November 14, 2004
SECRET AGENT; D.C. LAWYERMOONLIGHTSFOR POLITICOS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe buzz in the publishing world this week has been about the auction, currently underway, for the memoirs of former CIA director George Tenet. The bidding - which should end...
CHICKEN JERK & ALIEN BEES; 'VIRAL' ADS CREATE BUZZ, BUT MAY NOT SELL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amWhen ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky dreamed up the "subservient chicken," an Internet character to hawk Burger King's new chicken tenders, marketers had no idea whether the offbeat campaign...
CELEB PARENTS FIND NEW FAD: KIDS CLOTHES
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe latest status symbol for baby-toting celebrities is to design their own children's clothing line. The star attraction is Madonna, who has launched a line based on her popular children's...
THE BLAIR SWITCH PROJECT - WITH PAXIL AND HIS PARENTS,THE TIMES' PLAGIARIST REBUILDS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amJayson Blair, the diminutive ex-journalist who shook up the mighty New York Times when his serial plagiarism was revealed last year, has all but evaporated from public view. Now seeing...
SOUL MATES - ALICIA KEYS AND USHER ARE THE HOTTEST DUO ON 'THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amR&B is in the house tonight, literally. The 32nd American Music Awards, broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, will feature a performance by this year's reigning king...
GREAT ESCAPE - 'NOVA' DOCUMENTARY LOCATES SECRET TUNNEL DUG BY POWS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amNO one escaped by motorcycle in the real-life "Great Escape," but the true story is perhaps more heroic than the 1963 Steve McQueen movie. The real escape plot's heroism lies...
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S BEST FILMS OF THE WEEK
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amMY FAIR LADY Sunday, 10 a.m., TCM Isn't it loverly? A slew of top-notch Lerner and Loewe songs and the outsized charisma of Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn spark this...
TV BEHIND NATIONWIDE TEEN POKER CRAZE
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE'S actually something about this sudden poker rage/epidemic that we like. And it isn't that poker teaches kids concepts in probability and statistics. What we like about it is that...
WASHED-UP - WITH TARNISHED GUEST STARS, 'WILL & GRACE' IS THE NEW 'LOVE BOAT'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHIS show sounds familiar - it features a parade of formerly luminescent stars almost each week. Many times they even get to play themselves and get sucked into comically contrived...
'BUFFY,' ETC. NOT THE STUFF OF ACADEMIA
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amWHY send your kids to college when you can save thousands in tuition fees by plopping them down in front of the TV set for four years? Apparently, some college...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amDRAMA Bedside manner HERE'S a doctor who's so disheveled and scruffy that you wouldn't want him going near you, let alone diagnosing you. In "House," Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie)...
AMERICANS SHINE WITH FOREIGN AID
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHE American teams had surprising success in last month's world Olympiad - as well as extraordinary help from unlikely sources. The men's team, for the first time, consisted entirely of...
LOUISE BROOKS' LULU IS BACK IN TOWN
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHE thing you remember most about Louise Brooks is her smile. Sure, there's the trademark black helmet of hair. But that smile - promising so much, innocent and deadly at...
A BREED APART; DON'T BE DUPED BY PRICEY DESIGNER MUTTS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA recent cover story called "The Perfect Dog?" in the newly re launched Life magazine has touched off an alarming new trend: "designer" dogs. Pet shops and Internet advertisers are...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
November 14, 2004 | 5:00am1 Jamie Foxx's skull tattoo Think about getting the ink (with no fat for padding to make it hurt less!) and then bandaging it up and keeping it clean while...
SPONGEBOB SQUAREFANS - YES, ADULTS LOVE THE YELLOW FELLOW, TOO
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amLynne Palazzi gets funny looks when she hits the town in her SpongeBob SquarePants flip-flops. That's understandable. You don't expect to see a successful 36-year-old magazine editor walking down Fifth...
HEAR THIS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIN CONCERT * At Irving Plaza: Finnish love metalers HIM on Monday. Country-rocker Kasey Chambers on Tuesday. Welsh crooner Tom Jones plays Wednesday through Saturday. Taking Back Sunday at Roseland...
THE SOUL SURVIVORS - GEORGIA ROCKERS TALK ABOUT DEATH, DIVORCE & DITCHING THEIR RECORD LABEL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amCollective Soul disappeared from rock and was in the hard place of having to fire a record company, find new bandmates, deal with divorces and cope with death. The multi-platinum...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amChingy "Powerballin' " * * * * (four stars) Capitol Records On his new disc, Chingy presents his own version of lifestyles of the rich and famous. Here, (the other)...
DELGADOS LET LIGHT IN - ONCE-GLOOMY SCOTTISH BAND 'NOT SO NEGATIVE' - BUT DON'T DESPAIR: THEY CAN STILL ROCK
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe Delgados, a melodic-pop outfit from Glasgow known for a gloomy nature, have discovered the sunny side of the street. On their new disc, "Universal Audio," the four-piece act decided...
FOOD CRITIC DISHES IT OUT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amFORK IT OVER Alan Richman (three stars) HarperCollins, $24.95 I've always enjoyed GQ restaurant critic Alan Richman's globe-trotting food escapades. The 11-time James Beard Award winner for culinary journalism has...
EDUCATION OF PEDRO - SPANISH DIRECTOR ALMODOVAR TACKLES PERVY PRIESTS OF HIS PAST IN NEW FILM
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPedro Almodovar, the world's most popular non-English-language director, says his new film isn't autobiographical - even though, like a central character, he's a gay director who was educated in Spain's...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amNATIONAL TREASURE Our founding fathers hid a great national treasure, and clues to its whereabouts are hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence and on U.S. currency. Nicolas...
HOW NOT TO LOOK FAT - A SLIM GYM STATE OF MIND
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amDon't be fooled by the photos - I haven't turned into a fitness freak. I can count on two fingers the number of times I've exercised in the past three...
SHOPAHOLIC - MARIA MANIA - 'ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT' ANCHOR MARIA MENOUNOS IS ONE SPEEDY SHOPPER WHO CAN FIND IT ALL INSIDE THE MALL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00am"Entertainment Tonight" news anchor Maria Menounos made heads whirl when she wore a $2.5 million, breast-baring diamond gown to the Academy Awards in February. She also made an Internet splash....
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amROCK 'N' JOCK GUY NEEDS PLAY PARTNER This week, our Meet Market challenge is to match up handsome Adam, 27, with the woman of his dreams - or at least...
NEW LOHAN LIP-LOCKER?
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amFRIENDS of Lindsay Lohan are saying that her actor ex-boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama, was just using her for the press and blame him for her hard-partying ways. Despite being on the...
SHERLOCK'S A CLUE 'HOUND'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amDevilish creatures, dangerous canines, murder and age-old curses abound in "The Hound of the Baskervilles," a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The book, which was first published...
HEARTS BURN FOR 'MARLBORO MAN'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe young Marine dubbed the "Marlboro Man" after his front-page appearance in The Post has become a celebrity poster boy for the U.S. effort in Fallujah, a heartthrob to women...
SAD HOME BECOMES A MOURNERS' MECCA
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amGrieving neighbors and relatives of Laci Peterson lined the beautiful former cheerleader's home with flowers, candles and stuffed animals in the hours after her husband was convicted of murdering her...
EVIL SPIRIT OF O.J. SWAYED GUILTY VERDICT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amSCOTT PETERSON never had a chance. It started as a joke. From Day 1, jurors in Peterson's double-murder trial were fond of saying to one another: "We don't want to...
PALESTINIAN ELECTION 'BY JAN. 9'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amAs grieving Palestinians flocked to Yasser Arafat's tomb to pay their last respects, his successors yesterday promised a swift election to replace him. While there have been no elections since...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA lucky Iowa man has the lottery's number, winning the jackpot for the second time since 2000. K. Morris Richardson, 79, picked up his second jackpot on Tuesday after picking...
'KIDNAP' TURNS 1G PUP INTO HOT DOG
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island woman was pinched for puppy pilfering yesterday after allegedly snatching an expensive dachshund from a pet store where she had been employed for a grand total of...
FALLUJAH FALLS TO GIS; 1,000 REBELS KILLED INSIDE RAT'S NEST
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amU.S. troops battling to retake Fallujah declared their mission accomplished yesterday, occupying the entire city after more than 1,000 rebels were killed and with no major resistance left there. But...
BX. ZOO'S 'STAR REINDEER' ON NAUGHTY LIST AFTER ANTLER ANTICS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA reindeer with a broken antler is about to undergo major cosmetic surgery at the Bronx Zoo - and officials are crossing their fingers they'll be able to patch him...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** Police are seeking the public's help in locating this 62-year-old man (above) who is in poor health and who disappeared from his Harlem residence last week. Earl Sumner,...
STAR'S BRIDAL POWER
November 14, 2004 | 5:00am"Bridezilla" stormed Park Avenue yesterday, as guests gathered at St. Bartholomew's Church amid movie-set lighting and flower-bedecked white arches for Star Jones' corporate-sponsored wedding to Al Reynolds. "The View" gabber...
REAGAN DAUGHTER'S WOE OVER STEM CELLS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIn an emotional TV interview airing tonight, Ronald Reagan's daughter says President Bush's re-election is "tragic" because it could curtail badly needed embryonic stem-cell research. Four years of delay in...
CAIMAN COPS WERE HUNGRY FOR INFO
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amWhen NYPD Emergency Service Unit cops showed up at the Bronx Zoo to rescue a deranged naked man who climbed into a pit to greet two crocodile-like caimans, one of...
MYSTERY FOTOG SPURS FALSE 'TERROR' ALARM AT SCHOOL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPanicky parents of kids in an Upper East Side public school are upset over an incident in which a mysterious Middle Eastern-appearing man was caught taking pictures outside - sparking...
KNIFE-WIELDING S.I. MAN STABS GAL PAL, SELF: COPS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA Staten Island woman was brutally stabbed in the stomach yesterday by her boyfriend, who then started knifing himself, cops said. Luis Arroyo, 45, held his girlfriend hostage in her...
UNGRATEFUL GOTHAM
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThirty-eight billion bucks. That's how much cash went to victims of 9/11, mostly in the New York area, a Rand study last week said. It's a lot of dough -...
CHENEY HAS HEART FRIGHT ; OK AFTER HOSPITAL VISIT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPanic gripped Washington at its highest levels yesterday as heart-attack prone Vice President Dick Cheney checked into an area hospital suffering from shortness of breath. But calm was quickly restored...
COPS HUNT MAN WHO KILLED CON
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPolice yesterday were searching for the crazed killer who stabbed to death the beau of his estranged girlfriend - the mother of his three kids - after he walked in...
ED. BIGS' HOTEL SPREE ; FUROR OVER $2M NO-BID DEAL WITH MARRIOTT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHE new math being practiced by school executives could slam taxpayers with a $2.4 million bill from the plush Brooklyn Marriott. The Department of Education has signed a three-year, no-bid...
'REINDEER GAMES' ROUGH FOR BUCK
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA reindeer with a broken antler is about to undergo cosmetic surgery at the Bronx Zoo - and officials are hoping they'll be able to patch him up for the...
MARLBORO MARINE FIRES UP TROOP MORALE
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe young Marine dubbed the "Marlboro Man" after his front-page appearance in The Post has become a celebrity poster boy for the U.S. effort in Fallujah and a hero in...
STAR-BRIGHT RITES ; JONES WEDS AT CELEB-FILLED EXTRAVAGANZA
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amStar "Bridezilla" Jones stomped her way to wedded bliss last night, as she tied the knot with banker Al Reynolds in a lavish, celeb-packed ceremony on Park Avenue. The gabber...
DOWN AND DIRTY ; HOW U.S. TROOPS SHONE IN THE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHTING IN FALLUJAH
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIT all comes down to the grunt. Our military assault on Fallujah employed spectacular military technologies and innovative teamwork between services, thorough planning and overwhelming force. But the Infantry squad...
SICKO 'LOVE' NOTES; GAL GAVE PERVY LETTERS TO 8-YR.-OLD 'BABY'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIf they couldn't have daily sex, they could at least share "long kisses" to show their love, a 29-year-old woman and alleged sex predator wrote to the 8-year-old she's accused...
AN 'INNOCENT' SOVIET SPY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amALGER HISS'S LOOKING-GLASS WAR: THE COVERT LIFE OF A SOVIET SPYBY G. EDWARD WHITE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 297 PAGES, $30 SAVE for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, there is no greater...
SCHOOLHOUSE 'JAIL'; TROUBLEMAKERS STUCK IN HS LOCKDOWN
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amCity schools' ballyhooed "New Beginnings" program is supposed to get non-violent high-school troublemakers who cut class and lag in their coursework back on the right academic track - but it's...
QNS. LANDLADY, 94, ESCAPES FIRE
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA kindly 94-year-old landlady, who is hard of hearing and uses a walker, was rescued by her quick-thinking neighbor from a deadly Queens blaze that killed a tenant who had...
DEAD 'DIRTY BASTARD' - RAPPER DIES AT STUDIO
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amRevered, troubled and often outlandish rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard mysteriously collapsed and died yesterday at a Manhattan recording studio, police said. The 35-year-old ODB, one of the founding members of...
L.I. 'KIDNAP' TURNS 1G PUP INTO ONE HOT DOG
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island woman was pinched for puppy pilfering yesterday after allegedly snatching an expensive dachshund from a pet store where she had been employed for a grand total of...
ED. BIGS OK HOTEL SPREE - CITY SLAMS $2M NO-BID DEAL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTHE new math being practiced by school executives could slam taxpayers with a $2.4 million bill from the plush Brooklyn Marriott. The Department of Education has signed a three-year, no-bid...
STAR-BRIGHT RITES; JONES WEDS AT CELEB-FILLED EXTRAVAGANZA
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amStar "Bridezilla" Jones stomped her way to wedded bliss last night, as she tied the knot with banker Al Reynolds in a lavish, celeb-packed ceremony on Park Avenue. The gabber...
DVD-CAPITATION; IRAQ MURDER DOCUMENTARY IN STORES
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA grotesque documentary that includes gory scenes of American Nicholas Berg's beheading and an Iraqi doctor getting his hand chopped off is on sale in New York - and its...
ALL'$ WELLS IN N.J.; SPIELBERG TURNS LOCALS INTO 'WAR' PROFITEERS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amMartians have invaded New Jersey - and the little green men have very deep pockets. "War of the Worlds" director Steven Spielberg is sparing no expense as he burns through...
DIETERS RAVE OVER NEW 'WONDER PILL'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amDenise Ripley used to begin each day at her local coffee shop, grabbing a bagel slathered with butter and large French vanilla cappuccino to go. Then she'd drive home from...
JAYSON AGONY - HE CAN'T RECALL AFTER GUN WENT OFF
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Jayson Williams says he does not remember what happened the fateful night almost three years ago when a limo driver was shot to death at his...
SCHOOLHOUSE 'JAIL' - TROUBLEMAKERS STUCK IN HS LOCKDOWN
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amCity schools' ballyhooed "New Beginnings" program is supposed to get non-violent high-school troublemakers who cut class and lag in their coursework back on the right academic track - but it's...
BETTMAN PLAYS 'THE LYING GAME'
November 14, 2004 | 5:00am"First of all, you don't have to get rid of guaranteed contracts with a salary cap. Secondly, we've never discussed the issue with the union. Never." - Gary Bettman, Oct....
BOSOX BLO-OUT ; BLOHARDS CELEBRATE WITH TROPHY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amFOR George Steinbrenner's sake, it was a good thing the Boss didn't amble into the distinguished Yale Club on Friday night. Here, in the heart of Yankee Country, hundreds of...
NO TIME TO BE TIM-ID ; THOMAS BELIEVES HE CAN FIND WAY TO ERASE DOUBTS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThursday was not the best day for Tim Thomas. The Knicks were about to sign a player at his position, Eddie Robinson. Thomas, shooting 9 of 30 in the first...
HAISLIP NOW ON ISIAH'S RADAR
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES When Isiah Thomas pursued free-agent swingman Eddie Robinson to fill his opened roster spot, he spoke his usual mantra of having to build the Knicks through "unconventional ways."...
HUNTERS' VENISON DONATIONS HIT 230 MILLION MEALS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amFOR years, hunters quietly have helped the needy by donating part of their harvest to food banks throughout New York and the rest of the country. On the other side...
BORES OF THE RING ; THESE HEAVIES ARE LIGHTWEIGHTS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amA dubious cast of characters squared off last night at the Garden for what was billed as "The Battle for Supremacy" in the heavyweight division. Who cares if the best...
SUHR-PLUS OF HELP
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amI know how fussy my customers are. I know they want their irony folded and unwrinkled, and I aim to please. Before signing a four-year coaching contract with the Pacers,...
FINDING THE 'PATH' TO VICTORY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTrack was rated sloppy for first two races, upgraded to muddy for third, to good for seventh; was sealed through first five races, harrowed for sixth. Rafael Bejarano, Shaun Bridgmohan...
'CLASSIC' COASTS IN STUYVESANT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amClassic Endeavor, rated along perfectly on the lead by Edgar Prado, waltzed home yesterday at Aqueduct for a 11/2-length score in the Grade 3, $100,000 Stuyvesant Handicap, capping a remarkable...
FINALLY, PLANINIC CAN TALK A GOOD GAME
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amAt times last year, Zoran Planinic didn't look quick enough for the NBA. The 6-foot-7 Croatian's problem had nothing to do with his feet and everything to do with his...
KNICK PIZZA, CHICAGO STYLE
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amAFTER a week of continuous chatter between the Knicks and Eddie Robin son's representative and the expense of flying three talent scouts to Chicago to check out the freaky frequent...
NO ANSWERS FOR NOWITZKI
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amMavs 94Nets 78 Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki was in the midst of a put-the-game away roll in the fourth quarter. Off the dribble, catch-and-shoot, left wing, right corner. When he...
BURRELL STEPS UP FOR GOVERNORS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS Clinton 13Lehman 12 Jamar Burrell had an inconsistent season at quarterback, struggling the last two weeks in losses to Kennedy and Lehman. But the Clinton junior felt he...
KIDD STEPPING UP REHAB
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amJason Kidd has taken his rehab one day at a time. Although this week, he'll actually take it five days at a time. Kidd, who ran four days last week,...
KNEE WILL COST MERCER MONTH
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Ron Mercer is hoping it's a simple clean-up. But if doctors find anything worse in his left knee tomorrow, then he'll be out for some time. As it...
METS KEEPING AN EYE ON SOSA'S OPTION PLAY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIf Sammy Sosa gets traded to the Mets or anybody else, he may cost less money than expected after all. Sosa's contract has a 2006 option for $18 million that...
BC'S PARTING SHOT ; ROUT OF WVU KEEPS LEAGUE TITLE IN REACH
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amBoston College 36West Virginia 17 MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - Boston College arrived at Mountaineer Stadium yesterday amid a cascade of boos, with the sold-out crowd giving them the finger and...
KNICKS ARE ROAD KILL - START GRUELING TRIPWITH LOSS AT INDYAS 'D' GOES AWOL
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPacers 103Knicks 97 INDIANAPOLIS - The pain has already begun for the Knicks on their four-game road trip, and they haven't even hit Texas yet. It all began alarmingly when...
ARTEST: KNICK DEAL WON'T HAPPEN
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Embattled Pacer Ron Artest says Knicks president Isiah Thomas can try, but doubts he'll land him in a trade. "It's not happening," Artest said before facing...
PITT'S PALKO SWEARS BY HIS PANTHERS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amNBC Sports was forced to apologize during its broadcast of Notre Dame's 41-38 loss to Pittsburgh yesterday after excited Panthers quarterback Tyler Palko used an expletive as an adjective in...
'LEGEND' LAYS INTO 'VANDER
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amAlmost 20 years to the day that Evander Holyfield's brilliant and gallant career began at the Garden, his fans can only hope it ended last night in the World's Most...
KNICKS ARE ROAD KILL - START GRUELING TRIPWITH LOSS AT INDY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPacers 103 Knicks 97 INDIANAPOLIS - Jerome Williams said on Friday the Knicks don't have enough players in their locker room who take pride in defense. "We do need defense,"...
GOLOTA ROBBED - RUIZ KEEPS TITLE AT GARDEN FIGHT FEST
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amIt was a night of Desperate Heavyweights in the Garden. Big men with huge dreams, whose careers have hit the high and low on the brutal road of boxing, were...
COUGHLIN'S OFFENSE COULD RUN AWAY FROM TURNOVERS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES TEMPE, Ariz - Despite Tom Coughlin's threat last week, the Giants this afternoon will do more than pound away in the running game against the Cardinals. Angrily addressing...
MARTIN, VILMA GIVE RAY RESPECT
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES There's a moving force on the Ravens' defense the Jets are going to have to deal with for 60 minutes today, and then some, if necessary. You either...
OPEN BOOK - FASSEL HAS WRITE STUFF FOR NEXT COACHING JOB
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amJim Fassel's 2005 calendar is full. He knows when he is going to open the first mini-camp of the year. He knows when the players will report to training camp....
STARTING OVER - JETS EXPECT QB CARTER TO KEEP SEASON ON TRACK
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amKnow your job. Be yourself. The first is Herman Edwards' message to his team, which must rally around its backup quarterback, Quincy Carter, the replacement for injured Chad Pennington making...
LEAVING IT ALL UP TO "Q" - JETS QB CARTER IS NOT STRANGER TO ADVERSITY
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe tears would stream down 3-year-old Quincy Carter's face as his mother's car passed the Little League field in Decatur, Ga. He ached to play with the other boys. He...
GLASS HALF-FULL - BIG BLUE CLAIMS MISFORTUNE WON'T RUIN REST OF SEASON
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE, Ariz. - There is no way around it. The Giants have many battles to wage today and only one of them is with the improving Arizona Cardinals. The Giants...
ARTEST'S SOUR NOTE - HE'S NOT ALONE FORGETTING FANS
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amRON ARTEST is backtracking now, spinning like mad, scrambling to satisfy people who might have been a bit peeved at the notion he wanted to take a few weeks off...
HEAD TO HEAD
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amPost Knicks beat writer Marc Berman and columnists Jay Greenberg slug it out over whether Lenny Wilkens is the right man to lead the Knicks into the future. BERMAN: Wilkens...
HOT STOVE RECIPE - IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR DEALS TO HEAT UP
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amThe first major signing of last year's offseason came Nov. 19 when Raul Ibanez joined the Mariners. Nearly two months later, on Jan. 11, Vladimir Guerrero signed with the Angels....
BIRTHDAY PRESENT - NEGRO LEAGUE LEGEND O'NEIL CELEBRATES HIRING OF RANDOLPH
November 14, 2004 | 5:00amNegro League living legend Buck O'Neil said it was a long time coming for Willie Randolph - and for New York City. "It's progress," said O'Neil, who turned 93 yesterday,...