August 20, 2004
WARNER EARNINGS SIGNALING IPO PLANS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amPrivately held Warner Music Group took the unusual step of publicly releasing its financial data yesterday - an apparent move to grease the wheels for an initial public offering that...
FUSE BOSS JUMPS TO COURT TV
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMarc Juris, the head of music video channel Fuse, is jumping ship to join Court TV as general manager. Juris will join Court TV on Oct. 4 and report to...
TIME WARNER WINS BIG ON GOOG
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amTime Warner is a big winner in the Google auction, thanks to its America Online unit. Time Warner has a 2 percent stake in the newly public tech company -...
LITTLE GUYS HAD GOOD SHOT IN GOOGLE IPO
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe little guys wanted a shot at getting in - and for once, it looks like they got it. While the process was far from smooth, Google's founders at least...
BOGUS PHONE MESSAGE USED TO PUMP UP STOCKS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA creative new stock scam is sweeping the country, with a sugary-sweet woman's voice leaving "wrong number" messages on answering machines and voicemails touting worthless stocks. The Securities and Exchange...
GOLDMAN GETTING $1B IN LIBERTY BONDS FOR NEW HQ
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs will build a $1.8 billion, 40-story headquarters tower in Battery Park City with the help of $1 billion in tax-exempt Liberty Bond financing, the Wall Street firm and...
GOOGLE GLITCH: BOGUS $140 TRADE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGoogle's stellar debut on the Nasdaq started with a glitch that made it seem the Internet darling shares jumped from $85 to $140 within seconds of their first trade. The...
LAZARD MOVING TOWARD OFFERING
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amLazard is taking clear steps to proceed with a plan for an initial public offering, The Post has learned. In the latest sign that the 156-year-old private partnership plans to...
GA-GA FOR GOOGLE - UP 18% ON 1ST DAY, IT'S 2ND BIGGEST 'NET IPO
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGoogle overcame months of adversity yesterday, as its new shares stormed out of the gate with an impressive gain of 18 percent in their first day of trading. The stock...
FOOT LOCKER & NIKE IN LOCK STEP
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amSome of Nike's hottest sneakers, including the Jordan 19 and Shox, are once again lining the shelves of Foot Locker stores this back-to-school season after a hiatus that stretched for...
DANCE PICK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amNEARLY MOZART: Since Louis Langree assumed artistic direction of Lincoln Center's four-week Mostly Mozart Festival, many things have changed. For one thing, the emphasis is rather less on Mozart and...
KIDS' PICK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amYOUNG DRIVERS IN THE HOT SEAT: Metro-area drivers ages 15 to 20 can sharpen their skills behind the wheel at the BMW X3 Ultimate Driving Experience Student-Driver Program, Sunday from...
ROCK PICK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amBLONDIE ROOTS: Blondie didn't earn its reputation as one of the greatest punk/pop band of New York's New Wave era in the early '70s with three chords and a pretty...
FILM PICK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00am"STELL-A-A-A-A!": The American Museum of the Moving Image honors Marlon Brando, who died July 1 at age 80, with a four-weekend retro of some of his best films. The tribute...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMORE FROM LEZ: Tribute bands are a dime a dozen these days. But Lez Zeppelin's got a good gimmick - an all-girl cover band tuned in the key of Led...
TERRIFIC JAMS AT RUSH HOUR
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amRUSH IT'S easy to slag off Rush. The Canadian band's music can be ponderous, from its dark lyric content to the epic-length songs that sometimes leave the uninitiated in a...
'CREEK' HOLDS WATER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMEAN CREEK[] (Three stars) Solid indie. Running time: 87 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sexual references, drug and alcohol use). At the First and 62nd and the Sunshine. 'MEAN Creek," a...
QUICK, CALL THE ASPCA
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amBENJI: OFF THE LEASH! [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) This dog has fleas. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG (references to child and spousal abuse). At the Empire, the...
'BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS' IN DULL OLD FLINGS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amBRIGHT YOUNG THINGS[] (Two stars) A shallow bacchanal. Running time: 106 minutes. Rated R (some drug use). At Cinema 1, 2, 3, the Chelsea and the Angelika. BRIT wit Stephen...
WITHOUT A CLUE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWITHOUT A PADDLE[] (Two stars)Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (drug content, sexual material, language). At the Loews 42nd Street, the Union Square, others. A likable trio of actors struggles...
STARR REPORT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amChanges at 'GDL' Twentieth Television is expected to announce a big shakeup today on "Good Day Live." Sources say Debbie Matenopoulos and Arthel Neville are joining "GDL" to co-anchor with...
BLITZKRIEG BOP ON 'RAMONES'
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amEND OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES[] (Three stars) Gritty rock doc. Running time: 110 minutes. Not rated (language, drug talk). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets....
LIVE POP SPREE FOR ALL
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Polyphonic Spree is the kind of madcap delight your mother would love, but Williamsburg's white-belt hipsterati are equally taken by the symphonic pop band. The Dallas-centric group, led by...
REEGE'S TV TIME REACHES HISTORIC PROPORTIONS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amIF it seems like Regis Philbin is always on TV - well, here's some validation. According to Guinness World Records, Philbin has now logged 15,188 hours before the TV cameras...
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM - B'WAY ON SALE TO EASE GOP SLUMP
August 20, 2004 | 4:00am'IT'S going to look like a hurricane whipped through here." That's how one top Broadway pro ducer describes the devastation that is about to be visited on theater box offices...
GOLDEN TOUCH - GAMES GET BOOST FROM EMERGING STARS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amNBC'S Olympic telecast may have finally found its fairy tale: back-to-back wins by U.S. gymnastic stars. Carly Patterson's gold in the all-around that turned her into the next Mary Lou...
CURING 'MONK' - AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE FINALE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00am"Monk: 'Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine' " [***] (Three stars) Tonight at 10 on USA FINALLY, it's the "Monk" episode we've waited all summer to see. After weeks of less-than-stellar...
BAD AS HELL - LATEST 'EXORCIST' A DEVIL DOG OF A MOVIE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amEXORCIST: THE BEGINNING [* 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Hopefully the end, too. Running time: 114 minutes. Rated R (strong violence, gore, disturbing images and rituals and language). At the...
CIPEL BLASTS 'SMEARS' - BLAMES JIM PAL KUSHNER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGolan Cipel came out swinging yesterday, denying he had sex with a gay New Jersey doctor and claiming he is the victim of a "monstrous, well-oiled" smear machine backed by...
WHAT PROTESTERS CAN DO FOR N.Y.
August 20, 2004 | 4:00am'Protesters won't be able to turn the Great Lawn into a free sleep-outside encampment. Why should they be able to? I can't sleep there, either.' SO we're told that hundreds...
MONDO CONDO$ - W. SIDE LEADS WAY AS PRICES SOAR 21%
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amCondo-mania is gripping Manhattan, with record prices and sales transactions. Big Apple condominium prices in the second quarter of this year shot up 21 percent over the same period a...
GOP'S 'SWITCH' HITTER - DEM SENATOR ZELL TO GIVE KEYNOTE TALK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amIt may be the Republican National Convention - but a Democrat will be delivering the keynote address at Madison Square Garden, GOP officials announced yesterday. U.S. Sen. Zell Miller -...
MIKE CARRIES TORCH FOR RENEWED ATHENS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg arrived in Athens yesterday and quickly pronounced the Olympics a success that has "dramatically transformed" that city, providing a preview of what's in store if New York wins...
JAILED FOR STABBING PROFESSOR
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA mentally disturbed Long Island man convicted of stabbing his college professor during a lecture last December was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison. Leon Kornegay, 23, stabbed his...
WOMAN SCORNED HAS NO LOVE FOR 'CROOKED' JUDGE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amFRIEDA HANIMOV, the lollapalooza of the Judge Garson trial, is very angry. She's as angry as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Frieda will take the...
KERRY CAMP FRETS OVER CAMBODIA TALE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE'S now some real angst in Democratic circles because of the growing evidence that Democrat John Kerry's claim to have a memory "seared in me" of spending Christmas 1968 in...
COP & FIRE UNIONS STRIKE AT MIKE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amPolice and fire unions set up a mock bargaining table outside City Hall yesterday and asked the mayor - who is in Athens lobbying to bring the Olympic Games to...
MUSLIM 9/11 PROBER SUES FBI BOSSES
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amAn FBI agent from Queens claimed yesterday he was the victim of a smear campaign by his bosses in Saudi Arabia after he converted to Islam two months after the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGreat-grandmother Helen Self of Missoula, Mont., went for a ride on her 95th birthday - not in her rocking chair, but on the back of her stepson's Harley, all decked...
HUMMER IMAGE-MEN MAKE SCENTS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe road-hogging, gas-guzzling Hummer - a bane to environmentalists everywhere - is about to assault your olfactory nerves. The creators of the SUV are lending their name to an "eau...
POST PRESSMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA young New York Post pressman looking forward to his engagement to his longtime girlfriend died early yesterday after losing control of his motorcycle on Staten Island. The death of...
COPS DRILL TO REIN IN RALLY ROWDIES
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMemo to protesters thinking of disrupting the Republican National Convention: The NYPD is ready for you. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly made that point yesterday morning at Floyd Bennett Field in...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amTHE state, Suffolk County and East Hampton Town are looking to buy Andy Warhol's secluded $45 million oceanside estate in Montauk for preservation, Diary hears. The intergovernmental partnership is eyeing...
LOBBY BIGS RAP BACK AT RUSSELL
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and former NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis may have beaten the state Lobbying Commission in court, but that doesn't mean they won't be fined...
TOP REBEL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF N.Y. FILMMAKER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA key aide to Shiite rebel leader Muqtada al-Sadr has asked the kidnappers of a New York journalist to release him. A group calling itself "The Martyrs Brigade" announced Wednesday...
ALCOHOL BREATH - POLS FUME AS BOOZE-MIST MACHINE DEBUTS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amDrinkers tired of massive hangovers and equally sized beer guts have reason to rejoice - the as-yet-unseen in America "Alcohol Without Liquid Machine" arrives in New York City today. But...
KENNEDY: I LANDED ON TERROR WATCH LIST
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Kennedy revealed yesterday that he was stuck in a "no fly" zone earlier this year - after his name landed on a terrorist watch list kept...
TEEN BUSTED IN GUN SLAY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teenager has been arrested for killing a young man and critically wounding another teen in a hail of bullets, authorities said yesterday. Jason Grant, 18, of East Flatbush,...
ZAGAT 'SKIRTS' LUCKY CHENG SUIT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWhat a drag. A Manhattan judge yesterday tossed out a transvestite-themed restaurant's suit over a bad review in the Zagat Survey. A lawsuit by Lucky Cheng's said the bad write-up...
THE EX FACTOR - DIVORCÉES RIP COURT STAFFERS IN GARSON SCANDAL
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amIt was the "Ex-Wives Club" yesterday at the trial of two Brooklyn court employees accused of taking bribes to steer divorce cases to disgraced Judge Gerald Garson. The two women...
OUTRAGE OVER PRIEST - B'KLYN DIOCESE BLASTED
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe Diocese of Brooklyn was harshly criticized yesterday for keeping on the job an accused child-molesting priest who allegedly went on to rape a young altar boy. "I always knew...
BRIDE BEATS CITY'S 'BIGAMY' BUNGLE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWedding bells can ring for club queen Desiree Gonzalez after a Manhattan judge divorced her from two "phantom" husbands. Gonzalez - co-owner of rap giant Jay-Z's 40/40 Club - found...
DIAMOND DISTRICT DEALERS ICED IN DRUG-CASH RING
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThree Diamond District businessmen were busted yesterday on charges of laundering $1.5 million in South American drug money. The suspects - two of whom worked out of the 13th floor...
FBI EYE ON 'SEX TAPES' - PROBES GOLAN 'THREAT'
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGolan Cipel's alleged extortion demand for millions of dollars from New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey was backed up by a threat to release embarrassing tapes and photos of him, The...
JACKO HUSH FUND - OFFERED KID COLLEGE & HOUSE: STEPDAD
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The 12-year-old who has accused Michael Jackson of molesting him was offered a college education and a house - in exchange for making a face-saving audio-...
KERRY BLASTS 'DIRTY' VET FOES
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry yesterday went ballistic at fellow Vietnam vets who claim he lied to inflate his war record - and accused them of doing the "dirty work" for...
7 BUSTED IN CIG-&-DRUG SMUGGLE RING
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amSeven people were arrested in Queens yesterday after a yearlong probe into drug and counterfeit-cigarette smuggling, authorities said. The investigation led to the recovery of stolen merchandise and illicit drugs...
CHEAPO CO. GETS FINGER - $TIFFED DIGIT-CHOP WORKER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx judge has given the thumbs-down to a company's argument that an employee who lost 3 ½ fingers in a gruesome accident didn't suffer a "grave injury." Abco Door...
SMOTHER MOTHER NABBED - 'CASHED IN' ON DEAD TOT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mom was arrested yesterday for smothering her baby with a pillow to stop her crying more than four years ago and continuing to rake in public assistance for...
RABID OTTER ATTACKS BOY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA 6-year-old boy is undergoing a series of injections after a rabid otter sunk its teeth into his arm in a pond. Ethan Pedersen of Putnam Valley was bitten and...
BID TO CHARGE JUDGE LAURA
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA state panel is moving forward with formal proceedings against the Queens judge who ordered a court officer to spirit an assault suspect out the back door of her courtroom...
ARMY CLERK BUSTED IN ID THEFT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amAn Army clerk in Brooklyn was busted yesterday on identity-theft charges after allegedly plotting to use the victim's credit, federal prosecutors announced. Jeffrey Galbreath, a civilian employee in the Army,...
RODNEY KING'S REALLY BAD RAP
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amAt least there's one rapper who has a legitimate beef with police. Rodney King, who has been in and out of jail since the 1991 beating that made him a...
PIPE-BOMB COP PLANS PSYCH PLEA
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe former city cop injured by a pipe bomb that he allegedly set off in a Midtown subway station will try to avoid jail time by pleading insanity, law-enforcement sources...
3 GEM MEN BUSTED OVER DRUG BUCKS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThree Diamond District businessmen were busted yesterday on charges of laundering $1.5 million in South American drug money. The suspects - two of whom worked out of a West 47th...
VET AIDE IN DOG STARVE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man who used to make his living working with animals was busted yesterday for killing a pit bull pup by starving him - except for a chewed-up sneaker...
BRIDE BEATS BIGAMY BOTCH
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWedding bells can ring for club queen Desiree Gonzalez - now that a Manhattan judge has divorced her from two "phantom" husbands. Gonzalez - co-owner of rap giant Jay-Z's 40/40...
UNIONS SERVE TABLE WHINE
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe police and fire unions set up a mock bargaining table outside City Hall yesterday and asked the mayor - in Athens lobbying to bring the Olympic Games to New...
BOMB COP PLANS PSYCH PLEA
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe former city cop injured by a pipe bomb that he allegedly set off in a Midtown subway station will try to avoid jail time by pleading insanity, law-enforcement sources...
LOBBY BIGS RAP BACK
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and former NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis may have beaten the state Lobbying Commission in court, but that doesn't mean they won't be fined...
ELI'S COMING ALONG
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amPanthers 27 - Giants 20 CHARLOTTE - A whole lot went wrong around him, but that did not deter Eli Manning. The rookie, making his first pro start last night,...
RALLY-CAPPER - SORE SHEFF'S BIG BAT BAILS OUT LEAKY PEN
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 13 - Twins 10 MINNEAPOLIS - Today, Gary Sheffield's left shoulder will be invaded by two spikes filled with cortisone to calm the barking in the wing. Tonight, he...
COUGHLIN FUMES AS DAYNE DROPS BY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES CHARLOTTE - Officially, Ron Dayne did not have a turnover in the third quarter. Giants coach Tom Coughlin will see it differently. Dayne not once, but twice, fumbled...
AMAZIN'S DOUBLE THEIR PLEASURE - BENSON, WRIGHT DAZZLE IN DENVER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - The way the grass is cut at Coors Field, the mound resembles a bull's-eye in the middle of a dartboard. It was pretty appropriate, as all eyes are...
MARBURY'S FINALLY GETTING THE POINT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Slowly, you can see the light come back to Stephon Marbury's eyes. You can see the swagger return to his step, the confidence return to his body language....
ELI FINDS NEW FAN: KURT'S IMPRESSED
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES CHARLOTTE - As he battles for the right to emerge as the Giants starting quarterback, Kurt Warner can't help but be impressed with how rookie Eli Manning has...
ZAMBRANO ON DL; MAY BE OUT TILL '05
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Although Victor Zambrano has apparently avoided a major injury, his next Met start may not come until 2005. A contrast MRI yesterday revealed Zambrano has a...
TORBOR'S TIME IS NOW - ROOKIE GETS RARE START
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - If you want your rookies to be level-headed, conscientious players who listen more than they talk, then you want Reggie Torbor as one of your rookies. The Giants...
ANDY'S ARMY KEEPS MARCHIN' AT THE FOOT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. AMATEUR This is how Andy Svoboda's golf dream works. The U.S. Golf Association brings its 104th national amateur championship to Winged Foot Golf Club, the 36 holes on which...
ILL WINDS DON'T HURT THE FISHING
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amLAST week's tropical depressions moved through our area with just a fraction of the ferocity that they had just a couple of days prior and subsequently did not put a...
HERE'S A TIP: SKATE AWAY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amYOU know that part about having to laugh to keep from crying? Well, what comes after that? The wildest story of the week got very little play, likely because the...
ASHADO FAVE IN 'BAMA
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With Ashado looming an odds-on favorite, a field of nine 3-year-old fillies was entered yesterday for tomorrow's Grade 1, $750,000 Alabama Stakes at a mile-and-a-quarter. Ashado, trained...
CHILD'S PLAY - U.S. YOUNGSTERS ON MEDAL QUEST
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Hurdler Allen Johnson, who was voted captain of the U.S. track and field team, was recently asked how it felt to be one of the older members of...
BIANCONE FILLY HAS THE RIGHT 'STYLE'
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In an effort to bolster the fields for the two premier stakes for 2-year-olds at the Old Spa - the Spinaway and Hopeful - the New York...
JETS' ROOKIE DB TO PLAY IT STRAIT
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe task of lining up against the Colts' all-planet wide receiver Marvin Harrison is daunting enough for anyone. Now imagine if you're an NFL rookie playing in only the second...
CARLY SWEPT UP IN GOLD RUSH - ANOTHER U.S. STAR WINS ALL-AROUND
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Even before the score flashed on the scoreboard at the OAKA Indoor Hall, Yevgeny Marchenko was reaching out his arms for Carly Patterson, wanting to wrap her in...
KRIS-TAL CLEAR - BENSON SOLID IN MET VICTORY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMets 10 - Rockies 3 DENVER - The way the grass is at Coors Field, the mound looks like the middle of a dartboard. It seems pretty appropriate, as all...
SHE COULD BE MARY LOU II
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Twenty years ago, it was another 16-year-old who jumped out of the nation's television sets, all spunk and spark with a smile that seemed to stretch from one...
MARTIN WILL BE WELL-RED
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES While Herman Edwards' coaching staff wrestles with how to get LaMont Jordan more carries this season, it'll also try this season to get more touchdowns out of the...
JONES LIKELY ON 400 RELAY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATHENS - Sue Humphrey, women's coach of the U.S. track and field team, gave strong indications yesterday that Marion Jones will run on the 4x100 relay team. When...
BOSS LIKES LOAIZA - MIGHT NOT OK TRADE TO RANGERS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - If GM Brian Cashman gets an offer he likes from the Rangers for Esteban Loaiza, there is a strong chance George Steinbrenner will nix the deal. "They have...
HALL STILL STEAMED
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Gary Hall goes for gold in the 50-meter freestyle today but he hasn't been able to put to rest his disappointment over being left off the U.S. 4x100...
WORTH THE WAIT - PEIRSOL GETS GOLD AFTER DQ REVERSAL
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - There are some universal rules in sports, unspoken rules that an athlete crosses at his or her own peril. To criticize the man in power, whether it is...
'AS GOOD AS WE'VE PLAYED' - U.S. MEN RALLY FROM 12 DOWN TO TOP AUSSIES
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMEN'S BASKETBALL: U.S. 89 - Australia 79 ATHENS - It was happening again, and you could feel the same murmur bouncing through Helliniko Indoor Arena, you could hear the same...
FOURTH GOLD FOR PHELPS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - As the laps add up, as the days wear on, as the races come one after another after another, Michael Phelps gains an even greater appreciation for the...
KAZMIR SAYS TRADE 'BEST THING' FOR HIM
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - It seems like nearly everyone in New York believes the Mets will regret trading Scott Kazmir to the Devil Rays. So what does Kazmir think? "I just think...
WILPON UNHAPPY WITH METS' SEASON
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - As the Mets teeter on the edge of mediocrity, Fred Wilpon wants more. Yesterday at the owners' meetings in Philadelphia, speaking to the media for the first time...
KARSAY GETTING CLOSE TO RETURN
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - Joe Torre still believes Steve Karsay will pitch out of his bullpen before the season ends but it won't be this weekend. Karsay, who missed last...
COUGHLIN IRED AS DAYNE DROPS BY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES CHARLOTTE - Officially, Ron Dayne did not have a turnover in the third quarter last night against the Panthers. Giants coach Tom Coughlin will see it differently. Dayne...
BOSS MIGHT CALL OFF LOAIZA DEAL
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - If GM Brian Cashman gets an offer he likes from the Rangers for Esteban Loaiza, there is a strong chance George Steinbrenner will nix the deal. "They have...
ZAMBRANO'S ON DL, COULD BE OUT TILL '05
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Although Victor Zambrano apparently has avoided a major injury, his next Met start may not come until 2005. A contrast MRI yesterday revealed Zambrano has a...
FOR AMAZIN'S, IT'S DOUBLE PLEASURE - BENSON, WRIGHT DAZZLE IN DENVER
August 20, 2004 | 4:00am1ST GAME: Mets 10 - Rockies 3 2ND GAME: Mets 4 - Rockies 2 DENVER - The way the grass is cut at Coors Field, the mound resembles a bull's-eye...
RALLY-CAPPER - BATS BAIL OUT PEN AS YANKS AVOID SWEEP
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 13 - Twins 10 MINNEAPOLIS - The Yankees' six-man rotation needs a dozen hands to bail the water it's been taking on. Now the stellar bullpen is leaking. What's...
THE 'GREAT' DEBATE - GREENE CHASING 100M GOLD - AND CARL LEWIS' LEGACY
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThe tattoo on Maurice Greene's right biceps says "GOAT." It stands for Greatest Of All Time. You can call Greene arrogant, but you will have to toss him into the...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JOE GIRARDI
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with YES analyst Joe Girardi. The 39-year-old Girardi was a part of three World Series championship teams in his four years as...
ESPN SNAPPING UP SNAPPER? - JONES COULD BE HEADED FOR NETWORK'S NBA-CASTS
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amESPN is on the verge of signing former "NBA on NBC'' game analyst Steve (Snapper) Jones, according to sources. At NBC, Jones was best known for balancing out his co-analyst...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - PAT O'BRIEN VS. JIM LAMPLEY (WHO IS A BETTER OLYMPIC HOST?)
August 20, 2004 | 4:00amWe call it the Pat O'Brien Rule. Would a sports host be watching an event if he/she weren't working it? When O'Brien hosted the NCAA Tournament, we always got the...