June 9, 2005
PROFIT MOTIVE SPURS STEM-CELL ADVANCES -- REACHING IRAQ
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE everyone has been expending a lot of energy debating whether embryos should be used in stem-cell research, guess what has been happening: Companies have been quietly making non-controversial medical...
ADS BLAST OLDIES AX SIRIUS-LY
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSatellite radio services Sirius and XM have launched ad campaigns targeting WCBS-FM listeners still steamed by Infinity Broadcasting's decision to dump its oldies format for the more contemporary "Jack." Sirius...
V NOT FOR VICTORY - TOP CHEF'S STEAKHOUSE FLOUNDERS AMID OWNERS' SPAT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amV Steakhouse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's high-profile but underperforming eatery at the Time Warner Center, is fighting for its life, the famed superchef told The Post. "We are fighting to keep it...
ELLIMAN RAIDS BROWN HARRIS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amPrudential Douglas Elliman is raiding its rivals' cookie jars again. This time, the residential real estate giant has grabbed Brown Harris Stevens' veteran vice president Robert McFarland and named him...
CORNERED CAPITAL - MONEY MANAGER SWALLOWS REFORMS, MULLS BUYOUT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amEmbattled money manager BKF Capital Group has agreed to reforms proposed by angry shareholders and hired two investment banks to seek out so-called strategic alternatives, including possible buyers. New York-based...
DRUG-INDUCED RALLY - IMCLONE'S ERBITUX INVIGORATES STOCK
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amImClone proved a magic pill yesterday for investors looking to cure their portfolio blues. Shares in the biotech company soared nearly 17 percent after an independent clinical review showed its...
KIRK POWER IS ALL GM'S GOT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amFor the second time in a month, Kirk Kerkorian has outsmarted Wall Street to boost the share price of his new golden goose - General Motors. Although the auto giant...
OLD NAVY EXIT SPELLS TROUBLE IN DEUTSCH LAND
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amAdvertising legend Donny Deutsch may be considered a star on CNBC, but his agency lost the lead role on a big account yesterday when Old Navy handed its main creative...
DILLER TAKES $3.4B PAYOFF
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amNBC Universal paid $3.4 billion yesterday to make peace with Barry Diller. The deal ends the long-running feud between Diller and Vivendi that complicated the French conglomerate's 2003 auction of...
WHEEL BAD $4.1M FINE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the nation's top auto dealers was nailed by regulators for using insider trading tips stolen by a temp at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston. Gary Force,...
KARP IS OUT AT RANDOM HOUSE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amJonathan Karp, editor for Donald Trump's bestsellers and others including "Seabiscuit," was out suddenly yesterday from his job as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of the Random House imprints. The...
V NOT FOR VICTORY - FAMED CHEF'S TW STEAKHOUSE FLOUNDERS ON RENT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amV Steakhouse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's high-profile but underperforming eatery at the Time Warner Center, is fighting for its life, the famed superchef told The Post. "We are fighting to keep it...
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT KEN JENNINGS?
June 9, 2005 | 4:00am'JEOPARDY!" whiz Ken Jennings is looking for practice players for his upcoming Comedy Central game show. Jennings, who won $2.5 million over an unprecedented 74-game "Jeopardy!" run last year, won't...
KING FOR A DAY - COSTAS HEIR APPARENT TO LARRY
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amVETERAN sportscaster Bob Costas is now Larry King's primary substitute host on CNN's "Larry King Live" under a new deal announced yesterday. "I'll do 20 shows over the course of...
STARR REPORT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amReality of TiVo It's interesting to note that two summer reality shows, NBC's "Hit Me Baby" and ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," were among the top shows watched by TiVo...
'CUT' FROM SAME FABRIC AS TRUMP
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIN the rag trade, taking someone else's successful design and shamelessly copying it line-for-line is called a knock-off, and is a practice that designers like Tommy Hilfiger spend bazillions trying...
TO 'L' AND BACK - STARLET SAYS GAY SHOW TURNED HER STRAIGHT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSULTRY brunette Karina Lombard, who'll turn up on USA's sci-fi hit "The 4400" later this summer, says her star turn on "The L Word" last year turned her off from...
SINGLE, LONELY & PRESBYTERIAN? NEW BOOK TELLS 'SHIKSAS' TO . . . JUST JEW IT!; THE INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MATZOH
June 9, 2005 | 4:00am'THEY feed your mind and your appetite," writes author Kristina Grish, "and they're the ultimate caretakers without a hint of machismo. They're also generous and thoughtful, thanks to a matriarchal...
LITTLE ORGASM ANNIE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIF anyone knows what turns you on, it's Annie Sprinkle. In addition to being one of the biggest porn stars of the '70s and '80s, the buxom 50-year-old has also...
NO LOVE FOR NIKE IN NOLITA - INVITE-ONLY 'DESIGN STUDIO' LOSES TRACTION WITH IN-CROWD
June 9, 2005 | 4:00am'IT'S just sneakers, for god's sake!" Todd Heyman is aghast. Shopping in NoLIta on a sunny day last weekend, the 49-year-old ad executive had ducked into the sleek new Nike...
ON THE MOVE - NOW, PLAYTIME CAN BE ANYTIME, AND ANYWHERE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIF you've had enough of cell-phone cameras and are sick of the iPod cult, here's a new breed of killer devices to get excited about: portable media players. An iPod...
PURE SIMPLICITY - FOOLPROOF HARDWARE ANYONE CAN USE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amFINALLY, computers are easy to use. Once you needed a spare weekend and the patience of Job to, say, get online or install a CD burner. Horsepower is cheap too:...
HOT SHOTS - HIGH TECH MEMORY MAKERS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amFIRST it was U2's signature-engraved, jet black iPod. Now, rocker Gwen Stefani, the blond bombshell from No Doubt, has her own customized digital camera. Her limited edition HP Photosmart R607...
PHONE HOME
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amCELL phones are turning into Personal Digital Assistants, and PDAs are turning into phones, and pocket gaming machines are turning into TV sets. Everything is converging, but it's worth wondering...
WWW: WELL WORTHY WEBSITES
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE'S more to the Internet than shopping. With a computer, modem and phone line, you can do everything from checking on the status of your UPS shipment to renting a...
GAME ON - HOTTEST OF THE NEW TITLES
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amKILLER 7 By Capcom for GameCube, PS2 Release date: July 2005 The last thing you want to do is call Harmon Smith a cripple. He may be wheelchair-bound but he...
GAY PARTNERS IN CRIME - $CAM TIE ON SCHOOL BIG'S LOVER
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe gay lover of an embattled Long Island schools superintendent has been indicted on charges he helped his boyfriend take part in the burgeoning $11.2 million scandal. New York City...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amNearly 50 cars in an upstate high-school parking lot were good enough to eat, but their owners weren't exactly sweet on the idea. Pranksters topped the vehicles with chocolate syrup,...
MARSHAL STAFFER RIPPED OFF 171G
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx woman who was busted for ripping off $171,483 from a city marshal's office has pleaded guilty to the crime, city officials said yesterday. Marcia Skeffery, 32, a former...
DOUG'S DILEMMA: NOW HE'S 'POOR'
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amFOR a brief 36-hour period until the New Jersey polls closed Tuesday night, it was starting to look like Bret Schundler might morph into Britney Spears and come out singing,...
READERS PITCH IN FOR FUNERAL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amGenerous Post readers came forward yesterday to help bury a Brooklyn baby who died after accidentally falling head-first into a bucket filled with water and cleaning solution. Relatives of Jaccob...
MYSTERY CALL TO MILLER TRACED BACK TO BLOOMBERG'S BIZ HQ
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIS MAYOR Bloomberg relying on some old friends to vent his displeasure over the West Side stadium debacle? Council Speaker Gifford Miller received a phone call after the stadium plan...
I STILL LOVE MIFFED MIKE: JOE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSenate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno insisted yesterday there's nothing but "love" between Mayor Bloomberg and him despite recent tensions over the doomed West Side stadium. Bruno said he doesn't believe...
CONGRESS $LAPS U.N. IN A DUES-Y
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A House committee dramatically upped the pressure on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday, passing a bill that would slash U.S. contributions to the United Nations in half unless...
ISRAEL JUST MISSES 3 TERRORISTS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An Israeli helicopter destroyed a terrorist mortar launcher and getaway car in the Gaza Strip yesterday, but three Hamas militants who had just fired artillery shells escaped. Palestinian...
HILL AIDE BEANS DEAN - 'WHITE' AND WRONG
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - A top aide to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean went "over the line" by claiming Republicans are "pretty much a white,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Cops nabbed one of two bandits suspected of stealing more than $1,000 in cash and money orders from an elderly man in a Crown Heights building. Kenneth Windley,...
CHUCK: SAVE COUSIN BRUCIE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Amid the nasty partisan battles over federal judges and the future of Social Security, Sen. Charles Schumer has taken up a new cause - to find Cousin Brucie...
GALS' MAN-DATE - THEY LIKE GUYS WITH CHEST HAIR, T-SHIRTS, JEANS AND BOXER BRIEFS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWomen have weighed in on what makes a man look sexy - and while jeans, a clean-shaven face and chest hair are hot, leather pants, comb-overs and sandals are not....
VICTIM CYBERSPIED ON WIFE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA wealthy, Hong Kong-based Merrill Lynch banker installed spyware on his wife's computers seeking evidence for a divorce - but the secret software instead provided evidence about his murder, a...
DO'S AND DON'TS FOR SWIMMERS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amGeorge Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research in Gainesville, Fla., has this advice for swimmers and surfers: * Fight back. Sharks usually flee if the person they...
B'KLYN GETS 24-HOUR CHANNEL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amGive them 30 minutes and they'll give you the neighborhood. Starting next week, Brooklyn is getting its own 24-hour cable news net work from Cablevision's News 12 Networks. Similar to...
MARSHAL'S STAFFER STOLE 171G
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx woman who was busted for ripping off $171,483 from a city marshal's office has pleaded guilty to the crime, city officials said yesterday. Marcia Skeffery, 32, a former...
CORPSE RIDDLE SOLVED - IT'S MISSING STUDENT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe mystery of a missing college student has come to a tragic end after a corpse found floating in the Hudson River last week was identified as the young man,...
GUARDIAN'S ANGEL - DAUGHTER IS BORN TO HERO'S WIDOW
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe wife of a city firefighter-turned-soldier who was killed last year in Iraq gave birth to the fallen hero's daughter this week - and named the girl in honor of...
RX-MEN TO THE MAFIA - PHARMACISTS NAILED
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSix Queens pharmacists were dispensing painkillers to the mob, grossing more than $12 million in black-market sales over the past year, prosecutors charged yesterday. The pharmacists allegedly sold some 25,000...
BOY FANS LEAD JACKO CIRCUS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - And then, the little boys came. Traveling here by bus and plane, via car and through the strength of their thumbs, Michael Jackson's young disciples have...
DUBYA LAUGHS OFF LAURA'S 'CANDIDACY'
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday laughed off speculation that funny First Lady Laura Bush might be running for the White House in 2008. "She's not going to run for president,...
HEAT IS ON AS BLACKOUT COOKS S.I.
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe summer heat's on - and for some folks on Staten Island yesterday, the air conditioning was off. As the thermometer hit 91 early in the afternoon, the power went...
JETS REMAIN RAIL $ERIOUS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amRefusing to give up on plans to build a West Side stadium, the Jets yesterday said they want to go ahead with the $250 million purchase of the MTA rail...
TRACK SEX SICKOS BY SATELLITE: STATE GOP
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Global positioning systems would track sex offenders around the clock, under a measure approved yesterday by Senate Republicans. Sen. John Bonacic (R-Orange County) said it doesn't make sense...
NEW JERSEY JAWS - TEENAGER SURVIVES GREAT WHITE BITE ON FOOT SURFING AT SHORE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA teen surfer is lucky he didn't lose his leg after being attacked by a great white shark on the Jersey Shore, a leading shark-attack expert said yesterday. The shark...
WTC SHRINE 'HIJACK' - SISTER OF TRAGIC SEPT. 11 PILOT CALLS SITE MUSEUM A 'BLAME U.S.' MESS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA World Trade Center Memorial Foundation director is raising a storm over the International Freedom Center planned for Ground Zero, charging that it will slight memories of 9/11 by staging...
B'KLYN SLAY SUSPECT NABBED IN PA.
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amOne of New York's most-wanted thugs - sought for gunning down a 15-year-old boy on a Brooklyn basketball court - was nabbed in a Pennsylvania pizza shop, police said yesterday....
FERRER'S ALLIES ZING SCHOOLS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's toughest schools spend less money per pupil and have more overage kids than the average public school, according to a study to be released today. The report, issued...
GIFF TAKES OUT TRASH PLANTS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller won a narrow victory yesterday over Mayor Bloomberg, blocking plans to build three marine waste transfer stations - including one in Miller's home district on...
FRONTLINE HERO - MARINE VETERAN JOINS FDNY
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThirteen veterans - including a Marine who served for five years in Afghanistan, Iraq and Cuba - became full-fledged firefighters after graduating the FDNY Fire Academy yesterday. Jason Brezler, 27,...
FURY AT'AWOL' POLICE - SUBWAY-RAPE TWIST
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe rape of a young art student in a desolate subway station in Queens could have possibly been prevented if cops had staffed an anti-terror booth on the platform, sources...
BIG SHOW OF FORCE FOR 'ABANDONED' COP - 300 'PARTNERS' SALUTE SHOT CAPRICE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA cop shot three times as his partner abandoned him was given a hero's welcome yesterday as he left the hospital. More than 300 fellow officers wearing dress blues -...
CROWE: I'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM - STAR LAMENTS 'STUPID' PHONE-THROW BASHING
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA deeply depressed Russell Crowe feels like he's hit bottom - and fears the impact his arrest and possible prison term will have on his marriage and career. "I can't...
CROWE: I'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM - ACTOR LAMENTS 'STUPID' PHONE-THROW BASHING
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA deeply depressed Russell Crowe feels like he's hit bottom - and fears the impact his arrest and possible prison term will have on his marriage and career. "I can't...
ROBBER RAPES WOMAN, 88
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amAn 88-year-old woman was raped and robbed yesterday by a vicious thug who forced his way into her Chinatown apartment, police said. The victim was returning to her apartment near...
2 INJURED AS BARGE RAMS BOAT OFF N.J.
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amTwo vessels collided last night off Perth Amboy, N.J., injuring at least two people, authorities said. A barge hit a small fishing boat at around 8:30 p.m. near the mouth...
PARKS DEPT. SETTLES PROMOTION-BIAS SUIT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe city has agreed to beef up policies against racial discrimination within the Parks Department, settling a federal civil-rights lawsuit alleging that whites got preference for promotions over minorities. Manhattan...
MAN, 76, DIES IN DWI HIT-RUN: COPS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA drunken driver mowed down an elderly man on a Bronx street and left him for dead, police said yesterday. Aristides Merino, 38, was driving on West 149th Street in...
DOORMAN FOUND SLAIN
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amCops are trying to unravel the mystery behind the death of a hardworking Pakistani immigrant found dead in a pool of blood just blocks from his Queens home, police and...
MED STUDENT IN DEATH LEAP
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amA medical student plunged to his death from the roof of a building near the Upper East Side hospital where he was going to start working next month, police sources...
NYPD PROBES STAR TREATMENT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amRussell Crowe says the NYPD treated him "nicely" when he was busted for throwing a phone at a hotel employee - but police brass are looking into whether he was...
READERS PITCH IN FOR KID'S FUNERAL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amGenerous Post readers came forward yesterday to help bury a Brooklyn baby who died after accidentally falling head-first into a bucket filled with water and cleaning solution. Relatives of Jaccob...
2 HURT AS BARGE RAMS BOAT OFF N.J.
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amAn man and his nephew on a fishing jaunt off Perth Amboy, N.J., yesterday nearly drowned after their boat was run over by a barge, Coast Guard officials and witnesses...
CHRYSLER BUILDING - AN ART DECO ICON
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amNew York's Chrysler Building is 75 years old. Here's a look at the history of one of the world's most famous skyscrapers. By the 1920s, the automobile was an indispensable...
'BOGUS TAXI' SCAM NETS $2M
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amUsing little more than some forged documents, an enterprising scam artist was able to pretend he owned a fleet of six taxis and pocket $2 million by borrowing against them,...
'BOGUS TAXI' SCAM
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amUsing little more than a small stack of forged documents, an enterprising scam artist was able to pretend he owned a fleet of six taxis and pocket $2 million by...
HEAT IS ON AS BLACKOUT
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe summer heat is on - and for some folks on Staten Island yesterday, the air conditioning was off. As the thermometer hit 91 degrees early yesterday afternoon, the power...
BACKE TO THE WALL - METS STRUGGLE IN CLUTCH VS. ASTROS PITCHING
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amAll night, the Mets had their opportunities. Considering they kept squandering them, it must have gotten pretty frustrating. One run was all they could manage last night against Houston righty...
FOUL BALL GETS BEST OF PIAZZA
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza has been injury-free for the first two-plus months of the season. But last night he had to leave the game before his first at-bat. Piazza exited...
WANG GETS THE NOD
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MILWAUKEE - Chien-Ming Wang will start tomorrow night against the Cardinals in St. Louis instead of Kevin Brown. Even though Brown's bruised left shoulder is improving after a...
GOOD DAY FOR THE 'BEACH'
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIn yesterday's $60,000 England's Legend Stakes at mile-and-eighth on turf, La Reina, John Velazquez up, after tracking pace, moved up outside to duel with Hymn of Love around turn, took...
ALVAREZ SAYS NO TO BOSOX
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amPedro Alvarez accepted the congratulations of nearly everyone who passed by as he stood just feet from the baseball field at Horace Mann in Riverdale. Alvarez, just like hundreds of...
FRANCO HAPPY TO BE HOME
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Franco walked into the clubhouse with that familiar short and tight haircut, which he received from a Brooklyn barber he's frequented for years, if not decades. Franco made sure...
PEDRO TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWE'RE LIVE at Shea Stadium, listening for the buzz. Nothing . . . nothing . . . nothing yet. But wait. There it is. We hear it now. Overhead. There's...
PIAZZA INJURED IN 1ST INNING
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza did not make it to his first at-bat last night. Piazza had to leave the Mets' game with the Astros after the top of the first...
DOSCHER DOES IT ALL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amCHSAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Moore Cath. 1 - St. Francis 0 Nick Doscher will land a date with Jessica Simpson today and hit the lottery tomorrow. That has to happen. Anything else...
I-ROD LIGHTS UP YANKEE STADIUM
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amPSAL B CHAMPIONSHIP: FDA 6 - Graphic Arts 2 Ivan Rodriguez has made somewhat of a name for himself as one of the top basketball players at Frederick Douglass Academy....
JACKSON MAY DETAIL PLANS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amExpect some solid news by tonight about the future of Phil Jackson, as the estranged former Laker coach is set to give two interviews today - one to ABC at...
BELMONT WON'T BE PACKED
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTEBOOK After drawing crowds of well over 100,000 each of the past three years when War Emblem, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones bid for the Triple Crown, the New...
METS DIG GRAVES - NO DEAL YET, BUT WELCOME NEW RELIEVER
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIn the Mets' clubhouse yesterday, Pedro Martinez saw Danny Graves and gave him what can only be called an animated greeting. "Hey, welcome aboard!" Martinez said. "Another crazy guy in...
WILLIS LAUDS DWYANE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Willis Reed turned on the Heat-Piston Game 7 Monday night and saw another grainy clip of himself hobbling out of the Garden tunnel 35 years ago. That was...
NOW HE'S MELLOW MIKE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - This all started when Lennox Lewis kicked Mike Tyson's butt in June 2002. After getting pounded for eight rounds, a bloodied and battered Tyson was counted out that...
'BEACH' HAS A BALL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amIn yesterday's $60,000 England's Legend Stakes at mile-and-eighth on turf, La Reina, John Velazquez up, after tracking pace, moved up outside to duel with Hymn of Love around turn, took...
VICTOR COLLAPSE IS RIGHT ON CUE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amVictor Zambrano tossed three perfect innings to begin last night. But when he tossed three balls to open the sixth, his history suggested the inning was quickly headed south. The...
COSTELLO LIGHTS UP STADIUM
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amPSAL A CHAMPIONSHIP: Tottenville 5 - Walton 1 PSAL B CHAMPIONSHIP: FDA 6 - Graphic Arts 2 Andrew Costello stepped off the mound at Yankee Stadium in the fourth inning...
GOOSEN GETS READY FOR OPEN
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amPGA golfers complained last year at Shinnecock, and it's a good bet the pros will be whining about some holes at Pinehurst No. 2 next week at the U.S. Open,...
FIRING RUMORS START TO SWIRL - CLOCK TICKING ON AVERAGE JOE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - A day of reckoning looms for Joe Torre, no matter how discomforting that thought may be. Sooner or later, Torre will either have to turn these Yankees around...
A-ROD, BOMBERS WIN 1 IN A WAUK - ALEX HITS NO. 400 AS YANKEES STOP THE SLIDE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 12 - Brewers 3 MILWAUKEE - If the Hall of Fame wants the bat Alex Rodriguez used to hit his 400th home run last night, they are going to...
BOSS: CASH, COACHES SAFE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - George Steinbrenner tossed cold water on the constant rumors about him firing coaches as the losses build. With talk of The Boss deleting pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre and...
MATSUI NOT IN THE STARTING LINEUP
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - One way or another, the odds of Hideki Matsui getting into last night's game against the Brewers were good after Joe Torre didn't start the left-handed hitter against...
CLOCK TICKING ON AVERAGE JOE
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - A day of reckoning looms for Joe Torre, no matter how discomfiting that thought may be, no matter how much the Yankees may have looked like their old...
CASHMAN, WHITE AND MEL NOT IN DANGER YET
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - George Steinbrenner tossed cold water on the constant rumors about him firing Yankee coaches as the losses build. With talk of The Boss deleting pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre...
BATTLE OF BELMONT - 'ALEX,' GIACOMO SET SIGHTS ON THIRD JEWEL
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amLike a pair of punch-drunk prizefighters squaring off in the final round of a grueling championship bout, Giacomo, who upset the Kentucky Derby at 50-1, and Afleet Alex, the heroic...
RIP-ROARIN' SHOWDOWN - BOWEN WILL BE ALL OVER HAMILTON
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - Points might be as easy to come by as winning Lotto tickets. The colors of the week should be black and blue, with traces of purple. The...
THE MATCHUPS
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - It isn't Shaq versus Duncan, but the NBA Finals matches the past two champions, an immovable object against ... well, another immovable object. The reigning-champion Pistons, who...
BROWN AND POPOVICH: BATTLIN' BUDDIES
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES SAN ANTONIO - It might not be Batman against Robin, but Larry against Pop means two friends will be going for the other's jugular in these NBA Finals....
BAD BLOOD IS BOILING
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amTrainer John Parisella picked up the phone at 6.30 am yesterday and sent a message to top Belmont Stakes jockey, Jeremy Rose: "If you're looking for me, you'll find me...
P.J.'S JOB HUNT ON HOLD
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The Knicks and Timberwolves both told Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo: "Don't call us, we'll call you - when you're done." So the head-coaching prospect isn't worried about...
BACK SPASMS SHELVE GIAMBI
June 9, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MILWAUKEE - Forty minutes before last night's game at Miller Park, the anemic Yankees' lineup lost first baseman Jason Giambi due to back spasms. Giambi - one of...