October 23, 2003
FEDERATED FUNDS FALL ON PROBE FINDINGS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amFederated Investors, one of the nation's largest publicly traded mutual fund companies, said an internal investigation turned up evidence of improper mutual fund trading, making it the latest in a...
MANHATTAN FLAGSHIP SHOWS OFF MONTBLANC MAKEOVER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMontblanc has quietly been remaking its image into a diversified luxury label that offers far more than pens. Now the additional products, including watches, fine jewelry, briefcases, belts and sunglasses,...
NYSE MUST WEIGH AN E-MARKET: CALIF. BIG
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia Controller Steve Westly plans to call on the New York Stock Exchange today to form a committee that would weigh the merits of the Big Board's human-based specialist system....
NEW EARNINGS REPORT SHOWS A CITI OF MYSTERY
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amEVERYONE loves a mystery - except when it's in a corporate earnings report. Today's nail-biter comes courtesy of Citigroup, which earlier this week reported a very impressive 25 percent earnings...
TECH STOCKS TUMBLE ON FEARS OF ANOTHER BUBBLE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe tech stock rally deflated yesterday, as investors worried the most recent market bubble was ready to burst. Weaker-than-expected projections from online retailer Amazon.com torpedoed the whole tech sector on...
MORE BLACK-OUTS: KISSINGER, MEITAR SAID TO BE EXITING HOLLINGER BOARD
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amAt least two board members at Hollinger International, controlled by newspaper baron Conrad Black, are close to resigning, The Post has learned. In addition, Black appears to be backing away...
MORE BLACK-OUTS: KISSINGER[[ MEITAR SAID TO BE EIXITING HOLLINGER POSTS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amAt least two board members at Hollinger International, controlled by newspaper baron Conrad Black, are close to resigning, The Post has learned. The departures would mark another setback for Black,...
BELVEDERE DECLARES PREMIUM VODKA WAR
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amBelvedere Vodka is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign today that it hopes will separate it from a growing pack of premium vodka brands. The print ads, created by Wieden +...
MORE BLACK-OUTS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amConrad Black apparently has no interest in giving up any control of his newspaper empire. At the company's annual meeting in May, Black agreed to sell between 5 million and...
SIMMONS' SUITORS BID UP BEDTIME
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA handful of deep-pocketed suitors are looking to jump into bed with mattress darling Simmons. Simmons, the second-biggest U.S. bedding manufacturer, behind Sealy Corp., was put on the block in...
THIS 'WICKED' WITCH IS FINDING HER NICHE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amAglamour role it's not. When Idina Menzel appears in "Wicked" - the clever musical take on "The Wizard of Oz," opening next week on Broadway - she's painful to behold....
FCC LOOKS TO BAN TV RECORDING
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Federal Communications Commission is about to take steps to keep the TV industry from getting Napsterized. Like music, many TV shows are digitized and traded free over the Internet....
STARR REPORT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amElizabeth, Part IV CBS is firing back at Doubleday - which has accused the network of breaking a promise not to promote its Elizabeth Smart sweeps movie before the publication...
3 DAYS, 900 ACTS - IT CAN ONLY MEAN CMJ FEST IS HERE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amEVERY week can be a carnival of music for rabid New York rock fans, but the annual CMJ Music Festival ups the ante. More than 900 bands will perform in...
RITTER'S WIDOW: 'HE WAS RIPPER'
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck, says the real John Ritter was just like his TV persona. "That's the freakishly amazing thing. You did know John Ritter . . . he...
CLAY'S CD: CHART-TOPPER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amHE may have lost "American Idol," but Clay Aiken is now officially a chart topper with his debut album. Aiken's "Measure of a Man"took over the top spot of the...
TOO MUCH 'MISERY': SUICIDE SILENCES SMITH
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN the news broke yesterday that the dark and introspective indie songwriter Elliott Smith had died, apparently a suicide, his fans and friends were devastated, but not entirely surprised. Many...
BLOCK PARTY: CHELSEA CHEERS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amChelsea's Eighth Avenue (easily accessible via the A, C and E trains) is well-known as one of the city's prime gay hangouts - but it's also one of the best...
HAMMER-SLAY KIN 'THREATS'
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amTensions boiled over in a civil trial that pits police officers against the family of a mentally ill man who was shot 12 times while wielding a hammer - as...
BLOOMBERG CLAWS BACK IN POLL
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is on a roll in the polls. According to a Quinnipiac University poll yesterday, the mayor's popularity ratings have moved up, with 42 percent of voters now saying...
AN NYPD DETECTIVE FILED A $20 MILLION DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT YESTERDAY ...
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn NYPD detective filed a $20 million discrimination lawsuit yesterday, accusing the top brass of assigning 95 percent of dangerous undercover drug work to Hispanic and black cops. Richard Vazquez,...
DEDICATED FAMILY MAN LAID TO REST
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGuillermo Paguay worked in a Staten Island restaurant to save enough money to bring his wife and baby daughter to America from Ecuador - but when they finally made the...
GIFF ASKS $12.8B FIX FOR SCHOOLS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday proposed the city spend $12.8 billion to fix crumbling schools. The five-year plan calls for waterproofing buildings, adding music rooms and science labs and...
MIKE IN DENIAL OVER BALLOT MOVE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg tried to further distance himself yesterday from the hot-button issue of nonpartisan elections - just days after he sank an unknown amount of cash into promoting the ballot...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * Two truck drivers delivering boxes of lettuce to the Hunts Point Market were arrested yesterday when 100 pounds of marijuana were discovered wrapped inside the produce, cops...
ANTI-ANDY BACKLASH - FELLOW DEMS SLAM HIS TALK OF 9/11 'FUMBLE'
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - New York Democrats yesterday angrily rejected Andrew Cuomo's stunning charge that their party has "fumbled" its role in the post-9/11 world and often appears "bloodless, soulless and clueless"...
GRIME TO SPARE IN LAWYER'S 9/11-SCAM TRIAL
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amIF YOU listen to the prosecution, you will subscribe to Shakespeare's exhortation to "hang all the lawyers." If you listen to the defense, you will sympathize with the accused as...
ISRAEL WILL DEFY U.N. FENCE VOTE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday vowed to go ahead with a massive security fence along the West Bank, despite overwhelming opposition from the U.N. General Assembly. "The fence will continue being...
TAUNTS FROM JAIL - CREEP CALLED US COLLECT, SAYS SLAIN TEEN'S MOM
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe mother of slay victim Kristin Scarabelli yesterday sobbed on the witness stand and told a shocked Long Island courtroom that the oddball suspect called her collect from jail on...
KLEIN: HIKE STANDARDS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday strongly urged state lawmakers to resist rolling back tough graduation standards. Klein, testifying before a joint state legislative hearing on testing, said students,...
SLAY-RAMPAGE PLEA DEAL
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA man admitted yesterday he fatally stabbed his ex-lover and her young daughter, and wounded her husband and another daughter. In a plea deal in Queens Supreme Court, Moo Chul...
MANIAC CHARGED IN KIN ATTACKS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe psycho who fatally stabbed his 8-year-old niece and slashed three other relatives in a Washington Heights apartment was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault yesterday, police said. Alberto...
MYSTERY CREWMAN WAS IN FERRY WHEELHOUSE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA second unidentified crew member, not the captain, was in the pilothouse with assistant captain Richard Smith when he plowed a ferry into a St. George pier last week, Staten...
CITY'S H'WEEN PERV 'BAN'
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe city is putting more than 600 pedophiles under a strict curfew for Halloween, a top Probation Department official disclosed yesterday. Testifying before the City Council, First Deputy Commissioner Richard...
CITY BOOTING ZIP-LIP SKIPPER - CAPT. STONEWALLS PROBERS 2ND DAY
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe city is firing the captain involved in the deadly Staten Island Ferry crash after he refused to meet with federal investigators yesterday for the second straight day, officials said....
NEW SAFETY RULES WILL PUT CREW IN ITS PLACE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA deckhand will be required to be in the pilot house aboard the Staten Island Ferry at all times starting today to ensure that someone is with the boat's pilot...
'70S TV STAR 'RERUN' DIES
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amFred "Rerun" Berry, the hefty actor who shot to fame on the '70s TV series "What's Happening!!," was found dead yesterday in his Los Angeles apartment. He was 52. Berry,...
AW, POOR LITTLE RICH BOY SAYS HE'S THE VICTIM
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGALVESTON, Texas - That voice. You think you've heard it somewhere before - low and nasal and sing-songy. Peter Lorre crossed with a pissed-off Humphrey Bogart. Then abruptly, the voice...
VA-VA-VROOM! IT'S MERCEDES-BEYONCÉ
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amBeyoncé Knowles in a form-fitting dress and stiletto heels couldn't jump-start the crowd's engines like the car she pulled up in - the 2004 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Dubbed "a racing...
NO-SPAM LIST OK'D BY SENATE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - By 97-0, the Senate yesterday cast a rare unanimous vote to limit spam e-mail and create a do-not-spam list based on the popular do-not-call list for telephone solicitors....
VAN PERV 'FLASHES' SCHOOL BUS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 35-year-old Queens man exposed himself to a bus full of elementary-school students in Suffolk County yesterday, police said. Gangaram Bridgelal of Rosedale was driving his van on Sunrise Highway...
EMBATTLED DEM HOSTING PREZ REPS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Democratic boss Clarence Norman isn't letting his recent indictment stand in the way of presidential politics. The Post has learned that Norman has invited representatives from all the Democratic...
LIBESKIND STORMS OUT IN WTC BATTLE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGround Zero master planner Daniel Libeskind stormed out of a meeting about the design of the site's Freedom Tower, threatening to break up his collaboration with the project's lead architect,...
GOV STARTS PROBE INTO CANAL DEAL
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki, responding to growing public criticism, yesterday ordered an investigation into the awarding of a controversial $30,000 contract for exclusive Erie Canal development rights. "Today the governor...
VIDEOTAPE PERP HURT THREE COPS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Internal Affairs cops are probing whether police used excessive force to subdue an alleged drug suspect - although the man put up "a certain amount...
Niagara daredevil says he was suicidal before jump
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amNiagara fall-guy Kirk Jones said he was suicidally depressed before he made his insane trip over the mighty cataracts - but his miracle survival has made him see the light....
CLASSROOM EXTRA: INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS IN NYC
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amIt's hard to make everyone happy - but the United Nations tries. The U.N. has had the difficult and dangerous job of helping the world keep the peace for more...
BRONX PRODUCE GOES TO POT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amA hundred pounds of marijuana turned up in The Bronx yesterday with a truckload of lettuce and peppers from California, cops said. Workers unloading the early-morning delivery at the Hunts...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amCops in Pennsylvania are on the hunt for a cat burglar who actually steals cats. The felonious feline grabber recently swiped seven kitties from a shelter in Monroe Township. But...
BLACKS: BANK IS BIASED
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThree African-American women have filed a $12 million lawsuit against an HSBC Bank branch in Brooklyn, claiming their bosses discriminated against them by insinuating they smelled, wiped down their chairs,...
'LOVING' BROTHER TRASHED PRINCESS: EARL'S POISON PEN LETTER TO DI A YEAR BEFORE HIS TWO-FACED EULOGYCAME
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe blowhard brother of the late Princess Diana - who lovingly eulogized his sister as a saint in death - cruelly accused her of being mentally ill in a poison-pen...
GEST WAS 'CRUEL AND INHUMAN'
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amLiza Minnelli's swinging back at David Gest - she's suing him for divorce claiming he was "cruel and inhuman" to her. Minnelli filed for divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday...
CLARK WANTS TO TAX RICH
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Newly minted 2004 Democratic contender Wesley Clark yesterday said he wants to hike taxes on anyone earning over $200,000 to the tune of $1.1 trillion because President Bush...
THE GENERAL LEADS AND MEDIA FOLLOWS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amIT SURE looks as if key players in the campaign press corps are trying to rig the rules and create a double standard to favor newbie contender Wesley Clark, a...
NYPD PROBING 'BEAT' VID
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Internal Affairs cops are probing whether police used excessive force to subdue an alleged drug suspect - although the man put up "a certain amount...
EMBATTLED DEM HOSTS PREZ PARLY
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Democratic boss Clarence Norman isn't letting his recent indictment stand in the way of presidential politics. The Post has learned that Norman has invited representatives from all the Democratic...
COPS HIT EJECT BUTTON ON BOGUS-CD RING
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amPolice responding to a bogus 911 call discovered a den of counterfeit merchandise inside a Lower East Side storefront yesterday. An anonymous call to 911 claiming a group of men...
MADMAN INDICTED IN NIECE SLAY
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe psycho who fatally stabbed his 8-year-old niece and slashed three other relatives in a Washington Heights apartment was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault yesterday, police said. Alberto...
BUSH ON IRAN'S NUKE FREEZE: SHOW ME
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, stopping yesterday in a dangerous terror hot spot across the world, jacked up pressure on North Korea and Iran to give up their nukes programs. Bush...
BREAK IN RAP SLAY: RUN-DMC KILLER ID'D
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amKEY eyewitness to the shooting of Jam Master Jay has identified one of two gunmen involved in the sensational assassination of the hip- hop legend nearly a year ago, The...
ROGER, OVER AND OUT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The last pitch was a fastball, of course, and if Luis Castillo saw it at all, he gave no indication. The radar gun said it left Roger Clemens'...
PAVANO OUTDUELS ROCKET
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Carl Pavano has a Forrest Gump-like ability to be linked with some of baseball's greatest names and events. Before last night, Pavano was best known as the guy...
JETER SHOWS HE'S HUMAN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - He's human. Even in October, Derek Jeter can be human. After turning in another magical performance in Game 3, Jeter struggled last night in the Yankees' 4-3, 12-inning...
WEAVE IT AND WEEP FOR YANKS - JEFF GIVES UP WALK-OFF HR AS MARLINS EVEN SERIES
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 4 / 12 INN.: Marlins 4 - Yankees 3 MIAMI - Ruben Sierra allowed Roger Clemens to spit the hook on a defeat in the final game of his...
RHEAUME INKED AS LINDROS' SUB
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amAfter dodging the media the past two days, Eric Lindros spoke yesterday about the injured left chest that will keep him out 2-4 weeks. And the demeanor was not a...
MARIUSZ GETS HIS REVENGE WITH GOALS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Mariusz Czerkawski was asked, point blank, if he really wants to stick it to his old team tonight when the Islanders visit the Canadiens. "I was back and...
BENCH WOES WORRY BYRON
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amByron Scott may be pleased with many aspects of his team's play, the bench clearly isn't one of them. "They are very inconsistent and I don't enjoy seeing that," the...
ACHY ZO SET TO GO
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the Nets signed Alonzo Mourning, they were well aware of the risk that they might lose the center for health reasons. But the first health problem Mourning is facing...
LOU PLAYS WAITING GAME
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amPerhaps, without a lockout looming, Lou Lamoriello would be doing it differently. As it stands, however, the Devils' GM is playing his familiar risky game of letting key cornerstones head...
FRANKEL'S REP, METHODS ON THE LINE AGAIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - The best horse trainer in the world today, Bobby Frankel, offered Post readers a 24-carat gold tip for the Breeders' Cup on Saturday: Sightseek in the Distaff....
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amSYRACUSE at PITTSBURGH Ch. 9 Noon Line: Pittsburgh -7. Angle: Syracuse has gotten great play out of R.J. Anderson, who is the only starting QB in the nation not to...
GIANTS: STRAHAN RIP IS VENDETTA
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMike Francesa and Chris Russo have a personal dislike for Michael Strahan, which is why the WFAN duo ripped the Giants' Pro Bowl defensive end for calling into the Fox...
WHAT'S MY LINE? - FASSEL SHAKES UP HIS TRENCHES AGAIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGet used to it. That's the warning offered up yesterday by Jim Fassel, who has triggered yet another massive change in the Giants' offensive line and predicts more maneuvering in...
CLASSIC HAS CLOUT - EIGHT GR. 1 WINNERS EYE $4M POT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - So what if Mineshaft, Empire Maker and Candy Ride didn't answer the call? When post positions were drawn yesterday for Saturday's 20th running of the Breeders' Cup...
COULD BE FARE-WELLS - YANKEES MIGHT SAY GOODBYE TO BOOMER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Roger Clemens made his final start as a Yankee last night. David Wells knows we might be saying the same about him tonight. "This may be my last...
NOBODY KNOWS VINNY'S PAIN - QB ACCEPTS ROLE BACK ON BENCH
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amVinny Testaverde will start at quarterback for the Jets Sunday against the Eagles in Philadelphia. That much we all know. Chad Pennington will replace him sometime in the first half....
MARLINS HOPE LUCKY PENNY TURNS UP AGAIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Brad Penny knows he got off pretty lucky against the Yankees on Saturday night. In a 3-2, Game 1 victory, Penny didn't toss a quality start (he only...
METS DRAGGING FEET ON NAMING DUQUETTE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - For over four months, Jim Duquette has held the title and handled the responsibilities as the Mets' general manager. It's plainly obvious that sometime very soon, Duquette will...
YANKS HAVE 27 REASONS TO WIN - ANOTHER TITLE THERE FOR TAKING
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Counting outs is lethal practice. Just ask the Red Sox, who will suffer through a New England winter trying to figure out how they were five outs away...
JETER SHRUGS OFF PAIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - To say that Derek Jeter is playing the World Series with one arm would be an over-statement. However, Jeter is working with a sore left hand that may...
HOWIE TO MET BOOTH
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amHowie Rose is expected to replace retired Hall of Famer Bob Murphy on Met radio broadcasts, The Post has learned. Sources said yesterday that a deal is being worked out...
WILLIAMS IS MAKING HIS POINT
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amNo sooner did Frank Williams get some coveted playing time than injured Howard Eisley got back out on the floor, sore hamstring and all. But this season, even Eisley's high...
DEVILS NO HOME-BODIES
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amPanthers 2 - Devils 1 The signs are all ugly, just like the way the Devils are losing. They can make their skidding start meaningless so quickly, but without a...
BERNIE'S BIG BAT CONTINUES TO SMOKE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The only thing hotter than the Florida sun these days is Bernie Williams' bat. Williams went 4-for-6 last night in the Yankees' 12-inning 4-3 loss to the Marlins...
AARON: BARRY'S CLEAN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Hank Aaron's home run record is being challenged by a player involved in a steroid investigation but Aaron believes Barry Bonds doesn't have anything illegal running through his...
RUBEN'S A HERO - WELL, ALMOST
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The quote is what everybody keeps coming back to with Ruben Sierra. When he was traded from the Yankees in 1996, the talented switch-hitter issued this infamous gripe:...
JOSE FIRES GOOSE EGGS AT MARLINS
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Suddenly the game was tied, and Joe Torre needed a new pitcher to pitch the ninth. Enter the Cuban Missile. Thanks to the Yankees' furious ninth-inning comeback, Jose...
HR TAKES SHAKY UGIE OFF HOOK
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It wasn't odd that Marlin closer Ugueth Urbina spit the bit in the ninth inning last night, coughing up a two-run lead despite being a strike away from...
YANKS WEAVE IT AND WEEP! - JEFF GIVES UP WALKOFF HR AS PESKY MARLINS PULL EVEN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 4 /12 INN.: Marlins 4 - Yankees 3 MIAMI - Jeff Weaver wanted to go after Alex Gonzalez with a slider. Catcher John Flaherty begged Weaver for a fastball,...
FISH KNOW HOW TO WIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Marlins may not win this World Series, but they've won the hearts of baseball fans all across America. These Marlins are for Teal. Last night they provided...
FOR AARON, IT'S BOONE OR BUST
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Aaron Boone has gone from potential goat to hero and back again throughout the playoffs. But Boone hasn't dwelled on his successes - like his walkoff home run...
IT'S A TEARFUL EVENING FOR CLEMENS KIN
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - In the end, there were tears. Tears of joy and tears of sadness. Roger Clemens' family has always been there every step of the way for him, and...
GONZALEZ MOST UNLIKELY HERO
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Alex Gonzalez swung at the 3-2 pitch from Jeff Weaver, and the baseball world stopped. "The ball looked like it took about 10 minutes to get out," Marlins...
CABRERA HITS ONE FOR AGES
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Although he was giving up nearly 21 years of life experience to Roger Clemens last night, Miguel Cabrera didn't give an inch at the plate. Cabrera may have...
JEFF WEAVES FAMILIAR TALE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre had a magic-touch ninth inning. He pinch-hit one lefty-swinger, Ruben Sierra, for another, Karim Garcia, and pinch-ran David Dellucci at first base for his star catcher,...
FOR YANKS, IT'S THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE BERNIE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00am"It shows he can perform with the heat on, no matter the number of at- bats." -REGGIE JACKSON on Bernie Williams MIAMI - Bernie Williams enthralls and enrages, often as...
WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - We probably should have known from that first playoff game against the Twins. We probably should have known when Challenger the bald eagle, a playoff veteran like Mo...
UGIE DODGES GOAT HORNS: GONZALEZ HR TAKES CLOSER OFF HOOK
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It wasn't odd that Marlin closer Ugueth Urbina spit the bit in the ninth inning last night, coughing up a two-run lead despite being a strike away from...
SORIANO STAYS AT THE TOP
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Alfonso Soriano is slumping big-time and struggling to get on base. And, for some reason, still batting leadoff. Once again, there was speculation that Joe Torre might slide...
BOONE WON'T MAKE ERROR OF LIVING IN PAST
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Satchel Paige said it best. Aaron Boone is living it. Boone has gone from potential goat to hero throughout the playoffs. He's been able to make this seamless...
FATE GIVES CLEMENS SHOT TO REWRITE SWAN SONG
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Ted Williams didn't strike out that day when he bid Hub fans adieu. Jim Brown didn't fumble the ball away at the goal line. Rocky Marciano didn't say...
MARLINS ARE TEAL DEAL: GIVING YANKS A ROYAL BATTLE
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Marlins may not win this World Series, but they've won the hearts of baseball fans all across America. These Marlins are for Teal. And last night they...
DEREK SHOWS HIS STRIPES: PLAYOFFS TURN JETER INTO A REAL TIGER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Someday, Derek Jeter will be walking down the street and a father will turn to his son and say, "There goes the greatest player who ever lived." That...
PRESSURE GETTING TO CASTILLO
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Marlins fans booed Tuesday night when the Yankees intentionally walked Juan Pierre with two outs in the seventh inning of Game 3. But could you really blame the...
'GODZILLA' A REAL MONSTER
October 23, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Yankees' Hideki Matsui is as polite and professional a pro athlete as you'll meet - qualities that have allowed him to excel in his first playoffs outside...