July 20, 2003
BULL'S EYE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amCurtain Cal Anyone still in doubt as to Calvin Klein's role at the company he founded now that it's owned by shirtmaker Phillips-Van Heusen need only have attended the designer's...
SECOND FIDDLE; NEW CEOS FIND IT HARD TO FILL LEGENDS' SHOES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amCitigroup is hoping to avoid the dreaded shadow-principle jinx. For more than a century, American corporations have thrived in the strong grip of their larger-than-life leaders but always trembled when...
NYC'S A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY ; SURPRISE! HONKY-TONK THRIVES IN THE BIG CITY
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTwo weeks ago, at the packed Rodeo Bar on Third Ave., Dale Watson, a country-and-western musician from Austin, Texas, had dozens of fans singing along to "Country My Ass," one...
STARR REPORT
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amCunningham tells his 'War Stories' Tonight's season premiere of "War Stories with Oliver North" (8 p.m./Fox News Channel) focuses on U.S. Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's experiences as part of the...
GETTING SQUIRRELLY
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amMany New Yorkers don't live with pets, but there's one animal we all encounter on a regular basis, especially in the city's parks: the squirrel. The most common type of...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe toe-tapping fun of Midsummer Night Swing winds up this week. Before the last dance, boogie down to Lincoln Center for mambo and cha-cha on Latin-themed Wednesday; zydeco, two-step and...
ROMANCE WITH RESTAURANTS ; THREE NEW SHOWS FEAST ON A HOT NEW TREND
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTHREE'S a trend. It's one of our cardinal rules in covering the TV biz: two of the same thing doesn't cut it. But three shows all covering the same subject...
SUCKED IN BY THE CITY - AGAIN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThey say that once you've lived in New York for three years, you never leave - but just before that, all your instincts tell you to get out. Nothing beats...
REALITY CZECH
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA critic's work is never done. Cine File made his annual visit to the popular film festival in the Czech Republic spa town of Karlovy Vary and was asked by...
HAY IN YOUR TEETH ; HOT UPCOMING COUNTRIFIED BANDS & WHERE TO FIND THEM
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe Dark Horses, with drummer Doggie Hughes, have been performing rock-imbibed country since 1997, and will be at the Lakeside Lounge (169 Ave. B; [212] 529-8463) Friday. Also on Friday,...
HEY, MR. DJ!
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amEverybody wants to be a deejay - unless you're a country deejay, that is. While rocking the turntables seems to be the sport of choice for lower Manhattan hipsters, there's...
SPORTS SUPERSTAR? GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amKobe Bryant, young NBA superstar, is charged with sexual assault, and the cable news channels have another JonBenet Ramsey, Laci Peterson and Gary Condit to sink their gums into. Applying...
GOSSIP WARS: IT'S STAR VS. US
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amJust a few weeks after quitting as editor of Us magazine - which she turned into a must-read money-maker in less than a year - Bonnie Fuller debuts her first...
SKIN CANCER BE DAMNED!
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amNo matter how dangerous sunbathing is, people can't resist it. Hard-core tanners don't believe in sunscreen, lotions, visors, tanning beds, "mist" tanning boots or self-tanning creams. For them, it's a...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN COSTUME DESIGNER STEVEN GERSTEIN PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amEver wonder how difficult it is to dress the stars of TV reality and talent shows like "American Idol," "Fame" and "Dance Fever"? We found out on a day spent...
IS GWYNETH PULLING A JULIA? WHY THE A-LIST ACTRESS HAS DISAPPEARED
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amWhat's up with Gwyneth Paltrow? This time last year, she was one of Hollywood's most in-demand stars - the $10-million-per-movie Oscar-winner, a modern-day Grace Kelly who had been crowned a...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amRyan watch: The Finger will release their debut disc "We Are F--- You/Punk's Dead Let's F---" this fall, with "pretty vocals" by Jim Beahm, said a press release, which referred...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTwo mortuary workers in Zimbabwe have been busted for renting corpses to motorists so they could cut to the front of gas lines and get cheap fuel reserved for the...
BEATING ; A 'SPLIT' TIME ; CYCLE CHAMP RACES TO PUT MARRIAGE BACK ON COURSE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amFour days ago, Lance Armstrong came within a bike wheel of falling flat on his face. As he hurtled down a snaking road in the French Alps at more than...
THOUSANDS MOURN BELOVED SINGER CRUZ IN MIAMI
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe heartwarming celebration of Celia Cruz's life moved from New York to Florida yesterday - as thousands of fans lined the streets of Miami to pay their final respects to...
N.J. MAN SLAIN WITH TRUMPET
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA trumpet is key evidence in a grisly New Jersey murder case. Cops say Richard Castinira, 43, of Trenton, became jealous when roommate Richard Bosler, 34, brought a man home...
'SIX DEGREES' CON MAN DEAD AT 39
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe cunning con man who duped New York's hoity-toity social elite by passing himself off as Sidney Poitier's son - a scam that inspired the hit Broadway show and movie...
HEROIC DELIVERY; BREAD MAN PULLS PAIR FROM BLAZE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA hero bread deliveryman braved an inferno of roaring flames and thick smoke to save two elderly women from an arsonist's handiwork in a Bronx building yesterday - but then...
ARAFAT FREES ARAB 'TRAITOR' SNATCHED BY TERROR GOONS
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amIn a bizarre revenge kidnapping, Palestinian extremists grabbed and beat the governor of the West Bank town of Jenin, accusing him of collaborating with Israel - and released him five...
CENTRAL PK. TURNS 150 WITH STYLE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amOver 200,000 New Yorkers and tourists gathered throughout Central Park yesterday to celebrate the 150th birthday of the city's premier public amenity. A cake-cutting ceremony kicked off the commemoration, which...
EXPERT TO ADMEN: DON'T DUMP HIM
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amMarketers who have endorsement contracts with Kobe Bryant might want to dump him because of his trouble with the law, but a New York sports marketing expert says the safest...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn A 29 year-old man was shot to death on an East New York street yesterday when an argument with three men took a deadly turn, police said. The man...
PROS SAY HE'S GUILTY - OF IDIOCY
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amEven if Kobe Bryant is innocent of sexual assault - he's guilty of being dumb. That's the word from sports figures who say Bryant's decision to cheat on his wife...
TRASH-TALKING TIRADES TARNISH GOLDEN-BOY HOOPSTER'S HISTORY
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amKobe Bryant - the onetime heir apparent to the NBA's pantheon of hoops royalty - used to have a reputation for wholesomeness. But in a prophetic interview predating his current...
FAMILY TORMENT OVER KOBE WIFE ; STAR'S FOLKS TURNED ON HIM AFTER INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA day after admitting he had cheated on his wife while denying he was a rapist, hoops superstar Kobe Bryant remained out of sight while family members insisted they were...
FRANKEL'S 'FUR' TAKES 2ND LEG OF TRIPLE TIARA
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTrainer Bobby Frankel and jockey Jerry Bailey, both on a pace to set all-time records this year for stakes wins and purse earnings, hoped to win this year's Triple Crown...
BIKER SLAMS INTO CAR, KILLS TOT
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA man on a "crotch rocket" style motorcycle slammed into a mother and two children riding in a small car in Queens last night - killing a 2-year-old and leaving...
TERROR EXPERT WHO CAN'T TELL GIRL FROM A WOMAN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amDecorated Marine Toby Studabaker -the Bible-toting, child-porn-collecting terrorist expert who lured a 12-year-old Englishgirl from home and spent at least one night with her in a Paris hotel room -...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL . . .
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amFrom DemaRush: "I have recently been thinking of starting my own TV network. I was going to call it The Totally Self-Absorbed, Egomaniacal, Greedy, Publicity-seeking, Court-side-sitting Television Network . ....
SPRINGER TIME FOR SENATE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTalk-show host Jerry Springer filed a petition to run for the Senate last week. In other words, he's going from bad to worse. But the man can get out that...
YOU CAN SAY JUDGE RHYMES WITH WITCH
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amMan - it's a real bitch! Last week, a female judge made NYC the official misogyny capital of the world, and shame on her. Judge Emily Goodman declared it was...
SAM'S HOKEY POKEY; NEW LIFE AWAITS HIM AT PA. 'CAMP'
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe big house beckons for convicted insider trader Sam Waksal. On Wednesday, the disgraced ImClone founder will hunker down with 307 other white-collar criminals, corrupt politicians and drug offenders for...
MR. MOMS MULTIPLY ; HOUSE HUBBIES ARE RAISING TOTS 20% OF THE TIME
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amWe've come a long way, baby. One in five preschoolers living with both parents is now cared for during the day by the father, according to the latest census figures....
PALS RAP SIMMONS FOR ROLLIN' WITH GOP
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amHIP-HOP honcho Russell Simmons - a right-wing darling? Talk about the law of unintended consequences. In May, the music mogul focused his fierce wealth, fat connections and exhausting gift for...
GRANNY'S OUT ON THE STREET
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amNew York's newest homeless woman is a 64-year-old grandmother with a stubborn streak as wide as Riverside Drive and an unusual ability to get past a locked door. For 30...
GORGEOUS WIVES' TALE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amWhat's up with these guys who have the most gorgeous wives in the world, and can't wait to cheat on them? Take Kobe Bryant. Or don't. Four and a half...
9/11 KIN RIP PATH FOR 'TAINTING' HOLY GROUND
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amA group representing 9/11 victims' families says Gov. Pataki has allowed construction on the footprints of the Twin Towers and wants Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton to sponsor...
TEST IS LAST CHANCE FOR TEACHERS
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThousands of city public school teachers who've flunked their aptitude and skills license exams tried to pass the tests again yesterday in what could be their final bid to save...
PARK COPS VANISH AMID CRIME WAVE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amSherry Shao's nightmare happened on a Thursday morning in one of Brooklyn's most public places, Prospect Park - and her frightening experience has highlighted concerns over increasing crime there. The...
EXPERT TO ADMEN: DON'T DITCH HIM YET
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amCorporate marketers who have endorsement contracts with Kobe Bryant might want to dump him because of his trouble with the law, but a New York sports marketing expert says the...
AFFAIRS TO REMEMBER
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amSome sporting figures whose extra-marital behavior landed the in the Hall of Shame: MIKE TYSON Heavyweight boxing champ Scandal: Convicted of raping a beauty contest winner. Outcome: Spent more than...
SLATS HAS SOME WORK TO DO ; PRODDING KOVALEV IS A MUST
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amSO IT wasn't merely posturing when agent Scott Greenspun said on Tuesday that Alex Kovalev's decision not to file for salary arbitration was a move to soften and accelerate the...
LIB 'D' GETS TEST
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTamika Whitmore knew the Liberty offense was atrocious when the team lost to Washington last week. But that wasn't what bothered her the most. Not even close. "Our defense was...
BAYLOR PAYS PRICE FOR BAD APPLES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amWE'VE been watching this stuff for too long not to be able to predict how this Patrick Dennehy saga - the one of the missing and presumed dead Baylor basketball...
P.J., SPURS HAVE ROOM FOR SPREE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo has already told Gregg Popovich he'd have no problem if San Antonio obtained Latrell Sprewell. And, according to Sprewell's agent, Bob Gist, the Knicks...
SNAKE-BIT D'BACKS SURVIVE ; METS SHOULD LEARN FROM 'ZONA'S RISE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Diamondbacks are the team the Mets failed organizationally to become. The Mets could talk about destructive injuries and the need to lean on too many inexperienced players all they...
THORN STILL AWAITING KNICK CALL
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Nets GM Rod Thorn said he's been approached by several GMs looking to make a deal since his club obtained a fourth center in Alonzo Mourning. However, Thorn...
DON SEES PROMISE IN VRANES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Rebounds painfully elude his grasp. He drops passes. Players drive past him because he often forgets to outstretch his long arms. Graceful is not the way he shuffles...
DOWN THE LINE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amScore some early points for Mets interim GM Jim Duquette. Already well-liked in the baseball fraternity while serving as Mets assistant GM, Duquette has impressed his colleagues with preparedness, pleasantness,...
CARD GAFFE SHOULDN'T CLOSE ROE'S OPEN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England - We don't know yet and probably won't for awhile, but it's very possible that a silly, outdated rule of golf might unfairly and adversely change Mark Roe's...
THESE ARE GOOD OLD DAYS
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amOLD-TIMERS DAY is special in so many ways, but let's start with the clubhouse. Look around the room that includes Yogi Berra, Don Mattingly, Dave Winfield, Graig Nettles, Reggie Jackson,...
BOMBER BULLPEN IN FLUX
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe heavy-hitting Yankees aren't planning to add to their potent lineup anytime soon. But despite the trade for former Met closer Armando Benitez, the Bombers still might not be done...
FLOYD SET TO CRY UNCLE OVER ACHIN' ACHILLES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Although he continues to gut it out, Cliff Floyd admits he's getting closer to shutting it down because of his barking right Achilles. "I can't go...
RUN FOR JUG IS; WIDE OPEN; TIGER IN HUNT FOR FINAL-ROUND SHOOTOUT AT BRITISH
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England - If you like wild shootouts in your major championships, fasten your seatbelts for the ride today's British Open final round is bound to take you on. Where...
ROYAL ST. GEORGE'S BRINGS OUT ROYALTY
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES SANDWICH, England - This British Open is unfolding in a similar way to the one last played at Royal St. George's in that the biggest names in golf...
JORGE'S CATCHING ON: POSADA IMPROVES BEHIND THE PLATE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amJorge Posada gets most of his attention for his offense, with good reason. He can stake a claim to being the best-hitting catcher in the game today. But lately, Posada...
CARDINALS MIGHT WANT HITCHCOCK
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES According to a published report yesterday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals have shown interest in obtaining Sterling Hitchcock to help their starting rotation. "I don't know...
GLAVINE A BAD DAY ; BRAVES THUMP TOM AGAIN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amBraves 7Mets 4 ATLANTA - Since he signed with the Mets in the offseason, Tom Glavine has insisted he'll only judge whether he made the right decision after the length...
SIN-SATIONAL COMEBACKS ; BIG STARS LIKE KOBE OFTEN ARE FORGIVEN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amWINNING over a jury dwarfs any chore of winning back his public to Kobe Bryant now. His freedom and career hang on the alleged victim's credibility as much as the...
HAN & MEG IN BIG APPLE SHOWDOWN
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe drama entering the Sybase Big Apple Classic centers around 25-year-old Hee-Won Han. Han gets a chance to make up for last year when she missed a six-foot birdie here...
LEYRITZ LOOKING FOR ONE MORE SHOT
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amJim Leyritz is a young Old-Timer. The former Yankees catcher believes he still has some prime time left in his bat. Leyritz, 39, who hit one of the most important...
SPOKEN FUR 2-FOR-2 IN BATTLE FOR TRIPLE TIARA
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe new, $2 million bonus for sweeping New York's "Triple Tiara" will be Spoken Fur's to win or lose in the Aug. 16 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga after the 3-year-old...
GOOSE IS HIGH ON BENITEZ IN BRONX
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amGoose Gossage can empathize with Armando Benitez. In his first game as the Yankees' closer in 1978, The Goose gave up a ninth-inning home run to Richie Zisk in a...
FLOYD READY TO CRY UNCLE OVER ACHIN' ACHILLES
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Although he continues to gut it out, Cliff Floyd admits he's getting closer to shutting it down because of his barking right Achilles. "I can't go...
JETER SHOWS OLD-TIME HUSTLE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amON this Old-Timers Day it was an old-timers' type of play that made all the difference. Derek Jeter showed us again why he is a future Hall of Famer in...
ARMANDO SHRUGS OFF BAD GAME
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amAs the crow flies, 161st St. and River Avenue in The Bronx is only about eight miles from Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing; as far as new Yankee reliever Armando Benitez...
AN OLD STORY : MO MASTERFUL AS YANK GREATS WATCH
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 7Indians 4 The Yankees owned a two-run lead in the eighth inning yesterday, but Armando Benitez had put the tying runs on base. And suddenly there was a situation...
JERSEY HUNTERS LOADED FOR BEAR
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amHUNTERS have won a couple of recent battles on the state and federal level in the war with the so-called animal rights people. Thanks to the efforts of the Congressional...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amUnited they'll stand : Kidd, Duncan lead U.S. team to Garden Jason Kidd isn't going to San Antonio but he still gets to play with Tim Duncan. It's fitting their...
LIBERTY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR 'D'
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amTamika Whitmore knew the Liberty offense was atrocious when the team lost to Washington last week. But that wasn't what bothered her the most. Not even close. "Our defense was...
MAKE A DASH FOR CASH AT SARATOGA
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe six-week, 36-card 2003 summer meet that kicks off Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course and runs through Labor Day, Sept. 1, promises to be the most scintillating stand in the...
FLYING START: CHAD'S JETS CAN'T SURVIVE ANOTHER SLUGGISH TAKEOFF
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amDuring a recent interview conducted over 18 holes on Long Island with The Post, Herman Edwards thought aloud about his third season upcoming as the Jets head coach and the...
GIANT EXPECTATIONS: FASSESL TO BIG BLUE: DON'T BELIEVE YOUR HYPE
July 20, 2003 | 4:00amIt happens every summer. Or nearly every summer. Jim Fassel gathers the Giants for training camp in Albany and starts his selling job. Everyone thinks we stink, Fassel will say,...