June 13, 2004
TEDDY STILL READY FOR A BIG DEAL
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIn January 2001, buyout bull Theodore Forstmann announced he was back from the golf course, ready to invest the billions he had squirreled away while his competitors sat licking their...
VIRTUAL VIRGINS - SOME STARS STILL WARY OF INTERNET
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIt's been a long and winding road, but the Beatles finally decided last week that they will consider offering their music online. The move marked a victory for the fledgling...
IN BAD COMPANY - U.S. FIRMS STILL WORKINGWITH BIN LADEN'S RELATIVES
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amDozens of U.S. firms continue to do business with the Saudi Binladen Group despite American companies' passionate vows to cut all ties with the group, or at least re-examine them,...
SHIROV OVERLOOKED AMONG THE EQUALS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amFOR the last decade, three players - Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik - have dominated chess. They're always in the top three spots in the world rating list...
IN SEARCH OF DRACULA
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amCINE File can't catch a break. He spent eight days in Transylvania, and the only time he saw a vampire was when "The Hunger" showed up on the TV in...
BETTER LITTER; GREEN TEA IS THE SECRET FOR CAT CLEANLINESS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amCAT litter: Hauling it is a chore, scooping it is a drag and catch ing a whiff of it can be offensive. But a new brand called Green Tea Leaves...
ROAD RAGE: THE TANTRUM TWINS TEAR UP THE SOUTH IN 'SIMPLE LIFE 2'
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS time around, "The Simple Life" is not so simple. Rather than settling down in just one cozy country corner with one folksy family, Beverly Hills brats Paris Hilton and...
'MONK' DOESN'T MAKE IT IN MANHATTAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYOU can title this episode "Mr. Monk Takes a Dive." I hope it's not a harbinger of things to come, but this Fri-day's third-season premiere of "Monk" is just plain...
NEXT ACTION STAR: MOVE OVER, VIN DIESEL AND UMA THURMAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S "The Apprentice" with muscles. Like NBC's reality-TV smash, the network's summer reality series "Next Action Star" offers a prize that could lead to a lucrative career for one lucky...
CROSS PROMOTION TAKING OVER MOVIES
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amCROSS-PROMOTION? Product placements? Baby, you ain't seen nothin', yet. Soon, what you view as pure entertainment will seem like an interruption of the commercials. By now, few viewers of network...
QUICK BITES - THE TASTIEST EVENTS THIS WEEK
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amSTREET FOOD: It's grazer's heaven this week, with a pair of annual food festivals to pick your way through. Tomorrow at 5 p.m., Taste of Times Square takes over West...
NICE GUY, NO ACTION: ANNABEL AND GREG AVOID THE MOST INTERESTING SUBJECT: SEX
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAt the New York Post, we only send our hot dates to the very best restaurants in town. Last week, for example, Greg, our 33-year-old, highly eligible divorcé, chose Annabel,...
MEET MARKET: THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT - GIRL FROM THE O.C. SEEKS NYC FUNNYMAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN gorgeous, all-American blonde Cassandra wasn't picked by Dave (remember him? He went on a date with hostess hottie Kate instead, with low-spark results) we just knew we had to...
A HILTON IS HARANGUED
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amNicky Hilton got on the wrong side of a bouncer for probably the first time in her life Monday night after the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, and...
HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amMother of re-invention In her wildest incarnation yet, Madonna - who plays the Garden on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and next Tuesday and Wednesday - returns to NYC as a...
ANDY RICHTER: SIDEKICK GOES SOLO
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAFTER seven years as the hilarious sidekick on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," Andy Richter quit to try and make it on his own - a goal that he and...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amBEASTIE BOYS "To The 5 Boroughs" (four stars) Capitol Records Without bowing to the current wave of plastic rap, New York's hip-hop pioneers, the Beastie Boys, have come out of...
LICENSE TO CHILL - CH-CHECK IT OUT: BEASTIE BOYS' HOT NEW ALBUM A NEW YORK LOVE LETTER
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S hard to get a straight answer from one of the Beastie Boys, especially if you're wondering why it took them six years to record the follow-up to their hit...
BURNING RUBBER - TRYING DODGEBALL: ALL GROWN UP, THE P.E. GAME STILL HURTS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE sweat. The athletic shorts. The sting of getting smacked in the face with a red rubber ball. Aside from the beer drinking, dodgeball for grownups is a lot like...
SLASH: NO AXL TO GRIND - VELVET REVOLVER'S LEAD GUITARIST CREATES NEW MUSICAL LIFE AFTER GUNS N' ROSES
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAS far as supergroups go, there are few that rival Velvet Revolver's pedigree as the bastard lovechild of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots. While 39-year-old Slash - Saul...
KERRY DEEP IN VEEP HUNT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIt's back to the drawing board for Democrat John Kerry now that Republican Sen. John McCain has spurned his offer to run for vice president. Many Democrats - including some...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYou can't blame Betty and George English if they ask for their money back on the "lakeside" condo they bought for the view. That's because Lake Chesterfield, a manmade 23-acre...
PERILS OF PUBLIC HOUSING
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amNearly half of the city's public-housing buildings are unsafe, according to a City Council survey released yesterday. Council investigators tried to enter 479 of the New York City Housing Authority's...
HE LIFTED AMERICA'S SPIRIT, AND SHE LIFTED HIS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amWE owe her, too. For in her stubbornly old-fashioned way, Nancy Reagan is truly a maverick. For three days, I've been watching Nancy, a woman I never particularly admired before,...
FURY AT HAWKER HORDES; VENDORS JAM PARKS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe number of street vendors flooding two of Manhattan's most popular parks has skyrocketed, turning once-airy pathways into packed gauntlets for New Yorkers looking to enjoy the city's green spaces,...
BARS THAT BLOW OFF BAN MAY LOSE LIQUOR LICENSE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Bars owners have been warned in threatening government letters that they'll be stripped of their state liquor and lottery licenses if customers continue to smoke, The Post has...
PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE TURNS FIFTH INTO UNA FIESTA GRANDE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue today - and it's going to be a fiesta muy caliente! More than 150,000 revelers are expected to take...
DRIVING THE CITY IN$ANE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe driver for city Environmental Protection Commissioner Christopher Ward is on track to earn an astonishing $90,000 for a second year in a row. Records supplied by the Department of...
IS THERE A LEADER IN THE STATE? GUYS, THE TIME TO SPEAK OUT IS NOW
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY WITH the worst gridlock in modern times now the norm at the state Capitol, a growing number of experts believe only strong new leadership can bring about the changes...
DESPERATE APPLE DAD CAN'T GET HIS KID OUT OF FRANCE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S taking a village in France to keep a New York man away from his 3-year-old daughter. Villagers in Les Adrets de l'Esterel have banded together to block David Washington...
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE GREAT INFLUENZA: THE EPIC STORY OF THE DEADLIEST PLAGUE IN HISTORY BY JOHN M. BARRY VIKING, 546 PAGES, $29.95 THIS is without a doubt the most terrifying book you'll...
EDWARDS IS THE TICKET: SURVEY
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amBush-Cheney would beat any Kerry ticket except one with Sen. John Edwards on it, according to a new poll released yesterday. Edwards, a five-term senator from North Carolina, is the...
CLUBGOER SHOT DEAD AT 'NUISANCE' B'KLYN HOT SPOT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amA popular Bay Ridge bar with a reputation for rowdiness was jam-packed with "macho punks" when violence broke out early yesterday, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds, angry residents...
BX. BLAZE KILLS 2; BROTHERS, 12 & 5, TRAPPED IN APARTMENT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTwo young brothers were killed yesterday when a fast-moving fire swept through their Bronx apartment as their frantic mom vainly tried to save them, officials said. William Mullen, 12, and...
MOUTHS OF THE SOUTH; TRAILER'S A-ROCKIN' ON 'SL2'
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTwo spoiled brats crammed into an Airstream trailer for four weeks equals one hell of a catfight. With only themselves for company, so-called best pals Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** Four men were arrested early yesterday in connection with the robbery of a fast-food eatery in the Allerton section, police said. The incident unfolded at 2:15 a.m....
'RAPIST' A HOLY TERROR ; FIEND A PREACHER MAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe paroled robber arrested and charged with a string of sex attacks in Canarsie was a well-liked, mild-mannered, Bible-quoting local who betrayed the trust of the neighborhood, people who knew...
JUDGE SAVES JOB OF 'TRAUMA' SANIT MAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amA sanitation worker who went AWOL for five months last year has avoided firing by convincing a judge he was traumatized while on duty at Ground Zero. Administrative Law Judge...
EDWARDS A DEM BEST BET: SURVEY
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amBush-Cheney would beat any Kerry ticket - except one with Sen. John Edwards on it, according to a new poll released yesterday. Edwards, a five-term senator from North Carolina, is...
JENNINGS GABS ON TAXPAYERS' TAB
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amALLAN Jennings - the Queens councilman whose conduct is under intense scrutiny - ran up a $926 tab in a single month on a single cellphone. And guess who's picking...
TRANNY SEX RX SCAMS; HORMONES FOR FREE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amPeople wanting to change their gender, including teens in the city's foster-care system, are getting pricey opposite-sex hormones for free through Medicaid - even though the practice is barred, The...
SWIMMER DROWNS IN BROOKLYN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amA 24-year-old man drowned during a late afternoon dip in a Brooklyn creek, cops said. Bartolo Flores, of Kensington, went swimming in Gerritsen Creek in Sheepshead Bay with a group...
INVITATION TO A NEW YORK VOTER REVOLT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amWILLIE Sutton robbed banks because "that's where the money is." Guess he never discovered Albany. After all, the capital's current crop of crooks does pretty well for itself, thanks. No,...
MA-DONNA BROODS IN THE PARK
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amMadonna and hubby Guy Ritchie enjoyed an early-evening visit to sun-splashed Central Park yesterday with kids Lourdes and Rocco. The Material Mom, 45, and family arrived in town Friday as...
ROYALS FLUSH METS ; RALLY FAILS IN 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amRoyals 5Mets 4 KANSAS CITY - In a perverse way, it makes total sense: the Mets are looking worse and worse as their losing streak grows. Yesterday afternoon, they punctuated...
PARK 'PERVERT' COP HAS 2 CHILDREN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx cop accused of having sex with a 13- year-old boy in a park is a married father of two who just bought a new home in Orange County,...
DARING BX.-BLAZE RESCUE; ROPES, LADDERS USED TO SAVE 7
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amFirefighters saved seven people from a Bronx inferno last night with a series of daring and dangerous rescues, fire officials said. The blaze broke out on the top floor of...
TRANNY SEX RX SCAMS - HORMONES FOR FREE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amPeople wanting to change their gender, including teens in the city's foster-care system, are getting pricey opposite-sex hormones for free through Medicaid - even though the practice is barred, The...
CAMERA-SHY HITMAN ELUDED DOZEN 'SHOTS'
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amCameras, cameras everywhere but not one clear shot of the brazen killer who gunned down a Diamond District jeweler on Sixth Avenue. More than 15 surveillance cameras caught blurry or...
24 HOURS IN TERMINAL 7 - POST PULLS OFF JFK SLEEPOVER
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amMy mission was to emulate Tom Hanks. In Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Terminal," which hits screens Friday, Hanks plays the role of Eastern European refugee Viktor Navorski, who gets...
2 DIE IN BX. INFERNO - BOYS, 12 & 5, [[CD10;KA-3]]TRAPPED IN APT.
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTwo young brothers were killed yesterday when a fast-moving fire swept through their Bronx apartment as their frantic mom vainly tried to save them, officials said. William Mullen, 12, and...
HEARTBROKEN A-ROD FOUND COURAGE TO FORGIVE DAD
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amFor 16 years, Alex Rodriguez barely uttered a word to his runaway dad, but now the Yankee superstar is undertaking an emotional journey to heal his deep hurt and rebuild...
LIBS PAY FOR OVERCONFIDENCE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThere is a term for the second-half meltdown exhibited by the Liberty Friday night on their home court, which produced their second loss of the season against the Indiana Fever....
FAITHFUL GIAMBI OWNERS REAPING NICE PAYOFF
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amWE HEARD all kinds of stories about people being terrified of drafting or carrying over Jason Giambi. After seeing his slimmed- down frame - he said he had lost four...
VAN DYKE HOPES TO GROW ON JINTS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amEli Manning found fortune this offseason. Kurt Warner might have found redemption. Jesse Palmer found love. Ryan Van Dyke believes he was just as fortunate. "I got a chance," said...
KASTOR ROLLS TO CIRCLE WIN ; BLOWS PAST 10K FIELD
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAs Deena Kastor crossed the finish line to win yesterday's Circle of Friends mini-marathon in Central Park, the voice of the New York Road Runners club Ian Brooks cheered her...
TRADE VALUES ; YANKEES, METS CAN IMPROVE WITH THESE DEALS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amI AM going on the DL tomorrow due to shoulder surgery and will be out beyond the July 31 trade deadline. So I figured, why wait? The Mets' top priority...
SHARKS! OFF LONG ISLAND! SO, GO REEL 'EM IN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amSHARK fishing continues to be a good choice, even if the hype over "Jaws" died down years ago. The main reason, I believe, is that even though your odds of...
FANTASTIC FOUR CREATE ANOTHER GOLDEN AGE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYOU can feel it in the air.More importantly, you can see it in the results. Golf is entering another Golden Age, one that will be talked about in future years...
WIMBLEDON CHAMP LOBS BIAS CHARGE ; BUXTON SLAMS ALL ENGLAND 'ANTI-SEMITES'
June 13, 2004 | 4:00am'The mere fact I'm not a member is a full sentence that speaks for itself.'ANGELA BUXTON Angela Buxton, winner of the 1956 Wimbledon doubles championship with Althea Gibson, believes anti-Semitism...
TIME FOR TAGS TO HIT BACK ; COMMISH CAN CLEAN NFL MESS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S June, the NFL is gearing up, and Paul Tagliabue has a unique opportunity. Tagliabue can be the first modern sports commissioner to try to win back - take back...
BEAR OF A COURSE AWAITS U.S. OPEN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amShinnecock Hills lies in wait for the world's greatest players as they descend upon eastern Long Island this week for the U.S. Open. The course lies in wait like a...
NBA: THAT'S A CRIME! ; BOOK: 40 PERCENT HAD RECORDS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe NBA is rapidly turning into a national criminals' association: A whopping 40 percent of NBA players have police records, a bombshell new book charges. The book by investigative reporter...
JACKSON MAY JUGGLE LINEUP
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Lakers coach Phil Jackson wants just one. Oh, he'd like two wins here in the middle segment of the NBA Finals, but he has been...
SINGH ALONG WITH VIJAY
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amVIJAY SINGH was practcally Jay Leno last week, yakking it up with the media with belly-shaking one-liners. After posting an 8-under-par 63 in the opening round of the Buick Classic,...
LAKERS LOOK LIKE FAKERS ; CRYNASTY STARTING TO CRUMBLE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - A prestigious neighborhood a week ago, lush and lavish Lakerland has been rapidly and rudely transformed into a negated community maintained by a gradually diminishing skeleton staff....
COOL-HAND LUKE'S ON RISE WITH NEW GRIP
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amA new grip that puts better English on the ball had Luke Donald sneaking onto the leader board during yesterday's third round of the Buick Classic. The 26-year-old Englishman second-round...
WRONG BALL WAS COSTLY FOR SLUMAN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amBUICK NOTES In this case, honor meant much more than hitting first. Jeff Sluman displayed costly integrity yesterday in the third round of the Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club....
'LUCIFER' HEADS SANDS PT. FIELD
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe tough-as-they-come Lucifer's Stone heads a contention field of 12 in today's Grade 3, $100,000 Sands Point for three-year-old fillies on the turf going 11/8 miles. Despite winning her last...
LOFTON LIKELY WON'T PLAY MUCH
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES It's hard to predict a controversy, but the combination of a player who has complained about playing time and a player who figures to spend a lot of...
SHOULDER KEEPING SPENCER ON THE SHELF
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES KANSAS CITY - Shane Spencer is likely done until Tuesday night, hampered by a sore shoulder that is preventing him from swinging a bat. "I think they're shutting...
RIDING THE RIP-TIDE; HOT HAMILTON PACES PISTONS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Richard Hamilton admits it without pausing for a second, which he pretty much never does in a game. He was ticked off. Angered. Yup, Rip was ripped...
BOOMER'S BACK ; WELLS RETURNS TO STADIUM TODAY
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amDavid Wells will toe the rubber today at Yankee Stadium for the Padres and against his former club, most likely amid cheers from the crowd that still adores him as...
FURYK PLANS ON TEEING IT UP
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amJim Furyk traveled from his Florida home to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club yesterday and is "hopeful" his surgically repaired left wrist is fit enough to defend his U.S. Open championship...
COMEBACK YANKS FIND WAY TO WIN - SHEFFIELD'S SINGLEMAKES DIFFERENCE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 3Padres 2 The Yankees have made more comebacks than Larry Holmes. They lead the majors in that category. In their past 26 wins, 19 have been of the come-from-behind...
BROOKLYN PLAYGROUND FENCE ; SMART'S SABRE STYLE COMES FROM STREETS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amKeeth Smart was no different than most 12-year-old Brooklyn kids. He loved the Knicks, so much so that his favorite Bulls player was Scottie Pippen because it was that guy...
SEATTLE FITZ COPS BROOKLYN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amSeattle Fitz fought off all comers, including the late rally of favorite Dynever, to take the Grade 2, $250,000 Brooklyn Handicap in front of 8,037 fans on a beautiful day...
SLUMAN PAYS FOR ILLEGAL BALL
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amJeff Sluman displayed costly integrity yesterday in the third round of the Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club. The six-time PGA Tour winner could easily have covered up his innocent...
ROBERTS IN FRONT AT BUICK
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amAt close to 9 o'clock last Monday night, Loren Roberts trudged off the Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J., his shoulders slumped in not only disappointment but exhaustion from...
THERE'S NO RELIEF WHEN STARTERS SIT OUT
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYOU can never have enough. Enough runs against this Yankee lineup. Enough places in Joe Torre's lineup schedule to satisfy Kenny Lofton. Never, ever, enough pitching, which is the wisdom...
COMEBACK YANKS FIND WAY TO WIN ; SHEFFIELD'S SINGLE MAKES DIFFERENCE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 3Padres 2 With enough big names to match an "Ocean's 12" set, Gary Sheffield is just another Yankees superstar. His name is sometimes almost forgotten amid the bold-face monikers...
FOUR-MAN ROTATION OK, FOR NOW
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES After Friday night's 10-2 loss to the Padres, pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre did some homework and figured out how long the Yankees could go with four starting pitchers....
TRULY A PRINZ OF THE HILL
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIt's stunning how far Yankees reliever Bret Prinz has come, from an overanxious spring-training hopeful to the X-factor in the bullpen, capable of erasing jams. That's what he did in...
BECKMAN GOES ON BIRD SPREE
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amBUICK NOTES Never has there been a player who appeared more impassive after firing off five consecutive birdies on his final five holes of a PGA Tour event, two of...
BUICK STUCK IN 1ST GEAR - SLOW PACEIS TORTURETO PLAYERS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE leader board heading into today's final round of the Buick Classic would suggest an 18-hole shootout where someone takes the early lead and dares someone to catch him. But...
RE-GENERATION K: ONE-TIME METS SAVIORS MAKING IT HAPPEN NOW
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe three have not been in a room together since 1998. One has not spoken with the others in years. They live in different cities and play for different teams,...
HUMBLE ZITO DIDN'T WANT TO ACT LIKE A SMARTY ALECK
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIn the 136-year history of the Belmont Stakes, no one had seen or heard anything like it before. One moment, the huge Belmont Park grandstand was quaking, the record crowd...
DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER - LEARN FROM THE IGNORANT QUIPS OF BIRD AND PARCELLS
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amPEOPLE don't want to believe this, because they'd rather take bunny hops (no offense to rabbits) onto their pedestals (no offense to short people) and bare their teeth (no offense...
SMALL-TOWN DREAMER TO MR. BIG: AS METS HONOR PIAZZA, POST STROLLS DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH SUPER-SLUGGER'S FAMILY
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amPHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Take one look at Doc Kennedy Field, where Mike Piazza starred in high school, and it all comes together. In left and center there is no fence....
CAPS NOT RUSHIN' - IN NO HURRY TO SIGN OVECHKIN
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amIF it is a foregone con clusion that the Caps will use the first over all pick in the June 26 Entry Draft to select the universally acclaimed Alexander Ovechkin,...
HEAD TO HEAD
June 13, 2004 | 4:00amPost basketball writers Marc Berman and Fred Kerber slug it out over whether Kobe Bryant is on the verge of reaching Michael Jordan's level. Marc Berman: The career statistics don't...