February 18, 2004
CENDANT BUYS SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY GROUP
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCendant Corp. has officially acquired Sotheby's International Realty for $100 million. The takeover - first reported in The Post on Feb. 6 - was announced by the companies yesterday. Under...
BLACK TO BE HOLLINGER STAR WITNESS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMedia baron Conrad Black is expected to take the stand this week in a Delaware courthouse during a trial that will likely decide the fate of his media empire. The...
GOOGLE'S BIRTH RATE HITS 6 BILLION ITEMS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe population of the virtual world now rivals that of the real world. Google announced yesterday it has catalogued 6 billion items online - enough vacation photos, blog items and...
M'SOFT CUTS PRICES TO LIFT GAME SALES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMicrosoft plans to cut the price of its flagging Xbox video game console in April in hopes of luring more buyers, retail sources said yesterday. The price drop - from...
COMCAST'S CLEVER PLOY ROCKS MOUSE'S STOCK
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amComcast indicated yesterday that it is not willing to raise its bid for Disney to current stock market levels but instead will wait as it plots its next move in...
EDGAR GOES HOME TO PARK
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amEDGAR Bronfman Jr. is moving his company across Park Avenue from the fourth floor of Lever House to the entire 17th floor in the equally tony Seagram Building. His old...
IT'S DEALNAPPING! - CINGULAR STEALS AT&T WIRELESS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCingular swooped in overnight and stole AT&T Wireless for $41 billion from the clutches of Vodafone, whose executives had gone to sleep thinking they had the deal in the bag....
MOUSE GETS MUPPETS FOR $100M
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amAfter a 14-year odyssey to capture Kermit the Frog and his Muppet pals, Michael Eisner has finally got them all. Walt Disney yesterday announced it is acquiring the popular characters...
CBRE PLANS A $150M IPO
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe CB Richard Ellis Group, the world's largest real estate company, is trying to raise $150 million with an initial public offering. Los Angeles-based CBRE, which took itself private three...
EU REJECTS MICROSOFT'S SETTLEMENT ATTEMPTS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMicrosoft's negotiations with European regulators is proceeding in fits and starts, according to reports yesterday. The E.U. rejected at least part of Microsoft's proposals to settle the case but has...
HEARST COULD BE DISNEY'S SHIELD AGAINST COMCAST
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amAs Walt Disney looks to stave off a hostile bid from Comcast, one company has surfaced as a potentially powerful factor in its defense strategy: Hearst Corp. Hearst was one...
MARKETING CHIEF EXITS SAKS STORE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMore changes are in store for Saks Fifth Avenue, which is quickly reshaping itself under new chief executive Fred Wilson. Sheri Wilson-Gray, chief marketing officer and executive vice president, has...
EXEC'S THREAT RATTLES BRASS AT GUCCI GROUP
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amAn internal crisis is brewing within the Gucci Group, as the search intensifies for successors to Domenico De Sole and Tom Ford, people familiar with the company said yesterday. Giacomo...
FIVE NYSE FIRMS TO PAY $240M IN FINES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe Big Board's five major specialist firms are to fork over $240 million to regulators to settle charges that they improperly interfered with about $150 million worth of trades, sources...
SETTLING REFUGEES UNSETTLING
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amLOST BOYS OF THE SUDAN [] (three stars) Out of Africa. Running time: 87 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. Through...
NO BIG RATINGS FOR 'GROOM'
February 18, 2004 | 5:00am'THE Littlest Groom" had trouble finding big premiere ratings Monday night. Fox's two-part reality show finished third from 8 to 9 p.m. with 7.5 million viewers - far behind NBC's...
CELLO CHEF MAY TAKE BOW TWICE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCHEF Laurent Tourondel has a big appetite for restaurants. The talented chef of the once highly rated - and now defunct - Cello is planning to open a second restaurant...
BACK TO VA-VA-VA-BOOM!
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amDAVID BURKE & DONATELLA [] (three stars) 133 E. 61ST ST. AT LEXINGTON AVENUE (212) 813-2121 ---- NO one knows for sure whether the Party Economy is back. But it...
MEADOW'S LARK - 'SOPRANO' STAR TAKES ON HOLLYWOOD MADAM ROLE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amJAMIE-Lynn DeScalia is stepping out from behind her role as brainy mob boss daughter Meadow Soprano to play infamous Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. DeScalia, who was recently married and changed...
FANS TAKING HOME MORE O' NORAH
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amNORAH Jones, New York's own bluesy jazz chanteuse, is poised to conquer Billboard's Top Album chart this week. Her sophomore effort, "Feels Like Home," is on track to sell more...
'BACHELOR'S' SITE HAS FAMILIAR RING
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amFORMER "Bachelor" sweethearts Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz are using eBay to auction off the 2 1/2-carat diamond ring Buerge gave to Eksterowicz on the show's finale in Fall 2002....
SHTETL SHOCK - L.A. TIMES HITS 'ROOF'; ACTRESS HITS THE ROAD
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amIT was a little rocky on the roof last weekend. On Sunday, Barbara Barrie, the veteran actress who was playing Yente the Matchmaker in the revival of "Fiddler on the...
CATCHES OF THE DAY - REGULARS FLOCK TO RESTAURANTS FOR THESE ONCE-A-WEEK SPECIALS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amIF it's Tuesday, it must be Tandoori lobster - at Tamarind restaurant. At Nice Matin, it's braised rabbit ravioli. As once-a-week specials debut at more and more eateries, diners are...
STARR REPORT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amYes, dear . . . Here's one talk show you didn't hear about at NATPE: Robin McGraw's planned chatfest. At least that's what Us Weekly is reporting about the wife...
'CSI' SHOCKER! PETERSON TO BOLT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00am'CSI" star William Peterson is threatening to leave the hit crime show - the most-watched drama on television. Peterson, who plays Las Vegas crime scene investigator Gil Grissom, tells the...
THE 'PASSION' FOR MEL'S MOVIE - TV LOVES 'MISSION: APOSTLE-ABLE'
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amABC scored with Mel Gibson and Jesus Christ. Gibson's first TV interview on the subject of his new controversial movie about Jesus Christ drew 17 million viewers Monday night at...
Correction Date: 03/04/2004
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCorrection: An article appearing in the Feb. 18 Post incorrectly reported that therapist Constance Augustyn said in court that a "9/11 defense" was viable for Russell Bass, 42, who was...
EDWARD'S SURPRISE - CLOSE ON KERRY'S HEELS IN WIS. VOTE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner John Kerry narrowly won last night's Wisconsin primary - but underdog John Edwards was right behind in a strong second-place showing that shook up the race....
THE A-ROD FILE - LOOK FOR KARL ROVE'S FINGERPRINTS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amHEY, Democratic conspiracy theorists! Do you believe, as Howard Dean suggested, that President Bush deliberately let the 9/11 attacks go forward, even though he'd been warned beforehand by the Saudis?...
HUSTLERS IN BABYLON - WE'RE TRUSTING THE WRONG IRAQIS TO BUILD DEMOCRACY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amONCE they have gained power, few men surrender it willingly. Revolutionaries come to power full of dreams, then fill dungeons to preserve their rule. Even in our own country, aged...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe new librarian at Valparaiso University in Indiana won't be allowed any sick days or even get a vacation. That's because it's a high-tech robot with arms that can sort...
COURAGEOUS QUOTA-FIGHTING COP GETS HIS SHIELD BACK
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amYOU see it in the mov- ies and on TV, but only a real cop knows what it is like to be told, "Turn in your gun and your shield."...
SIGNS TAKE LAST 'WALK' INTO HISTORY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe last of the city's old-fashioned, energy-draining "walk/don't walk" signs are about to flash for the last time. In a ceremony in front of City Hall yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg passed...
PSYCH PATIENTS CAN BE FORCED TO TAKE MEDS: JUDGES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - In a case that stemmed from a woman being pushed to her death in front of a subway train, the state's highest court yesterday upheld a law that...
ISRAEL BOMB BUS HEADS TO HOLLAND
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jerusalem bus blown up by a homicide bomber last month will be flown to the World Court today as Israel mounts a public-relations campaign in defense of its security...
MEL FILM FIGHT HITS VATICAN
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA prominent Jewish critic of Mel Gibson's upcoming movie, "The Passion of the Christ," visited the Vatican yesterday and asked the Catholic Church to tell its faithful the film is...
'I STOLE 50G': NAZI-FAN PRIEST
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Catholic priest who kept guns, gay porn and busts of Nazi leaders in his apartment pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $50,000 from a Long Island church. The Rev. John...
BLACKS' NYPD RECRUITS GROW
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD has been flooded with new applications - including many from blacks - after waiving the $35 test fee, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. Kelly made the disclosure...
APPLE STAY WILL YIELD JUICY AD DEALS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amFor Alex Rodriguez, the other shoe is about to drop - and it's probably a Nike. A-Rod's trade means big business for the superstar, and not just because of his...
SCENT-SATIONAL SCARLETT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCalvin Klein has a new obsession - actress Scarlett Johansson, who's been hired to promote the fashion house's new perfume. "Just when I thought things couldn't get better, something like...
BUSH KEEPS GUARD UP - RECALLS 9/11 AT RALLY FOR TROOPS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush told National Guard troops yesterday that his determination to fight the terror war "is the same as it was on the day when I walked in...
HOME-RUN HERO FOR REALTORS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA-Rod is looking for a pad. Real-estate agents are salivating as Alex Rodriguez and his wife, who are temporarily crashing in pal Derek Jeter's guest room, begin their search for...
QAEDA'S CHILLING NEW TERROR PLANS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda has deployed an army of fresh terrorists to launch airplane-hijack attacks, derail trains carrying hazardous materials, and bomb financial centers, a top intelligence official warned yesterday...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A note-passing bank robber (above) who has been making unauthorized withdrawals in the early mornings struck again yesterday - his sixth heist in two months, police said. The...
POLS PROTEST SLAYING OF DELIVERYMAN
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amPolice searched for a third suspect in the brutal slaying of a young Chinese food-delivery man yesterday as his weeping sister joined local politicians to call for swift justice in...
QNS. MAN DEAD IN PA. DRUG SLAY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens man was one of two people slain execution-style in a drug-related killing in the Poconos, authorities said yesterday. Jason Gray, 19, died of a single bullet wound to...
-EMPIRE STATE LEAP - SLIPS GRIP OF 2 WHO TRIED TO SAVE HIM (M)-EMPIRE DEATH LEAP - SHOCKING END TO BIZARRE JOB BID (S, LCF)
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA man jumped to his death from the 80th floor of the Empire State Building yesterday after walking into an office under the guise of applying for a job and...
HYNES PICKS ON FOES: POL
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA political foe of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes yesterday charged him with selectively prosecuting his political enemies. Brooklyn lawyer Sandra Roper filed a motion in Brooklyn Supreme Court to...
#13 T-SHIRTS FLY OFF SHELVES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amLet the merchandising begin! Bronx Bombers faithful raced to scarf up A-Rod Yankee T-shirts as they hit the racks yesterday, just hours after the superstar donned pinstripes. "It's frenzy, no...
MIKE STIFLES STAFFERS' CAR SIRENS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is putting the brakes on aides who ride around with special lights and sirens - just days after Deputy Mayor Carol Robles Roman was caught commuting regularly with...
YANKEE DOODLE PANDEMONIUM - MVP'S TAKING TOWN BY STORM
February 18, 2004 | 5:00am"Wow!" That's the only word Alex Rodriguez could summon up after he replaced his pinstripe suit jacket with his new Yankees pinstripes while hundreds of photographers and reporters mobbed him...
HIT AND MISSUS - WIFE & BEAU TRIED IN SLAY MEANT FOR HUBBY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA "cunning and manipulative" Long Island woman hired her boyfriend to murder her husband - but their sick plan backfired when he fatally shot her spouse's best friend instead, prosecutors...
MONEY MAN ON TYCO HOT SEAT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe $600 million Tyco embezzlement trial's sole defense witness - ex-CFO Mark Swartz, who's taken the stand on his own behalf - remained unruffled under his first two hours of...
YEAR'S JAIL IN MOVIE EXTORT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amSteven Seagal's former film producer was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars yesterday for shaking down the action star in a real life mob story. Julius Nasso...
DIAMOND STAR HAS THAT WARM & PRETTY GLOW
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amHE-ROD & SHE-ROD:Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez are all smiles at the Stadium yesterday.N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg WHEN I got back from India last week and saw the A-Rod headlines, I...
BROTHER SLAYING 'JUSTIFIED'
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amIn a new twist to a bizarre family shooting, police yesterday said a Queens man saved his family when he interceded in a wild fight and gunned down one of...
CON PENS A COOKBOOK TO DIE FOR
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amNow here are some really killer recipes - and the cook has the bodies to prove it. Brian Price - a 52-year-old ex-con who whipped up culinary comfort-food closers for...
WHOOPIE! CUSHIONS SOOTHE TEAM'S TIRED TUSHIES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWAS that a grin? A sign that, after weeks of testi- mony about what an obscenely nasty human Martha Stewart is, something's finally cut her way? Nah. Team Martha yesterday...
MORGY PROBES DEADLY GAS LEAK
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe Manhattan district attorney has launched a probe into the death of two men from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Murray Hill apartment building. Two female tenants of 535 Third...
DAD-SHAKEN INFANT 'LIKELY TO DIE': DA
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA 7-week-old boy is "brain-dead and likely to die" after being dropped and violently shaken by his father, who was frustrated because the infant would not stop crying, Queens prosecutors...
911 'PHONEY' CALL - JAYSON BRO TOLD OPERATOR DRUNK GUS KILLED HIMSELF
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Jayson Williams' frantic brother told a 911 dispatcher that a limo driver shot himself after he "picked up a loaded gun and he didn't know what he...
TAX INN-CREASE WOULD EXPAND JAVITS CENTER
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration wants to hike the city's hotel tax to pay for an expansion of the Jacob Javits convention center - and a major hotel group is backing the...
WALL STREET GETS CLASSY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amIn the latest sign that downtown is bouncing back, the Wall Street area near Ground Zero is getting its first elite private school - just steps from the New York...
PA PEEPING TOM'S PROBATION
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Port Authority cop was sentenced to three years' probation yesterday for videotaping an 11-year-old Queens girl while she showered - a crime he has said was a result of...
KERRY AND PREZ AT WAR OVER GIS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In his harshest attack yet, Democratic front-runner John Kerry yesterday accused President Bush of walking away from U.S. troops - while Bush aides fired back that it's Kerry...
CALL BLOCKING - TELE-EVIDENCE NIX A BOOST FOR MARTHA
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe judge presiding over the Martha Stewart trial gave the domestic diva another break yesterday, shooting down the government's bid to prove its conspiracy charge by telling the jury about...
SLAY COP CLEARED - JURY REFUSES TO INDICT IN B'KLYN ROOFTOP DEATH
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn grand jury declined yesterday to indict a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager on a housing-project rooftop. "I can't believe it," Officer...
JEWS TAKE BATTLE OVER MEL'S 'PASSION' TO VATICAN
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA prominent Jewish critic of Mel Gibson's upcoming movie, "The Passion of the Christ," visited the Vatican yesterday and asked the Catholic Church to tell its faithful the film is...
CHINATOWN BUSES SEIZED
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD seized more than a dozen tour buses in Chinatown yesterday in an attempt to address safety issues on the vehicles, as well as curb violence related to bus...
JUDGE'S RULING 'NAILS' SPECTOR
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amALHAMBRA, Calif. - A judge yesterday told lawyers for accused killer Phil Spector to turn over a key piece of evidence or prove they don't have it. Prosecutors insist that...
'I WAS A STEROID PUSHER TO PROS'
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amNewly released documents pumped up a growing sports steroids scandal yesterday with claims that Barry Bonds' personal trainer admitted to federal agents that he gave performance enhancers to pro baseball...
PERVY PA COP GETS PROBATION
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Port Authority cop was sentenced to three years' probation yesterday for videotaping an 11-year- old Queens girl while she showered - a crime he has said was a result...
BUSH EVOKES 9/11 AS HE KEEPS GUARD UP
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush told National Guard troops yesterday that his determination to fight the terror war "is the same as it was on the day when I walked in...
ARNIE URGES END TO GAY-WED BLITZ
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last night called for San Francisco to terminate its ongoing gay-marriage marathon. "Californians spoke on the issue of same-sex marriage when they overwhelmingly approved California's law...
SLAY COP CLEARED - JURY REFUSES TO INDICT IN B'KLYN ROOF SHOOTING
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn grand jury yesterday declined to indict a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen on a housing-project roof. The panel, which began its...
EDWARDS SURPRISE - CLOSE ON KERRY'S HEELS IN WIS. VOTE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner John Kerry narrowly won last night's Wisconsin primary - but underdog John Edwards was right behind him in a strong second-place showing that shook up the...
CLEANING LADY'S BANK-ROB ORDEAL
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA cleaning woman at a Greenwich Village bank who was locking up for the day was forced back in and tied up by a robber who ran off after making...
QNS. WOMAN HURT IN CARJACKING
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA 71-year-old Queens woman was injured last night after slamming her head on the pavement when she was thrown from her vehicle by a carjacker on a Maspeth street, cops...
MAN DIES AFTER HOSPITAL FIGHT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amA 51-year-old man who went to a Queens hospital with chest pains was restrained by staff members after getting into an altercation with them - and died soon after from...
SLATS STICKS TO BENCH
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amLooking at a scenario everyone on the outside believes doomed to failure, Glen Sather mounted the podium following yesterday's full practice and issued the following statement at the Rangers' training...
TORRE WON'T RULE OUT RETURNING IN '05
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amDon't plan that Joe Torre retirement party just yet. Torre, who is in the final year of his contract, indicated yesterday that this season may not be his last at...
GLORY DAY FOR BOSS - HE CELEBRATES WITH FANS - AND RIPS CRITICS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - While Alex Rodriguez was being officially welcomed in The Bronx, George Steinbrenner did a victory lap of sorts yesterday at the team's spring complex here - waving to...
ISLANDERS ENDURING INJURIES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amSteve Stirling has become "cautiously optimistic" as his team continues its push toward the playoffs without two key components of the lineup. That's because the Islanders' first-year coach doesn't want...
TIM SEES BEST STILL TO COME
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amTim Thomas knows he hasn't lived up to the lofty expectations placed on him after he was drafted seventh overall in the 1997 NBA Draft, but he thinks that's about...
A-ROD ADDITION HAS A RING TO IT - THE HEAT'S ON JETER TO GRACEFULLY ACCEPT STEP INTO BACKGROUND
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amTHE burden of selflessness falls on Derek Jeter now. Soon enough, the cue cards will be shredded and life around the Yankees will go back to being strictly improv. That's...
STEVENSON PLAYS WAITING GAME
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amLast time, Turner Stevenson passed up that golden chance of unrestricted free agency. This summer, it may be inevitable. The 31-year-old right winger is finishing up his $1.15 million contract...
FRANK: NO 'I' IN N-E-T-S
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amOK, so it's not Wilt Chamberlain's scoring record. It's not even "Most assists by a left-handed player whose first name alphabetically falls between Cleon and Shecky." Still, Nets coach Lawrence...
MAGICAL DAY IN THE BRONX - * YANKEES WELCOME A-BOARD RODRIGUEZ; * JETER, JOE: NO SHORTSTOP CONTROVERSY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThe press conference to introduce Alex Rodriguez as a Yankee was of Babe Ruth proportions. With nearly 400 media members squeezed inside the Stadium Club, Yankee captain Derek Jeter helped...
TRADE TO TEXAS LEAVES ALFONSO FEELING SORI
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Forgotten in all the A-Rod excitement was that Alfonso Soriano went from the best team in the AL to one of worst when he was dealt...
REGGIE: OCTOBER THE KEY
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMr. October said yesterday Alex Rodriguez would be defined by his month. Reggie Jackson knows what it means to come to an established Yankee team, since the Yanks had won...
AND NOW, FOR METS, IT'S R-KEIS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets announced their newest acquisition yesterday as well - Randy Keisler. What, no press conference for R-Keis? Not quite. Keisler, the former Yankee...
NETTLES: A-ROD WILL BE COOL AT THE HOT CORNER
February 18, 2004 | 5:00am"I think if we can get him in the right frame of mind to play third base, he can be one of the great third basemen ever." -GRAIG NETTLES PORT...
YANKS PUMPED UP - A-ROD ARRIVAL THRILLS PLAYERS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00am"HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS LINEUP?" - JORGE POSADA TAMPA - While Alex Rodriguez was being introduced in The Bronx, Don Mattingly, Hideki Matsui, Gary Sheffield and...
JONES EXPECTED TO PLAY VERSUS HOYAS
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amTyler Jones wasn't in Club Erotica, near Pittsburgh, for more than 10 minutes before he knew nothing good could come out of the morning of Feb. 5. But he never...
NO GUARANTEES - AMAZIN'S: RODRIGUEZ DOESN'T ASSURE TITLE
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets applaud the Yankees for landing Alex Rodriguez. But one Met admitted to being a little bothered that Bud Selig approved the trade and several...
AMAZIN'S MADE PITCH FOR SORIANO
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Think about a lineup featuring Kaz Matsui, Jose Reyes, Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd and Alfonso Soriano. The Mets did. In what would have been...
YANKEES DON'T MIND BEATING BOSOX AGAIN
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amThere was little remorse to be found, not from Alex Rodriguez, not from Yankees executives, not from anyone. Not that you could blame any of them. In the battle between...
BROWN WOULD WELCOME RASHEED
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Coach Larry Brown gave his full support yesterday to the Pistons' attempt to land Rasheed Wallace from Atlanta by tomorrow's deadline - a move that could directly submarine...
SHAKY MARTY MAY BE HURT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 4 - Wild 4 These are scary times for the Devils. They don't know if Scott Stevens will be back, and now Martin Brodeur looks mortal. Smoothness is missing...
ALEX WANTS SIX MORE FOR DEREK
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amAt his introductory press conference, Alex Rodriguez made one of those statements that could live forever. Rodriguez said he wants Derek Jeter to have 10 rings when all is said...
AMERICAN IDOLS - YANKEES CLUBHOUSE WILL BE QUITE A SHOW
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amFor the fifth time, Joe Torre is going to manage Alex Rodriguez on an All-Star team. This one is going to be together for eight months. Welcome to the All-Summer...
THE FINISHING TOUCH - KNICKS CLOG PISTONS IN FINAL TWO MINUTES
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 92 - Pistons 88 Tim Thomas was no factor and Nazr Mohammed did not play. But the two cogs from Isiah Thomas' better trade saved the Knicks late in...
NAZR SEES GARDEN IN NEW LIGHT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amNazr Mohammed may not leap into the starting lineup as a Knick but the All-Star Sunday trade takes him from the deadest NBA arena to one of the liveliest. The...
ENRIQUE'S FRONT-RUNNER FOR SECOND-BASE SPOT
February 18, 2004 | 5:00amBad news, Yankee fans: Your team will have to somehow scratch by with a mere mortal at second base, as there are no plans to acquire yet another All-Star. For...