October 6, 2004
JON STEWART, PARIS HILTON ARE HOT AT FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amIF there's a lesson to be learned from the international publishing 101 course that is the Frankfurt book fair, it is that what sells here does not necessarily sell there....
'OUTSOURCING JOBS' EXPO HITS NYC
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amBusinesses from the Czech Republic, Argentina, Romania and Dubai flooded the TechXNY show at the Javits Center this week to lure U.S. jobs overseas. The show, formerly the PC Expo,...
LERNER'S ADS ARE PROBED BY NASD
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe National Association of Securities Dealers is expected to slam New York-based broker David Lerner Associates for hyping its investors' returns in radio ads and seminars, The Post has learned....
NEW GIFT MART IS GETTING UNWRAPPED ON W. 34TH ST.
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amNEW York's Gift Mart will be moving to 34th Street from its current home at 225 Fifth Avenue. This morning, Vornado Realty Trust Chairman Steve Roth, along with Chris Kennedy,...
WEATHER BEATEN; HURRICANES, $51 OIL CREATE ENERGY SQUEEZE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe combination of an early frost and hurricane-shuttered refineries pushed energy prices through the roof yesterday, straining the economy's recovery. Crude and home heating oil hit new highs yesterday after...
MAG MOVES MOUNTAINS: MEN'S JOURNAL 'IMPROVES' COVER OF NOVEMBER ISSUE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amNEVER let it be said that Jann Wenner won't try to move mountains for his editors - though journalistic purists may be shocked by the manuever. In the November issue...
HOLLINGER TAKING $27M CHARGE IN ADS SETTLEMENT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amHollinger International will set aside $27 million to settle with advertisers after an internal probe found inflated circulation at the Chicago Sun-Times and three other papers. Hollinger said the Sun-Times...
BARBIE BATTLES BACK
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amFashion has in recent seasons embraced a more classic look, a trend that some analysts say could be good news for a once-fashionable gal who has recently seemed out of...
SOROS PASSING TORCH TO 2 SONS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amAt 74, philanthropist and left-leaning billionaire George Soros is finally handing over his $12.8 billion money management empire to his two sons, also activists like him. The elder Soros, who...
LAZARD IPO NEEDS MORE TIME
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amBruce Wasserstein will have to wait a few more days until his plan for an initial public offering of Lazard is sealed, sources said. Although plans are on course for...
A FULL HOUSE OF HIGH-STAKES SUSPENSE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE CARD PLAYER ½ (two and one half stars) Serial killer terrifies Rome.Running time: 96 minutes. Not rated (gore, violence). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and Third...
FANTASTIC VOYAGE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTARNATION (four stars) Don't miss it.Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (sex, profanity). At Film Forum, Houston and Varick streets. JONATHAN Caouette's triumph over his har rowing childhood and adolescence...
THAI-FALUTIN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amKITTICHAI (two stars) 60 THOMPSON ST. (AT BROOME STREET) (212) 219-2000 'DID you say three? We have you down as a party of eight," Kitti chai's flum moxed phone reservationist...
CHARLOTTE'S WEB FEST AS GOOD AS IT GETS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amGOOD CHARLOTTE THERE are few bands in rock as young and poised in front of an audience as the Good Charlotte boys. At Webster Hall on Monday, to mark the...
BOSS IN A VOICE VOTE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Boss is back. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will bring the Vote for Change concert to Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. on Oct. 13. John...
ON THE SIDE; CHEFS GIVE '21' SKIDDOO
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amERICK Blauberg, execu tive chef of '21', has left the venerable eatery after eight years. Officials at the restaurant were mum about the circumstances concerning Blauberg's sudden departure. But sources...
'POPPINS' FRESH ; MACKINTOSH, DISNEY HOPE FOR MAGIC WITH NANNY TALE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amLONDON - Now that the verdict (a decidedly mixed one) is in on An drew Lloyd Webber's new musical "The Woman in White" - theater people have shifted their attention...
CARTE BEFORE COURSE; EXPERTS: HOW TO DECODE DINNER MENUS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amYOU'D be surprised how much sweat goes into creating a menu. "I've never been able to do it in less than 40 meetings," says restaurateur Danny Meyer, whose Union Square...
'TAXI' DRIVEL - THERE'S NOT A LAUGH TO BE HAD IN FALLON'S FIASCO
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTAXI Half a star Hack work. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language, sensuality and brief violence). At the UA Union Square, the Loews 84th Street, others. THE laugh-free, geographically...
STARR REPORT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amEllen DeGeneres helped raise over $15,000 for The American Red Cross and Noah's Wish by auctioning off a one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kid in her likeness. The Cab bage Patch Kid...
JAY-STALKING - DAVE FREAKS OUT OVER RIVAL'S RETIREMENT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amBITTER David Letterman has stepped up his attacks on Jay Leno in the wake of NBC's announcement that Leno will be replaced by Conan O'Brien in five years. Ever since...
RATHER PANEL AFTER VOTE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE probe of Dan Rather's memo scandal may not be completed until after the November elections, Viacom co-president Les Moonves said yesterday. "Obviously, it should be done probably after the...
BOY CRAZY - UPDATING 'MY SO-CALLED LIFE'
October 6, 2004 | 4:00am"LIFE AS WE KNOW IT" Tomorrow night at 9 on ABC/Ch. 7 * * * (three stars) 'LIFE As We Know It," ABC's new teen angst drama, has so much...
FEAST YOUR EYES - THE 'OFF THE MAIN' EXHIBIT HITS TOWN, SHOWCASING CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY LATINO ARTWORK
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe art scene is supposed to stay ahead of the trends, but when it comes to Latino culture, the world of dealers and galleries hasn't always kept pace. That's all...
BUSH'S MAN SHOWS BOSS HOW IT'S DONE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Once again, Vice President Cheney showed his boss how to debate - same as 2000, when he helped turn around momentum in the campaign. Cheney looked calm and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA drug raid turned into a bug raid in Connecticut when narcotics cops burst into an apartment to find it crawling with hundreds of cockroaches. Shelton police said the drug...
CHENEY COMES OUT SWINGING - SLAMS DEM FOES FOR CAVING IN TO ANTI-WAR DEAN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Vice President Dick Cheney in his debate with John Edwards last night ripped the Democratic ticket as too weak to confront al Qaeda because they couldn't even stand...
EX-COP DUG UP LOTS ON MAFIA
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amIT was the NYPD's "Gangland Hit Team," headed by legendary cop Joe Coffey, who brought Alfonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato back into the sunlight. "He was only dead a short time,"...
KILLER 'MONSTER' GETS 20 YEARS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man erupted in rage yesterday at the paroled ex-con who beat and stabbed his brother to death, calling the killer a monster as a Queens judge handed him...
B'KLYN GETS ANTI-TERROR SUBWAY CAMS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amSurveillance cameras will be installed at nine subway stations on the D, F and N lines in Brooklyn in an effort to "create a first line of defense" against a...
GRANDPA RETURNS IRISH GAL'S GREEN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Joe D'Angelo found a wallet bulging with more than $700 in cash on a Manhattan street, the Queens granddad wouldn't give up until he found its rightful owner -...
GRAFFITI BOMBS; B'KLYNITESBLAST NEW 'TERROR' ART
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA sinister-looking symbol spray-painted around a Brooklyn neighborhood has terrified many residents - who are convinced it's a secret signal that a new terror strike is imminent. An unrepentant graffiti...
JAIL COPS GRAB PELOSI PAPERS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amPolice have searched Danny Pelosi's jail cell and confiscated the accused killer's letters and notes as well as piles of defense documents, sources said. A search warrant was executed at...
TERROR BUSTS HIT U.N. - ISRAEL TO INDICT 13 PALESTINIAN STAFFERS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In a stunning development, Israel revealed yesterday it has arrested 13 Palestinians working for the United Nations and plans to indict them for "suspected links to terrorism." A...
CROOKED POL IS TRIPPED UP
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The former head of the state Bridge Authority - the father-in-law to a top political consultant to Gov. Pataki - pleaded guilty yesterday to using his taxpayer-funded travel...
E-ZER TRANSIT PASSES DUE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCall it an E-ZPass for straphangers. The MTA should upgrade its MetroCard system to include "smart cards" - with technology similar to motorists' toll-collection passes- that would allow riders to...
CLERICS JAILED FOR SICK 'HEALING' RITE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe pastor and deacon of a Brooklyn church heard from their slash-and-burn victim once again yesterday, before a judge jailed them for the bizarre healing ritual. The Rev. Junior Mitchell...
MISSILE TAKES OUT TOP KILLER IN GAZA
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday assassinated the Gaza Strip commander of the terrorist Islamic Jihad group and three other militants, officials said. Bashir Dabash and his bodyguard died instantly when a...
DEAD GI'S MOM'S OWN TRAGIC DEATH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amAn Arizona woman died last week of a "broken heart" after seeing the body of her son, who had been killed in Iraq, friends said. Karen Unruh-Wahrer, 45, had checked...
MURDERED AIDS MAN MAY HAVE KNOWN KILLER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe monster who bludgeoned a frail, Harlem AIDS patient to death may have known his victim, police sources said yesterday. Eugene Pittman - who was in the late stages of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A 60-year-old man was found shot to death while sitting inside his car near his home in the Bruckner section last night, cops said. Donald Payden was...
KERRY: PREZ'S IRAQ MAN ADMITS GOOF
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry ripped President Bush yesterday for making a "long list of mistakes" in Iraq after a stunning new claim by the former U.S. administrator in Iraq that...
OUTRAGE OVER 'SYMPATHETIC' TV TERRORISTS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWarning to Showtime: Don't you dare portray terrorists who are trying to destroy America in a sympathetic light. That was the word from politicians and advocacy groups yesterday as they...
'GUY' BILL WOULD NIX CROOK-POL PENSIONS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A state senator has introduced a bill to block the pensions for elected officials like Guy Velella who are convicted of felonies related to their public duties. "I...
FEDS BUST UP $1B PHONE SCAM
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe feds have busted more than 100 con artists in the U.S. and 35 fraudsters overseas in a massive crackdown on telemarketing fraud, halting $1 billion worth of scams targeting...
TRUMP'S TV 'TOWER' - MOGUL EYES OWN 'DYNASTY'-TYPE SOAP
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amOne is not enough - The Donald wants another TV show. "Apprentice" megastar Donald Trump is pitching a new nighttime soap that would feature conniving and canoodling denizens of Trump...
BRONX BOZOS GIVE A HAIL TO THE THIEF
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amSOME folks in The Bronx like an old-fashioned kind of leader. One who's greedy as an heiress, crooked as a con man, and whiny as a 2-year-old. Hard to believe....
BROUGHT TO JAIL BY THE LETTERS S, E AND X
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA former "Sesame Street" animator trawled cyberspace for teen girls under the name "Roy L. Pain" - and admitted to having a 13-year-old lover before he was busted, authorities said...
WATER FEAR ON TAP - EPA SLAMS CITY'S 'DODGE' ON TESTING
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amNew York hasn't fully disclosed results of its drinking-water testing, raising the specter that the city's tap water carries dangerous levels of poisonous lead, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday....
HAYSEED MIKE WELCOMES COUNTRY GALA
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA funny-looking urban cowboy rode into town yesterday - one who closely resembled Mayor Bloomberg - to announce that the Country Music Awards would head north from Nashville to the...
NEW BEER WILL HAVE KICK LIKE 'BULL'
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amNothing like getting drunk and hyper. Brewmaster Anheuser-Busch is tapping into the energy-drink craze fueled by Red Bull with a new caffeine- and ginseng-laced beer dubbed "B-to-the-E." The fruity-smelling beer...
IBM TO UPGRADE CITY COLLEGE TECH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amComputer science at City College is getting a digital makeover from IBM. The college will announce today the computer giant will upgrade its curriculum, tutor its faculty and donate software...
CITY FEAR OVER BRIT MASS FLU-SHOT BLOCK
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe city Health Department said it is "deeply concerned" after a British-based vaccine manufacturer - which provides half of America's supplies - was ordered to cease production by authorities in...
NO PAROLE FOR 'BIZARRE, MORALLY CORRUPT' LENNON KILLER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - John Lennon's killer was denied parole yesterday for a third time - just four days before what would have been the legendary Beatle's 64th birthday. A three-person parole...
CHILD-ABUSE PROBE OF MOMSTERS' OTHER TOTS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has launched an investigation into whether the two siblings of slain tot Yovany Tellez Jr. were abused, authorities said yesterday. The chilling possibility was raised in Family Court...
SEX ABUSER STALKED S.I. GIRL: WITNESS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amConvicted kidnapper and child molester Andre Rand was lurking around the corner, peering at 7-year Holly Ann Hughes as she skated, walked her dog and played near her apartment the...
JUDGE KEEPS 'JUNIOR' IN PEN FOR SLIWA CASE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that John "Junior" Gotti must remain in prison pending trial for allegedly ordering the attempted rubout of radio host Curtis Sliwa. Gotti, the son of...
TEEN-MOM TRAGEDY - GAL SAYS EX-BEAU'S BEATING MADE HER MISCARRY
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA pregnant Brooklyn mom who was brutally beaten with a car stereo by her ex-boyfriend claimed yesterday she lost her unborn child as a result of the vicious attack. Wendalyn...
VERIZON RANG $$ ALARM
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amVerizon blew the whistle on its own employees when it learned they paid for dinners and golf outings for cops involved in a new city telecommunications contract, according to NYPD...
'MIND' GAMES VS. GOP - EDWARDS: BUSH VOTERS NUTS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - President Bush's team jumped all over Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards yesterday for claiming anyone backing Bush is nuts. Edwards touched off the flap when ABC's "Nightline"...
HEAT'S ON STUDENT IN GUN BUST
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA student who attends a Brooklyn high school for aspiring cops and lawyers needs to study harder - he was hiding a 9mm semiautomatic in his locker, cops said. Officials...
DADDY DIDDY'S A $$ 'DEADBEAT' - HIP-HOP BIG OWES SON COOL 398G IN SUPPORT: LAWYER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amHip-hop mogul Sean Combs is a deadbeat Puff Diddy, his ex-girlfriend's lawyer charged yesterday. Combs hasn't paid Misa Hylton-Brim the court-ordered $35,000-a- month child support for their 11-year-old son since...
SADDAM'S SLICK PLOT - SKIMMED FOOD $$ FOR WMDS: SHOCK REPORT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein illegally funneled cash skimmed from the U.N. oil-for-food humanitarian program to a devil's workshop of his WMD scientists, The Post has learned. The new bombshell findings...
BONE YARD A HOT PROPERTY - CONDO DEVELOPER GRABBED GRISLY 'MOB' LOT IN SUMMER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe eerie reputed Gambino graveyard in Queens was unloaded just two months ago to an unwitting developer who was set to begin building condos on it within days. Ron Hershco,...
TIGER MAKES LINK TO LOVE - GOLFING GREAT TAKES BLOND BEAUTY AS BRIDE IN POSH RESORT NUPS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTiger Woods teed off on a life of love in Barbados yesterday, marrying Swedish model Elin Nordegren in a romantic sunset ceremony overlooking an 18-hole golf course and the Caribbean...
LOST VIDEO RETURNED TO CANCER GIRL
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe family of a cancer-stricken New Jersey girl who lost a video camera full of irreplaceable memories got it back yesterday, thanks to an honest cabby and an eagle-eyed cop....
INK EXPERT IN MARTHA TRIAL BEATS LYING RAP
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amAn ink expert who testified in the Martha Stewart trial was found not guilty of perjury yesterday. Larry Stewart, the 48-year-old Secret Service lab director, got teary-eyed and sighed in...
VERIZON GAVE OWN STAFF A RINGING ACCUSATION
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amVerizon blew the whistle on its own employees when it learned they paid for dinners and golf outings for cops involved in a new city telecommunications contract, according to NYPD...
PAYING RESPECTS TO DANGERFIELD, 82, IN DEATH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amRodney Dangerfield is getting some respect - at last. Fellow comics saluted the bug-eyed Everyman last night, hours after he died of complications from heart surgery in Los Angeles. Dangerfield...
UNDERWORLD RICHES - GOTTI GRAVEYARD BOUGHT BY CONDO BUILDER IN SUMMER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe eerie reputed Gambino graveyard in Queens was unloaded just two months ago to an unwitting developer who was set to begin building condos on it within days. And, while...
NO PAROLE FOR 'MALICIOUS' LENNON KILLER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - John Lennon's killer was denied parole yesterday for a third time - just four days before what would have been the legendary Beatle's 64th birthday. A three-person parole...
SADDAM'S SLICK PLOT - FOOD $$ WENT TO FINANCE WMDS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein illegally funneled cash skimmed from the U.N. oil-for-food humanitarian program to a devil's workshop of his WMD scientists, The Post has learned. The new bombshell findings...
'RAP' KILLER GUILTY - ZEEKY'S SNEAKY BANDIT FACES LIFE IN SHOOT-SLAY
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn parolee is facing life in prison after a jury convicted him yesterday in a botched robbery that left rapper Freaky Zeeky shot in the gut and the rapper's...
FI$HY CITY DEAL - ED. ADVISER GOT PACT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA company that trains English-as-a-Second-Language teachers won a $1 million city contract this past summer after its director advised the Department of Education on coaching such instructors, it was revealed...
CHENEY ON A CHARGE - SCORES ZINGERS VS. EDWARDS ON WAR
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Vice President Dick Cheney last night used his debate with rival John Edwards to rip into John Kerry as a unsteady leader who lacks the "conviction" needed to...
THE VEEP DEBATE: ; CHENEY ROCKS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTHANK God for vice presidential debates. They're always more fun, even if they're far less meaningful. And they often feature one guy cleaning another guy's clock. Think of George Bush...
TRAGIC TEEN 'MISCARRIED'
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen whose boyfriend is accused of brutally beating her while she was pregnant said yesterday that she lost her unborn child because of the attack. Wendalyn Samuel, 18,...
CROOKED FORMER POL IS 'TRIPPED' UP
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The former head of the state Bridge Authority - the father-in-law to a top political consultant to Gov. Pataki - pleaded guilty yesterday to using his taxpayer-funded travel...
SLAIN MAN MAY HAVE KNOWN KILLER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe monster who bludgeoned a frail Harlem AIDS patient to death may have known his victim, police sources said yesterday. Eugene Pittman - who was in the late stages of...
IT'S DICK'S SUBSTANCE OVER STYLE: UNDECIDEDS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - Round Two went to the White House. After President Bush lost his face-off with John Kerry last week, Vice President Cheney evened the debate tally during his...
COPS PROBE OLD-TIMER'S 'PILLOW' DEATH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCops are investigating the mysterious death of an ailing 79-year-old West Village man, discovered with a pillow over his face. A home health-care attendant found the body of John Lynch...
PHONE FRAUD BUSTS - FEDS HALT $1B SCAM
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe feds have busted more than 100 con artists in the U.S. and 35 fraudsters overseas in a massive crackdown on telemarketing fraud, halting $1 billion worth of scams targeting...
E-ZER TRANSIT LOOMS - ACTIVISTS PUSH 'SMART' FARE CARDS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCall it an E-ZPass for straphangers. The MTA should upgrade its MetroCard system to include "smart cards" - with technology similar to motorists' tollcollection cards - that would allow riders...
CITY PROBES IF 'MOMSTERS' BEAT 2 GIRLS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has launched an investigation into whether the two siblings of slain tot Yovany Tellez Jr. were abused, authorities said yesterday. The chilling possibility was raised in Family Court...
TIGER'S LOVE LINK - GOLF GREAT TAKES BRIDE IN POSH BARBADOS NUPTIALS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTiger Woods teed off on a life of love in Barbados yesterday, marrying Swedish model Elin Nordegren in a romantic sunset ceremony overlooking an 18- hole golf course and the...
IBM BOOTS UP COMPUTER SCIENCE AT CITY COLLEGE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amComputer science at City College is getting a digital makeover from IBM. The college will announce today the computer giant is going to upgrade its curriculum, tutor its faculty and...
LUCK NOT ON POSADA'S SIDE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amGame 1 of the ALDS could hardly have started better for Jorge Posada. And it couldn't have ended much worse. Posada slapped a single to third to open the bottom...
TORII CENTERPIECE OF WIN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amEverything Torii Hunter does is electric. The way he punishes homers. The way he scampers around the bases. The way he gregariously answers questions. The way he changes the game...
MOURNING JONES HOMERS FOR DAD
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amHe was thinking about him when he hit it, of that you can be sure. Jacque Jones was never without his father last night. "It's who I play the game...
STARTER STILL A MYSTERY
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez said his tired right shoulder felt better yesterday than it did Monday, but still decided to postpone his bullpen session until today. "Just to...
SHEFF WON'T BE DISTRACTED BY DOPE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amGary Sheffield doesn't regret anything he has said or done regarding the BALCO case, but he isn't happy that he has to deal with it now. "Unfortunately, everything has come...
DOUBLE TROUBLE IN YANKS' OPENER ; SANTANA, 5 DPS GIVE TWINS SERIES LEAD
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALDS GAME 1Twins 2Yankees 0 Only Steve Howe, suspended seven times for drug use, had more chances than the Yankees last night. With Twins starter Johan Santana begging to be...
STEWART STILL HURTIN' YANKS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amAt this point, there's no reason for the Yankees to waste time and energy pitching to Shannon Stewart. Just put him on base and move on. It's getting pretty ridiculous...
HUNTER CATCHES A-ROD OFF GUARD
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez surveyed Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada, trying to get a handle on what to expect in his first playoff game as a Yankee. None of them...
JETER NOT SATISFIED
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amDerek Jeter must have been born for this. He must have some gene baseball scientists have yet to clone. How else do you explain the magic of Jeter when the...
SANTANA & CO. TURN THE TABLES
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amMAKING my way to the press box last night some loyal Yankee and Post fans began razzing me about my column yesterday where I dared to compare Twins lefty Johan...
MUST-WIN GAMES START RIGHT NOW
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amSUDDENLY, sooner than any of them possibly could have believed, the Yankees get to find out if they bought any championship timber for this team that cost nearly $200 million...
NO SUPPORT WAS KILLER FOR MOOSE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe eerie cheer resounded throughout the Stadium. "Moooooose!" Mike Mussina responded time after time. He struck out seven Minnesota Twins. He got the Twins to hit into an inning-ending double...
YANKS CHOKE IN CLUTCH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amASheffield belted one out last night. Unfortunately, it was DeLeon with a rousing, pre-Game 1 rendition of the national anthem. Her husband, Gary, escorted her to the microphone in what...
DEVS SIGN VET LW
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amBolstering their Albany farm, the Devils yesterday signed 645-game NHL veteran LW Dean McAmmond to an AHL contract. A 1991 first-round pick by the Blakckhawks, McAmmond represented Canada at the...
YANKS READY TO DOG NATHAN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe degree Joe Nathan has from Stony Brook is in business management. Crisis management may have come in handier. Nathan is the Twins' All-Star closer, so right away he's in...
TOUGH TOM WON'T LET SUCCESS SPOIL JINTS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amOF all the failings that eventually proved too numerous for Jim Fassel to remain the head coach of the Giants, one of his most egregious was an inability to handle...
ISIAH GIVES TEAM A NEW HEALTH PLAN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLESTON - In a groundbreaking move, Knicks president Isiah Thomas has hired Dr. Lisa Callahan, who diagnosed Vin Baker's irregular heartbeat, to be the club's No. 1 medical...
HOUSTON STILL DOWN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - It's become increasingly clear that Allan Houston has no intention of playing the season opener when the Knicks face Latrell Sprewell and the Timberwolves on Nov. 3 in...
JUST BRING ON THE BOSOX
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amSAY what you want - and some people don't want to hear this - but the Yankees are the Yankees for one reason: George Steinbrenner. When the Boss walked into...
BERN-ING LOVE : IN WILLIAMS, YANKS KEEP FAITH
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amBETWEEN when Kenny Lofton was supposed to take his job and Carlos Beltran will, Bernie Williams was playing center field and batting cleanup last night in a division series opener...
'ZO KICKS BRASS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00am"Is this the best situation for me right now, considering where this team was? I don't know."ALONZO MOURNING If Alonzo Mourning had only known then what he knows now ....
YANKS' ARMS MUST START PITCHING IN - TORRE 'ON EDGE'AS PLAYOFFS OPEN
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amOn edge. That was the best way to describe the Yankees last night when they played host to the plucky Twins at Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the best-of-five...
JEFFERSON IS READY FOR NEW ROLE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES Last season, what looked like the end of the world for the Nets - the injury-induced absences of Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin - actually begun the total...
IT'S CURT-AINS FOR HALOS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amRed Sox 9Angels 3 ANAHEIM - Dismiss the Red Sox as "Cowboy Up" clowns at the risk of looking foolish yourself. Curt Schilling covets another World Series ring, and he...
GUILLEN WOULD WELCOME DEAL TO METS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - As the Angels took the field yesterday, a sorrowful and repentant Jose Guillen was already looking ahead to 2005. The suspended Anaheim left fielder isn't sure how much...
RADKE'S READY TO MIX IT UP
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amTwice this season, Brad Radke has faced the Yankees. Twice this season, he's shut them down. That's why when he takes the hill tonight with a chance to put his...
JETS HEED MARTIN MANTRA
October 6, 2004 | 4:00am"Usually, the pattern around here is we dig ourselves a hole that we have to dig out of. This year, we dug a foundation instead of a hole." - CURTIS...
PEDRO SNUBS REPORTERS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Pedro Martinez was a no-show at yesterday's news conference - kind of like his performance down the stretch. The struggling Boston co-ace, who starts Game 2, declined to...
TWINS THERE FOR MOURNING JACQUE
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amOh, the games are important. But as Brad Radke said, "It's not all about baseball." Especially for Jacque Jones. The Twins' rightfielder took the field last night, but he took...
SHEFFIELD WON'T LET ADMISSION SPOIL DAY
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amGary Sheffield doesn't regret anything he has said or done regarding the BALCO case, but he isn't happy that he has to deal with it now. "Unfortunately, everything has come...
JETER STILL RISING TO OCCASION
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amHe must have been born for this, must have some gene baseball scientists have yet to clone. How else do you explain the magic of Derek Jeter when the calendar...
LIEBER'S A BELIEVER ; PLAYOFF START LEAVES ARM SURGERY IN PAST
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe wait has been long. Eleven years in the big leagues and no postseason. Then Jon Lieber's career almost ended when he blew out his right elbow. Had he not...
'IDIOTS' 1, ANGELS 0
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Johnny Damon says the Red Sox, whose Game 2 pitcher tonight has announced he has a New York Daddy, and whose Mamas let them grow up last year...
'IDIOT' 1, ANGELS 0 - RED SOX COP OPENER BEHIND CURT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amRed Sox 9Angels 1 ANAHEIM - Before yesterday's playoff opener, Johnny Damon hilariously referred to this Red Sox team as "idiots." Damon was only half right - because Boston went...
PEDRO SNUBS MEDIA
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Pedro Martinez was a no-show both at yesterday's pregame news conference and the on-field introductions. So basically, it wasn't much different from his performance down the...
FALLEN ANGEL GUILLEN WOULD WELCOME TRADE TO METS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - As the Angels took the field yesterday, a sorrowful and repentant Jose Guillen was already looking ahead to 2005. The suspended Anaheim left fielder isn't sure how much...
NOW SPOTLIGHT SHIFTS TO PEDRO
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Johnny Damon says the Red Sox, whose pitcher for Game 2 tonight has announced he has a New York daddy, and whose mamas let them grow up last...
JOHAN & CO. EARN STRIPES
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amMAKING my way to the press box last night, some loyal Yankee and Post fans began razzing me about my column yesterday where I dared to compare Johan Santana to...
GUILLEN WON'T RULE OUT DEAL TO AMAZIN'S
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - As the Angels took the field yesterday, a sorrowful and repentant Jose Guillen was already looking ahead to 2005. The suspended Anaheim left fielder isn't sure how much...
NATHAN'S 9TH: EASY AS 1-2-3
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe degree Joe Nathan has from Stony Brook is in business management. Crisis management may have come in handier. Nathan is the Twins' All-Star closer, so right away he's in...
UMP ADMITS HOMER ERROR
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amFair or foul? When Reuben Sierra sent a Johan Santana pitch arching high down the left-field line in the seventh inning of last night's ALDS opener at the Stadium, umpire...
JOHAN-CUFFED: THERE'S NO MORE MARGIN FOR ERROR
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S different this time, of course. The Yankees' margin for error is slimmer to begin with, thanks to a pitching staff more defined by who isn't on it than who...
GIVE SHEFFIELD BENEFIT OF DOUBT
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT Gary Sheffield has earned this season, as much as anything, is this: the benefit of the doubt. He sure needs it now. From the moment he showed up at...
SQUANDER-FEST HANDS PLAYOFF OPENER TO TWINS
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 1 Twins 2 Yankees 0 The Yankees had more chances than a church raffle last night. And they wasted every one. With Twin starter Johan Santana far from possessing...
TORRE TAKING HIS TIME TO TAB GAME 3 STARTER
October 6, 2004 | 4:00amOrlando "El Duque" Hernandez said his tired right shoulder felt better yesterday than it did Monday, but still decided to postpone his bullpen session until today. "Just to give him...