January 16, 2004
I HAVE TO ANSWER MY JACKET
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amO'Neill, a California company famous for its wetsuits and snow jackets, has a new trick up its sleeve - an MP3 player. The Hub, a coat that O'Neill will roll...
WITKOFF BUYS POTAMKIN GARAGE SITE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA four-story Potamkin garage on on the northwest corner of York Avenue and 61st Street may be heading to the land of the high rises. Savvy developer Steven Witkoff swooped...
BLACK MONEY PROBE GROWS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA committee investigating alleged financial wrongdoing by newspaper baron Conrad Black has been unable to account for dividend payments from a newspaper in the Cayman Islands to a Toronto-based holding...
STATES RIP SEC, PLEDGE TO SMACK FUNDS AROUND
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amPublic pension leaders say the Securities and Exchange Commission is fumbling the ball on mutual fund reform so badly they'll have to take matters into their own hands. In a...
FEDS SLAP M'SOFT ON ANTITRUST END RUN
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMicrosoft got a slap on the Windows yesterday as the Justice Department found it was violating part of its antitrust agreement. In the new version of its operating system, Microsoft...
PPR PLANS TO SPREAD POWER AT GUCCI ONCE FORD IS GONE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amPinault-Printemps-Redoute is planning to make big changes to the way the Gucci Group is run following the expected departures later this year of Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole, people...
HARRISON STILL A POWER - FOR NOW
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amWith Bank One boss Jamie Dimon waiting in the wings to take the helm of the newly supersized J.P. Morgan in 2006, industry watchers are wondering whether CEO William Harrison...
WSJ LOSES 2ND TOP EDITOR ; WEEKEND JOURNAL'S DAHL LEAVING FOR JOB AT SMART MONEY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE is more shuffling going at The Wall Street Journal. Only days after Managing Editor Paul Steiger learned that 25-year veteran Larry Ingrassia has defected to the New York Times...
SPAWN OF SANDY: UNTESTED WEILL PROTEGES TO FACE OFF IN BANK WAR
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amIt'll be Jamie vs. Chuck in the battle of the nation's top global banks - and both disciples of legendary banker Sandy Weill are largely untested. The merger of J.P....
TOP JPM EXECS WILL GET BUCKETS OF CASH
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amBoth chiefs in the J.P. Morgan Chase-Bank One merger are getting tidy fortunes in the deal. William Harrison, who'll eventually turn over the J.P. Morgan reins that he's held for...
BLACK PROBE GROWS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA committee investigating alleged financial wrongdoing by newspaper baron Conrad Black has been unable to account for dividend payments from a newspaper in the Cayman Islands to a Toronto-based holding...
FOR COREL SALES, LATE IS GREAT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amIn its David-esque struggle against Microsoft, Corel is targeting an older market. Which, this being the computer industry, is about six years old. Whereas Microsoft usually requires consumers to continually...
THE WB LESS FOND OF 'GILMORE'
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTROUBLE is brewing behind the scenes on "The Gilmore Girls." The bosses of The WB - the network that carries the much talked-about show - went public this week with...
STARR REPORT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTaking the fifthAnd they said it would never last . . . Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer are celebrating their fifth (!) year co-hosting "Good Morning America." That's about 4...
'POLLY' WANTS A PLOT: WORN-OUT GAGS PARROT OTHER COMEDIES
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amALONG CAME POLLY (two stars) Stale formula comedy. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual content and gross-out humor). At the Cineplex Village VII, Kips Bay, 34th Street, others. THE...
'MAMMA' BEARS UP WELL WITH NEW CAST
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMAMMA MIA 1/2 (three and one half stars) At the Winter Garden Theater, 1634 Broadway; (212) 239-6200. THE splendid "Mamma Mia!" still has them dancing in the aisles in its...
THREE LIKABLE SOULS AND A BABY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTOKYO GODFATHERS (three stars) An anime charmer. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence). At the Empire and the Angelika. JOHN Wayne, macho man that...
A DOG & HIS BOY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTEACHER'S PET (three stars) Twisted fun. Running time: 68 minutes. Rated PG (mildly vulgar humor). At the Empire, the Village East, the Loews 84th Street, others. DISNEY'S "Teacher's Pet" is...
MULTICULTURALISM ON THE ROCKS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amJAPANESE STORY 1/2 (one and one half stars) The point gets lost in translation.Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (some sexuality and language.) At the Angelika, corner Houston and Mercer...
SPEED BUMP
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTORQUE 1/2 (one and one half stars) "The Fast and the Furious" with bikes.Running time: 81 minutes. PG- 13 (violence, sexuality, language and drug references). At the Empire, the Kips...
SYMBOL PLEASURES
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHE TRACKER (three stars) Racism, revenge in the Outback. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (brief nudity, implied violence). At Cinema Village, 12th Street between Fifth Avenue and University Place....
MUSICAL CUBA-ISM
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amCUBA: ISLAND OF MUSIC Shake it, baby! (two stars) Running time: 80 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Quad Cinema, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. GARY Keys'...
IRANIAN BANNED AT HOME
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amCRIMSON GOLD (three stars) Slow but moving tragedy. In Farsi, with English subtitles. Running time: 97 minutes. Not rated (nothing offensive). At the Quad and the Lincoln Plaza. 'CRIMSON Gold"...
HDTV AT TIPPING POINT; FASTER THAN COLOR, LESS MONEY THAN A NEW CAR
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHIGH-definition TV - the long-promised TV of the future - has quietly passed from "The Jetsons" into the mainstream in recent months, TV experts say. This week alone some of...
BACK IN BLOOM ; GIVE 'EM 5 (STARS)
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHE PRODUCERS (five stars) At the St. James Theater, 246 W. 44th St.; (212) 239-6200. AS they used to say on Broadway, and in Shakespeare: "What's the news on the...
INDIE ACTORS TOP SAG NODS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amSOME of Hollywood's biggest names - including Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe - were snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild yesterday. Instead, indie performers like Patricia Clarkson received...
METAL URGENT; IRON MAIDEN MOVES BEYOND THE SOUND SPIKES
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amSOME would say the music of Iron Maiden is as pain- inducing as the medieval torture device from which the band snatched its moniker, but with more than 50 million...
SAVE IT FOR A SNOWY DAY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Jayhawks' latest album, "Rainy Day Music," takes the alt- country band back to its rock roots. While the previous, more pop-flavored album, "Smile," was looking for a hit, the...
'TABOO' POSTMORTEM; WHAT & WHO WENT WRONG
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHE agent for a member of the "Taboo" creative team sat alone in Rosie O'Donnell's spacious office at 1500 Broadway. He'd been summoned for a meeting with the novice Broadway...
YOU GO, 'GIRL'! REMAKE NOT NEEDED, BUT IT'S STILL FUNNY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amSO I WASN'T THRILLED WHEN I POPPED TNT'S "THE GOODBYE GIRL" INTO THE VCR. MY ANNOYANCE LASTED ONLY THROUGH THE OPENING CREDITS. "The Goodbye Girl," tonight at 8 on TNT...
ARCTIC APPLE IN DEEP FREEZE - WILD WINTER STRIKES WITH WIND CHILLS AT BONE-NUMBING 25 BELOW
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amOld Man Winter is set to serve up an icy slap to New York and the Northeast today - as record temperatures that feel as frigid as 25 below zero...
FERRY CAPT. MEETS WITH FED PROBERS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amFederal prosecutors met for the first time yesterday with the captain of the doomed Staten Island Ferry that crashed, killing 11, lawyers involved said. Ex-Capt. Michael Gansas didn't even tell...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThree men who went streaking through a Denny's restaurant were chilled and chagrined when they spotted a thief drive off in their getaway car - with their clothes inside. Naked...
'CONFLICT' JUDGE BENCHES SELF
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge who accused judicial activist Anthony DeRosa of threatening her with allegations of conflict of interest has now stepped down from his case. State Supreme Court Justice Shirley...
PRESS BARRED FROM MARTHA-JURY PICKS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe judge overseeing the upcoming Martha Stewart trial yesterday took the unusual step of banning journalists from watching jury selection. Manhattan federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum said she feared journalists...
DA ASKS DEATH IN MURDER OF CO-ED
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn district attorney said yesterday he'll seek the death penalty in last year's brutal beating death of a Hunter College student. Assistant DA Heide Mason told Judge Cheryl Chambers...
TRAITOR'S RELEASE POSES NUKE DILEMMA FOR ISRAEL
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's most dangerous traitor, Mordechai Vanunu, is finishing up an 18-year prison sentence, and high-ranking officials are debating the risk of him telling the world even more about...
HOWARD'S END? IF DEAN MELTS DOWN . . .
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amI HATE to say I told you so, but it's just too fun not to say it. Last week in this space, I expressed bewilderment at the notion, peddled by...
TEMP GUILTY OF $1.5M TAX HOAX
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA federal jury deliberated just 45 minutes before convicting a Brooklyn office temp of fraud for accepting a $1.5 million refund from the IRS after doctoring his tax forms to...
CHILD-KILLER JOEL DENIED PAROLE AGAIN
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Joel Steinberg was denied parole yesterday for the fifth time, but the infamous child killer could nonetheless be freed by June 30, when he will have served two-thirds...
PRINCIPAL OUSTED FOR OUTING FLUNKIES
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn principal was yanked from school after she identified a group of struggling students on the public address system who are in jeopardy of not getting their diplomas, sources...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amQueens A Bayside woman was raped and her home ransacked yesterday as her child slept in another room, police said. Three men broke into the house on 206th Street through...
MAN CLUBS WIFE TO DEATH WITH DUMBBELL
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Harlem woman yesterday was bludgeoned to death with a five-pound dumbbell by her estranged husband, who then tried to kill himself as their teenaged son slept in another room,...
2 COPS HIT BY CAR AT ACCIDENT SITE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTwo Queens cops were injured yesterday when a car skidded out of control and careened into them as they tended to an East Elmhurst accident scene, police said. The officers,...
GOV FORESEES $5B DEFICIT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Aides to Gov. Pataki put the state's looming budget deficit at $5.1 billion yesterday, lower than the governor first suggested, but higher than state lawmakers have claimed. Pataki,...
'EL' OF A RULING FOR HIZZONER
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amChelsea could soon be getting a makeover. An appeals court yesterday gave the city the green light to demolish the remnants of High Line, the abandoned elevated railway line that...
KNICK-ERS IN A KNOT; GARDEN TEAM BIDS TO KEEP NETS OUT OF N.Y.
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nets aren't even in Brooklyn yet, and already there's a rivalry with their Manhattan counterparts. A formal announcement that Bruce Ratner won the bidding war for the New Jersey...
RUDY HAWKING BUSH IN IOWA
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani - who's been mentioned as a possible candidate for the White House in 2008 - is heading to Iowa, where he will tout President Bush at...
JAYSON JUDGE RIPS RACE CARD
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe judge in Jayson Williams' manslaughter case blasted the hoops star's defense team yesterday, saying it played the race card by insisting a black woman whose husband was friendly with...
JAIL FOR DWI COP ; GETS 4-YEAR MAX FOR KILLING 2 IN L.I. CRASH
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amAn ex-NYPD sergeant yesterday was sentenced to the max - 11/3 to 4 years - for killing two Long Island men in a DWI car crash in 2001 and trying...
D'AMATO DELAY HITS PA COFFERS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe Port Authority's politically charged handling of a La Guardia Airport jet-fueling contract is costing the agency more than $200,000 a year, and the expensive delay - which came after...
FERRY PROBE EYES CREW'S POSITIONS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amInvestigators looking into the cause of last fall's Staten Island Ferry disaster have widened their probe to include the whereabouts of the boat's crew and are currently "piecing together" a...
WE'RE BACK IN THE MONEY ; REBOUND BRINGS $1.4 BIL SURPLUS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has staged a remarkable economic recovery in the last year, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday, releasing a new budget with a $1.4 billion surplus and a $400 tax rebate...
MIKE'S $25 MIL SCHOOL BOOST
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday set aside $25 million to eliminate "social promotion" for failing third-graders this year - money that will be used to provide remedial math and English instruction for...
BEATEN BRAVEST LEAVES HOSP
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amBATTERED but far from bowed,firefighter Robert Walsh left the hospital yesterday and managed a laugh through wired jaws. He was asked by his brother Jim Walsh what the chair was...
ARCTIC APPLE IN DEEP FREEZE WILD WINTER STRIKES WITH WIND CHILLS AT BONE-NUMBING 25 BELOW
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amOld Man Winter is set to serve up an icy slap to New York and the Northeast today - as record temperatures that feel as frigid as 25 below zero...
HAIR'S NEWS: EVEN JAILBIRDS GET $OCKED IN FEE-FOR-ALL
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amInmates will help balance the city budget every time they get a haircut or make a phone call. That's because the city has decided to start charging jailbirds $2 per...
41 GUNS FOUND IN BIKER'S PAD
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Hells Angel biker who was busted in an upstate drug ring has been charged in Queens for keeping an illegal stash of 41 guns in his Douglaston home, authorities...
FASHION WORLD'S LORD OF THE RAGS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHobbit chic will be all the rage this fall. At madcap Italian fashion designer Kean Etro's show in Milan this week, models sported shaggy locks, flowing beards and fuzzy-wuzzy mutton...
TRUMPING HIS RIVALS: THOMPSON TAKES IN DONALD $$
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson yesterday got a boost for a possible 2005 mayoral run from real-estate mogul Donald Trump and famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who each donated $1,000. Thompson, one...
EVIL RAPE 'SAVAGES' - SHANTY VICTIM TELLS OF ORDEAL AS MONSTER GETS 21 YRS.
January 16, 2004 | 5:00am'They savagely dragged me like an animal ... to a foul place where I was brutally raped by five men.' - Victim's court statement yesterday A Queens mother who was...
RABBI'S WIFE DIES IN BROOKLYN BLAZE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe elderly, wheelchair-bound wife of one of Brooklyn's most radical rabbis died yesterday after a kitchen fire gutted their home. A home health aide was cooking lunch for Lillian Hecht,...
TAX 'RETURNS' COULD PAY OFF AT BALLOT BOX
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amANALYSIS When Mayor Bloomberg instituted record-breaking tax increases last year, some insiders speculated that he had gone too far. Even a slight economic recovery, they said privately, would provide the...
SPALDING ORDERED OFF FERRY: CREW
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMovie monologist Spalding Gray, a manic depressive who's tried suicide at least three times, was escorted off a Staten Island ferry by two concerned crew members on Friday night -...
COLLAR-FUL DEBUT FOR NYPD ROOKIE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amAn off-duty NYPD rookie fresh out of the Police Academy turned the tables on two knife-wielding gang members who demanded $3 from him on a Manhattan subway train early yesterday,...
ROCKAWAYS ED. BOSS BOOTED
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe supervisor overseeing the troubled network of schools in the Rockaways has been replaced, sources said yesterday. Joan Gordon - who amid a wave of school violence angered teachers in...
KID-PORN RING; MINISTER, DOC AMONG 15 NABBED IN JERSEY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amFifteen New Jersey residents, including a 70-year-old retired Presbyterian minister, were busted yesterday as the feds smashed an international kiddie-porn ring based in Belarus, authorities said. The 15, who were...
OPRAH'S 30G B'DAY SPREE ; SPENDS COLD CASH ON N.Y. ANTIQUES
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amBirthday girl Oprah Winfrey braved the icy cold yesterday to go on a red-hot shopping spree in the Big Apple -buying up a stunning collection of early American folk art....
NO RETRIAL FOR WISEGUY KILLER
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA federal judge has crushed Colombo big Victor Orena's bid for a new trial - rejecting claims that a crooked FBI agent and a rival capo framed the former acting...
SCHOOL TEXT HAS POL BOOK-BURNING
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - An angry state senator yesterday called on state Education Commissioner Richard Mills to remove from a list of "suitable" textbooks a controversial book showing an American family living...
DEAN GETS LESS MEAN - EASES UP AMID A 4-WAY TIE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amEmbattled Democratic front-runner Howard Dean yesterday vowed to tone down his aggressive attacks on rivals after a key ally warned that harsh words could cost him votes, with the battle...
BUSH, BOOZE & JESUS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush talked openly yesterday about his decision to quit boozing at age 40, telling church and community leaders in Louisiana that his faith in God helped him...
'DIDDY' LAWYER JOINS TEAM JACKO
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson imported a big-name New York legal eagle yesterday, building himself a dream team to fight child-molestation charges. Famed New York criminal defense lawyer Benjamin...
EVIL RAPE 'SAVAGES'; SHANTY VICTIM TELLS OF ORDEAL AS MONSTER GETS 21 YRS.
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens mother who was savagely gang-raped in Flushing Meadows Park said the five homeless immigrants who beat and brutalized her carried out their attack like "a pack of wild...
GIFFIE'S RAKING IN CELEB $$
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller has gotten a boost from several celebrities as he fills his war chest for a possible run against Mayor Bloomberg in 2005. Campaign Finance Board...
A TREASON GROWS IN B'KLYN - WHERE POLS AID N.J.
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTHEIR treachery is being compared to that of Walter O'Malley, who broke millions of hearts nearly two generations ago by stealing the Dodgers from Brooklyn. Now, some prominent names in...
PRINCIPAL IS OUSTED FOR OUTING FAILING STUDENTS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn principal was yanked from school after she identified a group of struggling students - on the public-address system - who are in jeopardy of not getting their diplomas,...
BEATLE-SUIT LAWYERS ARE CLOSE TO A-CHORD
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amA $10 million lawsuit that George Harrison's estate brought against the late Beatle's cancer doctor could be settled as soon as today after a judge pressured both sides to reach...
MAN SAYS HE SAW GRAY ON FERRY SATURDAY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amPolice are checking a credible report that movie monologist Spalding Gray was on the Staten Island Ferry around the time he disappeared Saturday night, sources said yesterday. Gray, a manic...
DA SEEKS DEATH IN CO-ED SLAY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn district attorney said yesterday he'll seek the death penalty in last year's brutal beating death of a Hunter College student. Assistant DA Heide Mason told Judge Cheryl Chambers...
FASHION'S LORD OF THE RAGS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHobbit chic will be all the rage this fall. At madcap Italian fashion designer Kean Etro's show in Milan this week, models sported shaggy locks, flowing beards and fuzzy- wuzzy...
ISLES BLOW 4-0 LEAD
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amKANATA, Ont. - On this night, the charity point earned against the Senators was no consolation for blowing a four-goal lead. Just when you thought things couldn't get any more...
MEGA-BUCKS ; EVEN GRAND KENYON RETURN CAN'T SAVE NETS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amBucks 86Nets 83 MILWAUKEE -Kenyon Martin was back from his two-game suspension. He strengthened the Nets' defense early. He carried the offense late. And it wasn't enough. Martin couldn't do...
NO KIDD-ING, JASON HAS AN OFF NIGHT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - The Nets had a chance to tie with 1:15 to go and Jason Kidd missed a driving lefty layup. At 10.8, the Nets had a chance...
STAY SAFE & WARM
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amIF you are skiing this holiday weekend, staying warm will be your prime concern, so the folks at Hunter Mountain are offering their years of experience working in the coldest...
FRIESEN SEARCHING FOR MISSING TOUCH
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHis slump coincides with his team's. It's not coincidental. The Devils were expecting far more than eight first-half goals from Jeff Friesen this season, especially after he scored 10 in...
DOLAN 'CONCERNED' HOW CHANEY FEELS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMost clear-thinking Knicks fans agree: Don Chaney was dissed, then dismissed. Although Isiah Thomas doesn't see it that way, his boss, Cablevision CEO James Dolan, showed some remorse about how...
A JERSEY TRAGEDY : JAYSON NOT 'ANOTHER' SPOILED ATHLETE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amOne of the lesser and more predictable tragedies attached to the soon-to-begin manslaughter trial of Jayson Williams is the media's conditioned portrayal of Williams as yet "another" moneyed athlete whose...
POROUS RUN DEFENSE HAS NOT HURT BIRDS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amToo big, too slow. That's the way the Eagles a year ago evaluated themselves with Levon Kirkland at middle linebacker. To correct that flaw, the speedy and athletic Mark Simoneau...
RANGERS HAVIN' DEVIL OF A TIME
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amWhat they've done against the Islanders is history. What they've done against the Devils is history, too, only of a very different nature. For after Tuesday night's victory at the...
SUPE'S ON FOR PATS ; BUT EAGLES WILL HAVE TOUGH TIME WITH PANTHERS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amI T WAS about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Nov. 30 when this column instituted a new, unbreakable golden rule: There will no picking against the Patriots, for any...
LENNY'S FROM HEAVEN ; KNICKS HAPPY WITH BRAND-NEW COACH
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amLenny Wilkens yesterday defended himself against his "Mr. Nice Guy" image, despite running a short practice that ran a little more than an hour on his first day on the...
PLANINIC MAKING MOST OF CHANCE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Zoran Planinic sat and watched and hoped. His 13-game exile to the injury list had ended. In the Nets' previous game, he played four garbage-time minutes...
FUTURE GROWS OLD FOR THESE KNICKS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe only thing that's gotten older than Lenny Wilkens is the Knicks not making the playoffs. BD+>THE graying of the Knicks is the graying of America, insisted the silver-haired franchise...
ISLES FLUNK CHEMISTRY IN MIDSEASON REPORT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amKANATA, Ont. - At the crossroads the Islanders stand, already halfway through their season and still with no clue if they are a good team or a ghastly one. They...
HERMAN GETS A RAISE & TWO MORE YEARS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets are still without a defensive coordinator, but Herman Edwards will definitely be around for at least the next four years. Edwards, who had two years at about $1.3...
COLTS' KICKER ONE COCKY GUY
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHeading into the 2003 season Mike Vanderjagt was known mostly as the guy Peyton Manning called the "idiot kicker" after Vanderjagt ran his mouth off about Tony Dungy not being...
GUERRERO GRIEVANCE ; MAY COST METS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amVladimir Guerrero continues to haunt the Mets. After failing to snag the star right-fielder, the Mets now face the possibility of the Players Association filing a grievance against them for...
MALONE IN CRASH AFTER GETTING AXE
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amTwo hours after being dismissed as a Knicks assistant coach, Brendan Malone was involved in a car accident on his way back to his Westchester home Wednesday night. Malone's black...
THE GREAT ESCAPE ; BELICHICK KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE BOLTED JETS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amFOXBORO - Look at Bill Belichick and you cannot help but marvel at how far he's come. Look at everything the oddly-compelling coach of the 15-2 Patriots has already accomplished,...
ROAD TO RICHES OUR MAN DRAWS UP PLAN TO HIT $2M PICK 6
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amOne of the biggest jackpots in the history of New York racing will be on the line today at Aqueduct - weather permitting - with a four-day Pick 6 carryover...
MIKE: STORY 'A TOTAL LIE' ; FRATELLO FUMING OVER TREATMENT BY MEDIA
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMIKE FRATELLO has had better days. Even in defeat. Losing to the Celtics in Game 7 of the '88 playoffs, or getting swept by the Knicks in the first round...
BC GURU SAYS THIS IS TICKET
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amWith a Pick Six pool that likely will go over the $2 million mark at Aqueduct today, who better to help you hit the jackpot than the $2 Million Dollar...
GRUNWALD: WILKENS HAD TO GO
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Toronto GM Glen Grunwald, Lenny Wilkens' last boss, said he fired the Hall-of-Famer after last season because the Raptors needed a new "approach." Grunwald said he had no...
STEVENS' CONDITION HAS DEVILS WORRIED
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThis time, the Devils are actually admitting the possibility of a recent concussion. This time, this January, it's Scott Stevens, not Oleg Tverdovsky. Think they're worried? Pat Burns guffawed about...
RANGERS TIED IN 'NOTS'
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 3Rangers 3 Maybe one of these times the Rangers will get big-time games from their big-time forwards when they face the Devils. Maybe one of these times Eric Lindros...
ROAD TO RICHES ; OUR MAN, BC WHIZ MATCH WITS FOR $2M POT
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amWith one of the biggest jackpots in the history of New York racing on the line at Aqueduct today - a Pick 6 pot likely to go over $2 million...
MEGA-BUCKS ; MARTIN'S BIG RETURN NOT ENOUGH FOR NETS
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amBucks 86Nets 83 MILWAUKEE - Kenyon Martin was back from his two-game suspension. He strengthened the Nets' defense early. He carried the offense late. And he wasn't enough. The third...
GOLLY, ROGERS: INSPIRED RODNEY OPENS EYES AT LAST
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - So exactly who was that guy who made shots, rebounded with purpose and authority, passed with precision, took the ball to the hole with determination and owned the...
FASSEL EYES TV GIG
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amUnable to land an NFL coaching job for next season, Jim Fassel will explore becoming a TV analyst. "We plan to meet next week about any and all opportunities, and...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amHBO vs. CBS (Which has the better NFL pregame?) (Round 2 of the Matchup Tournament) When it comes to handicapping the Matchup Tournament, prognosticators are right when they say "CBS'...
5 QUESTIONS FOR CRIS CARTER
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with HBO football analyst Cris Carter, who's in his second year on Inside the NFL. Q: Are you interested in replacing Dan Marino...
PHEAR PHACTOR:PHILLY FANS AFRAID EAGLES CAN'T WIN
January 16, 2004 | 5:00amSunday AFC Championship 3 p.m., Ch. 2 NFC Championship 6:30 p.m., Ch. 5 There is fear in Philadelphia, according to Fox NFL analyst Cris Collinsworth. Eagles fans are scared. It...