April 7, 2006
MERC UNION SHAKES FLOOR
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFloor traders at the New York Mercantile Exchange are sweating over a new deal that could move trading in its key energy contracts to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's powerful electronic...
MARTHA ON MOVE - INKS MACY'S DEAL, EYES HOME-SHOPPING
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia stock soared yesterday on the news the company was launching an exclusive line of products in Macy's, but the domestic diva could make an even bigger...
SALES SLIP AT PIER 1, STOCK UP
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amEarnings have swung to a loss and monthly sales are still declining, but investors seized on a rare bit of positive news yesterday from Pier 1, the struggling home furnishings...
VNU BIDDERS DEALT BLOW BY SHAREHOLDER GROUP
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA private equity group's plan to buy Dutch media giant VNU NV, owner of Billboard magazine and the Nielsen television ratings service, was dealt a serious blow yesterday after a...
ACTORS $EEK BIGGER WEB BITE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amThe Internet has created a whole new world for ad agencies, but not for the actors who star in their commercials. Technology has forced the ad business to adapt to...
SOARING GOLD SECURING WEARY INVESTORS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFor the first time in a quarter-century, gold has soared above the $600 mark to become the safe haven for world-weary investors. Its little sister silver also jumped yesterday to...
MARIAH'S NEW DEAL MAKES SCENTS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMariah Carey has signed a licensing deal with Elizabeth Arden to market a scent of her own. Her first fragrance will make its debut in upscale department stores in the...
NO TIME OUT FROM LAYOFFS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amCARL Icahn may not be hovering over Time Warner but the ax man - or woman - cometh once again to the Time Inc. magazine wing. Today Time Inc. is...
KINDLER'S LIST GOES TO MORGAN STANLEY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley's John Mack tapped J.P. Morgan's merger chief Robert Kindler to be the new vice-chairman of investment banking yesterday in a huge coup that could help revive the firm's...
MARIAH ON DEAL SCENT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMariah Carey has signed a licensing deal with Elizabeth Arden to market a scent of her own. Her first fragrance will make its debut in upscale department stores in the...
PORTMAN IS READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFREE ZONE [**] (Two stars)JUST how good an actress is Natalie Portman? You won't find out from "V for Vendetta," in which she's no more than eye candy. But in...
DETENTION IS KILLING US - LET'S DANCE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amJOHNNY can't read, but he sure can rumba - and that's just fine with "Take the Lead." Antonio Banderas plays Pierre Dulaine, a real-life ballroom dance teacher (his classes also...
MANDISA THANKS 'IDOL' FOR LOSS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amSIMON Cowell's snarkiness paid hefty dividends - at least for Mandisa Hundley, booted off "American Idol" Wednesday night. Hundley, whose generous size was criticized by Cowell earlier this season, now...
'SLEVIN' JUST SHLUB FICTION
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA smug, deliberately convoluted mix tape of Tarantino, the Coen brothers, Guy Ritchie and Hitchcock with (mostly) a cast to die for, "Lucky Number Slevin" is great fun for, say,...
EVERYBODY DOESN'T [LOVE] RAYMOND
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amYOU'VE seen him be funny on TV for nothing, but you'll have to shell out $10.75 to see Ray Romano unwrap a Subway sandwich. The comedian's eight-city stand-up tour from...
SMART MONEY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAFTER headlining two of 2005's worst movies ("Derailed" and "Rumor Has It"), Jennifer Aniston bounces back with Nicole Holofcen er's acutely funny "Friends With Money," Aniston's best on-screen performance since...
CLEAR MESSAGE, DRAB COLORS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA Scottish woman of late middle age (Brenda Blethyn) is putting her clothes out to dry when a neighbor gives her a bit of gossip about her husband: "The lads...
LIFE AFTER 'HOUSEWIVES'
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amPAGE Kennedy, who'll be featured on upcoming episodes of "CSI" and "Boston Legal," hopes to prove he'll be more than the answer to a "Desperate Housewives" trivia question. Kennedy was...
MORNING SHIFT - MEREDITH LEAVES 'VIEW' TO BECOME 'TODAY'S' WOMAN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00am"THIS [DEAL] WAS TRULY CONCEIVED IN THE BACK SEAT OF JEFF ZUCKER'S CAR," - MEREDITH JOKED THE "Today" show finally turned a corner yesterday - laying rumors to rest and...
THE NEW PIANO MAN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMAYBE Colossal Yes, with Comets on Fire drummer Utrillo Kushner, is appealing because there's not 1 ounce of Brit post-dance-punk in its sound. There's no hint of Comets on Fire's...
MUSICAL PRAYERS - B'WAY BUZZ HINTS SHOWS FACE HURDLES
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amBROADWAY'S revving up this spring, with four big new musicals now in previews and generating plenty of gossip. And buzz. Ear to the ground, here's what I've been picking up...
TASTE, ACQUIRED - IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS WITH THE BEST MUSIC, MOVIES AND BOOKS THIS SPRING
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amToday: Music, movies, books you need to buy When you're finally ready to invite that special someone back to your apartment, nothing ruins your hip quotient faster than "Pulp Fiction"...
STARR REPORT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amCloris on Craig's list Craig Bierko, starring in a new NBC sitcom pilot about two brothers on the opposite sides of the law living next to each other, is also...
REMAINS OF THE 'DATE' - ADVICE FOR LOSERS-IN-LOVE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amEVER been on a date that you thought was great, but then strangely never heard from that person again? Get in line, bub. For everyone who's ever wondered why they...
SANIT 'TRASH' TALKING TURNS VIOLENT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA top honcho in the sanitation union punched out a department chief in a labor-management dispute, breaking his nose and sending him to a hospital, police sources said yesterday. Thomas...
BLAZE KILLS KID, 7 - QNS. GRANNY NIGHTMARE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA fire raged through a Queens home last night, killing a 7-year-old boy who was trapped in his bedroom. Terik Williams was with his grandmother on the first floor of...
'I'LL KILL YOU' - 'WILD WOMAN' POL'S 'THREAT' TO AIDE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The woman who accused state Sen. Ada Smith of scalding her with hot coffee said her out-of-control boss threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the...
MA, TOT HURT IN S.I. FIRE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA furious flash fire - caused by a plug-in air freshener - swept through a Staten Island home early yesterday, gravely injuring a mother and her infant son, fire marshals...
STAR STOOLIE WAS MAGIC BULLET VS. ROTTEN PAIR
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMob cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa have been in the government's cross-hairs for more than a decade - but prosecutors couldn't lay a hand on them until Burton Kaplan...
MIKE ENDING CITY PAY DAZE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amHe's three years late, but Mayor Bloomberg yesterday finally got around to naming an advisory panel to review the salaries of all city elected officials. The last time the officials...
HILL FOE TAKES SHOT AT MIKE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republican Yonkers Mayor and potential Hillary Rodham Clinton Senate foe John Spencer ripped Mayor Bloomberg over gun control yesterday. Bloomberg had urged lawmakers last week to reject what...
PENTAGON CHECKUP ON HILL CHECKS OUT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Mystery solved: Pentagon officials say a top aide was rifling through Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal financial records last month as part of a yearly background check for...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A cabdriver was arrested for threatening a dispatcher at a Coney Island taxi company, authorities said yesterday. Nadeem Murad, 40, ordered the dispatcher to give him the next...
GREEN SHOWS UP AT SPITZER FUND-RAISER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amGuess who's coming to breakfast? State attorney general hopeful Mark Green was one of the most notable attendees at a "Women for Spitzer" fund-raising breakfast for gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer...
A REAL BIBLE BELTER - 'GOSPEL OF JUDAS' PORTRAYS TRAITOR AS FOLLOWING DIRECT ORDERS FROM JESUS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amThe most notorious traitor in history may have been one of its greatest martyrs, a bombshell report says. In a religious shocker worthy of "The Da Vinci Code," a crumbling,...
MA, TOT HURT IN BLAZE - IGNITED BY FRESHENER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA furious flash fire - caused by a plug-in air freshener/night light - swept through a Staten Island home early yesterday, gravely injuring a mother and her infant son, fire...
E-DEVIL BOOTED - DUKE KID FROM N.J. 'THREATENED' STRIPPER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amDuke University suspended the author of a vile e-mail that described murdering strippers, as his lacrosse teammates went into hiding yesterday amid accusations that they raped an exotic dancer. Sophomore...
JUDGMENT DAY FOR TWU STRIKE LEADERS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTransit union boss Roger Toussaint will face contempt charges today for his role in December's illegal, three-day strike. Toussaint and the leadership of the Transport Workers Union may be fined...
BLOOMBERG BEGINS 'HASID SLUR' PROBE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg asked the Civilian Complaint Review Board yesterday to investigate claims that cops - including Chief of Department Joseph Esposito - screamed ethnic slurs during a clash between police...
APT. SEEKER OFF THE WALL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA burly 20-year-old had to be wrestled off a terrace after pulling a gun on a real-estate agent showing him an apartment in an Upper West Side high-rise, cops said...
EPPOLITO DAUGHTER SAYS HE'S A VICTIM
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMINUTES before her father was branded a mob-cop murderer, dark-haired beauty Andrea Eppolito was enjoying dinner and laughing with her dad at a diner near the courthouse. It was the...
HEY, EBBETS!! - THROWBACK MET FIELD SET FOR '09
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amEbbets Field is evoked in the Mets' proposed 45,000-seat new stadium - and team owner and Brooklyn native Fred Wilpon choked up yesterday as he described his emotions when he...
MAN IN SHADOWS FEARING HE'LL GET THE BOOT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAn illegal immigrant who tutors underprivileged Manhattan kids in math believes yesterday's immigration deal just doesn't add up - and said the odds of him leaving the country are zero....
PRINCIPAL RIPS CHARTER 'FOOLS'
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAn ugly war of words erupted yesterday between a Manhattan principal bent on protecting her turf from a charter school and a city Department of Education set on expanding school...
QUINN PUSHES FOR BIG BREAK$
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday proposed $154 million in tax breaks, including $70 million in credits for manufacturers and small businesses. In her response to Mayor Bloomberg's 2007 budget...
APOSTLE VILLAIN TURNS INTO A HERO
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amCAN a TV documentary change the course of Christianity for all time? How should I know? I'm no prophet - just a TV critic who cannot remember the last time...
DUBYA CAN'T LEAK - AND INFO WAS ALREADY PUBLIC
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S amazing how the common topics and subjects of discussion three years ago should vanish so quickly from memory. Yesterday, breathless news reports suggested that President Bush had directed the...
15 TO LIFE - FOR BURGLARY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA career criminal with a record of 50 arrests and 19 convictions was sentenced yesterday to 15 years to life in prison for burglary. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Richard Lee...
KNIFING AT EATERY IN B'KLYN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA man ended a dispute over a debt by slashing an acquaintance's neck, nearly killing him, Wednesday night in a Brooklyn Chinese restaurant, cops said yesterday. Sources said that when...
'DUCKS' IN A (LEGAL) ROW
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amBicycle advocates have gone to court to stop New York Waterway's plan to run amphibious sightseeing vehicles - called "ducks" - between Times Square and the Hudson River. The advocacy...
BLUE DEVILS ARE GUILTY - JURY NAILS MOB COPS ON ALL RACKET COUNTS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFormer NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were convicted yesterday of becoming "evil personified" - by bloodying their badges to help the Mafia track down and kill its enemies....
RUDY RELIVES 'BATTLE ZONE' NIGHTMARE FOR 9/11 JURY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - Rudy Giuliani held the death-sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui spellbound yesterday as he described in gripping, personal detail the horrors of the 9/11 attacks, calling it "the...
ALIEN DEAL CUTS 7.5M ILLEGALS A BREAK - 5 YEARS IN U.S. AND THEY CAN STAY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate leaders yesterday brokered a sweeping election-year immigration reform deal that gives millions of illegals a path to citizenship - and sets up a potentially bruising showdown with...
KELLY BACK$ ROOKIE COPS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday strongly criticized the paltry starting salary of police recruits, saying it was "bad for every New Yorker." "We are asking new police officers to defend...
LIFE & TIMES OF DIRTY DUO WHO SERVED MOB THROUGH THICK & THIN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIt was a partnership made in police hell. Louis Eppolito was born into the mob. Stephen Caracappa was assigned to investigate it. The two joined the NYPD within months of...
PENTAGON PROBE OF HILL ROUTINE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Mystery solved: Pentagon officials say a top aide was rifling through Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial records last month as part of a yearly background check for her...
GUILTY THUGS SHAME NYPD - JURY NAILS MOB COPS ON ALL RACKET COUNTS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTwo retired NYPD detectives who moonlighted as mob henchmen were convicted yesterday of bloodying their badges to track down and kill enemies of a murderous Mafia chieftain. A Brooklyn federal...
SHOOTINGS LEAVE TWO DEAD
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTwo men were fatally shot in separate confrontations in Manhattan last night. The first took the life of a 19-year-old man, who was hit three times in the chest. He...
BEST NEWS OF ALL - WOODRUFF HOME AND RARING TO GO
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amABC anchorman Bob Woodruff is smiling - and overjoyed to be "feeling more like myself again." This touching first photo shows Woodruff - who suffered serious head injuries when he...
DUKE U. E-MAIL DEVIL GETS THE BOOT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amDuke University suspended the author of a vile e-mail that described murdering strippers, as his lacrosse teammates went into hiding yesterday amid accusations they raped an exotic dancer. Sophomore Ryan...
DUKE BOOTS E-DEVIL - 'THREAT' KID FROM N.J.
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amDuke University suspended the author of a vile e-mail that described murdering strippers, as his lacrosse teammates went into hiding yesterday amid accusations that they raped an exotic dancer. Sophomore...
WOODRUFF RARIN' TO GO
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amABC anchorman Bob Woodruff is smiling - and overjoyed to be "feeling more like myself again." This touching first photo shows Woodruff - who suffered serious head injuries when hit...
'DEATH THREAT' BY POL - TALE OF COFFEE-TOSS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The woman who accused Sen. Ada Smith of scalding her with hot coffee said her out-of-control boss threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident,...
'AIR FRESHENER' INFERNO
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA furious flash fire - caused by a plug-in air freshener/night light - swept through a Staten Island home early yesterday, gravely injuring a mother and her infant son, fire...
HALL GOES GONZO
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amExactly two weeks after firing Louis Orr, Seton Hall will introduce Bobby Gonzalez as its new coach at a 1 p.m. press conference today. Athletic director Joe Quinlan's decision to...
PEDRO'S PLUNKS IRK GUILLEN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amWhen the Mets travel to Washington next week, Jose Guillen will be waiting for Pedro Martinez. Guillen has now been hit five times by Martinez in his career, and he...
KRSTIC PLAY BUILDS CONFIDENCE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNET NOTES For three straight games now, Nenad Krstic got out on fast breaks, took passes and dunked. And against Atlanta, the mild-mannered Krstic complained to officials. Yes, he got...
RELUCTANT CARLOS TAKES CURTAIN CALL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Over the first few days of this new season, the fans booed Carlos Beltran several times. But last night, when he smashed a two-run homer, they wanted a...
CRENSHAW, CADDIE SHARE SPECIAL BOND
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - When Carl Jackson first heard those awful words - colon cancer - he told his doctors to forget any kind of treatment. "I really thought I was going...
ON THE SNY - METS NET FAILS AT COVERING CITY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amASIDE from its more obvious and solvable problems - the initial lack of cable and satellite clearance, the sudden disappearance of picture and/or sound, the misplacement of that darned sign...
SALTWATER ACTION OFF TO NICE START
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTHE START of the saltwater season in New York saw some nice action on both ends of Long Island. Flounder fishing in Jamaica Bay was on the plus side with...
KNICKS GIVING NEW SG A SHOT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES At least the Knicks added some character to the team yesterday. In an indication neither Quentin Richardson nor Jalen Rose, and possibly Stephon Marbury, are expected back this...
MORE WOES FOR SHEFF
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Major League Baseball has begun turning over information to former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, who is heading a special investigation into steroid use. MLB has given...
LARRY [LOVES] JAMAL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTHE least likely candidate has become Larry Brown's favorite Knick - Jamal Crawford, the no-defense, shot-happy guard. Or at least that was his rep entering his first season under Brown....
PAIN COURSE - HOLES HARD TO FIND IN OPENING ROUND
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Hootie Johnson must have reclined ever so comfortably in his ivory tower sipping a nicely-chilled azalea punch while watching yesterday's Masters first round in utter delight. Johnson, the...
YANKEES CLAIM ZONA'S HILL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Yankees claimed catcher Koyie Hill off waivers from the Diamondbacks yesterday and he will join the team in time for tonight's game against the Angels. The addition...
SCHEDULE IS ROUGH ON GIANTS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIf the Giants are going to successfully defend their NFC East title, they are going to have to survive a brutal start to their 2006 season and navigate through what...
CLOSE CALL - GUNSHOT SHAKES UP LEHMAN
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tom Lehman had no idea what he was about to encounter a short time after he relaxed and socialized at a party put on by TaylorMade, his club...
FRANK STICKS TO SAME ROUTINE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNET NOTES Coach Lawrence Frank insists he is not superstitious. So it's just coincidence that he and his staff eat the same thing at the same restaurant with the same...
JEFFERSON IS A CAREER WINNER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFor all the individual accolades he received in six-plus seasons with the Raptors, Vince Carter reached the postseason just two times, advancing past the first round only in 2001. That...
'EXCITED' MEDIATE SITTING IN SECOND
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK AUGUSTA - Rocco Mediate had a feeling, and it was a good one for a change. Mediate, you see, is usually feeling back pain, something that has hampered his...
SPORTSNET N.Y. INKS DISH DEAL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amSportsNet New York, the Mets' new cable network, late yesterday finalized deals that immediately cleared two cable systems and Dish Network, one of the nation's two major satellite providers. SNY...
ZAM APPEARS SET FOR SUNDAY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Victor Zambrano threw a bullpen session yesterday and the Met righthander, who's been battling a left hamstring strain, looks like he will be able to start Sunday for...
UPS AND DOWNS - FOR TIGER, ONE EXTREME TO ANOTHER
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tiger Woods was poised to make one of his patented late-round charges in yesterday's opening round of The Masters. He'd been slogging along at 1-over-par when he drained...
MANGINI'S DEBUT WILL BE NASHVILLE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - The Jets, under new coach Eric Mangini, will open the 2006 regular season by traveling to Nashville to face the Titans on Sunday, Sept. 10. The Jets open...
OH, THE SHAME OF IT ALL
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amI SHOULD'VE known better. I should've known there had to be a legitimate reason why Phil Jackson, Pat Riley and other coaches deserving of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of...
HALL TAPS JASPERS' GONZALEZ AS COACH
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amExactly two weeks after firing Louis Orr, Seton Hall will introduce Bobby Gonzalez as its new coach at a 1 p.m. press conference today in South Orange. Athletic director Joe...
RANGERS WON'T GIVE THIS BACK
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amRangers 3 - Islanders 1 When the Rangers clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night, they said they hadn't done anything yet. Well, last night the Blueshirts did about as little...
JAGR HELD IN CHECK BY SMITTY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amThe Islanders took a field trip to the top of the Empire State Building yesterday in lieu of their morning skate, and remarkably none of them pushed Alexei Yashin over...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTo: Viewers From: Andrew Marchand Re: Bonds on Bonds CC: Paula Abdul Dear Viewers, Bonds on Bonds, ESPN's new weekly reality series, is sort of like when the movies recreate...
5 QUESTIONS FOR TIM MCCARTHY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with new Met radio play-by-player Tom McCarthy. McCarthy, 37, replaced Gary Cohen, who moved to TV. McCarthy grew up in Brick, N.J....
JORGE DOOMED FOR MET FAILURE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amJORGE Julio reads like one of those math equations in which you start with the answer and work to see how you got there. Little doubt exists that the righty...
NOT MUCH TO TAKE FROM MARTINEZ' DEBUT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIT WAS chilly, a hard night to grip the ball and, therefore, it would have been difficult for even vintage Pedro Martinez to deliver pitches with precision. Martinez was working...
MASHIN'METS FIGHT BACK - BENCHES CLEAR IN PEDRO'S VICTORY
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMets 10 - Nationals 5 Pedro Martinez insisted he was not attempting to plunk Jose Guillen. But the Mets ace hit the Nationals right fielder with pitches twice last night....
THERE IS JUST NO RELIEF - WAGNER SHAKES OFF EARLY SHEA STUMBLES
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amMariano Rivera and Billy Wagner have one thing in common, according to a familiar former Met and Yankee. Uh, one thing in common besides the entrance music of Metallica's "Enter...
DONNING SOME NEW HEL-METS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNo, your eyes aren't deceiving you - the Mets are wearing different helmets this season. The new hardhats have a more aerodynamic, spaceage look with two-toned paint (with metallic sparkles)...
RIGHT AT HOME - GIANTS FANS CHEER THEIR HERO BONDS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - For a moment there yesterday morning, just after Barry Bonds walked into the Giants' clubhouse at 10:46 a.m., we were treated to what was surely one of...
GLOVE SONG - DEFENSE HAS YANKS SINGING THE BLUES
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Derek Jeter doesn't want to hear about the bulging biceps that pop out of Yankees pinstripes. The captain wants all the chatter about scoring 1,000 runs to stop....
BREAK-ING LOOSE - IMPROVED PLAY HELPS KRSTIC EARN TEAMMATES' FAITH
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNenad Krstic got out running on the break against the Heat, took a Vince Carter pass and dunked. The next game, Tuesday against Atlanta, Krstic again got down the floor...
STREAK PEAK - NETS TIE FRANCHISE HIGH WITH 14TH STRAIGHT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNets 113 - Bobcats 102 The win matching the franchise-record 14-game winning streak was secure. Richard Jefferson, with a season- high 40 points to his credit, thought about going for...
STREAK PEAK - NETS' EQUAL FRANCHISE HIGH WITH 14TH STRAIGHT
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amNets 113 - Bobcats 102 The franchise record-tying 14th straight victory was secure. Richard Jefferson, with a season-high 40 points, thought about going for his career best. Nah, not worth...
RANGERS' RUCCHIN WON'T RUSH BACK
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amOnly seven games remained in the regular season for the Rangers before last night's Garden visit by the Islanders, but there will be anywhere from four-to-28 more in the playoffs,...
JAGR ON HIS MARK AGAINST ISLANDERS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amStranded at 52 goals for the past three games, Jaromir Jagr led the Rangers against the rival Islanders last night looking to establish a second team record after breaking the...
SAMYN KEY TO PICK 6 PAYOFF
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amTHIRD RACE: Second winner of day for John Velazquez aboard 9-5 favorite Dontfearthereaper, cutting back to six furlongs after beaten 28 lengths going mile-and-eighth last out. FOURTH RACE: Jean-Luc Samyn...
DERBY HOPEFULS SET TO COLLIDE AT BIG A
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIf Brother Derek continues his winning ways in tomorrow's Santa Anita Derby (Ch. 7; 5 p.m.), he'll lock up the favorite's role for the May 6 Kentucky Derby, and unbeaten...
THE BATTLE OVER ANDREA - ESPN OPENED VAULT - BUT NBC WON
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amIn an effort to keep reporter Andrea Kremer from bolting to NBC, ESPN offered her an extravagant package that would have doubled her salary, while opening the possibility of creating...
CHASING JACK - WOODS' BIGGEST RIVAL? LEGACY OF NICKLAUS
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amFriday The Masters 4 p.m., USA One tradition that makes The Masters like no other golf tournament is that Gary McCord is always exiled from CBS' coverage. Still, that never...
CTK STAR HONORED
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amAfter leading Christ the King to its second straight state Federation title last week and 57 consecutive victories, Tina Charles was named the Gatorade National High School Player of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 7, 2006 | 4:00amA man has confessed to sending a mail bomb to his doctor - for allegedly botching his penile-enlargement surgery. Brett Steidler, 25, of Reamstown, Pa., pleaded guilty to mailing the...