Barry Baum
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SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES KNICKS READY FOR RETURN OF MOURNING
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amKNICKSatHEATToday12:30 - NBC WEVD (1050 AM) When they last met, a heartbroken Alonzo Mourning was doing his annual hands-on-head, painfully slow walk off the Heat's home court. Despite a 29-point,...
LAPOINTE BEGS ISLANDERS TO ADD SOME STAR POWER
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAs the curtain is set to fall on his fifth straight Islander season without making the playoffs, Claude Lapointe tries to stay optimistic. But still, he admits, it's "frustrating." So...
DEVS HAVE MESSAGE FOR BRUINS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIt meant more than just clinching the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs last year. No, the Devils' 2-1 overtime season-finale win against Florida proved much more significant. What...
ISLES CAN GIVE DEVILS A HAND
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIn their home finale tonight, the Islanders could help the Devils by defeating the Senators at the Coliseum. The Senators come in two points behind the Devils in the race...
T-SPOON: SHOW US THE MONEY!
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amUnlike the NBA, the WNBA prohibits players joining its league directly out of high school. Nor does it accept players leaving college early. Teresa Weatherspoon, for one, agrees with this...
CONSTANTINE WOULDN'T KEEP JAGR FROM JOINING ISLES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIslanders 4 - Penguins 1 When their differences boiled over, Jaromir Jagr was influential in the firing of former Penguins coach Kevin Constantine 25 games into last season. But with...
ISBISTER MIGHT RETURN TO ISLANDERS' LINEUP
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIslanders 4 Penguins 1 It seems risky, if not pointless, but Brad Isbister might return to the Islanders' lineup tomorrow night at Toronto after a 14-game absence. Isbister has been...
DEVILS GO FOR CONFERENCE'S TOP PERCH
April 2, 2001 | 4:00amWith a victory tonight against the visiting Blackhawks, the Devils would move back into sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the Senators, with...
ISLES CAN CLINCH WORST MARK
April 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe Islanders can clinch the league's worst record tonight by losing or tying to the Penguins at the Coliseum. The loss or tie would guarantee that the Isles grab no...
ISLES TANGLE WITH BRUINS
March 31, 2001 | 5:00amWhile Mike Milbury searches for a coach, the Islanders search for a win tonight when they face the Bruins at the Vault in Boston. The Isles are coming off back-to-back...
LOW'S INCLINED TO KEEP DVORAK WITH MANNY, MESS
March 31, 2001 | 5:00amWith his recently assembled line showing notable progress, Rangers coach Ron Low revealed yesterday that he's leaning toward keeping the Manny Malhotra-Mark Messier-Radek Dvorak trio together next season, as well....
CONSTANTINE STATES HIS CASE FOR ISLANDER JOB OVER PHONE
March 30, 2001 | 5:00amFormer Penguin coach Kevin Constantine was interviewed on the telephone yesterday by Islander GM Mike Milbury about the Isles' coaching job. "It was a good conversation," Constantine said last night...
RANGERS WIN 'LA' TROPHY
March 30, 2001 | 5:00amRangers 6 Islanders 4 The potential seems limitless for Radek Dvorak, who exploded for a career-high four goals last night to lift the Rangers to a wild 6-4 victory against...
HENNING BEMOANS TEAM'S LACK OF DISCIPLINE
March 29, 2001 | 5:00amThis was the lack of discipline Butch Goring always complained about. Ending their seven-game road swing without the poise they had showed earlier in the trip, the Islanders committed 14...
FTOREK KEEPS EYE ON ISLES
March 29, 2001 | 5:00amFurther familiarizing himself with the club he might be coaching next season, Robbie Ftorek came to watch the Islanders take on the Rangers at the Garden last night. Sitting in...
ISLES WATCHING COACH SEARCH
March 29, 2001 | 5:00amWith GM Mike Milbury in the process of interviewing coaching candidates, the Islander players can only hope they like what they get. Several Islanders have a list of criteria that...
WITH ONE OVER, DEVILS AIM TO EXTEND 'OTHER' STREAK
March 27, 2001 | 5:00amWith the end to their 13-game overall winning streak Sunday against the Penguins at the Meadowlands, the Devils still have an impressive road-winning streak to extend. Heading into tonight's match...
KLOUCEK SHOWING SIGNS OF RE-BEUK
March 27, 2001 | 5:00amIn Tomas Kloucek, Ron Low has seen the emergence of a physical force, a defenseman in the mold of former Ranger tough guy Jeff Beukeboom. "You think about him as...
RED-HOT DEVS GO FOR BAKER'S DOZEN
March 23, 2001 | 5:00amThe Devils look to extend their 12-game winning streak tonight when they face the Canucks at Meadowlands Arena. With a victory, the Devils would tie the 1970-71 Bruins and the...
WARD: STEPHON MUST BE FRUSTRATED
March 23, 2001 | 5:00amCharlie Ward believes that Stephon Marbury must be going through some deep-rooted turmoil in his life. Otherwise, what else could have sparked Marbury's profanity-laced rant at the Knick point guard...