March 17, 2004
CORCORAN BUYS DAYTON-HALSTEAD
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amAnother venerable Hamptons real estate firm has been swallowed up. The Corcoran Group announced yesterday that it's purchased Dayton-Halstead LLC for an undisclosed sum. The buyout of the 98-year-old, 44-broker...
NEPTUNES TO DEFECT FROM ARISTA
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amScore another one for Jimmy Iovine. Iovine, the chief of Universal Music's Interscope label, is close to a deal to sign the white-hot producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, the...
TW MULLS SALE, SPIN OF AOL UNIT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTime Warner is considering strategic alternatives for its America Online division, including a possible sale, spin-off or a significant restructuring of the business, The Post has learned. Time Warner's bankers...
CALPERS BACKS NEW SEC RULE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe nation's largest pension fund is squaring off against the New York Stock Exchange on a proposal that would damage the Big Board's stock trading dominance. The California Public Employees'...
CARVER BUYS D.C. BANK FOR $32.6M
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe nation's largest black-owned bank, Harlem's Carver Federal Savings Bank, yesterday bought Washington, D.C.'s Independence Federal Savings Bank to launch the first African-American banking corridor along the East Coast. Carver,...
EAGLE HQ LANDS ON W. 34TH - TEEN RETAILER'S LEASE ANCHORS $16.4M BUILDING PURCHASE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amAMERICAN Eagle Outfitters is flying into new headquarters in a West 34th Street building purchased by Jeff Sutton for $16.4 million two weeks ago, sources told The Post. Sutton, who...
EXPERT SEES RED ABOUT DOYLE SALE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA real-life drama is unfolding over the sale of the long-lost papers of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Christie's wants to auction off the newly discovered trove of...
KELLY GANG REMEMBERS ATLANTIC EDITOR KILLED IN IRAQ
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE late Michael Kelly is still bringing people together nearly a year after he became the first American journalist to die in the Iraq war. It's not often that New...
AT $44.7M, WEILL'S PAY IS NO. 1 ON STREET
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amCitigroup Chairman Sandy Weill took home an astonishing $44.7 million in pay in 2003, surpassing Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal as Wall Street's highest paid executive. In fact, an army...
MEL STANDS BY STERN IN DECENCY DEBATE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIn a stunner likely to cause ripples in Congress, tycoon Mel Karmazin is defending dirty-talker Howard Stern as "not indecent." Karmazin, president of media giant Viacom, was himself on the...
BEN THERE, DONE THAT - WHY WE'VE STOPPED LAUGHING AT STILLER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amENOUGH with the Ben Stiller movies already. Even the diminutive neurotic's fans (myself included) are starting to beg for relief from the ubiquitous star, who's so far this year appeared...
HOWARD: 'I'M PROUD OF IT'
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amRON Howard, TV's favorite child- star turned Oscar winning director/producer, really wants you to watch his unconventional Fox comedy, "Arrested Development." "I've got a huge emotional stake in the show,...
EGGS-AUSTING ADVENTURE - HOW TO BE CHEF KELLER FOR A NIGHT (WELL, ALMOST)
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amBACON and eggs: How hard can they be? Obviously, you haven't read Thomas Keller on the subject. In his hefty "The French Laundry Cookbook" (Artisan, $50), the chef of New...
FAMILY CONNECTION FOUND IN SOFA SEARCH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amDIVAN (three stars) Mazel tov! In English, Yiddish and Hungarian, with English subtitles. Running time: 77 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth...
'WHAT THE H***?' - WHAT 'SOUTH PARK' CUT FOR REGULAR TV
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE boys of Comedy Central's "South Park" and the gals of HBO's "Sex and the City" will lose a bit of their mojo when moving from cable to over-the-air syndication...
BACK ON THE MAP - SPARKS RIGHT ON COURSE AT COMPASS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amCOMPASS [] (three stars) 208 W. 70TH ST. (AT AMSTERDAM AVE.) (212) 875-8600 ----------- KATY Sparks has taken over the kitchen at Compass and sparks are flying for foodies everywhere....
COMEDY CENTRAL THROWS $ AT DAVE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amKEEPING DAVE Chappelle, the biggest and brightest rising star on Comedy Central, could cost the cable network an arm and a leg. "Chappelle's Show," is a weekly sketch comedy now...
RARE NAME CHANGE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amJEAN-Georges Vongerichten and partner Phil Suarez have opted not to name their soon-to-open steakhouse Rare, after The Post broke the story of a conflict with the hamburger joint, Rare Bar...
ROAD WARRIOR - 'MOVIN' OUT' WOWS THEM ON TOUR
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amON Broadway, "Movin' Out," Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel's exhilarating, innovative and deeply moving dance musical, has never achieved the smash-hit status of, say, "Hairspray," which beat it out for...
OUTING GAY-DOLF HITLER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amCINEMAX will air a documentary investigating whether Adolf Hitler was gay. "The Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality" will air Tuesday, April 20 - Hitler's birthday. It's based...
STARR REPORT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe Love connection It should be an interesting night tonight when troubled rocker Courtney Love performs on "Late Show with David Letterman" - then sits for an interview with Dave....
'ARREST' THIS - GIVE TV'S SHARPEST COMEDY A CHANCE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00am"Arrested Development" Tonight at 9:30 on Fox/Ch. 5 * * * * (four stars) 'Arrested Development" is the most original comedy series on network TV. And for that reason, it...
N.Y. PARENTS LEAVING AID $$ ON TABLE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amParents and their kids missed out on $727 million in benefits last year by not applying for food stamps and federal tax credits, according to a report released yesterday. Half...
COURTING HYPOCRISY - SCALIA VS. GINSBURG
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amDOUBLE standards are nothing new in political life, but few are as blatant as the one that has now enveloped two associate justices of the Supreme Court. Case No. 1...
2 LOUIMA COPS SUE FOR JOBS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTwo cops fired in the Abner Louima fallout have sued for their old jobs back, charging the Police Department has ignored their reinstatement pleas despite a federal ruling that overturned...
THE PASSION OF THE IDIOT: SELF-CRUCIFIXION FAILS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA delusional man who apparently believed he was Jesus Christ built a wooden cross and tried to nail his hands to it in a horrific bid to re-create the crucifixion,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amHundreds of Florida seniors set a world record this week - forming the longest line of golf carts ever. The oldsters from the Hernando County retirement community of Timber Pines...
BRUNO BLISTERS SPAIN'S PULLOUT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Spain's "cowardly" planned pullout from Iraq following terrorist attacks in Madrid could encourage similar attacks in America and its allies, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno warned yesterday. He...
MEET THE BEATLES' MYSTERY MAN
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amMeet Paul Cole, a 92-year-old Florida man who's never listened to a Beatles record - even though he's secretly been part of the Fab Four's history for 35 years. Cole...
ERIN GO BOOZELESS TO PARADE: COPS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amSt. Patrick's Day revelers will be bringing plenty o' the green to today's famed parade up Fifth Avenue - but they'd better leave the booze at home, NYPD officials said....
MUSLIMS' OMINOUS WARNING TO FRANCE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amFrance is investigating terrorist threats from a shadowy Muslim group vowing to retaliate for a national ban on wearing headscarves in schools, officials said yesterday. France's interior ministry said it...
-TEACH IN KID LEZZIE SHOCK (M)-TEACH IN SEX SHOCK - NABBED IN LESBIAN AFFAIR WITH STUDENT (S, LCF)
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA married high-school teacher has been busted for allegedly engaging in steamy lesbian sex with an underage student - sending shock waves through the halls of their private religious institution...
KOFI PROBES SADDAM OIL 'BRIBES' FOR U.N.
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - An embarrassed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan confirmed yesterday he has ordered a probe into allegations that top U.N. officials were getting payoffs from Saddam Hussein under the controversial...
BLITZ ON KERRY - ADS BASH 'WEAK ON DEFENSE' VOTES
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush campaign yesterday slammed John Kerry with a blistering attack ad that accuses him of repeatedly voting against measures to help U.S. servicemen. Bush's toughest assault yet...
ISRAEL KILLS TERROR DUO
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli missiles killed two Palestinian militants yesterday in what officials said was the beginning of a major campaign to root out terrorism in the Gaza Strip. Tanks and...
THE JAUNTY JIHADIST - MADRID THUG IS DRESSED TO KILL
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amHe is a "very modern" Muslim who delights in wearing designer labels. He is also an al Qaeda recruit who has links to the Moroccan extremists who carried out the...
DA DELIVERS A 1-2 TYCO PUNCH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amMaybe they dress better. Maybe they have better shower curtains. But the Tyco Two are still crooks, each stealing money with both fists, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury yesterday. "The...
HOSTAGE-KID DAD BUSTED
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn dad beat his girlfriend and kept cops at bay for more than an hour yesterday as he remained holed up with her three kids in their home, police...
MAYOR'S CATER WAITERS FED UP
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is a generous boss, but that's little comfort to waiters for the company that caters his events - who routinely have to wait months for their paychecks, they...
POPE MEETS JESUS - BLESSES CAVIEZEL, GIBSON'S 'CHRIST'
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amPope John Paul II has met Christ - "The Passion's" Christ that is. The pontiff invited James Caviezel, the actor who portrays Jesus in Mel Gibson's blockbuster, "The Passion of...
VAN CROOKS GRAB EASY 90G
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTwo fortunate thieves grabbed a $90,000 mountain of moolah from an unattended Patriot Armored Car Service van parked outside a Brooklyn grocery store in broad daylight yesterday, cops said. In...
WITNESS THREATENED AT SLAY TRIAL
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe son of a man on trial for shooting his neighbor dead in a dispute over where his grandson could play was arrested in a courthouse hallway yesterday for allegedly...
B'KLYN GAY-NUP STORM
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe gay marriage controversy is coming to Bay Ridge. Thumbing his nose at the charges against two New Paltz clergymen announced Monday, a Brooklyn minister is vowing to marry same-sex...
BRAVEST'S SHAME - FACES 25 YRS. ON CHAIR-SMASH RAP
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amChair-throwing firefighter Michael Silvestri could lose his job and pension and spend years in the slammer under a host of criminal and Fire Department charges against him revealed yesterday. A...
BRAKES AT FAULT IN LIRR CRASH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA combination of faulty brakes and human error caused a runaway locomotive to plow into five vehicles and injure four people last week, officials said yesterday. The National Transportation Safety...
KLEIN: HOW NEW SYSTEM WILL WORK
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein, in a Q & A with Post education reporter Carl Campanile, discusses the controversial new policy to end social promotion in the third grade - the...
STATE EYES HOSP-KID ER TRAGEDY
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe state Health Department is probing the care that a 9-year-old girl received at a Queens hospital when she died in its emergency room - as nurses were getting her...
DON'T LET EVIL ROCK THE VOTE - BUSH: HANG TOUGH, ALLIES
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that terrorists can never be allowed to think they can influence elections, as he tried to rally international support for the ongoing war against...
BATH TURNS TRAGIC - CARDIAC FELLS MOM WHO CRUSHES TOT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 3-year-old Queens boy was found dead yesterday under the body of his obese mother - who suffered a fatal heart attack, fell to the floor and came crashing down...
FALLING BRICKS HIT MAN ON PARK AVE.
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amLarge chunks of bricks fell from a section of a Park Avenue South office building in the strong winds yesterday, crashing onto the sidewalk and injuring a man, witnesses said....
PARENTS COP A PLEA IN TOT SLAY
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe parents of a 3-year- old girl beaten and starved to death in Brooklyn pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday. Patricia Aguirre, 24, and Edison Gonzales, 19, who blamed each other...
HERO'S SACRIFICE - B'KLYN ROB VICTIM TELLS JURY HOW HUBBY SAVED HER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA tearful Ukrainian widow told a jury yesterday how her husband, a former Russian soldier, defended her to the death when two armed robbers accosted them in Brooklyn in 2002....
STEAMED CHEF'S PASTA-TOSS BURNS WAITER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Staten Island cook reached the boiling point and hurled a steaming plate of pasta at a demanding waiter, severely burning the teen, authorities said yesterday. The nasty food fight...
BLOOMY'S 'FUN' GUN - RELAX, IT'S JUST A TOY
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg appeared to be packin' heat - a very realistic-looking gun - at a press conference yesterday about the dangers of toy weapons. "Let me show you something," the...
GABBY SILVERSTEIN FACES CONTEMPT RAP
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWorld Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein's big mouth has landed him in hot water with the federal judge who's overseeing his $7 billion insurance lawsuit. Judge Michael Mukasey will hold...
COP POINTS THE FINGER AT JAYSON
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - A police ballistics expert yesterday strongly suggested that Jayson Williams' shotgun could not have fired and killed limo driver Costas "Gus" Christofi without the ex-NBA star having...
COMPTROLLER: THE 'EMPIRE' STRIKES OUT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday said a state economic-development program in the city has often given tax breaks to firms that have not produced any jobs. One business...
TEEN CHOKES PRINCIPAL AT SCHOOL: COPS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 17-year-old student choked an assistant principal during an argument in the cafeteria of a troubled Brooklyn high school yesterday, police said. The violence erupted at around 10:15 a.m. in...
N.Y. PROBES VEGAS POL ROOM-ERS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The state Lobbying Commission is investigating whether Caesars Entertainment provided hotel discounts to state lawmakers other than Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, officials said yesterday. The Post reported Monday...
STATE PROBES GIRL'S MYSTERY DEATH AT QNS. HOSPITAL
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe state Health Department is probing the case of a 9-year-old girl who died in the emergency room of a Queens hospital as nurses were getting her dressed after a...
BATH TURNS TRAGIC - STRICKEN MOM FALLS, KILLS TOT
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 3-year-old Queens boy was found dead yesterday under the body of his obese mom - who suffered a heart attack, fell to the floor and came crashing down on...
TEEN-SEX RAP A 'LIE': L.I. MOTHER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island mom on trial for having sex with her 15-year-old son's best friend testified yesterday that it's all "rumors and lies." Marilu Fischetti, 43, a teacher's aide from...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * The transit union yesterday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this man (above), who police believe sexually assaulted a driver on her...
ISRAELI STRIKES KILL 4
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli missiles killed three Palestinian militants and an off-duty cop yesterday in what officials said was the beginning of a major campaign to root out terrorism in the...
E. VILLAGE CON ED BLAST INJURES FIREMAN
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amAn explosion injured a firefighter battling a blaze in a Con Edison manhole last night, in the latest of a series of frightening incidents to beset the utility in the...
MEL GIBSON'S TAKE ON HANUKKAH ...
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amComing soon to a theater near you: Mel Gibson's take on Hanukkah. "The Passion of the Christ" filmmaker told WABC radio's Sean Hannity in an interview broadcast yesterday that he...
MARTHA'S DAUGHTER BREAKS HER SILENCE - 'WASTED LIFE'
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amJailbound Martha Stewart is sad and disappointed - and believes that her life has been "wasted" after being convicted for lying about a controversial stock sale, her daughter says in...
WHITEOUT: BEGORA - A WEE BIT MORE SNOW
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amNobody ever dreams about a white St. Patrick's Day, but we've got one this year, thanks to the wild winter storm that blew into the Big Apple and dumped more...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - A PASSION FOR JUSTICE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIt's a long way from Texas to New York City, but in the 1960s, Harlem welcomed a new and unlikely civil-rights soldier - Yuri Kochiyama. Yuri Kochiyama was just a...
THIS 90G WAS A STEAL
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIt was a robber's dream: piles of cash and no one to guard it. Two fortunate thieves grabbed a $90,000 mountain of moolah from an unattended Patriot Armored Car Service...
PARENTS LEAVE AID $$ ON TABLE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amParents and their kids missed out on $727 million in benefits last year by not applying for food stamps and federal tax credits, according to a report released yesterday. Half...
TWO GIRLS MISSING -NYPD JOINS HUNT FOR MASS. RUNAWAYS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTwo girls ran off from their small Massachusetts town - probably to New York City - leaving their families frantic and cops from both states searching for them. Stephanie Rita,...
MY TEEN-SEX RAP'S 'RUMORS & LIES': L.I. MOM
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island mom on trial for having sex with her 15-year-old son's best friend testified yesterday that it's all "rumors and lies." Marilu Fischetti, 43, a teacher's aide from...
NETS NOTCH ROYAL ROUT - MANHANDLE BEST-OF-WEST KINGS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amNets 94 - Kings 77 So this was the best the West has to offer, huh? OK, it was only one game. But for 48 minutes last night the Nets...
A WIN MOST FOUL - ISIAH RIPS KNICKS AFTER ESCAPE VS. WIZARDS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIt was so unsatisfying a victory, Knick president Isiah Thomas tore into his team in a lengthy, closed-door locker-room tirade - informing players that last night's 114-110 overtime win over...
VIN'S CASE COMING UP AT BAD TIME
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amAs if he needed another thing on his plate, Vin Baker will have to face another distraction - just as the Knicks are gearing up for a playoff berth. Billy...
BARRETT, HALL FACE TOUGH TRIP
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIt couldn't have ended any other way for Andre Barrett. Nothing has come easy for the senior from The Bronx in his Seton Hall career, so why should his first...
RANGERS LOOK AT UMBERGER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe feeling-out process officially began yesterday between the Rangers and prospect R.J. Umberger, and the latter couldn't be happier. "I enjoyed every second of the practice," said the unsigned Umberger,...
THE RIGHT WAY TO JOE - ST. JOHN'S SHOULD FOLLOW THIS MODEL
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amBUFFALO - The blueprint is out there. Actually, it's everywhere, impossible to miss, impossible to ignore. It's on national television, taking on Billy Packer, lending a venomous voice to underdogs...
ISLES GET CLOSER IF NOT BETTER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - Call them the Good Ship Islanders. Once upon a time, they were a group of bickering hockey players on a team full of holes in the chemistry and...
RAFALSKI BREAK LATEST DEVILS WOE
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amThat's 'D' for Devils, as in Defense in Disarray. The deal Lou Lamoriello didn't make for a backliner is haunting him. Admitting yesterday that Brian Rafalski has a broken leg,...
METS MAY OPEN WITHOUT REYES
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Twenty days from now, the Mets will open their 2004 season. Whether Jose Reyes will do the same is another story. Reyes' MRI results revealed that...
DAVIS ADAPTS TO CITY GAME
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amBasketball was a very simple game when Theo Davis played it growing up in his native Toronto. He was so much taller than everyone else, he didn't have much to...
HOROWITZ OUT AS KENNEDY COACH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amJerry Horowitz didn't expect his second stint as head football coach at Kennedy to last very long. "I just wanted to build the program up again," the 55-year-old Horowitz said....
PAY ME NOW! - RIVERA WANTS DEAL BEFORE OPENER
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - If the Yankees and Mariano Rivera don't agree on a contract extension before opening day, he will table negotiations until after the season when he will be a...
GIAMBI'S 'GURU' MAY COME BACK
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - The door for Bobby Alejo's re-entry into the Yankee clubhouse may have opened a crack. Alejo, Jason Giambi's strength and conditioning guru, was banned from the...
FALCS' STEWART COULD FILL GIANT HOLE AT MLB
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWith a glaring void at middle linebacker after the release of Micheal Barrow, one available player who makes sense for the Giants to inquire about is Matt Stewart, a restricted...
ALONG FOR THE PRIDE - MANHATTAN PLAYS FOR ENTIRE CITY
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amBOBBY GONZALEZ walked out of Draddy Gymnasium, carrying a briefcase, into the snow, toward a group of photographers who staked out the ceremonial boarding of the bus that sat along...
JEFFERSON CONCEDES THAT WEST IS BEST
March 17, 2004 | 5:00am"The West is better. It has been for three years. Flat out, the West is a better conference. " -RICHARD JEFFERSON The Nets insist they are far beyond proving themselves....
ZIMMER'S READY FOR NEW BALLGAME
March 17, 2004 | 5:00am"He's not my boss. I say Steinbrenner now . . . I have new bosses that treat me like a human being." -DON ZIMMER ST. PETERSBURG - Yogi and George...
FIRST UPDATE: PIAZZA HASN'T BEEN TESTED
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTESMets (ss) 6 - Astros 3 PORT ST. LUCIE - With 11 innings at first base now under his belt this spring, Mike Piazza still hasn't had a ground...
THREE'S A CROWD - DEKE'S KNICK RETURN WILL CREATE CENTER JAM
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amWhen Dikembe Mutombo returns next week, the Knicks will have three centers. Indeed, they'll have a rotisserie of centers - Mutombo, Vin Baker and Nazr Mohammed. The Knicks didn't have...
WEBBER: KING NEEDS A CROWN
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES There have been great players - John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins - whose greatness was never challenged, even though they never won an NBA title. But Chris...
ISLES LIKE BIG FINISH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 3 - Lightning 1 TAMPA - Making a final charge to the finish line, the Islanders strung together their first winning streak in over a month last night against...
A WIN MOST FOUL - ESCAPE VERSUS WIZARDS IRKS ISIAH
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amOVERTIME Knicks 114 Wizards 110 It was so unsatisfying a victory that Knick President Isiah Thomas tore into to the team afterward, informing players that last night's overtime victory over...
BRACKET BUSTING - THE POST TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
March 17, 2004 | 5:00amHOME COOKED The NCAA decision to keep as many teams close to home is a good one academically but it's going to eliminate some of those first-round upsets everyone loves....