July 18, 2004
HARD ROCK SHOWS SOFTER SIDE IN N.Y.
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHard Rock Hotels need to make it in New York if they plan to make it anywhere. "If you don't have a Manhattan presence, you can't be regarded as a...
MERRY PRANKSTA
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amIF you've ever wondered what it would sound like if Sam Donaldson could be persuaded to say "Mad props to the 'hood, yo!" into a TV camera, then "Da Ali...
THE 4400 SERVES UP BEST SUMMER TV
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amFOR someone like me who watches TV for a living, it's the rarest thing in the world: a TV show whose sound and imagery stay with me long after the...
ENTOURAGE - GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS: A MOVIE STAR AND HIS POSSE LIVE THE HOLLYWOOD HIGH LIFE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S a TV "rehearsal" schedule that puts the boring table-read to shame. Take a private jet to Las Vegas, book some rooms at The Palms and spend the weekend gambling,...
JEOPARDY! TAKES SPIRIT OUT OF GAME
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amBY the time this column is printed, "Jeopardy!" super-star Ken Jennings, with 30-plus consecutive appearances, could be romantically linked to Madonna, he could have an endorsement deal with both the...
HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHot Shop London luxury-goods maker Molton Brown has just opened their first shop in New York. They're like an ultra-swank Kiehl's, claiming as they do to fuse "science and nature"...
SHE'S NO SISSY - ASHLEE SIMPSON MORE GRITTY THAN PRETTY-FACE JESSICA
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAshlee Simpson isn't following the advice Elvis gave when he sang "Little sister, don't ya' do what your big sister done." The actress-turned-music chick is crafting a career with a...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amASHLEE SIMPSON "Autobiography" (three stars) Geffen Records UNLIKE her ballad-loving, sap-sucking, newlywed sibling Jessica, Ashlee Simpson wants to rock out - and she's good at it. That's evident on almost...
HEAR THIS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amIN CONCERT Elton John's final show at Radio City tonight. At Jones Beach: Kiss and Poison on Wednesday. Goth rockers Evanescence headline Thursday. Rod Stewart performs on Friday and Saturday....
HIVES BREAK OUT - SWEDEN'S ROCK RASCALS LAUNCH U.S. INVASION
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHowlin' Pelle Almqvist, frontman of Swedish quintet the Hives, is a serious smart aleck. The boyish 25-year-old struts like Mick Jagger, teases the audience in a Swedish-inflected accent and targets...
SHE'S NO PUSSYCAT - 'CATWOMAN' HELPED A HURTIN' HALLE BERRY START OVER FROM SCRATCH
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWhen she flew to Vancouver to start filming "Catwoman," Halle Berry was having a rough time. Her marriage of three years to R&B singer Eric Benet was on the skids...
QUICK BITES - THE TASTIEST EVENTS THIS WEEK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSEASONS GREETINGS: The Four Seasons (99 E. 52nd St., between Lexington and Park avenues) turns 45 Tuesday. To celebrate, the power-broker magnet taps its glamorous past for a lunch menu...
BEN WHO? THE TALENTED MR. DAMON PULLS AHEAD OF PAL
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amPoor Matt Damon has always lived in the shadow of his pal Ben Affleck. Just two years ago, while big, bad Ben was pulling down $12 million paychecks and buying...
DRESSING UP ROBIN: WRIGHT PENN'S 'HOME' WARDROBE A PASTICHE OF VINTAGE GONE WILD
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amCOLIN Farrell's got all the press so far for what he's not wearing in "A Home at the End of the World" - but it's co-star Robin Wright Penn's kooky...
MEET MARKET: THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSERIAL DATER SEEKS NON-SWEARING MATE John, 31, is a trader who likes to spend his spare time traveling, working out, boating and "chasing tennis balls." He's as cute as a...
IT'S SHOP HAMPTON : WHERE TO FIND THE EAST END'S BEST BUYS AND BEAUTY FIXES
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe reality bites, but shopping for basics in the Hamptons - whether you're after a one-piece swimsuit or a decent blow-out - has become more frustrating than trying to find...
KLEIN'S BOYS OF SUMMER
July 18, 2004 | 4:00am"Step away from the caviar!" a pack of waiters ordered the frenzied guests gobbling from two vats of the finest Beluga. The scene was Calvin Klein's July 10 I-can-still-create-a-scene beachside...
RUSSIANS STILL THE BEST? NYET
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTEN years ago, Garry Kasparov predicted Russian dominance was about to end. "Soon the Russian influence over chess will disappear," he said. Russians have dominated chess since the 1940s, and...
PRIVATES ON PARADE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT'S happening to the prudes at the Motion Picture Association of America? There was a time when the mere suggestion of genitalia would earn a movie an NC-17 rating. But...
PAINT FOR PETS; SPRUCING UP THE CITY'S ANIMAL SHELTERS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAs many as 8 million homeless dogs and cats are euthanized every year in animal shelters across the country. The sad fact: there are more adoptable pets than adopters. Too...
MODEL DRUG BUST 'HELL' FOR FAMILY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe burgeoning supermodel facing up to 15 years in prison for trying to smuggle cocaine through Kennedy Airport is a good girl with family values, said her father, who is...
FIGHT'S ON FOR NO MAN'S LAND: MEET THE WIFE WHOSE COURAGE SAVED A FAMILY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amOn April 4, 1996, Elizabeth Edwards saw her perfect world turned upside down. The successful bankruptcy attorney was busy packing with her husband, John, and daughter, Catharine, for a spring-break...
COURTNEY'S 'BABY' WAS A DRUGGY DELUSION
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTo Courtney Love, the baby was real. In the last few weeks, the chain-smoking, fast-talking, increasingly unhinged rocker had been telling friends - and near-strangers like me - that she...
TEARS FOR 'DWI' VICTIM
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMourners packed a church to overflowing yesterday for the funeral of a popular high-school student president killed along with two friends last week when an allegedly drunk friend driving her...
DEM CONVENTION PUTS BOSTON ON 'GUARD'
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amShort on cops and long on security concerns, Boston will employ state prison guards who normally deal with rioting inmates to handle protesters at next week's Democratic convention. About 130...
FIGHT'S ON FOR NO MAN'S LAND - IT'S A TOSS-UP IN 17 STATES
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWAUKESHA, Wis. - In the 17 battleground states now at the heart of the 2004 election, the politicking is so intense that it already feels like October - and the...
BUSH HERALDS OUR 'HEALTHIER' KIDS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAmerican children are safer and healthier now then they were a decade ago, President Bush said yesterday, citing a federal report. From 1993 to 2002, the number of teenagers committing...
ISLE BE WRITING THE SPEECH: KERRY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSen. John Kerry flew to his family home on Nantucket yesterday, where he'll spend the next four days hashing out what will perhaps be the most important speech he'll give...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHe's in a lick of trouble. A Pennsylvania man has been busted for sucking the toes or kissing the feet of two women and a young girl. James Kilpatrick, 21,...
CHURCH FULL OF TEARS FOR TEEN 'DWI' VICTIM
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMourners packed a church to overflowing yesterday for the funeral of a popular high-school student president killed along with two friends last week when an allegedly drunk friend driving her...
BROOKLYN NUN GETS MUGGED FOR $60
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amA beloved Brooklyn nun dressed in habit and veil was knocked down and mugged yesterday by a pair of thugs who made off with about $60, cops said. The 5...
KILLER A TIME BOMB; COP-SLAYER TALKED OF RAGE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Long Island businessman who gunned down a retired NYPD lieutenant and then ran his car over the officer's body was a self-described hothead who had a drinking problem and...
JAILBIRD DIVA WILL BE A 'CAMP' ICON
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's self-professed skills as "a really good camper" may serve her well if she winds up serving her prison term where the judge in her case has recommended. Federal...
SHOOTING SPARKS CORONARY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty transit cop shot a career criminal in Brooklyn last night - and moments later he staggered into a neighbor's apartment and she suffered an apparent heart attack, police...
TIGHTEN AIRSPACE: CHUCK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer said yesterday special airspace rules being put into effect to tighten security during New York's Republican convention should be made permanent. "There's a gaping hole in New...
BRAND MAY TAKE HARD BRUISING
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart's vow to appeal her criminal conviction does not bode well for her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, industry experts said. The longer her appeal is drawn...
RAGE WEIGHS ON DIVA - SHAPING UP & SLIMMING DOWN FOR APPEAL ORDEAL
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amConvicted stock cheat Martha Stewart spiraled into a deep depression after her guilty verdict, but pulled herself off the mat and braced herself for the nightmare to come in the...
B'KLYN NUN MUGGED ; FORGIVES THUG WHO KNOCKED HER DOWN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amA beloved Brooklyn nun dressed in habit and veil was knocked down and mugged yesterday by a thug who made off with her rosary beads and about $60 - and...
YOU DIRTY DOGS ; BIG FINES HIDE FLAWS IN VENDOR INSPECTIONS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is slapping mobile food vendors with hundreds of tickets a month, busting them for everything from contaminating meals and blocking bus stops to not wearing hats. But a...
METS: 'WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO WIN' ; LOSING GROUND FAST IN NL EAST RACE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amPhillies 8Mets 2 There wasn't one key moment yesterday when things looked particularly bleak for the Mets. No back-breaking pitch or game-defining at-bat. Nope. Just an ugly game from start...
HOWE ABOUT THIS MOVE WITH PIAZZA?
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT is Art Howe thinking? Mike Piazza blasted a 435-foot home run over the centerfield wall in the eighth inning of the Mets' torturous 8-2 loss to the Phillies yesterday...
DERANGED EX STABS LADY COP
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop in Brooklyn was stabbed in the back by the father of her child yesterday - who then ordered neighbors not to help the wounded officer, police and...
UNWELCOME GHOST OF SCANDALS PAST SHOWS UP AT DA-HOPEFUL BASH
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amS TANLEY FRIEDMAN, the former Bronx Democrat leader prosecuted by Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau in the late 1980s, turned up last week at a fund-raiser for Leslie Crocker Snyder -...
JILL DRUSCHKE SAYS THIS $149 JACKET COST HER A 250G PER YEAR JOB. NOW SHE WANTS PAYBACK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan woman slipped on her climb up the corporate ladder after returning a jacket to a Banana Republic shop. Jill Druschke, 28, was in training to become a highly...
SECURITY TIGHT AT CITY HALL
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amNew security measures at City Hall introduced in the wake of the shooting of Councilman James Davis are being strictly enforced. The number of police stationed at City Hall has...
YOU DIRTY DOGS; BIG FINES HIDE FLAWS IN VENDOR INSPECTIONS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is slapping mobile food vendors with hundreds of tickets a month, busting them for everything from contaminating meals and blocking bus stops to not wearing hats. But a...
IT'S A BULL'S EYE! ATTENTION SHOPPERS: B'KLYN GETS MEGA-TARGET
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amA new Target is opening this week on Flatbush Avenue, and it's shining a ray of hope on the shopping prospects in the neighborhood. At 190,000 square feet, the downtown...
DAVIS FAMILY FUROR ; RIFT OVER TRAGIC POL
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amA year after the shooting death of City Councilman James Davis, his family is bitterly split over his legacy, with opposing sides trading accusations that the other is trying to...
GUARDIN' THE GARDEN: BARRICADES TO RING GOP GALA
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMassive metal anti-terror barriers never before seen on city streets are about to be installed at major intersections around Madison Square Garden to safeguard the Republican National Convention, kicking off...
HOOKY WOES AT SUMMER HIGH SCHOOLS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMost elementary-school students in jeopardy of getting held back are showing up at the second-chance summer-school program - but too many struggling high-school students are playing hooky, officials said. The...
CONVENTION PUTS BOSTON ON 'GUARD'
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amShort on cops and long on security concerns, Boston will employ state prison guards who normally deal with rioting inmates to handle protesters at next week's Democratic convention. About 130...
LAWYER: DO RIGHT BY DOUG
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amLawyers for Martha Stewart's courtroom kiss of doom, Douglas Faneuil, will push for him to be spared punishment when he's sentenced Friday. Faneuil, 28, the key government witness at the...
SATISFIED STRAWBERRY VISITS SHEA FOR CHARITY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amStanding in the stadium he was supposed to own, Darryl Strawberry spoke yesterday. Twenty-one years ago, when the kid with the sweet name arrived, fans and media forecasted a retired...
THE BOSS SHAKES UP FARM OPERATIONS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - The Yankees have restructured parts of their Tampa operations with the hope of getting better results from the amateur draft. Lin Garrett, a VP of scouting,...
IT'S MIND BOGGLING - STRUGGLIN' JAVIER ALL OUT OF WHACK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amDETROIT - Of all the problems inhabiting the Yankees' rotation these days, the most serious one can't be detected by a MRI or fixed with a minor league rehab assignment....
MARLA JUST CONTINUES RUNYAN-ING
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC TRIALS NOTEBOOK SACRAMENTO Marla Runyan continues to provide almost a daily reminder that a handicap doesn't have to slow you down. Runyan, who is legally blind, qualified for the...
KNICK VAN EXEL? DEAL FOR DAMPIER COULD LAND POINT GUARD AT GARDEN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00am"My crew don't dance, we just pick up our pants and lean back, lean back ..." BEFORE joining Fat Joe weekends at 155th & Eighth for the remainder of the...
HOLLYWOOD & 'MINE': ON, OFF & IN COURT, SCHEMING KOBE WANTS IT ALL HIS WAY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amKOBE Bryant hasn't earned the right to be indignant, with anyone, with anything, with any aspect of his charmed life. To listen to Bryant talk Thursday afternoon, when he declared...
HEAD TO HEAD
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amPost columnists Mike Vaccaro and baseball writer Mark Hale slug it out over whether acquiring Randy Johnson would guarantee the Yankees a world championship Mike Vaccaro: You know, Mark, this...
COULTAS' JOURNEY STARTED WITH KIRK'S CLOUT
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHE KNOWS the tickets placed him even with first base, 26 rows behind the cameramen. He says he can see himself, when Dodger Stadium started to shake, climbing up one...
BAKERY BOLSTERS BOSOX WITH BLESSED BATTER
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - With year after year of despair, you could say that's the way the cookie crumbles for the Red Sox. Or does it? Dancing Deer Baking Co. is an...
CURSE OF THE BUCKBINO - MYSTERIOUS HOTEL ACROSS FROM FENWAY COULD BE SOURCE OF RED SOX MISERY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - There is a curse. There is no doubt about that, a curse branded into the soul of Red Sox Nation. The reminders come to life again this coming...
RAISING DAYNE - COUGHLIN LIBERATES RON FROM FASSEL'S DOGHOUSE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amDo not count Ron Dayne among those eyeing the start of training camp with an anxious trepidation. He's getting that rare second chance, something an athlete who's been cast aside...
SUMMER OF QUESTIONS FACING HERM AND JETS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWITH the start of training camp only 12 days away, it's by no means too early for Serby's 10 Questions for the Jets: Can Herm Edwards become an elite coach?...
FUNNIEST SPORTS SHOW, SKLAR & AWAY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amIF IT is not already, "Cheap Seats" is on its way to being a cult classic. What "The White Shadow" was to sports drama, "Cheap Seats" is to sports humor....
APPLE'S GRAPPLIN' HOPE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amKerry McCoy turns 30 in two weeks, and he's already thinking about retirement. But the wrestler from Middle Island has one more thing to take care of before he hangs...
LEAGUE PREPARING FOR LOCKOUT LAYOFFS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE timing is curious, if not ominous. On the other hand, maybe it's nothing more than a carefully plotted and scheduled piece of the NHL's propaganda campaign designed to demonstrate...
YANKS WON'T BE LEFT OUT ; MOST LIKELY TO LAND JOHNSON
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amRANDY JOHNSON will be traded, and the most likely landing place is the Yankees. But the Angels and/or Curt Schilling could prove impediments to George Steinbrenner getting what he craves....
YOUR NEW JERSEY MESS ; DEAL'S A CLASSLESS CLASSIC
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amYOU find a beautiful three-story home. It's pricey but you MUST have it. You know taxes and upkeep will be huge. Still, you borrow, get every penny and outbid everyone...
GOLF'S BIG GUNS JAM LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTROON, Scotland - If what you crave is a leaderboard stacked with golf heavyweights, with a few hopefuls trying to break through sprinkled in, then we suggest you cancel all...
TITLE TURNS PISTONS' BROWN GOLDEN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amLarry Brown was a Hall of Famer before his Pistons dismantled the Lakers' dynasty. But now he's a trend-setter. Now Brown's mantra - "playing the right way" - is basketball's...
DONATE USED BALLS, EQUIPMENT TO CHARITY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe donation to attend yesterday's Hoops 4 Hope basketball clinic in East Hampton was unusual. You could give $20. But better, you could give up a pair of your used...
HAMMY'S COME A LONG, LONG WAY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTROON, Scotland - Characters like Todd Hamilton make us watch sports with the intrigue and passion we bring to the games. Before the taps at the Royal Troon clubhouse pub...
DINGER OF HOPE ; PIAZZA HOMER COULD BE SLUMP-BUSTER
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE was disgust on Mike Piazza's face yesterday as he waited near first base, hands on hips, eyes glaring at nothing in particular. His anger was focused inward. Phillies left-hander...
NEW BLOOD, OLD SINS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - So much for the theory that the old cheaters are being chased out of track and field, by fresh, clean blood. The athletes just keep coming up positive....
MANZI SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amLess than a month ago, driver Cat Manzi scored the first million-dollar win of his career, and last night he tried to make it two straight in the $1 million...
KICKEN KRIS WINS BOWLING GREEN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amClass prevailed over recent form in yesterday's Grade 2, $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap at Belmont Park as Kicken Kris took command in midstretch to win by 1½ lengths, running the...
HISTORIC PACE FOR HOLBORN HANOVER
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amHolborn Hanover made history last night at the Meadowlands, becoming the longest-priced winner of the $1 million Meadowlands Pace. Trained by Mark Harder and driven by Jim Morrill Jr, Holborn...
MONTY LIKES HOME EDGE
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amBRITISH OPEN NOTEBOOK TROON, Scotland - Is there a more colorful drama queen than Colin Montgomerie in golf? Montgomerie, the local favorite at the British Open, having grown up playing...
BOO BIRDS ATTACK PHILLIPS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amAfter leaving seven-men on-base, which included a bases-loaded inning ending doubleplay, Mets fans booed Jason Phillips. If the intention was to make Phillips feel worse, it worked. "It is the...
TWINS ALSO IN HUNT FOR BENSON
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets' main competition for Kris Benson is likely to be the Twins, according to two high-ranking officials from other clubs. With 13 days until the trade deadline,...
SHEFFIELD ASKS - IS ROCKET ON JUICE?
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amDETROIT - Yankee slugger Gary Sheffield, who has testified in connection with the BALCO steroid probe, is tired of hearing about how one player's workout program is better than another's....
MEDALS & MEANING ; HURDLE CHAMPION JOHNSON STATES HIS CASE ON, OFF TRACK
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Most athletes with dreams of winning an Olympic medal would not consider making a social statement on the victory podium. Unless, of course, that athlete is Allen Johnson....
RUNNING FROM MEDIA SCRUTINY
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - It's difficult to know if the people running track and field throughout the world are naive, ignorant, brilliant or all of the above. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials...
ELS HAS HIS EYE ON LEVET
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amTROON, Scotland - If there's anyone on the leaderboard who might be owed a British Open title today it's Thomas Levet, the colorful Frenchman who was in a four-man playoff...
DUQUE GETS IT DONE - GIVES TATTERED STAFF 5 FRAMES IN YANK WIN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 Tigers 3 DETROIT - While the Yankees wait to hear what the Diamondbacks want for Randy Johnson, they are holding their breath that a rotation dominated by surgeries...
THE CONSCIENCE OF A CHAMPION
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Most athletes with dreams of winning an Olympic medal would not consider making a social statement on the victory podium. Unless, of course, that athlete is Allen Johnson....
FEELING SUPER AGAIN ; JONES PROMISES TO RECAPTURE OLD FORM & SUCCESS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - We have not seen the last, or the best, of Marion Jones. Not by a long jump or a fast sprint or a relay, she says. Remaining poised...
BAD BLOOD ALL AROUND
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - So much for old cheaters being chased out of track and field by fresh, clean, blood. Sprinter Mickey Grimes and hurdler Larry Wade have reported positive tests, like...
BROWN HAS THE BLUES AFTER TEST IN BULLPEN
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Kevin Brown threw in the bullpen here last night and wasn't happy about the results. So what's new? "He threw 63 pitches, some good and some...
ROCK-SOLID CLAY WINS DECATHLON
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC TRIALS NOTEBOOK SACRAMENTO - The Olympic decathlon champion is known as the world's greatest athlete. Bryan Clay, who is aiming for Olympic gold, proved he's pretty darn tough, too....
STRAW STIRS SHEA ; DARRYL REKINDLES METS CONNECTIONS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWhen the kid with the sweet name and even sweeter swing arrived 21 years ago at Shea, fans forecasted a day when Darryl Strawberry would return to be celebrated for...
JERSEY GOV'S FISHY PLAN FOR WILDLIFE FUNDS
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amNEW Jersey sports men and women are worried that Gov. James McGreevey is looking to illegally deprive the state's Fish and Wildlife Division of funds that they themselves provided. New...
CATCH A RISING STAR ; WILL STRUGGLING BIG-TIMERS LIGHT IT UP IN SECOND HALF?
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amLAST year, we called it the Paul Konerko Column. This year, Jason Giambi might make a good spokesperson. Konerko owners last year begged that his miserable first half was just...
LIBERTY GET FEAST OF RIVALS FROM EAST
July 18, 2004 | 4:00amWhile today's matchup against Charlotte will be the last game for the Liberty at the Garden before the Republican Convention bumps them over to Radio City Music Hall, it will...