June 9, 2006
CNBC SHIFTS GEARS - WALD TAKES HELM
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amJonathan Wald, the former producer of NBC's "Today" show, was tapped yesterday for the top editorial post at business news network CNBC. Wald will take on the title of senior...
EURO TRASH TALKING NYSE-EURONEXT DEAL
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFor the third time in a week, a prominent European politician publicly blasted the New York Stock Exchange's bid to merge with Euronext. Yesterday, European Central Bank President and protectionist...
MADONNA TRADES IN S&M FOR H&M ADVERTISEMENTS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Material Girl is getting ready to slip into something more comfortable: H&M advertisements. The agreement, part of a larger pact that includes a Madonna-inspired track suit to be sold...
NO STERN SLAP FOR HOWARD'S CPA
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe former head of Howard Stern's accounting firm skirted Sirius jail time yesterday when a federal judge sentenced him to probation for hoarding stock in the shock jock's satellite radio...
TURNER TIME: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH BIO FETCHES $4.5M
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTED Turner's life story sold for $4.5 million to Hachette Books, publishing sources told Media Ink, one of the first big non-fiction deals for the French giant that took over...
WORLD OF HURT - U.S. MARKETS RALLY TO SHAKE OFF GLOBAL JITTERS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amStocks in the U.S. staged an improbable rally after hedge fund hot shots headed for the hills yesterday morning and took the market on a wild ride to escape bad...
TOMMY IS DROPPING LAGERFELD LABEL
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amKarl Lagerfeld is the designer with the Midas touch - except when it comes to his own collection. The Tommy Hilfiger Corp., which in 2004 bought Lagerfeld's signature label for...
WOE BE GOTTEN
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFANS of Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor - two of the most overpraised figures in contemporary culture, if you ask me - will no doubt be thrilled by their collaboration...
OUTLOOK: DROWSY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amLET'S give the crystal ball a good shake and see if we can predict the outcome of the Tony Awards Sunday night. BEST MUSICAL All week long, momentum has swung...
CITY'S SOUNDTRACK BUILDS A MUSICAL BRIDGE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amCROSSING THE BRIDGE: THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL [***] (Three stars) EARLY last year, New Yorkers got a look at "Head-On," a sex- and violence-filled adrenaline rush from Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih...
GIRL(S) NEXT SNORE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amIN many ways, Neil LaBute's "Some Girl(s)," which last night opened at the Lucille Lortel, must have written itself(selves). The most original thing about it is its title(s), as silly...
GIRLS HOLD COURT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amIF you don't cheer for the high school girls basketball team in the bright documentary "The Heart of the Game," you probably slash Mom's tires every Mother's Day. This distaff...
PET PROJECT WITH ARGENTINE AMATEURS A DELIGHTFUL DOG TALE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amANY human who dares to co-star with a cute dog will probably be left begging for scraps of the audience's attention. But in the sweetly appealing fable "El Perro" (the...
DON'T FALL FOR FRENCH FLICK
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amAUTUMN [* 1/2] (One and one-half stars)SLOW, pretentious and proudly inscrutable, "Autumn" is a French thriller directed by Ra'up McGee, an American documentarian futilely trying to pay homage to the...
DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR - NOT PIXAR'S MOST INCREDIBLES, BUT 'TOON STILL ZING OF THE ROAD; 'CARS' A REAL JOY RIDE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00am'CARS" leaves the animated competition in the dust, even if it is a tad slower and more predictable than Pixar at full throttle. There's a lot of heart under the...
ALLEN OLDIES ROCKS BOLDLY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWHAT a terrible week. Paris Hilton unveiled her manufactured single and then David Lee Roth strutted for Jay Leno with a bluegrass band to perform "Jump" from the new disc,...
CLIVE PICKS TRUE TONY QUALITY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Tony Awards are no more unfair than life itself. The fact is, you can't prove quality by consensus - not that it's prevented anyone from trying. Here are my...
CASINO BEAT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY * Smooth crooner Brian McKnight performs Friday at 9 p.m. in the Borgata's Events Center. Tickets: $55$95. Funnyman Wayne Brady takes the stage Saturday at 8 p.m. in...
MARY'S HOT PICK
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMELBOURNE'S Cat Empire sells out big gigs (10,000 peeps plus) at home in Australia. Here in the States, the nine-piece combo is headlining the Bowery Ballroom without having a U.S....
'LOUIE' OUT OF LUCK
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWHAT if you took "The Honeymooners," and placed it in 2006? Would it end up as ugly and slimy as "Lucky Louie," HBO's misguided answer to the comedy void left...
STARR REPORT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTony Denison is doing something rare in the acting world: Co-starring in two successful series simultaneously. On Fox's "Prison Break," he plays the father of Michael and Lincoln (Wentworth Miller,...
BLUE SUNDAY: PARTING SHOTS - 'DEADWOOD,' THE BEST DRAMA ON TELEVISION, GOES OUT WITH A BANG
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFor everyone who has gotten over the show's saltier aspects, the third season looks to be a thrill to be savored for 12 glorious weeks. JUST when it gets really...
HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS' MORNING AFTER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00am'ENTOURAGE"- HBO's hit comedy, which is returning Sunday night for its third season - is the kind of show tailor-made for 20-something-year-old guys. Since I won't achieve that particular incarnation...
FUTBOL FUDGE - WORLD CUP ANCHOR HAS FANS KICKING
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amSOCCER purists are ragin' at ESPN for putting a baseball expert in charge of the playbyplay calls for the all-sports network's coverage of the World Cup starting today. On blogs,...
CATTY FUR-REAL TV LIFE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE reality show star is freaking out. Rolling on the floor in near ecstasy. Knocking over the flowerpot as if possessed. Running around and around and around in circles, egged...
FILM PICK
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe 18th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival is upon us, with a worthy selection from around the world unreeling at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. One highlight is Josue...
MYSTERY OVER FATAL BX. STABBING
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA woman was found fatally stabbed inside her Bronx apartment last night, police said. The body of the 33-year-old was found by a relative who returned to their East 162nd...
BX. JUDGE'S KIDNAP SLAP - TEEN GIRL SUSPECT IN COURT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA judge yesterday blasted a 13-year-old girl who allegedly kidnapped a 3-year-old boy from a Bronx tattoo parlor last Saturday afternoon. "You were out in the middle of the street...
KALIKOW PROTEST HITS HOME
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMTA Chairman Peter Kalikow awoke to the sound of chanting transit workers, who paid a house call to his Upper East Side apartment building yesterday, demanding he approve the contract...
W. HAILS MIGHTY BLOW FOR 'JUSTICE'
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A buoyant President Bush yesterday said U.S. troops "delivered justice to the most wanted man in Iraq" by killing al Qaeda mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. "On behalf of...
OSAMA IS SHAKING IN HIS BOOTS, SAYS BLAIR
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death as "very good news" and predicted its impact will rattle terror boss Osama bin Laden and his thugs....
LUST FOR POWER & BLOOD TURNED PETTY THUG INTO MASS-SLAYING JIHAD MONSTER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amAhmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh was a hothead - a high-school dropout who loved to drink and fight and who covered his body with tattoos. He was no great intellect -...
DAY-CARE UNION GETS GOV VETO
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday quietly vetoed legislation to give more than 50,000 home day-care providers the right to unionize. The bill would have allowed classified day care providers who...
VICKI STICKY SPOT - JUNIOR-CASE SUBPOENA
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe feds have slapped Victoria Gotti with a grand-jury subpoena as part of their probe into brother Junior's alleged dirty real-estate deals - a move he tried to whack yesterday....
POLS' DEATH WISH NO SOONER SAID THAN DONE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - At about the same time U.S. forces were identifying Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's lifeless body, a Republican congressman just back from Iraq was telling President Bush he hoped the...
BOMB MASTER EYED AS NEXT TERROR BOSS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amU.S. officials yesterday identified a shadowy Egyptian as the heir apparent to take over terror operations in Iraq for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Military forces predicted that Abu al-Masri, Zarqawi's Egyptian-born...
KIN: BREAK DEADLY CYCLE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe family of a 28-year-old woman who died while bicycling along a bustling Brooklyn street one year ago today have backed efforts by the city to make the area more...
GEM KIN SUE MOB COPS AND CITY FOR $500M
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe family of a diamond dealer murdered by the mob cops says the double-dealing duo and the city should pay them $500 million for their suffering. Israel Greenwald's widow, Leah,...
ROTTWEILER MAULS QNS. MAN, DOG
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA Maspeth man was mauled yesterday by a Rottweiler while trying to protect his tiny Shih Tzu. Witnesses said Matthew Connolly Sr., 64, a retired ironworker, was walking his little...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man was arrested for harassing two traffic agents after one of them issued a summons to his wife in Ditmas Park, authorities said yesterday. The incident began...
POOR KIDS' TEACHERS ARE OFF THE SUBJECT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amOne in five teachers of core subjects like math, science and English in poor public middle and high schools across the state lack sufficient training in the field they teach,...
POLS BACK 'TERROR' PROFILING
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amSeveral state leaders came out yesterday to back a controversial "terrorist-profiling" bill that would allow law enforcement to use race or ethnicity as one of the criteria to stop or...
ZARQAWI, KA-POWEE: A WIN FOR THE HOME FRONT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yesterday was enormously important, and not only because al Qaeda lost its longtime leader in Iraq and the insurgency lost its chief strategist. This...
FIEND'S FINAL SLEEP HELPING PUT HERO GI'S TORMENT TO REST
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMAYBE now, Sgt. 1st Class Norberto Carrasquillo will be able to get some sleep. Like a bad dream, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tormented Carrasquillo's waking moments and jolted him from slumber...
BATTLE OF B'KLYN CYBERSPACE WAR
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe battle for Brooklyn Bridge Park shifted onto the Internet yesterday as foes of the 85-acre Brooklyn Heights project vowed to sue over what they see as a sneaky online...
'OUR HAPPIEST DAY' - TRIUMPHANT IRAQIS DANCE IN STREETS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amJubilant Iraqis danced in the streets and fired guns in the air yesterday after learning that the evil killer that plagued their nation for three years was dead. Among the...
SUBWAY-RAPE VICTIM TO SUE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA 22-year-old art-school grad who was brutally raped on a subway platform exactly one year ago while two transit workers watched but failed to intervene took steps yesterday to sue...
UNION FANS FLAME$ - BRAVEST: RESTORE CUTS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFire-union officials argued yesterday that some of the city's $3.5 billion surplus should go to restoring cuts made to the Fire Department three years ago, when Mayor Bloomberg closed six...
SECRETS OF THE DOOM RAIDERS - * COMMANDOS' CODE TRIGGERED HIT * VIDEO BARED KEY CLUES IN HUNT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Hiding out in a sweltering Iraqi date-palm grove, a group of daring commandos operating in the most dangerous real estate on earth fired up their laptops Wednesday afternoon...
JIHAD FEAR IN QUEENS - GANG'S UGLY TACTICS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens jihadist group - founded by the Brooklyn College grad who's accused of being an al Qaeda sympathizer - is terrorizing people in the extremist's old stomping grounds, residents...
TEEN VICE SLICE - NYC KIDS PLAY IT SAFER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMore New York City teenagers are playing it safe - staying away from booze, cigarettes and drugs, says a national survey. And about 84 percent of city teens obey the...
HEROIC MOMENTS - HONORING THE FDNY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amHARRY Meyers joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17, and traveled in straight line from there to Liberty and Greenwich streets in Manhattan, where he will stand ramrod...
CO-OPS REAL $OLID - MANHATTAN PRICES UP
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amManhattan's residential real-estate market is still bubbly, despite a market slowdown across the country. A new report by the Real Estate Board of New York says median sales prices for...
'BOMB-TOTING BANK ROBBER' IS A DUD
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA suspected thief wearing a fake bomb made off with thousands of dollars from an Upper West Side bank yesterday before police found him hiding in a subway tunnel and...
NICK'S A FAT 'DOPE' - OWN LAWYER RIPS HIM
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amAccused bat-beater Nicholas "Fat Nick" Minucci yesterday was called both "stupid" and "a dope" by his own lawyer as he tried to convince jurors that the Howard Beach brute has...
'I HAVEN'T RAPED ANYONE IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS' - 'TOP GUN' FIEND'S SICK PAST
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThey told the sicko sex fiend who once raped actress Kelly McGillis that whatever he said could be used against him in a court of law - and yesterday, it...
SAVAGE DOG ATTACK IN QNS.
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens man was mauled yesterday by a Rottweiler while trying to protect his tiny Shih Tzu. Witnesses said Matthew Connolly Sr., 64, was walking his little Rosalita when the...
DAY-CARE UNION VETO
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vetoed legislation to give more than 50,000 home day-care providers the right to unionize. The bill would have classified day-care providers who receive government subsidies...
5TH BUST IN 'HOOKY' HS SLAY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amA 16-year-old gang member was arraigned yesterday in connection with the murder of a DeWitt Clinton HS student stabbed to death on the Upper West Side in a tragic case...
CUOMO CLOBBERS POLL FOES
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amDemocrat Andrew Cuomo is holding steady to a double-digit lead over his closest rival, Mark Green, in the state attorney-general primary race, a new poll showed yesterday. Cuomo garnered 34...
EVIL ZARQAWI BLOWN TO HELL - IRAQ'S TOP TERRORIST KILLED AS U.S. JETS BOMB HIS HIDEOUT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe three-year hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ended in spectacular blasts when American F-16 jets dropped two 500-pound bombs on his safe house and "delivered justice to the most-wanted terrorist...
CABBIES UN-FARE TO PASSENGERS: CITY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTwo Queens cabbies were arrested when they really took their customers for a ride - overcharging them for a trip to Brooklyn from Kennedy Airport, police said. Emmanuel Cotin, 49,...
QNS. TENANTS BUSTED IN 130G RENT SCAM
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amNine Queens residents have been busted for cheating the Housing Authority out of more than $130,000 in rent subsidies, authorities said yesterday. All are present or former public-housing tenants accused...
9 BUSTED IN QUEENS RENT SCAM
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amNine Queens residents have been busted for cheating the Housing Authority out of more than $130,000 in rent subsidies, authorities said yesterday. All of them are present or former public...
WRIGHT ON WRONG SIDE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFor starting pitchers - to borrow an old slogan - quality is job one. But Jaret Wright usually can't get through the six innings needed for a quality start, and...
SCHILLING TOUGH ON HIMSELF
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amCurt Schilling had just won his American League-high ninth game. He mastered the Yankees on 96 pitches over eight innings with 16 of the last 17 batters, including the final...
MATSUI A LOST KAZ?
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amPHOENIX - In the near future, Kazuo Matsui's days as a Met could be over. When Xavier Nady comes back from the disabled list - which could be as early...
WITH NO 'CHAMPION,' IT'S ANYONE'S RACE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHROUGHOUT the Belmont Stakes' illustrious 138 years, it has been esteemed as "The Test of the Champion." This year is different. There is no champion to test. Just 12 horses...
MANDL, GW AIM TO END DROUGHT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTo Steve Mandl, it has been a long time since George Washington won a PSAL baseball title. "Too long," according to the head coach. The perennially strong program that produced...
DUELIN' CARDS SET TO DIVIDE BOXING FANS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Logically, having two pay-per-view boxing events on the same night is ridiculous for an industry with a niche fan base. It would seem even more counter-productive when...
SOME TIPS FOR PICK 6 AT BELMONT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThere are only a handful of opportunities each year for horseplayers to bet a Pick 6 with a $1 million guaranteed pool when all six races are graded stakes. One...
'V' FOR VICTORY - VELAZQUEZ CONFIDENT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amOne by one, like falling dominoes, the obstacles have been overcome, the losing streaks snapped, the goals achieved for the dynamic duo of Todd Pletcher and John Velazquez, the nation's...
WRIGHT SIZZLES WITH HOT JUNE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - David Wright hit .303 in April and .336 in May, but those were frigid months for the Mets third baseman. Wright entered last night on a...
ISLES WELCOME SMITH, NOLAN
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amIslanders owner Charles Wang shocked the hockey world yesterday when he named Neil Smith the team's fourth general manager and Ted Nolan, who has been out of hockey since 1997,...
BROWN BOLTS - KNICKS UNHAPPY AFTER COACH LEAVES CAMP
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amORLANDO - Larry Brown's decision yesterday to bolt Orlando and the pre-draft camp early has irritated Knicks brass further, if that's possible. After yesterday's morning session, Brown, in the mid-afternoon,...
INVESTIGATORS WANT TO INTERVIEW BARRY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThere has been initial contact made between former Senator George Mitchell and Barry Bonds in Mitchell's Major League Baseball steroid investigation. Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, said yesterday that he received...
A LOST KAZ? - METS MAY LET DISAPPOINTING MATSUI GO
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Xavier Nady is eligible to come back from the disabled list on Tuesday. At that point, or soon after, Kazuo Matsui could be departing New York. Matsui is...
ANTIGUA MOVES UP
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amBronx native and former St. Raymond's standout Orlando Antigua was named lead assistant coach at Pitt yesterday. Antigua, a former Harlem Globetrotter who starred at Pitt from 1991-95, will replace...
SLOW GOING WORKS FOR PAPELBON
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe advice was as sound and logical as not bathing with electrical appliances: take it one pitch at a time. That's what Red Sox reliever Keith Foulke told prodigy Jonathan...
CAP'N DOWN AGAIN - JETER NOT EXPECTED TO FACE A'S TONIGHT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Another night without Derek Jeter against the Red Sox came and went. And it doesn't appear the Yankees will have their captain at shortstop tonight when they open...
ST. JOHN'S LOSES EDGE AT GARDEN
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe best card St. John's can play in Big East recruiting battles is that it is the only team that calls the Garden home. Not any more. Sources told The...
ALLEYNE LEAVES KENTUCKY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amShagari Alleyne, who was named playoff MVP when Rice won the 2002 CHSAA title, is leaving Kentucky. He was ruled academically ineligible last month and it was unclear whether he...
LEHMAN PLAYS LIKE RYDER ON THE STORM
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amCLASSIC NOTES One day ago, Tom Lehman said he'd pretty much put his game aside so he could concentrate fully on the U.S. Ryder Cup team he'll be captaining this...
ANDRADE IN BARCLAYS HUNT
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amBilly Andrade, a New England native, has always raved about Westchester Country Club and the surrounding golf courses in the area. That's why he was desperate to make it into...
GRIMSLEY REVELATIONS DON'T WORRY EX-MATES
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Journeyman pitcher Jason Grimsley, most recently with the Diamondbacks, re-ignited the controversy over the use of steroids and other banned substances in Major League Baseball when...
MELKY HAS TO KEEP ON CLIMBING
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFOR MOST of his 26 games, Melky Cabrera has been rendering prospect ratings meaningless. He even has made this columnist want to disappear, like that ball Manny Ramirez hit over...
NO FLUQUE - HERNANDEZ HURLS GEM AT D'BACKS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amMets 7 - D'backs 1 PHOENIX - Orlando Hernandez took the mound in the ninth inning last night and began his warm-up pitches to Paul Lo Duca. In his third...
'STORM' WINS ORMSBY
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTrack was sealed, muddy, as rainy days continue. Of 101 horses entered on card, 38 were scratched thanks to five races taken off turf, off-going on main track. FIRST RACE:...
SENSITIVE JOE TAKES A STAND
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Yankees went out and got Randy Johnson two winters ago to pitch a hypothetical Game 7 against the Red Sox that Kevin Brown could not come close to winning...
SURGERY FOR SHEFF; OUT TILL SEPT.
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amGary Sheffield's only chance to return in 2006 involves going under the knife. The Yankees revealed yesterday that Sheffield will undergo surgery Tuesday to repair a ligament tear and a...
GARY'S ABSENCE MAKES MELKY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT NOW
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amFOR MOST of 25 games, Melky Cabrera has been rendering published prospect ratings absurd, even making this columnist want to disappear, just like that ball Manny Ramirez hit over the...
A-ROD BOOED, WRIGHT BASHED IN LOSS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amSERIES FINALE Red Sox 9 Yankees 3 On a night the Yankees discovered they will be without Gary Sheffield at least until September, played a third straight game without Derek...
SURGERY TO SIDELINE SHEFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amGary Sheffield's only chance to return in 2006 involves going under the knife. The Yankees revealed yesterday afternoon that Sheffield will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a ligament tear...
STEALING THE SHOW - KNICKS DEBACLE ATTRACTS ATTENTION
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amORLANDO - Consider this an open apology to the New York Knickerbockers and all they stand for. Despite what the whole human race thinks, Camp Cablevision knows what it's doing....
UNIT MAY BE CLOSER TO DUD THAN STUD
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amACCORDING to Joe Torre's words, it was all a matter of routine to keep Jaret Wright in rotation for last night's game at the Stadium against the Red Sox, even...
FEDS WANTED WIRE ON GRIMSLEY TO NAB BONDS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amJason Grimsley is not one of the 422 pitchers who have given up a home run to Barry Bonds. Grimsley and Bonds have never played together. The two don't seem...
BUD WILL NOT REST - SELIG'S STANCE IS SOLIDIFIED BY HGH
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amBud Selig concedes he is frustrated by the revelations involving Jason Grimsley's purchase of human growth hormone and the cheaters who vigilantly seek loopholes in any testing system. Nevertheless, the...
WILLIE KNOWS BEST - PERHAPS RANDOLPH WAS IN THE RIGHT WITH MILLEDGE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amVETERAN rocker Dave Mason sings it best: "Seems the simple things are the hardest to explain." Willie Randolph, Sunday, scolded 21-yearold Met rookie Lastings Milledge for getting too close and...
LEHMAN RYDER-ING HIGH
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amCLASSIC NOTES One day ago, Tom Lehman said he'd pretty much put his game aside so he could concentrate fully on the U.S. Ryder Cup team he'll be captaining this...
ACTION'S WETTER, BUT BETTER
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE weather has been the only negative for saltwater anglers this past week as those who did make it out generally found good fishing, especially for top water species like...
TALL ORDER - 'TREE'-SIZED CZECH TEAM BIG TEST FOR U.S. SQUAD
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe United States needs to play soccer like the Phoenix Suns play basketball. When the Americans take on the monumental task of facing the world's No. 2-ranked team, the Czech...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MIKE BREEN
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke to ABC's voice of the NBA Finals, Mike Breen. Breen, 45, also is MSG's lead play-byplayer for the Knicks. Q: When you...
THERE'S NO RYAN IN BASEBALL! SAM LEAVES ESPN, HEADS FOR ANCHOR GIG
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amSunday Night Baseball reporter Sam Ryan is officially done at ABC/ESPN and is headed to WCBS-2 to be its weekend sports anchor. Ryan will also do features nationally for CBS...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amTo: ABC/ESPN Execs From: Andrew Marchand Re: NBA Finals Hype CC: Dick Vitale Dear ABC/ESPN Execs: The Memo is undecided on whether we want your Finals ratings to be great...
BETTOR'S GUIDE TO THE 138TH BELMONT STAKES
June 9, 2006 | 4:00am138th running; distance 1 ½ miles; All starters carry 126 pounds; Total purse $1,000,000 Post time 6:33 p.m.; TV: Ch. 4, 5:30 p.m. Horses are listed in post position order...
ANDRADE BARKING AT SCOTT'S HEELS
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amBilly Andrade, a New England native, has always raved about Westchester Country Club and the surrounding golf courses in the area. That's why he was desperate to make it into...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 9, 2006 | 4:00amThis guy's excuse was all wet. When police in Amsterdam, Holland, stopped a speeding motorist, he told them he had just washed his car and wanted to dry it off....