September 24, 2003
COMCAST, LIBERTY CUT DEAL OVER STARZ! ENCORE FEES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amComcast has emerged the victor from its well-publicized spat with John Malone's Liberty Media over the pay-movie channel Starz! Encore. The two companies announced yesterday that they had resolved the...
R&B'S UNDERDOGS JOIN CLIVE DAVIS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amHit-making R&B producers The Underdogs have formed a new record label with Clive Davis' J Records. The new joint venture will be called Underdog Entertainment. The Los Angeles-based producers behind...
HOMELESS SCREW ; GOLDSTEIN MAG IS EVICTED AS $$ WOES MULTIPLY
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S turning into a very bad year for publishers of sex magazines aimed at men. Screw, a weekly flesh magazine published by the larger-than-life Al Goldstein, has suspended publication just...
ERROR-PRONE REPORTER HOLLOWAY EXITS THE TIMES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amLynette Holloway, the embattled New York Times reporter whose work this summer prompted the second-longest correction in the history of the paper, has finally resigned. Holloway was another error-prone reporter...
BRAND GURU STEPS DOWN AT REVLON
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amRevlon, which has been spending lavishly to burnish the image of its cosmetics brands, said yesterday that its chief marketing officer would step down. The executive, Debra Leipman-Yale, held the...
BIBLIOWICZ SQUEEZES IN ; WEILL KID'S FIRM BARELY MEETS LOWER NYSE STANDARDS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe daughter of Sandy Weill managed to squeak through New York Stock Exchange rules to float her money-losing company's shares to the public. Jessica Bibliowicz and her network of small-town...
SCHRAGER, HELMSLEY HOTELS SCOOPED UP
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA New York-based investor is scooping up both Ian Schrager's Empire Hotel and Leona Helmsley's Windsor Hotel to convert them to fancy condos. Brothers Joseph and Jacob Chetrit - who...
TYCO BIGS MAY DISCLOSE PWC BACKING: JUDGE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTyco's ex-honchos won an important victory yesterday on the eve of their $600 million embezzlement trial, when a judge said they could tell jurors that their allegedly criminal loan and...
NASD BOSS GLAUBER HAS $7M RETIREMENT DEAL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amNASD Chairman and CEO Robert Glauber made $2.1 million in 2002 and has a retirement package of $6.7 million, according to people familiar with the situation. Because of the NASD's...
NOW, IT'S THE AMEX; SODANO IS GRASSO LITE - WILL GET $22M ON RETIREMENT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amDick Grasso isn't the only stock exchange boss sitting on a big fat pay package. American Stock Exchange Chairman and CEO Salvatore Sodano will get a retirement package worth $22...
NOW, IT'S THE AMEX: SODANO IS GRASSO LITE - WILL GET $22M ON RETIREMENT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amDick Grasso isn't the only stock exchange boss sitting on a big fat pay package. American Stock Exchange Chairman and CEO Salvatore Sodano will get a a retirement package worth...
MIDDLE-AGE CHIC ; THE KING OF SKINNY-GIRL TV BUILT HIS NEW SHOW AROUND THREE FAT GUYS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am"The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H." Tonight at 10 on WCBS/Ch. 2 (three stars) DAVID E. Kelly has gone and done the unthinkable on TV. He's made a show about three...
AOL FOR A GOOD CAUSE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTonight's big show in Central Park will not only bring great music to the Big Apple, it will help raise money for our cash-strapped schools. AOL is presenting the red-hot...
ROCKIN' THE PARK: FANS' GUIDE TO TONIGHT'S HISTORIC CONCERT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Dave Matthews Band is set to make musical history tonight at Central Park's Great Lawn. Following in the footsteps of Simon and Garfunkel, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand and Garth...
MISSING IN ACTION: WHY WOODY SHOULD QUIT DIRECTING AND START ACTING
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S time to say "cut" - or at least enough already - for Woody Allen's directing career. Hollywood barely finished counting the dismal opening-weekend returns from the critically lambasted "Anything...
PASSIONS FLARE IN LOVE AND WAR
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amYOSSI & JAGGER (three stars) JUST about the only thing more difficult than being gay in the Israeli army would be to be stationed at a tiny mountain outpost with...
COSTELLO STEERS TO TRUE 'NORTH'
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amELVIS COSTELLO ELVIS Costello's new album, "North," released yesterday, is an affected nostalgia record that hits the musical retro rockets so hard, the guy lands somewhere in the '30s, when...
WINTER WARMER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amDUMONET ½ (two and one half stars) 35 E. 76TH ST. (CARLYLE HOTEL) (212) 744-1600 DUMONET gives you a reason to look forward to winter. What used to be called...
CELLO FELLOW SAYS SAMBA HELLO AT ZANKEL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN you've done the classics, played with the Muppets and the Mongolians, gone Nashville, and mastered the tango, what do you do for an encore? If you're Yo-Yo Ma, you...
GREAT LAWN HALL OF FAME
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMany musicians have "played" Central Park, but only a select few have the distinction of appearing on the Great Lawn. Barbra Streisand was the first, back in 1967, before a...
'SUICIDES' REVIVING
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWITH Sofia Coppola's second feature, "Lost in Translation," riding high on glowing reviews, her debut feature, "The Virgin Suicides," is getting a revival. The acclaimed 1999 feature about a tragic...
A ROSIE OUTLOOK; 'TABOO' ADWOMAN MAKES HER PITCH
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amIn this space last week, I tried to analyze why the unorthodox marketing campaign for "Taboo," the $10 million musical starring Boy George that Rosie O'Donnell is producing, has failed...
'COUPLING' TOO MUCH FOR TV?
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTWO NBC stations have yanked the racy series "Cou pling" before its premiere. Notre Dame-run WNDU in South Bend, Ind. and KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, have dropped the...
YOU'VE GOT MALES AT THE HOT PARTIES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE biggest buzz at Fashion Week's parties was less about the perfectly grilled hunks of beef being served - than the hunky beefcakes serving them up. At chic events from...
MAKE A BEELINE FOR FRESH HONEY & APPLES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amLOOKING to give your Rosh Hashana celebration a tweak? The Jewish New Year starts Friday evening, and the city's green markets offer interesting takes on some traditional holiday foods. Dipping...
ON THE SIDE ; RUSTIC FRENCH TOAST
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amFOUR-star chef Christian Delouvrier, the longtime executive chef of the now-defunct Lespinasse, has scuttled his plans to open a downtown restaurant - the French rustic Terre - next month. Delouvrier,...
ACING A SERVE; CATERERS ON TOES AS FIELD HEATS UP
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am'NEVER let them see you sweat" might well be the motto for New York City caterers. Anyone who's ever produced even just a dinner for eight knows how stressful it...
STARR REPORT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amShould we be preparing for the commitment ceremony? US Weekly is reporting that "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" Fab Fiver Kyan Douglas and "Queer as Folk" actor Robert Gant...
RECALL NEW 'WEST WING'
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am"The West Wing" Wednesday night at 9 on WNBC/CH.4 ** (two stars) REPUBLICANS are fat, uncouth, trigger-happy pigs and Democrats are tortured, visionary intellectuals. That about sums up where things...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Florida judge has ordered motorists convicted of drunken driving to attach a bumper sticker to their cars that reads: "How's my driving? Call Toll-Free 1-866-I- SAW-YOU The Judge wants...
THE PRESIDENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS: ; STANDING FIRM
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amFOR two weeks now, there's been a whole lot of nyah- nyahing from the opponents of George Bush on the subject of the United Nations. News reports were saying Bush...
TRAGIC MEMENTO STOLEN
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA heartbroken New Jersey man is offering a reward for the return of a stolen heirloom - his slain father's wedding band. Johnny Espinal's father, Gustavo, was killed 22 years...
GOOD COP IS GETTING A RAW DEAL FROM DA
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am"In the criminal-justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are...
HELP OR QUIT: 2ND YANK ACCUSED OF SPYING AT GITMO
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am-RD>SPIES from Page 1 Pentagon sources also told The Post last night that three other members of the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay - including an Army soldier, a member...
$HUT-OUT PELOSI FIGHTS AMMON WILL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi's lawyers yesterday filed court papers challenging his late wife, Generosa Ammon's, will - which shut him out of her huge estate. The first legal battle over the fortune...
'NO NEUTRAL GROUND' ; A MESSAGE TO FRANCE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Bush's speech at the United Nations yesterday morning is under attack by the Democratic Party's presidential aspirants. Thank God. The worst thing Bush could have done would have been...
PRESIDENT PLUMMETS IN LATEST NEW YORK POLL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - President Bush arrived in New York to bad political news yesterday: a new poll showing his approval rating plummeting among state voters. The Marist College survey found Bush's...
COULD BE SENATOR 'FRASIER'
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMove over Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kelsey Grammer, another Hollywood Republican, has serious political ambitions - in the Senate. Grammer, 48, who plays radio-shrink Frasier Crane on the long-running NBC comedy "Frasier,"...
NO-SHOW GUARDS AT PA: REPORT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA private security firm hired by the Port Authority to protect its bridges and tunnels pulled a no-show job scam on the bi-state agency when a supervisor was ordered to...
PERV EX-DOC IN NEW TRIAL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA former school pediatrician from Brooklyn - who two decades ago admitted he molested about 20 children - went on trial yesterday on new charges that he traveled abroad to...
QAEDA MAN NAILED IN EL AL PLOT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An al Qaeda operative is under arrest in Thailand after planning to shoot down an El Al jet at Bangkok's international airport, Israeli TV reported yesterday. The suspect...
TEARS FOR TONY: COMMUTER SLAY VICTIM MOURNED
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWith heartfelt tears, family and friends said goodbye yesterday to Anthony Battaglia - the victim of a brutal attack as he walked home from a Long Island train station last...
HELP OR QUIT WHINING: BUSH - U.S. WON'T BE RUSHED INTO LEAVING IRAQ, HE TELLS U.N.
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amAn unrepentant President Bush yesterday told the United Nations that America was right to liberate Iraq and won't make a "hurried" exit, as he challenged the world body to get...
'FRAUD' IN THE FAMILY DEAD MAN'S SON HITS CUZ AS CONNIVER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan woman swindled her cousin out of his dead father's estate by claiming he didn't exist, the son's lawyer is charging. Marquilla Ferguson had promised to help her cousin...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * An East Village man hit his wife in the head before apparently stabbing himself and plunging five floors from an apartment yesterday, police said. Patrick Nelson, 34, woke...
SCHOOL WAR OF WORDS CURRENT, FORMER ED. BOSSES SPAR OVER TOUGH STANDARDS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA war over standardized Regents exams exploded yesterday between state Education Commissioner Richard Mills and his predecessor, Thomas Sobol. Mills strongly defended the requirement that high-school students pass five Regents...
SLAIN SAILOR'S SON HAS HIS SAY
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am"I hate him and wish he was dead," the 11-year-old son of a slain sailor said during sentencing of his mother's killer yesterday. "I miss my mother every day," said...
GANG-BUSTING COPS HUNT KID-BASH THUGS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amCops were hunting for more than two dozen teen thugs allegedly involved in the savage beating of a Brooklyn boy whose devastated family and friends were keeping a teary bedside...
SUICIDE-HANGING HORROR OFF FDR DRIVE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA man apparently committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree branch yesterday morning off the FDR Drive - about an hour before the president's motorcade drove by the scene,...
MIKE PLANS SAFER SKYLINE - NEW RULES TO IMPROVE EVACUATION
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday proposed sweeping reforms to the city's building code for high-rise towers, based on recommendations from a task force that studied the World Trade Center collapse. The legislation...
DEMS TAKE LOW ROAD ON SPEECH
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE high political stakes of President Bush's Iraq policy were clear yesterday in how quickly every Democrat in sight raced to blast his U.N. speech vowing to stay the course...
VOTES ARE IN FOR LIBERTY MEDAL HEROES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe judging is over, and many of the distinguished New Yorkers who selected the winners of The Post's Second Annual Liberty Medals met yesterday to mull over their choices and...
POL WANTS $36M SCHOOL CAMS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amCity Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. yesterday proposed that the NYPD install video cameras at entrances and exits of the city's 1,200 public schools - at a cost of $36 million....
B'KLYN NURSE CHARGED IN MOM'S SLAY
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn nurse who specializes in geriatrics was charged yesterday with manslaughter in the death of her 87-year-old mother. Police arrested Paula Sanford, 51, after the medical examiner ruled the...
2ND YANK ACCUSED OF SPYING AT GITMO
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon revealed yesterday that a U.S. Air Force member of Syrian descent has been arrested in a growing spy scandal at the terrorist prison camp in Guantanamo...
TAKEN BY STORM - TORNADOES, HIGH WINDS WALLOP N.Y. & N.J.
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTornadoes and violent wind funnels walloped the Northeast with "Wizard of Oz"-like fury yesterday, sending barns flying and trees spinning into the air just days after Hurricane Isabel roared through....
COOLER BEDS PREVAIL: SEX DECLINES IN U.S.
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWe may think about sex all the time, but - gasp! - we're actually doing it less. That's the less-than-lusty conclusion of a new sex poll that finds that Americans...
PRINCIPAL BOOTED - FACES RAP IN GROPING OF B'KLYN SCHOOL STAFFER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA 67-year-old Brooklyn elementary school principal, busted last month on charges of sexually abusing a female staffer in his office, has been removed from his job, officials said yesterday. Mark...
'FRAUD' IN THE FAMILY - DEAD MAN'S SON HITS CUZ AS INHERITANCE CONNIVER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan woman swindled her cousin out of his dead father's estate - by claiming he didn't exist, the son's lawyer is charging. Marquilla Ferguson had promised to help her...
200G BOND FOR KID-STAB SUSPECT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man who police say has a history of mental problems was held yesterday in lieu of a $200,000 bond for allegedly stabbing his nephew's 9-year-old friend. Judge William...
PUPILS FACE FIT-FAT TEST
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amStudents better shape up - they'll soon be required to take new tests to determine how physically fit they are, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's office announced. But there's a problem:...
5-ON-1 WTC BRAWL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amAs many as five Port Authority officers tackled and pepper-sprayed a Ground Zero supervisor who tried to stop a fracas between a construction worker and cops during the recovery work...
DAD-DAUGHTER GARBAGE SCAM - USED MUSCLE AGAINST RIVAL CARTERS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA father-daughter trash carting duo pleaded guilty yesterday to running a multimillion-dollar unlicensed enterprise, strong-arming the competition and bribing clients, authorities said. Investigators seized more than a half-million dollars in...
PERV DOC'S SICKO RAP
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA former school pediatrician used soda, toys and books to lure poor Latin American boys as young as age 8 into his sick world of sexual abuse, a prosecutor told...
COPS RESCUE 5 FROM B'KLYN FIRE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amThree hero NYPD detectives rushed into a burning Brooklyn building yesterday and saved five people, including a 5-year-old girl. Edward Vasquez, 37, Dino Anselmo, 37, and Brian Latimore, 44, were...
'SEX 'PRINCIPAL OUT - FACES RAP IN GROPING OF B'KLYN SCHOOL STAFFER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA 67-year-old Brooklyn elementary-school principal, busted last month on charges of sexually abusing a female staffer in his office, has retired, officials said yesterday. Mark Fleischer, principal of PS 253...
SEC NOW PROBING PAY AT ALL EXCHANGES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe SEC is ramping up its investigation into how exchanges compensate their executives, structure their boards and nominate their directors, an SEC spokeswoman confirmed yesterday. The agency sent a letter...
DEM DEAN COUNT$ ON CITY UNION
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe head of one of the state's most influential labor unions held a fund-raiser in Midtown yesterday for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, sending a strong signal that the former...
TEARS FOR TONY - COMMUTER SLAY VICTIM MOURNED
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amGrief-stricken family and friends yesterday bid a heartbreaking farewell to Anthony Battaglia, the beloved dad who was slain by "monsters" as he walked home from a Long Island train station...
FUROR OVER 'BULL' DEAL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA former federal prosecutor admitted turning a blind eye to seven murders carried out by Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano's men in exchange for the turncoat's help in sinking John Gotti,...
SHAMELESS GRASSO GOES PUBLIC AT DOGGIE GALA
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amDisgraced NYSE chief Richard Grasso went to the dogs last night, shamelessly popping up in a tux to shmooze and munch fruit at an animal-hospital benefit - his first public...
HIS NEXT 'VICTIM' - HE HAD DIRECTIONS TO DEAD WIFE'S PAL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amGALVESTON, Texas - When cops caught up with fugitive Robert Durst in Pennsylvania in 2001, they made a frightening - and previously undisclosed - discovery in the trunk of his...
SCHOOL BIGS IN REGENTS CLASH
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA war over standardized Regents exams exploded yesterday between state Education Commissioner Richard Mills and his predecessor, Thomas Sobol. Mills strongly defended the requirement that high-school students pass five Regents...
-NEST OF SPIES - 5 AMERICANS EYED AS GITMO SCANDAL GROWS; 5 YANKS PROBED IN 'SPY' RING AT GITMO
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A U.S. airman who spied for Syria is among five Americans suspected of espionage at the terrorist prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military sources revealed yesterday. Senior...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: THE GREAT BOOK OF WORDS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amWe use them all the time at school - and you can't play Scrabble® without one. Classroom Extra talked to John Morse, president and publisher of the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, and...
PA'S NO-SHOW GUARDS: REPORT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amA private security firm hired by the Port Authority to protect its bridges and tunnels pulled a no-show job scam on the bi-state agency when a supervisor was ordered to...
MIKE PLANS A SAFER SKYLINE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday proposed sweeping reforms to the city's building code for high-rise towers, based on recommendations from a task force that studied the World Trade Center collapse. The legislation...
FAMILY NIGHT AT SHEA FOR REDMAN BROTHERS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Prentice Redman's big brother, Tike, came to New York for business, but he also was able to spend time with his sibling during the off day on Monday....
JOSE SHOWS HE CAN PITCH IN
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - On the night the Yankees clinched yet another division title, their wild card was far more compelling. After all, for at least 10 days now, it was obvious...
GIAMBI IN SWING ... FINALLY
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - Joe Torre couldn't decide which he liked better - Jason Giambi's first-inning, opposite-field double to left-center, or Giambi's grand slam in the ninth. "I liked the...
SUIT DOESN'T FIT: MAURICE'S CASE AGAINST LEAGUE WAY OUT OF BOUNDS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMaurice Clarett suit against the NFL yesterday to throw out its rule preventing players from entering the draft until they've been out of high school for three years. If you're...
GOMEZ DRAWING NEW CONCLUSION
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTRENTON - Time skates swiftly, and this will be Scott Gomez's fifth NHL season. He figures it's past time to improve one vital area of his game. A first-round pick,...
RECORD MASKS GIANT TROUBLES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE sky isn't falling, but something seems to be caving in around the Giants, who hit their bye week at 2-1 and in first place (via tiebreaker) in the NFC...
CLARETT TACKLES NFL IN COURT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amSuspended Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett put his best move on the NFL yesterday, suing to be allowed to be drafted by a team sooner than league rules allow....
ANTSY CARTER: I'LL PLAY WITH ANYONE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amAnson Carter is prepared; prepared for the challenges of a full season in the East, prepared to flank Eric Lindros on a scoring line, prepared to work alongside Bobby Holik...
THE LONG ROAD BACK STRICKLAND ON TRACKFOR MID-'04 RETURN
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amNobody knows exactly what the Mets' bullpen will look like next season. Mike Stanton, Grant Roberts and David Weathers figure to be back. John Franco might not. The team might...
REDMAN BROTHERS IN DUEL
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Prentice Redman's big brother, Tike, was in town last night. Unlike most visiting family members of most major-leaguers, he wasn't going to be cheering for his brother's team....
STAY HOME, JEFF ; WOEFUL WEAVER LIKELY TO BE LEFT OFF ROSTER
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amOpposing batters were hitting a staff-high .322 against Weaver, who has appeared in 31 games, 24 as a starter, and done very little to earn the $4.15 million he is...
EDUCATING OUR YOUNG HUNTERS
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amAUTUMN came in on the wings of some very strong winds, a reminder that the hunting season is about to begin - and with it, several excellent opportunities for young...
AZERI, MINESHAFT SET FOR WEEKEND STAKES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amAzeri, the 5-year-old mare who's reigning Horse of the Year, and Mineshaft, the 4-year-old colt destined to replace her on the throne, make their final starts this weekend at opposite...
ISLES LEAVE TIMANDER IN B'PORT
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amOn the surface, it appears the Islanders have whittled their training camp roster to a more manageable number of players, thereby cutting the fat from the 50-plus players they took...
JETS COULD CALL ON BROOKS ; ROOKIE QUARTERBACK WILL REPLACE VINNY IF LOSING CONTINUES
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE 2003 JETS are on their way to becoming the NFL version of the 2003 Mets, with a season full of meaningless garbage-time staring at them unless they're able to...
NO ITCH TO SWITCH MIKE & METS STALLON MOVE TO FIRST
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amBefore many of his teammates had arrived at Shea yesterday, Mike Piazza took the field for his most extended work at first base to date. By the time he returned...
TORRE'S STICKING BY BERNIE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - Is Joe Torre practicing blind faith because he really doesn't have an alternative? Or does he see something a lot of other people - including respected...
YANKS RULE EAST WIN 6TH STRAIGHTDIVISION CROWN
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - To other teams in other cities, clinching a title is a big deal. Around the Yankees it falls somewhere between a yawn and a stretch. Even though the...
HEY, ART: PUT MIKE AT FIRST - NOW!
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amMets 1Pirates 0MIKE Piazza has put in the work. In what he's called "a very trying season personally," he's put aside his ego and steeled himself for the inevitable transition...
PUMMELED DEVILS GIVE BULLIES LESSON
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amPRESEASONDevils 3Flyers 0 TRENTON - The Devils are only halfway through their four exhibitions with the Flyers, and six regular-season bouts will follow. Already, the blood is boiling, the fists...
YANKS RULE EAST
September 24, 2003 | 4:00am"Enjoy it for a couple of days, fellas, but we have three more to go . . . this is not the final chapter."DEREK JETER CHICAGO - As a river...
SORI CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER SLIDE
September 24, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO -Alfonso Soriano went into last night's game against the White Sox one steal shy of joining Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays as the only major leaguers ever...