June 24, 2005
STEEL WINS BKF BATTLE BUT BOSS LEVIN SURVIVES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSteel Partners, a $3 billion hedge fund at war with old-line money manager BKF Capital Group, has won its bid for seats on the embattled company's board. Steel had waged...
KARAOKE ROCKS IN NEW DEAL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amKaraoke as a growth area for the music industry? Who knew? But karaoke, which generated some $38 million last year, is expected to nearly double this year to more than...
INTERMIX HITS NYC AND HAMPTONS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIntermix, the growing chain of trendy Manhattan boutiques, is about to get bigger. A store is set to open on Main Street in Southampton, the company's first on the East...
PIRATES IN TUNE - $4.6B WALKS PLANK IN INT'L CD BLACK MARKET
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amFor those who see iPods and ring tones as being saviors of the beleagured music industry, the news yesterday from an industry trade group was sobering: One of every three...
'BUDGET' BREAKER - LIVING MAG SETTLES ON OUTSIDER FOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE staff of Budget Living got the word last night that acting Editor Alex Bhattacharji is leaving in mid-July. He had been a close friend of award-winning launch editor Sarah...
H'WOOD GETS RACY - STUDIOS, NASCAR TEAM IN CRUSH OF NEW FLICKS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTeen starlet Lindsay Lohan gets behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Beetle to win a NASCAR race. Batman serves as a grand marshal at a NASCAR event. And Will Ferrell...
'WAR': WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR - NOTHING
June 24, 2005 | 4:00am'THE War on the War on Drugs" strings together 60 amateurish short films to tell us drugs are cool, man. Director Cevin Soling's sense of humor is as dull as...
'YES,' THERE'S NEITHER RHYME NOR REASON
June 24, 2005 | 4:00am'YES" is one of those art flicks that will ride its film festival buzz all the way to a box office gross of approximately $58.45. Joan Allen plays a researcher...
LONG LIVE 'THE DEAD'
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amI stumbled into "George A. Romero's Land of the Dead" feeling a bit undead myself, moaning, "Brains! Brains! Why can't they make a zombie movie with brains?" This is one....
'LILA SAYS' & YOU'LL LISTEN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE beguiling 23-year-old Corsican actress Vahina Giocante - even her name sounds dirty, like someone who shares hot tubs with Austin Powers - is sex in a sundress: She has...
SHAKE & WAKE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE worst part of sitting through "Rize" is the sitting part. The film should be (and will be) projected in clubs and on city walls so the audience can shake...
'DALLAS' ALL HAT & NO CATTLE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amLIKE many actors' directing debuts, Scott Caan's quasi-autobiographical indie drama, "Dallas 362," which is getting a vanity booking a couple of years after surfacing on the festival circuit, is stronger...
'MARCH' MADNESS AMAZES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amPENGUINS, who pretty much stole the animated "Madagascar" in supporting roles, are the whole show in "March of the Penguins," a remarkable, eye-popping nature documentary directed by France's Luc Jacquet....
BRIT ROCKERS FINALLY DISCOVER 'GARDEN' OASIS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amBECAUSE we live in New York, playing Madison Square Garden might not seem all that special. But even to veteran rockers like Oasis, the Garden isn't just a tour stop...
AN EEL-Y GOOD TIME
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amLAST time 'round, during its "Shootenanny!" tour, the Eels transformed their live show into a garage-rock extravaganza, an unexpected twist from a band that left you soul-scrapingly depressed with 1998's...
BURN WATER? MARTHA NEEDS YOU
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amMARTHA Stewart, queen of all kitchens, wants to find the worst cooks ever. The domestic diva put out a call yesterday to land the "lousiest" cooks in America, who will...
OVER THE TOP - WARDROBE MALFUNCTION CAN'T STOP 'DANCING'
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amKELLY Monaco nearly had a "wardrobe malfunction" on Wednesday's live episode of "Dancing with the Stars." Monaco was doing the Samba with dance partner Alec Mazo when the strap of...
STARR REPORT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amScotto, cubed It's all in the family next Monday and Tuesday as Rosanna Scotto fills in for Jodi Applegate and Chris Gailus on "Good Day New York" (7-9 a.m./Ch. 5)....
HOWLS OVER LAURA SCOOP
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amNBC News landed another controversial scoop yesterday - a shot at quality time with First Lady Laura Bush on her trip to South Africa that has network rivals howling. Early...
GAY OLD TIME - LOOKING FOR LOVE IN 'SAME SEX' MARRIAGE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIN the spirit of full disclosure, let me first say upfront that I come from a very traditional Italian family - which happens to include several gay and lesbian cousins,...
FILM PICK
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA supposedly perfect murder goes bad in "Elevator to the Gallows" (1957), starring the one and only Jeanne Moreau (above). A restored print of the thriller, which features a musical...
MARY'S HOT PICK
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amJazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson plucks tunes from many decades of pop, rock, country and blues to choose a diverse group of composers to cover, including Joni Mitchell, U2, Neil Young...
BOMB-O 'KINGS' - LOOKING LIKE ANOTHER 'CAPEMAN'
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S a Latino-themed musical with a huge budget and a host of problems. The creator has a big ego but no stage experience. And he's been sidelined by a new...
HACK MAGIC - 'BEWITCHED' RETREAD CASTS A WEAK SPELL; WICKED 'WITCH' A WASTE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIN Nora Ephron's cursed rehash of "Bewitched," Will Ferrell plays an actor reduced to playing in a remake of the beloved '60s TV sitcom after a series of flop movies....
E. SIDE WINDOW RAPIST - 'SPIDER-MAN' SICKO
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA "Spider-Man" rapist who climbs in through fire-escape windows is casting a web of terror across upper Manhattan - assaulting three defenseless women after threatening to kill them, police said....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTwo women have spent 20 days sitting in a car - locked in an endurance contest to win it. Cathie Llewellyn, 57, and Dolores Milewsky, 74, are the final contestants...
MY VERY OWN DOWNING ST. MEMO
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Left is has gone all Captain Renault on us. Captain Renault, you might remember, is the gleefully corrupt cop in "Casablanca" who shuts down a casino by saying he's...
'COKE DEALER' COP - MTA ROOKIE BUSTED IN STING
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAn MTA cop who worked at Grand Central Terminal was busted for moonlighting as a cocaine dealer on Long Island, authorities said yesterday. Suffolk County investigators nabbed rookie Donald Howell,...
SUPREME COURT GIVES NETS HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amOpponents of a deal that would raze homes to make room for a Nets arena in Brooklyn are reeling from a U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday that gives government and...
COUNCIL OKS CINDY'S PET PROJECT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amJazzy's Law - a pet-protection bill that The Post's Cindy Adams turned into a crusade - was approved yesterday by City Council, and Mayor Bloomberg is expected to sign it...
HIGH RI$E CONTINUES ON HOMES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amWhat real estate bubble? Residential real estate prices continue to soar across the Big Apple and around the country, a new study shows. Fueled by low mortgage rates and job...
COUNCIL BILL ON LIVING WILL BEFORE NUPS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn lawmaker wants all would-be married couples to be given information about living wills before they take the plunge into matrimony. Councilwoman Yvette Clarke introduced the measure yesterday in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS * Authorities yesterday released a photo of a man who disappeared last Saturday at Kennedy Airport. Jan Sobota (above), 32, who suffers from schizophrenia, went missing from a bathroom...
1ST NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENT SI! TO SE-OR BLOOMBERG
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg - who began his re-election campaign by unleashing a barrage of TV ads in Spanish - snagged his first newspaper endorsement yesterday from EcuaTimes, a publication for the...
JUSTICE FOR HERO - 2 BUSTED IN SLAY OF GUTSY ATLANTA HOSTAGE'S HUBBY
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe widowed hostage who made pancakes for the Atlanta courthouse killer and then led police to capture him got another happy ending yesterday when cops arrested two men and charged...
SINGING FOR HER SUPPER - 'MARTHA: THE MUSICAL'
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amShe's an icon, she's an ex-con - and now Martha Stewart is a musical. The raucous, rags-to- riches story of America's guru of gracious living is being turned into a...
VALOR'S REWARD - COPS GIVE 3G GIFT TO GIRL WHO SAVED SIS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn cops honored a brave teenager who was shot in the arm while shielding her sister from a hail of bullets - awarding her a scholarship set up in memory...
3 NABBED IN BEATING OF OFFICER & GAL PAL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA teenage girl and two young friends have been arrested for allegedly beating an off-duty cop and his girlfriend during a Brooklyn road-rage attack. Cynthia Lamberty, 17, Reyes Vega, 18,...
DE NIRO NANNY-FIRM GOOF
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe agency that placed the thieving domestic in Robert De Niro's home was more than a little remiss in putting her there - it was asleep at the wheel, industry...
RAGING OVER ROVE - DEMS, GOP AT WAR OVER HIS 9/11 JABS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAll-out partisan warfare erupted yesterday over statements by White House adviser Karl Rove that liberals responded to Sept. 11 by wanting to "offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Furious...
DEATH-VAN TWIST - 'ILLEGAL BUS' RAP LOOMS FOR DRIVER
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe driver of a van that crashed in a triple-fatal tragedy on Long Island was running a makeshift bus service and made his Haitian immigrants fork over cash for rides...
ANOTHER SEX SLAP AT COSBY - HE DRUGGED AND GROPED ME: NEW ACCUSER
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAnother woman has come forward claiming that superstar comedian Bill Cosby slipped her a knockout pill and sexually assaulted her months after she ended a consensual affair with him. Beth...
GENDER-BENDER SALUTE TO NYPD
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAdvocates for transsexuals applauded June Lo yesterday for bravely telling fellow transit cops of his plan to change from male to female - and lauded the NYPD for its sensitivity...
LAWSUIT VS. CITY DANCES ALL OVER CABARET LAW
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA group of "social dancers" has filed suit against the city, arguing its cabaret law is out of step with the times. The dancers want the law, which prohibits dancing...
TRAGIC STAGE DRAMA - SLAY GAL PLAYED CARNEGIE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAn aspiring actress who moved to New York two weeks ago hoping to "take the city by storm" made it to the stage of Carnegie Hall before she was brutally...
BILLY PULPIT AGE-OLD, TOO
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Rev. Billy Graham should feel right at home preaching amid the relics of the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows tonight - after all, he is one himself. Though...
'SEX' TEACH A BRAGGART - TOLD LOVER OF TRYSTS: L.I. COPS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Long Island teacher accused of having sex with two of his underage students - a boy and a girl - was busted because he told another 17-year-old lover about...
VASEAN'S DWI KILLER: I'M GUILTY
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Queens driver who killed one boy and left another seriously injured admitted in court yesterday that he was drunk when he got behind the wheel of his van. "Yes,"...
KIN OF 'MOB COP' VICTIM SET TO SUE FOR $100M
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amRelatives of a diamond dealer slain by the mob after two former detectives allegedly leaked sensitive information filed a whopping $100 million notice of claim against the city and the...
INTO THE WILD BLUE BLUNDER - SHOCKING SECURITY HOLES LEAVE SMALL AIRPORTS EASY FOR US TO GET INTO
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSmall airports in the tri-state area are plagued with shocking and disturbing post-9/11 security gaps, a Post investigation has found. The newspaper yesterday sent out a team of reporters to...
9/11 FUROR OVER 'AXIS' ARTWORK
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA SoHo art gallery slated to move to Ground Zero found itself plunged into controversy yesterday by an exhibit mocking President Bush's "axis of evil." The exhibit at The Drawing...
COPTER VICTIM LEAVES HOSP
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA British tourist injured in the first of two East River helicopter crashes last week is out of the hospital. Karen Butler was released Wednesday. She had been at Bellevue...
BROTHEL BUST IN SUCH A NICE NABE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amCops yesterday raided a brothel operating in the heart of a quiet Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Four people were arrested in the early-morning raid at 1811 Avenue J in Midwood....
FERRY PILOT'S LYING DOC GUILTY
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe doctor of Richard Smith, pilot of the doomed Staten Island Ferry, admitted yesterday he falsified the seaman's medical records to say he didn't suffer from high blood pressure. Dr....
GENDER-BENDER COP: I'M STAYING PUT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe NYPD's first known transsexual officer says she has no plans to leave the department. "I love the job. It's the best job. I can't think of doing anything else,"...
EX-FBI GAL ADMITS STOX LEAK
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA former FBI agent pleaded guilty yesterday to rifling through bureau computer files to feed information to a colleague and an Internet stock adviser convicted of securities fraud. Disgraced G-woman...
CINDY'S PET PROJECT GETS COUNCIL'S OK
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amJazzy's Law - a pet-protection bill that The Post's Cindy Adams turned into a crusade - was approved yesterday by City Council, and Mayor Bloomberg is expected to sign it...
'COS' DOPED AND GROPED ME: EX-PAL - NEW ACCUSER SPEAKS OUT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAnother woman has come forward claiming that superstar comedian Bill Cosby slipped her a knockout pill and sexually assaulted her, months after she ended a consensual affair with him. Beth...
SUPREMES GIVE NETS HOME-COURT EDGE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amOpponents of a deal that would raze homes to make room for a Nets arena in Brooklyn are reeling from a U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday that gives government and...
'MARTHA' SINGING FOR HER SUPPER
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amShe's an icon, she's an ex-con - and now Martha Stewart is a musical. The raucous, rags-to- riches story of America's guru of gracious living is being turned into a...
BUSH GARDEN GAL ACQUITTED
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA protester who unfurled an anti-Bush banner during the president's acceptance speech at last year's Republican National Convention was cleared of all charges by a Manhattan jury last night. June...
PLAYGROUND PERV GROPES SCHOOLGIRL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old girl was groped by a pervert near her Manhattan elementary school yesterday afternoon, authorities said. Cops flooded the Raoul Wallenberg Playground at West 189th Street and Amsterdam Avenue...
JUSTICE FOR HERO HOSTAGE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe widowed hostage who made pancakes for the Atlanta courthouse killer and then led police to where they could capture him got good news yesterday when cops arrested two men...
CITY SUED OVER NO-DANCING LAW
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA group of "social dancers" has filed suit against the city, arguing its cabaret law is out of step with the times. The dancers want the law, which prohibits dancing...
'MOB COP' VICTIM'S KIN TO SUE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amRelatives of a diamond dealer slain by the mob after two former detectives allegedly leaked sensitive information filed a $100 million notice of claim against the city and the NYPD...
'GROCER' MYSTERY - VANISHES WITH SAFE WIDE OPEN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA supermarket manager who vanished from his East Village store - leaving behind an open safe and his cellphone - has sparked fears from his worried wife and suspicion from...
'AXIS OF EVIL' ART IGNITES 9/11 FUROR
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amA SoHo art gallery slated to move to Ground Zero is on the defensive over an exhibit mocking President Bush's "axis of evil." The exhibit pokes fun at Bush's signature...
THIEF RED IN FACE & GROIN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amDetectives are searching for a bank robber who they suspect hurt his privates. The Midtown heist suspect was spotted stuffing a "dye pack" - money affixed with an explosive charge...
NANNY AGENCY SLAPPED
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe agency that placed the thieving domestic in Robert De Niro's home was more than a little remiss in putting her there - it was asleep at the wheel, industry...
HOT-SHOT ARUBA DAD HELD - SON FINALLY ADMITS: I WAS ALONE WITH NATALEE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe politically connected father of a teen accused in the mysterious disappearance of a young woman in Aruba was arrested yesterday - as his son admitted for the first time...
PAL: OPRAH HUMILIATED BY HERMES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe woman who was with Oprah Winfrey on her ill-fated trip to a Hermes store in Paris last week said the chat-show queen calls the boutique's refusal to admit her...
BIG LETDOWN FOR N.Y. PERVS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Public funding for erectile-dysfunction treatments for registered sex offenders is set to be barred by new legislation. Gov. Pataki yesterday said he reached agreement with legislative leaders, a...
'AS THE BOSS OF THE BONANNO CRIME FAMILY,I GAVE THE ORDER...KILL GEORGE FROM CANADA' - SINGING SOPRANO - MASSINO COPS MURDER PLEA TO AVOID DEATH
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIt was the last dance for "The Last Don." Bonanno boss Joseph Massino admitted yesterday to ordering a hit on a family capo, and was sentenced to life behind bars...
TOM MAKES LOVE & 'WAR'
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE WAR of "The War of the Worlds" came crashing into Manhattan last night. On one side: meek, helpless humans clutching notebooks. On the other: massive ships from planet Tom...
FEEBLE FEDS JUST SUGGEST SAFETY RULES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds have issued a wide-ranging list of federal guidelines to beef up security at smaller airports - but left them voluntary, authorities said yesterday. The Transportation Safety Administration recommendations...
NYERS OUT IN FORCE BEHIND FINEST: POLL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amMore than two-thirds of New Yorkers think the NYPD truly is the Finest. A Quinnipiac poll released yesterday shows that 69 percent believe New York cops are doing a good...
ALBANY STEPS UP TO PLATE & OKS YANK PARK PERMITS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Construction of a new $800 million Yankee Stadium yesterday received an important boost from the state Legislature. The Assembly unanimously gave final passage to legislation that authorizes the...
KELLY ASKS CONGRESS FOR MORE TERROR-INFO SHARING
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Police Commissioner Ray Kelly pleaded with Congress yesterday to help big-city police departments like the NYPD get better access to federal intelligence on terrorism. "We'd like to have...
ALBANY STEPS UP TO PLATE FOR YANKEES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Construction of a new $800 million Yankee Stadium yesterday received an important boost from the state Legislature. The Assembly unanimously gave final passage to legislation that authorizes the...
ADMIRAL GIVES MVP SALUTE TO DUNCAN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The guest celebrant on the court - and on the scorer's table and in the Spurs championship locker room - was none other than retired Spurs center...
TEXAS 3-STEP - SPURS BAG 3RD TITLE IN 7 YEARS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 7: Spurs 81 - Pistons 74 SAN ANTONIO - For 2 ½ quarters, Tim Duncan did little more than support all the whispers that surfaced about his recent play...
BROWN'S STILL MUM ON FUTURE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES SAN ANTONIO - Larry Brown was asked about the future, specifically his future. It was not his desired topic of conversation, but he did his best to address...
BETTER TO FLUKE THAN FIGHT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSCHOOL IS OUT, fishing is in and now the summer begins. Inshore fishing is still your best bet for quality and fun, while offshore, it is a slow go for...
EVERY SCOOP'S PRETTY NIFTY - CABLE NETWORK SHOULD STOP TRYING TO KID ITSELF (AND US)
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAMONG the sharpest moves ESPN ever made was to begin hiring (and residually co-opting and compromising) many of the biggest sportswriters from many of the biggest newspapers, a move that...
GINOBILI NOT FAZED BY FINALS
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - If the Pistons won Game 7 of the NBA Finals last night for their second straight championship, it seemed clear-cut Chauncey Billups would repeat as Most Valuable...
MONEY BAWL - LOCAL LEDGERS SHOW BIG BUCKS, LITTLE JOY
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIF YOU are trying to teach a child lessons about finances, we suggest a family get-together to watch the Subway Series. For when the Mets and Yankees assemble this weekend,...
CUSSIN' LARRY GETS ATTENTION
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - Remember during Game 6 of the NBA Finals when Larry Brown told his players he loved them? Well, he probably does. But Brown's speech...
BROOKLYN'S HARRIS EYEING DIFFERENT FOE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Brooklyn's Vivian Harris will defend his WBA super lightweight title against mandatory challenger Carlos Maussa tomorrow night on the undercard of the Arturo Gatti-Floyd Mayweather headliner (9:00,...
SINGH RIPS SLOWPOKES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amCLASSIC NOTES The way Vijay Singh tells it, about the only time he didn't wait to take a shot yesterday was when he teed off on slow play at the...
YANKEES, METS FEEL THE HEAT - BOMBERS FIGHT TO STAY IN RACE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Mets aren't the Red Sox, so right away the passion in the Yankees' clubhouse doesn't elevate the way it does when the players are asked about an upcoming series...
KNICKS PULL KURT FOR Q DEAL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIt's another Isiah Thomas move in which the Knicks got younger and more athletic but shorter, less defensive-minded and more expensive. The Knicks and Suns agreed to their second trade...
WILLIE'S BACK IN THE BRONX WITH AMAZIN'S
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - On the Mets' 12-game, four-city road trip that ends this weekend, it's almost as if the journey increased in intensity with each successive city. First, there was Oakland,...
PIAZZA PARTY - MET CATCHER ADMITS SERIES IS FUN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Mike Piazza's favorite Yankee-Met memory? Can't be the one he can barely remember, winding up semi-conscious after being hit in the head by Roger Clemens. It wasn't even...
SOMETHING WANG - ROOKIE HURLER SHOULDN'T BE YANKS' BRIGHT SPOT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amComing into this season, the Yankees put an emphasis on pitching, on building a powerful and high priced staff coming off the disappointing way last year ended. They came into...
GIANTS WORK OUT AT NIGHT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTom Coughlin has studied everything there is to study about how to prevent injuries after his first season as coach of the Giants was marred by a load of incapacitated...
WOMACK FROWNS ON DUGOUT DUTY
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Tony Womack occupies Kenny Lofton's old locker - two down from Derek Jeter - and wears No. 12, the same one Lofton did last season. Womack is also...
FURYK IN FRONT AT WESTCHESTER
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTo everyone else, victory would complete Jim Furyk's comeback. He says his rebound from wrist surgery is already accomplished. "I'm the same player I was before," Furyk insisted after shooting...
MOTOWN MOXIE - PISTONS THRIVE WITH BACKS TO WALL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The Pistons came here with history stacked against them, needing to win Games 6 and 7 of the NBA Finals on the road, something no team had...
LUNCHPAILS NOT OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE will be three games against the Mets at the Stadium starting tonight in a series whose ceremonial importance is understood by everyone, even if the symbolism exceeds its direct...
LATE MISTAKES RUIN AMATEUR'S FINEST HOUR
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amU.S. WOMEN'S OPEN NOTES CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. - Where Morgan Pressel is going with her game is yet to be determined, but the 17-year-old amateur is getting some incredible...
HUSHION FIRSTER IS QUICK ONE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00am4TH RACE - Trainer Mike Hushion is as steady as you can get, winning at high percentage with variety of horses. When it comes to state-bred first time starters, Hushion...
OH, DADDY! - PEDRO ALWAYS BRINGS MAGIC TO BRONX
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S easiest to remember the meltdowns, because those are the freshest images we have of Pedro Martinez at Yankee Stadium. It's easiest to remember how he enlivened Game 7 last...
REYES TAKES TURN AT LEADOFF SPOT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Even though Mike Cameron was again in the lineup, Jose Reyes was on top of it. And hitting leadoff, Reyes had one of his best days...
PEN LOCKED IN - HERNANDEZ, METS FEEL SOME RELIEF
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Back in spring training, it's hard to believe anybody could have imagined Roberto Hernandez giving the Mets this kind of season-long lift. Even manager Willie Randolph admitted after...
BOGEYMAN SPOILS DAY FOR GARCIA
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSergio Garcia appeared to be in good shape as he began his defense of the Barclays Classic championship, but by the time he finished his round he was one over...
ANNIKA TRAILS BY TWO AFTER AN OPENING 71
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amCHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. - Annika Sorenstam was a mirror image of her friend Tiger Woods yesterday in the first round of the U.S. Women's Open at the posh and...
QUENTIN PART OF PLAN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE nice news about the Knicks' inevitable swap of Kurt Thomas for Quentin Richardson (and a conditional first round pick) is it doesn't alter Isiah Thomas' "genius plan" to pursue...
KNICKS MAY SWAP KURT FOR Q
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIt's another Isiah Thomas move in which the Knicks could get younger and more athletic but shorter, weaker defensively and more expensive. The Knicks and Suns have agreed in principle...
FRIENDS THROUGH IT ALL
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - Pat Riley, a firm believer in not fraternizing with the opposition, would have pitched a fit. But the opposing coaches in this NBA Finals...
TRADE TALK KEYS ON MOUND WOES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Following Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Devil Rays, GM Brian Cashman, manager Joe Torre and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre huddled at Yankee Stadium. And while details of the...
BEDEVILED - DISMAL DEVIL RAYS DERAIL YANKEES YET AGAIN
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amDevil Rays 9 - Yankees 4 The Yankees' yo-yo is in another downward rotation. And this one could snap a very frayed string. There was a time the thought of...
BERNIEBALL MAY STILL BE BEST OPTION
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amWHEN it all fell apart this season for the first time, the Yankees perceived that at least part of the solution to their problems included moving old Bernie Williams out...
WOEFUL OUTING FOR WANG
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amIn a game they simply had to win to avoid the embarrassment of losing a home series to the doormat Devil Rays, the Yankees received an abysmal outing from one...
YANKEE PRIDE NOW LAUGHABLE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amOVER the last two weeks, the Yankees have often asked to be evaluated not merely on whether they win or lose, but rather on their effort. They've asked to be...
HE'S BAAACK... BEST AND WORST OF PEDRO MARTINEZ IN THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amSeptember 10, 1999 Red Sox 3, Yankees 1 Pedro Martinez always saved his best for the Yanks, or so it seemed. On this night, in the midst of a pennant...
GARDEN-BOUND? - KNICKS HAVE NO. 8 PICK - AND HIGH HOPES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amWhat if the Knicks add the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player? Or pick up a skilled 6-foot-11 forward who can pick and pop with Stephon Marbury for the next decade?...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JOHN MCENROE
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with NBC tennis analyst John McEnroe. McEnroe, 46, spoke from London, where he is analyzing Wimbledon. Q: What is the biggest misperception...
ESPN, MLB TOSS BEANBALLS - 'NET MAY PULL PLUG ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amAs testy negotiations again heat up between Major League Baseball and ESPN, it's becoming evident that Wednesday night baseball is headed for extinction, according to sources. The sides recently resumed...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: YANKEE TV VS. MET TV (WHICH IS BETTER?)
June 24, 2005 | 4:00amYankee YES Network play-by-player Michael Kay is excellent at leading his analysts in the right direction, but he tends to be too wordy on his game calls, as he still...