS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils will have to score or their marvelous 108-point season will become another mirage, the root of deeper disappointment. If they don't score, they can lose to these Bruins...
BROOKS' CUP PICKS
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amEAST QUARTERFINALS: Ottawa over Islanders in 5; Devils over Boston in 6; Tampa Bay over Washington in 7; Philadelphia over Toronto in 5. WEST QUARTERFINALS: Dallas over Edmonton in 6;...
ISLES 'HAVE A BETTER TEAM' - LAVIOLETTE LIKES CHANCES AGAINST TOP SEED
April 9, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - Peter Laviolette purposely doesn't say a lot, never rips a player of his in the media and never makes bold guarantees. But yesterday he made it crystal clear...