November 7, 2003
AOL FIELDS 1M VIRUS TRIES DAILY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAOL blocked half a billion e-mail messages infected with computer viruses in only seven months, company officials announced yesterday, offering a glimpse at the scale of the problem faced by...
HIGH HOPES FOR TODAY'S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REPORT
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amInvestors are hopeful they will be handed the last piece in the economic recovery puzzle today - positive job figures from the Department of Labor. Based on promising employment numbers...
A SHOWSTOPPER - BMG-SONY DEAL MAY HELP EDGAR GET WARNER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTime Warner execs are seriously debating wheth- er to go ahead with a music merger with EMI following yesterday's announcement that Sony and BMG are merging their own music labels,...
LACK TO RUN NEW SONY BMG
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe deal to merge BMG with Sony Music is likely the capstone of BMG chief Rolf Schmidt-Holtz's music career. Schmidt-Holtz will remain as chairman of the board of Sony BMG...
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD - TRADITION-STEEPED NYMEX EYES IPO, MERGER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe last of the noisy "open outcry" trading exchanges - the New York Mercantile Exchange - is considering an initial public offering or even a merger, The Post has learned....
LEONA MAY CHECK OUT OF N.Y. HELMSLEY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amLeona Helmsley is mulling an offer to sell one of her last hotel jewels to an out-of-town buyer. Real estate sources tell The Post Helmsley is considering an unsolicited $160...
MIDTOWN LEASES WORLD'S PRICIEST
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFor the fifth straight year, New York City's Midtown shopping district remains the capital of world shopping with store leases costing $850 a foot. According to a new report released...
STATE, FEDS READY CASES VS. STRONG AND ALLIANCE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFederal and state regulators may file charges against shady trading mutual fund firms Alliance Capital Management and Strong Capital Management as early as next week, say people familiar with the...
RETAILERS ADDING NO-DISCOUNT HIGH-END LABELS TO THEIR LINES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amDepartment and specialty stores are increasingly stocking their shelves with pricier merchandise in a bet that consumers will pay up for items that are perceived to have higher quality or...
TIME INC. HEADING FOR SHELTER WITH NEW LAUNCH
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE long wait is over. Time Inc. sources said that the company has green-lighted the launch of Cottage Living, a monthly upscale shelter magazine that will be produced by Time...
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD - TRADITION-STEEPED NYMEX MAY DO IPO, MERGER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe last of the noisy "open outcry" trading exchanges - the New York Mercantile Exchange - is considering an initial public offering or even a merger, The Post has learned....
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IS BACK AND SUING
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTALK about a one hit wonder, who knew the hip-hop group Arrested Development was still around and lawyered up no less. The hip-hop group is suing Fox over the network's...
WILL POWER! - NOTHING 'ELF'-ISH ABOUT FERRELL'S BIG HOLIDAY LAUGH-FEST
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amELF [] (three stars) Yule love it. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG (some mild rude humor and language). At AMC Empire, Loews Lincoln Square, Kips Bay, others. ------ 'ELF"...
PRACTICE PAYS OFF - HANSON-LY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amHANSON --- THE joke about getting directions to Carnegie Hall is funny - even in it's millionth telling - because it's true. Hanson, who played the great hall Wednesday, brilliantly...
CHI CRITICS JOIN PROTEST
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amANOTHER critics' group has canceled its annual awards to protest the major Hollywood studios' decision to limit distribution of awards "screeners" to Oscar voters. The 48-member Chicago Film Critics Association...
'VIOLET HOUR' IS A BIG WASTE OF TIME
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE VIOLET HOUR [] (one star) Manhattan Theater Club, Biltmore Theater, 261 W. 47th St.; (212) 239-6200. --- OOPS! Never mind - there will be other openings and other shows....
THERE'S GORE HERE THAT MEETS THE EYE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIN MY SKIN [] (three stars) Skin flick. In French, with English subtitles. Not rated (gore, violence, nudity). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. ------ THERE will be two...
THAT'S EARLE, FOLKS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJUST AN AMERICAN BOY [] (two stars) Running time: 95 minutes. Not rated (profanity, drug references). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ---- 'JUST an American...
'LOVE' AND THEFT
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amLOVE ACTUALLY [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Slick but uneven romantic comedy. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated R (nudity, sexuality, language). At the Loews Village, the Empire, the Lincoln...
THE FAMILY THAT NEVER GAVE UP
November 7, 2003 | 5:00am"The Elizabeth Smart Story" [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Sunday night 9 on CBS * I MEAN, I WANT TO KNOW HOW A FAMILY LOOKING LIKE JESUS, MARY AND...
TORRE TO TALK OF EARLY ABUSE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEES skipper Joe Torre grew up a very scared and nervous child, the result of domestic abuse in his home, he tells NBC's "Dateline" this Sunday. Torre says his father,...
SCREENING ROOM GOES DARK
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Screening Room, a two-screen theater and restaurant in TriBeCa, has closed its doors after seven years in business. A notice posted on the establishment's Web site said, "We are...
A DOUBLE DOSE OF DETROIT ROCK
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Motor City is poised to take over the world, and this weekend we have a Detroit doubleheader with the Dirtbombs and the Sights driving their own make of rock...
LET LE BON TIMES ROLL! - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE LAUNCHES DURAN DURAN TOUR
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIN the early '80s, Duran Duran was the ultimate boy band for the fledgling television experiment MTV. With their fashion-model looks and glam haircuts, the Brit New Romantics laced synthesized...
BOY BITES BACK - GEORGE'S 2 CENTS ON 'TABOO' TURMOIL
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amBOY George is becoming a regular contributor to The Post! He recently wrote to debunk the charge that he is to blame for Rosie O'Donnell's transformation from the Queen of...
'TARZAN' RUNS OUT OF ROPE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFOR the WB's fledgling adventure drama "Tarzan," the fall season has turned out to be a real jungle. The show is in danger of being canceled and was put on...
A LITTLE PROGRESS IN EATERY STRIKE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amNegotiations between restaurant workers and owners of 18 top restaurants continued yesterday, with only one settling. Striking members of Local 100 Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union reached a deal...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJean Ridino turned into the Terminator when a man jumped into her Mercedes-Benz and tried to carjack it - she doused him with hot tea and bashed him with the...
NYERS SPLIT ON CIG BAN BUT STILL BACK DRUG LAWS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Half of New Yorkers say the state's tough new smoking ban should be changed, while clear majorities favor cutting spending and keeping the tough Rockefeller drug laws on...
SHHH-IP CAPTAIN CLAMS UP - TAKES THE FIFTH IN PROBE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amHe came. He sat. He said nothing. The tight-lipped captain of the Staten Island Ferry that slammed into a pier last month clammed up again yesterday - repeatedly invoking his...
DOCS GROW PAIN-FREE JOINTS FOR ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amDoctors have successfully grown new finger and toe joints in people with rheumatoid arthritis. They say the new technique can reverse the damage caused by the disease as well as...
SCANDAL DIVORCE PAPERS 'VANISH'
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe divorce records of a man accused of trying to bribe a judge to fix the case have vanished, his lawyer said yesterday. "No one seems to know where they...
SIX HONORED BY LAW ENFORCE ORG.
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe Federal Law Enforcement Foundation honored six men for excellence in public service yesterday at the organization's 13th Annual Luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria. Honorees and their awards included: * Homeland...
LATE-TERM ABORT BAN IS STYMIED
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge yesterday blocked the government from enforcing its new ban on late-term abortions in a ruling that will allow many terminations to continue across America. Only a day...
SKIPPER DODGES BROADSIDE BLOWS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAS FOLKLORE would have it, the last shot of anger in the Revolutionary War was launched onto the real estate which is now Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island. The Brits...
NO JAIL FOR SEX ANTICS IN ST. PAT'S
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe Virginia woman who scandalized St. Patrick's Cathedral by having sex in the pews as part of a sleazy radio stunt that revolted the city will not go to jail....
JURY GETS GEM-SHOP SLAY CASE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens jury began deliberating the fate of murder suspect Anthony Garcia yesterday and must decide whether the defendant intentionally shot dead a jewelry store owner or if the gun...
PUTTIN' PUTIN ON THE SPOT OVER ANTI-SEMITISM
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon used part of his three-hour Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin this week to ask if anti-Semitism is coming back strong in Russia. Sharon...
'MISSING' MEMORIAL - 9/11 PANEL NIXES 'TWIN TOWER' JETTIES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAn unusual proposal for a World Trade Center memorial was initially selected by judges as a potential finalist - but then got bounced when it was discovered the author broke...
WOUNDED COP KILLS KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Staten Island cop, called to the home of a fearful woman whose ex-boyfriend was lurking outside, shot and killed the man yesterday when he barged into the woman's home...
LIFE FOR CYBERSEX JEZEBEL IN BOY SLAY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A Palestinian woman who used an Internet chat room and promises of sex to lure an Israeli teenager to his death was sentenced to life in prison yesterday....
HUMBLE JESSICA SALUTES 'REAL HEROES'
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJessica Lynch, the Army private held captive by the Iraqis until her dramatic rescue by U.S. Special Forces, considers herself "a survivor," not a hero. The real heroes, said Lynch,...
IDIOT BUTTHEADS - BIZMAN FINED 2G - FOR AN ASHTRAY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFreeze, punk! Drop the ashtray! A Brooklyn video-store owner is facing up to $6,000 in fines after a health inspector caught him with the city's newest controlled substance: an ashtray....
PAY SURGE WIPES OUT CITY JOB-CUT SAVINGS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe payroll for the city's work force has skyrocketed over the last three years - canceling out much of the savings from the declining number of employees, a fiscal watchdog...
PELOSI DOCKED $2.6M IN WILL
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amGenerosa Ammon, angry that new hubby Danny Pelosi blew $2.6 million of her money on gambling and luxuries in less than a year, demanded in one of her wills that...
DAVIS BROTHER HEARING VOICES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTwo days after getting trounced in the race for his slain brother's City Council seat, Geoffrey Davis vowed to run again - after hearing a voice from his sibling's grave,...
MEMO FEUD FREEZES INTEL PANEL
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman canceled a hearing yesterday and froze all work in response to the Democrats' refusal to condemn a staff memo that spells out how...
ALKY DRIFTER DENIES L.I. SLAY-CONFESS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAn alcoholic drifter who once confessed to killing a Long Island schoolgirl took the witness stand yesterday to insist he wasn't involved - as prosecutors tried to stop a mistrial...
'STARVED' N.J. BOYS PACK ON POUNDS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The four starving children seized from their adoptive New Jersey parents are rapidly gaining weight, authorities said yesterday at a congressional hearing. The four undersized boys - discovered...
GUNMAN GETS LIFE IN BX. CARJACK MURDER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Bronx judge sentenced a 22-year-old gunman to life without parole yesterday for the execution-style slaying of a retired city engineer during a carjacking. The killer, Michael Mitchell, showed no...
DOGGED EFFORT TO SAVE THE STRAYS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amCelebrity animal lovers will help the city launch an ambitious new campaign today to end the mass killing of unwanted dogs and cats in its shelters. Mary Tyler Moore and...
KERRY'S BLAST AT 'PANDERING' DEAN
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A day after Democratic front-runner Howard Dean apologized for his Confederate flag gaffe, rival John Kerry tried to launch a broader attack by painting Dean as a flip-flopper...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * The woman who drove off a knife-wielding pervert who attacked her in Central Park was a park employee on her way to work. The frightening incident occurred at...
CITY HALL BATTLE ON LANDLORD TAX
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA war of words erupted between angry legislators and the city's finance commissioner yesterday over the new absentee landlord surcharge, with charges and countercharges of incompetence. The council - over...
THE LEASE FLEECE - 29 RENTED SAME 'BARGAIN' APT.
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amShelley Ambrose thought she had a great deal to rent a nice one-bedroom apartment on Nassau Street for $1,200. So did 28 others. After forking over thousands of dollars for...
3 INJURED IN L.I. GAS EXPLOSION
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThree people, including a firefighter, were injured when a Long Island home with a gas leak blew up while a repairman was working on a separate problem with an oil-fired...
N. KOREA: READY TO NUKE YOU
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Fanatical North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il upped his nuclear tough talk yesterday - claiming the rogue nation has an atomic weapon that it's ready to use against...
PREZ INKS $87B AID DEAL
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday hailed two wounded soldiers as he signed an $87.5 billion spending package for Iraq and Afghanistan and vowed that America will fight the war on...
RESTAURANT STRIKE STILL ON BOIL
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amNegotiations between restaurant workers and owners of 18 top restaurants continued yesterday, with no agreement. At La Caravelle, members of the Local 100 Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees continued striking...
DEADBEAT SUIT HITS JAY-Z CLUB
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amRapper Jay-Z's 40/40 Club owes thousands of dollars for construction work, furniture and lighting it never paid for, according to lawsuits. Three contractors claim the 40/40 Club hard-knocked them after...
CLINICS BUSTED IN CAR-CRASH SCAM
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe owners of three medical clinics were busted yesterday on charges of staging automobile crashes so they could file bogus insurance claims for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The owners...
DROPOUTS, CROWDING PLAGUE SCHOOLS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amCity teenagers are 10 times more likely to drop out of high school than their wealthy suburban counterparts, according to state Education Department data released yesterday. And those Big Apple...
TEARS FOR 'ANGEL' - SCHOOL PALS MOURN GIRL IN MOW-DOWN
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTwo Queens teens who were walking with their friend when she was killed by a car on a rain-slicked street recounted the terrifying incident that took the life of the...
RHYMES WITH 'RICH' - ROSIE DEFENDS MARTHA, OPRAH
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTo Rosie O'Donnell, being a bitch can be a fine character trait. The so-called "Queen of Nice" took the witness stand yesterday and recalled how she complimented the reputed nasty...
RAPPER WIFE'S 'HARASSER' FREE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA man arrested for allegedly making harassing phone calls to the wife of jailed rapper Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters was released yesterday on $1,500 bail. Steven Glenn, 22, is accused...
CALIF. BIG URGES GROPINATOR PROBE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amCalifornia's attorney general called on Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday to support an independent probe into allegations he groped women during his bodybuilding and movie career. Attorney General Bill Lockyer's comments...
FATAL ATTRACTION THAT NEITHER COULD RESIST
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIT WAS love at first sight. Or was it lust? She was a big-boned, loud-talking TV star, a lady whose accomplishments included once having modeled for a Barbie doll with...
LAWYER BOOSTS CANCER DOC
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan doctor who authorities say may have overlooked breast cancer in a large number of patients actually has a much higher rate of tumor detection than his peers, his...
BUSH RINGS 'LIBERTY' BELL - CALLS FOR ALL MIDEAST TO GAIN DEMOCRACY
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday highlighted women's rights as he called for democracy to spread from Iraq across the Middle East and vowed that "freedom can be the future of...
'TRANNY' ROBBERS - MILK HS KIDS HELD IN JOHN CON
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFive transgender teens who attend Harvey Milk HS posed as female prostitutes, and then robbed their tricks by claiming to be undercover cops willing to let them go free in...
'STARVED' BOYS PACKING ON LBS.
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The four starving children seized from their adoptive New Jersey parents are rapidly gaining weight, authorities said yesterday at a congressional hearing. The four undersized boys - discovered...
PRAYER VIGIL FOR NY1 REPORTER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amMore than 150 family friends and colleagues of New York 1 reporterRebecca Spitz held an interfaith prayer vigil last night at the hospital where she's been recovering from a coma...
POLICE RAIDS UNCOVER QNS. KNIFE CACHES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe owners and employees of five Queens shops were busted last night after police seized more than 350 illegal knives from their businesses. The sweep, called Operation Cutting Edge, began...
'TRANNY' ROBBERS - HARVEY MILK HS KIDS HELD IN JOHN CON
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amFive transgender teens who attend Harvey Milk HS posed as female prostitutes, and then robbed their tricks by claiming to be undercover cops willing to let them go free in...
SLAPPED DOC AN ELITE BREAST TESTER: LAWYER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan doctor who authorities say may have overlooked breast cancer in a large number of patients actually has a much higher rate of tumor detection than his peers, his...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTalk about a bettor. James Bonitsis bets football every week, plays in poker tournaments in Atlantic City and with the boys every week and, as a mail carrier in midtown...
ACTION STILL GOING STRONG
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIT'S the time of year when you have to make a difficult choice: hunting or fishing. Well, don't give up on the saltwater action just yet as we continue to...
CATCH HIM, IF YOU CAN - MARVELOUS MARVIN DOESN'T SELL ATTITUDE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amTO fully grasp the damage TV and modern marketing have done to sports, ask some young football fans - those in that omnipotent young, male demographic - to name, off...
DICE DRILLS, BUT RETURN ISN'T SET
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt was a small step, but at this point, Antonio McDyess will take any sign of progress. McDyess, continuing his seemingly neverending recovery from a fractured kneecap, finally practiced with...
MUTOMBO NOT MAD AT BENCHING
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Dikembe Mutombo insists he's not unhappy with Don Chaney about not playing during the second half of Wednesday's loss to the Bucks and is displeased with reports that...
SCHWAB'S READY FOR PRIME TIME
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt's faith time in Corey Schwab. It's also high time for the goaltending partner Martin Brodeur says should have shared last year's Jennings Trophy. When the Maple Leafs visit the...
CHREBET WILL STAY AT HOME
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES Wayne Chrebet, sidelined by the after-effects of a concussion, is expected to be examined by an independent neurologist this week, maybe as soon as today. Chrebet suffered his...
MAKING MOSS OF IT - SANTANA STARRING AS STARTER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThis was back in training camp, during a quiet moment long before the games were to begin for real and the pressure would be turned up beyond 10 on the...
JETS PLUG BLACK HOLE - CHAD, GANG GREEN SURE TO END OAKLAND HEX
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amDave Blezow is on vacation. His NFL analysis will return next week. Blezow's selections are listed in the Bettor's Guide pick box on Page 117.SURE, the Raiders have ended the...
TARVER VOWS TO 'DESTROY' JONES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - Long after Roy Jones, Jr. had concluded a round of interviews and left the media center at Mandalay Bay yesterday, Antonio Tarver was still talking and talking....
AUCOIN'S BIG PLUS FOR ISLES
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThrough 12 games this season, Adrian Aucoin had a team-high nine assists and a team-best plus-5 rating for the Islanders. And for the first time since he turned into a...
HOPING TO AVOID DEJA-BLUE
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The similarities are not lost on Kerry Collins. The down-and-out Falcons came into Giants Stadium last October and, led by a backup quarterback, escaped with a 17-10 win....
KUNG FU TRAINING SUITS AMANI
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amBack in 1997, Jim Fassel's first year as Giants head coach, if you told him that one day Amani Toomer would be on the verge of holding almost all the...
D-DAY NEARS FOR POTI, PURINTON
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amRALEIGH - It wasn't either the A Team or the B Team on the ice here last night for the Rangers, what with Petr Nedved back in the lineup after...
FREE AGENT ANDY TO TEST WATERS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00am"It's free agency. He has the right to engage anybody." -GM BRIAN CASHMAN Andy Pettitte is a free agent. Come Monday at 12:01 a.m., the Yankees' 21-game winner is free...
FORTY-MINUTE MAN - MINUS OPTIONS, SCOTT WORKING KIDD RAGGED
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAnthony Johnson couldn't conceal a smile over the irony of the situation. Here he was back where he had served as Jason Kidd's backup for two seasons hearing all about...
METS SEARCHING FOR STATS ANALYST
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES In a signal of the new wave of baseball thinking, the Mets are looking to hire a statistical analyst to join their front office. Several teams already employ...
CARLISLE: MAKE RIM BIGGER
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES If you can't make the shooters hit the target, make the target bigger. That's Rick Carlisle's suggestion to improve scoring in the NBA. "The reality is if they...
GEORGE HAS EYES ON CURT
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amOne day it's Bartolo Colon. The next it's Curt Schilling. Such is life with George Steinbrenner when it comes to rebuilding the Yankees' starting rotation. According to sources, The Boss...
METS COULD ADDRESS A PRES-TON CONCERN
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIf the Rockies are serious about moving Preston Wilson, the Mets would be interested in bringing him back, The Post has learned. A story in the Denver Post revealed that...
ONE 'NASTY' TALKING HEAD
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amASIDE from Charles Barkley, is there any NBA analyst more full of it than ESPN's Bill Laimbeer? Talk about selling yourself out! Now we know what Stale Ale's price is...
BOSS HAS HIS EYES ON CURT
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amOne day it's Bartolo Colon. The next it's Curt Schilling. Such is life with George Steinbrenner when it comes to rebuilding the Yankees' starting rotation. According to sources, The Boss...
FREE AGENT PETTITTE TO TEST WATERS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amAndy Pettitte is a free agent. Come Monday at 12:01 a.m., the Yankees' 21-game winner is free to negotiate with any major league club. And with close to a dozen...
ROTTEN RANGERS RETURN
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amHurricanes 6 - Rangers 3 RALEIGH - It was Rangers hockey at its lowest common denominator, a night of carelessness, a game that should remind everyone how tenuous success can...
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH KEEPS ISLES ROLLIN'
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amIslanders 4 - Stars 1 In a classic battle of youth versus age, the Islanders dressed five rookies last night against Dallas, the only team in the league with five...
OUTPACED BY JOHNSON - EX-NET SENDS JERSEY UNDER .500
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amPacers 87 - Nets 81 Here's a disturbing reality for the Nets. They just finished the easy part of the week. And came out of it with back-to-back defeats to...
CARLISLE: ENLARGE RIM
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES If you can't make the shooters hit the target, make the target bigger. That's Rick Carlisle's suggestion to improve scoring in the NBA. "The reality is if they...
INDY'S CARLISLE: LET'S ENLARGE RIM
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES If you can't make the shooters hit the target, make the target bigger. That's Rick Carlisle's suggestion to improve scoring in the NBA. "The reality is if they...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - NBA TV VS. NFL NETWORK (WHICH WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL?)
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amLike the proverbial tree in the forest, the NFL Network premiered this week, but few could hear it, let alone see it. With cable deals still to be completed, only...
PAPA A REAL 'INSIDER' - VOICE OF GIANTS WILL CALL ARENA LEAGUE GAMES, TOO
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amGiant play-by-player Bob Papa is adding Arena Football to his resume. "I'm ecstatic about it," Papa said. Papa essentially is replacing fellow Fordham grad Mike Breen on Arena ball. Breen's...
5 QUESTIONS FOR KEITH BYARS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with the YES Network's Keith Byars. After a 13-year NFL career that included time with the Jets, Byars is on YES' New York...
BIG BLUE BLASTOFF - KERRY & CO. READY TO EXPLODE VS. FALCONS
November 7, 2003 | 5:00amSunday, Falcons at Giants, 1 p.m., Fox Potentially, the Giants could win the NFC East. Potentially, the Giants could go to the Super Bowl. "We haven't seen this team reach...