May 17, 2005
NETWORKS NEED STRATEGY FOR BETTER MARKET PENETRATION
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amSHOULD advertisers be allowed to sell rubber on primetime TV? If you're thinking Totes or even Goodyear, you just don't get out enough. And you are also woefully out of...
JERGENS SELF-TANNER GETS PRAISE, NOT RAYS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe hottest fashion accessory this spring is not a pair of metallic flats or a flouncy skirt, but a new type of body lotion that is in scarce supply. Called...
GARMENT BIG GETS NEW DIGS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amIN a deal that typifies the transformation of the once manufacturing-oriented Garment Center into the white-collar Fashion District, Hong Kong-based global trading and sourcing giant Li & Fung is more...
XM SIGNS 4M IN ITS RIVAL RACE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amXM Satellite Radio topped the 4 million subscriber mark, as satellite radio continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the media industry. XM, the largest satellite radio...
MORGAN EX-EXECS TO SHUN REVOLT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTwo former big-time Morgan Stanley bankers haven't joined the group of dissident shareholders trying to oust the firm's CEO Phil Purcell. The so-called Group of Eight has been touting the...
TIMES TO CHARGE READERS FOR ONLINE COLUMNS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amFor the first time, The New York Times will start charging a fee to readers who wish to access its op-ed section as well as selected columnists from every section....
LESS IS MORGAN - PERELMAN WINS $604M FROM WALL ST. GIANT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley - chided by a trial judge for its "Keystone Cops" lawyers - was ordered to pay a $604.3 million award to billionaire Ron Perelman for cheating him on...
NAZI WEB 'WORM' SURFACES
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMillions of workers returned to their desks yesterday to find their e-mail boxes deluged with right-wing German political messages. The spamming is caused by the Sober-Q worm, a variant of...
STOCKS GUSH ON FALLING OIL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWall Street staged a vigorous rally after getting a welcome break from its usual oil-price beating. Stocks jumped across the board after the world's oil cartel leader said it would...
EIGHT IS ENOUGH: BANKERS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTwo former big-time Morgan Stanley bankers haven't joined the group of dissident shareholders trying to oust the firm's CEO Phil Purcell, one told The Post yesterday. The so-called Group of...
BY GEORGE, IT'S A LOVE-HATE THING
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amGEORGE Lucas - genius or jerk? For "Star Wars" fans passionate about the fate of the 28-year-old franchise, it's a whole lot of both. Take 32-year-old Web editor Nick Nunziata,...
PRETTY ON THE INSIDE - NEW YORKERS LINE UP FOR ASIAN RX & BEAUTY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amBEAUTY isn't skin-deep. Just ask New Yorkers who are turning toward homeopathic specialists in the belief that what's underneath the skin can affect it more than makeup, Botox, peels and...
RAMBO-LIKE REZNOR RIPE WITH RAGE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amDEEP, dark Trent Reznor hit the nail on the head with an aggressive yet tuneful concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom Sunday. Reznor, who is Nine Inch Nails, got help crafting...
KATIE SEES LIFE BEYOND 'TODAY'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amKATIE Couric isn't so sure that "Today" will always be a part of her tomorrows. "I just don't know," she tells the latest edition of TV Guide. "I love my...
TRUMP VS. MARTHA NEXT FALL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amNOT one, but two "The Apprentice" shows a week. That's what's in store next fall when NBC pits the new "Apprentice" hosted by Martha Stewart on Wednesday nights against the...
KICKING ASH - 'SURVIVOR' FIREFIGHTER: 'I DIDN'T OUTWIT ANYONE'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTOM Westman, the Brooklyn firefighter who won "Survivor: Palau" Sunday night, chalks his victory up to one thing: Strategy. "Originally, [my strategy was] to try to fly below the radar....
'GMA' NOW TAILGATING
May 17, 2005 | 4:00am'GOOD Morning America" has cut the gap with top-rated "Today" to a mere 70,000 viewers - the closest the two shows have been in nearly a decade. "GMA" averaged 5.6...
HOO'RAYMOND' - BRILLIANT FAMILY SITCOM GOES OUT A WINNER
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amIN THE end, everybody did love Raymond. And it took a near-death experience to get them to admit it. That's what happened last night as CBS presented the final episode...
STARR REPORT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00am'Star' finale flies So it just goes to figure UPN's "Star Trek Enterprise," which was canned because of low ratings, pulled some good numbers in its finale last Friday night....
'BAND' OF SISTERS - LIKE THE DONALD, P. DIDDY SCORES BIG BY FIRING PEOPLE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMAYBE working for Sean "P. Diddy" Combs really is tougher than working for Donald Trump. On Combs' MTV show this season, "Making the Band 3," P. Diddy fired everybody. The...
FRIEND-SPLITS - GAL PAL BUST-UPS CAN BE WORSE THAN LOSING A LOVER; FROM YOUR BEST FRIEND TO AN EX-FRIEND
May 17, 2005 | 4:00am'IT was so wrenching," author Emily Chenoweth says of her breakup. "I tried really hard to forget. I think I spent the first couple of weeks just sitting at my...
GET DRUNK, BE SKINNY - BARS BRACE FOR BIKINI SEASON WITH BARE-BONES BOOZE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTHE city's fashionable watering holes are getting ready for bikini season. Serving rounds of newfangled, calorie-conscious drinks, bars are inspiring the smart set to forsake their beloved cosmos in favor...
BACK TO PHUCKET - CHRIS BUNTING REPORTS ON THAILAND'S PUSH FOR TOURISM, POST-TSUNAMI
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTHEN: On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean set off a 33-foot tsunami that hit Phuket, Thai-land's southern island, with the force of a jet, killing...
THAI(M) TRAVEL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThailand is now a few hours closer - and a lot more convenient - thanks to Thai Airways new non-stop flight from JFK to Bangkok International Airport. The purple-themed plane...
1 DEAD, 2 HIT IN QNS. SHOOTING
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA man was killed and two others wounded last night after an argument ended in gunfire on the street and spilled over into the lobby of a Queens apartment building,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA distressed and disoriented man, taken to a psychiatric ward after he was found wandering along an English beach in a dripping-wet suit, hasn't spoken a single word in six...
UNFIT TO PRINT - NEWSWEEK'S REAL MISTAKE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amLET'S do a thought experiment about the worst example of journalistic malfeasance in recent years - and considering the competition from Jayson Blair and Dan Rather, that's saying a lot....
WEEKENDS LEAVING US WEAKENED, STUDY FINDS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA survey found most young American adults exhausted after their weekends and even depressed by the time they wake up Monday morning. And more than 50 percent of those surveyed...
TORTURE BEAU CAGED - GETS 15 YRS. FOR TERRORIZING MODEL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amHe tortured his fashion model girlfriend for six hours - holding a cheese knife to her throat, forcing her to strip and even urinating into a bottle and pouring it...
DONALD SET TO UNVEIL 'WORLD TRUMP CENTER'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Donald Trump, escalating his war against the "empty skeleton" Freedom Tower, will offer his own design for a rebuilt 111-story "World Trade Center" at Ground Zero at a...
PLAZA'S $UITE BARGAINS - LANDMARK HOTEL SETS UPSCALE YARD SALE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe Plaza hotel may be closed for now, but heartbroken patrons can recreate its ambience in their own home - in fact, they can buy an entire living-room suite, from...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A man was clubbed over the head in a Greenwich Village subway station early yesterday, police sources said. The 42-year-old victim got into an argument with an unidentified...
MAYOR MOVES TO RED-LIGHT DOUBLE-PARKING PROPOSAL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg tried to put the brakes yesterday on a City Council bill that would allow drivers to legally double-park for up to five minutes. "I don't know that we...
MY CAMPAIGN MILLION$ ARE GOOD FOR CITY: MIKE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday defended his decision to spend millions of his own dollars on his campaign, saying the money isn't for him - it's for the city. "I'm not spending...
'TIL DARTH DO US PART - I JILTED MY GAL PAL IN FAVOR OF THE JEDI
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amEric Negron has emblazoned most of his body with "Star Wars" tattoos, sleeps between "Star Wars" sheets - and even lost his 10-year live-in girlfriend to the Dark Side of...
HARLEM POLS BACK MORGY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amHarlem's political elite joined forces yesterday to endorse Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, praising his community outreach and staunch opposition to the death penalty. Led by Rep. Charles Rangel, Harlem's...
AXED TV EXEC FIRES BACK
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA just-fired public-access-TV exec pledged yesterday to sue his former station for $20 million - alleging that its board tried to bully "politically unpopular" programs out of prime time. "Freedom...
KIDNEY COP HEADS HOME - SPEEDY TRANSPLANT RECOVERY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx police officer walked out of a hospital yesterday and pronounced himself "a new man," thanks to a kidney donated by a fellow cop last week. Vance Lloyd, a...
PRE-K OUTCASTS - TOTS BOOTED MORE THAN OLDER STUDENTS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amChildren in pre-K programs across the state are 19 times more likely to be expelled than students in kindergarten through high school, a shocking new study shows. About nine out...
GOV OPPOSES TIMEOUT ON ALBANY STADIUM VOTE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vowed to go ahead with tomorrow's planned vote on $300 million in state financing for the controversial West Side stadium, despite legislative calls for delay....
PEEKSKILL 'PERV' TURNS HIMSELF IN
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Westchester man who triggered a nationwide manhunt by disappearing after Peekskill cops accused him of raping a 10-year-old girl turned himself in yesterday to face charges that could put...
ANDY CUOMO WINS CRUCIAL ENDORSEMENT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo picked up the endorsement of a powerful state lawmaker yesterday in his quest for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. Cuomo, son...
'MURDER' NOT TRIAL'S M-WORD
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe M-word surfaced on day one of the Queens murder trial of a mob-linked carting company's owner as defense attorneys complained that the prosecutor's opening argument was "right out of...
SENATE TO 'OILY' BRIT MP: YOU'RE UNDER OATH
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate investigators warned a pugnacious British pol that he will be subject to U.S. perjury laws when he confronts legislators today in an explosive showdown over the U.N....
'CAPTIVE' MOM LIVED HIGH LIFE: JACKO AIDE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The mom of Michael Jackson's teen sex accuser was enjoying full-body waxes and having the singer shell out big bucks on her kids' teeth during the...
ROCK-BAND LINK TO MISSING STUDENT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe missing Maryland college student who was last seen getting on a train to New York City may be following a rock band, The Post has learned. Patrick Welsh, a...
TEEN CLUB RAPE - TOILET GUY CHARGED
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA male bathroom attendant at a hip Manhattan club has been charged with raping a teenage patron who told cops he attacked her in a toilet stall during a party,...
BUST IN ART HEIST - $1.5M THEFT AT JFK
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Staten Island truck driver painted himself into a corner earlier this month when he swiped a $1.5 million canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat from a JFK cargo building and stashed...
WALL CLEAN-UP FIRM'S ROAD WOES
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA construction company that helped clean up the debris from Thursday's collapse of a retaining wall near the Henry Hudson Parkway was once accused of ripping off taxpayers when it...
EDITORS IN FLUSH TO JUDGMENT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amIF THE Koran doesn't fit, you must acquit. That's the message from an unlikely place: the lawyer who won a civil suit against O.J. Simpson. And Newsweek should have known...
ROCKER: PAL RIPPED OFF NAILS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amNine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor charged yesterday that he lost millions of dollars because his longtime business manager and friend betrayed him. "I wasn't paying attention. I trusted somebody....
'PERV' UNCHAINED - S&M SICKO GETS BAIL AS JUDGE HEARS TORTURE TALES
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA woman accused of watching her sicko pal subject another woman to horrific S&M sex torture was ordered yesterday to stay away from him - after she told a judge...
MODEL'S 'RAPE' TERROR - TELLS COURT: DOG SAVED ME
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA former fashion model took the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, describing her would-be rapist's jet-dark eyes, his battering fists, his sick demands - and how she was saved...
PIMPED PUP RIDE - BOW-WOW YOUR PET FOR JUST $2,500
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amSome places aren't fit for a dog but this one sure is - and it'll only set you back $2,500. The custom-made "pet camper" is designed to look like a...
WALL COLLAPSE COST MILLIONS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amCleaning up the Washington Heights retaining wall collapse so far has cost several million dollars, officials said yesterday as Henry Hudson Parkway traffic returned to near-normal. Jordan Barowitz, spokesman for...
TEARS FOR 'ANGEL' - VICTIM'S PARENTS TO SEEK CANDY LABELS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA 5-year-old girl's Strawberry Shortcake doll was lovingly tucked in her coffin yesterday as her parents wept for the "little angel" who choked to death on peppermint candy - and...
COAST-TO-COAST TOAST TO DI-VINE NEWS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe news that wine lovers can now buy directly from out-of-state vineyards had barely been uncorked when Pellegrini Vineyards in Cutchogue, L.I., got a fax from someone in Savannah, Ga....
JAY-Z'S R. KELLY SUIT NIXED
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge yesterday delivered a "hard knock" against Jay-Z, tossing out the rapper's multimillion-dollar countersuit against singer R. Kelly. "It's still a 12-round fight, but this round definitely goes...
DEATH-SHIP DRAGON LADY PURE EVIL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThe alleged Chinese smuggling empress linked to the ill-fated Golden Venture voyage that killed 10 people off the Rockways in 1993 was yesterday called one of the worst-ever human traffickers...
BARGAINS UNCORKED - SUPREMES OVERTURN WINE LAWS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWine lovers and grape growers from Montauk to Niagara Falls yesterday toasted freedom. They were drunk with joy after the U.S. Supreme Court found the New York law barring interstate...
S.I. GETTING FDNY BOOST
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA new fire-engine company is headed to the Rossville section of Staten Island because the FDNY has determined that response times there are too slow. On June 1, Engine Co....
POLICE IN MOB SCENE - 20 GRILLED OVER 'HIT' DUO'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amApproximately 20 retired detectives who once worked with two ex-cops accused of leading double lives as Mafia hit men have been called in for questioning by federal prosecutors, The Post...
SLAIN BRO'S NOTE - IDS QNS. SIBS' 'KILLER'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amCops yesterday nabbed an ex-boyfriend in the brutal slaying of a woman and her brother in Queens last week - after the suspect was fingered in a desperate computer entry...
MAG DEAD WRONG - NEWSWEEK RETRACTS KORAN-TOILET STORY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Newsweek yesterday abruptly retracted its collapsing claim that GIs flushed a Koran down the toilet, after the magazine got blasted by the White House - and sparked riots...
NO MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE: COPS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amCops challenged claims yesterday that they ignored a pregnant woman's plea for medical help while she was in custody, causing her to miscarry. The Police Department said its records show...
NEW B'KLYN MEMORIAL HONORS VICTIMS OF 9/11
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWith lower Manhattan visible in the background, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a 9/11 memorial - a 25-foot bronze replica of a firefighter's trumpet - along the Brooklyn waterfront yesterday. A trumpet...
TATUM O'NEAL SUED OVER FIRE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amActress Tatum O'Neal was sued yesterday by an insurance company that claims she caused a fire in her Manhattan apartment last year. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance paid O'Neal's building $75,365.86...
MAN BUSTED IN RAPE OF TEEN AT CLUB
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA male bathroom attendant at a trendy Manhattan club has been charged with raping a teenage patron who told cops he attacked her in a toilet stall, authorities said. Moulaye...
'GUEST' ATTACKS OLD LADY IN HOME
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amAn 86-year-old West Side woman was attacked and tied up in her apartment yesterday by a man she befriended in a nearby park and invited to her home, police said....
FEDS GRILL 20 COPSIN PAIR'S 'MOB HITS'
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amApproximately 20 retired detectives who once worked with two ex-cops accused of leading double lives as Mafia hit men have been called in for questioning by federal prosecutors, The Post...
KARATE KIDS MOLESTED BY TEACH: COPS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island martial-arts instructor has been arrested for molesting several young students, including a 6-year-old, police said yesterday. Richard Carfora, 19, of Mastic, has been charged with sexual abuse...
JOLT GROUNDS JFK JETLINER
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amA Lufthansa flight from JFK Airport to Frankfurt was canceled last night after the passenger bridge leading to the jet malfunctioned and damaged it. Port Authority police said the accident...
GET READY, GET SET, GET MOVING
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMay is Tennis Month and today's page gives you a brief history and some tips from tennis champ Monica Seles on how healthy and fun playing this wonder sport can...
MADONNA MADNESS - ARIEL FACES CRISIS AS FEUD OVER MEGASTAR THROWS ISRAEL GOV'T IN TURMOIL
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Facing a bizarre crisis that has engulfed the highest levels of the Israeli government, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may have to intervene to save the job of his...
REMEMBER THE BRAVEST - 9/11 MONUMENT UNVEILED IN B'KLYN
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWith lower Manhattan visible in the background, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a 9/11 memorial - a 25-foot bronze replica of a firefighter's trumpet - along the Brooklyn waterfront yesterday. A trumpet...
WEEKENDS LEAVING US WEAKENED
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amWelcome to the weekend - now prepare to suffer. A new survey has found that most young American adults are exhausted after their weekends and even depressed by the time...
NO BIG CONCERN FOR UNIT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Because Randy Johnson missed a start with a left groin injury on May 4 and hasn't dominated hitters with his usual brilliance in two outings since...
SLAM DANCING - BERNIE'S BLAST LIFTS BOMBERS TO 9TH STRAIGHT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Mariners 3 SEATTLE - Welcome back, Bernie Williams. And say hello to some heavy company. Sent to the bench when the Yankees shuffled their starting lineup on...
CAVS COULD CORRAL KIKI - CLEVELAND RECRUITS VANDEWEGHE FOR THE GM POST
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amKIKI Vandeweghe is emerging as the leading candidate to preside as president of the Cavaliers next season and beyond, numerous sources stipulate. While it's certainly understandable why Dan Gilbert's cherry...
GOING THE DISTANCE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Pursuing his unorthodox training regimen, Preakness favorite Afleet Alex sailed through a two-session, five-mile jog-and-gallop pipe-opener at Pimlico yesterday, prompting his trainer Tim Ritchey to announce, "He's ready,...
TRIO FOR ZITO
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amIf at first you don't succeed . . . It appears trainer Nick Zito - who tied a record by saddling a five-horse entry in the Kentucky Derby, with their...
'TITO' QUITS AGAIN
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amRonald "Winky" Wright may not get his rematch with Felix "Tito" Trinidad after all. Word out of Puerto Rico is that Trinidad is planning to retire for a second time,...
SLUMPS STYMIE SLUGGERS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMike Piazza has been cold virtually all season. Cliff Floyd was scorching up until the last 10 days. Entering yesterday, though, both men were struggling at the plate and feeling...
PRINCE TRIAL STILL ON HOLD
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amEpiphanny Prince spent more time waiting on line to get into the courthouse yesterday than she did actually in the courtroom, as her increasingly drawn-out assault case was delayed again....
OH MANN! ALVAREZ PLAYED IT SMART
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amPedro Alvarez had the chance to play for a top high school baseball program. Any school would have been glad to have him. But instead of going to a PSAL...
GIANTS: TIM OUR NO. 2 QB
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amThere is no experimentation going on with the Giants and their quarterback situation. The search is over. The team is entirely comfortable going into training camp - and heading into...
SMITH'S DAD KEEPING TABS - ON MIKE'S PULSE FROM PHILLY PARK
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amBENSALEM, Pa. - Who ever would guess that "Kentucky Derby" and "Philadelphia Park" would appear in the same sentence two years in a row? Last year, of course, Smarty Jones...
QUAD PUTS CASTRO ON SHELF
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Ramon Castro has had just 29 at-bats and started eight games this year. But don't think the Mets won't feel his absence. The Mets got surprising news yesterday...
METS FACING MOUND MESS - ROTATION STUCK WITH ONE ARM TOO MANY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amAll the questions about who is in and who is out of the Mets rotation will have to remain unanswered for now. The Mets announced yesterday that, as expected, Kaz...
ISHII: WHO'S YOUR CADDIE?
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amTEN months ago the Mets traded one of the most pre cious commodities in the sport - a thriving, high-ceiling, inexpensive, lefty starter on the brink of the majors -...
LOTTERY ODDS NOT IN KNICKS' FAVOR
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amOne week from today, the Knicks will participate in their third lottery in four years. In a draft bereft of a franchise center or any surefire star, the Knicks will...
'TITO' MAY RETIRE
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amRonald "Winky" Wright may not get his rematch with Felix "Tito" Trinidad after all. Word out of Puerto Rico is that Trinidad is planning to retire for a second time,...
ISHII'S BACK, BUT ROTATION STILL IN FLUX
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Kaz Ishii may be set to return, but the back end of the Mets' rotation is still unclear. Ishii is expected to return from the DL tonight against...
PIAZZA, FLOYD SNAP SLUMPS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMike Piazza's slump has seemingly been a season-long malaise. Cliff Floyd's recent skid cooled off one of the hottest bats in baseball. Both of the Mets sluggers entered last night...
SWEET REVENGE NO CIN FOR METS - BENSON, BATS SHUT DOWN REDS
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMets 9 - Reds 2 In the three-game disaster against the Reds that opened their season, the Mets made Joe Randa into a star, couldn't hit Aaron Harang and departed...
CASHMAN BACKS GIAMBI
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Jason Giambi's weekend in Oakland wasn't easy. Yet, according to general manager Brian Cashman, it was productive - and the general manager remained supportive of his struggling slugger....
METS METE OUT SWEEP REVENGE - BENSON, BATS SHUT DOWN CINCY
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amMets 9 - Reds 2 In the three-game disaster against the Reds that opened their season, the Mets made Joe Randa into a star, couldn't hit Aaron Harang and departed...
SOME SMALL CONCERN FOR THE BIG UNIT
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Because Randy Johnson missed a start with a left groin injury on May 4 and hasn't dominated hitters with his usual brilliance in two starts since...
BRIAN BACKING THE CASH MAN - GM DEFENDS GIAMBI'S 'PRODUCTIVE' WEEKEND
May 17, 2005 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Jason Giambi's weekend in Oakland wasn't easy. Yet, according to Brian Cashman, it was productive - and the GM remained supportive of his struggling slugger. Giambi was heavily...