October 8, 2004
METS VET NEW NET - COMCAST, TW IN TALKS ON AMAZIN' CABLE PLAN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amComcast has joined forces with Time Warner Cable to discuss plans to launch a new regional sports network with the New York Mets, The Post has learned. While discussions are...
FEDS FUME AS JUDGE OKS KUMAR TRIP
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amSanjay Kumar, the disgraced former CEO of Computer Associates, got the nod yesterday to go on a three-day business trip to the French Riviera - despite the federal government's passionate...
THE BIG GOOCH IS GONE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amAfter four decades in the skin game, Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione is out. The 73-year-old publisher refused to stay on board at the Penthouse empire after it was acquired...
DELTA MAY LAND IN CH. 11 LATER THIS MONTH: ANALYST
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amDelta Air Lines, struggling to cut costs as newer, low-price carriers take away market share and suppress prices, may end up in Chapter 11 by Halloween even if it succeeds...
INVESTOR POLL SAYS NYSE TRADING SLOW AND CLOUDY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMom and pop investors favor modernizing the market and moving away from the New York Stock Exchange model of trading, according to a new poll paid for by online broker...
AT&T CUTS STAFF 20% AS LOSSES GROW
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe blood-letting continued yesterday at AT&T as the once-mighty phone company announced it has increased the number of layoffs to 20 percent of its workforce, or 12,300 jobs, will write...
OIL PUTS RETAIL, MARTS ON SLIPPERY SLOPE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amSoaring energy prices are tightening their grip on Wall Street and the rest of the economy. Stocks tumbled yesterday over fears that steadily climbing oil prices - hitting new highs...
FREEDOM FOR WSJ'S TOFEL
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amRICHARD Tofel, a one-time chief troubleshooter for Dow Jones and its chairman Peter Kann, is leaving the company to become the first president of the International Freedom Center on the...
AT&T SLASHES STAFF AS LOSSES MOUNT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe blood-letting continued yesterday at AT&T as the once-mighty phone company announced it has increased the number of layoffs to 20 percent of its work force, or 12,300 jobs, will...
STARR REPORT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amIt's Jay, so it's OK Normally this would get an "Aargh!," but since it's Jay Leno, well, I'll make an exception this time around. "The Tonight Show" averaged 5.7 million...
DANCE PICK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFADO QUEEN: The fado is the melancholy song of the Portuguese nation. Its plaintive rhythms and heartfelt sentiment can curl around the soul like smoke from a slow-burning cigarette. Superficially,...
FILM PICK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amSCARY NEWS: The Two Boots Pioneer Theater in the East Village gets into the Halloween spirit a little early this weekend with four fright-appropriate flicks. Tonight at 10:30 is Sam...
ROCK PICK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amALL SMILES: After four decades of speculation, Brian Wilson, the legendary guru of American pop music, has completed his magnum opus - "Smile." The album, which was begun in the...
ARE WE THERE YET?
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amAROUND THE BEND[ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Two funerals and a Walken. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated R (profanity). At the Lincoln Square and the Angelika. CHRISTOPHER Walken, who...
KIDS' PICK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00am"BATTY AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM":The Children's Museum of Manhattan will host a series of "batty" events in celebration of Halloween. Tomorrow from noon to 2 p.m., kids age 5 and...
PRETTY BOY FOILED
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amSTAGE BEAUTY [] (Three stars) Gender-bending romp. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (sexual content and language.) At Sunshine Cinema, Houston Street, between between First and Second avenues. MUCH ado...
CHILLED 'VODKA' IN HIGH SPIRITS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amVODKA LEMON[ 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Romance in the snow. In Armenian, Russian and Kurdish, with English subitles. Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (brief violence). At the Lincoln...
AH, PIPE DOWN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amRAISE YOUR VOICE[] (One star) Off-key schmaltz. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG (mild vulgarity and profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the East 86th Street, others. JOHN Corbett,...
'ALLO, 'VERA'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amVERA DRAKE[ 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) No sermons necessary. Running time: 125 minutes. Rated R (references to abortion). Opens Sunday at the Lincoln Square and the Angelika. BRITISH actress...
CREAKY 'FRIDAY' - THORNTON'S FOOTBALL DRAMA NEARLY FUMBLES THE BALL; 'FRIDAY' STARTS WEAK BUT RALLIES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS [** 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) Rallies in the second half. Running time: 117 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual references, profanity, teen drinking, sports action). At the Empire,...
ALBEE DAMNED - PRODUCERS KILL ONE-ACTS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTHE producers of "Peter and Jerry" - an evening of two one-act plays by Edward Albee that was to have opened off-Broadway next month - have quietly and abruptly canceled...
NUMB FROM NERDS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amPRIMER [] (One star)SHOT for $7,000 in a self-storage facility, a hotel room and someone's garage, Shane Carruth's "Primer" is a real head-scratcher that somehow won the grand jury prize...
'HEAVEN'S' DOWN TO EARTH
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFINAL CUT: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF 'HEAVEN'S GATE'[] (Three stars)THIS documentary tries to make the case - mostly through gorgeous, extended clips - that Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate," perhaps...
'APPRENTICE' SERVES CRAZY TWIST
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amPAMELA Day, 32, a marketing executive from Virginia Beach, was the latest candidate to get axed by The Donald in the kookiest episode of "The Apprentice" yet. Donald Trump had...
LIBERTINES ROCK OUT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Libertines' troubles are so notorious, their press kit just lays out the Brit band's sordid tale in black and white, from founder Peter Doherty's robbery of his bandmate's house...
JACKO CUTS INTO DIMOND
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMICHAEL Jackson's defense is trying to find out if Court TV's Diane Dimond has been nosing around prosecutors. Newly released documents show that Jackson's lawyers cast a wide net of...
BRING ON BILL - KERRY SAYS HE'S READY TO FACE FEAR 'FACTOR'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00am"I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULDN'T [GO ON "THE O'REILLY FACTOR"]. HE'S A FAIR INTERVIEWER IN MY JUDGMENT." JOHN Kerry wants to meet Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly - on...
FBI BOSSES MUZZLE 'SURVIVOR' CAST-OFF
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTHAT FBI guy who was tossed from "Survivor" last night will not be making the morning show rounds like every other castaway before him. In fact, Brady Finta won't be...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amHEY HO, LET'S GO: Stars from across the decades are colliding for a cause. Blondie, the Strokes and a slew of other rockin' musical luminaries will perform at "Be Well:...
'THE GATES OF HELL SUDDENLY OPENED'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThey didn't have their suitcases and most didn't have time to grab their passports. But dozens of terrified Israelis streamed across the Egyptian border to the Israeli town of Eilat...
A CASH CROP IN APPLE - TAXPAYERS' REBATE DELIGHT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amNew Yorkers across the city are finding a nice bonus in their mailboxes - a $400 property-tax rebate check from Mayor Bloomberg - and are having no trouble coming up...
'CRATE' PICKUP LINE - BACHELOR SNEAKS # INTO CATALOG
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA crafty bachelor figured out a novel way to meet girls - by sneaking his phone number into the new Crate & Barrel catalog. And it's paid off in spades...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * An East New York teen has been arrested for threatening a girl after stealing her sneakers at gunpoint, authorities said yesterday. Tarkeem Jones, 18, brandished a handgun when...
CITY 'CALLS' OFF AD MESS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is hanging up on public-telephone advertising. Responding to a flood complaints from residents overdosing on ads, the city has banned pay phone companies from installing any more street...
HOW $LICK U.N. BIG HID SADDAM'S LOOT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The head of the U.N. oil-for-food program used a series of front companies to disguise his lucrative under-the-table oil deals with Saddam Hussein, an investigation has revealed. Devastating...
QUIET HEROES GET THEIR DUE - * MAYOR, GOV AND REGIS HONOR WINNERS * THEY'RE MAKING CITY 'A BETTER PLACE'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTen New Yorkers whose everyday heroism and kind hearts make the Big Apple tick were saluted last night as winners of the third annual New York Post Liberty Medals. The...
ARENA DEVELOPER VOWS JOBS, HOMES FOR B'KLYN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe planned NBA arena complex in Brooklyn has finally given locals something to cheer about - even if they don't like hoops - by pledging jobs for minorities and housing...
SPIKE TV TRIBUTE: CHICKS IN CHAINS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amIn honor of Martha Stewart's first night in prison, Spike TV is broadcasting a marathon of "Babes Behind Bars" flicks. Once she gets settled, Martha can go to the day...
AIR SECURITY FLOP - NEWARK BOMB SCREENERS FAIL 25% OF TIME
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBaggage screeners at Newark Airport allowed one in four fake bombs or guns to get past their security checkpoints in tests run by federal agents, according to published reports. The...
VICTIM'S KIN BLAME CITY FOR RIKERS FATAL FRACAS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe distraught family of a mentally disabled Rikers Island inmate who died after six other prisoners jumped him wants the city held accountable for his death, and his body released...
JUNIOR WANTS A GOTTI GET-TOGETHER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amJohn A. "Junior" Gotti would welcome Uncle Peter Gotti as a jail-cell neighbor in the Manhattan federal pen, despite being caught on government tapes threatening to pummel the elder Gotti,...
WIDE-OPEN COUNTRY - OHIO WILL DECIDE IT, POLLS SAY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - President Bush still leads in Florida while John Kerry is pulling ahead in Pennsylvania, according to new polls out yesterday that underscore how close the 2004 race...
BLOODBATH BY THE SEA - BOMBS KILL DOZENS AT 'ISRAELI' RESORTS IN EGYPT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Bomb blasts hit three Egyptian Red Sea resorts used by vacationing Israelis yesterday, and at least 29 people were feared dead and more than 100 wounded in the...
WAGE FIGHT COMES TO A HEAD - BATHROOM ATTENDANTS RIP RESTAURANTS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBathroom attendants in some of the city's fanciest restaurants are actually paying for the privilege of handing out soap and towels to well-heeled customers, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said yesterday....
KID-SAFETY CRISIS - NEW EFFORT TO BATTLE RISE IN 'NEGLECT' DEATHS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFacing an alarming spike this year in the number of kids dying from abuse and neglect in New York, child-welfare officials announced yesterday that they are stepping up efforts to...
EDWARDS 'SWINGS' BACK FOR ANOTHER JERSEY VISIT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amVice-presidential hopeful John Edwards visited New Jersey yesterday for the second time in 10 days - a sign the Garden State has become an unexpected battleground for the White House....
VALLONE RIPS 'ARROGANT FOOL' JUDGE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe chairman of the City Council Public Safety Committee denounced a federal judge yesterday as a "pompous, arrogant fool" for requiring an undercover detective to reveal her identity in open...
'SUM' GAINS FOR MINORITIES - MATH PROGRESS BEATS WHITES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBlack, Latino and Asian eighth-graders in the city's public schools are improving their math scores at a faster rate than their white counterparts, reversing a longtime trend. While all demographic...
GREAT BOSS SLAIN - EMPLOYEES SHOCKED
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe beloved owner of a dry-cleaning company - the "kindest boss" to his employees - was shot to death inside his Queens plant yesterday morning by a robber, police said....
$4M 'HEIR' TWIST IN DAD SUICIDE-SLAY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man yesterday won a $4.5 million judgment against the estate of his stepfather - who killed the man's mother before committing suicide three years ago. The stepfather's heirs...
FELLOW GOPER TURNS ON VELELLA
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A veteran Republican state lawmaker has broken ranks to say disgraced former Sen. Guy Velella should go back to jail. Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan (R-Newburgh), a retired State Police...
'KID-SLAY' BOAST - PERV SHOWED OFF POST STORY: SNITCH
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amConvicted Staten Island child molester Andre Rand bragged about killing children - and waved a newspaper article about his crime spree in the faces of his "lowlife" fellow inmates, a...
INSPECTORS LACKED TRAINING TO STOP DAY-CARE TRAGEDY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amCity inspectors saw serious safety-rule violations at a Queens day-care center on the day a baby died there - but did not act because they were not properly trained, according...
BEAR IN MIND - 'GRIZZLY' REVELATION IN TIGER-MAN CASE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amHe allegedly had a lion, definitely had a tiger, and now prosecutors say Antoine Yates was looking to buy a bear. Oh, my! Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Saland leveled the...
HORRIFIED SON WATCHES AS MOM IS KILLED BY TRAIN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey woman was struck and killed by a commuter train in front of her horrified son - less than a block from the South Orange group home where...
MARTHA OFF TO JAIL TODAY WITH A FIGHT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart reports to prison today - but not before her legal team got in one last jab, accusing federal officials of "misconduct" and "sabotage" in prosecuting her. Stewart's lawyers...
PILLOW-SLAY VICTIM WAS 'TORTURED'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amDetectives believe a frail old man who was murdered in his West Village apartment may have first been tortured. John Lynch, 79, was found with a pillow over his head...
BIZWOMAN: I FELL PREY TO 'MILLION-DOLLAR' FRAUD
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Chinese immigrant who claims she lost $400,000 in cash and property - including her home - to a fake accountant told jurors the Queens man first tried to milk...
W. AIMS 'WEAPONS' AT KERRY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday said the latest Iraq weapons report shows Saddam Hussein was "gaming the system" by using oil for bribes to...
POWELL IV CLEARED OF RAPE RAP
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Manhattan District Attorney's Office yesterday announced it will not pursue the rape charge made against Harlem Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV by a woman he met in a Manhattan...
RAT REVEALS PELOSI'S 'BURNING' DESIRE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amAnother jailhouse rat claims Danny Pelosi was so worried about evidence police might find inside murdered millionaire Ted Ammon's mansion that he told him he "should have burned the house...
DWI-HORROR DRIVER IN 'CONFESSION'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amAn alleged drunken driver who left two people - one a young girl - critically injured in an East Harlem car accident told investigators, "I'm guilty" but "I don't want...
KIN ANGUISH AS BIKER'S BODY FOUND
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens woman had harsh words for police after the body of her husband - missing for more than a month - was found yesterday near the Whitestone Bridge. "I'm...
PLEA FOR FRENCHIE - DAUGHTER APPEALS FOR CLUES IN SLAY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA week after a beloved Brooklyn grandmother was brutally murdered, her daughter predicted yesterday the feisty victim's killer would be brought to justice. "I feel very confident that the police...
OSAMA'S SHEIK - LYNNE'S MAN FUELED 'WAR': FEDS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden's war on America was inspired by a fatwa that blind terror sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman issued from his prison cell, prosecutors charged yesterday at the trial of his...
'CAR-BUY' FIENDS SHOOT SELLER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA 54-year-old Long Island cook was shot yesterday after the "For Sale" sign on his son's car attracted the wrong kind of attention. Police said one or two men showed...
ANNA NANNY FUME-ING IN CONDÉ SUIT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA former nanny for Anna Wintour who claims her life was ruined when she was subjected to Condé Nasty fumes in the Vogue editor's home is getting her day in...
BLAST NIGHTMARE - GAS LEAK DEADLY FOR N.J. DRIVER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey man died yesterday when his car exploded outside his home on a quiet street near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel - sparking fear of a terror...
BUSH-WHACKED TEACHER TO TRANSFER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe New Jersey teacher who claims her principal told her to "get out" of her middle school for refusing to remove a photo of President Bush from her bulletin board...
DESIGNER BEENE'S WILL: DINNER'S ON ME
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFashion legend Geoffrey Beene left a large chunk of his $200 million fortune to family, friends and employees when he died last month - along with a wish that they...
VELELLA COULDN'T STOMACH RIKERS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amGuy Velella was "shaking like a leaf" when he entered prison - and he repeatedly cried and vomited in his Rikers Island cell, according to sources. The once-powerful Bronx pol...
N.J. SCHOOLS 'TERROR TARGET'
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amSchools in six states - including two school districts in New Jersey - reportedly were told by federal authorities that they may have been targeted for a terror attack modeled...
FRESH DIRECT 'PERV' - SEX THREATS TO BUYERS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA FreshDirect deliveryman was way too fresh and way too direct when he allegedly used his job at the popular Internet grocery service to terrorize female customers on the East...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amWho knew that America's obesity epidemic extended to elephants? An Alaska zoo is building what it believes to be the world's first elephant treadmill in hopes that its only pachyderm,...
MISSING BIKER'S BODY FINALLY FOUND
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe body of a man believed to be the 49-year- old Queens bus driver who had been missing for more than a month was discovered yesterday near the Whitestone Bridge,...
S.I. PERV MADE SICK JAIL BOAST
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amConvicted Staten Island child molester Andre Rand bragged about killing children - and waved a newspaper article about his crime spree in the faces of his lowlife fellow inmates, a...
'QAEDA' BOMBS JEWS IN EGYPT - * 57 KILLED AT THREE 'ISRAELI' RESORTS * BLAST COLLAPSES 10 FLOORS OF HOTEL
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTerrorist car-bombs ripped through three Egyptian resorts filled with Israelis last night, killing up to 57 people and injuring 122 in attacks that bore all the hallmarks of al Qaeda....
'NET' WORTH - ARENA DEVELOPER VOWS JOBS, HOMES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe planned NBA arena complex in Brooklyn has finally given locals something to cheer about - even if they don't like hoops - by pledging jobs for minorities and housing...
TRIAL IS ON OVER ANNA'S CONDÉ-NASTY HOME FUMES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA former nanny for Anna Wintour who claims her life was ruined when she was subjected to powerful fumes in the Vogue editor's home is getting her day in court....
BLAST NIGHTMARE - DEADLY 'GAS LEAK' BLOWS UP CAR IN N.J.
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey man died yesterday when his car exploded outside his home - causing panic on a quiet street close to the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel. Authorities believe...
QNS. TOT-CARE CENTER WAS INSPECTED ON HORROR DAY
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amCity inspectors saw serious safety-rule violations at a Queens daycare center on the very day a 7-month-old baby died there - but did not act because their bosses never told...
SEX DIRECT - WEB GROCER DELIVERY FIEND TERRORIZED WOMEN; TERRIFYING GROCERY PERV BUST
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amA FreshDirect deliveryman was way too fresh and way too direct when he allegedly used his job at the popular Internet grocery service to terrorize female customers on the East...
JAILHOUSE RAT REVEALS PELOSI'S 'BURNING' DESIRE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amAnother jailhouse rat claims Danny Pelosi was so worried about evidence police might find inside murdered millionaire Ted Ammon's mansion that he told him he "should have burned the house...
'QAEDA' BOMBS JEWS IN EGYPT - * 35 KILLED AT THREE 'ISRAELI' RESORTS * BLAST COLLAPSES 10 FLOORS OF HOTEL
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTerrorist car-bombings struck three Egyptian resorts filled with Israelis last night, killing at least 35 people and injuring 160 in attacks that bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda. The blasts...
ALBIES AVAILABLE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amFALSE albacore, usually a wary and hard-to-catch fish, seemed to be everywhere in the New York Bight right now and relatively easy to hook up. Light tackle aficionados are having...
POLY AMONG BEST, DESPITE 2-2 MARK
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amHIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Craig Jacoby thought he would have to sell his program in order to get a game against Carlsbad (CA) earlier this season. A perennial national power, Carlsbad...
THE SILENT GIANT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Quiet Man of the Giants is finally making noise. Filling a valuable role off the bench, William Joseph is a presence on the field even as he is a...
-WELCOME ABOARD, A-ROD (M)-WELCOME TO OCTOBERFEST (S, LCF)
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTINO Martinez hit .234 in the postseason for the Yankees. But he took Mark Langston and Byung-Hyun Kim deep at just the right moments, and so the Yankee Stadium crowd...
WATCH OUT, VINNY! GIANTS' PASS-RUSH WILL SACK TESTAVERDE, 'BOYS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Giants are riding high after a rare double feat - beating the Packers at Lambeau and knocking the indestructible Brett Favre out of the game. So while the Cowboys...
-REGGIE LIKES A-ROD'S STYLE (M)-REGGIE RAVES (S, LCF)
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amReggie Jackson was encouraged by the Game 2 playoff heroics of Alex Rodriguez on Wednesday. "It could make him breathe a lot easier," Mr. October said. "It can make you...
TIME TO SEE WHAT BROWN CAN DO
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There was another Yankees pitcher once, so unpopular in his own clubhouse that guys used to walk the other way when they saw him coming. His personality was...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amChris O'Callahan wants one thing to come out of his Fan's Corner appearance: More girls. "I quit picking games two weeks ago because I stunk," O'Callahan, 25, said. "But I'm...
MCCAREINS READY, JUSTIN CASE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amLike many receivers, Justin McCareins wants to catch as many balls as possible, rack up all the touchdowns and be on all the Sunday night highlights. But with a dominant...
TOUGH WATCH FOR PAPA SIMMS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amIt's not that Phil Simms can't stand to look, it's more a case of knowing that he shouldn't. Sunday, Simms' son, Chris, gets his first NFL start, for the Bucs,...
BILLS STILL A THREAT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES You could call this week's clash against the 0-3 Bills another trap game because no undefeated football team - such as the 3-0 Jets - likes to face...
BOTTOM LINE? LOTSA CLUTTER!
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBY now you know that no idea is so bad it won't be tried - then copied by a competing network. In fact, every network, at great and growing expense,...
MEET 'MR. OCTOBER 2' - REGGIE SAYS JETER ]]DESERVES THE NAME
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There is one Mr. October. Forever and a day, that person will be Reggie Jackson. But Mr. October said yesterday he is making room in his special month...
KURT GETTIN' KEEN SENSE OF RIVALRIES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As Kurt Warner grows increasingly comfortable with his surroundings, he's learning more and more about what it means to play quarterback for the Giants. He got a taste...
KNICKS TAB MARBURY AS CO-CAPTAIN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - Call him Captain Steph now. Lenny Wilkens has bestowed the Knicks' captaincy on Stephon Marbury after the Coney Island Kid walked into his office Monday before the team...
SIGHTSEEK AIMING FOR BIG-TIME FINISH
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amIn what's likely to be the final start of her brilliant career, trainer Bobby Frankel's 5-year-old mare Sightseek heads a field of six in tomorrow's Grade 1, $750,000 Beldame Stakes...
RON HAS NO REGRET KEEPING NATHAN IN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - No regrets. No changes. Nothing he would have done differently. Twenty-four hours after Wednesday's heart-breaking Game 2 defeat, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that given the chance to...
CALLIN' KEVIN - BROWN STAYS LOOSE HEADING TO GAME 3
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Contrary to Yankee fans' belief, their beloved team didn't win anything more than Game 2 of the ALDS against the Twins Wednesday night - a game they had...
FOR ALLAN, ISIAH SEES LESSER ROLE
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLESTON - Isiah Thomas gave strong indications that Allan Houston's role this season, even when healthy, will be diminished. The Knicks president fed the notion Houston won't be...
JONES HAD NO SHOT AT JETER
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Hideki Matsui's sacrifice fly that won Game 2 of the ALDS may not have been hit far, but it was hit hard. And that's why Twins manager Ron...
HIGHLIGHT HUNTER - TWINS' TORII TALKS A GREAT GAME
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Conan O'Brien is a fine choice to succeed Jay Leno, but the guy who really should be the next host of The Tonight Show is playing centerfield for...
A-ROD'S HAVING HIS FUN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Remember those who said Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter could never co-exist? There was much love in the air yesterday as Rodriguez talked about his admiration for Jeter...
THE PRESSURE'S ON SILVA
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Even if the Twins had won Game 2 of the ALDS, Carlos Silva reasons, there still would be pressure on him tonight. "If you have some pressure, it's...
TIME'S COME FOR INGRATE 'ZO TO GO
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amYOU know training camp has begun for real when the players sweat through two-a-days and spew twice that much. In no particular odor, Jason Kidd, Baron Davis, Sam Cassell, Alonzo...
MATTINGLY'S SON OK AFTER CAR ACCIDENT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Don Mattingly's middle son, Preston, was involved in a one-car accident yesterday morning near the family's Indiana home, but wasn't seriously hurt despite the SUV he was driving...
SAWX EYE CLINCHER - THEY'RE EVEN TALKING 11-0 IN PLAYOFFS!
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - A Red Sox World Series championship would be improbable enough. After two victories against the Angels, now Kevin Millar and Johnny Damon are talking about a perfect postseason....
SANTANA SET FOR GAME 4
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There is no doubt in Johan Santana's mind. He says he'll be set to take the mound on short rest for tomorrow's Game 4. "Definitely," Santana told the...
PHILS WILL TALK TO BAYLOR
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The Mets could end up losing Don Baylor to a division rival. The Phillies plan to interview the Mets' hitting coach Tuesday for their vacant managerial position. Meanwhile,...
COCKY BOSOX TAKE GAME TO NEXT LEVEL
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - These are not Pedro's Daddies' Red Sox. They won't be playing ghosts next week if the Yankees, who have a lot more work left in this first round...
EL DUQUE STILL 'SORE;' JAVI MAY GET GAME 4
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - While Joe Torre won't announce his Game 4 starter until today, it will likely be Javier Vazquez over Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez because of the latter's...
FURCAL BLAST LIFTS BRAVES
October 8, 2004 | 4:00am11 INNINGS: Braves 4 - Astros 2 ATLANTA - There won't be any late-night celebrating for Rafael Furcal over his 11th-inning home run that gave the Braves a 4-2 victory...
HIGHLIGHT HUNTER -TWINS' TORII CAN TALK A GREAT GAME
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Conan O'Brien is a fine choice to succeed Jay Leno, but the guy who really should be the next host of The Tonight Show is playing centerfield for...
WITH EL DUQUE 'SORE,' JAVY MAY GET GAME 4
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - While Joe Torre won't announce his Game 4 starter until today, it will likely be Javier Vazquez over Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez because of the latter's...
LOFTON'S LINING UP IN CENTER TONIGHT
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Kenny Lofton will get the chance to show he belongs in the starting lineup tonight when the Yankees take on the Twins in Game 3 of the ALDS....
BACK IN A 'FLASH' - GORDON SHAKES OFF GAME 3 MELTDOWN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Every once in a while, it pays to remember just how treacherous the job really is. Maybe that's the price when you have the kind of year that...
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES - GIANT-COWBOY RIVALRY BURNING BRIGHT AGAIN
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe luster is back on the Giant-Cowboy rivalry. Last year, ex-Giant coach Bill Parcells emerged from the other tunnel to energize the 'Boys. Now, shockingly, after three straight victories, the...
5 QUESTIONS FOR STEVE PHILLIPS
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips, 41, the former Met GM. Q: When you were the GM, sometimes you weren't as forthright...
TOOMER, BENIGNO MAKE PEACE - BUT WFAN HOST NEARLY GOT BOOT FROM MNF GIG
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe on-air confrontation between WFAN host Joe Benigno and Giant receiver Amani Toomer was so uncomfortable on Monday night that the station's program director, Mark Chernoff, gave Toomer the option...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - DAVID JUSTICE VS. RICK SUTCLIFFE (WHO IS A BETTER ANALYST?)
October 8, 2004 | 4:00amBoth David Justice and Rick Sutcliffe of ESPN own a rare sportscasting skill. Though they both have a lot of on-air personality, they are cool enough that they don't overwhelm...