June 5, 2005
BOOKS SEEK READERS ; EXPO SHOWCASES HOT TITLES, BUT STUDY FINDS FLAT SALES
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe book industry is buzzing this week as its largest trade show hits Manhattan and speculation runs rampant about upcoming Deep Throat-related tomes. But under the covers, a crisis is...
OLN PINS HOPE ON 'SURVIVOR'
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe Outdoor Life Network wants to show the real wild side of cable television. OLN, home of bull riding, hunting and fishing, just reeled in the biggest reality fish of...
RAGS & RICHES - IT'S NOT CHEAP MAKINGJEANS LOOK THIS ABUSED
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amFor those who think expensive jeans are a gimmick to pad the pockets of designers, think again. There's a reason those high-end jeans cost so much. Luxury jeans makers have...
DONNY HITS A BUMP - AGENCY LOSES CLIENTS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amFor years, Deutsch was the hot ad shop that could do no wrong. Under charismatic chief Donny Deutsch, its fortunes steadily rose, with the agency and its staffers basking in...
SERIAL BILKER; CROOKED FINANCIAL PRO TO GET HIS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTerrorists ripped Deborah Loeffler's heart apart on Sept. 11. Over the next two years, money manager Todd Eberhard did his best to destroy the rest of her life. Eberhard, a...
HATCHET MAN - GORDON RAMSAY CUTS TO THE BONE ON 'HELL'S KITCHEN'
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amON his new cooking-competition series on Fox, Chef Gordon Ramsay screams and curses at the contestants, throws the dishes they've just created on the floor or smears the food on...
NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT HBO 'S SUMMER SEASON
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHAT clever (in my opinion)reversal of HBO 's slogan - "It 's not TV,it 's HBO " - is meant to describe the current state of this pay-cable channel,whose original...
JIM LAMPLEY GRINDS POLITICAL AXE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMAN overboard! I used to indulge Jim Lampley 's ego-mania because he was a prolific newscaster who seemed eager to provide genuine journalism. Whether hosting the Olympics for NBC or...
SUPERSTARDOMBEGINS AT 30
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE making a movie in Bulgaria, Hillary Swank attended the opening of the M-Tel international in Sofia last month, but it was a local grandmaster who stole the spotlight at...
'TENSION' GRABBER
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCECILE de France hates to give interviews. "It's the part of my job that I don't like," the tall, pixie-haired French actress confesses during - of all things - an...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amDoing the Tom Most brilliant TV of the week: comic Dane Cook on Jimmy Kimmel, doing Tom Cruise on "Oprah" - abusing Kimmel's furniture, pummeling the floor, and attempting to...
THE HOT SEAT - JAMES EARL JONES
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S the voice of Verizon, the measured cadence of CNN - the not-so-veiled threat that is Darth Vader. It is, in short, the wonderful bass of James Earl Jones, now...
BRAD MADE A PITT-IFUL CALL
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amJENNIFER Aniston: washed-up old shrew? So you'd think, given the public's enthusiastic thumbs-up on Brad and Angelina. Apparently, the former "Friends" star - who last year made her fourth appearance...
KILLER SEX - HOT TALES OF BRAD AND ANGELINA FROM THE SET OF 'MR. AND MRS. SMITH'
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amREADY, AIM, FIREWORKS - HOW ANGELINA BURNED UP THE SET (AND HER CO-STAR) ON "MR. AND MRS. SMITH" "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" director Doug Liman realized he was dealing with...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE WHITE STRIPES "Get Behind Me Satan" (three stars) Third Man/ V2 Records On the White Stripes' fifth studio album, the Detroit duo deliver a genre-jumping collection that steps outside...
A HIPSTER DILEMMA - IS IT COOL TO LIKE COLDPLAY?
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amIt wasn't that long ago that Coldplay was actually cool. In 2000, the band had released a hauntingly romantic single called "Yellow" and an enigmatic, minimalist video that featured singer...
PEAS, PEAS, PEAS - BAND'S ALL-STAR CREW INCLUDES JAMES BROWN
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe four singers behind the multi-platinum Black Eyed Peas - will.i.am, Fergie, apl.de.ap and Taboo - each bring their own style to the band's funk-driven albums. But to maintain the...
HEAR THIS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amIN CONCERT * On Tuesday: Like Coldplay, only minus the guitar - Keane, at Radio City. Rappers Jurassic 5, at B.B. Kings. * On Friday: Punk-metal Corrosion of Conformity, at...
SLY KIDS - THE YOUNG HEROES OF "SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL"
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE set of "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D," opening Friday, was overrun with kids, which is exactly the way director Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids") likes it. Although...
OUT OF 'SIGHT' - THEROUX'S NOVEL TAKES ON BLINDNESS AND WRITER'S BLOCK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amALTHOUGH he has published more than 40 books, prolific novelist-adventurer Paul Theroux's latest focuses on the affliction commonly known as "writer's block." In "Blinding Light" (Houghton Mifflin, $26), gonzo travel...
SO CAMP - EISNER'S SLEEPOUT SNOOZE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCAMP Michael Eisner (one star) Warner Books, $22.95 DISNEY'S Michael Eisner has been one of the most powerful men in Hollywood for more than two decades. But in the past...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amLAW GAL SKS SMART GUY FOR COURTING Meet Dena,a 26-year-old law student who describes herself as "warm,friendly and a little clutzy." This cute,curly haired lady is always brimming with energy."I...
EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amLAST week at Meet Market, we set up Jenny,24,a fun-loving production assistant, with Ryan,26,an outgoing sales guy.We sent them off to the famous Mulberry Street Italian spot Grotta Azzurra,one of...
STORM ACE FACING KNIFE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThere's unfair and there's unfair. Anthony Varvaro's story falls into the latter category. The St. John's pitcher was enjoying a splendid junior season and had attracted the attention of many...
INNOCENCE LOST IN A FATAL SHOT; ANOTHER KILLER 'KID'
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amLuis Bonilla didn't realize he was a murderer until he was age 15 - two years after he fatally shot an older teen for his boom box. "You're in a...
'ENGLISH' MEN TOUT SIGN LAW; '50-50' LANGUAGE BALANCE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amBusinesses across New York City may soon be required to have English on their signs if a City Council bill being introduced this week becomes law. A bill being introduced...
GAY 'SAX' ATTACK AT STATEN IS. PARADE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amStaten Island's first Gay Pride Parade hit a sour note yesterday as a man allegedly abused marchers - including two lesbian saxophonists - prompting his arrest on a charge of...
9-YR.-OLD SLAYER SAW MA WIELDING A KNIFE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amYEARS before a 9- year- old girl stabbed to death her 11- year- old pal Queen Washington with a steak knife, she witnessed her mother wield the same type of...
LAWYER PLUGS BOOK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe lawyer accused by psycho killer David Berkowitz of stealing personal items - like bar mitzvah pics and letters from the mother of Berkowitz's final murder victim - was back...
3-VEHICLE CRASH KILLS L.I. MAN
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island man died yesterday morning when he lost control of his window-cleaning van and slammed into an oncoming car. Cops said the Alpha Window Systems worker, 50, was...
UNION SACKS STADIUM SIGN - REFUSES TO PUT UP PROJECT FOES' BILLBOARD
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe Madison Square Garden-led campaign to halt construction of the West Side stadium project hit a snag when union workers refused to hang a sign opposing the controversial plan, The...
BACKERS BLITZING FENCE-SITTER SILVER BEFORE THE KEY VOTE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amOfficials are preparing to go into overtime on the Jets' West Side stadium today. With a crucial vote by the Public Authorities Control Board put off until tomorrow, stadium-backers such...
SADDEST PLEA AT FUNERAL
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHundreds of mourners packed a Brooklyn church yesterday for the funeral of 11-year-old Queen Washington - described by a city councilman as "a little black angel" whose slaying should serve...
HEART DISEASE TRIUMPH; DOC'S STEM-CELL RX
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA top New York doctor says he's made a revolutionary breakthrough - using stem cells to reverse terminal heart disease in just a few months. Dr. Valavanus Subramanian, the chief...
BX. COP STAYS UPBEAT AFTER FIRETRUCK HORROR
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx cop who miraculously survived a collision with a firetruck as he was driving to work was alert and speaking yesterday, and even joked with his dad about being...
JAPAN LOSES 'WAR' DEBUT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00am"War of the Worlds" won't be invading Japan for its world premiere next week because the distributor fears it will trigger an even scarier attack on its bottom line: hidden...
COURT ENFORCERS GAVE 41G TO THEIR GUY
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCity marshals shelled out more than $41,000 in campaign donations to Guy Velella during his final four years in office - and the disgraced lawmaker was instrumental in passing a...
'I JUST CRACKED'; RUNAWAY BRIDE BAREDHER SOUL TO SEARCHERS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe runaway bride says she "cracked" under the pressure of wedding duties - like packing for her honeymoon and setting up her pedicure and manicure. In her first interview with...
HOOKED ON TOWING RICHES; MARSHALS CASH INON TICKET SCOFFLAWS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amFirst of two parts As cash-strapped New York City relies more on parking tickets for revenue, its fat-cat marshals - politically connected guns-for-hire working under expired terms and with little...
HUNT FOR COP-DRAG MENACE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThis is the man sought for yanking a cop 30 feet with his car as he fled a routine traffic stop in Cambria Heights, Queens. Darrin Wilkerson, 26, described as...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** Cops are looking for this trio (above) in connection with a bias-related assault that occurred inside the Herald Square subway station last week. A white man in his...
N.Y. POLS PLAY FOR LAUGHS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amJeanine Pirro wore a feather boa and teased New Yorkers about her future plans last night, as the Westchester County DA stepped into the spotlight at the Legislative Correspondence Dinner....
THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES; PARK KIDS STUCK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA carnival ride set up in Central Park proved more thrilling than two young children bargained for yesterday when a power failure left them stuck 30 feet above ground for...
READING & RECREATING
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amPart of the fun of any summer is choosing the books you might finally have some time to read. Here's a small sampling of some terrific possibilities Story Time FOUR...
STAR'S SON IN HIGH DRAMA ; 2 BOYS TRAPPED ON RIDE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA day before he is set to host the Tony Awards, Broadway "Boy" Hugh Jackman reportedly got a scare when his son became trapped on a Central Park carnival ride....
SPEEDING CAR HITS GIRL, 4
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Brooklyn girl was in critical condition yesterday after being hit by a car as she ran to help her mom, witnesses said. Teeh Tenia was running across Bristol...
STRAY SHOT HITS B'KLYN 12-YR.-OLD
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amA 12-year-old boy was hit in the arm by a stray bullet yesterday as a man chasing another unloaded eight shots on a busy Brooklyn street, cops said. Clint Thierens,...
BIDDER END FOR SEIZED VEHICLES
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amOne out of 10 cars towed by New York City marshals and deputy sheriffs last year ended up on the auction block, with a majority selling for only a fraction...
SELLING MARILYN; SEXPOT'S STUFF IN MEGA-AUCTION
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amGood buy, Norma Jean. The belongings of lusty legend Marilyn Monroe fetched higher than expected prices at auction yesterday, bringing in more than $1 million and proving the bottle-blond bombshell...
$ETTLE DOWN IN THE CITY; TORT PAYOUTS DROP $60M
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe city will save $40 million to $60 million this year - by paying out less to settle nightmare personal-injury, medical-malpractice and civil-rights lawsuits filed against the Big Apple, according...
BX. BATTLE FOR BLOOMBERG'S BACKING
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amSOME well-heeled New Yorkers with close ties to Mayor Bloomberg have written mighty big checks to former Assemblyman Steve Kaufman, who is trying to return to office as a member...
'SEX' ON THE BEACH ; MATT & SARAH GET 'SETT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCall it "Sex and the Gritty." After a long search, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have found their new Hamptons digs. The overachieving couple...
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS GRADUATING TO BIG $$
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amGraduation is big business. And nobody knows that better than the celebrities and politicos who speak for as little as 15 minutes and rake in upwards of $75,000. And if...
SNEAKY POLS AGAIN PLOT VS. TERM LIMITS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amIn a last-ditch effort to stay in office, members of the City Council are seriously considering revoking term limits after the upcoming elections in November - elections that under the...
FDNY'S DOPEY DUO GET UNEQUAL JUSTICE OVER DRUG RAPS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amIn a tale of two drug cases, a firefighter and a medic arrested by cops who smelled pot in their car are facing two very different fates. A judge has...
STACY'S MOM TO 'SAM': READ IT AND WEEP, SICKO!
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE are some people you just can't forgive - like a human microbe who blew your daughter's head apart with a .44-caliber revolver. So that's why Neysa Moskowitz - after...
SECRET WEAPONS - MEET THE ELITE SUPERCOPS OF THE NYPD
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHEY 'RE the hidden heroes of the NYPD,a corps of crack crime solvers and super specialists who go all but unnoticed by the public. But these 10 elite men and...
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED - A-ROD SQUINTING IN SPOTLIGHT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - He didn't come to town spewing the same self-aggrandizing pronouncements, never called himself "the straw that stirs the drink," never thirsted for the 24/7 attention that his spiritual...
TOURNEY RITE UP INKSTER'S ALLEY
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amGALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - There's no doubt the future of the LPGA should produce some of its finest years. Annika Sorenstam is still in her prime, working daily to fend...
GOODENOW'S BEEN GETTING A BAD RAP
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS just in. Mark Felt announces that he is actually the man known as Slap Shots. And is immediately denounced by Gary Bettman, Jeremy Jacobs, TSN and Pat Buchanan for...
BAD COLD PUTS JETER ON BENCH
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Thanks to a deep chest cold, Derek Jeter didn't have the chance to break out of a miserable slump last night against the Twins. Joe Torre noticed Jeter...
MOTOWN MAULIN' ; PISTONS POUND NO-WADE HEAT, FORCE GAME 7
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amPistons 91Heat 66 AUBURN HILLS - It played out as predicted. Dwyane Wade didn't dress and the Heat didn't have a chance. No Wade, no way. Not on the Pistons'...
CEDEL GIVES TOTTENVILLE AN ACE IN THE HOLE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThere's no loud music when Kenny Cedel comes in during the late innings of Tottenville games, but he could merit it. Cedel spent most of his junior season as the...
FANS GIVE JOSE'S ARM A BIG HAND
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe ultimate mark of an exciting player is when the cheers precede the execution. With two outs in the first inning yesterday, Jose Reyes took a relay throw from Cliff...
JOE: IT'S ON US ; BOSS: YANKS' FORTUNES IN HANDS OF TORRE, CASH
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - After offering to help his pathetic club escape from its deepening rut and hearing from Joe Torre that everybody is underperforming, George Steinbrenner placed the chore of turning...
ROND POUND TAKES ACORN
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amSeemingly beaten on turn as she dropped back to forth, Rond Pound, favored at 2-1 in stellar field of six 3-year-old fillies, swung outside top of stretch, came on again...
MIKE'S SPIKE ; CAMERON BLAZING SINCE HIS RETURN
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMike Cameron regrets how last year ended, but he refuses to forget it. His 30 homers couldn't mask the disappointment of playing hurt and losing. "It was a good thing...
NO BUNTS ABOUT IT; BELTRAN'S SACRIFICE RIGHT MOVE FOR METS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMets 5Giants 1 It seemed incomprehensible at the time: Carlos Beltran laying down a sacrifice. After all, Beltran is the Mets' $119 Million Man. His decision in the fifth inning...
BUTLER DOES IT; WADE INJURY GIVES RASUAL STARTING SHOT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Heat small forward Rasual Butler still hasn't gotten over losing his starting job at the start of this season, but some things come full circle. With Dwayne...
RASHEED STICKS TO HIS STORY
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK AUBURN HILLS - Rasheed Wallace stood by his comment that the officials would assure the Pistons would win last night's Game 6 to guarantee a Game 7 for...
AFLEET ARRIVAL; FAVORITE IN TOWN, AWAITING HIS FOES
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amAfter a five-hour van ride up I-95 from Baltimore that wasn't nearly as dramatic as his thrill-packed run in the Preakness, Afleet Alex arrived at Belmont Park yesterday and bedded...
LOOPER MAY SEE DOUBLE DUTY
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Braden Looper has only pitched twice in the past 12 games. He's feeling strong, but the Met closer isn't sure if he's strong enough to throw in both...
BUSINESS AS USUAL
June 5, 2005 | 4:00am'ASK yourself who is the largest advertising customer for the Pistons," underlines a vigilant column monitor, "and spends more money with them than anyone other than their broadcast partners -...
TOM TURNS BACK CLOCK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amROBBIE Alomar was a sure-shot Hall of Famer until he came to New York and got old faster than Jose Reyes goes first to third. Must be our air, or...
BOMB THREAT BACKFIRES ON SICKO
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK AUBURN HILLS - For most of the first half of last night's Game 6, the Heat and Pistons played under the vise of a bomb threat, with FBI...
VETERANS GUARD LEAD AT SHOPRITE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amGALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - There's no doubt the future of the LPGA should be some of its finest years. Annika Sorenstam is still in her prime with a list of...
BOSS IS KEEPING HIS EYE ON CLOCK
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - It won't help Derek Jeter climb out of an extended slump, or Alex Rodriguez play a better third base. And it won't help the Yankees pull...
MEET THE WALTONS; WILDCATS ALL SET FOR FIRST TITLE OP
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amPSAL SEMISWalton 11Adams 3 Yensy Carty told people before the season that this would be Walton's year. He was met with nearly unanimous disbelief. "People said, 'Yeah, what about Monroe?...
KEEP EYE ON TOM'S RIGHT ARM
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - The elastic wrap Tom Gordon wore on his right arm after two solid innings of relief last night set off a red flag. And Gordon's answers...
WALTON'S DISS DRAWS BROWN'S IRE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK AUBURN HILLS - Not long before his Pistons staved off elimination by beating the Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, Larry Brown fired back at...
IT'S ABOUT TIME! EXTRA-INNING WIN VS. TWINS SNAPS 6-GAME SKID
June 5, 2005 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Yankees 4 Twins 3 MINNEAPOLIS - Is the Yankees' bummer Flaccid Trip over? With seven games and two cities left on the sojourn, we will find out. But...
JOE: IT'S ON US; BOSS LEAVES TURN-AROUND TO TORRE, CASH
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - After offering to help his pathetic club escape from its deepening rut and hearing from Joe Torre that everybody is underperforming, George Steinbrenner placed the chore of turning...
MOTOWN MAULIN' - PISTONS POUNDNO-WADE HEAT,FORCE GAME 7
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 6Pistons 91Heat 66 AUBURN HILLS - Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals played out as predicted last night: Dwyane Wade didn't dress and the Heat didn't have a...
UNLIKELY HERO - SUDDENLY, WANG IS YANK STOPPER
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The responsibility had already passed through the fingertips of the big-ticket Yankees, the ones who make up the bulk of this $203 million roster. At least once the...
STORM STYMIED BY BEAVERS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amNCAA BASEBALLOregon St. 11St. John's 1 St. John's baseball coach Ed Blankmeyer knew Oregon State had to be good in order to win the Pac 10, which boasts programs such...
THIS TEAM HURTS SO GOOD
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE rash of banged- up All-Star talent has wrecked the title hopes of many fantasy teams, never mind those "real" Major League teams. By the way, ever notice how you...
ADUBATO AT HOME AS LIBERTY OPPONENT
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amRichie Adubato has but one concern when he returns to the Garden today for the first time since he was fired as Liberty head coach last summer. "I hope I...
HUNTERS HAVE LESS REASON TO PLAY HOOKY NOW
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amBIG-GAME hunting in New York State will have some notable changes this fall - most of which had been talked about, but until last week were never made official. The...
SAY NO TO ROCKET - YANKS MUST NOT BET FARM ON MAJORS' OLDEST, RICHEST STARTER
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amYOUNG for old, especially old pitchers, has been the Yankee problem. It is why Yhency Brazoban, 24 is averaging a strikeout an inning for the Dodgers rather than apprenticing under...
SECRET OF THEIR SOX-CESS - UNPREDICTABLE OZZIE LEADING SOUTH SIDE REVIVAL
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - All seemed right on the South Side of Chicago last Monday. The White Sox had just registered a dramatic, come-from-behind, 5-4 victory over the Angels in the bottom...
SECRET OF THEIR SOX-CESS: CONTRERAS, DUQUE EXCELLING IN EXILE
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - They sit side-by-side in the clubhouse, joke with each other in Spanish and are a big part of their team's success. Jose Contreras and Orlando Hernandez could easily...
HEAD TO HEAD - ACE OF ACES
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amPost columnists Mike Vaccaro and Kevin Kernan slug it out over whether Randy Johnson or Pedro Martinez will be Apple's best pitcher when the season's done Mike Vaccaro: Kevin, there...
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ... STEVE CHILCOTT - CATCHER METS TOOK RIGHT BEFORE REGGIE HAS NO REGRETS
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHE thought he would become famous swinging a bat. Instead, Steve Chilcott wound up swinging a hammer for a living. Life offers no guarantees - even if you are the...
ALL HANDS ON BECK - DAVID, METROS WOULD BE LUCRATIVE MATCH
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amOnce every few generations, a star and a sport cross paths at just the right moment for the star to become an icon and a struggling league to become a...
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - ESPN LOSES MORE YARDAGE AS ARBITER OF IMPROPRIETY
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amFROM Burt Reynolds to Kirk Reynolds, ESPN can't get out of its own way. Not that it minds; not that it cares. ESPN was all over that story last week...
FEEBLE FLICKS - WHY AREN'T THERE MORE GOOD SPORTS FILMS?
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The thing is, sports and movies should go hand in hand. They should be a natural fit, like milk and pancakes. There isn't a sports fan I know...
BLASTS FROM THE POST - A LOOK BACK AT GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS: JUNE 5 - 11
June 5, 2005 | 4:00amHOLMES BURIES GERRY - CHAMP TKO'S COONEY IN 13TH ROUND JUNE 11 1982 LAS VEGAS - Larry Holmes is still king. The best heavyweight in the world successfully defended his...