November 14, 2003
NBC WANTS TO GET OUT OF PAXSON
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amNBC wants out of its partnership with broadcaster Paxson Communications. Paxson, which owns the PAX Network as well as 60 TV stations, said yesterday that NBC had asked Paxson to...
DILLER BLOCKING GORE'S CABLE BUY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amAl Gore is having serious trouble getting on TV. The former vice president has desperately been trying to buy a small cable news channel for $70 million but is getting...
DICE CLAY CRAPS OUT IN BLOWUP AT CNNFN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amSleaze-shtick comic Andrew Dice Clay may have dropped out of sight for a while - but he still lives up to his image. While being interviewed on CNNfn, Clay went...
OUT OF HARMONY - TIME WARNER BIGS SPLIT OVER FATE OF MUSIC UNIT
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTime Warner Inc.'s top brass is divided over what to do with its troubled music operation - a split that is expected to be resolved in the days leading up...
SORRY PILGRIMAGE - FUND BOSSES HEADED FOR CHARGES: SPITZER
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTop executives at Pilgrim Baxter, including Chief Operating Officer Gary Pilgrim, may face criminal and civil charges as early as next week, The Post has learned. "There will be charges...
SEC SUES 3 EX-GATEWAY EXECS FOR SECURITIES FRAUD
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThree former executives from suffering computer maker Gateway Inc. were sued for securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission in San Diego yesterday. Authorities said the trio sold out...
WAL-MART SLUMP DENTS RECOVERY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTwo of the nation's largest retailers warned yesterday that holiday sales might not live up to some rosier Wall Street predictions, raising concerns about the strength of the budding economic...
NO TIME FOR POWER CLASH - EDITORIAL BOSSES HUEY AND PEARLSTINE AGREE TO RE-UP
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA power struggle at the top of the Time Inc. editorial masthead appears to have been averted, with peace to reign for at least the next two years. Insiders say...
FINAL BED BIDS IN FOR SIMMONS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amFenway Partners has rounded up final bids for Simmons Co., as it nears the finish line of what has turned into a heated auction for the mattress maker. Simmons has...
SPITZER: PUTNAM REFORM PLAN 'A JOKE'
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer slammed reforms proposed by scandalized mutual fund giant Putnam Investments, calling the plan "a joke." Putnam's proposal stems from a deal it struck with...
SPITZER: PUTNAM REFORM PLAN A 'JOKE'
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer slammed reforms proposed by scandalized mutual fund giant Putnam Investments, calling the plan "a joke." Putnam's proposal stems from a deal it struck with...
STARR REPORT
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amChris: I'll walk again Christopher Reeve says he will walk again - but he's "just not sure when it's going to happen." "I still think I will [walk]," Reeve tells...
THE FAKE-OUT AND THE DEAD
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWITH record pirates already into production of the new Jay-Z album, his label has stepped up its release date, putting the highly anticipated discs in stores today so it can...
THUFFERIN' THUCCOTASH
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amLOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Cockamamie fun. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG (some mild language and innuendo). At the Empire, the Loews 34th...
HIP-HOP DOC'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN 'TUPAC'
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTUPAC: RESURRECTION [] (two stars) Laudatory doc. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (strong language and images of drugs, violence and sex). At the E-Walk, the Loews 34th Street, he...
'SINGING' HITS LOW NOTE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTHE SINGING FOREST (Half a star)THE majority of this amateurish, irritatingly gabby indie consists of a recent widower named Christopher (Jon Sherrin) prattling on to his daughter Destiny's new fiancé...
'LOVE' IS A CABARET
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amANYTHING BUT LOVE [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Low-rent charmer. Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual innuendo). At the Angelika and the Sutton. ----- NOT to be confused...
JFK CONFIDENTIAL - TURNS OUT KILLER GOT TO KENNEDY BEFORE ALL HIS INDISCRETIONS DID
November 14, 2003 | 5:00am"JFK: A Presidency Revealed" [ ] (four stars) Sunday night at 8 on The History Channel * JFK'S FRAGILE BODY WAS SO WRACKED WITH CONSTANT PAIN THAT HIS PERSONAL DR....
MASTER-FUL! - CROWE TAKES COMMAND IN STIRRING SEA EPIC; MASTERFUL CROWE IN COMMAND
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD [ 1/2] (three and one-half stars) Bracing high-seas adventure with a brain. Running time: 138 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence). At...
BIG 'IDOL' SHOWDOWN ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
November 14, 2003 | 5:00am'AMERICAN Idol' champ Kelly Clarkson is taking on the world - for real. The all-American champ from the first season of "Idol" will compete in "World Idol," a global pop-star...
CONSTRUCTIVE TALE OF A MASTER BUILDER
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA HOUSE ON A HILL [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Edifice complex. Running time: 105 minutes. Not rated (profanity). At Cinema Village, 12th Street east of Fifth Avenue. -----...
'BRIGHT IDEAS' SHINES
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amBRIGHT IDEAS At the East 13th Street Theater, 136 E. 13th St. Through Dec. 7. Call Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200. ---- 'BRIGHT Ideas" - a sharp, dark, satirical comedy about...
A DIFFERENT DRUMMER - IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, TRAVIS BARKER'S A DAD
November 14, 2003 | 5:00am"I grew up playing jazz, and in jazz, the drummer is often the leader. In Blink, we're all equals, but we play off me." -Travis Barker SIX months ago, when...
TEEN CLAIMS MAURY DRIVER RAPED HER
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA 14-year-old Texas girl who was allegedly raped by a man claiming to be a limo driver for Maury Povich is suing the talk-show host and his show. A Manhattan...
ROZ BOLTS CH. 7 NEWS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amPOPULAR Ch. 7 anchor Roz Abrams is leaving the station. Abrams, who's been with Ch. 7 for 17 years, will leave when her contract expires early next month, a few...
HE WROTE THE SONGS . . . BUT MANILOW'S PRODUCER CAN'T WRITE THE CHECKS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00am"Other than the death of my mother, this is probably the most devastating day of my life." -Barry Manilow 'HARMONY," a new Broadway-bound musical by Barry Manilow, shutdown in rehearsals...
FOX'S 'CSI: DALLAS' - NEWS SPECIAL QUESTIONS THE ANSWERS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA NEW Fox News Channel special corrals an array of diverse witnesses to the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, and comes up with different versions of...
A NOBLE PRIZE FROM NORWAY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amSONDRE Lerche is Norway's hottest export since Norwegian Wood and A-ha. The singer/songwriter's debut album, "Faces Down, "is one of last year's best "finely crafted pop, reminiscent of greats like...
ART 'THIEVES' CAUGHT IN FREUDIAN SLIP-UP
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTwo JFK airport cargo handlers were portrayed as bumbling art thieves yesterday after Port Authority police captured them on surveillance cameras stealing a $1.5 million painting, law enforcement officials said....
BOY, GEORGE, IS THIS PRODUCTION A MESS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTABOO [* 1/2] (one and one-half stars) ---WITH a few notable exceptions, Broadway's preview buzz is usually on target. If word of mouth suggests a show is terrific, as in...
PIPE DREAMS - DEMS' RX FOR IRAQ
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWESLEY Clark, the Democratic presidential candidate, has a plan: The Saudis should go hunting for terrorists while NATO takes over as the military and civilian authority in Iraq. John Kerry...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe Grinch Who Ruins Marriage Plans was alive and well this week in Lincoln, Neb., where a heartless thief broke into a clothing store and swiped 75 wedding gowns. "I'm...
VICTIM'S KIN STARE DOWN KOBE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amEAGLE, Colo. - The family of Kobe Bryant's alleged rape victim confronted the NBA superstar for the first time yesterday, watching from the front row of court as he listened...
FUGITIVE NAILED IN COP-BEATING
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA New Jersey woman wanted in connection with a bar beating that left an off-duty NYPD cop paralyzed last year has been captured in a California motel, authorities said yesterday....
MIDNIGHT-SNACK 'MYTH' EXPOSED
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThere's no need to feel guilty about raiding the fridge after midnight. Scientists say that eating late at night does not make you fat. The Oregon Health & Science University...
FED PANEL OKS GRAND CENTRAL PLAN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amAn MTA mega-project aimed at giving Long Islanders railway access to Grand Central Terminal got the green light from a key congressional committee after lawmakers set aside $75 million for...
$MUGGLER CLERIC RAISED MONEY FOR QAEDA PALS: FEDS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amAn Egyptian-born imam awaiting sentencing for money-smuggling did extensive fund-raising for a terror group closely linked to al Qaeda, the feds have alleged. Alaa Al-Sadawi traveled throughout the United States...
CRASH-SITE KIN'S FLT. 587 ANGUISH
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amFor Joanne Foley and her family, the second anniversary of the Flight 587 tragedy was supposed to be a day to remember her parents - who were killed on the...
WASTED WYNONA IN DWI BUST
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThis is booze-ravaged, country-music star Wynona Judd shortly after cops busted her for driving drunk yesterday along a road in Nashville. Her eyes red and watery and her pupils dilated,...
FEDS GAVE AWAY N.Y.'S SECURITY $$
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amJustice Department bureaucrats took $250,000 that was supposed to be used for increasing security in New York City jails and spent it in Baltimore, San Francisco and Midland, Texas, a...
DIDDY'S $2M IN THE BOOKS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amDiddy ran the city, and now the city is running to the bank with the booty. Rap mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs yesterday came to City Hall to present Mayor...
PROTESTERS 'FLAG DOWN' DEAN IN N.H.
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some Dartmouth College students unfurled Confederate flags to embarrass Democratic 2004 front-runner Howard Dean when he spoke at the New Hampshire campus yesterday. The nine students were reacting...
BAND OF THUGS IS 'SMALL' BUT SAVAGE: U.S. GEN.
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The size of the Ba'athist insurgent force wreaking havoc in Iraq is probably no more than 5,000 pro-Saddam Hussein fighters, the commander of the U.S. war effort said...
ARAFAT STALLS PEACE IN HOPE BUSH LOSES
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat is playing for time - for 2005, to be exact, when he hopes a Democratic president will bring him back to center stage in the Mideast....
PARIS' PLAYMATE - STEAMY FOOTAGE OF HILTON & PINUP
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amParis Hilton gave herself an extra-special birthday treat this year - a videotaped sex romp with her best friend, a Playboy Playmate, sources told The Post. Not only has Hilton...
BUSTED POL-PAL DOC TO SUE CITY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA politically connected Brooklyn doctor who contributed thousands of dollars to the GOP and its candidates plans to sue the city for $100 million, claiming cops acted wrongly when they...
'MAMMO-GAFFE' DOC TO SUE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan physician, whose practice has taken a hit after a state official announced he may have botched patients' mammograms, plans to sue the state, the state Department of Health,...
MORE N.Y. SCHOOLKIDS ARE MAKING THE GRADE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - New York kids are improving in math and reading, according to a federal school report card released yesterday. The state's students generally scored ahead of the national average,...
ISRAELI-ARAB TERROR RECRUITS BUSTED
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amFour Israeli Arabs were arrested after being recruited by Hamas to prepare attacks on Israelis, security officials revealed yesterday. Two of the suspects, Hader Shalata, 25 and Amin Hassan, 24,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A man sexually abused an NYU coed in her dorm room, cops said. The assault took place on Nov. 3 just after midnight at the 18-year-old student's dormitory...
ABDUCTION CASE HAS NO LEGS: JUDGE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amNeither side would argue that this wasn't one weird case. A well-liked Manhattan criminal defense lawyer is accused of binding his estranged business partner in duct tape, making him sign...
DEDICATED TO DOING LITTLE WORK
November 14, 2003 | 5:00am'GROUP 1." That's it - just plain "Group 1." Or, "me." Or, "you." Do these words mean anything? Sure: They're "lesson plans." Painfully labored over and crafted by one of...
S.I. HIT-AND-RUN 'KILLER' SURRENDERS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe driver of a BMW that plowed into a car carrying two elderly Staten Island residents, killing both of them, turned himself in yesterday, 19 hours after police fanned out...
AMBULANCE HONCHO CHARGED OVER CAMPAIGN $HENANIGANS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe head of the city's biggest private ambulance company has been charged with making illegal campaign contributions to Rudy Giuliani and other politicians while negotiating a deal to become the...
RECIPE FOR FRAUD - FAMED TRIBECA CHEF ACCUSED IN 9/11 SCAM
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amStar downtown chef David Bouley is being accused of cooking up a 9/11-related, multimillion-dollar insurance fraud - and a federal judge yesterday branded his behavior "very troubling." The owner of...
FEDS TAKE FERRY CASE - DA TURNING OVER CRIME PROBE TODAY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn U.S. attorney will lead the criminal probe into last month's deadly ferry crash after the Staten Island District Attorney's Office hands over the case today, sources said. Staten...
COPS BUSTED AS INSURANCE SCAMMERS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA former NYPD cop masterminded a $250,000 health insurance scam in which he used four police officers - including his ex-wife and brother - to write bogus car accident reports,...
'HIT-RUN' HORROR DRIVER GIVES UP
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe driver of a BMW that plowed into a car carrying two elderly Staten Island residents, killing both, turned himself in yesterday, 19 hours after police fanned out in search...
26,000 APPLY FOR NYPD TEST
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMore than 26,000 people have submitted applications to take the next NYPD entrance exam in the filing period that ends today, officials said. To gather more potential test-takers, the city...
APPLE BECOMES THE WINDY CITY - 70-MPH GUSTS CUT POWER AND TOPPLE TREES
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amHurricane-force winds socked New York yesterday as powerful 70 mph gusts knocked out power lines and caused massive delays for air travelers. And hold on to your hat. It will...
POLITICAL LESSON - TEACHERS UNION SLAMS COUNCIL
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amHearings on school union contracts erupted into a political war yesterday as teachers union boss Randi Weingarten and City Council member Eva Moskowitz traded blows over whether potential witnesses were...
PLAYING OUR THONG - VICTORIA'S CELEBS LEAD UNDIE FUN DAY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe Big Apple turned into Sizzle City yesterday as an eye-popping Who's Who of sultry supermodels rehearsed for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Among the stunners getting ready for last...
TRAGIC B'KLYN HERO - GI SLAIN IN IRAQ LEFT MEAN STREETS BEHIND
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn soldier killed by a landmine in Iraq last week had joined the Army to get off the mean streets, his foster mom told The Post yesterday. Rayshawn Johnson,...
KOZ'S 'TYPE' OF GIRL - $1M GAL FRIDAY FOR TYCO BIG
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amShe's the million-dollar secretary. Mary Murphy, executive secretary - and admitted paramour - to disgraced Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, took the stand at his $600 million embezzlement trial yesterday. "I...
JFK 'THIEVES' IN FREUDIAN SLIP-UP
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTwo JFK airport cargo handlers starred as bumbling art thieves yesterday after Port Authority police captured them on surveillance cameras stealing a $1.5 million oil painting by the grandson of...
'TABOO' DEBUT - STAR-STUDDED OPENING FOR ROSIE & BOY GEORGE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amIt was do or die for "Taboo" last night - as Rosie O'Donnell's troubled musical starring Boy George debuted on Broadway. The glitzy show, about the androgynous London club scene...
MAYOR HONORS 100 BLACK MEN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg last night honored the community group 100 Black Men by presenting the organization with a proclamation and declaring Nov. 13, 2003, "100 Black Men Day in New York...
MILITARY'S HQ SHIFTS TO MIDEAST
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Worried about deadly Ba'athist terror thugs, U.S. military leaders responsible for Iraq are relocating their headquarters from Florida to the Middle East. Resistance forces in Iraq number no...
KILLER GUILTY IN GRISLY APT. SLAY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA 22-year-old man was convicted of murder yesterday for helping to create one of New York's most grisly crime scenes - where the victim's hands, head and torso wound up...
SNEAKY FEDS GAVE AWAY N.Y.'S SECURITY $$
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amJustice Department bureaucrats took $250,000 that was supposed to be used for increasing security in New York City jails and spent it in Baltimore, San Francisco and Midland, Texas, a...
QUIET LOSS FOR STORM - HILL, TOUGH 'D' NOT ENOUGH ; TO PREVENT MARQUETTE VICTORY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCER: Marquette 52 - St. John's 45 For a few seconds, it seemed a night of ugly offensive basketball was going to be saved by "Showtime." But if...
PIAZZA COULD BE HEADED TO THE AL
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMike Piazza may have played his last game in a Met uniform. According to a Newsday internet report last night, Piazza is planning to ask the Mets for a trade...
LET THE FINAL COUNTDOWN BEGIN!
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCLOSE to a half-million hunters will be heading to campgrounds, motels and cabins this weekend in preparation for Monday's opening of the regular deer hunting season in New York's Southern...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWe've all been there. Sitting at the bar, awaiting the early NFL games, and realizing it's just too early for a beer. You instead go with the old early-morning standby:...
WINDS KO BIG A CARD
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amRacing at Aqueduct was cancelled yesterday at about 10 a.m. because of gale-force winds. The track was open for simulcasting. Live racing is expected to resume today. High winds also...
JETS WILL NEED TO CALL T.O. - CHAD COULD USE OWENS AS SANTANA'S WINGMAN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWAYNE Chrebet is out for the season, no small blow considering how little regard the Colts will have for Curtis Conway, Kevin Swayne, Jonathan Carter or Kevin Lockett when deciding...
BIG HITS MISSING THE POINT
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amIN BASEBALL, where running to first base has become optional, we're told, "Well, the game has changed." As if that explains it, as if that makes any sense. Same thing...
DON'T BURY GIANTS - FASSEL'S FLOPS WON'T PLAY DEAD AGAINST PHILLY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCAN Jim Fassel pull yet another rabbit out of his well-worn hat? If so, this would have to be the week, because if the Giants go into Tampa next Monday...
MATES WISH WAYNE A SPEEDY, FULL RECOVERY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES There was quiet concern amongst Wayne Chrebet's teammates yesterday as news of his season-ending, post-concussion syndrome spread. "I feel sorry for him, because I had a concussion in...
DICE: I AIN'T READY YET
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amAntonio McDyess quickly ended speculation that he was ready to make his first regular-season appearance for the Knicks. "I ain't ready yet," McDyess said after scrimmaging for the second straight...
STRAW'S BACK - BOSS GIVES DARRYL NEW JOB AS INSTRUCTOR
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amGeorge Steinbrenner can't get enough of Darryl Strawberry. After all the heartache Strawberry has put The Boss through, Steinbrenner found another spot in the dysfunctional Yankees family for the former...
WIEMER GOES WILD - MINNY CLAIMS ISLES FORWARD
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe Islanders lost Jason Wiemer yesterday when the Minnesota Wild claimed the gritty forward off waivers. The Isles exposed Wiemer this week as part of an early-season payroll purge, taking...
LINDROS' INJURY NOT LONG-TERM
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThere was much better news than expected on Eric Lindros, who, after being examined yesterday by Ranger ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Fromer for the second time since suffering a scratched left...
HOLMES' PAIN COULD BE UMENYIORA'S GAIN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES With Kenny Holmes' knee expected to ache the rest of the year, rookie defensive end Osi Umenyiora will continue to see more time. "He's getting better," Fassel said...
JETS ASKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThe Jets know what's coming, and they're bracing for it: gang defense on Santana Moss. Double teams, triple teams, rolled coverage to his side of the field and anything else...
METS CAN'T GET KENNEDY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES Suddenly the Mets' options for second base are looking limited. Kaz Matsui is believed to be already out of the picture, as a source said Wednesday the Japanese...
METS' PHILLIPS: RESULTS 'NOT THAT BAD'
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amBetween 5 percent and 7 percent of major leaguers tested positive for steroids. In Jason Phillips' eyes, it could have been a lot worse. "To only be 5-to-7 percent, if...
CLEANUP GOOD FOR GAME
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTHIS is a wonderful day to be a baseball fan, because we are one step closer to eliminating cartoons from the national pastime. We are one step closer to legitimizing...
NHL BUZZ: DEVILS' GOMEZ ON MARKET
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amA deal with Calgary could expand to include 2002 NHL scoring champ Jarome Iginla. The Devils will remain the NHL's only unbeaten road team at least until Nov. 25. Whether...
ACHY HOUSTON SET TO GO VS. NETS TONIGHT
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Allan Houston had an MRI on his lower back Wednesday and it revealed nothing he didn't already know. "It's sore," said Houston, who sat out Wednesday's practice but...
DEKE NEEDS TO GET INTO ZONE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWELCOME to the NBA, sanctuary for the expelled (Kevin Mackey/Pacers), the evicted (Jim Harrick/Nuggets) and the ejected (Jan van Breda Kolff/Hornets). At the risk of inspiring James Dolan into christening...
RIVERS READY TO SHOCK BIRDS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amTight end Marcellus Rivers is a different player than the kid who showed up to Giants' camp in 2001 as an undrafted free agent. His coach, Jim Fassel, knows it....
STEROID STUNNER - MLB SAYS OVER 5% OF PLAYERS ON JUICE
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amPHOENIX - Major League Baseball got its head out of the steroid sand yesterday when it announced that between five and seven percent of its players came up positive for...
FACING UP TO CHANGE - NEW SEASON FOR MARQUETTE & STORM
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amFor the last seven months, St. John's and Marquette have heard a lot about what they are not. Marquette is not the same team that went to the Final Four....
RESULTS 'NOT THAT BAD'
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amBetween 5 percent and 7 percent of major leaguers tested positive for steroids. In Jason Phillips' eyes, it could have been a lot worse. Mets teammate Mike Stanton thought it...
GEORGE GIVES STRAW NEW JOB AS INSTRUCTOR
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amGeorge Steinbrenner can't get enough of Darryl Strawberry. After all the heartache Strawberry has put The Boss through, Steinbrenner found another spot in the dysfunctional Yankees family for the former...
YANKS: CURT TOO PRICEY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amPHOENIX - The Curt Schilling trade talks have come to a grinding halt because the Diamondbacks are asking too much for the $12 million man who has openly pleaded to...
SNOW JOB BRIGHTENS COLISEUM
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amIslanders 3 - Canadians 1 Just like that, all is peachy again in Islander Country. For last night's 3-1 victory at the Coliseum over Montreal helped waft away some of...
ST. RAY'S TORRES HAS MRI
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amSt. Raymond's players seem to have a knack for getting injured. Ricky Torres is no exception. The 6-foot-3 junior tripped during sprints earlier in the week and was sent for...
MEL RETURN TO YANKS IS OFFICIAL
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amAs reported exclusively in The Post yesterday, Mel Stottlemyre is coming back for a ninth year with the Yankees. Stottlemyre informed the AL champions he will return as Joe Torre's...
GOMEZ TRADE TALK CAN'T STOP DEVILS
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amDevils 3 - Panthers 1 The hotter the Devils get, the louder the Scott Gomez rumbles grow. This really would be dealing from strength. The Stanley Cup champs are unbeaten...
DOWNEY SPARKS DEACON VICTORY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCER: Wake Forest 85 -Memphis 76 Nine days ago, Taron Downey had struggled into a North Carolina hospital - pain shooting through his stomach - not knowing what...
QUIET LOSS FOR STORM - HARD-NOSED 'D' NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT MARQUETTE VICTORY
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCER: Marquette 52 - St. John's 45 One game is not enough to know if St. John's will be a team to be reckoned with on offense this...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: DAVID CONE VS. DAVID WELLS (WHO WOULD BE A BETTER REPLACEMENT FOR BOBBY VALENTINE?)
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amWhen hiring an analyst, TV executives should ask themselves:Is it fun to talk to this person? The answer for David Cone is yes. Cone wouldn't provide the Baseball Tonight sparks...
LEADING MEN - CHAD & PEYTON HAVE THAT EXTRA SOMETHING
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amSunday, Jets at Colts, 4 p.m., CBS You can't measure it. You can't weigh it. You can't even see it. But Phil Simms swears it is there. It is a...
5 QUESTIONS FOR SAM ROSEN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Sam Rosen, who calls the Rangers for MSG and NFL football for Fox. Rosen, 56, has teamed with John Davidson on Ranger...
NEW TRICK FOR 'DOG'? - RUSSO REP TALKING TO RIVAL ESPN
November 14, 2003 | 5:00amCould Mike be without the Mad Dog? The agent for WFAN's Chris "Mad Dog'' Russo has had preliminary talks with ESPN, sources said this week. If ESPN were to add...