November 20, 2003
DOWNTOWN BLDGS. TO BE CONVERTED
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTwo more Downtown office buildings are likely heading down the conversion path. Nathan Berman's Metro Loft Management is buying the 57-story skyscraper at 20 Exchange Place for $150 million from...
BIG BOARD IS LOOKING TO REPLACE ITS TOP COP
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe New York Stock Exchange is moving to replace top lieutenants of ousted Chairman Dick Grasso, hiring a Baltimore executive search firm to replace regulatory chief Edward Kwalwasser. Kwalwasser, the...
CIPRIANIS TO RETURN TO REGENT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe Ciprianis are expected to take over the massive ballroom housed inside the Regent Wall Street hotel, at 55 Wall St., after a five-year absence, The Post has learned. Despite...
SEC EYES FUND COMMISSIONS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA source with good connections in the mutual funds industry says the next big focus of the investigation by the SEC will be the perfectly legal but ethically questionable practice...
AOL, M'SOFT STEP UP ANTI-GOOGLE PLANS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGoogle's co-founders, CEO Larry Page (left) and Chairman Sergey Brin, are planning for a $2 billion IPO next year, but increased competition could handicap interest in the offering.AP Not content...
BERTELSMANN CHAIRMAN QUITS OVER SONY DEAL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGerman media giant Bertelsmann's chairman quit yesterday after clashing with the company's chief executive over plans to merge Bertelsmann's music unit BMG with Sony Music, according to a company official...
SILVERSTEIN SHOPS 530 5TH
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGiant Silverstein Properties could soon reap $180 million from a sale of 530 Fifth Ave., also known as the Bank of New York Building. World Trade Center leaseholder Larry A....
NEW OFFER: L.I. OUTLETS OR BUS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amManhattan residents eager to kick off the holiday shopping season can now look to Long Island, where buses will begin ferrying bargain hunters to the Tanger Factory Outlet in Riverhead...
KPMG SWEATING OUT FILING
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHollinger International delayed filing its quarterly report yesterday as it tussled with its auditor, KPMG. The company, which runs newspapers in several countries, had been expected to file its quarterly...
JANN SHUFFLES STAFF TO LAUNCH BOOK UNIT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amJann Wenner is shaking up Men's Journal, switching editors and setting sail into the tumultuous book business with the launch of a new boutique imprint to be called Wenner Books....
IT'S JUST EDGAR IN WARNER TALKS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTime Warner management is expected to recommend today to its board that the company enter into exclusive talks with a group headed by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Haim Saban to...
NO-FLY ZONE FOR CONRAD
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHollinger International grounded its two corporate jets yesterday to prevent Conrad Black and David Radler from using them. Both Black, the former CEO, and Radler, the deposed president, announced their...
HOUSE DISSES SEC WITH NEW FUND BILL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at cleaning up the $7 trillion mutual fund industry yesterday - a dis to the SEC for moving too slowly. "It...
KMART BIGS ARE SUED FOR DIVERTING $1B
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amSix former Kmart executives allegedly misspent more than $1 billion - some on personal luxuries like fancy cars and private drivers - even as the company teetered on the brink...
SEC STEPPING IN ; HITS HOLLINGER WITH SUBPOENAS AS SCANDAL WIDENS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amConrad Black's problems ratcheted up another level yesterday as Hollinger International received subpoenas from the Securities & Exchange Commission. Hollinger executives confirmed the company and its audit committee had received...
FARRAR STRAUS, STEPHEN KING WIN AT BOOK AWARDS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFarrar Straus & Giroux carried home the most trophies from the National Book Awards last night with three, but it was lifetime achievement award given to chiller writer Stephen King...
KPMG SWEATING OUT FILING NO-FLY ZONE FOR CONRAD
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHollinger International delayed filing its quarterly report yesterday as it tussled with its auditor KPMG,The Post has learned. The company,which runs newspapers in several countries,was expected to file its quarterly...
AOL, MICROSOFT STEP UP PLANS FOR GOOGLE FOE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amNot content to let Google grab all the gusto, Microsoft and AOL are ratcheting up their own online search programs. Yesterday, AOL bought Singingfish, a company that specializes in searching...
ARTISTS' GROUPS RESIST PROSPECT OF A WARNER-EMI MERGER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amAT least two groups that represent recording artists look like they are going to ambush Warner Records and EMI if the two music labels attempt to merge. The American Federation...
'ROOM' TO IMPROVE FOR JACKIE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amLAUGHING ROOM ONLY (two stars) At the Brooks Atkinson Theater, 256 W. 47th St.; (212) 719-4099. THERE must have been a fiendish degree of ambition behind Jackie Mason's new show,...
WHITE LIGHTNING
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWHITE STRIPES At the Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd St. Tickets for tonight's show at Ticketmaster, (212) 307-7171. THERE was something uniquely American about the White Stripes show, and it...
UC3 TRIO HOOTERS & HOLLERS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amUC3 HOOTERS, the family restaurant with the suggestive name, is betting that UC3, a trio of very pretty singers, will be as popular as its wings-and-breast combos. The Hooters foray...
PARIS PULLS OUT OF LETTERMAN APPEARANCE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amEMBATTLED heiress Paris Hilton is standing up David Letterman. Late yesterday, Hilton canceled what had been scheduled to be her first interview since sexually explicit tapes of her were leaked...
MY TWO JERRYS ; A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY WISH TO MEET THE RING MASTER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amI'VE been to hell and back. And even getting there and back was hell. I'm talking about "The Jerry Springer Show." Yes, I made the ultimate sacrifice for my friend...
JAY-Z SPRINT TOPS TUPAC
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amJAY-Z entered the race late but came out on top. The rapper pushed up the release of his new album, "The Black Album," to last Friday, but even with only...
THE BATTLE FOR LEN BERMAN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amCH. 2 is heavily courting veteran sportscaster Len Berman - but negotiations to keep Berman at Ch. 4 are "progressing well," sources say. Berman's contract with Ch. 4 expires in...
ANTI-MUSLIM ATTACK BY 'HORRIFIED' LAURA
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amAN Islamic group is demanding that radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologize - for calling Muslims "murderers" on her nationally syndicated show. On Monday, a caller asked Schlessinger whether her...
DRINK BEER, EXAMINE AURA
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHERE's a new place for the New York scenester who's seen it all: a nightclub and spa all in one. Spirit: Mind, Body & Soul will take the drink, dance...
'BACHELOR' BOB HAS STARRY EYES FOR ESTELLA
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amBob Guiney picked Estella, but didn't propose .FUN-LOVING goofball Bob Guiney chose sultry Estella Gardinier in last night's finale of "The Bachelor" on ABC. Guiney didn't propose to Gardinier, but...
STARR REPORT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHowie on the record "Backstreet Boy" Howie Dorough breaks the big news to Sharon Osbourne today (1 p.m./Ch. 11) that the band will begin working on a new album early...
PARIS DUMPS OUT ON DAVE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amEMBATTLED heiress Paris Hilton is standing up David Letterman. Late yesterday,Hilton canceled what had been scheduled to be her first interview since sexually explicit tapes of her were leaked to...
'SURVIVOR' MOVES FINALE OUT OF PANAMA AFTER COLLAPSE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amCBS's plan to air its upcoming finale/reunion show for "Survivor:Pearl Islands " from Panama City Dec.14 has collapsed. Actually it was the planned venue for the show that collapsed. A...
CLAUS FOR ALARM: KEEP THE KIDS FROM BILLY BOB'S CURSING, DRINKING 'BAD SANTA'
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amBILLY Bob Thornton might seem an odd choice to play Santa Claus - but this isn't just any Santa Claus. In the hilarious new movie "Bad Santa," which opens next...
FOODIES RUSH IN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amIMAGINE a tiny chunk of uptown glamour transported into the middle of studentville, and you'll have a pretty accurate idea of the vibe on East 12th Street between Fifth Avenue...
NYC IS BASH-FULL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGet ready for lychee martinis at SoHo House, and make sure you've seen the Paris Hilton sex tape. Party season 2003 kicks off in earnest next week, and there's no...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - GATEWAY TO A NEW LIFE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFor more than 70 years,Ellis Island was the first stop for immigrants looking to make a new life in America.Read the history of little Oyster Island,which paved the way for...
GIRL RAPED IN BRONX HIGH SCHOOL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA 16-year-old girl was raped in the stairwell of a Bronx school by a younger student, authorities said yesterday. The victim was in a hallway at the New Arts and...
CITY COUNCIL FIGHTS OWN MIDEAST WAR
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA resolution denouncing former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed for anti-Semitic remarks prompted a furious war of words yesterday in the City Council. The measure passed, but Councilman Charles Barron...
MALICE AT THE PALACE OVER FAKE FOOTMAN'S PRESIDENTIAL PRANK
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amLONDON - Call it the Case of the Phony Footman. The tabloid Daily Mirror newspaper made a mockery of the "unprecedented" security for President Bush's state visit to Britain by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFire safety seems to have gone up in smoke in Eatontown, N.J., where cops have charged a fire chief with stealing emergency equipment and auctioning it off on eBay. Brian...
BEYOND THE IMAGE, A MAN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFORTY years later, America's obsession with John F. Kennedy's assassination - and its lasting effect on the course of history - continues unabated. All week long, TV specials have explored...
THE MYTHS OF OCCUPATION
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTHE latest nonsense served up by defeatist pundits insists that Saddam Hussein, a strategic genius, had a secret plan all along to lure us into Iraq where he could wage...
TEEN CRITICALLY INJURED IN L.I. ROAD-RAGE HORROR
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amAn Long Island teen was in critical condition yesterday after his car was run off the road by another driver in a road-rage outburst sparked by the young man honking...
U.S. 1-TON BOMBS 'HAMMER' IRAQ TERROR CAMPS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. Air Force dropped some of the most powerful bombs in its arsenal on Ba'athist terrorist camps yesterday as the weeklong offensive against the pro-Saddam forces continued...
VOTERS WOULD CHUCK SCHUMER FOR RUDY
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Despite a high approval rating, Sen. Charles Schumer would lose to Rudy Giuliani if the former mayor entered the race for Senate, a new poll suggests. According to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Cops are searching for two men who have robbed at least six fast-food restaurants and a dry cleaner over a two-week period. The first robbery took place in...
JORDANIAN GUNMAN KILLS ISRAEL TOURIST
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA Jordanian gunman yesterday fired on a crowd of South American pilgrims at a border crossing, killing one before being shot dead by Israeli security. Four other tourists were wounded...
GIFFIE UPS ANTE IN RX POKER MATCH
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amIt was City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's turn to one-up Mayor Bloomberg yesterday in their escalating political battle at City Hall. Miller (D-Manhattan) proposed that the city join Nassau County's...
POT PAL HELD IN CROSSFIRE KID-SLAY
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA 19-year-old pal of an alleged pot pusher was arrested yesterday and accused of murder for taking part in a turf shootout where an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy died in the...
MIKE FIRES BROADSIDE AT GOP PARTY BOAT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWhy would Republicans booze it up at sea when they can party down in New York? That was Mayor Bloomberg's response yesterday to a Texas Republican's plan to dock a...
MAKE IT SIMPLE AND ELOQUENT - TAKE CUE FROM VIET MEMORIAL, NOT COMPLEX DESIGNS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amIF YOU thought the master site plans for Ground Zero were confusing, wait until you try making sense of the eight memorial design proposals unveiled yesterday. The graphics on view...
EX-WIFE SHOULD BE BARRED FROM EVER HAVING KIDS AGAIN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT was Mrs. Michael Jackson thinking? Another batch of warrants ought to be issued, aimed at those who provided the King of Decomposition with access to a substance he stands...
SLEEPING MONSTER - TRIPLE KILLER DOZES AS JUDGE GIVES HIM LIFE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA coldblooded young killer dozed off yesterday as a judge compared him to a haywire machine before sentencing the fiend to life in prison without the possibility of parole for...
CBS YANKS MICHAEL JACKSON SPECIAL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amCBS yanked its new Michael Jackson special shortly after authorities issued an arrest warrant for the Gloved One on child-molestation charges. "Given the gravity of the charges against Mr. Jackson,...
PELOSI BUDDY'S BIZARRE BUST
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDanny Pelosi's best friend - who says he was on his way yesterday to tell a Long Island grand jury that police tried to bribe him to finger Pelosi in...
CITY HALL FIGHTS OWN MIDEAST WAR
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA resolution denouncing former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed for anti-Semitic remarks prompted a furious war of words yesterday in the City Council. The measure passed, but Councilman Charles Barron...
JAIL WAS S.I. 'HIT' HUBBY'S ALIBI: DA
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA Staten Island man had what looked like the perfect alibi for killing his wife: He was in jail. But the hit man hired Nov. 14 by imprisoned arson suspect...
QNS. MAN KILLED IN SUV HORROR
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA popular 21-year-old Queens cook, who dreamed of saving enough money to open his own restaurant back in Mexico, was killed as he bicycled home yesterday when an SUV bulldozed...
SICKO KILLER DUCKS DEATH IN PLEA DEAL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe sick suspect who shot four men dead in Brooklyn and Queens last year to avenge the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers admitted yesterday he's a serial killer, and...
DUELING DAVID: I RISKED; BIG $$ TO SAVE LIZA
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDAVID GEST at 6:15 a.m. yesterday, Hawaii time, broke his silence and said with a catch in his voice, "There will always be a part of my heart which will...
NYPD GETS GLOBAL BOOST FROM INTERPOL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amNYPD cops will get direct access to the vast Interpol databank to determine instantly whether a suspect is a terrorist or a fugitive wanted for a crime anywhere in the...
QUEEN-SIZE WELCOME - W., LAURA FETED AT GLITTERING BANQUET
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amLONDON - President Bush launched a charm offensive in Great Britain yesterday, telling jokes at his own expense and warmly praising the British as he robustly defended the Iraq war....
WALL ST. GIVES $TRAPPED APPLE A NEW ADD-ITUDE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amCity officials announced yesterday the best budget news since Mayor Bloomberg took office: Tax revenues are pouring in at $575 million ahead of projections. Budget Director Mark Page attributed much...
CRABBY CABARETS - BARS REBEL AT 'COSTLY' NEW RULES
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amBar owners were up in arms yesterday over a city proposal requiring many of them to get new, more expensive licenses - and follow a whole new set of rules....
WALL ST. 'CHEATS' CRAP OUT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amAn FBI agent posing as a big-spending swindler blew the lid off a 20-year Wall Street scam worth tens of millions when he lured brokers to a boozy party with...
POWER LINE ELECTROCUTES 3
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTwo New Jersey brothers and a cousin were electrocuted yesterday by a downed power line. The tragic accident occurred at around 4:15 a.m., when brothers Elmer Peña-Rivera, 28, and José...
BOY ACCUSER IS CANCER PATIENT - VISITED JACKO AS 'LAST WISH': REPORT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe child Michael Jackson is accused of molesting is a 12-year-old cancer-stricken boy whose last wish was to meet the self-proclaimed King of Pop, according to a news report. The...
LAWMAN MAY HAVE LAST WORD ON SNIDE SONGSTER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThey call him "Mad Dog" - and that nickname fits Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon like a glove. The tenacious prosecutor first attempted to nail Michael Jackson on child-sex...
DA DEMANDS WACKO JACKO SURRENDER IN SHOCKING NEW KID-SEX RAP
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTime to face the music. Bizarro superstar Michael Jackson has been ordered to surrender to the police on child-molestation charges that could send him to prison for more than 10...
CUNY WANTS EXTRA $108M
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe City University wants $108.8 million in additional state and city aid next year to help hire hundreds of full-time professors, expand its college prep programs in high schools and...
HIZZONER SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR AS KING OF THE ROAD
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThis mammoth SUV is Mayor Bloomberg's new set of wheels for cruising city streets. The "Bloomymobile" - more formally known as a Ford Excursion Limited - has become a mainstay...
'MAD DOG' DA OUT TO PUT THE BITE ON SONGSTER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThe District Attorney prosecuting Michael Jackson is so tenacious, they call him "Mad Dog." Tom Sneddon first pursued Wacko Jacko with such ferocity 10 years ago, the Gloved One wrote...
8 GRAND PLANS FOR MEMORIAL - LIGHT, WATER, TREES ARE MOTIFS OF FINALISTS FOR THE GROUND ZERO LEGACY TO VICTIMS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amEight Ground Zero memorial proposals - created by a handful of virtually unknown designers - were unveiled yesterday, revealing emotionally charged images meant to reflect and preserve the memory of...
ENGEL: MAKE FIRM PAY N.Y. FOR BLACKOUT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Ohio utility blamed in a government investigation for the gigantic August blackout should pay New Yorkers for their trouble, a Bronx congressman said yesterday. The blackout -...
BOY, 13, SHOOTS COUSIN AS HE SHOWS OFF GUN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA 13-year-old Long Island boy showed off his dad's unlicensed handgun to a cousin yesterday afternoon - and ended up shooting her, Suffolk police said. Malika Holland, also 13, was...
46 IN HARLEM DRUG-RING BUST
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amForty-six people were arrested as part of an NYPD probe into a $2 million-a-year Harlem narcotics ring that used legitimate businesses as a cover, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced yesterday....
FIRE IGNITES IRE - NEW FURY OVER SHUT ENGINE 212
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA five-alarm fire in Brooklyn destroyed 10 houses and left 29 families homeless yesterday - as local residents and the firefighters' union head lambasted the Bloomberg administration for closing nearby...
CBS YANKED ITS NEW MICHAEL JACKSON SPECIAL ...
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amCBS yanked its new Michael Jackson special after authorities issued an arrest warrant for the Gloved One. "Given the gravity of the charges against Mr. Jackson, we believe it would...
JACKO READY TO SURRENDER ON CHILD-SEX RAP THAT SPELLS 10 YEARS IN JAIL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTime to face the music. Bizarro superstar Michael Jackson has been ordered to surrender to police on child-molestation charges that could send him to prison for more than 10 years....
BOY SHOOTS COUSIN AS HE SHOWS OFF GUN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00am9.5>A 13-year-old Long Island boy showed off his dad's unlicensed handgun to a cousin yesterday afternoon - and ended up shooting her in the left side of her face, Suffolk...
FIRE IGNITES IRE: NEW FURY OVER SHUT ENGINE 212
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amA five-alarm fire in Brooklyn destroyed 10 houses and left 29 families homeless yesterday - as locals and fire officials lambasted the Bloomberg administration for closing nearby Engine 212 last...
8 GRAND PLANS FOR MEMORIAL: LIGHT, WATER, TREES ARE MOTIFS IN FINALISTS FOR THE GROUND ZERO LEGACY TO VICTIMS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGround Zero memorial proposals - by eight teams of virtually unknown designers - were unveiled yesterday, revealing creative plans that honor the victims with reflecting pools, waterfalls and groves of...
METS MAY WINN OUT FROM DEAL IN SEATTLE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES The Mets may very well benefit from the Mariners' signing of free-agent left-fielder Raul Ibanez yesterday. Ibanez got a three-year contract from the Mariners, who essentially have four...
RIVERS GETS JOB BEHIND ABC MIKE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDoc Rivers sure didn't waste any time bouncing back into the national spotlight. Thirty-six hours after being fired by the Magic with two years left on his $5.5 million contract,...
DOCTOR'S ORDERS ; GOODEN WANTS SHEFFIELD TO SIGN WITH BOMBERS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDoc Gooden would love nothing more than a family reunion in The Bronx. Gooden, the former Yankee pitcher who now serves as an adviser in their Tampa office, said last...
WHIT WANTS RAMS TOUGH
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amHOOP PREVIEW With each buzz of the alarm clock this fall, Michael Haynes began to understand the changes in Fordham men's basketball. The pre-dawn risings preceded 6 a.m. team runs,...
FARRELL'S OUTLOOK: AMARO THE MERRIER
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amH.S. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Josh Amaro was almost impossible to find after Monsignor Farrell's dramatic playoff victory over Mount St. Michael on Sunday. Hidden among teammates and dozens of...
TIMANDER IS CHIEF - AT LEAST FOR NOW
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - Mattias Timander is going to watch what he eats now that he's been recalled from Bridgeport, the Islanders AHL farm team. Because the last time Timander was...
PIGSKIN PROFIT: LENN ROBBINS PICKS SATURDAY'S GAMES
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSEESPN2 NoonLINE: West Virginia -2. ANGLE: This game has usually come down to which team establishes the running game. West Virginia, which is gunning for Big East...
MLS MAKES MUCH ADU ABOUT FREDDY
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFreddy Adu has been called the next Pele, anointed the future of American soccer. But strip away all the wild exaggerations and breathless hyperbole, the facts of what Adu is,...
STARE DOWN ; PETTITTE, YANKEES PLAYING HARDBALL IN CONTRACT TALKS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amI KNOW Andy Pettitte is bluffing. You know he's bluffing. Brian Cashman probably knows he's bluffing. But here's the problem: What if Pettitte isn't bluffing? What if Pettitte, a Walton...
NETS' BOARD GAME WEAK
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amForget shooting for a minute. That's a whole different issue. The primary current causes of nausea for the Nets are rebounding and defending, two areas that served as the basis...
PLAYOFFS IN PLAY ; CHANEY EXPECTS KNICKS TO GET IN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amMaybe it was the intoxication of watching Antonio McDyess rise for two spectacular dunks during a two-on-two following yesterday's morning shootaround in a virtually empty gymnasium. But for the first...
JET PLAYERS WANT KEYSHAWN BACK
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amRay Mickens "raps" with Keyshawn Johnson often. Close friends since they came into the league together with the Jets in 1996, they spoke as recently as Tuesday, the day Johnson...
ALONZO: I AM FEELIN' JUST FINE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES If you were wondering, Alonzo Mourning feels fine. The 14-minute cameo against the Hornets was more a matter of what others did, not what Mourning didn't or couldn't...
DEV SPECIAL TEAMS ESPECIALLY SOLID
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amThose power-play goals, the ones the Devils don't give up, they're starting to score instead. As they sought to stretch their unbeaten streak to 10 games last night against the...
KOBE, LAKERS BRING CIRCUS TO TOWN EARLY
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amTHE trapeze artists and bearded ladies began to pile off the bus just after 5:30, weaving their way inside Madison Square Garden. Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey generally doesn't arrive...
M'S DEAL COULD BE GOOD ONE FOR METS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES The Mets could benefit from a Mariners' free-agent signing. Seattle made the first offseason splash yesterday, inking LF Raul Ibanez to a three-year, $13.25 million deal. Now the...
FASSEL: I'M ON TIGHTROPE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00am"I want to leave on my own terms. I will want to do this until I'm tired of it and I've had enough."JIM FASSEL When he arrived back in 1997,...
BUM KNEES KO 2 MORE STARTERS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES As the losses mount, the injuries keep on coming. Yesterday the Giants put two more starters on season-ending injured reserve, as both defensive end Kenny Holmes and strong...
CARTER'S STATS TURNING HEADS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES There's still a buzz around the Jets about the job receiver Jonathan Carter did against the Colts on Sunday, compiling 304 total yards and two touchdowns in the...
LEITER WOULD BE 'SURPRISED' IF PIAZZA LEFT
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amAl Leiter doesn't believe Mike Piazza was unhappy last season, but the Met pitcher wants to talk to his batterymate as soon as possible. Leiter is like everybody else -...
DOC: GO GET GARY UNCLE WANTS SHEFF TO JOIN HIS YANKEES
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDoc Gooden would love nothing more than a family reunion in The Bronx. Gooden, the former Yankees pitcher who now serves as an adviser in their Tampa office, said last...
FAITH KEEPS KOBE GOING SAYS BURDEN IS TOO HEAVY TO CARRY ALONE
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amKobe Bryant knew the media whirlwind that has swirled around him would turn into a tornado at the Garden. And before last night's Knick game, in a circus atmosphere that...
LEETCH: MY HEAD'S NOT YET IN GAMES
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDENVER - He is trying his hardest just as he always has, just as he always does. No one doubts that. But now nearly three weeks into his return from...
ACHING ANKLE WILL KO KEITH THREE GAMES
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amJust when the Knicks were trying to build momentum from Monday's victory over Boston, Keith Van Horn could miss three games, including last night's vs. the Lakers, with a sprained...
DON SEES PLAYOFFS IN CRYSTAL BALL
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amMaybe it was the intoxication of watching Antonio McDyess rise for two spectacular dunks during a 2-on-2 following yesterday's morning shootaround in a virtually empty gymnasium. But for the first...
STREAK AN IMPERFECT 10 TO BURNS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amDevils 4 Sabres 1 His Devils ran rampant again, now chasing records in an unbeaten November. Still, Pat Burns fumed. "We were playing the right way and then we started...
KOBE CAN'T WAKE UP DOZE GARDEN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amFIVE years ago, there would have been no sheltering him from the scorn. Can you imagine? Think about what Madison Square Garden would have had in store for Kobe Bryant...
KEITH'S ANKLE BIG PAIN
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Just when the Knicks were trying to build momentum from Monday's victory over Boston, Keith Van Horn's right ankle sprain has rocked Don Chaney's world. The injury could...
REFEREES CUT KNICKS NO SLACK
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amWith the injury-riddled Knicks facing an all-star Laker squad with four future Hall of Famers, one might've expected the Lakers to get the benefit of a few calls. But they...
ISLES SHINE ON
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amIsles 4 >Panthers 1SUNRISE, Fla. - After spending three days baking by the pool of their posh hotel here, the Islanders were ripe for a third-degree burning against the Panthers....
COURT JESTERS ; LAKERS LAUGH WAY PAST OVERMATCHED KNICKS
November 20, 2003 | 5:00amLakers 104Knicks 83 When Shaquille O'Neal really started to give a damn about midway through the third quarter, he took the ball on the low left block against his old...