August 6, 2003
MOUSE GROUSING ; STRAINS WITH PIXAR, MIRAMAX PUT EISNER ON HOT SEAT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amIt's crunch time for Michael Eisner. The longtime Disney chief is under growing pressure from disgruntled investors and board members because of how he's handled his company's lucrative relationships with...
BERTELSMANN OKS FUSE BILLBOARD MOCKING MTV
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBertelsmann relented and will allow a new billboard to go up in Times Square that makes fun of Viacom's MTV, The Post has learned. After nixing the billboard for upstart...
CABLE-GUY BLUES: CABLEVISION FINDS MORE ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amCablevision's accounting problems are widening. The company said yesterday it had unearthed more accounting improprieties at its Rainbow Media unit - and as a result, its auditor, KPMG, cannot complete...
INTERACTIVE TUMBLES AT $92M PROFIT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBarry Diller's e-commerce giant reported solid earnings yesterday - but its stock plunged anyway. InterActiveCorp, a collection of Internet businesses that includes Expedia, Hotels.com and Match.com, reported a profit of...
CAPITAL GRILLE STEAKHOUSE HEADS FOR CHRYSLER CENTER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Capital Grille, where decanters of vodka-drenched pineapples and decadent steak dinners are part of the ambiance, will soon open a New York flagship in the Chrysler Center for its...
RIVAL MAG'S EDITOR JOINS FULLER STAFF
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amArmed with others' millions, tabloid queen Bonnie Fuller has scored another pricey hire in her widening poaching raids of the gossip world. In her latest move, she has lured away...
AKSYS SUES HEDGE FUND DURUS OVER STAKE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBiotech innovator Aksys Ltd. is suing Norwalk, Conn.-based hedge fund Durus Capital Management, portfolio manager Scott Sacane and others in federal District Court in Connecticut for blowing past stock ownership...
THIS IS A SHORE THING
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amSEASIDE ½ (two and one half stars) In French, with English subtitles. >Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (nudity, sex). At Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. RARELY...
LUSTY AEROSMITH OUT-ROCKS KISS OF DEATH
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amKISS AEROSMITH SEEING KISS and Aerosmith together at Jones Beach was like witnessing Peter Pan in a death match with Father Time. KISS, the band that won't grow up, was...
CHEEKY 'FRIDAY'
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amFREAKY FRIDAY (three stars) Thank God it's "Friday." Running time: 96 minutes. Rated PG (mild sexuality and profanity). At Empire, the Chelsea, the Village East, others. THE long wait for...
A FRINGE BINGE; ODDBALL FEST HAS BEST OF THE REST; DANIEL LEVI
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amJUST so you know: "Slut" is sold out, and "Poseidon! An Upside-Down Musical" and "The Geldings" - the "genital-free ranch" comedy - are filling up fast. Yup, the New York...
RICHARD BURTON'S REAL-LIFE LOLITA REVEALS ALL; AP
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBEFORE and after La Liz, Richard Burton never lacked for women. But schoolgirls? According to a new memoir, the charismatic star bedded a 13-year-old. The year was 1955. Burton was...
KUMA RIGHT IN, FOR GOODNESS SAKE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amKUMA INN ½ (two and one half stars) 113 LUDLOW ST. (SECOND FLOOR) (BETWEEN RIVINGTON AND DELANCEY) (212) 353-8866 AT Kuma Inn, don't call it shoddy service when sake gets...
ON THE SIDE ; RESTAURATEUR SAYS YES TO ONO EATERY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWHAT'S in a name? When we asked Jeffrey Chodorow why he decided to call his newest restaurant Ono, we assumed the baby boomer may have been thinking of Yoko. "Not...
MEALS ON SQUEALS; DISHING DISASTER; IS SOMETHING EATING YOU AT THE RESTAURANT?
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S not every day diners see chefs racing through the kitchen with fire extinguishers, like Rocco DiSpirito during opening night on TV's "The Restaurant." But you don't need a reality...
STARR REPORT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYer out! Ch. 2 fires Rogers Ch. 2 has fired weatherman David Rogers, who's been off the air since being arrested last month near Cleveland for allegedly ramming his SUV...
ALL KOBE BRYANT, ALL THE TIME
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTHE three major cable news networks, Court TV and ESPN all plan live coverage of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant's highly procedural appearance today in an Eagle, Colo. courtroom...
SAVING HIMSELF FOR JAY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amPOLITICS merges with entertainment this week as the contentious California governor's race takes centerstage on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." Both shows...
ROCCO BOTTOM: DISPIRITO'S MADE-FOR-TV RESTAURANT A PRIME-TIME CRIME
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amRocco's 12 E. 22nd St. (between Broadway and Park Avenue South) (212) 353-0500 Zero stars ON "The Restaurant," Rocco DiSpirito warned his waiters not to dawdle: "This is not a...
SEWAGE BLAZE IS A STINKER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA massive four-alarm fire at a Brooklyn sewage-treatment plant last night had nearby residents closing their windows and holding their noses, but authorities insisted there was no environmental hazard. The...
TOKEN GI UNIT FOR LIBERIA
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWith more than 2,300 troops stationed on ships just off the Liberian coast, President Bush will send less than a dozen soldiers into the war-stricken West African nation as early...
'PAY CUT' FOR BOUNCED BOXLEY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's indicted chief counsel will collect only 13 weeks of salary during his "unpaid" leave, not the 42½ weeks originally announced, officials said yesterday. J....
HELPING BX. KIDS IS RIGHT UP HER ALLEY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amLeila Boddie tells the kids of the Bronx youth bowling league that they won't bowl a perfect game if they're wearing a hat. "No hats. When you come in the...
'SOPRANOS' BOSS FACES A GRILLING
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe Agency is trying to force James Gandolfini to sing about his take from "The Sopranos" - the Writers and Artists Agency, that is. The talent agency has filed court...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA New Jersey parole officer is making a fortune on the side by selling mullet wigs. Frank Koller of Camden has already sold 1,500 mullets at $19.99 a pop through...
ISRAEL BLAMES TEHRAN ; POINTS TO IRAN, FATAH IN TERROR ATTACKS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amIran and Yasser Arafat's Fatah group are behind most of the attacks on Israelis since the Mideast truce began five weeks ago, Israeli officials claim. Security sources said Iran is...
TENNIS DAD SERVED FATAL DRINK: COPS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA tennis dad from hell - bent on turning his kids into court superstars - diabolically doped their competitors with tranquilizers, causing one to die in a fiery car crash,...
BREW-TAL CHOICE; BEER-HOUSE MOM: AN ABORTION OR MY JOB
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amAt 20 months old, Jaidyn James is a curly-haired cutie with bright blue eyes and an infectious smile. But if her mother's ex-boss had his way, the playful toddler might...
CITY'S RISKY DRIVERS GET EXTRA $LAM
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Auto rates for high-risk drivers in most of New York City are set to increase by a whopping 30 percent - even more than initially revealed by state...
NEW ABSENTEE-LANDLORD TAX SLUGS POOR TENANTS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's new absentee-landlord surcharge will disproportionately affect owners and residents of buildings in poorer neighborhoods, a fiscal-watchdog group reported yesterday. "Because absentee-landlord properties are not spread evenly across the...
MOST POPULAR FLICKS AT WHITE HOUSE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWar flicks, shoot-'em-ups and light romantic comedies are tops at the White House, with the western "High Noon" ranking as one of the most popular. It was screened 20 times...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amQueens A trio of thugs masquerading as Con Edison employees pistol-whipped and robbed two men of $20,000 in a home invasion yesterday, police sources said. The victims were sleeping in...
GI BIO BUG RULED OUT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The high number of pneumonia cases among U.S. troops - most on assignment in the Middle East - does not appear tied to a biological attack, military experts...
FDNY RAT TRAP WILL BE GUTTED
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amNew York's Bravest were sent scurrying yesterday after the city condemned a rat-infested Queens firehouse. Jamaica's "Mouse House" will be shuttered while the Fire Department rips down walls, guts the...
TOKEN CLERKS' NEW GIG
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYou'll soon see a bigger presence of subway station customer-service agents. The closing of 45 part-time token booths in two weeks - and another 17 by the end of the...
HOTEL HORROR BLAST - 17 KILLED BY INDONESIA BOMB LINKED TO QAEDA
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A ruthless terror group linked to al Qaeda is the No. 1 suspect in the bombing of a Marriott hotel in Jakarta yesterday that killed 17 and injured...
POWERBALL PILFER; WINNER ROBBED OF 550G AT STRIP CLUB
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe West Virginia Powerball winner who promised to donate millions to churches was ripped off for more than $500,000 while he hung out in a topless bar, police said. But...
MORE KIN KEEP MEMORY OF 'WILFRED' ALIVE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA fourth supposed sibling took the stand in an oddball Manhattan charity fraud trial yesterday to insist she had a brother named "Wilfred." "He was an OK person," Tequested Kendall,...
JUDGE PUTTING BOOT TO COPS' CARS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has ordered the NYPD to end its "unlawful . . . occupation" of a tiny public park-turned-police parking lot. "Parks are created as pleasure grounds and set...
CABLE FIRE SHUTS DOWN HOSP'S ER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA smoking underground transformer shut down power to the NYU Medical Center on Monday night, forcing the Manhattan hospital to switch to its emergency generator. To save power, the hospital...
WE'LL KO KOBE: DA - HOOPSTER GETS HIS DAY IN COURT TODAY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe prosecutor in the Kobe Bryant rape case says he has slam-dunk evidence to prove the NBA superstar's guilt, it was revealed on the eve of the hoopster's first court...
KILLER RAT'S LIFE TERM REDUCED
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWashington Heights drug lord José Reyes, who murdered at least 14 people, had his life sentence reduced yesterday by a federal judge who said it was time for "mercy." Judge...
JERSEY MOBSTER COPS PLEA
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe mobster brother of onetime DeCavalcante "fairy godfather" John D'Amato confessed yesterday to conspiracy charges of loan sharking and gambling. Frank D'Amato, the DeCavalcante family's reputed acting consigliere, copped the...
B'WAY ENCORE, ENCORE - ORIGINAL 'PRODUCERS' BACK
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTHEY'RE coming back! Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick - the original and unsurpassed Bialystock and Bloom - will be rejoining "The Producers" in January for three months, the Post has...
RIVAL TO TAKE ON DAVIS' BROTHER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amLeticia James, who narrowly lost to slain City Councilman James Davis in 2001, said yesterday she's challenging his brother for the empty seat on the Working Families Party line because...
TERRORIST TIE IN N.Y. CHEM BUST
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Pakistani man arrested by the FBI in New York City was fingered by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and could face charges of supporting terrorism in an...
'GRAFT' JUDGE GARSON INDICTED
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA grand jury indicted Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Gerald Garson yesterday for receiving a bribe, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. Prosecutors had charged Garson with...
SPECIAL ED IS FAILING: REPORT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe city has a disastrous record teaching disabled kids, and it's questionable whether Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's overhaul of special ed programs will make a difference, according to a new...
HEIDI TELLS OF BEAU BEATINGS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Heidi Fleiss broke down in tears on the witness stand yesterday as she recounted a violent relationship with actor Tom Sizemore. The former Hollywood Madam told jurors...
DWI-CRASH KIN'S PARK TRIBUTE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg renamed a Brooklyn park yesterday in memory of a family killed in a car crash two years ago by a former cop who was driving drunk. The park...
KID IDS 'SLAY' BEAU - SAYS MOM'S EX KILLED HIS PARENTS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYoung Lukas Dainys showed no fear yesterday as he took the witness stand and identified his mother's ex-boyfriend as the man who slaughtered his parents. Speaking in a heavy accent...
NO STOPPING DEATH - GALS TRIED TO TAKE KEYS FROM DRUNK BIKER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA motorcyclist crashed his bike and fatally impaled himself on a fence at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday as three female pals who begged him not drive after...
'DRUNK' KID CAMP DRIVER
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA boozed-up bus driver was busted yesterday only minutes before he was due to pick up a group of youngsters from a prestigious Long Island prep school, police said. Cops...
CHURCH GETS STATIC OVER SCHOOL CELL ANTENNAS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn-Queens Diocese is renting roof space at 16 of its parochial schools and church facilities for cell-phone antennas in a bid to raise cash, The Post has learned. And...
EX-STAFFER SUES KERRY'S 'OTHER MAN' FOR $2.2M
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe "other man" in the Kerry Kennedy-Andrew Cuomo divorce saga is a cheat in more ways than one, a former employee charged yesterday. In a $2.2 million lawsuit, Mauro Manfe...
COP-SHOOT SUIT - WOUNDED WOMAN'S KIN DEMAND $100M
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of the woman shot by mistake during a police raid on a Brooklyn stolen-goods shop is suing the city for $100 million, saying trigger-happy cops went over the...
'DROWN' DAD IN AMNESIA PUZZLE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA New Jersey man, feared drowned last week after he disappeared at the beach, has turned up wandering around Midtown, apparently suffering from amnesia. Derek Nicholson, 30, disappeared July 26...
NIGHT OUT CELEBRATES PLUNGING CRIME RATE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's crime rate is much lower than it was when National Night Out Against Crime was created 20 years ago, but that didn't stop thousands of New Yorkers from...
PROTESTANT BIGS COME OUT FOR GAY BISHOP
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amDefiant Episcopal Church leaders yesterday appeared set to elect their first openly gay bishop just hours after clearing the clergyman of two sex-tainted accusations. The bishop who led a last-minute...
BROTHER-SLAY TEEN AVOIDS JAIL IN DEAL
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens teen arrested for fatally shooting his half-brother will not have to go to jail, as part of a plea deal agreed on yesterday. Romando Raphael, 16, pleaded guilty...
20G ED. DEPT. COMPUTER HEIST
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amMore than $20,000 worth of computers and computer equipment was stolen from the former Board of Education headquarters at 110 Livingston St. last weekend, police said yesterday. There was no...
FDNY'S RAT TRAP SHUTTERED
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amQueens firefighters were sent scurrying yesterday after the city condemned their firehouse, which was infested by rats the "size of cats." Jamaica's "Mouse House" was shut last night after the...
EPISCOPAL GAY CLERIC CONFIRMED AS BISHOP
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amDefiant Episcopal Church leaders last night scoffed at threats of a schism and elected their first openly gay bishop - just hours after clearing the clergyman of two sex-tainted accusations....
SLAIN POL'S MOM RIPS ELEX RIVAL
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe mother of slain city Councilman James Davis lashed out yesterday at a rival trying to defeat another son for the vacant seat. Thelma Davis held a news conference in...
STATIC OVER CELL TOWERS - DIOCESE RIPPED FOR RENTING ROOFS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe Diocese of Brooklyn is renting roof space at 16 of its parochial schools and church facilities for cell-phone antennas in a bid to raise cash, The Post has learned....
SCAM-CASE SIS KEEPS MEMORY OF 'WILFRED' ALIVE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA fourth supposed sibling took the stand in an oddball Manhattan charity fraud trial yesterday to insist she had a brother named "Wilfred." "He was an OK person," Tequested Kendall,...
'HIGH NOON' LEADS PRESIDENTS' FILM FAVES
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amOur presidents may be different as night and day, but they're united when it comes to movies - it turns out that war flicks, shoot-'em-ups and light romantic comedies are...
HAMMER AND 'TRICKLE': KERRY POUNDS ON BUSH ECONOMICS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic presidential wannabe Sen. John Kerry last night claimed President Bush has "trickled" down on workers, turning to salty talk as he tried to catch up with surprise...
HOTEL HORROR BLAST - 14 KILLED BY INDONESIA BOMB LINKED TO QAEDA
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A terror group linked to al Qaeda has reportedly claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a Marriott hotel in Jakarta yesterday that killed at least 14 and...
AGENT'S WOES $NARE GANDOLFINI
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe Agency is trying to force James Gandolfini to sing about his take from "The Sopranos" - the Writers and Artists Agency, that is. The talent agency has filed court...
THE BEST THEY CAN DO: TERROR'S FAILURES
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYESTERDAY, terrorists exploded a car bomb at the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta. At least 13 people died; over a hundred were injured. It was another failure for the terrorists....
HITTING THE BOOKS: HS KIDS FEELING THE HEAT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amDon't tell America's high-school students about the good old days - they're too serious cracking the books and keeping up with current events. A back-to-school survey shows today's teens believe...
CUOMO-DIVORCE 'OTHER MAN' SUED FOR $2.2M
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe "other man" in the Kerry Kennedy-Andrew Cuomo divorce saga is a cheat in more ways than one, a former employee charged yesterday. In a $2.2 million lawsuit, Mauro Manfe...
'RICH' LANDLORD TAX SLAMS POOR TENANTS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's new absentee-landlord surcharge will disproportionately affect owners and residents of buildings in poorer neighborhoods, a fiscal-watchdog group reported yesterday. "Because absentee-landlord properties are not spread evenly across the...
WTC BABY SHOCK: TOXIC FALLOUT SLASHED INFANTS' BIRTH WEIGHT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amPregnant women who were exposed to the toxic plume from the World Trade Center collapse were twice as likely to have much smaller babies than other new moms, researchers said...
ALL OF A-ROD'S MONEY CAN'T BUY DEREK'S RINGS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amONE 2003 Texas Ranger salary for Alex Rodriguez, the best player in the American League: $22 million. One year of service from the current sickly Ranger rotation: $2.5 million. The...
MILLEDGE TALKS PROGRESSING
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Judging by what you read or hear, the Mets are either close to signing first-round pick Lastings Milledge or have abruptly shut down negotiations with him....
BIG BATS HELP LEITER (11-5) DO IT AGAIN
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amMETS 10 ASTROS 1 HOUSTON - Every five days when Al Leiter takes the mound, a Met-amorphosis takes place. Instead of being a woeful, last-place club waiting for something bad...
JETER HAS BLAST CLUBBING TEXAS: LEADS POWER DISPLAY AGAINST TEXAS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 6 Rangers 2 The power at Yankee Stadium last night came from Roger Clemens on the mound, pumping mid-90s fastballs past helpless Ranger hitters. It came from Derek Jeter...
'CIDE' ON THE MEND TRAVERS LOOKING 'BETTER'
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Funny Cide, who spiked a fever upon his return to the Old Spa after finishing a dull third in Sunday's Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, seemed markedly...
STORMY WEATHER HAS ANGLERS TIED TO DOCK
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTHE weather pattern we are in is having an effect on the fishing, and it hasn't been positive. While the storms don't seem to have that much of an effect...
HERM WON'T LET JETS LAG
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES There was no jet lag yesterday as the Jets returned to the practice field following their trip to Tokyo. Herm Edwards wouldn't allow it. "My jaw is set...
ARTEST 'CAMERA' SHY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amRon Artest showed his goodwill by showing up yesterday at the Garden to promote Sept. 10's All-Star Classic that benefits Wheelchair Charities and the Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island...
DEVILS ADD DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils will turn toward new assistant coach Jacques Laperriere to minimize the growing pains they'll face with younger defensemen next season. Pat Burns' stable of assistants swelled to four...
YURI HAS BIG PLANS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBoxer Yuri Foreman sees big things in his future. The undefeated Israeli (11-0, six knockouts) is moving up in weight class to junior middleweight (154 pounds), but says it's not...
GOOD SIGN: JOSEPH'S IN ; GIANTS' TOP PICK ENDS HOLDOUT
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - William Joseph boarded a flight in Fort Lauderdale late Monday night, landed here via Atlanta at midnight, and at 2:30 a.m. yesterday finally signed his first NFL contract....
JAX LIKES KEITH DEAL SAYS SCOTT SHOWED GUTS DEALING SPREE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amEx-Knick Mark Jackson, an unsigned free agent, would like to wait another year before pursuing his NBA coaching and GM dreams. But he proved to some reporters he will make...
TOUGH TIMES FOR TAMIKA
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTamika Whitmore was the Liberty's most improved player last season - showing up for camp slimmer, improving her inside game and becoming a dominant player in the paint as her...
LITTLEFIELD DENIES ACT OF PIRACY
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Pirates GM Dave Littlefield dismissed the notion that he has had different prices when it comes to dealing with the Yankees and Red Sox. "We're doing business to...
INJURED STRAHAN OUT TOMORROW
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - If Michael Strahan was in tremendous pain, he hid it well. If he was terribly concerned, he sure did a good acting job. "I feel and...
PINSTRIPES FIT BOONE BETTER THAN MONDESI
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amLEOPARDS rarely change their spots. Raul Mondesi's were not hidden when the classiest uniform in sports ultimately failed to dress up his act. "Mondesi just had trouble getting it here,"...
MILLEDGE STILL ENSHROUDED IN INNUENDO
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Judging by what you read or hear, either the Mets have abruptly halted negotiations with their first-round draft pick, Lastings Milledge, or they're close to signing...
MIRONOV NEAR DEAL
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amBoris Mironov, who became an unrestricted free agent on July 1 after a quite credible half-season on Broadway, appears close to re-upping with the Rangers after two days of conversations...
A-ROD 'HAPPY IN TEXAS'
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTo Mets fans salivating at the idea of Alex Rodriguez coming to Flushing this offseason, hold your horses. A-Rod yesterday did a calculated moonwalk backward from last week's comment that...
SORIANO STAYS PUT ... FOR NOW
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Brian Cashman won't say "never." But the Yankees GM did say there haven't been any discussions about moving Alfonso Soriano to the outfield next season. "Right now he's...
LIBS REKINDLE THEIR TORCHES
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amLiberty 69Stars 60 Could it be possible that the Liberty are a better team today, as they embark on a four-game trip, than they were the last time they hit...
ROCKET WON'T ACT HIS AGE
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amA day after his 41st birthday - and years after power pitchers like him are supposed to be coaching, not competing - Roger Clemens dominated Texas last night in a...
LEADS POWER DISPLAY AGAINST TEXAS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 6 Rangers 2 The power at Yankee Stadium last night came from Roger Clemens on the mound, the Rocket pumping mid-90s fastballs past helpless Ranger hitters. It came from...
SHEA? NOT QUITE YET: A-ROD NOT READY TO LEAVE RANGERS
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amTo Met fans salivating at the idea of Alex Rodriguez coming to Flushing this offseason, hold your horses. A-Rod yesterday did a calculated moonwalk backwards from last week's comment that...
SORIANO'S FUTURE MAY FEATURE MOVE TO OUTFIELD
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre isn't worried about Alfonso Soriano's defense at second base. Neither is Willie Randolph. Neither, for that matter, is Soriano himself. But statistically, Soriano is the worst defensive second...
PIAZZA'S SURE HE CAN PASS 1ST TEST
August 6, 2003 | 4:00amHOUSTON - In a rare pregame sight, Mike Piazza took ground balls at first base during early batting practice. Later yesterday afternoon, Piazza did something just as rare: He spoke...