October 8, 2003
DAVID VS. GOLIATH : NOKIA'S N-GAGE TARGETS NINTENDO'S GAME BOY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amFor more than a decade, you could count the number of companies in the handheld video-game market with one finger: Nintendo. Now a host of competitors are throwing their hands...
GEMSTAR'S COVERAGE UP IN NEW CABLE DEAL ; GEMSTAR, TW CABLE INK DEAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amGemstar-TV Guide International said yesterday it inked a long-term deal to license its technology to Time Warner Cable. The news sent Gemstar's stock soaring, with shares closing at $5.30 -...
RIAA SUITS SLOW KAZAA TRAFFIC
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLawsuits by the recording industry have music traders logging off in droves or looking for craftier alternatives, according to Internet ratings. The number of visits to the Web site behind...
LOWER RENTS LURING INDIES BACK TO SOHO
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amAided by falling rents, a growing number of independent retailers are opening shop in SoHo after having been priced out of the market for the past three years. At the...
SPITZER PROBES FRANKLIN FUNDS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amInvestigators are looking at yet another mutual fund in a wide-reaching probe into timed trades. This time it's Franklin Resources Inc, the nation's fourth-largest mutual fund company, which said yesterday...
PROXY GIANT GEORGESON GETS SUITORS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amAustralia's Computershare Ltd. is in talks to buy New York-based proxy solicitor Georgeson Shareholder Communications in a deal worth more than $300 million. "These discussions have been part of the...
MICHAEL KORS HIRES NEW CHIEF FOR RETAIL DIVISION
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMichael Kors said yesterday that it hired Robin Merino to head its retail and accessories divisions. Merino, who was previously chief operating officer of Kate Spade, is the latest executive...
PEPSI VANILLA IN EARLY WIN VS. VANILLA COKE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amPepsi is giving Coke a close race in profit gains - thanks to using healthy corn oil in Doritos and selling more Pepsi abroad this summer. Pepsi Vanilla is also...
STAR FAILS TO FIND EDITOR: BONNIE MAY OFFER JOB TO EX-DETAILS HONCHO DOLCE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amBONNIE Fuller, the editorial director of American Media, has had no luck in her quest for a new editor of Star magazine. So insiders now say she is expected to...
LAW FIRM MOVES TO LEASE AT 1177 6TH ; LAWYERS EYE 1177 SIXTH AVE.
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLEGAL powerhouse Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel is "exchanging documents" toward a sublease of nearly 300,000 square feet of the nearly 500,000-square-foot PricewaterhouseCoopers space at 1177 Ave. of the Americas,...
IT'S NOT PRETTY: REED WARNS NYSE ON BRITZ, KINNEY PAY DEALS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amInterim Big Board chief John Reed plans to disclose the pay packages of presidents and co-chief operating officers Robert Britz and Cathy Kinney in the next two days - and...
A STREETCAR NAMED DEATH
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amBUS 174 (three stars) Tragic bus stop.In Portuguese, with English subtitles. Running time: 122 minutes. Not rated (disturbing images). At Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. Through Oct....
LOWER EAST SIDE SPIRIT AT LIQUOR BAR
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amSCHILLER'S LIQUOR BAR (two stars) 131 RIVINGTON ST., AT NORFOLK STREET (212) 260-4555 'WHAT do those numbers mean?" I asked about the figures stamped on the hundreds of empty bottles...
ON THE SIDE; PUCK SET FOR MIAMI SPICE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCELEBRITY chef Wolfgang Puck is finally bringing a branch of his famed Spago restaurant to the East Coast. Unfortunately, it will be located a tad south of NYC. Sources say...
STEPHEN KING TURNS UNKNOWN SCRIBE INTO MILLIONAIRE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amONCE-obscure New Jersey author Ron McLarty owes horrormeister Stephen King big time - at least $3 million, to be precise. After the newly minted Entertainment Weekly contributor raved about McLarty's...
COZY EATERY IS TREAT FOR TASTE BUDS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amPENELOPE ½ (two and one half stars) 159 LEXINGTON AVE. (212) 481-3800 PENELOPE is just the sort of spot everyone wants on their block. A small bar, bakery display case...
WALK THE LINE, EAT THE FOOD
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amFRIDAY'S your chance to Cash in at Café St. Bart's (109 E. 50th Street at Park Avenue). From 7 to 10 p.m. the Midtown restaurant will hold a salute to...
LEAVE ROOM FOR PIZZA! SWEET PIES ARE NOW TOPPING DESSERT MENUS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amANYWAY you slice it, this town is loopy for pizza. But pizza for dessert? With all due respect to that perennial fall favorite apple pie, the pie of the moment...
SIEGFRIED FIRST TALK TO KING
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLARRY King has an exclusive interview tonight with "Siegfried & Roy" star Siegfried Fischbacher - days after his stage partner Roy Horn was mauled by a white tiger during their...
'ANTIQUE' KENT STATE LETTER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amFEDERAL officials want to know how an Ohio man got hold of a controversial letter -dating back to the 1970 Kent State shootings - which was appraised on PBS' last...
SERIES THEORIES FAVOR THE CUBS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE baseball purists are sure that TV execs want to see a World Series between baseball's two most frustrated franchises - the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs. Big...
MILLIONAIRE COWBOY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S been the big question ever since the conclusion of the first "Joe Millionaire": Where on Earth are you going to find women for "Joe II" who didn't already know...
STARR REPORT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amKane out at Ch. 7 Tom Kane is out as Ch. 7's president/GM after nearly seven years. Ch. 7 officials aren't talking, but it's believed that Kane's departure has nothing...
ELFMAN OUT OF 'NINE': TV STAR JUST CAN'T SWING NEW ROLE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIT looks like they're going to have to find another girl for the swing. Jenna Elfman has postponed her Broadway debut in the hit musical "Nine" indefinitely, and while the...
BOUNCING TO D.C.: N.Y. CRITICS GET READY TO REVIEW SONDHEIM MUSICAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMOST of New York's top critics - "the wrecking crew," as they're affectionately called - will be heading down to Washington, D.C., at the end of the month to review...
PUMPED ARNIE DUMPS THE GOV: CALIF. OKS RECALL BY LANDSLIDE; ACTOR TO TAKE OVER BY NOV. 25
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - California voters yesterday terminated Gov. Gray Davis from office, and installed Total Recall star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the state's new leading man. Schwarzenegger bested a field of...
PERV COP CAN SEE TEEN WIFE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe teenage wife of an NYPD cop who was indicted in Oregon for taking nude photos of her while she was underage got a judge to lift an order yesterday...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amDoctors told Amber Roth she couldn't have kids - so the Cincinnati woman was stunned when she suddenly gave birth while on the toilet. Roth, who has multiple sclerosis and...
NOT SO INNOCENT; MEDIA'S DEVASTATING IMPACT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amONE of the whopping lies of our time is that journalists are simply innocent bystanders with no responsibility for the outcome of events. In fact, our own media may turn...
3 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Three more U.S. soldiers were killed along with an Iraqi interpreter in two attacks west of Baghdad yesterday, officials said. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry building also was hit...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn A 26-year-old man was shot on a Boerum Hill street, police said yesterday. The victim was hit in the leg on Warren Street near Fourth Avenue around 8:30 p.m....
TOLL ORDER: FEES WOULD NET $700M
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCharging tolls on the four now-free East River bridges and nine Harlem River crossings would generate $700 million a year for the cash-strapped city, a fiscal watchdog group said yesterday....
WEB SITE MISLEADS ON HILLARY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission said yesterday it will add a disclaimer to a document on its Web site that looks like a presidential declaration from Sen. Hillary Clinton....
SPIKE GOES TO BAT FOR B'KLYN LITTLE LEAGUERS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMovie director Spike Lee's attempt to do the right thing for Brooklyn Little Leaguers is getting bad reviews from some residents of Fort Greene. Lee, inspired by the Harlem All-Stars'...
SLAIN POL'S BROTHER LOW ON FUNDS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amGeoffrey Davis, looking to take over the City Council seat of his murdered brother, has barely raised any money for next month's election. Campaign filings show Davis raised $13,148 from...
OUR COMMUTER HARD DRIVE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers are working overtime to get to work. People who live in the outer boroughs have to deal with the longest commutes in the country - with drivers and...
HE WAS WILLING TO RAISE TAXES, CLOSE FIREHOUSES AND BAN SMOKING IN BARS ....
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amHe was willing to raise taxes, close firehouses and ban smoking in bars, but Massachusetts-born Mayor Bloomberg wasn't ready to commit political suicide yesterday by rooting against the home team....
SAM A 'PET' TO MARTHA
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart admits she had a cuddly relationship with Sam Waksal - he was her "family pet," new court papers say. The domestic diva put the jailed biotech entrepreneur in...
THE BOLDER, BIGGER APPLE ; CITY PLANNERS BARE VISIONARY PROJECTS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA glimpse of New York's future - visions that include spectacular new skyscrapers, a retractable-roof football stadium and whole new neighborhoods - was unveiled yesterday at a new gallery in...
ISRAEL MAPS OUT SYRIA'S TERROR SITES
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Days after its attack deep inside Syria, Israel yesterday made public a map of the Damascus area, describing what it said were the homes and offices of Palestinian...
FLEEING CAR DRAGS COP IN QNS.
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens cop was injured after being dragged by a car he was trying to ticket because the driver was blasting loud music, police said yesterday. Cops were searching for...
DENNIS THE MENACE DISPLAYS WALL ST.'S NEED FOR GREED
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMOVIE star Michael Douglas celebrated Wall Street with three simple words that he threw like a hand grenade of philosophy. "Greed is good," he enthused in the blockbuster movie "Wall...
DUI JET WON'T LAND IN JAIL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amJets football star John Abraham - who last week was busted for drunken driving after he ran his car into a light pole and hydrant - yesterday copped a plea...
POLS BLAST SCHOOLS' PUNY BIAS-CRIME STATS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA top school official said yesterday that only 16 hate crimes were reported in city public schools last year - but City Council members scoffed at the figure, insisting many...
BUSH: LEAK MAY NOT BE FOUND
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - White House staffers yesterday scrambled to meet last night's deadline to hand over information related to the ongoing leak investigation, while President Bush raised the possibility that the...
APPLE SHOT AT BOWL NOT SUPER: NFL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIt looks like fourth and long for the city's bid to lure the 2008 Super Bowl. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue indicated yesterday New York would have to get in the...
SUBWAY CENTURY ; PLANS FOR 100-YEAR FEST ON TRACK
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amPlans were announced yesterday for next year's 100th-anniversary celebration of the city's subway, which will include a re-enactment of the first-ever train ride and a chance for straphangers to ride...
MASTERS' TOUCH ON WEST SIDE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amEveryone who cares about what New York will be like in 10 or 20 years should check out "Skyline Street," the exhibition of City Planning Department proposals now on view...
DA BARES PARK VICTIM'S HORROR
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA career criminal accused of attempting to rape a woman in Prospect Park last month violently bashed his victim 12 times before a cop nabbed him, court papers say. Brooklyn...
'LIE, STEAL, AND CHEAT': DA SAYS IT'S TYCO'S BIZ AS USUAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amEx-Tyco International tycoon Dennis Kozlowski is a multimillion-dollar thief who grabbed homes, yachts, art and jewels with two fists while keeping his shareholders in the dark about his pillaging, prosecutors...
L.I. BOY, 14, DROWNS AS CANOE FLIPS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA fishing trip for three 14-year-old boys ended in tragedy when their canoe capsized in Long Island Sound and one of them drowned, police said yesterday. Twin brothers Alfred and...
CALIFORNIA STREAMIN' FOR ARNIE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Voters flocked to the polls across California in huge numbers yesterday - fueled by an overwhelming rage at Gov. Gray Davis that could carry Arnold Schwarzenegger into...
SENATOR'S WIFE IN KIDNAP ORDEAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTwo brazen bandits broke into a U.S. senator's home in exclusive McLean, Va., yesterday, abducting his wife at knifepoint and forcing her to drive to a nearby bank to withdraw...
THINGS LOOK VERY DARK IN GRAY'S OWN BACK YARD
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - The city of West Hollywood, a generally liberal neighborhood with a large gay population, is also the home of Gray Davis. So it was here at...
MOB PLANNED TO 'IMPORT' JUDGE KILLERS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amDeCavalcante mob bosses plotted to import Sicilian "ghost soldiers" to assassinate judges, FBI agents and gangster turncoats only weeks before the feds swooped in on them, a Manhattan jury was...
PHILHARMONIC & CARNEGIE HIT SOUR NOTE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall will not be making beautiful music together. The two groups announced yesterday that they had ended talks aimed at a merger, and the...
B'KLYN PALS RALLY BEHIND DEM LEADER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amUnder the looming threat of indictment, Brooklyn Democratic leader Clarence Norman Jr. received a boost yesterday from a dozen elected officials and a crowd of supporters at a rally -...
BIAS GOONS STRIKE ON YOM KIPPUR
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amDetectives are investigating a wave of anti-Semitic incidents that occurred in Brooklyn around Yom Kippur - including up to 70 tire-slashings. The cars had been parked on Montgomery Street and...
WHERE'S KITTY? - TIGER MAN FEARS MING CHOWED DOWN ON CAT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWhat happened to Shadow, the little black and white kitty? That was the question on Antoine Yates' mind as he faced a court yesterday and seven years in jail for...
'CONAN' WINS LADIES DESPITE GROPE-GATE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia women voters took a mixed view of Arnold Schwarzenegger after days of furor over groping charges - but they like him a lot better than his top rivals, exit...
RUTH-LESS SOX FAN - BOSTON BACKER TRIES TO END HEX AT BABE GRAVE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amDead set on helping his beloved Boston Red Sox finally reverse the almost century-old Babe Ruth hex on his team - the legendary "Curse of the Bambino" - Mike Graves...
STATE'S HS MATH PROGRAM 'STINKS'
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA new bombshell report to be released today says the statewide math program is a disaster. The report, by experts appointed by state Education Commissioner Richard Mills, comes as the...
DATE TURNS TO FLAMING DEATH - TEEN COUPLE, PAL KILLED IN HORROR W. SIDE HWY. CRASH
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA couple on their second date, racing home to New Jersey because the girl was past her curfew, were killed with a friend early yesterday when their luxury roadster smashed...
BRUNO UNDER FIRE OVER SMOKE BAN
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The state Conservative Party yesterday began a statewide postcard campaign aimed at getting Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno to consider changes to the ban on smoking in restaurants...
PARIS HAILS 'CITIZEN' COP-KILLER MUMIA
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe French-fried brains of Paris have stooped to yet another low - bestowing the title of honorary citizen on notorious convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The last time the wacky weasels...
SHERYL IN PERIL ; 'STALKER' NABBED AFTER N.Y. CONCERT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amAn ex-Navy SEAL obsessed with sexy rocker Sheryl Crow was busted for stalking her at a Manhattan concert hall, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Ambrose Kappos, 37, of Queens, was nabbed...
DEAN GRAFFITI 'ARTIST' BUSTED
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amHoward Dean's graffiti scrawler has been nabbed for practicing his "art" on subway cars in 1999. Blake Lethem, 36, known as "KEO," was hired by the Democratic presidential wannabe to...
BIASED BROADSHEET'S SLEAZY TACTICS BACKFIRE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - One of the strange things about this campaign is the way both main candidates abstained from dirty tricks, even though the California Democrats have used them to...
TENN. MAN NABBED AS NYU E-RACIST
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amA Tennessee man yesterday was charged with e-mailing a slew of racist rants to an office at the NYU Stern School of Business, cops said. Authorities said Scott Bain, 41,...
ARNOLD CONQUERS CALIFORNIA
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - California voters terminated Gov. Gray Davis from office yesterday, and installed total recall star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the state's new leading man. Schwarzenegger bested a field of...
WOMEN VOTE FOR CONAN, DESPITE GROPE SCANDAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia's female voters had mixed feelings about Arnold Schwarzenegger - but still liked him a lot better than his top rivals. Both Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and Lt. Gov. Cruz...
SEN. WIFE ORDEAL: SHE'S KIDNAPPED FROM HOME, ROBBED AND LET GO
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTwo brazen bandits broke into a U.S. senator's home in exclusive McLean, Va., yesterday, abducting his wife at knifepoint and forcing her to drive to a nearby bank to withdraw...
SPIKE'S AT BAT FOR KIDS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMovie director Spike Lee's attempt to do the right thing for Brooklyn Little Leaguers is getting bad reviews from some residents of Fort Greene. Lee, inspired by the Harlem All-Stars'...
WAKSAL WAS MARTHA'S 'PET' PAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart admits she had a cuddly relationship with Sam Waksal - he was her "family pet," new court papers say. The domestic diva put the jailed biotech entrepreneur in...
MUSICAL MERGER ENDS IN DISCORD
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall will not be making beautiful music together. The two groups announced yesterday that they had ended talks aimed at a merger, and the...
ALL 'STARS' LINE UP FOR YANKS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIt's clear from the stars that the Yankees are destined to destroy the Red Sox, says a prominent Manhattan astrologer. "You want my prediction? The Yankees are gonna win in...
CUBBIES, FISH PLAY LONG BALL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTES CHICAGO - It's not often you see a record-breaking game for triples and homers in the same contest. It happened in the Marlins' 9-8 win over the Cubs...
PESKY PIERRE LIGHTS FUSE ; MARLINS OF IGNITES RALLY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Jack McKeon says he loves Juan Pierre "like a son." And when do sons do you prouder than when they overcome their mistakes? In the first inning, it...
NETS ROOKIE SAVORS DAY IN THE SUN
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amPRESEASONNets 101Suns PHOENIX - He sees the floor better than a surveillance camera. He's quick, maybe quicker with the ball than without it. He'd rather pass than shoot. He's a...
TRYING TIMES FOR YOUNG DEVS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - They're going through with it, these bold Devils. They're starting their Stanley Cup defense with one-third of their backline cutting college to play hockey. This, then, will be...
TORRE MULLS SWITCH: ALMONTE FOR WEAVER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre didn't set a roster or a lineup yesterday, saying he still wanted to think about both situations. "There is a chance we will change," Torre said of his...
GIANTS CALL ON CONWAY AS KICKER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES NFL kickers are supposed to be able to last forever, but they come and go rather suddenly around the Giants. They brought another one into the fold yesterday,...
RUTH, RUTH, RUTH FOR THE HOME TEAM ; A CENTURY LATER, RIVALRY STILL THE GREATEST
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHERE'S no tangible testament to what happened here all those years ago, in this bustling segment of Washington Heights. There are no signposts. The ghosts were silenced long ago, the...
CUBS MAY BE PIRATES OF PENNANT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The last Pirate to leave the field after the last playoff game the franchise played was Andy Van Slyke, who sat in center field devastated after Francisco Cabrera's...
MARA WON'T FAN FLAMES ; GIANTS OWNER LEAVES SHOCKEY ALONE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00am"My response is, what's he doing looking in the stands? That's my job."WELLINGTON MARA on Jeremy Shockey The quickest and most effective way to irk Giants co-owner Wellington Mara is...
HILL OF AN EDGE BOMBERS' PITCHING WILL SUSTAIN THE CURSE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amBABE Ruth is smiling down on the Yankees' pitching staff. He is, really. David Wells made sure of that with his little Hall of Fame bust of The Babe that...
LOWE: FIST PUMP NOTHIN' NEW
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amRed Sox pitcher Derek Lowe reiterated yesterday that he meant no offense when he celebrated by pumping his first following the final out of Monday's ALDS Game 5 victory in...
RED SOX STILL HOPE DAMON CAN PLAY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amJohnny Damon's status is so unclear that he may be out for the entire ALCS, or he may bat leadoff tonight. During Monday's ALDS Game 5, the Red Sox' center...
NOMAR NOT IMPRESSED BY MATCHUP
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTo a man, virtually every player on the Yankees and Red Sox spoke reverentially about the rivalry that dates back to "No, No, Nanette." Except Nomar Garciaparra. "I'm from LA,"...
SORE ANKLE WILL KEEP LEETCH OFF ICE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amDon't expect to see Brian Leetch on the ice when the Rangers open their season Friday night in Minnesota. In fact, the Rangers' top defenseman could miss most of the...
REAL CATCH-22 FOR JETS ; WOULDN'T PAY COLES, CRAVE STAR RECEIVER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCALL it the circle of irony for the Jets, and that circle is about to reconnect. You know this is coming, Jets fans. The script is written. The players are...
PRIOR ENGAGEMENT ; MARLINS WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL WITH CUBS RIGHTY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Sometimes Jack McKeon's blissful ignorance scares you. Politically incorrect as it sounds, sometimes McKeon comes off less like a lovable 72-year-old senior citizen and more like former vice-presidential...
STARTERS COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amFor knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, the difference is 180 degrees. In the 1999 ALCS against the Yankees, Wakefield was left off the Red Sox playoff roster. Tonight, he will be Boston's...
MCKEON'S STILL FOND OF 1984
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTES CHICAGO - This is only the Cubs' third NLCS appearance, and Jack McKeon watched with glee when they fell short in 1984. Although this is the 72-year-old McKeon's...
SOX COUNTING ON COMMITTEE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLook how far the Red Sox have come: They've played 167 games and they still don't know who their closer is. "We're about the same way we left spring training,"...
CHAPTER & CURSE: SOX CONFIDENT THEY CAN WRITE HAPPY ENDING
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amThere's no doubt about it . . . We know we can play with them."KEVIN MILLAR Not only are the Red Sox unafraid of the Yankees, but unlike the Twins,...
EX-MATES HOPE DEKE LANDS FAR AWAY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - For those Nets with a preference, Denver would be a nice place for Dikembe Mutombo to land. Or Dallas. Or Tahiti. Sure beats New York. "Definitely,...
DEKE DEAL ALL BUT DONE ; MUTOMBO SHOULD BE KNICK BY FRIDAY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Three years after dealing their franchise center, the Knicks will finally replace Patrick Ewing. Dikembe Mutombo is expected to sign with the Knicks by as soon as tomorrow,...
SUNS SHINE ON STEPH
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amPHOENIX - The Nets were in town last night . . . what better time to announce Stephon Marbury's four-year, $76.78 million extension? "That was Mr. [Jerry] Colangelo's idea," said...
NEW POINT GUARD WOULD ; MAKE DON HAPPY
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Don Chaney never has been shy about talking about the Knicks' need at center. But yesterday, Chaney addressed the Knicks' pursuit of a point guard - read: Golden...
SOSA BLAST GOES TO WASTE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - This time, Slammin' Sammy got it all. In Game 4 of the NL Division Series, against an aching John Smoltz, the Cubs down two with one on, Sosa...
MARLINS PERKIN': FISH SCORE WILD WIN OVER CUBS IN OPENER
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1 / 11 INNINGS Marlins 9 Cubs 8 CHICAGO - When Mike Lowell cracked his left hand on Aug. 30, rookie third base phenom Miguel Cabrera took over and...
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER: PLAYERS, FANS PRIMED FOR YANKS-SOX 'DREAM SERIES'
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amChristmas in October. How else can you describe getting the Red Sox and Yankees in the ALCS? You can't. Starting tonight at a sold-out and raucous Yankee Stadium the top...
MATCHUP SENDS CHILLS UP BOSS' SPINE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE overlord of the Evil Empire knows why the Red Sox are in the ALCS: The Evil Umpires. George Steinbrenner, more an expert on whining than winning, reveled in the...
JOE MULLS ROSTER, LINEUP
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK Joe Torre didn't set a roster or a lineup yesterday, saying he still wanted to think about both situations. "There is a chance we will change," Torre said...
CHANEY: GIVE ME DEKE: COACH WOULD 'LOVE' MUTOMBO ON KNICKS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Don Chaney admitted the obvious last night that he'd "love" to have Dikembe Mutombo man the Knicks' pivot. With Mutombo officially waived by the Nets last night, Chaney...
HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: VERMEIL'S TEAM IS THE REAL DEAL
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amRams fans have to be thinking they got the raw end of the deal when Dick Vermeil "retired" after wininng Super Bowl XXXIV and was succeeded as head coach by...
ISLES ASK: 'WHY NOT US?'
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amLast year the Islanders were asking, "If Carolina went to the Cup Finals, why can't we?" Then they won six of their last 22 games and were bounced out of...
EX-MATES HOPE MUTOMBO IS MAV-ELOUS
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - For those Nets with a preference, Denver would be a nice place for Dikembe Mutombo to land. Or Dallas. Or Tahiti. Sure beats New York. "Definitely,...
MAKING A 'B'-LINE FOR BASS, BLUES
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIT was the perfect weekend, beautiful weather and great fall fishing. The striped bass and bluefish run has been hot, hot, hot. In the New York Bight there are bass...
PEDRO ENEMY NO. 1: NOTHING'S BETTER THAN BEATING MARTINEZ
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amName: Pedro. By now, first name suffices. Rank: No. 1 winning percentage in major-league history among anyone with at least 200 decisions. Serial numbers: Five ERA titles, three Cy Young...
POWER OF POSADA
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amYOU won't see him in commercials with George Steinbrenner. You won't read about his latest love interest on Page Six. You won't see him on Letterman. You won't get a...
BURY THE BOSOX: EXPERTS: MONSTER MASHERS VULNERABLE IN BULLPEN, IN FIELD AND ON ROAD
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amWAS it the Yankee pitching or the Twin hitting? We are about to find out. The Yanks' veteran pitchers held Minnesota to six runs in four games in the Division...
THE MATCHUPS: ANOTHER RUTHLESS ENDING: YANKS' SUPERIOR ARMS TO ENSURE AN 85TH EMPTY OCTOBER IN ROW FOR RED SOX NATION
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amFrom a competitive perspective, Yankee fans wanted the pitching-depleted and hitting-challenged A's in the ALCS. However, they got the Red Sox and deep down that's really their wish because Yankees-Red...
PASSION PLAY: SPARKPLUG SORIANO HELPS YANKEES DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE thing about Alfonso Soriano? He plays baseball the way you would play it, if you were good enough. He plays with a brand of obvious joy that is too...
TERMINATOR 'TWO': EIGHTH AND NINTH INNINGS NOW OWNED BY RIVERA THE UNTOUCHABLE
October 8, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S not fair, really. In 1995, the Yankees got the guy who allowed them to play only seven innings a game instead of nine. In 1995, the Yankees got Mariano...