October 17, 2003
MACKLOWE IS SELLING SEVEN APT. BUILDINGS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amHarry Macklowe is shedding some of his company's smaller apartment buildings to reap as much as $175 million and concentrate on redeveloping the GM Building, sources tell The Post. Historic...
HOLLINGER CLOSE TO BAILOUT FROM BAIN CAPITAL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPrivate equity group Bain Capital is the mystery investor expected to pump in close to $15 million needed to help Conrad Black out of his immediate cash problems, The Post...
HORSE SHOW RIDES BACK TO BIG APPLE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter an absence of several years, the fabled National Horse Show is coming back to New York - and bringing more than $10 million to the city's economy. Thousands of...
TIME (WARNER) FOR A NEW LOOK
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTime Warner unveiled its new look yesterday. The company, which previously announced it was dropping the "AOL" from its title, adopted a new corporate logo. It combined the two words...
BARNEYS BLDG. BID IS $160M
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Mexican billionaire has preempted an auction of 660 Madison Ave., and is expected to plunk down $160 million for the boutique office condominium over Barneys. Sources say the first-time...
THE LIONS' SHARE ; TORONTO FILM CO. NEARS PURCHASE OF ARTISAN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter stalking its prey for nearly two years, Lions Gate may finally capture the studio behind "The Blair Witch Project." Toronto-based filmmaker Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is in advanced talks...
MARTHA ADS BIG GAMBLE FOR KMART
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amKmart, fresh from leaving the shelter of bankruptcy protection, will be back into the eye of the storm this week when it rolls out new commercials starring Martha Stewart. With...
SEC MUSCLES IN ; PRODS EXCHANGE TO FINE SPECIALISTS FOR VIOLATIONS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange announced it intends to fine specialists for serious trading violations - after the SEC intervened to make up for serious shortcomings in the Big Board's...
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN ; WOODY'S TELL-ALL BOOK NO 'SLEEPER;' POT NOW UP TO $5M
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amFILMMAKER Woody Allen has found a U.S. publisher for his racy tell-all autobiography. He'll be getting an advance estimated to be about $2.7 million from Penguin's Riverhead imprint for the...
COMPUTERSHARE WINS GEORGESON FOR $115M
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAustralia's Computershare clinched a deal to buy New York-based proxy solicitor Georgeson Shareholder Communications for $115 million. Computershare, Australia's biggest shareholder registry firm, said it would fund the purchase from...
MOONVES, CSI PRODUCER TOP EW'S NEW POWER LIST
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe publicity-shy Hollywood suits who make stars rich and famous are getting a taste of their own spin magic - or lack thereof. Tinseltown buzz yesterday included lots of opinions...
FAO CASH CRUNCH: CHAIN'S FUTURE MAY HINGE ON XMAS SALES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amToy retailer FAO Inc. appears dangerously close to running out of money just six months after emerging from bankruptcy protection, industry observers said. As a result, FAO's future will largely...
APOLLO IS CLOSE TO GNC DEAL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amApollo Advisors is nearing a deal to buy General Nutrition Co., the nation's largest vitamin retailer, for more than $750 million, sources familiar with the situation told The Post. The...
SPITZER BLASTS 'LAX' REGULATORS ON FUNDS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amEliot Spitzer criticized government regulators for not having done enough in the past to police mutual funds yesterday, after bringing charges against another executive in a wide-ranging investigation of improper...
REED PLANS TO CLEAN UP NYSE BOARD
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amNYSE interim chairman John Reed made clear yesterday that most of the board will soon be toast. toast. The 27-member board of the world's largest equity exchange will have "some...
NYSE FINE MESS: SEC PRODS EXCHANGE TO LEVY SPECIALIST PENALTIES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange announced it intends to fine specialists for serious trading violations - after the SEC intervened to make up for serious shortcomings in the Big Board's...
ALGER EXEC PAYS $400K TO SETTLE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amEliot Spitzer criticized government regulators for not having done enough in the past to police mutual funds yesterday, after bringing charges against another executive in a wide-ranging investigation of improper...
MACKLOWE SELLING SEVEN APT. BUILDINGS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amHarry Macklowe is shedding some of his company's smaller apartment buildings to reap as much as $175 million and concentrate on redeveloping the GM Building, sources tell The Post. Historic...
HORSE SHOW RIDES BACK INTO TOWN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter an absence of several years, the fabled National Horse Show is coming back to New York - and bringing more than $10 million to the city's economy. Thousands of...
HOLLINGER IS GETTING $15M BAIN CAPITAL BAILOUT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPrivate equity group Bain Capital is the mystery investor expected to pump in close to $15 million needed to help Conrad Black out of his immediate cash problems, The Post...
LITE-FM'S TAYLOR DIES SUDDENLY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLITE-FM DJ Robin Taylor, who anchored 106.7's overnight shift, died suddenly earlier this week. It's unclear, at this point, as to the cause of Taylor's death, but she had a...
GRANDPA GARNER VETERAN ACTOR STEPS INTO 'SIMPLE RULES'
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amVETERAN actor James Garner will step into a recurring role on "8 Simple Rules" when the show returns following the death of star John Ritter. Garner, who starred last year...
A&E'S GOT THE TAIL & THE TAPE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA&E is getting in bed with Playboy. The cable channel, best known for it's typically low-key "Biography" series, had its cameras rolling earlier this month during a raucous Playboy mansion...
OUT OF THE PARK BASEBALL FORCES NBC, CBS TO PULL PRIME-TIME FAVES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00am"The West Wing," which stars Martin Sheen (above) and "CSI" (with Jorja Fox and William Petersen, right) will be seen next week due to both Game 7s. NBC has shifted...
'OZ' ALL ABOUT HUGH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BOY FROM OZ (two stars) At the Imperial Theater, 249 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. LET'S make this simple: The show's plus is its superstar. The show's minus is...
HEROIC IRISH JOURNALIST LOST IN BOG OF CLICHÉS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amVERONICA GUERIN (one star) Shamelessly schmaltzy biopic. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated R (language, brutality). At the E-Walk, the Clearview Chelsea, the Lincoln Square, others. VERONIC GUERIN, a fearless Dublin...
DOESN'T CUT IT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (one star) Many cuts below the old saw. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated R (extremely gory violence, profanity). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Chelsea,...
EVERYBODY'S GAME IN GRUNGY 'PREY'
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL (two stars) Gershon's school of rock is not for kids. Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (simulated sex, rape, profanity). At the Sunshine, Houston Street...
'APRIL' RULES THE DAY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPIECES OF APRIL (three stars) Enchanting April. Running time: 80 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language, sensuality, drug content and images of nudity). At the Sunshine Cinemas and the Lincoln Square. THE...
ODE TO GLUM
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSYLVIA (two stars) Lacks insight. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (sexuality/nudity and language). At Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and the Angelika. AFTER questionable deviations into yuks-ville - "Shallow Hal" and...
CUBS FLUB GETS 'LIFE' SENTENCE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amADD this to the "life imitates art" department, courtesy of The WB's "Grounded for Life." The episode airing tonight (9 p.m./Ch. 11), "Catch Us if You Can," is a repeat...
CHARGE OF THE LITE BRIGADE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amROD STEWART, SIMPLY RED, SEAL & SARAH McLACHLAN RADIO station 106.7 LiteFM - it's unspoken motto is sing softly but carry a big stick - delivered a lineup of heavy...
FOX SCORES WITH SERIES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amOCTOBER baseball continues to knock the ratings out of the park for Fox. The combination of two neck-and-neck seven-game series between the Marlins and the Cubs, and the Yankees versus...
'BEAST' HAS CORPSE BUT NO BODY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE MIDDLE BEAST At La MaMa Theater, 74A E. Fourth St.; (212) 475-7710. Through Sunday. IN "The Middle Beast," three Lebanese men - one Jewish, one Muslim, one Christian -...
FIGHT CLUB FOR CHICKS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amOK, so you sat through 90 minutes of Uma kicking butt in "Kill Bill Vol. 1" and you're still jonesing for some girl-on-girl violence? You have two options: You can...
BUSHWACKER; A PASSION FOR PROTEST LIGHTS RICKIE LEE'S FIRE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00am"This is the closest we've come to Nazi Germany."Rickie Lee Jones"As I watched [Bush] turn the grief of our nation into a political opportunity, it made me furious."Rickie Lee Jones...
STARR REPORT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amBlack humor Comedian Lewis Black, best known for his work on Comedy Central's "Daily Show," will tape his first HBO special in Boston at the end of February. "[HBO] is...
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE ; AN RX FOR WHAT AILS 'TABOO'
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amROSIE O'Donnell is bringing in a show doctor. The novice Broadway producer has turned to her pal Jeff Calhoun - star director-choreographer on the deaf-theater circuit - to help whip...
FOLK HEROES PAUL AND ART GO TOGETHER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amWILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Old friends make the best enemies, but there was no animosity in the air between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel at the first show of their 31-city...
TRIAL OF TERROR: 'JURY' DOES JUSTICE TO THRILLER GENRE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amRUNAWAY JURY ½ (two and one half stars) Slick legal thriller. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, language). At the AMC Empire, the Kips Bay, the Loews 34th Street,...
BOONE PUTS FANS IN ORBIT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amOK, Yankees fans, you can exhale now. Aaron Boone's monstrous home run put Yank fans on cloud nine as the Bronx Bombers capped an incredible comeback to end a tense,...
DUBYA & ARNIE FLEX POLITICAL MUSCLE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - President Bush and California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger laughed it up like longtime political allies yesterday at their first get-together since the Terminator's stunning election. Bush hailed Schwarzenegger...
OWE-FOR-7 METS PAY $2.7M BACK RENT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Mets yesterday agreed to fork over $2.75 million for seven years of back rent to the city. The deal between the National League East cellar-dwellers and the...
A LOW TOLL; THE TRUTH ABOUT U.S. DEATHS IN IRAQ
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGET ready to start writing your hate e-mail, because I'm about to say something nearly impermissible in the present-day discourse on the war in Iraq. Here it is: The death...
PUNKER CON UP FOR A BIG BREAK
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA punk rocker cleared in an S&M slaying - but given the max on a robbery charge by a judge who didn't buy his innocence in the murder - will...
U.N. OKS W. PLAN FOR IRAQ
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush won a major diplomatic victory yesterday as the U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on other nations to provide troops and financial aid to...
THE LOSER'S RANT; WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME THE JEWS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amYESTERDAY, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia explained the world's problems to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (aka, the "Global Losers' Club"). According to Mahathir, Jews "invented socialism, communism,...
KLEIN ON THE ATTACK: BLAMES UNION RULES FOR 'BROKEN' ED. SYSTEM
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday declared war on cushy union rules such as "lifetime tenure," seniority rights and a "lock-step" salary structure that pays gym teachers the same as math...
FELON BEATS ATTEMPTED SLAY RAP
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA persistent felon expects to be home for the holidays now that a Brooklyn jury has acquitted him of two counts of attempted murder of a police officer - sparing...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan Three teen thugs were arrested for slashing a youth they argued with on a subway in Midtown yesterday afternoon, police said. Taquan Mimons and Kashawn Rowson, both 16, were...
ARRESTS JUST A SHOW OF FARCE: ISRAEL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian police said they arrested eight suspects yesterday in the bomb attack that killed three U.S. security guards after a shootout with militants at a Gaza Strip refugee...
CLARK: AFTER THE SWOON
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE super-sizzle may be fizzling on Wes Clark's run for the White House and it could be that the retired general wasn't quite ready for prime time. Clark began with...
HARDHAT GETS LIFE IN PICKAX SLAYING
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA construction worker was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for what a Manhattan judge called an "incredible, vicious" act - killing his boss by burying the end...
GOV SIGNS ANTI-STALKING BILL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday signed into law a bill toughening penalties for serial stalkers and other harassers, like the phone pervert who terrorized Long Island women for years. "This new law...
'QUEENS' TV STAR IN FAST PITCH FOR CUBS-GOAT SCREENPLAY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amCubs fans may be angry at Steve Bartman for reaching from the left-field stands to grab a foul ball that would have been an easy out - but a movie...
STUNNED PALS MOURN B'KLYN PARTY-SLAY GUY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAt too young an age to have to attend a schoolmate's wake, Mark Fisher's grief-stricken friends remembered him at a New Jersey funeral home yesterday - and wondered why a...
ULTRA-TERRORISTS TARGETED YANKS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The prime suspect in the slaying of three American security guards in the Gaza Strip is a small but lethal terrorist group created at the start of the...
EX-CRONY BLASTS TYCO BIG
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amOne of tarnished Tyco tycoon Dennis Kozlowski's alleged victims came back to haunt him at trial yesterday - a former board member who employed the words "corrupt" and "stealing" to...
REPORTER'S PRETTY POUR SHOWING
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA beer-drinking ESPN reporter - irked over two heated-up fans at a college football game football game - tried to cool things down by pouring her suds on them. But...
DWI KILLER PLEADS GUILTY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens construction worker admitted yesterday in court that he downed more than seven drinks before taking the wheel of his van and mowing down two women - killing one...
COPS IN SPECIAL DELIVERY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Bronx cops first pulled David Vizcarrando over yesterday to give him a ticket for talking on his cell phone while driving - and wound up delivering his son. Toisha...
9/11 SURVIVOR RAN OUT OF MIRACLES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA former Wagner College linebacker who survived a brush with death on 9/11 was one of the 10 victims of the tragic Staten Island Ferry accident. Darius Marshall, 25, had...
ANXIETY AND MOURNING FOR 'DAY AFTER' COMMUTERS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSome passengers grappled with fear, others changed their seating habits and many turned to prayer as Staten Island Ferry service resumed yesterday, a day after 10 riders lost their lives...
RARE BIRD BACK HOME ON 93RD
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA pet Eclectus parrot named Armand who flew his Upper East Side coop was back home last night, thanks to an eagle-eyed dog-walker who'll now be $10,000 richer for her...
REVENGE ON MINDS OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE son of one Staten Island ferry crash victim says the boat's pilot should "fry" if his negligence contributed to the crash. "He [Assistant Captain Richard Smith] left the scene...
MAIMED PASSENGER'S KIN THANK MYSTERY LIFESAVER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of a 24-year-old Staten Island man who lost both legs when he was pinned under piles of rubble after the ferry he was riding on smashed into a...
SCHOOL BUS AIDE A SEX PERV: COPS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens bus attendant was arrested for putting his hand up a 5-year-old girl's dress on three separate occasions and scrawling on her tights while the young student was being...
SOX HANG LOOSE ; GAME 6 VICTORY PUT ALL PRESSURE ON THE YANKEES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMomentum wasn't the only thing that switched after Boston's Game 6 win. The pressure did as well. Johnny Damon said it, and everybody else in the world knew it heading...
ASSISTANT ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe assistant captain who tried to take over the controls over the doomed vessel just before the crash is a 13-year Department of Transportation veteran who began as a deckhand....
8 CRITICAL, 9 STABLE IN S.I. HOSPS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSeventeen people remained hospitalized last night following the horrific Staten Island Ferry crash. Of the 17, nine were at Staten Island University Hospital and two of those patients - both...
SHOCKED NEIGHBORS RUSH TO HELMSMAN'S DEFENSE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amNeighbors and friends yesterday rallied around Richard Smith, the embattled assistant captain who piloted a Staten Island ferry into a pier Wednesday, leaving 10 dead. They described him as a...
TAT CAT HAS FUR FLYING
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer for a reputed wiseguy accused of plotting to whack Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano fought to have her flabby client and a tattoo expert strip off their shirts and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA 420-pound Florida man fell through the bedroom floor of his mobile home and was stuck there for two days. It took eight workers to finally dig out George Daniels,...
FEDS LAUNCH PROBE: BLACKOUT CLAIM UNDER SCRUTINY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amFederal investigators are looking into whether the pilot blacked out and collapsed onto the throttle, as he claimed, sending the ferry careening to shore. A dozen probers from the National...
HOSP JOINS CIG BID
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amClaiming financial hardship, 14 businesses - including a hospital and several psychiatric centers - have applied for special permits that would allow smoking, health officials said yesterday. On Aug. 20,...
MOB-TRIAL LAWYERS IN TAT SPAT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA lawyer for a reputed wiseguy accused of plotting to whack Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano fought to have her flabby client and a tattoo expert strip off their shirts and...
'26 YEARS OLD AND NOW I'M A WIDOW'
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLouis Robinson was on top of the world. The 50-year-old Staten Island man had a plum job as a chef at the Renaissance Hotel in Midtown. His love for cooking...
KLEIN ON ATTACK VS. TEACHER-UNION RULES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday declared war on cushy union rules such as "lifetime tenure," seniority rights and a "lockstep" salary structure that pays gym teachers the same as math...
'UNRULY' FERRY PILOT FACED AX: BRASS ONCE BANISHED HIM TO GRAVEYARD DUTY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Department of Transportation tried to fire Staten Island Ferry pilot Richard Smith, but instead had to relegate him to a job ferrying corpses to a potter's field in The...
BEANTOWN PAPER PUSHER INVADES ENEMY TERRITORY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amCarl Medeiros was one of the bravest men in The Bronx last night. The Massachusetts native was hired by the Boston Herald to stand outside Yankee Stadium and convince heckling...
SENATE DEFIES BUSH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Senate defied President Bush last night and voted 51-47 to convert half his $20.3 billion Iraq rebuilding grant into a loan, unless other countries forgive Iraqi debt...
HER URN-ING PASSION: WIFE FORGIVES HUBBY WHO PLOTTED 'BITCHES' SLAYING
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe estranged wife of the hit-man-hiring hubby who plotted to kill her and store her cremated remains in an urn labeled "Bitches Ashes!" dramatically forgave him during a surprise courtroom...
BOMBERS ARE FISHIN' FOR GAME 1 STARTER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK So who starts Game 1 of the World Series tomorrow night against the upstart Marlins at Yankee Stadium? Joe Torre used Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina and David Wells...
YANKS WARY OF MARLINS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amBring on the Marlins. After knocking off the resilient Red Sox, their nemesis for years, the Yankees now have to battle the Marlins, who have been in existence for 11...
JORGE GOT LAST WORD VS. PEDRO
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe defining image of Pedro Martinez from this emotional tumult of an ALCS was the Boston ace standing on the mound at Fenway, pointing at his head and jawing at...
THE MAIN EVENT: BURST PIPE WREAKS HAVOC IN WASH. HTS.
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA massive water main break turned the streets of Washington Heights into a gushing river yesterday, submerging parked cars, forcing residents to evacuate and creating a traffic nightmare that shut...
TOWN LOSES DOTING DADS: 2 DIED RUSHING TO SONS' PRACTICES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Healy caught an earlier ferry than usual so he could take his youngest son to baseball practice and make it home to Middletown, N.J., in time to watch his...
PROFS FROM 'AHHNOLD' LAND TO TRAIN WOULD-BE TEACHERS HERE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amArnold Schwarzenegger is running California - and his Austrian brethren announced yesterday they're moving to the Big Apple to help improve education. The Austrian Ministry of Education will pay for...
HS CHAOS AS KIDS PROTEST 'BIAS' FIRING
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Rockaways high school engulfed in a racially charged battle over a bounced supervisor erupted into chaos yesterday - with students pulling fire alarms inside and joining their shouting and...
BOONE HR PUTS YANKS IN SERIES ; EMPIRE COMES BACK TO WIN ON BLAST IN 11TH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 7, 11 innings Yankees 6Red Sox 5 The Evil Empire lives! Maybe there is something to this Curse of the Bambino after all. How else can you explain what...
CURSE STILL HAUNTS SOX ; RUTH'S SPIRIT LIVES IN GAME 7
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amYOU figured it would take something biblical for the Red Sox to ever beat the Yankees at this time of year, and sure enough a flood appeared yesterday in nearby...
POLITICAL MUSCLE: ARNIE, DUBYA FORM DYNAMIC GOP DUO
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - President Bush and California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger laughed it up like longtime political allies yesterday at their first get-together since the Terminator's stunning election. Bush hailed Schwarzenegger...
THE ACTION IS HOT AT MONTAUK POINT
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amANGLERS who managed to get out between the weekend's nor'- easter and the northwest winds that reached 50 mph on Wednesday found that bottom fishing is still hot, that there...
STUPIDITY EXTENDS RIGHT TO CITY HALL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE state of statesmanship is very low. The mayors of both New York and Boston, in response to the violence-on-the-boil that three times invaded Game 3 in Boston, might have...
THRASHERS PLAYING ON VISIT RANGERS WHILE DEALING WITH TRAGEDY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amIf it is more than the memory of Dan Snyder that drives the Thrashers, it is the strength of the Snyder family that has allowed the NHL club to focus...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSo this is why so many married men tell single guys not to get hitched. "She sincerely hates football," says Danny Zyskind, 23, of his new wife Erika. "Sometimes she...
JASPERS GET AN EARLY JUMP ON CITY HOOPS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAt Manhattan, it will start at midnight with energizing music, rambunctious students and a slam dunk contest. At Columbia, it will start eight hours later with perspiration trumping pomp during...
CONWAY EARNS HIGH ACCOLADES FOR HIS ATTITUDE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amIn this day and age of me-first athletes littering professional sports, where an alarming lack of accountability eclipses those players who actually stand up and take responsibility for their actions,...
WING IT WITH EAGLES ; LOOK FOR PHILLY 'D' TO BOUNCE BUMBLIN' BIG BLUE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amL AST season, in Week 17, the Giants needed a win over the Eagles at home to gain a wild-card berth. They outgained Philly 461-209, but needed OT just to...
CHREBET COULD BE ON SHELF
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES There's a possibility the Jets will be without Wayne Chrebet against the Texans this Sunday in Houston. Chrebet has missed the last two practices with what the team...
BACK INJURY KO'S JINTS' PETERSON ; BROWN TAKES OVER HOT CORNER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGiants cornerback Will Peterson may be done for the season after tests revealed a small stress fracture in a vertebrae in his lower back. Coach Jim Fassell said the injury...
FIGHTIN' FISH ARE FOR REEL
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThey aren't destiny's darlings, but rather destiny's Dead End Kids. They just destroyed the third-largest city in the country, at least emotionally, and they're ready for bigger game. Tomorrow night,...
STRAHAN SEEKS 'CENTURY' SACK
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Michael Strahan needs just half a sack to move his career total to 100, which would make him just the 21st defender to reach three digits. "I haven't...
STERN GETS TOUGH ; COMMISH TO SUSPEND DUO
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amALL the negative publicity accrued by the NBA over the summer didn't go unnoticed by the image-fixated commissioner and won't go unpunished. In yet another, harsher offensive against unseemly behavior...
TELFAIR COMMITS TO RICK'S CARDS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amFlanked by family and friends yesterday in his school's gymnasium, Lincoln High guard Sebastian Telfair verbally committed to play for Rick Pitino at Louisville next season. And everyone seemed convinced...
STEINBRENNER STAYS OFF LIMB
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner wouldn't make any bold, Joe Namath-like predictions before his Yankees' climactic ALCS Game 7 showdown with archrival Boston last night at the Stadium. But his demeanor told the...
FISH MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amREMARKABLY, the Marlins have reached the World Series lying almost as low as Steve Bart man. While they were completing a comeback for the ages, especially impressive at their relatively...
GIAMBI, JETER FACE SURGERY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amNot only would a win over the Red Sox last night in Game 7 of the ALCS move the Yankees into the World Series for the sixth time in the...
HOUSTON READY TO TAKE LIFTOFF
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Although he felt slightly out of sorts, Allan Houston scrimmaged for the first time this preseason and believes he'll be ready to make his preseason debut when...
101 ENTERED FOR RACING'S BIGGEST DAY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Breeders' Cup is bullet proof. With marquee names like Mineshaft and Empire Maker skipping the Classic, and the nation's top 2-year-olds bugging out of the Juvenile, next Saturday's 20th...
STORM START SEARCH FOR 'NEW' HATTEN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMarcus Hatten scored the big basket. Marcus Hatten stole the last-minute pass. Marcus Hatten carried St. John's to last March's NIT championship. Now, Marcus Hatten is gone, his eligibility expired....
METS MUST PAY FOR A'S COACH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amA's pitching guru Rick Peterson may not be allowed to break his contract and join the Mets without bringing along some baggage from Oakland: disgruntled outfielder Terrence Long. Long, who...
BANNER BITTERSWEET FOR BRYLIN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amLeafs 2Devils 2 As the Devils'only three-Cup forward assisted the banner-raising, Sergei Brylin's thoughts floated far above the Meadowlands rafters. After he salvaged the evening and the champs' unbeaten start,...
GOALIES SHINE AT GARDEN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThrashers 0Rangers 0 The night began with a tumultuous ovation for Mike Richter and ended with a standing salute to Mike Dunham. But then, New York has always been a...
VERY AARONIC ENDING! BOONE BECOMES BEANTOWN VILLAIN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAT FIRST, there was a spasm of silence, as if no one could possibly believe what they were seeing. This couldn't be real. It couldn't be possible. Aaron Boone? Surely,...
PEDRO: BLAME ME
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPedro Martinez got Nick Johnson to pop up, and the countdown began. Five more outs to vanquish the Yankees. Five more outs to send Boston to the World Series. And...
TEARFUL WAKEFIELD: I'M SORRY
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTim Wakefield had been incredible, remarkable, the ALCS MVP if the Red Sox had won last night. Instead, he'll go down as the man who served up Aaron Boone's series-winning...
DROPPED JASON BUSTS OUT ; BLASTS 2 HRS IN CLINCHER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSports is littered with great athletes who've had wonderful careers but never got to wear a championship ring. Last night Jason Giambi did his part to get out of that...
RED SOX: THERE'S NO CURSE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe players all sat in front of their lockers, heads down. A bunch of them were crying. A bunch more had been crying. Some couldn't even look at each other....
HOW AARONIC! ; BOONE BECOMES BEANTOWN VILLAIN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAT FIRST, there was a spasm of silence, as if no one could possibly believe what they were seeing. This couldn't be real. It couldn't be possible. Aaron Boone? Surely,...
THANK YOU, GRADY LITTLE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amBEFORE there was "Bucky" Boone's game-winning, city-lifting, pennant-clinching, magical home run; before all the tears of joy were shed at Yankee Stadium early this morning; before there was Superman Mariano...
RALLY EXTENDS ROGER'S CAREER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe walk from the Yankee Stadium pitcher's mound to the home dugout is about 100 feet. Last night it was one of the longest walks of Roger Clemens' illustrious career....
KING FISH: RODRIGUEZ THE MAN FOR MIRACLE MARLINS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSaturday, World Series Game 1, 7:30 p.m., Fox You probably don't remember where you were or what you were doing when you heard that Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez had signed with...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JAMES BROWN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, Andrew Marchand spoke with sportscaster James Brown of Fox, HBO and TSN Radio. The 52-year-old Brown has been in the business full-time since 1984.Q: You had a real...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAl Leiter vs. Bret Boone (Who was the better playoff analyst?) Why exactly was Bret Boone in the Fox ALCS booth? To spend quality time with his brother, Yankee third...
A RADIO STAR IS BORN: ESPN SHULMAN A VOICE OF CHOICE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amWhen ESPN Radio sought a replacement for Charley Steiner before last season, some Bristol execs wanted a big name as the network's lead baseball play-by-player. Gary Thorne was mentioned. Current...
GUTTY MOOSE UNSUNG HERO
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMike Mussina had to reach back to high school memories to be the hidden MVP of Game 7 last night. That was the last time, if his memory was correct,...
JUST CALL DEREK MR. POSTSEASON
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMr. October. Sir Clutch. Captain. Derek Jeter continues to turn post-season play into his personal gentleman's club. With the Yankees on ALCS death row last night in Game 7, Jeter...
BOONE HR PUTS YANKS IN SERIES: EMPIRE COMES BACK TO WIN ON BLAST IN 11TH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 7, 11 innings Yankees 6 Red Sox 5 The Evil Empire lives! Maybe there is something to this Curse of the Bambino after all. How else can you explain...
RIVERA MO'S 'EM DOWN ; CLOSER WORTHY MVP
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter Mike Mussina stopped the bleeding in Game 7 of the ALCS with a dazzling relief performance and the Yankees rallied for an overwhelming 6-5 win over the Red Sox...
PRIOR DEALS HAUNT YANKS : SOME BAD DECISIONS CLOUD FUTURE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMAYBE the Yankees could have had Mark Prior on the mound last night, the 23-year-old version of Roger Clemens. Perhaps Ted Lilly or Brandon Claussen could have been available as...
YANKEES LOOK FOR A LUCKY 7 - TORRE DROPS GIAMBI IN BIG LINEUP SWITCH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00am"It's not about me, it's about the team. That's the best thing, it doesn't matter. Skip talked to me and I am fine ... I am comfortable with it."" JASON...
FIVE OUTS TO GO, PEDRO FALLS APART IN FATEFUL EIGHTH
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amPedro Martinez got Nick Johnson to pop up, and the countdown began. Five more outs to vanquish the Yankees. Five more outs to send Boston to the World Series. And...
CURSE-CASE SCENARIO : IN THEIR GAME 7, SOX DIDN'T WANT TO JOIN THE CUBS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHEO EPSTEIN was born in New York but he was raised in Massachusetts, so therefore he was reared on the Red Sox, and all the ancillary fun and fear and...
PEDRO ON MOUND GIVES BOSOX EXTRA SHOT OF CONFIDENCE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThere was some belief after Game 3's ugliness that Pedro Martinez had tarnished his Hall-of-Fame legacy, that he had slipped right off of baseball's pinnacle. If there were ever a...
CLEMENS COMES FULL CIRCLE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe last time the Red Sox went to the World Series, a young, cocky, flame-throwing righty fought off flu-like symptoms to throw seven innings of four-hit ball in Game 7...
BLALOCK AWAITS THANKS FOR HOME-FIELD HOMER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amHank Blalock is still waiting for his six-pack. Blalock, you might recall, was the All-Star Game hero whose pinch-hit homer off Eric Gagne gave the American League the win and,...
SOX HANG LOOSE: GAME 6 VICTORY PUT ALL PRESSURE ON THE YANKEES
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amMomentum wasn't the only thing that switched after Boston's Game 6 win. The pressure did as well. Johnny Damon said it, and everybody else in the world knew it heading...
SEVENTH-GAME HEAVEN
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE World Series will begin tomorrow without either the Red Sox or the Yankees. If the Yankees don't make it to their 39th World Series, this season has been a...
JASON BREAKS OUT IN BIG WAY : BLASTS 2 HRS TO BOOST YANKS
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amSports is littered with great athletes who've had wonderful careers but never got to wear a championship ring. Last night Jason Giambi did his part to get out of that...
KARIM HAS TO STAKE HIS CLAIM
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amIt will have been six days since Pedro Martinez nearly decapitated Karim Garcia with a vicious high heater in Game 3 of the ALCS in Boston. Last night, in Game...
JASON: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
October 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe baseball pressure cooker that has been the 2003 season reached the breaking point last night. Either the Yankees or Red Sox would break. Game 7 of the ALCS should...
NO BANNER NIGHT FOR JOE: NIEUWENDYK PASSES ON DEVILS' INVITE
October 17, 2003 | 4:00am"Part of me would like to be out there." JOE NIEUWENDYK Never receiving the invitation he wanted from Lou Lamoriello, Joe Nieuwendyk said he would decline the one that came...