May 25, 2005
U.S. HOME SALES GO THROUGH THE ROOF
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe great American housing bubble appears amazingly puncture-proof - with home values hitting new highs amid the fastest growth in a quarter-century. Sales of existing homes and condos last month...
TALE OF THE TAPES - AOL, SONYBMG NEGOTIATE SOLE RIGHTS TO MUSIC VIDEOS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amAmerica Online is wrapping up a deal in which the online giant will gain exclusive access to SonyBMG's music videos for its online video-on-demand service, The Post has learned. Sources...
HEDGE FUND IS UNDER FIRE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBKF Capital, a New York firm that runs a $3.7 billion hedge fund business, is in a bitter proxy fight with shareholders who claim company executives get fat paychecks while...
SHE'S FOLLOWING HER BLYTH WITH A LESS-ANGRY BOOK
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amMYRNA Blyth, the former longtime editor of Ladies Home Journal, was viewed as a piranha of the women's media world after the publication of her last book. Now with a...
BP: GIVE US THE BAD NEWS FIRST
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amOil behemoth BP is directing publications that accept its ads to notify it in advance of running "objectionable" stories about the company. The move comes less than a week after...
ECKO UNHINGED; HIP-HOP CLOTHING LABEL STUMBLES AFTER FAST START
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amOutwardly, Marc Ecko Enterprises appears to be riding high on the cultural boom that is hip-hop. Behind the scenes, though, the company is suffering from a series of management missteps...
MET LIFE BUYS 575 FIFTH AVE.
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amMETS' owner Fred Wilpon's Sterling Equities, CS First Boston and a Middle Eastern partner officially signed a contract to sell 575 Fifth Ave. The 40-story office tower, as we first...
TAX COURT'S RX IS ART, CO-OP SELL-OFF BY DRUG MOGUL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amAfter being dogged for a quarter-century to pay $26 million in back taxes on his stock options, former pharmaceutical mogul Richard A. Cramer gave up three artworks yesterday to shave...
MAG FIRE SALE AT G+J USA
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIt was standing room only as the stunned employees of Gruner + Jahr USA packed into the Roosevelt Hotel to hear about the plans for the four magazines - Parents,...
MORE THAN LIPS SERVICE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTHE FEARLESS FREAKS *** 1/2 Lips gloss.Running time: 100 minutes. Not rated (drug use). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and Third Street, East Village. YOU don't have...
FOR IDOL HANDS, THIS REBEL'S SWELL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBILLY IDOL FOR Billy Idol, the elderly peroxide punk, two out of three wasn't bad at the closing gig of his two-night Beacon Theatre stay Monday. When it came to...
MOVIN' ON UP; YANKEES JUMPING TO CABLE CH. 30
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Yankees channel - YES Network - is moving up the dial on Time Warner Cable. The network, which also airs the New Jersey Nets, will move from Ch. 80...
BLOWS HIS TOP; REGIS AND KELLY DUKE IT OUT ON TV
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amREGIS Philbin and Kelly Ripa went at it like an old, married couple yesterday. After more than four years together, the honeymoon between the two morning show hosts seems to...
KEN'S TITLE IN REAL 'JEOPARDY'
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBRAD Rutter took another step toward possibly dethroning reigning "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings on last night's "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" finals. Rutter, a past "Jeopardy!" whiz who held the old...
TONY SWAGALOT; ALL-OUT PUSH FOR BIG PRIZE IN THE BAG
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBROADWAY is in the grip of Tony fever, a wonderfully (for those on the sidelines) tense time when producers, performers and publicists campaign full-tilt to grab the theater's top prize....
HITTING ALOW NOTE; 'AMERICAN IDOL' WARBLERS WOEFUL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWHAT do you get when mediocre meets maudlin? The finalists in last night's final competition on "American Idol" (or more precisely American Idle - as in futile, empty, stop -...
CRAZED CRUISE NEEDS P.R. SHOCK TREATMENT; TOM CRUISE IS ACTING LIKE THE LOST SAMURAI
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHE's leaping on couches! He's smooching for the cameras! He's swearing to Reader's Digest, "I love women"! He's . . . " . . . nutso!" says an A-list celeb...
NOBU SUSHI SWIMS UP TO MIDTOWN
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amUPPER East Siders will have much less of a trek for their sushi when Nobu 57 opens its doors in Midtown this summer. Restaurant sources tell us that the raw-seafood...
ALTO-GETHER LAVISH, WITH A FEW CATCHES
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amOPENINGS don't come any bigger-deal than Alto, a zillion-dollar posh pit serving a highconcept Italian menu from a media-darling chef. After a week of mostly splendid meals, we'll spot it...
SUMMER À LA MODE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS summer, ice cream fanatics will be tempted to get their licks with tons of new flavors and fads. Take a peek at the season's most thrilling chills. Cool visions...
TONY SOPRANO'S EX ON THIS SIDE OF 'LAW'
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amANNABELLA Sciorra made herself at home on a firing range yesterday to prepare for her new role as a "Law & Order "detective. Sciorra,41 - best known to TV viewers...
STARR REPORT
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTonight 's "Extra "(7 p.m./Ch.4)has some clips from Angelina Jolie 's upcoming (June 5)segment on Bravo 's "Inside the Actor 's Studio," where she says that Brad Pitt , rumored...
WEEKEND WILL RAIN SUPREME
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amGet ready to spend your three-day Memorial Day weekend indoors - in wool socks. The National Weather Service is calling for a 30 to 40 percent chance of rain on...
RUN AWAY, BRIDE! CAR SLAMS BROOKLYN SHOP
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHere comes the - car! Brooklyn's famed Kleinfeld bridal shop nearly hosted some uninvited guests last night when a car crashed into a man and both nearly went through its...
'JOHN' HAS HE-SHE HOOKER NIGHTMARE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA man who arranged to meet a "woman" for oral sex in an Upper East Side apartment got more than he bargained for - first, the hooker turned out to...
TRUMP GIVES THUMBS-UP TO TV BIOPIC
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe Donald thought it was a cross between "Desperate Housewives" and "Dynasty." And overall, he was flattered by "Trump Unauthorized," the two-hour ABC movie about his life that aired last...
TEENS EYED IN 'POLICE FOUL-UP' SLAY
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amPolice are targeting a group of teens for the robbery and murder of a Bangladeshi immigrant earlier this month. The teens, also suspects in other robberies, are believed to have...
'SLAVE RING' DUO B'KLYN-BOUND
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTwo Mexican men, accused of leading a smuggling ring that lured 60 deaf mutes across the border and forced them to work as slave laborers in New York, are being...
JAY TAKES JAB AT TEAM JACKO - 'TONIGHT SHOW' HOST SAYS KID ACCUSER PHONED HIM BUT DIDN'T ASK FOR HANDOUT
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The joke was on Jacko yesterday when TV funnyman Jay Leno testified that the King of Pop's young accuser creeped him out by repeatedly calling him...
FEDS BUST 'DIRTY' WATER INSPECTOR
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds indicted a city DEP worker for allegedly filing bogus test reports on the city's drinking water, authorities said yesterday. Dieter Greenfeld, 53, was a Department of Environmental Protection...
'KIDNAP' HUBBY FIT TO STAND TRIAL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens man charged with kidnapping his estranged wife at gunpoint from Elmhurst Hospital and shooting one of her co-workers last year is sane enough to stand trial, a judge...
SILVERSTEIN A CAREER-BUILDER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWith the rebuilding of the World Trade Center destined to create 10,000 new construction jobs annually, Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein yesterday encouraged city high-school kids to help by joining...
ARIEL'S OLIVE BRANCH
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered goodwill gestures to the Palestinians yesterday - along with a demand for anti-terrorist action from the Palestinian Authority. Sharon wound up a...
LAWYERS PACING ON BIG BUCKS FOR PATAKI
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The New York Trial Lawyers' PAC has made its largest political contribution ever to Gov. Pataki - $30,000 in a single day, newly filed records show. LawPAC, which...
ANTI-BAN GOPER BLOWS SMOKE IN MIKE'S FACE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amButt out! That was the message to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday from Republican rival Tom Ognibene, who said that if he's elected mayor, he would lobby Albany to repeal the smoking...
'POSTER' BOYS FOR STUPIDITY - 'BANDIT' WALKS RIGHT INTO IT
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn suspect in two livery-cab stickups redefined stupid yesterday when he walked into a police station to check on his arrested partner-in-crime - and found himself standing in front...
HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL RAIN SUPREME
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amGet ready to spend your three-day Memorial Day weekend indoors - in wool socks. The unofficial kickoff of summer is likely to be a sorry, soggy affair with the cloudy,...
AIR-BLITZING BLOOMY TOSSES IN ANOTHER MIL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amGet ready for Round 2 of Mayor Bloomberg's multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz. The mayor has made a second television buy, totaling $1,237,000, of commercials that start airing today and run...
ZARQAWI HAS BEEN WOUNDED: WEB SITE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's Iraq branch said in an unusual statement carried on several Islamic Web sites yesterday that terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been wounded recently and asked...
FERRY-CRASH 'ADDICTION'
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amProsecutors handling the Staten Island Ferry crash yesterday revealed details of pilot Richard Smith's addiction to pain medication after a probation official cast doubt on their theory that drug use...
JUDGE SMACKS QUACK SURGEON
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA quack surgeon hauled back from Costa Rica to face charges of killing a New York banker in a botched operation pleaded not guilty yesterday to jumping bail in a...
ANTI-MORGY POL IN ETHICS $CRAP
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The chairman of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct improperly solicited a sitting judge for a contribution in the hotly contested race for Manhattan district attorney,...
CONEY CRASH GIRL'S LIFE WAS TRAGIC, TOO
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA tiny West Virginia community is collecting money to bury one of the teens killed in Saturday's Coney Island plane crash because her destitute family has suffered a string of...
BLOODY 'BELLEVUE BEAST'
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHe scrubbed. He soaked. And when the blood wouldn't come out, he threw his stained clothes in the trash. In the end, it may be his dirty laundry that puts...
'HE WIPED OUT MY FAMILY' - DAD IN AGONY AS HIT-RUN VAN KILLS TOT AND GAL PAL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHours after a hit-and-run van in Queens killed his mother, little Alex Chimbo lay in Elmhurst Hospital, his short life ebbing away. He only had one wish. "Daddy, where is...
FUELISH STUNT BURNS 'STAR WARS' FANS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amCall it "Revenge of the Sith 2." In what may be a new low for intelligence from another planet, two "Star Wars" fans were critically injured after they poured gasoline...
DUBYA HAILS END OF WAR ON FILIBUSTER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A "pleased" President Bush welcomed Texas jurist Priscilla Owen to the White House yesterday to celebrate after the Senate cleared the way for her to be the first...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A bar owner was arrested for beating a patron with a baseball bat in a Bay Ridge bar, authorities said yesterday. Sources said Manuel Velazquez, 36, clashed with...
NETS MUST GO THROUGH HOOPS IN BROOKLYN
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA plan to bring the Nets to Brooklyn will have to go through a competitive bidding process - much like the Jets stadium deal - before the MTA grants its...
PRODUCER'S STAR RIP-OFF IS A BOMB
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amShe tried to save "Hedwig" by snookering "Meathead" - but the doomed scheme landed a well-known Off-Broadway producer on probation yesterday. Under a plea deal in Manhattan Supreme Court, Susann...
'SLAVE RING' BIGS B'KLYN-BOUND
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTwo Mexican men, accused of leading a smuggling ring that lured 60 deaf mutes across the border and forced them to work as slave laborers in New York, are being...
HOSP CHIEF FIRED - BELLEVUE SHOCKER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe executive director of Bellevue Hospital was fired yesterday for accepting a personal loan from a vendor. Carlos Perez was the sec ond municipal hospital chief to be canned in...
9/11 EMT HIT WITH DWI RAP
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA heroic 9/11 emergency medical technician was charged with drunken driving yesterday, police said. Kevin Allen, 33, who helped with rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, was arrested near...
HILL-AIDE TRIAL TWIST - LAZIO'S '$OFT DARE' MOTIVATED LIE: FEDS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - In a courtroom showdown with Hillary Rodham Clinton's former fund-raiser, a federal prosecutor suggested yesterday that he had reason to lie about the true costs of a...
THE DOCTOR IS IN; HERO AWAITING LIVER GOES TO WORK
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amDr. Michael Harris went to work for a few hours yesterday and tackled the administrative chores he normally hates. His life-threatening hepatitis C made it impossible for him to see...
COPS FROZE OUT FDNY IN HAZMAT ROAD SCARE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe NYPD kept firefighters away from a potentially dangerous chemical spill in a garbage truck while cops and sanitation workers handled the situation on a busy Manhattan street. The Post...
COP KILLER CAN SUE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA state appeals court is allowing a cop killer's 20-year-old lawsuit against the city to move forward. Debbie McCabe and her brother, Sean, filed suit against the city and the...
HYNES' FOE IN DA RACE DROPS OUT
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn DA wannabe withdrew from the race yesterday after firing some parting shots at the incumbent. "Someone needs to replace [DA Charles Hynes]," said Sandra Roper, who quit the...
JAG GAL'S ORDEAL - BATTLES AFTER LOSING LEG AND SUES DRIVER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn hit-and-run driver, accused of plowing a Jaguar into a college student - costing the victim her leg - was slapped with a civil suit yesterday for being "reckless...
WHY PIRRO KEEPS AL- W'CHESTER DA'S STILL IN LOVE WITH HUBBY
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBrainy beauty Jeanine Ferris thought she'd met the perfect mate for her immense political ambitions when she began dating brash, budding lawyer Al Pirro in the early 1970s. Little did...
CITY'S 'FLASH' DUNCE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA worker at a city agency has been arrested for repeatedly flashing female staffers - and it turns out he's got a decades-long criminal record for public lewdness, officials said...
JAG CRACKHEAD - HIT-RUN GAL IN CELL WITH COKE PIPE: DA
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn hit-and-run driver, accused of plowing a Jaguar into a college student - costing the victim her leg - was found with a crack pipe while sitting in a...
'DIRTY' WATER TESTER - CITY PLANT INFO FAKED
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds indicted a city DEP worker for allegedly filing bogus test reports on the city's drinking water, authorities said yesterday. Dieter Greenfeld, 53, was a Department of Environmental Protection...
'IDOL' DUO AWAIT THEIR FATE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00am"American Idol" reached its high-pitched climax last night, as the final contestants, Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood, sang their hearts out before judges and the voting public in their last...
RING OF 'FIRE' BACK IN B'KLYN
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA lost ring that a retired second-generation city firefighter inherited from his dad was returned to him last night during a ceremony at the Brooklyn firehouse where both men served....
LAWYERS PAC ON BUCKS FOR PATAKI
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The New York Trial Lawyers' PAC has made its largest political contribution ever to Gov. Pataki - $30,000 in a single day, newly filed records show. LawPAC, which...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amShe got sacked, raised a stink, and came away with $10.6 million. A jury sided with Erin Weber, who was fired after complaining a co-worker's perfume made her sick. She...
HILL AIDE'S HARD LUCK IN 'SOFT' DARE - LAZIO'S $$ CHALLENGE MOTIVATED LIE: FEDS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - In a courtroom showdown with Hillary Rodham Clinton's former fund-raiser, a federal prosecutor suggested yesterday that he had reason to lie about the true costs of a...
RUN AWAY, BRIDE! CAR SLAMS SHOP
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHere comes the - car! Brooklyn's famed Kleinfeld bridal shop nearly hosted some uninvited guests last night when a car crashed into a man and both nearly went through its...
SAD GRADS HONOR CONEY CRASH KIDS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTwo West Virginia high-school students who died in Saturday's Coney Island plane crash were remembered last night as "leaders in the best sense of the word." Two seats - one...
BURT CALLED FOR ROUGHING PRODUCER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBurt Reynolds was caught last night for illegal use of hands. The Hollywood tough guy slapped a CBS assistant producer across the face at a Chelsea movie premiere after getting...
BLOODY BEAST OF BELLEVUE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amHe scrubbed. He soaked. And when the blood wouldn't come out, he threw his stained clothes in the trash. But in the end, it may be his dirty laundry -...
MIKE READIES NEW AD BLITZ
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amGet ready for Round 2 of Mayor Bloomberg's multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz. The mayor has made a second television buy, totaling $1,237,000, of commercials that start airing today and run...
MIKE GOP FOE SMOKING MAD
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amButt out! That was the message to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday from Republican rival Tom Ognibene, who said that if he's elected mayor, he would lobby Albany to repeal the smoking...
A-ROD: I COUNT ON THERAPY
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amYankee slugger Alex Rodriguez says he sees a therapist when life throws him a curveball. "I think psychological therapy is something that's very important and very overlooked," A-Rod told a...
FAN MUGGED AT STADIUM
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA 19-year-old Illinois man was mugged at knifepoint last night in a crowded Yankee Stadium bathroom last night, police sources said. The teen, who was not injured, was attacked in...
JUDGE SMACKS QUACK
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA quack surgeon hauled back from Costa Rica to face charges of killing a New York banker in a botched operation pleaded not guilty yesterday to jumping bail in a...
CITY'S 'FLASH' DUNCE - WORKER A SERIAL PERV
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA worker at a city agency has been arrested for repeatedly flashing female staffers - and it turns out he's got a decades- long criminal record for public lewdness and...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - VANILLA, CHOCOLATE AND STRAWBERRY BLISS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIT doesn't have to be summer for us to enjoy cool, creamy ice cream. It's one of our alltime favorite foods. But just where did it come from? Its beginnings...
BOMBERS DROP FULL PAYLOAD; A-ROD, POSADA PACE YANKEE HOMER BARRAGE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 12Tigers 3 So much for the insignificant three-game set sandwiched between the mania of the Subway Series with the Mets and the upcoming weekend clash with Boston. Instead of...
POSADA, SHEFF ON POWER TRIP
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees were back at full strength last night after missing some pieces in the Subway Series against the Mets. Derek Jeter was back at shortstop, Gary Sheffield...
MOOSE BACK INTO GROOVE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIt didn't look so good for Mike Mussina early this season. As he lost two of his first three decisions and had two no-decisions during an unsightly April, Mussina looked...
HIT PARADE - DULL SERIES FINDS SOME DRAMA
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe Tigers, spicing up this otherwise mundane three-game series at the Stadium, have declared war on the Yankees - and their rage has nothing to do with being embarrassed by...
SHEFF HAS CHAMPION BOXER IN HIS CORNER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amWINKY Wright wasn't surprised to hear Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield had refused to take a cortisone shot that would have eased the pain from an inflamed tendon in his left...
JASON GETS RARE START IN THE FIELD
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi got a rare start at first base last night against the Tigers, appearing there for just the seventh time this season. Tino Martinez had gotten 34...
FULLY LOADED ; BOMBERS GET BIG GUNS BACKIN ARSENAL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe Yankees were back at full strength last night to open the series against the Tigers, with Gary Sheffield and Derek Jeter in the lineup after missing parts of the...
WOMACK STEALING THE SHOW
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amThe day Bernie Williams was turned into a platoon player, essentially replaced in left field by Tony Womack, was a sad one for a lot of Yankees fans. What it's...
NO ORDINARY JAKE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amA major league scout recalled the first time he went to see Jake Rabinowitz pitch for Beacon last year. "I knew what his name was and that he was supposed...
UTE DA MAN ; BOGUT LOOMS AS TOP PRIZE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amUtah coach Ray Giacoletti was sitting in the stands at the Olympic basketball stadium in Greece when the one haunting question he harbored about his skilled big man was answered....
CLASS FROM THE PAST - 'EL TIANTE' STILLA BASEBALL HERO
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTHE next chapter of Yankees-Red Sox will unfold this weekend in The Bronx. One of the more colorful characters of the saga was here yesterday, talking about his incredible baseball...
JACKPOT LONGSHOT FOR KNICKS
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amLogic and statistics said the Knicks would stay No. 8 in the NBA draft. A 3.5 percent chance - 35 pingpong balls out of a possible 1,000 - said they...
METS WON'T LET TOUGH CALL SLIDE - WRIGHT SAYS HE'D DO IT AGAIN
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - David Wright got a call yesterday from an old friend who wanted to talk about a recent play. The caller was Joe McEwing, Wright's former mentor and Mets...
SHAQ NEEDS WAKE-UP CALL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - It is too much to ask Dwyane Wade to carry the Heat on his back now, to dominate one of the league's greatest defensive teams in recent memory....
METROS LOOK TO ROLL ON
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amDespite blowing a late lead and a sure two points in their last game, the MetroStars are convinced they're turning the corner from their early-season malaise. Tonight's road match at...
ONCE AGAIN, TOM A REAL GLAV-NOT; LEFTY'S NOW 1-8 VS. FORMER MATES AS METS FALL TO .500
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amBraves 4 Mets 0 ATLANTA - By Sunday, the Mets will have played the Braves and Marlins in seven games over seven days. It's a key stretch that the Mets...
GIAMBI BACK AT FIRST BASE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi got a rare start at first base last night against the Tigers, appearing there for just the seventh time this season as the Yankees continue to...
JEANIE: IT'S JAX'S MOVE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amTo Jeanie Buss, Lakers executive VP, it's not a question of if her boyfriend, Phil Jackson, will coach in the NBA next season. It's a matter of where. And, Buss...
STERN'S 'ANXIOUS' FOR DEAL
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amAfter last night's NBA Draft Lottery, the Milwaukee Bucks knew they would have the top pick in the June 28 draft. Whether the player they select will be able to...
SLUMPING MIENTKIEWICZ DROPS TO EIGHTH
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Monday night, Doug Mientkiewicz ripped himself for his hitting slump. Last night, he was dropped in the Mets' batting order. Mientkiewicz had hit fourth, fifth, sixth...
EIGHTH POWER ; KNICKS AIMING TO IMPROVE FRONTCOURT
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIt could have been worse for the Knicks. Logic prevailed and their 3.5-percent chance of winning it all failed, so they stayed at No. 8 in the NBA's annual draft...
BRONX FANS SHOW A-ROD 'TRUE' LOVE
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIT CERTAINLY sounded like Alex Rodriguez was a true Yankee. You could feel the love as the heavily layered crowd was on its feet chanting: "Let's Go A- Rod. ....
MOREMOOSEMOUNDMASTERY
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amIt didn't look so good for Mike Mussina early this season. As he lost two of his first three decisions and had two no-decisions during an unsightly April, Mussina looked...
FOR METS, CASE OF GLAV AND GLAV NOT - BETTER VS. BRAVES, BUT LOSES ANOTHER
May 25, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - Entering last night, Tom Glavine had enjoyed eight previous reunions with the Braves. Although, come to think of it, "enjoyed" probably isn't the right word. No, for the...