August 1, 2003
FUSE SHORTED ON ANTI-MTV BILLBOARD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amBertelsmann has nixed a new billboard in Times Square that pokes fun at MTV, The Post has learned. Upstart music video channel Fuse - which since mid-May has had a...
MGM, CNBC PLANNING ASIAN MOVIE CHANNEL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amCNBC and movie studio MGM have agreed to launch a movie channel in Asia. MGM and CNBC's parent NBC have long worked together on an alliance in which MGM distributes...
TURKS FINED $4B FOR MOTOROLA, NOKIA SCAM
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday ordered a fabulously wealthy Turkish family to fork over $4 billion to Motorola for ensnaring the communications giant in what he called a web of "lies,...
NOT QUITE SISTINE CHAPEL, BUT FERRAGAMO STORE WILL BE ARTY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amFashion and art will come together in a new Salvatore Ferragamo flagship store scheduled to open here next month. The 20,000-square-foot store at 655 Fifth Ave. - by far the...
'INFERIOR' NEWS BLAMES CANADA FOR ITS PULP FRICTION
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Daily News has finally gotten fed up with what it acknowledges is its "inferior paper." The city's slowest-growing newspaper has filed suit against its Canadian paper supplier, charging it...
'DR. QUINN' TO BE SAKS' NEW MARTHA
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amActress Jane Seymour is hoping to do for Saks Inc. what Martha Stewart did for Kmart. Seymour, perhaps best known for her role on the TV show "Dr. Quinn, Medicine...
WAITING FOR REMNICK DEAL - NEW YORKER CHIEF'S FIRST 5-YEAR CONTRACT RAN OUT IN JULY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amNEW Yorker Editor-in Chief David Remnick had a five-year contract when he took over from editrix Tina Brown back in July 1998 - which means it expired last month. The...
BOARD ROOM BRAWL - MERRILL'S PATRICK OUSTED AFTER DISS TO O'NEAL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal learned that his No. 2, Thomas Patrick, was trying to undermine his decision to delay naming a president, it was the last straw. O'Neal...
MGM, CNBC PLANNING MOVIE CHANNEL IN ASIA
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amCNBC and movie studio MGM have agreed to launch a movie channel in Asia. MGM and CNBC's parent NBC have long worked together on an alliance in which MGM distributes...
CHODOROW TO OPEN MEATPACKING EATERY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amJeffrey Chodorow, the restaurateur making waves on television with Rocco Dispirito, will open a Japanese restaurant at the $60 million Hotel Gansevoort, scheduled to open this fall in the Meatpacking...
SOHO TO GO GAGA FOR COCOA
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWindy City-based hot chocolatier Vosges Haut-Chocolat is blowing into a chic, purple-hued SoHo flagship that will open officially during Fashion Week. The nearly 1,000-square-foot shop at 132 Spring St., decorated...
'INFERIOR' NEWS BLAMES CANADA FOR PROBLEMS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Daily News has finally gotten fed up with what it acknowledges is its "inferior paper." The city's slowest-growing newspaper has filed suit against its Canadian paper supplier, charging it...
U.S. TALKS TURKEY: ORDERS UZANS TO PAY MOTOROLA $4B FOR FRAUD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday ordered a fabulously wealthy Turkish family to fork over $4 billion to Motorola for ensnaring the communications giant in what he called a web of "lies,...
STARR REPORT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe 'Cousin' stays in the (CBS-FM) pictureBruce Morrow, better known as"Cousin Brucie," has inked a new, three-year deal to stay at oldies station WCBS(101.1 FM). "They offered me a very...
OFF TO WAR
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amNicole Kidman, who's currently filming the remake of "The Stepford Wives," and Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the Oscar-winning "Cinema Paradiso," may join forces for a war movie. Screendaily.com reports the...
IT JUST SLIPPED BY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amBOB Hope and Katharine Hepburn, who died a month apart, had more in common than being Hollywood legends. Back in 1956, they starred together in "The Iron Petticoat," a British-made...
NORTH STARS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amNicolas Cage, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins have joined the guest list for next month's Toronto International Film Festival. Ryan stars along with Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kevin...
'TODAY' HOST GRILLS WILLOW ON POST SCOOP
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWE know that "Today" co- host Matt Lauer reads The Post - since he referred to our exclusive story about Alyson Hannigan while interviewing the "American Wedding" star yesterday. "There's...
THE MOVIE THE POPE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE MAGDALENE SISTERS [ 1/2] Nasty habits. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (vi olence, nudity, language). At the Lincoln Plaza and Loews Village. -------- BERNADETTE, a heroine of Peter...
AND BEST OF ALL, NO PARENTS - THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE 'TEEN CHOICE AWARDS'
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amIN a few short years, "The Teen Choice Awards" - which started out as little more than a Christmas tree for movie and CD ads - has become a TV...
PUT IT ASUNDER
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAMERICAN WEDDING [] Stale third helping of "Pie." Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (sex, raunchy humor, profanity). At the Orpheum, the Union Square, the Chelsea, oth ers. ---- 'AMERICAN...
GET ON QUEUE FOR 'AVENUE'
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAVENUE Q [] At the John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. ---- 'AVENUE Q" is a pup pet show for people who hate puppet shows. A mix...
TOO MANY PLOTS TARNISH GEM-THIEF PIC
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAND NOW . . . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN [1/2] A man and a woman . . . and a snooze. In English and French, with English sub titles. Running time:...
FAIR IS FOUL IN HARLEM
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amMACBETHAt the Classical Theatre of Harlem, 645 St. Nicholas Ave. Through Sunday. (212) 868-4444. ---- THE most provocative outdoor Shakespeare in town is not the gimmicky "Henry V" in Central...
YOU KNOW THE DRILL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS [1/2] Accomplished but smug do mestic drama. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (sexuality and lan guage). At the 72nd Street East, the Lincoln Square,...
CROW DOESN'T FLY TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amSHERYL CROW --- NOT even the most humble corvidologist at Cornell University's famed department of ornithology would deny that Sheryl Crow is one of pop's most potent songbirds. At Radio...
MELANCHOLY BABY - CARLA WERNER CHRONICLES HER RAINY-DAY LIFE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am"I was very nervous at those first gigs . . . It was the crowd who made me feel I could do it." -Carla Werner -------- CARLA Werner has always...
THIS CAR ISN'T ALL THAT'S VINTAGE ABOUT SPIKE TV
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amFOR a supposedly "new" TV network, Spike TV is offering an awful lot that's old. When TNN premieres its new name on Monday, Aug. 11 - the one that was...
LIFETIME INTRODUCES TWO NEW SERIES ON SATURDAY - GIRL, HAVE I GOT SHOWS FOR YOU
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am"Wild Card" [ ] Saturday night at 9 on Lifetime ---"1-800-MISSING" [ 1/2] Saturday night at 10 on Lifetime --- IF you have nothing better to do on a Saturday...
SHY, SO SHY, OF SONDHEIM - CRITICS MAY TIPTOE AROUND 'BOUNCE' BUT THAT WON'T SAVE THIS FLOP
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am'HOW do you say no to Steve?" That's the question being posed sotto voce around Broad way this week about the great Stephen Sondheim and his not-so-great musical, "Bounce." The...
STUFFED TURKEY: 'GIGLI' SINKS TO NEW LOW WITH 'GOBBLE, GOBBLE' SCENE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amGIGLI (one star) Ugly. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated R (language, gore, violence, sex). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Orpheum, others. IT isn't the fault of Ben Affleck...
U.S. HOLDING SECRET IRAN QAEDA TALKS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Bush administration is reportedly holding secret talks with Iranian leaders to persuade them to hand over top al Qaeda members, including one of Osama bin Laden's sons. NBC News...
CITY'S VIEW ON WTC SPIRE: LOVE AT FIRST SITE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amCity officials are demanding that the Freedom Tower, the centerpiece of the World Trade Center restoration, remain at the northwest corner of the site - where architect Daniel Libeskind proposed...
BLOOD MONEY - LOANS FOR TYRANTS, BUT NOT FOR FREE IRAQ?
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE outrageous double standard the "world community" applies to Iraq just reached a new height of hypocrisy. In a statement worthy of the French diplomat he apparently aspires to become,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amUtility workers in Cape Coral., Fla., mistakenly hooked up the water-supply lines of four homes to the city's treated wastewater from toilets, instead of the purified drinking-water system. "Mistakes were...
LOOK, UP IN THE SKY! - WING MAN FLIES THE CHANNEL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA winged daredevil played Superman yesterday - using just wind power to fly across the English Channel in 14 minutes. The incredible stunt made him the first person to skydive...
'HATE CAMP' CLOSED - ISRAELI ARAB KIDS CHANTED FOR TERROR DEATH
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amIsraeli police yesterday shut down an Arab summer camp after a television report showed hundreds of children shouting, "We want bombs." Authorities detained two adult organizers of the camp, at...
TV WISEGUY LEARNS FAME COMES WITH A PRICE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amRICHIE "Blue Eyes" Mal done ate a corned-beef sandwich, put in a few calls to James Gandolfini, and pondered an age-old adage: "Careful what you pray for." "I wanted very...
SLEUTHS BUILD 'SOLID' CASE IN WMD HUNT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Top U.S. inspectors said yesterday American forces are learning about new Iraqi weapons facilities every day from documents and cooperating regime scientists, but they're waiting to announce what...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Cops yesterday identified a Long Island man killed in a motorcycle accident at Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park. Edward Barnes, 36, was apparently riding a Honda east...
FEDS KEEP 9/11 PROMI$E: REPORT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe federal government has to date done a good job in allocating the $21 billion promised to New York in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a fiscal watchdog...
'FIEND' FRIENDS' SLAY RAP
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTwo childhood buddies who ratted each other out were arraigned yesterday in the brutal rape and bludgeoning death of a Hunter College student and the subsequent rape of a teen...
REVS. VOW SUIT OVER MILK HS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAmid praise yesterday from the City Council for the nation's first gay high school, a group of Hispanic ministers threatened to sue over it, calling the campus a new kind...
SADDAM'S GIRLS FLEE - JORDAN GIVES DESPERATE DAUGHTERS ASYLUM
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Jordan granted asylum to two of Saddam Hussein's daughters and their nine children yesterday, claiming the decision was made as a humanitarian gesture. The women Raghad, 36, and...
BUSH WEIGHS BAN OF SAME-SEX UNIONS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush would consider a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because he feels wedlock is a "sacred institution" that must be protected, the White House said yesterday....
N.J. MILLIONAIRE BUSTED IN 9/11 SCAM
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amYet another alleged World Trade Center charity scammer was busted yesterday - this one charged with pocketing a $60,000 handout for lost business from the tragedy when in fact his...
BOY TO TESTIFY AGAIN ON PARENTS' SLAY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Sgt. James Poulos walked into an Astoria home on Easter Sunday in 1997 and saw 9-year-old Lukas Dainys standing in the hallway, trembling and "in shock," he knew something...
'BLOND BANDIT': I'M GUILTY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe "Blond Bandit," who was a tireless Ground Zero volunteer, pleaded guilty yesterday to a two-day stickup spree in which she robbed six banks in Westchester and Connecticut. Pamela Kaichen,...
SLASHED HERO GETS AMBULANCE BILL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man says he is paying a price for fearlessly nabbing a criminal. Anthony Gallo - who tackled a crazed, knife-wielding homeless man who slashed a woman in the...
POST'S HUMMER DRIVES TIMES SQUARE WILD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTimes Square boasted a big new attraction yesterday, and it created a huge buzz - make that a hum. The New York Post's big yellow Summer Hummer - which will...
HARLEM MAKES A STAND FOR TOURISTS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA ribbon-cutting ceremony was held yesterday in Harlem to open the new Harlem Visitor Information Kiosk for tourists. The kiosk, at 163 W. 125th St., is the second in the...
EX-WORKER SUES 'ANTI-SEMITIC' FAIRWAY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA woman has filed a $21 million wrongful-termination suit against Fairway, claiming she was fired from the popular Upper West Side grocery store because she's Jewish. In papers filed in...
GAL-LANT COP NAMED 1ST WOMAN CHIEF
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD gets its first woman chief when Joanne Jaffe is promoted today to head the Housing Bureau. "Chief Jaffe is an outstanding leader who has excelled in a series...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE village of Southampton has changed dramatically over the years - but one thing that hasn't is the community's 49-year-old dress code. And if you break it, be ready to...
NYPD'S FATAL ERRORS: COP WHO SHOT ZONGO TELLS OF WEARING MAILMAN OUTFIT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe cop who killed an unarmed African immigrant in a Manhattan self-storage warehouse has provided prosecutors with a detailed account of a flawed NYPD operation that ended in a fatal...
MIKE EYES REPEAL OF TAX HIKES
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he was "reasonably confident" that he'd be able to roll back the 18.5 percent property tax imposed in January. "I believe we have turned the corner...
JUDGE RIPS QNS. NAZI
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn federal judge yesterday revoked the citizenship of a 79-year-old Queens man, saying he served as an armed guard at an SS slave-labor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and lied...
DWI CITED IN 'HIT RUN' HORROR
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man was driving drunk and speeding when he mowed down and killed an elderly cancer patient crossing the street on Christmas Eve last year, a new indictment charges....
ANTHRAX CLEANER 'FESSES TO FRAUD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe boss of a Texas company that was paid $1.6 million to clean anthrax from the Morgan Station mail-sorting center admitted yesterday he forged documents to convince authorities his work...
ABUSE SUSPECT IN HOSTAGE STANDOFF
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Bronx man wanted for assaulting a woman with whom he lives was arrested yesterday after he used furniture to barricade himself and his preteen son in their apartment, police...
BURIAL GROUND HORROR SHOW
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAnyone afraid of seeing zombies, monsters and ghosts lurking in a spooky graveyard should steer clear of Green-Wood Cemetery - because that's exactly what's going to be happening there on...
SLAIN POL'S BROTHER HAS ARREST RECORD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amGeoffrey Davis, who is running for his slain brother's City Council seat, has an arrest record for selling pot and soliciting a prostitute, law enforcement sources told The Post yesterday....
TEEN 'ARSONISTS' - BIGOTS TORCHED IMMIGRANTS' HOUSE: PAL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA gang of teenage bigots who allegedly torched the home of a sleeping Mexican immigrant family was busted after one of them - the son of a cop - came...
GRAVE MISTAKE IN POL'S BURIAL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe interred body of murdered Councilman James Davis is being moved out of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn after his grieving family made a shocking discovery - the ashes of assailant...
NYPD'S FATAL ERRORS - COP WHO SHOT ZONGO TELLS OF WEARING MAILMAN OUTFIT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe cop who killed an unarmed African immigrant in a Manhattan self-storage warehouse has provided prosecutors with a detailed account of a flawed NYPD operation that ended in the fatal...
MEMORIAL AT QUEENS BLVD. DEATH SITE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amHundreds of mourners gathered on Queens Boulevard last night to remember the latest victims to lose their lives on the infamous "Boulevard of Death." "They took my baby's life," said...
BUSTED BIRD GAL'S SEEDS OF DISCONTENT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA bird-brained brouhaha in an Upper East Side park has led to the arrest of a woman on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon - birdseed. The fowl situation...
'SEX & CITY' SUED - 'POT-MALIGNED' PUB AIRS BEEF WITH SHOW
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am"Sex and the City" is going to pot - and is facing a lawsuit because of it. Lawyers for Down the Hatch, a West Village bar, say they will go...
COPS RESCUE FIVE FROM BOAT
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amPolice harbor units plucked five scared sailboat passengers off a 37-foot schooner that had run aground last night in the rocks off Breezy Point. The sailboat captain called the Coast...
'BLOND BANDIT' PLEADS GUILTY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe "Blond Bandit," who was a tireless Ground Zero volunteer, pleaded guilty yesterday to a two-day stickup spree in which she robbed six banks in Westchester and Connecticut. Pamela Kaichen,...
FIRED WORKER SUES 'ANTI-SEMITIC' FAIRWAY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amA woman has filed a $21 million wrongful-termination suit against Fairway, claiming she was fired from the popular Upper West Side grocery store because she's Jewish. In papers filed in...
SAY CHEESE: BUTCHER'S GIRLS IN JORDAN : KING GIVES DESPERATE DAUGHTERS ASYLUM
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Jordan granted asylum to two of Saddam Hussein's daughters and their nine children yesterday, claiming the decision was made as a humanitarian gesture. Saddam daughters Raghad, 36, and...
HOWARD BIG MAN IN DEBUT - NEW GOALIE SHINES IN UNITED VICTORY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amMan. U 4 - Juventus 1 Two of the giants of world soccer met last night at Giants Stadium, with some of the finest players on the planet roaming the...
YANKS HAD EYE ON GILES
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Yankees' first choice was Pirates outfielder Brian Giles. They loved his talent, and his $14.4 million salary over the next two seasons was very manageable. However, Pittsburgh's...
CASHMAN BIDS FOND FAREWELL TO VENTURA
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Yankees watched Robin Ventura's swing slow down to the point where it appeared he was trying to move his bat under water. Privately, the team knew something...
BOONE DEAL BAD TIDINGS FOR HENSON
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - When the Yankees gave Drew Henson $17 million, they firmly believed he would be their starting third baseman this year. Yesterday's acquisition of Aaron Boone from...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: ERIC DICKERSON VS. ERIC DICKERSON (IS HE BETTER IN THE STUDIO OR ON THE SIDELINE?)
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAs a Monday Night Football sideline reporter, Eric Dickerson was Saturday Night Live bad - so inept, SNL actually spoofed him. But Dickerson's embarrassing two seasons on MNF weren't his...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JIMMY JOHNSON
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Fox Sports analyst Jimmy Johnson. The 60-year-old Johnson again will be part of the Fox Sunday pregame show.Q: How do you think...
METS EYE MURPH REPLACEMENT - MARLIN VOICE A TOP CONTENDER FOR JOB
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWith WFAN favoring someone who can call all 162 Mets' radio games, Marlin play-by-player Jon Sciambi has emerged as a leading candidate to replace the retiring Bob Murphy next season,...
WEAKEST LINK? - CHAD'S THROWING ARM A WORRY, SAY TV EXPERTS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAs Fox football analyst Terry Bradshaw chuckled, he envisioned the Jets' No. 10. "I watch Chad Pennington throw the ball and I say, 'Get there, get there, get there,' "...
YANKS PULL OFF SWEEP OF ANGELS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am10 INNINGS: Yankees 2 - Angels 1 ANAHEIM - With his back to the wall at the end of the Yankees' dugout, David Wells put his left foot up on...
MEDAGLIA D'ORO 4-5 FOR WHITNEY
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bobby Frankel's star 4-year-old Medaglia d'Oro, 2-for-2 this year and 2-for-2 last summer at the Old Spa, will break from post 5 as the 4-5 morning-line...
FUNNY CIDE TO FACE SIX IN $1M HASKELL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amAfter luring Point Given in 2001 and War Emblem last summer, Monmouth Park once again succeeded in attracting the nation's marquee 3-year-old to the centerpiece of the meet, the Grade...
SUMMER ACTION STARTIN' TO SIZZLE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amANGLERS should find the fishing this weekend to their liking, especially considering that the fluke action got a much needed shot in the arm. The rest of the picture is...
SPA HANDLE DOWN $10M
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - After years of spectacular gains, the betting handle on racing at Saratoga was down nearly $10 million over the first seven days of the meet as compared...
KEYSHAWN DISCOVERS NEW PAL IN SIMMS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES TOKYO - Keyshawn Johnson has taken Buccaneers' backup quarterback Chris Simms under his wing on this trip. The two planned to roam Tokyo yesterday and shop for electronics....
YANKEES TURN CITY INTO BOONE TOWN - PART WITH PITCHERS TO LAND REDS 3B
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - In a classic case of the Yankees' "Win Now" mentality, they acquired third baseman Aaron Boone from the Reds yesterday for lefty Brandon Claussen, their best pitching prospect...
ROAD-WEARY LIBS GLAD TO BE HOME
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amRichie Adubato may have an innovative approach to the Liberty's struggles on the road. "Maybe we should just forfeit and try to win all the games at home," Adubato said....
A CLOUDY SUSPENSION
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amNFL substance-use busts have become so commonplace that unless the guy's a star or plays for a local team, they've become what-else-is-new? sports section filler, a box toward the back,...
GOTTA HAND IT TO 'EM - AMAZIN'S GIFT-WRAP VICTORY FOR BREWERS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amBrewers 4 - Mets 3 It's an immutable truth of Major League Baseball: The Brewers need help, and lots of it. Yesterday afternoon, the last-place Mets provided plenty of assistance...
SPARED CEDENO FEELING BRUNT OF FANS' WRATH
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amHe out-lived the purge that swept through the Mets clubhouse, but there was little sense of relief in Roger Cedeno's voice yesterday as baseball's trade deadline came and went -...
JETS HAVE NO PROBLEM TACKLING TOKYO
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTOKYO - These days of East meets West in this rare NFL week in Japan have produced some bizarre and humorous moments - and the preseason game between the Jets...
STRUGGLIN' DUNCAN RIDES PINE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Art Howe knew Jeff Duncan was bound to struggle. You don't recall a 24-year-old kid from Double-A and expect him to tear up the major leagues without some...
K-MART SHOPPING FOR SIX-YEAR DEAL
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amNext up, Kenyon Martin. The Nets' summer to-do list grows shorter by the day but there are several major items that still need to be addressed and the next is...
JARVIS, ST. JOHN'S CLOSE ON CONTRACT EXTENSION
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amSt. John's coach Mike Jarvis could reach an agreement on contract extension before the end of August, The Post has learned. According to several sources, the university is prepared to...
GOOD PLAYER, BUT PART OF POOR PLAN
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Yankees began yesterday desperately needing an eighth-inning pitcher and a right fielder, and they obtained a third baseman. The team that over the previous 13 months traded for guys...
GOAL-LINE DRILL FIRES UP BIG BLUE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - If you closed your eyes and simply listened, it sure would have sounded as if the Giants were at each other's throats yesterday afternoon. Off on...
HENSON'S YANK FUTURE NOT AT THIRD
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - When the Yankees gave Drew Henson $17 million, they firmly believed he would be their starting third baseman this year. Yesterday's acquisition of Aaron Boone from...
GRATEFUL CASHMAN BIDS FOND FAREWELL TO ROBIN
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am"I can't say enough about what Robin was here for us, and how he was in the clubhouse as well." -BRIAN CASHMAN --- ANAHEIM - They watched his swing slow...
HEALTHY DIFFERENCE - OFT-HURT TIKI FEELS NO PAIN THIS YEAR
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - A week into camp and all's well with Tiki Barber. No strains, no pulls, no breaks, no nothing. His hamstrings are fine. His hands and fingers are working...
MAN AND A LEGEND: LOMBARDI INSPIRED UNITED COACH FERGUSON
August 1, 2003 | 4:00am"All coaches see half of themselves in Vince Lombardi. He is committed to the best, a driven man, in terms of simple motivation." SIR ALEX FERGUSON They are separated by...
KEYSHAWN FINDS PAL IN SIMMS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES TOKYO - Keyshawn Johnson has taken Bucs backup QB Chris Simms under his wing on this trip. The two planned to roam Tokyo yesterday and shop for electronics....
GILES REALLY FIRST CHOICE
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Yankees' first choice was Pirates outfielder Brian Giles. They loved his talent, and his $14.4 million salary over the next two seasons was very manageable. However, Pittsburgh's...
SPREE TAKES HIGH ROAD IN NEW HOME
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amWith a chance to needle Knicks owner James Dolan, Latrell Sprewell was as soft as a pussycat yesterday in his introductory press conference at a Minneapolis community center. However, Sprewell...
NEW GOALIE LEADS MAN U OVER JUVENTUS
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amMan. U 4 - Juventus 1 Two of the giants of world soccer met last night at Giants Stadium, with some of the finest players on the planet roaming the...
VATICAN BLASTS GAY MARRIAGES
August 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Vatican gave a thumbs-down to same-sex unions yesterday, calling them deviant and a threat to society in a fresh attempt to halt the growing momentum toward legalizing gay marriage...