July 9, 2004
HIP-HOP JOB CHOP - ISLAND/DEF JAM'S LILES IS OUT IN PURGE BY REID
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amAntonio "L.A." Reid continued his purge at Island/Def Jam yesterday, forcing out Kevin Liles, president of Def Jam Records. Def Jam founder Russell Simmons, who is close to Liles, is...
HARVEY'S 5-CIG MEETING - FEUDING MOGULS SIT DOWN IN ANIMATED POWWOW AT CONFAB
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSUN VALLEY, Idaho - Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein rolled into town yesterday, telling reporters he expects to resolve his dispute with Disney amicably. Most in attendance here expect Weinstein to...
$355M PRICE TAG FOR 180 MAIDEN LN.
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amInvestor Joseph Moinian made a big move into Class-A office land with an approximately $355 million purchase of 180 Maiden Lane, also known as Continental Center. The somewhat octagonal, 1.09...
DANA SELLS PARTS UNIT FOR $1B+
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Cypress Group has sealed a deal to buy the automotive replacement parts business of Dana Corp. for slightly more than $1 billion, The Post has learned. Cypress is expected...
TWO MORE SPECIALISTS NEAR DEAL ON TRADES
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo more Big Board trading firms have reached tentative agreements with the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged trading violations, The Post has learned....
WHAT RATE HIKE? BUYERS FIND MORTGAGES DROPPING
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn good news for home buyers worried that last week's interest-rate increase will lead to higher borrowing costs, lending giant Freddie Mac said mortgage rates fell this week. The average...
IN TOUCH TOUCHES UP CORNER OFFICE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn Touch Weekly, Bauer Publishing USA's 2-year-old celebrity magazine, has named Robert Davidowitz as publisher. He will replace Peggy Mansfield, who left a couple of months ago to become associate...
RIGAS: 2 GUILTY; JURY OUT ON 3RD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Rigas family patriarch and his two sons, all on trial for looting their cable TV company into ruination, finished their day in court yesterday - with two of them...
RUSSELL INDEX AD TWEAKS RIVAL S&P
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amWhile Wall Street's traditional practices face growing criticism, the oft-neglected Russell Index is tooting its own horn to try to poach business. The market-measuring index, based on 1,000 major companies,...
2 RIGASES GUILTY; JURY OUT ON 3RD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Rigas family's patriarch and his two sons on trial for looting their cable TV company into ruination finished their day in court yesterday - and at two of them...
STARR REPORT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00am'Explorer' goes home "National Geographic Ex plorer," which most recently aired on MSNBC, has found a new home - on, where else? - National Geographic Channel. The show, hosted on...
KIDS' PICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amCOLE BROS. CIRCUS: A traditional three-ring circus becomes a high-energy, Latin-flavored spectacle as the New Cole Bros. Circus returns to New York, featuring the acrobatics of Bra zil's renowned Romeiro...
REALITY TV DEATH SHOCK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE hard-nosed hotel boss from the Discovery Channel's reality show "American Casino" was found dead in his Las Vegas home earlier this week. Police and the Clark County coroner's office...
DANCE PICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amROYAL BALLET RETURN: The two-week Frederick Ashton Cen tenary Celebration at the Metropolitan Opera House, the centerpiece of the Lincoln Center Festival 2004, continues tonight and tomorrow night with the...
VICE SQUAD SHOULD RAID THIS PAJAMA PARTY
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSLEEPOVER [Zero stars] Parents beware. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG (sexual innuendo). At the New York Twin, the Orpheum, the Chelsea, others. IF ever a movie could be charged...
FILM PICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amFRENCH TOAST: Talk about a late bloomer. Maurice Pialat was 43 before he directed his first feature, "Naked Child hood" (1968), but the French filmmaker made up for lost time....
ONE TO WATCH
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amCRIMSON GOLD [] (Three stars) Another powerful, deeply humane film from one of Iran's cadre of brilliant filmmakers, Jafir Panahi's latest begins and ends with a tragic act of criminal...
OPRAH GIVES $1M TO UNDERGROUND MUSEUM
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amOPRAH Winfrey, who's already funding a center for young girls in Africa, has now donated $1 million to a black history museum. The huge donation is going toward The National...
KATIE, WINFREY LEAD NEWS EMMYS NODS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amOPRAH Winfrey's Christmas trip to Africa and Katie Couric's first-ever interview with the Central Park jogger were among the news programs nominated for Emmys yesterday. Ironically, Oprah has taken herself...
SHRINK BANGS ]]HEADS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amMETALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER[] (Three stars) Band on the couch. Running time: 139 minutes. Not rated (language, brief nudity). At the Empire and the Sunshine. MEGA-successful headbangers Metallica went...
ALL THE WAVE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amRIDING GIANTS[ 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Spectacular but overlong surfing doc. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language). At the Landmark Sunshine Cinema and the AMC Empire 25. SURFING...
QUESTIONABLE FAMILY VALUES
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE INHERITANCE[] (Two stars) Power to the people! In Danish and Swedish, with English subtitles. Running time: 107 minutes. Not rated (a rape, discreet sex and nudity). At the Cinema...
'SWING' & MISS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSWING[] (One star) Video-bound filler. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sensuality). At the Village East, Second Avenue and East 12th Street. 'SWING," the latest vanity production to infest the...
'AFRAID' HOLLYWOOD CAN'T TOP THIS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amAFRAID OF EVERYTHING[] (Three stars) Sister power. Running time: 80 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Third Street and Avenue A, East Village. THE...
SPACE INVADERS; '4400' MISSING SENT HOME
July 9, 2004 | 4:00am"The 4400" Sunday night at 9 on USA Network (four stars) SO many rumors have abounded over the decades about ordinary people abducted by alien spaceships that the abductees must...
ASHTON GALA PUTS BEST FEET FORWARD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amASHTON CELEBRATIONMetropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street; (212) 362-6000. Season runs through July 17. THE Lincoln Center Festival 2004 kicked off on Tuesday night at the Metropolitan...
ANCHORS ASTRAY - WILL FERRELL'S SILLY 'ANCHORMAN' WON'T FLOAT YOUR BOAT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (two stars) A comic belly-flop. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual humor, language and comic violence.) At the E-Walk, the Kips Bay, the...
THE 'ENTOURAGE'; SEARCH FOR NEXT 'SEX & THE CITY' HEADS TO LA
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amBENEATH the glitz and money, Hollywood's hottest - but fictional - new star is just a nice kid from Queens who keeps old buddies around him constantly to remind him...
THAT'S 'WHEEL' LOVE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00am'WHEEL of Fortune" beauty Vanna White is getting married - and she wants people to know it! Vanna actually turned the letters of the famous "WOF" board to break the...
THE ICELANDERS COMETH
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIN the height of the summer sweat, only Icelandic rockers Singapore Sling can reduce the temperature with its black leather-wrapped, psychedelic pop. The Reykjavik rockers add fuzzy guitars, keyboards and...
MUSIC PICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amELVIS IS IN THE HOUSE: In one of Lincoln Center's most un usual retrospectives, the music of rock icon Elvis Costello will be celebrated next week during the center's annual...
INDIE PICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amINTO "EXILE": On her new album, "Exile in Deo," ex-Blake Baby Julianna Hatfield continues to mine her signature con fessional indie acoustic pop. It's been 10 years since her "Spin...
'BOMBAY' SCHEMES - PRODUCERS HOPING TO REACH JACKSON HEIGHTS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIT may be wishful thinking, but it's not a bad idea: Janet Jackson in "Bombay Dreams." The producers of the $14 million musical about Bollywood, which is hanging in there...
SHEFF, JAVY READY FOR HOUSTON
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amWord came through official Yankee channels: The Boss gave his blessing to Gary Sheffield regarding the All-Star Game. "I'm playing," Sheffield told The Post. He'll be joined by seven other...
OLD FOES FREDDY AND MARK TEAM TO BOOST PAL
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer and Mark Green - bitter political rivals less than three years ago - looked like old pals yesterday as they jointly endorsed Democrat Jeff Klein in the race...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSex and driving don't mix. Just ask Carl Nunez, 18, who was allegedly driving naked from the waist down when gal pal Nicole Dougherty, climbed on top of him sans...
$3.5M FOR TRIBUTE IN LIGHT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn a bid to make sure that the Tribute in Light memorial for the Twin Towers goes off without a hitch, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. yesterday agreed to spend...
TINY $$ BREAK FOR HIGH-RISK DRIVERS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The state's high-risk drivers will see a 2 percent drop in their auto insurance premiums after years of seeing their rates skyrocket. The decision to reduce the rate...
SHARON LURING RIVAL PERES FOR COALITION GOV'T
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday he will open talks Sunday with opposition leader Shimon Peres to form a new coalition government. An alliance with the leftist...
QUEENS DA POUNDS PLAZA PIMPS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn an effort to clean up Queens Plaza, nine pimps have been imprisoned during a three-year crackdown on prostitution, DA Richard Brown said yesterday. They included five men who pimped...
MYSTERY MARINE FREE - WALKS INTO BEIRUT EMBASSY AMID HOAX PROBE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Missing Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun surfaced at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon yesterday - but the mystery continued over whether he was kidnapped by terrorists or carried...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 29-year-old man beat and fondled a woman in his Fort Greene home, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. A 20-year-old acquaintance visited Walter Humphrey in his apartment on Cumberland...
PARENTS BID FAREWELL TO 3 CRASH KIDS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo "destroyed" immigrant parents kissed their dreams goodbye yesterday at the funeral of their three young kids, killed in a car accident last week. The open white coffins of 9-year-old...
L.I. POL SEX BUST - EX-DEPUTY HIT WITHABUSE, FRAUD RAPS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA former Long Island official has been charged with sexually abusing a young woman who worked for him, and cheating on his Nassau County expense account by charging a luxury...
GOP DETOURS NJ TRANSIT RIDERS TO HOBOKEN
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThousands of commuters who take NJ Transit trains directly to Manhattan will be forced to go to Hoboken and transfer to PATH trains during the GOP convention, officials said yesterday....
HAIRY KERRY OUTSIDE THE MANE-STREAM
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJohn Kerry was caught in a windstorm without a comb yesterday as Americans rejected the Democratic presidential contender's claim that he has better hair than President Bush. In a nationwide...
S.I. SWASTI-PUNKS DUCK 'HATE' RAP
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA pair of Staten Islanders accused of burning an enormous swastika into an Eltingville intersection won't be charged with a hate crime, the borough district attorney said yesterday. Joseph Pucciarelli,...
JUDGE SHOOTS DOWN MARTHA
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amStick a fork in Martha Stewart. A judge shot down the domestic diva's last-ditch stab at freedom yesterday, arguing that "overwhelming" evidence supports her guilty verdict, and denied her demand...
QNS. 'KIDDIE-PERV' BUSTED AT L.I. HOTEL
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens man met a 13-year-old Manhattan girl on the Internet, arranged a date at a Yankees game - and then a rendezvous at a Long Island hotel, where he...
LACI NEW BUSH WEAPON - AD RIPS FOE FOR VOTING VS. LAW TO PROTECT FETUS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush's campaign yesterday launched a tough new TV ad that blasts John Kerry for voting against the "Laci Peterson law" - which recognizes a fetus as a separate victim...
COFFEE KID DELIVERS BONANNO BOSS A BIG JOLT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe kid who fixed coffees for the Bonannos stirred up some trouble for mob boss Joseph Massino yesterday, as he reluctantly took the witness stand to shed light on the...
SLAIN GRID KID'S KIN HAIL BUST
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amRelatives of a college football player murdered in Brooklyn believe cops are closing in on the killer - with the arrest of a key suspect on unrelated charges. In a...
LARRY'S $3B PLEA: GIVE ME LIBERTY
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amGround Zero developer Larry Silverstein says he will need all the remaining Liberty Bonds - about $3.5 billion worth - to help pay for construction of five new office buildings...
2 GUILTY IN $50M BANK SCAM
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo scrap-metal dealers pleaded guilty yesterday to a scheme to steal $50 million from seven banks in a bid to rescue their failing businesses. Raymond Yiu, 50, and Kelvin Yiu,...
CONEY 'KILLER' FEARED RUSSIA MOB
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe 49-year-old man accused of smothering his girlfriend in Coney Island on the Fourth of July lived a bizarre life in which he carried a gun out of fear of...
KIRK LAYS ERIC TO REST
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - More than 80 of Eric Douglas' family and close friends paid final respects to the troubled actor yesterday before laying him to rest in a celebrity-laden West...
SLAIN GIRL'S SEX LOG - COPS HUNT PHONE PREDATORS ON LIST
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe precocious 13-year-old girl found strangled in Harlem last week kept an intimate diary with the names and personal details of each of her lovers - and cops said yesterday...
BLOODY VACATION - UPSTATE DAD MURDERED ON ISLAND GETAWAY
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJackie Sanabria returned from a family vacation in her native Dominican Republic yesterday with her three kids and her husband's baseball cap - with a bullet hole in it. Her...
LOON'S STOCK EXCUSE - CANNIBAL: NO SOUP
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSoup? That's nuts! Notorious "Butcher of Tompkins Square" Daniel Rakowitz spent his second day on the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday, and categorically denied cooking his girlfriend into a soup...
COURT KOS WALL ST. GAY CLUB
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe city can close down a notorious gay Wall Street hotspot, an appeals court ruled yesterday. In a unanimous decision, the state Appellate Division reversed a lower court's decision allowing...
TERRORIST'S JEWISH PAL - GAL: I'M HIS 'SHIELD'
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's Shin Bet security service is investigating the strange relationship between a 27-year-old Jewish woman and the terrorist chieftain she keeps visiting in the West Bank. "I am...
BRUTAL PUNKS SLASH S.I. MAN
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Staten Island man was brutally beaten by a gang of thugs, and then slashed so badly that he needed 60 stitches, cops said yesterday. Awie Kollie, 23, was attacked...
NEW YORK, NEW WORK - BE$T JOBS IN NATION BEING CREATED HERE: STUDY
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amAmerica's best workplace is New York City. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released yesterday says the most exciting and highest-paying jobs are here. True, the cost of living...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJUSTIN TIMBERLAKE hit the East End this week but didn't see much of the Hamptons. The millionaire pop prince flew in for a Bruce Weber photo shoot for GQ on...
MOM TELLS OF RAPE HORROR
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA tearful mother told jurors yesterday her estranged husband dragged her at gunpoint into a bedroom and raped her in front of their 2-year-old son - after handcuffing her 12-year-old...
NEW CUFF LINKS - 'KENNY BOY' LAY HAULED INTO COURT ON ENRON RAPS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amEx-Enron CEO Ken Lay got a new pair of "cuff links" yesterday as the government charged him with flat-out lying to investors, employees and the public in an elaborate scheme...
QAEDA SCHEMING ELECTION ATTACK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amAl Qaeda is planning a major attack on the United States to disrupt November's presidential elections, Homeland Security officials said yesterday. There is "credible" evidence of a large-scale plan to...
'POT PRINCESS' BEHAVES IN COURT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe so-called "Pot Princess" made a cameo appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, where she's battling charges she was dealing drugs around the NYU campus. Julia Diaco - who seemed...
BADGE BATTLE HOTTER - COP UNION RIPS BRAVEST
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSomeone call 911. The street fight between city cops and firefighters fueled by the TV show "NYPD 24/7" continued to rage yesterday, as the head of the police sergeants union...
ZONGO'S KIN PACK COURT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe family and friends of a West African immigrant killed by a police officer last year kept their vow yesterday to maintain a vigil at the officer's court hearings. The...
STARS JOIN DEM DUO HERE AS HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe freshly minted Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards hit New York last night for a glitzy Radio City gala in a sea of celebrities out to give...
$3.5M WILL MAKE 'TRIBUTE' SHINE ON
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn a bid to make sure that the Tribute in Light memorial for the Twin Towers goes off without a hitch, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. yesterday agreed to spend...
'PERV' BUSTED WITH KID AT HOTEL
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens man met a 13-year-old Manhattan girl on the Internet, arranged a date at a Yankee game - and then a rendezvous at a Long Island hotel, where he...
COPS SAVE BRIDGE JUMPER
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA dejected woman tried to end it all off the Manhattan Bridge yesterday after losing it all in Atlantic City - but was saved by two detectives. Detectives Laureano Rivera...
MAN PUMMELED IN CENTRAL PK.
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Staten Island man was beaten within inches of his life by two acquaintances who whaled on him with a skateboard as he hung out with friends in Central Park,...
RAP SHEET GROWS FOR LYNNDIE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00am"Leash gal" Lynndie England is facing more charges, it was reported today. England, who was photographed grinning while holding an inmate from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison on a leash, has...
FORMER L.I. POL NABBED ON SEX AND RIP-OFF RAPS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amA former Long Island official has been charged with sexually abusing a young woman who worked for him, and cheating on his Nassau County expense account by charging a luxury...
GWYN'S RX BACKFIRES - ANCIENT REMEDY MAKES HER A MARKED WOMAN
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThose aren't polka dots on Gwyneth Paltrow's back - it's just her cupping running over. Those hickey-like marks above Gwynnie's black strapless top at the "Anchorman" premiere party Wednesday were...
DIRTY TRICK: LEWD WHOOPI BASHES BUSH
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amWhoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant full of sexual innuendoes against President Bush last night at a Radio City gala that raised $7.5 million for the newly minted Democratic ticket...
'A' FOR JOSE AS YANKS RIP RAYS ; GRITTY CONTRERAS COMES THROUGH
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 7 Devil Rays 1 Admit it: You thought Jose Contreras would probably spit the bit last night. With the Yankee starters stringing together poor pitching performances for almost a...
ABREU'S HOMER POWERS PHILLIES IN NINTH INNING
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPhillies 5 Mets 4 PHILADELPHIA - Not just yet. The Mets won't be going into Miami in first place this weekend. Won't be headed there tied with the Phillies for...
NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE THINGS WRIGHT
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The moment the pitch left John Franco's hand, the Mets' fate was sealed. The lefty was brought in to get lefty Bobby Abreu and Jim Thome but he...
COLD PIAZZA NO HELP FOR METS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Mets' offense has been rolling lately. Richard Hidalgo is hitting. Cliff Floyd is hitting. Kaz Matsui is hitting. Mike Cameron is hitting. Yep, lots of guys are...
IT'S EASY PICKIN'S AT NORTH, SOUTH FORKS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE East End of Long Island is not just a place for the rich and famous, fishing off the North and South Forks is rich in history and right now...
NEWS TEDIUM ON 'BOTTOM LINE'
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIF ever a network has gotten away from us - and carried away with itself - it's ESPN. If ever a network has done a 180 from good-faith treatment of...
USADA CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER OLYMPIC TRIALS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - When sprinter Maurice Greene dines out, he never drinks water poured from a pitcher. He orders bottled water. If that bottle of water arrives without a top, Greene...
MARTIN DOESN'T VISIT WITH JAZZ
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amScratch off the Jazz from Kenyon Martin's courtship list. Utah officials decided to postpone their meeting yesterday with Martin, the Nets' restricted-free-agent power forward who is visiting potential suitors this...
CRAWFORD CLOSE; KNICKS ALSO MEET WITH KOBE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIsiah Thomas got close to Kobe Bryant on Wednesday night, but the Knicks president moved closer to landing free agent combo guard Jamal Crawford in a multi-player sign-and-trade with the...
GAVEN NAMED STARTER FOR MLS ALL-STAR GAME
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amMetroStars midfielder Eddie Gaven's rapid emergence as one of the top young talents in MLS took yet another tangible step last night when he joined veteran teammates Eddie Pope and...
SHINING ALL-STAR ; MATSUI'S LOW-KEY OVER 2ND-STRAIGHT SELECTION
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amDespite the fact that he's often overshadowed in his own clubhouse by Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi, and belying his low-key nature, Hideki Matsui is indeed an international...
STARTING TO SEARCH SERIOUSLY FOR RELIEF; STARTING TO SEARCH SERIOUSLY FOR RELIEF
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - With their options on the starting pitching market looking slim, the Mets are thinking about another way to address their staff needs. Adding more to the...
LOCAL PLAYERS HOPE TO LIVE HOOP DREAMS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amGary Ervin took Robeson to the Garden as a senior before the team lost to Lincoln in the PSAL finals three years ago. And as much as he enjoyed playing...
AGENT: OTHELLA WON'T BE KNICK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Even if the attempt to deal for Jamal Crawford falls through, Othella Harrington won't be a Knick next season, says his agent, David Bauman. Isiah Thomas, after a...
PEN STINT SATISFIES BROWN
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Kevin Brown threw more than 50 pitches off a bullpen mound yesterday afternoon, and Joe Torre gauged the session by his starting pitcher's reaction. "He was satisfied with...
LIBERTY SUFFER A BIG LOSS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIt's a blessing in disguise that the WNBA and the Liberty will break for the month of August to allow players to participate in the Athens Olympics. With a Liberty...
SHEFF & VAZQUEZ SET FOR HOUSTON
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amWord came through official Yankee channels: The Boss gave his blessing to Gary Sheffield regarding the All-Star Game. "I'm playing," Sheffield told The Post. He'll be joined by seven other...
TY KEEPS 'EM FROM SHARING LEAD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPhillies 5Mets 4PHILADELPHIA - Now that the Mets are in the NL East race, every mistake is magnified. And each day it becomes more apparent that young David Wright needs...
LIMPING LIBERTY GO FROM BAD TO WORST
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amMystics 71Liberty 54 You know things are bad when the halftime chicken-nugget eating contest is more invigorating than the WNBA clash that those in attendance actually paid to see. Such...
SHINING ALL-STAR ; MATSUI'S LOW-KEY OVER 2ND STRAIGHT SELECTION
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIt's belied by his low-key nature, and overshadowed in his own clubhouse by the fame of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi, but Hideki Matsui is not only an...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, METS EYEING 1ST - CAMERON LEADS CHARGE OFF FIELD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Ya gotta believe! That was Tug McGraw's rallying cry for the 1973 Mets as they went on to win the pennant, and it's the slogan the 2004 Mets...
FRANCO FOULS UP METS' BID FOR 1ST: ABREU'S HOMER - PROPELS PHILLIES
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPhillies 5 Mets 4 PHILADELPHIA - Not just yet. The Mets won't be going into Florida in first place this weekend. They won't be tied with the Phillies for the...
CHALLENGE FOR NL EAST LEAD
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Even when the Mets felt the optimism in spring training, even when they knew they had improved, it was hard for them to envision this. First place on...
TROUBLED STAFF CAN'T FIND HELP
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amPitching, pitching, pitching. It's all anyone around Yankee Stadium is talking about these days - specifically the terrible recent outings from the Yanks' rotation. Kevin Brown is still recuperating from...
FOX MAY TURN ON THE LEIT - AL COULD MAN MIKE AGAIN - IF METS DON'T MAKE PLAYOFFS
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amIf the Mets don't make the playoffs, there is a strong chance Al Leiter will return to Fox as a TV analyst. "If the Mets' aren't in the postseason, we'll...
5 QUESTIONS FOR ERNIE JOHNSON JR.
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with TNT's Ernie Johnson Jr. The 47-year-old Johnson will lead Turner's coverage of the British Open beginning Thursday. Q: You host the...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amJody McDonald vs. Chris Carlin (Who is a better talk-show host?) Since Mike Francesa and Ed Coleman held down the mid-morning WFAN time slot, there hasn't been a combination that...
ODD COUPLE - 'STARS' ARE IN LINE FOR BRIEF CLEMENS-PIAZZA ALLIANCE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amTuesday All-Star Game 8 p.m., Fox Will Mike Piazza tip off AL batters that an offspeed pitch, or an inside fastball, is coming in Tuesday's All-Star Game? Will Roger Clemens...