February 11, 2004
HOLLINGER IN PEACE TALKS WITH BARCLAYS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amNewspaper empire Hollinger International and the U.K.'s Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay are in settlement discussions that could avert a showdown in a Delaware court next week, The Post...
IT'S OFFICIAL: L.A. GETS NOD AS ISLAND DEF JAM LABEL CHIEF
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amUniversal Music made it official yesterday: The world's largest music company nabbed Antonio "L.A." Reid to head up its Island Def Jam label. Reid will become chairman of IDJ, the...
STUDY FINDS THAT NIELSEN LEAVES OUT HISPANICS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amNielsen Media Research routinely undercounts Latino television viewers, according to an explosive new study conducted by the National Latino Media Council. The study, conducted by Rincon & Associates, says the...
DIGITAL DIVIDE BRINGS ON TOWER, BLOCKBUSTER WOES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amViacom decided to spin off the Blockbuster rental chain yesterday. Earlier in the week, Tower Records filed for bankruptcy, while Disney signed a deal with Microsoft to distribute the studio's...
BLACK GETS NEW DIGS JUST BE-KOZ
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amLEON Black is moving into the glamorous office once inhabited by Tyco's alleged pocket picker, Dennis Kozlowski. Black's Apollo Management is taking over embattled Tyco's swanky executive digs at 9...
DISNEY BOARD PLANNING FOR EISNER'S SUCCESSION
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amRoy Disney's grass-roots effort to oust Disney CEO Michael Eisner appears to be paying off. In a regulatory filing yesterday, Disney board member George Mitchell said the company is stepping...
KAZAA FIRES BACK AFTER AUSSIE RAID
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe fight over music piracy has moved down under. Yesterday, the makers of the popular file-swapping service Kazaa went to court to protest a raid by authorities in Australia. Last...
SAKS BAGS A NEW CHIEF MERCHANT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amSaks Fifth Avenue said yesterday that it had chosen a British-born retail executive, whose background includes a stint at the famed Harrods store in London, as its president and chief...
MORE FULLER FALLOUT AND EDITORIAL SHUFFLING AT STAR
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHE current incumbents of Star magazine don't seem any more enamored of Editorial Director Bonnie Fuller than her past minions who dished most viciously on her for a Judith Newman-penned...
A BAD NEWSDAY - PAPER PUMPED CIRC TO OVERCHARGE FOR ADS: SUIT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amFor nearly 10 years, Newsday stole from its advertisers by jacking up circulation numbers to increase the rate the paper charged for ads, a shocking federal racketeering lawsuit alleges. Newsday...
'WROTE' DONE BY ROTE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHEY WROTE THAT? At the McGinn/Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway. Through March 14. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. THE first time I purred in remembrance during "They Wrote That?" - the anthology...
EXTRA LIFELINES WORTH 'MILLIONS'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amABC finally took the wraps off its revamped version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." "Super Millionaire," premiering Feb. 22 for a five-night run with host Regis Philbin, will...
HOMER AT THE MOVIES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amMMMMMMM, movie. A film featuring "The Simpsons" could hit the silver screen as soon as summer 2006, one of the show's producer/writers says. "They've wanted to do this since season...
TIMES IS A CHANGIN'; AWAIT 'CAROLINE' VERDICT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHE fleet of rich producers who are bankrolling the transfer of Tony Kushner's "Caroline, or Change" from the Public Theater to Broadway this spring held their first production meeting this...
SEX & THE ZITI: PEEK AT 'SOPRANOS'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amOLD gangsters have infused "The Sopranos" with new blood. And the result appears to be a rejuvenated series. That's the cautious conclusion reached after viewing the first four episodes of...
STARR REPORT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amBlue? Not Gordo Gordon Clapp, who's played Det. Greg Medavoy since the first season of "NYPD Blue," called the decision to fold the show after next season "truly bittersweet." "I...
50 WAYS TO PLEASE YOUR LOVER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amHaven't made Valentine's Day plans yet? Don't even dream about getting into Nobu (as if), or, for that matter, the chocolate buffet at Rise at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park (it...
HUNGRY FOR LOVE: WINE & DINE YOUR SPECIAL VALENTINE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amHERE are some local Latin restaurants that are offering a host of appetizer and entree aphrodisiacs, to satisfy the less carnal appetites of you and your sweetheart this Valentine's Day....
HIPS AND SALSA: DANCE CLASSES, CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS TO MAKE YOUR VALENTINE SHINE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amWHETHER you're a clueless beginner with three left feet or a pro in need of a little polishing, the city is brimming with salsa teachers itching to show you some...
TEQUILA RISES: YOUR GUIDE TO THE FINEST TEQUILAS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHE term tequila, believed to mean "lava hill" or "cutting rock" in the Nathual tongue of the Aztecs, dates back to the 16th century, when the Ticuila people founded the...
A DENTAL TOUCH: 'TOOTH SPA' BROTHERS HIT IT BIG WITH STRESS-FREE SESSIONS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIF you see a lot more New Yorkers smiling - the Souto-Acero brothers - Dr. José and Gustavo - may have something to do with it. The Boricua and Cuban...
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: SHORT STORY COLLECTION, NERUDA BOOK & BIO OF LAVOE ARE NEW RELEASES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amEvery Night is Ladies Night By Michael Jaime-Becerra HarperCollins $23.95 THIS debut collection of interrelated short stories by Chicano writer Michael Jaime-Becerra is rich and lively. A dazzling array of...
'NAVY MADE SAILOR DAD A DOUBLE KILLER'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe family of a young woman, allegedly slain with her baby by her Navy-technician fiancé, is blaming his military training and long months in a submarine for the homicidal rage...
CLARK QUITS THE RACE - KERRY ROMPS IN TENN. AND VA.
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amRetired Gen. Wesley Clark quit the Democratic presidential race last night after another night of dismal results, as front-runner John Kerry romped to landslide wins in the Virginia and Tennessee...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amHoly gender-bender - the three wise men who brought gifts to the baby Jesus may have been unwise women! That's the word from the Church of England, which is substituting...
WALL ST. TITANS AID W. SIDE DEAL
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has selected three investment advisers - led by JPMorgan Chase - to help finance the $5 billion redevelopment of the Hudson River Yards on the West Side, The...
BOMBER CARNAGE AT IRAQ COP HQ
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A massive truck bomb exploded outside a police station south of Baghdad where dozens of civilians were lining up to apply for jobs yesterday, killing 50 people. Al...
1 IN 4 MTA PHONES KAPUT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amCan you hear me now? You're probably saying that a lot if you're using a public pay phone at a subway or commuter rail station. One out of four telephones...
FREED TERROR-SUSPECT TEEN HAILS HIS 'GOOD TIME' AT GITMO
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA 15-year-old Afghan boy who was held along with other terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba said the controversial prison was more like summer camp. "They gave a good...
DC COMICS EDITOR SCHWARTZ, 88, DIES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amLongtime DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz - who helped save the industry with updated versions of classic characters like the Flash and Green Lantern - has died in a Manhattan...
COPS SEEK DEAD MOM'S DAUGHTER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPolice want to talk to the daughter of a crack-addicted woman found slain in her Bronx apartment, law enforcement sources said yesterday. Sarah Mobley, 48, was found Monday lying face-down...
GIFFIE BRINGS 2 NEW FLACKS ON BOARD
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller, gearing up to run for mayor, announced yesterday he is hiring a new communications chief as well as a press secretary. Named as the new...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A second man has died from his injuries in Sunday's triple shooting in a Coney Island housing project, police said yesterday. Isaiah Holmes, 29, was pronounced dead at...
SUHA'S MOOLAH - SHADY $11M FOR ARAFATS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat's wife is being investigated by French prosecutors to determine how more than $11 million ended up in her Paris bank account. Amid allegations that Arafat has...
DR. 'FATKINS' FUROR - 'OBESE' GURU'S KIN EYE LAWSUIT FOR M.E. LEAK
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe widow of Dr. Robert Atkins is considering suing the city over the unauthorized release of her late husband's confidential medical records - which show the diet guru was obese...
HOT-SHOT KIDS MAY ATTEND FDNY HS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Fire Department wants to create its own high school to try to get teens to join the ranks of the city's Bravest when they graduate. The school, to be...
ISRAELI BIG: GAZA WITHDRAWAL LETS TERRORISTS WIN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIsrael's military intelligence chief yesterday warned that dismantling Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip would be a "victory for terror." But Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash also told legislators that a...
TESTY UFT AD BLASTS MAYOR
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe teachers union is launching a radio ad blitz today blasting Mayor Bloomberg for moving in the "wrong direction" in contract talks. "The mayor and chancellor [Joel Klein] want to...
BUSH CATCHES JOHN IN NEW POLL
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPresident Bush has bounced back a bit and is now running in a statistical tie with Democratic front-runner John Kerry, according to the latest USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll taken over the...
54 LAMPPOSTS ARE HOT SPOTS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDepartment of Transportation crews have inspected 20,000 lampposts and 38,000 of the city's 70,000 traffic signals to find hot spots emitting high levels of stray voltage, officials said yesterday. Over...
BLOOMBERG BACKPEDAL: OH, THOSESMOKERS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amHe may be the most fervent anti-smoking advocate in the city, but that doesn't mean Mayor Bloomberg is going to call the tobacco police if he sees someone lighting up....
DENNIS GOES LIMP
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDENNIS KOZLOWSKI truly is a bit of a klutz. I don't mean to offend the man - but that's what he told me. The former Tyco CEO limped into his...
ROOF COP FACES GRILL TEEN'S KILLER TALKS TO GRAND JURY TODAY
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe cop who fatally shot an unarmed teen on a Brooklyn roof is set to testify before a grand jury today - one day after his union demanded that Police...
GOV IN BAGHDAD FOR GI HI
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki began a surprise two-day visit to Iraq yesterday, joining five other governors on a White House-backed mission that included meetings with troops from New York. "It's...
'BUBONIC' MAN BACK
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA New Mexico man who contracted bubonic plague while hiking in 2002 and struggled for life in a New York hospital returned yesterday on the anniversary of his release. John...
PREZ PUTS UP PROOF VS. AWOL TALK
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday moved to shoot down Democratic charges that President Bush deserted the military, releasing pay records showing he performed his National Guard service. The 30-year-old...
-TYCO CO-DEFENDANT SPEAKS UP ON STAND FOR MUM BOSS KOZ (M)-BUDDY BOOST FOR KOZ (S, LCF)
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amEx-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski kept his promise not to testify yesterday, but his ex-CFO co-defendant nearly did the job for him in his own star turn on the stand. In...
SHADES OF SERVICE - WHO DID WHAT, AND WHEN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPRESIDENT Bush, whatever else may - or may not - have happened during his controversial tour in the Air National Guard, learned to fly the dangerously cantankerous F-102 Delta Dagger...
BOY, 13, BUSTED OVER BULLETS IN SCHOOL
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA 13-year-old Brooklyn boy was arrested yesterday after a gun and bullets were found in his school, Department of Education officials said. The school, PS 25, which has students from...
MEMORIAL FOR CARLIE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA memorial service for Florida 11-year-old Carlie Brucia was held last night as her shattered stepfather said he's still suffering pangs of guilt over her kidnapping - because he was...
'ANGEL' DADS' GRIEF - TRUCK DRIVER 'NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTwo Brooklyn fathers, both hard-working Mexican immigrants, prepared to bury their young sons yesterday - touched by the incredible outpouring of sympathy from caring strangers, but inconsolable in their grief...
GAME OF DECEIT - JAYSON PUT VICTIM'S PRINTS ON GUN: DA
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Jayson Williams "took the hand of a dying man" and tried to transfer his fingerprints onto the gun to cover up his crime, a prosecutor charged yesterday...
HE'LL NEED ALL HIS SKILLS TO PULL OUT A WIN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amJAYSON Williams pressed his long fingertips together, stared down at the defense table for a brief moment and looked up at the men who were fighting over his fate. His...
LIVERY DRIVER SHOT IN FACE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amShot in the face by a pair of robbers, a desperate livery driver drove to a safer part of The Bronx while using his two-way radio to describe the suspects...
PARENTS FLUNK MIKE'S NO-PROMOTION PLAN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe city's largest parents group has joined the revolt against Mayor Bloomberg's new policy of holding back third-graders who do poorly on high-stakes math or reading exams - charging it...
ROCCO FOOD FIGHT - PARTNERS SUE TV CHEF OVER 600G LOSS, LOUSY EATS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amRocco DiSpirito's fed-up business partners want to can the reality-show chef from "The Restaurant." Top-shelf restaurateur Jeffery Chodorow and his company, China Grill Management, charge in a new lawsuit that...
'APPRENTICE' BUZZ LIKELY TO MINT TRUMP A NEW FORTUNE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amWhat's the value of the hit "The Apprentice" to Donald Trump's brand name? Priceless. Money can't buy a businessman the kind of buzz The Donald is getting as the star...
IF YOU WANT TO TAMPER WITH EVIDENCE RIGHT, DO IT YOURSELF
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amLORDY, Ms. Martha. We've forgotten ourselves. You know Martha Stewart as the daytime dominatrix, capable of whipping up a creamy plum pudding of such unearthly delight - the very thought...
MARTHA ALTERED CRUCIAL PHONE MESSAGE, SAYS TRUSTED FRIEND
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAs the feds zeroed in on Martha Stewart, the domestic diva suddenly took over her assistant's desk, grabbed the computer mouse and, with a few clicks, changed an incriminating telephone...
CABBY'S NIGHTMARE - PLEADS FOR HELP ON RADIO AFTER HE'S SHOT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amShot in the face by two punk passengers who wouldn't pay, a Bronx livery driver yesterday used his two-way radio to describe the suspects and seek help, colleagues said. Francisco...
CLARK QUITS THE RACE KERRY ROMPS IN TENN. AND VA.
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amRetired Gen. Wesley Clark quit the Democratic presidential race last night after more disappointment, as front-runner John Kerry romped to landslide wins in the Virginia and Tennessee primaries. "Gen. Clark...
COPS HUNT THWARTED KIDNAPPER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPolice released this sketch yesterday of the man they believe tried to abduct a 15-year-old Queens girl as she walked home from Sabbath services at her synagogue. The girl was...
FDNY WANTS ITS OWN HS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Fire Department wants to create its own high school to try to get teens to join the ranks of the city's Bravest when they graduate. The school, to be...
BLOOMBERG BACKPEDAL: OH, THOSE SMOKERS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amHe may be the most fervent anti-smoking advocate in the city, but that doesn't mean Mayor Bloomberg is going to call the tobacco police if he sees someone lighting up....
GOONS DYE OF SHAME
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA bank robber tried to get his hands on thousands of dollars in The Bronx yesterday - but ended up with his dye-covered hands slapped in cuffs along with some...
GAMBINOS IN $200 MILLION PHONE-SEX RIP-OFF: FEDS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Gambino crime family raked in nearly half a billion dollars ripping off users of phone-sex lines and Internet porn sites, the feds charged yesterday. A new indictment charges reputed...
GIFFIE BRINGS IN 2 FLACKS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller, gearing up to run for mayor, announced yesterday he is hiring a new communications chief as well as a press secretary. Named as the new...
PBA: BOOT KELLY FOR COP-SHOOT REMARKS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe city's cop union yesterday demanded that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly resign amid charges he rushed to judgment when he called the fatal rooftop shooting of an unarmed Brooklyn teen...
MIKE MAY MUFFLE NEW BAR-NOISE RULES UNTIL '05
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA new noise code for bars and nightclubs may not be enacted this year, Mayor Bloomberg indicated last night. Speaking before a civic group in Forest Hills, Queens, the mayor...
NEWFIE IS WESTMINSTER'S TOP DOG
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amSize matters. Josh, a heavyweight black Newfoundland, was named best in show at Madison Square Garden last night. At 155 pounds, he tied the record for biggest winner at a...
SECOND BOMBER STRIKES IN IRAQ
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAn explosion near an army recruiting center in Baghdad killed between 20 and 25 Iraqis this morning, a coalition spokesman said. The bomb, which had been placed in a vehicle,...
GIRL, 18, DIES FOR PHONE - HIT BY SUBWAY TRAIN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA teenager who jumped down to the subway tracks to retrieve her cell phone yesterday died beneath the wheels of a V-train as several straphangers tried desperately to save her,...
BX. GUNMAN WOUNDS THREE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPlainclothes cops in the Bronx last night nabbed a 23-year-old man who allegedly sprayed two men and a woman with gunfire from a Tech-9 assault weapon, police said. Anti-crime officers...
'NAVY MADE DAD A KILLER'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe family of a young woman, allegedly slain with her baby by her Navy-technician fiancé, is blaming his military training and long months in a submarine for the homicidal rage...
GAMBINOS' PHONE-SEX SCAM RAP
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Gambino crime family raked in nearly half a billion dollars ripping off users of phone-sex lines and Internet porn sites, the feds charged yesterday. A new indictment charges reputed...
BOWWOW POWWOW AT GARDEN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe superstars of the dog show world assembled at Madison Square Garden last night, each hoping for the canine equivalent of the Oscar - the Best in Show trophy. The...
SHOW BUZZ
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe big "get" - Sarah Jessica Parker - made her first and only appearance of Fashion Week, at Narciso Rodriguez's show last night. She has postproduction work on "Sex and...
CLUB KIDS MEET LUNCHING LADIES: STYLE SMORGASBORD FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amYoung or old, New York Fashion Week has something for women of every age. For the likes of the Ladies Who Lunch, there were Douglas Hannant and Bill Blass. And...
VILE DIAL: 1 IN 4 MTA PHONES BROKEN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amCan you hear me now? You're probably saying that a lot if you're using a public pay phone at a subway or commuter rail station. One out of four telephones...
SUBWAY GAL DIES FOR HER PHONE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA 19-year-old woman died beneath the wheels of a V train in Queens yesterday after trying to retrieve the cell phone she dropped onto the subway tracks, police said. Lina...
GIRL, 18, DIES FOR PHONE: HIT BY SUBWAY TRAIN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA teenage perfume-shop clerk who loved to talk on her new cell phone died beneath the wheels of a subway train in Queens yesterday - after she dropped the phone...
KERRY'S DIXIE DELIGHT: WINS VIRGINIA, ROLLING IN TENN.
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDemocratic front-runner John Kerry easily won the Virginia primary and was counting on a Tennessee triumph to give him a Southern double-whammy last night. Kerry's Virginia victory - his first...
ROCCO FOOD FIGHT: PARTNERS SUE TV CHEF OVER 600G LOSS, LOUSY EAT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amRocco DiSpirito's fed-up business partners want to can the reality-show chef from "The Restaurant." Top-shelf restaurateur Jeffery Chodorow and his company, China Grill Management, charge in a new lawsuit that...
STORM FALLOUT: KEITA, INGRAM GONE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amFather Donald J. Harrington fixed his eyes on the questioner from across a conference table in the president's office in Newman Hall and uttered the words that every St. John's...
KURT COSTS KNICKS GETS BOOT AS WIN STREAK ENDS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amMavericks 105 Knicks 90 DALLAS - The Mavericks' most important shot all night came when Kurt Thomas' head knocked into rookie Josh Howard's. The Knicks can only wonder what might...
BIG BLUE TRAINING CAMP STAYING PUT AT ALBANY
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Of all the changes underway with Tom Coughlin in charge as the Giants' head coach, one aspect of the team's operation that won't be different is the site...
GORING'S RETURN HAS FAMILIAR RING
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDENVER - The expression Butch Goring wore on his face yesterday during the morning skate was as bright as the Stanley Cup ring he wore on his left hand. It...
RAMS SUSPEND HOOPS DIRECTOR
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amFordham head coach Dereck Whittenburg suspended its director of basketball operations for two games yesterday amid allegations that a team manager used a walkie-talkie to relay Xavier's plays during the...
JETS INK PUNTER, DE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets yesterday signed two free agents, punter Tim Morgan and defensive end Joey Evans, both of whom played together with Frankfurt of NFL Europe. Morgan played for San Jose...
METS EYE EX-YANK KEISLER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIn their quest to add yet another low-cost arm, the Mets are one of three teams in the hunt for former Yankee Randy Keisler. "He really wants to be back...
LOU'S GONE SHOPPING ; DEVILS EYE CHICAGO'S ZHAMNOV
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Lou Lamoriello has been a busy man, even if nothing has come of it yet. The word is that besides signing his letter of intent to move the...
BOONE GLITCH KNEE SURGERY DELAYED BY RASH
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA rash on Aaron Boone's left knee forced Dr. Lewis Yocum yesterday to postpone surgery on the hinge. "I was on the table and ready to go and they said...
STEPHON'S AN ALL-STAR EVEN IF IT SKILLS HIM
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DALLAS - It seems Stephon Marbury and Jason Kidd are always linked. Marbury will attend All-Star Weekend to participate Saturday night in the 989 Skills Challenge to try...
SHEFFIELD HOLDS COURT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAccording to Gary Sheffield, he has made a good impression on George Steinbrenner without taking a swing of his bat. "I was in the weight room [in Tampa] and a...
START WINNING, OR START RESERVING THOSE TEE TIMES
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAt the Meadowlands tonight, home for the Flyers tomorrow, in Philadelphia on Saturday, home to the Senators on Monday. So, Bobby Holik, what do you think about your team's schedule...
ISIAH CAN MAKE IT WHITE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDALLAS - Last November, when Rodney White was out of the Nuggets' rotation, Knicks GM Scott Layden could've had the former lottery pick in a trade for Michael Doleac, as...
STORM EXPELS KEITA, BANS INGRAM
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amMORGANTOWN, W. Va. - Father Donald J. Harrington fixed his eyes on the questioner from across a conference table in the president's office in Newman Hall yesterday and uttered the...
COLLINS' TURF-TOE PAINFUL FOR NETS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAny time you lose a player . . . it affects your rhythm and your rotation. LAWRENCE FRANK The Nets were without Jason Collins last night against Detroit - which...
NETS FOCUSED ON HERE & NOW ; NEW COACH HAS TEAM TAKING IT GAME BY GAME
February 11, 2004 | 5:00am"Right now it's just a matter of what we do on the court."JASON KIDD The Pistons were 2½ games ahead. Didn't matter. The Pacers were way out in front, 7½...
NBA COACHES LIVE THEIR LIVES IN LINE OF 'FIRE'
February 11, 2004 | 5:00am"When they give you a five-year plan, it's really a five- month plan."LARRY BROWN THERE was a time when Larry Brown was criticized for a lack of loyalty because he...
IT'S MAKE OR BREAK VS. LEBRON, CAVALIERS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Cavs are 10 games under .500 and thinking lottery thoughts once again. Yet the Nets, the No. 2 seed in the East, are worried about tonight's game...
STEPH: WALLACE CAN BRING KNICKS A CHAMPIONSHIP
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDALLAS - Imagine Stephon Marbury and Rasheed Wallace working the pick-and-roll for the Knicks. Marbury can visualize it, and the guard put his full endorsement behind Isiah Thomas going after...
CFL STAR COULD FINISH VINNY
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIt might be another innocuous offseason workout by a little-known free agent, but today's visit to Weeb Ewbank Hall by Canadian Football League star quarterback Ricky Ray might be a...
SHEFFIELD IMPRESSES THE BOSS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAccording to Gary Sheffield, he has made a good impression on George Steinbrenner without taking a swing of his bat. "I was in the weight room [in Tampa] and a...
METS FOCUS ON KEISLER
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIn their quest to add yet another low-cost arm, the Mets are one of three teams in the hunt for former Yankee Randy Keisler. "He really wants to be back...
BOONE'S SURGERY ON HOLD
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amA rash on Aaron Boone's left knee forced Dr. Lewis Yocum yesterday to postpone surgery on the hinge. "I was on the table and ready to go and they said...
THOMPSON HOPES 'ZO STAYS OUT
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amAlonzo Mourning hasn't said it, but John Thompson believes his former player will attempt a comeback this season following a kidney transplant. And Thompson hopes Mourning doesn't try it. "What...
BOMBERS HAVE EYES FOR EX-RAY TRAVIS LEE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amJason Giambi's surgically repaired knee is fine. Tony Clark is under contract and cheap to back up Giambi at first. So, where would free agent Travis Lee fit into the...
TRADE TALK WITH DENVER BREAKS DOWN
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DALLAS - Last November, when Rodney White was out of the Nuggets' rotation, Knicks GM Scott Layden could've had the former lottery pick in a trade for Michael...
NO DEFENSE FOR THIS ; DEVIL 'D' EXPOSED IN PHILLY
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amFlyers 4Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA - The offense has vanished, but that's nothing new. The real problem is the disappearance of the Devils' D. The Stanley Cup champs returned from the...
THEY FEAR BAD BREAK VS. LEBRON
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Cavs are 10 games under .500 and thinking lottery thoughts once again. Yet the Nets, the No. 2 seed in the East, are worried about tonight's game...
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE once was a time when Larry Brown was criticized for a lack of loyalty because he utilized his own form of free agency, bouncing from team to team according...
KURT COSTS HIS CLUB THOMAS EJECTED WITH FAMILY IN STANDS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amMavericks 105 Knicks 90 DALLAS - The Knicks can only wonder what could have been if Kurt Thomas didn't receive a ridiculous head-butt ejection in the second quarter in his...
AARON TOEING LINE FOR MISSING COLLINS
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amLast night's game against Detroit was the toughest task of the Nets' winning streak, the stiffest challenge they've faced under interim coach Lawrence Frank - and they faced it without...
POUND PISTONS TO WIN 8TH STRAIGHT UNDER LAWRENCE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amNets 89 Pistons 78 After a less-than-stellar first quarter last night, the Nets played what coach Lawrence Frank calls "Nets basketball" at the end of the first half, when they...
ISLES HIT HIGH NOTE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 1Avalanche 1 DENVER - It was a mile-high accomplishment for the Islanders, who are not to be confused with road warriors. But last night they stood toe-to-toe with the...
NIGHT ON BENCH DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH DIKEMBE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDALLAS - It was tough to tell which hurt Dikembe Mutombo more - his season's first DNP last night, or The Post's report yesterday that Isiah Thomas is inquiring about...
'SHEED ALL ABOUT IT: MARBURY TO KNICKS: LET'S GO GET WALLACE
February 11, 2004 | 5:00amDALLAS - Imagine Stephon Marbury and Rasheed Wallace working the pick-and-roll for the Knicks. Marbury can visualize it, and the guard put his full endorsement behind Isiah Thomas going after...