November 17, 2004
HOLLINGER MOVES TO SELL JERUSALEM POST
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amNewspaper chain Hollinger International continued to unwind yesterday, agreeing yesterday to sell The Jerusalem Post for $13.2 million to an Israeli media company. Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd. snapped up the paper...
TRIMARAN SEALS FORTUNOFF BUY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amFortunoff, one of New York City's best-known discount retailers, has sealed a deal to be sold to buyout firm Trimaran Capital Partners. Yesterday, Fortunoff agreed to sell majority control of...
TWO MORE UNDERWRITERS PLEAD GUILTY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe insurance industry continued taking its lumps yesterday. Hours after state regulators unfolded for a Senate subcommittee a laundry ist of crimes allegedly committed by some of the biggest names...
JAPANESE EATERY SIGNS WITH TRUMP; TRUMP SIGNS JAPANESE EATERY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE exquisite Japanese eatery, Megu, has been given a go-ahead to open its second city spot in the coveted restaurant space at Trump World Tower. Donald J. Trump, fiancee Melania...
OVITZ BUS-TED! - DISNEY PREZ TOOK LIMO WHILE OTHERS TOOK THE LOCAL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amGEORGETOWN, Del. - Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner portrayed former top deputy Michael Ovitz as a Hollywood prima donna who clashed with top executives and lavished himself with exorbitant perks....
M'SOFT IS HARD ON 'EXCEL' FIRM
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIt might be the mismatch of the year. The president of a 15-person Manhattan software company said yesterday he was itching for a fight after Microsoft Corp. warned his tiny...
GORDON GETS $3M FOR HOME
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe Connecticut estate belonging to disgraced former Merrill Lynch executive Daniel Gordon was sold at auction yesterday in Old Lyme. The 6,776-square-foot mansion on 21 acres went for $3 million...
THE BIG BLOW BY BLOW - AUTHOR CHANGING LAST NAME AS NEW BOOK IS DUE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amRICHARD Blow, one-time executive editor on John Kennedy Jr.'s George magazine, is blowing off his surname. Blow will be known by the name Richard Bradley by the time his new...
JIL-TING PRADA - SANDER AGAIN EXITS HER NAMESAKE FASHION LABEL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amJil Sander has left the fashion company she founded - just 18 months into her return - after once again clashing with owner, Patrizio Bertelli, chief executive of Prada Holdings....
'EXTREME MAKEOVER' HEARS WEDDING BELLS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amABC is planning to pump up some lucky viewer's nuptials with "Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition." Fueled by great ratings from its two other makeover shows, the network has put a...
RED ALERT FOR BEAUJOLAIS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSTART your day with Beaujolais! This year's harvest of Beaujolais Nouveau arrives from France today, and several bistros around town will be popping corks at midnight. Get the first sips...
GREECEY SWOON
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amONERA [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) 222 W. 79TH ST. (212) 873-0200 'IT'S like a Greek 'Cesca," my friend observed of thriving new Onera one recent Saturday. I disagreed:...
ODB SHOW HAUNTS SPIKE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amRAPPER Ol' Dirty Bastard, who died last Saturday, could return from the grave soon on a new Spike TV show. The show, which used Ol' Dirty's other moniker, ODB is...
DRUNKEN VALO TRASHES H.I.M SELF
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amBOOK Ville Valo for being DWS - that's drunk while singing. Valo, lead singer for Finnish quartet H.I.M., was so smashed onstage at Irving Plaza that he took what started...
'BAD' RATING
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amPEDRO Almovodar's "Bad Education" will be released Friday by Sony Pictures Classics with the ultra-restrictive NC-17 rating. The studio said the film's rating - which bars anyone under 17, even...
LIVING THE GOOD LIFE AFTER LE CIRQUE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amONE of the bigger shockers in Manhattan's culinary community came four years ago when Sottha Khunn announced his resignation as executive chef at Le Cirque. In the midst of problems...
THIS ONE'S A REAL STEAL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amYOU'VE played "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" - now get the soundtrack. Coming out next month is an eight-disc CD boxed set with more than 80 tunes from the wildly...
LOCKERROOM JOKE - 'MNF' ADMITS 'HOUSEWIVES' SKIT WAS BAD CALL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00am'MONDAY Night Football's" steamy opening segment featuring "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollete Sheridan, wearing only a towel, and Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens was way off-sides, officials acknowleged yesterday. The segment...
TV TRIUMPH
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN'S TV on the Radio beat Franz Ferdinand, Wilco and seven other emerging acts to win the fourth annual Shortlist Music Prize on Monday at a concert in L.A. The...
BRUTUS FORCE - 'CAESAR' SOLID FOR DENZEL - AS LEADER'S MURDERER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIN an industry known to leak like the Titanic, it was quite an accomplishment to keep under wraps for so long the news that Denzel Washington will be starring in...
THE GANG'S ALL HERE - 'SOPRANOS' PLAYERS TAKE OFFERS THEY CAN'T REFUSE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWONDERING how you'll make it 'til March 2006, when the sixth season of "The Sopranos" finally gets going? Relax. The city is all mobbed up already. There's Edie Falco brandishing...
CALL THEM OSCAR BAIT - HOLLYWOOD'S WISH LIST FOR THE BIG PRIZE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWith no "Lord of the Rings" this time around, Tinseltown buzz has this as the most wide-open Oscar race in years - so the holiday season is even more packed...
ALL THE SEASON'S FILMS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amHERE is a comprehensive list of films opening between now and the end of the year: NOVEMBER 19 "National Treasure" Sort of "Raiders of the Dead Presidents." Nicolas Cage reunites...
ROYAL PAIN - STAR'S NEVER-ENDING WEDDING
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSOMEONE has to stop Bridezilla Jones be fore she wrecks "The View" so badly that the Red Cross will have to step in. I'm talking about Star Jones, or based...
'AMERICA' EXPOSED - FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOOK OF STUNNING PORTRAITS HITS STORES
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amAndres Serrano will forever be associated with a certain infamous 1989 photo of a crucifix submerged in urine. But asked how he feels about having the word "controversial" affixed to...
BYE-BYE, BIRDY - HOLIDAY MEALS OF A DIFFERENT FEATHER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amFOR many, Thanksgiving will forever mean a big turkey and marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes. But fore more adventurous holiday diners, the city's chefs are up to the Thanksgiving challenge more than...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police yesterday released a photo of a teen (above) wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing on the Lower East Side. The suspect, Kevin Knox, 18, and others...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe University of Great Falls in Montana is cleaning up - thanks to a janitor who left the college $2.3 million in his will. Genesio Morlacci, who died at 102,...
SADDAM TURNED AID INTO BLOOD MONEY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein used illegal spoils from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay cash rewards to the families of Palestinian terrorist bombers, according to congressional investigators. A House committee...
ARAFAT MYSTERY SOLVED - HAD 'NO BOOZE' CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - In a new clue to the mysterious cause of his death, Yasser Arafat suffered from cirrhosis of the liver that wasn't caused by drinking, a French journal is...
EBAY BIDDERS HAVE FOUND THE 'HOLY GRILL'
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amPraise Cheese-us! A Florida woman is auctioning off a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich she says bears the image of the Virgin Mary - sparking off a controversy that's had eBay...
'EXECUTION' MARINE WAS WOUNDED & UNDER STRESS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A U.S. Marine being investigated for allegedly killing an unarmed, wounded Iraqi was acting under extreme combat stress, comrades said yesterday. It was also disclosed that the Marine...
FERRY FIRM WARNS IT COULD BE SINKING
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amNew York Waterway warned its employees yesterday that it could go under because of skyrocketing fuel prices and falling ridership. The company sent the letters to 300 workers notifying them...
FLAMING INFORMANT A WITNESS IN B'KLYN TERROR CASE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe man who set himself on fire outside the White House Monday while shouting, "Allah, Allah" was a disgruntled FBI informant slated to play a starring role in the upcoming...
MIKE TAKES TAX WHACK AT GARDEN
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amEscalating his war of words with Cablevision, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called on the cable giant to voluntarily give up a massive tax break on Madison Square Garden. A property-tax break...
A CASE OF HIT AND MISS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amAS a tough, honorable cop, Ken McCabe was a credit to the NYPD. As a tough, honorable government investigator, he is a credit to the Justice Department. But one must...
FIENDS MURDER ANGEL OF MERCY - SHOOT WOMAN AID WORKER IN DEPRAVED VIDEO
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIraqi humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan, kidnapped a month ago in Baghdad, has been ruthlessly murdered by her captors - the first woman to be executed by thugs there, according to...
KIDS' CHESS MES$ - PRINCIPAL VS. TEAM
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amDistraught young chess phenoms say the new principal of their Brooklyn middle school is trying to checkmate their chance at a national title by banning them from raising funds. The...
FRIENDS HAIL NUN CUT DOWN BY TRUCK
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amColleagues of a beloved elderly nun - a tireless, warmhearted woman accidentally run over and killed at a dangerous Manhattan intersection - mourned her yesterday, as the devastated driver who...
PELOSI 'ADMITTED MURDER'
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA jailhouse informant testified yesterday that Danny Pelosi admitted he murdered millionaire Ted Ammon by breaking "every bone in his body" - but wished he'd blown him away with a...
AL-JAZEERA DECIDED NOT TO BROADCAST THE MURDER OF AID WORKER ...
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amAl-Jazeera, which has previously aired portions of graphic assassinations of Western hostages in Iraq, decided not to broadcast the murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan. While the network said it...
ATKINS WORKS BETTER FOR GUYS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amLow-carb eating plans like the Atkins Diet are more effective for men than women, a new study reveals. A third of 15 men who consumed fewer carbohydrates over a period...
CITY TO BUILD $30M HOMELESS CENTER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe city will spend $30 million to build a new temporary housing intake center in The Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. The new center, which will be built next to...
GOP COVETS COLIN TO CHALLENGE HILL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Republicans yesterday touted outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell as a possible challenger against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2006. "I think he would be an exciting choice...
GOV LASHES AIDE ON 'CHRISTIAN' BARB
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki bashed his longtime political consultant, Arthur Finkelstein, for a second time yesterday, calling his claim that the "Christian right" has taken over the GOP "wrong and...
'NATION NEEDS CONDOLEEZZA' - BUSH HAILS TOP ALLY WHO SHARES HIS VISION
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday nominated Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state - installing a loyal and like-minded aide to run an agency that hasn't always been on board...
STUDY A WAKE-UP CALL FOR OBESE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe less you sleep, the more likely you are to become fat. That's the weighty conclusion of a Columbia University study that found a correlation between the risk of obesity...
TALE OF TAPE MAY SNARE RAP STABBER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amLos Angeles police were reviewing outtakes of the video of Vibe magazine's awards show, hoping a frame-by-frame analysis of the hip-hop awards-ceremony-turned-free-for-all would reveal who punched Dr. Dre in the...
SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe world knows Condoleezza Rice as President Bush's smart, soft-spoken, high-energy, no-nonsense national security adviser - a workaholic who is always at his side in the White House or on...
REALITY TV MAY HAVE WILD FLING
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA new show could turn cheating spouses into the next wave of reality TV stars. Two Emmy-nominated producers are peddling a reality series about couples who met on a dating...
'PHONE BILL' SLAY STUNS NEIGHBORS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA neighbor knew something was wrong when Coleen Garris didn't meet the school bus to pick up her adored 5-year-old son, but never imagined she had just been murdered -...
HELLISH HAZING - PLEDGE TELLS OF VICIOUS BEATING
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe victim of a twisted hazing ritual told a Queens jury yesterday he urinated blood and suffered seizures after three members of a St. John's frat pummeled him on the...
STUDENT SLAIN NEAR L.I. SCHOOL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 17-year-old Long Island student was brutally knifed to death just steps from school yesterday, cops and local residents said. The boy was standing with about six other teens on...
BONNIE AND CLOD - E. SIDE COPS BAG EASY-TO-SPOT 'HEIST' DUO
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Bonnie-and-Clyde team spent hours casing the Upper East Side for targets yesterday, then held up a bank and went on a wild getaway ride that ended in a spectacular...
ASHCROFT BACKS OFF DEATH ORDER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA cooperating witness confessed to a drug-related murder and agreed to serve life behind bars yesterday after Attorney General John Ashcroft flip-flopped on an earlier decision to block the deal...
I AIDED JENNINGS' ACCUSER, GIFF SAYS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday testified before the City Council panel that is probing sexual-misconduct allegations against member Allan Jennings. In his closed-door testimony, he insisted that as soon...
CROOKS TRAVEL 'LIGHT' - CIG BONANZA AT JFK
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA cargo plane coughed up 150,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes at JFK Airport yesterday - the largest federal seizure of contraband smokes from overseas in state history, officials said. Authorities...
SINGING 'SOPRANO' - MOB RAT PEGS PETER AS BOSS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA former "Soprano" sang yesterday - fingering Peter Gotti as the head of the Gambino crime family. Mob turncoat Anthony Rotondo, an ex-captain in the real-life family that inspired "The...
'SUPERMAN' SPIRIT LIVES ON IN HIS SON: WIDOW
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe gutsy widow of Christopher Reeve says the spirit of the tragic "Superman" star is still very much alive - and she's seen it in the soul of their 12-year-old...
SICKO 'APOLOGIZED' AFTER SEX ATTACK
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amCops nabbed a wisecracking Brooklyn rapist after he returned to the scene of a brutal sex attack in which he gave his victim a kiss and offered a mock apology...
BOUNCER'S KILLER CONVICTED
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens martial-arts expert was convicted yesterday of killing an East Village bouncer in a melee that began when the victim ordered a clubgoer to stop smoking. A Manhattan Supreme...
SPRUNG 'COP-SHOOTER' FACES TRIAL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amAn accused cop-shooter set free by a controversial Queens judge two years ago will have to return to court to face charges of attempted murder, according to a ruling made...
BRAVE AVENGER - WOUNDED EX STARES DOWN 'KILLER' IN COURT
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amOne year ago, the accused murderer across the courtroom swung a kitchen knife at her, nearly severing her spinal cord at the neck. But yesterday, young victim-turned-avenger Jenae Aragosa bravely...
PAIR CAGED FOR TEEN'S KIDNAP
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens couple accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old runaway and forcing her into prostitution was hit with a 3- to 9-year prison sentence yesterday, prosecutors said. Michael "Mello" Streat, 27,...
JURY TO PROBE GRIDDER'S SLAY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA grand jury has been convened in the case of a Connecticut college football star mysteriously murdered after a party in Brooklyn last year, The Post has learned. Prosecutors hope...
ACCUSER IN LEAGUE WITH GEST: LIZA
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe chauffeur accusing Liza Minnelli of sexually assaulting him is in bed with her estranged husband, David Gest, the songstress says. In court papers made public yesterday, Minnelli says M'Hammed...
VICTIM KIN IN PLEA ON HOMELESS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe brother of the kindhearted Queens painter killed by a homeless man he'd helped called on the mayor yesterday to control the city's vagrants. "I wish the mayor would step...
GUY THUMBS NOSE AT PANEL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amYou can't send me back to jail. So said former state Sen. Guy Velella yesterday as his lawyer shot off a defiant 37-page letter to the board that sprang him...
'DWI' BOY LEARNS BUDDY DIED
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 12-year-old boy who survived a DWI accident in October was finally told his best friend didn't survive the ordeal, his tearful mother said yesterday. "He's your angel now," Diana...
BARTENDER BEAU STOLE HER YOUTH
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE tiny girl of 20, prematurely old, hobbled slowly into the Manhattan courtroom. It's a miracle she can walk at all. When she was a girl of barely 19, Jenae...
SHEFF SHAKEDOWN - YANK'S WIFE, R. KELLY IN 'SEX TAPE'
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA self-proclaimed Chicago minister tried to extort Gary Sheffield over alleged steamy sex tapes featuring the Yankee slugger's gospel-songstress wife and R&B star R. Kelly, the player's rep and sources...
VIBE 'STABBER' ID - RAPPER SOUGHT IN AWARDS ATTACK
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amCops yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a rapper in the popular hip-hop group G-Unit - saying he's the one who stabbed a man at the Vibe magazine awards show....
REEVE SON HAS DAD'S SOUL: WIDOW
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe gutsy widow of Christopher Reeve says the spirit of the tragic "Superman" star is still very much alive - and she's seen it in the soul of their 12-year-old...
GOV TAKES 2ND SHOT AT ADVISER
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki bashed his longtime political consultant for a second time yesterday, calling Arthur Finkelstein's claim that the "Christian right" has taken over the GOP "wrong and stupid."...
SEX ATTACKER 'APOLOGIZES'
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amCops nabbed a Brooklyn rapist after he returned to the scene of a brutal sex attack in which he gave his victim a kiss and offered a mock apology for...
SHEFF SHAKEDOWN - YANK'S WIFE, R. KELLY IN 3-WAY 'SEX TAPES'
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA self-proclaimed minister tried to blackmail Gary Sheffield over alleged threesome sex tapes featuring the Yankee slugger's gospel-singer wife, another woman and R&B star R. Kelly, the player's rep and...
FEDS GET BURNED - FLAMING MAN A WITNESS IN B'KLYN TERROR CASE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThe man who set himself on fire outside the White House Monday while shouting, "Allah, Allah" was a disgruntled FBI informant slated to play a starring role in the upcoming...
HEAVEN HAS AN ANGEL - 'TRUCK' NUN MOURNED
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amColleagues of a beloved elderly nun - a tireless, warmhearted woman accidentally run over and killed at a dangerous Manhattan intersection - mourned for her yesterday, as the devastated driver...
JAILMATE: PELOSI SAID HE KILLED TED
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA jailhouse informant testified yesterday that Danny Pelosi admitted he murdered millionaire Ted Ammon by breaking "every bone in his body" - but wished he'd blown him away with a...
'DWI' BOY LEARNS OF BUDDY'S DEATH
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 12-year-old boy who survived a DWI accident in October was finally told his best friend didn't survive the ordeal, his tearful mother said yesterday. "He's your angel now," Diana...
TEEN SLAIN OUTSIDE L.I. SCHOOL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA 17-year-old Long Island student was brutally knifed to death just steps from school yesterday, cops and local residents said. The boy was standing with about six other teens on...
ATKINS BETTER FOR GUYS THAN GALS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amLow-carb eating plans like the Atkins diet are more effective for men than women, a new study reveals. A third of 15 men who consumed fewer carbohydrates over a period...
TRAVELING 'LIGHT' - 150,000 ILLEGAL CIG CARTONS SEIZED AT JFK
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amA cargo plane coughed up 150,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes at JFK Airport yesterday - the largest federal seizure of contraband smokes from overseas in state history, officials said. Authorities...
APPLE OF THEIR EYE - SOHO TECH SHOP A SINGLES MECCA
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amCoffee shops, bars, chat rooms - so 2003. SoHo's Apple Store (left) has become the latest singles hotspot. The techie's paradise on Prince Street is a hive of young, hip...
TEXAS TWISTER - KNICK LOSS ALARMS MARBURY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan did not kill the Knicks last night. The Knicks offense killed the Knicks. The Knicks did a pretty good job on Duncan, holding him to...
WILLIAMS' 'D' EARNS HIM SPOT
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SAN ANTONIO - Jerome Williams is two things: a tough defender, and not very modest about that fact. Lenny Wilkens' secret weapon against Tim Duncan last night was...
BOWHUNTERS BALKING AT 2005 PROPOSALS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amTHE opening of the Southern Zone firearms big game season in New York is Monday, but concerns about the proposals for the 2005 season have many bowhunters on the warpath....
BOSS MAKING BIG MISTAKE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amDON'T do this, George. Don't do this to your fans. Don't do this to your clubhouse. Don't do this to yourself. Don't let your imagination run wild. Whenever those titillating...
CITY CARD SUITS SALITA
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIf undefeated junior welterweight Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita found it exhilarating when he made his professional New York boxing debut on his home turf in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, two...
HERM CAN'T LET JETS THROW IN THE TOWEL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amAS poor a job as Herman Edwards did Sunday is how as good he has to be this week as he tries to scrape the Jets off the mat after...
HIGH HOPES AS ELI ERA DAWNS - TOM'S MOVE ABOUT NOW - NOT FUTURE
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amThere is nothing future-oriented in Tom Coughlin's move to Eli Manning as Giant starting quarterback - unless, of course, the future is defined as Sunday's game against the Falcons. Who...
AGENT: KURT IS TEAM GUY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWhen he received the call from Kurt Warner's agent in the spring, Giant GM Ernie Accorsi said he had one immediate question. "Why would he want to come here?" Accorsi...
MARV ON CALL FOR KNICKS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amMarv Albert will be back doing Knicks games - but just for one night. Albert will call tomorrow night's Knick game in Houston on TNT. "I'm approaching the game the...
NETS 'O' SO AWFUL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSo far this season, the Nets' offense has been so bad, last in the NBA in so many categories, it defies description. And after heaping the blame on his own...
PITCH FOR PEDRO - GEORGE TAKES TIME TO COURT MARTINEZ
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIs the Boss about to become a daddy? George Steinbrenner met with Pedro Martinez yesterday in Tampa, perhaps setting the stage for the most mind-blowing defection between enemies since Babe...
CHANEY'S LAMENT - DON: I DIDN'T GET FAIR SHAKE AFTER KNICKS GOT MARBURY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - In breaking a nearly 10-month silence, Don Chaney says he has one regret from his Knick head-coaching stint. He just wished Isiah Thomas would've given him a...
VLAD BACK ON TOP AS AL'S MVP
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amDuring All-Star weekend this past July, Vladimir Guerrero was asked how his back was feeling. "Look at the numbers," Guerrero replied. Look at the numbers, and now look at the...
BAYSIDE COACH BUSY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amWith the PSAL basketball season only two weeks away, most coaches have already been with their team for nearly a month, with some squads already having played in preseason tournaments....
WGN WOOS O'BRIEN
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amMets' and ESPN play-by-player Dave O'Brien has received an offer that he may be forced to refuse. The Cubs' TV station, WGN, has solicited O'Brien with a long-term, fulltime deal,...
CHANEY WANTED SHOT WITH MARBURY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - In breaking a nearly 10-month silence, Don Chaney says he has one regret from his Knick coaching stint. He wished Isiah Thomas would've given him a legit...
YESSSS! MARV GETS THE CALL
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amMarv Albert will be back doing Knicks games - but just for one night. Albert will call tomorrow night's Knick game in Houston on TNT. "I'm approaching the game the...
SOSA NOT RISK-FREE - AGING SLUGGER WOULD BE COSTLY FOR METS
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amIf the Mets acquire Sammy Sosa, it will rank as one of the more controversial moves in their recent history. Indications are that because of all the financial particulars involved...
CLASSIC MOMENTS IN NEW YORK SPORTS HISTORY - VOLUME 3
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amRANGERS WIN THE STANLEY CUP 1994-EVER! Ten years ago, now. A decade ago, already. When Sam Rosen exclaimed on MSG Network that, "This one will last a lifetime," he couldn't...
YANKEES BUY THE BABE FROM BOSTON - SALE OF THE BAMBINO
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amBabe Ruth was sold to the Yankees the day after Christmas 1919 and was the gift that kept on giving to New York, the Yankees, baseball and all sports ever...