May 28, 2003
DILLER'S CHILLER: MALONE SNUBBED
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTo counter rampant speculation within media circles, Barry Diller has assured Vivendi executives that he is not partnering with John Malone to make a run at the French conglomerate's U.S....
$250M TAX HIT SPARKS PROBE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE likely loss of at least $250 million in tax revenues because of lowball assessments has sparked a review of how the city's Department of Finance conducts property assessments. Queens...
NYSE BOARD UNDER REVIEW
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Big Board's own boardroom governance is under review - and the result may be sweeping changes in how the exchange is structured. The review is being conducted by an...
SAKS SMACKDOWN - INDUSTRY ENRAGED BY EARLY DESIGNER MARKDOWNS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amSeventh Avenue is seething at a decision by Saks Fifth Avenue to hold its annual private sale earlier than usual. Saks' invitation-only sale, held on the evening of May 1,...
SEPT. TRIAL DATE FOR QUATTRONE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amFallen CS First Boston banking star Frank Quattrone yesterday said, "I'm innocent" to obstruction-of-justice charges, and then had his lawyers demand a speedy trial to resolve the case. After some...
TIMES WEIGHS CORRECTION TO MEGA APOLOGY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amINSIDERS say that the New York Times is preparing to make a correction on a portion of the massive correction it ran on May 11, regarding the fabrications, factual errors...
HISPANIC MEDIA BARONS IN UGLY $2.5B RADIO RUMBLE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amHurling public accusations of "liar" at each other yesterday, two powerful media companies stepped up their slugfest that's rippling all the way up to the White House. At center ring...
STOCKS UP ON HIGHER CONFIDENCE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amInvestors found enough optimism yesterday to dump their cautious bonds and dive back into stocks. Driving the upbeat rally were biotech stocks and new reports showing Americans are back in...
JUDGE SETS SEPT. 29 AS TRIAL DATE FOR QUATTRONE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amFallen CS First Boston banking star Frank Quattrone yesterday said, "I'm innocent" to obstruction-of-justice charges, and then had his lawyers demand a speedy trial to resolve the case. After some...
WEST SIDE GLORY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amNICE MATIN [ 1/2] 201 W. 79TH ST. (AT AMSTERDAM AVENUE) (212) 873-6423 ---- NICE Matin is named for a newspaper in Nice, "queen" city of the French Riviera. Its...
FRENCH TRIO OF THE SHORT SORT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amREMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME [] Three movies, total running time: 99 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. ----- COLETTE has...
TRUE TALE: IT'S A WONDERFUL 'WIFE'
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amI AM MY OWN WIFE At Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St. Through June 8. Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200. 'I Am My Own Wife" - the real-life story of a...
'SONGS' HITS RIGHT NOTES
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLET At New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 307-4100. Season runs through June 29. AMONG the most popular programs in New York City Ballet's schedules are...
KELLY AND JUSTIN LOOK HOOKED-UP
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amARE "American Idol" sweethearts Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini an item - or are they conveniently canoodling to publicize their new movie? Us Weekly is reporting that Clarkson, who won...
EVEN MOM COULDN'T VOTE FOR ME - CLAY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol 2" runner-up Clay Aiken says phone- line snafus were so bad last week that even his own mother couldn't vote for him. "My mom sat on the phone...
AXEMAN KELLY SWINGS AGAIN
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID E. Kelley has axed four cast members from Fox's "Boston Public" - just days after cutting six cast members from his ABC show, "The Practice." "Boston Public" co-stars Joey...
THE (GAY) BACHELOR; THE NAME OF THE GAME IS GUESS WHO'S STRAIGHT IN...
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE NBC-owned cable channel Bravo is going "The Bachelor" one better -launching a gay-version of the dating show. There's just one twist, some of the 15 potential dates are straight....
FAR EAST MEETS THE WEST SIDE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amSPICE Market - Jean- Georges Vongerichten and Gray Kunz's 12,000-square-foot eatery in the Meatpacking District - is slated to open in October. "It will feature the street foods of Southeast...
CITY IS ALIVE WITH THE SMELL OF BARGAINS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTIMES may be lean, but you don't have to be. A number of events and restaurant specials about town promise bargain-filled treats for urban foodies. * If you smell smoke...
DYNAMIC DUEL ; HARVEY VS. ANTONIO TOO CLOSE TO CALL
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amIS it going to be the lovable fat housewife or the philandering Italian movie director? With the Tony Awards fast approaching, the tightest race - and, among theater mavens, the...
HOOKED! THOSE EYES! THAT MOUTH! THAT SHORT ATTENTION SPAN! HOW A TINY ANIMATED FISH WILL SAVE ELLEN'S FLOUNDERING CAREER
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amYEP, she's back! Seven years after she famously declared, "Yep, I'm gay" and shortly thereafter found herself relegated to the purgatory of "Hollywood Squares," comic Ellen DeGeneres is poised for...
CHIPS GET HIP: FAVORITE SNACKS GO 'NATURAL' BUT STILL TASTE GREAT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amCHESTER Cheetah is changing his spots. Say hello to Natural Cheetos. What sounds like a nutritional oxymoron is actually part of a new additive-free line of snacks from Frito-Lay, the...
STARR REPORT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAllen's household rating: Ruben tops "American Idol 2" winner Ruben Studdard was rendered nearly speechless on Monday when he met one of his idols, Debbie Allen, who was on the...
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - BREAKING SADDAM'S DISCIPLES
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amPERHAPS the greatest error U.S. authorities in Iraq could make would be to underestimate the importance of the recent attacks on our soldiers. Those low-level ambushes against American patrols are...
COURT UPHOLDS FAMILY LEAVE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the rights of 5 million state workers to take time off under federal law to care for a seriously ill relative or the birth...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amDawn Jenkins of Pinellas Park, Fla., doesn't appear in the new Jim Carrey film "Bruce Almighty," but her home phone number does - and that's made her life one big...
'EXPLOSIVE' PROTEST OVER B'KLYN FIREHOUSE CLOSURE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amClaiming their neighborhood could "explode" without a firehouse, a group of Brooklyn residents yesterday donned hazardous-materials suits to protest the city's closing of Engine Co. 212 in Greenpoint-Williamsburg. City Councilman...
BUSH OKS $15B FOR AFRICA AIDS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday signed a $15 billion AIDS-relief package into law, saying the United States has a "moral duty" to stem the epidemic in southern Africa. Bush vowed...
PIT-IFUL WTC PLAN - MOST WANT STREET-LEVEL TRIBUTE: POLL
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMore than half of lower Manhattan residents want the Ground Zero memorial to be at street level, rejecting architect Daniel Libeskind's plan to place it three stories deep inside the...
2 GIS SLAIN IN IRAQ FIREFIGHT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine were injured yesterday in a massive firefight with Iraqi militiamen - the latest in what has been the deadliest three days...
$25M MEANS GREENER PASTURES FOR DOWNTOWN PARKS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMore patches of green space will sprout around lower Manhattan in the next two years, thanks to a $25 million grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., Mayor Bloomberg announced...
WHEELCHAIRS SHUNNED BY LIVERY CABS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA third of the city's livery car companies refuse to pick up people who are in a wheelchair, says a survey released yesterday. "It's imperative that we find a way...
TEACHER DID LIVE SEX ACTS ON INTERNET: DA
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAuthorities in Westchester County have busted a substitute middle school teacher from upstate New York who was allegedly caught masturbating in front of a Web cam for a person who...
WTC RENT DISPUTE; LANDLORD GOES AFTER TRAGIC CANTOR FIRM FOR $1M
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe leaseholder of the World Trade Center has filed suit to collect $1 million in back rent from Cantor Fitzgerald - the company that lost 658 employees during the mass...
5 DAYS TO FIT NEW PLATES
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amHere's another thing you could get a ticket for. New Yorkers have just five days to replace those old "Statue of Liberty" license plates with new plates or face fines...
'FRIGHT' DEATH RULED A SLAYING
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe death of a Harlem woman who had a heart attack after cops broke down her door and tossed in a flash grenade during a botched raid was a homicide,...
COPS ASK HELP IN CHELSEA SLAY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amCalling the killing "troubling," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday urged any potential witnesses to come forward in the shooting of an unarmed African immigrant by cops during a raid of...
BOND-RATING AGENCY GIVES BIG APPLE A BOOST
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amOne of the leading bond-rating agencies yesterday raised its outlook on New York City's finances, giving Mayor Bloomberg a much-needed dose of economic good news. Standard & Poor's upgraded its...
TERRORIZED NEIGHBORHOOD MERCHANTS HAIL VIGILANTE JUSTICE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE reign of terror is over - they hope. Merchants along a six-block stretch of Frederick Douglass Boulevard are applauding the clerks at a neighborhood bodega for fatally shooting one...
'CALVIN' BILL ON DECK TO REIN IN FANS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amCall it the "Calvin Klein" bill. City Council Speaker Gifford Miller wants to hike the fines for unruly behavior at professional sporting events - such as the bizarre incident involving...
'COP-KILL' PAIR'S FATE UP TO JURY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amDeliberations are set to begin today in the trial of two men accused of helping kill a police officer while fleeing a botched Washington Heights drug robbery in 1988. A...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amBronx Cops yesterday released this photo of a 25-year-old man they say is suspected of fatally stabbing a livery cab driver in Throgs Neck two years ago. In April 2001,...
NEW CHARGE FOR JAILED BOMBER
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA man serving 20 years to life behind bars for bringing a pipe bomb to a police cadet's graduation party has been indicted in a plan to plant an explosive...
PERMIT FOR L.I. ROCK BASH DENIED
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amLong Island authorities have refused a permit for a two-day "Field Day" rock festival scheduled for a week from tomorrow in Calverton on the grounds of a 3,000-acre former Grumman...
'STRIPPER HIGH': BEAU'S LAWYER
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amOnly hours after the family of stripper Sheila Cordell took her off life support yesterday, a lawyer for her alleged killer described her as a violent woman who was high...
JEALOUS ARAFAT BACKS DOWN
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat, the odd man out of the Mideast diplomatic blitz, yesterday tried to block a key Israeli-Palestinian meeting - but backed down after the United States said...
RUMSFELD PUTS IRAN ON NOTICE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amSecretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday turned up the heat on Iran, making it clear the United States would not tolerate any interference in Iraq from its hard-line neighbor. Rumsfeld,...
IT LOOKS DONE; HOME-EC CLASSES FACE AX IN CURRICULUM SHIFT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amHome economics and other courses that teach middle-school students "life skills" are on the chopping block. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has required that most schools offer double periods of math...
'CANDY' GIRL'S WICKED TREAT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amSaying it was candy, a 12-year-old Bronx girl yesterday intentionally gave out sleeping pills, or some other type of mild sedative, to eight classmates at school, police said. None of...
MOST DRIVERS SHRED RULES OF ROAD: POLL
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe American highway has become a life-threatening nightmare of gobbling, babbling drivers who chat on cell phones, eat lunch and read while they should be keeping their eyes on the...
DRIVER, 83, ACCIDENTALLY KILLS WIFE IN QUEENS TRAGEDY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAn ailing 83-year-old man accidentally drove into and killed his beloved wife of 60 years in the driveway of their Queens home yesterday, cops said. Walter Yackel, a retired tool-and-die...
GOV FAVORS EXTENDING RENT LAWS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - With just weeks before the state's rent laws expire, Gov. Pataki yesterday said they are working fine and would like to see them extended with few changes. "The...
QUIET CALIFORNIA BURIAL FOR SLAIN CHANDRA
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Chandra Levy, the Washington intern whose disappearance two years ago made nationwide headlines, was laid to rest yesterday in a quiet burial near her California hometown. About 40...
GUILT IN EXTORT SCHEME
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer yesterday pleaded guilty to an audacious $1.55 million extortion of his high-profile investment-guru boss, whom he threatened to expose as an adulterer and client-bilker if he refused to...
MAYOR $PLITS CITY, THOMPSON FUMES
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson charged yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg's budget cuts are dividing the city and "favoring some boroughs over others." "We must not engage in borough warfare," Thompson warned...
YANKEES OWE CITY 280G
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Yankees owe the city more than $280,000, city Comptroller William Thompson said yesterday. He said the figure represents expenses the team deducted erroneously from its rent for Yankee Stadium...
CABBY'S MISSIVE TO MIKE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA cabby from Afghanistan who was under 'round-the-clock surveillance as a possible terrorist fired off a bizarre letter to Mayor Bloomberg, griping that he was being watched - even as...
SIMILAR RAID SPURS 2ND SUIT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA Harlem family is suing the NYPD for allegedly conducting a botched no-knock search in which officers tossed a stun grenade into their home, handcuffed a mother and son and...
CROOK'S LAST MOMENTS ; GUN FELL OUT AS PALS TRIED TO HELP
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAs friends tried to help an Army deserter mortally wounded in a botched Harlem bodega holdup, a gun fell out of his clothes, The Post has learned. After being shot...
THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS MAY RETIRE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA wave of 6,200 veteran teachers is considering retiring at the end of the school year - just before the city begins overhauling the school system next fall, the teachers...
PATAKI WILL LISTEN TO RE-BUTT-AL ON CIG BAN
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday said for the first time that he's open to easing a statewide ban on smoking due to go into effect in late July. "When I...
STRIP-CLUB COACH TO SUE PARENTS OF PLAYERS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island high-school baseball coach suspended after some of his team members sneaked off to a strip joint in Florida will today file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against two parents...
N.J. I-78 CRASH KILLS S.I. COUPLE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island couple died in the horrific weekend crash on Interstate 78 that involved a truck and three cars, New Jersey State Police said yesterday. Charles Agro, 62, and...
FORMER WORKMATE CHARGED IN ID THEFT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA employee at a Long Island financial-services company who decided to check out her own credit report got an unbelievable shock - a former co-worker stole her identity and took...
STRIPPER PLEADED, 'DON'T DO IT!'
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amDoomed stripper Sheila Cordell screamed, "No, no, no, don't do it!" as her head was pressed against a partially opened window just before her deadly plunge from her Gramercy Park...
SICKO BITE BEAU GUILTY IN ATTACK
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man who bit off pieces of his girlfriend's face in a bizarre attack that left her permanently disfigured pleaded guilty to intentional assault yesterday. Felix Rondon, 32, faces...
DEADLY DILEMMA; CLERK SLAIN AMID BANDIT-KILLER'S GUN RAP
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amOne Harlem bodega clerk used an unlicensed gun to kill a robber and is facing charges. Another didn't - and is dead. This is the cruel dilemma facing thousands of...
DEAD GIRL'S MOM 'DEVOTED'
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amA 7-year-old Bronx girl found dead in her home Sunday was a smart but troubled child whose "devoted" mom struggled to keep her under control with medication, family friends recalled...
CONTRERAS GETS START IN DETROIT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES George Steinbrenner's wish to see Jose Contreras make a start will come true Friday night in Detroit. However, it has nothing to do with The Boss wanting his...
GEORGE ROARS, YANKS ROLL: THREE HRS, SHARP PETTITTE END STADIUM SLIDE AT EIGHT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 11 Red Sox 3 While George Steinbrenner gathered his Inner Circle four floors above the Yankee Stadium playing field last night, his struggling club put together a performance that...
TOTTENVILLE STAR SEEKS BIG FINISH
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAlex Filis will likely enjoy the PSAL playoffs more than a lot of other players. After all, it will be the last time the Tottenville senior plays baseball for a...
GIANTS AWAIT SLIMMER DAYNE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Giants' mandatory veteran mini-camp starts Monday and a slimmer, better-conditioned Ron Dayne - who has been gone but not forgotten this offseason - is expected to attend. "I don't...
GIGUERE KEEPS DUCKS AFLOAT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN a goalie is red hot, he looks like the coolest guy on the ice. Jean-Sebastien Giguere's movements are measured, like his pads twice a season and before the postseason,...
BIG STRIPER EVOKES SOME BIG MEMORIES
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE first big striper of the season was taken off Montauk over the weekend, a fish that brought back memoriesof a beloved skipper. The 45-pounder was taken by Tim Roberts,...
THAT'S MIGHTY STUPID ; DUCK'S WORDS FIRE UP DEVILS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00am"But playing New Jersey would be great, too, because I'd really like to shake Scott Stevens' hand when he's congratulating me on winning the Stanley Cup."DUCKS WING DAN BYLSMA It...
HOWE WON'T SELL MCEWING SHORT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - According to Art Howe, Rey Sanchez is still "our shortstop." But Joe McEwing proved he can do the job over the short term. Sanchez was activated...
BYRON: WHAT, ME WORRY?
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES Three seasons. Two Eastern Conference championships. With 127 victories, only three wins from setting the all-time Nets' team NBA mark for coaching triumphs. And so why is there...
BOSS READY TO GET DOWN & DIRTY: BATTING COACH PRIME TARGET OF GEORGE'S WRATH
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amIn George Steinbrenner's eyes, his Yankees are in more than an extended slump. And that means The Boss is contemplating a shakeup. "There will be some changes, that's for certain,"...
NEW TRIO HAS SOX SURGING
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amInstead of Bartolo Colon, they got Kevin Millar. Instead of Jose Contreras, they got Bill Mueller. Instead of Edgardo Alfonzo, they got Todd Walker. What the Red Sox really got...
BETTMAN GETS DEFENSIVE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amONCE was the time that the commissioner's press con ference during the Stanley Cup Finals was held on an off day, with his remarks dominating the news cycle between games....
NOT YOUR FATHER'S YANKS: BOMBERS HAVE LOST IDENTITY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amLOOK at all the ways the Yankees have lost their championship way. Teams no longer fear them. It was the Red Sox strutting around Yankee Stadium on Memorial Day, not...
JOE KEEPING HIS COOL
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amGEORGE Steinbrenner has been extolling Lou Piniel la's attributes recently behind closed doors, lauding the overt ferocity that makes him such a highlight staple. You can find that interesting because...
KIDD TRIES TO STAY FOCUSED ON FINALS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00am"Free agency is not a question I'm going to answer right now."JASON KIDD Jason Kidd, as usual, addressed the media at length yesterday and his session can best be summed...
SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR JEFF
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy met Monday with Rockets brass in Dallas, but it remains unclear if he's the leading candidate. Houston GM Carroll Dawson and owner Les Alexander flew to New...
POWERLESS MATSUI: I'M DOING BEST I CAN
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amHideki Matsui understands George Steinbrenner's frustration, which is why he's not angry about being criticized by The Boss. "I haven't been hitting, so however I'm criticized, I guess I can't...
DE FERRAN KICKS FEAR TO THE CURB
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amHe feels fine taking turn two at 220 miles per hour. But stick Indy 500 champ Gil de Ferran in a New York City cab and watch him squirm. "The...
LEIT WORKS HARD: BULLPEN NEARLY THROWS AWAY AL'S GRITTY EFFORT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMets 4 Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA - On a cold spring day in 1989, Al Leiter threw 171 pitches while Yankees manager Dallas Green looked on approvingly. Leiter developed a sore...
BOSS SET TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amIn George Steinbrenner's eyes, his Yankees are in more than an extended slump. And that means The Boss is contemplating a shakeup. "There will be some changes, that's for certain,"...
DUCKS SHUN RUST EXCUSE ; PLAYERS SAY 10-DAY LAYOFF WAS NO FACTOR
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amLike the Tin Man, the Ducks were a tad rusty last night and in need of a little more heart. But they all said, to a man, that a 10-day...
TOO SOON TO COUNT GIGUERE OUT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN a goalie glows red hot, he looks like the coolest guy on the ice. Jean-Sebastien Giguere's movements are precise and measured, like his pads are supposedly precisely measured by...
PAUL SEES PLAYOFFS FOR YANKS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amPaul O'Neill, who embodied the gritty 1996-2000 Yankee dynasty more than anyone, said there is no reason to worry about this year's team and gave a strong endorsement to Joe...
ALOMAR SIDELINED WITH SORE LEFT HIP
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA- Roberto Alomar left in the fifth inning of last night's 4-2 victory over the Phillies with a sore left hip flexor, an ailment that also plagued him...
THE BOSS SOFTENS UP HIDEKI HITS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAfter criticizing Hideki Matsui Monday, George Steinbrenner backed off last night. "I don't have anything against my center fielder. He's playing great," The Boss said. "All I said was he...
NO OFFENSE: LEAGUE NEEDS MORE SCORING
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amSO the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals finished with exactly the kind of score critics of the offense-challenged NHL both feared and predicted when the Devils skated off...
JETER MAKES DIFFERENCE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amCONSIDER all this a challenge. Derek Jeter did. Jeter was talking about the new and "different" Yankees before last night's game in The Bronx against the Red Sox. The shortstop...
TOO SOON TO COUNT OUT GIGUERE
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amJEAN-SEBASTIEN Gi guere's movements are precise and measured, as were his pads by the NHL equipment cops before the postseason. Legal or otherwise, the shooters say there seems like an...
NO MORE STREAK FOR NO-MAR
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amAn assault on 56? Please. Nomar Garciaparra couldn't even make it halfway to Joe DiMaggio. The Red Sox shortstop had his 26-game hitting streak clipped last night, going 0-4 in...
DOCS HINT VAUGHN MAY HAVE TO QUIT
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Some of Mo Vaughn's doctors have hinted that the first baseman can risk permanent injury to his arthritic left knee unless he retires, according to Vaughn's agent, Jeff...
OPEN & SHUT CASE: DEVILS DESTROY DUCKS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1 Devils 3 Ducks 0 This was a lesson, nothing less, at the stage where there's no margin to learn from mistakes. The Devils took the new kids in...
DEVS DON'T MISS SYKORA: DUCK HELD SCORELESS; FRIESEN NETS 2 GOALS
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amPetr Sykora played seven years with the Devils, won a Stanley Cup with them in 2000, and grew from an 18-year old kid into a man alongside many of the...
THE CONE-BACK KID: RIGHTY RETURNS FROM DL, HEADS TO PEN
May 28, 2003 | 4:00am"Some guys just don't know when to hang it up." DAVID CONE PHILADELPHIA - Even though David Cone's role has been diminished, his desire could not be extinguished. The 40-year-old...
SYKORA BRINGS 'A' GAME: FORMER DEVIL RETURNS TRYING TO WIN AS DUCK
May 28, 2003 | 4:00amPetr Sykora played seven years with the Devils, won a Stanley Cup with them in 2000, and grew from an 18-year old kid into a man alongside many of the...