October 21, 2005
FORTUNOFF SAYS IT WILL SELL FIFTH AVE. BUILDING, RENT BACK STORE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amFortunoff is selling its Fifth Avenue building but will rent back its store from the new owners. Real estate sources estimate that when buyer Metropole Realty Advisors closes the deal...
SIX FLAGS SNUBS SNYDER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amSix Flags Inc. railed against Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder earlier this week telling shareholders that while Snyder may have experience with beer and ballgames, he knows little about operating...
REFCO MYSTERY MAN GOT $861M - ANOTHER BIG PAYDAY
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amBroken and disgraced trading firm Refco made an $861 million payment to a mystery "former shareholder," according to a government filing by the company. Refco's filings give little indication of...
SINGING THE JETBLUES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amJetBlue may be loved by its passengers but Wall Street is starting to turn its back on the long-profitable discount carrier over an old honeymoon gripe. The airline yesterday reported...
PROMISED LANDS - SEARS PLANS BIGGER PRESENCE FOR LANDS' END
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amSears Holdings is testing Lands' End shops within its department stores - part of a plan to make the brand a bigger part of its apparel offerings - say two...
TRUMP GETS HIS LUMPS - HE HASN'T READ IT, BUT THE DONALD THREATENS SUIT OVER BIO
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE'S a new book about Donald Trump about to hit shelves which questions The Donald's billionaire status and his standing as a pop-culture business icon. And even before The Donald's...
KORS KO'S CASUAL MEN'S LINE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDesigner Michael Kors suffered a setback yesterday in his efforts to build an apparel empire when the company that bears his name announced that it planned to discontinue a line...
ON BORROWED TIME - DEFAULT TURNS HIP HOP MAGAZINE SOURCE INTO FLOP
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHE financial noose may be tightening around The Source, the troubled one-time king of the hip-hop magazines. Textron Financial Corp., the Providence, R.I.-based company is now trying to put the...
INTERACTIVE TOPS FLOWERS' BID
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amBidding for the pieces of scandal-savaged Refco heated up last night as trading and brokerage firm Interactive Brokers Group submitted a high bid for Refco's futures and commodities business that...
PUT 'EM IN DETENTION
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amKIDS IN AMERICA *1/2 (one and one half stars) 'KIDS in America" is being sold on the back, and appar ently the once-ample thighs (at least in the print ads),...
'COUNTRY' IS GOLDEN
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amNORTH COUNTRY *** ½ (three and a half stars) A woman to remember.Running time: 126 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. 'WORK...
BLUE STEEL, HOT LEAD AND A GAY GUMSHOE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amKISS KISS, BANG BANG (three stars) A hard-boiled hoot.Running time: 102 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, sex, nudity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Loews Village, others. SCREENWRITER Shane...
A GUILTY PLEASURE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amINNOCENCE **** Kids are all right. In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 115 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue....
JESSE BODYSLAMS SITCOM
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amJESSE Ventura went from rasslin' to politics and now wants to be a sitcom star. The former Minnesota governor, who was partial to feather boas and sunglasses during his days...
'LIFE' IS FULL OF %#*!
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amIN MY LIFE * (one star)The Music Box, 239 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. ANY musical featuring a hero with Tourette's syndrome and an ad-jingle composer called Al (who's wisely...
BETWEEN THE ROCK & HARD PLACE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDOOM * ½ (one and a half stars) For die-hard fanatics only.Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (violence, gore, profanity). At the Orpheum, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. ANOTHER...
'STAY' FAR,FAR AWAY
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amSTAY * (one star) Avoid.Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (profanity, disturbing images). At the E- Walk, the Chelsea, others. IF you're going to pull the rug out from under...
'IDOL'UP FOR'DREAM'ROLE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA ringing endorsement from Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx has pushed "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino closer to landing the role of Effie in the big-screen adaptation of "Dreamgirls." "I think if...
BEAUTIFUL 'DREAMER'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDREAMER *** ½ (three and a half stars) Wins going away .Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG (mild profanity). At the Lincoln Square, the Union Square, others. THE best sports...
DEATH, FAB & NOT SO CUTIE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDEATH CABFOR CUTIE FOR a group that rose to stardom after someone on "The O.C." declared it his favorite band, Death Cab for Cutie is no mere pop-culture castoff. In...
GLOVE STORY - LOVE FOR SALE, BUT LONELINESS IS FILM'S REAL DEAL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amSHOPGIRL ½ (three and a half stars) Pretty lonely woman. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (nudity, profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the 19th Street East and the...
WHO'S YOUR MOMMA? TINA'S RUSHING BACK TO 'SNL'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTINA Fey is cutting her maternity leave short to return immediately to "Saturday Night Live" - which has been trying to find its feet without its chief writer and most...
STARR REPORT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amMartha fires back NBC didn't exactly rush to Martha Stewart's defense yesterday after Donald Trump blamed "The Appren tice: Martha Stewart" for dragging down the ratings of his version of...
MALE OMAROSA - MARTHA'S 'APPRENTICE' HAS BRAGGING RIGHTS TO TV'S MOST GRATING NEW VILLAIN
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amHE'S loud, rude, combative and obnoxious, but Jim Bozzini has no regrets about how he comes across on "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart." "I think it's kind of cool," says Bozzini,...
'COUPLE' THERAPY; MATTHEW OPENS UP ABOUT FIXING FELIX
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amEVER since "The Odd Couple" - the most hyped Broadway show since, well, "The Producers" - began previews at the Brooks Atkinson three weeks ago, Broadway's been churning with gossip...
25 YRS. FOR SLAY DRIVER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA murderous driver with a "lust for hurting people" was sentenced yesterday to 25 years to life for killing a pedestrian and mowing down 24 others during a two-day Manhattan...
VAN SEX MONSTER ON LOOSE; LURES GIRLS: COPS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA sex fiend who tries to lure girls into his van with the promise of a free cellphone and then assaults them is being sought in connection with an attack...
DAD OF 2 NABBED IN RAPE OF SCHOOLGIRL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCops last night busted a suspect in the horrifying rape of a 13-year-old girl on her way home from school, police sources told The Post - adding that he's the...
MASSIVE BLAZE GUTS BX. SHOPS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA six-alarm blaze leveled a number of Bronx businesses yesterday - and the FDNY called it the third suspicious fire to tear through the block in two months. Flames, visible...
UNFORCED ERRORS; W & THE RIGHTIES' REVOLT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amIS there a conservative crack-up going on? That seems to be the question of the day in light of the confrontation between President Bush and leading figures on the right...
WILMA'S TOURIST TRAPS - CANCUN IN ITS SIGHTS BEFORE IT TURNS ON FLA.
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amHurricane Wilma - the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean - weakened a bit yesterday as it prepared to slam into Mexico's resort-filled Yucatan Peninsula today before...
BIRD-FLU RX TALKS OK'D
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Schumer brokered a deal yesterday for the manufacturer of an anti-bird flu medicine to negotiate with generic drug companies in an effort to produce more of...
BROOKLYN GANG EYED AS THE BANE OF SUBURBIA
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amLong Island cops say that the infamous "Pattern 13" home-invasion robbery gang that has been terrorizing sleeping families at gunpoint may be a crew of Brooklyn crooks who commute to...
PREZ PUSHES ABBAS TO DISARM MILITANTS ; KEY TO PALESTINIAN STATE, HE SAYS IN D.C. MEET
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on "armed gangs" as the next vital step toward Mideast peace, but said he's more confident than ever there...
NO-SHOW 'MOB-JOB' DOC GETS 6 MONTHS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA weepy Brooklyn doctor who put a reputed Luchese soldier on his payroll in a no-show job scheme was sentenced to six months behind bars on fraud charges yesterday. "I...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A man was arrested for attacking his brother with an Ab Roller exercise machine in their Flatbush house, authorities said yesterday. Victor Nesbitt, 41, argued with his 47-year-old...
WIDOW'S TEARS; RITES IN CHINESE FOOD SLAY
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amInconsolable over the slaying of the husband she hadn't seen in years, Xiu Mei Wei begged him to answer her from the world of the dead: "How could you leave...
ANGRY BX. DAD SLAMS TEEN-SEX SCHOOL AIDE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA furious dad had bitter words for a Bronx school aide allegedly caught having classroom sex with the man's underage daughter - and the school officials who failed to protect...
GIFF'S ON A ROLE AS MIKE STAND-IN
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amAND playing the part of Mayor Bloomberg is . . . Gifford Miller! The outgoing City Council speaker may have placed last in the Democratic primary, but at least he...
DEMS SPANK MIKE OVER SCHOOL CHAT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amControversy erupted after Mayor Bloomberg announced a $200 million expansion of the after-school program yesterday. The mayor held a press conference at PS 27 in Brooklyn, but Democrats cried foul,...
E-MOLED FEDS 'JOIN' NYPD
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff pledged yesterday to permanently station an official from his office at NYPD Headquarters to prevent the kind of embarrassing feud that erupted during...
COLUMBUS CIRCLE EYESORE SOLD OFF
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amColumbus Circle's "Lollipop" has sucked its last. The Museum of Arts & Design bought the empty, Moorish-ornamented folly from the city yesterday, allowing the museum to start work immediately on...
MEMORIAL FUND TOPS $100M IN JUST 6 MOS.
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amFund raising for the World Trade Center Memorial has topped the $100 million mark - about 20 percent of what is needed - in the first six months of a...
10 WOMEN VICTIMS OF CRAFTY BURGLAR
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA burglar is being sought for 10 residential break-ins at women's apartments on the Upper East and West sides in the past three weeks. The suspect - described as a...
PREZ TUNES OUT HARRIET, SPY STATIC
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush brushed off controversy surrounding the CIA leak probe and his Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers yesterday as "background noise" that isn't distracting him. "There's some background noise here,...
'GOTH' POT PUNK IN SLAY BUST ; BLUDGEONED HOROWITZ'S WIFE: POLICE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old druglord wannabe - who had been using legal eagle Daniel Horowitz's under-construction and vacant mansion as his base - was busted in the murder of...
TOOTHLESS DOG & NAKED GUY FOIL THUGS; TAIL OF BRAVERY IN LATEST LONG IS. BREAK-IN
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA naked Nassau County man and his small, toothless dog apparently fought off crooks yesterday in the latest reported home invasion on Long Island, cops said. Less than five hours...
SCHIZO MA FROM FRISCO BAY FED HER 3 KIDS TO 'THE SHARKS'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amOn Wednesday morning, Lashaun Harris told her mom she planned to feed her three young sons to the sharks. In the evening, the 23-year-old Oakland, Calif., woman made good on...
FAKE COP STALKING WOMEN IN QUEENS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA man who posed as a law-enforcement officer in the botched abduction of a York College student was the same thug who dragged a woman off the street and raped...
POWERBALL MAKES RICH POL RICHER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amHere's another reason to hate politicians: One of the second-place winners in this week's $340 million Powerball drawing is none other than New Hampshire Senator - and millionaire - Judd...
VAN SEX BEAST ON LOOSE: COPS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA sex fiend who tries to lure girls into his van with the promise of a free cellphone and then assaults them is being sought in an attack in Manhattan...
CHARMER BILL GRABS SPOTLIGHT FROM FLAT FERRER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWHOOPS. The day should have been victorious for hapless mayoral candidate Freddy Ferrer, who, in a bit of freakishly controlled campaigning, had arranged to have Bubba and The Bronx all...
POLICE GRILL MAN IN QNS. RAPE OF GIRL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCops think they've nabbed the pervert who raped and robbed a 13-year-old girl as she walked home from school - after finding the van he drove in Long Island City,...
HOPE IS IN STORE FOR DOWNTOWN AT LONG LAST
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amAFTER four years of star ing into a lifeless pit at Ground Zero, New Yorkers should be exhilarated to see renderings of two floors of stores inside the Port Authority's...
DEMS FILL TOP NORMAN POST WITH HIS 'BAGMAN'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amEmbattled Brooklyn Democrats are filling one of the three jobs vacated by disgraced Clarence Norman Jr., with his "bagman," one angry party worker complained yesterday. The county organization is expected...
HE'S BRONX BUBBA ; CLINTON JOINS FREDDY ON STUMP
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amFormer President Bill Clinton campaigned with Fernando Ferrer yesterday - stumping with the Democratic mayoral candidate along a revitalized neighborhood in the South Bronx that was once a symbol of...
HARBOR MAN EX'S FIERY CALLS; SHE PHONED TO AX HIM, SAYS WIFE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe wife of horny harbormaster William Perks sailed into court yesterday and testified that her husband's scorned mistress kept calling their home to speak to him and demand his resignation....
WTC'S SHOP STOP ; PA UNVEILS DESIGNS FOR TRANSIT-HUB RETAIL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe Port Authority unveiled designs yesterday for the first new retail development to go up at Ground Zero since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, with construction of a commercial complex...
ANIMAL-CRUELTY BUST IN B'KLYN
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman was busted on animal-cruelty charges yesterday for allegedly starving and neglecting her dog so badly it had to be put down. Alicia Estronza, 31, was arrested after...
HERO SHOP TEACHER COLLARS THUGS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA gutsy shop teacher chased down a pair of thugs in his Queens high school yesterday after they tried to rob a student at gunpoint in a stairwell. Authorities said...
AIRPORT BAG MAN BAGGED; SCREENER TOOK 80G: COPS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA Kennedy Airport baggage screener swiped $80,000 cash he spotted in a suitcase with an X-ray scanning machine - but authorities quickly saw through the transparent ploy, prosecutors said yesterday....
BIZ BOOB BUSTS BANK FOR BABES; CEO GETS STRIPPED OF 241G AT SCORES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA CEO from St. Louis lost his shirt in the New York topless bar Scores - and now he's being sued for the big, bouncing $241,000 bill that the club...
CITY 'CANE PLAN FROM DARK AGES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's hurricane-evacuation plan is so outdated, it lists Rudy Giuliani as the mayor of New York and Bell Atlantic as the city's telephone provider, according to documents reviewed by...
RAP-MAG BIG ADMITS HOLY-HALL WALL SCRAWL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe editor of the self-proclaimed "hip-hop bible," The Source magazine, yesterday admitted desecrating a Jehovah's Witness assembly hall in Harlem, cops said. Dasun Allah told The Post he tagged graffiti...
W. SIDE CURB-JUMP HORROR; BOY, 7, PAL'S MOM HURT BY TAXI
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amEmergency personnel assist two accident victims yesterday in front of the San Remo Apartments. Alecsey Boldeskul A 7-year-old boy and his playmate's mom were critically injured yesterday as they strolled...
DESIGN FLAW; CASE BUILDS AGAINST 'FAKE' ARCHITECT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amAn architect wannabe working for the city's Education Department raked in tens of thousands of dollars by moonlighting as an unlicensed expert - designing dozens of additions and extensions for...
'GATSBY' KILLER SKIPS COUNTRY: COPS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amNassau police are checking flights overseas in their hunt for Edgar Sanchez, the missing ex-con boyfriend of "Great Gatsby" murder victim Lisa Parisi. They believe Sanchez, a 34-year-old construction worker,...
'NO. 1' CALL GIRL DUE OUT TODAY AFTER BAIL SLASHED
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTwelve and a half hours. That's how long it would take New York's self-described "No. 1 escort" to raise her new bail if she were to go back to work...
'CULT' POT PUNK IN SLAY BUST ; BLUDGEONED TV LAWYER'S WIFE: POLICE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old drug-lord wannabe - who had been using legal eagle Daniel Horowitz's under-construction and vacant mansion as his base - was busted in the murder of...
POLICE CAPTAIN COMMITS SUICIDE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA high-ranking NYPD cop who said he accidentally shot himself in the stomach six months ago committed suicide yesterday - the day he was to have spoken to Internal Affairs...
WILMA'S TOURIST TRAPS; CANCUN IN ITS SIGHTS BEFORE IT TURNS ON FLA.
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amHurricane Wilma - the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic - weakened a bit yesterday as it prepared to slam into Mexico's resort-filled Yucatan Peninsula today before turning...
CHUCK'S BIRD-FLU RX DEAL OK'D
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Schumer brokered a deal yesterday for the manufacturer of an anti-bird flu medicine to negotiate with generic-drug companies in an effort to produce more of the...
KILLER S.F. MA HEARD VOICES; FED 3 KIDS 'TO SHARKS'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amOn Wednesday morning, Lashaun Harris told her mom she planned to feed her three young sons to the sharks. In the evening, the 23-year-old Oakland, Calif., woman made good on...
RICH POL RICHER IN POWERBALL
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the second-place winners in this week's $340 million Powerball drawing is New Hampshire U.S. Senator - and millionaire - Judd Gregg. The identity of the grand-prize winner, who...
SOY MIX EYED IN DEATHS OF B'KLYN BABIES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThree-month-old twin brothers died mysteriously in Brooklyn yesterday, and cops are eyeing a soy-milk mixture that was fed to the babies before their nap. Ingrid Rosier, 21, frantically called 911...
MIKE BACK AT 'WHITE' CLUB HE QUIT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg plans to attend a benefit this morning at a private club from which he resigned-citing its lack of diversity - before running for City Hall in 2001. "Those...
DINNER WINNER; MIKE'S ABIG HIT AT AL SMITH
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg was hailed like a conquering hero, with the loudest welcoming applause at last night's politically potent Al Smith dinner, prompting host Alfred E. Smith IV to quip: "Looks...
TEACHER NAILS QNS. ROB DUO
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA gutsy shop teacher chased down a pair of masked thugs who tried to rob a student at gunpoint yesterday in the stairwell of a Queens high school, officials said....
CLASSROOM EXTRA - PRESIDENTS EDITION
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amJOHN QUINCY ADAMS - OUR SIXTH PRESIDENT John Quincy Adams was the first president who was the son of a president. JOHN Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Mass., on...
DAD SLAMS TEEN-SEX SCHOOL AIDE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA furious dad had bitter words for a Bronx school aide allegedly caught having classroom sex with the man's underage daughter - and the school officials who failed to protect...
25 YRS. FOR SLAY DRIVER - CRAZED KILL SPREE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA murderous driver with a "lust for hurting people" was sentenced yesterday to 25 years to life for killing a pedestrian and mowing down 24 others during a two-day Manhattan...
THANKS BUT NO FRANKS - CITY PUSHES CARTS TO OFFER GOURMET GRUB
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amStreet food vendors may soon upgrade from hot dogs to haute dishes. The city is trying to expand the number of "gourmet food carts" around the five boroughs - including...
THE FAN'S CORNER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amGotta love a woman with a can-do attitude. While her girlfriends complain that their boyfriends watch too much football on Sunday, Stefani Butler tries to teach them the error of...
DRESS FOR DISTRESS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00am"Now days everybody opens their mouth like they got somethin' to say. But nothin' comes out when they move their lips, just a bunch of gibberish." - Eminem LIKE, woe....
KNICKS ARE ALREADY IN CODE MODE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDALLAS - In lauding the NBA, Larry Brown believes players should not just play the right way, but dress the right way. The new NBA dress code has no effect...
BIG MEN ON CENTER STAGE ; ROOKIE TO MAKE KNICK DEBUT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDALLAS - This was before Isiah Thomas thought the Bulls would give up on Eddy Curry. The Knicks president, in a desperate summer move, threw $30 million at Seattle free...
HC QB MAKES 'EM PAY ATTENTION NOW
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amHS FOOTBALL Erik Anderwkavich hadn't played an entire game at quarterback for Holy Cross until this season, but he has already developed into perhaps the most dangerous offensive player in...
RANGERS' HOTEL EVACUATED
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe first thing that came to mind was maybe a deranged Islander fan was the culprit when the Rangers were evacuated from their hotel yesterday afternoon. A strange chemical substance...
ELI EXPECTS BETTER GAME; PUTS DALLAS DROP-OFF BEHIND HIM
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amIt wasn't one of those make-you-cringe outings that prompt a rush to the record books to determine if it was the worst ever. Eli Manning wasn't that bad last week...
GIANTS' DEFENSE HAS WORK 'CUT' OUT
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Any game against the Broncos sends up a flare for opposing defenses, especially linemen and linebackers who must be wary of how Denver's offensive line cut-blocks as a...
NO BRONC BUSTERS ; GIANTS 'D' NO MATCH FOR DENVER 'O'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amBACK in mid-December 1998, John Elway led the eventual Super Bowl champion Broncos into Giants Stadium with a 13-0 record. The Giants were 5-8 and had Kent Graham at quarterback....
BAD BREAK FOR MIG
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amRich Migliore was injured in a paddock accident in fourth race when Trippi's Storm broke loose, ran into Mig's mount, Tactical Rhythm, right after he mounted. Tactical Rhythm reared up,...
NEW NHL IN NEED OF 'FLASH' BACK
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amGARY Bettman made an interesting observation in a stump speech he delivered at a sports business conference in Toronto on Tuesday. Talking about the new NHL - the vision of...
VICK HAS JETS RUNNIN' SCARED
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe question was innocent enough. Its response, however, was evidence of a raw nerve touched. Atlanta head coach Jim Mora, whose 4-2 Falcons play the 2-4 Jets on Monday night...
NEW NET TALKS A GOOD GAME
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amMarc Jackson, the Nets' new power forward, is a talker on the court. As part of the back-line of defense, Jackson barely lets a moment of the 24-second clock tick...
DUQUETTE NOW O'S VP
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - After being the Mets' GM in 2004, Jim Duquette served as team's senior VP of baseball operations this past season. He'll now be the VP of baseball operations...
VILMA: JETS DOING 'FINE'
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets, 2-4 and in desperate need of a win against Atlanta this week, are doing anything they can to accentuate the positive. "We're fine," LB Jonathan Vilma...
PENS QUICK TO ACCEPT TEEN SAVIOR
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Not so different from other teens, at least in one way, this Sidney Crosby. "Are you going up my way?" the Penguins' latest first-overall savior asked his teammates...
NBA DRESS CODE WORSE FOR WEAR
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amLET'S see if we've got this straight. David Stern for years allowed, if not encouraged, NBA teams to cash in on the latest prison- and gang-established fashions by changing their...
BOWA RAP; COURTED BY YANKS AS CASH MULLS FUTURE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWhile GM Brian Cashman wrestles with his tortured mind to stay or go, the Yankees are moving forward in putting together Joe Torre's coaching staff. On Wednesday, they made contact...
EX-ASTRO STAUB'S 'THRILLED' FOR CLUB
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Rusty Staub probably knows what it's been like for Houston to root for its baseball team for 44 years and never get to the World Series before now....
HOTSHOTS TUNE UP FOR BC
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTwo big guns for next Saturday's Breeders' Cup worked out yesterday on the West Coast prior to shipping east for the big day. At Golden Gate Fields on the San...
SCOUT'S THRILLED JOSE IS NOW OK
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amOn Dec. 23, 2002, George Steinbrenner was so stoked about Gordon Blakely outworking the Red Sox to sign Cuban refugee Jose Contreras that The Boss allowed a celebration in his...
ANGLERS FOOL NOR'EASTER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHE nor'easter that dumped over a foot of rain and lashed the New York area with gale force winds last week kept anglers off the boats but did not keep...
ISLES LEAVE RANGERS FEELING BLUE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amIsles 5Rangers 4 The Rangers were awakened from their pregame naps yesterday afternoon by a haz-mat evacuation at their team hotel. But by the way the first period started last...
RANGERS EVACUATED
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe first thought was that maybe a deranged Islander fan was the culprit when the Rangers were evacuated from their hotel yesterday afternoon. A chemical substance was dropped in the...
GIANT GIONTA ; DEVS' LITTLE MAN COMING UP BIG
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amDevils 6Penguins 3 PITTSBURGH - It's not just the rule changes. Brian Gionta was the Devils' leading goal-scorer not named Patrik Elias the last season they played. But there's little...
ASTRO-NOMICAL - IT'S ANYONE'S GAME: JUST ASK SOX, 'STROS
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO -Well, it's official. All those who argue about how exclusive baseball is, how it's a cabal dominated by the Yankees and a few of their bottomless-pocketed brethren now have...
TEXAS TWO-STEP - BASEBALL GODS LOOK DOWN ON BAGS AND BIGG
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Good things have finally come to the Astros who waited, Craig Biggio since 1988 and Jeff Bagwell since 1991. "In today's environment it's easy for players, and...
ASTROS THREW THEIR WAY INTO SERIES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Nobody on the Astros hit .300 during the regular season, and only one player hit 30 homers and drove in 100 runs. There really isn't much to fear...
THE ODDS WERE ASTRO-NOMICAL - WORLD SERIES LACED WITH FORMER YANKEES
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Yankee fans, choose your sides. The World Series kicks off tomorrow night, and the Bombers are AWOL for the third time in four years. For George M. Steinbrenner...
BOWA RAP - COURTED BY YANKS AS CASH MULLS FUTURE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amWhile GM Brian Cashman wrestles with his tortured mind to stay or go, the Yankees are moving forward in putting together Joe Torre's coaching staff. Yesterday they made contact with...
JACKSON TALKS A GOOD GAME
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amMarc Jackson, the Nets' new power forward, is a talker on the court. As part of the back-line of defense, Jackson barely lets a moment of the 24-second clock tick...
HAMMOND'S BIG FUMBLE - BLOWN NOTRE DAME CALL MAY KO SHOT AT NFL GIG
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amAfter his subpar performance on Saturday's USC-Notre Dame classic, Tom Hammond severely damaged his chances of becoming NBC's lead NFL play-by-player next season, according to sources. NBC Sports Chairman Dick...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amTo: John Skipper, ESPN's New Exec. VP of Content From: Andrew Marchand Re: Turn Down The Volume CC: Jim Cramer Dear John: Turn down the volume on Stephen A. Smith....
5 QUESTIONS FOR TIM MCCARVER
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Fox Sports' Tim McCarver. McCarver, 63, will begin calling his 16th World Series on Saturday. Q: With Joe Torre staying, how...
SOX AND THE CITY - TO SUCCEED, CONTRERAS HAD TO LEAVE NEW YORK
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amSaturday World Series Game 1 7:30 p.m., Fox When the Yankees bestowed $32 million on Jose Contreras three years ago, they envisioned him one day starting Game 1 of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 21, 2005 | 4:00amA stay-at-home mom has gone on strike, refusing to do her daily chores until her family gives her more help around the house. Mom-of-four Regina Stevenson, 41, is camped out...