October 14, 2005
WPP SHUTS GLOBAL UNIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAdvertising giant WPP Group is in the process of unwinding Red Cell, the hodgepodge of agencies it hoped to turn into a worldwide network. WPP, which formed Red Cell in...
STOCK UP, TIX DOWN AT MSG
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amCablevision's clan prince Jimmy Dolan is hoping for a comeback of its Rangers and Knicks teams that'll be as strong as the company's 37 percent surge in its stock price...
AMEX ADDS SPACE, PROMISE DOWNTOWN
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIn a badly needed morsel of good news for Downtown, American Express is expanding at the World Financial Center across from bogged-down Ground Zero, adding 200,000 square feet to the...
UNDER WATER - REFCO INC. BARS WITHDRAWALS, HIRES KEY ADVISERS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTeetering trading giant Refco Inc. yesterday hired Goldman Sachs and some other well-placed advisers while telling worried customers they couldn't withdraw cash from the firm for two weeks. The embattled...
INVESTORS HOPING FINANCIER LEE RIDES TO THE RESCUE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAs commodities broker Refco Inc. continues to crumble, investors are wondering if its wealthy private equity owner plans to step in to save the company from complete annihilation. Thomas H....
REFCO COLLAPSE MAY ROIL RATES
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe era of cheap mortgages finally ended yesterday, triggering widespread anxieties that our economy could be rolling toward a brick wall. After fueling one of the most free-spending decades on...
SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS - MARKETWATCH STAFFERS IN BENEFITS FIGHT WITH DOW JONES
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amWELCOME, rookies, to the land of Dow Jones. Peter Kann, CEO of Dow Jones, and his spouse, Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House, are spending millions to make the...
'REAL WORLD' RUN OUT OF KEY WEST?
October 14, 2005 | 4:00am'REAL World: Key West" is threatening to halt production and leave town if a local judge decides in favor of some neighbors who don't want the popular MTV show filming...
SERENE TO CRAZY (REPEAT)
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amFISH gotta swim, birds gotta fly and actresses gotta - not act, necessarily, but at least be actressy. And "Nine Lives," a series of stories about women in crisis starring...
ROSIE GETS THE GOLDE IN 'FIDDLER'
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amHOW do you say mazel tov in Irish? In truth, I wasn't looking forward to seeing Rosie O'Donnell joining Harvey Fierstein's Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." I avoided her...
NOTHING TO CROWE ABOUT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00am'THERE'S a difference between a failure and a fiasco," says a character in the woeful "Elizabethtown," which practically begs audiences to decide which label applies to Cameron Crowe's rambling, schmaltzy...
'THE TRUTH' BE TOLD, 'LIES' HARD TO BELIEVE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTERRIFIC performances by Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth as a comic duo clearly modeled on Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin get swallowed up in Atom Egoyan's muddled murder mystery "Where...
CAROLINA COMFORT FOOD
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTIM Kirkman's poetic, beautifully acted tour de force "Loggerheads" takes its title from a species of turtle. This movie takes its sweet time wrapping together three related tales set in...
FACTS & LOOSE - NEW FILMS BLUR TALES' TRUTHS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS fall, theaters will be packed with movies about real people - kind of. From the bounty-hunting thriller "Domino" to the sexual-harassment courtroom drama "North Country," films are increasingly relying...
HEROINE CHIC - 'DOMINO' A FEAST FOR EYES, BUT YOUR STOMACH'S QUEASY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amDOMINO ½ (two and a half stars) Natural Born Keira. Running time: 113 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, profanity, nudity, sex, drug use). At the Empire, the 84th Street, the...
MY WIFE THE MARTIAN
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHE people who make the reality show "Wife Swap" are looking for a few good aliens. Go to sci-fi conventions dressed up like Klingons? Wait up all night outside "Star...
POETIC DIXIE CHICK
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMARY Gauthier, who was raised in Baton Rouge, La., was an alcoholic by 13. At 15, the rebellious youth stole her parents' car to leave town, then, after a few...
'CHITTY' ISN'T FLYING - MORE BOMB THAN BANG, SHOW COULD CLOSE SOON
October 14, 2005 | 4:00am'CHITTY Chitty Bang Bang" is turning out to be a dented, four-fendered flop. Backstage at the Hilton Theater, rumors are swirling that the $14 million children's musical about a flying...
BUGS JUICED - SNICKER AT UPDATED 'LOONEY TUNES' BUT IT'S A KIDS' SMASH
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S worse than I thought. The world cringed last February when Warner Bros. announced it would be updating its beloved Looney Tunes characters to create a group of futuristic superheroes...
THE KID'S ALBRIGHT - 'GILMORE GIRLS' WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amRORY Gilmore and her mother, Lorelai, are so far apart this season on "Gilmore Girls" that it just might take an A-list former diplomat to bring them together. And luckily,...
MARY'S HOT PICK
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIf you haven't shuffled your feet to the soulful grooves of Booker T and the MG's "Green Onions," a 1962 No. 1 hit, you haven't lived. But there's still time:...
RULING TODAY IN VALERY'S CUSTODY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens Family Court judge will decide today who gets temporary custody of Valery Lozada, the 4-year-old who was abandoned on a Middle Village street after her mom was murdered....
GOPERS URGE PREZ WANNABES TO BACK MIERS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House is asking Republicans in New Hampshire and Iowa to pressure conservative senators eyeing the 2008 presidency to pledge support for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers....
'CORPSE ROBBER' DOCTOR FAINTED IN OP: SUIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAn oral surgeon now under investigation by law-enforcement officials for allegedly swiping body parts from corpses was once so drugged up while operating on a live patient that he passed...
MILLIONAIRE ASTRO BACK OK BUT HIS CAMERA LOST IN SPACE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amGround control to Major Tom: "Could I please have my camera back?" New Jersey millionaire Gregory Olsen described his trip to the International Space Station as unforgettable yesterday. But he'll...
'ART LOVER' BUSTED IN HEIST - STOLE, HUNG PAINTINGS: COPS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA security guard at a Long Island art show was busted for pilfering four paintings - not to sell, but to hang in his living room and give as gifts...
'TOTAL VICTORY': BUSH - UPBEAT IN CHAT WITH IRAQ GIS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amOn the eve of a vote on a new constitution in Iraq, President Bush vowed yesterday that the United States will prevail against "ruthless, coldblooded" killers trying to undermine the...
SADDAM COULD STILL DUCK EXECUTION
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former Iraq tyrant Saddam Hussein will go on trial next week for premeditated murder and torture of political opponents, but it is unclear whether he will face the...
THESE CARS GASO-LEAN
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIf you want to save at the gas pump, then it pays to go green. A pair of gas-electric cars - the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius - top the...
PALESTINE DEATH-TOLL SHOCKER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMore Palestinians were killed this year by fellow Palestinians than by Israelis - the first time that has happened since 2000, the Palestinian Authority reported yesterday. The figures reflect the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * An attacker in a Harlem apartment building savagely beat a man into a coma, police sources said yesterday. Police received a call of an assault about 11 p.m....
WAITING FOR A LIFE$AVER 2 YRS. AFTER FERRY CRASH
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe captains and their bosses have pleaded guilty. A gleaming, rebuilt Andrew J. Barberi is back in the harbor. But victims of the Staten Island ferry crash have yet to...
'LOST' HUNK ROBBED AT GUNPOINT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00am"Lost" star Josh Holloway and his wife were robbed at gunpoint in their Honolulu home, police said yesterday. The 36-year-old model-turned actor and his wife, Yessica, were awakened at around...
DAD CONVICTED IN BABY'S DEATH
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx father has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide for shaking his 5-month-old daughter to death. Leslie Martin, 36, was convicted in a non-jury trial at Bronx Supreme Court...
'BEASTLY' BUDDY - SIEGFRIED TORMENTS ROY: LAWSUIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMauled tiger tamer Roy Horn was subjected to emotional abuse and torment by his tyrannical showbiz partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, as he recovered from his horrific injuries, according to a lawsuit...
SICKO WOMB RAIDER - NEW SLASH HORROR
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA deranged Pennsylvania woman bashed her pregnant neighbor over the head with a baseball bat, drove her to a secluded area, and slashed her belly in a maniacal bid to...
WIFE KILLER GETS PUT AWAY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island man who stabbed his wife through the heart and left her gruesome corpse for their young daughter to find was hauled off yesterday to prison, where he'll...
DUPED GEEZER RAGES - SLAMS 55G 'CON' GAL
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens retiree allegedly bilked out of $55,000 by a sweet-talking con artist vented his rage at the woman from the witness stand yesterday, calling their two-month relationship "lies, lies,...
PUT MIKE IN CHARGE OF GROUND ZERO: NYERS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMost New Yorkers think Gov. Pataki isn't doing a good job of rebuilding lower Manhattan and would like to see Mayor Bloomberg take control over the site, a new poll...
CUSTODY RULING DUE ON VALERY TODAY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens Family Court judge will decide today who gets temporary custody of Valery Lozada, the 4-year-old abandoned on a Middle Village street after her mom was murdered. The little...
RUSH IS ON FOR TICKETS IN $290M POWERBALL
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amNew Yorkers heading to Connecticut to buy tickets for tomorrow's $290 million Powerball jackpot might want to head to Stamford, where a certain street might offer a little extra luck....
IT'S SODDENLY SERIOUS - HOMES, ROADS FLOODED AS RAIN NEARS ALL-TIME RECORD
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amPeople sandbagged their swamped homes and businesses yesterday as relentless rain flooded more roads, trapping people in stalled cars and forcing families to flee. In Central Park, 10.91 inches of...
BONEHEAD DOC FAINTED IN OP: SUIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAn oral surgeon now under investigation by law-enforcement officials for allegedly swiping body parts from corpses was once so drugged up while operating on a live patient that he passed...
COUNCIL'S DEM 'M.LO' BACKS MAYOR
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg got an endorsement from City Councilwoman Margarita Lopez yesterday but wasn't in town to accept it in person. Lopez is the Lower East Side Democrat embroiled in controversy...
9/11 PIECES OF HISTORY - MUSEUM WILL FEATURE MEMENTOS OF TRAGEDY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe heart-wrenching story of 9/11 will be told at Ground Zero's memorial museum with artifacts ranging from monumental chunks of the Twin Towers down to a re-creation of a neighborhood...
KEPT ALIVE FOR ONE LAST VISIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amBronx doctors are keeping a critically injured Chinese-food deliveryman alive until family members overseas can get visas to be at his bedside. Fahua Chen, 52, was declared brain dead on...
PRIEST RAPE LEFT ME A MUTE - ACCUSER IN $27M LAWSUIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman has filed a $27 million suit against the Archdiocese of New York - claiming she was left mute for years after an ex-Greenwich Village priest raped her....
FIREFIGHTER ASSAULT RAP
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAn off-duty firefighter was arrested for assaulting a man in Midtown early yesterday, hours after a ceremony that honored firefighters lost in the line of duty, authorities said. Frank Sanguinedo,...
MTA STARTS CONTRACT TALKS TODAY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA begins contract negotiations with the transit workers' union today, with raise packages, health benefits and extra security training for the 38,000 members likely to be discussed. Ed Watt,...
HILL OBSERVES HIGH HOLLYWOOD DAYS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Before ramping up for Tinseltown fund-raisers this weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton stuck to the serious yesterday by delivering a solemn Yom Kippur "living sermon" to a crowded Beverly...
SCORNED WOMAN KILLS EX-BOYFRIEND
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA lovesick woman who had been arguing with her ex-boyfriend - apparently over his new sweetheart - fatally stabbed him in his Bronx apartment yesterday, then sobbed over his lifeless...
GOPERS STUMPING FOR MIERS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House is asking local Republicans in New Hampshire and Iowa to pressure stumping conservative senators with eyes on the 2008 presidency to pledge support for Supreme...
MIKE 'BUILDING' LOW-INCOME SUPPORT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg has tapped some of the nation's top philanthropists and banking institutions to help provide 30,000 units of low-and-moderate income housing over 10 years. Under the plan to be...
E-MOLES - REVEALED: TERROR PLOT LEAKERS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amNew Yorkers Nicholas Seligson-Ross (left) and Tony Micocci (right) have been identified as the authors of e-mails that tipped off friends to a subway terror threat before the information became...
SCORNED WOMAN KILLS EX: POLICE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA lovesick woman who was arguing with her ex-boyfriend - apparently over his new sweetheart - fatally stabbed him in his Bronx apartment yesterday, then sobbed over his lifeless body,...
BUBBA RIDING TO FERRER'S RESCUE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer is brandishing some political firepower down the mayoral campaign's final stretch - snagging big gun Bill Clinton's endorsement. Ferrer said the former president would appear with him and...
FERRY GRIEF 2 YRS. LATER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe captains and their bosses have pleaded guilty. A rebuilt Andrew J. Barberi is back in the harbor. But victims of the Staten Island Ferry crash have yet to settle...
COURT NIXES GAY-DUO 'WRONGFUL DEATH' SUIT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAn appellate court said yesterday a gay man can't sue the hospital he claims killed his lover because they are not man and wife. The court reversed a Nassau County...
'E-MOLES' BARED IN TERROR LEAK - TIPPED OFF PALS BEFORE OFFICIAL SUBWAY ALERT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTwo New Yorkers have been identified as the authors of e-mails that tipped off friends to a subway terror threat before the information became public last week - an embarrassing...
ASTRO'S CAM LOST IN SPACE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amGround control to Major Tom: "Could I please have my camera back?" New Jersey millionaire Gregory Olsen yesterday described his trip to the International Space Station as unforgettable. But he'll...
NOW IT'S MURDER - SLAY RAP AS MAN DIES 31 YRS. AFTER SHOOTING
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA man who spent three years behind bars for a 1973 shooting that paralyzed a Puerto Rican teen during a race riot in Brooklyn was arrested last night for his...
BOY DIES IN HORRIFIC N.J. CRASH
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA 9-year-old New Jersey boy was killed last night after a tractor-trailer plowed into his family's car, police said. Three members of the boy's family were injured in the horrific...
LETTER CASTS DOUBT ON FREDDY'S 'JUDGE'MENT
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer pushed for a scandal-scarred Bronx school-board member to be appointed judge, despite an investigative report's description of the man as unfit to hold public office, The Post has...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - PRESIDENTS EDITION
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amJAMES MONROE - OUR FIFTH PRESIDENT President Thomas Jefferson said, "Monroe was so honest that if you turned his soul inside out, there would not be a spot on it."...
DEAD WAIT - IT'S MURDER - VICTIM DIES 32 YRS. LATER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amA man who spent three years behind bars for a 1973 shooting that paralyzed a Puerto Rican teen during a race riot in Brooklyn was arrested last night for his...
A PAIR OF ACE$ - DUO TAKES 250G PRIZE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amJeff Kesselman and Harvey Canter thought they'd never be able to afford a bigger apartment with the way Manhattan real-estate prices have skyrocketed - until The Post plopped $250,000 in...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amFor the most part, there are two types of fans: front-runners and hometown fans. And Mike Mastroni takes the term "hometown fans" to a whole new level. Mastroni grew up...
SURFCASTERS BEAT THE ELEMENTS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHE RAIN and wind put a stop to most fishing this week, but surfcasters did not have any problem with the elements, especially around Montauk. The nor'easter was a gift...
WRIGHT RATE ROOKIE'S KNOWLEDGE IS NETS' GAIN
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Vince Carter recently was discussing the perils of training camp. So he pointed to some scrapes and bruises. "Antoine Wright. Antoine Wright. Antoine Wright," Carter said, repeating the...
ERASMUS FACING TOUGHEST TEST
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAs recently as last year, the future of the Erasmus football team was cloudy. The school was being reorganized and the number of incoming students was slashed. It was unclear...
NO GIANT PROBLEM - SACK-HAPPY 'BOYS WON'T GET TO ELI
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S not hard to tell which games Bill Parcells circled when the schedule came out last spring. He circled the opener, as all coaches do, and his Cowboys knocked off...
REAL SHOCK VALUE - GIANTS WRAP UP JEREMY 'TIL 2011
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amJeremy Shockey had answered a few questions regarding his hefty new contract when he tried to deflect the talk away from the issue. "Let's talk about Dallas," Shockey said, referring...
O'LEARY RESURRECTS CENTRAL FLORIDA
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amNative New Yorker George O'Leary landed at Central Florida after his embarrassing hire and dismissal at Notre Dame because of discrepancies in his resumé. He inherited a Division I-A team...
PETERSON COULD RETURN SOON
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Will Peterson isn't returning to the field for the Giants this week, or next, but his back may not be as severely injured as he first thought it...
PAXSON: CURRY HAD OTHER EPISODE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amBulls GM John Paxson continued his spin campaign to justify last week's trade of Eddy Curry to the Knicks, revealing to SI.com that Curry also had an unspecified heart episode...
'STEAL' OF FIRST IS OK WITH A.J.
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The word "snafu" was invented for situations like the ninth inning of Game 2 of the ALCS. Otherwise, the English language cannot describe what happened to the Angels...
CORRALES WON'T BE STRIPPED OF TITLES
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amContrary to rumors, the WBC and WBO have no intension of stripping Diego Corrales of his 135-pound titles and would welcome a third fight between he and Jose Luis Castillo....
BRODEUR: UNPLUG THE POWER PLAY - DEVILS GOALIE OFFERS SOLUTION TO CUT PENALTIES
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amDo the crime, serve the time, says Martin Brodeur. The Devils' goalie isn't running for mayor or governor, but hockey's "Most Important Player" should be included on this new Players'...
ENTER SANDERS - CARDS' REGGIE NEW MR. OCTOBER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Reggie Sanders is having a Carlos Beltran postseason. If you remember, Beltran's playoff performance last year was astounding. The former Astro and current Met played 12 games...
CENTER OF CONTENTION
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amHOW many of Isiah Thomas' Knicks do you suppose meet Larry Brown's coaching criteria? An educated guess is, maybe Malik Rose, whose aggression generally makes up for lack of size...
MRI ON TAP FOR COLLINS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Where there's soreness or swelling, there's concern and usually an MRI. Jason Collins stayed home and will undergo an MRI today on his surgically repaired right knee which...
HERE'S TO YOU MR. ROBERTSON - JETS DT GETTING RECOGNIZED
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amDewayne Robertson never had a chance in his rookie year. Not only was he the No. 4 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, but the Jets frantically traded up...
L.A. LOOKING TO LACKEY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amALCS NOTES ANAHEIM - Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy considers John Lackey on par with staff ace Bartolo Colon, who might win the Cy Young Award this season. So with...
GETTING TO KNOW THIS OSWALT GUY
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - It's big shadow, one of the largest in the history of the game, that Roger Clemens projects. And after 13 postseason wins for a four-time Yankee World...
VILMA, MCGAHEE GOING AT IT AGAIN
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jonathan Vilma can't wait to mix it up with Willis McGahee on Sunday in Buffalo. The previous time the former Miami Hurricanes teammates met, McGahee, the Bills' running...
O'S EYEING DUQUETTE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amNLCS NOTES ST. LOUIS - Jim Duquette, the Mets' Senior VP of Baseball Operations, interviewed yesterday in Baltimore for an upper-management position with the Orioles and could be on his...
ECHOES OF EDDY IN MONTY'S CAREER
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Knicks have had a medical risk like Eddy Curry before. His name was Monty Williams. It has been 11 years since former GM Ernie Grunfeld boldly drafted Williams, who...
BEYOND THE CALL - UMP OWNS UP TO BAD MECHANICS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - As umpire Doug Eddings stepped off the plane here yesterday, he was met by two Orange County sheriffs. They weren't there to arrest him, they were there to...
RANGERS ARE QUICK STUDY - SPEEDY LINEUP BURNS DEVILS
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amRangers 4 - Devils 1 GMs and scouts used to arch their eyebrows and give the meaningful look when they'd say a team plays tough and hard. Now those expressions...
WRIGHT ON TARGET
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amPreseason: Nets 95 - Bobcats 76 CHARLOTTE - Vince Carter recently discussed the perils of training camp, pointing out some scrapes and bruises he had received. "Antoine Wright. Antoine Wright....
ROY ON A ROLL - ASTROS PULL EVEN WITH HURLER'S GEM
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 2: Astros 4 - Cardinals 1 ST. LOUIS - For eight straight NLCS games against each other, neither the Cardinals nor Astros could figure out how to do one...
ROSENBERG ON ROAD BACK - EX-FANER NEARS MIAMI FILL-IN GIG
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amSid Rosenberg, who was let go from WFAN after failing to show for work, is on the verge of resurfacing as a fill-in anchor on Miami's all-sports station, 790 AM....
5 QUESTIONS FOR LOU PINIELLA
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Lou Piniella. The 62-year-old Piniella is analyzing the ALCS for Fox. In Wednesday's Post, Piniella addressed his managerial future, saying he...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTo: Jimmy Johnson From: Andrew Marchand Re: Mike Martz Dear Jimmy, A few weeks back, you made fun of Ram coach Mike Martz. Martz had a missed some practice time...
THE 'PLAX' FACTOR - BURRESS' ADDITION GIVES ELI'S GROWTH 'BIG' BOOST
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amSunday Giants at Cowboys 1 p.m., Fox Sometimes when Troy Aikman hears critics talk about his playing career, they list his standout teammates as if they were demerits. "They say,...
DUQUETTE ZEROES IN ON JOB WITH ORIOLES
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amNLCS NOTES ST. LOUIS - Jim Duquette, the Mets' Senior VP of Baseball Operations, interviewed yesterday in Baltimore for an upper-management position with the Orioles and could be on his...
NOT-SO-TERRIFIC TOM APPEARS TO BE MOVING ON
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amTom Gordon said re-signing with the Yankees would be his first choice. But considering his desire to close, a second straight poor postseason, likely hefty salary demands and the fact...
OSWALT IS REAL DEAL
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Roger Clemens's shadow, one of the largest in the history of the game, dwarfs little Roy Oswalt. And after 13 postseason wins for a fourtime Yankee world...
A ZIM ZINGER: DON RIPS BOSS - ZIMMER TAKES ON GEORGE, DEFENDS MEL
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amDon Zimmer has seen almost everything in baseball. Yet, the former Yankee coach is appalled at the way George Steinbrenner forced Mel Stottlemyre out of New York and hasn't backed...
STICK TIRED OF GEORGE'S SCHTICK
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES How bad is it in the Yankees' dysfunctional universe? Gene Michael wants out of his contract. Michael, who many credit for leading the Yankees out of the wilderness...
JARET: GET MAZZONE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amAs the Yankees begin their search for Mel Stottlemyre's replacement, one member of the rotation gave an endorsement to Leo Mazzone. "When I was in Atlanta, Leo did a good...
TINO AMONG THOSE IN LIMBO
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Yankees reached five World Series - and won four of them - in Tino Martinez' first stint in pinstripes, so naturally he expected more of the same in his...
BOSS THANKS MEL
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amOne day after taking several direct hits from Mel Stottlemyre on his way out, George Steinbrenner responded in a positive light through a statement. "Mel Stottlemyre will always be a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 14, 2005 | 4:00amIt's the thought that counts in a marriage proposal. Chris Mueller, 25, was etching the big question into a soybean field in North Dakota when he noticed the "m" in...