June 15, 2003
BULL'S EYE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThank you, DonLoganIf Don Logan ever forgets what was said in one of his meetings, apparently he turns to The Post to jar his memory. At a luncheon for ex-Time...
CEO PARSONS' PLAY CLOSED CASE: BOOK
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amDick Parsons played a key behind-the-scenes role in the ouster of Steve Case as chairman of AOL Time Warner. Parsons gave Jeff Bewkes, the top AOL Time Warner exec who...
STARR REPORT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amIf it was a 'Perfect' world . . . Discovery Channel's "Perfect Partner," hosted by Daphne Brogdon, kicks off its second season tomorrow (9 a.m.) - with shows filmed here...
MEGHAN DAUM'S DIARY; NOT SINCE "BRIDGET JONES' DIARY" HAVE SO MANY WOMEN RAVED ABOUT A NOVEL'S AUTHOR - AND HER HEROINE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe 14th Street cross-town bus may not be the obvious place to make a life changing decision. But it was on the bus, on her way to the East Village...
ROMAN HOLIDAY
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amHot on the heels of winning an Oscar for "The Pianist," Roman Polanski is getting a three-weekend retrospective at the American Museum of the Moving Image. The tribute includes "Rosemary's...
WORKING LIKE A DOG
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amNow Fido doesn't have to wait until the weekend to have you all to himself for the entire day. This Friday has been designated "Take Your Dog to Work Day"...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER...THE BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS SHOW
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe Second Annual Broadway Under the Stars show takes over Bryant Park tomorrow night with a theme of romance celebrated though film, music and dance - and the Broadway songbook,...
TRENDSPOTTING
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amWonder what you'll be wearing later this year? To find out, all you need to do is watch the new season of "Sex and the City."Gloves It's about time for...
HAIR, HEELS & HATS: ALL THE THINGS CARRIE & CO. WILL WEAR - AND WANT - THIS SEASON
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE new - and final - season of "Sex and the City" brings up several burning questions. The most pressing question, of course, is whether Carrie Bradshaw and her band...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER VIVIENNE TAM PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt's not really a surprise that Vivienne Tam wants to shop in Chinatown. All of the fashion designer's collections are Asian-influenced; she was born in China and raised in Hong...
THE REALITY OF A TV DATE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amGreg sells office space for a living. I write about life in the city for mine. He's a slick uptown guy. I'm a scruffy Brit. Did we have anything in...
TOO REAL FOR COMFORT ; A COCK-EYED LOOK AT THE COCK-EYED NEW SUMMER SHOWS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amSO many reality shows are on the schedule this summer that they're all in danger of blurring into one. Someday, that will no doubt happen. Someone will come up with...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAfter their boat sank, three Ecuadorian fishermen survived for about four weeks by eating raw fish and drinking their own urine. Franklin Martinez, Jorge Briones and Ivan Romero were in...
BIG EASY DOES IT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS HONCHO
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe new leader of one of America's oldest civil rights groups is dodging questions about police brutality in New York City, and if he sounds anything like a politician it...
'SNIPER' COP CHIEF IN A BOOK BIND
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe police chief at the center of the Washington-area sniper case could face fines and jail time himself for violating an ethics ruling against publishing a book about the ordeal....
U.S. TROOPS GRILL AL QAEDA SUSPECTS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. interrogators in northern Iraq yesterday were questioning 74 suspected al Qaeda members nearly a week after U.S. soldiers fought the bloodiest battles since major combat ended. The U.S. military...
POLS IN PUSH TO SAVE 11 CLINICS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council leaders joined community activists yesterday in demanding Mayor Bloomberg reverse the planned closure of 11 child-health clinics. Speaker Gifford Miller and Health Committee Chairwoman Christine Quinn charged that...
CITY HAS THUGS ON THE RUN
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amCrime in New York City kept up its historic plunge last year, according to the FBI, dropping 4.5 percent - a far bigger dip than in the rest of the...
SILVER SITS ON PERV BILL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amA law to protect New Yorkers from persistent violent sexual offenders has languished under Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver - in whose legislative district one such pervert allegedly struck again this...
THE YAWNING GAP BETWEEN DAD AND MOM
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amForget about a Father's Day breakfast-in-bed for dear old dad. He'll probably be happier sleeping in. A new study suggests that men don't bounce back from sleep loss as well...
BIZARRO SPIDEY; THIEF HIT 'SUPERHERO' TROUPE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe final act in a long string of robberies that bug-eyed burglar "Spider-Man" performed was inside a West Side theatrical agency - amazingly on a road tour in an action-adventure...
STALKED: JILTED LOVER DELIVERS DEATH AT L.I. DINER
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amA jealous man, hiding his hunting shotgun in a box for long-stemmed roses, burst into his ex-lover's Long Island diner early yesterday and mercilessly gunned down the mother of three...
SKATE-SLAY MOM: TRIO FREED BY DNA STILL GUILTY
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe mother of a murdered Long Island teenager whose accused killers were set free last week after DNA tests ruled them out said she remains convinced they are guilty. "In...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN A man in his 30s was found dead in his Mercedes Benz parked outside Baruch College yesterday morning at 24th Street and Lexington Avenue. Witnesses said they initially thought...
OUST BOSS TWEED; RENAME BUILDING FOR A TRUE N.Y. GREAT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAndrew Haswell Green may well be the most important New Yorker who ever lived. But have you ever even heard his name? Indeed, writes professor Kenneth Jackson, president of the...
WILLS GETS AN AFRICAN 'QUEEN'
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amPrince William's latest love is out of Africa. The King of England-to-be fell in love with Jessica Craig, daughter of a wealthy Kenyan game boss, while staying on their farm...
STATE COPS: BOYCOTT FORD CARS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amState police have threatened to boycott Ford products after two cops were incinerated inside Crown Victoria cruisers last month. Sixteen cops have now been burned to death in incidents involving...
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, TAX 'EM
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amMIKE Bloomberg, mayor of the Upper East Side, is rapidly learning that while money can buy you a mayoral election, it cannot, contrary to popular belief, buy you love. Or...
BUS-BOMB VICTIM KIN OF U.S. ENVOY
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - One of the 17 Israelis killed on a bus by a Hamas bomber in Jerusalem on Wednesday was the second cousin of the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ambassador...
U.S. RAIDS IRAQI TOWN FOR GUNS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amHunting for militant leaders and illegal weapons, hundreds of U.S. troops swooped on a town west of Baghdad early today, in Operation Spartan Scorpian. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's...
SEX AND THE CAPITAL: IT'S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to sex and the state capital, some things never change. Back when I was a college student - smart, ambitious and woefully inexperienced, although I'd never admit...
TONY GOES WACKY WITH DAME HARVEY
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAND you thought our Tony Awards would never be as classy as the Academy Awards. I take exception to that lie! Last Sunday night, our red-carpet Broadway stars proved they...
GET A LIFE! PLEASE!
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amIF you thought chickenpox sounded ridiculous, now we've got to deal with monkeypox. Yes, monkeypox - which is spreading faster than Anna Nicole Smith. To control the disease, the feds...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amFROM Jrg11106: "My favorite current event is the rally that was held to protest the Rockefeller drug laws . . . by the rap artists! What are they thinking? [Then...
FEDS EYE 'ABUSE' AT 9/11 LOCKUP
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe Justice Department last week launched its third probe into allegations that Middle Eastern men were mistreated while detained at a Brooklyn federal lockup after the 9/11 terror attacks, The...
LANDLORDS REIGN $UPREME IN RENT-CONTROL BATTLE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Put it down as a win for the hard-lobbying landlords. New York City's state senators, who have been battling to strengthen the state's expiring rent laws in favor...
SCHOOL SHOCK ; MORE BOYS ACCUSE BX. TEACHER OF SEX ABUSE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAs many as four additional youths have joined three other boys in accusing a Bronx math teacher of sexual abuse, The Post has learned. The Bronx DA's Office said it...
HE OUT-DIVA'D J.LO; WHY SHE BOOTED HER STAR MANAGER
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amBenny Medina, the 43-year-old Hollywood manager who was unceremoniously sacked by his star client Jennifer Lopez last week, must be feeling pretty Lo himself these days. After all, he's widely...
COPS SHOOT MAN IN GUN BATTLE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amPolice waged a major gun battle in Brooklyn last night that left a shooting suspect wounded and four cops traumatized and sent to the hospital, officials said. Cops and the...
HOWE LEAPS ON ARMANDO BANDWAGON
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ANAHEIM - The other night, after going three days without pitching, Armando Benitez told Art Howe he could give his manager three innings. "If you need me in...
REYES IS A KEEPER: KID SS IMPRESSES
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - If the Mets are smart, they'll listen to Roger Cedeno's advice on Jose Reyes. "He needs, I think, just one thing: for them to let him play," Cedeno...
METROS, GRAFER AT CROSSROAD
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amDespite protestations to the contrary, this month will almost certainly prove to be the crossroad for the MetroStars' season and goalkeeper Paul Grafer's career. And that pivotal stretch for both...
PARTY MAKES ROBINSON FEEL UNEASY
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amWhile the hordes were toasting and cheering the Devils at their Meadowlands Stanley Cup party yesterday, one person was conspicuous by his absense. "In my position, you're part of it,...
SLATS MUST RESOLVE MESS-Y SITUATION
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amTEN weeks now since the end of the regular season and Glen Sather continues to wait for a phone call from Mark Messier, continues to wait to hear whether No....
DEVILS CELEBRATE 'SWEETEST' CUP
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amThis was sharing. The Stanley Cup became everybody's trophy, public property for a while at the Meadowlands yesterday. "This is what it's all about, watching everyone's faces light up," said...
STILL TIME TO GET BUICK TIGER TIX
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF It's not too late to buy tickets to see Tiger Woods and those other PGA Tour hotshots at this week's Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club. "Ticket sales...
ADMIRAL SALUTES THE PAST
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amDavid Robinson doesn't get it. The proud, statuesque veteran sounds like any other middle-aged guy bemoaning big salaries and cheapened stardom when he starts talking about the way things used...
GIRARDI LOVED HIS PINSTRIPES
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Girardi has enjoyed the greatest view for some of the best days at Yankee Stadium. Twice he was behind home plate for no-hitters in his Yankee tenure - Doc...
NETS' RESILIENCE GETS RESPECT FROM SPURS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00am"They're playing so hard and it's frustrating for us."DAVID ROBINSON on the Nets Stephen Jackson late Friday night was ripping into himself for how lousy he's been in the NBA...
FIRST SHOT FIRED IN BATTLE FOR BARNES
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - When Ricky Barnes snapped the head of his Titleist driver while on the practice range before the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, it...
NYRA CHAIRMAN RIPS SPITZER'S TRACK REPORT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amNew York Racing Association chairman and CEO Barry K. Schwartz yesterday angrily denounced a report issued by the office of N.Y. State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that attacked NYRA's operation...
KNICKS' MALONES: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amDon Chaney has made the mistake once already - mistaking Brendan Malone for Mike Malone on the telephone. Same New York/Irish accent. And more importantly, Chaney sees so much of...
WHO SAYS POP COULD KERR LESS? SPURS COACH USES SECRET WEAPON
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amBY EXHUMING Steve Kerr and extolling Speedy Claxton, Gregg Popovich is beginning to show signs he may have enough solid basketball instincts to be a column consultant. Immediately following the...
CLEMENS TO HALL: HAT IS MY CALL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens holds no grudges against the Red Sox. But when it comes to going into the Hall of Fame, baseball's 21st pitcher to reach 300 wins made...
STORMY DAY IN BRONX
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE sights and sounds Friday night - and again yesterday - at Yankee Stadium exposed where the home team and their manager are right now. Joe Torre, booed Friday night,...
TOTTENVILLE WALKS AWAY WITH PSAL TITLE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amPSAL "A"Tottenville 8Monroe 7 PSAL "B"Beacon 6Randolph 3 John Benedetto didn't pick the most exciting way to do it, but you can't complain about how you drive in the game-winning...
WARNING: USGA WILL SHOW NO MERCY AT SHINNECOCK
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - While the third round of the U.S. Open was unfolding yesterday at the birdie land known as Olympia Fields, somewhere back in Far Hills, N.J., the...
LIBS STALL IN 4TH ; COLLAPSE LATE VS. SPARKS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amSparks 67Liberty 60 The Liberty were supposed to have today off. Change of plans. After breaking down like a used Fiat yesterday in a 67-60 Garden loss to the Los...
METROSTARS CONTINUE THEIR FALL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amFire 3Metros 2 If yesterday's not-that-close 3-2 loss to Chicago is indicative of how the MetroStars are going to respond without their three National Team stars, June is going to...
BOMBERS RIP CARDS ; GIAMBI HRS LEAD HIT PARADE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 13Cardinals 4 With the embers of Roger Clemens' 300th win still smoking in Yankee Stadium yesterday, the home club put a rare beating on the Cardinals. Slowly, it appears...
YANKS: TORRE SAFE ; CLUB DENIES REPORT BOSS WANTS MANAGER OUT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00am"Because we are in this town, little things become big things."BRIAN CASHMAN While Yankee officials denied on and off the record that George Steinbrenner is thinking about firing his ultra-popular...
QUESTIONS CLOUD TORRE FUTURE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE SIGHTS and sounds Friday night - and again yesterday - at Yankee Stadium exposed where the home team and their manager are right now. Joe Torre, booed Friday, fielded...
TEXAS WANTS TO PARK PARK IN THE BRONX
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Rangers are dreaming if they believe Ugueth Urbina is worth what they are asking the Yankees for in trade discussions for the right-handed reliever. According to an...
BARNES IS BIG PRIZE FOR AGENTS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - Ricky Barnes, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, told The Post he'll decide within a week on a sports agency, ending a recruiting war that rivaled the...
TIGER'S FALLEN & HE CAN'T GET UP
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - If next week's PGA Tour stop were called something other than the Buick Classic, I doubt seriously whether Tiger Woods would be headed for Westchester Country...
STADIUM RAINS LOVE ON TINO
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amIf you're a jerk, people here let you know about it. But you've done something right when you come up to bat against the Yankees in the Bronx and see...
ANOTHER JIM DANDY : FURYK ON VERGE OF HIS 1ST MAJOR WIN
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - The U.S. Open is Jim Furyk's to lose. Yes, the player with the funny swing - the "Zorro" loop-de-loop at the top of the backswing -...
BAM! BAM! GIAMBI : JASON'S TWO HRS TRUMP TINO'S CARDS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 13Cardinals 4 The guy he replaced morphed from a good player to Lou Gehrig the minute the Yankees told him so long. His initial season in pinstripes resulted in...
PRICE FALLS FOLLOWING HOT START
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - As they walked down the 15th fairway yesterday, Tom Watson had a burning question he had to get off his chest to playing partner Nick Price....
ROACH GETS LIT UP: MET ROOKIE SMOKED IN DEBUT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAngels 13 Mets 3 ANAHEIM - Met right-hander Jason Roach made his major-league debut wearing No. 57. That number was last given to purported "mental skills coach" Fran Pirozzolo, and...
D-PLORABLE EFFORT IRKS HOWE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ANAHEIM - Art Howe wasn't pleased with his outfield's play last night, but it wasn't what you might think. Howe was steamed after both left fielder Timo Perez...
DO NOT CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MEN
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amWE WOULD like to retract a past statement: middle relievers are useful and, yes, they're worth having on your team. We caught a good amount of flak for our previous...
HUNTING PROGRAM FAIR, BUT NOT HIGH CALIBER
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amHUNTING has been the subject of a number of television news shows over the years and most have been totally on the side of the antis. Tomorrow night, National Geographic...
THE EAGLE HAD LANDED! TV'S GREAT TIMING REALLY A TALL TALE OF THE TAPE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amI'M not a born cynic, nor was I raised to be one. But to cover sports TV and not become cynical is to be a fool, born and raised. Consider...
YANKS: TORRE SAFE : DENY REPORT BOSS WANTS MANAGER OUT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00am"Because we are in this town, little things become big things." BRIAN CASHMAN While Yankee officials denied on and off the record that George Steinbrenner is thinking about firing his...
ROG TO HALL: IT'S MY CALL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens holds no grudges against the Red Sox. But when it comes to going into the Hall of Fame, baseball's 21st pitcher to reach 300 wins made...
NOT PAR FOR COURSE: LOW SCORES NEVER SIT WELL WITH USGA
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amOLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - While the U.S. Open's third round was taking place at the birdie land known as Olympia Fields Country Club yesterday, somewhere back in Far Hills, N.J.,...
DAYS OF RECKONING, ALL KIDD-ING ASIDE
June 15, 2003 | 4:00am"If this was my last game here, I'll know I left everything I had on the floor." JASON KIDD SAN ANTONIO - The funereal pall was as understandable as it...
NETS FACE DEEP SIX: SPURS CAN WIN TITLE WITH VICTORY AT HOME
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - One game. One more victory. In their minds, that is all the Nets are thinking about, looking at, planning for: One game. Forget that the Nets are...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER ROOM DOORS
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amRoger to the rescue Met misery is everywhere, but on this Father's Day, here's a behind-the-scenes look at the kind of teammate and person that is Roger Cedeno. After a...
PAIN IN THE FORECAST: AGE, UPHEAVAL COULD BRING BOMBER DRY SPELL
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amIF you don't like the present, Yankee fans, you really might hate the future. Is it possible we are in 1965 or 1982 again? It was hard to believe in...
LIB BENCH TOUGH: RESERVES PROVIDE HUGE LIFT
June 15, 2003 | 4:00amAfter the Liberty avenged an opening night loss to the Cleveland Rockers with a 73-65 win Tuesday night, coach Richie Adubato was asked to assess the difference between this year's...