October 15, 2003
BMG MAKES GOOD ON PROMISE WITH 5 CHART-TOPPERS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBertelsmann's music unit BMG, in the midst of merger talks with several parties, is hitting it big on the charts. The company, which last month reported disappointing first-half results partly...
BLACK AND BLUE ; STRUGGLING HOLLINGER BRUISED BY DIRECTOR'S EXIT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNewspaper baron Conrad Black, facing a shareholder revolt at the company he controls, has lost a key board member, The Post has learned. Marie-Josee Kravis, the wife of financier Henry...
MARTS BLOW PAST MERRILL BUMMER
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amMerrill Lynch startled Wall Street yesterday with a doomsday report that fund managers are dumping overpriced American stocks - but got shot out of the water in just hours. The...
ALITALIA'S FLYING TO EMPIRE STATE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Empire State Building has just enticed Alitalia Airlines to move its North and South American headquarters to almost two full floors at the landmark skyscraper. "It's very important for...
LEHMAN LURES HIRES WITH BOUNTY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amAfter firing brokers and bankers by the hundreds, Lehman Brothers is now offering $10,000 bounties to employees who can help lure good replacements. The purge-and-poach scheme gives Lehman a more...
FAMILY-OWNED MEDIA CO. TO KEEP ITS FREEDOM
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a long and heated bidding war, Freedom Communications Inc. has backed a deal to keep the publishing company in family hands - rejecting a more lucrative deal in the...
IT'S OPEN SEASON : NYSE SPECIALISTS ARE LOOKING ENDANGERED
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amSpecialists are under fire like never before. Major investors have been griping about the trading middlemen for years, but now that NYSE Chairman Dick Grasso is gone and the exchange...
STATES PUSH TO SPLIT REGULATION
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amState treasurers representing about $1 trillion in assets continue to favor separating the NYSE's regulatory function, in spite of indications from Big Board interim chairman John Reed that he would...
MAKING TIME FOR WAL-MART ; MASS-MARKET WOMEN'S MAG IS CLOSE TO A GREEN LIGHT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amTIME Inc.'s planned new low-priced women's service magazine is on track for a launch sometime next year. "It's being fast-tracked," said one source close to the situation. The magazine has...
ABC PLANS CAMELOT TV
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amABC, hoping the Kennedy mystique will charm its prime- time schedule, is developing a series based on the ill-fated, never-boring political clan. The hour-long drama, "The Kennedys," will begin with...
THE REEL MOOSE RIPPED-FROM-THE-HEADLINES LOOK AT D.C. SNIPER DRAMA
October 15, 2003 | 4:00am"DC SNIPER: 23 DAYS OF FEAR" Friday at 9 p.m. on USA Network ½ (two and one half stars) TWENTY-four-hour news is threatening to put the ripped-from-the-headlines TV movie out...
MIXED BAG YOU'LL PAY THE PRICE FOR HYPED CUISINE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amMIX (two stars) 68 W. 58TH ST. (212) 583-0300 IF you want to spend $72 for a three-course dinner, you can have a marvelous one at Atelier, the truly great...
DEFEAT OF CLAY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCD REVIEW * Clay Aiken "Measure of A Man" ½ RCA Records (one half star) CLAY Aiken, who got practice being a loser on "American Idol," continues doing what he...
SOUTH BEACH BOULEY; ON THE SIDE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID Bouley is heading to Miami's South Beach to open his next eatery. Sources tell us he's negotiating to open a place in a stand-alone space at the Ritz-Carlton hotel,...
THE FORCE 'TOONS UP ANIMATED 'STAR WARS'
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amUNDER a tight veil of security the newest and coolest editions to the "Star Wars" saga are about to arrive on the Cartoon Network. "Star Wars: Clone Wars,"slated to air...
BIG MAC ATTACK; TEACHING AN OLD FAVE NEW TRICKS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amATKINS devotees, avert your eyes. Move on to something else. Don't say you haven't been warned, for you have now entered an unabashedly out and proud carbo-zone in the form...
MIXED REVIEWS FOR HYTNER'S NEW B'WAY DEAL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA year and a half ago, British director Nick Hytner shouldered much of the blame for the $10 million musical flop, "Sweet Smell of Success." Such a misfire would have...
HOLMES GROWN KATIE TRIES TO GO FROM 'CREEK' TO SLEEK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amTEN years from now, are you going to remember Katie Holmes' name? It's going to be hard to forget those irresistible puppy-dog eyes - but the road to movie stardom...
STARR REPORT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA mother's pain It's Annabelle Gurwitch's job to smile a lot as co-host of TBS' "Dinner & A Movie" - but it hasn't been easy since the birth of her...
SAW LOSERS: NEW 'MASSACRE' BLOODIER THAN ORIGINAL FRIGHT FLICK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amAFTER "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" came out in 1974, drivers no longer picked up hitchhikers and nobody looked at a tree-cutting tool the same way again. The movie about a...
FERRER-IN' TO GO: FREDDY SOUNDS READY TO RUN AGAIN IN '05
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amFERNANDO Ferrer still won't say if he's ready to toss his hat into the mayoral race again but, in a wideranging interview, it sure seemed the former Bronx borough president...
HOME GIRL: MTV'S NINA DIAZ TELLS OF VIP 'CRIBS'
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amHER "Cribs" was one of the original reality shows, and set the stage for the wacky world of "The Osbournes" and other slice of life shows. Nina Diaz, the creator...
SCHOOL GURU IS A CLASS ACT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCHINESE Latina Diana Lam is New York City's most influential educator - and, therefore, among the most powerful school officials in America. As the city Department of Education's deputy chancellor...
ALFONSO SOARING: YANKEES' SHY SLUGGER GIVES A RARE, REVEALING GLIMPSE INSIDE HIS PERSONAL LIFE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE second baseman Alfonso Soriano is one of the most talented players in the game. The 25-year old infielder, with a sweet swing and swift feet, has had two remarkable,...
THE BEST OF BÉISBO: MAGNIFICENT SEVEN BIG-LEAGUERS PAVED THE WAY TO COOPERSTOWN
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHEY came from five Latin American countries, saw their careers span 64 years, and together, they played every position on the field. You can't get much more versatile than the...
POLITICIANS WOO THE CRUCIAL HISPANIC VOTE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S easy to see why 2004 presidential wannabe Sen. John Edwards has dropped phrases like "Hasta la vista" into a debate in his molasses-coated Southern drawl. It's the same reason...
LOTTO LOSER'S VICTORY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIn a mini- victory for a man cut out of his wife's lottery winnings, a judge has frozen nearly half of her $8 million cash payout. In a five-page decision,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA federal prosecutor has dubbed potential jurors in the Kentucky mountains "illiterate cave dwellers." Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Taylor delivered the insult in a bid to keep the fraud trial...
A RAIL GOOD WEEKEND DEAL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA program allowing straphangers to ride Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains within the city limits for $2.50 on weekends will start Jan. 10, officials said yesterday. "City Ticket"...
TELLING THE TRUTH ON THE 'HOMELESS'
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amALICE Baum, who died last week in California at the age of 66, co-wrote one of the most important books of the past decade - a work that shattered some...
GARSON WON'T GET DEAL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amJudge Gerald Garson isn't going to draw a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. The Brooklyn DA's Office is refusing to cut any plea deals with the embattled judge or...
CORPULENT CROOK TELLS DELICIOUS TALES
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amSALVATORE "Fat Sal" Mangiavillano was the kind of thief who could steal the milk out of your tea. "He dropped out of school and by the time he was 13,...
SUPREMES TAKE PLEDGE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court said yesterday it will tackle the emotional issue of whether reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school is unconstitutional because it includes the phrase "under God."...
THREATS ON PIGSKIN HAZE KIN
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThreatening letters sent to the families of three high school football players allegedly sodomized by their teammates were apparently written by the same twisted person, Nassau County police said yesterday....
BRUTAL TO BUY: MANHATTAN APT. PRICES AVERAGING OVER 900G
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amWant to buy an apartment in Manhattan? No problem, as long as you're a millionaire. The price of an average apartment in the borough is now just under $1 million....
NYERS LAMENT KIDS IN EMPIRE STATE OF OBESITY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The vast majority of New Yorkers believe today's kids are a generation of fast-food-eating fatties, a new poll shows. According to the Siena College Research Institute survey, 83...
IRONIC BANK ROBBER STICKS IT TO COMMISH
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly was testifying yesterday before the City Council on the need for extra bank security when an aide handed him a note that starkly made Kelly's point...
PENTAGON EYES CHAPLAIN PILGRIMAGE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pentagon investigators will question a Muslim chaplain who arranged a trip to Mecca for Islamic U.S. servicemen that was paid for by a Saudi charity linked to al...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amQUEENS A 34-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a Far Rockaway apartment yesterday, and cops were questioning her boyfriend. The body of the woman, whose name was not...
BUSH HOARDS IT OVER DEMS WITH $70M STASH
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush's campaign says it's being so frugal about spending that Bush now sits on a $70 million cash stash after raising a record $83.9 million so far this year....
SHOT JOCK TESTIFIES AT RETRIAL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amParalyzed former St. John's football star Cory Mitchell said yesterday he has no doubt who shot him in the back in March 2001. "I recognize his face. You don't forget...
BUSH MEETS TERMINATOR GOV
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The White House announced yesterday that President Bush and the Terminator, California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, will meet tomorrow as both Republicans seek each other's help to solve...
HS 'RACE' FUROR; NAACP: FIRE BOSS WHO FIRED STAFFER
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA racially charged battle has exploded at a Rockaways high school, with the NAACP and parent leaders calling for the ouster of its new white principal, who bounced a popular...
REP. WEINER GETS $ET FOR MAYORAL BID
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amRep. Anthony Weiner revealed yesterday that he's raised nearly $1.5 million - giving his possible run for mayor in 2005 new strength. The cash haul boosts Weiner to a close...
CITY REAPS SURPRISE $300M TAX WINDFALL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE City tax collections are running $300 million ahead of projections three months into the fiscal year - and predictions of record Wall Street profits could mean hundreds of millions...
N.Y. RX PRICE SHOCK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers without health insurance are paying more than twice the best available market prices for common prescription drugs, a consumer group claimed yesterday. Furthermore, uninsured New Yorkers are paying...
SAUDIS HAND OVER YANK TERROR TRIO
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia recently handed over at least three American fugitives wanted on terrorism charges, U.S. officials said yesterday. The case was shrouded in secrecy yesterday, and U.S. officials...
DIALLO KIN RIP CITY'S 'SMEAR' TRY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amLawyers for the family of Amadou Diallo are accusing the city of trying to smear the slain African immigrant in an attempt to force a settlement of an $81 million...
CLARK IN APPLE ON FAN HUNT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amDemocratic 2004 wannabe Wesley Clark came to New York yesterday and used Yankee mania to zing President Bush. The retired general joked that he was overwhelmed when he got to...
TYCO'S LLAMA DING-DONG
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amAccused Tyco embezzler Dennis Kozlowski had a good day in court yesterday, as his lawyers turned a prosecution witness to their own purpose - to show that Tyco's other directors...
MSG USHERING IN FAN-UNFRIENDLY ERA: UNION
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amMadison Square Garden will usher in the New York Rangers' first home game tomorrow - but fans in the nosebleed section will get no help locating their seats because the...
2ND BID TO CONVICT COP IN DWI DEATHS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amAn NYPD sergeant charged with killing two immigrants in a DWI crash two years ago went on trial for the second time yesterday, after a Long Island judge declared a...
ANOTHER OFFER FOR TUTORING
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amParents of kids in low-performing schools will get an additional seven days to apply for free after-school tutoring services after a report slammed the program as providing inadequate notice to...
KAYAK CO-ED'S BODY IS FOUND
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amSearchers yesterday found the body of a young woman who disappeared kayaking off Cape Cod - the last surviving child of a tragic family that had lost two others. The...
THE TANNING TRAP; SUN BOOTHS BOOST CANCER RISK 55%
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amKeeping a golden tan this winter could be a cancer crapshoot. A newly published medical study has strongly linked the use of tanning booths - so popular among New Yorkers...
HI-TECH HIT MEN; TURNCOAT BARES BIZARRE PLOTS VS. 'BULL'
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA Mafia turncoat who testified yesterday about joining in a plot to whack Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano could write a book on the topic. Salvatore "Fat Sal" Mangiavillano, 39, gave...
DEM BOSS WANTS PROBE OF JURY LEAK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer for indicted Brooklyn Democratic leader Clarence Norman last night called on top state court officials to put a hold on the grand jury hearing evidence in the case...
FIRE PROBERS BACK TO ARSON THEORY IN HOME-ALONE DEATHS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe horrific Brooklyn fire that killed two home-alone kids was likely arson - not a tragic accident as previously thought, investigators said yesterday. Probers said they now believe the children...
TRAGEDY OF SLAIN PARTY HOPPING STUDENT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt could have been any Saturday night - a group of college guys start talking to a bunch of women in a bar. It ended with the senseless murder of...
SUPREMES WILL TAKE THE PLEDGE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court said yesterday it will tackle the emotional issue of whether reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school is unconstitutional because it includes the phrase "under God."...
COPS HUNT PERV IN 3 BX. RAPES
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amPolice are searching for a Bronx man they say raped three women in the borough during the summer. José Quinones, 45, a registered sex offender, raped the first victim on...
ANDY GOES FOR THE KILL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - After Mike Mussina dumped the blame for Tuesday night's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox at the feet of his teammates, Andy Pettitte's words were sweet music. When...
15 GET THE BOOT FROM WEST BANK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday ordered 15 arrested Palestinian militants expelled from the West Bank. The military said the suspects, most of them members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, could not...
DIDDY GOES OLD-SCHOOL FOR LEARNING
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amHe may not be a role model for punctuality, but marathon man Sean "P. Diddy" Combs inspired hundreds of East New York kids to study hard during a surprise visit...
NYERS LAMENT OUR EMPIRE STATE OF OBESITY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The vast majority of New Yorkers believe today's kids are a generation of fatties who watch too much television and eat lots of fast food, a new poll...
WHERE'S RED SOX' OFFENSE?
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - This is supposed to be the greatest offense of all time? All year long, the one constant in Boston was the Red Sox' offense. When the starting pitching...
DON POINTS TO WARD ; AWFUL EISLEY COULD DROP TO 3RD
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOISE, Idaho - Don Chaney is planning to restore Charlie Ward as the Knicks' starting point guard this season, he revealed last night. Howard Eisley, who started last year, has...
LUCKY PIERRE: FISH CAN SHOCK WORLD
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNLSC NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Before the game, Juan Pierre said "97 percent of the world" wants to see the Cubs win. The Marlins' leadoff hitter said a victory would "shock...
CURSE OF GOAT ALIVE ; & WELL ; FISH SHOCK CUBS, FORCE GAME 7
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 6 Marlins 8 Cubs 3 CHICAGO - Only a Cubs fan could interfere with his team's chances of a World Series appearance. With a 3-0 lead last night and...
BEWARE HAND OF FATE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - It was so quiet at Wrigley you could hear a dream drop, except out the left-field line, where 58 years of frustration and anger came boiling out on...
SWEETNEY WILL SIT KNICKS DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ROOK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOISE - Don Chaney yesterday gave his strongest indication that first-round pick Michael Sweetney isn't making the Knicks nine-man rotation. It's also become abundantly clear 18-year-old Maciej Lampe will be...
BONANZA FOR BEAR HUNTERS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBLACK bears seem to becoming more prolific and not just in areas where they are not hunted. It looks like New York's early bear hunting season, which closed on Friday...
NETS' MOVE HAS PEARL'S BLESSING
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amPearl Washington has only one regret: If he had stayed one more year at Syracuse, then maybe the Orangemen could have beaten Indiana in the 1987 NCAA title game. "I...
MCGRAW SIDELINED WITH SORE SHOULDER
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe Jets got alarming news from the test results on the right shoulder of starting free safety Jon McGraw, who's expected to be out of action for two to four...
TOO LATE TO STOP NOW ; WIN STREAK CAN SAVE JET SEASON
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that the Jets have finally shown themselves, their fans and the rest of the NFL that they're capable of playing good, sound football and they they're able to win...
ISLES AIDE FEELS FOR OLD TEAM
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - At first glance, the Thrashers' locker room looks and smells like the other 29 rooms in the league - with stacks of tape and inspirational sayings on the...
SLATS DEFENDING OFFENSIVE START
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amInside, 23 frustrated New York Rangers are striving to see if their team can reverse one of the NHL's bumpiest beginnings. Outside, thousands of fans are already disgusted by the...
BURKETT NO STRANGER TO PRESSURE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Four months ago, John Burkett was so terrible, he thought his career might be finished. It was back on June 17 against the White Sox, and Burkett gave...
FOURSOME FIGHTING TO JOIN NETS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amThere are four guys in the Nets' camp who would love to be hurt all season. The four - Doug Overton, center Jonathan Kerner and forwards Larry Lewis and Damone...
WAKEFIELD MAY HEAD TO BULLPEN
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Don't expect the Yankees to get rid of their knuckleball nemesis that easily. In fact, it's a good bet that Tim Wakefield will pitch again this series. Red...
BOSOX LEFT CURSING MORE YANKEE HEROES GARCIA PUTS DENT IN BOSTON
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Karim Garcia, a villain with Red Sox fans even before yesterday, was not in Joe Torre's original lineup for Game 5. Not until he hit a couple of...
OOOH, BABY! BOUTS RETURNING TO GARDEN
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt's not Lewis-Klitschko II or De La Hoya-Mosley III, but the Garden figures to get the packed house it covets on Dec. 6, when boxing returns for the first time...
SOX A MESS IN MIDDLE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Right now, the Red Sox' lineup is like a donut. Its top and bottom is delectable, its middle nonexistent. While Nos. 1 and 2 (Johnny Damon and Todd...
YANKEES ESCAPE BOSTON WITH LEAD CAN CLINCH TRIPTO SERIES TODAY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 5Yankees 4Red Sox 2 BOSTON - Cowboy up. Red Sox down. And very close to being out. There is a lot of fun associated with the Red Sox' rallying...
CUBS: NO MORE LOVABLE LOSERS ; CHI DETERMINED TO SHED THAT LABEL
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Two people have dominated the collective consciousness in this town during the past 95 years: Al Capone and Michael Jordan. People around the world who don't know anything...
TALE OF TWO 2B-ERS ... WHILE SORIANO FIGHTS THROUGH SLUMP
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Maybe the success came too soon for Alfonso Soriano. Maybe the walkoff home run that beat the Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS and the 12th-inning single...
TALE OF TWO 2B-ERS WALKERSTAYS HOTDESPITE 'L'
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox have maintained all year that they're not about to alter their season-long patterns just because it's the postseason. Todd Walker's bat changed all that. Walker...
BOMBERS SHOWING LOTS OF GLOVE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The focus in this bitter ALCS has been on pitching, pitching inside, hitting, or the lack there of, melees, fines and police reports. Yet the reason the Yankees...
PIERRE: MARLINS CAN SHOCK WORLD
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Through five games of the NLCS, the top two hitters in the Florida lineup were batting .209 (9-for-43). Not coincidentally, the Cubs had outscored the Marlins...
FORGET THE CURSE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The latest, potentially greatest Game Day in the 89-year history of Wrigley Field dawned rainy and chilly. There had to be an omen in there somewhere for a...
GIVE FOX A BALK
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amFox has been cutting it mighty close throughout the postseason, returning from half-inning commercial breaks with the pitcher in mid-windup. This squeeze-in-every-moment commerce finally caught up with all of us...
JOE GETS REWARDED BY GOING WITH KARIM
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK BOSTON - A couple of batting practice blasts that landed in the same bullpen in which he got into a fight Saturday helped convince Joe Torre that Karim...
QUESTION IS, WHO'S WORSE? JINTS-EAGLES A BATTLE FOR CELLAR
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS is not the two- team race anyone envisioned, as the Giants and Eagles look as if they're gearing for a Stupor Bowl. Let the sarcasm flow as these two...
YANKEE 'D' FLASHES SLICK LEATHER
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The focus in this bitter ALCS has been on pitching, pitching inside, hitting, the lack of timely hitting, melees, fines and police reports. Yet the reason the Yankees...
HEATLEY COPING WITH LOSS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - At first glance, the Thrashers' locker room looks and smells like the other 29 rooms in the league - with tape stacked on tables and inspirational sayings on...
BOOMER'S THE FALL GUY ; POSTSEASON STAR WELLS HAS BECOME MODERN-DAY REGGIE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - When does the end justify the means? When a man can step into the glare of October and render everything else that came before irrelevant, when he can...
HIGHLIGHTS HELP JETER EASE PAIN
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - There was a huge ice pack on Derek Jeter's left hand and a larger set on his left shoulder. But as Jeter was eating dinner with his teammates...
YANKEES ONE WIN AWAY FROM SERIES ; ESCAPE FENWAY HOLDING 3-2 LEAD
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 5 Yankees 4 Red Sox 2 BOSTON - Cowboy up. Red Sox down. And very close to being out. There is a lot of fun associated with the Red...
RIVERA'S NEW VIEW: HEY, LET'S PITCH TWO
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mariano Rivera is getting to like the two-inning gigs Joe Torre is finding for him in the Second Season. Of Rivera's 64 regular-season appearances, the Yankee closer has...
NO CHANCE OF PEDRO IN GAME 6
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Tim Wakefield may see action for the Red Sox today. Pedro Martinez will not. John Burkett will start for Boston in the do-or-die Game 6, but it is...
FINGERS CROSSED, SOX TAP BURKETT
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - It has come to this for the Red Sox: They will put their season in the hands of a 38-year-old journeyman who has never beaten the Yankees. "Here...
SOX: WE'RE NOT DEAD YET
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Well, at least it's not unfamiliar territory. The Red Sox did it before, and now they have to do it again. A week after coming back from a...
SIZZLING WALKER DOING HIS PART
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - If the Red Sox season ends today, don't blame Todd Walker. The hottest hitter on the planet right now, Boston's second baseman is so scorching that he shattered...
BOONE KEEPING FAITH
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Players will tell you they never know when a hot streak will start or a slump begin. So Aaron Boone wasn't about to proclaim he's swinging a hot...
INCONSISTENT SORIANO TAKES YANKS FOR RIDE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - This is the Alfonso Soriano baseball story, being played out in the ALCS against the Yankees' greatest rival. In one moment, Soriano is hitting a first-pitch pop out....
KARIM DENTS RED SOX ; UNLIKELY HERO ALMOST WASN'T IN LINEUP
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Karim Garcia had to go back to the place where he became a New England villain forever, had to go to the right-field bullpen this time simply to...
SLUMP DRIVING MUELLER BATTY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - This has been the most magical season of Bill Mueller's life. And the most miserable ALCS. In yesterday's 4-2 loss to the Yankees in Game 5, Boston's switch-hitting...
YANKS MUST DISPOSE OF SMELLY SOX
October 15, 2003 | 4:00am"If we don't win tomorrow, today means nothing. We still have to go out and finish them off. I'm sure they'll be ready."DEREK JETER BOSTON - The sun was beginning...
LAYING DOWN THE CLAW: FOX HAS PANTHERS THINKING DYNASTY
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIf you think the 5-0 Carolina Panthers are a one-season wonder, think again. They could become as close to an NFL dynasty as we've seen in a while. Let's see...
TELFAIR'S DECISION DUE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amSebastian Telfair was asked the question practically as soon as he entered the halls of Lincoln High School, and more times than he possibly could remember. But he appears almost...
SOX OFFENSE A MESS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - This is supposed to be the greatest offense of all time? All year long, the one constant in Boston was the Red Sox' offense. When the starting pitching...
PIERRE: MARLINS CAN STUN WORLD
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Through five games of the NLCS, the top two hitters in the Florida lineup were batting .209 (9-for-43). Not coincidentally, the Cubs had outscored the Marlins...
SLOPPY ISLES LEFT WITH TIE
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amIsles 2 Thrashers 2D+> ATLANTA - They knew it was going to be tough. Yet, judging by the way they forced passes through the middle and fell apart in their...
IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - For 58 years, the Cubs have been Lova ble Losers, playing home games in the Friendly Confines. And for seven innings last night that became a prior identity,...
CURSE OF GOAT ALIVE & WELL: FISH SHOCK CUBS, FORCE GAME 7
October 15, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 6 Marlins 8 Cubs 3 CHICAGO - Only a Cubs fan could interfere with his team's chances of a World Series appearance. With a 3-0 lead last night and...