October 24, 2003
FLEISCHER INKS $500K DEAL: PRESS CHIEF IS 2ND BUSH INSIDER TO SELL WHITE HOUSE MEMOIR
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amARI Fleischer, the former press secretary for President George W. Bush, has become the second member of the president's inner counsel to ink a book deal. He just auctioned off...
SAKS BOSS BOLTS: EXIT FOLLOWS MERCHANDISING GOOFS, LOSS OF EXECS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amChristina Johnson, the embattled president and chief executive of Saks Fifth Avenue, resigned her post yesterday amid mounting criticism of her stewardship of the luxury department store chain. Saks Inc.,...
LOSS OF DONNA CEO WOULD BE BLOW TO ARNAULT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amIf Fred Wilson were to move to Saks - or anywhere else - it would be very bad news for Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy...
UNIVERSAL TRIES BLING TO GET SALES SPARKLE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThey tried the stick. Now the recording industry is rolling out the carats. Interscope Records will hide four "golden tickets" in a Nov. 18 single from rap group G-Unit. Holders...
HOUSE MAY SLAM SPAM CRUSADE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amReady for a day without a pitch for diet pills, Viagra or young hot coeds? Don't get your hopes up. After the Senate passed anti-spam legislation Wednesday with an overwhelming...
CREATOR OF GHETTOPOLY SEEKS RICHES FROM SPINOFFS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amControversy has put one ghetto on easy street. The board-game parody Ghettopoly, the target of lawsuits from Hasbro and a boycott from Al Sharpton, has sold out - and the...
ESPN DEFENDS 20% RATE HIKE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amESPN fired back at Cox Communications. In a press conference yesterday, ESPN chief George Bodenheimer defended ESPN's planned 20 percent rate hike, calling cable programming, "one of the greatest entertainment...
DEUTSCHE NEAR DEAL FOR GMAC
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amDeutsche Bank is near a deal to acquire General Motors Corp.'s commercial mortgage operation, GMAC Commercial Mortgage, sources familiar with the situation said. General Motors has reached an agreement to...
RALPH TOPS MENSWEAR POWER LIST
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe ongoing shake-out in men's fashion may be creating new overnight stars, but designers Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani remain at the top of the business. The pair led the...
CABLEVISION TO SPIN OFF SATELLITE, NETS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Dolans have finally figured out what to do with the crown jewels. The father-son team that runs New York's largest cable operator, Cablevision, is spinning off part of its...
MTV STIRS IT UP WITH NEW SUN. LINEUP
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMTV puts the "Stew" in stupid with a new Sunday-night lineup the network calls "The Sunday Stew." No stew is ingested in either of the two shows the network sent...
HARMONY & DISCORD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amBARENAKED LADIES THE Barenaked Ladies stood exposed and stripped down for their gig Wednesday at the Hammerstein Ballroom, supporting this week's release of "Everything to Everybody." Billed as an interactive...
ANTI-CHICK ROCK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHEY may be chicks who rock, but don't call it chick rock. The first annual Girlz Garage Tour will hit Irving Plaza tomorrow, headlined by female-fronted acts Lillix, the Start,...
MOORE THE MERRIEST ; TRIPLE-THREAT TEEN HAS EVERYTHING COVERED
October 24, 2003 | 4:00am"My life is split between being a kid and an adult, but I think I have the best of both worlds."Mandy Moore"I want to pick up the tennis racket and...
ON WRONG WAVELENGTH
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amRADIO (one star) No soap. Running time: 106 minutes. Rated PG (mild profanity). At the E-Walk, the Beekman, the Union Square, others. IT'S hard to say what's more offensive about...
NOT BY 'BREAD' ALONE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BREAD, MY SWEET (two stars) Half-baked romance. Running time: 101 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, west of Fifth Avenue. DIRECTOR-writer Melissa Martin's tearjerker...
STARR REPORT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amOctober surprise Ch. 9 has beaten Ch. 11 at 10 p.m. for the first time, on a Monday through Sunday basis, since July 2001. For the October book, Ch. 9's...
'SINGING' ROBERT DOWNEY'S PRAISES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE SINGING DETECTIVE (three stars) Ambitious but awkward. Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R (language, grossness, sexuality, violence). At the First and 62nd and Union Square. IT's almost worth catching...
THE THIRD TIME IS NO CHARM
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amSCARY MOVIE 3 (two stars) Mediocre spoof. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language, gross- out humor). At the Chelsea West, the Union Square, the Kips Bay, others. DIRECTOR David...
MISSED MATCH : NETS' BOMBS AND BUSTS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE new season may be just over a month old - but a handful of new shows are already facing the axe. At least four new shows - "Luis," "Miss...
YOU WON'T FORGET IT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amELEPHANT (three stars) Riffing on Columbine. Running time: 80 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, sexuality). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. 'ELEPHANT" won the top prize at this year's...
TOUGH LOVE IN THE BRONX
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amSISTER HELEN (three stars) SISTER Helen don't take no bull. The 69-year-old Benedictine nun - the focus of this most-enjoyable documentary - runs the Travis Center, a 23-bed halfway house...
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE PARTY'S OVER (two stars) Overstuffed doc. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (some protest-related violence). At Village East Cinemas, Second Avenue and 12th Street. UNSHAVEN everyman narrator Philip Seymour...
'STRICTLY' SPEAKING, JOKES ARE NO LAUGHING MATTER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amSTRICTLY ACADEMICAt Primary Stages, 354 W. 45th St. Through Nov. 30. (212) 333-4052. THE thing about jokes, even upscale jokes, is that they have to be funny. In "Strictly Academic"...
MARRIAGE'S STALE MATES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW½ (two and one half stars) Booth Theater, 222 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. A 33-year-old marriage ends - a marriage that seemed as fixed in its...
JUST CRINGE AND 'BEAR' IT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amBROTHER BEAR 1/2 (one and one half stars) Bear-able strictly for tots. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated G. At the Ziegfeld, 54th Street and Sixth Avenue. DISNEY'S hibernation- inducing "Brother...
GAME 4: HOME RUN FOR FOX
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMarlins slugger Alex GonzalezWEDNESDAY night's World Series nailbiter scored solid numbers for Fox - again. The 12-inning affair, a 4-3 Marlins victory over the Yankees capped by Alex Gonzalez's walkoff...
SCREENERS FOR OSCARS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD studios yesterday agreed to relax their controversial ban on providing VHS "screener" copies to Oscar voters - but not for the many other groups giving year-end movie awards. The...
IT'S BULLETS OVER B'WAY; STRIKE THREAT DUE TO TOURS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS Wednesday at noon in Times Square, Hugh Jackman and a few hundred chorus kids will fire off the opening salvo of yet another labor battle that could shut down...
5 QUESTIONS FOR STAN FISCHLER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with MSG/FSN's hockey analyst, Stan Fischler. The 71-year-old Fischler is in his 50th year covering hockey, his 30th on TV. Q: When you...
ANTHONY MAKING WAVES: ESPN ANALYST ADDING SOME KNICK RADIO-CASTS TO RESUME
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGreg Anthony, ESPN's NBA analyst, confirmed he will work 17 games on Knick radio this season. The presence of Anthony, an ex-Knick, won't affect regular radio analyst John Andariese too...
YES, AND IT COUNTS! AFTER ALL THE HYPE, LEBRON FINALLY DEBUTS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWednesday, Cavs at Kings, 10:30 p.m., ESPN Fittingly, the unveiling of LeBron James comes in Sacramento, home of the Kings. But before the crown is placed on King James' head,...
3 ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A pair of Palestinian gunmen killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded two others early today after sneaking into a Gaza Strip Jewish settlement under veil of dense fog...
GIAMBI DELIVERS IN PINCH
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jason Giambi could hit. He just couldn't field. And as a result, he couldn't play. Giambi's ailing left knee has worsened over the last few days, and last...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThey must have some pretty peppy fish in Dallas these days. Lake Lewisville has been polluted with a spill of fluoxetine - the active ingredient in the antidepressant Prozac. Bryan...
AIDE NAILED FOR HELPING HER$ELF
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman apparently wasn't making enough as a home health care aide, so she gave herself a pay raise - by writing herself checks from her patient's account. A...
BOMB WIDOW FURY: CANCER VET FACES BOOT AFTER SLAY OF HUSBAND
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Air Force widow of an American killed last week by a terror bomb in Israel said the military dumped her after she got bone cancer, then refused to pay...
FBI BIG EYED FOR MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amFBI Director Robert Mueller's chief of staff is under serious consideration to become the next Manhattan U.S. attorney, sources have told The Post. Kenneth Wainstein, who has experience as a...
PROTESTING CABBIES DEMAND FARE-NESS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAbout 80 cabbies held a small but vocal protest outside City Hall yesterday demanding a 33 percent fare hike. The drivers complained bitterly that they had been promised a raise...
L.I. 'MENTOR' IN MOLEST RAP
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA former youth minister at a Long Island church - who is also a grammar school teacher - has been charged with sexually molesting a 17-year-old boy he met at...
U.S.-IRAQI TEAM FOILS TERROR PLOT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. troops and Iraqi cops yesterday thwarted a plot to bomb ordinary Iraqis on their way to work and school in Baghdad yesterday and arrested three men. The...
POLICE CAPTAIN IN DWI BUST
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAn off-duty NYPD captain was busted on DWI charges after his car skidded off a Yonkers parkway, hydroplaned over a curb and plowed into a police car, authorities said yesterday....
PREGNANT PAUSE: GALS PUT OFF KIDS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAn increasing number of American women are focusing on their careers and saying no to pacifiers, dirty diapers and all that motherhood entails, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey...
YANK-SLAY 'COVER-UP'
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - "I have no doubt the Palestinian Authority knows who the people behind the assassination of the American security personnel are," Israeli Cabinet minister Gideon Ezra said. "They just...
FALLS FOOL MIXED BOOZE AND WATER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amNiagara Falls miracle man Kirk Jones steeled himself with a hearty dose of liquid courage before he made his stunning plunge over the legendary cataracts Monday. The 40-year-old Michigan man...
CLINTON A REAL MEDICINE MAN
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amBill Clinton yesterday announced he has reached a deal with a handful of drug manufacturers to slice the costs of drugs used to combat AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and the...
PRESIDENT BUSH BACK FROM FAR EAST TRIP
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush returned to the United States yesterday, stopping in Hawaii where he was greeted by the governor with leis, after touring six countries in the Far East....
MAYOR BUTT-HEAD'S BAN BURNS ANOTHER BIZMAN
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMAYOR Bloomberg promised he would save 1,000 lives a year through his secondhand-smoke ban in bars. With great respect, I suggest he go to A.J. Kelly's Pub on Stone Street...
'BULL'S' BLUNDER: 'WHACKY' TESTIMONY HELPED CONVICT PAL INSTEAD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00am"Sammy Bull's" attempts to save an old pal skewered him instead. A federal jury yesterday convicted wiseguy Thomas "Huck" Carbonaro of murder conspiracy for scheming to blow up notorious mob...
SCHOOLS STRIKING UP THE BANDWIDTH
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amhe Bloomberg administration will install a snazzy, fiber-optics system in city schools to dramatically boost Internet access for students and teachers, The Post has learned. The high-tech overhaul will replace...
BLOOMY BLACKLIST FLAK: POLS RIP HIS BID TO $QUEEZE FELLOW GOPERS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTop Republicans yesterday were appalled at Mayor Bloomberg's decision to create an enemies list of fellow Republicans - especially when he's the host of next summer's GOP convention in New...
'HAMMER' COPS SHUSHED SHOOTER: EMT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA trio of EMTs who aided a mentally ill man after he'd been shot 12 times by cops for refusing to drop a hammer painted a disturbing picture of the...
WEST SIDE GLORY: TEAM MIKE BARES MASTER REDESIGN PLAN
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThese new designs show what city officials hope will by the next chic, round-the-clock neighborhood in the Big Apple - the far West Side. In a video presentation - slides...
SYRINGE THUG 'STICKS' UP BANK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA bank robber dressed as a construction worker entered a Long Island bank branch yesterday and announced a stickup by pulling a hypodermic needle instead of a gun - the...
MA OF SLAIN 'SOLDIER' STARES DOWN MOB MONSTER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA grief-stricken mom whose son was killed in a gangland execution 14 years ago begged a mob associate yesterday to tell her where he was buried. "I'm still sick with...
TYCO'S SANTA KOZ; SPENT FIRM'S $$ ON GEMS & GIFTS FOR LOVERS, JURORS ARE TOLD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAs if fighting charges of stealing $600 million wasn't hard enough, accused Tyco embezzler Dennis Kozlowski had more problems in court yesterday - his ex-mistresses came back to haunt him...
RIKERS WITNESS-SLAY PLOT BARED
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amRikers inmate John Hillard was hit with new charges yesterday for hatching a plot to rub out five witnesses ready to finger him for robbery. Word of the alleged murder-for-hire...
WHITE KNIGHT BOSS: BRUCE MAKES PITCH TO SAVE BOTTOM LINE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amBruce Springsteen wants The Bottom Line to relive its glory days - and he's offering a river of money to get the club rising again, the nightspot's lawyer revealed yesterday....
ASP-ININE COP IS SNAKEBITTEN
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amPolice yesterday raided the Manhattan apartment of a fellow cop who illegally kept a menagerie of snakes, including two poisonous vipers, authorities said. Officer Perisio Nuñez, 34, who has a...
MAN NABBED IN '93 SLAY OF BX. DAD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA fugitive suspected of gunning down a hard-working roofer as he walked along a Bronx street with his wife and three kids 10 years ago has been arrested, police announced...
KLEIN TO TEACHERS: STOP WHINING
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein has a new classroom message for teachers: Stop the whining. Klein, hit with criticism that supervisors are micro-managing instruction under the city's new instructional program, said...
POL RIPS $51M 'WASTE' PACT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn state senator yesterday charged that the city will waste $51 million by contracting out school custodial services to private firms. "It borders on sheer lunacy," Sen. Carl Kruger...
GOV BACKS LIBESKIND IN TOWER STRUGGLE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday backed Daniel Libeskind's vision for a Ground Zero Freedom Tower - weighing in on a dispute over the structure's design that threatens to stall the progress of...
LIGHTNING STRIKES 'JESUS'
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMel Gibson had better hope God isn't a movie critic - the actor who plays Jesus in his new film was struck by lightning during production, as was an assistant...
EYE ON '04: DEMS' BAD WEEK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amIF you're a Democrat and you're paying close attention to the electoral portents for 2004, this is not a happy week for you. Prescription drugs: House and Senate negotiators are...
TA-TA, CONCORDE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe majestic Concorde - which since 1976 has whisked passengers from New York to Europe at supersonic speeds - touched down at JFK for the final time last night. And...
DI LETTER: 'I DIDN'T WANT A DIVORCE'
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amPrincess Diana had hoped to cling to her marriage with Prince Charles - even though both of them were sneaking around with other people, it was revealed yesterday. Diana's ex-butler...
ARAFAT THUGS KILL 'TRAITORS'
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Masked Palestinian gunmen executed two West Bank men for allegedly collaborating with Israel, witnesses said yesterday. The gunmen, believed to be members of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, led...
MIKE WANTS TO AX TAX ON LANDLORDS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg called on the City Council yesterday to rescind a new tax on absentee landlords, saying it's "hard to administer" and will hurt small homeowners who are struggling to...
'CIA LEAK' ENVOY BACKS DEM KERRY
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who charged that President Bush "twisted" intelligence on Iraq to exaggerate the threat, yesterday endorsed Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 race. Wilson said...
DEAN MACHINE: PASSES LIEBERMAN IN N.Y. POLL
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has passed Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman as the favorite for president among New York Democrats, according to a poll released yesterday. The Marist...
PREGNANT PAUSE: WOMEN PUT CAREER BEFORE BABIES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amOprah Winfrey is not alone. An increasing number of American women are focusing on their careers and saying no to pacifiers, dirty diapers and all that motherhood entails, according to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX Three men who broke into trucks, stole merchandise and sold it on the street were caught in the act by cops in Hunts Point, authorities said yesterday. David...
GOV WANTS IN-SPIRE-ING TOWER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday backed Daniel Libeskind's vision for a Ground Zero Freedom Tower - weighing in on a dispute over the tower's design that threatens to stall progress in lower...
GAME 6 TIX: $4,300
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amIf you want tickets to tomorrow's World Series Game 6 that are so close to the action you can smell the players' tobacco spit, it won't be hard - as...
'BRIDGET' ROLE LEAVES RENÉE LUGGING EXTRA 'BAGGAGE' AT L.A. AIRPORT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amIs that you just walking away, Renée? Superstar Renée Zellweger looks a lot different than normal (left) - perhaps even voluptuous - as she strides from the airport in Los...
D.A. FERRY PROBE: WILL SUBPOENA 911 TAPES AND CREW FILES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Staten Island District Attorney's Office will issue subpoenas for the 911 tapes in last week's deadly ferry crash in a bid to gather evidence in what caused the deadly...
KILLER CASTS HIS EVIL EYE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGALVESTON, Texas - If looks could dismember, then I would be in pieces. It was lunchtime at the Robert Durst murder trial, and the rich guy who favors ill-fitting wigs...
AUTISTIC PUPILS GO MAINSTREAM
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amEducation officials at one Brooklyn public school have debunked the stigma surrounding autism by assigning autistic students into their regular classes. PS 32 in Carroll Gardens is the first school...
ROCKET NOT DONE YET ; ROG MIGHT GET CALL FROM PEN IN BRONX
October 24, 2003 | 4:00am"Once we get back home, I'll be in the pen. I'll be ready for that."ROGER CLEMENS MIAMI - On Wednesday night, Kacy Clemens thanked everyone for taking care of his...
SORIANO'S FUTURE IS IN LIMBO
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - This was not Paul O'Neill sitting against Randy Johnson or Luis Sojo playing defense late for Chuck Knoblauch or even Tino Martinez being benched for the three NL...
TIRED YANKS HEAD HOME
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Don't fool yourself into thinking this was a case where injuries were the difference. Sure, they hurt, but that's not the only problem. The bottom line is that...
MARLINS HAVE YANKS ON HOOK ; FISH ONE WIN FROM UPSET
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 5 Marlins 6 Yankees 4 MIAMI - A World Series that belonged to the Yankees after three games now sits in the sweaty palms of the Marlins, who are...
O'S MAY HIRE MAZZILLI ; O'S MAY HIRE MAZZILLI
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK MIAMI - The Orioles have asked to interview Yankees first base coach Lee Mazzilli about their managerial opening. And Mazzilli could be in the mix if the...
CHAD: FIRST FULL DAY BACK NOT BAD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Chad Pennington called his first full practice since Jets coach Herman Edwards announced he will play Sunday for the first time since his wrist injury "OK." "It almost...
BC BOMBS SET TO EXPLODE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif - With the unsurpassed backdrop of the San Gabriel mountains, spectacularly sunny weather, and fast and firm tracks, the 20th running of the Breeders' Cup is ready to...
THE WINNING TOUCH ; DISCIPLINED JETS HAVE FORMULA FOR JOINING EAST RACE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAs they attempt to continue this feel-good run and try to climb back into the AFC East race with a pivotal game against the Eagles Sunday in Philadelphia, the Jets...
HABS RESERVE ON FOREIGN ICE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMONTREAL - One of the toughest obstacles of living in a new place, where English is a second language to French, is figuring out which bathroom to go in, especially...
TORRE'S OFF BASE ON JEFF
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMAMI - A day later, the one question that resonated across New York City, across South Beach, across those other precincts of the country where people still profess to care...
MITCHELL'S LOOKING TO BUST LOOSE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Entering this season, the 35-year-old Brian Mitchell averaged 23.1 yards per kick return and 11.0 yards per punt return. This year, Mitchell owns a 20.5-yard kick return average...
CRYSTAL BALL SAYS . . .
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - If there is one thing we've learned about betting the Breeders' Cup, which reaches the 20-year milestone tomorrow at Santa Anita, it's this: Swing for the fences...
COLLINS BRACING FOR EAR ATTACK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amAt any moment yesterday, it felt as if the Giants' white indoor practice bubble could burst. When Jim Fassel cranked the artificial crowd noise so incredibly loud, your ears turned...
NELSON BREAKS ANKLE IN SPILL
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amDiane Nelson suffered a broken left ankle and Javier Castellano sustained back and hip injuries yesterday when the two jockeys were involved in a scary, two-horse spill in the first...
ADS SUBTRACT FROM SERIES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMAYBE it's me. Fox was about to present the top of the second inning of Game 4 of the World Series Wednesday night, when an ad appeared featuring Marlins' pitcher...
DEVS HOPE ROAD WILL BE RX FOR HANGOVER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Any more of this and Stanley Cup hangover starts looking pathologic, indicating surgery. The Devils are already reeling from going winless in their first three home games of...
FANS GETTING SCALPED BY TRICKY WEB BROKER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amA CALIFORNIA ticket brokerage has been scalping scores of World Series tickets - some at more than 10 times their face value - while claiming a partnership with Fox Sports....
'CIDE' OWNER WARNS: WE CAN WIN CLASSIC
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - Don't ignore the Kentucky Derby winner if he makes it to the Breeders' Cup Classic. In 1987, Alysheba was beaten a nose by the previous year's Derby...
'BUSY' LAYDEN NO GALLANT GAMBLER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amOK, I totally accept it's categorically plausible Scott Layden would insult the aptitude of Bulls VP John Paxson (why should the new kid on the NBA block be treated differently...
JASON DOWN, THEN OUT ; BAD KNEE SCRATCHES SLUGGER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jason Giambi's ailing left knee has become a significant problem. The slugger's knee has gotten worse over the last few games, and last night it was hurting so...
HIT PUTS SIERRA IN NINTH-INNING CLUB
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Tino Martinez. Scott Brosius. And now, Ruben Sierra. For the third time in their last eight World Series games, the Yankees lifted a contest into extra innings with...
JETER IN UNUSUAL POSITION
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Last night Derek Jeter found himself in an unusual position. He was looking to make amends for a very un-Jeter-like performance in Game 4. Jeter, who even Reggie...
STARTING TO TURN SOUR ; SORI'S SLUMP PUTS JOE IN BIND
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI -This wasn't Paul O'Neill sitting against Randy Johnson or Luis Sojo playing defense late for Chuck Knoblauch, or even Tino Martinez being benched for the three games in Atlanta...
RAMON COMMITS TO PITT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amPittsburgh has snagged one of the city's best players for a second straight year. Ronald Ramon, a 6-1 guard from All Hallows, verbally committed to the Panthers yesterday at The...
INJURY BUG BITES KENYON, LUCIOUS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amNets 90Sixers 83 PHILADELPHIA - So much for getting out of the pre-season healthy. Two Nets regulars, Kenyon Martin and Lucious Harris, were injured last night and now the question...
TIME IS RIGHT TO GO FISHING
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE weather has kept offshore fishing to a minimum, but you don't have to go very far to find great action, as the inshore waters seemed paved with porgies, sea...
STORM LAND 6-7 FORWARD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amQueens native Rodney Epperson, a 6-7 small forward from Midland (TX) Junior College, has verbally committed to play for St. John's for the 2004-05 season. He starred at La Salle...
CANADIENS PUT ISLES TO SLEEP
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amCanadiens 3Islanders 0 MONTREAL - So this is what all those hockey purists are talking about when they say the trap has ruined their game. Last night's match between the...
DOLAN DISSES SPREE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amJAZZ 77KNICKS 60 In predicting a Knick playoff berth, owner James Dolan said his club is better off without Latrell Sprewell, questioning his character while calling him not a "real...
BECKETT: STARTING GAME 6 IS NO PROBLEM
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Marlins still haven't announced a Game 6 starter, but staff ace Josh Beckett won't shy away from taking the ball. "I can pitch on three days' rest,"...
MARLINS SET TO SHOCK WORLD
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Marlins aren't so much destiny's darlings as destiny's Dead End Kids, but now they're one victory away from a world championship. The rag-tag National League wild-card winners,...
PENNY'S PUMPED UP: MARLIN STARTER HIT ON MOUND AND AT BAT
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Brad Penny knows what a first-ball 97-mph fastball looks like. The Florida starter has certainly thrown enough of them throughout his career. So when the pitch came out...
JETER AT HOME IN LEADING ROLE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Come on. Did you really expect anything different with Derek Jeter? After suffering through one of his worst postseason games that anyone can remember (1-for-6 with two double...
RUNDOWN NIGHTMARE FOR YANKS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It was a rundown that should have eased the Yankees out of a potentially troubling inning. Instead, it gave the Marlins the deciding runs. What happened? In the...
FOURTH TIME A HARM FOR CONTRERAS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It was his fourth time pitching in five games, but Jose Contreras wasn't tired. Just erratic. "I felt strong," Contreras said after taking the loss in the Marlins'...
SLUMPING SORIANO BENCHED; INJURED GIAMBI SCRATCHED
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre made a move prior to last night's Game 5 of the World Series he should have made before Game 4. After watching Alfonso Soriano look ill...
MARLINS HAVE YANKS ON HOOK: FISH ONE WIN FROM UPSET
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 5 Marlins 6 Yankees 4 MIAMI - A World Series that belonged to the Yankees after three games now sits in the sweaty palms of the Marlins, who are...
CHEAP EFFORT BY WELLS
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It's never pretty when the walls come tumbling down. The manager sits stone-faced in the dugout. The pitching coach spends more time on the phone than a teen-ager...
THIS ONE WAS PAINFUL
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre pulled Alfonso Soriano from the starting lineup, Jason Giambi removed himself before World Series Game 5 began, and David Wells took himself out after one inning....
YANKS HAD THEIR CHANCES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It's not as if the Yankees are giving away this World Series. They're just not taking it. And it was there for the taking Wednesday night in a...
TORRE DEFENDS DECISION
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jeff Weaver hadn't pitched in more than a month, and when he did pitch this season, he was atrocious. Yet Joe Torre defended his decision to use Weaver...
'THAT WAS SO SPECIAL' : ROG'S FINAL START WAS ONE FOR AGES
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - This all started as a family affair for Roger Clemens - and that's how it is going to end. You can call them the first family of baseball....
CAPTAIN CAN'T DO IT ALONE
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Last night, Derek Jeter found himself in an unusual position. He was looking to make amends for a very un-Jeter-like performance in Game 4. And even though he...
JASON DOWN, NOT OUT; COMES OFF BENCH TO SLAM PINCH-HIT HR
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jason Giambi could hit. He just couldn't field. And as a result, he couldn't play. Giambi's ailing left knee has worsened over the last few days, and last...
MARLINS STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT GAME 6 STARTER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Marlins still weren't ready to announce a Game 6 starter yesterday and were debating using Josh Beckett on three days' rest. "The decision hasn't been made," Florida...
GOING, GOING .... GONZO: HR SNAPPED SHORTSTOP'S PLAYOFF FUNK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - How much was the Marlins' Alex Gonzalez struggling this postseason? He was arguably outplayed by his namesake in the NLCS, even though the other Alex Gonzalez, the Cubs'...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amTalking on a cell phone from the school bus he still drives, 76-year-old Joe Gaeta talked about the gym he still practically lives in, the football games he still refs...
O'S MAY HIRE MAZZILLI
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK MIAMI - The Orioles have asked for and have received permission to interview Yankees first base coach Lee Mazzilli about their manager's job. "They called this week...
LUCIOUS HAD DOUBTS, GLAD THE NETS DIDN'T
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Lucious Harris admits it. He had doubts he'd remain a Net. After all, Harris didn't enter free agency with the clout of Jason Kidd. The previous summer, he...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
October 24, 2003 | 4:00amReischa Canidate vs. Ann Graig (Who was more unprofessional Tuesday night?) Way to go Fox-5, New York. With Tuesday night's World Series rain delay, you could have converted viewers to...