August 13, 2004
AMERICAN STARS SET FOR OLYMPIC AD $$ BONANZA
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amBig corporate sponsors won't have to fret that their chosen Olympic athletes will get tarnished by embarrassing situations in Athens - all jocks are under 24-hour guard. Apart from tight...
US WEEKLY UPS FREQUENCY TO 52 ISSUES (1 A WEEK)
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amJANN Wenner is taking Us Weekly to weekly frequency - and he really means it this time. Most media observers, of course, think that Wenner took the Disney/Wenner Media joint...
AP NEWS STAFF SQUEEZED TO MEET BUDGET TARGETS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe Associated Press, wading through its second year of red ink, probably won't see a profit again until fiscal 2005, Chief Executive Tom Curley told The Post. In an interview...
COLUMBIA BUYS CONDOS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amColumbia University ponied up $45.38 million for 53 luxury condominiums in the new tower at 455 Central Park West at 106th St. The deal to buy the two- and three-bedroom...
YANKS STAR, WIFE SCOUT MAD. AVE. PENTHOUSE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYankee star Alex Rodriguez and his pregnant wife have scouted apartments in a new luxury tower in Carnegie Hill. Rodriguez is on a two-week road trip and it is unclear...
MARKETS HIT NEW LOWS, OIL SPURTS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWall Street - pounded steadily from the collateral damage of oil's unrelenting highs - is digging in for a bumpy economy this autumn. Stocks tumbled for the second day as...
WAL-MART'S RIVALS TRY TO ADAPT IN FIGHT TO SURVIVE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWith the toy industry reeling from Wal-Mart's predatory pricing, executives in other areas of retailing are furiously planning ways to stay out of the path of the bully from Bentonville....
STUDIO SANDSTORM - MIRAMAX COO PREPARES TO LEAVE AMID TURMOIL
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amMiramax Chief Operating Officer Rick Sands is expected to resign from the movie studio, The Post has learned. Sands has been planning to leave for some time, and his decision...
GOOGLE IPO KICKS OFF: BIDS ARE STARTING TODAY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amLet the auction begin. Google, whose much-hyped IPO has experienced one glitch after another, will begin taking bids for the sale of its shares today. The company expects to wrap...
NEW OWNER TO DRESS UP PENTHOUSE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe Penthouse bankruptcy merry-go-round is coming to a full stop - with a new owner who'll convert the magazine to a softer title for mass market newsstands. A bankruptcy judge...
PRIMEDIA OFFLOADS 2 TRADES
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amPrimedia, burdened by $2 billion in debt, has found a strategic partner to help it offload two small trade magazines. Folio and Circulation Management are being thrown into a joint...
STARR REPORT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00am'Shows' duke it out The folks over at CBS' "Late Show" are crowing over their numbers for last week - which put them the closest they've been to first- run...
ROCK PICK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amDEAD-ON KILLERS: With a homicidal moniker and Sin City roots, the Killers' music ought to be more sinister than their pop/rock style reveals. The quartet, whose "Hot Fuss" CD has...
KIDS' PICK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amHELLO KITTY DAY: There will be a celebration Sunday at Shea Stadium for Hello Kitty's 30th birthday. Meet Hello Kitty at 11 a.m. as she arrives on the field with...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amOLDIES BUT GOODIES: "The (Not So) Great American Song book: All the Songs You Know You Love But Would Never Dare Admit It" is a long title for free concert...
DANCE PICK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO TREAT: It was in 1994 that Michael Smuin, the former director of the San Francisco Ballet and Tony Award-winning Broadway choreographer and director, founded his own breakaway dance...
FILM PICK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amFAMILY VALUES: Forget French cinema, it's so last century. The hottest movies these days come from Asia, and some of the hottest Asian films come from South Korea. You'll under...
NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYU-GI-OH! THE MOVIE [Zero stars] Exploitative rubbish. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG (scary combat and monster images). At the AMC Empire, the Loews 84th Street, the Magic Johnson Theatres,...
HURT WIVES' CLUB
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE[ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) An actor's showcase. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated R (sex, profanity). At the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, the 19th...
MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC [] (Two stars) THE name Tom Dowd probably doesn't ring a bell, but the musical artists he worked with as engineer and producer...
TIME FOR VOICES OFF
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE bittersweet end is near for Guided By Voices, the Dayton, Ohio, pop-rock out fit captained by songwriter and ex-schoolteacher Robert Pollard for more than two decades. At the end...
'DREAM' SONG - DVD FEATURES FULL PERFORMANCES
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amEXPANDED versions of the musical performances featured each week on "American Dreams" are among the bonuses being offered on the NBC show's first DVD release. "American Dreams: Season One -...
NO LOVE IN RATINGS FOR 'MCENROE'
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHE numbers for John McEnroe's month-old CNBC talk show are ugly - but network officials insist they're not ready to bail out just yet. "We're taking a long-term view," said...
'REAL WORLD' ENDS IN PHILLY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00am'THE Real World" is checking out of Philadelphia. "The Real World: Philadelphia," is wrapping production after spending three-and-a-half months in the City of Brotherly Love, notwithstanding a side trip to...
SIZEMORE ARRESTED AGAIN
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTROUBLED actor Tom Sizemore is in trouble - again. Sizemore, who recently wrapped a starring role as Pete Rose in ESPN's "Hustle" - and is slated to co-star in the...
BUMMERTIME - HOLLYWOOD WINDING UP A SLACK SEASON; SUMMER BIZ OUT WITH A WHIMPER
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE may be four weekends between now and Labor Day, but as far as Hollywood is concerned, this summer is all but over - and it's time to declare the...
BETTER THINK TWICE - DYLAN KNOCKIN' ON BROADWAY'S DOOR
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTWYLA Tharp, who scored a triumph last season with "Movin' Out," that great contemporary ballet set to the music of Billy Joel, has been meeting with another fabled songwriter -...
OUT 'TOON PASTURE - ADOPTING DISCARDED 'IMAGINARY FRIENDS'
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amDID you ever wonder what the heck hap pened to all those imaginary friends of your childhood? Did they just disappear into the ethers? Did they run away and take...
N.J. GOVERNOR RESIGNS OVER GAY AFFAIR WITH AIDE IN $5M BLACKMAIL FLAP
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNew Jersey Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey stunned the nation yesterday by announcing he is resigning because he is gay and had an extramarital affair with a man who aides said...
MARINES NAIL UNHOLY THUG - SADR WOUNDED IN ASSAULT ON NAJAF
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amRadical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was wounded during an assault by U.S. forces early this morning, but remained holed up in a shrine in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf, his...
KILLER ELEVATOR - MAN DEAD IN FREAK TIMES SQ. MISHAP
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA freak accident in a Times Square building sent a freight elevator skyrocketing up and slamming into the top of the shaft, instantly killing the car's operator and shaking the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA man accused of killing two people when his speeding pickup truck smashed into another vehicle was acquitted of murder by a jury in Kenai, Alaska. That's because while prosecutors...
GOV TO VETO BUDGET ITEMS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday said he will veto parts of the just-passed $101 billion state budget, expressing "very profound concerns" about overspending. Pataki said he's worried the record-late spending...
VEEP MOCKS DEM KERRY'S 'SENSITIVE' APPROACH
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House continued yesterday to rip into John Kerry's position on Iraq, with Veep Dick Cheney yucking it up over Kerry's claim of fighting a "sensitive" war...
MARINES GIVE FOE HOLY HELL - TAKE NAJAF AS SADR'S THUGS COWER IN SHRINE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. Marines, backed by tanks and aircraft, seized the heart of the holy Iraqi city of Najaf yesterday in a major assault on Shiite rebels as American troops stormed the...
1ST DAUGHTERS PARTY ON
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA who's who of political "first daughters" will close out the Republican convention with a bang - hosting a late-night bash at one of the city's swankiest locales, The Post...
PROTESTERS SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WILL SOON BE ABLE TO FIND IT ON THE GOVERNMENT WEB SITE ...
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amProtesters seeking information about the Republican convention will soon be able to find it on the government Web site of the City Council. The "New Yorkers guide to riding out...
WISEGUY WAS A REAL MORON
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amSONNY GRASSO said: "I hope it's the last collar I ever make." Sonny is the veteran retired cop who was once the other half of Detective Eddie Egan. The late...
CHURCH MOM GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old New Jersey girl with a digestive disorder had her First Communion declared invalid because her wafer contained no wheat - and now her mom is vowing to take...
DAD'S UTTER SHOCK - NUMBED BY DEATH OF HIS GIRL IN STORM
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Bruce Berenson first heard that two young lovers had been electrocuted in Wednesday's violent thunderstorm, he was horrified at news of the tragedy - and had no idea his...
DISBARRED LAWYER ROBBED THE CRADLE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan lawyer was disbarred yesterday for taking $6,000 from a trust fund for a baby kidnapped from Harlem Hospital in 1987. The little girl, Carlina White-Tyson, has never been...
YEARLONG WOE OF WEST NILE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA new study shows it takes most people who suffer from severe West Nile virus more than a year to recover. Doctors had always thought the recovery process was quicker,...
'ANTI-MUSLIM' BIZMAN SLUGS CABBY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe owner of a lower Manhattan bar that's been struggling since 9/11 was arrested for punching out a cabby he thought was Muslim, law-enforcement sources said. Brian Lydon, owner of...
SMOG BILLS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amIn its bid to reduce asthma infections citywide, the City Council is moving forward with a slew of clean air bills geared at reducing pollution caused by emissions from cars...
FRIGHTENED BY HIS OWN BRAZEN LIES
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The Iceman sweateth. For the first time in his courtroom experience, Scott Peterson lost his easy swagger. The color drained from the smooth sociopath's face. His...
PROSECUTORS BID TO HALT S.I. FERRY SUITS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors have asked a judge to put the brakes on all lawsuits related to the fatal Staten Island Ferry crash until criminal charges against two supervisors can be resolved....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A fingerprint lifted from a beer bottle led to the arrest of a Bay Ridge man who robbed a store at gunpoint in July, authorities said yesterday. Police...
TRUCK-DRAG HORROR
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA 5-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was forced to have an emergency Caesarian section after they walked into a truck on a Staten Island street yesterday, authorities...
KOBE JUDGE 'FOUL' - ACCUSER'S DAD RIPS HIM AS BIASED
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe father of Kobe Bryant's accuser has lashed out at the judge in the rape case, blasting him for favoring the NBA superstar. "Your most recent behavior is so harmful...
COURT ESCAPEE IN REHAB BUST
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe accused robber and drug dealer whose escape in June from Justice Laura Blackburne's Queens courtroom sparked outrage will spend a week in jail after fighting at his drug-treatment center....
GOP'D OFF OVER RUDY BLACKOUT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amRepublican National Convention organizers are fuming that network TV won't broadcast former Mayor Rudy Giuliani during his prime-time speech on the gathering's opening night. The networks are airing only three...
EX-RIKERS BIG'S JAILHOUSE SHOCK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe former boss of Rikers Island was indicted yesterday on charges he forced his employees to work on political campaigns and stole more than $60,000 from Gov. Pataki's 2002 re-election...
JUDGE GOES EASY ON 'GENTLE' WISEGUY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA hulking mob enforcer known as "The Lump" landed a sentencing break - and a new nickname - from a federal judge, who dubbed him a "gentle giant." Richard Bondi,...
EVIL SERIAL KILLER NAILED FOR VICIOUS 1994 RAPE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00am"Shut up and take it like a woman," serial killer rapist Arohn Kee would tell his screaming teenaged victims. "You're lucky to be getting raped by such a good looking...
BILLION-$ PRINCE IN ROYAL SNIT OVER NAME-DROP
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA billionaire German prince has launched a battle royale in Manhattan federal court, charging that a "distant" cousin has illegally traded on the family name with firms based in New...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amJUNE SPIRER's Southampton restaurant, 75 Main, has lost its executive chef, sous-chef, a line chef and its front-of-house manager after they quit - fed up with alleged chaotic work conditions...
JAYSON JURY RACE FUROR
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amLawyers for Jayson Williams yesterday accused New Jersey prosecutors of trying to keep blacks off the jury at the ex-NBA star's upcoming manslaughter retrial. "What is painfully obvious is that...
JUST CHOKEY DOKEY - COURT 'OKS' SEX STUNT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA man who died while strangling himself for sexual gratification didn't mean to take his life in his own hands, a federal appeals court ruled. In a 2-1 decision, the...
BRONX TALE: POL'S GAL PAL ON THE PAYROLL - PULLING DOWN 60G AS PLANNER
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amBronx state Sen. Efrain Gonzalez has placed a longtime partner in a $60,000-a-year job as a legislative aide and has also paid her thousands of dollars to work in his...
SLAIN GRANNY'S 'LOUSE' GUEST - SCUM MADE HIMSELF AT HOME: COPS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe homeless man accused of killing a Queens grandmother last week bound and gagged her - and then sat around her house for three hours, helping himself to a cheese...
CORZINE ODDS-ON DEM FAVE TO STEP IN
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amSen. John Corzine, the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, quickly emerged last night as the likely Democratic candidate to run to replace New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey next year. The...
GAYS FEEL PRIDE & ANGUISH
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Jim McGreevey's "coming out" announcement was a watershed moment, leaders of gay and lesbian groups - and one openly gay congressman - said yesterday. "Ultimately, an announcement like that...
MERCER INKS DEAL WITH NETS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe Nets officially announced the signing of Ron Mercer yesterday and GM Ed Stefanski said the newest Net would most likely fill the open starting shooting guard spot. "He will...
'REGULAR GUY' GUISE - DOUBLE-LIFE JIM CRAFTED IMAGE AS FAMILY MAN
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amFormer altar boy Jim McGreevey, who went from a New Jersey working-class town to the governor's mansion, was blessed with a clean-cut image, Ivy League credentials and a driven campaign...
A NOT-SO-NORMAL MARRIAGE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThey wed on the roof of the elegant Hays-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C., four years ago - in a merger ripe with political hope. Some took the setting - with...
NEW JERSEY GOV ADMITS GAY AFFAIR IN BOMBSHELL RESIGNATION
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNew Jersey Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey stunned the nation yesterday by announcing that he is resigning because he is gay and had an extramarital affair with a man. "My truth...
GOV'S EX-TERROR ADVISER IS SET TO LAUNCH SEAMY SEX SUIT IN NEW SHOCK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA devout Roman Catholic, Jim McGreevey is a married father of two and an ambitious politician who became governor of New Jersey. Golan Cipel, 12 years McGreevey's junior, is a...
QNS. NURSING-HOME PATIENT GOES MISSING
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA patient at the Queens nursing home where a 79-year-old Alzheimer's patient froze to death in February was missing yes terday after he disap peared during a routine trip to...
TRUCK-HIT HORROR FOR MOM, SON
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA 5-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was forced to have an emergency Caesarian section after they walked into a truck on a Staten Island street yesterday, authorities...
CITY LOOKS TO CLEAR THE AIR
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amIn its bid to reduce asthma infections citywide, the City Council is moving forward with a slew of clean air bills geared at reducing pollution caused by emissions from cars...
RAO'S SHOOTER TAKES LUMPS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amLooking a shell of his former low-level gangster self, Louis "Lump Lump" Barone was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting another reputed mobster who was insulting...
THE REAL PROBLEM - FOLKS SHOULD REMEMBER GOV FOR FAILING TO HANDLE NJ'S NEEDS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amJIM McGreevey's resignation yesterday is sure to be held up by the gay-rights movement as an example of what happens in a society that frowns on homosexuality: The governor feared...
POST HELPS CATCH QNS. 'RAPE FIEND'
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint inside her Queens home - when cops were tipped by a reader who spotted his picture in The...
GOV'S LOVER WAS SUAVE POET AND TERROR 'ADVISER'
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThey made strange bedfellows. A devout Roman Catholic and former altar boy, Jim McGreevey is a married father of two and an ambitious politician who became governor of New Jersey....
1ST DAUGHTERS 'PARTY' ON
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA Who's Who of political first daughters will close out the Republican convention with a bang - hosting a late-night bash at one of the city's swankiest locales, The Post...
W. BACKS 'MISSION' FLAG
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush last night defended his decision to celebrate "Mission Accomplished" aboard the USS Lincoln, claiming he agreed to the rally to thank the military. Bush also took...
KILLER IS NAILED '94 RAPE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00am"Shut up and take it like a woman," serial killer rapist Arohn Kee would tell his screaming teenaged victims. "You're lucky to be getting raped by such a good looking...
LAWYER 'ROBS' CRADLE - INFANT TRUST FUND LOOTED
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan lawyer was disbarred yesterday for taking $6,000 from a trust fund for a baby kidnapped from Harlem Hospital in 1987. The little girl, Carlina White-Tyson, has never been...
VETERAN OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET POL: 'IT'S HELPFUL TO ALL OF US'
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Jim McGreevey's "coming out" announcement was a watershed moment, leaders of gay and lesbian groups - and one openly gay congressman - said yesterday. "Ultimately, an announcement like that...
'EL' OF A STEAL - YANKS KEEP REAPING DIVIDENDS AS CASTOFF HERNANDEZ WINS FIFTH
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Rangers 1 ARLINGTON - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez was available to every major league team. Coming off shoulder surgery that cost him last season his price was...
SHOCKEY SAYS HE'S ON SOLID FOOTING
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES A day after he participated in practice for the first time this training camp, tight end Jeremy Shockey yesterday reported he felt only normal soreness in his right...
HURTING PETTITTE GETS NO DECISION
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amEverything the Yankees miss about Andy Pettitte was on display yesterday, right there on the mound at Shea for all to see. There was the bulldog mentality, the ability to...
IT'S HARDLY A CALM BEFORE THE STORMS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE is a couple on their way up from Florida that might have a lot to say about fishing over the next few days. Bonnie and Charley - they're two...
METS HOT FOR CUBAN STANDOUT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets are one of a handful of teams that have expressed the most interest so far in Cuban star Kendry Morales. David Valdes, the attorney for the...
U.S. AGAINST THEM - AMERICANS LOOKING TO WIN FANS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Eight abreast they will march into Olympic Stadium tonight for the opening ceremony of the Athens Games, loud and proud and clad in the most beautiful combination of...
COUGHLIN COMES HOME
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNot one to reflect on his personal stake in all this - at least not publicly - Tom Coughlin neatly sidestepped recent inquiries wondering how he feels about making his...
DOPING AGENCY RIPS U.S. TRACK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNOTES ATHENS - So much for that Olympic spirit. On the eve of tonight's opening ceremony, Dick Pound, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), slammed U.S. track officials and...
TOO CANDID ON CAMERA ; KEITH MAY FIND HONESTY NOT ALWAYS BEST POLICY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S one of those beauti ful but ugly TV ironies. The value of Keith Hernandez as a Mets broadcaster lies in his raw honesty. And if he doesn't purge that...
TORCH LIGHTS FIRE OF OLYMPIC SPIRIT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The clapping began a few minutes be fore anyone could actually see the flame, but that was OK, because the people gathered on this rocky hillside were of...
BRACE YOURSELF: REYES HOBBLED AGAIN
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amAs he sat in front of his locker, Jose Reyes' newest footwear was on display. It wasn't a new pair of Nikes. One day after Reyes didn't start because of...
HAIL TO THE VICTOR - ZAMBRANO STIFLES 'STROS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amMets 2 - Astros 1 It may turn out to be savvy, or it may turn out to be silly. But the fact is, this is why the Mets traded...
ISLANDERS RE-SIGN NIINIMAA
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amJanne Niinimaa and the Islanders avoided arbitration yesterday when it was announced the defenseman was re-signed to a three-year contract. Niinimaa was scheduled to have his arbitration hearing today, but...
N.Y. FENCER GETS SMART
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - A year ago Keeth Smart made history, becoming the first American fencer to hold the No. 1 ranking in the world. He called it one of his greatest...
TINY WARREN PACKS BIG PUNCH
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Steven Williams figured the gym might keep his kid brother out of trouble, and as trouble was all too easy to find on the rough Cincinnati streets where...
KAZ NEEDS SECOND CHANCE
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amKAZ Matsui was going to be a second baseman in New York. That is what the Yankees believe privately. They were aware of the Mets' maneuvering via Fred Wilpon's son,...
TIGER FACES BATTLE TO MAKE CUT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - The marquee threesome of the first round of the PGA Championship featured Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, and John Daly. Singh did his part with a first-round 5-under...
GLAVINE SORE BUT RELIEVED
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe odd thing was, even standing in Art Howe's office yesterday with a stitched-up chin and two teeth missing, Tom Glavine looked relaxed. Maybe it was the sunglasses resting atop...
OL' MAN HAAS LOOKS LIKE RYDER ON STORM
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amPGA NOTES HAVEN, Wis. - Jay Haas wants to be the first Champions' Tour player to make a U.S. Ryder Cup team, but he'd rather earn his way on the...
HEADING HOME - SEATTLE RETURN HAS OLERUD CONSIDERING FUTURE WITH YANKS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00am"It comes as a shock when you do get released but the way I was playing I kind of understand it." - JOHN OLERUD ARLINGTON - On the eve of...
ALLAN WELCOMES CRAWFORD
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amA still-rehabbing Allan Houston extended an olive branch to the new young stud on the block, Jamal Crawford, heading off a potential controversy over playing time. Houston, who plans to...
CALLING OUT THE UMPIRE - NO COMMENT ON DEREK DISS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - The Yankees haven't ruled out filing a complaint with MLB against umpire Angel Hernandez after his vulgar diatribe against Derek Jeter following Wednesday night's game. "I...
GIAMBI: I'M NOT ON RADIATION
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amTAMPA - In a Post exclusive, Jason Giambi indicated he isn't undergoing radiation treatment for his benign tumor. The Yankee slugger's health situation remains shrouded in mystery, even after a...
STRAIT SHOOTER - CLARKE'S MAKIN' IT LOOK EASY
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - It was a gift as unexpected and welcomed as a member's bounce. Golfers arrived at Whistling Straits yesterday for the first round of the 86th PGA Championship...
BOLLINGER GETS HIS SHOT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS - Finally, the Jets will have a chance to truly evaluate players at game speed and begin to find answers to the litany of questions that beg them....
VILMA MAY START
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amJETS NOTES NEW ORLEANS - Don't rule out No. 1 draft pick Jonathan Vilma making his first NFL start tonight against the Saints. Even if he doesn't start, Vilma will...
CALLING OUT THE UMP - DEREK-DISS COMPLAINT NOT RULED OUT
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - The Yankees haven't ruled out filing a complaint with MLB against umpire Angel Hernandez after his vulgar diatribe against Derek Jeter following Wednesday night's game. "I...
DEVILS SIGN RAFALSKI; NIEDERMAYER ON DECK
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThe Devils agreed to terms with Brian Rafalski yesterday and are likely to wrap up their arbitration business today with Scott Niedermayer's award. Rafalski is believed to have agreed to...
'EL' OF A STEAL - CAIRO SLAM HELPS DUQUE GO TO 5-0
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Rangers 1 ARLINGTON - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez was available to all 30 major league teams. Coming off shoulder surgery that cost him all of last season,...
HERE HE COMES! - AMERICA'S PHELPS TAKES AIM AT 8 GOLDS
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amNBC Olympic swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines is a three-time gold medalist - but when he shook Michael Phelps' hand this week he felt like a teeny-bopper meeting Justin Timberlake. "I...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DICK EBERSOL
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, "NYP TV Sports'" Andrew Marchand spoke with NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol. Ebersol, 57, is overseeing all of NBC's Olympic coverage. Q: What is success for NBC? A:...
ABC CAN'T PHIL ROLE - JACKSON DECIDES TO PASS ON JOB AS NBA ANALYST
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amABC Sports, thinking big again, had serious talks with the agent for Phil Jackson about becoming the network's lead NBA analyst. As was the case last year with Michael Jordan,...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - BOB COSTAS VS. KATIE COURIC (WHO IS A BETTER OLYMPIC HOST?)
August 13, 2004 | 4:00amIt is not all Katie Couric's fault. There are few who move from news to sports without falling down a notch. Couric is no different. Perky as a cup of...