November 10, 2004
ABC IN GOAL LINE STAND AS NBC VIES FOR RIGHTS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNBC, which lost rights to broadcast NFL games in 1998, is expected to aggressively pursue a new deal to air games beginning in 2006. While the NFL has locked up...
NEW GARRICK-AUG BOSS PUSHES WALL ST. TACTICS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAFTER flirting with suitors for two years, Charles Aug of Garrick-Aug Store Leasing Associates has not only landed a buyer for the company he founded 40 years ago, but will...
EX-NEWSDAY ED BUCKED FIRINGS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amHoward Schneider was bounced as editor of Newsday yesterday after butting heads with his boss about firing staff to cover huge losses tied to the paper's circulation scandal. It didn't...
BATTERED MARSH & MCLENNAN LAYING OFF 3,000
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amBruised, battered and looking at its worst profits picture since 1997, Marsh & McLennan Cos. said yesterday it would lay off 3,000 people, or 5 percent of its payroll, as...
OVITZ WANTED $50M TO SIGN ON
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amEven before he accepted his cushy job at Walt Disney, former super agent Michael Ovitz was demanding a surprising $50 million upfront bonus just to say yes. Testimony in a...
MICROSOFT AIMS AT IPOD MARKET
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amMicrosoft Corp. is fighting to expand its online music share and break the hold Apple's iPod has on the market. Microsoft's MSN music service began a free song promotion yesterday...
WET SEAL CEO GOES
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWet Seal, the troubled teen-clothing retailer, bought itself some time yesterday with an agreement to raise at least $40 million from a group of private investors. Wet Seal also said...
PHILIP MORRIS SNUFFS OUT MAG
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCUSTOM publishing - the business of producing magazines entirely to the specifications of one advertiser - has been seen as a boon to hard-pressed consumer magazine publishers through industry downturns....
LIFE'S A BEACH - SCANDAL STALLS GOLDMAN'S ISLAND IPO PLAN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAttorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the insurance industry has put a crimp in Goldman Sachs Capital Partners' plan to ring up a quick profit on a $225 million investment...
GEMSTAR RETHINKING VENERABLE TV GUIDE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amGemstar TV Guide International Inc. said it was taking a $131.6 million write off because of its struggling TV Guide magazine. The company is now rethinking the philosophy behind TV...
BAUER MAY BE OFF BLOCK
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amEddie Bauer is being put back on the shelf. Eddie Bauer's parent, bankrupt Spiegel, is leaning toward pulling the outdoorsy chain off the auction block - at least for now...
STARR REPORT
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCraig redux on CBS The search for a "Late Late Show" host continues - but if Monday night is any indication, Craig Ferguson may have an early leg up on...
CAPTURING THE FALL OF TROY
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amOVERNIGHT[] (Three stars) Pulp friction. Running time: 81 minutes. Not rated (profanity). At the Film Forum, West Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. FOR sheer hubris, it's hard to beat...
TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVEL OFF, 'GUY'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNEW GUY [] (Two stars)THE first day on a new job can be disconcerting, but few people, if any, experience what Gregg does in the low-budget indie "New Guy." The...
A TURKISH DELIGHT IN MIDTOWN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAKDENIZ [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) 19 W. 46TH ST. (BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH AVENUES) (212) 575-2307 IN Midtown, sometimes all you ask for is a decent meal. Akdeniz...
CAFÉ OLÉ, GRAY!
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCAFÉ GRAY [] (Three stars) 10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE TIME WARNER CENTER (THIRD FLOOR) (212) 823-6338 SO, nine months late and toting all the emotional baggage of Gray Kunz's six-year quest...
GLOBES NOT GOLDEN FOR MEL, MOORE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTIMES have been tough lately for Michael Moore. First, President Bush won re-election; now, "Fahrenheit 9/11" is out of the running for a Golden Globe award. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
DAVE MAKES WAVES
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amDAVID Letterman's rare visit to Monday's "Live with Regis & Kelly" goosed the show's ratings. Monday's "Live" averaged 449,000 viewers from 9 to 10 a.m. on Ch. 7 - up...
'TODAY'S' MAN SPEAKS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amMOVE over Matt - Katie Couric's new squeeze is a boyish-looking jazz trumpeter named Chris Botti. The musician, 42, who has opened for pop star Sting and is promoting his...
MADONNA DISSES 'IDOL'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amMEMO to the "American Idol" crew: Madonna hates you. "I think it's bad," the material mom told a reporter from ABC Radio Networks yesterday in a wide-ranging interview, parts of...
SEND IN THE CLOWN - FIERSTEIN MAY RAISE THE 'ROOF' ON B'WAY
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA "Fiddler on the Roof" with Harvey Fierstein as Tevye? Sounds crazy, no? Maybe not. Fierstein, last seen prancing around Broadway in a housecoat, is auditioning today to replace Alfred...
'CLUBHOUSE' STRIKES OUT
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amBASEBALL is done for the year - and so is the promsing drama "Clubhouse." CBS has quietly canceled the struggling young show built around a batboy for a New York...
STATE OF AFFAIRS - 'L & O' KILLS OFF GAY GOV'S WIFE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA governor reveals he's gay and then resigns. And that's where the similarities end between the real-life story of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey and tonight's episode of "Law &...
TICKET TO RIDE - 'POLAR EXPRESS' IS ON TRACK FOR THE HOLIDAYS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amALL aboard "The Polar Express" - a dazzling addition to the lately lackluster canon of Christmas tales. Devoid of 21st-century irony, this visually stunning, actionpacked yuletide treat is sweet and,...
COMPASS IN RIGHT DIRECTION
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCOMPASS is back on course with a new chef, the return of the original management team of Donny Evans and Al Lopez and a refurbished interior. Stepping up to the...
HAUTE CHOCOLATE - CHOCOHOLICS, GET WITH THE PROGRAM
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTHE way cocoa dust has been flying lately, the flavor of the month couldn't be anything but chocolate. Color this week deep brown, what with chic new chocolate stores opening...
LISA LISA'S SECOND ACT - EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE '80S TEEN-POP DIVA LOOKS TO MAKE SOME NOISE AGAIN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amPOP diva Lisa Lisa ruled '80s pop with her freestyle jams. But beneath the platinum hits and rising fame lurked the deep-set insecurity of a 16-year-old struggling to grow up...
AH, ARMANDO - RED-HAIRED CUBAN AMERICAN HUNK RIESCO IS ON A ROLL, AS HE BURNS UP SCREENS IN TWO MAJOR NEW FLICKS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amARMANDO Riesco is in a sticky situation with his latest movie role. The 26-year-old actor lives in and loves New York City, but in the new Farrelly Brothers movie, "Fever...
'DROP' IN ON JONISHA - BORICUA COMEDIENNE GETS GOOFY ON SITV
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA life-altering experience during a stick-up turned the life of Jonisha Rios around. Two years ago, on the streets of L.A., the Brooklyn-bred entertainer had a gun held to her...
CLAUDIA'S SECRET - GETTING 'INTIMATE' WITH A HOT NEW LINGERIE DESIGNER
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN Claudia Ochoa first came to New York from Colombia in 1999, her only plan was to learn to speak English fluently. Little did she know that just five years...
LA LOVELY DAWSON - RAVISHING ROSARIO RAPS ABOUT HER LOVE LIFE, NUDE SCENES, AND HER BIGGEST MOVIE ROLE TO DATE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTHESE DAYS, NOTHING CAN WIPE THE SMILE OFF ROSARIO DAWSON'S LIPS. NOT THE GOSSIP COLUMNS CHRONICLING HER ALLEGEDLY WILD SEX LIFE WITH HER COSTARS, NOT THE RABID FANS INTERRUPTING FAMILY...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA 56-year-old woman gave birth to twins yesterday at Mount Sinai Hospital. Aleta St. James, the sister of a radio host, is believed to be the oldest woman in America...
CITY & RIDERS WON'T BAIL OUT 'BLOATED' MTA: MIKE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg to the MTA: Take a hike. The mayor - in his toughest language yet - testified at an MTA hearing yesterday and told the agency's board that "neither...
ALL SET TO 'SPRUCE' UP ROCK CENTER
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWhat a tree-mendous sight! Here's the majestic, 71-foot-tall Norway spruce that's been chosen as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. The gorgeous evergreen was cut down yesterday at the Rockland...
LET'S FACE FACTS: CLUELESS DA'S CASE IS DOA
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amDREADWOOD CITY, Calif. - What a waste of time. Let's roll up the tent on this dreadful town, a place where chucklehead lawmen rode in on their mules, hoping to...
EXIT MCGREEVEY, STILL IN DENIAL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amEVEN in saying goodbye, Jim McGreevey - who ran for governor promising to be "straight with the people of New Jersey" - was anything but. His maudlin farewell address Monday...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A burglar stole jewelry and other property after breaking into a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, authorities said yesterday. Police sources said a 24-year-old woman returned to her apartment 442 Decatur...
DEEJAY 'CABBY' ON A TAX ROLL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWacky deejay "Crazy Cabby" yesterday wisecracked his way through a guilty plea to federal tax charges - lodged after he boasted on air about cheating Uncle Sam. Even the specter...
SMITHSONIAN SALUTES VETS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAmericans can go on a one-stop march through all our wars starting tomorrow, Veterans Day, in a new exhibition opening at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington,...
JUDGE STALLS B'KLYN CONDO WAREHOUSE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA judge has temporarily blocked luxury condos from being built in a massive Brooklyn waterfront warehouse. The conversion, which sought to put more than 150 high-end units in a giant...
PATAKI MAN SLAMS BUSH
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's top political adviser has trashed President Bush, attacked the "Christian right," and said Bush's re-election means Pataki can't become president in 2008. The shocking comments by...
BAD BET: CITY'S OTB LOSING ITS SHIRT AT THE TRACK
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amThe city's Off-Track-Betting Corp. is running out of the money. OTB Chairman David Cornstein told The Post that the city's only authorized bookie is in such dire straits, it won't...
JAZZY'S LAW TARGETS KENNELS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amPet owners may soon be required to show proof their animals have been vaccinated for communicable diseases before they can be left in city kennels. City Council Speaker Gifford Miller...
BANK-ROBBER FIT TO BE DYED
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA would-be bank-robber is likely to be caught red-handed after a dye pack embedded in the cash he'd just stolen from an Upper East Side bank yesterday morning exploded. The...
RAIL BIG'S BAD BOO$T
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - A Metro-North official got a slap on the wrist yesterday for illegally seeking contributions for his kids' school booster club from vendors he dealt with, the state Ethics...
PERVY BLAME GAME - 'IT'S LITTLE BOY'S FAULT'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amSTRATFORD, Conn. - The mom of the randy receptionist who allegedly seduced an 8-year-old neighbor blamed her daughter's little victim yesterday, angrily insisting, "It's his fault!" "It's not her ....
WEIGHT COULD BE OVER FOR MIRACLE DIET PILL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amDieters, rejoice - a new fat-busting pill that stops food cravings before they start could soon be on the market. Researchers yesterday revealed a new study showing that the diet...
LAWYER NABBED IN 813G RIP-OFF
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA Chinatown real-estate lawyer with an apparent gambling problem stole $813,000 from at least 10 clients, Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday. Chak Yin Lee, 42, allegedly collected down payments from sellers,...
MORGY HAS ID THIEVES IN SIGHTS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAttention, identity thieves: The Manhattan DA is setting up a unit to find out who you are - and who you aren't. Identity thefts have risen steadily over the past...
GLUM GUY GATHERS UP LAWYERS AS JAIL LOOMS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amFormer state Sen. Guy Velella looked like a man bearing a burden yesterday as he left the Park Avenue offices of his lawyer - where he'd rushed first thing in...
KID'S LIRR SUICIDE - LOVELORN GIRL, 14, RUN OVER BY TRAIN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA popular teenager, reeling from the breakup of her parents' marriage and her own recent split with her boyfriend, walked onto the Long Island Rail Road tracks near her school,...
FIANCÉE 'CRUSHED' BY WTC SUICIDE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amThe fiancée at the heart of a Georgia man's bizarre shotgun suicide at Ground Zero is "just crushed" over the young man's tragic death - as her boyfriend's body remained...
BLOODS BANDIT MADE WRONG CALL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA Bloods gang member who stole a teen's cellphone used it to demand money from his victim's father - who was reporting the crime to cops at the time, authorities...
'CELLPHONE RAPIST' ON THE LOOSE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amPolice say this man sexually assaulted two women working alone in Brooklyn cellphone stores and used credit cards he stole from one to go on a shopping spree just hours...
GIS PIERCE HEART OF ENEMY'S LAIR - CRUSH POCKETS OF DIEHARD REBELS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S forces yesterday blitzed the center of the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, overwhelming bands of Iraqi terrorists in intense urban street battles and putting the all-important Operation Dawn...
SHEIK LAWYER GRILLED OVER RULE BREACH
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amRadical lawyer Lynne Stewart admitted on national TV that she violated prison rules while issuing a violent statement on behalf of a terror sheik - just a month after she...
ACTIVISTS PROBE $PECIAL ED
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amSpecial-education advocates and labor leaders are questioning whether millions of dollars set aside for teachers have gone unused or have been misspent at scores of public schools, The Post has...
750K MORE FLU VACCINES N.Y.-BOUND
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNew York state can expect more than 750,000 additional doses of flu vaccine in the next several weeks under a national re-allocation program created to respond to the massive national...
BUS PLOWS INTO KIDS ON SIDEWALK
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAn out-of-control bus carrying 15 handicapped adults to a treatment center crashed into a Brooklyn bus shelter yesterday morning, injuring three teenage bystanders and sending horrified pedestrians diving for cover....
POST OFFERS SMALL-HS GUIDE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWorried about sending your child to a large, overcrowded high school? Check out tomorrow's New York Post for a complete listing of the 150 small, specialized city high schools that...
'BUTCHER' BOXED - CENTRAL PK. KILLER GETS TIGHT CURFEW FOR THREAT
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amThe state's Division of Parole has clipped the wings of "baby-faced butcher" Daphne Abdela following her harassment arrest for making threatening phone calls to another young female ex-con, The Post...
KERRY HAS EYES ON COMEBACK
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry yesterday returned to Capitol Hill to huddle with Democratic leaders and reassert his clout amid hints he may try to become Comeback Kerry and run...
SHEIK'S LAWYER BROKE JAIL DEAL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amJust a month after she was indicted by the feds, radical lawyer Lynne Stewart admitted on national television that she violated prison rules by issuing a statement advocating violence on...
ARAFAT 'DEAD' & ALIVE - DEPENDS WHO'S TALKING
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amYasser Arafat slipped deeper into a coma yesterday, but the Palestinian foreign minister insisted he is "still alive" and his brain, heart and lungs are working. The official, Nabil Shaath,...
KNICK KNOCK - MIKE TIES TEAM MESS TO MSG STADIUM BA$H
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA furious Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blamed the dismal start by the Knicks this season on team owner Cablevision's decision to squander millions of dollars on ads attacking the proposed West...
SCHOOLS TISSUE IS ISSUE IN STINK
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCivility went down the toilet yesterday at City Hall during a bathroom brawl over charges that public schools are not fully stocked with tissue paper, soap and other amenities. "How...
W. BOOSTS TROOPS IN HOSP STOP
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday marveled at the "courage and bravery" of U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq after comforting the warriors at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he awarded eight...
AMMON A DEAD RINGER - CLUES CITED IN FAX CALLS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amDanny Pelosi's lawyer claims that tiny details on a phone record introduced yesterday by the prosecution could prove that someone else killed Ted Ammon while Pelosi was at a wedding....
INSIDERS EYE RUDY AS ASHCROFT QUITS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans resigned yesterday, kicking off a Cabinet reshuffle for President Bush's second term and talk of possible replacements - such...
DIVA'S GALLING $$ GRAB - WANTS $4M FROM FIRM
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart has turned from the Diva of Domesticity to the Queen of Chutzpah - she wants $3.7 million from her company to cover legal costs from her trial. Martha...
LIZA FIRES BACK AT EX-DRIVER
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amLiza Minnelli struck back yesterday at a former chauffeur who's suing her for allegedly beating him during drunken rages. Minnelli is demanding ex-driver M'hammed Soumayah fork over $250,000 to her...
PELOSI GAVE EX CHECKS - GENEROSA 'PAID ALIMONY'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amOne-time kept man Danny Pelosi had the ultimate racket going - taking money from his new wife to pay alimony to his old one, a prosecution accountant testified yesterday. The...
TV WORDS BITE SHEIK'S LAWYER
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amRadical lawyer Lynn Stewart admitted in a television interview that she broke prison rules by issuing a statement for her terror-sheik client - contracting testimony she gave at her trial,...
COPS REARREST GIRL WHO FLED
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA teenage girl who gave Brooklyn cops the slip after she squirmed out of her handcuffs was back in custody last night, police said. Two eagle-eyed officers spotted the 15-year-old...
DRY-CLEANER KILLER BUSTED: COPS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amCops have nabbed the alleged triggerman in the Oct. 7 murder of a Queens dry-cleaning plant owner, police said yesterday. Denworth Davidson, 21, was collared Monday in Brooklyn, bringing the...
EXHIBIT SALUTES VETERANS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAmericans can go on a one-stop march through all our wars starting tomorrow, Veteran's Day, in a new exhibition opening at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington,...
RAILROAD BIG GAVE KIDS ILLEGAL BOO$T
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - A Metro-North official got a slap-on-the wrist yesterday for illegally seeking contributions for his kids' school booster club from vendors he dealt with, the state Ethics Commission said....
TOP PATAKI ADVISER RIPS BUSH
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's top political adviser has trashed President Bush, attacked the "Christian right," and said Bush's re-election means Pataki can't become president in 2008. The shocking comments by...
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT - KNICKS SHARP IN FIRST WIN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 96 - 76ers 88 With the noose tightening around his neck, embattled coach Lenny Wilkens tightened his rotation last night. And the Knicks responded by playing tighter defense. Wilkens...
SIXERS' O'BRIEN NEEDS OWN STAFF
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Sixers coach Jim O'Brien would never be able to coach an Isiah Thomas team. O'Brien said he believes picking your own assistants is a must. "I always picked...
TINY TIM WORRIES WILKENS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amThe challenge has been issued. Lenny Wilkens said more is needed of Tim Thomas, who averaged 4 ½ points and shot 27 percent from the field in the Knicks' first...
FIRING ASSISTANT ISN'T THE SOLUTION
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTHE KNICKS, new and improved in Isiah Thomas' mind, got blown out by 34 in the home opener, and the man who brought you Tim Thomas couldn't just do nothing,...
TREE STANDS HAVE THEIR UPS & DOWNS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amBOWHUNTERS were really the first to discover the advantages of hunting from a tree stand, and now you can find the trees filled with hunters even during the firearm season....
MAGGLIO: I'M OPEN TO METS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE - Magglio Ordonez says he'll definitely be healthy by spring training. Where he'll be playing isn't definite, but Ordonez thinks it could be Port St. Lucie. "The door...
JETS WILL BE JUST FINE
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amDON'T fret, Jets fans. The season is not over with Chad Pennington on a shelf for up to a month. This is a different team than the one that took...
TELFAIR'S HEART STILL AT LINCOLN
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amA lot has changed since the last time Sebastian Telfair stepped on the basketball court at Lincoln High School. No longer a schoolboy standout who had hopes of finding his...
I'LL NEVER COACH - ANGRY ISIAH SAYS HE WON'T LEAD KNICKS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amLivid Isiah Thomas declared emphatically last night he will never coach the Knicks as long as he's employed by James Dolan. Thomas was furious over speculation that scapegoat assistant coach...
HEY, BLUE, IT'S TIME TO FILL STRAHAN GAP
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTHE first day of life after Michael Strahan arrives today when the Giants reconvene for practice. It is believed that all players will report to work, five minutes early. There...
MICHAEL OFFERS HIS HELP
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES It's a move the Giants never had to make, ever. They put Michael Strahan on season-ending injured reserve yesterday and the Pro Bowl defensive end will undergo surgery...
MERCER MYSTERY MALADY
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Ron Mercer doesn't know what to call it. But it hurts, and it kept him out of last night's Net game against Portland at the Meadowlands. "I'm to...
HERE WE ZO AGAIN - MOURNING MAKES MOVE BACK INTO STARTING LINEUP
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAlonzo Mourning couldn't resist the wiseguy remark with the media types who joked about his first start since the end of 2002. "To tell you the truth, I had my...
TREASURE HUNT - MINAYA TO AGENT: 'WE'LL BE TALKING'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE - At the end of a hallway in the Ritz-Carlton, Omar Minaya and Scott Boras met each other and shook hands. It was the first of what will...
PAVANO LOOKING NORTHWARD
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK KEY BISCAYNE - Carl Pavano may be doing a lot of traveling pretty soon. "We're going to take some trips," Pavano's agent, Scott Shapiro, said yesterday. "He knows the...
MET MATES BACK WALLY
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amSince the New York Hilton was loaded with 1980s Mets last night, Wally Backman's name was on the lips of his former teammates who gathered to help Keith Hernandez raise...
CONE SAYS ROGER MAY BE BEST
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amAccording to David Cone, Roger Clemens has made a case to be mentioned as the best pitcher ever. That's right: better than any other hurler in history. "It's pretty amazing,"...
SIXERS COACH SAYS HE MUST PICK STAFF
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Sixers coach Jim O'Brien would never be able to coach an Isiah Thomas team. O'Brien said he believes picking your own assistants is essential. "I always picked my...
ISIAH: I WON'T COACH TEAM
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amLivid Isiah Thomas declared emphatically last night he will never coach the Knicks. But Isiah stopped short of saying Lenny Wilkens will coach them for much longer either. Angered over...
BORAS DOES HARD SELL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE - Carlos Beltran is the game's biggest free agent, and the Yankees are the sport's biggest operators. Their likely collision course should set off a buyers' frenzy -...
TREASURE HUNT - MINAYA TO BORAS: 'WE'LL BE TALKING'
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE - At the end of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel hallway, Omar Minaya and Scott Boras greeted each other and shook hands. It was the first of what could be...
FANS FALL IN LOVE WITH ARIZA
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amIt is crystal clear there is no single player in blue and orange who fills the Garden with more energy than the youngest player on the team. Every time Trevor...
-IT CAN BE 'ZO SIMPLE - MOURNING THE MAN AS NETS NIP BLAZERS (S)-MOURNING GLORY - 'ZO BACK AS STARTER AS NETS NIP BLAZERS (LCF)
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amNets 64 - Blazers 60 You make the call. What is more difficult to believe, a man undergoing a life-saving kidney transplant 11 months ago and recording a double-double while...
PLENTY OF CASH, NOT ENOUGH WS
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amTHE KNICKS were blown out by 34 in the home opener, and Isiah Thomas couldn't just do nothing, so he sent away the do-nothing assistant Lenny Wilkens considered his right...
GOING OUT ON TOP? - 7TH CY YOUNG MAY BE ROCKET'S FINAL FAREWELL
November 10, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - A year ago at this time, Roger Clemens was enjoying his short-lived retirement from the Yankees. Yesterday, he was enjoying his seventh Cy Young Award in...