May 6, 2004
EXPECT BIG JOB BOOST FOR APRIL
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTOMORROW'S labor report could be a big problem for Wall Street. I'm working strictly on a theory here, so cut me some slack if I turn out to be wrong....
EISNER MAY CUT MIRAMAX LOOSE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amWalt Disney chief Michael Eisner has indicated recently that he may be willing to negotiate a deal to sell Miramax back to its founder Harvey Weinstein, The Post has learned....
ALPHABET SOUP - ABYSMAL AD SALES EXPECTED AT DISNEY'S ABC
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amWalt Disney's beleaguered ABC network is likely to face the cold shoulder from advertisers in the coming weeks as broadcast networks unveil their fall lineups. ABC, which has struggled in...
-TURN UP YOUR NOSE AT PARIS HILTON - HER PERFUME, THAT IS (M)-FROM FLAGRANT TO FRAGRANT: PARIS TRIES PERFUME VENTURE (S, LCF)
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amParis Hilton wants you to smell like her. Months after Hilton's sex tape made the rounds of small screens from coast-to-coast, the hotel heiress has signed a letter of intent...
FTC SOUGHT ON FILE SHARING
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe Federal Trade Commission may wade into the battle on illegal file sharing. A group of senators recently sent a letter to the FTC asking the commission to investigate "peer-to-peer...
ESQUIRE SCORES 4 ELLIES AS GOURMET TASTES FIRST
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amIT was David vs. David at the National Magazine Awards yesterday, with Esquire Editor-in-Chief David Granger snagging four of the so-called Golden Elephant awards for editorial excellence. Granger narrowly nosed...
IMCLONE SUED OVER MIT PATENT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amLawsuits keep piling up against ImClone, with the latest involving claims by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that the biotech firm is hijacking the university's high-powered technology. Although ImClone is starting...
SONY CLOSE TO EXCLUSIVE TALKS FOR MGM DEAL
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amSony is getting closer to bagging The Lion. An investor group led by Japan's Sony Corp. is heading toward exclusive negotiations to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the legendary Hollywood studio, for...
PENNEY POPS UP MADDEN SHOP
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amJ.C. Penney opened a temporary store in Rockefeller Center yesterday to launch its new home collection by aspiring domestic diva Chris Madden. Madden is the designer, author and TV host...
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN JACK AND COKE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amJack Welch could have taken over the reins at Coke, according to a new published report. The Post reported on Monday that Welch, the retired legendary General Electric chief, is...
IMCLONE SUED FOR INFRINGING MIT PATENT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amLawsuits keep piling up against ImClone, with the latest involving claims by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that the biotech firm is hijacking the university's high-powered technology. Although ImClone is starting...
STARR REPORT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTony 'toons in Yeah, yeah, I know that Paulie Walnuts is just a fictional character - still, when Tony Sirico calls, you listen. Attentively. Sirico, who plays Paulie on "The...
'OFFICE' GOSSIP: IT'S A DOWNER
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amNBC's high hopes for a remake of the popular British comedy, "The Office," hit a snag this week: Test audiences hated it. "I don't think many of the test group...
ONE TO WATCH
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYOUNG ADAM [] (three stars) Ewan McGregor (above, with Emily Mortimer) gives his best performance in years as a casually amoral drifter who cuckolds the pilot (Peter Mullan) of the...
ODDS MAN OUTED - MIT CARD COUNTERS NEARLY BEAT CASINOS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amFOR years, casinos around the world have paid armies of security experts millions to stop waves of computer nerds from MIT from using their brains to win big bucks at...
CREEPY SECRETS OF REALITY TV
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE "Survivor: All-Stars" cast shared a single toothbrush. Yech. "The Apprentice" contestants wheeling their suitcases out after getting fired? Filmed ahead of time - including winner Bill Rancic wheeling his...
FRIED CHIMP - WORST SHOW OF THE SEASON
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amPRYMATE [Half a star]At the Longacre Theatre. 220 W. 48th St. (212) 239-6200. ---- THE 2003/2004 Broadway season officially closed last night with the arrival of Mark Medoff's "Prymate" at...
REMOTE THALIA CAN'T FREE YA
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHALIA MEXICO'S beautiful pop superstar Thalia - a national treasure who hopes to make her crossover dreams a reality - played a concert at the Beacon Theater Tuesday that was...
BEAT THE CLOCK - HUTTON'S '5 DAY' RACE VS. DEATH
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHINK "D.O.A" meets "24" and you'll get some idea of what SCI FI's big summer movie, "5 Days to Midnight," is sort of about. The movie will air over five...
DETROIT RAPPERS RULE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amD12 is the new king of the Billboard charts with its new disc, "D12 World," which sold 544,523 copies its first week out. The group, also known as the Dirty...
CELEB 'MILLIONAIRE'
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amEX-Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler was caught between a rock and a hard place on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" this past Tuesday. Butler, appearing on the show's syndicated...
THE GIFTERS - PALS POOL DOUGH FOR A FRIEND'S LUXE TREAT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAbout one in six presents today are from people pooling their dollars together to give someone a nicer gift or a gift certificate. THE pursuit of designer labels has led...
HUFF SHUFFLED OFF 'IDOL'
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE ship sailed last night for "American Idol" finalist George Huff, a contestant whom snarky judge Simon Cowell recently compared to a "medium cruise ship" singer. After a call-in vote...
THE BIG 'FRIEND'-OFF - STARS HEAD BACK TO THE SET TO WATCH FINALE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE stars of "Friends" are planning one last reunion for "The Last One." That's the simple title given to tonight's long-awaited finale, Which airs from 9 to 10 p.m. on...
HELLO, COLUMBUS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN the sun shines, Columbus Avenue is the kind of street that makes you glad to be a New Yorker. Sure, the trucks and buses rumble here as noisily as...
Correction Date: 05/08/2004
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amCorrection: CLARIFICATION: The New York Power Authority says it would have no problem complying with an "equal benefits" bill enacted this week by the City Council because it already treats...
SPIDER-MAN ON DECK - MOVIE AD WILL TURN YANKEE STADIUM INTO WEB SITE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amSpider-Man can't get to first base at Yankee Stadium. Most big-league baseball teams are taking part in a June promotion for the upcoming "Spider-Man 2" by putting ads for the...
STUDENTS STILL IN THE DARK OVER HS CHOICE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAs many as 14,000 eighth-graders still don't know where they're going to high school next fall, the Education Department of Education said yesterday. The kids were asked to list up...
RESCUERS GRAB MAN OVER H'WAY
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amRescuers pulled a man to safety yesterday as he tried to hang himself off a sign 30 feet above a busy Brooklyn highway, officials said. The unidentified man scaled the...
HS AIDE NABBED ON PERVERT RAP
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan school aide has been busted for fondling a 15-year-old student, cops said yesterday. Omar Turner, 32, assigned to East Side Communications HS, allegedly forced the teen to expose...
A MAN CONNED HIS WAY INTO A QUEENS SCHOOL ...
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA man conned his way into a Queens school and rifled through confidential student files after somehow obtaining a Department of Education ID, cops and school officials said. Matthew Matagrano,...
COPS SHOT 2 IN COPTER INCIDENT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe NYPD released new details yesterday about a Brooklyn shooting that was being covered by a Channel 4 helicopter when it crashed Tuesday. The gunplay started after two groups of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amIt's bottoms up in New Jersey, where a community has renamed itself after a cocktail. The Richland section of Buena Vista is being called Mojito for two weeks after Bacardi...
HAMILL REUNITED WITH WIFE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Iraqi hostage Thomas Hamill had a "very emotional" reunion yesterday with his wife, who brought him his favorite cowboy boots and promised to prepare a steak dinner with chocolate...
MARTHA LOSES AGAIN - BID FORRETRIAL IS NIXED
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday slapped down Martha Stewart's bid for a new trial, saying the disgraced domestic diva's claim that an outspoken juror was biased against her was based on...
MAYOR BLASTS GOP BIG - HITS MSG SECURITY TALE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA miffed Mayor Bloomberg yesterday slammed a Republican National Convention official for speaking "without knowledge" about security arrangements for the four-day event. The mayor was fuming over comments made Tuesday...
PERV'S LUCKY DAY - OUTRAGE AS JUDGE GIVES KID-RAPIST 12-YR. DEAL
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens pervert who spent an entire weekend sexually abusing his girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday after a judge offered him a deal, despite...
DRY CLEANING BILL PRESSED
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Don't forget to pick up your dry cleaning, or you might spot someone else wearing it six months down the road. Gov. Pataki yesterday signed into law a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amQUEENS * Police yesterday asked for the public's help in finding a mother and her son, both of whom disappeared from their Jamaica home. Starr Purvis, 42, (right) and her...
CIG FIRE KILLS SMOKER, 95
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAn East Side woman who chain-smoked two packs a day and still made it to the age of 95 was killed by her vice yesterday when a burning butt sparked...
W. VOWS POW JUSTICE - GOES ON ARAB TV TO SOOTHE RAGE AT ABUSE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush tried yesterday to calm the storm in the Arab world over the American abuse of Iraqi prisoners, telling two Arab TV stations the misconduct was "abhorrent"...
PATAKI OUSTS HIS CRIME-BUSTING PAL
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The head of the crime-fighting State Investigations Commission was ousted by Gov. Pataki yesterday after coming under investigation himself, The Post has learned. Stephen Weiner, a prominent New...
BUSTY BABES ARE FERTILE CHOICE FOR HOT MAMAS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe more voluptuous a woman is, the more likely she is to get pregnant - and that's why men may be more attracted to cuties with curves. A new study...
CALVIN'S SUBWAY A MODEL TRAIN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amSupermodel Amber Valletta wants to take you for a ride - on the subway. Calvin Klein today will hand out free MetroCards featuring the leggy bombshell as part of a...
KLEIN HEADS BACK TO CLASS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThere's a new history teacher in town - Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. Klein will take off his school boss' hat to teach students in five high schools about the landmark...
GARDENER MOWS DOWN LEONA FOR 117G
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amLeona Helmsley was hoping to see greener pastures in her case against a former landscaper, but a judge instead has ordered the Queen of Mean to fork over more than...
NAVY DOCTOR SAYS NAVY CREWMATES TOLD MEDICAL PERSONNEL KERRY GOT HIS FIRST PURPLE HEART FOR A NON-COMBAT WOUND ...
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA former Navy doctor who treated John Kerry says several of his Navy crewmates told medical personnel that Kerry got his first Purple Heart for a non-combat wound, it was...
GIFFIE: AIDE DIDN'T TELL ME JENNINGS HIT ON HER
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday adamantly denied he was told of sexual misconduct by Councilman Allan Jennings in May 2002 and did nothing as he responded to charges in...
KERRY'S TAME RETORT ON PRISONER ABUSE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amIT was bizarre yesterday to hear John Kerry criticize President Bush over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, considering Kerry once publicly confessed to committing war "atrocities" when he served in...
1 YEAR FOR DWI DEATH OF WOMAN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA drunken driver who mowed down an elderly Queens woman on Christmas Eve 2002 pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter yesterday and will serve one year in prison. John Mauro, 61,...
BELLEVUE MURDER-BID RAP
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amManhattan prosecutors have raised the stakes against the alleged Bellevue rapist, charging him with attempting to murder the 13-year-old victim. Paroled career criminal Hector Ramirez, 25, of Hamilton Heights, shouted,...
SPEAKER LAUNCHES INTO MIKE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amCouncil Speaker Gifford Miller charged yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg is sending a mixed message by reportedly equipping his corporate jets with a missile defense system while insisting everyone is safe....
'FAKE COP' BUSTED IN QUEENS ROBBERIES
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amHe's not a cop, but he plays one in robberies. Police nabbed a Queens man they say has been waving a phony badge before robbing his unsuspecting victims. City worker...
COPS HUNT BOMB-THREAT BANK BANDIT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amPolice are looking for a man who robbed four banks in two days by threatening tellers with explosives. The robber, who cops said affixes patches and wires to his skin...
SAME SEX FLAP - CHURCH RIPS CITY POLS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amCompanies and other organizations that do business with the city will have to offer the same benefits to same-sex couples under a bill approved yesterday by the City Council -...
WTC'S HOLIDAY REBIRTH - BUILDING STARTS JULY 4
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe Freedom Tower's 1,776-foot climb into the sky will begin July 4 with a spectacular groundbreaking at the World Trade Center site, Gov. Pataki announced yesterday as he unveiled a...
ACCESS-A-RIDE STRIKE ENDS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amFaced with layoff threats, Access-a-Ride drivers reached a deal yesterday to end their three-week strike. Drivers will receive a 2 percent retroactive pay raise and a 4 percent hike over...
BIZ BIGS SEEK $1B FOR SCHOOLS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA coalition that includes some of city's top business titans wants Albany to ante up more than $1 billion in additional aid to Big Apple schools next year in order...
KID-STARVE CHARGES - PARENTS INDICTED IN ABUSE HORROR
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe New Jersey couple whose severely malnourished son was found foraging for food in the neighbor's trash were slapped with 28 charges yesterday for systematically starving the 19-year-old and three...
EERIE 'SLICE' OF PAST - 'STAB' GAL REPEATS TALE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mom arrested for stabbing a pal eight times told cops the elderly woman "fell on the knife," then shockingly revealed that she did the same thing before -...
ELITE COPS EMPTIED BIG BAGS GANG
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amRedrum is their name and murder - redrum spelled backward - is their game. They are an elite squad of NYPD officers, federal drug enforcement agents and State Police that...
CAUGHT FOUL - SHEA NUT HIT WITH FIRST 'CALVIN KLEIN' RAP
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amHe could get jail time and a big fine - all because of Calvin Klein. John McCarthy - who ran out onto the field at Shea Stadium during a game...
GOV 'PAY TO PRAY' EVENT MUST SPILL ITS $ECRETS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer decided yesterday Gov. Pataki's controversial private prayer breakfast "trust fund" - which is sponsoring an event with First Lady Laura Bush next week -...
WEB SITE - STADIUM TO PLACE SPIDEY ADS ON FIELD
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThere's going to be a new man on the field at Yankee Stadium - Spider-Man. Most major-league teams will put logos for the upcoming "Spider-Man 2" movie on the bases,...
ZIT WIT GETS POPPED - STATE SQUEEZES DR. ZIZMOR WITH 40G FINE, PROBATION
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Dr. Jonathan Zizmor - the Manhattan dermatologist whose face is plastered on his subway ads - yesterday was fined $40,000 and put on probation for negligence. Zizmor, who...
PILOT A MODEST HERO - NBC'S CHOPPER MAN TELLS OF ROOF CRASH
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe Channel 4 chopper pilot who miraculouisly crash-landed his crippled craft on a Brooklyn rooftop revealed yesterday that he scarcely remembers the harrowing moments of terror - and modestly insisted...
TRACK EXECS HOR$ED AROUND
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amTwo longtime executives at the New York Racing Association are set to plead guilty to fraud-conspiracy charges related to a lucrative scheme that allowed tellers to dodge taxes on millions...
BUSH DEFIES DOUBTS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush still holds a 4-point lead over John Kerry, despite worrying news from Iraq and a growing sense of anxiety among voters, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll last...
MARTHA LOSES AGAIN - BID FOR RETRIAL IS NIXED
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday slapped down Martha Stewart's bid for a new trial, saying her claim that an outspoken juror was biased against her was based on "hearsay, speculation ....
PICASS-OH! WORK FETCHES RECORD $104M
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amPicasso's masterpiece "Boy with a Pipe" has brought in a pipe-dream price - a record-breaking $104 million. Not bad for a 99-year-old canvas whose artist was only 24 and whose...
VIET 'ATROCITIES' NOW CLOBBER KERRY
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amIT was bizarre yesterday to hear John Kerry criticize President Bush over the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal, considering Kerry publicly confessed to committing war "atrocities" when he served in Vietnam. "Yes,...
GARDENER PRUNES 117G FROM LEONA
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amLeona Helmsley was hoping to see greener pastures in her case against a former landscaper, but a judge instead has ordered the Queen of Mean to fork over more than...
CAR BUFF DIES WITH HIS JAG
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA vintage-car buff died next to his beloved 1952 Jaguar after his garage caught fire, Long Island officials said yesterday. The 37-year-old victim was found beside the Jag - with...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - 'BOSS' TWEED AND THE TAMMANY MACHINE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amFor the next few weeks, Classroom Extra takes a look at a few of New York's most infamous characters - starting with one of the most corrupt politicians in history,...
ANNA'S SWINGIN' BLING-BLING
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAnna Kournikova rocked Times Square yesterday with a huge gem on her ring finger - and she wasn't saying a word about who gave it to her or what it...
'TEACHER' KLEIN GOES BACK TO CLASS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThere's a new history teacher in town - Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. The city Department of Education has developed a five-lesson plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Brown...
STUDENTS IN DARK OVER HS CHOICE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAs many as 14,000 eighth graders still don't know where they're going to high school next fall, the Department of Education admitted yesterday. Under a new policy, the kids were...
'FAKE PROBER' GETS INTO SCHOOL
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amA man conned his way into a Queens charter school and rifled through confidential student files after somehow obtaining a Department of Education identification card, cops and school officials said....
BOMB-THREAT BANDIT ON LAM
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amBy Police are looking for a man who robbed four banks in two days by threatening tellers with explosives. The suspect - who cops said affixes patches and wires to...
WEB SITE - STADIUM TO PLACE SPIDEY ADS ON BASES
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThere'ss a man on base - Spider-Man. The Yankees will join other teams in putting logos for the upcoming "Spider-Man 2" movie on the bases, as Major League Baseball sells...
SKIN GRAFT - SUBWAY ZIT DOC POPPED FOR NEGLIGENCE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Dr. Jonathan Zizmor - the Manhattan dermatologist whose face is plastered on his subway ads - yesterday was fined $40,000 and put on probation for negligence. Zizmor, who...
CRACKED NAIL CUTS SEO'S NIGHT SHORT
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Jae Seo was two outs from potentially earning a victory last night when he cracked. More specifically, his right index fingernail cracked. Seo was removed in the fifth...
PIAZZA STANDS ALONE - HR SETS CATCHER MARK AS METS SMASH GIANTS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amMets 8 - Giants 2 History had just been made, and Mike Piazza rejoined his teammates in the Mets' dugout with a smile wider than Manhattan. You could tell how...
COUGHLIN SET TO TEST GIANTS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAnyone wondering if Tom Coughlin will allow the Giants to ease into anything when he takes the field for the first time tomorrow with his new team should know better....
HISTORY'S WATCHING BARRY - WARILY
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amI AM history, and no one has quite stumped me like you, Barry Lamar Bonds. My books are open wide for you, but not yet my arms. I have questions...
PHILLY HAILS HERO - KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER FEELING RIGHT AT HOME
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amBENSALEM, Pa. - Like a scene from a Fellini movie, the low-rent, hardscrabble barn area at Philadelphia Park came alive with magic yesterday morning, thanks to the return of conquering...
ROY HAS BIG PLANS FOR VITALI
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amRoy Jones said he's always had a "fetish" for beating up big guys. So why not fight the biggest of them all, WBC champion Vitali Klitschko? Jones, who defends his...
KNICKS RAISE TICKET PRICES
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amLess than two weeks after the Knicks' first-round playoff loss to the Nets, owner James Dolan socked it to season-ticket holders with a price increase as high as 20 percent...
CONTRERAS CONCERN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Instead of basking in the glow of a wonderful comeback Tuesday night when they rebounded from a six-run deficit to Mark Mulder and the A's, celebrating a home...
HUNTING FOR TIGER - SINGH TAKES AIM AT NO. 1 RANKING
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Tiger Woods has owned the top spot in the official World Golf Ranking for 247 consecutive weeks entering the Wachovia Championship at the Quail Hollow Club. Never in...
K-MART SEES CHALLENGE FOR TELFAIR
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES Wouldn't it be something, if the Brooklyn Nets saw Lincoln High's Sebastian Telfair sitting there for the taking at the NBA Draft this summer? "I don't comment on...
NETS: WE'LL STICK WITH OUR OFFENSE
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYou could easily blame the Nets' disastrous Game 1 loss on their inability to throw the ball in Lake Michigan, no less one of the hoops at The Palace of...
DUMARS CONFIDENT RASHEED'S STAYING
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Piston GM Joe Dumars is more worried about Rasheed Wallace's left foot than losing him as a free agent this summer to the Knicks. In Dumars'...
YANKEES WON'T PUSH SIERRA
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Late Tuesday night, Ruben Sierra said the cramp in his left hamstring wouldn't force him to miss last night's game against the A's. About the same...
CLARK GEM DANDY'S UPLIFTING FOR RAVENS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL: St. Ray's 5 - St. Peter's 1 Many high school kids on spring break are too busy memorizing the birth date on their fake IDs to worry about...
PIAZZA STANDS ALONE - MIKE SWATS HOMER TO SET CATCHER MARK
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amHistory had just been made, and Mike Piazza rejoined his teammates with a smile wider than Manhattan. You could tell how much the record meant to him, and you could...
IDLE BONDS GIVES METS GIANT BREAK
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe news that Barry Bonds was absent from the Giants' starting lineup for the second straight day rippled through the Met clubhouse around 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. "We're upset about...
FANS FEEL VOID RAGE AS BONDS SITS AGAIN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe fans in the stands at Shea last night felt cheated. And who could blame them? They had come to see Barry Bonds - in fact, had paid a premium,...
STRUGGLIN' JOSE SENT TO TAMPA
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - A year ago, George Steinbrenner heaped praise on Billy Connors for helping Jose Contreras when the pitcher was sent to the minors after struggling in the...
A GR-EIGHT COMEBACK - YANKS RALLY IN 9TH, EXTEND WIN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 4 - A's 3 OAKLAND - They flexed their muscles early and late, and that was nice because in between the Yankees failed miserably to deliver a clutch hit....
JOSE GETS TAMPA TICKET
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amOAKLAND - A year ago, George Steinbrenner heaped praise on Billy Connors for helping Jose Contreras when the pitcher was sent to the minors after struggling in the big leagues....
PIAZZA STANDS ALONE - MIKE SWATS HOMER TO SET CATCHER MARK AS METS TOP GIANTS
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amMets 8 Giants 2 History had just been made, and Mike Piazza rejoined his teammates with a smile wider than Manhattan. You could tell how much the record meant to...
FOOD POISONING KOS JETER
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - At 4:30 yesterday afternoon Derek Jeter said an upset stomach wasn't going to keep him out of the lineup. However, 20 minutes before the start of...
ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR TY'S RETURN
May 6, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Ty Wigginton might be back tomorrow. Wigginton, who is on the disabled list with an ulcer, went 2-for-4 for Class A Port St. Lucie yesterday. Howe said that...