May 30, 2003
INSIGNIA'S CHIEF GETS SWEET $55M ASSET DEAL
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amInsignia Financial Services Chairman Andrew Farkas has struck a bargain basement pact to buy real estate assets unwanted by Insignia's buyer, CB Richard Ellis. The $55 million deal for assets...
MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULE CHANGE UNLIKELY TO YIELD MERGER MANIA
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amDespite an onslaught of criticism from public interest groups, upcoming changes in media ownership rules are not expected to result in a burst of merger activity, say analysts. On Monday,...
TRUMP APPEALS GM BLDG. RULING
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amDonald Trump has appealed an arbitration ruling that handed him just $16 million for his share of the $1 billion GM Building at 767 Fifth Ave. Bankrupt insurance giant Conseco,...
KISS MY GRASSO! - IMUS TELLS TALE OF NYSE BOSS' SHRUG AT CRITICS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSo what does Dick Grasso think about the controversy surrounding The New York Stock Exchange? "They can kiss my a * *," he told talk show titan Don Imus -...
PEPSI GETS N.Y. GIANTS' HELP IN WAR VS. COKE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPepsi is hiring the Giants to help score some touchdowns against Coke in their sports war. Pepsi said it will use the team's "Big Blue" nickname and logo in stores...
EXPERTS SHOOT DOWN PETA'S SARS SCARE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAnimal rights activists are smelling an opportunity to take three cosmetics companies to task for their use of civet cat musk in popular perfumes like Shalimar, now that the cats...
E&Y DISSES SEC'S CONFLICT CRITICISM
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIn a rare protest against the government, Ernst & Young is calling the Securities and Exchange Commission "irresponsible" for cracking down on the accounting firm's questionable practices. The SEC is...
RAINES TO STAFF: I FEEL YOUR PAIN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amNew York Times editors have made yet another appeal to appease its angry and scandal-weary staffers - this time about the use of freelancers. A memo yesterday from Executive Editor...
YAO-ZA! $1.5M BOOK DEAL - WEINSTEIN'S MIRAMAX BOOKS NETS NBA SUPERSTAR'S LIFE STORY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMIRAMAX Books is first out of the gate at the Book Expo of America - which gets under way in Los Angeles today - announcing a big-ticket book deal that...
NEW IPO RULES ISSUED BY NYSE, NASD
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA joint committee of the NYSE and NASD has recommended new rules to clean up the capital raising process for IPOs. The report, developed by a committee of corporate, financial...
UPS GIVES RADAR A BRAKE: COMPANY FAILS TO DELIVER ON MAGAZINE'S FASHION SPREAD
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amYES, there will be a second issue of Radar - it hits June 10 - but no thanks to the United Parcel Service. The worldwide delivery service - famous for...
HATCHET 'JOB'
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTHE ITALIAN JOB [] Yikes, another heist movie. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, profanity). At the E Walk, the Metro, the Battery Park City, others. ----- WATCHING "The...
'ANGEL' LOVE IS DROPPED
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amCHARISMA Carpenter - the sultry brunette on "Angel" who plays his love interest Cordelia - has been dropped from the popular vampire saga. Cordelia was left in a coma when...
A YEAR AFTER LETTERMAN DEBACLE, ABC LOVES TED
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWHAT a difference a year makes. Back then, ABC officials were negotiating to boot veteran newsman Ted Koppel and his landmark news show, "Nightline," from its schedule to get David...
BOMBABY: WHAT A GHOST STORY!
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amBHOOT [] In Hindi, with English subtitles. Running time: 119 minutes. Not rated (too scary for children). At Loews State, Broadway and 46th Street. ----- 'THE Exorcist" meets "The Sixth...
CAUGHT ON FILM
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amCAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS [ 1/2] Much stranger than fiction. Running time: 107 minutes. Not rated (profanity, sexually explicit dialogue). At the Angelika and the Lincoln Plaza. ----- THE title "Capturing...
A FATHER'S LOVE MAKES IT ALL COME 'TOGETHER'
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTOGETHER [] Bittersweet treat. Running time: 118 minutes. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Rated PG-13 (mild profanity, sexuality). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine. ----- MASTER Chinese filmmaker Chen...
'THE WIRE' GETS BETTER SECOND TIME AROUND
May 30, 2003 | 4:00am"The Wire" [ ] Sunday night at 10 on HBO ---- I didn't much care for "The Wire" the first time around, but the second season looks much more promising....
A WINDY CITY TROUPE BREEZES
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amHUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO At the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. Call (212) 242-0800. Series runs through June 8. --- IF variety is the spice of life,...
YES, I'M RICHARD ...AND I'M GAY - 'THORN BIRDS' STAR SLIPS OUT OF THE CLOSET AT 69 ON 'DATELINE'
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amFORMER matinee idol Richard Chamberlain, who's now 69, feels the time is right to come out of the closet. "I'm not a romantic leading man anymore so I don't need...
SWEET ON SUGAR - THE BAND IS FAMILY FOR FRONTMAN MARK MCGRATH
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSOUTHERN California band Sugar Ray has had an incredible string of top 10 hits, has sold 7 million albums and maintains a relentless touring schedule. So the title of the...
DAME YANKEE - MAGGIE SMITH ONE OF BRITS SET FOR BROADWAY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMAGGIE Smith, Eileen Atkins, John Lithgow and Patrick Stewart are part of a constellation of classy stars set to light up Broadway this fall. Dame Maggie is the draw for...
STARR REPORT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amJust call her Scott's Jen-ex(er) . . . "Alias" star Jennifer Garner says it's been tough since filing for divorce from Scott Foley - but that she's hanging in there...
WHALE OF A TALE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amFINDING NEMO Don't fail to catch this one. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated G. At the Empire, the Union Square, the Orpheum, others. Summer hasn't even started, but you won't...
LARRY DAVID'S GOT THE BEST KRAMER STORY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amLARRY David's TV career might have ended way back in 1985 if it hadn't been for Kramer. That would be the real Kramer - David's then-neighbor Kenny Kramer, who gave...
PIPE-BOMBING GRAMPS WON'T HEAR A THING OF NEW CHARGES
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA senior citizen serving 20 years behind bars for taking a pipe bomb to a cop's graduation party seemed to turn a deaf ear to a judge yesterday - but...
MY POCKET GOT PICKED AND A THIEF GOT KICKED
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN Police Commissioner Ray Kelly called me at 9:25 yesterday morning, I was on my best behavior. "Are you OK?" he said. I answered with the respect I give to...
CROOKED JUDGE'S CASES UNDER REVIEW
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThousands of cases handled by convicted Judge Victor Barron are still under investigation for any irregularities, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said yesterday. "That investigation is not over," Hynes told...
TO SUMMIT UP, BUSH IS BUSY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's Middle East summit is getting most of the attention, but he's packing a lot of other important diplomacy into his six-day trip to Europe and the...
SANDRA'S CAUGHT IN A 'SAND'STORM
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThere is good and bad news at the pool behind Sandra Bullock's house outside Savannah, Ga. The good news is that the sexy screen siren is sure to be lounging...
PELOSI GETS BOOT FROM CUSTODY SUIT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi is out of the running for custody of his dying wife's kids. A Long Island judge dropped Pelosi from the custody suit filed by the sister of their...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWomen in Hamburg, Germany, are living a Hitchcockian nightmare: They're being attacked by crazed crows in a real-life version of "The Birds." According to a fire official, the attacks, in...
MTA RE$HUFFLES HIERARCHY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amReeling from allegations that it kept two separate sets of financial records, the MTA yesterday created a second vice-chairman position to handle the agency's finances, and hired a former federal...
MOURNING MS. MARY - MOM DIES IN BID TO BREAK UP TEEN FIGHT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA beloved Bronx mother of 18 - known as the "neighborhood mom" - died of a heart attack after she waded into a rowdy schoolyard free-for-all to help her daughter...
AXED 'EX-MEN' WIN GO-GO SUIT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTwo transsexuals were wrongfully can-canned from their jobs as go-go dancers at a Chelsea nightclub because the owners wanted to hire "real girls," a judge ruled yesterday. In a hearing...
FIRE CLOSING LEAVES ROOSEVELT IS. DESERTED
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMAYOR Bloomberg committed "strategic suicide" when he closed down Engine Co. 261 in Queens. The firehouse serves Roosevelt Island, an oasis of 10,000 people - many of them elderly, disabled...
COPS: BEAU HITS GAL WITH HOT IRON
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island man attacked his girlfriend with a hot iron - causing burns and blisters on her arm, police said yesterday. Nassau police said Derek Arms, 31, of 557...
FINE WAY TO LO$E - CITY TAKES A BATH ON ALMOST ALL ITS SUMMONSES
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAnyone who has ever gotten a ticket may find this hard to believe - but the city actually loses money on every summons it issues, except for parking violations, a...
SHARON TAKES GIANT STEP TOWARD PEACE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Abu Mazen, yesterday offered to turn over security control of key spots in the West Bank and Gaza...
'MOBSTER' & MRS. ADMIT BIAS BEATING
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA reputed Mafia wiseguy and his wife admitted yesterday that they assaulted an Asian woman in a bias attack at a Queens restaurant earlier this year. Under the terms of...
LIBESKIND WON'T BE TOWER'S BUILDER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amDeveloper Larry Silverstein is close to picking an architect to design the 1,776-foot tall "Freedom Tower" at Ground Zero - but it won't be World Trade Center master planner Daniel...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * An armed rapist (police sketch above) who preys on teens during the early morning has been linked to three separate attacks through DNA evidence, cops said. The...
ANATOMY OF NYPD'S TRAGIC BAD-RAID BLUNDER IN HARLEM
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amHer apartment filled with the stink of a police flash grenade, a stunned Alberta Spruill sat on the edge of her bed with an NYPD captain trying to assure her,...
9/11 FRAUDSTER ADMITS RIPPING OFF FEDS FOR RENT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA 31-year-old man yesterday pleaded guilty to swindling thousands of dollars earmarked for people committed to staying in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Bryan Fuhr faces up...
BANDIT BABE IN BONEHEAD BLAB TO PAPER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00am"I am the blond bandit." Pamela Kaichen, who admitted to cops she robbed six banks in New York and Connecticut this week, said so when she called the Danbury News-Times...
PARKING LOT FRAUDSTERS STUNG AT JFK
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amEleven people, including seven airport workers, were busted yesterday for using fake handicapped permits so they could park at a reduced fee at JFK Airport. All are facing up to...
'HEAVENLY' HOT LINE AN EASY CELL FOR N.Y. GUY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amDin Heiman isn't God - but he does have the Big Guy's cell phone number. In last weekend's movie box-office champ "Bruce Almighty," Jim Carrey frequently calls a seven-digit number,...
PREZ WOOS 'TERROR' ALLY VS. IRAN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration is considering giving secret support to a terrorist group as part of a massive new covert operation to destabilize the ayatollahs ruling Iran, it was...
BLOOMBERG'S $HOCK TREATMENT STARTS WEDNESDAY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's sales tax hike will take effect on Wednesday, city officials announced yesterday, ending confusion over the timing of the increase. City officials set the effective date hours after...
SCHOOL REFORMS PASS THE BAR
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's top lawyers group has declared Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's overhaul of the school system is legal - and urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit to try to...
MOB BIG TRIES TO NIX GUILTY PLEA
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amJailed mobster Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico has accused federal prosecutors of concealing a key witness's mental illness - and put his own lawyer on the witness stand yesterday to back...
OH, NO, CANADA! - DOCS FEAR MAJOR SARS SURGE IN TORONTO
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amToronto was back on the SARS hot seat yesterday as a senior doctor in the Canadian city said the number of cases there could jump six-fold - but New York...
TWO-CONFUSING TAX A HARD SELL AT SHOPS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amUpcoming state and city sales-tax hikes have store owners, salespeople and customers angry, confused and talking about an exodus of shoppers across the Hudson, a Post survey yesterday found. From...
GOON'S DEFENSE: SURE, HE'S A MOBSTER, BUT HE'S NO CROOK
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amJust because a guy is a mobster doesn't mean that he's a sicko killer - or that he should be convicted, a lawyer for that accused gangster told jurors yesterday....
AMERICAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE WAR AGAINST TERROR OVERSEAS WILL SOON GET A CHANCE TO VIEW PAINTINGS BY THE CHILDREN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAmerican troops fighting in the war against terror overseas will soon get a chance to view paintings by the children of World Trade Center victims. Kids whose parents died on...
THEY'LL TRY, TRY AGAIN TO FIRE 'KIDNAP' APT. BOSS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThe last guy who tried to fire the manager of 133 W. 14th St. didn't fare so well - he claims the manager pulled a knife, bound him with duct...
YANKEES DEFEAT $165M 'GAY' SUIT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThe Yankees scored a big win yesterday without ever stepping on the baseball diamond - an appeals court tossed out a $165 million lawsuit by a former team employee who...
MIKE'S BOO-TIFUL DAY AT QUEENS COLL.
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg - whose name drew some boos from the crowd - departed yesterday from his standard college graduation speech to issue a staunch defense of his stewardship of City...
BRUNO'S SON TO TAKE LUCRATIVE LOBBY GIG
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The son of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, the state's second most powerful Republican, announced yesterday he's joining a powerhouse lobbying firm that regularly seeks to influence state...
CHUCK: SAVE PIECE OF PIE FOR APPLE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer called on Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders yesterday to share with the city direct aid being provided by Washington as part of President Bush's tax cut. Schumer...
VA. DUO GUILTY OF BRONX GUN-RUN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Virginia men were convicted yesterday of smuggling high-powered guns from the Old Dominion state to a Bronx housing project. A Bronx jury convicted Shawn Pettaway, 32, of Hampton, and...
KLEIN MAKES THE GRADE - EARNS KUDOS AFTER YEAR AS ED. HEAD
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amChancellor Joel Klein is getting mostly solid grades as he completes his first year as schools boss- but he hasn't emerged unscathed, a Post survey found. Klein earned six grades...
JAIL FOR 'ROYAL' SCAMMER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA Westchester County con man who posed as European royalty to scam people out of millions of dollars was ordered yesterday to repay nearly $3 million to his victims, and...
COP BEATEN IN ROAD RAGE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA crazed Long Island motorist who once served time for vehicular manslaughter rammed an off-duty Nassau County cop's car, forced it off the road, and then jumped out of his...
CUNY'S TUITION SET TO SOAR 25%
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amCity University of New York undergraduate students are about to get socked with a 25 percent tuition hike. The $800 increase - which must be approved by CUNY's board of...
MIKE BLASTS HIGH SCHOOL STOOL MORONS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAn angry Mayor Bloomberg turned up at Washington Irving HS yesterday demanding to know why student horseplay got so out of hand that a metal stool was tossed out of...
CITY WINS ROUND IN FDNY $$ FLAP
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge yesterday made it easier for the city to reduce manning in 49 of the city's engine company. Supreme Court Justice James Starkey ordered the Uniformed Firefighters Association...
SITTER SWIPERS - COPS: TEENS LIFT 20G IN JEWELRY FROM HOMES
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTwo teenage baby sitters took care of the kids - and then took off with the parents' jewelry, Long Island police said yesterday. Baby-sitting buddies Heather Lepkowski, 17, and Nicole...
OH, NO, CANADA! - SARS CASES TRIPLE IN BELEAGUERED TORONTO
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amToronto was back on the SARS hot seat yesterday as the number of probable new cases tripled to 33 - and in New York, health officials said they were keeping...
TERROR OF COP-SLAY VICTIM
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amA man claiming to have witnessed the police shooting of an African immigrant in a Manhattan warehouse said the victim "was yelling [and] crying" during his deadly confrontation with the...
DUCKS NOW THE HUNTED
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amStep right up, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and have a taste of your own medicine. It'll only sting for a second; perhaps four games, is all. For three playoff rounds,...
MIGHTY BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amWELL, there was nothing Pat rick Roy could do last night to divert the spotlight from the Finals and from Martin Brodeur, was there? Then again, perhaps the NHL is...
DUCKS MISSING THEIR SHOT(S)
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Ducks leave The Swamp and go back to the Pond, with the Devils in their blind, sitting for a sweep. They have no shot if they can't generate more...
THERE'S NOTHIN' TWO IT - ANOTHER SHUTOUT PUTS DEVILS IN COMMAND
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2: Devils 3 - Ducks 0 The Stanley Cup is all but theirs, barring flood, earthquake or epidemic. History says so, and so does their goalie's record-tying perfection. Only...
IT'S FINALLY HERE - NETS SET TO FIGHT FOR TITLE AT ALAMO
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amJason Kidd is going to San Antonio after all. But Kidd is heading to Alamo City to hunt for a championship, not a house. The long wait is over. The...
FISHING'S BEEN WET & WILD SO FAR
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S a shame the weather hasn't cooperated, because the fishing has been tops whenever you can get out. Striped bass continue to come on strong and weakfish are now starting...
STEVENS IS MONEY PLAYER - CAPTAIN HAD BIG IMPACT ON NHL SALARIES
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSCOTT STEVENS raised the bar again last night when he played in his 228th career playoff game, thus eclipsing the record for defensemen that previously belonged to Larry Robinson. But...
INJURY KOS 'ATSWHAT'
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amFunny Cide's chances of winning the Triple Crown got a boost yesterday with the news that Atswhatimtalknbout, expected to be one of his chief rivals in next Saturday's Belmont Stakes...
CHECKER CASHES IN - LANGENBRUNNER KNOWS SCORE: DEFENSE FIRST
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIn a league where goals are more golden than ever, an unlikely Devil is the front-runner for the playoff goal-scoring crown, a chance for a lifetime accomplishment he might never...
KIDD TALKS UP TONY - JASON: PARKER IS BETTER AT AGE 21
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIf Spurs management listens to Jason Kidd's appraisal of Tony Parker, it may conclude the franchise doesn't need the Nets' superstar point guard this summer. Kidd admitted yesterday that Parker,...
THE CHOPPING BLOCK - BAD WEEKEND VS. BRAVES COULD SPELL END FOR PHILLIPS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Last weekend in Atlanta, Steve Phillips joked about how the Mets drafted him seven rounds ahead of Roger Clemens in 1981. "Do I have 300 wins?" Phillips quipped....
DUCKS TRY TO CRACK BRODEUR
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIn hockey, there is nothing more frustrating, nothing more psychologically damaging than playing a game with no goals to show for it. The Ducks were shut out in the first...
JEFFERSON AWARDED SPOT ON TEAM USA
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES How loose are the Nets? There was Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd donning red, white and blue Team USA jerseys before yesterday's practice. Yesterday, Jefferson was officially named...
COACH MALONE JOINS DON'S CHANE-GANG
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amBrendan Malone is returning to the Knicks to reunite with his son and Don Chaney. Malone left the Pacers and agreed to terms to become one of Chaney's assistants, The...
ZIMMER BASHING CAN'T GET RISE OUT OF BOSS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES George Steinbrenner was in no mood to discuss the verbal bashing he took from Don Zimmer in yesterday's papers. "No comment, I am not commenting on Zimmer," said...
ONLY OURSELVES TO BLAME FOR DRIVING UNDER STERLING INFLUENCE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTACTICAL error. Never leave for home - from in front of a friend's or a restaurant's TV set - in the ninth inning of a Yankee game. Bad idea. That...
EL DUQUE'S ADVICE FOR CONTRERAS: FOCUS ON JOB
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amOrlando "El Duque" Hernandez knows all about Yankee firsts. He understands the jangled nerves and the expectations. So, when asked what advice he would give Jose Contreras tonight when his...
KARIYA CAN'T CARRY DUCKS ALONE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAFTER floating placidly around the Meadowlands in a 3-0, Game 1 defeat, the Ducks expected last night to do some faster paddling beneath the surface. If not, the biggest target...
GLAVINE'S NOT AS 'EMOTIONAL' VS. MADDUX
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Tom Glavine admitted last Saturday's start in Atlanta was more mentally difficult than a World Series game, calling it, "emotionally . . . probably the hardest...
JETS' MO KNOWS CLOCK IS TICKING
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMo Lewis, at age 33 and with 12 NFL seasons already having taken a toll on his well-worn body, is acutely aware of what time it is. The Jets' veteran...
YANKS LOOKING LEFT - LONG LIST OF PORT-SIDE BATS TARGETED FOR SHORT-TERM FIX
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amTed Williams and Lou Gehrig are out. Every other left-handed hitter not making obscene money is in. That's the only way to view the Yankees' search for a left-handed bat...
MIKE'S SPECTER HAUNTS LEWIS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSCOTRUN, Pa. - Lennox Lewis opened his media round table yesterday by announcing he wasn't answering any questions about his lawsuit against Mike Tyson, or any questions about Mike Tyson...
JARVIS' FUTURE LOOKING CLOUDY
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amUncertainty is the word of the day in the Big East, especially at St. John's. Not only is the Red Storm waiting to learn if Miami, Boston College and Syracuse...
PORT RICHMOND BATS HEAT UP AT RIGHT TIME
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amFIRST ROUND: PRHS 8 - Bushwick 4 Port Richmond High School has struggled at the plate with runners in scoring position all season. But you wouldn't have known it by...
VASQUEZ DOES IT ALL
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amFIRST ROUND: Clinton 8Midwood - 5 Bob Miller is excited about what kind of player Miguel Vasquez can become. "He's a tremendous athlete," the Clinton head coach said. "He can...
TUG OF WAR WITH DEATH - MCGRAW KEEPS WIT AFTER SAVE FROM BRAIN CANCER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Brain cancer hasn't robbed Tug McGraw of his quick wit - or ribald sense of humor. The former Mets and Phillies reliever held a press conference yesterday afternoon...
SAY IT AGAIN: JEFF TO CAVS . . . AND NOW KNICKS OUGHT TO CHASE BROWN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - Just when it appeared free agent Larry Brown, having commandeered the coaching carousel upon resigning from the 76ers, had the sway to get off at whatever NBA...
KIDD TALKS UP TONY - JASON: PARKER BETTER AT AGE 21
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIf Spurs management listens to Jason Kidd's appraisal of Tony Parker, it may conclude the franchise doesn't need the Nets' superstar point guard this summer. Kidd admitted yesterday that Parker,...
CLOCK TICKING ON PHILLIPS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMets 5 - Phillies 0 PHILADELPHIA - Last weekend in Atlanta, Steve Phillips joked about how the Mets drafted him seven rounds ahead of Roger Clemens in 1981. "Do I...
MO AGENT: EVEN 2004 UNCERTAIN
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Mo Vaughn will inform the Mets today of his plans regarding treatment of an arthritic left knee, but his agent told The Post last night, "2004 is best-case"...
GLAVINE ADMITS JITTERS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Tom Glavine admitted last Saturday's start in Atlanta was more mentally difficult than a World Series game, calling it, "emotionally probably the hardest game I've ever...
MARTY HAS HIS DUCKS ALL IN ROW
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amIt starts with a cold sweat. Then come the shakes, followed by a mind-splitting case of hysteria. Save! Save! Save, Brodeur! In hockey, there is nothing more frustrating, nothing more...
STEVIE WONDERFUL - TRACHSEL'S SUCCESS MAY CATCH EYE OF CONTENDERS
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Steve Trachsel is pitching his way off the Mets' roster. Normally, that would indicate a hurler is struggling, but Trachsel is looking like 6-foot-4 trade bait. The 32-year-old...
5 QUESTIONS FOR TIKI BARBER
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Giant running back Tiki Barber, who has football shows on the YES Network and on 1050-ESPN Radio in New York. He soon...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amAl Trautwig vs. Fred Hickman (Who's A Better Yankee studio host?) Holed up in The YES Network's Stamford, Conn., studio during games, Fred Hickman, at best, can only gain the...
'SNAKE' IN THE GRASS: D'BACKS' BRENLY OFF-BASE FOR RIPPING BOBBY V
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amOne-time broadcaster and current manager Bob Brenly has a future as a comedian. After ESPN's Bobby Valentine said Brenly's Diamondbacks are "done," in the pennant race, Brenly retorted, coincidentally enough...
THE KIDDS ARE ALL RIGHT: ANTHONY: JASON'S NETS CAN CAPTURE NBA TITLE
May 30, 2003 | 4:00amPeople laughed at ESPN's Greg Anthony. Before the All-Star break, Anthony said the Nets could win the NBA title. "New Jersey can win it all," Anthony says again now, this...