April 19, 2002
BIG PAY CUTS FOR TOP EXECS AT UBS, GM
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTwo top executives - at UBS AG and General Motors - took huge pay cuts last year, reflecting the hard times their companies had during a worldwide recession. Marcel Ospel,...
BRITNEY WHEELS, DEALS WAY INTO SKATE BRAND
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amBritney Spears' newest wares will be rolling into stores in June. Skechers, through a licensing deal, and the pop star are coming out with a new line of sneaker-skates called...
DOWNTOWN BANK HOME OF NEW HOTEL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAnother chic hotel is headed to SoHo. The former 1927-era bank building on the corner of Spring and Lafayette is being shopped to such ritzy hoteliers as the Mercer's Andre...
PRIMEDIA SELLING CHICAGO
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amPRIMEDIA CEO Tom Rogers is putting Chicago magazine on the block. "There has been strong interest and we are going to see what we can get for it," according to...
KEYSPAN'S CASE DOWN AND DIRTY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAn overflowing dumpster was recently seized under court order after an angry contractor became worried KeySpan was tossing evidence related to an ongoing legal battle. David Kay, who is deep...
PARSONS WANTS TO BREAK APART TWE PARTNERSHIP
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amDick Parsons is hoping to finally release the huge entertainment animal from its cage at AOL Time Warner. But he may have to wrestle it first in the debt arena....
DODGING A BULLET : MERRILL GETS BACK TO BIZ WITH SPITZER DEAL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMerrill Lynch's Stanley O'Neal managed to put a big headache behind him yesterday, reaching a settlement with New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over disclosure of analyst conflicts. O'Neal...
BIG ANDERSEN BLOW: DOJ NIXES DEAL TALKS, MAY SIGNAL FIRM'S END
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe Justice Department slammed shut the door to negotiating a settlement with embattled Arthur Andersen, a blow that could sink the formerly high-flying accountants for good. The beleaguered 89-year old...
TEAR DOWN THESE 'WALLS'
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amCHELSEA WALLS Half a starCALLING it pretentious doesn't do justice to the toxic faux-bohemianism and unearned self-regard that bubble and ooze out of every aspect of "Chelsea Walls" - an...
LOOSE 'URBAN' TALE FAILS TO BLOSSOM
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amURBAN TRANSITIONS: LOOSE BLOSSOMSAt the Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St. Through May 5. Call Ticket Central (212) 279-4200. EXPLOSIVE tensions and lies within families are the most revealing themes...
A GREEK PASTRY ; TRUE LOVE & BAKLAVA
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING A delectable, sugary concoction.Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG (sensuality and language). At the Empire, the Angelika, the Beekman, the Chelsea, others. A romantic comedy...
MEET THE POST'S SURVIVOR SECRET
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWE'VE kept quiet long enough - The Post has a rooting interest in "Survivor: Marquesas." Tough-as-nails castaway Tammy Leitner, 29, one of eight remaining contestants on "Survivor," is a crime...
THE FINAL FRONTIER IS CONQUERED IN 3-D THRILL RIDE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amSPACE STATION 3D Wow!Running time: 44 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At Sony Lincoln Square IMAX theater. THIS is what IMAX was made for: Strap on a pair of 3-D...
'NUMBERS' DOESN'T ADD UP
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMURDER BY NUMBERS 1/2 A mixed bag.Running time: 119 minutes. Rated R (gory violence, profanity, sex). At the Empire, the Union Square, the Sutton, others. THE thriller "Murder by Numbers"...
STARR REPORT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amOn the teen beat: 'Ricki' grabs Gracie "Ricki Lake," still going strong in its ninth season, snagged its second Gracie Award Wednesday night at The New York Hilton for its...
A CRACKING GOOD SHOW
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amENIGMA 1/2 Well-made, old-fashioned spy flick.Running time: 117 minutes. Rated R (brief violence, sex). At the Empire 25, City Cinemas, Loews 84th Street, others. 'ENIGMA" is a well-made, pleasingly old-fashioned...
THOROUGHLY MUDDLED 'MILLIE' HITS THE BOARDS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTHOROUGHLY MODERNMILLIE At the Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway, at 46th Street; (212) 307-4100. WHEN you come out of a musical humming the same song you hummed when you went in,...
NUTS ABOUT BOLTON ; HIPSTER DOOFUS JIVE TALKS HIS WAY TO WHITE-BOY COOL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWHETHER you love Michael Bolton or hate him, you can't deny his success.In his long career, he's sold more than 52 million albums and won heaps of awards, including a...
WHEN FRENCH GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amGIRLS CAN'T SWIM THIS is a coming-of-age movie that Hollywood wouldn't have the guts to make. As directed and co-written by Anne-Sophie Birot, the French export offers a frank, no-holds-barred...
MAID-TO-ORDER FRENCH THRILLER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMURDEROUS MAIDS The title tells it all.In French, with English subtitles. Running time: Not rated (sex, nudity, violence). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Quad. IN 1933, two sisters working...
A CON QUEST
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amNINE QUEENS And a pair of aces.In Spanish, with English subtitles. Running time: 115 minutes. Rated R (profanity, a little violence). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine. 'NINE Queens"...
TWISTED HUMOR IN SPACE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMUTANT ALIENS A new film from Bill Plympton, the animation master, is always welcome. This one is a sci-fi adventure of sorts. An astronaut blasts off into space, leaving behind...
BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWORLD TRAVELER 1/2 Well-traveled, booze-soaked road movie.Running time: 105 minutes. Not rated (sex, profanity). At the Empire and the Union Square. AFTER lightening up in "Almost Famous," Billy Crudup is...
$10M FOR OZZY, $500 FOR PIPI
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amROCKER Ozzy Osbourne wants close to $10 million for another season of "The Osbournes" - but is offering only a paltry $500 for the return of his pet pooch, Pipi....
A 'GOLD!' DUST-UP; SONDHEIM AXES LONGTIME AGENT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amREMEMBER that deliciously nasty lawsuit between Stephen Sondheim and producer Scott Rudin over Sondheim's new musical, "Gold!"?Though it was settled earlier this year, the suit continues to poison Sondheim's life,...
'SCORPION' STINKS: THE ROCK IS SCHLOCK IN 'MUMMY' SPINOFF
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTHE SCORPION KING Lame vehicle for Schwarzenegger wannabe. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG-13 (brutality). At Loews 42nd Street E-walk, Union Square, Chelsea Cinemas, others. LIKE "Conan the Barbarian," from...
UNDERAGE-SEX BUST FOR TEACHER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA lay teacher at a Bronx Catholic school was charged with sex abuse last night after he was caught engaging in a sex act with a 13-year-old girl in a...
CAM NAILS SUSPECT'S CLEAN $WEEP
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA janitor who snatched a money bag from a Long Island bank must have thought he made a clean getaway. But Long Island cops said yesterday that Pedro Santos' dirty...
ANDY TAKES A BEATING OVER 9/11 BLAST AT GOV
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amFrom the White House to upstate politicians to city unions, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo was buried under an avalanche of biting criticism yesterday for claiming that Gov. Pataki failed to...
OSAMA BIN LADEN WOUNDED FROM DECEMBER ASSAULT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Captured al Qaeda fighters have told U.S. investigators that terror master Osama bin Laden was wounded during the massive U.S. air assault on his mountain fortress at Tora...
PROBE FOR HOSP THAT KEPT DAD'S BODY ON ICE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amKin not notified. The state and city Health departments are investigating why NYU Downtown Hospital kept the body of a 61-year-old Manhattan man in a morgue freezer for 33 days...
PELOSI: NO 'GREAT' IN BRITAIN
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi, who wed Generosa Ammon soon after her millionaire husband was slain, and then honeymooned at her $8.5 million, 22-room manor outside London, yesterday kissed off living in England...
KIDS BUSTED IN EAST SIDE MUGGING
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTwo young punks allegedly robbed a victim at gunpoint early yesterday but were chased along East 58th Street by cops and caught - all for $11. The teenagers tearfully confessed...
URBAN PLANNING BY ATTA: DOWNTOWN DEFEATISTS WOULD LET HIJACKERS KILL THE WORLD'S FINANCIAL CAPITAL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amIF we'd wanted the 9/11 terrorists to do our urban planning, we could have paid them consultants' fees and saved them all their trouble with jets and box-cutters. Yet some...
CUOMO WIDENS LEAD IN 2 POLLS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Andrew Cuomo holds double-digit leads over gubernatorial primary rival Carl McCall among Democratic voters, two new polls yesterday showed. A Quinnipiac University survey found former federal Housing Secretary...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA 10-year-old girl who befriended a senior citizen as part of an "Adopt-a-Godfather" program in Connecticut ended up being impregnated by him. Cops say Jimmy Kave, 75, admitted having sex...
COPS CRASH E. HARLEM WEAPONS DEN
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA 38-year-old construction worker with an arsenal of illegal weapons was busted early yesterday when cops armed with a search warrant raided his East Harlem apartment and seized a cache...
U.S. PILOT'S TRAGIC ERROR: BOMBED CANADIANS HE MISTOOK FOR ENEMY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe pilot of an F-16 jet involved in the horrific friendly-fire tragedy that killed four Canadian paratroopers in Afghanistan dropped a 500-pound laser-guided bomb after mistakenly thinking he was taking...
KIN BEG FOR HELP FINDING SENIOR WITH ALZHEIMER'S
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAn Alzheimer's-stricken Brooklyn man has been missing since he was separated from his family at a parade in Manhattan Sunday and his worried family is desperate to bring him home....
FDNY MEDICS BROADSIDED
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTwo Fire Department emergency medical technicians were clinging to life last night when their ambulance was struck on the way to a call in Brooklyn, authorities said. Three civilians in...
'BIG GAME' MERCHANT PUMPED UP BY FAME
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAmit Ghetia was the most famous gas jockey in New Jersey yesterday - proving once again that Andy Warhol was absolutely right about this 15-minutes-of-celebrity business. With the winner of...
RUDY GETS WTC FUND
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - After months of haggling, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has finally gained control of the Twin Towers Fund. A state Supreme Court justice signed off Tuesday on the transfer...
WTC TRADING CARDS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA Florida promoter plans to issue collectible trading cards featuring the "Heroes of the World Trade Center," triggering outrage from some, shrugs from others and the cooperation of a relative...
SO MANY YOUNG LIVES CUT SHORT: SEPT. 11 TOLL FALLS HEAVIEST IN 30-44 GROUP, NUMBERS SHOW
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe city yesterday released its first breakdown of those who died at the World Trade Center - and it shows that more than one third were men and women between...
SURPRISE LENIENCY 'BID': PROBATION REPORT URGES NO JAIL FOR AUCTION TYCOON
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA federal official has made a surprise leniency bid for aging auction tycoon Alfred Taubman - urging that he not spend a day in jail for hatching a multimillion-dollar price-fixing...
D.A. SQUEEZES 'HIT MAN': RUSSIAN SUSPECT MAY ID BROOKLYN COP KILLER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAuthorities hope that a self-described Russian hit man - charged with conspiring to murder a drug dealer - will lead them to a cop killer, The Post has learned. Alexander...
SLAIN STALK TARGET WAS SET TO FLEE CITY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe woman killed by her ex-boyfriend in a Harlem pawn shop was so afraid of his threats that she bought a plane ticket and planned to flee to Miami the...
BLAKE MAY FACE DEATH IN CHILLING WIFE SLAYING
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amVeteran actor Robert Blake was dramatically arrested in Los Angeles last night - and could face the death penalty in the mysterious shooting death of his wife last May. As...
GROUND ZERO FINALE IN WORKS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration is working with relatives of victims to plan a ceremony honoring the end of the Ground Zero recovery work - possibly in three weeks - family members...
UNION BIGS NAILED IN $10M MTA SCAM: FEDS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA ring of corrupt union officials, a developer and a mobbed-up contractor took taxpayers for a $10 million ride in a massive no-show job scheme, a federal indictment charged yesterday....
RANDI: MIKE ON BOARD FOR CONTRACT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday endorsed a state proposal to boost teacher salaries by 16 percent in return for a 20 minute-longer school day as a basis to help achieve a new...
DWI COP'S LAWYER POINTING FINGER OF BLAME AT VICTIMS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe lawyer for embattled ex-cop Joseph Gray admitted his client "wasn't sober" when he fatally mowed down four family members last summer - but yesterday he suggested the victims were...
DOC'S WIDOW RELIVES SLAY ANGUISH
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amDiane Wood was a 23-year-old nurse - newly wed and newly pregnant - when husband John was shot dead on Riverside Drive for the $5 in his pocket. Yesterday, 20...
BLAME THE DAME FOR TAUBMAN TROUBLE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amF. SCOTT Fitzgerald said, "The rich are different from you and me." Well in the case of Alfred Taubman, 76, I don't believe that's true. I mean here's the boss...
BUILDERS RIGHT ON THE BEAM
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amNew steel has finally begun to rise at Ground Zero - even as workers continue to haul tons of twisted steel from the ruins of the destroyed World Trade Center....
NAMES FROM BROOKLYN DIOCESE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe Diocese of Brooklyn has turned over to prosecutors the names of 21 more of its priests who have been accused of molesting kids, officials said. This will bring to...
'MAID' MAN MARLON IS HIT WITH 'DAD' SUIT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe former maid of Marlon Brando claims the screen legend sired her three kids during a 13-year love affair, promised to support her forever - and then abruptly cut off...
BOOKKEEPER IN MEGATHEFT BUST
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe bookkeeper of a Brooklyn credit union was busted yesterday after stealing nearly half a million dollars from the company, cops said. Maria Martini, 52, surrendered at the district attorney's...
PALESTINIAN LEADERS MAY LOSE DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Palestinian leaders would lose diplomatic protection, be banned from lobbying and face stark travel restrictions under a harsh new bill introduced in the Senate yesterday. Assets of the...
ARAFAT WRONG TO HARBOR CABINET 'KILLERS': BUSH
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday defended Israel's siege of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters, saying it's understandable because the accused killers of an Israeli Cabinet minister are getting shelter there. "They're housed in...
BUSH WILL HIT ADIRONDACK TRAIL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is traveling to the Adirondacks on Monday - Earth Day - to clear trails with Gov. Pataki, officials said yesterday. Bush, who enjoys clearing brush and...
BOSS: PA COPS BEAT MY WORKER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe city commissioner in charge of engineering at Ground Zero yesterday accused Port Authority police of beating one of his staff members and breaking the man's collarbone. "As many of...
GOPERS LICKING THEIR CHOPS OVER LEAHY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Gleeful Vermont Republicans are making hay with Sen. Pat Leahy's medals mess. Leahy, the four-term Democratic Judiciary Committee chairman, isn't up for re-election until 2004. But GOPers in...
MILAN CRASH STIRS 9/11 PANIC: PLANE HITS BUILDING IN FATAL ACCIDENT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA small plane smashed a jagged hole into the tallest skyscraper in Milan yesterday, sending the stock market plunging and raising fears of a repeat of the Sept. 11 attacks....
BISHOP'S UNHOLY ACT: ADMITTED SEX FIEND BUSTED IN MOLEST OF 14- YR.-OLD
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe archbishop of an Orthodox church in Queens was busted yesterday on child sex-assault charges after a Post story exposed the convicted molester. Pangratios Vrionis, 58, is accused of molesting...
LAND GRAB AIDS 7 WTC PLAN
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe effort to rebuild 7 World Trade Center cleared a major hurdle yesterday - meaning that groundbreaking could begin within six months. The Empire State Development Corp. used its "eminent...
SOLO-DRIVER BAN LOOSENED
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amCity officials lifted the 6-10 a.m. weekday ban on single-occupancy vehicles on three Manhattan entryways yesterday. Starting Monday, lone drivers can head into Manhattan via the 59th Street Bridge, the...
SHOWING THEIR MEDAL: SENATE PASSES BILL TO HONOR 9/11 HEROES
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A resolution honoring 9/11 heroes with valor medals was approved last night by the Senate after Sen. Patrick Leahy relented and permitted a vote on the measure. The...
TEENAGER NIXES PLEA DEAL IN PARENTS-STRANGLE CASE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amConnie Leung - the Manhattan teen charged with strangling her parents and dumping their bodies in the East River - has turned down a plea deal and is heading to...
GRAVY TRAIN BUSTED: UNION BIGS NAILED FOR $10M FRAUD ON MTA CONTRACT: FEDS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA ring of corrupt union officials, a developer and a mobbed-up contractor took taxpayers for a $10 million ride in a massive no-show job scheme, a federal indictment charged yesterday....
SECOND SHOOTING IN E. VILLAGE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA 22-year-old man was shot on an East Village street corner early yesterday during a possible robbery attempt, police said. Andre Scott was shot in the hip at 1:53 a.m....
BULL' FIGHTS FOR 'TERROR' LAWYER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amSalvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano was stubborn as an ox when it came to keeping his lawyer Lynne Stewart yesterday - even though she may be in more trouble than he...
MAN SHOT IN EAST VILLAGE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA 22-year-old man was shot on an East Village street corner early yesterday during a possible robbery attempt, police said. Andre Scott was shot in the hip at 1:53 a.m....
SAMMY BULL: DON'T TAKE MY INDICTED LAWYER AWAY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amSalvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano was stubborn as an ox when it came to keeping his lawyer Lynne Stewart yesterday - even though she may be in more trouble than he...
$440G SWINDLE AT B'KLYN CREDIT UNION
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe bookkeeper of a Brooklyn credit union was busted yesterday after stealing nearly half a million dollars from the company, cops said. Maria Martini, 52, surrendered at the district attorney's...
HOSP THAT LET DAD'S CORPSE ROT IS PROBED
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe state and city Health Departments are investigating why NYU Downtown Hospital kept the body of a 61-year-old Manhattan man in a morgue freezer for 33 days without notifying relatives...
COPS BUST JAIL-ORDER DRUG BIZ AS EX-CON'S GROWTH IS STUNTED
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amA pot- and pill-pushing ex-con's next address may be prison after Long Island cops smashed his alleged drugs-for-thugs scheme. Nassau detectives say that William Valerio, 45, of Valley Stream ran...
CUOMO-CIDE: STORM OF OUTRAGE GREETS ANDY OVER BIG 9/11 GAFFE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amFrom the White House to upstate politicians to city unions, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo was buried under an avalanche of biting criticism yesterday for claiming that Gov. Pataki failed to...
PROTESTERS RIP 'WORRIED' BLOOMBERG'S SCHOOL CUT$
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he was "worried" about closing the city's $5-billion budget gap yesterday as protesters stepped up the pressure to restore cuts in education and day care. "We...
9/11 MEDALS BILL CLEARS BIG HURDLE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A resolution honoring 9/11 heroes with valor medals was approved unanimously by a Senate committee yesterday after Sen. Patrick Leahy relented and permitted a vote on the measure....
GOP LICKING ITS CHOPS OVER LEAHY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Gleeful Vermont Republicans are making hay with Sen. Pat Leahy's medals mess. Leahy, the four-term Democratic Judiciary Committee chairman, isn't up for re-election until 2004. But GOPers in...
L.A. COPS BUST BLAKE IN '01 SLAYING OF WIFE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amActor Robert Blake was dramatically arrested in Los Angeles last night in the mysterious shooting death of his wife almost a year ago. As five police choppers clattered overhead, cops...
BERNIE TO PLAY TONIGHT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Bernie Williams still isn't 100 percent healthy, but both he and Joe Torre have proclaimed him ready to start tonight in center field against Toronto. Williams has missed...
MYSTERY SOLVED: YASHIN GETS IN THE GAME
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amISLE NOTES TORONTO - As expected, the biggest secret in Islander Country wasn't revealed until right before last night's game. When Alexei Yashin's name wasn't announced with Islander scratches Mats...
SPENCER'S SPECIAL GIFT: BIG BLAST LIFTS YANKS AS WELLS GOES 3-0
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 8 Orioles 4 Joe Torre changed his mind about Shane Spencer, and he's glad he did. Torre told Spencer Tuesday that his shot at becoming a full-time Yankee starter...
ISLES CAN'T TURN LEAFS: DOMI GOAL IN 3RD BOOSTS TORONTO
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amGame 1 Leafs 3 Isles 1 TORONTO - From their expressions, the Islanders looked like they were sucking on lemons last night. For the first time since 1994, the franchise...
'91 DEVIL SNUB STILL GRATES ON BRIND'AMOUR
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amRALEIGH - If he's still carrying a month-old cudgel for Bobby Holik, Carolina center Rod Brind' Amour paid him back with the series-opening goal and an overwhelming 19-5 faceoff edge,...
POST'S COOK HOT FOR NFL
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amCharlie Cook has been told he can't play in the NFL. He doesn't really care. "I'm used to hearing things like that," said Cook, who hopes to be taken late...
IT'S A REEL SCORCHER
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amLET'S be honest here, the weather has been great for fishing with spring species such as winter flounder and mackerel off to a flying start, but 90-degree temperatures in April...
OH, DID NETS PROVE DOCTOR J. WRONG
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amIf the Nets are to draw some lessons from their history, here is some advice: Eat ribs. Stay loose. Keep the mascot away from brooms. Keep your mouth shut. Those...
JETS SPELL DRAFT WITH CAPITAL 'D'
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amUnless the Jets' front office and coaches have turned into serious poker players, look for them to go defense early and often in tomorrow's NFL Draft. The Jets' first-round pick...
DOLAN GETS IT WRONG AGAIN
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amSO LET me get this straight. If you are selfish, irresponsible, intermittently lazy and intolerably full of self-pity, Jimmy Dolan will give you a rebate. But if you go to...
CAMBY MAY LEAVE IF SPREE IS TRADED
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMarcus Camby has issued his first warning to Knicks management: If his buddy Latrell Sprewell is traded, he may opt out of his contract after next season. If he chooses,...
PETR & JOE MAY GIVE IT A GO
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amRALEIGH - No one seems to have a choice. Not Joe Nieuwendyk, not Petr Sykora, not the Devils. The Devils' dilemma of desperation has but one answer, and it's likely...
WSLL HONORS 9/11 VICTIMS
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTomorrow's Opening Day of Staten Island's West Shore Little League will begin with the dedication of four new ball fields in the names of seven people killed in the 9/11...
NET PLAN IS KIDD'S PLAY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amFor the Nets, the whole attack plan is simple for the playoffs. "Get the ball to Jason and get out of his way," explained Kerry Kittles. For the Pacers, the...
SCOTT WARY OF REGGIE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES He is, of course, one of the greatest post-season players in the history of the NBA. Just ask any Knick fan. Or Knick. "We know and he knows...
SYKORA SKATING TOWARD EXIT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amRALEIGH - The beginning of the end of Jason Arnott's career as a Devil came right here same time last year when the centerman sat out Game 6 of the...
JINTS' PICK COULD BE 'SHOCKER'
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amIt's time for Ernie Accorsi and the Giants to strike gold. In his four previous years running the draft show as Giants general manager, Accorsi has experienced moderate but far...
MO: I'LL BE READY TO GO ON SUNDAY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Mo Vaughn took batting practice before last night's 1-0 victory over the Expos and pronounced himself ready to go for Sunday. Vaughn took BP for the...
TIME TO STEP UP OR SHUT UP ; POSTSEASON PRESSURE ALWAYS ULTIMATE TEST
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amWITH all disrespect to the regular season, the playoffs are the ultimate proving ground. As we embark on six weeks of fun and friskiness, blessed are the teams and players...
SPREE'S (NEARLY) FREE PASS ; KNICKS REDUCE FINE TO $2,500
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe Knicks made their first of many offseason moves yesterday, and it made Latrell Sprewell a happier, richer man as he drove off in his black Mercedes convertible into a...
YANK PICTURE STILL HAS SOME FUZZY EDGES
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAS a Yankee-less Cablevision subscriber, I had planned to pull the trigger on a move to DirecTV upon returning from the Masters last weekend. What better setting to contemplate such...
OZ, CUJO REMAIN TARGETS OF DOUBT
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - Essentially, there are two categories of NHL goalies. The smaller one consists of goalies who have won a Stanley Cup. The larger is made up of those who...
MUST-SEE TV? NOT YET- NO REASON RIGHT NOW TO SWITCH TO DIRECTV
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amAS a Yankeeless Cablevision subscriber, I had planned to pull the trigger on a move to DirecTV upon returning from the Masters last weekend. What better place to contemplate such...
SORIANO'S STAR IS ON THE RISE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThe entire time Alfonso Soriano was toiling unseen in the minors, Yankee brass would gush over the young Dominican's potential. They would talk about how the ball jumped off his...
CEDENO NOT WORRYING
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Whenever there's a problem, you solve it by starting at the beginning. The Mets aren't hitting, and leadoff man Roger Cedeno thus far has had an April to...
OZ, CUJO HAVE LOT TO PROVE
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO -There are two categories of goalies in the National Hockey League. One is made up of guys who have won a Stanley Cup. The other consists of guys who...
ISLES CAN'T TURN LEAFS : DOMI GOAL IN 3RD BOOSTS TORONTO
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 1 Leafs 3 Isles 1 TORONTO - The Islanders came into the playoffs a little green, the franchise absent from the postseason since 1994. Their roster is filled with...
YASHIN'S DECISION IS TO PLAY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amISLE NOTES TORONTO - Alexei Yashin was so veiled with his answers yesterday, he couldn't even say if he would be growing a playoff beard or not. "I don't know,"...
PROOF POSITIVE: LAVIOLETTE HAD ISLES THINKING BIG FROM THE START
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - This is all new for the Islanders. The television cameras, the attention, the little Stanley Cup Playoffs emblem that appears on everything are all new things for the...
SIMPLY AMAZIN': HERNANDEZ A WINNER IN TV BOOTH
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amIn his growing gig as a Mets' TV announcer, Keith Hernandez has a chance to be good. Very good. Good enough, even, to get fired. Hernandez, in even a limited...
NO-KIDD-ING: JASON, NETS IN FOR WAR VS. INDY
April 19, 2002 | 4:00amThis is the biggest Nets' game since Michael Jordan was still a Bull. Five years ago, Jordan's Bulls crushed the up-and-coming Nets and they haven't returned to the playoffs until...