May 11, 2005

HOLLYWOOD SIGNS AN OUTKAST

A blockbuster deal with Nickelodeon and MTV makes Outkast funkmeister Andre 3000 a Hollywood insider. Funk artist turned media mogul, Andre 3000 (real name, Andre Benjamin) - one half of...

WARNER IPO HITS SOUR NOTE

Warner Music Group Corp., the world's fourth-largest music company, raised $554.2 million in an initial public offering after cutting the price of the shares to attract investors. Warner Music, whose...

BANK'S IN DUTCH - SUIT HITS ABN AMRO'S TIES TO SHADY CYPRUS CLIENT

The New York office of Dutch banking giant ABN Amro is getting dragged deeper into a legal battle over a global money laundering web. Liddle & Robinson, a New York...

MOUSE STATIC ; DISNEY'S IGER CONSIDERS SHUTTING DOWN RADIO

Walt Disney Co. could become the latest media giant to distance itself from the traditional radio business, The Post has learned. Sources said that considering the future of ABC Radio...

MARTHA MAKES LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS

Despite Martha Stewart submitting a $3.7 million legal bill for reimbursement for legal fees, shareholders of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia seemed to bear the company founder no ill will at...

GM HEDGING HELPS STOCKS PLUNGE 103

Hedge funds lost as much as $8 billion yesterday placing wild bets on which way General Motors' wobbly credit would land, adding more woes to already weakened stocks. Shares skidded...

THE DONALD DONATES LAND

DONALD J. Trumpand his partners, Hudson Waterfront Associates, have donated land to create two new, affordable apartment towers at 33 West End and One West End avenues. "They have a...

SIHPOL SIPHONED FUNDS

The Ted Sihpol defense was rocked yesterday after his former assistant testified the ex-broker pocketed "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in commissions from mutual fund purchases he arranged with Canary...

A TURNAROUND BIG PLAYS LOTTO

An executive who helped turn around the Pony sneaker brand by giving it street cred is planning to do the same with Lotto, an Italian maker of performance tennis and...

A NEW C FOR WEST COAST

MICHAEL Coady rides again. The one-time Fairchild boss has joined Jennifer Smith Hale, the 30-year-old owner of critically acclaimed Santa Barbara Magazine, to launch a new Calif.-wide women's luxe lifestyle...

SAKS WOES TO BRING SHAKEOUT

Saks Inc.'s disclosure this week that federal prosecutors had opened an inquiry into allegedly improper payments by its Saks Fifth Avenue division to vendors raises the possibility that the industry-wide...

TURNAROUND BIG PLAYS LOTTO

An executive who helped turn around the Pony sneaker brand by giving it street cred is planning to do the same with Lotto, an Italian maker of performance tennis and...

SIPHOL'S 'NOTHING' ADDED UP

The Ted Sihpol defense was rocked yesterday after his former assistant testified the ex-broker pocketed "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in commissions from mutual fund purchases he arranged with Canary...

FROM REAL WAR TO 'REAL WORLD'

AFTER more than 15 seasons and a thousand imitators, MTV's "The Real World" just keeps soldiering on - this time with a real soldier. Rachel (MTV refuses to divulge last...

PLAYING WELL: BEST REVENGE

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND DAVE Matthews turned up at Roseland Ballroom Monday night to celebrate the release of his group's new album, "Stand Up." But the lanky bandleader couldn't help but...

'CRASH' SETS COURSE IN MANHATTAN

IN an underdog triumph, "Crash," a serious dramatic movie about race relations, took the No. 1 movie slot at Manhattan theaters over the weekend. "Crash," which cost $6.5 million to...

LOCAL HERO'S DATE WITH 'JEOPARDY'

FRANK Spangenberg, the New York City transit cop whose big-bucks "Jeopardy!" win shattered records 15 years ago, returns tonight hoping to eventually topple all-time champ Ken Jennings. Spangenberg, a Flushing...

SIMON SAYS; NEW YORK MAG CRITIC SPEAKS AFTER AX

"I keep getting letters saying, 'Have you ever liked anything?' Which is the most ridiculous thing in the world. I think maybe I liked more than what was good for...

YUM, YUMCHA

Yumcha (two and a half stars) 29 Bedford St. (at Downing Street) (212) 524-6800 ONE night at dazzling new Yumcha, I asked the waitress about the two men pictured on...

ON THE SIDE - IRON CHEF TO SLICE THROUGH THE STATES

IRON chef Masaharu Morimoto is on a roll - a sushi roll,,that is.The former Nobu chef,who left Manhattan a few years ago to team with Philadelphia 's Stephen Starr in...

BRIDGET JONES'S WEDDING DAY DIARY

HURRAH! The wilderness years are truly, completely over. After v. discouraging life as hopeless singleton, have finally landed gorgeous rich husband! Victory achieved full three years, 11 months, 16 days...

STUFFED TO THE GRILLS - SALAD, CAKE PUSH LIMITS OF BARBECUE

DOES anybody smell smoke?It must be coming from the bookshelves, where the grilling section is expanding at such an alarming rate,it 's apt to spontaneously combust. At last count there...

DO YOU KNOW WHO I USED TO BE? FIRST LOOK AT PHOEBE'S HBO SHOW

WHEN Marilu Henner and Kim Fields both flip the bird at a camera crew following around Lisa Kudrow,you know you 're watching HBO. Their unpixelated middle fingers make their unforgettable...

STARR REPORT

'911' on Chappelle Now that the third season of Dave Chappelle 's "Chappelle 's Show - won 't premiere May 31 as scheduled,Comedy Central has rejiggered its schedule somewhat. The...

EL VEZ LIVES! - THE MEXICAN 'KING' WIGGLES HIS WAY THROUGH THE BIG APPLE

THINK the world of Elvis impersonation is exclusively the province of creepy, middle- aged white guys? Then you haven't seen El Vez, the campy, colorful Mexican version of "The King."...

THE SON'S SHINING - ROBERTO CLEMENTE JR. BLOWS OPEN DOORS IN THE WORLD OF BROADCASTING

HIS dad was the first Latino Hall of Famer in Major League Baseball, and now Roberto Clemente Jr. is blazing a trail of his own - becoming the first Latino...

HARLEM HEIGHTS - THE MEJICANO BEHIND UPTOWN'S $236 MILLION HOTEL

SOME may say the construction of a 34-story hotel in the heart of Harlem is just the latest example of the city's unchecked gentrification, but the man behind the building's...

DIDDY'S DAWG

SINCE Bad Boy Records has been struggling a wee bit lately, Sean "P.Diddy" Combs is testing the waters in the urban Latino music scene. The hip-hop mogul has tapped Miami-based...

RIVERA RUNS THROUGH IT - YOUNG POLITICAL SCION TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER

JUST four short years ago, Joel Rivera, a 22-year-old hip-hop loving college student and scion of a Bronx Democratic political dynasty, was stepping into the political spotlight - having won...

SOME TOUGH MOTHERS - THE WISDOM OF WANDA SALAMAN - MOTIVATING MOMS TO SAVE OUR SCHOOLS

A BRONX neighborhood survivalist, Wanda Salaman learned early to empower herself and use her anger to help the weak and the poor. Salaman, 38, has been saving working-class neighborhoods in...

HEVESI SON WINS ASSEMBLY SEAT

State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's son - who never before ran for office - won a special election last night to the state Legislature. Democrat Andrew Hevesi, 31, defeated Republican Anthony...

LOOK IN THE MIRROR, MIKE; 7 WTC'S REAL PROBLEM

MAYOR Bloomberg had some nerve last week to blame Larry Silverstein for asking too much for rents at his new 7 World Trade Center. To the extent that a lack...

NIXON KIN TO CHALLENGE HILL

The son-in-law of the late President Richard Nixon plans to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton for her senate seat next year, a source told The Post yesterday. Republican Edward Cox, 58,...

SUOZZI PLAN TO REDUCE ABORTIONS

ALBANY - Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi - a possible candidate for statewide office - outlined a plan yesterday to find "common ground" on abortion, saying it was time to...

QNS. 'GRENADE' MAN SAYS HE WAS SET UP

A Queens retiree charged with trying to buy six hand grenades on Monday was ordered to jail without bail yesterday - even as he told his lawyer the whole thing...

PARALYZED SPOUSE PLEADS FOR SHOOTER

A loyal-to-the-end wife - shot and paralyzed by her husband in a domestic dispute last year - proclaimed her love for him in court yesterday even as a judge sentenced...

BOGUS-BADGE BUST ; SCARY FIND IN BRONX

The feds busted a Russian immigrant after finding a cache of 1,300 counterfeit law-enforcement badges and a stash of weapons, drugs and cash at his Bronx home, authorities said yesterday....

HAMMER GAL GETS 7-YEAR 'TAP'

A Queens woman who took a hammer to her boyfriend's head - leaving him with permanent nerve damage - escaped the worst yesterday when a judge sentenced her to seven...

FERRER COOL ON A RENT FREEZE

The Democratic candidates for mayor, with the notable exception of Fernando Ferrer, say the Rent Guidelines Board should freeze rents this year. "Over the last several years landlord profits have...

SOBER UP - BOOZE TESTS FOR FINEST; BREATHTAKING PLANS FOR COPS IN THEIR CUPS

Cops with booze problems face the prospect of surprise breath tests at least four times a year, The Post has learned. In an unprecedented NYPD bid to monitor cops' alcohol...

'RIP-OFF' JANITOR SAYS CITY OWES HIM $40,000

The lawyer for a former Manhattan high-school janitor accused of looting $30,000 from his school claimed yesterday that the city owes his client upward of $40,000 for improperly suspending him...

BRUNO OKS POT-RX BILL

ALBANY - Talk-show host Montel Williams brought his crusade to legalize pot for medical purposes to the Capitol yesterday - and quickly picked up a powerful backer. Senate Majority Leader...

BOMB TOSSED AT W. - ESCAPES ATTACK IN ASIA

A grenade was tossed near President Bush while he was speaking to a crowd in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, but the device didn't explode and no one was...

CITY STILL HAS FREE NICOTINE PATCHES

Nicotine patches to help smokers quit are still available for free from the city's Health Department. Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said smokers who got the free patches have a 1...

MYSTERY BIKER EYED IN BLASTS

Police are focusing on a bicyclist riding past the British Consulate - and apparently throwing a grenade at the building - as a suspect in last week's blasts, sources told...

U.N. SNUBS WTC SITE TO BUILD IN BROOKLYN

In another blow to Ground Zero, the United Nations yesterday rejected a newly constructed office tower at 7 World Trade Center as a temporary home while its landmark Manhattan headquarters...

'SPAM' ATTACK; PYTHON HAS STRANGLEHOLD ON TONY NODS

THE hit Broadway musical "Spamalot" led the field of Tony Award contenders yesterday with 14 nominations, including Best Musical. The $11 million show, based on the movie "Monty Python and...

COPS: TEEN FOLLOWED SCHOOL BUS WITH AK-47

A brazen eighth-grade dropout who threatened to kill an Amityville HS star athlete was busted after he followed the teen's school bus in a car with an AK-47 assault rifle,...

STONES AGAIN ROLL OUT THAT ROCK OF AGES

WHO said getting old was a drag? Flashing swatches of his absurdly flat, bare belly like a pre-conception Britney Spears - and humping his skinny hips treacherously close to Keith...

'SCAM' KID HAS NO CLASS; NYU 'GRADUATION' FAKE

An NYU whiz kid charged in a massive check-kiting scheme lied about his academic status at the school when he was busted, The Post has learned. Hakan Yalincak, 21, told...

GRAVE ROBBER DEATH CHEATS JAIL

Businessman Donald Death Jr. - charged with stealing a fortune from a Long Island cemetery and using it to pay for the good life, including limousines and a country club...

LIZ, LIZA AND LOTSA BOYS; JACKO'S RANCH BOSS RECALLS ONLY 2 WOMEN

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's longtime ranch manager yesterday could recall a string of prepubescent boys his boss shared a cozy "special bond" with over the years - but...

RULE CHANGE BOOSTS SCHOOLS

The city could see a huge drop in the number of schools failing federal standards under new testing rules for disabled students outlined yesterday by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings....

SEEMS WEINER'S A 'PLAY' BOY, TOO

ANTHONY WEINER might want to start practicing what he preaches. Despite regularly blasting Mayor Bloomberg and his Democratic mayoral rivals for "pay-for-play" politics - taking money from donors who want...

POISON-SLAY PROBE AT HOSP

Cops are probing the mysterious death of a 72-year- old woman at a Roosevelt Island hospital on Mother's Day, police said yesterday. Eleutria Rivera, a patient at Coler-Goldwater Hospital, was...

'STAR WARS' SICKOUT IN THE WORKS FOR OPENER

The Force will not be with American businesses next week when the new "Star Wars" flick opens. Employers are expected to see a dramatic spike in absenteeism as workers play...

REV. AL TACKLES ALBANY

ALBANY - The Rev. Al Sharpton lobbied Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and other state lawmakers yesterday on behalf of the proposed new West Side stadium for the Jets, but appeared...

MOURNING A MARINE - REAGAN FUNERAL GUARD IS KILLED

A Marine from Connecticut - who carried the flag at Ronald Reagan's funeral and then begged to see action in Iraq - was killed Sunday doing what he wanted to...

DRUG THUGS KO'D - MEXICAN PIPELINE GANG OPERATED IN N.Y., MASS.

A murderous, high-living group of drug traffickers hauling millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to New York and New England has been smashed with the indictments of six...

BAIL REDUCED IN STEPDAD SLAY

A teen facing murder charges for stepping into a domestic dispute and stabbing his stepfather could be back home soon - at least temporarily. A Queens judge approved a reduction...

MAYOR SLAPS DOWN FDNY REBEL OVER 9/11 RULES

Mayor Bloomberg issued a blunt warning to a rebel fire chief yesterday - accept a new city policy on terror crises or find yourself a new job. Bloomberg made clear...

A FINAL CIP, CIP, HURRAH AT RITZ HOTEL

It looks like splitsville for Harry and Sherry. After 20 years as the unofficial clubhouse for the ladies (and gentlemen) who lunch, the fabled Harry Cipriani restaurant at the Sherry-Netherland...

FREAKED FIANCÉE; BUGGY BRIDE MOVESINTO MENTAL HOSPITAL

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks has checked herself into a Georgia hospital to get help with "physical and mental issues" that sparked her infamous cross-country bolt from the altar. A Wilbanks...

HILLARY BLASTS 'REAL ID BILL'

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised a red flag about the proposed "Real ID" law, describing it as "a piecemeal attempt to address immigration problems window-dressed as national...

BUSH BOMB SCARE; 'WEAPON'HURLED ONASIA TRIP

The Secret Service is investigating a report that a grenade was tossed near President Bush while he was speaking to a crowd in the former Soviet republic of Georgia -...

HILL'S 'CLOSE' CALL; KEY AIDE MAY BE WITNESS AT TRIAL

WASHINGTON - As the trial of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former chief fund-raiser opened yesterday, it was revealed that one of her closest aides - always by her side when...

'TIDE' THE KNOT - WEDDING BELLE ZELL ON BIG DAY

Here's the first photo of Renée Zellweger and her brand-new hubby, Kenny Chesney - moments after they secretly tied the knot on a romantic beach in the Virgin Islands. Dressed...

'SCAM' KID HAS NO CLASS ; NYU 'GRADUATION' FAKE

Oddball NYU student Hakan Yalincak, charged in a massive check-kiting scheme, claims to be a math whiz - but his boasts of academic achievement don't add up. Yalincak, 21, cried...

WIDOW SUES OVER RENT-FIGHT SHOOTING

The wife of a Brooklyn tenant fatally shot by an off-duty police lieutenant in a rent squabble is suing the cop and city for $25 million, the woman's lawyer said...

QNS. KID PINNED TO FENCE BY SUV

A 14-year-old Queens boy who was walking to school was hit by an SUV that jumped a curb and pinned him against a fence yesterday, cops said. The accident happened...

8-YR.-OLD STRUCK BY CAR DIES

An 8-year-old Long Island girl who was hit by a car while riding her bike on Mother's Day died of her injuries yesterday - and became an angel of mercy...

CIPRIANI SET TO CHECK OUT OF SHERRY-NETHERLAND

It looks like splitsville for Harry and Sherry. After 20 years as the unofficial clubhouse for the ladies (and gentlemen) who lunch, the fabled Harry Cipriani restaurant at the Sherry-Netherland...

SHARPTON TACKLES ALBANY

ALBANY - The Rev. Al Sharpton lobbied Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and other state lawmakers yesterday on behalf of the proposed new West Side stadium for the Jets, but appeared...

MORGY A FOGEY, RIVAL CHARGES

Former Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder came out swinging yesterday as she kicked off her long-shot campaign against Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, promising to bring leadership and vision to an...

JETBLUE BIRDS GET JFK NEST

JetBlue Airways unveiled its new $45 million maintenance hangar at JFK Airport yesterday. The facility, the first major project at Kennedy since 9/11, can accommodate up to three Airbus A320...

TEEN FOLLOWED SCHOOL BUS WITH AK-47: COPS

A brazen eighth-grade dropout who threatened to kill an Amityville HS star athlete was busted after he followed the teen's school bus in a car with an AK-47 assault rifle,...

ANGER BUILDS IN B'KLYN OVER DEVELOPERS

Neighborhoods in southern Brooklyn are "under siege by predatory developers" who buy homes and replace them with luxury high-rise buildings, community groups charged yesterday. With prices forbiddingly high in neighborhoods...

CENTRAL PARK 'SUICIDE' ID'D

The mystery woman who apparently stabbed herself to death in Central Park was identified yesterday. Kamilla Vegh, 29, of Brooklyn, was ID'd after being reported missing by her boyfriend, cops...

RANK AND FILE HAIL THEIR CHIEF AS THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL

PETE HAYDEN looked out on a sea of faces at the Fire Academy yesterday - pretty wives, gorgeous kids and tough men. Their response was thunderous as they hailed the...

HORROR AT THE RANCH; 6 IN FAMILY SHOT DEAD

California sheriff's deputies made a horrifying discovery yesterday - the bodies of six people, including three children, shot in a possible murder-suicide at the ranch home of a district attorney's...

FREDDY RIPS BROOKLYN REZONING AS JOB ROB

Democratic mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer yesterday attacked the city's plans to rezone Brooklyn's Williamsburg and Greenpoint, claiming they will cost 4,000 industrial jobs. "If you're saying in order to have...

OFF HIS ROCKER AGAIN

Big mouth baseball player John Rocker - notorious for bashing New Yorkers, foreigners, AIDS victims and minorities - is now comparing himself to the sport's barrier breaking heroes Jackie Robinson...

'FRIGHTENING' CACHE OF FAKE OFFICERS' SHIELDS IN THE BRONX

The feds busted a Russian immigrant after finding a cache of 1,300 counterfeit law-enforcement badges and a stash of weapons, drugs and cash at his Bronx home, authorities said yesterday....

PAROLED ROBBER KILLED BY MUGGERS

A paroled robber was fatally shot on a Queens street early yesterday by two thieves who demanded money as he walked home from a bodega, cops said. "Mister, please don't...

FAMILY MASSACRE - LAWMAN, WIFE, MA & 3 KIDS SLAIN AT RANCH

Sheriff's deputies discovered a scene of unimaginable horror yesterday, when they found the bodies of six people - including three children - who were apparently slain in a domestic dispute...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Residents of Salem, Mass. - where 19 residents accused of witchcraft were hanged in 1692 - are furious over TV Land's plans to erect in the town park a 9-foot,...

CUOMO CLO$ES BOOK ON SUIT

Mario Cuomo has settled a $15 million lawsuit against the author and publisher of a best-selling book that he said portrayed him as corrupt. The terms of the agreement between...

CUOMO CLOSE$ BOOK ON SUIT

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo has settled a $15 million lawsuit against the author and publisher of a best-selling book that he said portrayed him as corrupt. The terms of the...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

QUEENS *** An off-duty cop chased down and arrested a teenager who broke into a woman's Glen Oaks home and tried to rape her, police sources said yesterday. Chandrabose Binu,...

JETBLUE BIRDS HAVE NEW JFK NEST

JetBlue Airways unveiled its new $45 million maintenance hangar at JFK Airport yesterday. The facility, which can accommodate up to three Airbus A320 jetliners, is the first major project at...

MYSTERY CYCLIST EYED IN 3RD AVE. BLASTS

Cops are focusing on a bicyclist riding past the British Consulate as a potential suspect in the last week's bombing, sources told The Post. Detectives have been unable to identify...

'DIRTY' TEST MIGHT STRIP TONEY

LAS VEGAS - New York State Athletic Commission chairman Ron Scott Stevens is plotting his options in the wake of a possible dirty urine test by WBA heavyweight champion James...

FELIX FACES DL STRETCH & SURGERY ON KNEE

YANKEE NOTES Reliever Felix Rodriguez was placed on the DL last night and is headed for left knee surgery after injuring himself getting out of a shower or hot tub....

'ROAD' BLOCK - LEG INJURY SHELVES BOSS HOSS FOR PREAKNESS

Toss the Boss Hoss from the second jewel of the Triple Crown. George Steinbrenner's Bellamy Road, seventh as the 5-2 favorite in last Saturday's Kentucky Derby, will not run in...

PALMER WELCOMES QB RIVAL

Jesse Palmer spotted Tim Hasselbeck yesterday in the Giants' locker room and renewed acquaintances. "It was great," Palmer said. "We had a good laugh." It's shouldn't be so easy to...

FELIX MAY GO TO DL

YANKEE NOTES Felix Rodriguez to the DL could be the way the Yankees get their pitching staff to the preferred 11 instead of the dozen they are carrying now. Rodriguez...

NHL NEGOTIATIONS STUCK IN NEUTRAL

Working the boards, digging in the corners, battling inch-by-inch, they're still getting nowhere. While hockey unrealistically waits for an elegant game-breaking finesse play to end the NHL lockout, the process...

SILENT ANTICIPATION - YANKS MUM ON POSSIBLEPEDRO-RANDY PITCHING DUEL

The Mets did their part this week in lining up their pitching starts so that Pedro Martinez will be on the hill for the series opener against the Yankees late...

STORM CLOUD COULD LINGER A LOT LONGER

St. John's hopes of putting closure on the darkest days in Red Storm basketball could linger into the beginning of next season, The Post has learned. The NCAA committee investigating...

CHEEKS HAS BLAZERS' BACKING

The man who fired Maurice Cheeks on March 2 stuck up for the former Blazers coach and current Knicks coaching candidate yesterday. Upon his return from Moscow, where he was...

PRIME TIME FOR BELTRAN'S BUDDY

LAS VEGAS LAS VEGAS--New York State Athletic Commission chairman Ron Scott Stevens is plotting his options in the wake of a possible dirty urine test by WBA heavyweight champion James...

NETS' GM WILL STAY IN JERSEY

Net GM Ed Stefanski has become a popular, sought-after executive in NBA circles. But the Nets don't want to lose him - and he doesn't want to leave the Nets....

BETANCES GOOD ENOUGH

H.S. BASEBALLGrand St. 18L.I.C. 2 The legend of Grand Street Campus' Dellin Betances grows each time he takes the hill.The 6-9 junior, who has been dubbed "The Baby Unit," was...

WRIGHT SITS WITH SORE FOOT

MET NOTES CHICAGO - Last night Chris Woodward was starting at third base for the Mets instead of David Wright, and it wasn't just so that Woodward could get some...

PEDRO IS SUBWAY SERIES ROOKIE

CHICAGO - Just seven months after he faced the Yankees in the ALCS, Pedro Martinez is right back in the Yankee rivalry. Martinez is likely going to face the Yankees...

KRIS KRUSHED - CUBS POUND BENSON IN UGLY MET LOSS

Cubs 7Mets 0 CHICAGO - The Cubs had more home runs than the Mets had hits. That was basically the story of what may have been the Mets' ugliest loss...

KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT VS. M'S

They drank from the fountain of youth last night, which is not something that happens regularly at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees may be a franchise built around mercenary free-agent talent,...

GOING FOUR-WARD: YANKEES, TINO CONTINUE STREAKS

Yankees 7 Mariners 4 Are the Yankees about to escape Baseball Hell? It will take until early June to know for sure, but they are taking advantage of a limp...

GIAMBI GETS MINOR MIRACLE

Jason Giambi, hitting .195 with six RBIs, didn't volunteer to go where he can get needed at-bats without further hurting the Yankees. So now is not just a steroid cheat,...

YANKS: GIAMBI STAYS WITH US - GET HIM OUT OF HERE

THEY CAN'T go on like this, obviously. Jason Giambi has four hits in his past 38 at-bats, during most of which he has impersonated a pillar of salt. His one...

CASHMAN: TEAM PLANS TO EXPLORE 'EVERY AVENUE'

Jason Giambi and Joe Torre denied the Yankees asked the slumping slugger for permission yesterday to send him to the minor leagues to discover his lost stroke. However, both parties...

BATMEN BEGIN - METS START SEASON BLAZING FROM PLATE

CHICAGO - Willie Randolph must not have looked at the offensive statistics or glanced at the National League rankings lately. Indeed, even the Met manager didn't have any idea about...

CASHMAN: TEAM WILL EXPLORE 'EVERY AVENUE'

Following a lengthy meeting with GM Brian Cashman and Joe Torre last night, Jason Giambi remained a Yankee, and Cashman said the slumping hitter would go with the team to...

ROCKER'S ON A ROLL

If John Rocker has yet to make much noise on the field for the Long Island Ducks, the controversial closer continues to make waves with his mouth. The latest comments...