November 6, 2003
WHAT'S DEVELOPING AT KODAK? PROBABLY NOT ICAHN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amSOMEONE may shake things up at Eastman Kodak, but it isn't likely to be Carl Icahn. A couple of days ago, Kodak announced that billionaire Icahn had received clearance under...
CNBC STAR CALLS IT QUITS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amBill Bolster, who was chairman and CEO of CNBC during the network's late-1990s glory days, said yesterday he is retiring from NBC. Bolster's most recent job was overseeing CNBC International,...
CBS MOVE SLAMMED BY DILLER
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amBarry Diller criticized CBS Tuesday night for pulling "The Reagans" miniseries. Diller, the former movie mogul who is now CEO of InterActiveCorp, told a room full of media moguls that...
MCDONALD'S SPINS BILLION-SONG ITUNES GIVEAWAY
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amRonald McDonald is stealing Pepsi's thunder. Less than a month after Pepsi announced a blockbuster deal to give away 100 million downloads from Apple's iTunes music service to its customers,...
BOUNTY SET ON VIRUS CODERS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amConsider it revenge on the nerds. Microsoft Corp. has posted a $500,000 bounty on the writers behind the devastating Sobig and Blaster computer viruses that struck the company's software in...
NEWS CORP. FIRST-QUARTER PROFIT SOARS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amNews Corp.'s quarterly earnings surged on strong sales of DVDs of its popular movies and a jump in advertising revenue at the Fox News Channel. The company reported revenue of...
GRIM NEWS: NYC LOSES 47,000 JOBS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe Big Apple has lost a staggering 47,000 jobs in the last 12 months, according to a federal report that has been resurrected after a nine-year absence. The Labor Department's...
DILLER FIRM SHARES FALL ON PROFITS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amInterActiveCorp (IAC) shares tumbled yesterday after Barry Diller's e-commerce giant fell short of Wall Street's earnings expectations. New York-based InterActiveCorp, whose holdings include Expedia.com, Match.com and Ticketmaster, reported a 36...
NEW NYSE PLAN 'NOT ENOUGH': CRITICS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amInfluential critics blasted a new plan unveiled yesterday by New York Stock Exchange interim boss John Reed to overhaul the Big Board and purge most of its board. "The bottom...
AS DONNA KARAN CEO EXITS, PARENT LVMH EXPLORES SALE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amFred Wilson is leaving his post as chief executive of Donna Karan, as the company's parent, LVMH, looks for a possible partner or buyer for the struggling U.S. business. Wilson...
BMG, SONY MUSIC SEAL MERGER DEAL
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amSony and Bertelsmann plan to announce today that they have agreed to merge their music divisions into a joint venture, The Post has learned. Sony Music and Bertelsmann's BMG division...
BILLIONAIRE KELLOGG SLAPPED WITH FRAUD CHARGES
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amBillionaire financier Peter Kellogg, once the most powerful man on the New York Stock Exchange floor, was accused of stock fraud to help his kids. Kellogg, 60, an avid sportsman...
MY LIFE AS A SITCOM - MEL GIBSON TO MAKE SERIES ABOUT RAISING HIS SIX SONS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amMEL Gibson is going from Road Warrior to the model for a sitcom dad. The Oscar winner has signed a deal with ABC to produce a family comedy based on...
FATE'S 'SIMPLE RULES'
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amONE SIGN THAT THE CAST AND CREW ARE READY TO LAUGH AGAIN WOULD BE THE RETURN OF THE LAUGHTRACK. WHERE do we go from here? That's the question confronting the...
WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE - THE JESSICA LYNCH TV MOVIE DOESN'T PAINT HER AS HERO
November 6, 2003 | 5:00am"Saving Jessica Lynch" [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Sunday night at 9 on NBC ---- EVEN though CBS this week yanked the Reagan movie out of fear that the...
STARR REPORT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amNYC resident Andy Paige, who's been featured on NBC's "Starting Over," really did get a second chance at improving her lot. Her goal, stated on the show, was to get...
'CARNIVALE' EXECS LEAVE THE BEST FOR LAST
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTHE final episodes of HBO's off-beat drama "Carnivale" reveal exactly who is in charge of the mysterious traveling freak show and the super-natural relationship between two of its main characters....
CLEESE'S GRAPES OF LAUGH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTHERE'LL be plenty of wining for John Cleese next year. The "Monty Python" star has agreed to host a new Food Network special called "John Cleese on Wine for the...
ROYAL RETURN: BOX-OFFICE CHAMPS TOM & JULIA DEFEND THEIR CROWNS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThey're back. It's been a long time since we saw box-office champs Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise in the sort of blockbusters that made them $25 million superstars. But this...
CHAMPIONSHIP 'RINGS': FANTASY TRILOGY ENDS WITH A WOW
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amIt's almost time to close the book on the over $300 million "Lord of the Rings" trilogy - and director Peter Jackson promises, "This is the best installment of the...
'MASTER' OF HIS DOMAIN: RUSSELL CROWE SETS SAIL ON AN EPIC JOURNEY
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWITH "Gladiator," Russell Crowe revived the old "sword and sandal" epic - and now he's looking to do the same for the once-popular seafaring genre with "Master and Commander: The...
DRESSING THE PART
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amOSCAR season is prime time for period dramas - and that's an excuse for Hollywood to play dress-up. Over the next weeks, such glamour pusses as Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman...
HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW SCHEDULE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amHere's an annotated rundown of major films opening between now and the end of the year. Films with Oscar buzz are marked with a statuette ( * ). Dates are...
'MOUNTAIN' HIGH: LONG JOURNEY ONTO SCREEN FOR NICOLE & JUDE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe most surprising thing about Nicole Kidman's holiday movie, "Cold Mountain," is how few scenes she has with Jude Law. After all the rumors of on-set romance, celeb-watchers have been...
10 LITTLE INDIES: NON-MAINSTREAM FILMS VIE FOR MOVIEGOERS' ATTENTION
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amHollywood's Oscar wannabes aren't the only movies coming your way this holiday season. There's also an interesting selection of subtitled and American indies. Here are 10 worth watching for: *...
THAT'S NOT ALL, FOLKS! WASCALLY RABBIT, HATTED CAT AND MORE FAMILY FUN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA sleighful of funnymen - Mike Myers, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and Will Ferrell among them - promise to spice up the season's family-friendly lineup. Here's what's coming and when:...
POLICE NAIL 'DELI-ROB' DUO
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTwo men busted early yesterday after they allegedly robbed a deli are suspects in 10 similar heists, police said. Troy Jenkins, 44 and Anthony Miles, 28, both of Brooklyn, were...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amQuestion: What do you call two lawyers caught naked in the laundry room of an apartment building where they don't live? Answer: busted. David Burleson and Todd Buss, both 40,...
MTA TAX PLAN FOR EA$Y RIDERS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe MTA wants to help you lower the cost of a bus or subway ride. The agency launched a campaign yesterday to get more businesses and straphangers to take advantage...
CANNED KRAUT - JEW-BAITING GENERAL SPEAKS FOR GERMANY'S HEARTS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amGEN. Reinhard Guenzel, the head of Germany's Special Forces Command (KSK), got the hobnailed boot on Tuesday. His mistake? He expressed a bit too publicly the sort of Jew-hating sentiment...
HEDGING BETS ON WEDDING BLISS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amMore engaged couples are getting hitched to the idea of prenuptial agreements. Over 80 percent of members at a meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in Chicago agreed...
ISRAEL LOSES A WARRIOR - THE POLITICAL ART OF DAVID BAR-ILLAN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amLONG before he became known as one of the state of Israel's most impassioned and eloquent defenders, David Bar-Illan - then one of the world's foremost concert pianists - told...
FIEND SAYS: I MURDERED 48 WOMEN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTHE fiendish Green River Killer calmly confessed yesterday to murdering 48 women during a 16-year terror spree - the worst serial-killer case in U.S. history. "I killed so many women...
NEW ABORT BAN - 'PARTIAL-BIRTH' OUTLAWED
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday signed a ban on partial-birth abortion - a law that goes into effect today but is already being challenged in federal courts. In a signing...
SADDAM GENS. BUSTED
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. military forces in Iraq yesterday arrested two former generals in Saddam Hussein's army responsible for attacks on coalition forces in Fallujah. The generals were busted Tuesday in...
B'KLYN DRUG THUG FACES DEATH IF CONVICTED
November 6, 2003 | 5:00am"Informers must die" is the chilling motto of a reputed drug boss facing a possible death sentence for double-murder, including the slaying of a witness poised to testify against the...
FIRE MOM'S RAP NIXED
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amChild-endangerment charges have been temporarily dropped against a Brooklyn woman whose kids died in an arson fire when she left them home alone while she worked at McDonald's. "The case...
9/11 GIVES GOP GROWTH SPURT IN POLL
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's handling of post-9/11 America has boosted Republicans in crucial swing states and increased the number of people who say they're in the GOP, a new independent...
FREDDY IS READY TO TAKE ON BLOOMBERG
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amFernando Ferrer yesterday quickly pounced on Mayor Bloomberg's political misfortune over the defeat of nonpartisan elections, taking what is likely the first step toward a second run at City Hall....
WHINING OVER WINE IN RESTAURANT-UNION FOOD FIGHT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amRestaurant workers at La Caravelle are not popping corks now that the owners have agreed to their terms. It seems they have a problem with a fellow employee who pops...
COPS FIND MEPHAM ARSENAL
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amPolice on Long Island found a cache of weapons - baseball bats and golf clubs - that were apparently hidden near Mepham HS in Bellmore and are investigating the possibility...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amQUEENS * Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 22-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a Jamaica man last month. Gary Leconte (above), a...
SILVER RIPS GOV'S TIE$ TO COURT PICK
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver charged yesterday that the "taint of political contributions" hangs over Gov. Pataki's latest nominee to the state's highest court because of the pick's huge...
FED HEARING IN CHILD STARVE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional investigators will open a hearing today into the horrendous New Jersey child-starvation case - but have chosen not to hear from parents Ray and Vanessa Jackson. Committee...
'IT'S HORRIBLE' MARTHA VOWS TO SURVIVE PROSECUTION
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amMartha Stewart has described the ImClone securities scandal as the "most difficult part of my life" and admits she's still haunted by her infamous cabbage-chopping display last year. "It has...
DMV FOR VICTORY: POST SAVES AUTO 'EXPRESS' OFFICE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe best-loved - probably the only loved - Department of Motor Vehicles office in the city will stay in business, thanks to the New York Post. The DMV Express office...
FIREHOUSE BY WTC REOPENS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe firehouse across from the World Trade Center site officially re-opened yesterday after a two-year, $3.5 million renovation. "While it bent, this house did not break," Mayor Bloomberg said at...
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT - DEAN BACKS AWAY FROM CONFEDERATE STANCE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amDemocratic front-runner Howard Dean yesterday tried to calm the storm over his vow to court Confederate flag-loving Southern whites by saying his remarks were "clumsy" and "I deeply regret the...
DEMO-CRAVEN - OBSCENE ABUSE OF TRUST
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amAT first glance, the memo just looks like Politics 101 - the work of a Democratic staffer advising his colleagues on how to gain partisan advantage over the Republicans. But...
MORE KIDS SIGN UP FOR TUTORING
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amParents of 40,369 students stuck in low-performing schools have signed their kids up for free tutoring services - a 33 percent increase over last year, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's office...
SLAIN POL'S SUCCESSOR: I'LL CARRY ON
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe day after Letitia James ended Geoffrey Davis' bid to succeed his brother in the City Council, she declared at City Hall that she would build on the legacy of...
MTA SETTLES BROADWAY-OFFICE SUIT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe MTA has settled a tangled lawsuit with the landlord of its scandal-plagued lower Broadway offices that will save taxpayers at least some of the tens of millions in cost...
LOYAL, LOVING PARTNER POLISHES THE BRASH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTHE woman across the grimy table from me is, for all intents and purposes, Mrs. O'Donnell. As in Mrs. Rosie O'Donnell. The mother of Rosie's children. Her better half. Where...
JAYSON SAYS NO TO PLEA DEALS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amEx-NBA star Jayson Williams told a judge yesterday he was ready to stand trial for the shotgun killing of a limo driver and was foregoing any possible plea bargain. "It's...
'DISGUSTING' DEM MEMO: HOW TO GAIN FROM WAR PROBE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans were livid yesterday over a staff memo in which Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats lay out a plan to gain politically from the probe into prewar intelligence....
SLAY-WITNESS KID
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTwelve-year-old Shanaye Clark took the witness stand yesterday and told how she found the bodies of her mother and grandmother in the family living room last year - just minutes...
'BRIBE'-WAY TO HELL FOR CITY ROAD INSPECTOR
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA veteran Department of Highways inspector was arrested for extorting a bribe from a construction worker who turned out to be an NYPD sergeant working a second job, authorities said...
'SANTA' HELD IN L.I. POT SWEEP
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA pillar of a wealthy Long Island community who ran a successful business, headed the local Chamber of Commerce and even played Santa at Christmas managed to free some time...
311 MAY PUT END TO NABE BOARDS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe city's 59 community boards could soon become as obsolete as the telegraph, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg's high-tech 311 phone system, The Post has learned. District managers, who handle day-to-day...
QUEENS SCHOOL ON PERV ALERT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amParents at a Queens elementary school are frantic after officials sent home two letters warning them that possible perverts have been seen lurking near their kids. The letters were sent...
BREAST-TEST SCARE - DOC IGNORED TUMOR RISK IN MAMMOGRAMS: STATE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThousands of New Yorkers may need new mammograms after a Manhattan doctor failed to refer women with abnormal screenings for further tests and didn't retest women when the films came...
CAPT. DE-STRESSED - TOLD TO APPEAR BEFORE PROBERS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA federal judge ordered the embattled captain of the crashed Staten Island Ferry to appear before federal investigators today to face a grilling about last month's deadly disaster. A grim-faced...
'MATRIX' TRICK: CATCH THE 9 A.M. SHOW
November 6, 2003 | 5:00am"The Matrix: Revolutions" was billed as a major event - with an exciting midweek opening for the first-ever global movie release in more than 50 countries - but at one...
ANGRY DIVIDE - FUROR AT SCHOOLS' MATH PLAN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA war over the city's new math curriculum erupted yesterday, with parents complaining they're befuddled by the new ways of teaching math - and so are their kids. "I resent...
EX-MAYORS PRAISE FRAUD SUSPECT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amFormer mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins yesterday testified on behalf of a former city councilman accused of illegal fund-raising in a failed campaign for Queens borough president in 2001....
SEEING SKIPPER SQUIRM OFFERS TRAGIC FAMILIES COLD COMFORT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amCAPTAIN Calamity has finally gotten his comeuppance. It wasn't the sort of mob lynching that many New Yorkers have quietly been wishing for the skipper of the tragic Andrew J....
PARTY HOPES HOWARD'S CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO FLAG
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTHE angst-ridden talk in some corners of the Democratic Party these days is about who - if anyone - can stop Howard Dean from running away with the presidential nomination....
'NOTABLE' DEFENDANT LOCKED UP
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge ordered a woman standing trial for an alleged 9/11 scam locked up yesterday after a juror found a note proclaiming the woman's innocence in a courthouse restroom,...
ROSIE'S 'CANCER ' BACKLASH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA magazine executive broke down in tears on the witness stand yesterday as she described an ugly Rosie O'Donnell rant in which the "Queen of Nice" made cracks about her...
E. RIVER BRIDGE LIGHTS BACK ON
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe four East River bridges were aglow again last night after corporate sponsors picked up the electricity tab for the budget-strapped city. The "necklace" lights on the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg...
'NOTE'ABLE 9/11 CHEATS CONVICTED
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA woman was convicted in a 9/11 scam yesterday hours after she was locked up - because a juror found a note proclaiming the woman's innocence in a courthouse restroom....
RAPE AT B'KLYN COLLEGE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA 19-year-old woman was raped at Kingsborough Community College, cops revealed yesterday. The victim, who sources said is a Kingsborough student, was attacked inside a stairwell at the Brooklyn school...
TEARS OVER MEAN ROSIE CANCER JAB
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA magazine exec broke down in tears on the witness stand yesterday as she described an ugly Rosie O'Donnell rant in which the "Queen of Nice" made cracks about the...
'IT'S HORRIBLE' - MARTHA VOWS TO SURVIVE PROSECUTION
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amMartha Stewart has described the ImClone securities scandal as the "most difficult part of my life" and admits she's still haunted by her infamous cabbage-chopping display last year. "It has...
DRIVER IN UNDERWEAR KILLS TEEN IN THE RAIN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA driver wearing only his underwear smashed into two 15-year-old girls on a rain-swept Queens street last night, killing one and injuring the other. "One girl was lying in the...
MEPHAM COACHES BOOTED IN HAZING SCANDAL
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amHugged by his team captain and cheered by supporters, Mepham HS's head football coach was fired last night - and his four assistants got the boot, too. The Bellmore-Merrick school...
WTC FIREHOUSE REOPENS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe firehouse across from the World Trade Center site re-opened yesterday after a two-year, $3.5 million renovation. "While it bent, this house did not break," Mayor Bloomberg said at the...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - THE LATE, GREAT PENN STATION
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amNew York's old Penn Station was one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Here's a brief history of its life and untimely death. Before airplanes became the preferred...
ISRAEL EYES PRISONER SWAP WITH HEZBOLLAH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will soon ask his Cabinet to approve a controversial swap of hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian radicals for a kidnapped Israeli businessman and...
DRIVER MOWS DOWN TEENS IN FATAL CRASH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amA driver wearing only his underwear smashed into two 15-year-old girls on a rain-swept Queens street, killing one and injuring the other, law-enforcement sources said. Dr. Warren Stanton, whose office...
COMMUNITY BDS. FACE EXTINCTION WITH 311
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe city's 59 community boards could soon become as obsolete as the telegraph, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg's high-tech 311 system, The Post has learned. District managers, who handle day-to-day operations...
WINNER VOWS TO CARRY ON WORK OF SLAIN PREDECESSOR
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe day after Letitia James ended Geoffrey Davis' bid to succeed his brother in the City Council, she declared at City Hall that she would build on the legacy of...
ALL THESE TURNOVERS ARE A REAL TURN-OFF
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amANTONIO McDyess will be a sight for the sorest of eyes. Provided he doesn't turn out to have been a mirage all along. Then, only blindfolds will spare those who,...
COLON BACK ON YANKEE RADAR
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amTrue to their word, the Yankees are focusing on upgrading their starting rotation. With their coaching staff all but set, the Yankees have made arms their No. 1 offseason priority...
KITTNER STARTS FOR FALCONS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Falcons coach Dan Reeves yesterday announced that Kurt Kittner would start at quarterback Sunday against the Giants. The Falcons are 1-7, and Reeves opted to go with Kittner...
ANTONIO SET TO ROLL DYESS - CLEARED TO PRACTICE, BUT DON'S CAUTIOUS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amAntonio McDyess says he's been cleared by Dr. Norman Scott to practice with the team on a limited basis as early as today. The Knicks' star forward said he was...
BIG APPLE TURNOVERS LEAVING SOUR TASTE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amANTONIO McDyess will be a sight for the sorest of eyes. That is, if he doesn't turn out to have been a mirage all along. Then, only blindfolds will spare...
ACHING RANGERS STAY THE COURSE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amCablevision CEO and Rangers owner James Dolan made a surprise visit to the MSG Training Center in Greenburgh yesterday and joked that if Mark Messier stuck around until he was...
ISLES HURTIN' ON FRONT LINE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amJason Blake is out at least two weeks with a knee sprain. Dave Scatchard is still about a month away because of a dislocated shoulder. Arron Asham remains day-to-day with...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amW. VIRGINIA at BOSTON COLLEGE Ch. 9 Noon LINE: Boston College -4. ANGLE: Under Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers want to speed up the pace of the game and often go...
WEAVER ALREADY WORKING FOR '04
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Jeff Weaver began trying to put this past season's nightmare behind him yesterday when he started an offseason workout program at the Yankees' minor-league complex in Tampa under...
LEVENS STARTS TO RISE - DORSEY'S KEEPING TIKI FRESH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amDorsey Levens still does not know when he'll get the ball, but he no longer has to worry if he will. That's fine with him. "This is exactly what I...
BEREZIN CATCHES DEVILS' EYE
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThe Devils have begun intriguing talks to bring speedy gunner Sergei Berezin to the Meadowlands as an unrestricted free agent, sources have told The Post. The champs haven't signed him...
LACK OF RESPECT DRIVES MILWAUKEE'S FORD
November 6, 2003 | 5:00am"People have always doubted me and it's never stopped me before." -T.J. FORD In case you hadn't heard, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony faced off for the first time in...
CHANEY STUNNED BY T-MAC ATTACK
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Don Chaney was taken aback at Tracy McGrady's assertion that the Knicks "fold" when games get close in the fourth quarter. "I was surprised because of him," Chaney...
MET PLANNING TO CLOSE IN ON KOCH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amYesterday the Mets brought in Rick Peterson. Soon they may bring in one of his former students. The Mets officially introduced Peterson as their new pitching coach yesterday, and with...
SCOTT SAYS NO EXCUSES - WON'T GIVE BANGED-UP TEAM FREE PASS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amEven after watching his tired Nets wear down in Tuesday's loss to Houston, and even as he had to eschew a five-on-five scrimmage today for lack of healthy bodies, coach...
WELCOME MAT OUT FOR FRANCO
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES From the way the Mets spoke yesterday, it sure sounds as if John Franco's coming back in 2004. In yesterday's conference call to discuss the hiring of Rick...
WAYNE'S IN PAIN - HEAD INJURIES COULD END CHREBET'S CAREER
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amAn already forgettable season for Wayne Chrebet took an ominous turn yesterday when it was revealed he has a concussion that could put his career in jeopardy. Chrebet was ruled...
EVANS GLAD TO BE BACK
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES The largest boxing glove around couldn't smack the smile off Josh Evans' face yesterday as he returned to the Jets for the first time since being suspended for...
DYESS READY TO ROLL, BUT DON'S CAUTIOUS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amAntonio McDyess said yesterday that he's been cleared by Dr. Norman Scott to practice with the team on a limited basis as early as today. As is typical in the...
METS TARGET CLOSER KOCH
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amYesterday the Mets brought in Rick Peterson. Soon they may bring in one of his former students. The Mets officially introduced Peterson as their new pitching coach yesterday, and with...
WHAT A SURPRISE: HOUSTON HAS 2ND-HALF PROBLEM
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amThis was the Allan Houston that comes along a couple of times a year and looks like one of the best offensive players in the league. The shots drop effortlessly,...
DEVILS WIN, EYE BEREZIN
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amOVERTIME: Devils 3 - Sharks 2 The Devils are starting to streak, and more help may be on the way. Their fourth straight victory last night might tempt them to...
MUTOMBO'S UNHAPPY WITH BENCHING
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Did Byron Scott suddenly inhabit Don Chaney's body last night. Why else would Dikembe Mutombo be benched for the game's final 20:10 when the Bucks' offensive floodgates opened....
ANOTHER GARDEN GAG SHOW - KNICKS COUGH UP 15-PT. LEAD TO LOWLY BUCKS
November 6, 2003 | 5:00amBucks 106 - Knicks 90 Bucks' pint-sized rookie point guard T.J. Ford exemplifies everything the Knicks don't have - raw athleticism. Last night, the Knicks wasted Allan Houston's spectacular 27-point...