October 29, 2003
GRASSO'S PAL ASHEN STILL TOILS FOR NYSE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe New York Stock Exchange's personnel chief, who announced his early retirement from the exchange after helping create the compensation scheme that led to a massive scandal surrounding Dick Grasso's...
XM TUNES IN 1M SUBSCRIBERS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amIn the immortal words of Casey Kasem, satellite radio still has its feet on the ground - but it's reaching for the stars. XM Satellite Radio announced yesterday that, after...
VIACOM TO GO AFTER WARNER CHAPPELL
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amViacom is emerging as a contender for Warner Chappell, the music publishing division of Time Warner, The Post has learned. Time Warner is in the process of bringing Warner Chappell...
UNLOADING KAGAN - PRIMEDIA PUTS MEDIA RESEARCH FIRM ON BLOCK
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNew York magazine publisher Primedia is gearing up to sell research firm Kagan World Media, The Post has learned. Primedia is looking to offload the Carmel, Calif.-based firm as it...
PITTMAN GIVES GORE TIPS ON TV
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amFormer AOL Time Warner co-COO Bob Pittman is reportedly advising Al Gore on the former vice president's plans to launch a news channel for young viewers. Pittman is advising Gore...
MICROSOFT PAYS $200M IN 6 SUITS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMicrosoft Corp. continues to snuff out small blazes in its mammoth antitrust case - but the issue continues to burn. The software giant said yesterday that it would pay about...
15 DEALS INKED AT RISING MILAN; 15 CONDOS SOLD AT RISING MILAN
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amINTERESTED apartment hunters are lining up to get a closer look at the Milan, a new condo tower now rising from the ground at East 55th and Second Avenue. The...
ALAN'S BIG TREAT - DOW, NASDAQ ROCKET AS FED STANDS PAT
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWall Street is getting its treats early from the Halloween bounce in the economy. A spate of strong recovery signs yesterday, combined with another likely year of historically low interest...
PUTNAM MANAGERS FIRST TO BE CHARGED WITH INSIDER FRAUD
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amPutnam Investments won the dubious distinction yesterday of becoming the first mutual fund company accused of securities fraud by the SEC and Massachusetts regulators in an ever-widening probe of the...
WENNER NIXES PECKER DEAL - AMI BOSS CALLS MOVE 'REVENGE' FOR POACHING BONNIE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amJANN Wenner has finally found a way to strike back at David Pecker and American Media for running off with onetime Us Weekly superstar Editor Bonnie Fuller, who is now...
KRAVIS TRIES TO CUT LOSSES ON MAGAZINE STRATEGY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., the buyout firm that controls Primedia, is hot on the pruning trail as it tries to salvage some value from the debt-laden media empire it...
FLEET MOVE NABS INSIDE TRADERS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amIn one of fastest-ever bursts of insider trading, a FleetBoston insider, his wife and brother saw a $1 million windfall slip through their fingers just hours after completing their scheme....
FRIED RICE LEAVES MERGED WACHOVIA
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMichael Rice, president of Wachovia Securities' massive brokerage business - and a major architect of the firm's February 2003 acquisition of Prudential Securities - has left the firm and will...
BELLSOUTH-AT&T DEAL OFF
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amBellSouth and AT&T abandoned discussions aimed at cementing a planned merger yesterday, less than a week after resuming talks, according to published reports. Executives at Atlanta-based BellSouth told their AT&T...
GIRLS GONE BAD TRY GOOD
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amGIRLHOOD [] (three stars) Girlz 'n the hood. Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (adult subject matter). At the Quad, 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. ----- LIZ Garbus,...
CHILLING OUT - 'TRU CALLING' SHOULD'VE BEEN CALLED 'MARATHON PSYCHIC'
October 29, 2003 | 5:00am"Tru Calling" [No stars] Tomorrow at 8 p.m. on Ch. 5 ---- THE thing you gotta wonder about "Tru Calling," Fox's new show about a young woman who can see...
REGIONAL VIETNAMESE FARE MAKES BAO WOW
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amBAO NOODLES [] (three stars) 391 SECOND AVE. (BETWEEN 22ND AND 23RD STREETS) (212) 725-7770 ---- AT Bao Noodles, noodles aren't the half of it. The new, cash-only eatery from...
REDONE OUTER-SPACE CLASSIC OUT OF SIGHT
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT [ 1/2] (three and one-half stars) One classy and cerebral horror movie. Running time: 119 minutes. Rated R (violence, gore). At the E-Walk, the Union Square,...
SALMON, ENCHANTED EATING
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAS an illustration of how differently restaurants value a familiar main element, consider salmon. Its many varieties taste quite different in their purest forms, from bland "Atlantic" (i.e., farmed) to...
JUNIOR'S AROUND THE CORNER
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amCREAMY cheesecakes won out over bison burgers as the new residents of the long-vacant space at the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and 57th Street.Junior's Restaurant, the makers of those...
TINA'S SHOW POISED FOR WEEKLY RUN
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amCNBC is taking "Topic A with Tina Brown" weekly. The show, hosted by A-list editrix Tina Brown, will start its new run in January. Until now, it had aired only...
LEBRON'S ON THE SPOT
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amLeBRON James makes his TV- commercial debut tonight - coinciding with his NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first-round draft pick, who's only 18, jumped from high school straight...
MEAT YOUR SALAD - BEEFY-LEAFY COMBOS TEMPT LOW-CARB CREW
October 29, 2003 | 5:00am'WAITER, there's a meatball in my salad!" So there is. Lettuce is sporting some pretty meaty toppings, satisfying not only cool-weather appetites but protein-conscious low-carb dieters. Arugula with warm chicken...
BRAVO! NEW 'QUEER' EPISODES ON THE WAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amGET ready for more "Queer" this year. Bravo said yesterday that its smash hit "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will return Nov. 18 with all-new episodes (10-11 p.m.) airing...
THEY'RE SO STOKED - MORE SHOWS MEAN MORE STARDOM FOR 'O.C.' GANG
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTHE summer's hottest show is back to heat up the fall - as "The O.C." returns tonight (9 p.m./Ch. 5). Tonight's episode picks up from the Sept. 16 cliffhanger, when...
CHANGES BY THE 'HOUR' - LAST MINUTE SUBS PLAGUE PLAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT'S going on with "The Violet Hour"?Richard Greenberg's eagerly awaited new play has been in previews a couple of weeks and already there are so many bodies piling up, the...
STARR REPORT
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNot the average Joe "Divorce Court" bailiff Joe Catalano is being kept busy with something a little more serious these days - the wildfires raging in Southern California. Catalano is...
KILLER BILLS - YOU DON'T ALWAYS EAT WHAT YOU PAY FOR
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amPeople assume a cut of sea bass that costs $38 at Le Cirque must be superior to one that costs $21 elsewhere. READER H.S. e-mailed me after last week's review...
AIR TO THE THRONE - WATCH 'NEWLYWED' SIMPSON GAFFE ALL THE WAY TO BANK WITH MILLIONS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00am"The money is just kicking in for her." - Dell Furano, CEO of Signatures Network SO who's the dumb one? Jessica Simpson says "platy-mu-pus" instead of "platypus" - but she...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A bicyclist was in critical condition after being struck by a car in Hell's Kitchen last night, police said. The 25 year-old man, who was hit at the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAn armed robber got a finger-lickin' good surprise when he held up a fast-food joint in Florida and grabbed what he thought was a bag containing hundreds of dollars in...
CLUELESS PROSECUTORS STILL PULLING PIDDLING PARTY TRICKS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amEMBATTLED Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski was mighty ticked off. "The court has spent more time about that party than the time I spent at the party," Kozlowski was saying in...
'SMALLER' HS PLAN A BUST
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAbout one-quarter of the city's smaller high schools are academic flops - just like the larger, low-performing schools they replaced, a new report shows. The analysis, conducted by the group...
MINORITY POLS RIP NONPARTISAN PLAN
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTwenty black and Latino legislators yesterday denounced Mayor Bloomberg's plan for nonpartisan elections, saying it will hurt minority voters. "Let's get clear and let's get real here. Nonpartisan elections is...
MIKE'S QUIET ENDORSEMENTS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday endorsed three Republicans who are challenging veteran Democrats on the City Council - but he did it behind closed doors. Reporters heard of the endorsements when a...
ANOTHER VIETNAM? NO
October 29, 2003 | 5:00am'In this war, the only measurement that matters is the absence of attacks.' LET'S leave the phony pieties and hand-wringing to the presidential aspirants and celebrity journalists. Here's the truth:...
TURN OFF THAT TV - DIMINISHES KIDS' ABILITY TO READ
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amKids who live in homes where the TV is constantly on have more trouble learning to read than other children do, a new study says. "Watching TV is far inferior...
NO DEATH PENALTY FOR 'SERIAL SLAYER': DA
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe man who prosecutors believe was well on his way to becoming New York's next serial killer got good news yesterday - Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes will not seek the...
VETERAN REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST IS BEING SENT TO IRAQ ....
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The veteran Republican strategist whose credentials include being called in when Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich landed in hot water is being sent to Iraq to help the...
FERRY CAPTAIN'S HOSPITAL SWITCH
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe pilot of the doomed Staten Island Ferry that crashed into a pier two weeks ago will be moved to another hospital today, where he is expected to undergo an...
CHUCK, HILL SPLIT OVER EPA BOSS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton yesterday split on a key vote - the confirmation of Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt as the new head of the Environmental Protection...
'KOSHER' PIGS TAKE ON TERROR
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Jewish settlers in the West Bank say there's a new weapon to fight terrorism - bomb-sniffing pigs. And prominent rabbis agree the idea is kosher. "Pigs have a...
SLAY RAP FOR DAD IN BABY'S SLEEP DEATH
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens man was charged with manslaughter yesterday for suffocating his 3-month-old son after accidentally knocking him off the bed in their apartment last month, authorities said. On Sept. 8,...
MAN DIES IN HIS HAMPTONS POOL
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA 57-year-old man who was closing the pool at his East Hampton home was found dead in the water, police said. Peter Gilman Axelrod, a father of two, fell in...
MALLET-ATTACK HUBBY JAILED
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens painter was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday for a brutal hammer attack that left his wife near death - and he faces a new trial on...
'WHY DID YOU KILL MY HUSBAND?'
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe anguished widow of a slain jewelry-store owner stared down the accused killer in court yesterday and chastised him during her tear-filled testimony about how he pretended to be a...
AMMON SIS $LAMS KIDS' TRUSTEES
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe sister of murdered millionaire Ted Ammon says in court papers she fears his two children, orphaned after the death of their mother, Generosa, "will not see their money during...
HAMAS HINTS AT RESUMING CEASE-FIRE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Hamas terror group said yesterday it may agree to revive last summer's aborted Mideast cease-fire. But the militant group's spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, said it would...
DIANA'S BUTLER: I FAKED QUOTES
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amPrincess Diana's blabbing butler was under fire last night after admitting he fudged quotes from several of her personal letters in his new kiss-and-tell book. Paul Burrell at first insisted...
MALL FIRM IS FINED A FORE!TUNE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - A top retail management company is set to pay the state Lobby Commission $25,000 for illegally offering state and local officials tickets to this summer's PGA tournament in...
'HAMMER' COP: 'I GOT SCARED'
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe cop who pepper-sprayed a hammer-wielding, mentally ill man moments before the suspect was gunned down by five other officers testified yesterday that he feared for his life after efforts...
$2M BASH AN ORGY OF EXCESS - JURORS FINALLY WATCH VIDEO OF TOGAS BABES & BEEFCAKE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amToga! Toga! Toga! Prosecutors in the $600 million Tyco embezzlement trial pressed "play" on the long-awaited Sardinian party video yesterday - treating jurors to 20 minutes of mostly middle-aged, wealthy...
911 BLACKOUT CHAOS - FRANTIC CALLERS WERE LEFT IN THE DARK: REPORT
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe 911 system was so overloaded during this summer's massive blackout that desperate callers couldn't get through, a mayoral task force found yesterday in a comprehensive report that revealed widespread...
CRITICS RIP GOV IN FARE SCARE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amRider advocates blasted Gov. Pataki yesterday for the MTA's massive deficits and said he's to blame if the agency is forced to raise the price of discount MetroCards to combat...
YES, IT WAS A TWISTER ON S.I.
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amHang on, Toto - twisters aren't just in Kansas. The National Weather Service confirmed yesterday that the massive windstorm that struck Staten Island Monday - spinning cars, uprooting trees and...
RADIO-SLAY COP HIT WITH FED RAP
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA former NYPD cop, cleared after killing a fleeing drug suspect by beaning him with a police radio five years ago, was indicted yesterday on federal charges that could land...
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES A $2 BILLION DISASTER
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Firefighters waged a desperate war on flames racing toward the Los Angeles city limits yesterday as Gov. Gray Davis declared the Southern California wildfires the most costly...
SCHOOL SUPERVISORS 'RAISE' HELL OVER SALARY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMore than 100 school supervisors have been deprived of thousands of dollars in promotional raises this year because of bureaucratic bungling at the Department of Education, their union charged yesterday....
RAT-BUSTING POLS EYE 2G TRASH FINES
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration yesterday threw its support behind a proposal to dramatically hike fines for improper trash disposal to up to $2,000 for repeat offenders. The measure, sponsored by City...
CLARK FAULTS W. FOR 9/11
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic 2004 wannabe Wesley Clark yesterday sought to revive his slipping presidential bid by blaming President Bush for the Sept. 11 attacks. "There is no way this administration...
CITY PITCHES SWITCH IN WTC STREET PLANS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amCity officials said yesterday they want Ground Zero plans changed to improve street life and retail space and have submitted a laundry list of proposed fixes to the Port Authority....
LEAD 'MOB HIT' JUROR REGRETS CONVICTION
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA jury foreman feels so guilty about convicting a Gambino wiseguy of plotting to whack Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano last week that he called a judge immediately after the verdict...
DRAWING FIRE - N.J. SCHOOL SACKS BOY FOR WAR ART
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA 14-year-old New Jersey schoolboy - whose dad and stepdad are in the military - was suspended for five days because he drew a "patriotic" stick figure of a U.S...
MOM: BOOT 'RACIST' TEACHER OVER 'GORILLA' REMARK
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA white Queens teacher has come under fire for allegedly asking a black fourth-grader whether a picture of a gorilla on her folder was "your family" - and then demanding...
PIANIST IN GRISLY KIN SLAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA renowned Manhattan pianist and an expert on Broadway composer Cole Porter has been arrested in the fatal bludgeoning of her brother-in-law, whom she had been visiting in Pennsylvania over...
TEEN BUSTED IN ROAD-RAGE SLAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA teenager has been arrested for fatally punching a 50-year-old man in a road-rage incident in Queens. Jordan Taveras, 17, was busted Monday on charges of assault and menacing in...
RESTAURANT WORKERS ON THE MARCH
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNearly 300 restaurant workers marched through Manhattan yesterday, warning that if they don't get their treats they'll play a massive trick - by going on strike for Halloween. The members...
LOVE IN - J. LO AND THE MAYOR; MIKE'S A J.LO GOOD FELLOW
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's dream finally came true yesterday - he got a little TLC from J. Lo. Sizzling Bronx bombshell Jennifer Lopez cozied up to the mayor at a City Hall...
PACKING HEAT - HS TEEN SHOWS OFF LOADED GUN AT SCHOOL
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA 16-year-old Queens high-school student was arrested yesterday morning after he brought a loaded gun to school and started showing it off to classmates, cops said. School safety officers quickly...
PREPPY PORN PAIN - SCHOOL STAFF AND KIDS SCHOCKED AT PERV BUST
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTeachers and students at Manhattan's exclusive Trevor Day School were reeling yesterday from news of the arrest of their headmaster on charges of engaging in lurid, X-rated Internet chats with...
NFL'S MAFIA 'BABY' - CHEATING WIFE PREGNANT BY N.Y. GRID PRO: DRUGGIE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amA Philadelphia gangster's beautiful wife conducted a secret affair with a New York football player - and later aborted the jock's baby, an accused murderer has charged at his sensational...
DIDDY TO PROBE 'SWEATSHOP'
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amSean "P. Diddy" Combs promised last night to investigate charges that a Honduran factory manufacturing his Sean John clothing is a sweatshop. "I am determined to get to the bottom...
CITY PAYS $1.6M IN WRONG-RAID DEATH
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNew York City has agreed to pay $1.6 million to the family of Alberta Spruill for the botched police drug raid that led to her tragic death. Spruill, 57, a...
CALIF. FIRESTORM A $2 BILLION DISASTER
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Firefighters waged a desperate war on flames racing toward the Los Angeles city limits yesterday as Gov. Gray Davis declared the Southern California wildfires the most costly...
DA NIXES 'DEATH' IN DOUBLE SLAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe man prosecutors believe was well on his way to becoming New York's next serial killer got good news yesterday - Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes will not seek the...
BUSH PLEDGES U.S. STAYING POWER IN IRAQ
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday blamed "foreign terrorists," as well as Saddam Hussein's thugs, for the wave of terror attacks in Iraq and vowed, "We're not leaving." Bush also warned...
PREPPY PORN PAIN - SCHOOL STAFF AND KIDS SHOCKED AT PERV BUST
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTeachers and students at Manhattan's exclusive Trevor Day School were reeling yesterday from news of the arrest of their headmaster on charges of engaging in X-rated Internet chats with probers...
COPS RAID HELL HOUSE - UNLOCKING SECRETS OF KIDS' STARVE ORDEAL
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amProbers armed with a search warrant yesterday swooped down on the New Jersey house of horrors where four boys were allegedly starved for years - as union bigs rushed to...
BABY & GEEZER IN 'HOOKER' STING
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAn undercover Suffolk police officer posing as a prostitute attracted males ranging in age from 3-months to 72-years-old yesterday, cops said. The elderly man was arrested. The infant saw his...
DI'S BUTLER: I FAKED QUOTES
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amPrincess Diana's blabbing butler was under fire last night after admitting he fudged quotes from several of her personal letters in his new kiss-and-tell book. Paul Burrell at first insisted...
NEW HIGH SCHOOLS COME UP SMALL ON ACADEMICS: STUDY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAbout one-quarter of the city's smaller schools are academic flops - just like the larger, low-performing schools they replaced, a new report shows. The analysis, conducted by the group Advocates...
PRINCIPALS 'RAISE' HELL OVER PAY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMore than 100 school supervisors have been deprived of thousands of dollars in promotional raises this year because of bureaucratic bungling at the Department of Education, their union charged yesterday....
RAT-BUSTING POLS WANT 2G FINE FOR TRASH VIOLATIONS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration yesterday threw its support behind a proposal to dramatically hike fines for improper trash disposal to up to $2,000 for repeat offenders. The measure, sponsored by City...
BYRON PLAYS COY ON STARTING CENTER
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - Byron Scott expects Kenyon Martin to play and said so. But what Scott wasn't saying is who he will start at center tonight in the season opener against...
DONATE VENISON TO NEEDY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTHERE will be plenty of opportunities for hunters to take home a deer or two, maybe even three, and with all that venison, sportsmen might want to think about donating...
GROIN STRAIN PUTS ABRAHAM ON SHELF
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAs expected, the Jets will be without defensive end John Abraham for Sunday's key game against the Giants. The two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher, who recorded 3 ½ sacks in...
TOSS UP THE BALL & LET'S GO - VAN HORN IN SPOTLIGHT AS KNICKS OPEN AT GARDEN
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amTonight is Keith Van Horn's first chance to win over the Garden. Good luck. There will be a sellout crowd tonight, probably one of the few the Knicks have this...
HE'LL HAVE THE GM'S TITLE ... BUT NOT THE GM'S JUICE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amFRED Wilpon yesterday named Jim Duquette the weakest GM in the majors. Last off season, Wilpon went after Lou Piniella, Lou Piniella and Lou Piniella and then made Art Howe...
JETER MAY NEED KNIFE ON THUMB
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amDerek Jeter will know in about three weeks whether he needs surgery to repair a ligament problem in the area around his left thumb. Jeter, who suffered the injury in...
MANNING, MCNAIR MIDSEASON MVPS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amSOME teams have enjoyed byes, others haven't, blurring the exact midway point of the 2003 NFL season. But because the only unbeaten team, the Chiefs, have eight wins, now is...
NO ONE'S BEEN FIRED - YET - BUT BOSS LIKELY TO AX BLAKELEY SOON
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWhen Josh Beckett tagged out Jorge Posada to end the World Series Saturday night, everybody figured George Steinbrenner would be head-hunting because in the Boss' world somebody has to be...
HENSON HAS NO PLANS TO TRY NFL
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amDrew Henson's agent said nothing should be read into Henson tossing footballs at IMG's sports academy in Bradenton, Fla. A buzz went through the Yankees' universe yesterday when the club...
HOUSTON: DON'T SETTLE FOR 8 SEED
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Allan Houston believes the Knicks should raise the bar. He thinks the Knicks should be thinking about a top-four finish and home-court advantage in the first round, not...
GIANTS-JETS NEVER JUST ANOTHER GAME
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNEARLY every summer, the Giants go on and on about how their preseason game against the Jets means nothing special, how they like those guys in green who practice somewhere...
GREEN GOAL: HALT FOES' RUN OF FIELD
October 29, 2003 | 5:00am"You're not going to beat anyone if you don't stop the run. We have to stop the run." -SAM GARNES ----- A YEAR ago, with his team mired in the...
KENYAN COULD RUN INTO MARATHON HISTORY
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amCatherine Ndereba could make history Sunday at the 34th running of the New York City Marathon. If the Kenyan prevails, she will join Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen as one of only...
LEETCH BACK ON SKATES - 'NOT READY' FOR GAME ACTION
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amIt wasn't Alex Kovalev, who suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee during Monday's practice, who drew the most attention yesterday at the Rangers' morning skate at the Garden....
NEW GM, NEW PAYROLL - DUQUETTE, METS WILL ATTEMPT TO DO MORE WITH LESS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amAt yesterday's press conference for new general manager Jim Duquette, the Mets vowed to emulate the cursed Cubs franchise and indicated their payroll would be slashed as much as 25...
REYES IN DARK ON POSSIBLE MOVE TO 2B
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES If the Mets plan to move phenom Jose Reyes to second base to accommodate Japanese shortstop Kaz Matsui, it sure is news to Reyes' camp. Recent reports indicate...
BAR SET HIGH, FOR A REASON
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES TORONTO - Here's a surprise: Expectations are real high around the Nets. "Last year people thought we were a fluke and we had a good playoff run," Richard...
BIG EAST TO HOOP IT UP
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Big East will enter into its next phase of damage control today. The conference's men's basketball media day at the Garden will offer commissioner Mike Tranghese, his athletic directors...
BRODEUR APPLIES WHITEWASH WITH STEADY HAND
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amWhen the ship needed steadying, Martin Brodeur stilled the storm. If the Islanders couldn't score, the Devils couldn't lose, as they had in three of their previous four. Suddenly an...
NEW SYSTEM, OLD RESULT - ISLES CAN'T COMPARE TO DEXTEROUS DEVILS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amDevils 4 - Isles 0 For those nostalgic fans out there, the Islanders last night did a wonderful re-enactment of their woeful showings from a year ago against the Devils....
RANGERS NOTHING SPECIAL - FEEBLE AGAIN ON PP, PK
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amMighty Ducks 3 - Rangers 1 All around the room, and starting with Glen Sather, the Rangers would have had you believe that they played well enough to win last...
YANK PURGE BEGINS - BOSS FIRES DOWN; BLAKELEY NEXT?
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe first blood on the Yankees' tracks is Rick Down's. Talking from the organizational meetings in Tampa, GM Brian Cashman informed Down yesterday morning he was being let go from...
ISLES MUST PROTECT PECA - PENS SEEK REMATCH AFTER FIGHT-FILLED LOSS
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amEric Godard is expected to be in the lineup tonight for the Islanders, and Steve Stirling may want to consider playing him on Michael Peca's right flank when they face...
DEVILS' GOAL: GET MORE OUT OF OFFENSE
October 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe captain repeatedly insists the Devils need more scoring, fatter leads to protect. However, on a squad that also repeatedly reminds itself that last season is over, Scott Stevens hangs...