April 25, 2001
WHOOPS, FLOOZ.COM LETS 35 STAFFERS GO
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amYou Flooz, you lose. Whoopi knows it. Now half the staff does too. Alley-based online currency company Flooz.com fired half of its staff yesterday. Thirty-five of the 70 staff were...
UBS LURES EX-DLJ HONCHO KETCHUM
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amJittery markets haven't stopped UBS from continuing its hiring spree. The Swiss bank has just nabbed yet another banker from the old Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette team as it looks...
ZELNICK SCORES $100M IN SEED MONEY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amStrauss Zelnick and Bear Stearns are going into business together, The Post has learned. The former head of BMG Entertainment is now backed by the investment bank, which has given...
DENNIS VS. PEGASUS - BACKER TOOK COUTURE LINE BEFORE SHOW
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe battle between Pamela Dennis and Pegasus Apparel Group is getting ugly. Pegasus, Dennis' financial backer, escalated the tension by taking her entire couture collection from her showroom, just before...
RIESE'S PIECES FOR SALE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amFAST Food King Dennis Riese thinks it's time to be the Cash King. Now he's selling a slew of properties - in addition to 604 Fifth Ave., which we already...
AND THE RUMORS KEEP ON FLYING
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amProblems with Pamela Dennis are just the tip of the iceberg for the Pegasus Apparel Group. Each day, new rumors make the Seventh Avenue rounds about the future of the...
BEAR BITES VIACOM - KARMAZIN EATS HIS WORDS, REPORTS LOSS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amDespite his claim that there's no ad recession, Viacom chief Mel Karmazin is getting gnawed by the bear market. Viacom reported a $7.3 million first-quarter loss yesterday but sees better...
TALK IS B'WAY BROWNED
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTINA Brown saw the hot new Broadway show "The Producers" at its premiere last Thursday - and decided to rip up the cover of her June/July cover once again. She...
DISNEY CUTS ANIMATORS - MAY ERASE 300 JOBS, CUT WAGES
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amDisney's famed animation unit is in for some rough times. The Disney department responsible for churning out such recent hits as "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" reportedly...
MSG DEAL: IS YANK NETWORK ON DECK?
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner was a giant step closer yesterday to gaining control of Yankee television rights next season and launching his much-anticipated regional sports network. The Yankee owner will have to...
FED UP WITH CW AUCTION, GABELLI MAY DO END RUN
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe snail's pace auction of Carter-Wallace Inc., the maker of Trojan condoms and Nair hair remover, has prominent money manager Mario Gabelli hot under the collar. And it looks as...
PINK SLIPS CLUB 28,729 MORE WORKERS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIn one of the worst days for job cuts in recent corporate history, at least 28,729 workers were targeted for layoffs yesterday - including hundreds of Wall Street bankers in...
JUICY SLICE OF A LIFE IN 'PIE'
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPIE IN THE SKY () Engaging portrait of a wacky Warhol superstar. Running time: 80 minutes. Not rated (nudity, profanity, drug use). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue...
THE STARR REPORT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amLeno faces the music, 'toons into Nick Hey, if Jay Leno could poke fun at his prominent visage in his autobiography ("Leading With My Chin"), what's to stop him from...
WINES OF THE WEEK: VIVA MEXICO
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHE first wine grapes in North America were planted in Mexico shortly after the Spanish arrived in 1519. Spanish friars eventually became the New World's most avid wine growers -...
EAST SIDE'S NEW AMORE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amCENTOLIRE ( 1/2) 1167 MADISON AVE. (86TH STREET) (212) 734-7711 ---------- The Upper East Side is silly over Centolire, Pino Luongo's love song to Italian-American immigrant cooking. Its kitchen shames...
QUEEN OF MEANS: 'LINK'S' RICH WITCH IS LIVING LARGE ON HER YANKEE DOLLARS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00am'WEAKEST Link" host Anne Robinson is saying "goodbye!" to her middle-class lifestyle - and reaping the rewards of her sudden success by pouring millions into her country homestead and rubbing...
'LINK' GOING LOCAL?
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amNBC, flush with the success of "Weakest Link," is reportedly ready to shop a syndicated, half-hour version of the quiz show that would air on local TV stations."Survivor" winner Richard...
BURT FLIPS HIS WIG ON SITCOM
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amSCREEN legend Burt Reynolds has stormed off a new CBS pilot citing "creative differences" with the show's producers. And despite his co-workers high hopes, he won't be back. The show,...
CLOVE FILLS LOBSTER CLUB SHELL
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amAFTER denying reports by The Post that she was ever leaving the Upper East Side, chef Anne Rosenzweig confirms she has shuttered the Lobster Club after six years at 24...
YOU JERK, JOHNNY: HOW MANY MORE KIDS WILL GET HURT?
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWHO'S the biggest jackass? Is it the kid who nearly kills himself imitating what he sees on MTV's "Jackass"? Is it Johnny Knoxville, the titular star of the show who...
SPEED KILLS: SUSHI JONES GOES A BIT OFF THE RAILS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amSUSHI JONES () 17 E. 17TH ST. (BETWEEN FIFTH AVENUE AND BROADWAY) (646) 230-0033 ------------- BRIDGET'S not the only new Jones in town. There's also Sushi Jones, a fast-fooder near...
THE PERILS OF CUISINE - A CRITIC'S LIFE IS JUST ONE FLYING KULFI AFTER ANOTHER . . .
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPEOPLE think food critics have the life - and mostly, they're right. But they don't realize the hidden dangers we encounter night after night. New York City eateries can be...
CNN PICKS UP EX-'BLUE' STAR
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amFORMER "NYPD Blue" actress turned-TV-news correspondent Andrea Thompson has been hired to anchor CNN Headline News. Thompson, 41, who played detective Jill Kirkedall on "Blue," left the drama in 1999...
HIT'S ONE FOR THE ROAD - 'PRODUCERS' TO AID TOURING TROUPES MORE THAN B'WAY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHE only thing anybody in the theater can talk about this week is "The Producers."People involved in the $10.5 million show are marveling at ticket sales: $3 million worth last...
A 'GATHERING' THAT NEEDS SYMPAHTY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHE GATHERING ( 1/2)The Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St. (212) 239-6200. ---------- IT is not easy to write about Arje Shaw's play "The Gathering," which opened at the Cort...
FRENCH (UN)DRESSING - VISITING DANCE TROUPE SAVES MONEY ON COSTUMES
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amNO one could call it rude . . . but it is certainly nude - and therefore perhaps startling. An avant-garde French dance troupe is bringing an all-naked dance show...
AND IN OTHER NUDES . . .
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amCheck out Issue 35 of the chichi Visionaire publication, titled simply "Man" and devoted to the male form as envisioned by 100 artsy folk, including Karl Lagerfeld and Richard Avedon....
TRUCK DRIVER WAS A SPY - NYER PENETRATED IRA FOR THE FBI & BRITAIN'S MI5
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIT SOUNDS like the plot of an action thriller by Tom Clancy or Jack Higgins: An American businessman is recruited by the FBI and Britain's MI5 to penetrate a maverick...
BULLYING WIDESPREAD IN CLASSES: SURVEY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amBullies are running rampant in American schools, researchers say. "It's a public health problem that merits attention," declared Duane Alexander, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human...
UNCLAIMED KIDS FUEL THEORY AFRICAN SHIP CARRIED SLAVES
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amOnly one of the 31 children who got off a suspected Nigerian slave ship last week has been claimed by an adult relative, deepening suspicions that they were victims of...
OH, MY COD! CELEB FISH FINALLY FRIED
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIn the annals of fish stories, this may be the saddest one of all. It's the tale of Balder, a blind cod who had the misfortune of swimming into a...
CARL DUMPS STATE'S $10M SUDAN STAKE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Comptroller Carl McCall has quietly unloaded $10 million in shares the state pension fund held in a Canadian oil company allegedly linked to the Sudan slave trade, The...
SKAKEL IN CUSTODY FIGHT FOR 5-YR.-OLD SON
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amKennedy cousin Michael Skakel is battling for custody of his 5-year-old son even as he prepares for his upcoming murder trial, The Post learned yesterday. Margot Skakel is divorcing the...
PORN-AGAIN FILM CAREERS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amSex sells - a good thing for film and TV workers who could be out of work next week if there's an actors and writers strike. Porn industry titans say...
GEISHA'S REVENGE - SUES AUTHOR OF BOOK ON HER LIFE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA Japanese woman sued the best-selling author of "Memoirs of a Geisha" yesterday - saying the novelist broke a promise not to identify her, and then fabricated scandalous stories about...
ANGRY DRIVER'S PAINTBALL SALVO
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amRoad rage erupted on a Bronx street yesterday when an angry motorist fired a gun - loaded with harmless paintballs - at a livery cab after a traffic confrontation, cops...
KIDS FINDING A DOWNLOAD OF TROUBLE - HATE-GROUP MUSIC ABUNDANT ON 'NET
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Mainstream music download sites on the Internet are giving kids easy access to frightening hate- and violence-filled music, a Post probe has found. A random search on Napster...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 25, 1990
April 25, 2001 | 4:00am"Michael Milken, king of the junk bonds, tearfully renounced his crown yesterday when he pleaded guilty to violating federal securities laws. The 43-year-old billionaire, who made countless Wall Streeters rich,...
SCHOOL WITCH HUNT IS WAY OFF TARGET
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIT WAS just a matter of time before something like this happened. A post-Columbine witch hunt seems to be in progress in Brooklyn. The target of so much parental fear...
MAIL (DIS)ORDER OVER 75,000 LOST PIECES
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - The check really is in the mail for thousands of Colorado residents whose letters were mysteriously lost by the post office last month. The U.S. Postal Service admitted...
W. GIVES CONGRESS A $HOVE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday lit a fire under GOP congressional leaders, summoning them to the White House to tell them to quickly finalize his tax cut - and a...
SURVEY: SEX TURNING TV INTO THE 'BOOB' TUBE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTV is too trashy - that's the opinion of Americans who say they can't believe their eyes at the filth being peddled on television. Seventy-seven percent of adults polled in...
LANDLORDS COULD GET RENT HIKES UP TO 13%
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amResidents in a million rent-stabilized apartments could soon be smacked with the highest rent hikes in a decade - and tenants were steaming mad following a key Rent Guidelines Board...
NO TAX CUTS, NO CITY BUDGET: RUDY - WANTS $585M TRIMMED
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday threatened to wield his veto pen if the City Council doesn't go along with his $585 million package of tax cuts. "If there aren't sufficient tax cuts...
BAD RAP FOR RECORD LABELS - THEY STILL TARGET CHILDREN: REPORT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The music industry hasn't changed its tune - it's still peddling dirty and violent lyrics to kids, a new federal study says. The Federal Trade Commission, following up...
HILL GETS INVITE TO VISIT OLD D.C. 'DIGS'
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. ONE hundred days after waving goodbye to the White House, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton may finally be going back. Clinton is among hundreds of lawmakers invited to 1600 Pennsylvania...
LET'S LEGALLY END ABUSE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIT CERTAINLY isn't music to my ears to hear the rabid, racist filth that passes for melody. Look, my parents, God bless their sainted souls, didn't know everything I was...
'GUN THREAT' KID IS EXPELLED - BOYCOTT OVER B'KLYN BOY ENDS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA fourth-grader whose alleged gun threat sparked angry parents to boycott a Brooklyn elementary school will not return to class, Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday. After one transfer, two suspensions...
MCVEIGH EXECUTION HITS HOME FOR REPORTER
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amFor Arkansas TV reporter Carla Wade, covering Timothy McVeigh's execution on May 16 won't be just business - it will be personal. Wade's dad, Johnny Wade, was working for the...
DOWNEY FALLS OFF THE WAGON AGAIN
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amCops busted drug-bedeviled actor Robert Downey Jr. - strung out and stumbling into an alley - and nailed the "Ally McBeal" star on misdemeanor narcotics charges, police said yesterday. In...
FLYING ON WIDE BODY NEXT TO DEAD BODY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA family was scared stiff flying home from a dream vacation in Bali when they were forced to sit next to a corpse. Donna Beaulieu says her family's saga aboard...
DIALLO MURAL SHOWS COPS AS KLANSMEN
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA controversial new chapter was added to the Amadou Diallo saga yesterday when a Harlem artist unveiled a memorial mural featuring police in KKK hoods and a skeleton-faced Statue of...
TORRICELLI: HILL KNOWS MY ANGUISH
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amEmbattled New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli told fellow Democrats yesterday he was the victim of false charges - and said only Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton could fully understand what he's...
IT'S OFFICIAL: MAYORAL BID GETS GREEN LIGHT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPublic Advocate Mark Green officially launched his campaign for mayor yesterday, promising to "move beyond" Mayor Giuliani by cutting crime and police abuse at the same time. "We will have...
GOV BOMBS ON VIEQUES: POLL
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - A whopping 80 percent of New Yorkers say Gov. Pataki should basically butt out of the Vieques bombing dispute, a new poll shows. Thirty-seven percent say the issue...
BUSH PLEDGES TO DEFEND TAIWAN
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In another tough signal toward China, President Bush says he would use the full force of the U.S. military to defend Taiwan from attack by Beijing. "Whatever it...
BODIES RETURN TO U.S. AS PERU REJECTS BLAME
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe bodies of an American missionary and her 7-month-old daughter, whose plane was shot down over Peru, were returned to the United States yesterday as Lima officials criticized suggestions that...
'ALLY' CANS DOWNEY JR. AFTER NEW DRUG BUST
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amDrug-bedeviled actor Robert Downey Jr. was booted off "Ally McBeal" show yesterday - hours after being busted on new misdemeanor narcotics charges. In a repeat performance of his sad, fallen-off-the-wagon...
ANOTHER LIVERY CABBY ROBBED
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA 22-year-old livery cabdriver was robbed in Queens yesterday by an armed man who jumped into the car at a red light, police said. The unidentified driver was stopped at...
RAP MOGUL, EX-TOP COP JOIN GREEN TEAM
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPublic Advocate Mark Green officially launched his campaign for mayor yesterday, promising to "move beyond" Mayor Giuliani by cutting both crime and police abuse at the same time. "We will...
SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS FOR GENE-STUDY SCIENTISTS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amCan't resist chowing down on chocolate? Don't be consumed with guilt. Just blame your genes. Scientists are chewing over evidence they may have found the "sweet tooth" gene. If so,...
TEACHERS 'STATE' THEIR CASE FOR A NEW PACT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The city's public-school teachers brought their fight for a new contract to the state Legislature yesterday, pushing for a bill that would punish the city if it doesn't...
ATTACK IN CENTRAL PARK
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amA homeless man randomly attacked a Central Park visitor in broad daylight yesterday, tossing a cobblestone at him, cops said. Larry Freeman, 49, allegedly attacked the 30-year-old man at 4:20...
TOP COURT UNCUFFS COPS FOR PETTY RAPS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A split U.S. Supreme Court gave cops the green light yesterday to arrest and jail anyone who commits a no-no like driving without a seat belt or littering....
HIGH COURT TAKES CUFFS OFF COPS IN PETTY ARRESTS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A split U.S. Supreme Court gave cops the green light yesterday to arrest and jail anyone who commits a no-no like driving without a seat belt or littering....
W. HAS CHINA UP IN ARMS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - China yesterday formally protested that it "strongly opposed" President Bush's plans to sell a robust package of arms to Taiwan - but Bush told the Chinese they'd better...
IVERSON HITS 45 IN REGGIE DUEL
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Like the cheese on a steak sandwich, the future of the 76ers is now. Clogged arteries are tomorrow's worries, along with any bill to be paid by for...
KNICKS EAGER TO PLAY - JEFF TROOP ANXIOUS TO RESUME
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amAt some point soon, the Knicks will finally get back on the court and resume their first-round playoff series with the Raptors, a series the Knicks lead, 1-0, in case...
VG STUNNED BY HORNETS' STING OF HEAT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES There is nothing the Knicks relish more than seeing the demise of the Heat, and as Pat Riley's crew is crashing and burning in its first-round playoff series,...
KNICKS NEED THIS BREAK - OFF-DAYS MOST WELCOME
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amNORMALLY, players dread two or three days between games, particularly in the playoffs when momentum in a short series can be critical. But if there ever was a team in...
RAPTS WANT TO SHED FOUL PLAY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amRAPTOR NOTES TORONTO - The Raptors have watched the tape over and over and over. They've seen their mistakes again and again and again. And despite tapes that were as...
DOG-GONE LEGISLATION MAY TARGET HUNTERS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amNEW York sportsmen should be aware of two bills before the state legislature that appear to be about animal-fighting activities, but could have a negative impact on sportsmen. Currently, New...
LJ HOPING TO BE BACK
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amLarry Johnson remains hopeful that a bad back that kept him out of action for Game 1 against the Raptors will feel better for Game 2. But there's no indication...
JARVIS' AIDE MIGHT GET GW JOB
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amSt. John's associate head basketball coach Kevin Clark is being considered by George Washington University to replace Tom Penders, who resigned suddenly last Friday, The Post has learned. Clark was...
BAFFERT'S DUO TURNS HEADS IN WORKOUTS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe main track at Churchill Downs was "dead" yesterday morning, according to trainer Bob Baffert, after overnight rain. But Baffert's dynamic duo for the May 5 Kentucky Derby, Point Given...
AMAZIN'S STUCK IN A HINCH - INJURIES FORCE BRETT UP FROM MINORS, INTO STOP-GAP START
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - With Al Leiter's elbow sidelining him until Tuesday at the earliest, Bobby Valentine had revised his plan and decided to start Brian Rose tomorrow against the Brewers. But...
RAPTORS TO PUT MO ON MARK
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - Flash back to Game 1 Sunday between the Knicks and the Raptors, specifically the first quarter. There's Morris Peterson, Raptors rookie, in his first-ever NBA playoff game. There's...
ARNOTT'S KNEE IS OK FOR LEAFS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe MRI results removed fear of a serious knee injury, but Jason Arnott still had to undergo a self-examination when he resumed practicing with the Devils yesterday. The results of...
STEVENS ENJOYS PLAYING BAD-GUY ROLE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWhile he wants to be known for more than just a concussion-provider, Devils defenseman Scott Stevens admits he enjoys being the villain in opposing arenas. And he's looking forward to...
LEWIS: ARMED & DANGEROUS - ACE DRIVES HITTERS BATTY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL: F. Lewis 6 - Van Buren 0 This was Jonathan Lewis' take on his performance yesterday: "I really didn't feel all that good. I'm not comfortable out there...
METS HIT THE WALL - DONNE SERVES UP FATAL HOME-RUN BALL
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Donne Wall's face remained its normal stoic self after last night's 6-4 Met loss to the Brewers. But he was peeved. It wasn't so much because of the...
WARD APOLOGY APPLAUDED
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amTwo Jewish organizations that had ripped Charlie Ward applauded, yesterday, the pious point guard's efforts to seek more knowledge on Judaism. The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement it has...
EL DUQUE OK AFTER WORKOUT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe tone of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez's voice told you a lot more than did the words that flowed from his mouth or the mountains of ice that were attached...
AMAZIN'S STUCK IN A HINCH
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - With Al Leiter's elbow sidelining him until Tuesday at the earliest, Bobby Valentine had revised his plan and decided to start Brian Rose tomorrow against the Brewers. But...
PHANTOM HOMER CHILLS BOMBERS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch falls to warning track after deflecting ball hit by Mariner catcher Tom Lampkin in seventh inning. Umpires ruled blast two-run homer and Seattle went on to 7-5 victory...
M'S SHOW THE WAY
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amIS THIS Bud Selig's dream or dread? The commissioner who wants a greater balance of power should be loving April, unless what he really wanted in 2001 was greater disparity...
NOT THEIR NIGHT ; UMP'S CALL, LEAKY 'D' DOOM YANKS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMariners 7 Yankees 5 Lance Barksdale's bouncing eyes did not beat the Yankees last night, even if the third base umpire was wrong about a Tom Lampkin home- run call...
SUZUKI'S REVVIN' UP ; JAPANESE STAR FINDS SUCCESS, PEACE IN U.S.
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amOver the past two seasons, Seattle has lost Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez, two of baseball's biggest stars. But this year, the Mariners have acquired a player who, in...
KNOBBY GOES TO VIDEO TAPE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES There is no denying having split second base for left field has helped Chuck Knoblauch. And while Joe Torre believes the move has played a part in Knoblauch's...
SORE HAMMY KEEPS ROBIN ON BENCH
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Robin Ventura's right hamstring still hurts enough that when he bends down to ties his shoes, he feels it. So when Met manager Bobby Valentine reached...
CONGAREE CAN DO IT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amLeading up to the mile and a quarter Kentucky Derby, the $64,000 question always is, "who can get the distance?" In the time leading up to this year's Derby on...
THEY'RE NOT JUST GAMES - SPORTS CAN UNIFY ... AND WORDS LIKE WARD'S CAN HURT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amOF course what Charlie Ward said matters. After all, Ichiro Suzuki was in right field last night for the Mariners. Sports - at their highest calling - have helped bridge...
NELLIE SAYS NO MORE ILL WILL TOWARD JOE OR THE YANKEES
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWith Seattle in town for a three-game series against the Yankees, reliever Jeff Nelson returned to New York for the first time since the Mariners signed him away from the...
RELIEF FOR EL DUQUE - BULLPEN SESSION GOES OFF PAIN-FREE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe tone of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez's voice told you a lot more than did the words that flowed from his mouth or the mountains of ice that were attached...
HOUSTON WALL-BANGER - TYLER, BREW CREW DROP DONNE, METS
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amBrewers 6 -Mets 4 MILWAUKEE - The Mets' four-man bullpen nucleus of Turk Wendell, Dennis Cook, John Franco and Armando Benitez have been highly effective of late. The quartet entered...
PHILLY PUTS ITS SEASON ON THE LINE
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Not that there was much pressure on the 76ers, stunned in the opener by a Reggie Miller bomb, to get this first round best-of-five series even last night....