April 22, 2005
MOUNTAIN DEW HITS TIMES SQUARE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMountain Dew - the caffeine-loaded beverage popular among teens - has a new image to appeal to fickle youth: their own. Through a clever visual trick, adherents of the drink...
CORCORAN'S TOP TECHIE DEFECTS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Corcoran Group's top technology officer has just been hacked away by a rival real estate firm. Corcoran's Chief Technology Officer, Charles Olson, will move to Prudential Douglas Elliman as...
'HICCUPS' FOR HIP-HOP MAG
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amIn the wake of a messy sexual harassment lawsuit, hip-hop magazine The Source is wrestling with a host of financial, advertising and circulation woes, sources told The Post. In recent...
TRACKS CO-FOUNDER IS ONE ELLE OF A NEW PUBLISHER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amJOHN Rollins, co-founder of the suspended music magazine Tracks, is heading to Elle at Hachette Filipacchi to be the new publisher. "It's kind of a bittersweet moment for me to...
COWEN BIG FACES JAIL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amAn ousted managing director at SG Cowen faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to rigging investment-banking deals for clients he was supposed to help with their cash problems....
TOP DOGS EXIT AT BERGDORF
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amBergdorf Goodman, the ultra-chic New York retailer, has lost two senior buyers and a divisional merchandise manager for designer men's wear, The Post has learned. Yuki Katsua, the divisional merchandise...
NYSE SEAT HOLDERS WANT FASTER MERGER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLargely happy New York Stock Exchange seat owners yesterday praised John Thain for the history-changing merger with publicly traded Archipelago, saying the move was necessary to preserve the Big Board....
TOP-LEVEL EXIT AT BERGDORF
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amBergdorf Goodman, the ultra-chic New York retailer, has lost two senior buyers and a divisional merchandise manager for designer men's wear, The Post has learned. Yuki Katsua, the divisional merchandise...
JOB JITTERS ERUPT OVER NYSE TIE-UP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amOn the 8 a.m. Staten Island Ferry most mornings, you can find dozens of young New York Stock Exchange floor traders catching a nap before work or chatting with colleagues...
CORCORAN LOSES TOP TECHIE TO RIVAL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Corcoran Group's top technology officer has just been hacked away by a rival real estate firm. Corcoran's Chief Technology Officer, Charles Olson, will move to Prudential Douglas Elliman as...
TAKE THE MONEY ENRON
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE story of Enron's collapse was always hard to understand. When the rogue energy-trading company was making headlines in 2000 and 2001, we all knew that California's rolling blackouts were...
LITTLE TO 'LIKE' - KUTCHER'S CLICHÉ-RIDDLED CLUNKER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSAY this for "A Lot Like Love": It isn't one of those impossibly witty romantic comedies. The chatter of the leads sounds pretty much what you'd expect the actual conversation...
A MAN'S WORLD FOR HUFFMAN IN GENDER-BENDER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amWE'RE not on Wisteria Lane anymore. Sexy "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman donned a plastic penis - and lowered her voice four octaves - to play a male-to-female transsexual in...
STAR STRUCK - 'IDOL' BRACING FOR ABC EXPOSÉ
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amABC is preparing a bombshell exposé on "American Idol," reportedly exploring the relationship between the "Idol" judges and the show's contestants. The report will air on "Primetime Live," most likely...
DEAD IN THE WATER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMY baloney has a first name, it's M-A-D-I-S-O-N. This film is a gauzy "true story" (i.e., a heavily fictionalized fable) about Madison, Ind., a small town that joins together to...
'WILL & GRACE' SALARY CUTS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00am'WILL & Grace" are about to take a pay cut. The aging NBC sitcom's producers are close to signing a deal with the network that would significantly lower the licensing...
U.N.-INSPIRED: POLLACK'S TALE OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE INTERPRETER ½ (two and a half stars) Flawed but entertaining. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, sexual content, brief profanity). At State, the Beekman, the 19th St. East,...
'DESPERATE' NEW KID IN NEIGHBORHOOD
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMEET Wisteria Lane's newest kid on the block - Mehcad Brooks. Brooks is joining the cast of "Desperate Housewives" playing the sheltered son of Alfre Woodard's character. Woodard will play...
KEYS TO THE CITY - ALICIA'S CARRYING THE TORCH
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amHAVING won nine Grammys in three years, Alicia Keys is the linchpin of today's hip-hop soul. But Keys isn't satisfied just being a modern diva. At Radio City Music Hall...
MOBY GETS THE GEEK GROOVE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMOBY gazed out upon a sea of delegates from his nerd nation at Webster Hall Wednesday night and saw that it was good. But now that cool guys lounge about...
RETRO RAVEONETTES
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHEY may be the latest thing out of Scandinavia, but Danish dynamos the Raveonettes are from another time. The duo of beat-cool guitarist Sune Rose Wagner and Nico-esque chanteuse Sharin...
PULL THE PLUG - JUKEBOX MUSICALS MAY BE OUT OF JUICE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amIS the end in sight for the jukebox musical, that cynically motivated, artistically bank rupt subspecies of musical theater that's threatening to destroy Broadway? For its many detractors, including every...
STARR REPORT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amStar trek undecided Reports that Star Jones is out at E! are "unfortunate and misleading," E! president Ted Harbert said yesterday. Despite published reports, no decision has been made on...
TRUMP'S COPYCAT TIRADE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amDONALD Trump had a message last night for fellow reality-TV moguls Richard Branson and Mark Cuban: You're fired! The Donald took aim at the two billionaires as he lectured the...
BUGGING OUT - XENA BATTLES 'LOCUSTS' IN THIS PLAGUE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSomebody, quick! Get a shoe! The suits in charge of Sunday nights at CBS are swarming - and they need to be squished like bugs. It was bad enough that...
STILL IN THE RUNNING
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn; (718) 636-4100. Season runs through tomorrow. MARK Morris understands what dancing is...
ROCK PICK
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe premier all-star jam-band concert in the U.S. - the Jammys - returns to New York for it's fifth anniversary Tuesday. Part concert, part awards show, it honors musicians who...
MARY'S HOT PICK
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amDave's True Story, a New York trio, sweetly walks the fine line between jazz and pop. Featuring singer Kelly Flint's enticing Aimee Mann-ish vocals, the group's new CD, "Nature," mixes...
COSBY ACCUSERSAYS SHE'S NOT ALONE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual assault claims that at least 10 other women are prepared to testify about "similar" incidents involving the comedian, according to a new report....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amScott MacInnes set a new Alaskan record this week, but not one he was looking for: He became the state's first person to survive two bear attacks. MacInnes was 13...
STUPID KILLER GETS 28 YEARS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA bone-headed killer who left his parole papers at a Queens crime scene pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault and was sentenced to 28 years behind bars....
HIGH TIME FOR 'GEN RX' - TODAY'S TEENS INTO PAINKILLERS: STUDY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amOne in five teenagers has popped Vicodin, OxyContin or some other prescription painkiller to get high, a shocking new study has revealed. And, just as disturbing, today's teens can get...
ELEPHANT PANIC - A SPRING OF GOP DISCONTENT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amREPUBLICANS and conservatives are beginning to panic a little. Ever since the Terry Schiavo controversy took its unexpected turn against the Right in polls - I say "unexpected" because major...
FLORAL FED SENSED GASPIPE WAS BLOWING SMOKE ON 'ROGUES'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amAS RETIRED cops Lou Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa appeared in court for the first time yesterday, their attorneys were certainly wishing Charlie Rose was alive today. Before Charlie died, he...
FORLORN HOPE - TERROR STILL FAILING IN IRAQ
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSUICIDE bombings, assassinations and roadside blasts continue to plague Iraq. Recently, coordinated assaults threatened American compounds. Yesterday, a contractor's helicopter was downed by a missile. It would be easy to...
THOMPSON SEEKS 223G INN-COME FROM HYATT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Grand Hyatt - the hotel that helped launch Donald Trump - escaped $222,871 in rent payments to the city by understating profits and misclassifying some expenses, Comptroller William Thompson...
'HUSBAND FROM HELL' CRIES SETUP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA man accused of repeatedly stalking and threatening to kill his estranged wife denies he's the "husband from hell" and claims his ex "set him up" for his latest arrest....
1/9 TRAIN A DIRTY JOKE - STRAPHANGERS CAMPAIGN RATES SUBWAYS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amEngine, engine No. 9, on the New York Transit line - someone needs to mop that grime. The Straphangers Campaign's seventh "subway shmutz" survey rates the 1/9 line as the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS * Two students were arrested for setting three fires in a high school, authorities said yesterday. On April 5, Steven Thomas, 18, and Antonio Thorne, 17, allegedly ignited newspapers...
WTC IN 7 HEAVEN - FIRST TOWER TO RISE SINCE 9/11 A MODEL OF SECURITY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amDramatic new images of 7 World Trade Center - the first office tower to rise at Ground Zero since 9/11 - reveal a glass-encased structure that will remake the city's...
JUDGE MUST 'AUNTY UP' $163,000
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amAn embattled Brooklyn judge has lost his bid to get out of repaying his elderly aunt $163,000 he took from her bank accounts. In a unanimous decision, the state Appellate...
B'KLYN TEEN HURT AS SCOOTER HITS COP CAR
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teenager was seriously injured yesterday when the illegal motorized scooter he was cruising the wrong way on collided with a cop car. Antonio Ynoa, 15, was headed north...
NARROW ESCAPE - BIKE MESSENGER WEDGED INTO 8-INCH GAP - & LIVES
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA bike messenger whizzing through Midtown traffic narrowly escaped a grisly death yesterday when he was squished between a truck and a city bus. Doucoure Adama, 26, was pinned in...
PREGNANT PAUSE - N.Y. IS FIRST CITY TO OFFER 'MORNING AFTER' PILL TO ALL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNew York will become the first city in the nation to make "morning after" contraceptive pills readily available to all women who want them, officials announced yesterday. Doctors in municipal...
FIRST WIFE OF RAGING AMY'S HUBBY: DON'T YOU DARE DISS SON
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLUCKY that Amy Fisher wasn't packing heat this time. Amy, the teen gunslinger who struck fear into the hearts of housewives all over Long Island a decade ago when she...
BRAVEST RAISE 10G FOR WOUNDED GIS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNew York's Bravest presented a $10,000 check yesterday to the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists severely injured soldiers from Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. The Fire Department's boxing team...
RIVERSIDE PK. SEX ATTACK
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTwo upstate teenage girls told city cops they were attacked in Riverside Park early yesterday by a man they met up with in hopes of scoring marijuana, police sources said....
PAL BUSTED IN 'PHOTO SHOOT'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man has been arrested for shooting his friend in the face after he became enraged that the victim used a flash while taking photos, authorities said yesterday. Francis...
TERROR LYNNE IN SPIN - JUDGE LETS HER 'TOUR'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge is letting convicted terror lawyer Lynne Stewart jet across the country as part of her campaign to argue that she was unjustly prosecuted and to rally her...
CITY $LAPS 'PLUNGE' LANDLORD - MISSING BARS ON WINDOW
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe city Health Department slapped a Bronx landlord with up to $22,000 in fines yesterday for failing to install window guards after a 4-year-old boy plunged 50 feet from his...
MIKE RIPS SEXUAL POLITICS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg defended his media company yesterday from attacks by a political rival, saying it has a "magnificent record" when it comes to dealing with sexual harassment issues. City Council...
FEAST YOUR EYES ON FILM FEST - TRIBECA TURNS INTO REEL DEAL FOR CITY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLights . . . camera . . . traction! The fourth annual Tribeca Film Festival, born in 2002 as a post-9/11 boost for the struggling lower Manhattan neighborhood, got rolling...
'MOB' COPS ARE COLD 'KILLERS' - WHINE ABOUT BEING IN COOLER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTwo former NYPD detectives, accused of leading double lives as Mafia hit men, yesterday made their first appearance in court, where their lawyers complained the hardened street cops are far...
BROTHER BLASTS 'GREEDY' MEGA WINNER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe alleged lottery louse accused of trying to cheat three co-workers out of their share of a $175,000 prize never told his mother and brother about his good fortune, his...
JERSEY 'JACKO' - SEX-ASSAULT RAP FOR STAR'S TEEN PAL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA young New Jersey man who was once a Michael Jackson sleepover pal has been accused of committing a sexual assault - and bragging he learned his lewd tricks from...
MOM GETS JAIL IN TOT CAR DEATH
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island woman was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for leaving her toddler alone in a car for three hours and causing her death. Yesenia Brito, 22,...
APPLE'S 'INHALE' OF A FIX - EX-JAILBIRD CIG SUIT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA former Rikers inmate can sue the city for not placing him in a no-smoking section while he was in jail, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Legendary numbers kingpin Raymond...
REV. AL LOSING HIS FIZZ - MAY FACE PEPSI BOOT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - PepsiCo said yesterday that it was reviewing the Rev. Al Sharpton's service on a minority advisory board after learning two accused con men claimed on wiretaps that Sharpton...
JUDGE TO NEWS: NOT SO FAST WITH THAT LAME GAME
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA judge yesterday barred the Daily News from holding its consolation drawing for Scratch n' Stiff winners who were denied their cash prizes by the paper because of a misprinted...
BRONX 'TERRI' BATTLE - BOY'S KIN VS. HOSP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of a 13-year-old Bronx boy charged last night that doctors at Montefiore Hospital insisted on taking their brain-dead son off life support, despite their pleas for more time...
COP 'PANS' LOVER'S PARAMOUR: POLICE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA cop was busted yesterday after he saw his girlfriend with another man - and smashed him on the head with a frying pan, police said. Officer James Kim, who...
TRIBECA TURNS INTO REEL DEAL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLights . . . camera . . . traction! The fourth annual Tribeca Film Festival, born in 2002 as a post-9/11 boost for the struggling lower Manhattan neighborhood, got rolling...
'HUSBAND FROM HELL' INSISTS IT'S ALL A SETUP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA man accused of repeatedly stalking and threatening to kill his estranged wife denies he's the "husband from hell" and claims his ex "set him up" for his latest arrest....
CITY SEEKS 223G HYATT INN-COME
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Grand Hyatt escaped $222,871 in rent payments to the city by understating profits and misclassifying some expenses, Comptroller William Thompson reported yesterday. The hotel agreed to pay $53,822, claiming...
SLIPPERY POP STAR ESCAPES A JELLY JAM AT TRIAL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson dodged a lurid legal bullet yesterday when the judge in his child-molestation trial ruled that prosecutors could not present testimony that he once asked...
DA MORGY AND RIVAL IN VERBAL SLUGFEST
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe two candidates for Manhattan district attorney could have prosecuted each other for verbal assault last night, when the pair squared off testily - and sometimes personally - in the...
MAN HIT BY VAN WINS $6.5M SUIT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA hero who pushed his sister's two kids out of the path of a city van - only to be badly hurt himself - was awarded $6.54 million by a...
CAUGHT IN THE ACT - CAB CAM SNAPS 'SHOOT' THUGS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThese dramatic photos show two thugs during a vicious struggle for a gun that ended with the shooting of a terrified livery driver in his cab in Brooklyn. Police have...
IPOD JOGGER MUGGED IN CENTRAL PK.
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA man jogging in Central Park was attacked last night by a gang of teens who beat him up and snatched his iPod, police said. The unidentified victim was on...
'HUBBY FROM HELL' INSISTS IT'S A SETUP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA man accused of repeatedly stalking and threatening to kill his estranged wife denies he's the "husband from hell" and claims his ex "set him up" for his latest arrest....
MOM GETS JAIL FOR TOT'S HEAT DEATH
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island woman was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for leaving her toddler alone in a car for three hours and causing her death. Yesenia Brito, 22,...
FLASH MADE 'SHOOTER' SNAP
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man has been arrested for shooting his friend in the face after he became enraged that the victim used a flash while taking photos, authorities said yesterday. Francis...
'PASS' AND FAIL - TEACH 'PUSHED ME AWAY' AFTER I KISSED HER: BOY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe 15-year-old Brooklyn boy whose alleged smooch with his teacher led to her sexual-abuse charges jumped to her defense yesterday, claiming he planted a wet one on her and she...
'9/11 EFFECT' WON BUSH VOTES HERE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a dramatic sign of how "the 9/11 effect" impacted the 2004 vote, President Bush made some of his biggest and most surprising gains on Democratic turf near...
MIKE SAYS SCHOOL SEX 'IS BUSINESS AS USUAL'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday downplayed the ongoing sex scandal rocking city schools, calling recent sex-abuse charges against a string of teachers "business as usual." "Sadly, if you look back in history,...
JUDGE NIXES INSURE BID BY WTC FIRM
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amA British judge has tossed out a lawsuit that claimed that employees who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11 went on a "business trip" when they made the...
TED KENNEDY'S IN-LAW SPIED ON THE CLINTONS - WIFE'S BROTHER WORE A WIRE FOR THE FBI
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSen. Ted Kennedy's brother-in-law is the mystery witness who raised $100,000 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and then went undercover and wore a wire to help the feds nab one...
PORT CAPTAIN TO COP PLEA IN FERRY-CRASH LIE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Staten Island Ferry port captain charged with lying to investigators probing the crash that took 11 passengers' lives in October of 2003 is expected to plead guilty today. John...
GOV'T JOBS PROVIDING SURPRISE WAGE BOOST
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNotice to job hunters: Don't turn your nose up at that government position - it might pay a lot better than the private sector. In a surprising finding, a new...
BLOOMY GLOOMY ON GAMES
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amWithout a green light for the West Side stadium, the city could have to drop its bid for the 2012 Olympics, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday. Frustrated that Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
LEAGUE OK WITH CELTS' BENCHINGS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLeague officials had no problem with Celtics coach Doc Rivers using his starters sparingly against both the Cavs and the Nets in the final two games. "It is not an...
WHAT A RELIEF! - BULLPEN COMES THROUGH FOR YANKS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Blue Jays 3 TORONTO - The win went to Mike Mussina; Mariano Rivera copped a save. But without the efforts of Buddy Groom, Felix Rodriguez, Mike Stanton...
PEDRO SHOW-STOPPER ON ROAD
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - In the manager's office after Pedro Martinez's latest gem, Willie Randolph was asked whether his ace's dominance was now becoming expected every time he takes the mound. "As...
WILLIAMS NOT ONE TO HURT TEAM
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Bernie Williams knows the difference between being a liability to the Yankees and fighting through a bothersome left knee. "I want to play. If you start...
A GOOD TIME TO FLOUNDER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE weather was a big factor this week, especially if you were flounder fishing. Stripers are starting to provide some nice action and the codfish are still making some noise...
SHOWDOWN SIGN-UPS START
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSign-ups begin tomorrow for Belmont spring SHOWdown contest. The object is to pick one horse per day to finish in top three. The last man standing collects 60 percent of...
ELI GETS BACK ON JEREMY'S GOOD SIDE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amApparently, Jeremy Shockey did not take kindly to Eli Manning's seemingly-innocent suggestion that the missing tight end make his way to Giants Stadium to participate in off-season passing drills. Manning...
MIKE MAD OVER YES 'NO'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amYOU'VE really got to give them credit. For pure, unmitigated gall, no team can finish a close second to Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, hosts of the "Know-It-All and the...
WARE'S PAYDAY COMES TOMORROW
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amDemarcus Ware's biggest high school payday was $32.50. That's how much he earned for hawking soda one Saturday at an Auburn home football game. Ware wasn't a very enthusiastic vendor....
HOME FIRES NEED STOKIN'
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amIt's their last chance for their first victory on this longest homestand of the season. So soon, results matter for the MetroStars and their Youri Djorkaeff experiment. "We had a...
RJ WANTS TO PLAY - BUT HE'S WILLING TO WAIT HIS TURN
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNET NOTES Richard Jefferson wants to earn his way. Jefferson, who last played Jan. 8 before undergoing left wrist surgery, will practice with the Nets today and expects to be...
USC'S PRIZE CATCH
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amFinally, the NFL welcomes Mike Williams with open arms tomorrow. "I'm tough as nails," Williams was saying yesterday at the Rainbow Room. "I feel like in my life I've been...
ISIAH MUST NOW BEGIN TO REPAIR KNICK MESS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNow that the Knicks' fourth straight losing season came to a merciful end - their worst stretch since 1984-89 - the club will start the dirty job of cleaning up...
COMPLETE PACKAGE - JETS' JOLLEY: MORE THAN JUST A GOOD PAIR OF MITTS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00am"We're set at tight end." When, in your existence as a Jets fan or follower, did you ever think you'd hear those words from the team's brass? Those, though, were...
COTTO EYES REVENGE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMuhammad Abdullaev defeated Miguel Cotto en route to winning the gold medal in the 139-pound division at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, yet it was Cotto that Top Rank, Inc.,...
SANCHEZ SECOND FOR NIGHT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - With the Rangers starting three right-handers this weekend at Yankee Stadium, Joe Torre didn't want the rust on Rey Sanchez to get too thick. So Torre...
PRESSURE BUILDING FOR PEDRO - MARTINEZ ONLY RELIABLE MET STARTER
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - On Opening Day, when Pedro Martinez pitched, Carlos Beltran had three hits and a homer. In Martinez' next start, Beltran hit a clutch two-run homer off John Smoltz....
BERNIE PLAYS THROUGH PAIN
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - Bernie Williams knows the difference between being a liability to the Yankees and playing through a bothersome left knee. "I want to play. If you start babying it...
DOC, TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE NBA's regular season ended in infamy Wednesday. Under the guise of integrity, the Celtics dumped games to the Cavaliers and Nets, the two teams battling for the lone remaining...
KURT MAY LOOK TO LEAVE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amKurt Thomas had always said, despite the trade rumors, he wanted to remain a Knick. Now he finally admitted he's not so sure, saying he would talk to his agent...
ZEN CAME JAX? - KNICKS READY TO CHASE PHIL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe push for Phil Jackson is on. Though Isiah Thomas left for a scouting trip to Europe last night, he has begun reaching out to candidates, including the nine-time champion...
BENSON'S ON ROAD TO COMEBACK
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Kris Benson's comeback continued yesterday as the injured righty passed another test. Benson, on the DL with a strained right pectoral muscle, threw his first bullpen...
MUSCLED OUT - BICEPS INJURY SENDS SIERRA TO DISABLED LIST
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - Ruben Sierra often gets lost in the galaxy of stars that is the Yankees' roster, although he has been a productive member of the team. Now, however, he...
ANOTHER CURVE FOR ROTATION
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - The Mets may have another injury problem in their rotation. Kaz Ishii is expected to miss his next start, scheduled for tomorrow, with an unknown malady....
TELFAIR A MOVIE STAR
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSebastian Telfair just finished an uneven rookie season in Portland, where he went from a benchwarmer to a starter, saw his coach get axed and tried to show that he...
METS THROW A LUMBER PARTY - FLOG AL, FISH AS BATS KEEP SIZZLING
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amMets 10 - Marlins 1 MIAMI - Josh Beckett was able to shut it down. But beyond that, the Met offense has been on a roll. Two nights after the...
SANCHEZ GETS NOD FROM JOE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - With the Rangers starting three righties this weekend at Yankee Stadium, Joe Torre didn't want the rust on Rey Sanchez to get too thick. So Torre...
MUSCLED OUT: SIERRA ON DL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - In the galaxy of stars that is the Yankees' roster, Ruben Sierra often gets lost. Now he could be out of sight for a while. Sierra, 39, was...
ELI'S FLEE FLICKER - MANNING STILL GLAD HE FORCED DEAL TO JINTS
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe congratulatory phone call came from Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer, who welcomed Eli Manning into the fold as the very first pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. "He said, 'We'll...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DICK EBERSOL
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with NBC Universal Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol. Ebersol, 57, brokered the $3.6 billion, six-year deal to bring Sunday Night Football, the playoffs...
NFL DEAL COULD SQUEEZE NHL TROUBLED LEAGUE MAY GET BOOT FROM ESPN
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amDuring an interview this week, ESPN Executive VP Mark Shapiro kept humming the Monday Night Football theme music. With ESPN paying $9 billion for eight years, the MNF sounds could...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTO: Deion Sanders FROM: Andrew Marchand Re: 2006 CC: Teri Hatcher Dear Prime Time, Leaving CBS last year because you wanted $2 million, while the network offered a paltry $1.3...
BAD NEWS BEAR - DRAFTING RODGERS NO. 1 WOULD BE REAL CAL-AMITY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amNFL draft ESPN Saturday, noon Sunday, 11 a.m. Who would you take with the first pick of Saturday's NFL draft? Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers or Utah QB Alex Smith? ESPN...
SERBY'S MOCK DRAFT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS is the worst draft in years, which only justifies the Giants' decision to give up their first-rounder in the Eli Manning trade a year ago. The Giants don't have...
SHAQ-TICAL APPROACH - NETS ENTER HEAT SERIES RED HOT
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amSomeone suggested yesterday to Nets' coach Lawrence Frank that maybe Shaquille O'Neal would miss Game One of the playoffs. Maybe that bruised thigh that kept him from the last two...
LEAGUE OK WITH CELTICS' STRATEGY
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amLeague officials had no problem with Celtics coach Doc Rivers using his starters sparingly against both the Cavs and the Nets in the final two games. "It is not an...
RING OF MIRE RING OF MIRE
April 22, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S funny about championship rings. All athletes do their entire career is wax poetic about how badly they want them, how it's "all about the ring," how "the ring's the...