June 10, 2005
DEMS HOPE BIG SETBACK IS FORGOTTEN BY ELECTION DAY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's reputation as the Sheriff of Wall Street suffered its first major blow yesterday - but just how serious the damage will be to the...
CONCESSIONS DON'T SOOTHE BKF RIVALS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amConcessions made by the beseiged management of BKF Capital Wednesday have done little to make one of its most vocal dissenters retreat from its attacks on the New York financial...
ATLANTIC SIGNS LATIN HIP-HOP PERFORMER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAtlantic Records is making a big bet on the future of Latin hip-hop. Atlantic Records - a division of Warner Music - signed Latin rapper Tego Calderon to a long-term...
BOLLORE GETS 4 ON BOARD
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFrench corporate raider Vincent Bollore emerged victorious in his campaign to be elected to the board of Havas, despite fierce opposition from Chairman and CEO Alain de Pouzilhac. Havas shareholders...
ALAN: WE'LL KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amIn his latest checkup on the economy, Alan Greenspan will likely prescribe hiking interest rates until he hits his magic number, which he still doesn't know yet. "But we will...
'COUSIN BRUCIE' IS NEXT IN SIRIUS ORBIT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSirius Satellite Radio nabbed popular disc jockey "Cousin Brucie" just a few days after Infinity Broadcasting's WCBS-FM abruptly dumped him and its oldies music format. Bruce Morrow will get three...
TIMES TABLOID LAUNCH A BUST
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe New York Times had a tough time yesterday giving away its free new tabloid - filled with recycled news and old ads published in the mother broadsheet. Its cover...
COUNTER CLAIMS - CUT-RATE COSMETICS PUT WRINKLE IN NAME-BRAND SALE$
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMass market drug stores are taking aim at what once was the sole province of pricey department stores and upscale spas by offering skin care treatments that promise all the...
MURDER HE WROTE ; EX-BIG HOUSE BARD SHOPS BOOK IN $500K RANGE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWILBERT Rideau (pictured) could be excused for being a little rusty with his knife when he stopped by Michael's Restaurant on Tuesday. That's a habit that comes from Rideau's years...
CHETRIT BUYS HARLEM APTS.
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amJoseph Chetrit has scooped up 1,250 apartments in Harlem for $135 million. The investor, who purchased the Toy Building earlier this year and is converting that to luxury condos, won...
ON THE 'WILD SIDE' OF KINKY & SEEDY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTHE raunchy French drama "Wild Side"' might be called "Jules and Jim" with a big surprise. Like Francois Truffaut's 1961 classic, the new film is about a menage a trois...
EVEN DE NIRO CAN'T KEEP 'BRIDGE' FROM FALLING
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNEVER get on a rope bridge over a steep Peruvian ravine with Kathy Bates. That seems to be the unintended moral of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," the third...
LOVE ON THE MENU
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSLUTTY SUMMER [**] (Two stars) DECENTLY acted and briskly directed - but thoroughly predictable and sometimes achingly sincere - Casper Andreas' low-budget romantic comedy "Slutty Summer" tries to be a...
BACKWARD LOVE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTWO people sit in a judge's office preparing to sign their divorce papers. How did they get here? France's François Ozon's "5 x 2," which resembles Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes from...
FROGGIE GOES A KILLIN' IN 'HIGH TENSION'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amHOW dare the French tell us how to make a slasher flick - do we tell them how to wave a white flag? But the French import "High Tension" is...
'ADVENTURES' ARE PRETTY, BUT NOT WITTY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFROM sin to fin, director Robert Rodriguez has delivered two of this year's most eye-tickling spectacles, "Sin City" and now the kiddie film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in...
'I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT' - ANN CURRY ON ANGELINA US MAG FLAP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00am'DATELINE" anchor Ann Curry was surprised by Angelina Jolie's now-famous reaction to using a recent edition of US magazine in tonight's interview with the star. "I didn't want to shock...
'HOWL' AT THE 'TOON
June 10, 2005 | 4:00am'HOWL'S Moving Castle" is another stunningly beautiful and beguiling work of animation from Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, whose "Spirited Away" proved him one of the few filmmakers today who can be...
TRISTA'S ONLINE FOOTWORK NO HELP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER "Bachelorette" Trista Sutter was the first to get booted from the surprise hit "Dancing with the Stars" this week - despite an email campaign among her friends. The former...
RIGOLETTO MEETS THE RAMONES
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTHE last time the East Village Opera Company performed at Joe's Pub, rowdy fans were standing on the club's banquettes applauding the renegade opera singers. Yes. Opera below 14th Street....
NOW WE CAN LOVE PARIS - IN STEREO
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTHAT hot-to-trot Paris Hilton hamburger commercial is now making beautiful music. The TV ad of soapy, bikini-clad Paris slurping a burger and undulating to the soundtrack of Cole Porter's classic...
'MAMBO' NEEDS A DOCTOR
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T bother trying to book a flight to San Francisco this weekend. The planes are packed with Broadway types heading West to help producer Daryl Roth and her son Jordan...
BABY, YOU'RE THE LAMEST
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amJACKIE GLEASON's original "The Honeymooners" TV series, which ran for 39 memorable episodes during the 1955-56 season and arrives on DVD today, is a hilarious, timeless classic that has never...
OLD 'SOPRANOS' NEVER DIE - THEY JUST END UP ON 'LAW & ORDER'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA "Sopranos" star on "Law & Order"? There's nothing unusual about that. The latest "Sopranos" player to join "L&O," Annabella Sciorra of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," is just one...
'INTO THE WEST' CLEANS UP 'DEADWOOD'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWHITE men can be so unpoetic. Take the buffalo. According to this new western miniseries on TNT, white men of the Old West were so unimaginative that they could not...
FOX NEWS POLL VAULT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFOX News Channel is really popular with the wake-up crowd, according to a new Zogby poll. The cable channel's "Fox & Friends" is the third most popular morning show behind...
'MR. & MRS.' MISSES - PITT, JOLIE CAN'T HIT THE MARK IN TIRESOME TALE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMR. & MRS. SMITH (two stars) Good looks, no brains. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG-13 (cartoonish violence, sexual innuendo, profanity). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the 86th Street...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFormer stripper Diane Hampton is putting on some clothes for her new job - judicial robes. Hampton, 39, who won a six-year term as a municipal judge in Henderson, Nev.,...
TRUTH OR DEER - 'ANIMAL' EXCUSE BY DWI ATT'Y
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi's lawyer, who's charged in a fiery drunk-driving crash on Long Island that killed a 65-year-old woman, blamed the wreck on a deer authorities say does not exist. "I...
WIDOW SEEKS JUSTICE VS. COP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA cop accused of killing a tenant during a squabble over back rent will have company in court - the victim's wife. "For every appearance, I will be there so...
ATTENTION 'GRABBER' NIXED - BILLBOARD TOO HOT FOR TIMES SQ.
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSome ads are so hot, even Times Square has to pull the Plugg. This new eye-popping campaign from Plugg Jeans shows a himbo holding a sultry babe - who, in...
MIKE LOOKS TO REEL IN FILM-TIME BILL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg gave a scathing review yesterday to a proposal to force theaters to list movies' actual starting times. A City Hall official described the idea, which the City Council...
BETTE MAKES WAVES ABOUT SPEEDY BOATS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amBette Midler, whose New York Restoration Project pumped $12 million into building a Harlem River boathouse, came to City Hall yesterday to try to save the site from reckless boaters....
RUFF-HOUSING - DOG LADY FINDS NEW PENTHOUSE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amShe picked love over real estate, but Mimi Scott got everything she wanted in the end - she kept her precious pooches and found a dazzling new penthouse in a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS (m) * A newborn boy was found inside a duffel bag on a Ridgewood stoop, police said. The infant, described only as Hispanic, was found conscious and breathing in...
MILLIONS GALORE - 1 OUT OF 110 FOLKS WORTH COOL $1M IN WELL-'STOCKED' U.S.
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amForget about the real-estate bubble - it's the stock market that created more than 200,000 new American millionaires last year, a new study has found. Some 2.5 million of us...
ISRAEL'S AGONY - BITTER TEARS OF GAZA PULLOUT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amEVER heard of Gush Katif? By August, you certainly will. It is a small ingathering of Jews - the collective name for 21 little communities whose 8,000 members will be...
TOOTHLESS DON'S A GUMFELLA
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe reputed acting boss of the Genovese crime family may be the only man in the country pleading to go to the dentist. Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo wants out of...
7 YRS. IN JAIL FOR THIEVING SUTTON PLACE CONCIERGE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA sticky-fingered ex-doorman at the posh Sutton Place complex was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday for admittedly looting at least 10 tenants' apartments last year and stealing more...
MAYOR TRASHES GIFF FOR BLOCKING GARBAGE PLANT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg tore into City Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday, charging he was selling out the entire city on trash removal just to curry favor with his Manhattan voting base....
UGLY TRUTH: GIFF'S JUST TOO PRETTY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A scientific study of the faces of winning candidates could spell bad news for Gifford Miller. Researchers at Princeton University discovered that voters instinctively favor mature, rugged-looking pols...
MTA COULD LOOK TO PASS ON THE JETS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMTA Chairman Peter Kalikow said yesterday that the agency would likely look for new developers of the West Side rail yard if the Jets can't live up to their deal...
SUNY'S LOONY SPLURGE - BIG-BUCKS PERKS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSUNY's research arm gave exorbitant housing allowances to college presidents, paid for an official's daughter to attend an out-of-state school and blew $1.3 million on a lobbyist without documenting his...
CORZINE TAKES THIN LEAD IN POLL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine has a fight on his hands for the top job in Trenton, a poll shows. The day after primary elections set the field...
COP'S FATHER FUMES - RIPS RUNAWAY PARTNER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amShot cop Patrick Caprice's father put the kibosh on any reconciliation yesterday between his son and his son's partner, who allegedly turned tail and ran during the shooting, leaving him...
BICYCLIST KILLED IN BROOKLYN
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn cyclist was killed yesterday in Park Slope after she lost control of her bike while trying to pass between a moving delivery truck and parked vehicles, cops said....
SUBWAY PERV'S OTHER VICTIM - SCREAM SAVED WOMAN, 24, AS RAPE MONSTER PUSHED HER TOWARD THIRD RAIL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe foot fetishist who raped an art student on a Queens subway platform is believed to be the same fiend who days earlier threw a young woman onto the tracks...
'$TIFF' SUIT VS. NEWS SCRATCHED
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe fine print may save the Daily News from having to pay some Long Island readers who were shafted out of millions in the Scratch n' Stiff snafu. A Long...
MTA SAYS BUDGET GAP TIGHTENING
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMTA officials yesterday painted a rosier picture for the cash-strapped agency, saying it should now be able to close a $607 million budget deficit projected for next year. MTA honchos...
CLUB KING IN CLEAR - DRUG ACQUITTAL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe former owner of the Sound Factory dodged the possibility of life behind bars as a federal jury yesterday cleared him of charges that he turned his Hell's Kitchen club...
RAPIST EVEN RAIDED FRIDGE - WOMAN, 90
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAfter raping and robbing a 90-year-old Chinese immigrant Wednesday, a heartless cretin raided her fridge for her breakfast drinks and chugged a carton before finally taking off, the woman told...
PANEL: LET THE UFT 'CHARTER' TAKE FLIGHT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe United Federation of Teachers moved a step closer yesterday to opening a charter school this fall, after a panel of SUNY trustees approved the bid. The Committee on Charter...
JACKO FAN ORDERED TO LAY OFF REPORTER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - One of Michael Jackson's wacko backers was slapped with a restraining order yesterday for haranguing Court TV reporter and New York Post columnist Diane Dimond. The...
JAYSON BLAIR 'WANTS TO HELP'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amDisgraced former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair is looking for a job - in the human-resources industry. "I want to help protect employees who find themselves in situations like...
CLOSURE - 9/11 FIRE HERO GETS FUNERAL TOMORROW - TWO YEARS AFTER HIS REMAINS WERE IDENTIFIED
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amKEITHROY Maynard will get a hero's burial tomorrow, almost four years after he gave his life in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Maynard, 30, had been a firefighter for two...
BEGGARS SUE CITY - FIGHTING FOR CHANGE, PANHANDLERS BLAST ARRESTS AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amPanhandlers are uniting to defend their right to beg for change in a class-action suit - claiming they've been wrongly arrested in violation of their constitutional rights. The lawsuit filed...
WTC DISABILITY-PAYOUT PACKAGE A DONE DEAL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - After two years of work, Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders have agreed on a bill that will make it easier for public employees who worked at Ground Zero...
FINEST QUALITY - MEDAL HONORS FOR 35 COPS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSurviving blazing gun battles and putting themselves in the line of fire are just some of the heroic acts of 35 police officers awarded the NYPD's highest honors yesterday. The...
DEADLY AFFAIR - HUBBY KILLED WIFE'S DOORMAN LOVER: COPS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens husband beat and strangled a man believing he was protecting his innocent wife from unwarranted harassment - not knowing the man was her secret lover, authorities said yesterday....
3 MORE NABBED IN ARUBA - FINDING TEEN IS 'NO. 1 GOAL'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFinding a missing Alabama teenager is Aruba's "No. 1 goal," the nation's leader declared yesterday - as three more suspects were arrested in the honor student's disappearance. "We will not...
ART OF THE WHEEL - TRUMP'S 500G CAR A B'DAY GIFT FOR SELF
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMake vrooom for Donald Trump and his super-sleek new toy. The billionaire developer shelled out about half a million dollars for a limited-edition silver Mercedes SLR McLaren - apparently a...
KATIE: I'M ALL HOT TO MARRY MY TOM CAT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA gooey Katie Holmes said last night that she and Tom Cruise - who has dated her for just six weeks - are talking about getting hitched. In a bizarro...
COUNTERFEIT 'RAP' AT MONDO KIM
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFive workers at a popular Lower East Side music and video store were busted yesterday for making and selling phony CDs and DVDs, police said. After receiving a complaint from...
MAN NABBED IN $1M INSURANCE SCAM
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side man was busted yesterday for bilking over $1 million from several insurance companies with bogus car-accident claims, police said. Shimon Wolkowicki, 58, ran a company called...
MTA OFFICIALS YESTERDAY PAINTED A ROSIER PICTURE FOR THE CASH-STRAPPED AGENCY ...
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMTA officials yesterday painted a rosier picture for the cash-strapped agency, saying it should now be able to close a $607 million budget deficit projected for next year. MTA honchos...
MORE CITY FOLKS KICKING BUTTS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe number of smokers in the city dropped again last year, the Health Department reported yesterday. The agency released figures showing that 18.4 percent of New Yorkers are still nicotine...
DON'T MAKE PARADE A 'BOARD' WALK: MIKE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amIn a move heavy with political overtones, Mayor Bloomberg has made a personal plea to property owners along upper Fifth Avenue not to board up their buildings for Sunday's Puerto...
JACKO FAN IS BANNED - HARASSED REPORTER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - One of Michael Jackson's wacko backers was slapped with a restraining order yesterday for haranguing Court TV reporter and New York Post columnist Diane Dimond. The...
NEWBORN IS LEFT ON QNS. STOOP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA newborn boy was found dumped on a stoop in a duffel bag in Queens yesterday, amid the searing heat, police said. The infant, who was dressed in yellow onesie...
OPERA MAN'S SHADY LADY NO STRANGER TO INTRIGUE - AND LAWSUITS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amShe's an eccentric widow who strolls the streets of Chinatown dressed in a long black coat, a colorful Mickey Mouse tote bag slung over her shoulder - big enough to...
'THANK GOD I'M ALIVE' - SHOT COP HAILS HOSP; MUM ON PARTNER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amShot cop Patrick Caprice says he's thankful to be alive and looks forward to the day when he can go back on active duty. In his first full day home...
CROWE AN ORDINARY JAILBIRD
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amHot-headed movie star Russell Crowe was treated no different than any other person in the clink when he was busted for hurling a phone at a hotel concierge, a police...
VICTIM HAILS HER SUBWAY SAVIOR - HUGS FOR HERO WHO SAVED HER FROM PERV
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA 24-year-old Manhattan photographer had an emotional reunion last night with her "hero" - a transit worker who rescued her from a foot-fetishist who raped an art student Tuesday. "Thank...
CAN'T GET A GRIP - RACY BILLBOARD NIXED
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSome ads are so hot, even Times Square has to pull the Plugg. This new eye-popping campaign from Plugg Jeans shows a "himbo" holding a sultry babe - who, in...
S.I. STILL FEELING 'POWER'LESS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThousands of Staten Island residents sweated through a second day of power outages in the hot weather yesterday. Nearly 13,000 customers were without power last night, with the outages expected...
CLUB BOSS ACQUITTED
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe former owner of the Sound Factory dodged the possibility of life behind bars yesterday when a federal jury cleared him of charges that he turned his Hell's Kitchen club...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - LOOK WHO'S COOKIN' - GUINNESS RECORD HOLDER, CHEF JUSTIN MILLER WAS BUSY IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE HE HIT KINDERGARTEN. HE TALKED WITH CLASSROOM EXTRA ABOUT HIS LIFELONG CULINARY LOVE AFFAIR.
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amJUSTIN Miller is one sure-footed young man,who always knew exactly what he wanted to do.This Pittsburgh,Pa.native knew he wanted to cook. "Most parents don't hang out with their kids in...
CLOSURE: 9/11 FIRE HERO GETS FUNERAL TOMORROW - TWO YEARS AFTER HIS REMAINS WERE IDENTIFIED
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTHE family of a New York City firefighter killed on 9/11 will finally lay their loved one to rest tomorrow, giving him the hero's burial he deserves. "We decided to...
CORZINE TAKES THIN LEAD IN JERSEY POLL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine has a fight on his hands for the top job in Trenton, a new poll shows. Just one day after primary elections set...
SUNY'S LOONEY SPLURGE - BIG-BUCKS PERKS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSUNY's research arm gave exorbitant housing allowances to college presidents, paid for an official's daughter to attend an out-of-state school and blew $1.3 million on a lobbyist without documenting his...
GOTHAM GOING BATTY FOR POST
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amDon't be surprised to see the Bat Signal go up over the city this weekend. Batman will be making an exclusive appearance in the New York Post on Monday, in...
KOOKY KATIE: I'M ALL HOT TO MARRY MY TOM CAT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA gooey Katie Holmes said last night that she and Tom Cruise - who has dated her for just six weeks - are talking about getting hitched. In a bizarro...
POPOVICH TURNS UP VOLUME
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - The Spurs started out looking not like a team that was off for eight days - more like eight weeks. So coach Gregg Popovich,...
HE'S THE MANU - 15-POINT 4TH POWERS SPURS OVER D-TROIT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 1: Spurs 84 - Pistons 69 SAN ANTONIO - Both sides promised defense. But this was ridiculous - like promising a little sand if you vacation in the Sahara....
JINTS' LEWIS A HOT COMMODITY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amEntering his second year with the Giants, defensive coordinator Tim Lewis has noticed a difference in the way his players interact with him. "They don't frown at me and call...
TEMPS HEAT UP, SO DOES FISHIN'
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTHE warm weather has definitely turned on the anglers and the fish as evidence of the numbers of fishermen on the water and the number and quality of the fish...
RITCHEY: BARN TO BE MILD
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAfleet Alex, who has been stabled in Barn 14 since arriving at Belmont Park last Saturday, moved across the street to Barn 5 yesterday afternoon after trainer Tim Ritchey expressed...
'ALEX' NOT NICE AT SHORT PRICE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amRISING like a phoenix out of the Pimlico dust, Afleet Alex gets the chance tomorrow to paint his name in neon on the Great White Way with a decisive victory...
SEARCHING FOR BETTOR CHOICE - IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR VALUE, LOOK AT GIACOMO
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amDepending on your point of view, there are three possible storylines to tomorrow's 137th Belmont Stakes (NBC, 5:30-7 p.m.; post time 6:38). Conventional wisdom calls it Afleet Alex in front,...
EXPERTS LOOK FOR LONGSHOT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe Post polled horsemen at Belmont yesterday, asking them which colt had the best chance to upset the early 6-5 favorite and Preakness champ Afleet Alex in tomorrow's Belmont Stakes....
GET READY TO MAKE YOUR BELMONT BETS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAdvance wagering for tomorrow's Belmont Stakes will be available all day today at the track as well as all OTB outlets. The NYRA has changed its schedule for today. Post...
GREENE'S READY FOR GRAND RUN
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMaurice Greene and Alan Webb are at opposite ends of many spectrums. Greene is a 31-year-old former world record-holder in a young man's event, still trying to hold on and...
BOOS FOR BELTRAN SURPRISE EX-MATES
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Carlos Beltran was booed by Mets fans Wednesday night, the Astros definitely noticed. Some were shocked and some weren't, but most thought their former Houston teammate didn't deserve the...
BOSS GETTING BAT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - In a classy gesture, Alex Rodriguez plans to give George Steinbrenner the bat he used to hit his 400th homer Wednesday night. Yet, A-Rod isn't...
SPURRED BY HISTORY
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - While the rest of you focus on the Spurs' effort to defrock the Pistons and win their third NBA title I'll never ever get over how they...
METS IN PAIN DELAY - 6 OF 8 STARTERSOUT OF THE LINEUP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAll the Mets have their name on a placard, and when the lineup is posted each day in the clubhouse, the placards are slotted in assigned racks designating the batting...
HORRY AIMS FOR NEW RING
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio's Robert Horry is trying to become only the second player to win an NBA ring with three different teams - John Salley...
DOUG HASN'T BEEN A HIT
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amA MANAGER in Double-A once told a struggling Doug Mientkiewicz to go beat up his car, not himself. "I broke two fingers doing that," he said. "But he wouldn't let...
ISIAH'S SUMMER JOB - THOMAS IN NO RUSH TO HIRE COACH
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Isiah Thomas said he likely won't name a coach by the June 28th draft, meaning a decision won't be reached until July at the earliest. Thomas said he...
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT: TIGER'S GOTTA GROW UP
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amONE of the biggest, ongoing media-closeted sports stories - one that all forms of media, but especially TV, is afraid to go near - is that Tiger Woods is, and...
DRAFT PLAN SET
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - With his two first-round picks, Knicks prez Isiah Thomas hopes to take one center and one shooting guard, claiming he has no interest in trading up. "I think...
ISHII'S SPOT ISN'T ON LINE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mets starter Kaz Ishii is coming off an outing in which he gave up 10 hits and five earned runs in 61/3 innings. His ERA is 5.14, which...
ON THEIR GUARD - PARKER, BILLUPS IN BACKCOURT BATTLE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - An NBA Finals match-up against a big, strong, physical point guard. San Antonio's Tony Parker has been there, done that. Two years ago, to be precise, when...
DOSCHER MOVIN' ON
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNick Doscher, fresh off a finish to his high school career that would be deemed too unrealistic for Hollywood, plans to sign with the Royals this week and head to...
'FIFTH' TAKES FASHION
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amFifth Avenue, 2-year-old filly by Monarchos trained by Mark Hennig, pressed pace set by Stolen Prayer, took lead top of stretch, came again when headed by 27-1 Blissful Trip deep...
FINAL FOES SET GOOD EXAMPLE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALSNOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - They might want to kill each other for the next two weeks or so, but the Pistons and Spurs players really are what the league...
WRIST REST HELPS MIKE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza's left wrist was improved yesterday, but the Met catcher wasn't ready to play yet. Piazza, who suffered a contusion to the wrist when he took a...
GLAVINE ALMOST ESCAPES
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTom Glavine had survived a rocky start. And for a few seventh-inning moments, it looked like he and the Mets would survive a rocky finish and maybe cop a victory....
WRIGHT MOVE IN ORDER
June 10, 2005 | 4:00am11 INNINGSAstros 6Mets 3MIKE PIAZZA needed at least one night off to heal a left wrist that took one for the team Tuesday night and, not coincidentally, made the Mets...
BELL GETS RUNG - RELIEVER FAILS AS METS FALL IN 11
June 10, 2005 | 4:00am11 INNINGS: Astros 6 - Mets 3 Heath Bell has seemingly been at his best this year when he's come into games with men on base. He's inherited nine runners...
ISIAH'S SUMMER JOB - THOMAS WILL WAIT ON PHIL
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Isiah Thomas said he likely won't name a coach by the June 28 draft, meaning a decision won't be reached until July at the earliest. Thomas said he...
CHIESA JOINS NETS' STAFF
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The Nets began rebuilding coach Lawrence Frank's staff yesterday when, as expected, they hired longtime Jazz assistant Gordie Chiesa. Chiesa, a native of Union City, N.J., spent...
JOE STAYS - ST. LOUIS MEMORIES - BOTH GOOD AND BAD - FOR TORRE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Joe Torre walks into Busch Stadium tonight for the first time since being fired as the Cardinals' manager 47 games into the 1995 season. Torre has been...
LIGHTNING ROD - YANKS HOPE ALEX'S BIG NIGHT IGNITES CLUB
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Reaching 400 homers was nice. Being the youngest ever to do it defines what kind of talent Alex Rodriguez possesses. That the two homers he hit Wednesday...
BOSS WELCOMES A- ROD KEEPSAKE
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - In a classy gesture, Alex Rodriguez plans to give George Steinbrenner the bat he used to hit his 400th homer Wednesday night. Yet, A-Rod isn't...
STUCKEY HOPES TYSON STICKS WITH HIM
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Darryl Stuckey admits he's a novice when it comes to boxing. He made his fortune in real estate development and his savvy negotiating skills have made him one...
BOXER WINS FIGHT FOR LIFE - COTTO DEDICATES BOUT TO GUNSHOT VICTIM SERRANO
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThe bullet from the thug's gun hit Jose Serrano in the upper left forehead. It tore through his skull, ricocheting pieces of bone and bullet in a jab-jab-jab of mayhem....
GREAT FATHER-SON COMBOS
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amNick Doscher, fresh off a finish to his high school career that would be deemed too unrealistic for Hollywood, plans to sign with the Royals this week and head to...
PLANE TRUTH ABOUT AL - MICHAELS PUSHING TO KEEP PRIVATE JET PERK
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amAl Michaels wants a private jet to be part of any NFL TV deal he makes with NBC or ESPN in 2006, according to sources. The dilemma facing ESPN or...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JULIUS ERVING
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving. Erving, 55, is one of the NBA's ambassadors for The Finals. Q: You were an...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amTo: Jim Dolan From: Andrew Marchand Re: MSG Network CC: Robert Mueller, FBI Director Dear Jim, To prevent MSG from sliding into eternal irrelevancy, The Memo has some free advice....
IRON MAN - VIJAY HAS PERFECT 'APPROACH' TO COP OPEN
June 10, 2005 | 4:00amThursday U.S. Open 10 a.m., ESPN 3 p.m., NBC In 1974, Johnny Miller beat Jack Nicklaus, Bob Murphy and Frank Beard to win the World Open in a playoff at...
BETTOR'S GUIDE TO THE 137TH BELMONT STAKES
June 10, 2005 | 4:00am9. AFLEET ALEX CURRENT FORM: "Bounced" off monster Arkansas Derby score running close third in Kentucky Derby, then bounced back big time to win Preakness by 4 3/4 lengths after...