May 10, 2002
MARTS: AND A SUCKER'S RALLY IT WAS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amStocks were unable to maintain their winning ways, and posted losses just one day after their biggest gain in months. President George W. Bush certainly wasn't very bullish, and may...
WORLDCOM DIVES AS RATING CUT TO JUNK
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amWorldCom's stocks and bonds plunged yesterday after a credit-rating agency cut its bond rating three notches - from investment-grade to junk status. Moody's cut the rating from Baa2 to Ba2...
CLOSING THE PROFIT GAP - RETURN TO BASICS BOOSTS TROUBLED RETAILER
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe jury's still out on the Gap's effort to get back to basics with its merchandise - but early returns are less negative. The company - parent to Gap, Banana...
LEHMAN TAPS 2 TO HEAD OPERATIONS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amLehman Brothers Holdings tweaked its senior management structure yesterday, adding a new layer of bigwigs under Chairman Richard Fuld. Lehman appointed Bradley Jack, 43, and Joseph Gregory, 50, co-chief operating...
POACHING MARTHA - SEARS WANTS TO STEAL HER FROM KMART
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amSears is shopping for more Martha. The largest department store in the U.S. could be looking to poach Martha Stewart Everyday from bankrupt retailer Kmart. If that's not possible, the...
POWER PUBLICIST NOW RULES AT MOUSE HOUSE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amIn his struggle to pull ABC from the ratings cellar, Walt Disney chief Michael Eisner has put pit bull publicist Zenia Mucha in charge of all its spin. Mucha earned...
JFK BOOK REVISITS CAMELOT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTHE daughter of top John Kennedy aide Kenneth O'Donnell has inked a deal to write a book that is expected to take a new look at the Kennedy political machine...
$3M FOR OSBOURNE BOOKS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThose battling Osbournes, the dsyfunctional family of the top-rated cable-TV show, have triggered a war among book publishers rushing to tap into the demand. Simon & Schuster has inked a...
REGAL CINEMAS JUMPS 14%
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amBillionaire Philip Anschutz is cleaning up at the movies. His new movie chain Regal Cinemas jumped 14 percent yesterday in its first day of trading following its rebirth in bankruptcy...
DIAMOND GALA CUTS A FIGURE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLET New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 870-5570. Through June 30. ----------------- IT was a statement as much as it was a party. New York City...
BAD BOY BRAGGIN' - PUFFY: SOME PEOPLE SAY I'M THE KING
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amSEAN "P. Diddy" Combs doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to. He doesn't want to talk about Jennifer Lopez. "No comment," was his firm, terse response. He doesn't...
ROHMER'S 'LADY' IN SOME DIGITAL DISTRESS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTHE LADY AND THE DUKE [] Personally, we'll take "The Lady and the Tramp." In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 123 minutes. Rated PG-13 (moderate violence, sexual references). At...
GUMBEL WALKS, TALKS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMORNING TV host Bryant Gumbel is giving his farewell interview not to his own network but to Barbara Walters. The Walters-Gumbel sitdown was taped last Wednesday to air next Friday...
THIS MAKE-BELIEVE WORLD'S SHORT ON LAUGHS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amJANICE BEARD [] Laugh-free zone. Running time: 81 minutes. Not rated (language). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. --------- THE eponymous heroine of this incoherent, laugh-free comedy is a...
LOST IN THE WOODS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amBLACKWOODS [] ------------- 'BLACKWOODS" is a low rent, direct-to-video-caliber thriller about a writer (Patrick Muldoon) haunted by the memory of the woman he killed while driving drunk on a country...
STARR REPORT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amStars all over the Lot to support the arts If you need any further proof that TV stars support the arts, consider this: Scott Wolf (ex-"Party of Five"), Jerry O'Connell...
DARING TO 'X'-CITE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amESPN'S ULTIMATE X [] Gnarly (that's good) Running time: 40 minutes. Rated PG (extreme sports action and mild language). At the Lincoln Square, Broadway and 68th Street. ----------------- 'THEY'RE a...
L.A. LAW'S MOVIE REVIVAL: YOU'D RATHER DO JURY DUTY
May 10, 2002 | 4:00am"L.A. Law: The Movie" Sunday at 9 on NBC THERE was a reason "L.A. Law" was finally canceled after eight seasons. For one thing, it had run out of steam....
TEEN KEEN ON JAIL
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTHE NEW GUY [] Uneven but occasionally hilarious teen comedy. Running time:100 minutes.PG-13 (sexual humor, violence). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Loews Village, others. ---------------- 'THE New Guy"...
MAGIC PICKS FREE FLICKS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amADULTS may have the Tribeca Film Festival - but now New York kids have a film series of their own. Through May 31, children 12 and under can see select...
LETTERS, WE GET LETTERS - TONYS PRODUCER DEFENDS SEASON'S 'EXCELLENCE'
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amLAST week, I wrote what I thought was a fairly tough (some might say snide) column about how poor the theater season has been and how difficult it would be...
NOW BRIAN WILLIAMS WANTS RATHER'S SEAT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMSNBC's Brian Williams wants Tom Brokaw's job - but he'll settle for Dan Rather's anchor chair. Williams has been in heated discussions with CBS execs, who would love to snatch...
A BONE TO PICKET WITH CHURCH
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe New York Archdiocese was forced to scrap a major charity event to raise funds for the construction industry today because of a labor dispute with the union representing Catholic...
'NATIVITY' LIBERATED: MILITANTS EMERGE EN ROUTE TO EXILE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian militants emerged from Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity this morning as a complex deal to exile 13 of the gang's most vicious thugs took effect. The most...
TEEN NABBED IN SCHOOL RAPE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA 16-year-old boy was arrested for dragging a 15-year old girl up two flights of stairs and raping her in a Brooklyn high school yesterday, police said. Both were students...
IT'S NOT THE CASH
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMONEY matters in public education. Just ask the public-education lobby. Actual numbers, though, say something completely different. Albany and City Hall have given the Board of Education a cash bath...
ARAFAT SAYS SHARON WON'T BRING HIM DOWN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amYasser Arafat declared yesterday that Israel "will not succeed in replacing me" and said he welcomes calls for reform of his Palestinian Authority. "I am ready to meet [Israel Prime...
DEADLY TOLERANCE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amFOR an illustration of the absurdities of political correctness and the dishonesty of multiculturalism you can't do much better than the reaction of much of the world's press to the...
YOU EARNED YOUR STRIPES, AL: JUDGE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amFrom the prince of porn to the rajah of Rikers: Screw Magazine publisher Al Goldstein drew a 60-day jail sentence yesterday on his March harassment conviction. Goldstein, who before sentencing...
COPS IN RIGHT PLACE AT RIGHT TIME FOR BUST
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTalk about bad timing! Cold-hearted thugs who fled after robbing a Bronx gas station and shooting the attendant were nabbed within blocks yesterday by cops who had just spotted two...
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amQUESTION: When is an arrest not an arrest? Answer: When the person being arrested is a Palestinian terrorist and the arresting agency is the Palestinian Authority. When it comes to...
ANDY DEMANDS CARL RETURN 25G TO BAD-BOY LIQUOR BIG
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo yesterday demanded that Democratic rival Carl McCall refund a $25,000 campaign donation from a booze importer who settled a massive sex-discrimination suit. "Carl should return the money," said...
'KILLER' DAD WANTS KIDS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amNicky Kotsopoulos - the Long Island meat seller charged with murdering his long-abused wife - is fighting to retain custody of his motherless boys and to prove he did not...
GENEROSA SLUMMING ON LONG ISLAND
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amGenerosa Ammon, the $380 million widow of slain financier Ted Ammon, who left her huge, castle-like mansion in England last month, is temporarily living as a guest in a modest...
HERE'S HOW THE POST MAINTAINS 'LAW & ORDER'
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amNow we know why "Law & Order" is one of TV's top-rated shows - it draws its strength from our very own New York Post! Just like the circulation of...
PERV-PRIEST VICTIMS SEEK NEW LAWS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA national group of people sexually abused by clergy yesterday called on Catholic bishops to lobby for laws that would make it easier to prosecute molester priests, and force clergy...
AIRPORT TROOPS TO STAND DOWN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - After seven months, New York Army National Guard troops are being pulled out of the state's airports, Gov. Pataki announced yesterday. The U.S. Department of Defense and the...
BOMBSHELL '9/11' CLUE: RAIDS IN VISA SCAM YIELD SHOCKING DATE BOOK
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An investigation into Arab students in Virginia, charged in a nationwide student-visa scam, has unearthed flight manuals, a diagram of a plane striking the World Trade Center, and...
NYPD PLAN FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTwo police precincts with among the most domestic-violence cases in the city will get a new pilot program next month to help the vulnerable victims, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. Domestic...
CUSTODY ALL IN BLAKE'S FAMILY
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Robert Blake's adult daughter won temporary custody of his baby girl yesterday, after family members of the actor's slain wife slammed him as "depressed, morose" and dangerous....
GOD HELP ME, BUT FREE THIS GUY
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amI KNOW I'm gonna pay for this, big time. But here goes: Free Al. Al Goldstein was in the hallway of the Brooklyn courthouse yesterday morning, fully engaged in the...
5G BAIL FOR WAY-TOO-FAITHFUL GERE FAN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA mother of four was ordered held on $5,000 bail yesterday for allegedly stalking "Unfaithful" star Richard Gere. Ursula Reichert-Habbishaw, 52, has phoned Gere up to 1,000 times over the...
GLOOMY FOR BLOOMY - GAP MAY BE $1.7B BIGGER: THOMPSON
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe city could be facing a budget gap of nearly $7 billion next year - $1.7 billion bigger than projected by Mayor Bloomberg, city Comptroller William Thompson warned yesterday. In...
NEW AMNESTY PROGRAM GETS 22-GUN SALUTE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amOwners of 22 guns bit the bullet and turned in their weapons in the first day after Mayor Bloomberg's $100-a-gun amnesty program went into effect, the NYPD said yesterday. On...
KNOCKOFFS KNOCKED OUT - COPS SMASH LUXURY COUNTERFEITING RINGC
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCops acting on a tip tackled a labyrinth of secret tunnels, trapdoors and fake brick walls to uncover an immense cache of counterfeit luxury goods in a Chinatown building, officials...
WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION? THAT'S A LAUGH
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amNORWALK, Conn. MICHAEL SKAKEL rushed from Superior Court yesterday and demanded, "Where is she?" He was looking for his old teenage friend Jacqueline Wetenhall O'Hara, and I pointed down the...
STUN-GUN INVADERS ROB QNS. APARTMENT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCops are hunting for three armed "push-in" bandits who forced their way into an apartment in Jamaica, Queens, zapped three occupants with a stun gun, bound them with duct tape,...
KELLY SHOOTS DOWN TALK THAT HE'LL QUIT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday strongly denied a swirl of rumors that he's leaving his post, saying it would take a stun gun to force him out. Kelly spoke amid...
TEENAGE TERROR - B'KLYN KID SLAIN IN TUSSLE PREYED ON NEIGHBORS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe 13-year-old Brooklyn boy stabbed to death when his would-be victim turned the tables on him had terrorized his neighborhood and appeared to be following in the footsteps of his...
A FRIGHT AT THE OPERA OVER NO-SHOW PAVAROTTI
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amLuciano Pavarotti (left) has confided he is "unlikely" to perform at his much-touted farewell New York opera tomorrow - triggering fears of a Pava-riot at the Met. Aficionados paid up...
QUEENS MAN WAS IN HITLER SS: FEDS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA 78-year-old Queens retiree allegedly lied his way into the country half a century ago after serving with SS units that massacred thousands of Jews - and the feds now...
BUSTED VELELLA DEFIANT - BRONX GOP BIG TURNS SELF IN, DENIES CORRUPTION CHARGES
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amAlbany powerhouse and Bronx Republican chieftain Sen. Guy Velella turned himself in to Manhattan prosecutors yesterday on charges of conspiracy and bribe receiving, capping a three-year influence-peddling investigation. Velella, 57,...
S.I. LIVERY DRIVER CHARGED IN 'ARMED' ASSAULT OF NARC COP
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA Staten Island livery driver was charged with attempted murder yesterday for grabbing the arm of a narcotics cop and driving off - dragging the officer down a Manhattan street,...
PRUDENTIAL ACCUSED OF RACIAL BIAS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA major insurance company reportedly has been refusing to write auto policies for New Jersey drivers who are minorities or live in low-income urban areas. Prudential - the largest provider...
GANG LEADER JAILED IN DOC'S AIRPORT SLAY: COPS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old gang leader has been charged with the cold-blooded murder of an upstate doctor in a Newark Airport hotel parking lot, authorities said. Fedner Pierre Louis, 18, who cops...
SKAKEL TAKES A HIT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA prosecution witness openly sympathetic to Michael Skakel yesterday failed to back up his alibi that he was taking a cousin home when Martha Moxley was murdered. Helen Ix Fitzpatrick,...
MIKE BACKS UNION IN TIFF WITH FIREMEN KIN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe Uniformed Firefighters Association got a nod of approval from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday in its face-off with relatives of fallen 9/11 heroes who feel they are wrongly being denied their...
WIDOW: FIRE THIS COP - 'DWI' OFFICER KILLED HUBBY 2 YEARS AGO
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe widow of a construction worker mowed down by a cop who was allegedly drunk is demanding Commissioner Ray Kelly kick him off the NYPD, The Post has learned. More...
N.J. FOILED IN BID FOR $LICE OF APPLE PIE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A New Jersey lawmaker yesterday made a short-lived attempt to hijack $1.8 billion in federal funds that had been earmarked for rebuilding New York City's transportation system. Rep....
SPIDEY SUIT 'MARVELS' AT DISNEY NERVE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amSome of Marvel Comics' spider cents have been stolen by a TV company looking to cash in on Spider-Man movie mania, a new lawsuit claims. Marvel, which created the famous...
PERV-PRIEST VICTIMS DEMAND NEW LAWS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amA national group of people sexually abused by clergy yesterday called on Catholic bishops to lobby for laws that would make it easier to prosecute molester priests, and force clergy...
'NATIVITY' EXILE PLAN MILITANTS WOULD GO TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A complex deal that would send 13 Palestinian militants into exile in several foreign countries appeared to be in place today to end the 38-day-old siege at Bethlehem's...
JERSEY WANTS A $LICE OF APPLE PIE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A New Jersey lawmaker yesterday tried to hijack $1.8 billion in federal funds that had been earmarked for rebuilding New York City's transportation system. Garden State Rep. Rodney...
HOTTEST TIX IN TOWN AT TRIBECA FEST
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amGreat movies, cool parties and red-hot rock 'n roll rules the Big Apple this weekend as the first annual Tribeca Film Festival shifts into high gear. Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows,...
NO LACK OF DRAMA WITH BONDS AT THE PLATE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets' 4-3 loss to the Giants last night didn't lack for drama, particularly involving Barry Bonds. He hit his 578th career homer in the fourth inning, came...
GIANTS SEND METS TO FIFTH STRAIGHT LOSS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mets got almost everything they had wanted to break their longest losing streak of the season: Strong all-around defense, a solid start from Pedro Astacio, and even, finally, some...
'REACHABLE' RIVERA GETS 225TH SAVE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Mariano Rivera's saves aren't as dominant as they have been across a career that could carry him into the Hall of Fame. Hitters are more aggressive and...
JASON & CO. MUST REV IT UP ON ROAD
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE -His head down, looking for a ball Baron Davis had knocked off his dribble, Jason Kidd never saw David Wesley coming. Bang. After all these years of the Nets...
SUMMER MENU AVAILABLE!
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTHE fishing picture looks more like mid-June than early May, but that's what happens when you have 90-degree days in April. Fluke and bass are both on the menu, with...
BOOKLET'S PRIMED TO WAGE 'WAR'
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amAny doubts War Emblem won't get the same loose-on-the-lead trip he did winning the Kentucky Derby were removed yesterday when trainer John Ward said his speedy colt Booklet will tackle...
JASON'S SECRET WISH - DUKE STAR HOPES KNICKS DRAFT HIM
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Duke point guard Jason Williams had kept his draft desires quiet until now. In an exclusive interview with The Post, Williams let out his secret wish - he...
YES, MAYOR MIKE, IT IS YOUR BUSINESS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amOF all the non-heroic responses to the YES-Cablevision conflict, none has been more disturbing than Mayor Bloomberg's, whose Bloomberg TV network was not too long ago the beneficiary of direct...
TRAINERS LIKE MIKE IN MAYHEM MODE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amAnyone who has seen Mike Tyson in or out of the ring would naturally be concerned about the former champion's behavior. Anyone, that is, except his two current trainers. Ronnie...
ROBINSON TO RANGERS: NOT NOW
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amLarry Robinson yesterday withdrew from the Ranger coaching derby, thereby appearing to leave Herb Brooks as the only thoroughbred running in the high stakes race. "I called Glen [Sather] to...
FRANCO FACES HIS FUTURE - INJURY FORCING LEFTY TO CONFRONT TEARFUL QUANDARY
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mets have had their share of stars but that has never been what's endeared this franchise to this city. They are like one of the masses, the team whose...
MET FANS AGREE: IT'S TIME FOR JOHN TO RETIRE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amJohn Franco would take the mound at Shea to the electric sound of "Johnny B. Goode" and would walk the high-wire as the Mets' closing act. When the Mets acquired...
'STARS MAKE SWAP
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThe MetroStars acquired midfielder Mark Lisi and defender Craig Ziadie from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Petter Villegas and defender Orlando Perez. Both are expected to be available for...
BLAMING MEDIA FOR MESS IN PHILLY IS VAN GARBAGE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amYOU know, the more I think about the stimulating Sixer soap opera, the more I realize how righteous Jeff Van Gundy was the other night on TNT while earning a...
KIDD TALKING TEAM AFTER OFFICIAL SNUB
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - And now it is official. Jason Kidd is not the NBA's Most Valuable Player. Tim Duncan of San Antonio has that honor. But it was close. In the...
SILAS: VERTIGO'S NO JOKE
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amHORNET NOTEBOOK CHARLOTTE - Hornets coach Paul Silas was livid before yesterday's game at a Charlotte columnist for poking fun the exercises Jamal Mashburn is doing to dislodge debris from...
JOHNNY'S ONE HALL OF A FATHER - FAMILY-MAN FRANCO WHAT GAME'S ALL ABOUT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amTHIS WAS not about whether John Franco would ever get another major-league save, or throw another major-league pitch, or appear on the roster of another major league team. This was...
FOR SHEER IMPACT, WESLEY IS AHEAD
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Hornets guard David Wesley smacked his head into a pole once playing basketball in a schoolyard in high school. Wesley said his head-on collision with Jason Kidd with...
YANKS SWEEP CLEAN - RAYS SUFFER 14TH STRAIGHT LOSS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Locks are scarce, but when it comes to Orlando Hernandez against the decomposing Devil Rays, send it in hard. Especially when he works Tropicana Field. Kids' college...
RELAXED NETS LOST THEIR KILLER INSTINCT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Call it a premonition. But the Nets seemed to see it coming. They warned against a repeat of what happened to them in Game 4 out in Indiana...
HORNETS RUB SALT INTO NETS' WOUND: ROLL INTO WIN AFTER KIDD GETS CUT IN COLLISION
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 3 Hornets 115 Nets 97 CHARLOTTE - Jason Kidd was running full blast - the only speed he knows - on a fast break late in the first half....
JASON REFUSES TO TAKE SHOTS AT MVP VOTING
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - The ultimate, and most flattering, reflection of Jason Kidd's prioritizing of the pass, is his unwillingness to shoot the media messengers who denied him his sport's greatest individual...
ROLL TO WIN AFTER KIDD GETS CUT IN COLLISION
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 3 Hornets 115 Nets 7 CHARLOTTE - Jason Kidd was running full blast - the only speed he knows - on a fast break late in the first half....
FOR SURGING NETS, STING IS THE THING - SCOTT ON SERIES: IT'S ALL ABOUT 'CONTROL'
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Nets coach Byron Scott said before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals that a 2-0 lead would give his club "total control" of the series. His Nets...
BAD CUTS KEEP NICK ON BENCH
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Nick Johnson doesn't have to get four hits a game for Joe Torre to keep him in the lineup against lefties. However, Torre needs to...
YANKS SWEEP CLEAN: RAYS SUFFER 14TH STRAIGHT LOSS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 3 Devil Rays 1 ST. PETERSBURG - There are very few locks in life. But when it comes to Orlando Hernandez against the rancid Devil Rays, send in everything...
JETER HOLDS TONGUE ON PUNCH-OUTS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Derek Jeter rolled his eyes, smiled and politely declined comment on a sticky issue. "I am not saying anything," Jeter said when asked by The...
A GREAT DISCOVERY: SORIANO FOUND BY ACCIDENT
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The year was 1997 and Gordon Blakeley was in Hiroshima to scout a Japanese minor-league pitcher named Francisco Delacruz when the skinny shortstop with good actions caught...
TIMO'S ALMOST READY TO RETURN TO CENTER
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Despite the crushing injury news about team captain John Franco, the Mets' lineup is about as healthy as its been in awhile. Catcher Mike Piazza was back in...
TIMO ALMOST READY TO REJOIN LINEUP
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Despite the crushing injury news about John Franco, the Mets lineup is as healthy as it's been in a while. Mike Piazza was back in the lineup last...
SLOPPY METS NEED TO FIND MOMENTUM
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThere was plenty of moping going on in the clubhouse Wednesday after the Mets found out John Franco was lost for the year with an elbow injury, before they stumbled...
FRANCO'S PROVED HIS MET-TLE: WHETHER OR NOT HALL CALLS, HE BEAT ODDS
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amI'M not sure if he belongs in Cooperstown, but if there is a Hall of Fame for guts, then that is where John Franco is headed. If there is a...
SCOTT TO KITTLES: TAKE STING OUT OF WESLEY
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES CHARLOTTE - The Nets are still waiting for Kerry Kittles to get untracked offensively. And they can wait just a little longer. But they must have him going...
ROUND 2: MCMAHON, COSTAS SET FOR REMATCH
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amRound 1 featured confrontation, name-calling, articulate points and, it appeared, almost a punch. It was MacNeil-Lehrer meets ... well, the WWF. Oh, yes, it also was great television. Thursday, Vince...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MIKE BREEN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amOn his first job, back in 1983, Mike Breen made a $111 per week as a news reporter for WEOK-AM and WPDH-FM in Poughkeepsie. Nineteen years later, the 40-year-old Breen...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - METS' RADIO VS. YANKEES' RADIO
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amThis matchup isn't close. Gary Cohen, Bob Murphy, Ted Robinson and Ed Coleman dominate John Sterling and Charley Steiner. While the Mets' crew give you everything you could want -...
JAYSON'S LOSS IS TOLBERT'S GAIN
May 10, 2002 | 4:00amHalf the battle of being good on TV comes from being yourself. That's why NBC studio analyst Tom Tolbert is a keeper. After Jayson Williams lost his job due to...