October 16, 2003
EMBATTLED WORLDCO MAY CLOSE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWorldco LLC, once one of the highest fliers in the day-trading boom, appears to have shut down and may file for bankruptcy. The embattled company, founded in 1993, recently had...
HERE'S YOUR CHOICE: A FAT PORTFOLIO OR A STEADY JOB
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWHICH would you rather have - jobs or a big runup in the stock market? Stock prices have been rising for a year, with the occasional brick wall in the...
WASSERSTEIN SAYS HIS DEAL IS ONLY REAL DEAL
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe bear market may have taken the punch out of Bruce Wasserstein's financial news gatherer The Deal, but he's fighting in court to prove it's still the real deal. The...
TECHIES LINE UP FOR PRIZED GOOGLE GIGS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amTonight they're gonna party like it's 1999. Or at least they will at the Manhattan headquarters of Google, where the Internet search company will be holding an invitation-only recruiting event....
FIDO GAINS ALLIES IN CRUSADE AGAINST SPECIALISTS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amFidelity's call to end rules favorable to the NYSE's specialist system is gaining steam, with public pension funds, Wall Street firms and other mutual fund complexes offering their support. "I've...
800 SWAN SONGS - UNIVERSAL MUSIC SLASHES JOBS TO SAVE $200M
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amUniversal Music, the world's largest music company, is to announce a major restructuring today that would include cutting about 800 jobs, according to Universal executives. The plan - along with...
DILLER TAPS LIBERTY BONDS FOR HQ
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amBarry Diller's gleaming Frank Gehry-designed West Side headquarters will be getting $80 million in low-interest Liberty Bond financing to help pick up part of its $138 million price tag. Diller,...
FASHION, ACCESSORIES GETTING LEROY-AL TOUCH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJennifer LeRoy, who inherited Tavern on the Green from her late father at the age of 22, is moving beyond the kitchen and onto the fashion runway with a line...
DIMON CHANGES HIS TUNE AFTER FIRINGS AT BANK ONE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJust one day after vowing Bank One wasn't firing anyone as a result of a widespread probe of its mutual fund trading, CEO Jamie Dimon did an about-face and fired...
CONAN'S NEW LATE-NIGHT GIG
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am'LATE Night" funnyman Conan O'Brien became a daddy Tuesday night. O'Brien's wife, Liza Powel O'Brien, gave birth to daughter Neve in a New York City hospital. O'Brien fans were surprised...
LOWE'S CALL FOR HELP
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amBATTLING disappointing ratings and waning viewer interest, the flood waters just keep rising for Rob Lowe's high-profile legal drama, "The Lyon's Den." The show's day-to-day boss, show-runner and creator, Remi...
GARDEN HAYRIDE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amSHANIA TWAIN ---- DESPITE Shania Twain using every arena rock trick - from indoor fireworks to a confetti spray that briefly transformed Madison Square Garden into a shaken snow globe...
MERCE STILL AHEAD OF MODERN-DANCE PACK
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amMERCE CUNNINGHAM BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. (718) 636-4100. Season runs through Saturday. ----- INTRODUCING Merce Cunningham at BAM Tuesday night, Mayor Bloomberg got it right,...
THE BLAIR RICH PROJECT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amSHAMED reporter Jayson Blair's tale of plagiarism and deceit is coming to a TV screen near you. Showtime announced yesterday it will produce "The Jayson Blair Project," based on the...
NY1'S SPITZ SHOWS 'VERY SLIGHT PROGRESS'
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am'We're all certainly more optimistic than we were when she was first admitted.' - Jake Spitz NY1 reporter Rebecca Spitz has opened her eyes occasionally - but remains in a...
GOLDEN TOVAH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amGOLDA'S BALCONY [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Helen Hayes Theater, 240 W. 44th St. (212) 239-6200. ---- WHAT was a nice Milwaukee schoolteacher named Goldie Meyerson doing as prime...
YOU CAN'T HORN IN ON BEULAH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amMILES Kurosky, lead singer of the indie-pop group Beulah, set out certain rules for the band's latest album, "Yoko." To help the band move beyond its once-sugary sound, he declared:...
RAW 'HYDE' - OUR CRITIC'S OF TWO MINDS WHEN IT COMES TO BRAVO'S 'JEKYLL & HYDE'
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [] (two stars) Saturday night at 8 on Bravo ---- I'M of two minds when it comes to this new TV version of "Dr. Jekyll...
FRANK FLIRTER: MUSIC HALL SENDS IN THE CLONE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amSINATRA: HIS VOICE, HIS WORK, HIS WAYRadio City Music Hall, through Sunday. ----- EVEN the late Frank Sinatra - who sang the tune "I'm Gonna Live 'til I Die" -...
BILTMORE BACK IN BUSINESS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am'HAIR" was there - and so were Mae West, Claudette Colbert and, back in his "Barefoot in the Park" days, Robert Redford. But in 1987, fire ripped through Broadway's Biltmore...
STARR REPORT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe trust established in memory of late NBC News anchor/ reporter David Bloom is now $3,500 richer. NBC News auctioned off its book, "Operation Iraqi Freedom: 22 Historic Days in...
RETURN OF THE HOUSE PARTY
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS fall, the best party spot might just be your apartment. Whether they're planning an intimate dinner for six at home or cocktails for 600 at a rented loft, hosts...
HOW TO STOCK THE BAR
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amPOWER-publicist Lara Shriftman has organized at least 1,000 parties in the last eight years as a partner at p.r. and events firm Harrison and Shriftman. Shriftman, the co-author of the...
BEYOND CHIPS & SALSA
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amED "Jean-Luc" Kleefield, owner of the upscale Upper West Side bistro Jean-Luc and East Hampton hot spot Jean-Luc East, charges at least $75 a person to cater a party. You...
MUSIC TO ONE'S PEERS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amIF you're planning on having a four-hour soiree, have at least six hours of mixed music ready to go. The "Too Many DJs" CD series provides the soundtrack to many...
PICK-UP TRICKS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amFOR singletons in search of sexy excitement, private parties are "the best hunting ground of all," says Tracey Cox, author of the new book "Superflirt," from DK Publishers. "You are...
IT WAS LIKE A SICK HORROR MOVIE WITH GRUESOME DEATH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"I saw some horrible sights," said Al Mancer. They were everywhere. A mass of grinding wood and steel ripped one man's head off. Another's stomach was hanging out. One passenger...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA Maryland woman - furious a 4-year-old boy accidentally spilled ice cream on her shirt - chased him down and smashed hot french fries in his face. And now Milikia...
SHOCKED NEIGHBORS: PILOT A QUIET MAN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe pilot of the doomed ferry, who tried to commit suicide after the boat crashed into a Staten Island pier, is a quiet family man who loves his job. Asst....
'PAINTBALL' JIHAD IN VA.
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The three Americans recently handed over to the U.S. by Saudi Arabia are members of an Islamic "paintball gang" wanted on terrorism charges in Virginia, officials revealed yesterday....
LENNON SHOW COMES TOGETHER
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Lennon's hit songs are going to be strung together in a new Broadway musical about America in the 1960s and 1970s. "The Lennon Project," as the show is being...
CITY FLIGHT PLAN: $700M FROM PA
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe city and Port Authority yesterday announced a 35-year lease extension on Kennedy and La Guardia airports that will pump $700 million into the city treasury. Under the terms of...
ANGRY TOLL-TAKERS GIVE DRIVERS A SLEAZY PASS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - E-ZPass doesn't just get you through toll booths faster, it may save you from some downright abusive toll takers. More than a dozen complaint letters sent to the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A popular '80s rapper whose driver's license was suspended nine times was arrested after he made an illegal turn in downtown Brooklyn, police said. Gregory Wimbley, 41, who...
GIFF: LET'S $PREAD THE WINDFALL
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller beat Mayor Bloomberg to the punch yesterday by proposing a $110 million property tax rebate for homeowners from a tax windfall that fell into the...
TEEN ORPHANED BY SLAY GETS HIS WISH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA baby-faced teen made an impassioned plea to a Queens judge yesterday to lock up his parents' killer and throw away the key - and the boy got his wish....
COUNCIL FLUSHES OUT TOILET PLAN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAfter more than a year of haggling, a plan to install public toilets and other "street furniture" cleared a final hurdle yesterday when the City Council voted 43-3 to allow...
LATINO WAR ON AIDS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWith figures showing Latinos make up a significant number of new city AIDS cases, City Council members and AIDS activists yesterday urged the Bloomberg administration to strengthen sex education in...
MURDER UNDER FLAG OF PEACE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA New Yorker and two other American security employees were slain in the Gaza Strip yesterday when a huge remote-controlled bomb destroyed their armor-plated van as they headed on a...
PROSECUTOR DID NO WRONG: JUDGE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA state judge has ruled that a Brooklyn prosecutor accused of engaging in misconduct to win a conviction in a double murder case did nothing wrong. Dimas Perez, who's serving...
DISABLED 'PAINT' KID KIN SLAM JUDGE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple, upset over the way a judge handled a $290,000 settlement their disabled daughter received for lead-paint poisoning, filed a formal complaint against the jurist yesterday. Donna Bostick...
MOB RAT IN TALE OF THE TATTOO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA hefty mob turncoat who plotted to blow up Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano gave jurors the skinny on the meaning behind his bizarre tattoos. Salvatore "Fat Sal" Mangiavillano, 39, told...
PREZ MEETING GOVERNATOR
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush said he's eagerly looking forward to meeting California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger today in what will be a carefully managed get-together. After keeping an arm's length from Schwarzenegger's GOP...
DEFENSE LAWYER HANGS VIXEN'S DIRTY LAUNDRY OUT TO DRY
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amEAGLE, Colo.HIS shirt was yellow. The fabric was knit. And the message the yellow knit polo shirt Kobe Bryant wore to court yesterday - a striking sartorial departure in the...
THIEF RAMS INTO TRAGIC OLD WOMAN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA shoplifter fleeing a store security guard knocked over an elderly woman on a Manhattan sidewalk, banging her head and leaving her brain-dead, police and family said yesterday. Florencia Espiritu,...
B'KLYN SLAY TWIST - GRID STAR MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED OVER WOMAN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amPolice yesterday were grilling two men who were at a party in Brooklyn with slain Connecticut college student Mark Fisher as investigators said a fight over a young woman may...
LOWERING ACADEMIC STANDARDS IS BIGOTED: POL
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amDumbing down high school graduation requirements because minority students are struggling with Regents exams borders on racism, a Queens lawmaker charged yesterday. "Having low expectations for certain children could be...
POT TOT IS CAUGHT AT SCHOOL IN B'KLYN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Brooklyn boy showed up at kindergarten with a bag of marijuana in his shoe, police said yesterday. A teacher at PS 3 in Bedford-Stuyvesant spotted the small bag...
ANTICIPATING KOBE'S 'MOVES' - COP SAYS WOMAN EXPECTED ADVANCES
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amShe told you [Sheriff's Deputy Doug Winters (left)] that when she went into the room she was expecting Kobe Bryant to, quote, put a move on her. - KOBE LAWYER...
POINT & $UIT ON PHOTOG
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAnd you thought waiting for the cable guy was bad - a Manhattan gallery owner says she's been waiting for renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz to take her picture for 12...
AN EPIC HISTORY OF MARITIME MISHAPS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe Staten Island Ferry is no stranger to accidents. Many ferries have gone bump in the bay in the past, plagued by an array of smashups with piers and other...
THE PROOF IS IN THE PANTIES
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amEAGLE, Colo. - His shirt was yellow. The fabric was knit. And the message the yellow knit polo shirt Kobe Bryant wore to court yesterday - a striking sartorial departure...
THEIR CRIES SPEAK FOR ALL - FAMILIES SHARE IN THE ANGUISH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am'He can't be dead!" the middle-aged woman screamed. She got the news just outside an emergency family center set up a block away from the carnage at the Staten Island...
RUSH-HOUR CHAOS FOR COMMUTERS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amYesterday's ferry crash snarled rush hour for thousands of Manhattan commuters as it cut a seemingly sure link to Staten Island that didn't even break down during 9/11. The city...
WTC HERO COP SPRANG INTO ACTION ABOARD DISASTER SHIP
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amFor John Downey, "it was 9/11 all over again." The hero cop was at the World Trade Center on that horrible day. Yesterday he was on the Andrew Barberi, a...
THE JUNK'S ON HIM - DEALER COPS PLEA AFTER WIFE'S AFFAIR
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAn accused Long Island drug dealer - whose ex-wife allegedly had a torrid romance with the DEA agent who busted him - tearfully copped a plea yesterday after telling prosecutors...
NEIGHBORS: PILOT A QUIET FAMILY MAN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe pilot of the doomed ferry, who tried to commit suicide after the boat crashed into a Staten Island pier, is a quiet family man who loves his job. Asst....
FULL THROTTLE TO DISASTER - LIFE AND LIMBS LOST AS BOAT CARRYING 1,500 RAMS INTO PILINGS NEAR STATEN I. DOCK
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe pilot of the Staten Island Ferry that crashed yesterday killing 10 people and injuring 42 claims he accidentally shifted into full throttle after blacking out, sending the massive vessel...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: A GRAND PLACE TO STOP
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amNew York's most famous depot, Grand Central Terminal, celebrates its 90th birthday this year. Read on about its history and how it almost reached the end of the line. Tucked...
'PAINT' KID KIN SLAM JUDGE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple, upset over the way a judge handled a $290,000 settlement their disabled daughter received for lead-paint poisoning, filed a formal complaint against the jurist yesterday. Donna Bostick...
ORPHAN KID GETS HIS WISH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA baby-faced teen made an impassioned plea to a Queens judge yesterday to lock up his parents' killer and throw away the key - and the boy got his wish....
'PAINTBALL' TERROR TRAINING IN VA.
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The three Americans recently handed over to the U.S. by Saudi Arabia are members of an Islamic "paintball gang" wanted on terrorism charges in Virginia, officials revealed yesterday....
LOWERING ACADEMIC STANDARDS 'BIGOTED'
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amDumbing down high school graduation requirements because minority students are struggling with Regents exams borders on racism, a Queens lawmaker charged yesterday. "Having low expectations for certain children could be...
GRAVANO-HIT MOB RAT IN TALE OF THE TATTOO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA hefty mob turncoat who plotted to blow up Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano gave jurors the skinny on the meaning behind his bizarre tattoos. Salvatore "Fat Sal" Mangiavillano, 39, told...
POLICE GUARD PEDRO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAs the Yankees get set to face Pedro Martinez in the climactic Game 7 of the American League Championship Series tonight, the NYPD will be dispatching a special detail to...
SURVIVORS' HORRIBLE INJURIES
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA 24-year-old Staten Island man who was planning to move to Manhattan "so he wouldn't have to take the ferry" lost both legs in yesterday's tragedy. But family members said...
IT'S LIKE A CAN OPENER THAT RIPPED THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE BOAT OUT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"I saw some horrible sights," said Al Mancer. They were everywhere. A mass of grinding wood and steel ripped one man's head off. Another's stomach was hanging out. One passenger...
20-MINUTE TRIP BECOMES THREE-HOUR ANGUISH FOR THOUSANDS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amYesterday's ferry crash snarled rush hour for thousands of Manhattan commuters as it cut a seemingly sure link to Staten Island that didn't even break down during 9/11. The city...
MAYOR FLIES TO TRAGIC SCENE: QUELLS ANXIOUS NYERS' TERROR FEARS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg rushed by helicopter from Yankee Stadium to the scene of the "terrible tragedy" on Staten Island, where he assured a nervous city that terrorists were not responsible for...
LIKE A CAN OPENER RIPPING THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE BOAT OUT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amIt was a routine run across New York Harbor - until the 22-year-old ferry slammed into the wood pilings at the Staten Island pier, shattering the vessel, sending bodies and...
CARNAGE AND CHAOS: LIFE AND LIMBS LOST AS BOAT CARRYING 1,500 RAMS INTO PILINGS NEAR STATEN I. DOCK
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island Ferry approaching the St. George Terminal at high speed smashed into wooden pilings and a concrete pier in high winds yesterday, killing at least 10 people, injuring...
10 ARE KILLED IN HARBOR HORROR: LIFE AND LIMBS LOST AS BOAT CARRYING 1,500 RAMS INTO PILINGS NEAR STATEN I. DOCK
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island Ferry boat traveling from Manhattan at high speed smashed into wooden pilings and a concrete pier in high winds yesterday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens...
MANNY GETS AN ESCORT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK Manny Ramirez, who traveled to Stadium yesterday with four security guards in car, celebrates with Damian Jackson How uneasy did Manny Ramirez feel in New York yesterday? He...
CABRERA BIG HIT FOR FISH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - The Marlins knew Miguel Cabrera was good, or they wouldn't have recalled him from Double A Carolina on June 20. However, his flair for the dramatic...
METS TALK TO PETERSON
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amRick Peterson interviewed for the Mets' pitching-coach vacancy yesterday and has become the front-runner for the job. No offer was made, and no announcement will be made until the end...
MUM GEORGE BOLTS IN LIMO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner speaks his mind whenever he wants to - and he's often at his loudest after a disappointing loss. But after his Yankees blew a late lead in a...
FOR CITY POLICE, IT'S CODE RED (SOX)
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAs the Yankees get set to face Pedro Martinez in the climactic ALCS Game 7 tonight, the NYPD will be dispatching a special detail to ensure the safety of the...
FURIOUS CUB FANS BLAME DUSTY
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWith one ticket in his Pocket, Bernie Burke drove with his 10-year-old son six hours yesterday from Des Moines, Iowa, to Wrigley Field. While Burke sat in a Chicago bar,...
CURSES! FOILED AGAIN - FISH GO TO SERIES AS CUBS' HEX LIVES
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amMarlins 9 - Cubs 6 CHICAGO - The Cubs seemed cursed last night, and later they seemed predestined. Ultimately they were cursed again. Kerry Wood began his start looking totally...
BANGED-UP SECONDARY JETS' PRIMARY CONCERN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amIf he was allowed to by league rule, Herman Edwards would his old No. 47 ironed on to a current road jersey and suit up for the Jets' game against...
ISLANDERS CAN USE PAPINEAU'S POWER
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJustin Papineau can score in bunches at center or wing for the Islanders, but the dilemma facing the young sniper is there just doesn't seem to be any ice time...
DEVS' CENTER OF ATTENTION - INJURED IGOR MIGHT MISS HOME OPENER
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils' third Stanley Cup banner wasn't even raised before Joe Nieuwendyk's replacement became a question mark for tonight's home opener and hoisting ceremony. Igor Larionov suffered what the Devils...
CHAD NAMED AS NO. 3 QB
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Another step for Jetkind was taken yesterday as Chad Pennington was removed from the injury list, named as the No. 3 quarterback for Sunday's game in Houston and...
NOAH'S SON GOES WITH GATORS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amA lot people know about the exploits of his father, former tennis great Yannick Noah, but soon enough many also may soon know about his son, basketball star Joakim Noah,...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amFLORIDA at ARKANSAS ESPN Noon Line: Arkansas -6. Angle: Coach Ron Zook finally made a decision that pleases Florida's fickle faithful. He's handed the ball to wildly talented freshman QB...
BARBER CUTS TO CHASE - TIKI: JINTS HAVE LOST EDGE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"We're BS- ing. We need a shot in the butt to get that kind of urgency and get that kind of will-power to win a game no matter what's going...
SEETHING SATHER WARNS RANGERS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amJohn MacLean, of all people, aside, Glen Sather has been the GM who has cried Wolf (Pack) since coming to New York. Now, with an uncommonly important third game of...
BUM THUMB STILL SLOWING EAGLES' QB
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Even before Donovan McNabb slammed his right hand against either a helmet or the hand of a Buffalo Bill back on Sept. 28, he was having a lousy...
KEITH TO KNICKS: SPEED IT UP
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am" We're not running through our offense at the speed we should be. We need to step it up." -Keith Van Horn LAS VEGAS - Keith Van Horn, taking on...
KIDD'S BACKUP LEARNING FAST
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThis is what we know about Zoran Planinic: He'll be Jason Kidd's primary backup this season and apparently he was a ladies man back in Bosnia. "We ask him a...
CUBS & FISH:NO EASY WAY
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Ten minutes after Tuesday night's Game 6 death blow at Wrigley Field, a fan with a vintage Cubs jersey sat in his third-base line seat with his head...
SORIANO GETS 2ND CHANCE FINALLY FLAWLESS IN FIELD
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWhen I'm in the field, I think only about [playing] my position. When I'm at bat, I think only about hitting. - ALFONSO SORIANO Standing on the sacred baseball ground...
SECURITY GUARDS ESCORT MANNY TO PARK
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK How uneasy did Manny Ramirez feel about traveling in New York yesterday? He traveled from the Red Sox midtown hotel to Yankee Stadium with four security guards in...
BOSOX BATS BAIL OUT BURKETT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe luckiest man at Yankee Stadium yesterday was John Burkett. After him, Grady Little wasn't far behind. Burkett, the Red Sox's 38-year-old veteran, was hammered yesterday in his 32/3 innings....
CLEMENS HOLDS YANKS' SURVIVAL IN HIS HANDS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Many years from now, Derek Jeter is going to enjoy his own farewell tour, and with any luck, it will be as emotional and rewarding as the magical...
PEDRO'S SET FOR SPOTLIGHT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amForget about his last start for a minute and answer this: If you're the Red Sox, is there anyone on earth you'd rather have pitching a Game 7 tonight at...
YEAR'S BEEN A REAL TRIP FOR GARCIA
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Imagine you're Karim Garcia, stuck in Cleveland, wondering what's to come of your major-league baseball career. Then you're traded to the Yankees. Cut to today. Even after yesterday's...
BOSTON'S WINNING BATTLE OF BULLPENS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amTHE problem of April, the problem of May, the problem, well, you get the idea. It was the problem again yesterday and it just might mean the Yankees do not...
YANKS BATTLE HISTORY, TOO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amHISTORY always appears to be on the Yankees' side when it comes to the Red Sox. But you can't always count on history to win games. It has to be...
NOW IT'S UP TO PEDRO & ROGER SOX FORCE GAME 7 GRUDGE MATCH IN BRONX
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 6 Red Sox 9 Yankees 6 What, you didn't think it would get to Game 7? When the Red Sox and Yankees opened the ALCS, the two best teams...
WIND HINDERS PETTITTE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte was sitting behind a microphone in an interview room at Fenway Park on Tuesday before Game 5 of the ALCS trying to do the impossible: Predict the future....
MOOSE: I'LL BE READY
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amIf needed, Mike Mussina will pitch tonight in Game 7. "Whatever they want me to do, I am available," said Mussina, who cut short a regular bullpen session yesterday in...
A LITTLE TASTE OF SEVEN IN BRONX - WIN OR LOSE, THIS IS SURE TO BE A HELL OF A MATCHUP
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amONE thing is already certain about the baseball game that the Red Sox and the Yankees will play tonight at Yankee Stadium: You will remember it for the rest of...
BRIDGE BURNS YANKS AGAIN
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amTHE PROBLEM of April, the problem of May, the problem, well, you get the idea. It was the problem again yesterday, and it just might mean the Yankees do not...
CONTRERAS COLLAPSES IN SEVENTH
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amWhen reporters poured into the clubhouse after the Yankees' stunning 9-6 loss to the Red Sox last night that forced a Game 7, the pack headed straight to Jose Contreras....
PETTITTE SICKENED BY LOSS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"The one thing I wanted to do was stay out of the big inning and they had a big inning in the third." -ANDY PETTITTE If you stood close enough...
SOX BATS SHOW UP ... AT LAST
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe Red Sox kept saying they would start to hit sooner or later. Turns out everybody should have listened. "The odds were in our favor," Todd Walker said. "We have...
NOMAR'S SLUMP IS NO MORE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amSo much for Nomar Garciaparra's slump. Every day, seemingly, Red Sox manager Grady Little had to answer questions about his star shortstop's series struggles. After all, Garciaparra was only 2-for-19...
JETER: EVERYONE DREAMS OF THIS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00am"The teams are pretty even. It comes down to one game." -DEREK JETER The Yankees and Red Sox have been at each other's throats all season - the Hatfields and...
SOX: WE ARE NOT DONE YET
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThey just won't quit. Four times the Red Sox have faced elimination this postseason and four times they've won. This team does not die, and now they face the ultimate...
CURSES! FOILED AGAIN ; CUBS' HEX LIVES AS FISH REACH SERIES
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 7: Marlins 9 - Cubs 6 CHICAGO - The Cubs seemed cursed last night, and later they seemed predestined. Ultimately they were cursed again. Kerry Wood began his start...
YANKS-SOX NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE: THIS RIVALRY JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amYOU already know one thing about today: you will remember it for the rest of your lives. Twenty-five years from now, you will still talk about the day that Pedro...
BOSOX PEN WRITES HAPPY ENDING
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amThe Red Sox bullpen has become a collective Mariano Rivera. In their best performance of the series, Boston's relievers saved the game - and the season - last night. They...
IT'S JASON'S LAST CHANCE: SLUMPING SLUGGER STILL CAN BE HERO
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amHISTORY won't get it done for the Yankees tonight in Game 7. Only execution will. Jason Giambi says bring it on, despite his struggling swing. This is the night when...
CUBS' LOSS WAS MORE THAN CURSE
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - To get to their first World Series since 1945, the Cubs knocked on Wood, as if the simplest, tried-and-truest remedy for bringing luck to the ultimately luckless could...
CUB FAN FORCED INTO HIDING
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amSteven Bartman is the most terrified man in Chicago. The diehard Cubs fan who blew his team's chance for World Series glory was in hiding yesterday, afraid to return home...
CUBBIES' LAST SHOT
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Cubs had one shot left last night. They could eradicate The Billy Goat curse, finally trap the mysterious black cat that ran by the dugout at Shea...
NO PANIC IN CUBS, SOSA SAYS
October 16, 2003 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - A day after one of the worst defeats in Cubs' franchise history, Sammy Sosa promised that his club was ready for Game 7. "You cannot panic,"...