November 23, 2005
BALLY BOSS SQUEEZED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amPaul Toback's reign as head of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. could finally be coming to an end after more than four years trying to revive the ailing health club...
MOM, KIDS BEAT BULL - MERRILL PAYS $1.98M
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA mother-daughter broker team won a $1.98 million sexual discrimination award against Merrill Lynch when an arbitration panel ruled they were victims of sexual discrimination. Audrey Gould, 72, and her...
VIRGIN SEALS RECORD DEAL WITH SHERIDAN SQUARE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRichard Branson, the U.K. airline and media billionaire, sold the North American operations of his record label V2 to New York-based Sheridan Square Entertainment. The companies did not disclose details,...
SPITZER EXPOSES PAYOLA SCAM AT WARNER MUSIC
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amEliot Spitzer is cleaning out another nest of rampant payola in the recording industry - this time at Warner Music Group, the music label that's home to Madonna. The New...
SNYDER NEARS SIX FLAGS GOAL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWashington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder is one yard away from winning his months-long battle to take control of troubled theme park operator Six Flags Inc. Snyder's investment firm Red Zone...
BLOOMIN' LAWSUITS; TWO SUE MAYOR'S OLD MEDIA FIRM FOR DISCRIMINATION
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTWO longtime employees of Bloomberg L.P., who were hired when Michael Bloomberg still ran the media and financial services empire, claim they have been victims of disability discrimination by the...
CBGB MAY FIND HOME
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amIT ain't all over for CBGB at 315 Bowery. The music club intends to rise in a new, as-of-yet undetermined location. Owner Hilly Kristal wants to recreate the nostalgic grungy...
A SWEET TOOTH FOR FINE, EMBEZZLED THINGS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amShe just might have the nicest teeth on the cellblock. The 68-year-old director of a nonprofit organization for magazine designers was charged in Manhattan yesterday with embezzling $156,402 - allegedly...
SAKS PROS PUT STOCK ON SALE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amEight senior executives of embattled retailer Saks Inc., including the chief executive and two directors, have dumped more than $37 million of the company's stock in recent days, according to...
FAIRMONT TO MANAGE PLAZA
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Plaza Hotel is getting back its Fairmont flag. The Toronto-based prestigious hotel management company signed with new hotel owner, ELAD Properties, to return and manage the hotel. The Plaza's...
BLACK WITH FEAR ; EX-KINGPIN MAY DECIDE TO FIGHT EXTRADITION
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Fallen newspaper baron Conrad Black's money woes are apparently so deep that he is having problems retaining criminal lawyers to represent him. What's more, sources speculate the request...
MAG KILLS 'NAZI' STORY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTeen People spiked a story it planned to run on teen twin hate-mongering singers, after learning a magazine staffer had cut a deal to avoid using the words "Nazi," "supremacist"...
UNLIKELY ROAD TRIP TUGS TOO MUCH ON HEARTS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00am39 POUNDS OF LOVE ** (two stars) AMI Ankilewitz is a Texas-born Israeli with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that allows him to move just a single finger, and...
MONSTER M*A*S*H - IT'S (JUDITH) MILLER TIME FOR 'MANTICORE' THAT ATE IRAQ
November 23, 2005 | 5:00am"Manticore" Saturday night at 9 on Sci Fi * * (two stars) POOR, poor misguided Judith Miller. Unless you live in Fallujah, you know that the Times' very visible reporter/ex-con...
BETTER STAY OUTTA BROOKLYN, PAL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTHE students of Brooklyn Latin teacher Maria Wenglinsky didn't need vocabulary lessons yesterday to talk about the the man who knocked her out as "Jeopardy!" champ Monday night. "Some of...
NOTHING FRIENDLY IN THIS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amJUST FRIENDS * ½ (one and a half stars) Just flat.Running time: 94 minutes. Rated PG-13 (profanity, sexual content).At the Empire, the 84th Street, the Orpheum, others. THE opening title...
AND JUSTICE FOR OIL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSYRIANA *** ½ (three and a half stars) Fiercely intelligent.Running time: 128 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, sexuality). At the Lincoln Square and the Angelika. 'SYRIANA" may star George Clooney...
'GROUNDHOG' HELMER'S NEW HOLIDAY: XXXMAS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTHE ICE HARVEST*** (three stars) A sleazy pleasure.Running time: 88 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, sexuality). At the Empire, the Cinema 1, the Chelsea, others. 'THE Ice Harvest," a sparkling...
'OURS' FOR ALMOST NOBODY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amYOURS, MINE & OURS * ½ (one and a half stars) Lame family filler.Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (mild vulgar humor). At the E-Walk, the Beekman, the Coliseum, others....
CUT THROAT - DANZA TALKER LOSES SPOT TO RAY'S COOKING SHOW
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amPLUCKY Food Network star Rachael Ray has cooked Tony Danza's goose, at least on Ch. 7. Ray's new talk show will air next fall on WABC, which will drop "The...
DON'T BUY IT - N.Y. PLAY DOESN'T AGE GRACEFULLY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRENT (two stars) Urban Outfitters Follies of 2005. Running time: 134 minutes Rated PG-13 (drugs, sexuality, profanity) At the Ziegfeld, the Union Square, the Chelsea, others IT'LL be fun to...
SHORT SIGHTED ; EARLY REVIEWS GOOD FOR SOLO SHOW
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amBILLY Crystal made $10 million on Broadway last season with his autobiographical show "700 Sundays," so why not Martin Short? The popular comedian recently unveiled his show, "Martin Short: Fame...
STILL ROOM FOR 'RENT' STAGE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRENT*** (three stars)The Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; (212) 921-8000. WILL it or won't it? These next few weeks, the producers of "Rent" (the show) must be praying that...
STARR REPORT
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amI had lunch yesterday with NBC's Ann Curry, who's bal ancing the "Today" show with her "Date line" re sponsibili ties. We talked off- the- record about a variety of...
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK - TREAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE TO THE PRICELESS GIFT OF TIME OUT
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amART OF THE MATTER En Plein Air Masters specializes in taking you to places that will capture your art. Since 2000,artist turned entrepreneur Theodore Johnson has provided a resource for...
BEYOND THE IPOD - TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL, FROM REGULAR CONSUMERS TO THE DEEPLY GEEKY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amHELICOR STRESSERASER For:Anyone stressed out Nothing says I love you like home medical equipment.The StressEraser teaches you how to relax and master physical,mental and emotional stress.It measures the activity of...
YOU GOTTA HAVE - TRACK DOWN THESE GLITZY ACCESSORIES
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSTUART WEITZMAN 625 Madison Avenue Gold glitter heels,$250 DOLCE &GABBANA 434 W.Broadway Pave crystal "Brilliant" silver watch,$325 GUESS 537 Broadway Faux fur bolero with sparkling silver details by Marciano,$198 OLD...
WHITE EX-DETECTIVES LOSE BIAS SUIT VS. BLACK BOSS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThree female detectives couldn't convince a federal jury that they were subjected to discrimination by a black commanding officer who they claimed stripped them of coveted assignments and overtime because...
RAP DUO 'ODDS' FELLOWS - MURDER INC. BROTHERS LOST MILLIONS BY BETTING ON SPORTS, FEDS SAY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe big guns behind Murder Inc. blew away their green by betting on sports - including a cool $1.5 million during a three-month stretch, federal prosecutors said yesterday. When they...
FIRE INSPECTOR IN 'FINE' MESS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amAn FDNY fire-safety checker has been slapped with a $4,000 fine for inspecting a hotel where he moonlighted as an engineer, officials said yesterday. The Conflict of Interest Board fined...
FDNY PAIR RESCUE BOY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTwo off-duty firefighters happened by the same Queens fire early yesterday - then charged into the flame- and smoke-filled building with no equipment and helped save an 8-year-old boy. Everyone...
TEEN JUMPS OFF VERRAZANO
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teen told cops he survived a leap off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last night. Pavel Kononov, 19, was soaking wet when he flagged down an off-duty cop who was...
'VICTIM' IN HOT WATER - SCALD 'FAKE' JAILED BEAU
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man serving nine years in prison for pouring boiling water on his ex-girlfriend was given a shot at freedom yesterday amid allegations from her family that she scalded...
SENATORS GIVE SELVES A $3100 PAY HIKE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In the rush to head home for Thanksgiving, U.S. senators quietly agreed late last week to give themselves a $3,100 pay raise - a month after they voted...
GOTTI BOOTS HIS LAWYER - 'JUNIOR' REJECTED PLEA DEAL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti announced yesterday he is shopping for a new defense lawyer - just days after rejecting a plea deal with prosecutors, The Post has learned. Gotti, 41, who...
WELD APPEAL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has launched a long-shot effort to convince state Conservatives he's really a gun-owning, cost-cutting, tough-on-welfare candidate for New York governor and not a...
FAT LADY ZINGS SUIT VS. OPERA
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA woman who said the Metropolitan Opera was responsible for injuries she suffered after a fellow patron fell on her during a show has lost her lawsuit. The Court of...
OFFICERS SPREAD BX. CHEER
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amBronx court officers gave back yesterday - donating nearly 50 boxes of food to the poor parishioners of St. Angela's Roman Catholic Church. Their collection of $1,100 bought most of...
'LESSON' FOR DRUG DEALERS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday ruled that drug dealers can face harsher penalties for selling near schools, even if buildings separate the transactions from the educational facilities. State...
9/11-HERO $$ SAVED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRectifying a funding snafu that prevented injured World Trade Center rescue workers from getting federal 9/11 aid, a top Republican leader has agreed to restore a $125 million package for...
'DIRTY BOMBER' CHARGED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - "Dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla was indicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to "murder, kidnap and maim" on behalf of the global jihad - avoiding a showdown in...
'X' PUTS CNN ON SPOT - DENIES BIAS AFTER 'GLITCH' MADE VP A MARKED MAN
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Red-faced CNN officials yesterday were forced to run an on-air report defending the network against charges of political bias over a big black "X' that flashed over Vice...
N.J. WANTS SEN. CODEY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New Jerseyans favor Gov. Richard Codey as the replacement for governor-elect Jon Corzine when Corzine leaves the U.S. Senate in January, a poll shows. Codey - who has...
'DOZEN' DEVIANT FREE TODAY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - One of the original "dirty dozen" sex offenders being locked up past their prison terms in a mental hospital will be back on the streets today. And more...
JAIL BAIT - TEACH IS JUST TOO SEXY FOR THE CLINK
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe stunning blond schoolteacher who repeatedly bedded one of her 14-year-old students was spared jail by a Florida judge yesterday - just days after her lawyer argued she was too...
ARSON SCAM A FAMILY AFFAIR
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA family of crooked health-care executives who tried to cover hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud - by torching their Brooklyn warehouse and bribing a fire marshal - pleaded...
WATCHDOG GROWLING AT 'KILLER' TOYS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amDozens of dangerous, possibly deadly toys are sitting on store shelves this holiday season, a watchdog group said yesterday. "While we can report substantial progress after 20 years of advocacy...
L.I. RIVER BOAT THEFT GANG BUST
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amLong Island detectives have nabbed a third member of a gang blamed for robbing seven banks and a floating casino and for taking cops on a wild shoot-'em-up chase. Cops...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * A gunman fatally shot a man with whom he was arguing early yesterday in a Longwood apartment, police said. The 33-year-old victim, whose name was not immediately...
NYPD WIFE-SAVER CHARGED WITH THREATENING HIS OWN
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD lieutenant who once supervised a domestic-violence unit was arrested yesterday for threatening his wife with a hammer and his service weapon after she came home late to his...
JERKO JACKO'S UGLY JABS AT JEWS - CALLS THEM 'LEECHES' ON TAPE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Jackson may love the children of the world - but he doesn't like Jews, according to a blockbuster new audiotape that apparently captures the Gloved One waxing anti-Semitic to...
NYERS LARGE-LY MISTAKEN - 60% OF OBESE DON'T KNOW IT
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amLooks like New Yorkers have a seriously misguided sense of self-image. Nearly 1 million New York grown-ups are obese - about 20 percent of the adult population - but only...
GERM FEARS AT 2ND BROOKLYN SCHOOL
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amFor the second time in as many weeks, state inspectors found workers at a public school for disabled kids were not being properly protected from dangerous blood-borne pathogens, like hepatitis,...
BRITNEY MAY BE B'WAY BABE - 'CHARITY' TEAM SWEET ON HOT POP TART
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amFROM pop tart to prostitute - Britney Spears is in talks to play the hooker with a heart of gold in "Sweet Charity" on Broadway. The former teen pop star...
PATAKI WARNS TWU
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amCity transit workers should play ball and not strike, Gov. Pataki said yesterday - warning them to obey the law. "I think everyone is respectful of the work they've done...
LAWYER GUILTY IN ER SCHEME
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Manhattan jury yesterday convicted a lawyer of fraud in a creepy, multimillion-dollar scheme in which corrupt hospital workers took payoffs to scout emergency rooms for potential personal-injury plaintiffs. Frederic...
BEEF LED TO BLOODBATH, COPS THINK
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRage not robbery was most likely the motive for the vicious slaying of a 57-year-old Queens accountant stabbed two dozen times in a fit of frenzy by someone he may...
REALITY SHOW IS A CUT ABOVE - TV BUZZ ON QUEENS BARBERSHOP
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amMost reality-television series feature a few cut-ups - but a new MTV offering about a real-life Queens barbershop has all the characters taking a little bit off the top. One...
COPS MAKE BUTT-ER KNIFE CON SPREAD 'EM
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA career criminal specializing in unlikely escapes had Queens Supreme court personnel on edge yesterday when he made a weapon disappear into his derriere, authorities said. George Konstantides, 39, pulled...
NEW SAFEGUARD FOR FOSTER KIDS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amStarting next month, foster children will have to get approval from the Family Court system before they are reunited with their parents. The law takes effect after two children were...
SAD END FOR N.O. REFUGEE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA 36-year-old artist who fled New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was found dead yesterday morning of an apparent drug overdose in an apartment at the swanky Essex...
LOCAL AIRPORTS NEED SERIOUS 'LAND' GRAB
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amIn 10 years, every day will feel like the busiest travel day of the year. As jammed as airports are now, 40 percent more passengers will be using the area's...
WELLS' FOE STRIKES OUT
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amYer in! The size-challenged slugger who hit then-Yankee pitcher David Wells is likely headed behind bars. In a decision made public yesterday, the state Appellate Term denied Rocco Graziosa's bid...
STICK-UP COP OUT OF HOSP
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe off-duty police officer wounded in a Brooklyn robbery Saturday was in good spirits after checking out of the hospital yesterday, saying he expects this Thanksgiving to be his best...
CITY TAX WINDFALLS EASE BUDGET WOES
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe city's tax collections are coming in $2 billion over projections so far this year - largely because of levies collected during the recent red-hot real-estate market, officials said yesterday....
DOC'S SCARS LIFTED - MOLEST CHARGE DROPPED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA respected Midtown plastic surgeon cried tears of relief yesterday after a Manhattan judge cleared him of ruinous charges that he molested a female patient. The misdemeanor forcible touching charges...
'WET' YOUR APPETITE - IT'S GOING TO RAIN ON OUR PARADE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amGet out the heavy rain gear if you're headed to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow, because, weather-wise, it's going to be one turkey of a day. Forecasters are calling...
'SEX COPS' CASE GOES TO GRAND JURY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA grand jury will hear evidence Friday against the two Brooklyn cops charged with sexually abusing a female motorist early Sunday when they were supposed to be searching for a...
SHOW JUDGE THE DOOR - STATE PANEL URGES BOOT FOR LET-'EM-GO LAURA
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA controversial Queens judge who helped an ex-con evade arrest is no longer sitting on cases - and the state panel that disciplines judges says she should take a permanent...
DOG MAULS WOMAN, 75
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amAn elderly Queens widow was mauled yesterday by a pit bull that bolted from a neighbor's apartment, biting the woman on the head and knee in a bloody frenzy that...
GOV BENDS ON WTC
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amPlans to rebuild all the office space lost at the World Trade Center could be scaled back depending on market conditions over the next five to 10 years, Gov. Pataki...
GI SHOT IN BLOODY BROOKLYN FRACAS ON SECOND DAY BACK FROM IRAQ
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA soldier back from Iraq for just one day was shot along with two other people after a bloody altercation on a Brooklyn street, police sources said. Louis Orleander, 22,...
GEM BANDITS IN 125G HEIST
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA team of thieves used saws and torches to cut through the roof of a Bronx jewelry store and made off with $125,000 in watches and chains, police said. The...
FOREST HILLS KILLER STRUCK LIKE SAVAGE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRage, not robbery, was most likely the motive for the vicious slaying of a 57-year-old Queens accountant stabbed more than two dozen times by a frenzied attacker, police sources said...
PIT-BULL ATTACK
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amAn elderly Queens widow was mauled yesterday by a pit bull that bolted from a neighbor's apartment, biting the woman on the head and knee in a bloody frenzy that...
GOV BLASTS ROCKEFELONS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amGov. Pataki and legislative leaders yesterday expressed outrage that recent changes to the Rockefeller-era drug laws have mobsters and drug kingpins seeking get-out-of-jail-early cards. "We reformed the Rockefeller drug laws...
STOMP ON THAT 'ROACH'
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amANY adult who was alive in 1973 who didn't believe that New York City was drowning in a sewer was either underwater, under the influence or under anaesthetic. The liberals,...
JERSEY JAZZED SEN. CODEY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New Jerseyans favor Gov. Richard Codey as the replacement for Gov.-elect Jon Corzine when Corzine leaves the U.S. Senate in January, a poll shows. Codey - who has...
TWU TEAM WARNED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amCity transit workers should play ball and not strike, Gov. Pataki said yesterday - warning them to obey the law. "I think everyone is respectful of the work they've done...
GIRL: I'M INNOCENT IN PARENT SLAY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Pennsylvania teen who ran off with her boyfriend after he allegedly killed her parents had no idea he was going to do so, her lawyer said yesterday. "Absolutely not,"...
IRAQ GI SHOT IN B'KLYN - BUT STILL HELPS SAVE TWO GANG VICTIMS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA soldier just home from Iraq sprang into action yesterday when a busy Brooklyn street suddenly turned into a battlefield - and didn't even realize he'd been wounded as he...
BX. BOARD SENDS STADIUM PLAN TO SHOWERS
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA local community board gave a Bronx cheer to plans for a new Yankee Stadium last night, voting 16-8, with five abstentions, to oppose its construction on city parkland. Community...
PERV ADMITS POTTY TAPES
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA New Jersey piano teacher who gave private lessons at his home will face the music now that he has admitted secretly videotaping 26 children while they used the bathroom....
SENS. HIKE OWN PAY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In the rush to head home for Thanksgiving, U.S. senators quietly agreed late last week to give themselves a $3,100 pay raise - a month after they voted...
'FRAME' FURY OVER SCALDING - 'VICTIM' IN HOT WATER
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man serving nine years in prison for pouring boiling water on his ex-girlfriend was given a shot at freedom yesterday amid allegations from her family that she scalded...
2 OFF-DUTY BRAVEST SAVE CHILD IN QUEENS BLAZE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTwo off-duty firefighters happened by the same Queens fire early yesterday - then charged into the flame- and smokefilled building with no equipment and helped save an 8-year-old boy. Everyone...
BATTLE ZONE - IRAQ WAR HERO SHOT IN B'KLYN; IRAQ HERO WOUNDED IN B'KLYN
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA soldier just home from Iraq sprang into action to help save two people wounded in a gang shooting - without realizing he'd been hit himself - when gunfire turned...
SENATORS TAKE POT AFTER A BLIND RAISE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In the rush to head home for a Thanksgiving vacation, U.S. senators quietly agreed late last week to give themselves a $3,100 pay raise - a month after...
IN HOT WATER - SCALD 'FAKE' JAILED BEAU]; 'FRAME-UP' IN SCALDING [EXCLUSIVE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man serving nine years in prison for pouring boiling water on girlfriend Leota McDonald (left) was given a shot at freedom yesterday amid bombshell allegations from her family...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amPlease change the motto "cheaters never win" to "cheaters never play golf with Daniel Berger." Catchy, isn't it. Berger, a director of sales for Green Mountain Coffee who lives in...
BEAR FACT: N.J. HUNT TARGETED
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amNEW Jersey's second bear hunt in 35 years will begin in December, but it doesn't sound as if it will go off without the usual outcry from animal rights groups,...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA Tomorrow 8:00 ESPN Line: West Virginia -13. Angle:The Mountaineers are on the fast track for the Big East's controversial BCS bowl berth. A night game in...
NETS CAUTIOUS WITH CARTER ; VINCE LISTED AS DAY-TO-DAY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO - Vince Carter was able to get up out of bed and walk around. For that, the Nets were thankful. But Carter can still feel the effects of the...
NCAA CHIEF SEES OLD NIT GLORY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe disagreement had gotten so acrimonious that it ended up in court where a $56.6 million settlement ended the battle between the NCAA Tournament and the NIT. Now comes the...
SHAREEF GETS SHOT TO FLAUNT HIS HEALTH
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES SACRAMENTO - Now the Nets will see what might have been. Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who was to rectify the Nets' inside scoring needs, is averaging 14.9 points and 7.5...
ISLES' TOP LINE NEEDS TO STEP UP
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amLeading Islanders goal-scorer Miro Satan will try for a third time to beat his former team tonight when the Sabres visit Nassau Coliseum. Satan scored against the team he left...
DEVILS FORMING POWERFUL BOND
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - As usual with Lou Lamoriello's Devils, U.S. Thanksgiving tomorrow is "Away for the Holidays." The Devils' are regularly scheduled to spend Turkey Day on the road, and...
GOBBLE UP WITH TUNA ; COWBOYS' BIG 'D' WILL FEAST ON DENVER
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amFOR Thanksgiving din ner, never mind the turkey, I'll take the Tuna. Though the Broncos arguably have more talent offensively and Jake Plummer has been remarkably mistake-free, Bill Parcells will...
YANKS BEING PATIENT, NOT AGGRESSIVE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amUnlike other years when the Yankees chased the action, this winter they are content to let it come to them - at least in the early part of the dance....
KILLER INSTINCT ; RANGERS' PK UNIT ONE OF THE BEST
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Even in this new-age NHL geared toward open ice, odd-man rushes and generating scoring chances, a team's ability to keep the puck out of its own net remains...
DUKE BRINGS NO. 1 PUNCH TO GARDEN
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Preseason NIT will look a little different this year, from a new owner to a new name, from new experimental rule changes to a new beer policy - as...
LARRY & STEPH MAKE NICE ... FOR NOW
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - Conveniently, Stephon Marbury and Larry Brown are suddenly acting like lovebirds. The Knick point guard had expressed frustration with his perfunctory role after last week's Laker...
WOODY FUMBLES WITH MEDIA
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSADLY, the Jets' ineptitude in this miserable season has stretched well beyond their misgivings and misfortunes on the field. Example: On Sunday in Denver, the Jets turned over the ball...
NCAA PREZ VETOES BCS SURVEY
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amTHE slightest traces of his Brooklyn accent can be faintly detected only when Dr. Myles Brand talks enthusiastically about his favorite sushi restaurant or his affection for his native city....
'TRANSFER' GLUT EASING, THANKS TO RULE CHANGE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amJohn Sce couldn't believe the frenzy of transfers that he saw a year ago before the PSAL basketball season began. "It was a situation that had gotten out of hand,"...
PIVOTAL QUESTION - CURRY JOINS JAMES ON SHELF - WHO'S AT CENTER FOR KNICKS?
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE - This could have been Jerome James' big chance to get back in Larry Brown's good graces. But tonight at Charlotte's spanking-new downtown arena, the Knicks will have $90...
STORM SAVOR SWEET REVENGE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amSt. John's 64St. Francis 50 It got testy in Carnesecca Arena last night. There were shoves in the back, elbows behind the head, jerseys being held, words exchanged, staredowns, double...
SHOOTING STAR ; JAGR LIFTS RANGERS TO SO WIN
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amRangers 3Sabres 2 BUFFALO - Maybe one of these days the Rangers will face a team that assigns a checker to shadow Jaromir Jagr the way Bugsy Watson used to...
SPURT & ERNIE - GIANTS GM KEEPS START IN PERSPECTIVE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amHe agonizes through each game with his own special brand of angst. Even if the Giants are winning big, he worries the crash will come at any moment. It's not...
LONGTIME JINTS FAN DIES AT GAME
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amAs a lifelong Giants fan, Michael Guthrie would drive from his home in Poughkeepsie to attend nearly every game. "If he missed one a year, it was a lot," said...
METS TRY HARD TO CLOSE DEAL - OFFER TO WAGNER LIKELY FOUR YEARS, $44 MILLION
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Mets have two things going for them in the Great Closer Chase. "Big ballpark," a smiling Billy Wagner noted yesterday at Shea Stadium. More important, big money. The biggest....
DELGADO TRADE 'COULD HAPPEN QUICKLY'
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amA year later, the Mets are close to landing slugger Carlos Delgado, and ex-Yankee Alfonso Soriano again is on their radar screen as Omar Minaya tries to add some punch...
ALSO SERIOUS ABOUT SORIANO
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amLife is getting more fascinating around the Mets every day. Several sources said yesterday the Mets are in the middle of a number of substantial trade talks. Ex-Yankee Alfonso Soriano...
COACH ON CLOUD 9
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amWhen he was working the recruiting trails this summer, Brian Nash would seek out the veteran coaches he has come to trust and enlist their council. What should a first-year...
CROWN'S CRUCIAL FOR TWO
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe 22nd edition of the Breeders Crown will be contested Saturday night at The Meadowlands, offering more than $4 million in purses and - for a select few - a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 23, 2005 | 5:00amJeremy Miljour must have thought the family jewels were gone forever. Miljour, 26, was naked and allegedly breaking windows and asking women to touch him inappropriately when officers in Fort...