July 2, 2004
BARRY WINS BIG IN VIVENDI TAX FIGHT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amBarry Diller emerged the victor in a long-running tax dispute with French conglomerate Vivendi Universal. A judge in Delaware Chancery Court has ruled that Diller's e-commerce giant InterActiveCorp is entitled...
-GLICKMAN TAKES MPAA REINS (M)-MPAA TAPS VALENTI SUCCESSOR (S, LCF)
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amJack Valenti finally relinquished his powerful post as head of the Motion Picture Association of America yesterday, a job he has held for almost 40 years. Former Agriculture Secretary Dan...
NEW SONY DIGITAL PLAYER TAKES BYTE OUT OF APPLE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAfter a slow start getting into the digital-music game, Sony is playing catch up with a new portable music device that, along with its companion song store, takes aim at...
NEW SEC SQUAD TO TARGET BAD GUYS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe SEC is changing things in hopes of catching securities problems before they blow up - or before Eliot Spitzer gets his hands on them. The commission yesterday named Charles...
'MY LIFE' SETS NEW RECORDS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amBill Clinton's "My Life" has broken all nonfiction sales records for a first week, the publisher announced yesterday. The book has sold 1 million copies in its first eight days,...
WAL-MART DEEPER IN MAGS - RETAILER TALKS TO AMI ON CHEAP, EXCLUSIVE HEALTH BOOK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE new Time Inc. title All You won't hit shelves at Wal-Mart until early next month, but sources say the retail giant is ready to do the same dance with...
NEWSDAY BOLSTERS TOP RANKS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amNewsday named Timothy Knight president and chief operating officer, making him heir apparent to publisher and CEO Raymond Jansen, as the paper struggles with a circulation scandal. Newsday, which is...
TEDDY SKATE$ - FOUND NEGLIGENT, BUT WON'T HAVE TO A PAY A CENT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Connecticut jury slammed buyout bigwig Teddy Forstmann yesterday - concluding that his firm breached its investment contracts with the State of Connecticut by investing too much money in telecom...
EX-EDITOR CLAIMS BIAS AT JOURNAL
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA former top editor of the Wall Street Journal, one of the highest-ranking African-Americans at the daily, is suing for alleged discrimination because of race and disability. Carolyn Phillips says...
STARR REPORT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Trump in the roadDonald Trump and NBC are casting about for prospective contestants for "The Apprentice" - although for which season of the show remains shrouded in an impenetrable...
DANCE PICK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amASHTON GALORE: Born in Ecuador on Sept. 17, 1904, Britain's Sir Frederick Ashton is generally regarded alongside George Balanchine as one of the two greatest classical choreographers of the 20th...
FILM PICK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amANATOMY OF A DIRTY DEAL: Caper movies come and go, but John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - at the American Museum of the Moving Image - sticks in your...
ROCK PICK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSTING SING: This is the year that Sting live up to his song "An Englishman in New York." After a series of sensational concerts in Manhattan this year, Sting has...
KIDS' PICK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amALL'S FAIR:There are more than 100 rides, games and attractions at this year's Big "A" Fair. Highlights include the Hollywood Racing Pigs, the acrobats of Circus Hollywood and the Mark...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amHORNS OF PLENTY: Raunchy 67-year-old R&B legend Andre Williams will lighten up Midsummer Night Swing tomorrow night at Lincoln Center as part of the Uptown Horns Soul Shingaling Revue. Williams,...
IT'S DE-FECTIVE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amDE-LOVELY[] (Two stars) Lamentable. Running time: 125 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual content). At the Lincoln Square and the Loews Village. THE Cole Porter biopic "De-Lovely" twinkles and glows, but all...
'BEING' FARE IN TORONTO
July 2, 2004 | 4:00am'BEING Julia," a sophisticated sex comedy starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons, will open this year's Toronto International Film Festival with its world premiere on Sept. 9. Bening plays a...
PAINLESS STEAL
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE CLEARING [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) Classy but unexciting. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated R (brief profanity). At the Empire, the Chelsea, the Loews Village, others. 'THE Clearing"...
PERFECT 'SUNSET' - BLOOM IS STILL ON THE PROSE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amBEFORE SUNSET [****] (Four stars) A perfect romance. Running time: 80 minutes. Rated R (language and sexual references). At the Angelika, the Loews Lincoln Square. A one-night stand can deliver...
'MONEY' HONEYS - RACHEL: 'I CALLED THE PRODUCERS CRYING'
July 2, 2004 | 4:00am'FOR Love or Money" finalist Rachel Veltri cried after she watched the first episode of NBC's summer reality show. "I called [the producers] crying," she says. "I said, 'You guys...
'SHOW IS RUINING MY LIFE'
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amDAVE Chappelle is repeating his on-stage refrain that his Comedy Central show, "Chappelle's Show," is ruining his life. "There's truth in it, absolutely," Chappelle tells Blender magazine in the August...
VEY TO GO FOR ISRAELI COMEDY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amBONJOUR MONSIEUR SHLOMI[] (Three stars) Coming of age in Israel. In Hebrew, with English subtitles. Running time: 94 minutes. Not rated (sexual content). At the Quad and the Sutton. A...
'TODAY' DIDN'T GIVE A SADDAM
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE "Today" show - king of the morning TV shows - inexplicably neglected yesterday to go live to Baghdad to show Saddam Hussein's historic court appearance. While the rest of...
IT HAS 'HEART' BUT IS NOT ART
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAMERICA'S HEART AND SOUL[] (Two stars) As corny as the title. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (nothing offensive). At the Empire, the Loews 84th, the Angelika. 'AMERICA'S Heart and...
YANKS-SOX SERIES OUTTA THE PARK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amWEDNESDAY'S battle in the Bronx between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox was a ratings grand slam for the YES network. Almost double the usual amount of viewers tuned...
SEACREST: IN OR OUT?
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTWENTIETH Television has renewed Ryan Seacrest's contract - but the future of his daytime talk show, "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest," remains undecided. The deal to keep Seacrest in the Twentieth...
THE PRIDE OF THE PRIDS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amONE track on the Prids' latest album, "Love Zero," is the minute-long ambient " . . . " By default, it becomes the first and most played song on an...
WOLF MAN'S REPLACEMENT HAS LANDED
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amNEW WCBS/Ch. 2 sportscaster Chris Wragge grew up watching Warner Wolf, but not emulating him. When Wragge - who is from Rutherford, N.J. - begins as Wolf's permanent replacement Tuesday,...
ONE STRIKE, THEY'RE OUT - WALKOUT WOULD SHUT SHOWS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S a grim game producers have been playing while they wait for Actors' Equity to get back to the bargaining table: picking which Broadway shows will close permanently if there's...
QUEENS SUBWAY SHOOT - NO. 4 IN A MONTH
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA man standing on a Queens subway platform was shot in the face last night as he waited to ride to work, cops said - the fourth seemingly random incident...
THE KING OF JORDAN SAID LAST NIGHT HE WILL SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ ...
July 2, 2004 | 4:00am' The king of Jordan said last night he will send troops to Iraq - if the interim government asks. In an interview with the BBC, American-educated King Abdullah because...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA podiatrist has been busted for allegedly billing Medicare for patients with no feet - and, for that matter, no pulse. Authorities in Augusta, Ga., said Dr. Russell Ellicott filed...
GALL IN THE FAMILY - MOB RAT BARES FEUD
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTestimony in the trial of Joseph Massino turned ugly yesterday as the reputed godfather's brother-in-law, Salvatore Vitale, accused him of ripping his family away - revealing the depths of their...
PSYCHO SHRINK GUILTY - L.I. DOCTOR AVOIDS JAIL IN 'SLAY PLOT'
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island psychiatrist charged with conspiring to buy a gun and silencer to kill six people and feed them to sharks has surrendered his medical license and will avoid...
MOORE THAN A JERK - THE MEANING OF FAHRENHEIT'S SUCCE$$
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTEN months ago in this space, I wrote that "the rise of an ardent, passionate, angry and engaged Left is the most important political story of 2003 . . ....
STADIUM WON'T BE BIG $CORER: STUDY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA football stadium and convention center over the West Side rail yards would create only half the jobs promised and generate just enough new taxes to cover the public's share...
RED, WHITE & ZOOM: JULY 4 TRAVEL SURGE COMING
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMillions of travelers will go Fourth in record numbers this weekend, for what's likely to be the busiest summer holiday exodus since before 9/11. Shrugging off high gas prices, increased...
ISRAEL KILLS 5 RAIDERS IN GAZA
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Five armed Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in gun battles that lasted for hours yesterday in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians were stopped near the Netzarim junction...
SMOOTH SAILING FOR PATCHED-UP S.I. FERRY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amPassengers showed no fear yesterday as they boarded the Staten Island Ferry that slammed into a pier last year, killing 11 people, as the vessel returned to service for the...
'HOOP' SHOTS - 1ST SATURN CLOSE-UPS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThis is one of the breathtaking first photos of the majestic rings of Saturn as captured yesterday by the Cassini spacecraft. In stunning detail, never before seen, it shows the...
WIFE-SLAIN MAN WAS PROUD DAD-TO-BE: PALS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amFriends of a Staten Island man slain Wednesday by his pregnant wife swabbed blood from the floors of the family home yesterday - and remembered the victim as a man...
19 CHARGED IN BX. GANG MAYHEM
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amNineteen rival gang members who allegedly terrorized their East Bronx neighborhoods were indicted by a grand jury yesterday. The gangsters ruthlessly murdered, robbed and drug-dealed their way through Wakefield, Williamsbridge,...
HOT PICKS FOR $290M
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe biggest jackpot in the history of the Mega Millions lottery is up for grabs - and psychics have a few tips for those who want to pocket a quick...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A 20-year-old man was busted yesterday for shooting his neighbor in the groin on a Mott Haven street after a long-running argument boiled over into bloodshed, cops...
DRIVE TO OUTFIT TECHNO TAXIS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has started the process of placing "technological enhancements" inside yellow cabs by asking companies to submit ideas on how best to use the instruments, The Post has learned....
TEACHER MOM IN DRUG BUST WITH HER KID
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA veteran Staten Island teacher has been charged with child endangerment after she went on a crack-buying spree with her 4-year-old daughter in the car, police said yesterday. Disgusted narcotics...
COPS BUST 250G COUNTERFEIT RING
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amPolice shut down a major counterfeiting operation in lower Manhattan yesterday and seized at least $250,000 worth of phony CDs, DVDs and designer bags, police sources said. NYPD detectives from...
BEAU-SHOOT WOMAN: HE ABUSED ME
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAs her longtime boyfriend lies brain-dead from gunshots, the Brooklyn woman charged with trying to kill him said she did it in self-defense. Accused shooter Cheryl Cook's lawyer, Jay Schwitzman,...
HOT-POTATO JOEL - LIMO STUNT SPURRED FAILED BID TO BOOT HIM
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSadistic kid-killer Joel Steinberg's stunt of taking a flashy white stretch limo from prison to his new Harlem halfway house freaked out his new hosts - so they tried to...
HEDDA GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE hustlers, the hot heads, the self-promoting ho's. The abusers - of crack, of kids, of women. The sleazy lawyers who played the system like Clapton plays his Stratocaster. The...
E. COLI OUTBREAK HITS BRONX DAY-CARE TOTS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA potentially deadly strain of E. coli bacteria hospitalized three toddlers at a Bronx day-care center and may have sickened 18 others, authorities said yesterday. The dangerous germs - which...
LITTLE SWAGGER LEFT IN THIS PERP'S WALK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein has lost the haggard, scruffy hobo look that stunned the world last December when he was led, cowering, out of a filthy, rat-infested "spider hole" across the river...
KING OF E. END CASTLE - HAMPTONS PALACE READY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe "house that ate the Hamptons" is now home sweet beach home to industrialist Ira Rennert and his family. Rennert, who just spent his first weekend there with his wife...
BUSH QUIETLY WATCHES THE MONSTER HE CONQUERED
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush watched TV replays of Saddam Hussein's arraignment in an Iraqi court and is "pleased" that the deposed dictator is finally facing justice for the atrocities of...
'PUBLIC' FOOLS - SCHOOL DUNCES DUMP STUDENT RECORDS ON STREET
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThousands of confidential student records containing home addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers were found on a sidewalk yesterday outside a SoHo high school - thanks to careless educrats...
RECYCLING PAIN IN THE GLA$$
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe Sanitation Department handed out 25 summonses yesterday as it began a crackdown on recycling glass. After abandoning the recycling of glass two years ago, the city reinstituted it in...
JIMMY VANISHES - STRUGGLING EATERY BIG LEAVES LONG TRAIL OF BILLS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amHigh-profile restaurateur Jimmy Rodriguez has gone underground, leaving a trail of creditors, suppliers and employees behind. His four restaurants, Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, Jimmy's City Island, Jimmy's Uptown in Harlem and...
KERRY'S SHORT LIST - 3 NAMES LEAD PACK FOR VEEP
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry is near the final stage in picking a vice presidential running mate and could unveil his pick next week - just before a glitzy Radio City...
JA RULE'S AUTO HITS 'POT' HOLE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSome bad driving landed "The Fast and the Furious" star Ja Rule behind bars yesterday when he was busted for driving without a license - and marijuana possession, police said....
BOY, 13, BUSTED IN FIRE - KIN HAD LOST LEASE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old Brooklyn boy whose family had just lost its lease has been arrested for turning his building into a raging inferno that sent at least eight people to the...
JA'S 'POT' HOLE - RAPPER NABBED IN CAR
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSome bad driving landed "The Fast and the Furious" star Ja Rule behind bars yesterday when he was busted for driving without a license - and for marijuana possession, police...
'I AM PRESIDENT,' SADDAM SPUTTERS IN CRAZED COURT RANT - BUT JUDGE SHOWS WHO'S BOSS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA belligerent Saddam Hussein stared down an Iraqi judge yesterday as he scoffed at genocide charges against him, called Kuwaitis "dogs," and declared the "real criminal" is President Bush. In...
QNS. KID KILLED IN TRAFFIC
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old boy was hit by a car and killed yesterday while riding his bicycle with his brothers in Bayside, Queens. The boy, Joseph Baik, had crossed a pedestrian bridge...
SMOOTH SAILING ON FIXED S.I. FERRY'S 1ST DAY BACK
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amPassengers showed no fear yesterday as they boarded the Staten Island ferryboat that slammed into a pier last year, killing 11 people, as the vessel returned to service for the...
CUNY STUDENTS PASS THE TEST
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMore than 92 percent of City University students passed a key reading and writing exam over the past year, enabling them to either earn two-year associate's degree or continue on...
TEACH ON COCAINE SPREE WITH HER KID
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA veteran Staten Island teacher has been charged with child endangerment after she went on a crack-buying spree with her 4-year-old daughter in the car, police said yesterday. Disgusted cops...
NYER 'DROWNS' IN ATLANTIC CITY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe body of a New York City woman washed ashore on an Atlantic City beach early yesterday morning. Lyra Spigner, 57, of The Bronx, was discovered at about 6:30 a.m....
TOUCHING TRIBUTE AT LISA'S GRAVE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amVirginia Leggio wanted Lisa Steinberg to know how much she loves her - how much all New Yorkers love her. So on the day Joel Steinberg was released from prison,...
CHRISTIE'S IN ART-THEFT FLAP
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTwo paintings stolen from an Italian castle turned up at a New York auction house, and were seized yesterday by customs agents, federal prosecutors said. The paintings, "Venus and Adonis"...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE "house that ate the Hamptons" is now home sweet beach home to industrialist Ira Rennert and his family. Rennert, 70, spoke for the first time about the 68-acre estate...
B'KLYN BOY BUSTED IN APT.-BUILDING ARSON
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old Brooklyn boy whose family had just lost its lease has been arrested for sparking an inferno in the building, sending at least eight people to the hospital, fire...
BEAU SHOOTER: HE ABUSED ME
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAs her longtime boyfriend lies brain-dead from gunshots, the Brooklyn woman charged with trying to kill him said she did it in self-defense. Accused shooter Cheryl Cook's lawyer, Jay Schwitzman,...
TIDY $PIDEY SUM SETS A NEW RECORD
July 2, 2004 | 4:00am"Spider-Man 2" is spinning a web of gold at the box office, taking in a record-breaking $40.5 million during its first day in theaters. That makes Wednesday's opening day the...
GIRL, 13, BOUND AND STRANGLED IN HARLEM APT.
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old girl was found murdered inside a Harlem apartment last night with her hands bound and her home ransacked, law enforcement sources said. Tyisha McCoy was discovered by her...
BRANDO IS DEAD: TV REPORT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amRelatives gathered at film legend Marlon Brando's Los Angeles home last night after a television report said the star of "The Godfather" and "Last Tango in Paris" passed away yesterday....
THE CASE AGAINST THE BUTCHER
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThese are the seven preliminary charges of "crimes against humanity" for which Saddam Hussein is on trial: 1) The invasion of Kuwait, 1990 During Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, his soldiers...
RAMIREZ, SOX KINGS OF DENIAL
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amManny Ramirez did everything in his power to help the Red Sox, and thus refused to concede anything to the Yankees after last night's memorable marathon. Despite a heartbreaking 5-4,...
LESKANIC: FROM HERO TO GOAT IN ONE INNING
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIt was improbable to think Curtis Leskanic would escape a 12th-inning jam with the bases loaded and one out last night - but he did. It was equally unlikely Leskanic...
BOSTON WON'T QUIT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amA NIGHT off, said Terry Francona, could do a world of good for both Nomar Garciaparra and Trot Nixon, struggling after being back for 17 and 11 games for a...
BROWN JOINS CLUB PARASITE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIntestinal parasites are doing what the American League hasn't been able to across the first three months of the season: slow the Yankees. Yesterday Kevin Brown was the second Yankee...
LONG ISLAND CLASSIC FAMILIAR FOR THORPE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amJim Thorpe defends his title this weekend at the Commerce Bank Long Island Classic, and while some golfers in his shoes may have had a warm glass of milk last...
METROS OK NEW HOME
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAfter years of starts and stops, false alarms and frustrating 60-90 day timetables, the Metro- Stars' long-awaited Harrison (N.J.) stadium seems to be inching closer to becoming a reality. Harrison...
KIDD'S KNEE OK; ROGERS GOES FREE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amWhile Jason Kidd yesterday had knee surgery that could threaten the start of his season, the Nets found some highly unexpected cash that could help in re-signing Kenyon Martin when...
TEARS AND CHEERS - 18-YEAR-OLD LINCICOME LEADS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - The surreal moment arrived so quickly that neither young Brittany Lincicome nor her parents knew what had come over them or how to react to it....
SCHILLING POPS OFF
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIn the tense moments following Wednesday's crushing loss, did Red Sox ace Curt Schilling blow up at reliever Scott Williamson for begging out of the game? Yesterday, Schilling failed to...
'I'M GLAD I KNOW WHAT'S WRONG'
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE LOOK on Kevin Brown's face was as telling as it was priceless, something of a cross between grief and relief, an expression that all but screamed: Can you believe...
LYONS TAKING OVER IONA AD REINS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThey're still checking the country, but Iona College may soon employ the nation's youngest Division I Director of Athletics. Twenty-nine-year-old Patrick Lyons, an ex-Gael athlete, coach and administrator, will take...
STEPHON'S BROTHER ON SUMMER KNICKS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amRasheed Wallace isn't ready to talk yet. So on the first day of free-agency courting period, the Knicks announced . . . their summer-league roster. The one interesting addition was...
SHEFFIELD IS PROVING HIS WORTH
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThere were conflicting schools of thought when the Yankees signed Gary Sheffield. No doubt they were getting a devastating hitter. As Joe Torre said when he managed against Sheffield, "He...
NOMAR BENCHED BY BOSOX
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amRed Sox manager Terry Francona shook up his struggling lineup last night, and there was a major casualty: Nomar Garciaparra. The five-time All-Star shortstop was given the night off after...
YOUNG FISHING WIZARD NO FLUKE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amYOUR Fourth of July weekend fun should include a fishing trip somewhere, anywhere, in New York's marine waters because everyone seems to be catching right now. Before we start on...
WIE OUT FOR DRIVE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - It took a mere single hole in yesterday's U.S. Women's Open for Michelle Wie to show why she's no ordinary 14-year-old. That hole was the ninth...
NOT-SO-GREAT ESCAPE - PEN NEARLY BLOWS IT FOR LEITER, METS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMets 7 - Reds 6 CINCINNATI - After he pulled into second with a double and a critical insurance RBI, Jason Phillips let out what can only be described as...
A-ROD BRUSHES OFF SLUMP
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIn addition to being one of the greatest all-around baseball players of all time, Alex Rodriguez has the gift of timing. He became a free agent when one owner had...
YANKEES THINKING ABOUT PEREZ, STANTON
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Not pleased with losing Freddy Garcia to the White Sox, George Steinbrenner has his Inner Circle monitoring Dodgers lefty Odalis Perez's shoulder and has made it known he...
SELLING OUT AT ESPN - VALUES PROMOS OVER TRUE FANS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amFAR too often, these days, ESPN leaves thinking sports fans thinking that they're being used. Tuesday morning, the big issue on the "Mike and Mike" ESPN Radio show was the...
BIG MONEY KEEPS MADDEN WITH DEVS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSo just how can anyone take seriously NHL demands for a $31 million salary cap? Even a cost-conscious team like the Devils will be at $30 million for only five...
RED SOX WON'T GIVE UP - THEY'RE NOT WILD ABOUT ALTERNATIVE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amSO much fizz has left the Red Sox after their bubbly start that even their deluxe stopper was coming in a little late with the corkage, even if Pedro Martinez...
CAMERON SITS WITH BUM KNEE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - Typically, Mike Cameron's right arm could be on fire and he wouldn't tell you it burns. Injuries? The Met centerfielder always admits he's fine. So it...
PARASITES TAKING BITE OUT OF YANKS - BROWN NEW VICTIM; JAPAN THE CAUSE?
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIntestinal parasites are doing what the American League hasn't been able to across the first three months of the season: slow the Yankees. Yesterday Kevin Brown was the second Yankee...
SELLING OUT, ESPN STYLE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amFAR too often, these days, ESPN leaves thinking sports fans thinking that they're being used. Tuesday morning, the big issue on the "Mike and Mike" ESPN Radio show was the...
BOSS' RANT ON RANDY MAY COST
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner's lust for Randy Johnson could result in The Boss being tagged with a fine by MLB commissioner Bud Selig. Steinbrenner, on Sporting News Radio this week, said he...
FAMILIAR SCRIPT PLAYS OUT AGAIN
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE was no way of know ing what these ancient foes had in store for us this night, that they intended to deliver one of the best regular-season games Yankee...
HUSTLING YANKEES CATCH SOME SWEEP - JETER'S DIVE, FLAHERTY'S HIT THE DIFFERENCE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00am13 INNINGS: Yankees 5 - Red Sox 4 Seventy-eight is the magic number, and the Yankees have Derek Jeter's grit to thank. Any combination of Yankees wins and Red Sox...
TORRE FUMES OVER PLUNKINGS OF SHEFFIELD
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre was as steamed as he gets talking about Curtis Leskanic hitting Gary Sheffield with a runner on third base, no outs in the 12th inning last...
BIG NIGHT FOR THE LITTLE GUYS
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMiguel Cairo said it was the greatest game in which he's ever played, and he had the biggest role. With the Yanks trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the 13th...
CAPTAIN DOWN, BUT SHIP SAILS ON
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIT had to end this way, of course, because the Yankees simply do not lose games when Derek Jeter acts as if it's October already. They do not lose when...
ROUND TWO: LET'S RUMBLE - FANS LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GOOD FIGHT
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amGo ahead. Say it's just another game. Insist it's just another series. Try to pretend the three games at Shea this weekend are just like any others. Then wake up....
JETER: SULTAN OF SUBWAY
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amDEREK Jeter isn't only the Captain of the Yankees. He's Captain of the Subway too. Derek Jeter, Met-beater. The Subway Series resumes tonight at Shea and the Mets might think...
TINY GAL RELISHES CONEY HOT-DOG CHALLENGE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amShe is not the 98-pound weakling. In fact, Sonya Thomas is America's best hope in Sunday's 89th annual Nathan's Famous hot dog contest at Coney Island. At yesterday's traditional weigh-in,...
RED, WHITE & ZOOM - JULY 4 TRAVEL SURGE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amMillions of travelers will go Fourth in record numbers this weekend, for what's likely to be the busiest summer holiday exodus since before 9/11. Shrugging off high gas prices, increased...
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING! - SUBWAY ENCORE STILL THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amIt's the Yankees and the Mets this weekend ... again. And while Shea Stadium will be filled to capacity for all three Subway Series games, you can't help but ask,...
SHARPE MOVE BY SIRIUS RADIO - SHANNON BEATS DEION FOR FOOTBALL GIG
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amOnce again, Shannon Sharpe has replaced Deion Sanders. Industry sources have told NYP TV Sports that Sharpe has signed a deal with Sirius NFL Radio that will give him a...
FORDE'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - JOE GIRARDI VS. PAUL O'NEILL (WHICH FORMER YANKEE IS A BETTER ANALYST?)
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amPaul O'Neill offers insight into the current Yankee locker room better than anyone on YES. He was with so many members of the current Yankee team for so long, he...
5 QUESTIONS FOR: DAVE WINFIELD
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Mike Forde caught up with former Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield. Winfield will do analysis for Friday's Red Sox-Braves game on TBS as part of the network's...