April 23, 2003
NAUTICA MENSWEAR BOSS JUMPS SHIP FOR KORS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amNautica Enterprises, known for its nautical-inspired clothing, said yesterday that the president of its men's sportswear unit would resign to take a similar post at Michael Kors Inc. The departure...
NEIGHBORS ASK COURT TO STUMP TRUMP
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE owners of the Chatsworth apartment building on West 72nd St. have appealed a court decision allowingDonald Trump to build a new condo practically up against it. Trump has the...
HEARST NEAR DEAL TO BUY SEVENTEEN FOR $200M
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amHearst is in advanced talks to buy Seventeen magazine from Primedia Inc. for roughly $200 million, people familiar with the situation said. The talks are taking place as Primedia nears...
MARTS SOAR ON GOOD EARNINGS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street is putting on a brave face for a recovery, hooking its hopes on a handful of strong earnings. Markets rallied yesterday to some of the highest levels in...
KEY DEUTSCHE BANK RESEARCH DOCUMENTS REPORTED 'MISSING'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amDeutsche Bank has failed to recover documents that are key to regulators' investigation of the bank's research practices, The Post has learned. Less then a month ago, Deutsche Bank was...
REEBOK RUNNING UP SALES WITH NEW JAY-Z SNEAKERS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amHip-hop megastar Jay-Z's new sneaker line is a hit. The line of Reebok sneakers - called the "S. Carter Collection" after Jay-Z's birth name, Sean Carter - debuted last week,...
INSIDER SCORED $642G ON IRAQ WAR
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAlthough Iraqi oil fields didn't go up in flames, celebrated oil-well firefighter Danny Clayton struck paydirt anyway just on the threat - by unloading stock in his company. Clayton made...
PILOTS BAIL OUT ON AMERICAN DEAL
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amInstead of the good news it had expected to give in its financial report today, American Airlines has only bad news. A crucial $10 billion cost-cutting package the carrier was...
AN AOL-FREE ZONE - EXECS WANT CASE, CRONIES PURGED FROM BOARD
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amHigh-level AOL Time Warner executives, emboldened by recent disclosures that suggest the financial shenanigans at the America Online unit were broader than originally thought, are hoping for a board shake-up...
VIACOM TO BUY AOL'S COMEDY CENTRAL STAKE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amViacom agreed to buy AOL Time Warner's 50 percent stake in Comedy Central yesterday, the first in an expected wave of asset sales by AOL Time Warner as it seeks...
STAR FALLS INTO NEW YORK PECKER FIRES THE TABLOID'S EDITOR AND PLANS MOVE NORTH
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA Star is about to crash the New York publishing party. David Pecker, CEO of American Media, yesterday bounced tabloid veteran Tony Frost as the editor-in-chief of Star magazine. Pecker,...
SULLIVAN GUNS AIM AT TELCO RIVALS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amLawyers for ex-WorldCom financial whiz Scott Sullivan are planning to force other telecoms to reveal their accounting practices as a key part of the defense strategy, a federal judge was...
STARR REPORT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00am'Extra' flashes 'Hollywood' spotlight "Extra" has a new segment, "Hollywood & Highland," that will focus on celebrities dropping by the Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex that houses the Kodak Theatre...
EMMYS MIGHT GET REAL
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Emmy people are considering a plan to push the new award for best reality show into prime-time. Acting on a request from Fox, the academy is polling the other...
VILLA RIDES AGAIN AT NEW PATROON
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amPATROON 160 E. 46TH ST. (212) 883-7373 AFTER a year of wandering in the wilderness, Patroon has got its big-city groove back. New executive chef John Villa is giving Midtown...
BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZAS, HOLD THE UPPERCRUST
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWHATEVER happened to real pizza? Designer parlors are popping up everywhere, from Mario Batali's Otto Enoteca Pizzeria in the Village, to Apizz on the Lower East Side, to Pie near...
'GILMORE' SMARTIE FOOLS 'EM
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - "Gilmore Girls" took a series-altering twist last night when super-good girl Rory (Alexis Bledel) decided to attend Yale over Harvard. In the quirky mother/daughter buddy drama set...
SCANDAL COUGHS UP FILM
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" coughing scandal could be turned into a Hollywood film. It would be the final chapter in the biggest quiz-show cheating scheme since the...
MONICA SAVES FACE WITH MASKED MEN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amMONICA Lewinsky's new career - hosting the reality/dating show "Mr. Personality" - got off to a promising start Monday night. The first episode of "Mr. Personality" drew 12.2 million viewers,...
RICKI'S GOING HOLLYWOOD
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amRICKI Lake is moving from Manhattan to California - and preparing for life after her talk show. Lake's show, "Ricki Lake," returns for its 11th season in September, and remains...
IT'S THE REEL THING; SPRING SEAFOOD TAKES A SWIM ON WILD SIDE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amSPRING is in the air - which means fresh seafood is back on the menu. Fish fans can at last get their fill of meaty West Coast salmon, live soft-shells...
HOPING COAST IS CLEAR
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTALENTED chef Conrad Gallagher has agreed to return to his native Ireland to stand trial on charges of art theft - but he's still going ahead with plans for a...
SOUP TO NUTS; WHY MARTHA MOVIE MIGHT MAKE MEN WEEP
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTO promote NBC's upcoming movie about Martha Stewart, the network's cheeky publicists this week mailed a nutcracker and two walnuts to TV critics - along with a videotape. The utensil...
'XXX' LETS IT ALL HANG OUT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWHATEVER happened to "No sex please, we're British"? Now playing London: A sexually explicit play based on a Marquis de Sade book that's bound to whip critics into a frenzy....
PRODUCERS TAKE AIM AT TIMES' BIG BEN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amBEN Brantley has pen pals. Two prominent Broadway producers have fired off letters to the powerful New York Times drama critic, taking him to task for interjecting snide remarks about...
NEATO, TITO!
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amVIVA PUENTE THERE was no mention of it from the stage, but one couldn't help but think the empty seat in the first row of Avery Fisher Hall Monday night...
REALITY HITS HOME; NEW SHOWS INVADE STREETS OF MANHATTAN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE jungles of the Amazon may be scary, but "there's no jungle tougher than the sidewalk jungle of Manhattan," says Mark Burnett, the mastermind behind reality TV giant "Survivor." And...
PLAYBOY FACES 'SEX COURT' TWIST
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn Internet porn purveyor who quit his legal battle with Playboy over the name "Sex Court" - not knowing the jury was on his side - now wants a do-over....
DELAY IN BIZARRE BIZMAN 'KIDNAP'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amProsecutors said yesterday that they'll hold off on convening a grand jury so they can spend an extra two months investigating the bizarre kidnap case of a Manhattan lawyer accused...
DEADLY NEGLECT; CITY HALL LETS DOWNTOWN ROT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S nice that Gov. Pataki "wants Downtown rebuilt fast," as was reported yesterday - but where has Mayor Bloomberg been? Block by block, the life is being choked out of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA University of Wisconsin student has taken the panty raid to a new level - cops say they found 854 pair of women's underwear in his home. Anthony Scholfield, 22,...
SUBWAY HIKE UN-FARE; SHOCKING CITY-STATE AUDIT FINDS TWO BOOK$
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA has enough money to avoid next month's fare hike - but has hidden its surplus by keeping two sets of books, one for internal use and one for...
TEST-DRIVING FREEDOM; BEHIND BAGHDAD'S PROTESTS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amDEMONSTRATORS in the streets of Baghdad, shouting that American troops must leave Iraq. Shiite pilgrims chanting, "Death to America!" Interviews with angry Iraqis who insist the Americans only want their...
BRITS GO UNDERCOVER AS YANKS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amBAGHDAD - They're tough, seasoned and lethal when they need to be - and they're working secretly in Baghdad, masking their identity by wearing U.S. Army uniforms and traveling in...
DEADLY NEGLECT: STREET-LEVEL DESPAIR: A CASE STUDY
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amNightmarish 'publicity': The scene outside the offices of the city Economic Development Corp. at 110 William St. The street has been torn open for years.Robert Kalfus NO block better reflects...
BUSH'S NON TO FRANCE'S INSPECT PLAN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday opposed calls from France and Russia to send U.N. weapons inspectors back to Iraq and signaled mounting White House displeasure with U.S.-bashing chief weapons...
CHINATOWN BANK RUN ; DEPOSITORS STORM BRANCHES AMID MANAGER SCANDAL
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amNearly a thousand worried customers made a run on two branches of a Chinatown bank yesterday after rumors spread that the financial institution had been ripped off - and was...
MUTATION HAMPERS RX HUNT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe devastating SARS virus can change its form so rapidly that scientists are finding it extremely difficult to produce an effective vaccine, it was revealed last night. The virus can...
NYPD IS CLEARED IN SLAY BY COP
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD can't be held liable for giving a gun back to an allegedly abusive cop who later shot his girlfriend to death, a Manhattan judge has ruled. In a...
GOV MAY BANK ON MAYOR'S GAL PAL
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, is in line to become the state's next banking superintendent, a top aide to Gov. Pataki said yesterday. The official, speaking on condition...
4 GIS PLANNED TO PINCH $12M ; PROBERS FIND BOXES OF CASH
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amFOUR GIs arrested and charged with stealing nearly $1 million in cash from money found hidden in Baghdad had intended to filch another $12 million, The Post has learned. Army...
ANTI-WAR BRIT POL GOT 600G FROM SADDAM: REPORT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA British member of Parliament was on Saddam Hussein's payroll - receiving a $600,000 annual cut of oil earnings earmarked for the Iraqi people under the United Nations' oil-for-food program,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amBronx A Vietnam veteran shot in the head and killed in Kingsbridge last week was on dinner break from his hospital maintenance job when he died, authorities said yesterday. On...
ZETA BABY PICTURE WORTH 250G
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amCatherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas could fetch a staggering $250,000 for a single photo of their new bouncing baby girl - but the money-hungry Hollywood couple will have to keep...
BANKING ANALYST MISSING
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA rising star at Barclay's Bank has gone missing, baffling cops and leaving her family frantic over what may have happened to the "extremely cautious" 30-year-old analyst. "I have to...
WAFFLING WOMEN'S GROUP SHOULD WAKE UP NOW
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE National Organization for Women has to decide the geography of where a rock and a hard place is. NOW has found itself in the middle of the tragic story...
REGENTS REJECTS; ONLY 16% OF HS SENIORS EARNED TOP DIPLOMA
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein dropped a bombshell yesterday: Only 16 percent of last year's high-school graduating class earned an official Regents diploma. "This number . . . is shocking," Klein...
KELLY SPANKS BANKS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amBanks that fail to implement security measures to reverse a startling bank-robbery epidemic face public exposure by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, sources told The Post. In a closed-door summit yesterday,...
BICYCLIST PINNED UNDER QNS. BUS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 22-year-old Queens bicyclist was in critical condition yesterday after he was struck by a city bus and pinned under a tire for an hour before emergency crews were able...
JURY NAILS PRESSMAN IN TIMES ROB PLOT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA newspaper printing-press worker shook his head in shock yesterday as a Manhattan jury found him guilty of hatching a far-fetched plot with mobsters to rob The New York Times...
BX. MAN NAILED FOR KIDDIE PORN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 42-year-old Bronx man has been arrested and charged with possessing and promoting child porn after he was ensnared in an Internet sting, the Bronx District Attorney's Office said yesterday....
PATAKI HOWLING AT POLS' TAX PUSH
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday again strongly urged lawmakers not to impose massive new state taxes - even as Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno reported progress on a plan to do just...
HORSE-POWER 'PERV'; ACCUSED RIDING COACH DRIVES CAR REGISTERED TO MIKE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA Westchester horseback-riding teacher accused of sexually abusing a girl has a high-powered lawyer who works for Mayor Bloomberg's company - and left court yesterday in a car registered to...
SARS STRIKES TWO ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTwo college students - one in New Jersey and one in upstate New York - were diagnosed with suspected cases of SARS, health officials in both states said yesterday. In...
DOORMEN'S DEAL AVERTS A STRIKE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amDoormen and other apartment workers averted a strike early today, reaching a deal with building bosses for pay hikes of about 3 percent a year. "We've come to what we...
ANEMONE ATT'Y RIPS INSPECTOR
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer defending suspended MTA Security Director Louis Anemone yesterday charged that MTA Inspector General Matthew Sansverie was "on a crusade" to attack his client. In a letter to MTA...
AGENCY FLUSHES AWAY $6M ON BATHROOMS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA sent $6 million down the toilet to renovate bathrooms at its corruption-plagued downtown headquarters. A project originally budgeted at $1.4 million ballooned to more than $6 million, padded...
CITY ADDS TO 'GREEN' LINE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn additional 325 hybrid gas-electric buses are expected to hit city streets by 2005, officials said yesterday. The Transit Authority said 125 buses will be delivered starting in September, with...
MERMAID 'BUST' COSTS CITY 10G
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA "mermaid" who sued NYPD cops for arresting her when she exposed her breasts at Coney Island's famous summer parade is now swimming off with the city's cash after winning...
MAYOR'S EX DEFENDS HORSE 'PERV'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's ex-wife yesterday defended her daughter's riding coach as a "wonderful trainer" who's popular in horsy circles, despite charges he sexually abused a teenage girl. Jimmy Doyle, 47, of...
MTA FOES RAIL AGAINST EACH OTHER
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer defending suspended MTA Security Director Louis Anemone yesterday charged that MTA Inspector General Matthew Sansverie was "on a crusade" to attack his client. In a letter to MTA...
NEW TWIST IN PLAYBOY 'SEX' TRIAL
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn Internet porn purveyor who quit his legal battle with Playboy over the name "Sex Court" - not knowing the jury was on his side - now wants a do-over....
L.I. STING NETS WEB 'PERVERT'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 33-year-old Long Island man posing as a stockbroker was busted on charges of trying to set up a meeting with an underage girl who was really an investigator for...
'PERFECT' DIET CONQUERS HY[[U1;U1]]PER[[U1;U1]]TENSION
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amIt's not exactly haute cuisine, but it could save your life. Doctors say the perfect diet for 50 million Americans with high blood pressure includes plenty of fruits and veggies,...
BLAIR PUSHES ARAFAT TO ACCEPT NEW PM
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat got a stern last-minute message from Britain's Tony Blair, but the Palestinian president refused to budge in the power struggle with his designated prime minister. Blair...
'PREZ' AL FINALLY FILES DOCUMENT$
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Rev. Al Sharpton's office yesterday said he's an official candidate for president and will file the required financial reports with the feds on Monday. Sharpton's statement comes...
AUDITORS TO REVEAL '2 BOOKS' SHOCKER
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA tried to hide the real state of its finances from the public by keeping two sets of books, sources said yesterday. The city and state comptrollers - who...
'THE SIMPSON' COULD BE TV'S NEWEST REALITY SHOW
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn urban television network is promising to turn O.J. Simpson into a reality TV star - whether he likes it or not. The small, Texas-based Urban American Television Network signed...
THE 'PERFECT' DIET: THESE EATS DEFEAT [[CD11]][[KA-2]]HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amIt's not exactly haute cuisine, but it could save your life. Doctors say the perfect diet for 50 million Americans with high blood pressure includes plenty of fruits and veggies,...
MTA TAKEN FOR $6M RIDE ON RESTROOM FIX: BILL PADDED WITH SUSPICIOUS CHARGES
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA flushed $6 million down the toilet to renovate bathrooms at its corruption-plagued downtown headquarters. A project originally budgeted at $1.4 million ballooned to more than $6 million, padded...
KLEIN ON ALBANY HOT SEAT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amState lawmakers charged yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein violated the law by stripping the powers of 32 school districts and eliminating the jobs of community school...
BROAD STREET BOUNCERS: FLYERS OUST LEAFS IN GAME 7 ROUT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amFlyers 6 Leafs 1 PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers got home from Toronto at 2 a.m. yesterday morning after a chance to put away a first-round series for the first time...
IT'S A BAD TIME TO BE A BLACK BEAR
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amIT WAS a record year for black bear hunting in New York State, with 912 bears taken during the 2002 season, a figure that is well over the 10-year average...
CONE, FRANCO MUST GO
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN Franco threw 40 pitches worth of batting practice yesterday, proclaimed his arm felt great and suggested he would return to the majors in May. His pal, David Cone, started...
COLUMBUS, AFTER ALL ; CONTRERAS HEADED TO CLIPPERS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Joe Torre's wish to see Jose Contreras pitch at Columbus is going to be granted. However, it will be more than a week late and has caused a...
THOMAS DISCOUNTS K-MART'S TALENT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTim Thomas was inserted into the Bucks' starting lineup last night and promptly proclaimed himself superior to Net Kenyon Martin in raw ability. "I just have to match his intensity,"...
IT'S A CLIFF-HANGER ; ACHILLES STRAIN KEEPING FLOYD OUT OF MET LINEUP
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amJudging by the way he gingerly limped around the clubhouse yesterday afternoon, Cliff Floyd didn't seem anywhere close to being healthy enough for last night's Mets-Astros game at Shea. Floyd,...
NO SURGERY FOR ISLES' YASHIN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amContrary to internet reports this week that Alexei Yashin had what team doctors called a "deep tendon tear" in his shoulder, the Islanders center will not need surgery. The report...
FORDHAM GIVES HILL THE AX
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amSome six weeks after Fordham finished off a nightmare season with its 26th loss, the Bob Hill era at Rose Hill has come to an end, several sources told The...
LEG INJURY KOS FUND OF FUNDS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe prospective field for the 129th Kentucky Derby, now just 11 days away, is in a state of flux, as anywhere from 15 to 19 starters are lining up for...
MUTOMBO GRUMBLES IN LIMBO
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amDikembe Mutombo sounded like a lost soul after the Nets' 88-85 Game 2 loss to the Bucks. Upset at Mutombo's grumblings, Byron Scott benched him for the second half, even...
GLOVE IS ALL BUCKS NEED
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS was every hidden fear the Nets had harbored entering these playoffs, every secret anxiety sprung to life in bright, brilliant Technicolor. The one thing they've known across two playoff...
ACHIN' CLIFF: 'YOU HAVE TO BE SMART'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Cliff Floyd gingerly limped around the clubhouse yesterday afternoon with an ace bandage around his right foot, resigned to his spot on the bench. Floyd, the Mets' No....
BREAK IN HAND KO'S BURNITZ
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe last thing an 8-12 team can afford to lose is its hottest hitter. So naturally that's what the Mets lost last night. The team was dealt a severe blow...
DOC GIVES SHOT IN ARM TO KARSAY
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Ailing reliever Steve Karsay got good news from Dr. James Andrews yesterday in Birmingham, Ala. "He got a great report," said his agent, Alan Hendricks. "There...
STERN: IT'S TIME TO LEAVE SWAMP
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES It's not only known as The Swamp, but the Meadowlands is ancient by NBA arena standards. So NBA commissioner David Stern remains hopeful that all parties -after closing...
ALL PAIN, NO GAIN: CONE, BURNITZ INJURED IN LOSS
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amAstros 6Mets 2 Senior citizens are often susceptible to hip injuries, and baseball old-timer David Cone's chronic left hip joint wouldn't stop barking last night. Jeromy Burnitz was blindsided by...
THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID Cone lasted just two innings before leaving with a sore hip. Roger Cedeno had another line drive go over his head, went a meek 0-for-3 and was treated by...
BURNS, DEVILS: 'WE'RE THE UNDERDOG'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils' second-round series against the Lightning doesn't start until tomorrow, but Pat Burns already is playing coaching games. "Every year there's a team that puts on the glass slipper...
BEAT GOES ON : YANKEES KEEP ROLLING
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 8Angels 3 ANAHEIM - Indoors or under a cool Southern California evening. In the bleak Midwest or on the shores of the Pacific. One hour difference from New York...
MASON SEETHES AT KARL OVER BENCHING
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amWhen it comes to publicly complaining about roles, Dikembe Mutombo can't hold a candle to Anthony Mason. The former Knick long ago perfected the art. Reacting angrily to being overlooked...
IT'S FOND REUNION FOR KERRY & SAM
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amSOMETIMES, Kerry Kittles has to shake his head and laugh at the wonder of time. Sometimes, he almost feels compelled to check out the Nets' media guide for confirmation. Has...
AARON'S NO COMPLAINER
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES Aaron Williams, the Nets' quiet, workhorse, non-complainer who got just four minutes in Game 1, was one guy who seemed to have a right to gripe. Instead, he...
SPLITTING HEADACHE: NETS LET NEW-LOOK BUCKS GET EVEN
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2 Bucks 88 Nets 85 One universal truth holds that nothing is certain. Well, the Nets proved one universal truth wrong last night. See, they were certain they would...
JETS COULD CATCH STAR IN CALICO
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Jets are going to select a receiver in this weekend's NFL Draft. The question is, in which round and with which of their nine picks? Barring the ever-present smokescreens...
DEVILS' CLAIM: 'WE'RE THE UNDERDOG'
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils' second-round series against the Lightning doesn't start until tomorrow, but Pat Burns already is playing coaching games. "Every year there's a team that puts on the glass slipper...
TIRED TEAMS IN GAME 7: FLYERS, LEAFS MEET TO END SERIES AFTER TWO-OT MARATHON
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - There wasn't enough sleep for the Flyers and Leafs, who went double-overtime Monday night and had to fly here to play Game 7 last night. The scheduling -...
DE LA HOYA WORRIED ABOUT CAMPAS' POTION
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amOscar De La Hoya said he's "nervous" about an Indian potion upcoming opponent Yory Boy Campas drank recently and wants to have the tribal mixture tested before their May 3...
KNICKS UPBEAT AFTER MCDYESS KNEE SURGERY
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Knicks put their happy spin on yesterday's bone-graft surgery on Antonio McDyess' left kneecap. The surgery on McDyess' patella bone took two hours to complete, the first sign it...
DRAFT DREAM FOR KENNEDY: YONKERS NATIVE A TOP 10 PROSPECT
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amHunger is something Jimmy Kennedy knows about, in every meaning of the word. He grew up hungry in the projects of Yonkers. He was driven by a hunger to be...
BIGGIO'S AT HOME IN CENTER
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amCatcher to second to center. Sounds like a broken Mets play, beginning with somebody trying to steal a base off Mike Piazza. It's also the career path of Craig Biggio...
FRANCO WARMING UP FOR MAY COMEBACK
April 23, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES John Franco pinpointed an ETA of "sometime in May" following another impressive live batting-practice session yesterday, but his optimistic timetable didn't seem to jibe with that of GM...