August 12, 2005
BLUE STAR BUCKLES UP JET SAFETY RULES
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBlue Star Jets, the largest U.S. air charter broker, is requiring its 300 charter operators to participate in safety evaluations that go beyond the Federal Aviation Administration's requirements. "We think...
HIP AD GIANT BBDO IN MUSIC-VIDEO PARTNERSHIP
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amManhattan-based JSM Music, advertising giant BBDO and Daimler-Chrysler have teamed up to produce a full-length album and music video - the first such partnership in the advertising industry. The genesis...
MORGAN BEGINS JOB CUTS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley began dismissing as many as 1,000 brokers in its underperforming retail unit yesterday. The headcount reduction - as first reported in The Post - is part of a...
IT'S APPLE VS. M'SFT IN IPOD PATENT SPAT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amDue to a fumbled race to the patent office, Apple could be forced to pay its arch-enemy Microsoft an embarrassing royalty on each iPod Apple sells. The awkward dilemma developed...
WORLDCON GETS 5; TESTIMONY WINS STOOLIE SULLIVAN EASY JAIL TIME
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA judge sentenced the "architect" of the massive WorldCom fraud to five years in prison yesterday, and said he would have gotten another 20 years behind bars if he hadn't...
OVERSTOCK TAKING SHORTS TO COURT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe high-flying Internet retailer Overstock.com has taken the unusual step of suing a hedge fund and stock research firm, alleging they conspired to drive down the price of the company's...
AGE-OLD STORY AT BLOOMBERG
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amFOUR Bloomberg Ltd. staffers in an explosive lawsuit filed in federal district court in Trenton, N.J., claim they were victims of age discrimination at the news service founded and still...
RECORD OIL PRICES DON'T DOUSE SOARING STOCKS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWall Street shrugged off record oil prices yesterday to stage a late-day stock rally. Surging crude pushed energy stocks higher and consumer spending was relatively in line with expectations, lifting...
STARR REPORT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe news that CNN is mov ing "American Morning" to the network's 6th Ave. stu dios is old news to always-in- the-know Post readers - who knew this over two...
WHORE-IBLE - SECOND 'DEUCE' IS MOVIEGOER ABUSE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amDEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO Zero stars Excremental. Running time: 77 minutes. Rated R (crude sexual humor, profanity, nudity, drugs). At the Empire, the Union Square, the Harlem USA, others. ROB...
A MONSTER'S MIND
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE GOEBBELS EXPERIMENT *** (three stars) KENNETH Branagh's fierce narration of Joseph Goebbels's di aries makes "The Goebbels Experiment" a visceral documentary. Seeing what Hitler's propaganda minister saw, hearing only...
SHRINK'S WIFE TRYST HAS A TWIST
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amASYLUM** (two stars) Chilly but often compelling. Running time: 92 minutes. Rated R (sex, violence, profanity). At the First & 62nd Cinemas and the Union Square. WELL-acted and atmospher ically...
'FOUR'-GET IT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amFOUR BROTHERSHalf a star Quadruple the stupidity.Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R (strong violence, profanity, sex scenes) At the E- Walk, the Orpheum, the 84th Street, others. 'FOUR Brothers"? Ringling...
SPELLGRINDING
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE SKELETON KEY * ½ (one and a half stars) More hooey than hoodoo.Running time: 104 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, disturbing images, partial nudity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square,...
SCANTY 'RAID' FAR FROM GREAT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE GREAT RAID * ½ (one and a half stars) Circular firing squad.Running time: 132 minutes. Rated R (profanity, graphic violence). At the Ziegfeld, the Lincoln Square, the Union Square,...
'PRETTY' AWFUL BUT FOR ACTRESS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPRETTY PERSUASION** (two stars) No "Election."Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (sex, profanity, racial slurs). At the Lincoln Square, the Chelsea, the Sunshine, others. SHRILL and silly, Marcos Siega's "Pretty...
'GRIZZLY MAN' GIVES ONE PAWS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amGRIZZLY MAN**** (four stars) Grizzlies are his friends.Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Angelika and the Lincoln Plaza. WERNER Herzog, the great German filmmaker, has...
DON'T LET OLDIES BE AN ANKA
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPAUL ANKA IN "Let Me Try Again," a song Paul Anka wrote for Frank Sinatra, the line "I was a fool to doubt you" looms large. At the former Westbury...
TICKET TIME FOR HOT ROCK
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amOASIS, the Killers, Beck and the Pixies headline the ambitious "Across the Narrows" two-day, two-venue, 28-band rock festival, scheduled for Oct. 1 and 2 at the minor league ballparks in...
TONY PUSHES A 'BONUS' SEASON
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T say goodbye to "The Sopranos" just yet. HBO will produce an additional eight episodes of its popular Mob drama, the network announced yesterday. These "bonus" episodes will debut in...
PRIVATE ADIEU FOR PETER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAFTER a lifetime in the public eye, Peter Jennings' funeral was ultra-private. A funeral service for the ABC anchorman was held earlier this week, attended only by family members, a...
PROPHET OF 'MIRACLES'
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amENJOY the great outdoors with singer/songwriter/guitarist Chuck Prophet, who performs at a free concert at the South Street Seaport Wednesday (seaportmusicfestival.com) The California artist's a one-man band on his recent...
WORK OF GOD - YOUNG JOHN PAUL II MOVIE CONFRONTS WAR YEARS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00am"A Man Who Became Pope" Monday night at 8 on the Hallmark Channel * * * (three stars) THE chances that an Italian made-for-TV movie starring only Polish actors could...
GONE-ALOT; ABSENT CAST MEMBERS NOT CURRYING FAVOR WITH NICHOLS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00am'SPAMALOT" director Mike Nich ols is "livid" that several actors in his hit Broadway show are regularly missing performances, production sources told The Post this week. Among the worst offenders...
ED. PANEL TO PROBE LESSONS OF SLAVERY
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA controversial new state panel will determine whether New York schoolchildren are taught enough about the "physical and psychological terrorism" against Africans in the slave trade - and then recommend...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA man annoyed by a noisy car alarm fired at least three bullets into a Toyota Camry. David Owen Rye, 48, of Simi Valley, Calif., silenced the alarm, but was...
'FREE' CABLE BUST ; 150G BILL-FIXER: DA
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA cable worker doled out $150,000 in free services to Cablevision customers, authorities said yesterday. Investigators with the Nassau County district attorney busted Anthony Phillip, 26, as he reported for...
B'KLYN COPS LOOK SOUTH FOR 'KILLER'
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amCops have widened their search for the crazed Brooklyn man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend's mom and her dog and slashing her niece, police said. Detectives have been tipped...
MEET PABLO PI-COSTCO ; CHAIN IS SELLING HIS ORIGINAL ART
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amCheap electronics, bulk toilet paper, Formica tables - and a Picasso! In a move that'll send chills down the spines of museum curators worldwide, the deep-discount Costco chain is now...
FDNY-SON 'RAPIST' IS ONLY A DRUGGIE: ATT'Y
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe son of a city firefighter arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a 73-year-old woman in a Queens park Wednesday was high on an enormous amount of hallucinogenic drugs,...
DEM FOUR: WALKING DEAD
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S a certainty that somebody - Freddy Ferrer, Gifford Miller, Anthony Weiner or C. Virginia Fields - is going to end up winning a Democratic runoff two weeks after the...
SHOT HIP-HOPPER SUES CLUB
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAn ex-con who bills himself as a hip-hop producer has sued the trendy Times Square night spot Club Show, saying he was shot there last November because of inadequate security....
COPS SEEK FIEND IN 3 ATTACKS ON SENIORS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPolice are searching for a vicious thug who has terrorized and robbed three elderly Washington Heights residents in nearly three months, The Post has learned. The frail victims, who range...
FAT NICK'S BAIL BID GETS 'BAT'TED DOWN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens judge slapped down an appeal for bail by an accused racial bat-beater yesterday, refusing even to hear it - and prompting an obscene outburst from the defendant. "F...
CITY TO RAISE THE ROOF ON BROOKLYN HOUSING
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe city is quietly circulating a proposal to stimulate construction on a coveted Brooklyn strip that could lead to nearly 300 new units of housing. City planners are gearing up...
MIKE, VIRGINIA IN 'CLASS' WAR
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced the future construction of two badly needed schools in Washington Heights - across the street from a campaign office of his Democratic rival C. Virginia Fields....
NUMBERS SHOW FDNY NOT HOT TO GET TO FIRES
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe average FDNY response time rose yet again last month - even after union bosses were accused of staging a slowdown. "The department is very concerned . . . and...
GETTING OFF ON KILLING ; BTK: VICTIMS JUST 'OBJECTS'
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe bookish, maniacal serial killer known as BTK said he saw his victims as nothing more than "objects" he used to fulfill his sick sexual fantasies. Dennis Rader, in an...
CBGB $OUR NOTE; LANDLORD TO APPEAL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amCBGB's landlord, a nonprofit group that helps the homeless, said yesterday it will appeal a judge's decision that released the club from paying back rent - claiming the music Mecca...
SIR-PRISE: FROST WANTS JAZEERA GIG
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amVeteran broadcast journalist Sir David Frost is in talks to become the new face of al-Jazeera's satellite TV network, The Guardian newspaper is reporting. Frost would play a key role...
SARAH'S 'SEX'Y NEW AROMA
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amHere's Sarah Jessica Parker proving that there's life after "Sex." The bubbly blond star, who sizzled as saucy single Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City," is back in the...
BUBBA: HILL MIGHT NOT RUN IN '08
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBill Clinton insisted yesterday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not decided to run for president in 2008 - and may never do so. The former president was responding to...
HAMPTONS SHORE WAR ; SUIT THREAT OVER CARS ON BEACH
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe rich and their money aren't the only burden on East End locals - now year-round Southampton residents feel put upon by a group of wealthy homeowners who want to...
'EXTREME' SUIT; TV ORPHANS FIGHT BOOT FROM HOME
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAfter ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built a dream house for five orphans and the husband and wife who took them in, the hard-luck kids were rudely abused and booted...
CORTLANDT ST. STATION CLOSING FOR 6 MONTHS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe Cortlandt Street subway station in lower Manhattan will be closed for six months beginning Aug. 20 - a first step in the construction of the long-anticipated Fulton Street Transit...
JETS IN COIN-FLIP AFTER NEW STADIUM PROPOSAL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe Jets yesterday submitted a proposal to New Jersey to share a new Meadowlands stadium with the Giants - only a day after a top team official said he'd be...
COP ON MEND; LEAVES HOSP AFTER CHURCH SHOOT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the two cops shot by a madman outside a Queens church last month left the hospital yesterday, to the cheers of well-wishers and the music of a band....
IT'S A 'GO' IN GAZA ; ISRAEL SEALS OFF STRIP IN PREP FOR PULLOUT AS FOES EYE MARCH
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel begins the final countdown today for next week's massive withdrawal of settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip amid fears of attacks from Palestinian terrorists and Jewish...
FEDS BLAME FERRY BIG MORE THAN SKIPPER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA top executive is more to blame for the deadly 2003 Staten Island Ferry disaster than the pilot who passed out at the controls, the Probation Department says. When Capt....
'STAREDOWN' TIP IN RACIAL ATTACK
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSeveral of the white men who attacked a black man in Brooklyn early Sunday may have been angered by a staredown earlier in the weekend between a group of blacks...
'FREEDOM' FIGHTERS' GROUND ZERO VICTORY
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe controversial International Freedom Center at Ground Zero has until Sept. 23 to come up with a plan that will satisfy 9/11 family members and redevelopment officials - or else...
MARTHA TIDIES UP HER IMAGE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMartha's minions may be loyal - and growing - but even they think her megawatt star power got her a pretty sweet jail deal. In a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 52...
MOM 'BUSH' LEAGUE ; EXPLOITS FALLEN GI: KIN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Relatives of the slain soldier's mother who is picketing President Bush's ranch yesterday rebuked her and accused her of playing politics and dishonoring her son's memory, according to...
HIGH-END CHEFS INSIST OIL IS RIGHT WITH THEM
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amNew York's top restaurants are way ahead of the city's call to stop using artery-clogging cooking oils. "I would never want to subject customers to the detrimental effects of partially...
ZONGO-SLAY RETRIAL STAYS PUT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe retrial of a cop who fatally shot an unarmed West African man in a Chelsea warehouse two years ago is staying in Manhattan. Bryan Conroy yesterday lost his bid...
'RANDY' REV CASTS HIMSELF OUT; ST. PATRICK'S RECTOR RESIGNS AFTER SECRETARY SEX SCANDAL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe monsignor at the center of a steamy sex scandal stood by his woman yesterday - resigning his high-ranking post at St. Patrick's Cathedral after the church told him to...
COMMISSION COVERUP? 9/11 PROBE PROTECTED ITS OWN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S starting to look as if the 9/11 Commission turned a blind eye to key questions that could embarrass one of its own members - Clinton-era Justice Department honcho Jamie...
TALE OF 2 HITS; TEARY MOB RAT SQUEALS AT TRIAL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA mob turncoat was on the verge of tears yesterday as he described learning about the slayings of a close pal and a second man - and fingered a reputed...
$3 GAS LOOMS; CRUDE AWAKENING FOR APPLE DRIVERS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amOil vey! The average retail price of regular unleaded gas in the city rocketed to a record $2.619 a gallon yesterday - with some stations edging toward an incredible $3...
MAYOR OKS CIRCUMCISION RITE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAfter a closed-door meeting at City Hall with members of the Orthodox Jewish community yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg decided not to ban a little-known practice in which a rabbi draws blood...
MOM 'BUSH' LEAGUE; EXPLOITS FALLEN GI: KIN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Relatives of the slain soldier's mother who is picketing President Bush's ranch rebuked her yesterday, accusing her of playing politics and dishonoring her son's memory, according to an...
ARMED MAN ARRESTED AT U.N. HOTEL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA California man was arrested last night after allegedly trying to drive his station wagon into the garage of the Millennium U.N. Plaza Hotel with two loaded, unlicensed firearms inside....
'CYBERSEX' LINK EYED IN BEDROOM SLAY OF S.I. 'ANGEL,' 18
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA cybersex fiend - possibly a lover she met online - may have murdered the 18-year-old beauty found smothered and naked in her Staten Island bedroom, police said yesterday after...
COPS RAID 'COCKFIGHT' DEN IN BX.
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA raid on a Bronx apartment yesterday uncovered dozens of wounded and bloodied roosters being trained for an illegal cockfighting operation, police said. Andres Rosario, 70, of Townsend Avenue, faces...
MACHETE GANG STABS BX. TEEN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Bronx boy was in critical condition last night after a mob of suspected gang thugs attacked him with a machete as he and a younger pal walked to...
ANTI-ROBERTS 'BOMB' AD PULLED
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An abortion-rights group yesterday took down an ad painting Supreme Court nominee John Roberts as a supporter of abortion-clinic bombings after an independent watchdog said the ad was...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A woman was fatally stabbed in her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment building early yesterday, cops said. Delissa Reel, 35, was attacked in the building at Quincy Street near Patchen Avenue...
STRAY BULLET HITS B'KLYN BUS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amA stray bullet smashed through the windshield of a city bus - narrowly missing the driver - on a Brooklyn street last night, police said. The gunfire erupted at 7:30...
'EXTREME' SUIT - TV ORPHANS FIGHT [[CD2;KA-2]]BOOT FROM HOME
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAfter ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built a dream house for five orphans and the husband and wife who took them in, the hard-luck kids were rudely abused and booted...
ZONGO-SLAY COP DENIED TRIAL MOVE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amIt's back to Manhattan for the manslaughter retrial of a cop who shot dead an unarmed West African artisan in a Chelsea warehouse two years ago. Bryan Conroy yesterday lost...
MARTHA IN POPULARITY POLL VAULT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMartha's minions may be loyal - and growing - but even they think her megawatt star power got her a pretty sweet deal in the criminal-justice system. In a CNN/USA...
MARTHA TIDIES UP IMAGE IN POLL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMartha's minions may be loyal - and growing - but even they think her megawatt star power got her a pretty sweet deal in the criminal-justice system. In a CNN/USA...
TORRE HOPING UNIT CAN START TUESDAY
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre's message to Randy Johnson last night was simple: Tell us when you are ready. "I told Randy when he is comfortable he will pitch," Torre said...
HIT & RUN - RAFFY DODGES 'ROID QUESTIONS IN RETURN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Rafael Palmeiro's 10-day banishment from baseball officially ended at 2:56 p.m. yesterday when his black Range Rover turned right off of Russell Street and entered the players' parking...
AS A KID, CBS' NANTZ REMAINED COOL UNDER FIRE
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amNOT far beneath Jim Nantz's straight-down-the-middle CBS golf host exterior, lives an accomplished and surprisingly mischievous storyteller, a fellow who, off-the-air, often swaps Fred Rogers for Will Rogers. For every...
HIT THE HOT SPOTS TO KEEP YOUR COOL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amFISHING is definitely a cure for this oppressive heat, and while the inshore fishing has taken a bit of a hit this past week, canyon fishing has busted wide open....
LUKOWICH GETS $2M B'DAY GIFT FROM ISLES
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amHe skated in a rink in Dallas called Addison Square Garden and started a music business called Lockout Entertainment during the cancelled season. Now, one of the more colorful personalities...
WELL-RESTED SUTTON HAS HAL OF A TIME
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTo these guys, a golf vacation means not playing. Hal Sutton hasn't made a cut this year, but in his first competitive round in nearly two months, the 47-year-old jumped...
GEORGE MUM ON JOE'S JOB
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSince buying the Yankees in 1973, George Steinbrenner's words have been loud and aggressive. So even when he is almost silent, he still creates noise. With the Yankees on the...
METS CRASH, BURN IN S.D ; DEFEAT TAKES BACKSEAT TO CAMERON-BELTRAN COLLISION
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPADRES 2 METS 1 SAN DIEGO - As he walked away from the scene, Cliff Floyd made the sign of the cross. Minutes earlier at Petco Park, a horrifying collision...
FIRST TO SECOND; PALMER GETS INITIAL SHOT AS NO. 2 QB
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - The first crack at winning the backup quarterback job goes to Jesse Palmer, who will be first in line replacing starter Eli Manning tomorrow night when...
LIBERTY ARE ANXIOUS TO REMAIN ON TRACK
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBecky Hammon had just played perhaps her best game of the year, yet she wasn't satisfied. She cluttered the boxscore with 22 points, eight rebounds and six assists in guiding...
SUPER SIZE; JINTS ROOKIE A BULK DELIVERY
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The black Mercedes S-500 pulled into a prime spot closest to the cafeteria and out of the driver's seat popped Tiki Barber, who one morning in training camp...
TAKATSU ON METS' WISH LIST
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - The Mets are one of four clubs interested in signing former White Sox closer Shingo Takatsu to a minor league deal. The Yankees, Diamondbacks and...
FIEDLER GETS CALL
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jay Fiedler, after five seasons with the Dolphins, is no longer the enemy. "It'll be nice to come out there and hear the cheers and know they're for...
'PATH', 'CLOAK' TAKE 'LA ROSE'
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Over a very firm turf course that has been favoring early speed, nobody else wanted the early lead in the first division of yesterday's $65,000 De La...
JET EYES FOCUS ON NUGENT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amJet fans won't get the chance to check out Chad Pennington's arm, but at least Mike Nugent's leg will be on display in tonight's preseason opener against the Lions at...
BROWN, KNICKS MIGHT KEEP HOUSTON AROUND
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBefore the Knicks hired new coach Larry Brown, it seemed likely that knee-ravaged Allan Houston would be waived under the new collective bargaining agreement's "amnesty" provision. With Brown in the...
TREVOR'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThis, according to the co-leader, was the easy part. "We probably had it as good as what it's going to be all week. From now on it's going to start...
ZIPPY MISSY CAPTURES OPENER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amFIRST RACE: Zippy Missy, who set pace, held second in debut here third day of meet, was 8-5 favorite in field of 2-year-old NY-bred fillies; gunned to front under Cornelio...
LANGER FEELING WATERED DOWN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amHe's in the chase at age 47, but Bernhard Langer can be excused for wondering if he shouldn't be the pursued at the PGA Championship. The German, fifth at the...
SABBATINI NOT SLOWIN' DOWN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amHis has been a career played out on the shadows, on the periphery. You've seen Rory Sabbatini's name before, maybe seen him on Sunday at a PGA Tour stop. He...
CAN'T BANK ON RANDY'S BACK ; AILING UNIT UNSURE ABOUT HIS NEXT START
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amRandy Johnson was confused about Brian Cashman saying his gut feeling was Johnson wouldn't start Tuesday against the Devil Rays. But according to Mel Stottlemyre and Joe Torre, it's not...
IN NEED OF REST, CANO'S A NO-GO
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With Felix Escalona available to play second base, Joe Torre has an infielder to give the slumping Robinson Cano a much-needed day off. Torre hinted he would do...
SITTING MAKES WILLIAMS BERN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBernie Williams found himself on the bench the day after he couldn't chase down Juan Uribe's triple in the gap. But instead of being disappointed in Williams, Joe Torre said...
LOCAL PROS BATTLE FIRST-ROUND JITTERS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAs Mark Mielke rolled a few putts on the practice green, warming up for his early-morning PGA Championship tee time yesterday, he found himself right next to Tiger Woods. This...
NEWEST NET GLAD TO JOIN A WINNER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amJeff McInnis would like to be a starting point guard in the NBA. So naturally, he came to New Jersey . . . where he'll be Jason Kidd's back-up. "Playing...
METS CRASH, BURN IN S.D. ; DEFEAT TAKES BACKSEAT TO CAMERON-BELTRAN COLLISION
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPadres 2Mets 1 SAN DIEGO - As he walked away from the scene, Cliff Floyd made the sign of the cross. Minutes earlier at Petco Park, a horrifying collision between...
GRIM SMASH-UP FRONT & CENTER
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron are both center fielders. They think like center fielders, and they play like center fielders. Even with Cameron in right field now,...
CLARKE DENIES RIFT WITH MONTY
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amPGA NOTES Darren Clarke spent less time discussing his 3-over 73 start yesterday than trying to defuse a story of a rift with captain Colin Montgomerie about his withdrawal from...
DEVS: CAP NO PROBLEM
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWhile his payroll threatens to top $41 million just if his players sign their qualifying offers, Lou Lamoriello says the $39 million salary cap is not a problem. "We'll be...
FRONT & CENTER: A GRIM SMASH-UP
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron are both center fielders. They think like center fielders, they play like center fielders. Even with Cameron in right field, his DNA...
MAKING 'MINOR' DEAL FOR TAKATSU
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - The Mets have agreed to a minor-league deal with released White Sox reliever Shingo Takatsu. Takatsu, a 36-year-old righty, will be in Norfolk today. Takatsu...
TORRE STILL BELIEVES IN BERNIE'S BAT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBernie Williams found himself on the bench the day after he couldn't chase down Juan Uribe's triple in the gap. But instead of being disappointed in Williams, Joe Torre said...
YANKS SERVE TEXAS TOAST; BOMBERS' BATS WRECK RANGERS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 9Rangers 8 Their rotation is short. Except for Mariano Rivera, the bullpen has gone to seed. From night to night there are several Men Without Bats. The Red Sox...
TIME FOR BOSS TO PIPE DOWN
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE moment Alan Embree al lowed hits to the first two batters he faced after relieving Scott Proctor in the sixth inning last night, you began looking for the hook....
YANKS SERVE TEXAS TOAST; BOMBER BATS WRECK RANGERS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 9Rangers 8 Mariano Rivera watched Tom Gordon miss the strike zone with one pitch after another in the eighth and wanted in the game. So, after Gordon walked Rod...
PROCTOR DOES JOB AFTER SHAKY START
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amIf it weren't for two gopher balls to David Dellucci and a wild pitch, Scott Proctor might've had a scoreless outing. As it was, he walked off the Yankee Stadium...
THE KING OF SWING - TIGER'S NEW MOVE HAVING 'MAJOR' RESULTS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAs Tiger Woods, with 10 major titles on his resume, tries to break Jack Nicklaus' record of 18, Woods' biggest opponent is likely not Vijay Singh or anyone else. It...
STEPPING TO MIKE FOR METS ... O'BRIEN IN LEAD FOR NEW NETWORK
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amAs Mets network execs formulate their plans for next year, WPIX-11 Met-caster Dave O'Brien is the leading candidate to be the play-by-player, according to sources. The Mets' other main play-by-player,...
5 QUESTIONS FOR HAROLD REYNOLDS
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN baseball analyst Harold Reynolds. During the interview, Reynolds, 44, revealed that, as a player, he thought about using steroids. Q:...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTo: David Stern From: Andrew Marchand Re: NBA TV schedule CC: Hugh Grant Dear Mr. Commish: In big-time sports, admitting a mistake is rare. You have done it. Maybe not...
TIME RUNNING OUT IN BRONX
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amWHEN as cool a customer as Joe Torre acknowledges he has to manage for today and not for postseason tomorrows that may never come, it is the ultimate acknowledgment of...
FUL-PHIL-ING: ELECTRIC MICK AMONG THE LEADERS AFTER HIS 67
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amSomeone should take film of Phil Mickelson's shot-by-shot, moment-by-moment roller-coaster ride on Baltusrol's sixth hole during yesterday's PGA Championship first round and freeze it. No. 6 yesterday defined why Mickelson...
WINCING WOODS 5-OVER AFTER DAY TO FORGET
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe tee shots during the practice rounds were launching into the thick, humid New Jersey air like rockets. The shots off the irons from the fairways were cutting through the...
CURTIS TAKES A GIANT STEP
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amBEN Curtis wore the colors of the New York Football Giants during yesterday's first round of the 87th PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. A blue visor with the traditional...
TIGER SIMPLY BAD-TUSROL - FANS STUNNED AS WOODS LABORS THROUGH JERSEY HEAT
August 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE people started heckling the tote board as it toured Baltusrol's Lower Course, hole by hole, hour by hour. They pointed at it, libeled the man in the sopping-wet shirt...