October 9, 2003
AT MERRILL, ONE ECONOMIST WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID A. Rosenberg may be headed for trouble. But not the kind of trouble that Wall Street researchers have become accustomed to lately. Rosenberg, the chief North American economist at...
OUTSIDE CHANCE ; NBC EXPLORES IMPORTING LEADERS AFTER MERGER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amNow that NBC and Vivendi have made their marriage official, NBC will get down to the nitty gritty of putting together a management structure for the combined company. While NBC...
GALLUP POLL: PUBLIC STILL THINKS MEDIA IS 'LIBERAL'
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLooks like there may not be much demand for a new liberal news channel being planned by Al Gore after all. By a 3-to-1 margin, Americans think the nation's news...
'HALF-LIFE' HACKER STALLS HOT GAME'S RELEASE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe wait for this year's most anticipated video game just got shorter for some online thieves - and longer for everyone else. Hackers have stolen large portions of "Half-Life 2,"...
MICROSOFT RIVALS JOIN PATENT FIGHT ; M'SOFT RIVALS JOIN TO WAGE PATENT FIGHT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLawsuits make strange bedfellows. After Microsoft Corp. lost a patent suit in August and a Chicago jury ordered the software giant to fork over an astounding $521 million in past...
SEARCH FOR THIS YEAR'S 'HOT' TOY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe search for this holiday season's must-have toy has officially begun, with the unveiling yesterday of a list of possible contenders that included a plush version of the virtual neo-pet,...
CONTRACT GIVES AMEX BOSS MILLIONS IF HE'S FIRED
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amAmerican Stock Exchange Chairman Salvatore Sodano will get a $10 million payout if he is fired from his job without cause, The Post has learned. The fate of Sodano, who...
DIS-ASSOCIATED ; CA OUSTS 3 FINANCE EXECS IN ACCOUNTING SCANDAL
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe three top finance officers at Computer Associates have been fired in the wake of a federal probe over a $1.1 billion cooked-books scandal at the software giant. The upheaval...
HERE'S AN ECONOMIST WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID A. Rosenberg may be headed for trouble. But not the kind of trouble that Wall Street researchers have become accustomed to lately. Rosenberg, the chief North American economist at...
M'SOFT RIVALS JOIN TO WAGE PATENT FIGHT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLawsuits make strange bedfellows. After Microsoft Corp. lost a patent suit in August and a Chicago jury ordered the software giant to fork over an astounding $521 million in past...
UNSUNG HEROES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Basilone (1916-1945). This legendary soldier, one of 10 children, was born in Buffalo, N.Y. After enlisting in the Army in 1934, he was shipped off to the Philippines, where...
MEDITERRANEAN PARADISE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE beautiful Italian island of Sicily, with an area of 9,926 square miles, sits in the blue Mediterrean just at the toe of Italy. Like other Italian landscapes, it's a...
BYE BYE 'BOOMTOWN'
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCBS' "Joan of Arcadia" has put the fear of God into NBC, pushing its debut drama "Miss Match" into a new timeslot and blowing "Boomtown" off the air. A heady...
STARR REPORT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGoen to the chapel Congrats to "Entertainment Tonight" co- anchor Bob Goen on his engagement to HGTV host Marianne Curan ("Landscaper's Challenge"). They met through their agent, Richard Lawrence, and...
ARNIE'S TOTAL CASTING CALL BIOPIC ALREADY IN THE WORKS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA&E is making a TV movie about the life of California's new Governor-elect, Arnold Schwarzenegger. "It's a great quintessential American story that you can come here and be what you...
BRIT WIT IZZARD DRESSES JOKES WITH FRENETIC STYLE; RONALD ASADORIAN/SPLASH NEWS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amEDDIE IZZARD At the City Center, West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventhth Avenues. Call (212) 581-1212. Through Oct. 11. EDDIE Izzard is unique. But what makes him unique is...
RITTER-SWEET FINAL '8' EPISODE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThose were John Ritter's touching last words as he ended his final, posthumous appearance Tuesday on ABC's "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter." The show was watched by...
THE NEW BASEMENT TAPES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amIN this hip new wave/post- post-punk world, the Black Keys stand out by injecting some old blues and soul. Singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney, who are...
IT'S RADIODEAD; RADIOHEAD SECRET: PEOPLE HATE 'EM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amEVERYONE loves the British "art-rock" band Radiohead. Except maybe your co-worker. The person sitting next to you on the subway. Your best friend. And 23-year-old Olenka Denysenko of Manhattan -...
BLOCK PARTY; TRIBECA BECKONS FOR FINE DINING
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGreenwich Street in TriBeCa presents an embarrassment of riches for foodies. The jewel in the crown, of course, is Robert De Niro's famous Tribeca Grill (#375), at the corner of...
FALL INTO A HOT DATE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amSO that cutie you've been pursuing all summer has finally agreed to a date. The next question is where - and the answer should not be: 1) I don't know...
GOING BACK TO YOUR ROOTS: TRACING YOUR ITALIAN HERITAGE CAN BRING SURPRISES, AND GREAT FAMILY STORIES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWhat better way to celebrate Columbus Day than by delving deep into your Italian ancestry? If you're like Marilyn Verna of Brooklyn, you could find that you sprang from the...
DEDICATED CREATOR OF FASHION
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amMILAN - Roberto Cavalli is a man who never came across an busy, exotic print he didn't love enough to mismatch with two or three other equally crazy prints and...
DINERS FLEE STEAKHOUSE FIRE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA fire sent diners scurrying for the exits at Midtown's famous Smith & Wollensky steakhouse last night. The grease fire started at about 11:30 p.m. in the second-floor kitchen of...
L.I. CROOKS STEAL CHARITY JAR: COPS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Long Island thieves were arrested for stealing a jar full of coins - charity donations meant for Leukemia victims - from a supermarket. Suffolk County Police said Michael Rizopoulos,...
BUSH'S BETRAYAL; W SELLS OUT THE KURDS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJUDAS drove a hard bargain compared to President Bush. At least the great betrayer got 30 pieces of silver. All Bush is going to get for delivering the Kurds unto...
DOCS BRACE FOR SARS COMEBACK
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGet ready for Round Two with SARS. The World Health Organization says it's bracing for another SARS outbreak this winter. Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, head of the United Nations agency, says...
NOW WHAT DOES HE DO?
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amREMEMBER the end of the 1972 movie, "The Candidate"? Having just been elected to the U.S. Senate from California, against all odds, by following a careful script, political novice Robert...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYou can't be rude to the nude. That's what the Rev. Ralph Ovadel of Christ the King Church in Monroe, Wis., learned when he taunted a female bather at a...
SKELETON MYSTERY: GRIM FIND ON SHELTER I.
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Shelter Island homeowner digging a hole in his yard unearthed several human skeletons - apparently part of a mass grave that may be centuries old, authorities say. Police Chief...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Police want to question a man (above) in connection with eight bank robberies across the borough since the beginning of the year. David Lodge, otherwise known as Devone...
POLS ABOARD MTA BUYOUT OF BUS LINES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCommuters who ride the city's private bus lines will be left at the curb unless the MTA lives up to its "mandate to provide transportation" and takes them over, lawmakers...
CALIFORNIA & THE NATION: GOP PASSION
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amDEMOCRATS would have you believe that the Schwarzenegger landslide in California is bad news for President Bush. Liberal spin doctors were all singing from the same hymnal early Wednesday morning:...
JUDGE DEALS BLOW TO ETAN SUSPECT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe main suspect in the 24-year-old disappearance of Etan Patz can have his own words used against him in Civil Court, a judge has ruled. The ruling by Manhattan Supreme...
U.S. LAUNCHES $$-FOR-MISSILES TURN-IN PLAN
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. military, borrowing a tactic used by the NYPD, has launched an anti-aircraft missile "buy back" program in a bid to bar terrorists from blasting military and...
MIRANDA'S 'SEX'-GAME CLIMAX
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWill "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon live happily ever after with on-screen beau David "Steve" Eigenberg? Tongues were wagging after our photographers caught Nixon and Eigenberg filming a...
L.I. STUDENT BUSTED IN 'NET SEXCAPADE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA bold Long Island student sneaked into his high school in the middle of the night and used a classroom computer to check out pornographic Web sites, police said. And...
CROOKED LAWYER JAILED
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens-based lawyer who exploited a fatal flaw in the appointments of estate guardians to bilk millions of dollars from disabled and dead clients was sentenced to up to nine...
GOPER PUSHES 'BOOT THE POL' IN N.Y.
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - If Gray Davis can be recalled, could Gov. Pataki be next? A Republican state lawmaker, citing Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunning victory in Tuesday's balloting, launched an uphill battle yesterday...
NYERS WIN NOBELS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwo local professors snagged Nobel Prizes yesterday for chemistry and economics. The chemistry prize - awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm - went to Rockefeller University biophysicist Roderick...
SOMBER BRAVEST RETURN TO MEMORIAL
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amFor the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of firefighters lined Riverside Park yesterday to honor their fallen brothers at the annual FDNY Memorial Day ceremony. The ceremony, held...
POLS LEAVE DIFFERENCES IN THE PAST-A
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and Mark Green yesterday broke bread for the first time since Mayor Mike's upset victory over the former public advocate nearly two years ago. At Bloomberg's invitation, the...
ISRAELI FORCES FILL TERRITORIES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel ordered more troops into the West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday and prepared to call up reserves - while Syria warned it would fight back if there...
TOURIST NABBED IN '86 HIT-RUN
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amAn Italian man wanted in Florida for a fatal drunk-driving crash nearly two decades ago may have been gone all these years, but he certainly wasn't forgotten by cops here....
SAFETY BOSS BLASTS SCREENER EXAMS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The homeland security inspector general blasted as "simply inane" the exams that applicants must pass in order to be baggage screeners at La Guardia Airport. The inspector, in...
IF YOU'RE FELINE BAD, BLAME YOUR CAT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYOUR problem isn't how you feel, New Yorkers. And, trust me, it's not how you look. The answer to what's bugging all you neurotic, self-loathing, obsessive-compulsive depressives comes down to...
RUDY AND THE STRONGMAN BRING MUSCLE TO GOP
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S the Terminator wing of the Republican Party and it's growing. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rudy Giuliani are now the nation's top Republican stars, after President Bush. They're both pro-choice, pro-gun...
TYCO JURORS SEE DOCUMENTS FROM A TO ZZZ
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amEven the accountant on the jury started to close his eyes and nod. Dry testimony began yesterday in the Tyco embezzlement trial, with Manhattan prosecutors showing jurors only the first...
B'KLYN COP NABBED IN ACCIDENT-$$ SCAM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Brooklyn cop was arrested in an insurance-fraud scam after he filed a phony accident report and collected more than $3,000, authorities said yesterday. Officer Adolfo Gonzalez, a 12-year...
SUCH A NICE BOY BROOKLYN FIRE HASIDIM HAIL BARRY'S 25G GIFT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amHe may be the man who writes the songs the whole world sings, but members of an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Jewish community know Barry Manilow only as a kindhearted benefactor who...
MARTHA WINS ONE - WILL QUIZ WITNESSES PRETRIAL
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart has scored a major legal victory in her ImClone securities case, giving her unprecedented access to grill 15 of the government's key witnesses months before her trial, The...
NEW CHIEF'S SEAT OF POWER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThis stunning $12 million estate is fit for a king - but it belongs to Conan. It's the gorgeous, six-acre spread that California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzengger calls home. Located in...
DEM BOSS FACES INDICTMENT TODAY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn grand jury will be asked to indict Democratic Party leader Clarence Norman Jr. today after a six-month probe into claims that judgeships in the borough are for sale,...
PINSTRIPE MADNESS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYankee fan William Arroyo says the infamous "Curse of the Bambino" is alive and well, and the Red Sox are dead and buried. And to boost his claim, Arroyo dressed...
ANGRY, POPULIST REVOLUTION TERMINATES POLITICS AS USUAL
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - It's very easy to mock Californians who voted out Gray Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger as celebrity-worshipping boobs, as flaky in their politics as in...
UNCOMMON VALOR - B'KLYN CITIZEN JOINS FIREMEN IN RESCUES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amFirefighters leaped into a raging blaze and pulled an elderly woman to safety yesterday, while a quick-thinking neighbor kicked in windows to help others trapped in the Brooklyn house. Fire...
LADY COPS SUES FOR 'PORN HARASS'
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA female cop filed a sex-harassment lawsuit against the NYPD yesterday, claiming her superior officers watched hard-core computer porn while on duty at the Police Academy. Officer Mary Emmanuel said...
REGENTS HEED KIDS' PASS APPEAL
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWith more than 10,000 students statewide facing the prospect of not graduating, state education officials caved to pressure yesterday by backtracking on some of the state's tough graduation standards. The...
CITY BIG BLASTS $NAPPLE PICKERS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson is demanding an explanation of how the city reached a $166 million marketing deal with Snapple, saying his office has received allegations that the selection process...
DURST WAS 'RELATIVE'LY BIZARRE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amIn renting a swank, $4,000-a-month apartment in Dallas, eccentric millionaire Robert Durst claimed his daughter was writer Julie Baumgold, a friend since childhood who has created a firestorm of controversy...
SPEAK IN FOREIGN TONGUES ENGLISH NOT NO. 1 IN MANY U.S. HOMES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe United States is becoming more foreign as we speak. Nearly one in five U.S. residents age 5 and older - about 47 million people - principally speak a language...
WRACKED BY GRIEF - KIN TELL OF CRASH HEARTACHE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe star-crossed New Jersey teens who died in Tuesday's fiery car crash were "having too much fun to come home," said one of their parents. That's what Yuriy Zatuchny, father...
AMERICA HAS 'HARD EVIDENCE' ON IRAQ
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush's team yesterday launched an information offensive to convince Americans that the Iraq war was right and the best way to safeguard America against "a future attack far beyond...
LEARNING LESSONS FROM 9/11
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration is launching a new campaign to educate parents and school staffers on what to do in the case of a terrorist attack or other emergencies, The Post...
JUNGLE OUT THERE - TIGER GUY'S APARTMENT RANSACKED, HE SAYS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amFirst, his tiger was taken, and now Antoine Yates is wondering what happened to his money, jewelry and animal manifesto - detailing his "Garden of Eden" fantasies. Yates returned yesterday...
INFANT TWINS FOUND DEAD IN BRONX
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwin 3-month-old girls were found dead in a Bronx apartment yesterday, and authorities were trying to determine the cause of the mysterious deaths. Ernest Goings, 24, and his common-law wife,...
BIRD WATCHER - CROW'S 'STALKER' HAD WED FANTASY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amIf it makes him happy, it can be that bad. The mother of Ambrose Kappos - the ex-Navy SEAL who was busted for stalking Sheryl Crow at the Hammerstein Ballroom...
CHOP SUING: KARATE KING IN 'FAT' SPAT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWho'd have the guts to call a black belt in karate "fat"? Karate king Daniel "Tiger" Schulmann, that's who, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a martial-arts instructor who...
CRAMMING IN THE CLASSROOM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA staggering 540 city public school buildings are considered overcrowded, new figures released yesterday by Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's office show. The problem was particularly severe in high schools, where...
CATS OUT OF THE BAG - TIGER MAN BOUGHT THREE OTHER BEASTS: COPS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Harlem man who was attacked by his tiger may have purchased at least three other wild cats - including a lion cub - according to a Minnesota animal park....
IT'S HASTA LA VISTA, H'WOOD - ARNIE: NO MORE TIME FOR ACTING
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday his landslide election victory brings down the curtain on his movie career. "The people of California want me to be their...
SUCH A NICE BOY - BROOKLYN FIRE HASIDIM HAIL BARRY'S 25G GIFT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amHe may be the man who writes the songs the whole world sings, but members of an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Jewish community know Barry Manilow only as a kindhearted benefactor who...
PRIEST FROM HELL - 'GAY-PORN NAZI CROOK'; BUST BARES SINS OF THE FATHER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCops found more than they expected when they went to arrest a Queens priest on harassment charges - guns, gay porn and Nazi paraphernalia, officials said. The Rev. John Johnston,...
GALS NABBED IN BANK HEIST
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwo women who robbed a bank on the Upper East Side last night were nabbed by alert cops who saw them jump out of their getaway cab when a dye...
DEPRESSING STATS ON 'BLUE' NYERS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYankees fans aren't the only New Yorkers feeling down this morning - about 391,000 city residents suffer from depression, a new study estimates. In all, 1.3 million New Yorkers suffer...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: PEACE AT LAST FOR AFRICAN ANCESTORS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLast Friday, a bittersweet and solemn ceremony marked the return of the remains of four Colonial-era slaves to their New York resting place. Today's Classroom Extra takes a look at...
GOV. ARNOLD FADES TO BLACK: SAYS NO MORE TIME FOR ACTING
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday his landslide election victory brings down the curtain on his movie career. "The people of California want me to be their...
REGENTS HEED KIDS' PASS APPEAL ANALYSIS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amState education officials blinked on raising the bar for its high school Regents exams and graduation requirements - in large part because of self-inflicted wounds. They flunked the credibility test....
PRIEST FROM HELL: 'GAY-PORN NAZI CROOK'
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCops found more than they expected when they went to arrest a Queens priest on harassment charges guns, gay porn and Nazi paraphernalia, officials said. The Rev. John Johnston, 64,...
ANDY A REGULAR MR. FIX-IT ; LEFTY CALLED ON TO RIGHT SHIP AGAIN
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner is the storm. Joe Torre is the eye in the storm. At times, Steinbrenner has gotten so out of control that he's almost blackened the eye that has...
ORTIZ CLUBS YANKS AGAIN ; FIRES FIRST SHOT TO UPPER DECK
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amSome people call David Ortiz the AL MVP. Here in The Bronx, you can just call him the Yankee Killer. Boston's monstrous lefty slugger continued his onslaught against Yankee pitching...
WAKEFIELD PUTS 'EM TO SLEEP
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThis was baseball torture. Tim Wakefield didn't blow away the Yankees last night in the Stadium. He didn't mow them down or rack them up. For six-plus innings he was...
CONTRERAS GETS BACK INTO RIVALRY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe player who prompted Boston president Larry Lucchino to label the Yankees "The Evil Empire" proved he is worth the latest war of words that ensued between the Red Sox...
NOT YOUR FATHER'S RED SOX HISTORY DOESN'T HAUNT THESE GUYS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHEY shouldn't have had anything left. They shouldn't have had a prayer. Not after playing 29 innings over three days, every one of them a viscous fight for survival. Not...
RAMIREZ ROCKS BOMBERS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGuess that home run that Manny Ramirez hit in Game 5 against the A's got him going. Ramirez began the postseason by going 3-for-16 in the first four games of...
BIG A CHANGES SET FOR UPCOMING MEET
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWith much of the grandstand at Aqueduct gutted after construction of the slots casino was put on hold in August, the New York Racing Association yesterday announced changes to the...
ORTIZ LOVES FACING YANKS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amI'm a friendly person. I like to have a good relationship with everyone. DAVID ORTIZ Some people call David Ortiz the AL MVP. Here in The Bronx, he's known simply...
KAPLER WELCOMES CHANCE TO PLAY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amUntil Gabe Kapler walked into the clubhouse and saw the Red Sox lineup card last night, he wasn't sure he'd be playing. That was fine with him. "It's kind of...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI at FLORIDA STATECh. 7 NoonLine: FSU -7. Angle: It's all set up for an FSU win, except for the fact that Miami is in a league of its own....
SORRY, GUYS ; CHANEY APOLOGIZES TO WARD, EISLEY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amDon Chaney, believing he may have hurt the feelings of Charlie Ward and Howard Eisley, apologized to the team before yesterday's practice for saying the club needs an upgrade at...
HOUSTON EYES TUESDAY RETURN
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amAllan Houston says his goal is to play two or three of the Knicks' eight preseason games and is targeting his debut for next week's road trip. Houston said he...
'I'LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN' ; ABRAHAM APOLOGIZES TO JETS, AWAITS SANCTIONS FROM HERM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Abraham, fresh off the worst week of his professional life after being arrested for DWI last Wednesday, was contrite yesterday in his first meeting with reporters since the incident....
CHAD UPGRADE A SYMBOL OF PROGRESS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The timetable has not been officially altered, but it sure looks as if Chad Pennington is coming along rather rapidly from his fractured left wrist. Pennington, who injured...
CONTRERAS READY FOR LATEST ROLE IN RIVALRY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe player who prompted Boston president Larry Lucchino to label the Yankees "The Evil Empire" could get his chance to prove he is worth the latest war of words that...
LOWE SAYS HE'S GOT FULL TANK
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTonight, Derek Lowe takes the mound for the fourth time in nine days. But don't worry about his stamina. "It's going to be a situation where you're going to be...
R.J. BLASTS DEKE MOVE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - It was nothing personal, strictly business. But some Nets, such as Richard Jefferson, took the business of waiving Dikembe Mutombo very personally because it hurt their...
NETS' DEFENSE LOOKS ZO GOOD
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amPHOENIX - They run and sprint and even make the Jesse Owens types gasp and reach for oxygen masks. They have a legitimate inside scoring presence with center Alonzo Mourning....
CUBS KEYING ON THEIR 1-2 PUNCH
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - If it weren't Mark Prior on the hill for the Cubs last night, there might have been desperation in the streets. But the 23-year-old righty exudes an extraordinary...
MANNY'S THE ANTI-HERO
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE real pity would be if Manny Ramirez turns out to be the anointed one to deliver the Red Sox out of the wilderness, if he's the one who permits...
MITCHELL VOWS VICTORY WHEN ALL RETURNS ARE IN
October 9, 2003 | 4:00am"We've got what, 12 games left? [Special teams will] win five of 'em for our team.BRIAN MITCHELL It's been four games, making this just about the right time for a...
TALK IS CHEAP ; AGING RANGERS MUST BACK UP WORDS ON ICE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThey have talked the talk throughout camp; talked about discipline, defense and accountability. Talked about substance substituting for sizzle. Now the burden will be on this group of aging Ranger...
HEY, CUB FANS: BE WARY!
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Maybe two postseason appearances since 1945 have not given Cub fans enough experience in how many things can go wrong. Perhaps these people have been spending Octobers watching...
DREAM MATCHUP SHOULD HAVE BOTH TEAMS FEELIN' FRISKY
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amFIRST pitch was still three hours away as the Yankees began to stroll onto the field on a perfect night for a hated rivalry as the eagle Challenger sailed through...
CONWAY HOPING TO STAY UPRIGHT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Brett Conway last Sunday was visiting friends in Chicago, "Watching my Braves lose to the Cubbies," when he received a call from the Giants. Matt Bryant had pulled...
ISLANDERS TAKE SHOW ON THE ROAD
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Perfection in the preseason can translate to precision in the regular season for the Islanders, coming off an undefeated (7-0) exhibition slate and heading into live fire for...
HAMMOND LEFT OUT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe replacement for Mike Stanton has been officially replaced. In one of the quirkiest offseason acquisitions in recent Yankees history, Chris Hammond, who last winter was given about five minutes...
HOUSE PARTY IN DA BRONX ; YANKS, SOX ROCK STADIUM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYankee Stadium never looked better than it did last night when it was packed and loud, and inviting America inside where the Yankees hosted the Red Sox in Game 1...
LUCCHINO: WE RESPECT THE EMPIRE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amRed Sox president Larry Lucchino, who called the Yankees "The Evil Empire" last offseason, seems to have softened his stance a bit. Asked whether he still views the Yankees as...
WEAVER IN; HAMMOND MISSES CUT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOKS Until yesterday, replacing Mike Stanton with Chris Hammond worked out fine for the Yankees. Stanton pitched ineffectively for the Mets and then blew out a knee while Hammond...
DAMON'S GETTING BETTER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amSpeaking for the first time since Monday's horrific collision, Johnny Damon revealed some disturbing truths about his concussion. The Red Sox center fielder admitted he can't remember many events in...
CHAMPS CAN'T SEAL THE DEAL ; LATE GOAL BY BRUINS TIES DEVILS IN KNOTS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amDevils 3Bruins 3 BOSTON - This was not last season, at least for the first night. In a complete reversal of form, the Devils' worst power play in the league...
CUBS ROAR BACK POUND MARLINSTO EVEN SERIES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2Cubs 12Marlins 3 CHICAGO - In the hushed tones of a losing clubhouse, Sammy Sosa made a vow late Tuesday. "We have one of our aces tomorrow," Sosa told...
GUTHRIE RIDING ROUGH STRETCH
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Former Mets lefty Mark Guthrie has allowed homers in three of his last four appearances, including two playoff gopher balls during Cub losses. After losing Game...
IT'S DAVID 1, GOLIATH 0: ORTIZ, RED SOX DRAW FIRST BLOOD VS. BOMBERS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1 Red Sox 5 Yankees 2 They were supposed to be tired and they were wounded. But the Red Sox had their muscle and Tim Wakefield's knuckleball for six...
CUBS ROAR BACK: POUND MARLINS TO EVEN SERIES
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2 Cubs 12 Marlins 3 CHICAGO - In the hushed tones of a losing clubhouse, Sammy Sosa made a vow late Tuesday. "We have one of our aces tomorrow,"...
WALKER: I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FAIR
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTodd Walker wasn't sure about it either. The Sox second baseman hit the homer of the night in his team's 5-2 win last night, but it wasn't because of length...
BAMBINO GOES FROM GHOST TO BLEACHER BUM
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amTIME to Cowboy Up, Yankees. The Red Sox are not the Twins and Jeffrey Maier is no longer roaming the stands at the Stadium. The big play in the stands...
UMP INSISTS HE MADE RIGHT CALL ; OVERRULES FOUL CALL ON RED SOX HOMER
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amPOST EXCLUSIVE Home-plate umpire Tim McClelland acknowledged he did not follow proper procedure when he ruled Todd Walker's blast in the fifth inning of last night's ALCS Game 1 was...
IT'S DAVID 1, GOLIATH 0: ORITZ, RED SOX DRAW FIRST BLOOD VS. BOMBERS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 1Red Sox 5 Yankees 2 They were supposed to be tired and they were wounded. But the Red Sox had their muscle and Tim Wakefield's knuckleball for six strong...
NO COMFORT FOR BOSS
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amAt about 12:40 a.m., well over an hour after Boston humbled the Yankees 5-2 in Game 1 of the ALCS, George Steinbrenner exited the Stadium with papers held over his...
GUTHRIE RIDING RUGGED STRETCH
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Former Mets lefty Mark Guthrie had allowed homers in three of his last four appearances, including two playoff gopher balls during Cub losses. After losing Game...
JOE LIKES WILSON VS. PEDRO
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK Until yesterday, replacing Mike Stanton with Chris Hammond worked out fine for the Yankees. Stanton pitched ineffectively for the Mets and then blew out a knee while Hammond...
FOR OPENERS, THE CURSE IS REVERSED ; NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT MUSSED UP MOOSE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amFOR more than eight decades, the Yankees have almost always had the pitching and the mojo over the Red Sox, and because of that they lead the World Series title...
TORRE CONCERNED WITH BETTER BOSOX
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre has seen the Yankees down 1-0 in the playoffs before. But now he's seeing it against a much better team. The Yankees dropped Game 1 of the ALCS...
NO JOSH-IN': FAN INSISTS BALL HIT HIM IN THE HAND
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amThere were 56,281 fans in the Stadium last night, screaming, yelling, trying to affect the outcome of the Yankees' 5-2 ALCS Game 1 loss to Boston. But only one did....
YANKS SEEM TO BE IN MOOD FOR SOX : BOMBERS HAVE KEYS TO UNLOCK PENNANT
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amYEAH, the Red Sox will beat the Yankees in October. The next thing you'll tell me an Austrian body builder with an orgy/steroid past will become governor of California. But...
TORRE: THIS WAS MY TOUGHEST YEAR
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre always has said winning isn't as easy as his Yankees make it look. But before last night's ALCS Game 1 showdown with the Red Sox, he said this...
TORRE LIKES ENRIQUE VS. PEDRO MATCHUP
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK Until yesterday, replacing Mike Stanton with Chris Hammond worked out fine for the Yankees. Stanton pitched ineffectively for the Mets and then blew out a knee while Hammond...
PRIOR & WOOD TWO GOOD
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Three meager and short postseason appearances since 1945 have not given Cub fans enough experience in how many things can go wrong. These people's Octobers have been consumed...
CENTERS IN 'SHORT' SUPPLY: DEVILS' TOP THREE LINES NOT BIG DOWN MIDDLE
October 9, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - For now, the Devils will have to disprove the hockey precept that says Bigger is Better down the middle. Opening their Stanley Cup defense, the Devils turned out...