October 1, 2003
NEW PARTNERS AT 90 WEST ST.
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Israeli-backed owners of downtown's landmarked 90 West St. have signed a joint venture with celebrity developers Richard Born and Ira Drukier to create luxurious residential apartments. "We're bringing [Born]...
FAN TRYING TO BRING MARTHA TO TIMES SQ.
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWho says they've cleaned up Times Square? Not without Martha they haven't, says John Small. Small is leading a campaign to buy a "Save Martha Stewart" billboard in time for...
STOCKS SKID AS RECOVERY SLOWS DOWN
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street's on a profit-taking binge over fears the White House is out of fixes to prop up the economic recovery and boost jobs this year. Growing unease over disappearing...
AMEX SPOOF SKEWERS 'POOR' SAL
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMembers of the Amex are having a laugh at Chairman Sal Sodano's expense. Fliers posted around the exchange Monday afternoon proclaimed a "50-50 raffle! To benefit the 'Give Sal a...
BLIMPIE DEBUTS LOW-CARB MENU
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBlimpie International will become the latest fast-food chain to join the health craze this week when it introduces a low-carb menu that features roast beef, turkey and chicken sandwiches. Spurred...
FREDDIE PROBED: SEC CHIEF LOOKS FOR EVIDENCE OF EARNINGS FRAUD
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amResponding to criticism that the government isn't doing enough to police Freddie Mac, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday that it was investigating the troubled lender for evidence of...
TRIBUNE MOVES ON N.Y. MAG ; 'LONG SHOT' DEAL WOULD MIRROR FIRM'S CHICAGO PURCHASE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTRIBUNE Co. is the latest to count itself among the suitors for New York magazine. Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimons is still calling the deal "a long shot." But isn't that...
NEIMAN'S NOEL: A $400K HIS-AND-HERS ROBOT PAIR
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFor the couple who have everything, here's a Christmas gift straight from "The Jetsons": His-and-hers robots that can answer the door, help with the groceries and even read bedtime stories...
DILLER WANTS TO CASH IN VIVENDI STAKE NOW
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBarry Diller is ending the guessing game over his $2.5 billion stake in Vivendi Universal - and he wants the cash now. Diller's holding company, InterActiveCorp, owns the shares in...
MORGAN CUTS MONEY MANAGERS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley laid off about a dozen money managers overseeing billions of dollars in U.S. equities in an attempt to improve performance and cut costs, sources in the firm said...
MARTHA FAN SEES NAME IN LIGHTS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWho says they've cleaned up Times Square? Not without Martha they haven't, says John Small. Small is leading a campaign to buy a "Save Martha Stewart" billboard in time for...
NEIMAN MARCUS ROLLING OUT 400G
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFor the couple who have everything, here's a Christmas gift straight from "The Jetsons": His & Her's robots that can answer the door, help with the groceries and even read...
HOT SPOTS TO START A BUSINESS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amIF you think finding a place to live is difficult, try finding a home for your business. The decision making process has many similarities, but also many differences. The kind...
KEEP A HIGH PROFILE: STAR SPOTTING IS A LOT EASIER IF YOU WORK IN OR AROUND BUILDINGS WHERE CELEBRITY CLIENTS ARE RIFE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE city is like Tupelo honey to celebrities who tend to buzz around the same hives. Says Lance Korman, associate director of Newmark who represents infamous folks from Sean "Puffy"...
CREME DE LA CREME: IT'S NOT JUST LOCATION - IF YOU WANT TO BE SOMEONE IN MANHATTAN, THESE ARE THE OFFICE ADDRESSES TO HAVE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFORGET ka-ching, forget the bling. In the city that never stops wheeling and dealing, it's all about the bricks that take you to the view. There may be 800-plus office...
IT'S PAYING UP TIME: WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR BUSINESS - BUY OR RENT? WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR COMPANY'S CIRCUMSTANCES
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBOTH big and small businesses sometimes wonder whether it is better to rent from someone else or to buy a building. The long established law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft...
BOB'S BITTER EX: 'I CAN'T WATCH'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE ex-wife of current "Bachelor" star Bob Guiney explained she doesn't watch the show - because she doesn't want to be reminded of the couple's short-lived marriage. "If my friends...
EIGHT PERSONAS NON GRATA
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amOMNIUM GATHERUM At the Variety Arts Theatre, 110 Third Ave. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. IN a sense, the notion behind "Omnium Gatherum," the new play by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros,...
GRAND INFUSION ; CHECK INTO THE EXOTIC BILTMORE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BILTMORE ROOM (three stars) 290 EIGHTH AVE. (BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH STREETS) (212) 807-0111 THE Biltmore Room's suavely exoticized fusion menu unfurls a culinary magic carpet of spiced sensuality....
DOWN-HOME SMOKIN' ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBIG cities can't do barbecue. That's the thinking that drives purists to journey miles outside of Southern towns in search of the ultimate pit. For Manhattan fans who have been...
CHEFS PRODUCE A UNION SQUARE EXTRAVAGANZA
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFOR the quickest way to eat your way through a neighborhood and a borough, read on. The Eighth Annual Harvest in the Square is tomorrow from 7:30 to 10 p.m.,...
ON THE SIDE ; HAMPTONS PLANS IN THE MIX
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amRESTAURATEUR Jeffrey Chodorow, the man and the money behind such local eateries as Rocco's, Mix, China Grill and Tuscan, is now setting his sights on the Hamptons. Sources say the...
'TARZAN' STAR IS BARRED AT CANADIAN BORDER
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amJUNGLE vines might be the best mode of transportation for Tarzan because, in the real world, an expired visa will get you no where. That's the lesson that Travis Fimmel...
HEY, STOP LOOKING AT HER BUTT . . . AND CATCH * * * * 'KAREN SISCO'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00am"Karen Sisco" Tonight at 10 on ABC (four stars) LET me get this out of the way right now - "Karen Sisco" is the best new network show of the...
NO BONES ABOUT IT; NATURAL HISTORY TUNES IN HIPSTERS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE American Museum of Natural History is trying to shed its dinosaur image. The 134-year-old institution is reaching out to the hipster set with SonicVision, a computer-generated musical acid trip...
STARR REPORT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amSome changes to report over at at classic rocker Q- 104.3 FM. Longtime local names Jim Kerr and Shelli Sonstein will replace Leslie Gold and her morning crew beginning Oct....
PUT OUT OR MOVE OUT: NO MORE HEADACHES: DR. LAURA SAYS WIVES SHOULD JUST DO IT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amHusbands need sex, and it's a wife's job to provide it - as much as he wants, whenever he wants it. So contends Laura Schlessinger - better known as Dr....
$11M SNIFF-OUT - COPS SNARE VAN FULL OF COKE IN BX.
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amCops smashed a major cocaine ring by arresting five people and seizing $11 million worth of the drug at a Bronx warehouse, police said yesterday. The bust occurred Monday afternoon...
WES STILL A LOBBYIST - GETS 150G TO PROMOTE TECH FIRM
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Wesley Clark joined the campaign two weeks ago, but he remains a registered Washington lobbyist, The Post has learned. Clark's continuing registration as a hired gun...
ANGRY ANDY RAPS LOBBY COMMISSION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo yesterday accused the state Lobbying Commission of being out of control in its probe of him and rap impresario Russell Simmons. Cuomo an...
METROCARDS NOW INSURED
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amStraphangers who buy a monthly MetroCard with a credit or debit card starting today will automatically be insured in case its lost or stolen. The MetroCard Balance Protection Program will...
PRISON FOR 3 ISRAELI TERRORISTS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Three Israeli settlers will be swapping life in a West Bank settlement for long prison stretches for attempting to blow up a Palestinian girls school in East Jerusalem....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 30-year-old man was fighting for his life last night after being stabbed several times by another man in a dispute involving a pregnant woman, police said. The...
DEMS' MORAL COLLAPSE - DEAN, CLARK, PETAIN
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWOULD any sane American have claimed, in the autumn of 1945, that the United States had been wrong to depose Hitler? Even in the autumn of 2003, would any Democratic...
9/11 KIN PRAISE S.I. 'EARTH ANGEL'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFRED ARIEMMA - Community Medal nominee Families of 9/11 victims call Fred Ariemma "the earth angel" and hope he wins a Liberty Medal when they're handed out at Gracie Mansion...
SURFER MISSING OFF L.I.
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amRescue workers on Long Island are searching land and sea for a missing Boogie boarder who vanished in the surf east of Jones Beach. Police and Coast Guard helicopters were...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA college slam-dance party turned deadly when revelers banged into each other and started a chain reaction that propelled five of them through a third-story window. Daniel James Martin, a...
L.I. COACH 'DEVASTATED' BY HAZE KIDS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe head coach at the Long Island high school hit with the sodomy-hazing scandal spoke out yesterday for the first time, saying the players accused of molesting their younger teammates...
MIKE UNVEILS HIS NEW BIKE TRAIL
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced the completion of the interim Manhattan Waterfront Greenway - a 32-mile bike path and walkway running along the edge of the entire borough. Calling the Greenway...
HEVESI: N.Y. TOPS NATION IN TAXATION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned yesterday that New York government faces "difficult fiscal times ahead" because of big spending, growing debt, lagging job growth and an over-reliance on...
JUDGE SENT FOR TRIAL ON DWI COUNT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAccused DWI Judge Donna Mills will face trial for ramming her father's Rolls-Royce into two parked cars, a judge ruled yesterday after the embattled jurist requested the charges be tossed....
JUSTICE DEPT. PROBING CIA 'UNDERCOVER' LEAK
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Justice Department has launched a full-fledged criminal probe into who leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent, and President Bush's counsel instantly ordered staffers to preserve "all" relevant...
SMOKE SHOCK TV ADS - CIG VICTIMS RECRUITED
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - A national anti-smoking group is looking for New York cancer sufferers to feature in a new round of ads designed to keep kids from smoking. An internal memo...
SCAFFOLD SLAYER - BUILDER'S SHODDY JOB COST 5 LIVES
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Suffolk County man pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday in a massive, Gramercy Park scaffolding collapse that crushed five laborers and jangled nerves barely a month after the World Trade...
FAITHFUL TOLD TO PRAY FOR AILING POPE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amPope John Paul II is "in a bad way" and the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics should pray for him, one of his closest aides said in remarks published yesterday....
FANS FACE 'KLEIN' FINE - 1G SLAP FOR SPECTATORS ON FIELD
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe City Council yesterday approved the "Calvin Klein" bill to toughen fines for out-of-control or unruly behavior that spills onto playing fields of professional sporting events. The measure, which passed...
'MAX' IS THE CITY'S TOP DOG
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers may prize originality, but not when it comes to naming their dogs. For the third year in a row, the most popular name for the nearly 100,000 pooches...
BOSTON CABBY NABBED IN LATEST 'SPY' SHOCK
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An Egyptian-born Boston cabdriver who managed to get a job as a translator at the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was busted at Boston's Logan Airport...
BOSS' BOW TO BEATLES
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amBruce Springsteen kicks off a three-night stand at Shea Stadium tonight - and he's bringing The Beatles with him. The Boss will belt out at least one tune made famous...
REPORTER KIN KEEP HOPE ALIVE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amNew York 1 reporter Rebecca Spitz remains in a coma, breathing with the help of a ventilator, as her family and fiancé keep a bedside vigil. "It's been a nightmarish...
LOSE JOB OR MISS YANKS? NO CONTEST
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amLots of Yankees fans had trouble making it to the rare daytime playoff game at the Stadium yesterday, but Brooklynite Joey Greenstein went to extreme lengths to see the match-up....
SETTLERS SENTENCED - TRIED TO BOMB ARAB SCHOOL
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Three Israeli settlers will be swapping life in a West Bank settlement for long prison stretches for attempting to blow up a Palestinian girls school in East Jerusalem....
MIKE WOOS TV AND FILM EXECS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amSeeking to find new ways to lure more film and TV productions to the Big Apple, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday quietly invited about 80 industry executives to a brainstorming breakfast at...
ST. PAT'S RADIO SEX MAN IS DEAD
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Virginia man who was charged with performing a sex act in St. Patrick's Cathedral died last week, his lawyer said yesterday. The death of Brian Florence, 38, was disclosed...
RETIRING JUDGE EYES MORGY JOB
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAfter 20 years on the bench, surviving threats from druggies, psycho killers and white-collar crooks, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Leslie Crocker Snyder is retiring Friday to return to private practice...
WTC BIG TAPS THREE DESIGNERS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amPromising "the best that man can devise" for the World Trade Center site, developer Larry Silverstein yesterday said he has asked three of the world's top architects to design office...
CITY GIVES BANK 'LIBERTY' ON $KYSCRAPER
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amCity officials yesterday authorized the use of $650 million in tax-free Liberty Bonds to help build a new Midtown office tower for Bank of America - ignoring critics who say...
$MUGGLER LINKED TO '93 WTC
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe American Muslim leader charged on Monday with smuggling $340,000 to Syria was suspected of funneling cash from Osama bin Laden to blind sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman in the failed 1993...
VICTIM CONNED INTO STEALING
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island woman who conned a gullible handicapped man out of $50,000 by pretending she was trying to keep him out of jail, also turned him into a criminal...
ROCKLAND COPS PROBE 'HIT' ATTEMPT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amRockland County cops are investigating whether a mob-style hit attempt on a 70-year-old man in Airmont is linked to the armed robbery of a Nyack millionaire a year ago. Vincent...
TWO JUDGES GET HEAVE-HO
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTwo aging Brooklyn judges who have stirred controversy in recent years will be off the bench in December because the state's top judges refused to extend their terms. Brooklyn Supreme...
PLAZA HIT FOR 'BIAS' VS. MUSLIMS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amManagers at The Plaza turned the usually genteel hotel into a hotbed of racial tensions after Sept. 11, taunting Muslim staffers with derogatory names such as "Osama" and blaming them...
BRITNEY'S HOMAGE TO ANGIE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt's bottoms up for Britney Spears (right) as the pop tart playfully bares her posterior in the November issue of Esquire (below). Britney's pose in a skintight sweater and white...
DIDDY GIVES OPRAH A RUN FOR HER MONEY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amSlimmed-down hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs yesterday vowed to finish the 26.2-mile New York Marathon in about four hours, to raise $1 million for city kids. Combs - who...
MIKE'S BIKE TRAIL UNVEILED
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced the completion of the interim Manhattan Waterfront Greenway - a 32-mile bike path and walkway running along the edge of the entire borough. Calling the Greenway...
GIRLS FLEE S.I. KIDNAP FIEND
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA fiend brazenly tried to kidnap two young Staten Island girls on their way to school yesterday, but the separate attacks were thwarted when the kids broke free, said cops....
'BRASCO' MOB BOSS IN NEW WHACK RAP
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMob boss Joseph Massino was slapped with three new murder charges stemming from the famous Donnie Brasco investigation, as prosecutors revealed they're gunning for $11 million worth of the Bonanno...
WITNESS-SLAY SUIT - KIN WANT $22M FOR 'NO PROTECTION' SHOOTING
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of a young murder witness who was executed before he could testify at trial has launched a $22 million lawsuit against the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office - slamming...
BLOODTHIRSTY - MIKE WANTS FAN-ATTACK SAMPLES
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMike Tyson is out for blood again - this time in court. The disgraced boxer appeared in court yesterday to answer charges he brutally beat two autograph-seekers at the Brooklyn...
JOHN KERRY (D-MASS.) WON THE ENDORSEMENT YESTERDAY OF FORMER COLORADO SEN. GARY HART ...
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) won the endorsement yesterday of former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, who twice ran for president in the 1980s. Hart said Kerry is the most...
TYCO JURORS MAY FACE WACKY GRILL
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAttention, prospective Tyco jurors: What do you think of Mother Teresa? And Frank Sinatra? And how about Oprah Winfrey? These are the some of the kooky questions lawyers for ex-Tyco...
SNOWBLOW COPS SCORE $11M COKE BUST IN BX.
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amCops smashed a major cocaine ring by arresting five people and seizing $11 million worth of the drug at a Bronx warehouse, police said yesterday. The bust occurred Monday afternoon...
SCHOOLS HIT '$OAR' POINT AS AX SWUNG
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's 40 community-district and high-school offices had become massive bureaucratic empires - with costs skyrocketing 138 percent over a five-year period - just before Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor...
STAFF ASSAULTS ON THE RISE, SAYS TEACHERS UNION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe teachers union claimed that assaults against school staff are up for the first month of the school year - but admitted that total incidents are down. The number of...
MAYOR WANTS TEACH'S SCALP
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe math teacher who allegedly scalped tickets to his students to attend last week's free Dave Matthews concert was booted out of class yesterday - and he'll get fired if...
$MUGGLER LINKED TO BIN LADEN
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe American Muslim leader charged with smuggling $340,000 out of Libya was suspected of funneling cash from Osama bin Laden to blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman in the failed 1993 attempt...
POLS GATHER IN MEMORY OF MOYNIHAN
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe late Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan was remembered yesterday as a man of "absolute integrity" and deep compassion who had an extraordinary capacity for friendship and was Israel's guardian angel....
MADMAN DAD CLUES - N.J. TOWN COPES WITH SLAY-SUICIDE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTearful second-graders in Short Hills, N.J., yesterday were asking grief counselors the same question that had veteran investigators stumped: "Why?" Why did a local father, an unemployed Wall Street investment...
ZODIAC SLAY 'SUSPECT' IN PRISON ISOLATION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amConvicted murderer William Mentzer was placed in isolation for his own safety at a California prison yesterday - two days after The Post detailed his possible involvement in the notorious...
RUDY HEADING WEST TO HELP ARNIE TERMINATE DEMS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amReadying for his trip to campaign for Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said last night the Terminator will bring "new blood" to California with "novel and innovative" solutions to...
HEVESI: N.Y. FACES HUGE BUDGET HOLE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned yesterday that New York government faces "difficult fiscal times ahead" because of big spending, growing debt, lagging job growth and an overreliance on...
COP FLACK IN HEROIC 'ROB' BUST
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD's top public-information officer found himself at the center of a cop drama last night when he helped arrest a convicted rapist wanted in a Chelsea home robbery. Michael...
CITY HALL: 'YANK' OUR TIX
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Yankees have been asked not to provide free playoff tickets to Mayor Bloomberg's aides, officials said yesterday. The message to the ball club substitutes for a memo that mayoral...
AN NYC MARINE BIRTHDAY BASH: IF THEY CAN RAISE THE CASH
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Marines are looking for a few good ballrooms. Well, actually one will do. As long as it's in Manhattan, not overly expensive and available on the evening of Nov....
POLICE PROBE MOB-ROB 'HIT' TRY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amRockland County cops are investigating whether a mob-style hit on a 70-year-old man in Airmont is linked to their investigation into the armed robbery of a Nyack millionaire a year...
2 'SCANDAL' JUDGES GET HEAVE-HO
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTwo aging Brooklyn judges who have stirred controversy in recent years will be off the bench in December because the state's top judges refused to extend their terms. Brooklyn Supreme...
ST. PAT'S SEXPLOIT MAN DIES
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Virginia man who was charged with performing a sex act in St. Patrick's Cathedral died last week, his lawyer said yesterday. The death of Brian Florence, 38, was disclosed...
MADMAN DAD CLUES: N.J. TOWN COPES WITH SLAY-SUICIDE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTearful second-graders in Short Hills, N.J., yesterday were asking grief counselors the same question that had veteran investigators stumped: "Why?" Why did a local father, an unemployed Wall Street investment...
RUDY HEADS WEST TO HELP ARNIE TERMINATE DEMS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amReadying for his trip to campaign for Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said last night the Terminator will bring "new blood" to California with "novel and innovative" solutions to...
WITNESS-SLAY SUIT : KIN WANT $22M FOR 'NO PROTECTION' SHOOTING
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of a young murder witness who was executed before he could testify at trial has launched a $22 million lawsuit against the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office - slamming...
KERRY WINS ENDORSEMENT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) won the endorsement yesterday of former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, who twice ran for president in the 1980s. Hart said Kerry is the most...
WOOD, CUBS STUN BRAVES FOR 1-0 EDGE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1 / BOX: P. 71Cubs 4Braves 2 ATLANTA - Kerry Wood not only outdueled Russ Ortiz on the mound last night, he picked up his teammates where it really...
GM GETS 'A' FOR BRAVES' 'O'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amNLDS NOTES ATLANTA - John Schuerholz knew he built an offensive juggernaut, but he thought it was built for the 2002 season. It always seems like Schuerholz's best-laid plans come...
STEVENSON HAS 'PROCEDURE'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amPROVIDENCE - The season opener, a week from tonight in Boston, which wasn't going to be a problem for Turner Stevenson - according to the Devils - is now out...
RANGERS PROTECT BARNABY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFrom Eric Lindros' mouth to Glen Sather's ears. "I understand that Glen has difficult decisions to make, and I'm not passing judgment on anyone else on the team, but we...
PREP'S HOLDER BACKS UP TALK
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amWilliam Holder is a man of his word. Before the season started, the Fordham Prep running back promised his offensive linemen that if he ever ran for over 250 yards...
K-MART: NO MORE PACT TALK
October 1, 2003 | 4:00am"It's all behind me. I don't want to talk about it anymore." On the first day, at least, Kenyon Martin chose composure over controversy. Martin said yesterday the summer's trade...
GAME 2 NOW A 'MUST-WIN' ; CRUCIAL CONTEST COMES TOO EARLY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE winning owner's face sparkled. His eyes danced. Carl Pohlad leaned on a walker in the cramped visiting clubhouse behind third base, hugging his players with one arm, slapping them...
A CALL TO ARMS PEDRO VS. HUDSON IN MARQUEE MATCHUP
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLAND - It is October, when A's stand for Angst. Three straight years a loser in Game 5 of a Division Series, Oakland has to get over the hump this...
HOUSTON REHAB GOIN' SLOW ; NOT READY FOR ALL OUT PLAY YET
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Knicks already lead the league in one category - bad knees and bad luck. Even their coach can't stay healthy, as Don Chaney showed up for the first day...
BOMBERS' BIG BATS NEED WAKE-UP CALL
October 1, 2003 | 4:00am"I don't know if I'm pressing. I swung at a few pitches that were maybe out of the strike zone. Just like everybody else."JASON GIAMBI THINK back to Little League...
GRADY JUGGLES ROTATION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALDS NOTES OAKLAND - Grady Little says he's going to wait and see how many pitches Pedro Martinez throws tonight before he decides whether to come back with the Red...
BULLPEN MANAGES FOR TWINS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amSuddenly, Ron Gardenhire found himself in an unenviable spot. His best pitcher was done after four innings, and the Twins manager needed to patch his team through the next five....
MOOSE DESERVED BETTER
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amMike Mussina left Yankee Stadium yesterday evening with a bottle of water in one hand, some papers in the other and an empty feeling about a team he has dominated...
YANKS MAKE IT 'E'-Z FOR TWINS ; SLOPPY DEFENSE PUTS BOMBERS IN 1-0 HOLE
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1Twins 3Yankees 1 E: Yankees. And according to George Steinbrenner, it's up to Joe Torre to fix it quickly. All summer, the Yankees' biggest worry was their bullpen, but...
WEAVER SURVIVES AS TORRE'S 11TH OPTION
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amALDS NOTES Even though the hurler suffered through a miserable season, has turned into a Yankee Stadium whipping boy and represents the first time Joe Torre has ever taken 11...
SANTANA HAMSTRUNG BY UNTIMELY CRAMP
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAfter shutting out the Yankees for four innings, Johan Santana sat resting in the dugout. Then he got up to get a drink of water. Then he couldn't walk. "It...
ANOTHER BIG START FOR ANDY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte could take the Stadium mound for the last time as a Yankee tomorrow. Despite his success, Pettitte (148-78 career record) never has been embraced by George Steinbrenner. If...
HAMPTON BACK TO OLD FORM
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - A year ago, virtually nobody thought Mike Hampton would return to the postseason before the Mets. Hampton, buried under an avalanche of bad stats in Colorado, clearly made...
TWINS OUTFIELDER PLAYS PART OF HERO
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amAnybody out there still think Shannon Stewart doesn't merit MVP consideration? If so, you must not have seen yesterday's Game 1 at Yankee Stadium, where Stewart was making big plays...
NOT LIKE OLD TIMES ; 'NEW YANKEES' FLATTENED BY FLAWS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFOR $185 million, the Yankees - of all things - have become those Texas Ranger teams they used to boot out of the Division Series annually. They pitch well enough...
SORIANO'S MISTAKES TOO COSTLY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amYankee fans saw the best and the worst of Alfonso Soriano yesterday in Game 1 of the ALDS. They saw breath-taking talent and a mind-boggling mistake. They saw an utter...
RICKY'S JUST WHAT JINT 'D' NEEDS ; FACIN' DOLPH RB COULD CURE BLAHS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE best news for the embattled Giant defense is that Ricky Williams arrives this weekend, carrying the Dolphins on his sturdy, powerful shoulders. This may raise a few eyebrows -...
JETS' SPIRIT IS DEAD, TOO
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Jets are a dead, flat team on both sides of the ball and the absence of two particular players has a lot to do with the problem, which, in...
MIXUP TIX OFF STADIUM FANS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Yankees' 3-1 loss to the Twins in Game 1 of the ALDS was a bummer for fans in more ways than one. The Post received numerous telephone calls and...
RUHLE GETS HOOK
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amSteve Trachsel had a career year, Jae Weong Seo had a breakthrough season and Al Leiter was dominant once he was healthy and slimmer. Yet those performances and stats weren't...
JUST TERRELL-BLE: POST-GAME RANT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR ME-FIRST OWENS
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amDennis Erickson met with Terrell Owens on Monday and elected not to discipline the volatile wide receiver for his childish tantrum on the sideline during the 49ers' 35-7 meltdown against...
BARNABY PROTECTED
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amGlen Sather never heard what Eric Lindros had to say yesterday morning regarding Matthew Barnaby's Waiver Draft protection status, but it may as well have been from No. 88's mouth...
BURNS LOOKING FOR RIGHT MIX ON 'D'
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amPROVIDENCE - The Devils' coach rejects his reputation, denying that he insists on a defense corps full of veterans. He's still giving the kids a chance to make the opening...
U.S.A. SET TO KICK OFF PRIME TIME RIVALRY
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amFOXBORO - Tonight's FIFA World Cup game between the United States and Norway was moved to prime time because that's what this rivalry deserves. Now that group play is over,...
"BASS WAR" IS BREWING OVER SCHEDULE SHIFT
October 1, 2003 | 4:00amIT looks as if the FLW Tour has thrown down the gauntlet starting what will surely be called, "The Bass War." For those of you who don't follow these bass...