May 12, 2004
EX-WARNACO CHIEF SETTLES WITH SEC
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amFashion boss Linda Wachner could be back on Seventh Avenue following her long-awaited settlement with regulators in an accounting scandal involving her top executives. Wachner, the founder and former chief...
BIG SONY SPIN-OFF - MGM TALKS MAY LEAD TO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IPO
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAs Sony Corp. works toward securing a deal to acquire film studio MGM, the Japanese conglomerate's long-term planning has centered around an initial public offering of its U.S. entertainment assets,...
WASHINGTON PORTRAIT ON BLOCK
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amYour dollar bills won't show it, but the real George Washington doesn't look much like the greenback guy. The most authentic portrait ever painted of Washington is on the block...
ARMANI STORES EXCHANGE HQ ; ARMANI'S EXCHANGE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amARMANI Exchange is exchanging headquarters. The fashion giant's mid-priced spin-off is giving up its 17,500-square-foot digs at 55 Fifth Ave., located at 12th Street in Greenwich Village, and taking a...
BEYONCÉ JOINS CELEBS IN DESIGNER HIT PARADE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMove over, Puffy. Make room, Jay-Z. And watch your step, J. Lo. Beyoncé Knowles, who yesterday announced a partnership with the founders of apparel manufacturer Kids Headquarters, is to join...
ARNAULT DODGES BULLET WITH JACOBS' CONTRACT
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amBernard Arnault scored a victory this week with a new contract that ensures designer Marc Jacobs will remain within the LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton fold for another decade. Jacobs...
STAR-CROSSED CELEB MAGS - AMERICAN MEDIA LAWYERS THREATEN US OVER USE OF WORD
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amSTAR wars are erupting in the magazine world. Us Weekly Editor Janice Min last week received an angry lawyer's letter from the folks at American Media, publishers of the revamped...
LEVI TO SHED ITS DOCKERS BRAND
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amLevi Strauss & Co. said yesterday that it is exploring the sale of its Dockers brand, a move that could set the stage for a hotly contested billion-dollar-plus auction and...
AT JACK'S, BE NIMBLE ; LUXE ON THE PLATE, PAIN IN THE KNEES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amJACK'S LUXURY OYSTER BAR ½ (two and one half stars) 246 E. FIFTH ST. (212) 673-0338 'DON'T worry," the stressed but sweet hostess at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar tells a...
WOMEN TAKE THE BEARDS; ON THE SIDE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIT was ladies night Monday at this year's James Beard Awards. In what has traditionally been a male-dominated industry, several of the top awards this year went to women, including...
MANSON MANIA ; WHY THEY'RE BRINGING BACK EVIL CHARLIE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amALTHOUGH Vincent Bugliosi, the man who brought Charles Manson to his knees, left the Los Angeles prosecutor's office in 1972, it's still the case that won't disappear. In fact, this...
STRAIGHT MAN ; TONYS WILL GRANT JACKMAN ONE SWISH
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amHOW "gay" can Hugh Jackman be at this year's Tony Award telecast? Well, when he's doing a Peter Allen song as Peter Allen, he can be as gay as all...
GOODNIGHT, SEATTLE - CLOSURE FOR TV'S LONGEST-RUNNING CHARACTER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA few final questions about "Frasier" on the eve of its big finale tomorrow night on NBC: * Were Frasier and Niles gay? Certainly not - straight men can be...
'BACHELOR' BENCHED - JESSE MAY RETURN FROM REALITY WITHOUT A JOB
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amJESSE Palmer is having a ball in the hot tubs with a bevy of young women on ABC's "The Bachelor," but his day job - as back-up quarterback for the...
STARR REPORT
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNick takes 'U' turn Nickelodeon has some special events lined up to help celebrate its 25th birthday - unfolding over three straight weeks next month. "U-Pick Live" will be "supersized"...
LAND OF THE RISING FUN - INDULGE IN THE BEST JAPANESE CHEAP EATS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S no problem blowing an entire paycheck on sushi, now that Masa, Megu and other posh Japanese restaurants have hit town. But going for broke isn't the only way to...
FAIR WEATHER FOOD FAIRS & FESTS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNOW that the weather's finally cooperating, bring on the outdoor food fests. Loosen your belt, because some of the city's best are right around the corner. This weekend, Hell's Kitchen...
SHE'S NO 'SCRUB' - PRIME-TIME STAR JUDY REYES IS TAKING THE STAGE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amDOMINICAN-American star Judy Reyes has risen to fame on the strength of her role as the wisecracking nurse Carla on the prime-time medical comedy "Scrubs." The attractive 35-year-old is serious...
POLITICAL CHANNELS - DOMINICAN POLITICIANS ARE TAKING THEIR CAMPAIGN PITCHES TO PUBLIC ACCESS TV
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amCHANNEL 35 - the cable channel that brought New York City the risqué antics of X-rated eccentrics Robyn Bird and Al Goldstein - may also be responsible for electing the...
COOKING FOR MAYOR MIKE - 'FILI' ESTÉVEZ GRACES GRACIE MANSION WITH HIS GOURMET DISHES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN Feliberto "Fili" Estévez first arrived in New York in 1987, his primary goal was to learn English, but his talents in the kitchen, which he learned from his mother...
LATEST FLAVORS - LATINO CUISINE - IT'S A LOT MORE THAN RICE, BEANS AND TACOS, YOU KNOW
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amLATINO food is hot - and not just in a jalapeño way. "Sabor Latino" was the theme of Monday night's gala following the James Beard Foundation Awards. Once the "Oscars...
LEADERS BLASTED - ABUSE GUARDS LACKED SUPERVISION: PROBER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe general who investigated the abuse of Iraqi prisoners told Congress yesterday it resulted from faulty leadership, a "lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision." But Army Maj....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAn Idaho engineering firm is looking for some big bottoms to test out its novelty "butt-kicking machine." The device, from Leavitt & Associates, which usually designs industrial plants and bridges,...
STUDENT DEATH SUIT REVIVED
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday reinstated a lawsuit against the city brought by the mother of a Hispanic boy who died from injuries suffered during a brutal, racially...
TERROR DEAL MELTS - 'ICE CREAM' PLEA NIXED
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Yemeni man suspected of funneling millions to an al Qaeda-linked sheik through his Brooklyn ice-cream shop - which took in an astonishing $20 million in six years - was...
MIKE HAILS BID TO RAISE CIG AGE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg supports a move to raise the legal tobacco- buying age to 19. "I certainly would not be opposed to raising the age," the mayor said yesterday during a...
'LOUIMA' COPS WANT JOBS BACK
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amTwo cops fired after the brutal broomstick attack on Abner Louima are meeting with an NYPD hearing officer tomorrow to set a date for their departmental trial on whether they...
U.S. STILL PROUD OVER IRAQ: POLL
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Americans still tend to feel "proud" of what their country has done in Iraq even in the midst of the prisoner-abuse scandal - except for Democrats who are...
MAYOR MUM ON RENT
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe unprecedented decision by the Rent Guidelines Board not to vote on specific preliminary rent hikes this year drew no comment from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. Asked what he thought of...
KLEIN CRIES RACI$M
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein charged that state lawmakers are discriminating against the city's mostly minority students - 50 years after the Supreme Court banned racial segregation in public schools in...
SHEEPSKIN FLEECE - FEDS NAILED WITH BOGUS DIPLOMAS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Investigators have discovered that 28 senior managers at key federal agencies - including three officials with security clearance at a nuclear agency - bought phony advanced degrees from...
EVIL JIHAD JERK BIDS TO OUTDO OSAMA
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Abu Musab Zarqawi, the one-legged Jordanian behind the horrific beheading of a U.S. hostage, has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world - and...
SKI MASKS WON'T SAVE YOUR COWARDLY BUTTS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amI KNOW why you wear ski masks. I know why you tied up Nick Berg, leaving him unable to fight back. I know why the odds were 5 to 1....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * The body of an unidentified woman was found on the roof of a Fordham building yesterday, police said. The body, with a black plastic bag covering the...
HUNT FOR PIZZA KING'S SHOOTER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amCops on the trail of an upstate gunman who blasted a restaurant owner and his son quizzed motorists yesterday and unleashed dogs to comb the thick woods near the shot...
QNS. GRANNY'S DEATH WAS HEART ATTACK, NOT MURDER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe elderly mother of a Queens superintendent found dead in her building died of an apparent heart attack - and was not, as first suspected, a slay victim, authorities said...
A 'HOOD THING FOR MARTHA
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn congresswoman wants Martha Stewart to spruce up Bushwick. Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez has written to the judge presiding over Stewart's trial to recommend she sentence the domestic diva...
CHELSEA REC CENTER OPEN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAfter 31 years, six mayors, a fiscal crisis and a terrorist attack, the Chelsea Recreation Center is finally opening to the public next week. Then-Mayor John Lindsay broke ground on...
GRUESOME KICKS - THUGS 'PLAY' WITH ISRAELI'S SEVERED HEAD
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian goons kicked the severed head of a murdered Israeli like a soccer ball yesterday, as terrorists said they'd release the remains of six soldiers killed in an...
CABBY CRABBY AT KOCH - 'IGNORED HURT BIKER'
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx taxi driver thinks former Mayor Ed Koch can't hack it as a model citizen. The cabby, Carl Essel, was fuming mad yesterday after Koch's bodyguard unintentionally injured a...
L.I. CIVIC LEADER ADMITS WIFE SLAY
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA former Chamber of Commerce president on Long Island yesterday pleaded guilty to suffocating his wife of 23 years. To spare himself a life sentence, John DiMassino admitted killing his...
DIPLO DRUG BUSTS - TRINIDAD COKE RING
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAn eagle-eyed security officer at Trinidad's New York consulate discovered nearly 4 1/4 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed-out phone book mailed to a worker there - prompting the...
PRISON IN FORECAST FOR DWI WEATHERMAN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Channel 2 weatherman David Rogers, who pleaded guilty in Cleveland to drunkenly plowing into two highway workers in a hit-run accident last summer, has been sentenced to 10 months...
TURNING THE TABLES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amJOHN Boyd was a hotshot U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who may have been the most influential war strategist that no layman ever heard of - and who would have...
GOP SEN. CALLS KERRY SCANDAL EXPLOITER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWhile colleagues blasted the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, Sen. James Inhofe fired a broadside yesterday at the worldwide outcry over the mistreatment, calling the inmates "terrorists" and "murderers." Inhofe (R-Okla.)...
FDNY'S OLDEST FIRE MATRON DIES AT 102
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amCity firefighters were in mourning yesterday for New York's oldest fire matron - 102-year-old Georgiana McMenamin, who died after six decades of caring for a grateful group of Upper West...
KIDS CHEATING THEIR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNearly half the nation's teenagers admit they cheat on their school exams, according to a bombshell survey released yesterday. And two-thirds of students interviewed said cheating was a problem in...
1ST NEW 'APPRENTICE' PIX - BIZ BABES SHOOTING DONALD'S 2ND SEASON
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amDonald Trump might have a hard time telling these beauties, "You're fired!" The second season of "The Apprentice" quietly began filming yesterday in various secret locations around New York City...
VOICE OF YOGI IN BOOZY BOO-BOO
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Cops busted a boozed-up cartoon actor - best known for playing Yogi Bear, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn and a host of other characters - after he barricaded...
FUEL BE SORRY - RECORD-HIGH GAS PRICES HAVE YET TO PEAK
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amFuel prices in the Big Apple have soared to record levels - and there's worse to come with the start of the summer driving season just around the corner, experts...
TERESA PAID 11% IN TAX, PAPERS SHOW
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry's wife Teresa - one of America's richest women - had over $5 million in income last year, but paid a lower tax rate than an...
POL'S RAPE ACCUSER SAID YES TO SEX: COPS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The 19-year-old intern who accused Harlem Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV of rape gave contradictory statements to police, saying at one point that the sex was consensual, it...
U.S. HOSTAGE SCREAMS IN HORROR AS HE IS BEHEADED
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A young American contractor in Iraq was mercilessly beheaded by Islamic terrorists on a horrifying videotape released yesterday as so-called revenge for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners. The...
BUSH VOWS JUSTICE VS. BARBARIANS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday vowed that America will hunt down the "enemies of freedom" who butchered Nick Berg as political foes forgot their disputes over Iraq to unite...
TRAGIC LAST CALL - 'DUMP' GAL: 'I'M FINE'
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Canadian woman whose nearly nude, bullet-ridden body was found in a Queens garbage truck had told her fiancé, "I'm fine" by cellphone minutes before she disappeared from a leafy...
AN ADVENTURER WHO WANTED TO HELP OTHERS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWEST CHESTER, Pa. - Nick Berg went to Iraq on his own as an independent contractor. He thought he could make a difference in the strife-torn country. He had gone...
VELELLA KOS FUNDS DRIVE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - State Sen. Guy Velella last night mysteriously suspended all money-raising activities on his behalf, including those by a fund that was to help defray his legal fees. A...
ROBBERS TORTURE BX. MAN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThree thugs, possibly looking for a safe full of cash, forced their way into a Jamaican immigrant's Bronx home, then tortured and shot him twice before leaving him bleeding on...
ANOTHER 'DWI' FIREMAN BUST
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIn yet another blow to the booze-plagued FDNY, a Brooklyn firefighter was charged last night with driving while drunk, police sources said. Glen Midbow, 46, who is assigned to Engine...
'HOMICIDE' GRANNY HAD CORONARY
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe elderly mother of a Queens superintendent found dead in her building died of an apparent heart attack - and was not, as first suspected, a slay victim, authorities said...
FOE: KERRY EXPLOITING SCANDAL
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWhile colleagues blasted the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, Sen. James Inhofe fired a broadside yesterday at the worldwide outcry over the mistreatment, calling the inmates "terrorists" and "murderers." Inhofe (R-Okla.)...
STAFFING WOES DENY SPECIAL ED TO 20,000
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA whopping 20,000 students with learning disabilities haven't received special-education services because of a shortage of qualified staffers, according to a bombshell survey by Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's office. That's...
DRIVE-UP ASSASSIN KILLS MAN RIDING IN CAR
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA man was shot to death in Brooklyn last night in what witnesses told police was a drive-by attack, cops said. The man, in his 30s, was sitting in the...
BRUTALITY TOO MUCH FOR DAD - COLLAPSES AFTER SON'S NIGHTMARE HITS WEB
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMichael Berg collapsed in tears on the front lawn of his West Chester, Pa., home yesterday after learning that the sickening images of his son Nick's decapitation had hit the...
TWO STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REIN IN MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ...
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amTwo state lawmakers have proposed legislation that would rein in Mayor Bloomberg's control of the school system. The measure would require that appointees to the school board serve one-year terms...
SANIT. WORKER GUNNED DOWN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA sanitation worker was shot dead early this morning as he hauled trash in The Bronx, cops said. The unidentified man in his 30s was picking up trash near a...
AWOL KERRY DOOMS SEN. JOB-AID VOTE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A push by Senate Democrats to extend jobless benefits lost by a single vote yesterday - as their nominee-to-be, John Kerry, missed the vote while campaigning in Kentucky....
DWI BRAVEST HAS S.I. LINK
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn firefighter who had worked at the Staten Island firehouse where a colleague was severely injured in a booze-fueled brawl on New Year's Eve, was charged last night with...
TERESA PAID 11% IN TAX
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry's wife, Teresa - one of America's richest women - had over $5 million in income last year, but paid a lower tax rate than an...
COURT KOS $14M FOR MURDERED COPS' KIN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe families of two detectives slain almost 15 years ago by a prisoner they were driving to Rikers Island are not entitled to the $14.2 million originally awarded to them,...
MAYOR SILENT ON RENT DELAY
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe unprecedented decision by the Rent Guidelines Board not to vote on specific preliminary rent hikes this year drew no comment from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. Asked what he thought of...
JUSTICE RAINS - HIT-RUN WEATHERMAN GETS PRISON
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Channel 2 weatherman David Rogers, who pleaded guilty in Cleveland to drunkenly plowing into two highway workers in a hit-run accident last summer, has been sentenced to 10 months...
BX. HOME INVADERS TORTURE, SHOOT MAN: COPS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThree thugs, possibly looking for a safe full of cash, forced their way into a Jamaican immigrant's Bronx home, then tortured and shot him twice before leaving him bleeding on...
KLEIN CITES 'BROWN' IN FUNDS FIGHT
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein charged that state lawmakers are discriminating against the city's mostly minority students - 50 years after the courts banned racial segregation in public schools in the...
B'KLYN POL'S DIVA PLAN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn congresswoman wants Martha Stewart to spruce up Bushwick. Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez has written to the judge presiding over Stewart's criminal trial to recommend she sentence the goddess...
GI ON VID SAYING 'WHO CARES?' AFTER INMATES DIE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amA newly released home video made at a U.S.-run prison in Iraq reveals the disdain that American soldiers have for Iraqi inmates. "We've already had two prisoners die, but who...
NO LINE ON RENT GUIDE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe unprecedented decision by the Rent Guidelines Board not to vote on specific preliminary rent hikes this year drew no comment from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. Asked what he thought of...
MIKE HAILS CIG MOVE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg supports a move to raise the legal tobacco-buying age to 19. "I certainly would not be opposed to raising the age," the mayor said yesterday during a press...
BRUTALITY TOO MUCH FOR DAD - COLLAPSES ON LEARNING OF SON'S NIGHTMARE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMichael Berg collapsed in tears on the front lawn of his West Chester, Pa., home yesterday after learning the sickening details of his son Nick's decapitation death at the hands...
KIDD HAS ANOTHER NIGHT TO REMEMBER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAH. Right. This is what the Nets look like when the engine is humming like a German sports car, when the basketball is a blur, skipping from one set of...
ALL-STAR, MY ASTERISK ; WHINING RASHEED A NON-FACTOR AGAIN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amT H E Nets put up another asterisk last night, when Rasheed Wallace was reduced to a footnote. He came down on a left arch that has been grumpier than...
PISTONS IN TROUBLE - BIG BEN LASHES INTO TEAMMATES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amBig Ben Wallace would not comment after Game 3's blowout loss. But last night, after a dreadful repeat, Big Ben couldn't hold back, attacking his teammates' desire. "We've got to...
GET-EVEN WIN AS GOOD AS IT NETS ; DOMINATE PISTONS TO HOLD HOME-COURT
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWith 1:21 left in the third quarter, Kenyon Martin chased a loose ball toward the sideline as if it had the winning Powerball numbers written all over it. The ball...
KIDD FOLLOWS THROUGH, AND TOUCH RETURNS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES In the Nets' first three games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pistons, 40 shots went up by Jason Kidd. Only nine of them went through the...
WANTED: RANGERS COACH
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe Rangers opened their annual organizational meetings yesterday in La Quinta, Calif. - presumably New York or Hartford wouldn't provide the proper work environment - with the club's annual coaching...
NETS TRYING TO TAKE BEST SHOT - KIDD JUST WANTSTO FOLLOW THROUGH
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIn the Nets' first three games of these Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pistons, 40 shots went up by Jason Kidd. Nine of them went through the basket. Yes, Kidd...
'CLIFF' NO SHOE-IN, BUT . . .
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - If there is one horse who can beat Smarty Jones in Saturday's Preakness, it might be the hard-luck horse of the Kentucky Derby, The Cliff's Edge, who in...
KITTLES' DEFENSE FITS BILL
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amFigure this was high on the list of objectives for the Pistons to achieve last night: Spring Chauncey Billups free from the clutches of Kerry Kittles. In the first two...
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEN ; WALLACE WON'T MAKE EXCUSES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amBig Ben Wallace wasn't about to place any asterisks on his team's Game 3 loss at the Meadowlands. The Nets won fair and square. Wallace, perhaps taking a poke at...
ANOTHER 'BULLET' ON TAP?
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - In the past 20 years, only one horse that did not run in the Kentucky Derby has won the Preakness: Red Bullet in 2000. Ridden by Jerry Bailey,...
FRANK WON'T DEBATE BROWN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES One is 33 years old, a rookie head coach. The other has been coaching 33 years and owns an ever-expanding niche in the Hall of Fame. Still, Lawrence...
BONUS WILL BE A NICE NEST EGG
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amPhiladelphia Park's top jockey Stewart Elliott, riding in the Triple Crown for the first time, aims for eight straight aboard Smarty Jones in the Preakness Stakes after taking the Kentucky...
NO FLUKE; WEAKFISH ARE STRONG
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIT comes as no surprise that striped bass seem to be pouring out of the Hudson and into lower New York Harbor, but the number of large weakfish moving along...
A 'SHEED TO BE HEARD ; WALLACE STILL IN FOUL MOOD
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 3 was in the books, but only with a qualifier, according to Rasheed Wallace. He said the Nets would be back in the series only as long as the...
CU PLAYERS SKIRT CRIMINAL CHARGES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe Colorado recruiting scandal got more muddled yesterday when the state's attorney general announced he would not file criminal charges in nine alleged sexual assaults involving football players. But in...
WIGGY'S BAT IS FEELIN' FINE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - When he was lying in an ICU bed, undergoing a battery of tests, Ty Wigginton was frightened of just one thing. "The only thing I was...
GUERRERO EARNS HIS ANGEL WINGS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amVladimir Guerrero is a walking dichotomy, passive off the field but aggressive on it, a humble star with the Superman game and everyman personality. What's clear is this: He's one...
ERNIE AND KURT ; WARNER & GIANTS WRAP UP
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIt was a variation on the dinner-and-a-movie date. The Giants met with Kurt Warner on a quick visit that began with dinner in Manhattan on Monday night and concluded with...
BECKFORD TO GREENSBORO
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNorth Carolina-Greensboro had been interested in Brian Beckford since the beginning of his senior year. Yesterday the Spartans finally got their man. The 6-6 senior forward verbally committed to the...
HOLES IN ROTATION DISARMING TO METS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amPHOENIX - When Met pitching coach Rick Peterson looks at the season, he sees it as a marathon. He believes there is no sense getting too high or too low...
MIDDLE RELIEVERS MAKE JOE SMILE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN Paul Quantrill and Tom Gordon signed with the Yankees last December there were no fancy press conferences to announce their arrivals. The mayor didn't offer keys to the city,...
KURT AND ERNIE ; WARNER & GIANTS WRAP UP
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIt was a variation on the dinner-and-a-movie date. The Giants met with Kurt Warner on a quick visit that began with dinner in Manhattan on Monday night and concluded with...
EAGLES BACK IN THE SWING
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amHS BASEBALL St. Edmund's 14 St. Francis 5 It's getting difficult to figure out just what St. Edmund's Prep is all about. The Eagles (14-5) jumped out to a surprising...
MARBURY ON OLYMPIC TEAM
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amStephon Marbury will spend part of his summer vacation in Athens. With Jason Kidd indicating he won't play for Team USA in the Olympics, the Knicks point guard has been...
ART MUST MAKE ROOM FOR FLOYD
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Start the clock on Cliff Floyd. The Met left fielder finally began his rehab assignment last night, suiting up in a game for St. Lucie, going...
NETS DEFINE THEMSELVES
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThe Nets went to the dictionary. At each player's locker last night was a page with his picture and a word and definition to describe him.Brandon Armstrong: "Sniper, unknown assassin."Jason...
PUMPED-UP KENYON IS UNSTOPPABLE
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAnyone without the game that Kenyon Martin possesses would not be able to pull off the pre-game antics that the regulars at the Meadowlands have come to expect and adore....
ALL-STAR, MY ASTERISK ; RASHEED HAS MORE WHINES THAN POINTS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Nets put another asterisk up last night, when Rasheed Wallace was reduced to a footnote. During another foul-interrupted first-half cameo, he came down on a foot that apparently already...
GET-EVEN WIN AS GOOD AS IT NETS ; HOLD HOME-COURT WITH DOMINANT WIN
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amThere was 1:21 left in the third quarter. Kenyon Martin was chasing a loose ball toward the sidelines. The ball eluded his grasp, out of bounds, possession Pistons. Martin jumped...
PISTONS IN TROUBLE - LIMP HOME SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amEnough about the Pistons being the team to beat in the East. They're in trouble now, left for dead in the Swamp. The Pistons, everyone's darling to come out of...
KIDD FOLLOWS THROUGH AND TOUCH RETURNS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES In the Nets' first three games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pistons, 40 shots went up by Jason Kidd. Only nine of them went through the...
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR SAGGING METS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amD'backs 9Mets 5 PHOENIX - Here's how the pitching slate shaped up on the Mets' seven-game road trip against Arizona and Houston: The first two games featured opposing starters Casey...
QUANTRILL PREFERS TO GO UNNOTICED
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amIT would be easy to overlook Paul Quantrill's role in the Yankees' 8-7, come-from-behind, extra-inning win over the Angels last night at the Stadium. In fact, he'd prefer it. Middle...
MARATHON MEN ; YANKEES OUTLAST ANGELS IN 10
May 12, 2004 | 4:00am10 INNINGSYankees 8Angels 7 In the middle of the sixth inning last night, announcer Bob Sheppard thanked Yankees fans for their patience and support. Yankees management even offered fans free...
NOW THIS IS THE TEAM WE REMEMBER
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAH. Right. This is what the Nets are supposed to look like. This is what the Meadowlands is supposed to feel like, and sound like, when the operation is running...
THERE'S NOTHING TO RIVAL THE OLD DAYS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amTHE groundwork was laid early, the battle lines set in stone. What has become evident in this misery-driven series is that somewhere along the line, blood is going to spill....
HE'S GOT A LOT LEFT - HEALTHY GIAMBI BACK TO SMASHING SOUTHPAWS
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amAll you need to know about Jason Giambi's health and swing was answered when Giambi homered off left-hander Jeremy Affeldt on May 2. Or when he homered off lefty Barry...
JOSE MAY RETURN BY THE WEEKEND
May 12, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jose Contreras managed a quality start for Triple-A Columbus yesterday afternoon. The next step is getting the Tampa and New York factions of the franchise on the same...