August 1, 2002
BATTERED ALEX. BROWN DOWNSIZES, CUTS BROKERS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amBattered by market weakness, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown has shuttered sales offices in Florida and jettisoned brokers who cater to wealthy investors, but it looks like the pain there may...
KATE'S PAPERIE IS TAKING OLD PLANET HOLLYWOOD SPOT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe long vacant Planet Hollywood space on West 57th Street is getting a new life - as a paper store to the rich and famous. The creative Kate's Paperie has...
SONGBIRD MAKING NEW SCENT FOR COTY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSongstress Celine Dion is venturing into new territory. The Canadian Grammy-winner has signed an agreement with Coty, Inc. to create a fragrance. Dion joins Latin lovely Jennifer Lopez to become...
DAILY DEAL SHRINKS TO WEEKLY THIS FALL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amBruce Wasserstein's minions at the Daily Deal pulled back the curtain just a little bit more on their new formula for the money-bleeding daily tabloid. Publisher and President Kevin Worth...
NO MERRILL CULPA; O'NEAL DISSES $100M SETTLEMENT AS 'POLITICAL'
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe war between Merrill Lynch CEO-designate E. Stanley O'Neal and dogged New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer apparently didn't end when the government cashed its $100 million settlement check. O'Neal,...
SPAGHETTI WESTERN: BILLY MARTIN'S COWBOY CAFE RIDES INTO TOWN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIt's chow time at Billy Martin's. The purveyor of Western wear and artifacts is galloping into the restaurant business - and plans to open "Billy Martin's Cowboy Cafe," in the...
IMMELT DUMPS TRUMP DIGS ; GE IS ASKING $15.M FOR CEO'S CPW SPREAD
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amAS panic persists in the executive offices throughout corporate America, another megamillion-dollar company apartment has gone on the market. General Electric's Chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, is dumping his deluxe...
MERGER CREATES LARGEST BLACK-OWNED BANK
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amHall of Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson and pop diva Janet Jackson are using their bucks to help launch the nation's largest black-owned bank. The two celebrities, along with wealthy former...
WORLDCOM EXECS MAY BE CHARGED
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWorldCom execs had better get ready for the pokey because criminal charges are expected to be leveled today. Scott Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer and architect of the accounting...
STARR REPORT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amAniston on 'Friends': 'It's been exhausted'Jennifer Aniston seems to be puncturing whatever hopes NBC has to bring "Friends" back for a tenth season. "It's a hard thing. It feels like...
SING-OFF FOR WORLD 'IDOL' ; CREATOR (THE NICE SIMON) GOES GLOBAL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" could go global. The show's creator is mulling the possibility of creating an Olympic-sized version of the talent competition, pitting the winners of different versions from around the...
GAZA, SEEN BY A BOY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amGAZA STRIP 1/2 Trouble in Gaza City.Running time: 74 minutes. Not rated (violence, gore). At the Anthology Film Archives, Second Avenue and Second Street. THE release of American filmmaker James...
IT'S DEJA PHEW! NBC PUTS OUT THE TRASH WITH 'THE RERUN SHOW'
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am"The Rerun Show" Tonight on Ch.4 at 9 Rating: 4 garbage cans ALERT! Alert! Alert! It is my sad duty to inform the viewing public that it is now official:...
RETIRE? SAY IT AIN'T SO, REGE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amREGIS Philbin now says he's been thinking of retiring. "One in three people suffer from retirement anxiety . . . well, I do [and] I've been thinking about it," Philbin...
THE RUMINATOR ; ROWDY 'JEWISH CHRIS ROCK' BLOWS FANS AWAY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am'I'M not nearly as drunk as I need to be right now."Those were Aaron Karo's opening words at his first comedy performance ever, held recently at Stand-Up New York before...
WALLETS OPEN UP FOR 20G DEBT GIRL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amTHE debt-ridden diva behind www.SaveKaryn.com is a few grand richer - thanks to a spate of publicity that began with a Post story last week. "I've made a couple thousand...
GEE, TED, THAT UPSET MADE YOU A NEW MAN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amGET a load of Ted Koppel. Only three months ago, he learned that some people at Disney consider him expendable and now look at him. Suddenly the man is on...
RYAN'S HOPE IS LOST
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amTEARY-EYED Ryan Star shined a little less bright last night - she was the latest pop-star wannabe booted from Fox's hit talent show, "American Idol." Star, 19, who had made...
LONG LIVE ROCK ; THE WHO TRIUMPHS FOR BASSIST ENTWISTLE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amEVERYBODY mourns lost family and friends in different ways. The Who, who lost their bassist brother John Entwistle last month on the brink of their anticipated American tour, worked out...
'IDOL' THEME SONG: WE ARE THE WORLD - CREATOR (THE NICE SIMON) WANTS GLOBAL WARBLING
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" could go global. The show's creator is mulling the possibility of creating an Olympic-sized version of the talent competition, pitting the winners of different versions from around the...
'PLEASE DON'T CRY FOR ME,' TAUBMAN SAYS ON WAY TO JAIL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am--EXCLUSIVE-- TALL, slightly stooped, but certainly unbowed, Alfred Taubman surrendered at a federal prison yesterday - a day early. "Let's do it," he said, before making the surprise move. An...
TEEN GIVES BACK - ONE BAR OF SOAP AT A TIME
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Carissa Agron's friends and family take a vacation, they better not forget the toiletries. The 17-year-old, who's been nominated for a Post Liberty Medal, doesn't really care what they...
HOW WILL FORT BRAGG FACE THE MURDERS?
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am'THERE is a monster in the hall . . . who resembles my husband," wrote Fort Bragg military wife Wendy Lumbardy. Lumbardy wasn't one of the four Fort Bragg wives...
AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED IN BLAST AT JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - At least three Americans, including a Brooklyn woman, were among seven people killed in a savage terrorist bombing at a Jerusalem university cafeteria. The lunchtime blast at Hebrew...
HOMELESS HORROR SLAY CONVICTION
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amLouis Roque isn't homeless anymore - he could be living in prison for the rest of his life. Roque, 54, was convicted of first-degree murder yesterday in last year's bludgeoning...
WIFE: GARY NEVER SLEPT WITH LEVY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe bitter wife of Rep. Gary Condit says her husband absolutely, positively did not have an affair with Chandra Levy. The surprising declaration from Carolyn Condit comes despite the fact...
JUDGE ASKED TO FREE 'DIRTY BOMB' SUSPECT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has been asked to rule that President Bush acted illegally in ordering the military to detain Brooklyn-born "dirty bomber" José Padilla. Defense lawyer Donna Newman, who spoke...
CALL IT FT. MURDER: WIFE HELD IN HUBBY'S KILLING -- N.C. BASE'S 5TH SPOUSE-SLAY CASE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A fifth domestic murder has rocked the Fort Bragg military base - but this time, it was a wife killing her husband, officials said yesterday. Joan Shannon...
POL WANTS LAW TO PROTECT COP IDS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA proposed state law could protect undercover cops from having their identities revealed in court - as a Manhattan judge recently ordered. Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) said yesterday he'll introduce...
MARIO'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ANDY AND CARL'S WAR OF WORDS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe governor's race turned personal and nasty yesterday as Carl McCall complained that Andrew Cuomo is running "home to Dad," while Cuomo accused McCall of forgetting that it was Mario...
BETSY: NONPARTY VOTES HELP RICH
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIf Mayor Bloomberg implements nonpartisan elections, it'll only help wealthy candidates like himself, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum charged yesterday. "I think history shows that to be true," Gotbaum said at...
DA PROBING CANDIDATE'S 'EXTRA' VOTE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Manhattan district attorney's office and Board of Elections officials yesterday said they're probing Daniel Mahony, a Conservative Party politician who appears to have voted twice in two recent elections....
CANADA NABS N.J. 3-SLAY SUSPECT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA New Jersey man was charged yesterday with the gruesome murders of his pregnant wife, mother-in-law and sister-in-law after Canadian customs officials nabbed him on a Greyhound bus as he...
B'KLYN 'BRIBE' JUDGE TO FACE GLARE OF TV CAMERAS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIf the Brooklyn judge accused of taking an $18,000 bribe pleads guilty as planned on Monday, he will have to do so in the eye of a camera, the Appellate...
BROOKLYN DOC'S CAREER GOES TO POT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The state yesterday yanked the medical license of a Kings County Hospital doctor, saying he wrote illegal marijuana prescriptions to help a patient deceive his parole officer and...
HOLES FOUND IN CITY'S 'NET
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe city has abruptly yanked an official Web site after discovering that personal data from nearly 2,000 online job applicants - including home addresses and Social Security numbers - could...
'I'VE BEEN FORTUNE-ATE': $165M LOTTERY WINNER ALREADY BEAT LEUKEMIA
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amLady Luck has been good to Sonny Judson all his life - the 73-year-old New Jersey granddad beat leukemia 30 years ago, and yesterday, he stepped forward to claim a...
RUDY: IT WAS JUST A CHAT WITH BUSH
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani dropped by the White House yesterday for a "social" chat with President Bush and a speech to administration staffers - but said he's not seeking a...
TALKING TRASH: CITY WILL REOPEN 8 WASTE SITES
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe city will reopen eight dormant trash transfer sites along the waterfront to deal with the mounting garbage crisis, Mayor Bloomberg revealed yesterday - but where the rubbish goes from...
NO IRAQ ATTACK BEFORE NOV.
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Key lawmakers have been assured that there won't be any war against Iraq before the November elections, it was revealed yesterday. "There's not likely to be anything before...
FIVE-BOROUGH TRIBUTE: UNITY THE THEME OF CITY'S ANNIVERSARY PLANS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSimultaneous tributes in parks in each borough will unite New Yorkers on the evening of Sept. 11 as part of the official plans for commemorating the city's darkest day, officials...
PET MAN'S PAYROLL $$ WAS 'SAFE' FROM FIRE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amMoses Caban, whose Inwood pet shop burned to the ground Sunday, hoped that when the store's charred safe was cracked open yesterday, there'd be enough cash left inside to pay...
FAMILY'S FOND FAREWELL FOR TINY, TRAGIC TASHIEMA
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWith a tiny white teddy bear next to her head and a pink carnation placed gently on her chest, murdered 7-year-old Tashiema Billingslea was laid to rest yesterday before a...
KLEIN'S FIRST JOB: CUT $380M FROM BUDGET
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIncoming Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will have to slash education spending by $380 million, under orders from Mayor Bloomberg to address a fiscal crisis. Angry politicians and parents are crying...
BABY FACE KILLER STAYS IN JAIL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amBaby Face Butcher Daphne Abdela was denied parole yesterday - with board members citing her bad behavior in jail and her continuing "total disregard for human life." After a one-hour...
JUDGE HITS LEONA WITH FINE ME$$
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA meal at a Midtown restaurant has cost Leona Helmsley $10,000 - and the final bill could add up to millions. A Manhattan judge fined the "Queen of Mean" 10...
TORCH'S NEW FOE: 'CLEAN' MCCAIN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIN CASE getting "severely admonished" for his lousy ethics wasn't bad enough, Sen. Bob Torricelli (D-N.J.) now finds himself going head to head with Mr. Clean: Sen. John McCain. Which...
NYPD BOSS 'PROMOTES' A SAFER CITY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday presided at promotion ceremonies yesterday for 157 civilians and cops - including two detectives assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force who served overseas. "We...
PRESSURE ON SCHWARZ TO CUT DEAL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amCharles Schwarz is under new pressure to cut a deal with the government after the lead juror in the latest Abner Louima trial revealed the ex-cop was nearly convicted of...
OLYMPIC SKATING BUST: GOLD MEDAL 'RIGGED' BY RUSSIA MOB
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA high-powered Russian gangster orchestrated the biggest Olympic judging scandal in history at the Salt Lake Games because he was chasing his own piece of gold - a French visa,...
BOARD OF ED PARENT ADVOCACY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe head of the Board of Education's Division of Parent Advocacy has stepped down, after his boss was slammed for forcing subordinates to work for her charities and run errands...
B'KLYN GIRL, 8, FOILS KIDNAPPER
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA 22-year-old man faces attempted-kidnapping charges after his intended victim, an 8-year-old Brooklyn girl, fought him off and her family gave him a beating before handing him over to cops,...
THUGS' SCARY NEW MESSAGE: NO ONE IS SAFE FROM HAMAS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00am--ANALYSIS-- JERUSALEM. THE horrific explosion in a packed campus lunchroom yesterday indicates Hamas is changing its terror tactics - and sending a powerful message that no one is safe from...
CON ED, TA IN POWER STRUGGLE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amEvening rush-hour subway service on several lines was sharply cut yesterday after the Transit Authority said Con Edison asked it to reduce power usage. But the utility insisted its request...
BOTANICAL'S BAD $EED GETS 3 TO 6
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA former comptroller at the Bronx Botanical Gardens was planted in state prison yesterday on charges of embezzling $350,000 from her ex-employer. Sandra Smith, 48 - whose salary was $70,000...
DWI-RAP JUDGE MAY LOSE HER ROLLS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge stands to lose her vintage Rolls-Royce as a result of her arrest on drunken-driving charges. Cops seized the Rolls when they busted Supreme Court Justice Donna Mills,...
PERV ATTACKS TWO LITTLE BX. GIRLS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amCops are on the hunt for a vicious pervert wanted for sexually assaulting two Bronx girls, 6 and 8, whom he'd lured to a rooftop. The victims were playing at...
RAPE SPURS FEAR OF SERIAL ATTACKS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA 67-year-old Queens woman was raped and robbed yesterday by an intruder who may have attempted two similar attacks, police said. The man got into the victim's St. Albans home...
SHATTERED OASIS FOR ARAB, JEWISH STUDENTS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The target of yesterday's bombing was a university student center that had become an oasis of tolerance where Jewish and Arab students could mingle and ignore the past...
B'KLYN VICTIM BRAVED TERROR: STUDENT LEADER WAS A CONVERT TO JUDAISM
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman - who was inspired to convert to Judaism by her studies of the Holocaust - was one of the three Americans who died in yesterday's bombing of...
JAIL GUARD SHOOTS SON, 3, IN MISHAP
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amAn off-duty correction officer accidentally shot and critically wounded his 3-year old son last night, cops said. The officer, whose name was not released, was cleaning the gun in his...
NO PAROLE FOR KILLER OF 2 COPS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amDouble cop-killer Anthony Bottom will cool his heels in prison at least two more years, after the state Parole Board denied him early release. Bottom - a Black Panther who...
'ED' ACTOR RANDALL STARS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amWhat would they say in Stuckeyville? Actor Josh Randall, who plays nice guy Dr. Mike Burton on NBC's "Ed," was busted for allegedly smoking crack on a Brooklyn street corner...
GAS TURBINE EXPLODES IN QUEENS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA gas turbine exploded early yesterday at an electrical facility in Queens, shooting flames and billowing black smoke into the air. The two-alarm blaze erupted around 4:30 a.m. at the...
STRAPHANGERS: NEW CAR COOL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIt's been a long time coming, but a welcome relief yesterday for city subway riders who got a cool, roomy ride on a new subway car, the first of 1,700...
BX. COPS GRAB P.R. SLAY SUSPECT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA man wanted in connection with four murders in Puerto Rico was busted in The Bronx yesterday. Alberto Rivera Fegarra, 28, had been a fugitive since escaping from a Puerto...
B'KLYN VICTIM BRAVED TERROR: OVERCAME HER FEARS TO STUDY IN JERUSALEM
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman who died in yesterday's bomb attack had just gotten over her fears of terrorism, one of her best friends recalled yesterday. Janis Coulter, 30, who last week...
SHATTERED 'OASIS' FOR ARAB AND JEWISH STUDENTS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The target of yesterday's bombing was a university student center that had become an oasis of tolerance where Jewish and Arab students could mingle and ignore the past...
MARIO IN MIDDLE OF ANDY-CARL FEUD
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe governor's race turned personal and nasty yesterday as Carl McCall complained that Andrew Cuomo is running "home to Dad," while Cuomo accused McCall of forgetting that it was Mario...
AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED IN BLAST AT JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY OF PEACE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM -At least three Americans, including a Brooklyn woman, were among seven people killed in a savage terrorist bombing at a Jerusalem university cafeteria. The lunchtime blast at Hebrew University...
'DRUG' DEATH AT HOTEL FOR HOMELESS
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amDrugs may have killed a Staten Island man found dead in a communal bathroom at an East Side hotel, police said yesterday. Matthew Bengyak, 40, was found Tuesday in a...
REAL DEALS CAME EARLIER ; METS' SUCCESS WON'T HINGE ON LATEST MOVES
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSTEVE Phillips needs to trade the way everyone needs oxygen. So while most GMs perused and did not act before the non-waiver deadline came at 4 p.m. yesterday, the Mets'...
BOSS VEXED BY FLOYD DEAL ; YANKS, METS MADE PLAY FOR SLUGGER
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON - George Steinbrenner thinks there is something funny about Cliff Floyd wearing a Red Sox uniform. "If Major League Baseball owns Montreal and they get [Floyd] and [three] weeks...
ROCKET GEARS UP FOR NEXT BIG TEST
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amYANK NOTES ARLINGTON - Roger Clemens will make a second rehab start today for Norwich (Double-A) against Binghamton in Norwich, Conn. If all goes well he could start Wednesday against...
RANGERS CLOBBER YANKEES
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amRangers 17 Yankees 6 ARLINGTON - So much for that mini-run of strong starting pitching the Yankees were grooving on. Mike Mussina's worst outing of the season put the Yankees...
'BLACK TIE' CARDS BACK AT CIPRIANI
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amYuri Foreman has had to fight his entire life. If it was working at a textile factory, lifting heavy rolls of linen on his shoulders or fending off nasty insults...
BARBER GLAD TO CUT WORK
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - With the Giants having Jeremy Shockey to go over the middle more, Tiki Barber figures to get the ball on third down less. "Jeremy's going to revolutionize us,"...
WAR EMBLEM GETTING COZY AT MONMOUTH
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - War Emblem, hero of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, bedded down yesterday at Monmouth Park, where he'll be heavily favored in Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap,...
METS TAKE RISKS ON DEADLINE DAY ; TRADE AWAY PAYTON FOR ROCKY THOMSON
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIn the end, general manager Steve Phillips took a big risk - something nobody thought he was going to do as the trade deadline approached. It may not seem like...
REAL DEALS CAME BEFORE SEASON
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSTEVE PHILLIPS needs to trade the way most folks need oxygen, water and warm clothes in winter. So while most every other GM perused but did not act before the...
SHOCKEY FIGHT OK WITH FASSEL ; TUSSLE WITH SHORT ADDS LIFE TO CAMP
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Jim Fassel says he wants "feisty guys" and that he did not mind one bit what he saw Tuesday night when a shocking fight between rookie Jeremy Shockey...
BAILEY CREAMIN' 'EM: WINS 3 MORE TO WIDEN LEAD
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It's Jerry Bailey in front, the rest nowhere. After a torrid opening week at the Old Spa in which the 44-year-old reinsman won a sensational 15 races,...
SURPRISED PAYTON ROCKED BY TRADE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amFor years, Jay Payton heard his name pop up in trade rumors. This season was the first time that he didn't hear much. He should have figured something was up....
POCHMAN PASSES FIRST TEST WITH PEER-PLEASING FG KICK
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Consider this Owen Pochman's first test. He passed. Pressure comes in all forms and for Pochman, the new Giants placekicker who is replacing future Hall-of-Famer Morten...
RIDER INJURED IN SPILL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Blythe Miller, who's won more steeplechase races than any active rider, was taken to Saratoga Hospital yesterday and admitted for overnight observation after a scary spill in...
MCEWING, BACSIK RETURN TO FLUSHING
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Joe McEwing wound up a little north of Coney Island last night, where he was supposed to be rehabbing for the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones. Mike Bacsik found...
HERM LAUDS EVANS' HONESTY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amPen was almost to paper last March, ink poised to leave an indelible signature on a piece of paper that would have changed Josh Evans' life forever - and not...
HEALTHY SANTANA HAS JETS FEELING GREAT OVER OFFENSE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Santana Moss' life, interrupted last season by a knee injury, is currently about clearing hurdles, and last night was another jump successfully cleared for the Jets' 2001 first-round...
HAZING, GIANTS STYLE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Tyrone Wheatley refused to bring the donuts, like a good millionaire rookie running back should. So one day the Giants sweetly turned his locker crispy and creamed with...
SWAP TO COLORADO ROCKS JAY
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amFor years, Jay Payton heard his name pop up in trade rumors. This season was the first time that he didn't hear much. He should have figured something was up....
METS MAKE PAIR OF DEALS ; TRADE AWAY PAYTON FOR ROCKIE THOMSON, ADD REED FOR RELIEF
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mets' No. 5 starter is a lanky right-hander prone to injuries, inconsistency and question marks. No, Jeff D'Amico is no longer in that role, but the Mets acquired someone...
COACH RIPS METROS AFTER WEAK EFFORT
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amCrew 3Metros 2 The time for self-denial is long past, and the MetroStars have been bloodied and battered into a moment of clarity. After last night's 3-2 loss to Columbus...
FEHR: NOBODY WANTS STRIKE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Donald Fehr met with the Yankees and Rangers yesterday in separate two-hour meetings and didn't paint a picture of gloom and doom when it came to discussing a...
ESTES SWAPS SLUMP FOR WIN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amOn a day the Mets traded for more starting pitching, they finally got a win from one of the players who forced GM Steve Phillips to make the move. Shawn...
ROUT REVERSAL ; BURNITZ HOMERS AS METS GET REVENGE
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amMets 10Astros 0 Jeromy Burnitz had the most to gain from yesterday's trade action - and therefore the Mets had a lot to lose. Regardless of whether John Thomson proves...
ANOTHER ROCKET TEST : SECOND REHAB START KEY TO ROGER'S RETURN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON - This much we know about Roger Clemens: He will pitch his second rehab start this afternoon for Double-A Norwich (Conn.) at Thomas Dodd Stadium against Binghamton in an...
TOUGH MAMA PLAYS THROUGH THE PAIN
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe MetroStars had more than just an enjoyable weekend off on the line in last night's game against Columbus. Coming off their most humiliating loss of the season days before...