January 19, 2006
HOLLYWOOD FEARS THEATERS ARE ON THE WAY OUT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Will the movie theater go the way of the drive-in? While this question might not keep you up nights, it does cause a great deal of sleeplessness...
COURTING UA - INDIE PRODUCERS PURSUE DEAL FOR STORIED STUDIO
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amSeveral independent producers have approached MGM about acquiring the company's United Artists unit, the fabled film studio founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, with the idea of using the UA...
A DRESSED-UP DEAL - BAIN CAPITAL PAYING $2.06B FOR BURLINGTON COAT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe family that founded Burlington Coat Factory is gearing up for a $1.3 billion payday after striking a deal yesterday to sell the discount retailer to Boston buyout firm Bain...
TONY THE TIGER IN CROSSHAIRS OF LAWSUIT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amAnti-junk food groups are suing Kellogg and Nickelodeon for $2 billion to block Tony the Tiger and SpongeBob SquarePants from pitching sugary cereals to kid viewers. The Center for Science...
BIG MAC'S ATTACKED
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA brash New York hedge fund manager presented his latest attempt to trim the fat from the McDonald's food chain yesterday. Bill Ackman, general partner of Pershing Square Capital Management,...
SUPER BOWL KICK - ADVERTISERS SCORE WITH MILLIONS IN ONLINE PITCHES
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amAdvertisers in the Super Bowl - and those sitting on the sidelines - are pouring millions of dollars into Internet campaigns, aiming for fans who will be clicking on the...
THE NERD BEHIND NIKKEI'S FREE-FALL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe 33-year-old billionaire nerd behind the meltdown of Tokyo's stock market is a superstar there, but even his broad popularity isn't quelling the rout. Tokyo stock officials reeled in today's...
NEW HEAD FOR FADING TIME UNIT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTime Inc. has tapped Tom Beusse, a one-time Rodale magazine boss, to be the president of its troubled men's magazine division known as Time4Media. He comes to the fore at...
TIME TO MOVE AND SHAKE - TONIGHT'S REBNY AWARDS DINNER IS THE INDUSTRY'S CHANCE TO WINE, DINE - AND SHMOOZE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Real Estate Board of New York represents a who's who of city real estate. If you own something in New York City or want to do business with the...
SUBLEASING SUBLIME - SAVE YOURSELF MONEY WITH A SUBLEASE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amEVEN though office rents and construction costs are going up, sublease rents are remaining flat, making them an attractive alternative to a direct rental. "The spread is wider and there...
STILL RUNNING WITH THE BULLS - LOANS STILL PLENTIFUL - AND CHEAP
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amFIERCE competition to shower borrowers with both debt and equity is leading to a bountiful climate for property owners. There are even new lenders coming into the market because of...
HOTTER THAN JULY - MIDTOWN SOUTH IS ABLAZE, WITH SPACE BEING SNAPPED UP IN A FRENZY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCHEAPER office rents, hip services in both quiet and lively neighborhoods and lots of transportation alternatives are setting the Midtown market afire. It's so blazing, in fact, that it now...
DEVELOPING PROBLEMS - RISING LABOR COSTS AND MATERIALS SHORTAGES ARE PUSHING UP PRICES
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA BIG bump in prices for steel, cement and other large components of buildings have developers worried. Most recently, these costs have been made up by simply increasing the end...
A SHOP FOR ALL SEASONS - RETAIL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GROWING AT A RAPID RATE THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGHS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amNEW "retail friendly" neighborhoods are enlarging city shopping opportunities at all price points even as luxury retail continues its unabated growth. At the same time, banks are still fiercely bidding...
ON THE AVENUE I'M TAKING YOU TO.. 42ND STREET - HOW THE CITY'S ONCE MOST REVILED STREET GOT ITS GROOVE BACK
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWITH apologies to "42nd Street" composer Harry Warren (and to rhythm), Come and meet those dancing square feet. After decades of decline, 42nd Street is Manhattan's most dramatically transformed thoroughfare...
THE A TEAM - EGOS, BURLY BODYGUARDS, PAPARAZZI - THESE BROKERS TO THE STARS DEAL WITH IT ALL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCELEBRITY brokers say working with entertainers like Puff Daddy, Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie, or sluggers like Alex Rodriguez are not simple assignments. On call 24/7, these brokers jump through...
A PERFECT STORM? THREATENING CLOUD OF RENTAL SHORTAGES WILL BE BAD FOR NEW YORK CITY BUSINESSES
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amPRICE escalations for building sales, land, construction materials, real estate taxes, low rent guidelines, the lead paint law and union labor work rules are combining into a perfect storm that...
THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE... THIS YEAR'S WORTHY RECIPIENTS OF THE ANNUAL REBNY AWARDS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amSTEVEN SPINOLA President, Real Estate Board of New York Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award REBNY President Steven Spinola celebrates his 20-year anniversary with the Board this...
THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL - QUALITY CONTROL MUST BE RIGOROUS, BUT BUYING MATERIALS FROM CHINA AND INDIA CAN SAVE $$$
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTO save money on escalating construction costs, architects like Adam Kushner are scouring the world. Kushner, head of Kushner Studios, also provides contracting services, and often has to figure out...
SIMPLY CAPITAL - WHAT GOES UP IN THE CURRENT INVESTMENT MARKET MUST COME DOWN - OR MUST IT?
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTHE investment sales market continues to chug ahead bolstered by an unflagging amount of capital pouring in from around the world and a couch potato-like comfort by institutions about putting...
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC - PREDICTIONS INDICATE THE NEED TO TREAD CAREFULLY IN THE YEAR AHEAD
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amREAL estate experts are like happy campers decending into a darkened forest: they are having fun, but worried the boogyman is going to pop out any minute. Anthony Weistrich, president...
NERD AND THE NIKKEI FREE-FALL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe 33-year-old billionaire nerd behind the meltdown of Tokyo's stock market is a superstar there, but even his broad popularity can't help quell the rout. Tokyo stock officials reeled in...
HIP-HOP HEAVE-HO - NEW BOARD OUSTS TOP DOGS AT THE SOURCE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amIn the latest tug of war for control of The Source Entertainment Inc., founder David Mays and the longtime president, rapper Ray "Benzino" Scott were ordered out of their jobs...
DIVERSE CROWD KEEPS POSTED
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amMY name is Vincent. I'm a Craigslist junkie. And so are a lot of other people, including the 121 chronicled by Michael Ferris Gibson in his doc "24 Hours on...
OPRAH MUST BE STOPPED - AND OTHER IDEAS ONLY LINDA WOULD HAVE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amYES, yes, I know, Oprah is an icon. But she's an out-of-control icon whose use of the medium for her various personal crusades is getting tiresome and overbearing. And I'm...
'DO I LOOK LIKE A GRANDMA TO YOU?'
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amKATIE Couric needs a hug. The "Today" show anchor - who recently turned 49 - says that someone mistook her for her daughter's grandmother last week. "I took [daughter] Carrie...
MAN & WIVES - POLYGAMISTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amHERE'S your first look at the cast of "Big Love," the controversial HBO series premiering in March after "The Sopranos." The series, executive-produced by Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, tells the story...
TRIALS OF 'SAINTS' - N.Y. MODEL'S GRITTY MEMOIR HITS SUNDANCE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amDITO Montiel is far from your typical first-time filmmaker at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which opens tonight in Park City, Utah. No twentysomething film school grad from Los Angeles,...
STONES ON A ROLL IN ROCK GARDEN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amMADISON Square Garden entered the Stone Age last night, when Mick Jagger and the boys fired up the second leg of their "Bigger Bang Tour." After more than 40 years...
STARR REPORT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThey said it . . . "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman to "Access Hollywood's" Billy Bush, who noticed writing on her hand at Monday's Golden Globes: "It's things that I...
KELLY: U WIN - 'IDOL' CAN USE TUNES
January 19, 2006 | 5:00am'AMERICAN Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson now says she has no problem with the show using her songs. "Kelly was happy to hear her song, 'Since U Been Gone,' on 'American...
THEY BANG! - HANDICAPPING THE BEST OF THE 'IDOL' LOSERS; IDOL LOSERS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTHERE'S more than one way to win "American Idol." More than 35 million people watched the two-hour premiere of the fifth edition of "American Idol" Tuesday night - the highest-rated...
THE KATSIA MEOW - BELARUS TEEN BEAUTY IS THE NEWEST FACE IN FORD MODELS SEARCH
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amKATSIA Damankova is the hottest girl in the world. So says Ford Models, which last night ended its 39-country model crawl in search of a gorgeous new face for their...
CHEW THE FAT - NEW MAG SKIN DEEP TUCKS INTO PLASTIC SURGERY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCOSMO, Vogue, Maxim, Men's Health . . . countless magazines encourage us to strive for inhuman physical perfection. But there's only one publication that gives the unapologetic lowdown on how...
DWI BUST IN SCOOTER HIT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Chinese-food deliveryman was critically injured last night after a drunken driver rammed into his scooter on the L.I.E. service road in Queens, police said. Wei Chang, 31, who works...
GANG SLAY HELL - JURORS CRINGE FOR CO-ED
January 19, 2006 | 5:00am"How do you want to die? Painfully or not?" Those were among the last words spoken to 21-year-old Hunter College student Ramona Moore as she lay, burned, beaten, raped and...
UNFIT TO PRINT - TIMES OMITS OWN EMINENT-DOMAIN TALE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amIT can't be easy covering commercial real estate for The New York Times. Even the most cautious Times journalist wades into a minefield of issues of mortal importance to the...
THE WAR ON JOE LIEBERMAN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTALK about a stunning turnaround: Little more than five years ago, Sen. Joe Lieberman was the toast of the Democratic Party, its candidate for vice president who was widely hailed...
PITCHING IN ON NEW STADIUMS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amState government is stepping up to the plate to help the Yankees and Mets start building new stadiums this spring. Both teams' plans received preliminary approval from the state-run Empire...
'PARK' IT RIGHT HERE - FIRST B'KLYN GREEN SPACE IN 135 YRS.
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amState and city officials yesterday signed off on the proposed 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park after rearranging the size of its controversial condo towers to create more open space while allowing...
STAR BLECH: 'KIRK' SELLS KIDNEY STONE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amGiving new meaning to the phrase "Do you want a piece of me?" actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone to an online casino for $25,000, which will be...
GET THE DIRT ON RESTAURANTS - CITY SITE LETS YOU SNIFF OUT HEALTH VIOLATORS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe city Health Department yesterday unveiled a new restaurant-inspection Web site with numbers more potent than Michelin's or Zagat's: violation points certain to induce indigestion for many owners. Thomas Frieden,...
NEIGHBORS SLAM 'SWASTIKA' SISTERS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amResidents of a Brooklyn co-op were outraged yesterday after two teenage sisters allegedly covered a wall with anti-Semitic rants and swastikas. "I think it's horrible, it's a disgrace," said John...
TEARS ARE PHONY, BUT THE RAGE IS ALL REAL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTHEIR grief will have to wait. From early in the morning they came, clutching teddy bears and tears that got tangled in the throat. They came from all over the...
GOV SIGNS PERV LAW
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday signed into law a bill that will keep thousands of sex offenders from disappearing off a state monitoring list. Pataki signed the Megan's Law measure...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A robber smashed a glass booth in a Crown Heights shoe store, injuring the owner, authorities said yesterday. Sources said Randy Taylor, 50, stepped up to the owner,...
COP KILLERS SEEK PAROLE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association called on the state Parole Board yesterday to deny release to two infamous cop killers, both of who could gain their freedom this year....
DEM ZING FOR KING
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTwo New York congressmen denounced House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King yesterday for blaming the city's lack of terror funds partly on black lawmakers. Reps. Anthony Weiner and Gregory...
LAURA BLASTS HILL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush yesterday slapped down Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's racially charged claim that Republicans run the House of Representatives "like a plantation." "I think it's ridiculous....
LOCK UP KID TORTURERS FOR LIFE: B'KLYN POL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amChild-torturing murderers ought to face life in prison without parole, says a Brooklyn state senator who's disturbed that Nixzmary Brown's alleged killers could be freed from prison well before they...
U.S. HOLDING 8 IRAQI WOMEN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amU.S. military officials acknowledged yesterday they are holding eight Iraqi women behind bars - as the clock ticked down on the what could be the final hours of a kidnapped...
MA: GIVE ME 26G TO CHOOSE SCHOOLS MY KIDS ATTEND
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amShow her the money! Fed up with the foot-dragging on a court order to infuse billions of dollars more into city schools, a single mom from Queens has asked a...
ROGER PLAYS ROUGH IN TOUGH TWU VOTE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amUnleashing a flurry of telegrams, phone calls and threats, transit-union boss Roger Toussaint stepped up his aggressive campaign to convince bus and subway workers to approve the contract for which...
A (FIRST) LADY-LIKE WAY TO GO ON ATTACK
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amSEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton could take a few lessons from Laura Bush if she really wants to run for president in 2008. The current first lady used the scalpel of...
ECHOES OF NIXZMARY IN TOT DEATH
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amLike Nixzmary Brown, this baby boy was born into violence. And, as with Nixzmary, this toddler died desperately hungry and battered by vicious, repeat beatings - despite child-welfare officials having...
HOOPS-ARENA FOES SUE STATE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCritics of an NBA arena in Downtown Brooklyn are suing the Empire State Development Corp. as well as developer Bruce Ratner. They want to annul an ESDC declaration allowing the...
BUSH MEETS SADDAM VICTIMS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqis who told of being jailed and tortured by Saddam Hussein yesterday held an emotional meeting with President Bush. "The best thing that have ever happened to Iraq...
THUG ADMITS KILLING - CHINESE-FOOD SLAY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens teen yesterday told a jury how he and two pals fatally beat and stabbed an unsuspecting Chinese-food deliveryman as part of a brutal gang initiation. "Just take the...
A BROOKLYN FATHER WAS ARRESTED FOR SLAPPING HIS 2-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER ...
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn father was arrested for slapping his 2-month-old daughter across the face, police sources said yesterday. Emmanuel Gonzalez, 27, had been fighting with his wife, Denise, Monday, and she...
GUN & DRUG STASH IN BX.
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx man has been busted with a cache of five guns, 28 bags of crack cocaine and $22,000 in cash, cops said yesterday. Marvin Clark, 34, was arrested Tuesday...
4 SUBWAY-CELL BIDDERS TALK THE TALK
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA handful of wireless and cable giants yesterday submitted plans to bring cellphone service to subway stations - now all the MTA has to do is make the call. The...
GRANNY'S ADOPT BID FOR 5 KIDS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amNixzmary Brown's anguished grandmother will ask a court today for custody of her five remaining grandchildren. They were removed from the Brooklyn "house of horrors" where the 7-year-old allegedly was...
BUNGLERS GET SLAP FROM CITY - CHILD-WELFARE BIGS DEMOTED
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCity officials yesterday lowered the boom on six child-welfare workers and two high-ranking managers at Administration for Children's Service for bungling the tragic case of little Nixzmary Brown. Two supervisors...
TAKE THAT, QAEDA - PAKISTAN STRIKE KILLED EVIL WMD MASTERMIND
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's chief expert in weapons of mass destruction was reported to have been one of the terrorists killed in the U.S. missile attack along the Afghan-Pakistan border...
SLAP-HAPPY 'TEACH' WINS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amAn appellate court ruled yesterday that a would-be teacher who got the boot from upstate Le Moyne College for advocating corporal punishment in the classroom was unfairly expelled. Scott McConnell...
N.Y.'S DEADLY DRENCHING - COMMUTE'S A NIGHTMARE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amFurious winds caused one death, contributed to another, and wreaked havoc with the city's transportation system yesterday, toppling trees onto tracks and roads, overturning trucks, shutting bridges - and turning...
RAT OUT A RAD PROF FOR $100
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA UCLA alumni group led by a former student Republican leader wants students to sell out their "most radical professors" for $100. The Bruin Alumni Association is offering cash to...
QUINNERS, LOSERS ON CITY COUNCIL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday doled out committee chairs - and the nearly $500,000 in extra payments to legislators that go with them - as she rewarded colleagues who'd...
VILE GANG RAPE-SLAY REVOLTS JURORS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00am"How do you want to die? Painfully or not?" Those were among the last words spoken to 21-year-old Hunter College student Ramona Moore as she lay, burned, beaten, raped and...
'PARK' IT HERE - B'KLYN BRIDGE GREEN SPACE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amState and city officials yesterday signed off on the proposed 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park after rearranging the size of its controversial condo towers to create more open space while allowing...
'BLOODS' TEEN: HOW WE KILLED FOOD KID
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens teen yesterday told a jury how he and two pals fatally beat and stabbed an unsuspecting boy as part of a brutal gang initiation. "Just take the money,"...
PBA OUT TO KEEP COP KILLERS JAILED
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The police union called on the state Parole Division yesterday to deny release to two infamous cop killers. PBA President Patrick Lynch and Diane Piagentini, widow of one...
GUILTY IN $CHOOL RIP-OFF
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe gay lover of a Long Island school superintendent pleaded guilty yesterday to helping the educator steal some $7 million from his district to fund a jet-set life style of...
2 BUSTED IN NEW YEAR'S SLAYS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTwo men, believed to be members of armed gangs that murdered two revelers during a shootout near a Queens social club just hours into New Year's Day, have been arrested,...
KNICK OF TIME - HOOPSTER GOES INTO STANDS TO DEFEND WIFE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Knick forward Antonio Davis stormed into the stands last night to confront a hometown heckler who was arguing with the basketball star's wife. Davis climbed 10 rows across...
SHEFFIELD EXTORTER GETS JAIL
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe self-styled minister who tried to blackmail Yankee slugger Gary Sheffield and his gospel-singer wife with alleged sex videos was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in prison. Federal prosecutors in...
A LASTING MARRIAGE DOUBLES $
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCouples who stay married through thick and thin accumulate twice as much personal wealth as people who get divorced or remain single, a new study reveals. In fact, divorce reduces...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN OUR 16TH PRESIDENT 1861-1865
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amAbraham Lincoln held the nation's highest office at a most crucial time in its young history. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgenville,...
THUG ADMITS CHINESE-FOOD MURDER
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens teen yesterday told a jury how he and two pals fatally beat and stabbed an unsuspecting Chinese-food deliveryman as part of a brutal gang initiation. "Just take the...
$CHOOL LOVER GUILTY - ROSLYN RIP-OFF PLEA
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe gay lover of a Long Island school superintendent pleaded guilty yesterday to helping the educator steal some $7 million from his district to fund a jet-set life style of...
WE GOT QAEDA WMD CHIEF - TAKEN OUT IN PAKISTAN STRIKE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's chief expert in weapons of mass destruction was reported to have been one of the terrorists killed in the U.S. missile attack along the Afghan-Pakistan border...
HITCH IN TIME SAVES $$ - LASTING MARRIAGE WILL DOUBLE YOUR WEALTH
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCouples who stay married through thick and thin accumulate twice as much personal wealth as people who get divorced or remain single, a new study reveals. In fact, divorce reduces...
ISLANDERS HANGING ON
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amISLES at CANES - Tonight 7:00 - FSN; WBBR (1130) This could get ugly. If the Islanders attack the Hurricanes with the same kind of tenacity they showed Tuesday in...
MELTDOWN - STORM SCUTTLES RANGER PRACTICE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amRANGERS at PENGUINS - Tonight 7:00 - MSG; WQEW (1560) The rain poured and the wind howled with such force yesterday as to kill power at the Rangers' training facility...
LARRY FEELS BETTER - FORMER COACH LIKES DEVILS' PLAY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amDEVILS at PREDATORS - Tonight 8:00 - FSN2; WFAN (660) NASHVILLE - Feeling better, Larry Robinson likes what his interim replacement is doing. "I hate to say it, but there...
WALLY'S POP: PICK NOT DIRTY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWalter Szczerbiak, father of Wally, defended his son for his hard pick on Stephon Marbury Monday that ended the Knicks point guard's consecutive-games streak last night and could put him...
SKIING LOSES LEGEND
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Catskills and skiing lost a legend last week with the passing of Izzy Slutzky. Izzy, along with his brother Orville, turned the Catskills into a winter destination as they...
BAILEY RIDES INTO SUNSET
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amHall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, the greatest reinsman of his generation and one of the best of all time, announced his retirement yesterday at age 48 following 32-year career...
PLENTY IN RESERVE - BENCH GIVES NETS BOOST
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - There was a time this season when the Nets' rotation basically was the starters and then pick a name out of a hat. Coach Lawrence Frank needed to...
PISTONS MATCHUP WON'T FAZE BROWN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHICAGO - Larry Brown admits he was a nervous wreck before the first meeting against the Pistons in Detroit on Dec. 2. Now even though he's not expected...
GIUNTA JOINS COUGHLIN'S STAFF
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTom Coughlin yesterday moved quickly to fill a void he created in his coaching staff, hiring NFL veteran Peter Giunta as the new Giants secondary coach. Giunta, 49, spent the...
FRANK: AGE IS NO BARRIER FOR JETS' NEW COACH
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Don't look at Eric Mangini's birth certificate. Instead, said Nets coach Lawrence Frank, look at the character and work habits of the new Jets coach, who...
TOUGH TALK PAYS OFF FOR RED STORM
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amAfter St. John's had posted the biggest win in the Norm Roberts era, a shocking 68-56 upset Tuesday night of Louisville at the Garden, the second-year coach summed up his...
GRANT EYES STORM
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amMidwood 64 - Robeson 61 Malcolm Grant stood on the Garden floor Sunday afternoon during the Nike Super Six tournament for a three-point contest and he won't rule out the...
DAMON TO BOSOX: I'M NOT WASHED UP
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amJohnny Damon was known as a heartbreaker in New England. Reportedly, his own heart is shattered by Boston's botched negotiations. The 32-year-old former Red Sox fan favorite and new Yankee...
OMAR SEES IRIKI PITCHIN' IN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amLast year in Japan, Yusaku Iriki started 20 games and came out of the pen for eight more appearances. He should be able to get experience doing both things for...
'D'-VINE NETS DO IT RIGHT
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amNets 101 - Sixers 90 PHILADELPHIA - The Sixers, with Allen Iverson struggling, last night crawled to within four points of the Nets in the third quarter. So the Nets,...
CURRY STRUGGLES IN CHITOWN RETURN
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHICAGO - It was a nightmare night for Eddy Curry in his first return to Chicago. He got hurt. He fouled out. He was ineffective. An imperfect trifecta....
FANDEMONIUM - DAVIS RACES INTO STANDS TO PROTECT WIFE FROM HECKLER
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amOVERTIME: Bulls 106 - Knicks 104 CHICAGO - The Knicks lost on a Ben Gordon buzzer-beater in overtime, but may have lost Antonio Davis to a lengthy NBA suspension for...
NETS WIN WITH 'D'
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amNets 101 - Sixers 90 PHILADELPHIA - The Sixers, with Allen Iverson struggling, last night crawled to within four points of the Nets in the third quarter. So the Nets,...
KID BEHIND THE COACH - CONN. CONNECTIONS FOND OF 'CAPT. KRUNCH'
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amHARTFORD - Harry Bellucci was watching the news when the phone rang around 10:30 Tuesday night. When Bellucci picked up the phone, he heard the voice of his brother-in-law, Eric...
MANGINI NAMES SUTTON DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe staffing procedure for Eric Mangini's new-face Jets began yesterday with the new head coach interviewing members of the current staff and hiring Bob Sutton as his defensive coordinator, according...
TOUGH BREAK - SPRAINED SHOULDER SNAPS STEPHON STREAK
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Stephon Marbury sat on the team bench during the morning shootaround at Chicago's United Center yesterday, icing his sprained left shoulder, needing trainer Roger Hinds to help him...
HOSTILE-HOUSE CATS - PANTHERS ARE PLAYOFF KINGS OF THE ROAD
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe attitude is Us against Them but on a much larger scale. That's about the best explanation defensive end Julius Peppers can give as to why the Panthers are nearly...
RUTGERS CAN 'RAC' UP WINS
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amThe lifelong fans who are season-ticket holders at Rutgers Athletic Center probably will need hearing aids in their later years. The place is ridiculously loud. Guard Quincy Douby of Brooklyn,...
OMAR'S HIGH ON IRIKI
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amLast year in Japan, Yusaku Iriki started 20 games and came out of the pen for eight more appearances. He should be able to get experience doing both things for...
WALLY'S POP: PICK ON MARBURY WASN'T DIRTY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWalter Szczerbiak, father of Wally, defended his son for his hard pick on Stephon Marbury Monday that ended the Knicks point guard's consecutive-games streak last night and could put him...
DAMON: BOSOX WILL PAY
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amJohnny Damon was known as a heartbreaker in New England. Reportedly, his own heart is shattered by Boston's botched negotiations with him. The 32-year-old former Red Sox fan favorite and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Idaho's Bingham County Historical Society met last week, an item with a special "historical" significance was presented to its president, Vestle Wixom - her wallet, lost for 56 years....