July 1, 2004
PRADIUM PAYS $200.5M FOR 51 BLDGS.
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA 51-building package with 2,576 apartment units and 78 stores in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan sold for $200.5 million last Friday. The sellers were a family and an institution,...
MICROSOFT MAY BE INTERESTED IN MAKING A PLAY FOR MGM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amIS Microsoft ready for show biz? Sources tell me the software giant has expressed - maybe the better word is "murmured" - a fascination with MGM, the old-line Hollywood studio...
DESIGNERS TIE UP DEALS FOR GOP DELEGATES
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDelegates will be officially tied before a vote is even taken at the Republican National Convention. American designer Nicole Miller will be outfitting Republicans with a specially made convention tie....
JPM SUED ON BANK ONE PRICE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amJ.P. Morgan Chase paid $7 billion too much when it agreed to take over Bank One, a class action suit filed by the New York bank's shareholders charges. The case,...
SHOPPING BARNEYS - REBORN LUXE CLOTHIER EXPLORES SALE IN HOT MARKET
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amBarneys New York, the retailer that became synonymous with avant-garde chic before plunging into bankruptcy, said yesterday that it was exploring a possible sale of the company, the clearest sign...
POP TART EYES LINGERIE LINE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amChristina Aguilera has never been shy about baring her body in public, so it's no wonder she's been thinking a lot about lingerie. The sexy pop star, who recently strutted...
SYMBOL CEO IS IN U.S. SIGHTS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAs fugitive Symbol Technologies CEO Tomo Razmilovic tries to lay low in Sweden, federal prosecutors are planning to pursue "every means available" to bring him to trial, The Post has...
EX-CA EXECS SUED FOR BONUSES
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSam Wyly, the billionaire gadfly who waged two proxy fights at Computer Associates International, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the software maker to recoup $1 billion in bonuses paid...
SEC EYES HEDGE FUND REGS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission has discovered more than 40 hedge funds that have been involved in improper and illegal mutual fund trading, Laura Cox, senior adviser to SEC chairman...
PRADIUM PAYS $200.5M FOR 51 BLDGS. IN BRONX, HARLEM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA 51-building package with 2,576 apartment units and 78 stores in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan sold for $200.5 million last Friday. The sellers were a family and an institution,...
STARR REPORT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDuff stuff on 'GMA' Role models for young girls aren't exactly in abundance these days, what with the likes of Britney Spears and Mary Kate Olsen dealing with their own...
MTV'S 'TRUE' MADE ME LOSE MY APPETITE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00am"True Life: I'm Obese" [] (Three stars) Tonight at 10 on MTV I used to call it a guilty pleasure. Now, I just call it a pleasure. I'm talking about...
IT'S FRIGHT NIGHT DURING 'MYSTERY PLAYS'
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTHE MYSTERY PLAYSAt the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Broadway and 76th Street; (212) 246-4422. 'THE Mystery Plays" - two tenuously connected short stage dramas by young and prolific playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa -...
MEAN STREETS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTHE STREETS THE Streets are paved with everything but gold in the world of Mike Skinner. Skinner, a Brit who raps under the moniker The Streets (although most of his...
NY1 ANCHOR GAME FOR QUIZ SHOW
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNY1's "In the Papers" anchor Pat Kiernan is be coming a game-show host. Kiernan will host The WB's "Studio 7," a reality/quiz show created by "Who Wants to Be a...
ROCK 'N' DROLL - 'THE WEEK THAT WAS' REVIVED
July 1, 2004 | 4:00am'THAT Was the Week That Was," the memorable '60s-era satirical show skewering politicians, pop culture and current events, is making a comeback - on ABC. New "Primetime" executive producer Shelley...
GOWN WITH THE WIND - POST-GRADS REVIVE PROM TIME PARTIES
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTHE calendar may say July, but it's still prom season in New York - that is, if you're a way-past high school hipster with a fetish for John Hughes movies,...
THEY 'KISS' THE TOP SPOT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amRAPPER Jadakiss (Ruff Ryders and the Lox) skated to the pinnacle of Billboard's Top 200 albums this week with "Kiss of Death," which sold 246,000 copies its first week out,...
GRAND HOTEL
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amARRANGING to meet someone "at the Maritime" is a risky proposal unless you're both toting cell phones. The place is swarming with hundreds of beautiful young West Village types by...
'BABY TAKE IT OFF' - MEET THE HOT PRODUCER BEHIND FIRST-EVER 'GUYS GONE WILD'; THE NAKED TRUTH
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amWOULD you take your clothes off for this woman? Dozens of drunken college men did - on camera - and now they're appearing in the first ever "Guys Gone Wild"...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A 49-year-old woman leaped to her death by throwing herself in front of an oncoming subway train in Harlem last night, cops said. Belinda Underwood jumped in front...
'CHEATING' LOVER SHOT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman, who thought her longtime boyfriend was cheating on her, shot him with his own gun early yesterday as their young children slept nearby, cops said. As the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSome pennies are from heaven. Ron England's pennies are from hell. The L.A. man - who amassed 3.6 tons of pennies over 30 years after betting his brother he could...
'BAD SHOT' BROTHERS IN L.I. BUST
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTwo brothers who couldn't shoot straight were charged with attempted murder, robbery and kidnapping after allegedly attacking a man they believed had dissed one of their girlfriends last year, cops...
BUSTS IN GOV'T CHECK RIP-OFF
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNassau County police arrested two Bronx men for stealing, forging and cashing more than $72,000 worth of U.S. Treasury checks ripped off from Manhattan and Bronx mailboxes, officials said yesterday....
JOHN EDWARDS GETS THE MOST RAVES FROM VOTERS ....
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDemocratic presidential also-ran John Edwards gets the most raves from voters among five top prospects to be John Kerry's running mate, according to a poll. Sen. Edwards (N.C.) got an...
ISRAEL HIGH COURT SITTING ON THE FENCE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's supreme court yesterday ordered the government to redraw the route of a controversial security fence - a decision that may delay construction for several months. The ruling...
SHELTER-BABY DEATH OUTRAGE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amLawmakers outraged by 13 infant deaths at homeless shelters since 2000 accused child-welfare agencies of dropping the ball yesterday - even as city officials insisted that it's not "a widespread...
JODI'S FATHER: PASS CON ED LAW
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe father of Jodi Lane - who was killed in January after stepping on an electrified manhole in the East Village - urged the City Council yesterday to force Con...
MOMENT OF SILENCE MARKS RETURN OF S.I. DEATH FERRY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA moment of silence yesterday morning marked the return of the tragic boat Andrew J. Barberi - repaired and ready to go - to the Staten Island ferry fleet. A...
FOE: NETS' FISCAL PLAN FOULS OUT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNew Jersey's sports czar yesterday slammed real-estate mogul Bruce Ratner's plan to move the Nets to Brooklyn, saying it was based on faulty economics. "One of his major assumptions in...
'NO TAX $$' FOR STADIUM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Pataki's economic-development czar lashed out at opponents of public funding for a West Side stadium yesterday, insisting "not one taxpayer dollar" would be used to build the $1.4 billion...
WE'RE FRANKFUL FOR JULY 4TH
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amWe the people will pursue happiness at July 4 cookouts throughout the nation, by packing away 150 million hot dogs. Locally, hot-dog consumption will peak at lunchtime on Coney Island,...
'MOB' PAL IS SHORE IN TROUBLE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFBI agents have arrested a reputedly mobbed-up International Longshoremen's Association official on charges that he abused his union position to benefit his buddies in the Genovese crime family. Arthur Coffey,...
KING-SIZED BUST - 'LATIN' GANG NAILED IN L.I. DRUG OP
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSuffolk County cops hauled in a mountain of pot and an arsenal of weapons yesterday as they busted six members of the Latin Kings street gang, including one of its...
SUBWAY BI-WEEKLY IN THE CARDS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe MTA is considering offering bi-weekly MetroCards in an effort to entice more people to ride buses and subways, officials said yesterday. "It's one thing we are going to consider,"...
BOSTON BOSS BLASTS KERRY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amBoston Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday ripped into fellow Democrat John Kerry's campaign, igniting a furor less than a month before the city hosts the party's national convention. In a scathing...
MAKING SPANISH FLY - QAEDA BOOK TOLD HOW TO BOOT THEM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAl Qaeda brazenly - and accurately - predicted it could drive Spain out of Iraq by bomb attacks, according to a secret terrorist handbook. The handbook also called for daily...
B'WAY SHOW TALKS WILL RESUME
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amBroadway shows will go on this weekend, as actors and producers agreed to resume contract talks. Actors Equity said yesterday it will resume negotiations with Broadway producers on Tuesday. Talks...
MURDER TAKES A PLUNGE - LOWEST SINCE '63
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMurder in the Big Apple has plummeted 8.6 percent so far this year, as the death toll heads toward the lowest number in more than four decades, police statistics show....
POLICE HONOR SCHOOL HERO
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA school safety agent who stopped a vicious stabbing was honored yesterday for keeping kids safe in one of the city's toughest schools. Agent Allen Walker received the Police Commissioner's...
SICKO SEX ED. - 1 IN 10 SCHOOLKIDS A VICTIM: STUDY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAn alarming study that reads like a parent's worst nightmare reveals that one student out of every 10 is a victim of sexual misconduct by teachers and other school employees....
MARTHA DEMANDS HEARING
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's lawyers are begging a federal judge for a hearing to determine exactly when prosecutors concluded one of their prime witnesses lied on the stand. "The government is so...
CHOIR MONSTER GOT MAX
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amCASE STUDY 1 Last December, a guidance counselor for the Harlem Boys Choir was sentenced to two years in jail for sexually abusing a 13-year-old choirboy. In sentencing Frank Jones,...
POSTER GIRL FOR BAD MOTHERS HAUNTS HOUSE OF HORRORS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFOLKS in Greenwich Village say the house is haunted. Sure enough, last week an apparition paid a visit to 14 West 10th St. But this ghost was alive. Hedda Nussbaum,...
RAT'S RESPECT SHINES LIGHT ONTO A MOB SCENE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSAL Vitale might be sending his boyhood buddy of 50 years away for the rest of his life - but respect dies hard. In the first day of cross examination,...
TEACH PREYED ON GIRLS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amCASE STUDY 2 An ex-music teacher in Manhattan and Long Island is serving 10 to 30 years in the slammer for having sex with several of his students. In pleading...
'INDECISION' MAY BE CLEVER PLOY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMAYBE Democrat John Kerry just has trouble making up his mind. Or maybe what looks like big-time procrastination is just smart politics. It took Kerry all last weekend to make...
530 TEACHERS GIVEN AN 'F'
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAt least 530 city public schoolteachers got failing grades on their report cards this year - and now they are appealing their grades, The Post has learned. The number of...
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR LOUSY LOCAL BOARDS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amCommunity School Boards: Rest in Peace. The city's 32 elected school boards - the source of patronage scandals, corruption and political wannabes during their four decades of existence - are...
JIMMY SHUTS 3RD JOINT THIS YEAR
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amJimmy Rodriguez, the nightlife impresario who spawned a Latin-themed dining empire, has bailed out of his third restaurant in 2004, The Post has learned. Sources say the high-living Rodriguez has...
LADY LIBERTY REOPENING AUG. 3
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe Statue of Liberty - shut to the public since 9/11 - will reopen on Aug. 3, but visitors won't be allowed to climb up, it was announced yesterday. Visitors...
SLEAZY RIDER JOEL TAKES LIMO BACK TO TOWN AFTER A 17-YR. JAIL STRETCH
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSadistic child-slayer Joel Steinberg sauntered out of an upstate prison in style yesterday, sliding into a chauffeured stretch limo that broke speed limits and wove wildly through traffic as it...
MAFIA SUMMIT - CANARY SINGS OF FIVE-BOSS MEETING
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTurncoat Salvatore Vitale yesterday gave jurors a window into a top-secret Mafia commission meeting in which the heads of the city's five crime families made historic changes to the age-old...
SUMMER CLASS OPENS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSummer school officially begins today for the city's struggling high-school students. And for low-performing elementary- and middle-school students it starts next Tuesday. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday stressed that disruptive...
A NET-WORTHY TEAM FOR MIKE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThey're not in Mayor Bloomberg's billionaire league, but several officials in the Bloomberg administration have amassed comfortable nest eggs themselves, according to financial-disclosure forms. The documents show that Schools Chancellor...
INDIA INKS SPIDEY FOR KARMIC BOOK
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSpider-Man will star in a new series of comic books being launched in India - and he's in for a culture shock. His name will be changed from Peter Parker...
CHAUFFEURING HOME A REAL DIRT BAG
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDrivers at Five Star Limousine Service in Elmira have chauffeured mourners for funerals, and the occasional celebrity in town for auto races - but yesterday's job of carrying kid-killer Joel...
MOLEST COP HIT WITH $10M SUIT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA veteran city cop convicted this week of molesting a fellow officer's wife is set to be hit with more bad news today - a $10 million lawsuit filed by...
NEW DOC SHOCK - PATIENT SEXUALLY ABUSED AT CITY HOSP
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAlleged assault took place here. William Miller A medical intern at Coney Island Hospital sexually abused a female patient there, police said. The unidentified woman, 27, went to the Brooklyn...
LUXURY CAR FOR A DIRTBAG PASSENGER
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amIt's not the way you'd expect somebody to leave prison, particularly someone who brutally killed a child. The white stretch limo provided for Joel Steinberg's ride to freedom featured a...
BRITNEY POPPED QUESTION - AND HER BEAU FIRST SAID NO
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amBlond popster Britney Spears admitted that her engagement to dancer Kevin Federline last week was her idea - and, at first, he said no! Spears said she popped the question...
10 GROUPS GET OK TO PROTEST GOP GALA
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFollowing weeks of public fighting, the NYPD last night announced a list of permits going out to 10 groups planning to protest or rally during the Republican National Convention. Cops...
AMERICANS FRANKFUL FOR JULY 4TH HOLIDAY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amWe the people will pursue happiness at July 4 cookouts throughout the nation, by packing away 150 million hot dogs. Locally, hot-dog consumption will peak at lunchtime on Coney Island,...
COP'S TV INSULT BURNS UP FIREMEN
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFire-union leaders are demanding an apology from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly after a cop with a history of fighting with the Bravest called them "amateurs" on national television. On an...
TRAFFIC TRAGEDY IN CHINATOWN
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAn elderly woman was mowed down in Chinatown last night, spurring good Samaritans to race to her aid and lift the car off of her in a failed bid to...
'CHEATING' HUBBY SHOT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman who thought her common-law husband was cheating on her shot him twice with his own gun early yesterday as their young children slept nearby, cops said. As...
DEATH AND LIFE - S.I. WIFE KILLS HUBBY - THEN GIVES BIRTH: COPS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amA pregnant Staten Island woman stabbed her husband to death yesterday - then gave birth to their son just hours after reporting the bloody attack, cops said. "I just killed...
'NO TAX $$' FOR JETS STADIUM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Pataki's economic-development czar lashed out at opponents of public funding for a West Side stadium yesterday, insisting "not one taxpayer dollar" would be used to build the $1.4 billion...
N.J. FOE TAKES SHOTS AT NETS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNew Jersey's sports czar yesterday slammed real-estate mogul Bruce Ratner's plan to move the Nets to Brooklyn, saying it was based on faulty economics. "One of his major assumptions in...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for P. Diddy to chopper in to his July 4th White Party with a copy of the Declaration of Independence,...
MAFIA SUMMIT - CANARY SINGS OF 5-BOSS MEETING
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTurncoat Salvatore Vitale yesterday gave jurors a window into a top-secret Mafia commission meeting in which the heads of the city's five crime families made historic changes to the age-old...
BRIT'S 'HAPPY-EVER-AFTER' - SAYS NEW LOVE THE REAL THING
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amBlond pop beauty Britney Spears insists her upcoming wedding, her second walk down the aisle this year, is the real deal. "I kissed a bunch of frogs and finally found...
PAIN'S HIS PARTNER
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The more stuff swirling around Gary Sheffield, the better he plays. First, it was the BALCO investigation. Then it was former agent Scott Boras filing an arbitration request...
WAKEFIELD: MORE HARD LUCK
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFor the first time since last October, Tim Wakefield returned to the Yankee Stadium mound last night. He left his goat horns at home, but his teammates didn't get the...
IT'S OCTOBER IN JUNE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amONE after the other, Mike Timlin's pitches arrived hard and nasty, the kind that eat up lesser hitters, the kind that saw bats and break hearts. One after the other,...
TOM TERRIFIC, METS NOT - GEM BY GLAVINE WASTED - AGAIN!
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amReds 2 - Mets 0 CINCINNATI - It's pretty routine for Tom Glavine at this point. Pitch a great game, receive no run support, fail to get a win. Lather,...
YANKS WIN ONE THE 'E'ASY WAY - BOSOX BLUNDERS PAVE THE WAY ONCE AGAIN
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Red Sox 2 Do the Red Sox really eat with those hands? Tonight at Yankee Stadium Brad Halsey has a chance to beat Pedro Martinez because Martinez...
LUNKE: FROM CHAMP TO SLUMP
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Keep an eye on Hilary Lunke this week. The defending Women's Open champion, who won in an 18-hole playoff last year for her first career win,...
ANNIKA TAKES ON THE KIDDIE CORPS
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Impossible as it might sound, Annika Sorenstam is actually flying slightly under the radar entering today's U.S. Women's Open first round at the Orchards Golf Club....
JACOBSEN RARIN' TO GO AFTER HIP OP
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amEight weeks ago, Peter Jacobsen could barely walk. The labrum in his left hip completely tore away from the bone and forced him to undergo surgery to correct the problem...
HALSEY: 'I'M NOT AFRAID OF PEDRO'
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDON'T tell the kid he doesn't belong on the mound tonight, opposite the man Yankees fans love to hate more than any opponent in baseball. Don't tell the kid he...
MUST-WIN FOR PEDRO
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThere is a playful side to Pedro Martinez, a side that would allow him to chant "Der-ek Je-ter!" during batting practice Tuesday to the delight of the Yankee Stadium fans....
RENNEY STILL IN COACH HUNT - BLUES' DEMITRA ON RANGER RADAR
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe more Tom Renney talks, the more you get the idea he is a very, very credible candidate indeed to continue in his role as head coach, only without the...
IT'S SHOWTIME FOR NAHEEM
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNaheem Harris didn't get a chance to prove himself against most of the best players in New York during his three varsity seasons at Poly Prep, so he has high...
JAMAL COULD BE KNICK . . . IF CHICAGO FLUBS THE BALL TODAY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAaron Goodwin, the newly minted super-agent, told The Post yesterday the Knicks will strongly be in the running for his client Jamal Crawford if the Bulls drop the ball today...
KIDD'S HAVING SURGERY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amJason Kidd is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his ailing left knee today. The Nets' All-Star point guard then will consult with doctors to determine if any additional procedure...
YANKS NEED NEW ARM TO PITCH IN - WATCHING TRADE MARKET WITH DEADLINE NEARING
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amYou don't need a calendar to know July has arrived in the Yankees' clubhouse. Walk through the room loaded with high-priced talent and listen to the players. For a change,...
YANKS' PEN NEEDS RELIEF - GAMES PILING UP FOR RIVERA & CO.
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amTHE difference already was seven in the loss column, before Independence Day, the Yankees looking awfully good for a team that looked so bad the last time the Red Sox...
NET GOAL: KEEP K-MART - BUT CHINTZY JERSEY MAY LET MARTIN FLEE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe free-agent shopping period starts today and the Nets, basically, are going to the mall with little or no intention of filling their cart. Their priority is trying to retain...
BIG-GAME HALSEY HAS TOUGH TEST
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amIf nothing else, Brad Halsey has a knack for pitching in high-profile games. From his debut on national television at Dodger Stadium, to last week's loss against the Mets in...
THE KING OF SWING - AMAZIN'S BATS KEEP ON ROARIN' UNDER BAYLOR
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAfter the Mets scored seven runs and won their first game under new hitting coach Don Baylor, he was asked about the outburst. "Coincidence," Baylor replied. "It was going to...
WITH WRIGHT MOVE, SAY BYE TY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - The footsteps are getting louder every day. David Wright will be in New York soon, which means one thing: Ty Wigginton may not be. As both...
NOMAR COMES UP SHORT FOR SOX
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amNautically speaking, Nomar Garciaparra is throwing his teammates an anchor when they need a life preserver. And the Red Sox are headed to the Marianas Trench unless Garciaparra returns to...
MILBURY LEAVES CAIRNS IN DARK
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amAs expected, and as he said last week, Islanders GM Mike Milbury yesterday made qualifying offers to all of his Group II restricted free agents with the exception of Eric...
TONY: I'VE GOTTA STAY IN GEAR
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amHis numbers still look paltry, but Tony Clark feels as if he's finally contributing something to the Yankees. "I've kept a positive attitude and tried to help the other guys...
DEVS PUT 6 OFFERS ON TABLE
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amWarning that many might be gone soon, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello nonetheless didn't let any more escape yesterday. He said he submitted qualifying offers to all of his restricted free...
YANKS PEN ANOTHER CLASSIC - HEREDIA, GORDON MO'S 'EM DOWN
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amOVER? Joe Torre, up 7 ½ on the Red Sox on July 1 after being down as many at 4 ½ two months ago, won't say it's over, only will...
PAIN'S HIS PARTNER - SHEFFIELD SHOWS HIS GRIT, REFUSES TO SIT
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The more stuff swirling around Gary Sheffield, the better he plays. First, it was the BALCO investigation. Then it was former agent Scott Boras filing an arbitration request...
SLUMPING STARS BOTCH ANOTHER
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amRapids 3 - MetroStars 2 The image of defender Jeff Parke in the Metro- Stars locker room told the sorry tale of their collapse on the field. He sat, hunched...
WRIGHT MOVE MAY MEAN BYE-BYE TO TY
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - As David Wright's arrival and this season's trade deadline both creep closer, perhaps no Met is more likely to be dealt than Ty Wigginton. "I really...
YANKS WIN ONE THE 'E'ASY WAY - RED SOX ERRORS PAVE WAY AGAIN
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Red Sox 2 Yes, Brad Halsey has a chance against Pedro Martinez tonight. Why? Because Martinez has to pitch in front of Red Sox fielders who should...
WAKEFIELD'S NO KNUCKLEHEAD
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amFor the first time since last October, Tim Wakefield returned to the Yankee Stadium mound. He left his goat horns at home, but his teammates didn't get the memo. Wakefield,...
METROSTAR'S LEADERSHIP NEEDS NO TRANSLATION
July 1, 2004 | 4:00amDespite Amado Guevara being named an All-Star starter in his first MLS season, the MetroStars knew they needed - and he could give - even more. They needed him to...