November 8, 2000

NAUTICA MOVING ITS FLAGSHIP INTO 100,000 SQ. FT. AT 50 ROCK PLAZA

A flagship Nautica is sailing into a 10,000-square-foot mooring at Rockefeller Center, close enough to throw a line around the annual Christmas Tree. The retailer is joining the lineup at...

RETAIL STOCKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR SANTA

WHICH retailers will be nice investments this Christmas? The experts figure that consumers will be naughty to all online retailers now that the Internet frenzy has thankfully passed. And they...

GAP VET TO RUN MONACO

Ralph Lauren continues to put his very fashionable house in order. A day after ousting Polo's chief financial officer and bringing in a more seasoned executive, Lauren announced his choice...

IT'S GETTING LONELY IN SILICON ALLEY

The glut of dot-com companies is already showing its plunging bottom lines in the real estate market. Last month, Internet companies returned nearly 500,000 square-feet of leases back to the...

TWIN PEAKS ERUPTING ; SOLOW TO BREAK GROUND FOR UPPER EAST SIDE CONDOS

Developer Sheldon Solow is about to break ground on the first of twin giant East Side luxury condominium towers, The Post has learned. The first 40-story building will sit mid-block...

RIAA: NAPSTER OWES METALLICA AN APOLOGY

Hilary Rosen has been Napstered. A private e-mail that the head of the Recording Industry Association of America sent to Napster boss Hank Barry demanding an apology to the band...

NEW MOSSIMO LINE LAUNCHING ON TARGET

Mossimo Giannulli is back from the brink of bankruptcy and on Target - literally. The designer and founder of the Mossimo clothing brand is debuting his new line with Target...

LINUS GETS GOLD CHIPS ; TORVALDS: $13.6M IN TRANSMETA IPO

Riding the magic carpet of Transmeta's blockbuster IPO yesterday, one of Silicon Valley's top stars finally got his big payday. Linus Torvalds, the genius who helped develop the Linux operating...

ANYONE HIRING IN MAGAZINE LAND?

THEY came from places like Omaha, Neb., Lafayette, Pa., and Burlington, Vt. - wide eyed with battered suitcases, firing off resumes that they hoped would give them a shot at...

HARD ROCK TO GET LIVE BANDS & FANCY FOOD

It's out with the greasy burgers - and in with more greasy rock bands at the Hard Rock Cafe. The popular music-theme eatery is dumping its burgers and buffalo wings...

PUT A SOCK IN IT! PETS.COM STAFF GO FOR A WALK

Pets.com's sock puppet has gone to live on an Upstate farm. The cursed e-tailer yesterday laid off 80 percent, or 255, of its 320 employees and announced plans to sell...

CNA SELLS 180 MAIDEN LANE FOR $310 MILLION

The Paramount Group has signed a contract to buy the building at 180 Maiden Lane for $310 million from the CNA insurance company. Representing the seller was Allan Grossman of...

LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR THE 'BOYS'

Here is a version of the review that appeared in The Post when "Wonder Boys" was first released on Feb. 25. 'WONDER Boys" is a clever comedy with a decidedly...

GOOD HUMOR AND PRETTY GOOD FOOD

WHILE Figs on the Fly, a mostly takeout operation, is set to open later this month at LaGuardia, Figs the restaurant has already taken off. We stopped in last week...

WILL 'WONDER' NEVER CEASE? - DOUGLAS FILM BACK IN THEATERS FOR ROUND 2

'WONDER Boys" is back in theaters today -- a rare case of a movie getting a second chance after flopping at the box office. This delightful black comedy about a...

CHINESE 'VERTIGO' HOMAGE IS A DIZZYING SUCCESS

SUZHOU RIVER A motorcycle messenger in Shanghai becomes obsessed with a dancer who looks like his ex-girlfriend. Intriguing thriller.Running time: 83 minutes. In Mandarin, with English subtitles. Not rated (violence,...

DANTE'S 'INFERNO' UNFURLS ITS INSPIRATION

HOMAGE TO FREDERICK ASHTON BRADFORD, England - Last month, Britain's Birmingham Royal Ballet, one of Europe's two or three major classic troupes, came to New York's City Center, bringing with...

GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN

HUDSON CAFETERIA HALF A STAR (IN THE HUDSON HOTEL) 356 W. 58TH ST. (212) 554-6500 STUMPED by a $19 plate of glue calling itself "Cassoulet, the Original Casserole," you invite...

CBS SENDS SHOW TO A DEAD ZONE

SAY goodnight to "Dr. Laura." The embattled syndicated talk show - hosted by controversial radio personality Dr. Laura Schelssinger - has been booted from its cushy afternoon time-slots and banished...

SHARP & SHADY

A3OVER the years, there have been only a few blue-moon bands, groups so unusual it's almost impossible to describe them. Alabama 3, which played a one-night stand at the Bowery...

4 HOURS OF GET SHORTY ; YES, IT'S ON TONIGHT, JOSEPHINE

"Napoleon" Tonight and next Thursday at 9 on WNET/Ch. 13 WHAT do you call a short Corsican guy with a big sword? Emperor of France, that's what! Tonight, WNET embarks...

ON THE SIDE : SAMPLING THE FLAVORS OF TUSCANY

CHEF Cesare Casella isn't going to let a lack of gas get in the way of his inaugural tasting at Beppe tonight. At the long-awaited eatery at 45 E. 22nd...

AIRPORT FOOD FLIGHT ; RESTAURANT AT LA GUARDIA ADDS FANCY FARE TO FAST-FOOD STAPLES

THERE'S a new arrival at La Guardia, and it's quite a departure from the usual airport food scene.As part of a revitalization effort of the Queens complex, popular Boston chef...

BLURRY LINE TWIXT SEX AND POLITICS

I know there wasn't much coverage about it, but yesterday was Election Day, so I feel a bit compelled to write about politics.While there are several sorts of politics, let's...

'MONTY' OUTSTRIPS ITS RIVALS: CLEANING UP AT THE BOX OFFICE

BROADWAY has its first smash of the season.Blessed by tremendous word-of-mouth and plenty of good reviews, "The Full Monty," the new musical about a group of unemployed steel workers who...

LOOK'S LIKE NUMBER'S UP FOR THIRD PARTIES

Uncertain future.Election Day was a bad day for third parties, with Ralph Nader's Green Party failing to get the 5 percent it hoped for and the Reform Party started by...

INCREDIBLE RACE AIN'T OVER YET! BUSH 'VICTORY' IS YANKED IN FLA. SQUEAKER

The mind-blowing presidential race was up in the air early today after networks called Republican George W. Bush the winner at 2:30 a.m. - and then yanked it back an...

GEORGE COULD BE A UNITER

IT If he really does win in the end, it will be easier for George W. Bush to try to pull the country together after the ultimate squeaker election than...

SHE'LL BE SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: SHE WHIPS RICK IN AN EASY VICTORY

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton made history last night - soundly defeating Long Island congressman Rick Lazio in one of the longest and most expensive Senate races ever. Every major...

SHE OUTWORKED, OUTWONKED LAZIO

ANALYSIS Hillary Rodham Clinton worked longer and harder than Rick Lazio and stuck to the issues - so voters rewarded her by overlooking their doubts about her character and her...

BUSH AND GORE TIGHT TO THE FINISH - AL BOOSTED BY KEY WINS IN FLA., PA.

The war for the White House went down to the wire last night after TV networks called Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania for Democrat Al Gore - marking big early setbacks...

GOP POLL 'SECURITY' MEN STAY IN BACKGROUND

In the end, it was much ado about nothing. The state Republican Party's controversial ballot security program - which stationed off-duty cops and prison guards at polling places around the...

DEMS MAY FALL SHORT FOR SENATE CONTROL

Democrats appeared set to pick up seats in the Senate last night, although ex-Virginia Gov. George Allen may have prevented the Democrats from taking control of the body by ousting...

CORZINE'S BIG-BUCKS CAMPAIGN PAYS OFF

The price was right for Jon Corzine. The Democratic investment banking mogul spent a record $65 million of his $400 million personal fortune to beat cash-strapped rival Bob Franks last...

HEAVIEST TURNOUT IN MEMORY

The sizzling presidential and Senate races produced a sight yesterday that hasn't been seen in the city in years - lengthy, winding lines at polling sites. "They're coming out of...

GOP WALKING TIGHTROPE IN CLOSE STATE CONTESTS

State Republicans from Gov. Pataki to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno were biting their nails last night over the outcome of several close races that could cause a shift in...

THE TOP TV KISSES & DISSES OF THE RACE - TALK SHOWS WERE PLACE TO BE THIS YEAR

IT WAS a campaign of Top 10 lists, daytime dish and a prime-time kiss. More than any other election season that preceded it, Campaign 2000 was hard-fought not on the...

HER NAME ALONE WAS ENOUGH TO PACK POLLS

FROM the look of things, you'd think they were handing out truckloads of free money. At 10 a.m., just when you figured most people were busy pretending to work, the...

MAYOR TEARS DOWN DEMOCRAT'S POSTERS - KRUEGER SIGNS WERE HANGING ILLEGALLY ON AN EAST SIDE TREE

Mayor Giuliani did more than just vote for Republican state Sen. Roy Goodman yesterday - he ripped down a pair of campaign signs promoting Goodman's Democratic challenger. Giuliani was driving...

VOTERS IN APPLE JAM - SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF VOTERS IN APPLE JAM VOTERS

Finally, it was Election Day. A chance for voters to pick their candidates in the privacy of a voting booth. But with the presidential race a dead heat, voter turnout...

PRESIDENTIAL FOES TIGHT TO THE FINISH - FLA. BATTLE JUST ONE OF MANY

The war for the White House ended in a wild and crazy Election Night as the lead lurched back and forth between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush....

SUNSHINE STATE IS THE KEY

All eyes were on Florida last night - a swing state that swung so much not even the TV networks could decide who won. After calling the voter-rich Sunshine State...

GOPERS FOR LAZIO CAN'T HIDE THEIR BITTERNESS

Rick Lazio's supporters took his loss last night doubly hard - saying the fact it came at the hands of Hillary Clinton made it tougher to stomach. "Had it been...

FIRST LADY WON IT BY BUILDING ON ENOUGH BLOCS

ANALYSIS Hillary Rodham Clinton all but lost the furious battle with Rick Lazio for Jewish votes - but she more than made up that lost ground elsewhere, an analysis of...

WILL THE FIRST LADY HUNT FOR A 2ND HOME?

Winning the election may have been the easy part for Hillary Rodham Clinton - wait until she tries apartment hunting in Manhattan. Now that Hillary is New York's junior senator,...

HILLARY MAKES HISTORY - SENATE VICTORY VS. RICK IS SOLID

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton made history last night - soundly defeating Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio in one of the longest and most expensive Senate races ever. With nearly...

DEMS APPEAR SHORT OF SENATE CONTROL

Democrats appeared set to pick up seats in the Senate last night, although ex-Virginia Gov. George Allen may have prevented the them from taking control of the body by ousting...

DEM UPSET BREWS IN RACE FOR LAZIO'S SEAT

An upset was in the making last night in Rick Lazio's old congressional district on Long Island, where the Democratic candidate was leading the Republican standard-bearer in early returns. With...

DRAMA IN THE SUNSHINE STATE

It all came down to Florida - the swing state that swung to the bitter end. The voter-rich state that should have been an easy win for George W. Bush,...

INCREDIBLE RACE AIN'T OVER YET! IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FLA. SQUEAKER

Americans woke up this morning not knowing who their next president would be, as George Bush's cliffhanger "win" disolved into chaos. In the end, victory may turn on 1,700 votes...

ELEPHANT BAND A JUMBO HIT

Meet the biggest thing in music - a new pop group featuring five full-grown elephants. The musical beasts, who live in a conservation center in Thailand, have been trained to...

PUTTING HIS HEART INTO A MUSEUM

You could say Robert Moss has a lot of heart - after a successful heart-transplant operation, he's donated his old ticker to a museum. Moss, 61, strolled into the Science...

WHY THE 'CARPETBAGGER' WON ; TEAM LAZIO MADE SEVERAL KEY BLUNDERS

HERE are the 10 reasons why Hillary Clinton beat Rick Lazio:1. Lazio alienated moderate swing voters when his campaign insinuated Clinton condoned Arab terrorism against Israel and the United States....

MAMA, PAPA, YADA, YADA - IT'S A GIRL FOR JERRY & BRIDE

Oh, baby! Jerry Seinfeld has turned from Master of his Domain into Keeper of the Diapers. The 46-year-old sitcom king's wife, Jessica, gave birth to a bouncing baby girl early...

BRIT COPS FOIL JEWEL GANG'S 'ICE'-CAPADE

Brazen thieves, hoping to snatch $500 million in diamonds, smashed their way into London's Millennium Dome with a bulldozer yesterday - and into the waiting arms of Scotland Yard. In...

OFFICIALS AIDED COLE BOMBERS - YEMENI COPS & MILITARY PROBED

Investigators have uncovered startling evidence that members of Yemen's security services were involved in orchestrating the suicide bombing of the USS Cole, The Post has learned. U.S. counter-terrorism officials said...

PROBATION FOR TED'S EX AFTER LATEST DWI BUST

Sen. Ted Kennedy's troubled ex-wife pleaded guilty to drunken driving yesterday and got two years' probation. A judge in Barnstable, Mass., told Joan Kennedy, 64, that she would be subject...

BLONDES KNOCKED OFF BEAUTY PERCH

Move over, Madonna. Take a powder, Pamela Anderson. In a news flash to dye for, a survey says that brunettes - not blondes - are the most beautiful. The top...

LIVID LIBBY LASHES MAYOR AS 'SELFISH'

New York's first lady, Libby Pataki - feeling some Election Day strain - blasted Mayor Giuliani yesterday for "selfish behavior" that "hurt" Rick Lazio's GOP Senate campaign. The wife of...

THE SON ALSO RISES ; TEXAS WILES, FRESH STYLE FOR PREZ HEIR

HE AIN'T in Texas any more. Tangle-tongued Texas Gov. George W. Bush, mocked by Democrats as a not-ready-for-prime-time boob, proved his boots were made for walkin' all the way to...

THOSE LONG FLIGHTS CAN BE A REAL KILLER ; 'ECONOMY-CLASS SYNDROME' CITED IN PASSENGER BLOOD CLOTS

EVERYONE knows that sitting for hours in the cramped coach seats on a long-distance flight is torture - but few know that this torture can also be deadly. This high-altitude...

PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON A REAL HORSE RACE

AT 48th Street between Fifth and Sixth, people were voting not with legs, arms and brains but with something more brave - their pockets. It's a place where surely the...

SIAMESE TWIN DIES SO SISTER MIGHT LIVE

Siamese-twin Jodie was battling for her survival in an English hospital last night after surgeons separated her from her weaker sister Mary, who died. "Jodie is in critical but stable...

LEVY GETS LEEWAY FOR STAFFING CITY'S POOREST SCHOOLS

The state education commissioner will let city Schools Chancellor Harold Levy assign 75 uncertified teachers to failing schools because of a shortage of qualified instructors. A court order requires the...

MANDELA HELPED BILL THROUGH IMPEACH DRAMA

President Clinton has revealed that former South African President Nelson Mandela helped him survive the Sexgate crisis. "He helped me how to think about it, how to deal with it...

SUSPECT'S RAP SHEET

Accused subway killer Michael Amuso has 18 previous arrests. Four of them are sealed, probably because the charges were dismissed. Here are details of the 14 other arrests, all but...

ENERGY-CHARGED AL ENDS 30-HOUR NONSTOP STUMP

NASHVILLE - Al Gore, overachiever to the end, capped a frenzied rush to reach voters yesterday by drinking Cuban coffee, tossing a football on a tarmac and chatting up sleepy...

HARRISON FORD AND WIFE BUST UP

Hunky actor Harrison Ford is a fugitive from marriage. The Indiana Jones star acknowledged yesterday he has split from his wife, Melissa Mathison. "We have been living apart for the...

'CALM' W TAKES A BREATHER

AUSTIN, Texas - His rival campaigned down to the wire, but a "calm" George W. Bush spent Election Day being the laid-back Texan - making coffee, feeding the pets and...

DEATH RIDES THE 2 TRAIN - PASSENGER SLAIN FOR HIS WALLET: COPS

A short-tempered stickup man on parole fatally shot a UPS worker yesterday on a subway train near the Wall Street station when the sleepy-eyed victim was "too slow" in handing...

HILLARY JUST MIGHT EYE WHITE HOUSE IN '04

FROM the beginning, the whole long, absurd, obscene campaign always carried a bitter air of inevitability. You've thought it before. You might as well get used to saying it now:...

W. VICTORY AN OVERDUE END OF CLINTONISM

WASHINGTON. IN OCTOBER, a mere week after Richard Kent returned home from National Guard duty in Bosnia, he presented himself at the Republican National Committee offices on Capitol Hill. He...

GOV ELECTIONS SHOW TREND TOWARD DEMS

A bitter gubernatorial race that focused on legislation allowing same-sex unions for gay couples ended in a narrow election victory yesterday for Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a Democrat who signed...

RICK LAZIO'S LESSON: NEGATIVE DOESN'T WIN

RICK Lazio deserved to lose. This was an awful campaign, one of the worst in modern electoral history - and it makes clear that the state Republican Party has melted...

THE BIG 'WHAT IF' ; THE UPSTATE ECONOMY- AND WHY PATAKI MUST WORRY

MAYBE Rick Lazio embraced a prefabricated lost cause five long months ago, or maybe a better campaign might have done the trick. For sure, the soon-to-be-ex-member of Congress is kicking...

CORZINE'S $65M N.J. SENATE RACE RIGHT ON MONEY

The price was right for Jon Corzine. The Democratic investment banking mogul spent a record $65 million of his $400 million personal fortune to beat cash-strapped rival Bob Franks last...

SNAFU TAKES SHEEN OFF NETWORKS' COVERAGE

THINGS couldn't have been running more smoothly on the networks last night until that Florida snafu flared up after 10 o'clock. Up to that point, I was all ready to...

TV GOOFS IN EARLY FLA. CALL FOR AL

The major TV networks were wiping egg off their faces last night after they prematurely projected Democrat Al Gore as the winner in the key state of Florida. The projections...

RAZOR-CLOSE RACES SPARK HIGH TURNOUT

The sizzling presidential and Senate races produced a sight yesterday that hasn't been seen across the city and state in years: massive turnout that produced lengthy, winding lines at the...

FORGET CHARACTER: BX. VOTERS WANT RESULTS

PUSHING her adult, wheelchair-bound daughter, Viola Ricevuto walked out of The Bronx polling station with a clear conscience. Ricevuto had voted for incumbent state Sen. Guy Velella - a 28-year...

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, VOUCHERS LOSE

School vouchers and same-sex marriages took a beating at the polls yesterday, while gun-control advocates recorded victories in two states. Voters said "no" to school vouchers in Michigan and California,...

DEM PULLS OFF AN UPSET IN RACE FOR LAZIO SEAT

The Long Island congressional seat left vacant by Republican Rick Lazio was snatched yesterday by the Democratic underdog in a surprise upset over the GOP standard-bearer. With 59 percent of...

GOP KEEPS STATE SENATE ; VELELLA WALTZES; DEMS STILL CONTROL ASSEMBLY

Senate Republicans easily held control of the state Legislature's upper house yesterday - winning all but one of the most heavily contested seats. Embattled Bronx Republican Sen. Guy Velella, who...

VOTERS REJECT TRANSIT BOND ACT

Voters overwhelmingly rejected a $3.8 billion transportation bond yesterday, putting the desperately needed Second Avenue subway and dozens of other transit projects on life support. The bond act - the...

AGONY AND ECSTASY ; RICK'S WIFE READY TO GET BACK TO NORMAL

Rick Lazio's wife said there is one upside to her husband's loss to Hillary Clinton in yesterday's Senate race. "It's back to the family," Patricia Lazio said. The disappointed but...

RICK DEFEAT IS A BLOW FOR 'TWIN' PATAKI

ANALYSIS Hillary Rodham Clinton's smashing victory last night was a serious political setback for Gov. Pataki. "Hillary's election proves that George Pataki is clearly vulnerable in 2002," said a close...

DUKIN' IT OUT FOR HOUSE RULE ; REPUBLICANS FIGHTING OFF DEMOCRATS TO RETAIN CONTROL

The Republican Party hung tough in the back-and-forth battle over control of the House of Representatives - clinging to key seats despite fierce challenges from the Democrats. All 435 seats...

NUMBERS DON'T ADD FOR NADER

Election Day was a bad day for third parties, with Ralph Nader's Green Party failing to get the 5 percent it hoped for and the Reform Party started by Ross...

DUBYA MAY OWE VICTORY TO NADER

Five reasons why the race was so tight1. Ralph Nader did just well enough to swing a few key states like Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Oregon, and possibly Florida. And Al...

MISSOURI VOTERS ELECT DEAD GOV TO SENATE

Missouri voters resurrected a dead man's candidacy this morning and elected the late Gov. Mel Carnahan to the Senate in the most bizarre development of the election. Carnahan, a Democrat...

TIRELESS AL STUMPED ALL THE WAY TO THE END

NASHVILLE - The word "president" flashing over George W. Bush's picture on the TV screen at 2:30 a.m. dashed an almost 24-hour campaign sprint by Al Gore just inches from...

BUSH PARTY A WET WON ; RAIN CAN'T DAMPEN SUPPORTERS' SPIRITS

AUSTIN, Texas - George W. Bush's road to the White House ended with a shivering, soaking wet crowd erupting in a deafening roar outside the Texas governor's mansion this morning....

LIEBERMAN HAS SENATE OPTION

Joe Lieberman proved true the old adage that a candidate should never give up his day job. Lieberman easily won re-election to the Senate from Connecticut last night, but that...

NOW IT'S BILL'S TURN TO PLAY CHEERLEADER

The president and the first lady shared a stage yet again last night - but this time, the spoils of victory went to Hillary Rodham Clinton. After 26 years as...

IT AIN'T OVER - RECOUNT ON THAT

Before George W. Bush sends America on the "fresh start" he's promised, a lot of votes in yesterday's election are going to be double-checked. Expect Democratic challenges or recounts in...

COURT THROWS OUT LATRELL'S APPEAL

KNICK NOTES MILWAUKEE - One day after getting off scot-free for tampering with Chris Webber, Latrell Sprewell received a massive blow when his $30 million lawsuit appeal was thrown out...

PATRICK SLAM STILL HAUNTS RILEY

MIAMI - Patrick Ewing found a replay of last spring's Knicks' Game 7 playoff victory over the Heat and watched intently. Pat Riley didn't have to, the game and the...

KNICK LANDSLIDE - HOUSTON & CO. BAG BUCKS BUT SPREE'S BACK ACTS UP

MILWAUKEE - Allan Houston provided the fireworks reminiscent of early last season. Marcus Camby dunked often, blocked shots, crashed the boards and sprinted hard on the fastbreak, just like Patrick...

LONGLEY'S ACHING TO RETURN TO ACTION

MILWAUKEE - From his vantage point on the bench, in slacks and a sports jacket, Luc Longley has watched every minute of every preseason and regular-season game. And after watching...

A LOTTA BAD LUC - AILING LONGLEY EAGER TO RETURN

MILWAUKEE From his vantage point on the bench, in slacks and a sports jacket, Luc Longley has watched every minute of every preseason and regular-season game. And after watching the...

COURTS THROW OUT SPREWELL'S $30M APPEAL

KNICK NOTES MILWAUKEE - One day after getting off scot-free for tampering with Chris Webber, Latrell Sprewell received a massive blow when his $30 million lawsuit appeal was thrown out...

PYATT GETS HIS FIRST REAL CHANCE

Butch Goring wanted it to be known that when it comes to on-ice decisions, he's the boss. Lately, though, he had infuriated general manager Mike Milbury by considerably limiting the...

LOWE'S HEART IN EDMONTON

He would have been coach of the Rangers had he decided to follow Glen Sather east; of that there is no secret. But Kevin Lowe, who meant so much to...

WILLIAMS RECEIVES PINK SLIP

The Jets yesterday waived third-year safety and kick returner Kevin Williams and signed safety Nick Ferguson from the Bills' practice squad. The move represented a rock-bottom fall in football for...

JET OFFENSE NEEDS EARLY WAKE-UP CALL

CURTIS MARTIN, win or lose, is always the most mild-mannered, even-keel of sorts after games. Methodically cool, Martin is always the last Jet player out of the shower room. Even...

BRODEUR MAY BE BACK

This is a major risk the Devils are contemplating, and the reward does not seem to outweigh the risk. Less than a week since Martin Brodeur took himself out in...

SLY FOX HAS GIANT PLANS TO STOP RAMS

His phone rang, often. His season had ended, but yet the callers all wanted to learn the wisdom that John Fox had tucked away inside his head. After all, he...

WATCH OUT FOR WILLIAMS ; SCOTT GIVES FORWARD HIS NOD OF APPROVAL

Byron Scott says that Aaron Williams doesn't do anything to make one go, "wow," but that everything he does gets a nod of approval. In listening to the Nets' head...

JARVIS' KIDDIE CORPS AWAITS FIRST TEST OF FIRE

Omar Cook was a McDonald's All-American last year at Christ the King. Kyle Cuffe was the star big man on perennial national powerhouse Rice. Willie Shaw led John F. Kennedy...

LAGER BY A NOSE IN STUYVESANT

Lager got up at the final jump to edge Top Official by a nose to win the Grade 3 $108,100 Stuyvesant Handicap at a mile and an eighth. It was...

HUNT PRIVATE LAND & AIM FOR RESPECT

FINDING a place to hunt can be difficult, but there are opportunities to hunt private land; you just have to know how to do the right thing. New York State...

KNIGHTS PREVAIL WHEN IT COUNTS

CHSAA SOCCERHoly Cross 2 Molloy 1 Paul Gilvary can't stand the Yankees, but even he realizes that they represent a good model to follow for any team. "As much as...

DENBO GETS CHAMBLISS' FORMER JOB

Gary Denbo will replace Chris Chambliss as the Yankees' hitting instructor, The Post has learned. While the three-time defending World Series champions aren't announcing the hiring, the job is Denbo's,...

YANKS SHOOT FOR THE STARS ... BUT HAVE BACKUP PLANS, TOO

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - By now, still days before any team can offer dollars to free agents from any other team, you already know the Yankees' grandest - hundreds and...

PAT: I'D DONATE KIDNEY

MIAMI - Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning have shared a friendship that has transcended their ferocious rivalry on the basketball court. When squared off at gametime, they go at each...

PAYTON PLACES THIRD IN NL ROOKIE VOTE

The way Jay Payton saw the National League Rookie of the Year voting was the Braves' Rafael Furcal, the Cardinals' Rick Ankiel and then himself. This worked out rather well,...

WALLACE QUITS AS MET COACH

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - Dave Wallace, whose relationship with Met manager Bobby Valentine teetered between uneasy and hostile, will not be coming back as pitching coach, it was learned yesterday....

ISBISTER LIFTS ISLES BACK TO 1ST PLACE

Islanders 2 Predators 1 In laying out their platform before the season, the Islanders never promised to be a candidate for first place. Most polls, in fact, agreed with that...

LEETCH BACK IN FORM

THE chemistry with which the Rangers are living better these days has nothing to do with any acid base on the restored sheriff's tongue. On the contrary, Mark Messier is...

RANGERS HAVE NIGHT TO SAVOR

Rangers 4 Oilers 3 They played a terrific, crackling hockey game at the Garden last night, those incestuous Ranger and Edmonton teams did. It was end-to-end hockey between two clubs...

KNICK LANDSLIDE: HOUSTON & CO. BAG BUCKS BUT SPREE'S BACK ACTS UP

Knicks 103 Bucks 89 MILWAUKEE - Allan Houston provided the fireworks reminiscent of early last season. Marcus Camby dunked often, blocked shots, crashed the boards and sprinted hard on the...