October 14, 2003
BUSH TEAM ELBOWS IN ON NYSE'S HEADHUNT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amTHE process of selecting a permanent replacement for Dick Grasso at the New York Stock Exchange is going to get a dose of election-year reality. According to a source familiar...
M'SOFT TRIES TO PATCH ITS OWN BAD SECURITY REP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMicrosoft Corp. has started patching the latest victim of computer virus attacks - the company's own reputation. In a series of announcements, the software giant said that it was standardizing...
CYPRESS TO GOBBLE UP MEOW MIX
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amCypress Group wants to be the cat's meow of the pet food market. Meow Mix Co., the owner of the Meow Mix and Alley Cat pet food brands, is expected...
SILVERSTEIN: INSURERS WON'T STOP WTC TOWER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWORLD Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein says his court battle with insurers won't delay construction of the Freedom Tower, the world's tallest building, to rise at ground zero. But if...
MOTOROLA'S GOOD NEWS LIFTS MARTS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amUnexpected profits drove the markets to levels not seen since early 2002. Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 mobile-phone maker, posted a third-quarter profit that was twice Wall Street's estimates....
NEW ACT FOR AMEX - MAY DISCARD REGULATORY ARM IN DEAL WITH GTCR
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amThe American Stock Exchange is considering shedding its regulatory arm as part of a deal with Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR, say people familiar with the discussions. As part of...
STRAITLACED FUND FIRM FINED OVER FOLLIES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amLeo Wells, a religious zealot and creator of the nation's largest private real estate trust, has been fined by regulators for partying too much. The pious and charismatic salesman and...
TROUBLE AT THE TOP - MORGAN STANLEY EXIT PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESSION
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amThe unexpected retirement of Morgan Stanley's No. 2 executive has reopened the long-running question of succession at the world's second-largest securities firm. Yesterday, Morgan Stanley named Stephan Newhouse to succeed...
EDIE BACK ON TRACK(S)
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am* EDIE BRICKELL "Volcano" [ 1/2] Cherry/ Universal Records Her free and easy life of being a New Bohemian came to a close when Edie Brickell gave up singing to...
SATIRE WOULD BE MORE CUTTING WITH SHARPER KNIFE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amTHE THREEPENNY OPERAAt the Bouwerie Lane Theatre, 330 Bowery; (212) 677-0060. Through Nov. 23. ----- 'THE Threepenny Opera," now being revived by the Jean Cocteau Rep ertory under the excessively...
SINATRA GOES ON WITH THE SHOW - OL' BLUE EYES HAS IT HIS WAY AT RADIO CITY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amSINATRA lives! Or at least he comes as close as possible during the new Radio City Music Hall show, "Sinatra. His Voice. His World. His Way," which premieres tonight after...
YANKS PRANKS STILL TRAIL CUBBIES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amIT just seems that everyone was watching Saturday's Yankees-Red Sox basebrawl game. While 10.3 million viewers were tuned in to the beanball fight in Boston, turns out the real winners...
TRAINER VS. TAPES: THE POST PUTS BOTH TO THE TEST - AND LEARNS ONE'S NOT WORTH THE $$$
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMY friend and I wanted to get into shape, but we couldn't agree on how. Should we splurge on a personal trainer to help us trim those love handles -...
DUO INJURED IN BRONX HIGHWAY CRASH
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amTwo people were slightly injured yesterday afternoon in a crash on the Major Deegan Expressway in The Bronx. The car, a white, late-model Volkswagen Rabbit, was heading north near the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA Cincinnati man sued his local library because they wouldn't let him come inside with bare feet. Robert Neinast said the Columbus Metropolitan Library infringed his constitutional rights. But his...
RUSH LIMBAUGH, ADDICT: A SICK GLEE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amRUSH Limbaugh has dished it out in his 15-year career as a radio-talk show host. And anybody who dishes it out has to be able to take it when he...
2 TERRORISTS SLAIN ENTERING ISRAEL
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Jordan said yesterday it had killed two terrorists and wounded two others when the armed gunmen tried to sneak into Israel. Jordanian border guards returned fire at the...
MARTHA FEARS BEING CELL-EBRITY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart is terrified of being sent up the river. "Of course I'm scared. The last place I would ever want to go is prison," the embattled domestic diva tells...
BUSH: BICKER STOPS HERE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, addressing charges of administration infighting over Iraq, said yesterday, "The person in charge is me." The president also claimed the United States is "making good progress...
SLAIN MAN FOUND IN L.I. BASEMENT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA 32-year-old Long Island man was found shot dead in a basement apartment early yesterday, police in Nassau County said. Cops identified the Hempstead man as Merrick Harvey, whose parents...
3 GIS DEAD IN DAY OF BLOODSHED
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Three more U.S. soldiers in Iraq were killed yesterday in what appears to be an escalating campaign of carnage by pro-Saddam hit squads. The latest killings of Americans...
FERRY FIRM SETS SAIL WITH HIGH-TECH SAFETY SYSTEM
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amNY Waterway is going high-tech. The ferry operator has installed a $1 million global-positioning system that will keep its boats out of restricted waters and create faster service for commuters,...
WIDOW IN $400M SUIT VS. BIG TOBACCO
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amHarry William Frankson started smoking on a New York City street corner when he was 13 years old and didn't stop until 44 years later, when he died of cancer....
SADDAM'S HOMETOWN SHOWDOWN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein may be hiding out in his hometown Tikrit and playing a major role in the killings of U.S. troops, an American commander in Iraq said yesterday....
OLD FLAME SET BUILDING AFIRE: COPS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man set fire to an apartment building yesterday - leaving eight families homeless - because he thought his girlfriend, who wasn't even there, was refusing to come out...
REWARD IN LIRR DAD SLAY GROWS TO 30G
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amThey never knew suburban engineer Anthony Battaglia, but several people shocked by his slaying have contributed to the reward to help capture his killers - boosting it to $30,000. In...
POTHEADS' SPERM IS OUT OF JOINT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWhen men smoke marijuana, their sperm goes to pot. They're so laid-back, the sperm just can't get into the swim of things, a study by researchers at SUNY Buffalo found....
LOEWS RAISES CURTAIN ON $15 MOVIE SEATS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGet ready for VIP moviegoing. Loews is selling the city's first $15 movie tickets for a section of special reserved seats that are wider and plusher than the normal ones....
SPEED DEADLY IN L.I. CRASH: COPS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amPolice said speeding may have played a pivotal role in a car accident on Long Island that claimed two lives early yesterday. Timothy Kubis, 18, of Chestnut Street in Hewlett,...
WILDLIFE AGENCIES CALL POST'S LION STORY A ROARING SUCCESS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amIt was "mission accomplished" as a top wildlife agency yesterday praised the New York Post for its exposé that revealed just how simple it is to obtain wild animals. Post...
STARBUCKS CARD HAS LATTE PERKS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWho said there's no such thing as a free decaf skim latte? In its latest marketing scheme, Starbucks will give you a coffee credit of 1 percent for all purchases...
STAR'S CANCER SHOCK: CBS CO-HOST DIAGNOSED DOING SPECIAL REPORT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am"Early Show" co-host Rene Syler went for a routine mammogram as part of a special report on breast-cancer awareness - and wound up with the scare of her life. Doctors...
WTC DESIGNER TRIES TO BUILD INTEREST IN MEMOIRS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWorld Trade Center master planner Daniel Libeskind is shopping a book proposal for his memoirs - and he promises to donate a portion of the proceeds to the children of...
DEAN PUSHES FOES TO 'FESS TO 'MISTAKE'
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amDemocratic front-runner Howard Dean yesterday called on five of his 2004 rivals to apologize for the "mistake" of supporting the Iraq war before they criticize President Bush. Dean's claim was...
REGENTS MAY EASE 5-EXAM STANDARD
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amState education officials, who just lowered the passing score on Regents exams from 65 to 55, may drop standards even further by giving diplomas to students who flunk one of...
FINEST NAB FRANTIC DEER AT N.J. SHOP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amFour NYPD detectives were passed the buck yesterday when they were called in to round up a wounded deer that walked into a New Jersey children's store. Emergency Service Unit...
QNS. MAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA smoking mishap sparked a Queens fire that killed a 76-year-old man and left his mentally disabled son homeless yesterday - but a good Samaritan averted further disaster by alerting...
SWEET SAVE BY 'BULL'
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amAn alleged mob hit man who goes on trial today in a scheme to whack Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano credits the infamous turncoat with helping him dodge a few bullets...
GRAY DEFIES ARNIE & SIGNS GAY BILL
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Ignoring Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's request that he not sign any bills before leaving office, Gov. Gray Davis yesterday inked major gay-rights legislation. The first-of-its-kind law requires businesses...
NO MAN'S LAND - GOTHAM LIFE BAD FOR GUY HEALTH: MAG
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amNew York, New York, it's a helluva town - but for guys, it's also hell on the heart. A new ranking of the nation's best and worst cities for men...
HOME-ALONE KIDS SET FIRE - ARSON RULED OUT IN B'KLYN WORKING-MOM TRAGEDY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amPolice investigators now believe that the two home-alone kids who died in Sunday's fatal fire in Canarsie set the blaze themselves - and no longer think it was arson. Their...
'BUFFY' HELPS SLAY CANCER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amThousands of New Yorkers will make their screen debut from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow on the world's most famous TV screen - at Times Square - to show support...
BOMBER FANS GET 'SERIES' ABOUT TICKETS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amDie-hard Yankee fans swarmed Yankee Stadium as tickets for possible World Series home games went on sale yesterday - but no one had to tell Danny Zinamon, who set up...
JUDGE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amThe state's top administrative judge is weighing a request to revoke the special permission he granted embattled Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond allowing her to serve as a co-trustee...
DATE TURNS DEADLY - COLLEGE FOOTBALL STAR SLAIN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA college honors student in the Big Apple for a night of partying was shot dead and dumped from a car on a Brooklyn sidewalk hours after he left an...
YANKS 'BATTERY' MATES - COPS TO CHARGE TWO PLAYERS IN BULLPEN BRAWL
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBoston cops will press assault and battery charges against two Yankee players who allegedly beat up a Red Sox groundskeeper in the Fenway Park bullpen during a Game 3 melee...
DELUXE DUCATS - LOEWS RAISES CURTAIN ON $15 PREMIUM SEATS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGet ready for VIP moviegoing. Loews is selling the city's first $15 movie tickets for a section of special reserved seats that are wider and plusher than the normal ones....
STAR'S CANCER SHOCK - CBS CO-HOST DIAGNOSED DOING SPECIAL REPORT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am"Early Show" co-host Rene Syler set out to do a special report on breast-cancer awareness - and found she's a candidate for the deadly disease. Syler, 40, a mother of...
BEANBALL BOZOS POISON KIDS' MINDS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amTHE little kid provided a vivid play-by-play of Saturday's Basebrawl in Boston, featuring a grandpa getting hurled to the ground by a smirking millionaire punk. "That man threw the old...
COPS HOPE JEWELRY HOLDS KEY TO MURDER VICTIM'S ID
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amPolice yesterday asked for the public's help in identifying a woman whose bullet-ridden corpse was found dumped on the Bronx River Parkway. Wearing several pieces of jewelry (pictured above), the...
EX-RADICAL GUILTY IN '71 ATLANTA COP SLAY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man was convicted yesterday in the 1971 slaying of an Atlanta police officer after his former radical comrades-in-arms told a jury how he bragged of the deed. Freddie...
WARNING BY BLAKE JUDGE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ordered a business manager for Marlon Brando and his son Christian to stay away from one of the defense witnesses in the Robert Blake murder case. Cowlitz...
POTHEADS' SPERM CAN'T KEEP UP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWhen men smoke marijuana, their sperm goes to pot. A new report from SUNY Buffalo focusing on the swimming patterns of sperm, found that those of men who smoke weed...
QNS. MAN DIES IN HOME BLAZE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amCareless smoking started a ferocious blaze in Queens yesterday that killed a 76-year-old man and left his mentally disabled son homeless - but a passing good Samaritan averted further disaster...
BUS DRIVER FOUND DEAD
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA 38-year-old MTA bus driver covered with blood was found dead in his van parked at a Queens auto body shop, police said. A worker at the business discovered Eric...
ESCAPEE SURRENDERS TO PA. COPS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amSuspected serial killer Hugo Selenski - on the lam since escaping from a Pennsylvania prison last week - surrendered to authorities at his home last night. In a deal brokered...
COLLEGE KAYAKERS MISSING OFF CAPE COD
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amSearchers have been combing the waters off Cape Cod for two female kayakers - one of them a Long Islander - who disappeared Sunday afternoon in heavy fog off Harwich...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A 20-year-old man was shot twice and wounded yesterday during a heated argument on a Times Square street, police said. The man had left Club New York on...
FEUD ALL IN THE PAST-A - AFTER '02 SNUB, MAYOR MARCHES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg was happy to be Italian yesterday as New York threw open Fifth Avenue - from 44th to 72nd streets - for the annual Columbus Day Parade. Last year,...
FEUD ALL IN THE PAST-A : AFTER '02 SNUB, MAYOR MARCHES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg was happy to be Italian yesterday as New York threw open Fifth Avenue - from 44th to 72nd streets - for the annual Columbus Day Parade. Last year,...
BLAKE WITNESS WRIT: JUDGE WARNS BRANDO [[CD5]]CROWD TO STAY AWAY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ordered a business manager of Marlon Brando and the actor's son Christian to stay away from one of Robert Blake's defense witnesses in his murder case. Cowlitz...
PRISON SCARES MARTHA
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart is terrified of being sent up the river. "Of course I'm scared. The last place I would ever want to go is prison," the embattled domestic diva tells...
POST'S LION STORY CALLED ROARING SUCCESS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amIt was "mission accomplished" as a top wildlife agency yesterday praised the New York Post for its exposé that revealed just how simple it is to obtain wild animals. Post...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: BEAUTY, MYSTERY AND DANGER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amTigers have been in the headlines lately from coast to coast. Read on about the allure and dilemma of these striped beauties. RECENT events have put tigers on the front...
WAKEFIELD PUTTING BOMBERS TO SLEEP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There is joy in Yuppieville. Because the Yankees cannot solve knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, they cannot solve the mystery of the Red Sox. Bobby Murcer once said of the...
OFFENSE FLAILS AT TIM'S FLUTTERBALLS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Give the Yankees Pedro. Give them Derek Lowe. Give them John Burkett, please. But don't give them Tim Wakefield. For the second time in this boiler-plate ALCS, Wakefield...
A REAL CONE-PETITIOR - FRIEND TAUGHT WELLS THE WAY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - David Cone hasn't worn a Yankee uniform in three years, but he still affects at least one former teammate: David Wells. "I think David Cone helped Boomer a...
NIXON'S HR TROT STILL HOT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Johnny Damon just had a feeling when Trot Nixon came to the plate with one out in the fifth inning last night. "It seemed like Trot's at-bat was...
THE ACE OF EXCUSES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There are always excuses for Mike Mussina. His arm is too tired. His arm is too rested. On and on. The world is not a perfect place, and...
BOSOX GET MORE NADA FROM NOMAR
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Here's why the Yankees should be worried: We are now entering unprecedented territory for Nomar Garciaparra. Prior to this year, the Red Sox' star shortstop boasted one of...
MOOSE DROPS BOMB ON YANKS - LOSER MIKE BLAMES MATES FOR GAME 4 DEFEAT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 4: Red Sox 3 - Yankees 2 BOSTON - In Mike Mussina's mind he did enough last night at Fenway Park. Unfortunately, his mates didn't chip in. For the...
YANKEES' 'O' GOES FROM BAT TO WORSE - JASON'S BECOME MISS-TER OCTOBER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There are excuses. There are always excuses. Jason Giambi's left knee may be killing him. The postseason provides too small a sample size to make big-picture judgments; just...
BOONE STILL CAN'T SHAKE HIS SLUMP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre has had a knack for pushing the right buttons in his tenure as the Yankees manager. He's gotten so good at it that even when he...
WALKER KNOWS WHAT PRESSURE'S ALL ABOUT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Todd Walker has been here before. Not in the pressure cooker that is the post-season - this is his first playoff experience in 10 years in the majors...
JOE TO STICK WITH NICK
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK BOSTON - Nick Johnson has three hits in 15 at-bats and a .200 average and the Yankees are hitting a pathetic .192 in four ALCS games against the...
BOSTON'S SUDDENLY RELIEVED
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Maybe critics were wrong when they ripped the Boston bullpen during the season. "I think, lost in all the criticism, was how much talent was out there," GM...
NELSON GLAD TO BE PART OF ACTION
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - For a guy who might be enjoying the close company of police officers as soon as today, Jeff Nelson sure looked to be in a cheery mood last...
THE MAGIC IS GONE - SLUMPING SORI CAN'T SEEM TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The magic that was Alfonso Soriano in the 2001 playoffs is gone. It's gone at the plate. It's gone in the field. It's gone on the basepaths. Soriano,...
HUSTLING VARITEK GETS A LEG UP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am"I thought that was the biggest play of the game. Him rushing in from the bullpen, I think that got his legs loose enough to do just that." -GRADY LITTLE...
THIS IS A CONTENDER?
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: F That blood dripping from the mouth of Kerry Collins (35 of 59, 314 yards) probably didn't hurt him as much as his four interceptions and inability...
FASSEL VOWS: I'LL FIX OFFENSE
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am"It's my job, everything starts and ends with me, and it's my responsibility." - Jim Fassel --- The offensive malaise has grown so deep that Jim Fassel yesterday announced he's...
BOSOX GET NADA OUT OF NOMAR
October 14, 2003 | 4:00am"Nomar is one of these guys that we know can come out and get five hits as easily as anyone." -GRADY LITTLE --- BOSTON - We are entering unprecedented territory...
SUNDAY'S BATTLE IS FOR BASEMENT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Two of the most disappointing teams in the NFL square off Sunday at Giants Stadium, and the loser owns sole possession of last place in the NFC East....
INJURED DAMON HAS HEAD IN THE GAME
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The difference could be seen immediately, as soon as Johnny Damon stepped to the plate in Saturday's first inning. Facing Roger Clemens, Boston's center fielder set the tone...
GOING TO SERIES IS A PRIOR COMMITMENT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - After 58 years of the same old Cubs, the freshest breath of air in the Windy City gets to start the game tonight that Ferguson Jenkins, Rich Reuschel...
MAKE WAIVES, GLEN! - SATHER MUST CHOP RANGERS' DEAD WOOD
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amWHAT was he supposed to do with or to his players, Glen Sather challenged reporters who were getting in his face following Saturday's 5-0 fiasco of a defeat in Columbus...
LOWE FEELING RIGHT AT HOME
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Nobody relishes Boston's 617 area code like Derek Lowe. Lowe gets the start for the Red Sox in tonight's ALCS Game 5 against the Yankees, and it could...
HEAT IS GETTING TO THESE BOSOX CAN'T KEEP RIVERA'S ICY FIRE PENNED IN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mariano Rivera was - as usual - the best thing to come out of the Yankee bullpen Saturday during ALCS Game 3. Just not the most interesting. Rivera...
SLUMPING BOONE SEES AARON OF HIS WAYS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre has had a knack for pushing the right buttons in his tenure as Yankee manager. He's gotten so good at it that even when he pushes...
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amJETS REPORT CARD QUARTERBACKS: A Vinny Testaverde (11-17, 130 yards, 3 TDs, 127.5 rating) was at his best, spreading the ball around and not forcing things. RUNNING BACKS: B+ Curtis...
SAFETY STILL A CONCERN FOR YANKS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Is it safe? That ominous question was on the minds of some Yankees going into last night's Game 4 of the ALCS against the Red Sox at Fenway....
IT'S OCTOBER, SO IT MUST BE TIME FOR LATEST FENWAY FLOP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Here's what the first three games of the ALCS have told us, and it's really not a shocker. It was one of the reasons I predicted the Yankees...
GRIEVING THRASHERS FUELED BY EMOTIONS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Islanders' preparation will not change for tonight's game against the Thrashers, a team that's gotten off to a 2-0 start behind the emotion of playing for a...
CHAD 50-50 FOR EAGLES
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amJets coach Herman Edwards called injured quarterback Chad Pennington "50-50" yesterday to start against the Eagles Oct. 26 in Philadelphia. Pennington, who is recuperating from a left wrist fracture, will...
CIDE & KRONE A CLASSIC TEAM
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amIt's a match made in heaven on racing's biggest day. With Jose Santos committed to ride Volponi in the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita, Kentucky Derby winner...
TRAP HAS BLUESHIRTS BAFFLED
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amAfter years of watching other teams frustrate them with a suffocating trap, the Rangers decided to implore the system themselves this year. The result of the first two attempts ended...
A REAL CONE-PETITOR - FRIEND TAUGHT WELLS THE WAY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - David Cone hasn't worn a Yankees uniform in three years, but he still affects at least one former teammate: David Wells. "I think David Cone helped Boomer a...
SORIANO SIMPLY SORRY
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - It's hard to remember this sometimes, hard to recall just how spectacularly Alfonso Soriano greeted his maiden voyage in the postseason. This was two years ago, during the...
MEMORY OF '84 LINGERS - CUBS BATTLE HISTORY AS WELL AS MARLINS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - In 1984, Billy Williams didn't bother flying to San Diego. The former Cub outfielder, who spent a Hall of Fame career in Chicago from 1959-74, watched his beleaguered...
JET ROUT CREATES MORE QUESTIONS
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amFor every game, home and away, Herman Edwards' seat on the team bus is the same. He and his wife, Lia, sit in the front two-seater to the right of...
KNICKS NEED ALLAN BACK ... AND FAST!
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amForget the wait for Antonio McDyess. The Knicks, 0-4 in the preseason, are desperate for the return of Allan Houston. Houston, rehabbing from arthroscopic right-knee surgery, participated in his first...
KITTLES AIMING TO BE NETS' BIG GUN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amDon't tell Kerry Kittles the Nets need a shooter to survive. He takes it personally. Very personally. "Of course I do," said Kittles, the Nets' often-overlooked two-guard. "I'm a guy...
YANKEES, SOX GET BACK TO BASEBALL TRY TO REFOCUS ON SERIES AS NELLIE, KARIM BRACE FOR ASSAULT & BATTERY RAP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Pedro Martinez wasn't on the mound, so right away the chances of mayhem surfacing in Game 4 of the ALCS last night at Fenway Park were reduced. However,...
POLICE READY TO CHARGE NELSON, GARCIA IN BRAWL
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK BOSTON - When it comes to pressure, a Yankees-Red Sox ALCS with a trip to the World Series on the line is about as amped as it gets...
PAVANO'S PUMPED TO BE IN SPOTLIGHT
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Florida's Carl Pavano was asked about the biggest game he's ever pitched, and tonight's Game 6 starter pointed to the postseason clincher he hurled against the...
DAVE'S THE RIGHT MAN DELLUCCI GETS NOD OVER JUAN, GARCIA
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - It came down to the 11th hour for David Dellucci. Reinstated on Sept. 26th from the DL, where he had spent a month rehabbing a badly sprained left...
SUBTLE MOVES OF SUMMER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amLAST time I did Leno, Letterman and Limbaugh, they all seemed to be obsessed with Kobe (whose second biggest mistake that fateful night in Colorado was not announcing his candidacy...
IT'S CODE RED AROUND YANK BULLPEN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - In the Yankee bullpen last night, a representative from Major League Baseball stood in a gray suit, monitoring all activity. Along the back of the bullpen fence, as...
YANKEES' 'O' GOES FROM BAT TO WORSE WAKEFIELD PUTTING BOMBERS TO SLEEP
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There is joy in Yuppieville. Because the Yankees cannot solve knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, they cannot solve the mystery of the Red Sox. Bobby Murcer once said of the...
JASON'S BECOME MISS-TER OCTOBER
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There are excuses. There are always excuses. Jason Giambi's left knee may be killing him. This is a small sample size and just look at how Nomar Garciaparra...
WAKE LAYS YANKEE LUMBER TO REST BOSTON KNUCKLEBALLER BAFFLES BOMBERS; SOX HANG ON TO GET EVEN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 4 Red Sox 3Yankees 2 BOSTON - They beat Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe, pitchers with filthy stuff. But Tim Wakefield's dancing knuckleball is a haunting mystery to the...
SUNDAY'S RAINOUT GIVES TORRE OPTIONS IN BULLPEN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK BOSTON - Many believed Sunday's rainout of Game 4 of the ALCS benefited the Red Sox because they could pitch Game 1 winner Tim Wakefield last night and...
MOOSE CAN'T BUY A WIN
October 14, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - This time, there were no ancillary issues to fall back on. There were no outside excuses. Mike Mussina's arm didn't have to wait one extra second before it...