July 30, 2004
TRUMP IS COMING TO VEGAS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amDonald J. Trump filed plans yesterday to erect a $300 million, "sparkling" 24K-gold glass tower that will become the Las Vegas Strip's tallest building. "There is nothing like this in...
RIPPING OFF IPOD - APPLE SLAMS REALNETWORKS' COPYCAT SOFTWARE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amApple Computer blasted rival RealNetworks for doing an end-run around its technology in a bid to gain access to Apple's popular iPod music player. "We are stunned that RealNetworks has...
DID KRISPY KREME FATTEN BOTTOM LINE?
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amWord that federal regulators are looking for a hole in Krispy Kreme's accounting sent the company's shares skidding 16 percent yesterday. Krispy Kreme said the SEC has launched an informal...
STREET'S BAD BOY - FEDS: MORGAN STANLEY THUMBS NOSE AT REGS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe NASD yesterday slapped a $2.2 million fine on Morgan Stanley, the latest hammer to slam the Wall Street giant for flouting government rules. Over the past 18 months, the...
BUFFETT'S WIFE SUSAN, 72, DIES
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe 72-year-old wife of billionaire Warren Buffett - who left him nearly three decades ago to become a jazz and blues singer - died yesterday of a stroke, leaving a...
CSFB'S RAINMAKER QUITS FOR JOB AT CITI
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amCitigroup snagged Credit Suisse First Boston rainmaker Stephen Volk, marking the fourth high-ranking departure since chief John Mack was ousted last month. The move is a sort of homecoming for...
KUMAR MAY LOSE CA'S $8M
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe ousted chief of software giant Computer Associates may have to give up a golden parachute of more than $8 million, as well as other perks. Kumar, who's also a...
NEW MAG A FREEBIE AT WAL-MART
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTurns out the first issue of All You is hitting stores in July after all. After insisting that nothing would be out until mid-August, Time Inc. has cranked out what...
JUDGE: HOLLINGER CAN SELL TELEGRAPH
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA Delaware judge blocked ousted press baron Conrad Black from holding a shareholder vote on the planned sale of the London Daily Telegraph, paving the way for the deal to...
AT&T CREDIT RATING GETS CUT TO 'JUNK'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe once mighty AT&T got hit with another credit downgrade to junk status, causing the wounded telecom to come back swinging. Moody's Investors Service slammed AT&T with a downgrade by...
CONDE CONSIDERS CULTURE - PLAN FOR NEW MAG COULD INCLUDE MOVIES, ART, MUSIC STORIES
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTHE famous Conde Nast incubator is no longer nursing the idea of starting an art magazine - but the operation under Editorial Director James Truman is still churning out ideas....
LOSINGTHE BULL - AVERAGE JOE GETS MESSAGE OUT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW AVERAGE JOES WHO ARE NOT USUALLY GIVEN A FORUM CAN ARTICULATE THEIR VIEWS, MAYBE NOT MORE CLEARLY THAN THE MOST OVER-COACHED POL, BUT WITH MORE...
FILM PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amYOU'RE NEXT!: Don Siegel's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) is one of the most effective sci-fi flicks from the 1950s. The setting is the small California town Santa Mira,...
STARR REPORT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBD+>Wheel' inside look Several times a year, "Wheel of Fortune" takes to the road, coming to a city near you to tape a bunch of shows with Pat Sajak, Vanna...
KIDS' PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBUSTER BROWN KID: Buster Brown Shoes will celebrate its 100th birthday with a national search for six new kids and their dogs to be featured on Buster Brown shoeboxes and...
ROCK PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amRAMBLIN' MAN: Considering that Dickey Betts wrote many of the biggest hits the Allman Brothers Band ever had, it may seem strange that the guitar great was ejected from the...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBRIT BANDS:"The Beat Goes On" has found a new home, at least for one night. The popular music series was a mainstay at the Bottom Line before the club was...
DANCE PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amKOREAN "ROMEO AND JULIET": Ever since its first major production in St. Petersburg (then called Leningrad) in 1940, Serge Prokofiev's score for "Romeo and Juliet" has held the world stage...
HAMBURGER HEAVEN
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amHAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE [] (Three stars) A comic duo for the ages. Running time: 87 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sex, nudity, drugs). At the Empire, the...
MARATHON FOR STAND-UP GUY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amALAS, poor Del, they knew you well - well enough to stage a marathon in your memory. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's sixth annual Del Close Improv Marathon starts tonight...
GOTTA GO TO 'GOZU' - FOR SEX & THE SICKIE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amGOZU[ 1/2] (Three and one-half stars)Running time: 130 minutes. Not rated (sex, nudity, perversion). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ARE you ready for the most...
ONE HOT COUCH TOMATO
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amINTIMATE STRANGERS[ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) Well-acted two-hander. Running time: 105 minutes. In French, with English subtitles. Rated R (sexual dialogue). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. 'INTIMATE...
SPIES OUT IN THE COLD
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTHUNDERBIRDS[ 1/2] (One and one-half staars) No go. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG (intense action sequences and language). At the Empire, the Loews 84th Street, others. FOR those not...
VOTING OUT 'WEST WING'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00am'WEST Wing" President Josiah Bartlet could be out of office after two terms. Richard Schiff, who plays Toby Ziegler, Bartlet's White House communications director, says it looks like the NBC...
'AFTER FALL' CAN'T GET UP
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amAFTER THE FALL[ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars)Roundabout Theater Company, American Airlines Theater, 227 W. 42nd St. (212) 719-9393. ALL art - except perhaps ceramics - is autobiographical, but some...
'AMISH' RATINGS GO BUGGY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amUPN's "Amish in the City" debuted strongly Wednesday night. The reality series, mixing Amish and city kids in a Hollywood house, finished second from 8 to 10 p.m. with 5.2...
CANNED 'CANDIDATE - NEW 'MANCHURIAN' CAN'T COMPETE WITH ORIGINAL
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTHE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE ½ (two and one half stars) Remake adds little. Running time: 130 minutes. Rated R (violence and some language). At the E-Walk, the Loews Lincoln Square, the...
'EXPRESS' YOURSELF
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amFESTIVAL EXPRESS[] (Three stars) Get aboard. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (some language). At the Empire and the Union Square. IT'S well worth hitching a ride on the "Festival...
HEAD TO THE FINN-ISH LINE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amYOU may know the Finn Brothers - Neil and Tim - as the singers and songwriters behind Crowded House and the Split Enz. The two, who have some stellar solo...
STAYING POWER
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amEVERLAST AT a fan-friendly performance, hip-hop crooner Everlast proved that too much can be just enough. For his Bowery Ballroom gig Wednesday, the singer/rapper fronted a rock band for a...
FRIES WITH THAT?
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amEVERYONE has been making fun of the little microphones worn by CNN reporters at the Democratic convention this week - but the white, "this-is-the-operator-may-I-help-you" headsets are the techie hit of...
DR. PHIL'S SON TO HOST MAKEOVER SHOW
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amFOX will attempt the most extreme makeover show yet - a reality show that aims to fixup entire families, their homes, their cars and even their pets. Tentatively titled "Family...
'BEAUTY' QUEEN - NO MORE POM-POMS FOR 'SOX FEET' STAR
July 30, 2004 | 4:00am'I'M not going to play a cheerleader again," says actress Mena Suvari. Suvari is most famous, of course, for playing the cheerleading teenage temptress in "American Beauty." Still, with her...
THIS MAN HAS NOTHING TO SAY - BUT EVEN THAT CAN'T STOP HIM FROM SAYING IT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - It was the shimmering highlight of the first national convention about yadda yadda - a star-spangled production about nothing. Last night, John Kerry enjoyed his ultimate yadda moment...
BALLOON BOSS BLOWS HIS #@ó*ING TOP
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - It was planned with the precision of a military operation - but the drop of 100,000 red, white and blue balloons for John Kerry went so horribly wrong...
FINALLY, HE'S 'MAKING THE SALE' AS CANDIDATE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - With everything on the line last night, John Kerry came through. Never a spellbinding speaker, the Democratic presidential candidate touched all the right bases in a well-received speech...
LUCKY COUPLE RIDES THE WAVE OF RENEWAL
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amDan Tubridy won the lottery. But he's the one who has to come up with the cash. Tubridy was selected first out of the thousands who wanted to buy one...
JOHN DECLARES WAR ON DUBYA - LASHES OUT OVER IRAQ ON BIG NIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - At the biggest moment of his political life, Democrat John Kerry last night painted President Bush as a war-monger who doesn't tell the truth and misled America into...
ROCKAWAYS ON THE REBOUND
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amIt used to be so dangerous in Edgemere that drivers were too scared to stop at red lights. "If you came to a complete stop, you might get robbed at...
HERO AMPUTEE SOLDIERS RUN ON HEART
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amDANIELLE GREEN, while playing basketball for Notre Dame, scored 1,100 points with a withering left-handed jump shot. "I think I'm ready for a change of sport," Danielle, 27, who is...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA man pulled onto a bustling highway - in his wheelchair! Thomas Williams Jr., 73, caused chaos on I-43 in Milwaukee when he wheeled along the busy stretch at 6...
HORROR PERV RAP FOR DAD
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man has been charged with sexually assault ing his 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son four years ago, police said. The 46-year-old man, whose name is being withheld to...
APT. COMPLEX A 'BRIG' DEAL: MIKE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe mammoth Navy Yard Brig in Brooklyn - which housed prisoners and detainees from the 1940s until the 1990s - will be turned into a sprawling 400-unit apartment complex with...
BLOG BIG BOOTED FOR BACKSTAB
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - An official blogger for the Democratic National Committee was booted from his post after dissing the convention's keynote speaker and latest rising star on an unrelated blog group....
FRANKEN SLIME SCARY FOR CHUCK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Comedian Al Franken launched such a strong attack on President Bush yesterday that even Sen. Chuck Schumer questioned whether he had gone too far. "Some of his stuff...
BILL THRILLS POST CONTEST WINNER
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBill Clinton did things by the book yesterday - giving a signed copy of his red-hot autobiography "My Life" to a lucky New York Post reader. Nikhil Abbot of Manhattan...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Cops say this man (above) forced his way into a 68-year-old woman's Fort Greene apartment and raped her at knifepoint earlier this week. The unidentified thug kicked down...
TERESA TURNS HUBBY-DOVEY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - First Lady wannabe Teresa Heinz Kerry yesterday focused on her husband - not herself - as she touted John Kerry's plans to make college free and enact universal...
ZETA 'STALKER' PILL SCARE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe woman accused of stalking film-star Catherine Zeta-Jones was rushed to the hospital yesterday after prison guards struggled to rouse her from a sleeping-pill-induced haze, court officials said. Dawnette Knight...
WHEELS IN MOTION ON MTA FARE HIKES
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amStraphangers and motorists could soon be paying more for less. Fourteen months after the MTA raised fares and tolls, the agency yesterday proposed more increases for next year to close...
TRAGIC FATHER KILLED - SON DIED VIOLENT DEATH
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTen months ago, friends and relatives gathered to mourn the senseless death of Dean Nicholson's oldest son, who was stabbed on a Bronx street on his way to school. Today,...
KOOKY KERRY PIX STAY ON NASA SITE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON -NASA officials yesterday removed two photographs of John Kerry's visit this week to Kennedy Space Center from the agency's Web site -but not the goofy pics of Kerry donning...
PRYING PERV STIRS STALKING SCARE FOR HILLARY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amAuthorities thought they had nabbed a perverted fiend following Hillary Rodham Clinton to an appearance at a Boston hotel this week - but they later declared that the unregistered sex...
'CELL' HEALTH CHECK - CITY EYES INSPECTIONS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe city can force the six companies fitting lampposts with cellular antennas to inspect the devices for radiation emissions, officials said yesterday, hoping to quell fears the $25 million franchise...
EDWARDS HAS NOTHING TO SAY - BUT THAT STILL CAN'T STOP HIM FROM SAYING IT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The kid John Edwards said it all. That is, he said absolutely nothing about practically everything - with the loopy enthusiasm of a Dalmatian puppy crossed with a...
PATAKI VETOES MINIMUM WAGE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday vetoed a bill raising the state's minimum wage, saying it would drive jobs from New York. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver immediately promised to push for a legislative...
'HERO' COPS CHOMP DOWN ON THE 'SUBWAY BANDIT'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amCops yesterday busted a scar-faced robber who they say specialized in sandwich shops and may be responsible for as many as 41 heists at Subway and Blimpie stores over the...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amREPORTERS are being offered a multimillion-dollar scoop. Members of the press will be welcome at budding TV star Kathy Hilton's Pink Ribbon estate sale this Sunday - but it'll cost...
PAKISTAN RAID BAGS TOP QAEDA PLOTTER
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amPakistan arrested a senior al Qaeda figure who had a $25 million bounty on his head because of his role in two U.S. embassy bombings - amid fears he was...
RUDY'S SORE OVER MOORE - RIPS DEMS FOR FETING PORTLY 'PROPAGANDIST'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - An emotional Rudy Giuliani yesterday lashed out at the director of the Bush-bashing film "Fahrenheit 9/11," saying, "I don't need Michael Moore to tell me about Sept. 11th."...
ARTFUL DODGER$ - WORKERS STOLE 880G FROM MUSEUM: DA
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amAn employee caught on camera brazenly stuffing her pockets and purse with cash has been charged with stealing $850,000 from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Manhattan District Attorney's...
BIKER TRAGEDY - FUROR AS COP-CHASE QNS. TEEN DIES
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens teen riding a motorcycle without a helmet early yesterday was killed after a slow-speed chase by cops when he hit a pothole and crashed to the pavement. Donte...
SUBWAY COPS STUCK ON CALL WAITING
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA four-year project to give subway cops radio communication with their above-ground colleagues is so far behind schedule, the city will have use a temporary backup radio system during the...
BRITTNEY COPS SUSPECT SEX ASSAULT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBRICK, N.J. - Investigators believe tragic teen Brittney Gregory was sexually assaulted by her killer, a law enforcement source told The Post. But detectives won't know for sure until they...
RIP-OFF TO TUNE OF 400G - MUSIC EXEC BUSTED
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA music-fund exec used musicians' royalties to live like royalty - blowing through their cash on first-class flights, fancy cars, posh hotels, pricey clothes, a trip to the Grammys and...
FERRER GIVES PREZ A SPANISH TONGUE-LASHING
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Likely mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer got a few fleeting minutes in the national spotlight yesterday at the Democratic convention and used them to lecture President Bush in Spanish....
KIM'S A LIL' CONFLICTED: FEDS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe feds say rapper Lil' Kim created a conflict of interest by helping pay for a co-defendant's lawyer. The rapper is helping foot the bill for lawyer Brian Kaplan to...
NICOLE 'VAULTS' TO L.A.
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amNicole Kidman is a heavyweight talent - but her private safe is just plain heavy, as these beefy movers discovered while hauling the star's belongings out of her $40,000-a-month SoHo...
$5 MILLION - HS KID TO SUE CITY OVER SNAPPLE MACHINE 'DISASTER'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA 17-year-old Bronx high-school student wants the city to pay him $5 million because a Snapple vending machine fell on him at school. According to the multimillion notice of claim...
'MAKE AMERICA A BEACON AGAIN' - KERRY RIPS IRAQWAR ON BIG NIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - At the biggest moment of his political life, Democrat John Kerry was last night prepared to paint President Bush as a war-monger and vow that America should "only...
HS KID TO SUE CITY FOR $5M OVER SNAPPLE 'DISASTER'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA 17-year-old Bronx high-school student wants the city to pay him $5 million because a Snapple vending machine fell on him at school as he shook it. Court papers filed...
OLYMPIC-BID CITIES PROBED
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amOlympics officials have ordered an inquiry into allegations of "inappropriate conduct" and corruption surrounding the cities bidding for the 2012 Games - including New York, it was reported yesterday. The...
PILL SCARE FOR ZETA 'STALKER'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe woman accused of stalking film-star Catherine Zeta-Jones was rushed to the hospital yesterday after prison guards struggled to rouse her from a sleeping-pill-induced haze, court officials said. Dawnette Knight...
SUBWAY COPS REMAIN STUCK ON CALL-WAITING
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA four-year project to give subway cops radio communication with their above-ground colleagues is so far behind schedule, the city will have to use a temporary backup radio system during...
HOSP 'SHOOTER' SHOULD DIE: KIN
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe psychiatric hospital worker accused of shooting a female co-worker was obsessed with her and is spinning wild tales to save his own skin, the victim's family alleged yesterday. "He...
SEX SHOPS ARE FACING NEW HEAT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is ready to expand its sex-free zones. A new regulation, passed by the City Planning Commission on Wednesday, adds new limitations to the areas where "adult" businesses may...
FIELD OF DREAMS - YANKS NEAR DEAL FOR NEW STADIUM NEXT TO OLD
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bronx Bombers and their big-spending boss, George Steinbrenner, are closing in on a deal with city and state officials to build a gleaming new Yankee Stadium in a park...
POWERFUL INFOMERCIAL MAKES GOOD ON ITS 'PROMISE'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA REMARKABLE PROMISE[] (Three stars) Mission accomplished. Running time: 9 minutes. Not rated (war violence). At the Democratic National Conven tion and JohnKerry.com 'A REMARKABLE Promise," the often-riveting nine-minute infomercial...
BALLOON DROP GAFFE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - It was planned with all the precision of a military operation - but somehow, the drop of 100,000 red, white and blue balloons for John Kerry went so...
KERRY'S BIG SPEECH: GOING NEGATIVE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amWAS it a good speech? Sure. Just as, in 2000, George W. Bush met and exceeded the task of demonstrating that he could string two sentences together and read them...
ASS'T PRINCIPAL IN BOY-FONDLE BUST
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amAn assistant principal was being held on $10,000 bail yesterday on charges he sexually abused two teenaged boys. Juan Taveras, 37, pleaded not guilty to the charges of sexual abuse,...
SLAY SIB PRODUCED 'BRIBE' WITNESSES
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn defense lawyer testified yesterday that he didn't think it strange when the brother of a murder suspect he represented produced three female eyewitnesses who suddenly wanted to change...
CHUCK BUCKS FRANKEN-SLIME MONSTER
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Comedian Al Franken launched such a strong attack on President Bush yesterday that even Sen. Chuck Schumer questioned whether he had gone too far. "Some of his stuff...
KITTLES TO CLIPS FOR DRAFT PICK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amSo where exactly is opening night, Yakima or Sioux Falls? With the franchise and what passes for a fan base still reeling from the loss of Kenyon Martin two weeks...
PORGIE & BASS PLAYING NEARBY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amYOU don't have to travel far these days to find some terrific saltwater fishing. For those who are staying in the city this weekend, a quick ride to Sheepshead Bay...
DEVILS KEEP BRYLIN ON ICE - NO DEAL ON TABLE FOR FREE AGENT FORWARD
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amLoyalty is supposed to be one of the Devils' virtues. Here's a test case. The only forward to win three Stanley Cups as a Devil is still wondering if he'll...
BROWN BACK TONIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are still waiting to find out whether they will add Randy Johnson to their shaky rotation, but they now know they'll be getting one former All-Star back. Kevin...
VELAZQUEZ WINS 3000TH
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - When John Velazquez booted home Runingforpresident in yesterday's second race at the Old Spa to record his 3000th career victory, it was only fitting the milestone came...
EX-NET TEAMMATES LAMENT LOSING KERRY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00am"It's going to be a whole new team. Kenyon's gone. Kerry's gone. Who's next? I'm mad only that I lost two good friends on the court. -LUCIOUS HARRIS on the...
A-ROD HIT HARD - GETS 4 GAMES FOR BOSOX FIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are ready to fight again, but now they'll seek justice within Major League Baseball's appeals process. Suspensions were handed out yesterday resulting from Saturday's bench-clearing brawl with Boston,...
ERIC LETS METS RIDE HIS CYCLE - VALENT FEAT SINKS 'SPOS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amMets 10 - Expos 1 MONTREAL - The ball bounded down the rightfield line and into the corner. Eric Valent doesn't know what happened after that. He was too busy...
CHREBET CAUTIOUS, BUT EAGER TO PLAY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Wayne Chrebet arrived at training camp yesterday in an upbeat, but cautious, mood. Chrebet's 2003 was a nightmare as he suffered from a case of post-concussion syndrome that...
GIAMBI ISN'T ON DL, YET
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yesterday, Yankees GM Brian Cashman strongly disputed an Internet report that Jason Giambi will be out for the season. However, Cashman said Giambi would stay home for the...
CAMERON JOLTIN' FOR ]]'GEORGE'
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The line on Mike Cameron yesterday? Two homers, two superb catches, three RBIs and four runs scored. Oh, and one good-natured pregame session with a rowdy fan. In...
SOME ON TEAM PLAY THE WEIGHTING GAME
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amGIANTS NOTES ALBANY - When the Giants hit the field this morning for the first training camp practice in the Tom Coughlin era, several players will look different than they...
REYES MAY RETURN TONIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Call it semi-encouraging news on Jose Reyes. On the bad side, the Met second baseman - a.k.a., the man with New York's most important sprained right...
YANKEES UNHAPPY WITH EQUAL JUSTICE
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amJUSTICE is blind, and so, ba sically, is Bob Watson, according to his rich, famous and, he magnanimously allows, not completely innocent victim. "Anytime you get into an altercation, Major...
CHAD SEEKING NEW DEAL - SAYS TALKS WON'T DISTRACT JET CAMP
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amChad Pennington is playing the game within the game right now, but he vows not to let it become a distraction. While Pennington, who arrived with the rest of his...
NETS FILL GAPS WITH RETREADS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amForty percent of the starting lineup that produced three Atlantic Division titles and two trips to the NBA Finals is gone. But the journeymen and rookies are filling the Nets...
TRADE OLD STORY - JOHNSON'S STILL A DIAMONDBACK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amRandy Johnson got on a plane yesterday but it didn't land in New York. And as Saturday's 4 p.m. non-waivers trading deadline approaches, the Diamondbacks, Johnson and Yankees are locked...
LIBS ARE GUNNING FOR GOOD GETAWAY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Liberty's three-game winning streak means zip if they can't split this weekend's games. With the Libs sitting in a three-way tie for first place and none of the six...
TYSON OUT TO PROVE SELF
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Mike Tyson sat back in a chair here earlier this week and sounded as if, at age 38, his life was just beginning. "My future seems so much...
A-ROD HIT HARD - GETS FOUR GAMES FOR FIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are ready to fight again, but now they'll seek justice within Major League Baseball's appeals process. Suspensions were handed out yesterday resulting from Saturday's bench-clearing brawl with Boston,...
ARIZONA, UNIT IN BIG GAME OF CHICKEN
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS is the master plan the Diamondbacks want to persuade us is feasible. They keep Randy Johnson, his soon to be 41-year-old body, his arthritic knee and his $16 million...
RANDY'S STILL WITH D'BACKS - JOHNSON'S STILL A DIAMONDBACK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amRandy Johnson got on a plane yesterday but it didn't land in New York. And as Saturday's 4 p.m. non-waivers trading deadline approaches, the Diamondbacks, Johnson and Yankees are locked...
BROWN TO START TONIGHT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are still waiting to find out whether they will add Randy Johnson to their shaky rotation, but they now know they'll be getting one former All-Star back. Kevin...
LIFE'S A PITCH - CONTRERAS TRIPS AGAIN AS YANKS FALL
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amOrioles 9 - Yankees 1 Before last night's game, Joe Torre said giving the ball to Jose Contreras on three days' rest was "the sanest thing to do." If that...
YANK PEN WILL SURVIVE PRINZ FLOP
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amBret Prinz's implosion in the seventh inning last night made it clear that the Yankees are still without a dependable reliever not named Rivera, Gordon or Quantrill. But Joe Torre...
GIAMBI TAKES A SICK DAY
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi is too exhausted to come to work - but the Yankees still don't know what's wrong with him. General manager Brian Cashman said Giambi called in...
ZAMBRANO, BENSON ARE MAIN TARGETS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - With the trade deadline one day away, the Mets are strongly considering the idea of packaging prized prospect Scott Kazmir to Tampa in a deal for...
BONU$ BABY - ELI INKS 6-YEAR DEAL; READY TO FIGHT FOR JOB
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - At about noon yesterday, Eli Manning put his signature on a contract that makes him a rich young man and immediately was given some fatherly advice from Ernie...
THE A TEAM - OAKLAND'S TRIO GRAND CAN DOOM YANK DREAMS
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are built to parade down the Canyon of Heroes. But if the Oakland A's can make the playoffs, they have the cards - the aces, really - that...
THAT'S ALDRIDGE, FOLKS! - DAVID AXED BY ESPN - BUT MAY RESURFACE AT TNT
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amAfter being let go by ESPN, NBA reporter David Aldridge could be headed to TNT, according to sources. Aldridge could work as an NBA insider or as a sideline reporter...
5 QUESTIONS FOR ROBBIE KNIEVEL
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Robbie Knievel. The 42-year-old Knievel will jump his motorcycle over six planes on the USS Intrepid on Saturday night on TNT,...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: BOBBY VALENTINE VS. JOHN KRUK
July 30, 2004 | 4:00amReplacing Bobby Valentine in ESPN's Baseball Tonight studio is tougher than succeeding him in the Mets' dugout. What used to get Valentine into trouble as a manager - his lack...