June 8, 2005
EBERHARD TIME - SCAMSTER GETS 13 YRS. FOR BILKING CLIENTS OF $20M
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA crooked investment adviser and TV financial-news personality who bilked clients out of $20 million was hammered with a 13-year, 4-month sentence yesterday after his victims told a judge how...
NEW RONALD TRIES SELLING KIDS' FITNESS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIn an early television spot, Ronald McDonald - the global burger giant's ubiquitous clown mascot - guided two children through a fantasy world where French fries grow on bushes and...
RARE RUDINS' GO ON BLOCK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Rudins, another city family that never sells, is tapping the hot conversion market and putting on the market two of their gold-standard rental apartment buildings. The 238-unit 30 Park...
STERN'S SLAY SCENE GRISLY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amGrisly new details about the sex slaying of billionaire Swiss banker Eduardo Stern have been revealed for the first time - by the close friend who discovered the body. In...
CERBERUS' GLASS JAW
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amStephen Feinberg, the multimillionaire general partner of the $14 billion Cerberus family of hedge funds, is taking a beating on a risky move to turn around beer bottle maker Anchor...
WAGONER ORDERS 25,000 GM WORKERS TO WALK PLANK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAs angry shareholders called General Motors the Titanic, chief Rick Wagoner reacted by pushing 25,000 workers overboard to lighten the load. Wagoner faced down his detractors at a stormy annual...
KING OF THE JUNKET; DAILY NEWS ED. RECYCLES CASTLE YARN IN SUNDAY PAPER
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIT was the story so nice, he used it twice. Daily News Editor-in-Chief Michael Cooke apparently had a grand time visiting Bovey Castle in Devon, England, on a press tour....
SIHPOL JURY HALFWAY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Manhattan jury weighing the fate of former Bank of America broker Ted Sihpol is more than halfway home. Four days into deliberations, the jury reached verdicts on 20 of...
CANDIE'S DUFF STUFF ; A FRESH LOOK FOR SHOE CO.
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAs Candie's, the beloved maker of the wooden-soled sandal, prepares to reposition itself as a lifestyle brand available exclusively at Kohl's, it has turned to Teen Queen Hilary Duff to...
INDIES TEAM UP TO FIGHT BACK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe largest indepent record labels in the U.S. have formally banded together to form a trade association to represent the industry's interests in Washington. The group, known as the American...
485 5TH IS GOING CONDO
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAnother Fifth Avenue property in Midtown is going condo as a venerable office building, and not a hotel, is being converted to residential use. Real estate developers Adam Hochfelder and...
MORGAN GROUP GRIPE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley's dissident shareholders got the first crack yesterday at making an argument to the major stockholders who likely hold the key to the embattled bank's fate. The so-called Group...
SCREEN GEM REPLACES SHUTTERED WAVERLY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE landmark Waverly Theater, famed for the first midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and infamous for its pervasive urine odor, has been reborn as the IFC Center,...
'WORLD'-CLASS DEBUT
June 8, 2005 | 4:00am'THE War of The Worlds" will hold its out-of-this-world world premiere this Monday in Tokyo. The big-budget blockbuster, based on H.G. Wells' classic tale of vicious Martians invading Earth, is...
'HE'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CHARMING' - IT'S ALL JUST AN ACT FOR DE SADE OF DE 'KITCHEN'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amGORDON Ramsay, the bullying, profane chef tearing through Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," is a cream puff off-camera, says a colleague. "He's actually pretty charming, and he's got a good sense of...
'THE 4400'S' HAUNTING START
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE season premiere of USA's "The 4400" snared 5.3 million viewers Sunday - strong numbers, but off from last year's series debut. The sci-fi series notched 7.4 million viewers last...
YANKS ARE DOWN, RATINGS ARE UP
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Yankees long losing streak actually fired up the team 's TV ratings. For six of the Yank 's last nine games (they lost eight)- not including last night or...
NO LIGHT ON THE 'INSIDE'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00am"The Inside" Tonight at 9 on Fox/Ch. 5 (two stars) SOME TV shows are merely violent,but this one is just plug ugly. Relentlessly dark,"The Inside " depicts a world overpopulated...
STARR REPORT
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amSuddenly cancelled Kelly Osbourne ,who was booked for Friday 's "Tonight Show," suddenly cancelled yesterday.The fact that Osbourne was even booked at all,at least this month,was strange in itself -...
THE PAPAS & A MAMA
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amPATERNAL INSTINCT (three stars) Running time: 75 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and Third Street, East Village. MARK and Eric have...
THE EMPTY APRON EFFECT - CELEBRITY COOKS FLEE SCENE OF THE GRIME
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIN my review of Bobby Flay's new Bar Americain in Midtown, I said the place offered a "rare chance" to see a rock-star chef at work in the kitchen. I...
HOT HOT EAT - CHEFS DISH UP NEW GLOBAL WARMING TREND
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMuggy weather might dampen some appetites - but it's left us chomping at the bit to see what's shaking at local restaurants. After a winter that debuted bed-top dining and...
ON THE SIDE - VIRGIN VENTURE IN JERSEY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amNOW that Drew Nieporent has covered most of Manhattan - and other glamorous ports of call - with his trendy eateries, he's heading to the hills of New Jersey with...
NEXT! BRAD CALLS BUSTED MARRIAGE A 'TOTAL SUCCESS.' IS 4 YEARS THE NEW FOREVER?
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amCan a marriage that ends in divorce be a "total success"? Those are the words Brad Pitt uses to describe his fractured union with Jennifer Aniston, ending after less than...
SLAMMED-A LOT! WHY I WAS TOSSED FROM TONY BASH
June 8, 2005 | 4:00am'THANK you to the Broadway industry, who we all love," Bill Haber, the producer of "Spamalot," said during his Tony Award acceptance speech Sunday night. "We're all very neurotic, but...
ACTING ON PRINCIPLE - MIRIAM COL"N HELPS KEEP LATINO THEATER ALIVE WITH TRAVELING TROUPE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amINSIDE an aging firehouse on 47th Street that serves as a small theater, actress Miriam Colón gestures to the worn seats with regret, but holds out her arms to the...
WU WOO!
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S THE question of the moment for music-industry insiders - how do you get a piece of that ohso- powerful reggaetón dollar? With radio stations altering their formats, TV moguls...
RAISING THE STEAKS - NEW ARGENTINIAN EATERIES CATER TO CULTIVATED CARNIVORES
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amALL those Brazilian churrascarias (steakhouses in Portuguese) have given steak a bad name. By now, most New York carnivores think that the only way to eat steak like a South...
A COTTO ABOVE - PUERTO RICO'S ONLY CURRENT BOXING CHAMP DEFENDS TITLE AND FLAG
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amBOXING champ Miguel Cotto uses the word "tranquilo" to describe his emotions leading up to a fight. The description fits like the championship belt laying haplessly on one of the...
PUERTO RICAN PRIDE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S that time of year again when New Yorkers celebrate Puerto Rican heritage. And, for the second year in a row, the New York Post is saying, "Presente!" This Sunday,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA college student is being very upfront about her need to earn tuition money - she's put her breasts up for sale on eBay as ad space. Cat Camp, 25,...
'02 HIT-RUN KILLER GETS 4 YEARS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of a Queens boy killed more than two years ago by a hit-and-run driver was still looking for answers yesterday - even as they watched a judge sentence...
WIFE-SLAY MOGUL 'SO CONFUSED'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAn aging real-estate mogul was confused and remorseful after he allegedly hacked his wife to death in the kitchen of their East 84th Street townhouse in April, according to court...
FIND THIS SEX FIEND
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amPolice on Long Island yesterday released this sketch (left) of the man who viciously slashed and nearly killed a young Queens woman as she fought off a sex attack. The...
FEDS GO AFTER A 'JUNIOR' MINT - BID TO SEIZE GOTTI HOME & $25M
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds are seeking to squeeze a $25 million fortune out of John "Junior" Gotti - setting their sights on his family's gated mansion on Long Island and additional properties...
FLUORIDATED WATER A BONE DANGER
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amFluoride in your water can be hazardous to your bones, a new study suggests. Research on Tibetan children with discolored teeth from drinking fluoridated brick tea found 96 percent had...
THE SMART WAY TO AID AFRICA - HOW EDUCATION THERE HELPS US
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amYESTERDAY, Prime Minister Tony Blair lobbied President Bush for more aid to Africa, and the two leaders agreed to an ambitious program to ease the debts of deserving nations. The...
SCOOPER DUPER IN ICE BUST
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA vendor of Italian ices, busted last month by a Post photographer as he pulled his frozen treats out of the trash, has been busted again - this time by...
'DWI' ATT'Y HAD DOUBLE BOOZE LEVEL
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA former prosecutor who defended murderer Danny Pelosi had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit hours after he crashed head-on into a car and killed a 65-year-old...
'ROAD-RAGE' DAD TAKES TOT ALONG
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amWith his wife and 2-year-old daughter along for the ride, a Long Island man rammed his SUV into another vehicle and sent it spinning across the street in a fit...
CEASE-FIRE SHAKEN - 6 KILLED IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CLASHES
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Six people were killed in clashes between Palestinians and Israelis yesterday in the worst bloodshed in four months. Both sides vowed to try to contain the violence, which...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (lcf) * A professional photographer was arrested yesterday for allegedly taking pictures up teenage girls' skirts as they sat on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Police...
GARDEN'S LIES ALL THAT GROW AT W. SIDE WASTELAND
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA GUY like me who covers real estate - and any New Yorker who cares about the city's future - should be tickled pink by the demise of the West...
NYPD PLEASED BY WTC SECURITY TURN
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amNYPD officials said yesterday their security concerns about the Freedom Tower are being taken into account in the new design. "Those judgments were accepted by the design team and are...
TWEET CHARITY - CITY NURTURES FALCON FLOCK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThey nest atop bridges and skyscrapers, swooping down on their prey at 200 mph. They are the Big Apple's 17 breeding pairs of peregrine falcons, one of the world's largest-breeding...
MEDICAL COMPANIES GIVE PATAKI A HEALTHY BOO$T
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Three branches of a company with nearly $120 million in state contracts gave Gov. Pataki's Virginia-based political action committee $30,000 last Friday, records show. The three contributions of...
YEAH, OK, TOM, YOU LOVE HER - BUT IT'S RUINING KATIE'S CAREER
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amKatie Holmes' whirlwind romance with Tom Cruise is taking its toll on her friendships and career. Holmes, who is now living with Cruise in his Beverly Hills mansion, has stopped...
DOUBLE THE FUN FOR TOURISTS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amHit the decker! More tour buses will soon hit city streets. Gray Line announced yesterday the addition of 20 new double-deckers to its existing fleet. The new bright-red vehicles, which...
SUBWAY RAPE - WORKERS DIDN'T HELP VICTIM, 21 - IN KEEPING WITH NYC TRANSIT RULES
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA young art student brutally raped on a desolate subway platform in Queens early yesterday had enough presence of mind after the trauma to sketch her attacker for the cops...
TRUMP TOWER STORE BUILDER RIPPED OFF $2.5M: DA
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA disgraced former construction-industry big has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from a multimillion-dollar building project inside Trump Tower, prosecutors said yesterday. Ted Kohl, 63, used his ill-gotten gains...
JACKO EX-PAL'S BOOK TELLS VILE TALE IN DISGUSTING DETAIL
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amANTA MARIA, Calif. - It's not "War and Peace," but Michael Jackson might enjoy a little light reading in the slammer this summer. Jacko's publicist and friend of 30 years...
BLOOMY UPBEAT ABOUT HARLEM
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amHarlem is a hot neighborhood - real estate is up, business is booming and crime is down. That was the message delivered yesterday during the 11th annual Harlem Renaissance Day,...
SHOT BREAST-FEED MOM LEAVING CITY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe woman hit by a stray bullet that smashed through her Brooklyn window as she breast-fed her baby left Bellevue Hospital yesterday, and will soon be leaving the city, her...
HONG CONKED - CHEATING WIFE KILLS EX-N.Y. BANKER: DA
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAn expatriate New Yorker drugged her investment-banker husband before fatally whacking him over the head after he confronted her about her affair with a TV repairman, a Hong Kong prosecutor...
GET READY TO SWEAT A LOT MORE, NEW YORK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amBe careful what you wish for. Two weeks ago, the city was crying out for a little summer sun. Now we've got it - and we're about to get more....
NEIGHBORHOOD BAR LAMENTS DEAL THAT WENT BELLY-UP
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThey were crying in their beers yesterday at the Gold Rush bar on the far West Side of Manhattan. The death of the West Side stadium project snuffed out any...
LOBBYISTS ONLY REAL WINNERS IN BRAWL
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe bruising battle over a West Side stadium - fought by an army of lobbyists and a massive media blitz - ended with a burst of spending that could make...
2 MORE RACIAL ATTACKS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn neighborhood is reeling after two more racist attacks in Marine Park. Cops said that on May 29 and 31, white thugs hurling racial epithets set upon a group...
UNION'S CHARTER SCHOOL DUE FOR OK IN COMEBACK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTwo weeks after snubbing the city teachers union's bid to open a charter school in Brooklyn this fall, a panel of State University of New York trustees is expected to...
TRAGIC TOT'S KIN NEED FUNERAL $$
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn baby who fell into a bucket filled with water and cleaning solution two weeks ago has died - and his family doesn't have enough money to bury him....
'25G' SLAP IN SILVER'S SUITE-AND-SOUR DEAL
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's heavily discounted Las Vegas suite could end up costing Caesars Entertainment a $25,000 fine under a proposed settlement with the state Lobbying Commission. The...
MIKE $PIKES BRUNO - STADIUM 'REVENGE'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amCall it "Bloomberg's Revenge." Mayor Bloomberg is shutting off the pipeline of huge campaign contributions to state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno after Bruno opposed the West Side stadium, a...
ACTRESS BANCROFT DEAD AT 73
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAnne Bancroft, who won an Oscar and a Tony for portraying Helen Keller's teacher - but was best known as the seductress Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" - has died...
'VASEAN' DWI LAW IN EFFECT
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Drunken drivers who kill or seriously injure will be facing tougher penalties more quickly under legislation given final approval by the state Senate yesterday. Rather than wait until...
FLIGHT'S FINAL LEG - STOWAWAY'S LIMB FALLS ON L.I. HOME AS PLANE COMES IN FOR LANDING
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Pam Hearne heard "a huge thud" shortly before 7 a.m. yesterday, she thought it was a neighbor loading a van with furniture. She was shocked to later discover that...
STAR WAS A CROWE BABY WITH POLICE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTough-guy actor Russell Crowe turned teary-eyed and repentant after he was arrested early Monday for hurling a telephone at a SoHo hotel concierge, police sources told The Post. His eyes...
'RAPIST'S' KID-PORN STASH
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amCops in California yesterday said they found two desks full of child-porn photos, including shots of kids under a year old, while searching an alleged baby rapist's hideout. The stomach-churning...
LADY MADONNA'S ALL WRITE - 'LOTSA' LOVE FOR HER NEW KIDDIE BOOK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amIf she keeps this up, people may eventually ask, "You mean Madonna was once a singer?" The Material Mom read her latest children's book - "Lotsa de Casha" - to...
GO-GO GAL IS SLAIN - STABBED IN B'KLYN HOME
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAn exotic dancer from Russia - dressed in a leopard skin bikini - was found stabbed to death in her Brooklyn apartment early yesterday, police said. Elena Bem Fernando Pismennaia,...
'COWARD' COP SENT TO SHRINK - OFFICER WHO RAN FROM SHOT PARTNER A 'BASKET CASE'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe "coward" cop who fled while his partner was shot three times was a "basket case" so wracked with guilt he was sent to see a shrink the very next...
BUS RUNS DOWN BRONX BOY, 5
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA 5-year-old Bronx boy was seriously injured yesterday when he was hit by a school bus as he crossed the street on his way to a park, police said. Nazir...
THAT DARN DEAN DOES IT AGAIN
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic Party Chairman Howard Dean - the man who brought the manic scream to politics - is finding new and innovative ways to put his foot in his mouth and...
'COWARD' COP SENT TO SHRINK - OFFICER WHO RAN AWAY A 'BASKET CASE'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe "coward" cop who fled while his partner was shot three times was a "basket case" so wracked with guilt that he was sent to see a shrink the very...
PARTNERS TRUST LIVES TO THEIR 'BROTHERS'
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amKnowing that he was hitting the streets with a loyal, cover-your-back partner wasn't just a perk of the job for Manhattan cop Sean Craig - it was a big reason...
EARLY LEAD FOR FORRESTER IN JERSEY GOP GOV RACE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMillionaire Doug Forrester took an early five-point lead last night in New Jersey's Republican primary, hoping to earn the right to face Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine in the state's first...
JACKO BY THE BOOK - IT'S ALL TRUE, ALL BAD, SAYS EX-PAL
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - It's not "War and Peace," but Michael Jackson might enjoy a little light reading in the slammer this summer. Jacko's publicist and friend of 30 years...
PHOTOG'S RUN OF BAD MUCK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA respected art photographer wound up a sewage-covered mess in Brooklyn yesterday after the 120-pound dog he was walking on a leash fell into an open manhole and pulled him...
H'WOOD MOURNS ACTING LEGEND ANNE BANCROFT
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAnne Bancroft, who won an Oscar and a Tony for portraying Helen Keller's teacher - but was better known as the seductress Mrs. Robinson of "The Graduate" - has died,...
FORRESTER WINS GOP NOD FOR JERSEY GOVERNOR
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMillionaire Doug Forrester edged out former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler yesterday to earn the right to face Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine in the state's first gubernatorial race since Jim...
TRUMP TOWER RIP-OFF - EXEC STOLE $2.5M: DA
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA disgraced former construction-industry big has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from a multimillion-dollar building project inside Trump Tower, prosecutors said yesterday. Ted Kohl, 63, used his illgotten gains...
STAR WAS A CROWE BABY AT PRECINCT
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTough-guy actor Russell Crowe turned teary-eyed and repentant after he was arrested early Monday for hurling a telephone at a SoHo hotel concierge, police sources told The Post. His eyes...
SCOOPER DUPER IN ICE BUST - PARK'S TRASHY SELLER
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amA vendor of Italian ices busted last month by a Post photographer as he pulled his frozen treats out of the trash has been busted again - this time by...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - WHAT A WILD RIDE! ROLLER COASTERS ENTERTAIN US - AND SCARE US HALF TO DEATH..BUT WE LOVE IT. HERE 'S A HISTORY OF HOW THEY GOT STARTED.
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amWHO would think that this amusement-park favorite actually got its start as a chilly ice slide in Russia? Riders sat on a sled made of wood,on a seat of straw.The...
JOE: TAKE A BREAK FROM BP
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MILWAUKEE - In an effort to wake up his dead wood, Joe Torre boxed batting practice for tonight's game at Miller Park. "Maybe we will save some hits...
PLAXICO ERASES GIANT DOUBTS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amFootball reputations aren't built in June, so not much Plaxico Burress has done in his brief time with the Giants can stand up as evidence as to how this will...
TALL ORDER FOR PISTONS ; FAVORED SPURS, DUNCAN WELL-RESTED
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Pistons' work is not done, but the defending champs feel the hardest part might be behind them. After dispatching the Heat, 88-82, Monday to win a splendid seven-game series...
IACONO WALKS IN TITLE TRACKS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amRob Iacono was in the stands at Shea Stadium four years ago today, watching his big brother Sal play in the PSAL championship game for Tottenville. "Just to see him...
ONE 'MO' TIME? JOCK: BELMONT LAYOUT FAVORS DERBY CHAMP
June 8, 2005 | 4:00am"Giacomo, he's going to make a big show out of himself Saturday."JOCKEY MIKE SMITH Remember Giacomo? Jock-a-who? Shock-omo! You know, the leggy gray colt who turned the racing world on...
METROS OBTAIN RAZOV
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amStriker Ante Razov has always been a handful, usually for defenses and sometimes his own coaches. But with the MetroStars in desperate need of forward production, Bob Bradley predictably dealt...
LONGSHOTS AIR IT OUT IN WORKS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTES A pair of longshots for Saturday's Belmont Stakes turned in their final workouts yesterday morning. At Belmont, Watchmon breezed five furlongs in 1:00 for trainer Pat Reynolds, while...
HEY, FANS: GIVE 'EM A CHANCE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amI TRY never to tell fans what to do. Hopefully, if done well, this column should reflect my opinion and readers can opt to agree, disagree, or not care an...
SUMMER FISHING FEELS REEL GOOD
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE summer unofficially began sometime Saturday morning, and depending on whether you were in the city or on the East End of Long Island, it was either early or late...
GRAVES' NEW WORLD - METS CLOSE INON FORMER REDTO HELP BULLPEN
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amFor the past few months, the Mets have endured the perception that their bullpen needs help. They've now added some. The Mets have reached an agreement in principle with reliever...
ROYALS NAB DOSCHER WITH 8TH-ROUND PICK
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amBASEBALL DRAFT It's shaping up to be a pretty good week for Nick Doscher Jr. The Moore Catholic senior will play for the CHSAA intersectional title today against St. Francis...
SORE CHEST KEEPS DOUG ON BENCH
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES It's not exactly a revelation anymore when Doug Mientkiewicz isn't in the lineup. The struggling first baseman is hitting just .205. But last night Mientkiewicz wasn't necessarily out...
BROWN IS IFFY FOR FRIDAY START
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MILWAUKEE - Since Kevin Brown wasn't able to pitch if his start were last night, the cranky right-hander was asked about taking the ball Friday night against the...
THESE TWO SLEEPERS MAY OPEN SOME EYES
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Belmont Stakes once rivaled the Preakness as a hot province for favorites, with the public choice winning nearly 45 percent of its 136 runnings. But in recent years, something...
OH HENRY! YANK PICK SHORTSTOP
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - While the Yankees selected C.J. Henry, a very confident 19-year-old high school shortstop yesterday in the first round of the draft, the real intrigue lies over why they...
METS HIGH ON PELFREY
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMike Pelfrey thinks he could pitch in the majors right now, a confident statement from a 21-year-old college junior. But his head coach at Wichita State, Gene Stephenson, concurs. The...
IT WAS ALMOST A PEDRO NO-NO: MARTINEZ THROWS2-HITTER AT ASTROS,THRILLS SHEA CROWD
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMets 3Astros 1 After nearly 44 years, it was going to happen. Pedro Martinez was on the way to pitching the first no-hitter in Mets history. All the ingredients were...
SLUGGER REVERSES TERRIERS' KARMAS
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amCHSAA PLAYOFFSSt. Francis 7Xaverian 4 Paul Karmas had been struggling at the plate during St. Francis Prep's run through the CHSAA playoffs - and like anyone with a demanding job,...
HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amPEDRO MARTINEZ could not change that nasty bit of no-hit history that still shrouds the Mets. At least not yet. But give him time. It's tough to change everything at...
ERRANT OSWALT STEAMS FLOYD
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amCliff Floyd took a stutter step toward Roy Oswalt, but decided against charging the mound. Now he regrets his restraint. Floyd, who was nailed in the right arm with a...
DIVING DOUG'S BLACK AND BLUE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES It's not exactly a revelation anymore when Doug Mientkiewicz isn't in the lineup. The struggling first baseman is hitting just .205. But last night, Mientkiewicz wasn't necessarily out...
COMA CONTINUES ; OFFENSE A NO-SHOW AS YANKS DROP NINTH OF 10
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amBrewers 2Yankees 1 MILWAUKEE - Sun comes up. Sun goes down. Yankees lose. Play the looping tape again today. See the flat Yankee eyes. Notice the tight jaws. Here them...
METS HOPE GRAVES CAN BOLSTER PEN
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amFor the last few months, the Mets have endured the perception that their bullpen needs help. Now they've tried to add some. The Mets have reached an agreement in principle...
IT WAS ALMOST A PEDRO NO-NO: MARTINEZ THROWS 2-HITTER AT ASTROS, THRILLS SHEA CROWD
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amAfter nearly 44 years, it was going to happen. Pedro Martinez was on the way to pitching the first no-hitter in Mets history. He ripped through the first six innings...
PHANTOM MENACE - BOMBERS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF SHOCK & AWE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - They never had their Murderers Row Moment, but they never really needed one. You know the story, right? On the day before the start of the 1927 World...
COMA CONTINUES WITH 9TH LOSS IN 10 GAMES
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Sun comes up. Sun goes down.Yankees lose. Play the looping tape again today.See the flat Yankee eyes. Notice the tight jaw lines as they look at one out...
MEAT BALLS - OPPONENTS FEASTING ON HIGH-PRICED YANKEE ROTATION
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - The Emperor of the Evil Empire is not only without clothes, his high-priced and underachieving club is practically naked when it comes to ways to escape the deep...
NOT A NEW YORK NICK - OUT OF BRONX, JOHNSON WALKING TALL IN WASHINGTON
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - There are several noticeable differences in Nick Johnson nowthat he's playing in Washington rather than the Bronx. For one, he now sports a beard - a big no-no...