January 9, 2004
BILLBOARD'S NOW A BUST; MARTHA FAN SHIFTS PLAN
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amMartha's minions are taking to the streets. The members of the SaveMartha.com Web site are planning a rally outside the trial of Martha Stewart when the duchess of domesticity appears...
PHAT DEAL: KELLWOOD BUYS SIMMONS' STREETWEAR BIZ
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amRussell Simmons' dance with Kellwood finally ended at the altar yesterday. Simmons agreed to sell his hip-hop fashion empire, Phat Fashions, to apparel giant Kellwood after months of talks. The...
PARMALAT COST U.S. FIRMS $2B
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAmerica's milk and cookie sales are keeping bankrupt parent Parmalat afloat in Italy - but its phony financials are leaving behind big losses at American firms. While authorities on three...
APPLE LETS H-P SELL IPOD COPY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amApple Computer is trying to correct one of the most notorious business decisions in recent history. Hewlett-Packard announced yesterday that it will sell its own version of Apple's successful iPod...
VERIZON PLANS WIRELESS NET
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amVerizon joined the broadband brigade yesterday, announcing it was spending $1 billion to build a so-called "third generation" national wireless network. The upgrade, expected to be completed by the end...
TW, MGM CALL OFF TALKS ON MERGER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Time Warner have abandoned talks to merge the legendary movie studio into the world's biggest media company, The Post has learned. MGM had been in early-stage talks with...
UPSCALE RETAILERS SHINE WHILE WAL-MART STRUGGLES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amRetailers reported sales figures yesterday that show a last-minute shopping rush helped many of them meet holiday targets and overcame a sluggish start to the season. A compilation of sales...
FOOTSTAR'S INVESTORS IN REVOLT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA shareholder revolt is under way to wrest control of shoe retailer Footstar from its current management team after the company got kicked off the New York Stock Exchange for...
60 BROAD SELLS FOR MORE THAN $213M
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA major downtown building at 60 Broad St. has become the first city purchase for Wells Real Estate Funds, a private, California-based real estate investment trust. According to Globest.com, Wells...
VARVATOS IN VF TALKS TO BUY BACK HIS LABEL
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amVF Corp. said yesterday that it is in talks to sell the John Varvatos sportswear brand back to the company's designer. The future of designer John Varvatos' signature label has...
'GOODFELLAS' DOUBLE DEAL ; DE NIRO, SCORSESE PEN JOINT MEMOIR FOR RANDOM HOUSE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTWO Hollywood legends, director Martin Scorsese and tough-guy actor Robert De Niro, have snagged more than $2 million from Harmony Books to write a joint memoir of their shared film...
NOT PLAYING NYSE ; BIG BOARD FACES ONSLAUGHT BY WATCHDOGS, RIVALS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith a report on former chief Dick Grasso's pay package passed on to regulators, the New York Stock Exchange is now under seige from competitors attacking the foundations of its...
ON THE HOOK FOR GRASSO HANDOUTS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amBig Board interim chairman John Reed told the NYSE membership at a meeting last night that former compensation committee members could be held liable for their actions in approving former...
NOT PLAYING NYSE: BIG BOARD FACES ONSLAUGHT BY WATCHDOGS, RIVALS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith a report on former chief Dick Grasso's pay package passed on to regulators, the New York Stock Exchange is now under seige from competitors attacking the foundations of its...
VERIZON PLANS $1B WIRELESS NETWORK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amVerizon joined the broadband brigade yesterday, announcing it was spending $1 billion to build a so-called "third generation" national wireless network. The upgrade, expected to be completed by the end...
STARR REPORT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amSay what? Steven Spielberg is firing back at Robert Duvall, who blasted Spielberg in a "60 Minutes II" interview Wednesday for his "presumptuous" trip to Cuba in 2002. Duvall quoted...
CROC BOY OFF HOOK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amCOME back, "Croc Hunter" Steve Irwin, all is forgiven, says his TV network. The head of Discovery Channel says that Irwin is "incredibly remorseful" about the TV stunt last week...
MORE MANDY, LESS 'LIBERTY'
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amCHASING LIBERTY (two stars) Insubstantial teen fare.Running time: 111 minutes. Rated PG- 13 (sexual content and brief nudity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Kips Bay, others. THE new...
FILMING JAILHOUSE SHOCK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAILEEN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER ½ (two and one half stars) Running time: 89 minutes. Not rated (disturbing subject matter). At the Sunshine Cinema, Houston Street,...
A FULL NILSEN; 'WORLD IDOL' WIN PLUNGES PLUMBER INTO FAME
January 9, 2004 | 5:00am"In America and all of Europe, a pop star has perfect looks. I think I have opened the door for all the ordinary Joes."Kurt Nilsen"I had never seen so many...
MORE 'TOON 'WARS'
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amCARTOON Network is putting the finishing touches on the next set of "Star Wars" 'toons, the newest and coolest editions to the "Star Wars" saga. The first of 10 new...
REVENGE OF THE B-LISTERS; FADED CELEBS ON 'SURREAL'
January 9, 2004 | 5:00am"The Surreal Life" Sunday night at 9 on The WB (two stars) WHAT do you get when you combine several relentlessly self-promoting has-beens, a cheesy house with a round bed,...
'POWER IDOL' ; REALITY TV LOOKS FOR NEXT PREZ
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFORGET Dubya and his Democratic presidential challenger - Showtime wants YOU to run for president. In "American Candidate," a new summer reality show from Oscar-nominated filmmaker R.J. Cutler ("The War...
'JOE' SOAP
January 9, 2004 | 5:00am'AVERAGE Joe" stars Melana Scantlin and Jason Peoples are jumping from prime-time reality into the daytime soap world. Scantlin and Peoples - the hunky waiter Melana chose over "Average Joe"...
JOHNNY'S DEPPTH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amJOHNNY Depp is going indie - again. After starring in the Hollywood smash "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," he's taking on a small ($16 million)...
WE LOVE THEM YEAH YEAH YEAHS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Yeah Yeah Yeahs - the post punk trio starring the oh-so- coy and very fashionable Karen O on vocals - are playing their biggest New York show ever, on...
POP! GOES THE WEASEL: STILLER'S MOVIE WAR OF THE RODENTS RUFFLE FERRET FANS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amBEN Stiller and Jennifer Aniston have an easy chemistry in the romantic comedy "Along Came Polly" - but no love was lost between Stiller and the ferret who plays a...
LOTS OF LOOSE 'CHANGE' ; WONDER HOW MANY ANGELS CAN FIT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amHOW many rich people does it take to lose money on a Tony Kushner show? At this point, about 10 (plus a few production companies), although the situation is still...
LIFE TORTURES TONY; GANDOLFINI'S DOUBLE STRIFE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Art was no escape from real life for "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, who finds himself in Spiltsville on and off camera. The Emmy Award-winning actor, who plays...
TALKING YAO FANS' LINGO
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amNBA phenom Yao Ming and two other Chinese pros have sparked such a frenzy that Knicks games will now be broadcast in a Chinese. Last night, Chinese-language radio station WZRC-AM...
DIMOND TO 'TODAY'
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amCOURT TV's Diane Dimond, who's been out front on the Michael Jackson sex-abuse case, will cover all-things-Jacko for the "Today" show. Dimond will continue anchoring Court TV's "Hollywood At Large"...
L.I. GIRL GENIUS, 14, SETS SIGHTS ON GETTING PH.D.
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAlia Sabur, the 14-year-old Long Island science genius who graduated from college with honors, has been recruited to Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she will study for her Ph.D. and...
'GOP REVENGE' COSTLY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA deputy Rikers warden, who alleged he was harassed and punished by Department of Correction brass after he got involved in Democratic Party politics, settled his $10 million civil-rights suit...
FUNERAL TEARS FOR PARTY TEEN
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amSome 500 mourners packed a Long Island funeral home yesterday to say goodbye to a Far Rockaway teen gunned down last weekend. In an emotional, 20-minute sermon broadcast over loudspeakers...
HOMELESS WEIRDO GRINS DURING MURDER CHARGE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA day after allegedly stabbing a man to death in Manhattan's West 14th Street subway station, a homeless street performer was hauled into court yesterday wearing nail polish, a clean...
SYRIA AND IRAN BACK IN BIZ WITH HEZBOLLAH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Iran and Syria used last month's earthquake in Iran to secretly renew arms shipments to Hezbollah guerrillas, Israeli intelligence sources said yesterday. Iran and Syria had operated an...
MEMORIAL TO PRESERVE WTC TOWER COLUMNS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe 9/11 memorial will preserve traces of the north tower's steel columns and the building's bedrock footprint, which visitors will be able to view in an underground room, sources said...
ROSE-Y OUTLOOK ON SALE OF BOOK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amIntrigued baseball fans are going to Big Apple bookstores to buy disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose's new autobiography, in which he finally admits to betting on Cincinnati Reds games when...
CHOPPER ATROCITY: 9 DIE AS THUGS DOWN MEDICS' BLACK HAWK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Nine American soldiers died yesterday when pro-Saddam terrorists apparently shot down a U.S. Black Hawk medical-evacuation helicopter in the latest in a series of attacks on vulnerable, low-flying...
EGGSPENSIVE; FORBES KIN SET $90M FABERGÉ SALE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Forbes family is putting all their eggs in one basket - selling off their famed Fabergé eggs collection at an auction that could rake in $90 million over easy....
GA. DAD HUNTED IN SLAUGHTER-KIDNAP
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amCops in Georgia have launched a statewide manhunt for a local father who allegedly went berserk in a rural town, slaughtered three members of his ex-wife's family, strangled his youngest...
BEATEN FIREMAN IS BATTLING BACK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE should be plenty of thumbs up in firehouses throughout the city today when colleagues learn the face of shattered firefighter Robert Walsh is on the mend. "I think he's...
SCHOOLS DROP OFF 'FAILURE' LIST
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The number of failing Big Apple schools in the dreaded "Hall of Shame" has dropped to a new low, state education officials announced yesterday. State Education Commissioner Richard...
ISRAEL AND TURKEY JOIN FORCES VS. AL QAEDA
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's chief intelligence agency, the Mossad, is now working with Turkey to track down al Qaeda agents in the region. The extraordinary alliance between security officials in Muslim...
OWNERS ARE A HOUSE DIVIDED
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amHappy homeowners in the city heaped praise on Mayor Bloomberg after he unveiled his property-tax rebate yesterday - but real-estate moguls were fuming that they were left out of the...
GREAT REBATE DEBATE: SILVER WHINING COULD NIX MIKE'S $400 REFUND
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's proposal for a $400 property-tax rebate ran into a buzz saw in Albany yesterday when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he'd prefer a rollback of the sales tax...
HACKER HUMBLED: SAYS SORRY ABOUT TIMES COMPUTER CAPER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA cocky hacker who often publicly boasts of his exploits to other cybergeeks took on a remorseful tone yesterday when he admitted to a Manhattan federal judge he broke into...
SUBWAY STABBING: FIEND LAUGHS AFTER KNIFING RIDER IN QNS.
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amPolice yesterday were searching for a suspect who stabbed a fellow passenger in an apparently unprovoked attack on an E line subway train in Queens. Augustus Agapinin, 29, was sitting...
BUSH GETS LATINO BOOST IN NEW POLLS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's capture has helped President Bush gain support among Latinos, but they say Bush should concentrate on the economy rather than the war on terror, two surveys...
NO MORE FREE 'PASS' FOR STUDENTS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced a new program to end "social promotion" starting with third-graders - and as many as 15,000 could be left back this year. "It's time to ....
BEATLE GUITAR DOCTOR BOOTED
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA top cancer doctor is out as director of radiation oncology at a Staten Island hospital amid shocking allegations he forced George Harrison to sign a guitar as the Beatle...
FERRY PILOT TOOK RX ON SLY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe suicidal pilot of the doomed Staten Island Ferry that crashed into a pier last October may never operate a ferryboat again because he failed to tell the Coast Guard...
SALMON-SLAMMIN' STUDY SAYS FARMED FISH ARE FOUL
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThere's something very fishy about farm-raised salmon - they contain far more toxic chemicals than wild salmon, a disturbing new study concludes. In fact, farmed salmon have such high toxin...
B'KLYN MAN GUILTY OF 900 FAKE LICENSES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man admitted yesterday he helped as many as 900 illegal immigrants obtain drivers licenses by bribing a Department of Motor Vehicles officer. Rafet Ozoglu, 42, faces up to...
LEADER SHIP: QM2 GETS ROYAL CHRISTENING AS LARGEST LINER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith the smash of a giant champagne bottle, Queen Elizabeth II yesterday christened the world largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, which is as tall as a 21-story building...
POLICE SHOOT B'KLYN 'BANDIT'
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA bandit who pulled a gun on cops in the middle of a Brooklyn robbery got a rough payback yesterday when an officer opened fire and grazed him, police said....
CHOIRBOY'S $30M NOTE: TEENAGER UPS SUIT FROM $5M, SAYING HARLEM DIRECTORS IGNORED SEX ABUSE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe teenage victim at the center of the Boys Choir of Harlem sex-abuse scandal upped the ante to $30 million yesterday in his negligence suit against the fabled choir and...
MINK MOM 'DWI': BUSTED AFTER WILD RIDE WITH TRIPLETS, 5
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA mink-clad Long Island mom was arrested for drunken driving at more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit - with her 5-year-old triplets in the back seat, cops said...
GRUESOME TANKER CRASH KILLS L.I. TEEN
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAn oil tanker crashed into a car at a Long Island intersection yesterday, killing the car's 17-year-old driver and critically injuring her 10-year-old sister, police said. The horrific accident occurred...
'I NEEDED NEW; BEGINNING': 9/11 WIFE REJECTS IN-LAW'S ATTACKS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00am--- EXCLUSIVE --- The tearful widow of fallen 9/11 firefighter James Amato broke her silence yesterday to say she still loves her husband but took up with another of New...
FREDDY FIRES AWAY AT BLOOMBERG
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFernando Ferrer launched a blistering attack on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday as the former Bronx borough president all but declared his third run for City Hall. Speaking at his first fund-raiser...
BLDG.-COLLAPSE DUO DUCK JAIL
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe father-and-son owners of a collapsed 19th century East Village antique warehouse will stay out of jail after being sentenced yesterday to $2,000 fines and community service. Walter Blum, 78,...
BX. COPS SAVE MAN IN CRASH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThree of New York's Finest saved the life of an elderly man who crashed his car near their Bronx precinct house yesterday, police said. Officers Joseph Picciotto, 34, Maricela Galendez,...
DEAN'S IOWA 'RINGERS': GEPHARDT: FOE IMPORTS FAKE VOTERS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - Dick Gephardt's campaign yesterday accused Democratic front-runner Howard Dean of plotting fraud to win the first presidential test by padding the Iowa caucuses with out-of-state ringers....
KIDS' SLAY-DAD ORDEAL OVER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThree girls were found safe in rural Georgia last night, more than 24 hours after they were kidnapped by a jealous ex-husband who had killed his infant daughter and three...
BUSH BOOSTS SPACE-CHASE PACE FOR MAN ON MARS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amPresident Bush is "go" for lift-off to the moon - and later, Mars. Senior administration officials said last night the president will announce plans next week to send Americans to...
OLD-TIMER DIES IN WASH. HTS. BLAZE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAn elderly woman was killed in a fire that gutted her Washington Heights apartment yesterday, authorities said. Bertha Ortiz, 77, was inside the fourth-floor apartment at 701 W. 175th St....
EW EYES FUTURE IN COACHING
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amPatrick Ewing doesn't expect to be on Jeff Van Gundy's staff for much longer. It's not that he hasn't taken to his new job as Rockets assistant coach, but rather...
TELFAIR AT GARDEN TO ROOT ON COUSIN MARBURY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amSebastian Telfair sat in the second row courtside at the Garden last night, watching his cousin make his Knick debut. Despite the great seat, it wasn't close enough for the...
3 BADLY HURT IN B'KLYN FIRE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThree people were seriously injured in a Brooklyn apartment fire early this morning, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze started on the top floor of the three-story building at 407 Wilson...
FIVE BADLY INJURED IN B'KLYN FIRE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFive people were seriously injured in a Brooklyn apartment fire early this morning, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze started on the top floor of the three-story building at 407 Wilson...
GA. GIRLS OK IN KIDNAP HORROR
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThree girls were found safe in rural Georgia last night, more than 24 hours after they were kidnapped by a jealous ex-husband who had killed his infant daughter and three...
CAR THIEF TAKES TOT ON WILD RIDE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amA man who stole a livery cab parked on an Inwood street last night may not have realized the car was carrying precious cargo - an infant boy left in...
L.I. GIRL GENIUS, 14, ON COURSE FOR PH.D.
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amAlia Sabur, the 14-year-old Long Island science genius who graduated from college with honors, has been recruited to Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she will study for her Ph.D. and...
'MACHETE-ROB' DUO IN COURT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTwo Brooklyn men pleaded not guilty yesterday to terrifying at least a dozen robbery victims with a machete late last year during an hour-long crime spree in Brooklyn. Carmine Carini,...
RAILY CHEAP TRAIN RIDE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amGet ready for a "fare" deal. A pilot program allowing straphangers to ride Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains within the city for $2.50 on weekends will start tomorrow....
NOT-GUILTY PLEAS IN DEATH OF 'DAYDAY,' 8
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTwo men charged with second-degree murder and gun possession in a drug-related shootout that left an 8-year-old dead pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday. Lawrence Malik, 16, and...
ROSE-Y OUTLOOK FOR BOOK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amIs Pete Rose's new book a hit? You bet! Fans went to Big Apple bookstores to buy the disgraced baseball legend's new autobiography, in which he finally admits to betting...
TOASTED TYCO INVESTOR TESTIFIES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amJurors in the $600 million Tyco embezzlement trial got their first look at a burned investor yesterday - but they weren't able to hear much from him. Lawyers for former...
NOW THEY TELL US THAT FISH ARE FOUL
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThere's something very fishy about farm-raised salmon - they contain far more toxic chemicals than wild salmon, a disturbing new study concludes. In fact, farmed salmon have such high toxin...
ISIAH EYES CAMBY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Isiah Thomas held preliminary discussions Wednesday with the Nuggets about ex-Knick center Marcus Camby, whom Thomas selected with Toronto's No. 2 pick of the 1996 draft, The Post...
BLACKFISH SCHOOL PAYS OFF
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFOR most saltwater anglers, blackfish present a major challenge. They are tough and crafty and not the easiest to catch, so if you are going to learn, you might as...
EX-ISLES FITTING IN WITH OILERS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amEach of the three players at the center of last night's Coliseum game between the one-time dynastic Islanders and Oilers has had significantly different impacts on their new teams, a...
ROSE WON'T STOP PLAYING GAMES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amIF for nothing else, Pete Rose deserves immediate enshrinement in the Hall of Fame as the only living ex-major leaguer to have completed a sentence while his name forms one....
NETS WELCOME GRIFFIN ABOARD
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe slate was wiped clean, hands were extended, the welcome mat was in place. Eddie Griffin officially joined the Nets yesterday, returning to where his NBA career technically began. "Definitely,...
PONDERING A RASH MOVE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amASIDE from the obvious downside of re-locating communications major Rasheed Wallace to the media capital of the world, his acquisition by the Knicks would force the NBA's Competition Committee to...
TAYLOR'S RIDIN' ON 'MAIN-LINE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amJermain Taylor may still be "a puppy" in terms of his professional boxing experience, Lou DiBella said, but the promoter is confident that by the time 2004 nears an end,...
GIMME A COLD ONE ; SUPED-UP PATRIOTS WILL PUT TITANS ON ICE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE feeling here is that the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl on the First of February. With that being the case, they have to be the pick...
'CIDE' SET TO RETURN
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amKentucky Derby-Preakness winner Funny Cide, the favorite to be named 3-year-old champion of 2003, is entered to make his 4-year-old debut going seven furlongs in tomorrow's 10th race at Gulfstream...
RANGERS RIDE 'D' LINE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amRALEIGH - It would be humorous if it weren't such relatively serious business: the Rangers are exposed in a 5-0 home loss to the Flames and, lo and behold, the...
VAUGHN STICKS FORK IN HIS CAREER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amBarring a medical miracle, Mo Vaughn's career is over. The Mets' burly first baseman all but announced his retirement yesterday, admitting that doctors have told him his arthritic left knee...
STARTING TO HAPPEN FOR KURT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amWhen Kurt Thomas lost his spot in the Knicks' starting lineup last month, he didn't hide his displeasure. "If they don't want me here, I can go somewhere else where...
ASSISTANTS RECALL COUGHLIN'S WRATH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amLarry Pasquale was feeling pretty darn good, and why not? As the Jaguars' special teams coach in 1995, the team's first year of existence, he helped produce two touchdowns on...
VAN'S ESCAPE PAID OFF
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHOUGH his return was a side dish to Stephon Marbury's festive home debut as a Knick last night, Jeff Van Gundy still received a hero's welcome in his first trip...
BIG BLUE TARGETS EX-STEELER AIDE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES One intriguing name that has surfaced as a possible choice of Tom Coughlin's for the Giants defensive coordinator position is Tim Lewis, the former Steelers defensive coordinator recently...
GUERRERO'S BACK WAS NO WORRY FOR EXPOS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThere are many people in baseball worried about Vladimir Guerrero's back. But the free agent's GM for the past two years isn't one of them. Montreal GM Omar Minaya said...
BANNED K-MART: I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kenyon Martin knew the second he took a shot at Corey Maggette in their third-quarter scuffle Tuesday night a suspension was coming. Now, with Martin forced to sit...
ANTSY PATRIOTS, COACHES READY TO ANSWER BELL
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFOXBORO - There's an aura of anticipation surrounding the Patriots right now. By the time they line up to play the Titans in tomorrow night's AFC divisional playoff game at...
THAT PLAYOFF FEELING'S BACK . . . FOR A NIGHT
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE last time it really felt this way inside Madison Square Garden was a Friday night, June 2, 2000. Nobody knew it at the time, but it was the last...
MARBURY DEBUT A GARDEN PARTY ; CHEERS FOR STEPH, JEERS FOR CHANEY
January 9, 2004 | 5:00am"At guard, from Georgia Tech, welcome home, Stephon Marbury." That's how the introduction went as the Coney Island kid was introduced, first, and the sold-out Garden crowd leaped to its...
METS MAKE OFFER TO GUERRERO
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Mets have made their pitch for Vladimir Guerrero. Attempting to capitalize on what's turned into a stunning opportunity, the Mets have jumped into the bidding for the star free-agent...
MO NEEDS 'MIRACLE' TO MAKE COMEBACK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amBarring a medical miracle, Mo Vaughn's career appears to be over. The Mets' burly first baseman announced that doctors have said his arthritic left knee won't allow him to play...
ROCKET CLOSER TO FINAL FRONTIER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amIs the Rocket about to announce his final launch in Houston? Roger Clemens is telling friends he plans to sign a one-year, $4 million contract with the Astros, according to...
WARD HEADIN' TO SPURS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amBarring last-minute upheaval, Charlie Ward will announce today he has chosen Spurs over Nets and Rockets. So the Nets will re-sign Robert Pack after he clears waivers at 2 o'clock...
MARBURY'S DREAM WAS NIGHTMARE
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amStephon Marbury has said more times than he can remember it had always been his dream to play at the Garden for the Knicks. Last night, the Coney Island native,...
RANGERS RAGGED IN RALEIGH ; OUTWORKED IN LOSS TO 'CANES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amHurricanes 3Rangers 2 RALEIGH - One game shy of the halfway mark, they appear as disorganized and complacent as any of their six immediate predecessors. And if the Rangers are...
PAPINEAU PAIR PUMPS UP ISLES
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 3Oilers 2 Several times this season there have been drastic line changes and in-game adjustments by the Islanders' coaching staff that translated into victories on nights when, as a...
RIGHT VAN FOR THE JOB
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE KNICKS fans who weren't chanting "Fire Chaney!" last night at the Garden must have left the building mumbling about what might have been had Jeff Van Gundy not abruptly...
CHANEY CRASHES STEPHON'S PARTY ; THIS DEBACLE CALLS FOR NEW KNICK COACH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE issue no longer is should Don Chaney be fired. Chaney has to be fired. Immediately. Today. This morning. If Isiah Thomas and James Dolan want to retain even a...
FANS WANT DON GONE AFTER ROUT BY ROCKETS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amRockets 111Knicks 79 Stephon Marbury's Garden lovefest turned ugly last night with an angry mob chanting for Don Chaney's scalp. For the first time during his 71-111 Knick reign, a...
SHAKEUP AT MSG NETWORK: FOUR SHOWS GET THE AX
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amMSG Network is doing a major renovation of its winter lineup, beginning with the cancellation of its afternoon program, Talk of Our Town, according to sources. In addition to Talk...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amFox vs. ESPN (Which has the better NFL pregame show?) Not wanting to have a dramatic impact on the ratings, The Matchup has chosen now, the end of the football...
5 QUESTIONS FOR AL MICHAELS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand talked with ABC's Al Michaels. The 58-year-old Michaels this year added some NBA regular-season games, plus the NBA Finals, to his Monday Night Football...
THE FIGHTIN' TITANS: PATS HAVE ALL THE EDGES - BUT DON'T TELL THAT TO JEFF FISHER
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amSaturday, AFC playoffs, Patriots at Titans, 8 p.m., CBS There's little reason to think the Titans will go into Foxboro on Saturday night and beat the Patriots in their AFC...
HIT KING STRIKES OUT IN QUEST FOR FORGIVENESS
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amPETE ROSE should resign himself to the reality of the moment. The more days pass, the longer he lingers in the spotlight, the less likely it seems he will live...
THERE'S NO BETTING IN BASEBALL: PETE ROSE ADMITS MISTAKE, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
January 9, 2004 | 5:00amPete Rose craves forgiveness ... but only on his terms. An evasive Charlie Hustle began his whirlwind publicity tour yesterday in a Manhattan hotel suite dressed in a Nike pullover...