April 22, 2004
SWISS JEWELER COMES TO MADISON AVE.
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amBig Swiss jeweler de Grisogono, known for its extravagant jewelry and watch collections featuring black and multicolored diamonds, has leased its first U.S. store for a flagship location at 824...
NORTH CASTLE IS SELLING LEINER SHARE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNorth Castle Partners said yesterday it would sell its majority stake in Leiner Health Products through a $650 million recapitalization of the country's biggest private-label vitamin and supplements maker. Under...
A HIGH-TECH EDGE HELPS KEEP EARNINGS NEAR ESTIMATES
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amHOW do companies come so close to Wall Street's quarterly earnings estimates? A little known and easily abused accounting rule that allows them to move technology expenses around is one...
OLCOTT HOTEL BOUGHT FOR $70M
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA new ownership team has checked into the Olcott Hotel. Frequent partners Larry Gluck of Stellar Management and Moshe Dan-Azougi of Brack Capital have spent $70 million for the hotel,...
REPORTERS RAIL AGAINST EXECS DURING DOW JONES MEETING
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe big cheeses at Dow Jones attracted the inflatable rat outside the corporation's annual meeting yesterday, as reporters blasted management inside in the midst of heated contract talks. A demonstration...
-COMPUTER ASSOCIATES BOOTS KUMAR FROM CEO SPOT (M)-CA DELIVERS CEO KUMAR'S HEAD TO REGULATORS (S, LCF)
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amComputer Associates demoted its CEO Sanjay Kumar and met with federal prosecutors yesterday, trying to convince the government not to press charges against the Long Island software maker. In a...
BARRY'S VIVENDI PAYDAY IS $275M
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amBarry Diller will walk away with a cool $275 million from agreeing not to muck up Vivendi's plans to merge its entertainment assets with General Electric's NBC. Vivendi said yesterday...
BAGGING THE LION - SONY, BACKERS IN TALKS TO BUY MGM FOR $5B
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amKirk Kerkorian, the octogenarian billionaire who has sold and bought back Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer twice already, may soon flip the Lion once again. MGM, the legendary movie studio, is entertaining talks to...
GUCCI TAPS ICE CREAM SALESMAN AS NEW CEO
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amAn executive who has spent most of his career selling items like Dove soap, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Birds Eye frozen foods was appointed yesterday to the helm...
EMI: GAME CO. TOOK US FOR A SONG
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amEMI Music Publishing, a unit of U.K. music giant EMI, is suing video game maker Electronic Arts for copyright infringement. EMI Music Publishing is seeking millions of dollars in damages,...
EX-BROKER EXPOSES ABUSE AT ULTRA-MACHO MERRILL
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amStockbroker Hydie Sumner's $2.2 million legal award for sexual harassment is big money - but it won't erase all the humiliation she suffered at Merrill Lynch's "boom-boom" boys' club. Sumner...
PLAYBOY EDITORS IN SHIFT
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amRumblings of an editorial shakeup at Playboy spread through its offices yesterday as the magazine's two top editors prepared to take on new jobs within the bunny empire. Editorial Director...
PANEL SLAPS MERRILL WITH $2.2M HARASSMENT TAB
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amStockbroker Hydie Sumner's $2.2 million legal award for sexual harassment is big money - but it won't erase all the humiliation she suffered at Merrill Lynch's "boom-boom" boy's club. Sumner...
STARR REPORT
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amFox has renewed four prime-time series - "Bernie Mac," "24," "The O.C." and "Malcolm in the Middle" - and has given a three-season pickup to "MADtv," now in its ninth...
TELENOVELAS TRANSLATED
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amFOR those soap fans who've always wondered what the actors were saying on Spanish-language soaps, Telemundo has the answer. Two of the all-Spanish language channel's most popular prime-time soaps -...
'FACTS' STAKES OUT COP SHOWS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00am"Just the Facts" [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Tonight and tomorrow at 10 on Court TV ---- WHAT do real cops think about reel cops? In other words, how...
CANNES TO YUK IT UP
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE will be a galaxy of stars, several comedies and a heavy U.S. representation at this year's Cannes Film Festival. In the lineup announced yesterday, the animated "Shrek 2" -...
PICK UP TIX - LOCALS GET AN EARLY SHOT AT TRIBECA FEST
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNOW'S the time to get tickets to the annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from May 1 to 9. They go on sale to the general public Saturday, but neighborhood...
TV LAND STOPS FOR 'FRIENDS'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTV Land is turning out the lights - literally - when NBC airs the historic "Friends" finale. Rather than competing with a show everyone will be watching, TV Land will...
'HEART' ATTACK STILL POLITICAL & PERSONAL
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHE NORMAL HEARTAt the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. ---- NEARLY 20 years after it first played there, Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" returns to the...
EARTH AS A SLEEPING BEAUTY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amSACRED PLANET [] (two stars) ---- 'SACRED Planet" is a beautifully shot and well-meant - but fairly snoozy - IMAX nature documentary that's being opened by Disney today to coincide...
'IDOL' ALUM: 'SIMON'S MEAN!'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amSIMON Cowell's blunt criticism of some of the contestants on "American Idol" still stings long after the show is over, according to "A.I." alumni who were interviewed for a where-are-they-now...
SERENA'S NEW LOVE - HOW LONG WILL SHE PLAY DOUBLES WITH ACTING?
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amSERENA Williams is doing something unusual this week - she's playing tennis. The biggest draw in women's tennis has been popping up all over TV during the last eight months...
SHOCK AT NEW 'IDOL' BOOT
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIN an "American Idol" shocker, Jennifer Hudson - a favorite to win the Fox talent show - turned out to be the latest pop-star wannabe to be tossed from the...
SLIP OF THE LIPS - WHEN DOES A KISS BETWEEN FRIENDS CROSS THE LINE?
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE'S nothing wrong with a passionate smooch when you're in a relationship - but what about when you're just friends? That's the question being debated after The Post ran photos...
UPROAR OVER CBS AIRING PHOTOS OF DYING DIANA
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amCBS last night aired never-before-seen photos of Britain's Princess Diana as she lay dying at the scene of her Paris car crash - drawing an angry response from Mohamed Al...
BOATERS SAVED OFF JERSEY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amAn evening boat ride turned into a seven-hour ordeal for four boaters stuck in Raritan Bay between Staten Island and Sandy Hook, officials said yesterday. They were finally rescued at...
COURT COP SHOOTS TEEN
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty state court officer seriously wounded a 16-year-old boy in The Bronx last night when a series of popping firecrackers turned a brawl into gunplay, said a law-enforcement source....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amAnd now the invention you've been waiting for - a diaper for dogs that reduces the potency of their farts. Frank Morosky of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says his new product...
HOSPS BOTCH BIRTH CONTROL IN RAPES
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amOne-quarter of the city's 57 hospital emergency rooms don't offer emergency contraception to rape victims as required by law, City Council investigators reported yesterday. "That is a shocking, shocking failure,"...
JURY KICKS DRUG 'MULE' WHO SUED OVER LIFESAVING SURGERY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA federal jury has flushed a convicted drug "mule's" lawsuit against a Queens hospital for operating on him to remove heroin-filled condoms from his stomach against his will. William Kanyi,...
QNS. DA GETS PISTOL WHIPPED
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe Queens District Attorney's Office should recuse itself from prosecuting a man who was shot during an alleged bodega robbery because it illegally let the shooter off the hook, the...
EXPECT TO GET HOSED IF YOU PLAY WITH HO'S
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amHAD she ever named names, multizillion-dollar divorce cases would have been filed on every continent except, perhaps, Antarctica. Her name was Xaviera Hollander, a Dutch national, and she will be...
2 INJURED AS ELEVATOR DIVES
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTwo workers checking an elevator in a Greenwich Village building were injured yesterday when its cable snapped, causing the elevator car they were in to fall one story, authorities said....
BUSH AD RAPS FOE'S FLIPS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In an escalation of the TV ad wars, President Bush yesterday unveiled a new spot accusing his opponent of "doublespeak," and John Kerry launched a commercial to explain...
KOCH'S CONVENTION-AL WISDOM
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA new ad campaign starring former Mayor Ed Koch saying "Make Nice" is aimed at easing any strains as the heavily Democratic city gets ready to welcome thousands of Republicans...
12 HURT IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA collision between a school bus and a car in northern Staten Island yesterday sent nine children and three adults to the hospital with minor injuries, police said. The small...
BOATERS RESCUED OFF N.J.
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amAn evening boat ride turned into a seven-hour ordeal for four boaters stuck in Raritan Bay between Staten Island and Sandy Hook, officials said yesterday. They were finally rescued at...
CITY PUFFED WITH PRIDE OVER CIG-PATCH SMOKING 'CURE'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amOne in three New Yorkers who received nicotine patches from the city were still not smoking after six months, officials said yesterday - raising eyebrows with a figure that's double...
'DEATH' JEER STUNS RERUN'S SON
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe teen son of roly-poly TV star Fred Berry was cruelly taunted by his gym teacher, who told him if he didn't exercise, he'd end up dead like his famous...
SNAPPLE LAWSUIT RAISES DRINK STINK
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson accused Mayor Bloomberg yesterday of trying to swipe New York's valuable name, as the city chief fiscal watchdog filed a lawsuit to block Snapple from becoming...
2ND AVENUE SUBWAY BIDS SET FOR JUNE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe MTA will start taking bids in June from construction companies to start tunneling work for the long-awaited Second Avenue subway, officials said yesterday. The plan is to build the...
TRY, CRY AGAIN - GIRL'S PARENTS WEEP AT 2ND TRIAL FOR 'KILLER'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man's second trial in the Mother's Day 1996 murder of his 16-year-old next-door neighbor began yesterday as the previous one ended - with tears. Steven Manolis' first...
JAYSON'S LAWYERS WIN WAR OF WORDS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amLawyers scored one for hoopster Jayson Williams yesterday when they convinced a New Jersey judge to allow the jury to consider whether the ex-NBA star was negligent when he killed...
U.N. BIG GREA$ED - PLAN CHIEF GOT $3.5M FROM DEAL
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An adviser to Iraq's government told Congress yesterday that at least three documents show the former head of the United Nations' oil-for-food program pocketed millions via sweetheart deals...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * Police yesterday released this sketch (above) of an unidentified man whose body was found wrapped in a plastic bag on a University Heights street. A passer-by called...
HIDE-AND-SEEK: DOPEY DEM'S MAJOR MISSTEPS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S curious, it's bizarre, but Democrat John Kerry's campaign seems to be playing right into Republican hands by making it look as if he has something to hide. Take the...
MUSIC MAN SCAM - FLEES TO DODGE TAX RAP
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey philanthropist - who made headlines by selling valuable 17th- and 18th-century instruments at a steep discount to his favorite orchestra - has fled to Cuba to avoid...
51% STILL BELIEVE SADDAM HAD WMD
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amMost Americans continue to believe Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction when the war began, a new poll yesterday showed. The Harris Poll found that 51 percent believe Iraq...
AK-47S WERE BOUND FOR VT.
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Florida-based arms company is at the center of the international probe into a New York-bound ship seized in Italy while laden with thousands of Kalashnikov assault rifles, The Post...
KERRY KILLED 20 IN VIETNAM
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry was credited with killing 20 enemy soldiers in Vietnam in a glowing rating from one of his commanding officers, according to Navy records released by his...
COURT SCENE FOR 'CIGARETTE' FLICK
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amMovie director John Turturro is hoping to get two thumbs up from a judge today after the shooting of his flick "Romance and Cigarettes" hit a snag in Queens during...
KILLER'S RUTHLESS CHASE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA 19-year-old woman made a desperate attempt to flee before a mysterious gunman executed her along with her boyfriend at their doorstep early yesterday, cops said. Nicole Wheeler was approached...
DWI CRASH DUMMY - MAN WHO KILLED SOCCER KIDS WAS WASTED
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe 82-year-old Long Island man who plowed his Jeep into a minivan, killing two teen soccer players, was drunk - with a blood-alcohol level that was more than twice the...
'KILLER' KERRY GOT 20 N. VIETNAMESE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry was credited with killing 20 enemy troops in Vietnam in a glowing rating from one of his commanding officers, according to Navy records released by his...
COPS SAVE FUELISH SMOKER ON FIRE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTwo fast-acting cops turned into human fire extinguishers and used their bodies and clothes to save a man who accidentally set himself on fire at a Queens gas station, police...
-EX-FED HONCHO TO HEAD PROBE (M)-PROBER VOWS 'THOROUGH JOB' (S, LCF)
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe United Nations yesterday confirmed former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to spearhead its probe of alleged corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food program and insisted he will have a free...
IMMIGRANT PUPILS MUST DO THE MATH
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amSome 3,500 immigrant students - given a pass on taking the third-grade reading exam because they're still learning English - will have to take the upcoming high-stakes math test, school...
ORPHAN - 'TREE CRASH' TOT AND LOST FOLKS; MIRACLE BABY'S FAMILY GRIEVES
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amHere is the first picture of miracle baby Kristina Spruck - seen cradled in the loving and sheltering arms of her adoring tragic parents. Dad Stephen Spruck and mom Suzana...
EXAM SNAFU LETS KIDS SEE ANSWERS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein admitted yesterday that kids from as many as four schools got an advance look at questions on Tuesday's high-stakes third-grade reading exam - and canceled this...
MARY TO GET QUEEN-SIZE WELCOME
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amQueen Mary 2 is expected to cruise into New York Harbor on schedule early today, having made up for time lost to bad weather on its maiden voyage. The Cunard...
QUEEN-SIZE WELCOME
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amQueen Mary 2 is expected to cruise into New York Harbor on schedule early today, having made up for time lost to bad weather during the mammoth luxury liner's maiden...
PARENTS LOB LAWSUIT AT KOURNIKOVA
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTennis star Anna Kournikova's parents want their 22-year-old daughter to cough up two-thirds of a $5-million Miami Beach house they claim they co-own. Alla and Sergei Kournikova filed a suit...
ISRAELI NUKE TRAITOR WALKS FREE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's notorious "nuclear traitor" flashed a victory sign yesterday as he emerged from 18 years behind bars - and went to an Anglican church to pray and party....
MOM FOUND SLAIN - SUSPECT CLEARS UP L.I. VANISH MYSTERY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe body of a missing Long Island woman was discovered yesterday - after the prime suspect in the killing told the woman's father where to find the body, the heartbroken...
DEBATE TO SAVE W. SIDE CHURCH
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amMembers of an Upper West Side church and community members debated last night whether they should raze their 100-year-old building and build a high-rise or renovate the existing structure. The...
JURY INDICTS JACKO
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA California grand jury yesterday indicted Michael Jackson for alleged child molestation, clearing the way for a sensational trial of The King of Pop later this year, The Post has...
TYCO JUROR 4 VISITS JUDGE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amControversial Tyco trial juror Ruth Bennett Jordan seems to enjoy spending quality time with Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus. Gordon, 79, who sat for six weeks in Obus' courtroom...
PERV DAD GETS 15 YRS. FOR ABUSING KID'S PAL
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens man who sexually abused his daughter's 12-year-old friend while treating her for an injury was slammed with a 15-year prison sentence yesterday by a judge who branded him...
CAR HITS MAN ON SIDEWALK
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA 44-year-old maintenance worker was clinging to life last night after a truck accidentally slammed into a group of parked cars in Queens, causing one to jump the curb and...
GIANTS DRAFT CALLS ON QBS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe Giants can make at least one member of the family ecstatically happy if they make quarterback Ben Roethlisberger their first pick in Saturday's NFL Draft. "My father was born...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - THE LITTLE ISLAND ACROSS THE RIVER
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amRoosevelt Island is small community across the East River. Read about its humble beginnings as a former home for prisoners, orphans and the insane. THE 147 acres that make up...
JURY KICKS UNGRATEFUL DRUG 'MULE'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA federal jury has flushed a convicted drug "mule's" lawsuit against a Queens hospital for operating on him to remove heroin-filled condoms from his stomach against his will. William Kanyi,...
SPY WALKS FREE - CHEERS, JEERS GREET NUKE TRAITOR
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's notorious "nuclear traitor" flashed a victory sign yesterday as he emerged from 18 years behind bars - and went to an Anglican church to pray and party....
ISRAELIS KILL 8 IN TERROR-TOWN RAID
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - At least eight Palestinians were killed yesterday when Israeli troops, tanks and bulldozers raided a Gaza Strip town that had been the launching pad for dozens of rockets....
BUSH AD RAPS FOE'S FLIP-FLOPS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In an escalation of the TV ad wars, President Bush yesterday unveiled a new spot accusing his opponent of "doublespeak" and Kerry launching a commercial to explain how...
RAMMED CAR HITS MAN ON SIDEWALK
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA 44-year-old maintenance worker was clinging to life last night after a truck accidentally slammed into a group of parked cars in Queens, causing one to jump the curb and...
KILLER'S CHILLING PURSUIT - CHASED QNS. LOVERS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA 19-year-old woman made a desperate attempt to flee before a mysterious gunman executed her along with her boyfriend at their doorstep early yesterday, cops said. Nicole Wheeler was approached...
AMAZING PUFF PATCH
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amOne in three New Yorkers who received nicotine patches from the city were still not smoking after six months, officials said yesterday - raising eyebrows with a figure that's double...
TORRE PONDERS SUNDAY STARTER
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - Joe Torre has three in-house options for a starter Sunday against Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. And since these are the Yankees,...
POWER COMPANY - POSADA, A-ROD HOMERS LIGHT UP CHITOWN
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amCHICAGO - He's not exactly off the rack but easily gets lost in the collection of designer stars in the Yankee clubhouse. Yet without Jorge Posada's sizzling stick the Bombers'...
GIANTS MOVE CLOSER TO ELI
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIt's been no secret that the Giants covet Eli Manning. And now, it appears, Manning wants the Giants. In a whirlwind series of events that could land the prize quarterback...
ISLANDERS WANT SOME WINNERS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIslanders GM Mike Milbury might not have been ready earlier this week to discuss his team's shortcomings or what it needs to improve on for next season. But several veteran...
TAPIT PUTS ON SHOW
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNORTH EAST, Md. - In his first serious work since becoming a favorite for the Kentucky Derby, Tapit scorched the grass yesterday at his own private training track before crowds...
JETS MIGHT THINK STRAIT
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIf you're a Jets fan and a draftnik, root for Derrick Strait's name to be called when the Jets make their first-round pick in Saturday's NFL Draft. The Oklahoma cornerback...
BULLPEN LETTING METS DOWN
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThat the Mets are a flawed, imperfect team comes as a shock to nobody. But the fact that their bullpen has been arguably their biggest Achilles' heel - even worse...
REGULAR-GUY PHILLIPS KEEPS FIRST-BASE JOB
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Jason Phillips was back in the lineup last night and said a meeting with Art Howe reassured him that he was not losing his job. Heading into last...
MARBURY MIGHT GO ALL THE WAY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES With his team desperate and depleted entering Game 3 tonight at the Garden, Stephon Marbury believes he must play all 48 minutes if the Knicks stand a chance...
NETS WON'T BE INTIMIDATED
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amIt is not just the building. It is the anticipation. "Crossing the [Hudson], knowing that you are going into New York to play the game, that is where the excitement...
METS HAVE A CHAT ABOUT SILENT BATS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe plan called for the Mets to build their team around strong pitching and solid defense. That's fine. But what happened to the hitting? The Mets have lost four of...
MCCLANCY CHANGES DIVISION
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe CHSAA's top basketball division long has been known as perhaps the best in the nation, but the league may be too competitive for its own good. Msgr. McClancy became...
KITTLES IS JUST PLAIN ANNOYING STEPHON
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES He has the endurance of a marathoner. He has the wingspan of a 747. He has the quickness of a gazelle. Add it up and it makes Net...
FLORES, BARRETT SHARE HAGGERTY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amGiving this year's Haggerty Award to just one player would have been cruel. Not when you have the nation's leading scorer (Keydren Clark) and two players who took their teams...
SURGERY TO END DE PAULA'S YEAR
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - As expected, Jorge De Paula's season is over. The rookie right-hander will undergo Tommy John ligament transplant surgery today in Birmingham, Ala., where Dr. James Andrews...
GRAMAN CRACKER - ROOK MIGHT NOT START SUNDAY VS. RED SOX
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Alex Graman stood in an empty corner of the Yankees' clubhouse early Wednesday morning removing the wrapper off a candy bar. Not long before, Graman pitched poorly in...
NCAA PROBING JOHNNIES - 'PAYMENTS' TO KEITA AT ISSUE
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNCAA representatives are expected to be at St. John's today to continue an investigation into allegations made by former center Abe Keita that he received regular monthly payments of $300,...
NCAA PROBING JOHNNIES
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amNCAA representatives are expected to be at St. John's today to continue an investigation into allegations made by former center Abe Keita that he received regular monthly payments of $300,...
NBA EXEC 'DISTURBED'
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTim Thomas wanted to get his Knicks teammates' attention in the series with the Nets. Well, his comments regarding his desire for revenge also caught the eye of NBA officials,...
KNICKS MUST PLAY SMART
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amTIM Thomas is furious the Knicks didn't take Jason Collins' number. Maybe if our back and ankle hurt like Thomas', the anger, if not the painkillers, would be talking, too....
ONE & DONE AGAIN FOR FEEBLE METS
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amExpos 2 - Mets 1 Welcome to 2004 Mets baseball. Where allowing two runs a game now constitutes an automatic loss. The Mets are in a bona-fide offensive funk right...
KAZ'S AVERAGE IS SINKING FAST
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Suddenly, Kaz Matsui is slumping. Matsui has been the Mets' hottest and most consistent hitter this season, but after his 0-4 effort in last night's 2-1 loss to...
METS RUNNING OUT OF LUCK
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amDesperate times call for desperate measures. And in these offensively-starved times for the ice-cold Mets, their baserunning gambles have backfired, being thrown out at the plate twice in a frustrating...
I WANT PAYBACK! - ANGRY THOMAS SEEKS RETURN TO AVENGE INJURY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA furious Tim Thomas has all but put a bounty on the Nets' heads. In an unprecedented diatribe, Thomas repeatedly challenged his Knick teammates to retaliate tonight in Game 3...
GIMME PAYBACK! ANGRY THOMAS CALLS FOR KNICKS TO AVENGE INJURY
April 22, 2004 | 4:00amA furious Tim Thomas has all but put a bounty on the Nets' heads. In an unprecedented diatribe, Thomas repeatedly challenged his Knick teammates to retaliate tonight in Game 3...