November 7, 2004
HOW THE WEST WAS WON - CHAIN STORES MAKING INROADSON THE UPPER WEST SIDE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe times they are a-changing - especially on the Upper West Side. Once known for its eclectic collection of independent mom-and-pop shops, the Upper West Side is now home to...
CANON SNAPS UP SHARAPOVA
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTeen tennis phenom Maria Sharapova has signed another major endorsement deal - this time with Canon - and more deals are imminent. The multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement with the camera maker,...
MR. SMITS GOES TO WASHINGTON - JIMMY SMITS HEADS FOR 'THE WEST WING'; JIMMY'S BACK
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amJIMMY Smits roars back into prime time this week - not once, but twice. The Brooklyn native and former star of "NYPD Blue" starts his long-awaited recurring role as an...
DRAMAS ARE BACK, BUT COMEDIES STILL STINK
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amON the season premiere of "Arrested Development," normal-guy Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) finds he cannot escape from his family, all of whom are hopeless neurotics. So what else is new?...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amCOMEDY Ship of fools THIS year's Emmy winner for best comedy series, "Arrested Development" is back with outrageous new episodes that spring from George Sr.'s (Jeffrey Tambor) prison break. When...
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S BEST FILMS OF THE WEEK
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amSCHOOL OF ROCK Sunday, 8:10 p.m., SHO Rumpled funnyman Jack Black teaches the kids to rock out in this 2003 feel-good comedy. Also stars scene-stealer Joan Cusack as an uptight...
FROM O'REILLY TO ARNOLD, TV'S GONE CRAZY
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAS Maynard G. Krebs used to say - the G. stood for Walter - "What an age we live in." First up, Rip Torn. Long one of our favorites, his...
WHAT A JIM-DANDY IDEA
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amJIM Jarmusch, the epitome of downtown cool, is getting an eight-film retro at BAM Rose Cinemas. The series kicks off on Thursday with Jarmusch's first feature, "Permanent Vacation" (1981), which...
LOOK WHO CAME TO THE OLYMPIAD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE were upsets, blunders and other wonders when 129 teams from around the world came to Calvia, Spain, this month for the biennial Chess Olympiad. But perhaps the biggest surprise...
HOT LIST
November 7, 2004 | 5:00am1 The "O.C." bait shop This rocking little hotspot has become to "The O.C." what the good old Peach Pit was to "Beverly Hills, 90210" - except with a twist;...
HEAD OVER HEELS - HOW RENEE ZELLWEGER THREW HERSELF BACK INTO BRIDGET JONES ... LITERALLY
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amDoing your own stunts. It's the mark of a truly studly actor. Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe do it. And now you can add Renee Zellweger to that list. In...
HEAR THIS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIN CONCERT * Punk princess Avril Lavigne at Continental Arena on Monday. Indie rockers Modest Mouse at Radio City on Tuesday. At Irving Plaza: Punk-poppers Matchbook Romance and Midtown on...
WHAT IS EMO? IT'S A SENSITIVE-POETIC-PUNK MIX NO BAND ADMITS PLAYING
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIt's one of the most popular and most mock-able of all music genres, but it's almost impossible to put your finger on what exactly "emo" is. Just about the only...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00am- ELTON JOHN "Peachtree Road" (three and a half stars) Rocket Records With longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin in tow, Elton John makes the tumbleweed connection again with a musical love...
HOME SWEET HOME - ZUTONS' DAVE MCCABE WOULD RATHER HANG OUT WITH HIS MOM AND DAD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amLiverpool's latest rock star - Dave McCabe from the Zutons - is really just a homebody. The 23-year-old singer and songwriter lives with his "mum" and dad in England and...
DON'T GIVE AVRIL ANY LIP - LAVIGNE TELLS SYNCHER SIMPSON TO GET REAL!
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWhen you hear 20-year-old Avril Lavigne belt out a song, listen closely, because - get this - you're actually hearing her sing. In concert the Ontario, Canada native stays clear...
THE BIGGER BIG RED ONE - SAMUEL FULLER'S BUTCHERED WAR FLICK STITCHED UP WITH RESTORED VERSION
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amOne of Hollywood's biggest crimes of the last quarter-century is being set right this week with the release of "The Big Red One: The Reconstruction," a beautifully restored version of...
JOHNNY BE VERY GOOD - DEPP IS A SERIOUS OSCAR CONTENDER, NOT-SO-SERIOUS ACTOR
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amMany Hollywood insiders think Johnny Depp could win an Oscar for his new movie, "Finding Neverland" - and if he does, you can thank a fart machine. Well, maybe that's...
IN LAY MAN'S TERMS - 'KINSEY' STAR LIAM NEESON TALKS STRAIGHT ABOUT SEX
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amNot much rattles Liam Neeson. Toe-curlingly frank sex talk? Easy. Having to cut his hair into a goofy Kramer-esque style? No sweat. Kissing a man? "It sounds a bit boring,...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTHE POLAR EXPRESS Computer-animated rendering of Chris Van Allsburg book about a boy who question's Santa's existence and gets to visit the North Pole via locomotive. Tom Hanks does a...
HOW NOT TO LOOK FAT - MAKEUP MASKS THOSE CHIPMUNK CHEEKS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN it comes right down to it, body fat is pretty easy to hide. While muumuus won't make you look thinner, they can easily camouflage any unsightly rolls of blubber...
ALONE WOLFE - AUTHOR REAPPEARS WITH 'SCHOOL BOOK' IN TOW
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amToo freakin' much! At the ripe old age of 74, journalist turned novelist Tom Wolfe has scored a slam dunk with his new novel, "I Am Charlotte Simmons" (FSG, $28.95),...
'CARTOONS' IS COMICAL
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amMEN AND CARTOONS Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday, $19.95) (two and a half stars) HAVING never understood the adult male's obsession with Marvel Comics, the title of Jonathan Lethem's short story collection...
QUICK BITES - THE TASTIEST EVENTS THIS WEEK
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amBIGGER CHEESE: Murray's Cheese Shop grows to almost double its size Wednesday, when the West Village favorite moves into a 1,200-square-foot store just across the street from its old one....
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAdventurous gal seeks guy to join in explorations THIS week, our Meet Market challenge is to hook up gorgeous Cynthia, 28, with the man of her dreams - or, at...
FIND HER A DRESS - FAST!
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTara Reid's exposed breast wasn't the revealing moment at Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' 35th birthday party on Thursday. Paris Hilton revealed she'd left her undergarments at home. And the guest...
MIKE'S SAT.-SCHOOL PUSH
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAbout 9,000 fifth-graders in jeopardy of failing are attending special Saturday classes - and school officials said despite the program's good start, they want more kids to show up. Mayor...
'LONG' ROAD HOME FOR ISLAND-BOUND J.LO
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amJennifer Lopez is leaving California and moving back east. J. Lo sold the Beverly Hills mansion where she and Marc Anthony wed last June and is moving to Anthony's Long...
JENNA'S NIGHTMARE MOTIVATED BUSH GIRLS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amA bad dream that her father had lost his bid for re-election pushed privacy-conscious First Daughter Jenna Bush out on the campaign trial, Laura Bush reveals in a new interview....
B'KLYN'S AMAZING GRACIE IS PRECIOUS LIFE OF THE PARTY
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIn the young 3-year-old world of Amelia-Grace Harpham, everybody needs a blood transfusion to stay alive. Even playing with her dolls has become a medical procedure for the brave little...
SPONGEBOB BALLOONS UP
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amHe lives in a pineapple under the sea - but SpongeBob Squarepants will be lighter than air during this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade. SpongeBob will be 62 feet tall and...
WOUNDED WAR VET UP TO THE CHALLENGE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThree months ago, Navy Corpsman José Ramos was caught in a rocket-fuel attack outside Fallujah in Iraq, and had his left arm blown off. Today the 24-year-old from El Paso,...
LOTTO SUSPICION - ATTORNEY FOR 113G 'THIEF' QUESTIONS BUST TIMING
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAuthorities spent months investigating a Long Island home health aide accused of stealing from an old man, but busted her only after she won a $5 million lottery prize, her...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** This man (above) is sought in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend and the attempted murder of another woman who roomed with her in their Mount Hope apartment....
BABY-BITE DOG OWNER OFF HOOK
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe Bronx owner of the husky that attacked a 1-month-old baby, who was at first charged with reckless endangerment, is now cleared. The Bronx District Attorney's Office said there wasn't...
BLAIR DARE FOR PEACE; TO VISIT W. FOR 'AFTER ARAFAT' TALKS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Washington this week for two days of talks with President Bush that will include the prospects for peace in the Middle East following...
TEARS FOR DWI DUO; WAKES FOR L.I. TEENS KILLED IN CRASH
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amDozens of weeping Long Island teenagers gathered at separate wakes yesterday to mourn the deaths of two 18-year-old friends killed when their car - driven by their best friend -...
LIVE! BATTLE OF THE BIG EGOS - TONIGHT: R. KELLY, JAY-Z DISS EACH OTHER
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIt was the opening night of the much-hyped concert collaboration between rapper Jay-Z and R&B star R. Kelly, and already tensions were brewing - over the spotlight. Having never rehearsed...
'LOTTO BUST' BLAST; LAWYER RIPS DA
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAuthorities spent months investigating a Long Island home health aide accused of stealing from an old man, but busted her only after she won a $5 million lottery prize, her...
MOM LEFT KIDS ALONE WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT: COPS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn mother of three was arrested on child-endangerment charges yesterday after a fire broke out inside her Bushwick apartment where she left her three children home alone for approximately...
UNION BIG IN O.T. DIP ; 100G FOR LIFEGUARD BOSS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amA CITY worker who retired while under investigation at one city agency is now pulling down more than $100,000 at a second agency. For years, Peter Stein had one of...
WILLIAMS-BURGLARS; CRIME SPREE GROWS IN B'KLYN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWilliamsburg - long regarded as the hipster capital of the country - is facing a crime backlash as petty thieves and drug users try to reclaim the streets after more...
STABLE BLAZE PUT DOWN AT BIG A
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTalk about blazing saddles. A small hay fire broke out in a stable at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park yesterday and a tractor-trailer caught fire outside the gates of...
6 BUSTED IN E. VILLAGE ATTACK ON COPS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amSix rowdy concert-goers were arrested in the East Village last night for tossing glass bottles at cops dispersing the crowd, police said. More than 200 people had gathered for an...
3 DIE IN L.I. ROAD ACCIDENTS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThree people died in unrelated motor vehicle accidents on Long Island yesterday and early today, police said. Yesterday afternoon, Omar Otega, 25, of Wantagh died after he lost control of...
PALS MOURN LOSS OF SLAIN B'KLYN EATERY MANAGER
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amDozens of friends gathered at a Brooklyn chapel yesterday for the funeral of Yaniv Tzvi, 24, a restaurant manager who was stabbed to death last week by a disgruntled former...
SCHOOLKIDS' POWER LUNCH; $7.5M CAFETERIA TECH PLAN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amSchool cafeterias are going high-tech. City officials are set to introduce futuristic touch-screen monitors and card-swipe machines to hundreds of public schools across the five boroughs. Principals say the move...
GROUND ZERO SUICIDE; PREZ-VOTE GRIEF
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amA Georgia man despondent over the outcome of the presidential election climbed into the construction pit at Ground Zero and blew his brains out with a 12-gauge shotgun, authorities said...
BIG MONET MAKEOVER ; MOMA READY TO REOPEN WITH $425M FACELIFT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIt took 2½ years. It cost $425 million. It required demolishing the Dorset Hotel on West 54th Street (top left) piece by piece and erecting a new structure in its...
STREETS OF STRESS STYMIE MY DRIVE TO WIN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIf running the New York City Marathon sounds tough, try driving it. Post reporter JEREMY OLSHAN, who is competing in the 26.2 mile race today, limbered up with a road...
COPS NAIL 'SEX-EXTRA' STRIP CLUBS IN QUEENS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD has shut down three topless bars in Queens after a two-month undercover investigation revealed that some of the bars' strippers had also been working on the premises as...
REAL-LIFE BIG FAT OBNOXIOUS BOSSES
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAnyone queasy at the idea of returning to a hostile workplace tomorrow morning would be wise to cover their eyes during tonight's launch of "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss." Fox's...
PENNIES FOR HEAVEN; LUXURY FOR LESS AT TRUMP TOWER AUCTION
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amGoing once, going twice - $25 million worth of luxury apartments could be auctioned off this week for a song. Seven deluxe apartments in the sky - including two in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amChina, flushed with pride over its successful Olympic bid, will play host to the fourth annual World Toilet Summit. The crapper convention kicks off later this month. New toilets, along...
CITY BLAME GAME AFTER VOTER ME$$
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe city Board of Elections was denied funding that could have made Election Day less confusing for voters - because the agency also requested personnel pay raises, the city's top...
UNION BIG IN O.T. DIP - 100G FOR LIFEGUARD BOSS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amCITY worker who re tired while under in vestigation at one city agency is now pulling down more than $100,000 at a second agency. For years, Peter Stein had one...
BIG MONET MAKEOVER - MOMA READY TO REOPEN WITH $425M FACELIFT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIt took 2½ years. It cost $425 million. It required demolishing the Dorset Hotel on West 54th Street (top left) piece by piece and erecting a new structure in its...
BLAIR DARE FOR PEACE - PM TO VISIT W. FOR 'AFTER ARAFAT' TALKS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Washington this week for two days of talks with President Bush that will include the prospects for peace in the Middle East following...
MTA TELLS DAS: RIDE FRAUDSTERS OUT ON RAIL
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe MTA, which is facing hundreds of millions in red ink, is pressuring prosecutors to pursue felony forgery charges against MetroCard benders and lock them up for at least a...
HOW CARD 'BENDERS' NEVER PAY CITY FARE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe cash-strapped MTA is being ripped off every day by hordes of crafty riders who scam free fares by activating expired or spent MetroCards with a bend along the magnetic...
GOOD OLD DAYS ARE BACK AT GARDEN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amLIKE a long lost friend, the energy of optimism filled the Garden last night as the new-look Knicks finally staged a home opener that made their fans happy to be...
ISIAH HAS EYES ON EX-BULL
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Last year, Knicks president Isiah Thomas gave Vin Baker a chance to resurrect his career. Now, if things break right, Isiah may give banished free-agent swingman Eddie Robinson...
LATE COLLAPSES HAVE CELTS FRUSTRATED
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIf NBA games were decided like elections, the Celtics would be feeling pretty good about themselves. After three quarters, the exit polls show them in the lead or with a...
REAL HOMEBODIES ; KNICKS PLANNING MSG PRACTICES
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe bid to make the Knicks a more dominant team at the Garden won't stop with holding their game-day morning shootarounds there. Knicks coach Lenny Wilkens revealed that because of...
RESULT ON ELECTION DAY RALLIES OUTDOORSMEN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTHE presidential election has changed forever the way politicians will look at hunters, anglers and shooters. As we said before Tuesday's election, politicians looked at the 40 million sportsmen and...
U.S. READY FOR TOP RUGBY TEAM ; AUSTRALIANS IN PHILLY ON NOV. 30
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amFor the first time in their history, the world's No. 1 ranked Rugby League team, the Australian Kangaroos, will hit American soil. The Kangaroos, who haven't lost an international series...
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE; IT'S THE MARATHON - AMERICAN IDOL MUST STEP UP
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S been 26.2 miles uphill for the New York City Marathon, trying to get people who normally walk and ride to run to the television to find out who wins....
LADIES PUT THEIR BEST FEET FOWARD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amToday's 35th New York City Marathon features former champions, Olympic medalists and arguably the strongest American men's field ever outside of a U.S. championship or Olympic Trials. But as good...
U.S. RUNNERS ARE CLOSING FAST
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTwo years ago, questions swirled about whether U.S. long-distance running could be saved, and how? Coming into today's New York City Marathon, the answer is a resounding yes. The solution...
SUNS' TABUSE TURNING PLENTY OF HEADS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Suns' Yuta Tabuse is 5-9. But he's big in Phoenix. And huge in Japan. Tabuse is Japan's first NBA player and like his countrymen in baseball before...
LUCKILY, KIDD STILL HAS 'BRIGHT MIND'
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Jason Kidd may not be much use on the court right now because of a rehabbing knee. But because of his basketball smarts, he is still invaluable in...
ELEUSIS CLOSES TO WIN U.S. DEBUT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amFor the first 10 furlongs of yesterday's 12-furlong Long Island Handicap over Aqueduct's mushy turf course, two questions came to mind: How long would jockey Jose Santos wait before asking...
JEFF WON'T KIDD AROUND ; PICKS UP WHERE JASON LEFT OFF
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amJason Kidd might have been sitting in New Jersey, counting the days until he returns to active duty. Still, he got an assist for the Nets' first road victory of...
D'ANTONI LIGHTS SUNS' FIRE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amCOACHES love to blame the rules for the godforsaken plunge in scoring over the last decade while the league (and the rest of us) likes to blame the control freaks...
LEIS, MOLLOY GET THEIR KICKS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amH.S. SOCCER Molloy 3 Holy Cross 0 Oscar Leis had never taken a penalty kick for Archbishop Molloy, but after showing off his skills during practice, head coach Andy Kostel...
MEL, DONNIE MAY WALK ; YANKS PREP FOR COACHING OPENINGS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amEarlier this week, the Yankees made plans for life without Mel Stottlemyre and penciled in Neil Allen as the new pitching coach. Stottlemyre may change his mind and come back...
ISIAH STILL LOOKING AT EDDIE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Last year, Knicks president Isiah Thomas gave Vin Baker a chance to resurrect his career. And if things break right, Thomas may give banished free-agent swingman Eddie Robinson...
THURGOOD MARSHALL MUST FORFEIT WINS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWhen Thurgood Marshall Academy joined the PSAL on the varsity level this season, coaches were nervous that the team - comprised of players from schools throughout the city that don't...
AGENT SAYS NETS DIDN'T 'COMMIT' TO ZO
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe agent for Alonzo Mourning fired back at the Nets yesterday, claiming his client was essentially betrayed by the off-season moves that stripped away Kenyon Martin and cost the team...
SHINING SUNS LIGHT UP NETS
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amSuns 112Nets 80 One team was running on fumes and the other team was simply running on all cylinders. But there were no arguments from the Nets - the one...
1ST THINGS WORST - KNICKS STINK UP GARDEN IN HOME-OPENING HORROR
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amCeltics 107 Knicks 73 The season is two games old and the Knicks are already in crisis. The Knicks, the $102 million Atlantic Division favorites, are in sole possession of...
CELTICS SHOW THEY'RE FORCE IN ATLANTIC
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amDon't believe players. They do read the papers. "Our guys read, just like everyone else," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. Before treating the Knicks like they were their little brothers...
'ZO'S GIVING GREAT EFFORT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTwo things are certain in New Jersey: Alonzo Mourning does not want to be here, and - judging by the way the center played last night in the paint -...
BROADWAY BOMB ; LENNY'S CREW MAKES WRONG KIND OF HISTORY
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAN hour before the tipoff of the Knicks' home opener last night team president Isiah Thomas looked like a master chef, who had just mixed together and new recipe and...
1ST THINGS WORST - KNICKS STINK UP GARDENIN HOME-OPENING HORROR
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amCeltics 107 Knicks 73 The season is two games old and the Knicks are already in crisis. The Knicks, the $102 million Atlantic Division favorites, are in sole possession of...
BAD DEFENSE OFFENDS 'ZO
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amAlonzo Mourning does not want to play in New Jersey, trying to get the Nets to buy out his existing contract because the team's penny-pinching new ownership dismantled the contending...
VILMA READY FOR OLD TEAMMATE MCGAHEE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES ORCHARD PARK - Jonathan Vilma, say hello to Willis McGahee. The Jets' linebacker knows the Bills' running back well as former University of Miami (Fla.) teammates, but today...
GANG GREEN PUTS TRUST IN DEFENSE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amRUNNING BACK Curtis Martin is having a terrific year, and quarterback Chad Pennington is the most important player on the Jets. No argument there. But if this is to be...
GIBRIL GETS ON BOARD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amTHOSE aren't the '85 Bears in the house today. Walter Payton won't be running the ball; Richard Dent and Dan Hampton won't be rushing Kurt Warner; Mike Singletatry won't be...
BIG BLUE LIKED LOVIE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES When the Giants were searching for a head coach, they interviewed four candidates. Tom Coughlin eventually got the job, but not before the Giants met with and were...
BALANCING ACT - GIANTS RUNNING GAME ISN'T A PASSING FANCY
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amIt makes sense that the more a team runs the more it wins. The Giants are running the ball nearly as much as they're passing it, and that almost always...
MONDAY NIGHT FEVER - JETS NEED TO BURN BILLS WITH LAST WEEK'S HEAT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amORCHARD PARK - John Abraham looked like he was moving around the field on a motorcycle Monday night during the Jets' rout of the Dolphins. Abraham wasn't the only player...
HE'S IN A RUSH TO CHANGE - JETS' ABRAHAM BECOMES BETTER PLAYER, PERSON
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThe sight of Jets defensive end John Abraham and his hulking 6-foot-4, 260-pound frame chasing down a helpless quarterback, like a tiger about to maul his dinner in the jungle,...
HEAD TO HEAD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amPost columnist Steve Serby slugs it out with football writer Paul Schwartz over this question: Is this year's Giants team better than the one that went to Super Bowl XXXV...
SMILES FROM HOME - TELFAIR ENJOYS LIFE AS NBA ROOKIE
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amOAKLAND - For a brief moment last week, Sebastian Telfair stood where many predicted he never would: on a college campus. It only lasted a little more than an hour,...
WHAT NET-KLEHEADS: WHINY KIDD, MOURNING HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amYOU KNOW WHO has a right to be upset? Those select few thousand Nets fans who sat through a quarter century of dreadful basketball, who supported the team when it...
BASES FOR CONCERN - EXPERTS QUESTION WILLIE'S WORK AT THIRD
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWE come today, not to bury Mike and the Mad Dog. Good luck to home-guy Willie Randolph, and all that nice stuff, but let's get this straight: Mike Francesa and...
THE BEN COMMANDMENTS - ROOKIE QB ROETHLISBERGER LEADS STEELERS TO PROMISED LAND
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThere is one story that tells you all you need to know about rookie wunderkind Ben Roethlisberger, whose heart is as big as his arm and could melt a Steel...
ALLIED FORCES - AIR FORCE, ARMY PLAYERS GO TO BATTLE BEFORE WAR
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amThey met as opponents on the field of competition yesterday knowing that possibly sometime soon they will meet as comrades on the field of battle. Air Force played at Army...
HUGH WON'T BE SCAB
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amHANOVER, N.H. - If the NHL is counting on young, unsigned marquee players such as Ranger 2003 first-round draft pick Hugh Jessiman to join a replacement league next season, the...
WILLIE GETS TO WORK - WHAT NEW METS MANAGER NEEDS TO DO RIGHT OFF BAT
November 7, 2004 | 5:00amWillie Randolph's first season as Mets manager doesn't start until April, but the work begins now. Tomorrow, Randolph will walk into Shea Stadium to begin his first official week on...