December 1, 2004
POWER OUTAGE NETS GUCCI A COOL $3.5B
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe company that owns legendary fashion label Gucci, continued to sell off units that can't boost its prospects in the rich-and-famous lifestyle business. French billionaire Francois Pinault - who's spent...
LOOK OUT MTV! - UNIVERSAL, ECHOSTAR PLAN MUSIC CHANNEL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amUniversal Music, the world's largest music company, is in discussions with satellite television provider EchoStar to launch a 24-hour music channel that would rival MTV, The Post has learned. Sources...
ABC: HOY FUDGED CIRC BY 46.4%
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe Audit Bureau of Circulations, the newspaper industry's circulation watchdog, said yesterday that the Tribune Co.'s Spanish-language daily Hoy had overstated its circulation by almost 50 percent. The report was...
TELCO PLAN PROMISES $999 PHONE FOR LIFE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Massachusetts-based telephone service wholesaler is weighing an incredible $999-for-life telephone service deal for New Yorkers. Under the plan, which could be announced as early as Monday, customers would pay...
NASD SLAMS 29 BROKERS FOR $9.2M
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amMore than two dozen Wall Street firms were fined yesterday a total of $9.2 million for failing to quickly report disciplinary actions or complaints against their brokers - the latest...
STRIKE LOOMS OVER WAGE, BENEFIT CUTS AT US AIR
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe 5,800 ticket sellers, check-in clerks and reservation agents at US Airways voted yesterday to strike if they cannot protect their salaries and benefits from deep cuts that the carrier...
RITZY CONDOS FOR ST. REGIS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTHE venerable St. Regis Hotel, where power players eat power breakfasts, is starting to peddle its power apartments. According to uber-marketer Louise Sunshine, the Starwood-owned hotel at 55th Street and...
CUBAN HEDGES BETS ON A GAMBLING FUND
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amMark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, is planning to start a hedge fund that will gamble investors' cash. Literally. Cuban believes gambling - as in...
'TOTAL FAILURE' - DISNEY'S LITVACK WOULD'VE STIFFED OVITZ
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amGEORGETOWN, DEL. - Despite constantly clashing with Michael Ovitz and deeming him a "total failure," Walt Disney Co.'s former top legal adviser said the company had no option but to...
MAG'S 'LIFE' IN DISPUTE - TIME EXECS SAY UNION CANNOT REPRESENT STAFFERS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN Life magazine returned Oct. 1 as a weekly insert in 12 million daily newspapers, it had a cover of "Sex and the City" co-star Sarah Jessica Parker and the...
STARR REPORT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWednesday winners Us Weekly re ports that "Desperate House wives" star Teri Hatcher, who con fessed her crush on "Extreme Makeover" dentist Dr. William Dorf man on the "Tonight Show,"...
'AMNESIA' A CHIC DOUBLE DUTCH TREAT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAMNESIA [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars)'AMNESIA" is a clever and stylish Dutch twist on the old good-twin/bad-twin plot, with Fedja van Huet playing identical twins who are reunited after...
FAREWELL STUNS THE OLD GUARD
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTOM Brokaw shocked his Anchor-desk cronies, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather, when he first announced his retirement from "NBC Nightly News." The move marked the beginning of the end for...
HO-HUM SILVER - IT'S AMATEUR NIGHT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amEVERY hotel these days wants a buzzing restaurant. Most owners know they don't have a clue, so they turn the dining room over to a pro - a Jean-Georges Vongerichten,...
'JUDGE JUDY' RULES TO GO BACK HOME
December 1, 2004 | 5:00am'JUDGE Judy" is head ing back to Ch. 2. The top-rated court show, hosted by Judge Judy Sheindlin, will begin airing on Ch. 2 in 2006, according to Variety. That...
INDIE NODS GO 'SIDEWAYS'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTHE makers of "Sideways," a bittersweet comedy about two old buddies making a road trip through Northern California's wine country, broke out the bubbly yesterday - celebrating its six nominations...
SNO BALL'S CHANCE IN HELL'S KITCHEN
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amEVEN Hell's Kitchen has a sweet spot. Fluff, the 2-month-old café from the owner of Vynl, has a brief menu of soups, sandwiches and salads - but you might not...
ONE C.P.S. ENDS RUN WITH 2004
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amLIKE Le Cirque, another ornate Adam Tihany-designed hotel eatery will be closing Jan. 1. The Plaza Hotel's One c.p.s., which has been managed by the Smith & Wollensky Group since...
'PARDY POOPER ; KEN ENDS RECORD RUN WITH $2.5 MIL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAND on the 76th day, Ken Jennings lost. Jennings, the seemingly unstoppable "Jeopardy!" whiz, was finally dethroned last night - ending his run of 75 consecutive victories totalling $2.52 million,...
SUNDANCE SETTING RECORDS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amNEW films with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Costner, Pierce Brosnan, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Downey Jr., Adrien Brody and Sandra Bullock are among the record 87 world premieres that will...
TOBEY NOT TO BE - SPIIDEY STAR AUDITION A PAIN IN THE 'GLASS'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amBOYISH action hero Tobey Maguire nearly signed up for the Broadway-bound revival of "The Glass Menagerie" last week, but passed on the show after a meeting with its director, David...
ISLE BE DAMNED; REALITY 'GILLIGAN' A TOTAL SHIPWRECK
December 1, 2004 | 5:00am"The Real Gilligan's Island" Last night on TBS No stars 'THE Real Gilligan's Island" isn't the real "Gilligan's Island" at all. Last night on the premiere of the highly hyped...
REALITY TV FEEDS ON 'SUPER SIZE'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amMORGAN Spurlock, the creator and star of "Super Size Me," has a new reality series, called "30 Days," set to debut on FX next summer. On the documentary-style show, people...
SAKE HOP - HOW TO TELL GINJO FROM DAIGINJO, AND OTHER SECRETS OF NEW YORK'S DRINK DU JOUR
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTHREE factors immediately suggest that Kaoru Ishiguro is a good woman to help unravel the mysteries of the city's hip drink du jour, sake, the Japanese rice wine. First, she's...
READY FOR EDDIE - BANDLEADER PALMIERI STAGES A LANDMARK BIG APPLE BASH
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAfter a memorable performance last month at Lincoln Center in honor of his late brother Charlie, Eddie Palmieri has been furiously touring the country. Now he's returning to his hometown...
PLAY TIME - BROADWAY STAR RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON STORMS THE STAGE AGAIN
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAward-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson plays a wild-card character in "Gem of the Ocean," August Wilson's new Broadway show - but it's still not as wild as this nice-guy actor's real...
HALTING DRUNKEN CELL-EBRATIONS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe horribly embarrassing calls partygoers make to friends, lovers and exes when they're drunk and angry - or randy - may soon be a thing of the past. Virgin Mobile...
TEACHERS' SECRET
December 1, 2004 | 5:00am'Teachers who hate their contract fear speaking out.' CRITICS of New York City's 250-page teachers contract hate teachers. At least, that's the story from the city's teachers union, the United...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIf you want to hear rap or heavy metal don't tune to Ohio radio station WMKV-FM - most of the deejays are in their 70s and 80s and all they...
UKRAINE CRISIS TALKS COLLAPSE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amUkraine's angry opposition party abruptly pulled out of talks yesterday over the 10-day election crisis and vowed to use "people power" to oust the government. The breakdown in negotiations -...
NEW SERVICE HALTS DRUNKEN CELL-EBRATING
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe horribly embarrassing calls partygoers make to friends, lovers and exes when they're drunk and angry - or randy - may soon be a thing of the past. Virgin Mobile...
QUICK AX OK IN 'RESIDENT' RUSE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday upheld the city's right to immediately fire workers without formal hearings if they don't live within the five boroughs. "We conclude that failure...
IN GEOGRAPHY, AMERICANS AT SEA
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIt's a small world, but geography-challenged Americans fail to find many of its 193 countries. The United States yesterday ranked 115th on the online Geography Olympics, a free international competition...
BOY'S BOOB JOB TAB $ETTLED
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAn insurance company has to pay for a teenaged boy's breast reduction surgery, a Manhattan judge has ruled. In a decision made public yesterday, Judge Barbara Jaffe ordered GHI to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A 24-year-old man shot twice in East Flatbush has died, police said yesterday. Desmond Bennett was shot at Rutland Road and East 91st Street about 11 p.m. Monday...
BUSH CALLS FOR INTEL BILL TO PASS BY 'NEXT WEEK'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday called on Congress to hammer out a bill to overhaul U.S. intelligence agencies when lawmakers return to work next week. "I believe the bill is...
FDNY PERV DODGES JAIL FOR KID ABUSE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amHero-turned-sicko firefighter Kenneth Dorsey was sentenced in Manhattan yesterday to 10 years on probation for attempting to sexually abuse a 10-year-old girl. "I hope Kenny regrets what he did," the...
JFK 'GARAGE SALE' - PERSONAL ITEMS AT BARGAIN PRICES
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA JFK "garage sale" featuring some of the slain president's favorite tchotchkes - including a horse blanket, a brass-and-leather rope, and a carefree nude photo of a mystery woman next...
CAMPAIGN-$$ BIG RAPS MIKE'S PLAN FOR A BAN
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA key official yesterday criticized as unworkable Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to bar candidates from taking campaign contributions from people who do business with the city. Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., chairman...
'SHARK-FOOD SLAY' SHRINK DODGES JAIL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island psychiatrist who bought a gun as part of a bizarre plot to kill six people and feed them to sharks avoided jail at his sentencing yesterday. Richard...
CITY TO ADOPT INSTANT-RESULT TEST FOR AIDS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amInstant-result AIDS tests will become the norm in the city next year, The Post has learned. City health officials used rapid testing kits at 10 clinics this year to see...
NASCAR IN GEAR HERE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTimes Square will be transformed into "victory lane" tomorrow morning as NASCAR's top 10 drivers ride around Midtown. The promotional event will start outside the NASDAQ building at 44th and...
GUY'S GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD: DAY 65 - THIS CARD MUST BE KEPT UNTIL NEEDED, OR SOLD
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amCONVICTED influence-peddler Guy Velella left Rikers Island on Sept. 28 - set free illegally by an obscure municipal panel with ties to Velella's buddies in Albany and New York City....
LANDLORD TELLS OF 'SCARE' PLOT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens landlord accused of plotting to kill two brothers living in a rent-controlled apartment told cops he struck a deal with another tenant to try to scare the pair...
L.I. HUBBY'S MURDER PLEA
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island man - accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death and leaving her bloodied corpse to be discovered by his 5-year-old daughter - pleaded not guilty to...
A TEENAGE BUDDY OF JOHN "JUNIOR" GOTTI AND A NOTORIOUS ONE-ARMED GAMBINO CRIME-FAMILY CAPTAIN WERE INDICTED ...
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA teenage buddy of John "Junior" Gotti and a notorious one-armed Gambino crime-family captain were indicted on charges of running a home-invading, drug-dealing crew in three states, authorities said. John...
STAGGERING OUTLAY AN ALBANY BUDGET NIGHTMARE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Raising taxes, gambling revenue, and additional borrowing are just some of ways state leaders might be forced to fund a recommended massive increase for city schools, officials and...
DANCE TROUPE BACK ON FEET - TAPS INTO MAYOR'S 500G GIFT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amLifted up by a $500,000 personal contribution from Mayor Bloomberg, the Dance Theatre of Harlem is re-opening its doors following a sudden six-week shutdown. Bloomberg's hefty check, delivered anonymously but...
KID-SEX RAP FOR 'DRUGGIE'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man recently busted after police found bags of crack cocaine, 1.5 pounds of pot and a loaded gun in his home will be charged in a sexual assault...
FOES' ANGER BUILDS AT CITY HALL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA hearing on how to update the city's building codes turned rowdy yesterday when a City Council member accused the Bloomberg administration of ramming its plan through the system. The...
TURKEY-TOSS VICTIM GOES ON TO REHAB
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island woman whose face was destroyed when a teen threw a 20-pound turkey through her windshield was transferred to a rehabilitation center after spending more than two weeks...
G.I. HAS ROYAL BLUES - DIVORCES ARAB PRINCESS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe forbidden marriage between a handsome young Marine and a gorgeous Arab princess - which sparked headlines and a splashy TV movie - has crashed and burned. Jason Johnson made...
PANEL: SEND $23B TO APPLE SCHOOLS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amComplying with a court mandate to improve city schools will cost an extra $23.3 billion over five years, a judicial panel determined yesterday. The eye-popping figure includes nearly $14.1 billion...
FINAL ACT OF LOVE - MAN, 86, DIES TRYING TO SAVE WIFE IN EAST SIDE INFERNO
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAn elderly retired publishing exec died yesterday in what officials believe was a brave but futile attempt to rescue his actress wife from an intense early-morning fire that swept through...
PREZ FIRM WITH CANADA PRESS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday made a fence-mending trip to Canada but stuck to his guns on Iraq, saying, "I'm the kind of fellow who does what I think is...
'BLVD. OF DEATH' IN BRONX - 'CONCOURSE' TO TRAGEDY
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amPedestrians in The Bronx are facing their own "Boulevard of Death." Segments of the Grand Concourse have become so dangerous for pedestrians that it has become one of the worst...
BOTOX DOC POISONED BY OWN SHOT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amMaybe it's ironic justice - a doctor suspected of giving patients poisonous Botox shots lies in a New Jersey hospital, gravely sickened by one of his own treatments. Dr. Bach...
IMUS DESERT-ED ME - NANNY SAYS RADIO HOST THREW HER OUT AT 4 A.M.
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amI-caramba! Don Imus' former nanny says the "I-Man" stranded her high and dry outside of his 4,000- acre ranch, leaving her "without sufficient means to survive in the New Mexican...
FDNY COMRADE BRAVED INJURY TO AID SURVIVORS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amArmy reservist Dan Swift went to help fellow city firefighter Chris Engeldrum when a car bomb ripped apart their Humvee outside Baghdad. "I tried to help, but I lost consciousness,"...
PETER GAVE ORDER - HIT MAN SAYS GOTTI PUT OUT 'BULL' CONTRACT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA burly mob turncoat yesterday gave jurors the skinny on why he went to Arizona to try to kill Gambino snitch Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano in 1992 - he had...
PILOT 'TOOK CARE' - EBERSOL CRASH CLAIM
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn pilot of the charter jet that crashed in Colorado, killing a son of NBC sports chief Dick Ebersol, was a careful man who wouldn't cut corners by failing...
SENATE PROBER: KOFI HAS TO QUIT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The head of a Senate panel investigating the U.N. oil-for-food scandal called on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign yesterday. In a written statement and an op-ed article...
ISRAELIS NAIL BOMBMAKER
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA notorious Palestinian bombmaker was sentenced to 67 life terms in prison yesterday for his role in attacks that killed more than 60 people, including two Americans. Abdullah Barghouthi, a...
FREE AS A BIRD - CROW 'STALKER' BEATS THE RAP
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA former Navy officer - who claimed to be telepathically communicating with Sheryl Crow - was found not guilty yesterday of stalking the sexy singer. Jurors needed only two hours...
MIKE HELPS PUT HARLEM DANCE TROUPE BACK ON FEET
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amLifted up by a $500,000 personal contribution from Mayor Bloomberg, the Dance Theatre of Harlem is re-opening its doors following a sudden six-week shutdown. Bloomberg's hefty check, delivered anonymously but...
$$ DEAL ON TEEN BOY'S BOOB JOB
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAn insurance company has to pay for a teenaged boy's breast-reduction surgery, a Manhattan judge has ruled. In a decision made public yesterday, Judge Barbara Jaffe ordered GHI to pay...
'CAREFUL' PILOT - KIN DEFEND DEADLY EBERSOL CRASH CAPTAIN
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn pilot of a charter jet that crashed in Colorado, killing a son of NBC sports chief Dick Ebersol, was a very careful man who would never jeopardize his...
TREE-MENDOUS LIGHT SHOW
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amChristmas officially began in Manhattan last night as the switch was thrown and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree glowed with life. Thousands packed the center for the 9 p.m. lighting...
A HALT TO DRUNK CELL-EBRATING
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe horribly embarrassing calls partygoers make to friends, lovers and exes when they're drunk and angry - or randy - may soon be a thing of the past. Virgin Mobile...
FEDS BOO$T BODEGA CAMS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe federal government will spend $400,000 to set up security cameras in 300 bodegas in New York City as part of a project called "Operation Safe Store," Sen. Charles Schumer...
FDNY COMRADE BRAVED INJURY TO AID HIS PALS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amArmy reservist Dan Swift saved another soldier's life and then went to help fellow city firefighter Chris Engeldrum when a car bomb ripped apart their Humvee outside Baghdad. "I tried...
KERIK SET FOR DUTY - MAY GET TOP JOB AT HOMELAND SECURITY
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, one of Rudy Giuliani's closest allies, is on the short list to replace Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, who resigned...
NO NUDE IS BAD NEWS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA team of lightning-fast con artists swiped a 19th-century painting worth as much as $2 million yesterday from a posh Upper East Side gallery, authorities said. The theft occurred inside...
NASCAR TO GET IN GEAR HERE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTimes Square will be transformed into "victory lane" tomorrow morning as NASCAR's top 10 drivers ride around Midtown. The promotional event will start outside the NASDAQ building at 44th and...
TROUBLED US AIR SLASHES FARES AS STRIKE LOOMS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amWith its ticket agents vowing to strike, money-troubled US Airways is fighting back by offering huge holiday fare cuts to keep fliers coming - such as a $193 roundtrip from...
FDNY PERV'S BREAK - NO JAIL FOR KID ABUSE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amHero-turned-sicko firefighter Kenneth Dorsey was sentenced in Manhattan yesterday to 10 years on probation for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl. "I hope Kenny regrets what he did," the girl wrote...
CROW 'STALKER' FREE AS BIRD
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA man who had been charged with stalking singer Sheryl Crow - and claimed to be telepathically communicating with her - was found not guilty by a jury yesterday. Jurors...
'REAL MURDERER' GETS WRONG MAN OFF HOOK
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man jailed for more than a year for a murder he didn't commit is now free thanks to a "witness" who made a surprise confession to the defense:...
A CHEAP WAY TO OWN A PIECE OF CAMELOT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amA JFK "garage sale" featuring some of the slain president's favorite tchotchkes - including a horse blanket, a brass-and-leather rope, and a carefree nude photo of a mystery woman next...
IN GEOGRAPHY OLYMPICS, AMERICANS AT SEA
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIt's a small world, but geography-challenged Americans are lost at finding many of its 193 countries. The United States yesterday ranked 115th on the online Geography Olympics, a free international...
ROOKIE HAS RUN INTO WALL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ATLANTA - During preseason and the season's first four games, Trevor Ariza looked like a high-impact rookie. But the 19-year-old former UCLA swingman has hit a wall, minutes...
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE - JAMAL'S OT TREY AVERTS DISASTER
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA - Jamal Crawford was colder than an Alaskan glacier. That didn't stop Stephon Marbury from putting the game in Crawford's frigid hands with 3.4 seconds left in overtime last...
'MAGIC MAN' EYES TITLE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIt's extremely rare when an undercard steals the limelight from an already promising main event, but that's just what is expected at Saturday night's "Seasons Beatings" at the Barton Coliseum...
TREVOR HAS RUN INTO WALL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ATLANTA - During preseason and the season's first half-dozen games, Trevor Ariza looked like a high-impact rookie. But the 19-year-old former UCLA swingman has hit a wall, minutes...
SO. SHORE IS BATTLE-TESTED
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTyrone Battle will be on the field for nearly every play this Saturday, starting at running back and safety for South Shore when the fifth-seeded Vikings face No. 1 Sheepshead...
JETS RIDING 'D' WAVE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIMAGINE this, Jets faithful: Defense is carrying the team, very possibly to a playoff berth. If the Jets are going to keep this season of tight, hair-graying, angst-filled victories alive...
FIGHTING IRISH SAY BYE-BYE TY ; NOW THEY'RE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amTHE MEN who run Notre Dame's athletic department had every right to do what they did yesterday, relieving a good man of the most impossible job in college football, ending...
STORM'S CAUSING OUTRAGE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAs we approach the holiday season, it's time to think of St. John's as the gift that keeps on giving. And that gift is agita. The latest group suffering high...
BIGGER STAKES OK-FOR EMEKA
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amIn his parents' native Nigerian, Emeka Okafor's name translates to "God has done well." Okafor, in his first year of NBA service after the expansion Charlotte Bobcats made him their...
WANTED: BLUE LEADER
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amAT TIMES like this, it's always tempting to send out the alert, asking all leaders to step up and make themselves known. Anyone can stand tall when everything's rolling and...
WILLINGHAM FIRED AFTER THREE SEASONS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amNotre Dame, the biggest name in college football, made one of the biggest decisions in its history yesterday, firing head football coach Tyrone Willingham. Willingham, who arrived from Stanford three...
GIANTS PATCH UP DEFENSIVE LINE
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amGIANTS NOTES Once again in desperate need of reinforcements along the defensive line, the Giants yesterday scanned the open market and signed Regan Upshaw, a nine-year veteran who has played...
THE WAITING GAME - STRUGGLING WILLIAMS ITCHY FOR MORE MINUTES
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amEven when the Nets were winning games in bunches, it was sometimes perplexing. Why wasn't Aaron Williams playing more? Well, while the Nets are circling the drain this season, Williams...
CLOCK'S TICKING ON KIDD RETURN
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Considering the misery that is the Nets' season, the only thing worth talking about is Jason Kidd's pending return. Problem is, that's the one thing nobody on the...
NEW-LOOK 'SPLITTERS KEEP ROLLIN'
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS: Lincoln 92 - Ft. Hamilton 53 Nick Leon approached yesterday's game differently than he had any other at Lincoln. For the first time, the junior took the court...
BOSS STILL THINKING BIG UNIT
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amGeorge Steinbrenner gathered his Tampa inner circle for a routine meeting Monday at Legends Field and The Boss had Randy Johnson on his mind - even if trading for the...
METS COACH CASTS VOTE FOR PEDRO
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe question posed to Rick Peterson was whether the Mets pitching coach was in favor of going after Pedro Martinez. Peterson sounded almost stunned that someone could even ask. "Pedro...
STERN - NBA WILL REBOUND FROM BRAWL
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA - NBA Commissioner David Stern expressed distaste last night about Ron Artest's recent Today show appearance, in which the Pacer player spent more time hawking his new rap CD...
MEMO TO HOUSTON: GET OFF YOUR BUTT!
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA - It is not about Allan Houston's arthritic knees anymore. It's about his head. Houston is afraid to come back. At yesterday's morning shoot-around, Houston said it could be...
FRATELLO'S NEXT UP FOR GRIZZLIES
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amMike Fratello, one of only 18 NBA coaches to surpass 500 wins, has been offered the Grizzlies' coaching job and is expected to accept, possibly as early as today, The...
ST. JOHN'S CLIMBS HILL TO DENY STONY BROOK
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amSt. John's 66 - Stony Brook 57 The pressure was palpable. A 14-point lead had been sliced to three and St. John's was perilously close to losing its third straight...
OKAFOR DRAWS RAVES FROM 'ZO
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amEven before the opening tip of last night's 99-86 loss to the Nets at the Meadowlands, Charlotte rookie sensation Emeka Okafor knew he was in for a long night against...
METS COACH: PEDRO CAN BE OUR CLEMENS
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amThe way Mets bullpen coach Guy Conti sees it, signing Pedro Martinez could give the Mets their version of Roger Clemens next year. "I just feel Pedro pitching on a...
THERE IS A PULSE ; NETS STRANGLE BOBCATS, NIX 9-GAME SKID
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amNets 99 Bobcats 86 Avoiding embarrassment is a game-to-game challenge at this point in the Nets' season. Last night, at least, they avoided infamy. With a second-half surge of rare...
KIDD RETURN STILL MURKY
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Jason Kidd is expected to discuss his status with team officials when the Nets return from Washington tomorrow. He could practice as early as Friday, but his return...
MEMO TO ALLAN HOUSTON: GET OFF YOUR BUTT! ENOUGH REHAB, ALREADY. PLAY. NOW
December 1, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA - It is not about Allan Houston's arthritic knees anymore. It's about his head. Houston is afraid to come back. At yesterday's morning shoot-around, Houston said it could be...