October 3, 2003
INSTINET BLASTS NYSE IN BIG NEWSPAPER ADS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe Big Board's rivals have begun to pounce. Blaming problems at the New York Stock Exchange on poor governance and the market's structure, electronic trading network Instinet yesterday began a...
SEC PROBING COMICS COMPANY
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe comics factory of legendary "Incredible Hulk" creator Stan Lee is getting dragged deeper into a federal probe that's worthy of any wacky comic-book plot. It's got bankruptcy, shady characters...
CITI BUYS $264M OF SANDY'S SHARES
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amDon't overlook Sandy Weill in the growing outcry over the overpaid set. The head of Citigroup is getting a $264 million payday from his company, which is buying a quarter...
PLAYBOY BANKER NABBED BY FEDS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA playboy banker who prides himself on his "most eligible bachelor" status may not look so good to the gals after the feds get through with him. Daniel Rubin was...
PROBE EXPLODES - NEW CHARGES, JAIL TERMS LOOM FOR FUND EXECS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amInvestigations into the hedge fund and mutual fund industries are rapidly picking up steam, with a battery of new charges on the horizon and jail time likely for investing professionals,...
MERRILL REPORT SLAMS SUN'S 'BRASH' BOSS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTemperamental techie Scott McNealy is showing off his new thick skin by shrugging off a blistering personal attack from a Merrill Lynch analyst. The analyst, Steven Milunovich, trashed McNealy's personality...
MORE NY$E DEALS - REED SAYS KINNEY, BRITZ PAY MIRRORS GRASSO'S
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amInterim New York Stock Exchange boss John Reed will disclose the pay packages of the Big Board's two presidents next month, providing details on arrangements he said followed "the same...
SNOOZERS WILL GET LUXE CONDO NEIGHBOR
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe low-rent Daily News will have some very high-spending new neighbors under an ambitious development scheme being planned by Max Capital, the aggressive outfit that just made a deal to...
MILLENNIUM PLEA - LATE TRADING TRADER BANNED FOR LIFE, FACES JAIL
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA former trader with prominent $4 billion New York hedge fund Millennium Partners plead guilty yesterday to a felony and agreed to a lifetime ban from the investment industry for...
PORTENT OF BEING EARNEST
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE EVENT [] (two stars) Brave but bumbling. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (sexual content, language and some drug use). At Clearview Chelsea, the Quad. ---- 'THE Event" purports...
GENTLE MISFIT FRIENDS ARE FIT FOR FINE FILM
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE STATION AGENT [ 1/2] (three and one-half stars) A treasure. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated R (language and some drug content). At Lincoln Plaza Cinemas; the Angelika. ----- THE...
YOU'LL GENTLY WEEP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amCONCERT FOR GEORGE [] (three stars) Tears for Mr. Harrison. Running time: 104 minutes. Rated PG-13 (risque humor). At the Empire, the 19th St. East, the Quad, others. ----- FEW...
BLUNDERLAND
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWONDERLAND [ 1/2] (one and one-half stars) Violent and ugly. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (strong violence/grisly images, pervasive drug use and language, some sexuality/ nudity). At Loews Lincoln...
NO 'SPRINGER' FEVER; MOVE TO WEST END DAMPENS BOX OFFICE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amNEXT year's "sure- fire" Broadway hit still has a lot to prove. "Jerry Springer, the Opera" - critically acclaimed and much-hyped during its run at London's non-profit National Theatre -...
'SCHOOL' MASTER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amSCHOOL OF ROCK [] (three stars) Black rules. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated PG-13 (vulgar humor, drug references). At the E-Walk, the New York Twin, the Battery Park City, others....
DENZEL WORKS HARD TO SAVE 'TIME'
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amOUT OF TIME [] (three stars) Incredible but fun noir. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sex, violence, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Chelsea West, the Union Square. ----- DENZEL...
HEAVY WATERS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amMYSTIC RIVER [] (three stars) Haunting tale of revenge. Running time: 137 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, language). At the New York Film Festival tonight (opens wide on Wednesday). ---------...
'HENRY' UNDONE AT BAM
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHENRY IV, PART ONE At the BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn. Call (718) 636-4100. Through Saturday. ------ IT'S a bit like "Waiting for Guffman," Christopher Guest's mockumentary about...
JASON, JIMMY COMING BACK TO TV
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTV vets Jason Alexander and Jimmy Smits are returning to the tube in new shows. "Seinfeld" star Alexander, who most recently starred in the ABC bomb "Bob Patterson," will shift...
VANILLA GORILLA - TEEN TARZAN SET LOOSE ON MANHATTAN TO FIND JANE - AND SHE'S A COP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00am"Tarzan" [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Sunday night at 9 on the WB ----- OK, so should Edgar Rice Bur- roughs be spin ning in his grave with the...
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF WORKING MOMS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amLIVING OUT At Second Stage Theatre, 307 W. 43rd St. Through October 26. Call (212) 246-4422. ----- IN "Living Out," a splendid and thought-provoking slice of life, playwright Lisa Loomer...
NEXT BIG THING ON STAGE: A GIRL NAMED MARIA
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amMARIA FRIEDMAN Cafe Carlyle, 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. Tues.-Sat, 8:45 p.m., with late shows Thurs.-Sat. at 10:45 p.m. Through Oct. 11. ---- ASTRONOMERS say stars are born in...
FUN GALORE IN STORE AT NEW 'LITTLE SHOP'
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS [ 1/2] (three and one-half stars) At the Virginia Theater, 245 W. 52nd St.; (212) 239-6200. ------- NEVER trust a plant named Audrey - it will...
STARR REPORT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Edward is "Crossing Over" (would that be slipping over?) into the soap world as he visits the set of "Guiding Light" - a show he watched passionately as a...
JESSE SHOW TO AIR, AT LAST
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amFORMER Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's long-delayed MSNBC show is finally set to debut on Saturday. His first scheduled guests for Saturday's show include beleaguered California Gov. Gray Davis and a...
I'M SORRY - GOVERNATOR APOLOGIZES FOR GROPES; ARNIE APOLOGIZES FOR GROPING GALS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Total recall candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger apologized yesterday and admitted he had behaved badly with women - after a bombshell report about his Grope-inator past. In his mea...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amDid you hear the one about the mountain lion who walked into the computer store? Actually, it's no joke. Just ask Robin Reynoso, who was working at her shop in...
PCP MOM GETS JAIL IN GIRL SLAY
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother who was high on PCP when she stabbed her 7-year-old daughter to death last year told a judge yesterday she had no control of her actions, before...
THUG GETS LIFE IN GAL-PAL SLAY
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA twice-convicted killer was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars yesterday - exactly one year after he murdered his 24-year-old girlfriend in her Brooklyn apartment while her 6-year-old...
SPITZER FLIES HIGHEST OF ALL N.Y. POLS, POLL SHOWS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has the top approval rating in the state, according to a poll released yesterday. Spitzer, who has developed a national reputation for taking...
RADIO NET NAILED ON ST. PAT'S SEX
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe FCC slapped Infinity Broadcasting with a $357,500 fine yesterday for last year's St. Patrick's Cathedral sex stunt. The commission ordered each of the 13 Infinity-owned radio stations that broadcast...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man wanted for questioning in the strangling death of a Brooklyn cross-dresser is a hustler who preys on gay men and is suspected in a similar murder...
OUTED CIA WOMAN & HUBBY MULL SUIT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The CIA officer whose cover was blown by an alleged Bush administration leak and her diplomat husband have retained a Washington lawyer to find out who they can...
'JET' CRASHES - LINEMAN BUSTED IN DWI AFTER L.I. ACCIDENT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amJets star John Abraham was charged with DWI after plowing his 2003 Hummer into a fire hydrant and a light pole on Long Island, police said yesterday. The 25-year-old defensive...
TEARS FOR BOY SLAIN BY SUICIDE DAD
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHundreds of shocked mourners packed a New Jersey funeral home yesterday where the body of second-grader Eric Josephs lay peacefully in a pewter casket, as if still asleep in his...
'KILLER' PARENTS PLEAD NOT GUILTY
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe parents of a 3-year-old Brooklyn girl who was beaten and starved to death pleaded not guilty yesterday to second-degree murder charges. Prosecutors say Edison Gonzalez, 19, and Patricia Aguirre,...
'SUICIDAL' S.I. COP BU$TED
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Staten Island cop with a history of mental problems has been arrested for allegedly trying to hide more than a quarter million dollars from the feds by hitting...
'HATEFUL' FIREBOMB 'FESS-UP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe fifth member of a group of youths who torched the home of a Long Island family because they were Mexican immigrants - a cop's son who turned in his...
GITMO 'SPY' MAY HAVE NAMED NAMES
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating whether a translator at the terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave extremist groups the names of al Qaeda operatives who are being exposed...
FUNKMASTER FLEX SETTLES SLAP SUIT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amBig Steph Lova and Funkmaster Flex have settled their differences - at least their legal ones. Lova, whose real name is Stephanie Saunders, has settled her lawsuit against rival and...
NEW HOMELESS PLAN UNVEILED
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe city is overhauling its emergency housing program for homeless families, with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday ordering that hotel operators and shelters competitively bid on contracts for the first time in...
JUDGE: PUT CLASS-SIZE BID ON BALLOT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge yesterday ordered a proposal aimed at reducing class sizes in city schools to be placed on the November ballot - after slamming as unconstitutional the city's attempt...
HUNTER MOURNS MATT HALL
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHe wanted to shape the lives of young people - but he was cut down before his time. That's how teachers, friends and his parents remembered honors student Matthew Hall...
COLLEGE VP HIT BY RAPE RAP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA top Brooklyn College official was arrested yesterday on charges of raping a woman who had come to his campus office to talk about getting her son, a high-school student,...
TRUTH IS, HIS MEA CULPA DEFUSES ATTACKS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday did what lots of analysts say Bill Clinton should have done about Monica - he 'fessed up fast. Schwarzenegger strategist Mike Murphy said it was...
PERV-ABDUCT BUST ON S.I.
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA man was busted after he attempted to abduct a 16-year-old girl on Staten Island last night, and police were looking into the possibility he was responsible for trying to...
BROOKLYN COLLEGE BIG BUSTED ON RAPE RAP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA top Brooklyn College official was arrested yesterday on charges of raping a woman who had come to his campus office to talk about getting her son, a high-school student,...
SIGNS GIVE YOU A BRAKE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amLights, camera - slow down! New signs will be posted near traffic lights as part of a program aimed at warning drivers about an upcoming red-light camera, officials said yesterday....
A WHITE HOUSE MESS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S hard to make sense of the developing scandal around the leak of a CIA official's name. The leak, it's said, was politically motivated - to discredit Joseph Wilson, author...
HEROES SAVE WOMAN IN LEAP FROM G.W. BRIDGE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amPainters and a security guard working on the George Washington Bridge made a daring rescue of a woman who jumped off the span yesterday. The 32-year-old woman was riding in...
MIKE: I WOULD PAY FOR ELEX OVERHAUL
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amOpponents of nonpartisan elections could push Mayor Bloomberg to dip into his vast personal wealth to promote the ballot initiative if they insist on spending in a campaign against it,...
RACIAL WHINERS CALL PENALTY ON WRONG SIDE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIT COMES as no surprise that the politically correct hysterics who determine which opinions are forbidden to be uttered have effectively silenced Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh, of course, resigned from ESPN...
HAZE HS WARNED - MOM TOLD SCHOOL OF THREAT TO SON
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amOfficials at Mepham HS - where three football players were charged yesterday with kidnapping and sexual assault in a hazing incident - ignored warnings from a younger player's mom that...
DA: FIREMAN HOSES TOWN FOR 700G
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island volunteer firefighter stole $700,000 - raised to fund community activities, parades, fire-safety programs, a scholarship fund and a pension plan - while he was the treasurer of...
COPS SEEK SUSPECT IN 2 GAY SLAYS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe man wanted for questioning in the strangling death of a Brooklyn cross-dresser is a hustler who preys on gay men and is suspected in a similar murder in Buffalo,...
GUARDIAN TAPPED TO PROBE AMMON KIDS' NANNY GRIPE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island judge has appointed a law guardian to investigate a letter written by the orphaned children of Ted and Generosa Ammon - which claims they do not like...
LOBBY PROBE OF RAP BIG HALTED
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday ordered the state Lobbying Commission to suspend its investigation into hip-hop honcho Russell Simmons. Judge Loretta Preska told the commission's executive director David Grandeau to abide...
DIDDY'S 'HIT' PARADE - SUIT BLAMES HIM IN TWO MURDERS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA former business partner of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs implicated the mogul in the 1995 murder of rival Suge Knight's bodyguard and accused his conglomerate of ordering the hit on...
JAIL-BAIT PROBATION COP CRIES SETUP
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA city probation officer accused of having illicit trysts with a teen was arraigned on bribe-receiving and misconduct charges at 100 Centre St. yesterday - one flight up from where...
TYCO BIG'S A HIT AT JUROR TRYOUTS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHooray for greed! Jury selection was a virtual lovefest for ex-Tyco tycoon Dennis Kozlowski yesterday, with nearly every prospective juror saying they have no problem with his $100 million-a-year salary,...
COPS RELEASE SKETCHES OF LIRR MURDER SUSPECTS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amLong Island police released composite drawings of two men from the gang of four who brutally murdered Anthony Battaglia as he walked home from the Lynbrook LIRR train station after...
STARS SALUTE UNSUNG HEROES - POST SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON BEST OF BIG APPLE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTen New Yorkers whose everyday heroism makes the Big Apple proud - and magnificent - were hailed last night as winners of the Second Annual Post Liberty Medals. Celebrities, including...
CROOK 'BOTTLENECKS' BUS DRIVER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA man who robbed a woman in Harlem escaped a mob of people chasing him by hopping onto a city bus and threatening the driver with a broken bottle, police...
'SUICIDAL' S.I. COP IN WACKY $$ 'PLOT'
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Staten Island cop with a history of mental problems has been arrested for allegedly trying to hide more than a quarter-million dollars from the feds by hitting several...
357G FINE FOR ST. PAT'S SEX STUNT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe FCC slapped Infinity Broadcasting with a $357,500 fine yesterday for last year's St. Patrick's Cathedral sex stunt, but it got off easy compared to what it paid for Howard...
BOY KILLED BY SUICIDE DAD MOURNED
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHundreds of shocked mourners packed a New Jersey funeral home yesterday where the body of second-grader Eric Josephs lay peacefully in a pewter casket, as if still asleep in his...
TEACHER THUMPED - BROOKLYN DAD BUSTED IN CLASSROOM ATTACK SHOCKER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amAn enraged Brooklyn parent was busted for beating up his son's teacher in class because he believed the teacher hit his son, authorities said yesterday. David Forde, 31, was charged...
SORIANO CONJURES BIG HIT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amFOR the better part of two games, there had been anticipation that the big hit would come. These were the Yankees. It was the postseason. The hit had to come....
MAGIC RETURNS TO BRONX
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS was the night the Yankees pulled out all the historical and flag-waving show-stopping magic that makes Yankee Stadium such an incredible place in October. There was Hall of Famer...
LATROY PREDICTION WAS ON THE MONEY
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amGive him this - LaTroy Hawkins certainly provided fair warning. After his dominant performance in Game 1 of the ALDS on Tuesday, in which he struck out four batters in...
GIAMBI FINDS LOST STROKE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amRecently, Jason Giambi's baseball life has transformed into a Dear Abby column. Everyone has a little advice. His father, his manager, the man whose success he would like to emulate,...
MINNY'S MAGIC GARDEN - AN UPBEAT MANAGER KEEPS TEAM SMILING
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the Twins talked before this ALDS meeting with the Yankees, the word you kept hearing wasn't "win," or "victory," or even "underdog." The word you kept hearing was "fun."...
SHAKEUP 'BATTER' LATE THAN NEVER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amFOUR straight postseason losses have left their mark on the Yankees. The manner in which the Yankees lost Game 1 to the Twins, though, might have been the best thing...
OPENING TIPS AND TAPS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIF Denzel Washington is back on a roll on the high screen and the NBA is back in business, shouldn't Shaq have undergone surgery within the last week or two?...
ANDY KEEPS PITCHING IN
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE first start came in the Oakland Coliseum, May 27, 1995, a forgotten Saturday in front of a few thousand fans. Andy Pettitte gave up three runs that day in...
KNICKS NOT RUSHING MCDYESS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the Knicks hold their first veterans' practice today, Antonio McDyess will take a 20-minute run on an underwater treadmill in the pool, then shoot jump shots for 20 minutes...
TONEY: I'LL KO EVANDER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - If James Toney can still fight as well as he talks, then the heavyweight division may no longer be the bore it has become. In an era...
TWINS KNOW PEN'S MIGHTY IN PLAYOFFS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTorii Hunter, with his free-wheeling style, bottom-lined how the Twins bullpen operated in Game 1 and what Minnesota expects from its relievers the rest of the postseason. "Our bullpen, they...
ALONZO'S READY AND ABLE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIn a perfect world, the calendar would revert to the 2000 playoffs when Alonzo Mourning showed the world and, specifically, the Knicks, his unrelenting warrior talent. He scored, rebounded, blocked...
EX-COLUMBIA COACH JOINS HAWKS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Columbia men's basketball coach Armond Hill has joined the Atlanta Hawks as the third assistant under coach Terry Stotts. Hill, fired by Columbia following last season after a 2-25...
RUNNING TWINS GET JOB DONE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTake a good look at the Twins' lineup and see what jumps out at you. Right - only one player with more than 17 homers. But while the Twins may...
RED SOX ON THE BRINK - ZITO BAFFLES BOSOX BATS AS A'S GRAB 2-0 EDGE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2: A's 5 - Red Sox 1 OAKLAND - The short series gets even shorter for a team without a long bullpen. The Red Sox, only one out away...
BUNT STILL HAUNTS BOSTON
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amALDS NOTES OAKLAND - Derek Lowe says that "never in a million years" did he think Ramon Hernandez would bunt with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom...
5 QUESTIONS FOR STEVE LYONS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Fox Sports baseball analyst Steve Lyons. The 43-year-old Lyons is in his eighth season. He won a Sports Emmy in 2000 for...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: SEAN SALISBURY VS. RON JAWORKSI (WHO'S A BETTER NFL ANALYST?)
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amESPN's Sean Salisbury is one of those analysts who takes out the "You never played the game" card, which usually means an ex-jock can't decisively articulate his point. Salisbury's problem...
PETTITTE COMES UP BIG VS. MINNY - YANKEES GET EVEN IN SERIES WITH TWINS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2: Yankees 4 - Twins 1 Grind it. How many times have you heard Joe Torre lean on that phrase to describe the way his club has to think?...
MO WAS JOE'S ONLY CHOICE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe choice for Joe Torre was easy. In a best-of-five series, down a game, you don't use a bridge to go from Andy Pettitte to Mariano Rivera. No Jeff Nelson,...
EYES CENTER ON BERNIE MAYBE MOVING TO LEFT
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amMoving Bernie Williams out of center field is a popular topic among Yankee fans and picked up steam in Game 1 when Williams didn't cut off Torii Hunter's single that...
TORRE GOING TO WELLS FOR GAME 4
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre has decided David Wells will pitch Game 4 Sunday against the Twins at the Metrodome. Prior to the start of the ALDS, Torre looked at the two days...
FOR RADKE, ONE PITCH WAS LETHAL
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIt was a fastball that got away; a momentary loss of typically perfect control. That was all it took to turn Brad Radke's brilliant start into a hard-luck loss. The...
HONDO GETTING INTO GRID GROOVE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amHONDO packed up his belongings and cleared out of the cellar last week, surging forward with a 10-3-1 mark that moved him only seven games behind the Odd Trio. Evidently...
REED NOW BIG RELIEF FOR TWINS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIt was a call Rick Reed wasn't used to receiving. That's what made his performance Tuesday so impressive. When Twins starter Johan Santana was forced to leave Game 1 after...
FALL'S A REEL SMORGASBORD
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHAT cool air coming out of the northwest could only mean one thing, the fall season is under way and from all reports there is a reel smorgasbord to be...
TIME TO 'FESS UP FOR TV ERRORS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTUESDAY night on Fox, Steve Lyons might have clearly stated that he messed up. He certainly should have. But bad faith has become the rule, not the exception. And there's...
YANKEES PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINEUP - TORRE SHUFFLES CARD FOR CRUCIAL GAME 2
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amAfter Joe Torre's lineup in Game 1 didn't make four of the five Twins starters sweat, the Yankees manager said he was thinking about a few changes. Last night for...
LAMORIELLO: DEVS ARE NOT FOR SALE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amAny Devils fans adding two plus two and concerned about converting that to rubles can take solace from Lou Lamoriello. "The team is not for sale," the Devils' CEO-president-GM told...
HISTORY CAN'T HELP YANKS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHROUGHOUT Game 1, there was anticipation that a big hit would come. These were the Yankees. It was the postseason. The hit had to come. Throughout Game 1, there was...
CUBS IN PRIOR ERA - PHENOM'S BIGGEST TEST YET
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - As far back as Mark Prior's memory goes, Greg Maddux has always been a Brave. If only Cubs fans had as short a memory. You can pardon Prior,...
RED SOX ON THE ROPES - OAKLAND GRABS 2-0 EDGE OVER BUMMED-OUT BOSOX
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLAND - A short series gets even shorter for a team without a long bullpen. The Red Sox, only one out away from victory in Game 1 when Erubiel Durazo...
YANKEES, PETTITTE TIE UP THE TWINS - SORIANO GIAMBI GET THE BIG HITS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2: Yankees 4 - Twins 1 Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees a chance with a brilliant pitching performance. LaTroy Hawkins provided them with a much-needed gift. And Jason Giambi...
TWINS STILL THINK THEY CAN BRING THEIR STICKS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amA.J. Pierzynski summed up last night's 4-1 Game 2 loss with one sentence. "I think we came out and played the way we wanted to play," the Twins catcher said....
COHEN WILL CALL THE HALL - MAKES MOVE FROM STORM TO PIRATES
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amMet-caster Gary Cohen will be the new voice of Seton Hall basketball, according to sources. Cohen replaces Warner Fusselle on 770-WABC's broadcasts. Up until last year, Cohen called St. John's...
GIANTS AMONG GIANTS - KERRY & TIKI RISE ABOVE IFFY 'O' LINE
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amSunday, Dolphins at Giants, 1 p.m., CBS A prominent NFL coach recently told Phil Simms that, "No. 1, the Giants' skill players are the best group in the NFL. No....
COURAGEOUS ACE FOR THE AGES
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS is the picture we will remember, forever. This is the snapshot that will remain frozen in our memories, in our imaginations, for as long as people gather to talk...
TORRE MAKES THE RIGHT MOVES
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS was the night the Yankees pulled out all the historical and flag-waving tricks that make Yankee Stadium such an incredible place in October. There was Hall of Famer Yogi...
ANDY KEEP PITCHING IN
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amIF this truly was good-bye, then it was one hell of a sendoff. Andy Pettitte never has been the most colorful athlete to wander across the New York stage. He...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amDondi Hall doesn't really need the cool grand he could win from this contest. Sure it would be nice, but he can always fall back on his extensive comic book...
'FINS, TOO, SHALL PASS - FIEDLER WILL EXPLOIT RECURRING BIG BLUE WEAKNESS
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Giants usually feast at home against the AFC, going 8-4 in the Jim Fassel era. But a lot of the signals this team has given so far this season...
MITCHELL SLAPS ESPN OVER RUSH, 'PLAYMAKERS'
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Brian Mitchell has a message, and not only to Rush Limbaugh for the verbal slap at Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb stinging with racial undertones, a comment that led...
BIG BLUE'S 'RED' ALERT - GAME MAY BE WON OR LOST INSIDE MIAMI 20
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThere aren't many firsts a month into the season, but there's one out there waiting for the Giants to attain. If they don't, they most likely won't beat the Dolphins...
ABE GAVE HERM REAL SCARE - JET COACH MULLS DE'S PUNISHMENT FOR DWI
October 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe call came shortly before midnight yesterday at the Edwards household, a time when the phone normally does not ring. "You just think it's your parents . . . or...