June 17, 2004
GREENSPAN GETS SLOW-DOWN LOWDOWN & RETHINKS RATES
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amALAN Greenspan is being told by an influential advisory group that he has relied upon in the past that the pace of economic growth in the U.S. is slowing and...
WITH NEW FLATIRON OFFICE, HEIDI IS A MODEL TENANT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amShe's more than just a supermodel, recent divorcee, and newest yummy mummy. Heidi Klum is also a businesswoman, with a real office. The Victoria's Secret icon, who's spent most of...
CLINTON TO READ AT COSTCO
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amBill Clinton's book tour for his upcoming memoir "My Life" will swerve from big-city book stores to a Costco warehouse in Washington state. The stop is among the West Coast...
SL GREEN LOCKS UP 2-TOWER BLOCK
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amSL Green, Manhattan's largest publicly traded commercial landlord, is adding an entire city block to its collection. Sources said SL Green, the REIT founded by Stephen L. Green, has signed...
FLEEING CEO SAW SCANDAL BEFORE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFugitive high-tech chief Tomo Razmilovic - on the run from a $230 million cooked-books scheme at Symbol Technologies - is no stranger to accounting scandals. He was fired from his...
BARCLAYS CLOSE TO DEAL FOR U.K. PAPER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amNewspaper giant Hollinger International is expected to announce the winner of its auction for the London Daily Telegraph by next week, and a source close to the process says the...
TOBACCO TWISTER: MAKER SUES SPITZER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIn an odd role reversal for New York's top prosecutor, Commonwealth Brands yesterday sued five attorneys general, including New York's Eliot Spitzer for failing to enforce a 1998 settlement with...
FIXED ON FUGITIVE - FEDS SEND SIGNAL THEY'RE CLOSE TO SYMBOL CEO
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFederal authorities may be closing in on the fugitive former chief executive of Long Island's Symbol Technologies. A letter sent yesterday to a federal judge in the case indicates federal...
SEC ISSUES WELLS TO BEAR
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWall Street giant Bear Stearns said yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission might bring a suit against it for helping mutual funds engage in improper trading. The firm disclosed that...
LAZARD EXPLORING IPO; BANKS LIKE IDEA
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amLazard, one of Wall Street's last remaining private partnerships, is exploring going public. In recent weeks, the mergers advisory powerhouse - headed by legendary deal maker Bruce Wasserstein - has...
GOING OUT ON A HIGH NOTE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00am* PHISH "Undermind" [] (three stars) Elektra/Atlantic Records Now that Phish has formally announced it's breaking up, its new disc, "Undermind," will have to serve as a sad swan song....
STARR REPORT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFor everyone salivating over the upcoming "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, take note: Nickelodeon will air the first-ever clip from the flick tomorrow during the "U Pick Live" block (3-8 p.m.) celebrating...
'PARDY HARDY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amKEN Jennings' record-setting "Jeopardy!" streak reached 11 consecutive appearances last night, as the soft-spoken software developer continued to rack up the dough - with no end in sight. Jennings' "Jeopardy!"...
'IDOL' MARINE RELEASES COUNTRY ALBUM
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amJOSH Gracin, that singing Marine from "American Idol" is back. Technically, he never left - his new self-titled album, "Josh Gracin," hits stores this week. Since his run at the...
'LIVING' ON - FOUR HELPINGS OF MARTHA STEWART A DAY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amMARTHA Stewart might be going away, but her show never will. The domestic diva has cut a deal with cable's Style Network, a sibling of E!, to broadcast the entire...
NBA NETS BIG RATINGS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amDETROIT's Game 5 victory over the L.A. Lakers secured the Pistons an NBA Championship - and translated into big numbers for ABC. Ratings for Tuesday's game were up a whopping...
NO COS FOR ALARM - BACK TO FAMILY BASICS WITH 'FATHERHOOD'
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amAt age 67, Bill Cosby is not finished talking about parenthood. It was the subject of his hit sitcom of the 1980s, "The Cosby Show," and also his bestselling book,...
PHISH CUTS BAIT - FAREWELL TOUR KICKS OFF AT CONEY ISLAND
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amHOW big is Phish in the American music pond? Big enough to inspire a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor. Big enough that there's a term for the fans -...
VELVET GUNS TO TOP
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amVELVET Revolver, the supergroup with Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) and ex-Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, rocked its way to the peak of Billboard's Top...
SUMMER HAUTE LIST - EVERYTHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED THIS SEASON; TEN WAYS TO GO BROKE IN STYLE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amLOGO lust has gotten so pervasive, it's hit the tennis court. This season, Chanel is serving up a tennis racquet emblazoned with that all-too-familiar stamp - along with a set...
STYLE & FUNCTION - ACCENTS FIT FOR METRO LIVING - AS WELL AS STYLISH SUBURBAN SETTINGS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amH BRICKMAN & SONS 55 First Avenue (212) 674-3213 www.hbrickman.com This neighborhood hardware shop has it all. Not only will you find that odd sized light bulb or replacement screws...
FOR FASHIONISTAS - ARE WE IN THE CLOTHES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD? JUST MAYBE...
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amTEMPERLEY 453 Broome Street (212) 219-2929 Known for her beadwork and embroidery, this season British designer Alice Temperley rolls out a line of whimsical pieces that drew its inspiration from...
SUSPECT IN SHOOTING OF HEALTH AIDE GIVES UP
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe man wanted for shooting an innocent Brooklyn home health-care attendant in the back during a gunfight with someone else turned himself into cops yesterday, The Post has learned. Roger...
FORMER CHINA FUGITIVE INDICTED IN HISTORIC FIRST
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amAn accused murderer discovered in China after seven years on the lam was indicted yesterday, along with five other alleged members of his heroin gang. When the Chinese turned over...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThink New York gets hot in the summer? Then you haven't been to El Paso, Texas - which has just been named the sweatiest city in America. Scientist Tim Long...
MAN, 19, SELLING HIS VIRGINITY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amCollege student David Vardy has a one-of-a-kind item up for sale - his virginity. The 19-year-old fresh-faced Brit has hit the Web to offer up his innocence to the first...
IT'S TRUE: WE'RE FOOLS FOR LOVE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFor centuries, romantics have insisted that love is blind - and now scientists say it's stupid, too. Research shows that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in...
I DIDN'T LIE: MARTHA INK EXPERT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA lawyer for the ink expert charged with lying on the stand in the Martha Stewart trial came out swinging yesterday. Judith Wheat insisted Larry Stewart did nothing wrong -...
CONVENTION PROTESTERS AMBUSH MIKE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA battle in the escalating war over protest permits for this summer's Republican National Convention was fought on the steps of City Hall early yesterday morning, when the head of...
ZETA-JONES 'STALKER' BUST
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA disturbed Florida woman who claims she had an affair with Michael Douglas has been arrested for allegedly sending death threats to his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. Dawnette Knight, 32, is...
THUGS HIT PIPELINE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pro-Saddam terrorists stepped up their violent crusade to disrupt Iraq's economic future yesterday, killing a respected Iraqi oil official and bombing a critical oil pipeline for the second...
POLS FLUSH TOXIC URINAL CAKES
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The Legislature gave final approval this week to a bill outlawing a toxic urinal disinfectant at all public and private schools. "The Post revealed the need for this...
SMOKE BAN STAYS: SHELLY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday snuffed out the hopes of bar owners who want the Legislature to ease the tough statewide anti-smoking law this year. Silver said he...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A knife-wielding teen was arrested shortly after he tried to hold up an East Harlem bodega, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Andrew Foske, 16, and two accomplices walked into...
WILLIAMSBURG REAL ESTATE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWhile Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg continue to protest an influx of yuppies and hipsters, neighborhood rentals and sales prices continue to climb. According to a recent survey by the Real...
FBI JOINS BID TO SAVE U.S. HOSTAGE TAKEN BY QAEDA
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI has sent a team of agents to Saudi Arabia to help the government try to free American hostage Paul Marshal Johnson, whose captors have threatened to...
B'KLYN TRAFFIC STUDY RIPPED
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe plan to curb traffic in Downtown Brooklyn this year does nothing for pedestrians, a transportation watchdog group said yesterday. The Department of Transportation's Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Study calls...
L.I. DWI FUNERAL ANGUISH
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amStanding before a packed Long Island chapel, a heartbroken husband told family and friends that his wife, killed by an alleged drunk driver this week, was the epitome of beauty,...
DEAD PREZ RAPPERS SUE COPS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA rapper and DJ from the band Dead Prez are suing the cops who arrested them during a photo shoot on a Crown Heights street last September after they refused...
PREZ THANKS TROOPS FOR SACRIFICE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday sent an emotional thanks to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying their sacrifices were "needed" to create "a democratic free Iraq" that will make America safer....
'MOM'S STABBED!' - B'KLYN BOY'S CRY AS BRO GOES NUTS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA deranged Brooklyn man stabbed his mother 10 times with a kitchen knife yesterday in an early morning attack that sent his 12-year-old brother in to the street crying to...
JAVITS BOOSTERS' NEW PUSH
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amProponents of a major expansion of the Javits Convention Center yesterday distanced themselves from a controversial plan to build a football stadium to the south of the exhibit hall on...
LOVESICK PILOT NEARLY QUIT GANG
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - One of the 9/11 terrorists was so love-struck that he nearly split the hijacking plot wide open by dropping out of it a month before it launched, according...
BITER BEATS RAP - HAILS BLACKBURNE FOR FREEING HIM
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA man who savagely bit a police officer in the leg walked free yesterday - and tipped his hat to Judge Laura Blackburne. The embattled jurist had previously cleared William...
JUST CALL ME ESTHER - MADONNA TAKES OLD HEBREW NAME
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amDon't call her Madonna anymore - call her Esther. In the most bizarre name change since Puff Daddy became P. Diddy, the Material Girl has adopted the ancient Hebrew name...
BONES OF CASE VS. CANNIBAL
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThere was more nauseating evidence yesterday on Day Three of the "Butcher of Tompkins Square's" sanity trial, including blown-up color photos of the victim's bones - all dissected into pieces...
SHIELDS OF HONOR - SURVIVOR EX-COP AMONG NYPD MEDALISTS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIsabelle Redman first met Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in a hospital room more 11 years ago, after she was in a horrific car crash that ended her police career and...
PAID-OFF ACCUSER BOUND TO STAY MUM ON JACKO
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation 11 years ago swore to never disparage or accuse The Gloved One of any "wrongful conduct," according to a...
MCCAIN ON BUSH BANDWAGON
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amPopular Republican Sen. John McCain is hitting the campaign trail to boost President Bush tomorrow - just days after spurning a personal plea from Democrat John Kerry to be his...
TWO LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC GROUPS FUNDED BY BUSH-HATING BILLIONAIRE GEORGE SOROS HAVE ADDED A NOVEL TWIST TO ATTACK ADS .....
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amTwo liberal Democratic groups funded by Bush-hating billionaire George Soros have added a novel twist to attack ads: altering a video of First Lady Laura Bush to slam her husband....
$75M COKE BUST - 1,000 LBS. SEIZED IN QUEENS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amCops swooped down on a Queens warehouse yesterday and grabbed more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $75 million as the drugs were about to be loaded into a...
JAWS DROP AS CITY HS DROPOUTS TOTAL 350K
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe Big Apple could be called Dropout City - a staggering 350,000 public high-school students have quit or flunked out of school since 1986, Department of Education data show. That...
TIGHT-HIT FAMILY - CLOSE CUZ CHOSEN TO KILL 'BRASCO' WISEGUY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA mob turncoat who whacked his cousin for bringing undercover agent "Donnie Brasco" into the Bonanno crime family testified yesterday that he was recruited to set up the ambush and...
S.I. BLOODS GANG SLAY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA reputed teenage member of the Bloods gang was fatally stabbed during a free-for-all outside an infamous Staten Island housing project, the site of frequent drug turf wars, residents and...
BEAT THE CLOCK, LADIES - TEST GAUGES FERTILITY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWomen worried about having babies later in life will soon be able to find out just how fast their biological clock is ticking. Doctors have developed a revolutionary technique to...
SLAY-KIN OUTRAGE - MURDERER GETS ONLY 10 YEARS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey thug who admitted he helped pummel a Manhattan Democratic district leader to death was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday - a punishment his victim's angry...
CONVENTION WILL PUT CHILL ON HILL
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amHER husband calls her a "star" - and so do most Democrats - but it looks as if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is being cast in a distinctly supporting role...
9/11 MONSTERS' DOOMSDAY PLAN - 10 HIJACKS WITH NUKE PLANTS AS TARGETS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe fiendish mastermind of 9/11 originally concocted a far more ambitious plot involving 10 hijacked planes and high-profile targets from coast to coast, the commission investigating the attacks said yesterday....
10 MINS. ADDED TO SCHOOL DAY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe school day will be extended by 10 minutes and teachers will be required to attend two extended training sessions each month under an agreement approved by the Bloomberg administration...
RALLY FOR LET-'EM-LOOSE LAURA AS PANEL MEETS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amSupporters of the embattled Queens judge who's under fire for helping an ex-con evade arrest will rally on her behalf today. The rally for state Supreme Court Justice Laura Blackburne...
PIER VICTIM HAD A RECORD
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe man who was seen running for his life before he was stabbed to death by two men near the West Side piers had a criminal record, police said yesterday....
BILL'S MONICA CONFESSION: WHY I DID IT - 'BECAUSE I COULD'; SHAME-FACED BILL: I FOOLED AROUND 'BECAUSE I COULD'
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIn a bombshell confession, Bill Clinton has told why he had a torrid affair with Monica Lewinsky: "Just because I could." "I did something for the worst possible reason -...
FISH KID FOILS $1M ROB - ARMORED-CAR DUO HOOKED
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amTwo dimwitted armored-car drivers took $1 million from their truck yesterday and stashed it in piles in Westchester and Staten Island, planning to pick it up later, police said. But...
HEATED HASIDS - PROTESTERS: WE'RE BEING PRICED OUT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA sea of black was seeing red in Williamsburg yesterday as local Hasidim protested the skyrocketing prices of housing in Brooklyn's hippest neighborhood. "We've been living here for 40 or...
FAMILY TIES MADE IT EASY TO WHACK CUZ: MOB THUG
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA mob turncoat who whacked his cousin for bringing undercover agent "Donnie Brasco" into the Bonanno crime family testified yesterday that he was recruited to set up the ambush and...
'TEEN-AFFAIR' TEACH FREED - L.I. MAN IS OUT ON 5G BAIL
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe Queens high-school teacher arrested and charged with raping a 16-year-old female student was released on $5,000 bail yesterday. The father of two began a sexual relationship with the 11th-grader...
'DUAL SLAYER' NAILED IN P.R.
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amA 30-year-old man who had been on the lam since shooting his pregnant girlfriend and her sister in The Bronx last week was caught in Puerto Rico and ssent back...
PREZ THANKS THE TROOPS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday sent an emotional thanks to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying their sacrifices were "needed" to create "a democratic free Iraq" that will make America safer....
LENNON ALBUM UP FOR GRABS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe record album that slain ex-Beatle John Lennon signed for his killer just hours before he was shot has been listed on an Internet memorabilia site. The "Double Fantasy" album...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - HORROR ON THE EAST RIVER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThe fiery demise of the General Slocum steamboat was the deadliest peacetime disaster in maritime history. Here's what happened. ON June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 German immigrants, mostly women...
QUICK COPS GRAB $75M IN DRUGS ON MOVING DAY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amCops swooped down on a Queens warehouse yesterday and grabbed 459 kilos of cocaine worth nearly $75 million as the drugs were about to be loaded into a van and...
HAMPTONS DIARY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amLOCALS cashing in on renting out their homes out for U.S. Open had better keep an eye out for Southampton Town officials. While homes are being rented to tournamentgoers (and...
DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS - JACKO ACCUSER'S DEAL
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation 11 years ago swore to never disparage or accuse The Gloved One of any "wrongful conduct," according to a...
N.Y. CAR LEASE BIZ A WRECK
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Auto leasing in New York fell a staggering 36 percent last year and is on pace to decline even more this year, new industry statistics show. Industry officials...
NEW NAME FOR KABBALAH QUEEN OF POP
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amDon't call her Madonna anymore - call her Esther. In the most bizarre name change since Puff Daddy became P. Diddy, the Material Girl has adopted the ancient Hebrew name...
MADONNA 'CALL ME ESTHER' RICKS N.Y.
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amSHE may have adopted the new name Esther, but it was the same old Madonna electrifying Madison Square Garden last night. In a barrage of video imagery, campy dance routines...
NO DEFENSE FOR THIS - ANOTHER UGLY LOSS FOR METS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThey committed three errors. Tossed two run-scoring wild pitches. Made countless other misplays. Lost by eight runs. "It wasn't a performance we're going to send home to mama," Art Howe...
TIMING'S JUST RIGHT FOR PERFECT WEEKEND
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amEVERY once in a while, you get a gift at one of these major golf tournaments. You get a confluence of talent and timing, momentum and magic, and what you're...
THIS ISN'T BETHPAGE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amJAMES CRONIN thinks he'll be able to watch some golf today when the first round of the 104th U.S. Open gets under way at Shinnecock Hills. Cronin is the head...
JEREMY LEANS TOWARD KNIFE - TE WANTS TO GET FOOT FIXED NOW
June 17, 2004 | 4:00am'I worked hard this offseason, my body's built up ... I'm losing everything I've built.' -Jeremy Shockey Jeremy Shockey is not one to wait around and hope for the best....
'SMARTY' JOCKEY FIRES HIS AGENT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amUnder the heading of "what have you done for me lately," Stewart Elliott, who became a household name this spring riding Smarty Jones to victories in the Kentucky Derby and...
FAMILIAR REFRAIN FOR SINGH
June 17, 2004 | 4:00am"I don't want to wake up one day and say, how am I supposed to play this game?" -VIJAY SINGH Vijay Singh isn't the most popular player on the PGA...
CURTAIN OPENS ON DRAMA - MANY SUBPLOTS AT SHINNECOCK
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIf it's a multitude of dramatic storylines you crave on your major-championship menu, then you've come to the right place: Shinnecock Hills for the 104th U.S. Open that begins today....
BRING IN THE LEFTY - YANKS HOPE HALSEY CAN FILL ROTATION VOID
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amPHOENIX - According to those in the Yankees organization who have seen Brad Halsey pitch often, the colossal stage he is going to make his big-league debut on Saturday won't...
DON NO MIRACLE MAN - MET BATTERS AGREE: ONUS ON US TO HIT BETTER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFor all the talk, for all the fuss, whether the Met offense figures it out will boil down to one thing. Needless to say, it's not the new batting coach....
HIDALGO ON RADAR FOR METS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Richard Hidalgo may be more available every day. With the Mets involved in discussions with the Astros about a possible trade for the right fielder, it's worth noting...
MOTOWN 'MISFITS' - WORLD-CHAMPION PISTONS A COLLECTION OF RETREADS
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amThree times, the Celtics said "No, thanks" to Ben Wallace. Five teams traded away Chauncey Billups. Rasheed Wallace has been viewed as one part loony, one part dynamite keg. Michael...
AN OVER-DU RETURN - BACK IN SWING, DUVAL'S 'SCARED'
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amRoot hard for David Duval at the U.S. Open. Keep your fingers crossed that, as he stands on the first tee at 7:40 this morning, he unleashes the purest of...
JAX QUITTING TIED TO KOBE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amCharley Rosen, Phil Jackson's old comrade and biographer, said the Laker coach's inability to transform Kobe Bryant into a team player is going to force him to head out of...
FORT WAYNE ALSO SWEPT MIDDLE THREE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES Turns out the Pistons were the first home team to win the three middle games in a 2-3-2 NBA Finals. The Fort Wayne Pistons, that is. Back in...
KNICKS STILL ALIVE IN 'SHEED CHASE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amEven while basking in the glow of an NBA championship, even as he became prince of Motown, the final piece to Detroit's championship puzzle, Rasheed Wallace maintained that his wife...
TIGER RISKS FALL FROM TOP
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES It's very possible for Tiger Woods to lose the No. 1 spot he's occupied in the world golf rankings for the last 253 weeks depending on the outcome...
LITTLE SWINGS MEAN A LOT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Mets have big swings, nonsensically a lot bigger than their payroll. They took to Denny Walling just fine, it merely was against their baseball upbringing to take two. So,...
RETURN OF REYES MIGHT THREATEN ZEILE, WIGGY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWith Jose Reyes' return to the Mets from a hamstring injury imminent - or as imminent as it can be given the shortstop's propensity for getting hurt - both Ty...
10TH HOLE BAD PLACE TO START
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amSergio Garcia, Davis Love III, defending champ Jim Furyk, and Ernie Els are among the 78 who start the U.S. Open on hole No. 10 today. The man in charge...
'THERE WILL BE MAYHEM IF THE WINDS CHANGE'
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amWant a really intriguing bet to play on this year's 104th U.S. Open, something more interesting than who will win the tournament that starts today? Bet your caddie or the...
NAVARRO'S LIKELY BAIT FOR GARCIA
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES PHOENIX -When GM Brian Cashman talks trade with other clubs, the name GMs always bring up is Dioner Navarro, a switch-hitter catcher for Trenton (Double-A). A rumor running...
HOUSTON OK WITH ISIAH PLAN IN DRAFT
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amBill Strickland, agent for Allan Houston, said the Knicks' rehabbing guard does not feel dissed by team prez Isiah Thomas for leaving him unprotected in Tuesday's expansion draft. The expansion...
ALBERT NO YES MAN - SAYS DOLAN WANTED HIM TO BE HOMER
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amOver the past year-and-a-half, the working conditions at Madison Square Garden became unworkable for Marv Albert. "I thought I was in the theater of the absurd, not in Madison Square...
COUGHLIN SALUTES JINTS' HARD WORK
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES At long last, the Giants are through with their off-season mini-camps with the third and final installment concluded after yesterday's two on-field sessions. Veterans are done with their...
SJU INKS LAWRENCE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amOne day soon, new St. John's coach Norm Roberts will go head-to-head for the top prep players in the city, such as former Lincoln star Sebastian Telfair. But until he...
ISIAH'S DRAFT PLAN OK WITH HOUSTON
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amBill Strickland, agent for Allan Houston, said the Knicks' rehabbing guard does not feel dissed by team prez Isiah Thomas for leaving him unprotected in Tuesday's expansion draft. The expansion...
D-PRESSING NIGHT FOR PIAZZA
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIn the top of the third inning of the Mets' 9-1 loss to Cleveland last night, Mike Piazza fielded a ball cleanly at first and made a nice toss to...
REYES ON PACE FOR WEEKEND
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Jose Reyes continues to move closer to his return. Reyes went 1-for-6 for Binghamton last night with an RBI, a run and a stolen base. The second baseman...
D-PRESSING NIGHT FOR MIKE
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amIn the top of the third inning of the Mets' 9-1 loss to Cleveland last night, Mike Piazza fielded a ball cleanly at first and made a nice toss to...
YANKS BRING IN LEFTY
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 9 - D'backs 4 PHOENIX - According to those in the Yankee organization who have seen him pitch, the colossal stage Brad Halsey is going to make his big-league...
IT'S STURTZE SO GOOD - THREE HRS BIG BOOST FOR TANYON
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 9 - D'backs 4 PHOENIX - If Tanyon Sturtze could pitch in front of Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez every night and against Casey Fossum and the...
HOLE LOTTA TROUBLE - SHINNECOCK'S 7TH WILL BE TOUGH PAR
June 17, 2004 | 4:00amUnlike at Mohegan Sun, seven means craps at Shinnecock. It looks quite routine, a 189-yard par 3, slightly downhill to a rising green. Then the balls start landing. And rolling...