March 25, 2005
THE MEXX HEX ; BUZZ ELUDES LIZ CLAIBORNE'S EURO-STYLE CHAIN
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amWell into the second year of a U.S. rollout, the Mexx chain is having trouble generating the kind of buzz seen at higher profile competitors like H&M and Zara, causing...
E-MAIL IN, IM ON AND BLOG OUT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amBlogs, instant messages and e-mails are winning over the hearts and minds of America's teens because, in part, they allow them to keep their love life - and family strife...
MAX CAPITAL CLAIMS KO'D
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA State Supreme Court judge has dismissed all of N. Richard Kalikow's claims against his former partner in Max Capital, Adam Hochfelder and his wife, Amy, and awarded them legal...
N.Y. MOVE BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCirque du Soleil hopes to swing a deal for a permanent theater in Battery Park City that could include the first city Nordstrom's store as part of a new 200,000...
SORRY, SOROS; PARIS COURT SLAMS BILLIONAIRE FOR INSIDER-TRADING
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amBillionaire George Soros, the former investor and current philanthropist and political activist, failed yesterday to convince a French appeals court to overturn his 2002 conviction for insider trading. Soros, 74,...
FX HEAD LIGUORI JUMPS OVER TO FOX
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amPeter Liguori, the head of the FX cable channel, will jump to sibling Fox as its new entertainment president, replacing Gail Berman. Liguori has been at the helm of FX...
MORT SAILS, READERS WAIL ; SNOOZE OWNER IN GALAPAGOS WHILE GAME CRISIS BURNS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amAS Nero fiddled, Rome burned. And as the Scratch 'n' stiff scandal continues to rattle loyal readers of the Daily News, the paper's billionaire Chairman and CEO Mort Zuckerman, remains...
SEARS SELLOFF FEARS BASELESS: LAMPERT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amKmart boss Edward Lampert yesterday moved to quiet fears that he planned to dismantle Sears Roebuck & Co., now that his $12.3 billion takeover of the retailer is completed. In...
FX HEAD LIGUORI JUMPS TO FOX
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amPeter Liguori, the head of the FX cable channel, will jump to sibling Fox as its new entertainment president, replacing Gail Berman. Liguori has been at the helm of FX...
EQUINOX CLUB IS BULKING UP
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amEquinox fitness club is continuing to pump up its brand throughout the country and rumors persist that the company is poised to go public. Sources tell The Post that Wall...
OVERLOADED; A GUN-TOTIN' HIPPIE IN PARADISE CROSSED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE ½ (two and a half stars) Last of the Bohemians.Running time: 112 minutes. Rated R (profanity, drug use and sexuality). At the Lincoln Square...
UNLIKELY KOREAN THRILLER IS CAPTIVATING
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amOLDBOY (four stars) Korean revenge thriller.In Korean, with English subtitles. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (violence, torture, sex). At the Empire and the Angelika. WE can see it now....
GALS HURT 'N' FLIRT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amD.E.B.S. ½ (two and a half stars) Low budget, medium laughs.Running time: 91 minutes Rated PG-13 (sexual content and profanity). At the Empire, the Chelsea and the Union Square. POUTING...
HARD TO SWALLOW - REHASH OF TRACY-HEPBURN 'DINNER' IS FROM HUNGER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amGUESS WHO ½ (one and a half stars) Cynical remake. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sex-related humor). At the E-Walk, the 64th and Second, the Harlem USA, others. IT'S...
RETURN TO SENDER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALL SHOOK UP ½ (one and a half stars)The Palace Theatre, Broadway at 47th St.; (212) 730-8200. THE music of Elvis - shaken rather than stirred - is the driving...
RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE HAS IT ALL; SCHIAVO CASE BOOSTS RATINGS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTHE emotional and politically charged story of Terri Schiavo has been a big boost for cable news channels. Nearly half a million extra viewers have been flocking to the cable...
JOKER GETS TRUMPED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Philadelphia attorney learned it is unwise to crack wise with The Donald. Erin Elmore, 26, last night became the 10th contestant to be fired on the current edition of...
CHIEFS: LIVE FROM LEEDS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amLOTS of bands want to be the next Franz Ferdinand, but the Kaiser Chiefs actually deserve the worldwide fame. The Leeds quintet's debut disc, "Employment," is a Clash-happy romp through...
WHAT'S UP, DOC? 'GREY'S' FITS ITSELF FOR 'ER' SCRUBS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00am"Grey's Anatomy" Sunday night at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 ½ (three and a half stars) AND the hits just keep on coming. It really must irk the people who run...
'CHARITY' TOSS; THE RUMOR MILL MULLS OUT-OF-TOWN CLOSING
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amBOSTON -The leading lady is sidelined with a broken foot that is unlikely to heal in time for the Broadway opening. Her replacement -a talented stage veteran -is getting respectful...
MIKALAH'S NUMBER UP IN 'IDOL' DO-OVER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThis time America had the right phone number - and booted 17-year-old Mikalah Gordon off last night's live edition of "American Idol." With Gordon's departure, only 10 contestants remain in...
STARR REPORT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amFarrah's Land of #s TV Land has the makings of a hit on its hands with "Chasing Farrah," its new reality show built around wacky Farrah Fawcett. Wednesday's premiere notched...
'APPRENTICE' JOKER GETS TRUMPED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Philadelphia attorney learned it is unwise to crack wise with The Donald. Erin Elmore,26,last night became the 10th contestant to be fired on the current edition of "The Apprentice...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCops pursuing a drunk driver in Mount Carmel, Tenn., got their man without any trouble - when he stopped at the drive-through window of a fast-food restaurant. Police were giving...
'SHRINK' SENTENCE FOR MIKE-THREAT GUY
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who repeatedly called 911 claiming he wanted to kill Mayor Bloomberg was sentenced to undergo psychological and alcohol treatment yesterday. "I'm deadly guilty," said Russian-born Yakov Tsofin,...
HEVESI GOT 70G 'WORLDCOM' BOOST
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has received over $70,000 in direct or indirect campaign contributions from two powerhouse law firms picked to represent his office in the massive WorldCom...
AXED SECURITY BIG SUES MTA
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amFormer MTA Security Director Louis Anemone has sued the MTA and slammed transit officials for "ruining his distinguished career" after he was accused of making up a confidential informant in...
THE SCHIAVO STAKES: WHAT THE FIGHT'S REALLY ABOUT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTHE looming death by starvation of Terri Schiavo has exposed yet again the key fault line in American culture. Those who have sided with her parents in seeking the reinsertion...
MOB GOONS' NAKED GREED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Gambino mobsters - including one accused of whacking mob boss Paul Castellano 20 years ago - were indicted yesterday on charges of having shaken down $2.5 million from The...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** A woman was arrested on charges of stealing jewelry from a female acquaintance at knifepoint in Fort Greene, authorities said yesterday. Police sources said Donna Perry, 39, persuaded...
HOT 97'S VICIOUS 'SMACKFEST' KO'D; N.Y. BANS GAL-SLAP EVENT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - "Smackfest" just got smacked down. State officials yesterday ordered Hot 97 to stop its controversial "Smackfest" in which women wallop each other in the face. The girl-on-girl contests...
'BURBS BUBBLING WITH 'GOV. RUDY' TALK AS HE SLATES W'CHESTER VISIT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is again fueling talk that he'll run for governor next year by agreeing to speak next week at the Westchester County Republican dinner. "It's...
GAL HITS DIVORCE JACKPOT; $45M CUT OF MOGUL'S FORTUNE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Connecticut mother who cheated on her wealthy husband with her rock-climbing guide and a man she met on a flight to China has been awarded nearly $45 million in...
KEY JURIST FEELS FURY OF GOP ALLIES
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amDead flowers are sent to his home. Hundreds of hate messages, some calling him "murderer," clog his e-mail. Bodyguards accompany him to work. George Greer, the Florida circuit court judge...
GAMERS GOBBLE UP PSP; NEW PLAYSTATION WOWS NYC FANS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amDude, dump the iPod! Here comes the PSP. The PlayStation Portable, a tiny multimedia mini-arcade that sucks the digital consumer into an alternate reality of glorious sights and sounds, has...
THE BUMS ARE BACK
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amIT was the annual St.Patrick's Day charity dinner at the Sheraton in Midtown, and it broke about the same time as the theaters. So there were no cabs. Not to...
MIKE PUSHES ALBANY ON SUBWAY REHAB $$
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe money train that will pay for subway upgrades over the next five years needs to come from Albany, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The cry for more funding comes after...
THOMPSON RIPS FEE FLAP
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amGov. Pataki "should be ashamed" for trying to slash $353,000 in payments to three court referees who recommended the state boost education aid to the city, Comptroller William Thompson said...
FREDDY: I'D JUST PUNT AWAY SUPER TAX $$
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amMayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer was pelted with boos yesterday when he said he doesn't want New York City to host the Super Bowl. "I am not interested in having the...
SECT-CESSOR BRAWL ROCKS SYNAGOGUE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCops had to be called to a Brooklyn synagogue yesterday after dueling factions battled over the rightful successor to the Bobov Hasidic sect's Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam, who died on...
THE 'PRINTS' OF POP ; CLASHES ON JACKO EVIDENCE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's lawyers questioned the reliability of fingerprint evidence yesterday by citing the case of an Oregon man arrested in the Madrid train bombing - but...
$12 MIL POT RING BUSTED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe feds have snuffed out a huge pot ring that allegedly grew and distributed $12 million of the wacky weed since 1997 - and operated across the street from two...
FUZZY MATH (& SPELLING) IN ED. DEPT. TEST 'AID'
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amIf thousands of city students flunk their math and reading exams this year, they'll know whom to blame. City Department of Education booklets designed to train teachers how to prepare...
KARATE KID ABUSE; MASTERMOLESTEDGIRLS: COPS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA well-known karate master - the son of a Staten Island power broker - was arrested yesterday on charges of molesting two of his martial-arts students after the girls abandoned...
STRIP SEARCH PAYOFF; 450G FOR 4 BX. KIDS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe city has cut a deal worth at least $450,000 with the families of four boys who claim to have been strip-searched at their Bronx elementary school for special-needs children,...
'SECONDHAND BABS' SUIT BOUNCED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amLet the bidder beware! An arts dealer won't get a refund on a piece of damaged furniture that once belonged to Barbra Streisand, a judge has ruled. Rudy Ciccarello of...
'DWI' COP CHARGED IN CAR MAYHEM
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA liquored-up Manhattan cop turned 20 blocks of Harlem into a personal smash-up derby - fleeing pursuing officers, causing four separate car crashes and seriously injuring a pedestrian, according to...
TEEN STABBED IN SUBWAY SPAT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA teenager was stabbed by a fellow straphanger after a bumping incident on a Brooklyn subway platform yesterday, authorities said. The 15-year-old boy, whose name was not released, was knifed...
SOLEMN PRAYERS AND ANGUISHED TEARS AT LAST-DITCH PROTESTS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of grieving protesters knelt in prayer for Terri Schiavo yesterday as a priest celebrated Mass for the dying woman outside the hospice where she is slowly fading away from...
B'KLYN ROBBER IQ IS 'NOTE'WORTHY
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amAn idiot bank robber with an imaginary revolver who hit the same Brooklyn bank three times was busted yesterday after two clerks spotted him. Police busted Edmond Graham, 53, of...
GARDEN TRUMPS JETS' BID
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amMadison Square Garden has upped the ante in its spectacular bidding war for the West Side rail yards by offering the MTA $760 million for the site, sources said. The...
HOPE RUNS OUT ON TERRI'S LIFE ; SUPREME COURT AND FLA. JUDGE REFUSE HELP TO 'SHOCKED' PARENTS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The frantic race to save Terri Schiavo is nearing a heartbreaking dead end. "It's absolutely horrible. It's surreal. I can't believe I'm actually in there with my sister...
NEWS OUT OF SCRATCH; PAPER'S PRESIDENT PLEADS POVERTY WHILE CONTEST WINNERS FIGHT BACK
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amDaily News President Les Goodstein yesterday said the peanuts being offered to cheated Scratch n' Stiff winners is "all I can afford" as he bluntly brushed off a poor woman's...
JUDGE RIPS LIZA & DAVID'S CHEAP SUITS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge beat up on both Liza Minnelli and David Gest yesterday, saying their dueling lawsuits are "ridiculous." "This whole thing is posturing," a frustrated Manhattan Supreme Court Justice...
STAPLES SLASHING ; CLERK BUSTED IN CUSTOMER 'RACE' BRAWL IN B'KLYN
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA cursing cashier who threw racial slurs at a Jamaican family started a brawl in a Staples store in Brooklyn, said two men whose faces were slashed with boxcutters. Yesterday,...
RESTAURATEUR'S KILLER GETS LIFE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe ex-con porter who murdered the beloved owner of a popular Union Square restaurant was sentenced in Manhattan yesterday to 20 years to life. Lerome Hilson, 28, had been hired...
GIFF-NOD HOLDOUT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCandy Vasquez, a Democratic district leader in The Bronx, did not endorse City Council speaker Gifford Miller for mayor as expected at a rally in East Harlem yesterday. Miller's campaign...
ANGUISHED PRAYERS & ANGRY CHANTS AS RIVAL PROTESTERS SQUARE OFF
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of grieving protesters knelt in prayer for Terri Schiavo yesterday as a priest celebrated Mass for the dying woman outside the hospice where she is slowly fading away from...
HOT 97'S VICIOUS 'SMACKFEST' KO'D ; N.Y. BANS GAL-SLAP EVENT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - "Smackfest" just got smacked down. State officials yesterday ordered Hot 97 to stop its controversial Smackfest, in which women wallop each other in the face. The girl-on-girl contests...
POPE GETS PEAK
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amPope John Paul II is getting his own mountain peak. A region in central Italy plans to name a mountain peak after the pontiff, who has enjoyed hiking in the...
CHURCHGOERS IN A TOW JAM
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amParishioners at a Brooklyn Catholic church were up in arms last night after city marshals dumped dozens of cars outside the house of worship during a towing operation on Holy...
STAPLES SLASHING; CLERK BUSTED IN CUSTOMER 'RACE' BRAWL IN B'KLYN
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTwo men were slashed with boxcutters during a brawl in a Brooklyn Staples store after a cashier allegedly hurled racial epithets at a Jamaican family. The family's lawyer said yesterday...
COP IN 'DWI' HAVOC; SMASHUP SPREE: DA
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA liquored-up Manhattan cop turned 20 blocks of Harlem into a personal smashup derby - fleeing pursuing officers, causing four separate car crashes and seriously injuring a pedestrian, according to...
PASTOR'S UNHOLY PASSION; TEEN TELLS JURY OF 'RAPE'
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens minister sweet-talked a 16-year-old church member into an illicit tryst by telling her his teddy-bear-filled bed was the gateway to the holy life, the woman told a jury...
BOOTED BIG SUES MTA
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amFormer MTA Security Director Louis Anemone has sued the MTA and slammed transit officials for "ruining his distinguished career" after he was accused of making up a confidential informant in...
NAKED GREED - COPS: MOB IN CLUB EXTORT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Gambino mobsters - including one accused of whacking mob boss Paul Castellano 20 years ago - were indicted yesterday on charges of having shaken down $2.5 million from The...
KAREEM NOT SINGING BLUES ON NEW TEAM
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amKAREEM McKenzie, who started the previous 48 games at right tackle for the Jets, hasn't been around the Giants very long since signing a free-agent contract three weeks ago. But...
DAYDREAMING EYES NEXT MOVE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amShug McGaughey, home from winless winter in Florida, after taking three races at Big A last Saturday including Gotham with Survivalist, looks to keep ball rolling with Daydreaming in today's...
BIG UNIT LOOKS READY
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - You could hear the cheers all the way in Fort Myers. As Randy Johnson walked off the field after six spectacular innings against Atlanta yesterday, the packed house...
YOU GOTTA BEILEIN - WEST VIRGINIA'S COACH LOOKING FOR GOOD KNIGHT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE - John Beilein was like a thousand other young coaches in those days, back in the late '70s and early '80s, following the trail of information like detectives hot...
PUT UP YER DUKES! SPARTANS READY FOR RUMBLE AGAINST TOP-SEEDED DEVILS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN - As stable and consistently good as Michigan State has been, Duke has been better, standing in a class of its own. When the No. 1 seed Blue Devils...
UTES HAVE BIG WEAPON IN BOGUT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN - Not long after he was hired as the head coach at Utah, Ray Giacoletti found himself at an immediate crossroads: Rick Majerus was gone and the program was...
PITINO DREAMS ON
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE - The ghosts are plainly visible, if you look around close enough, if you inspect the 37-foot hole on this city's southeast mesa where there sits a wonderful old...
BONDS TO REHAB IN SF
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amBarry Bonds will be away from the prying eyes of the media for a little while. The Giant slugger left his teammates and reporters behind in Arizona yesterday, returning to...
KEEPING HIS PROMISES; HAPPY RETURN FOR PACK'S HODGE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek, a summa cum laude graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, is not a frivolous man, not one easily given to hyperbole or outlandish statements....
'BIG 4' ECLIPSED - JONES STEALS SPOTLIGHT IN TPC STUNNER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amPONTE VEDRA BEACH - If you've been wondering where Steve Jones has been up until the sparkling 8-under-par 64 he carded yesterday to storm to the first-round lead at the...
JETER, JASON SPLIT DH
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre's post-batting practice decision to DH Derek Jeter resulted in Jason Giambi being scratched from the starting lineup as the DH. Giambi, who started the previous seven...
RECIPES FOR LOSING; FOR ROAD KNICKS, TIM-LESS SPURS, STRUGGLE IS THE NORM
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amFOR all of the Knicks' recent Garden parties (9-2 in their last 11 Homer Simpsons), what makes or breaks this curvature of a season (you spin 29-37 any way you...
WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE STANDS BY ITS COACH
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amROSEMONT, Ill. - One 12th seed ever had reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, never had one upset a No. 1 seed. The Panthers of Wisconsin-Milwaukee didn't care...
PLAYOFF ROAD LEADS KNICKS ON THE ROAD
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amSEATTLE - Now the Knicks must take the hot passion, feistiness and togetherness they showed at the Garden Wednesday against the Celtics and bring it cross-country, to the West Coast....
ZAMBRANO TOSSES FIRST STRONG OUTING
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTigers 6 Mets 3 MET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - This was more like it for Victor Zambrano. In what easily qualified as his best outing of the spring, Zambrano...
MIDSEASON ACQUISITION ROBINSON MULLS NET FUTURE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES Money isn't everything. But it's nothing to walk away from, either. So Cliff Robinson, who has provided the Nets size and defense for the final two-plus months of...
BOMBERS GET STEROID TESTS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amYankees 12Braves 2 TAMPA - Before Randy Johnson flashed his Hall of Fame credentials against the Braves and Jason Giambi and Tino Martinez homered in the Yankees' 12-2 triumph yesterday...
TIGER-PHIL DUEL NOT IN STARS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK PONTE VEDRE BEACH - There were some moments early in yesterday's first round of The Players Championship when it looked like that Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson duel was about to...
THE REAL SELLOUTS - EVEN NOW, MLB CAN'T RESIST A SCAM
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amYA GOTTA hear this," said a friend. "Listen to what was left on my message machine." The call was left Tuesday. It was from a fellow in the Mets ticket...
FRATELLO HAS GRIZZLIES ON COURSE FOR POSTSEASON
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amGrizzlies head coach Mike Fratello doesn't care how or when his team gets into the playoffs. He just wants that little mark next to "Memphis" in the standings, signifying a...
CURRY GETS LIFE BACK AT OK. ST.
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO NOTES ROSEMONT, Ill. - Though you have made me see troubles many and bitter, you will restore my life again. From the depths of the earth, you will again...
'NOVA PAIN ; SUMPTER CAN ONLY CHEER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - Curtis Sumpter was riding an exercise bicycle at practice the other day when someone offered emotional support for the star forward, whose NCAA Tournament came to a sudden,...
URBINA RENEWAL ; METS MULL PLAY FOR TIGER CLOSER
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets' bullpen has been the biggest question mark in camp so far. And yesterday it took two more interesting twists. On the same day that...
THE OTHER GUYS - REST OF NETS GIVE HAND TO CARTER, KIDD
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe schedule showed 20 games remaining and the Nets were in a bad way. The playoffs seemed a mere pipe dream. To a man, it seemed, the Nets made a...
GIANT ROLE TO FILL - NEW LB PIERCE STEPS ON STAGE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe nameplates of Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson remain over their old lockers at Giants Stadium. Whenever a new player first walks in and glances to his right at the...
NHL PULLS PLUG ON AMATEUR DRAFT
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThe NHL muddled its mess even further yesterday, canceling the June amateur draft and throwing hundreds of teen-agers into limbo. Sidney Crosby, the most heralded junior since Eric Lindros, will...
NETS CAN'T BEAR BRUNT OF GRIZ 'D'
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amMemphis head coach Mike Fratello must be some sort of basketball genius. The Nets had just gotten a pair of 3-pointers from Jason Kidd and Vince Carter to get within...
MEMPHIS MAULIN' ; JERSEY PLAYOFF HOPES DWINDLE AFTER UGLY LOSS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amGrizzlies 105Nets 96 Thanks to some little tidbits such as a nine-game losing streak that aided and abetted a 3-12 start - the Nets find themselves in the ever-shrinking leg...
REST OF NETS GIVE JASON & VINCE HELP
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES The schedule showed 20 games remaining and the Nets were in a bad way. The playoffs were a pipe dream. To a man, it seemed, the Nets made...
PITINO'S DREAM LIVES ON ; CARDS VANQUISH TOP SEED
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE REGIONLouisville 93Washington 79ALBUQUERQUE - He was amazed at how little the old gym had changed. The last time Bob Valvano had walked into this wonderful place called The Pit,...
ILLINOIS MOVES ON
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO REGIONALIllinois 77Wisc.-Milw. 63 ROSEMONT, Ill. - Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Cinderella story ended last night, drowned in a sea of Illinois swaying orange. Dee Brown and Deron Williams celebrated their 77-63 Sweet...
ILLINI MOVE ON
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO REGIONIllinois 77Wisc.-Milw. 63 ROSEMONT, Ill. - Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Cinderella story ended last night, drowned in a sea of swaying Illinois orange. Illini stars Dee Brown and Deron Williams celebrated their...
STOUDAMIRE PUTS 'ZONA AMONG ELITE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO REGIONArizona 79Okla. St. 78 ROSEMONT, Ill. - The game was a microcosm of his career. Salim Stoudamire spent four years bouncing back and forth between Lute Olson's doghouse to...
CRAWFORD'S SAVORING 'IMPORTANT' HOMECOMIN'
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SEATTLE - The pass-off-the-backboard dunk is becoming Jamal Crawford's trademark. He did it for the second time this month, embarrassing the Celtics with it in Wednesday night's rout....
MOUNTAIN HIGH ; WEST VIRGINIA OUSTS KNIGHT, RED RAIDERS
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE REGIONW. Virgina 65Texas Tech 60 ALBUQUERQUE - Some wondered if the West Virginia Mountaineers would have any legs left. This was their seventh game in 16 days, after all,...
5 QUESTIONS FOR CLARK KELLOGG
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with CBS college-basketball studio analyst Clark Kellogg. Kellogg, 43, is in his 13th season with CBS. Q: Who remaining is the best...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amTo: Mark Shapiro, ESPN VP From: Andrew Marchand Re: Cold Pizza CC: Famous Ray's Dear Mark, Cold Pizza, ESPN2's morning show, has been pretty unwatchable since its inception in October...
'SPLIT' DECISION ON STRAHAN SHOW - YES HITS PAUSE BUTTON OVER MESSY DIVORCE CASE
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amDue to Michael Strahan's very public divorce case, the Giant star's proposed variety show on the YES Network is on hold, NYP TV Sports has learned. The weekly show would...
TASK IS TOUGH, BUT NOVA'S GOT ... THE WRIGHT STUFF
March 25, 2005 | 5:00amFriday NCAA Sweet 16 North Carolina vs. Villanova 9:55 p.m., CBS When you mix the ingredients, it's an ugly cocktail for Villanova. The Wildcats' Sweet 16 opponent, North Carolina, not...