March 7, 2003
WAR CLOUDS OVERSHADOW MARKETS; DOW FALLS 101
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWar fears are sending Wall Street back down its slippery slope near the worst lows of the bear market. Poor profits outlooks combined with the uncertaintly over Iraq pushed the...
CONDE NAST'S BIG TEASE - FLORIO PLAYS COY WITH HINTS ABOUT MAJOR MAG LAUNCH
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIS there a major launch ahead for Conde Nast? Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by the Magazine Publishers of America yesterday morning, Conde Nast CEO Steve Florio seemed to let...
VIVENDI RACKS UP $25.5B LOSS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amVivendi Universal posted the largest annual loss in French corporate history yesterday. The debt-laden media giant, which is in the process of shedding its U.S. entertainment assets, posted a $25.5...
MAG DEALMAKER MOVES
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amExtra, extra, read all about it: Top magazine banker leaves white-shoe firm to join owner of tabloid publisher. Jonathan Knee, one of Morgan Stanley's top media dealmakers, is leaving to...
SINS OF THE FATHER - GRUBMAN FINDS TONY PREP SCHOOLS UNKIND TO KINDER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amNew York's posh private schools have rejected all the entrance applications of two young children of disgraced Wall Street star Jack Grubman. Insiders said the rarefied prep school set didn't...
GRAND 'CANYON' A WONDER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amLAUREL CANYON [] Hedonism in the Hills. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated R (sexuality, language and drug use.) At the Union Square, the Lincoln Plaza and the First and 62nd...
WAR PIC MIXED PIECE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTEARS OF THE SUN [] Timely but confused "Black Hawk Down" wannabe. Running: 118 minutes. Rated R (violence, war atrocities, profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Chelsea, others....
PRETTY 'JOURNEY' & BEIJING BOMB
March 7, 2003 | 5:00am* JOURNEY TO WESTERN XIA EMPIRE [ 1/2] * ROARING ACROSS THE HORIZON [] ------ TWO movies from mainland China debut today at the Two Boot Pioneer Theater. They're a...
A HOUSE IN DISORDER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amCHAOS [] Who's that woman? In Japanese, with English subtitles. Running time: 104 minutes. Not rated (kinky violence). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ------ 'MULHOLLAND...
'NOWHERE' SAYS IT ALL
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amNOWHERE IN AFRICA [] Schmaltzy and endless. In German, with English subtitles. Running time: 138 minutes. Not rated (sex, some violence). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine. ------ SMART...
IRREDEEMABLE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIRREVERSIBLE [Zero stars] Unforgivable. Running time: 94 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Not rated (extremely graphic violence, rape, full frontal nudity). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. ------...
TOO MANY KOOKS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE SAFETY OF OBJECTS [] Dysfunction in the 'burbs. Running time: 121 minutes. Rated R (sexual content and language). At the Union Square, the Lincoln Square and the First and...
NOW EAR THIS: ACTING'S THE ONLY ART IN 'VINCENT'
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amVINCENT IN BRIXTON [ 1/2] At the Golden Theater, 252 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. -------- UNLIKE most artists, Vincent van Gogh found his vocation unusually late in life. Nicholas...
'LADY' IN CLASS OF ITS OWN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amOUR LADY OF 121st STREETAt the Union Square Theatre, 100 E. 17th St. Call the box office, (212) 505-0700, or Ticketmaster, (212) 307-4100. ----- THE fierce and funny rhythms of...
I'M A NETWORK BOSS: GET ME OUTTA HERE!
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amDAVID E. Kelley - whose legal drama "The Practice" stumbled badly in the ratings when pitted directly opposite "Joe Millionaire" - is taking a poke at reality TV and his...
UPTOWN DOUBLE BILL
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTWO off-Broadway hits - an all-star reading of "Salome" and the musical "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" - are moving uptown.Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei, Dianne Wiest and David Strathairn headline Oscar...
STARR REPORT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amRoger + Richard = Oscar picks Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have some surprises up their sleeves when they unveil their "If We Picked the Winners" Oscar picks on Sunday's...
EYE ON THE PRIZE - 'MOVIN' OUT' PRODUCERS TOSS IN HAT FOR PULITZER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWILL "Movin' Out" be a Pulitzer contender? The producers of Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel's acclaimed Broadway ballet have submitted a script to the drama critics who make up the...
MAROONED WITH MAYER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amMAROON5 ---- WHAT'S so appealing about Hollywood's Maroon5 is the band's old-school approach - from their music that mixes rock, funk and R&B, to the grass-roots following they've built by...
TROUBLE NO MORE - ALLMAN'S CLEANED UP HIS ACT - BING, BANG, BING
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amASK fans about the Allman Brothers Band, and they'll regale you with the group's turbulent history, steeped in the classic '60s hat trick - sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll....
NEAT PAPER WORK
March 7, 2003 | 5:00am"The Pentagon Papers" [ ] Sunday night at 8 on FX --- NOW that we're about 15 seconds from war and most dissent is again being questioned, it's interesting that...
'FAMILY' OFFENDS ITALIANS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amITALIAN-American groups are mobilizing for a protest campaign against ABC and its new reality show "The Family." The groups - led by the Washington-based Order Sons of Italy in America...
GHETTO-LICIOUS - QUEEN LATIFAH AND STEVE MARTIN SHACK UP IN FORMULA COMEDY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE [ ½] Funny, but doesn't swing for the fences. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (moderate vulgarity, some violence). At the Cinema 1, Union Square, Kips...
QNS. DINER: RACIST MOBSTER CURSED AND ASSAULTED ME
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens woman yesterday demanded stiff punishment for a reputed Mafia wiseguy, his wife, and his lawyer daughter who allegedly mouthed anti-Asian slurs and assaulted her in a restaurant. "I...
WANT TO BEAT A $2 FARE?
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWant to beat a $2 fare? The best way is to take advantage of MetroCard discounts. You could save a few bucks by buying unlimited passes like a seven-day card,...
BOMB SCARE FOR POWELL AT WALDORF
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA missing briefcase containing a cell-phone charger triggered a bomb scare last night at the Midtown hotel where Secretary of State Colin Powell is staying during high-level talks on the...
CURTAIN GOES DOWN ON B'WAY MUSICIANS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe sound of music ended on Broadway late last night as the musicians union officially went on strike - but the strike might end before show's start tonight. Talks continued...
ANXIETY MOUNTS FOR E. SIDE HUBBY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWith a withered look and weary voice, Dr. Alexander Aronov waited in his Upper East Side home yesterday and hoped for answers. But more than 72 hours after wife Svetlana...
KERRY'S IRISH ROOTS PROVE ALL BLARNEY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) once falsely claimed "an Irish ancestory" in a statement in the Congressional Record, it was revealed yesterday. Despite his Irish-sounding name,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe latest investigation by the federal Transportation Security Administration isn't about terrorism, but the theft of a peanut-butter sandwich. The case was given to the feds by police in Iowa...
MAN SPARED IN E-TERROR CASE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Palestinian-born Brooklyn man who authored hate-fueled e-mails suggesting that a radical anti-Israeli group "should set bombs" in Borough Park businesses has been acquitted of federal charges. A federal jury...
CHEF'S GOO$E IS COOKED
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amCelebrity chef Matthew Kenney's culinary empire - once the envy of restaurateurs - has collapsed in a trail of unpaid bills and disgruntled employees. The final act in Kenney's restaurant-owning...
MEMORIAL LESSONS - PENTAGON'S PROCESS TRUMPS NY'S
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amDID you know that the feds this week unveiled a final design for the permanent memorial to the 184 people killed at the Pentagon on 9/11? It didn't get much...
WAITING ON THE JURY IN GOTTI TRIAL IS A KILLER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE jury is out weighing 64 counts against seven defendants in the racketeering case against Peter Gotti. After nine weeks of high drama worthy of a Broadway production, suddenly the...
JUDGE ROCKS FEDS IN KID-PORN BUST
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan federal judge yesterday tossed out key evidence against a Bronx man arrested last year on kid-porn charges, dealing a serious blow to the feds' "Operation Candyman" investigation. Harvey...
LONG WINTER MARCH-ES ON
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWinter refused to give up its bite yesterday, dumping more snow in and around the city and causing schools to close in some suburbs. Dawn broke with rain and sleet,...
FUGITIVE FAKE DOC GETS 10 YEARS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA phony plastic surgeon who was convicted after skipping bail and running home to Ecuador was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for leaving disfiguring scars on patients and...
NEW PIG EYES LEONA'S PURSE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amHERE'S a pop quiz suitable for Leona Helmsley fans and foes alike: 1. Which much-younger man romanced the billionairess, hinted at marriage, then got himself hired to run the Helmsley...
FASHION-FURY FEUD - FUGITIVE SUES SUPERMODEL EX OVER 'IMPRISONED' KID
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSupermodel Daniela Pestova is being sued by her fugitive ex-husband, who charges the beauty is being a beast by not letting their son visit him on the lam. In papers...
PENIS-BITE DNA HELPS NAIL 'KILLER'
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA suspected serial killer has been charged with murder after DNA evidence from a bitten penis helped link him to the deaths of two Brooklyn hookers. Lee Van Glahn, 43,...
EVERYDAY STRAPHANGER DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amFOR the second time this year, Gov. Pataki has nickeled and dimed Staceyann Novitsky. The 19-year-old sophomore at Brooklyn College was stung last month when Gov. Pataki proposed increasing tuition...
DAD LEAVES HOSP TO MOURN CRASH COP
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe father of the Brooklyn cop who died Tuesday in an early-morning crash that killed two others resumed his sad vigil at a Bensonhurst funeral parlor - a day after...
A HOLY TERROR - BUS BOMBER SAID KORAN PREORDAINED 9/11
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Palestinian computer student who blew up an Israeli bus left a bizarre letter claiming the Koran predicted the Sept. 11 attacks some 1,400 years ago, sources said....
CITY HALL MAKES PUSH TO CONTROL WTC REBUILD
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amJust days after a master plan was chosen for Ground Zero, City Hall is seeking far greater control over planning for the World Trade Center site and the rest of...
MIKE URGED TO EA$E UP ON CAMPAIGN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe outgoing head of the city's campaign finance program yesterday implored Mayor Bloomberg to put away his wallet and abide by spending limits for the 2005 mayor's race. After presiding...
PARTY-HEARTY POLS HANDED 50G GRANT TO CARIB JUNKET GROUP
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe group that organized a winter trip to balmy Trinidad and Tobago for five City Council members won a $50,000 grant from the council last year, The Post has learned....
9/11 RELICS REMIND HIM WHY HE FIGHTS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWHEN Marine Maj. Dave Andersen leaves this dusty capital city to head into battle, he'll be carrying mementos from Ground Zero - photos, T-shirts and other keepsakes given to him...
RIDERS CRY, 'SHAME!' AS FARE SOARS TO $2
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWith dozens of protesters chanting, "Shame on you! Shame on you!" the MTA voted yesterday to raise bus and subway fares by 50 cents to a $2 - but softened...
20K SEATS IN MIKE'S CLASS ACTION
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe school system will add 20,000 new classroom seats by September - the largest such expansion since 1989, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. But that still won't be enough to meet...
FEDERAL RECOVERY AID FOR LOWER MANHATTAN WOULD UNDERWRITE A $48 MILLION LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amFederal recovery aid for lower Manhattan would underwrite a $48 million luxury apartment complex at the South Street Seaport under a plan made public yesterday. But affordable-housing advocates are crying...
TENANT NAILED IN WTC RENT SCAM: FEDS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Sept. 11 fraudster told his landlord he was leaving his apartment near Ground Zero to move uptown - the same day he applied to get a $4,500 government rental...
FIFTH-GRADE POISON PLOT - GIRLS TARGETED CLASSMATE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSeven fifth-graders were charged yesterday with plotting to poison their classmate by tainting her lunch drinks with pills, glue, chalk and pencil shavings at their Colorado public school. The victim,...
BOTCHED-BIRTH $ETTLEMENT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe family of a Bronx woman who died in the hospital a day after giving birth to her fourth child was awarded a multimillion-dollar settlement yesterday. Ronda Butler, 31, died...
SUBWAY BONGO BUST BAGS SLAY SUSPECT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amEagle-eyed transit cops had a subway bongo player singing the blues yesterday - after they recognized him from a wanted poster and nabbed him. Anthony Thomas had been sought since...
CLINTON & DOLE DID A 'QUIET' TV PLOT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBill Clinton and Bob Dole shot a hush-hush pilot segment in Washington to see if they could successfully revive the old "Point/Counterpoint" for "60 Minutes." "We met in a suite...
KHALID CAPTURE FUELS 'KILLER' SQUADS' HUNT FOR BIN LADEN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon and CIA are conducting new covert operations in Pakistan to nab Osama bin Laden, using bombshell intelligence that emerged during the capture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid...
RIKERS GUARD BARES ALL ABOUT ART OF THE STEAL
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Rikers Island correction officer implicated himself and four others in the daring robbery of a Salvador Dali painting from the jail - a heist that was uncovered because they...
KELLY SINGS NYPD BLUES OVER $55M IN RED INK
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amCounterterrorism measures and a shrinking police force have put the NYPD overtime budget in the red by a whopping $55 million, the city's top cop revealed yesterday. The overtime budget...
SHOW 'EM - PRESIDENT MAKES WEASELS CHOOSE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE president last night called the bluff of the French and Germans. "It's time," he said, "for people to show their cards." He wants a vote at the United Nations...
TIME'S UP - PRESIDENT PREPARES THE NATION FOR WAR; 'WE WILL NOT WAIT,' BUSH VOWS IN WAR-PREP TALK
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush last night prepared the American people for war against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein poses "a direct threat" - and that doing nothing would leave the...
DINER: MOBSTER HIT ME
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens woman yesterday demanded stiff punishment for a reputed Mafia wiseguy, his wife, and his lawyer daughter who allegedly mouthed anti-Asian slurs and assaulted her in a restaurant. "They...
GUARD'S DILLY OF A 'DALI'
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Rikers Island correction officer has come forward with details of the daring robbery of a Salvador Dali painting - implicating two supervisors and two correction officers in the scheme,...
SECRET BILL-BOB BLAB - CLINTON & DOLE DID A 'QUIET' TV PILOT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBill Clinton and Bob Dole shot a hush-hush pilot in Washington to see if they could successfully revive the old "Point/Counterpoint" segments for "60 Minutes." "We met in a suite...
RAIDERS IN OSAMA DRAMA - 'KILLER' SQUADS SWEEP PAKISTAN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon and CIA are conducting new covert operations in Pakistan to nab Osama bin Laden, using bombshell intelligence that emerged during the capture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid...
SNOW SENDS SHIVERS THROUGH CITY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWinter refused to give up its bite yesterday, dumping yet more snow on and around the city and causing schools to close in parts of Long Island, New Jersey and...
SENATE BLOCKS ESTRADA PICK
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Senate Democrats successfully blocked Miguel Estrada's nomination to be a federal judge, handing President Bush a stinging loss in his try to boost a conservative Hispanic. Bush called...
BEAT-COP MANPOWER PLUMMETS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe number of uniformed cops assigned to street patrols is at its lowest level since 1990, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. Kelly said the reason for the drop in...
TIME'S UP - PRESIDENT PREPARES THE NATION FOR WAR; BUSH VOWS, 'WE WILL NOT WAIT' AS NATION GEARS FOR WAR
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush last night prepared the American people for war against Iraq by saying that Saddam Hussein is "a direct threat" to the nation. "The attacks of Sept....
COUGHING FIT OVER QUIZ-SHOW CHEATING $CANDAL
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amWAS a mysterious series of 19 coughs at a taping of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" caused by allergies - or part of a fiendish plot to cheat the...
BOMBERS' WOES DON'T WORRY BOSS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - George Steinbrenner exited the trainer's room at Legends Field and swaggered to his car after watching his Yankees stumble their way through an ugly 10-3 loss...
ISLES ARE NO HELP
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - As if Ranger fans needed any more reason to hate the Islanders, right? The New York hockey rivalry had some kerosene doused on it last night as the...
SNOW WIPES OUT RACING
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amLive racing at Aqueduct was canceled yesterday due to the snowstorm. The facility remained open for simulcasting, with live racing scheduled to resume today. Yonkers and Meadowlands also canceled their...
CHSAA 'A' QUARTERS POSTPONED
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe CHSAA A quarterfinals, scheduled for last night at Iona College, were postponed due to bad weather and will be made up tonight at Holy Cross High School, while the...
CABLEVISION'S ADS FOR IDIOTS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amA second consecutive Yankees-less season for Cablevision subscribers begins in three weeks. And Cablevision's anti-YES commercials, now airing in response to YES's anti-Cablevision ads, are typical of Cablevision's simplistic, visceral...
JACK HAGGERTY, CORPORATE SPY - NETS WORK PHONES TO GAIN EDGE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSO WHO'S the best sports TV columnist/reporter in the country? According to one network's media relations boss, the winner is Jack Haggerty of the Westchester Gazette. "Jack," he said, "is...
COWENS: I'D WORK FOR DON - HALL OF FAMER SAYS HE'D ASSIST CHANEY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amORLANDO - Dave Cowens is too classy to lobby for a job with the Knicks that's not yet open. But the Celtic Hall of Famer made a very interesting remark...
DEVILS MUST PLUG POTHOLES
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThey went to the finals twice with Alexander Mogilny, didn't get there without him, and they aren't going back until they replace him, the threat being as important as the...
RANGERS READY FOR PLAYOFF PUSH
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIf the Rangers are going to finish ahead of the Islanders - now the primary target after a 4-1 loss last night in Boston - they should try not to...
INSURANCE NOT ISSUE IN MCDYESS CALL
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ORLANDO - As it turns out, the insurance issue was not a factor in the Knicks' decision in keeping Antonio McDyess out for the entire season. If McDyess...
CLIFF DIGS CHEERS . . . AND BOOS, TOO
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - In a strange way, Cliff Floyd is looking forward to grounding into a bases-loaded double play at Shea and hearing boos. It is about the sound,...
FLOUNDER SEASON; BRINGS HOPE
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amNEW York's flounder season starts a week from tomorrow and I'm betting that no matter what the weather is, anglers will brave any conditions to get off the couch and...
SPLINTER'S SWING MADE JASON INTO SCIENCE STUDENT
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTAMPA - Yankee fans can thank the Red Sox and the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived for Jason Giambi's success. The slugging first baseman owes his patient style to none...
CHILDS-NETS DIVORCE IS EXPECTED TODAY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES SAN ANTONIO - It just didn't work out. That, essentially, is the Nets' summation of Chris Childs' second tour of duty with the team. Childs is expected to...
NFL THURS. OPENER TO PAIR JETS, SKINS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe Jets will open the 2003 season for the first time in their history with a Thursday night primetime game on ABC against the Redskins in the nation's capital. The...
NOW IT'S ASTACI-UH-OH! - PEDRO GETTING MRI FOR BICEP TENDINITIS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amMets 7 - Tigers 0 PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets will have a hard enough time deciding who their No. 5 starter will be. They'll now also be auditioning...
AGENT: KIDD A HAPPY NET
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - Jason Kidd insists that he has not formulated a plan for his foray into free agency this summer. But he has insisted he is happy with the...
TIGERS REVIEW CEDENO'S CENTER-FIELD FOLLIES
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The Tigers have seen Roger Cedeno in center field before. And two of them caution it wasn't pretty the first time around. Former teammate...
TIGER GREAT GIBSON KNOWS DAVE 'WELLS'
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -It seems the recent controversy over David Wells' book - and the Post's coverage of it - haven't escaped the notice of Kirk Gibson. Gibson, a coach...
SHOULDER PROBLEMS KO KARSAY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - His elbow has been operated on five times and his back once. But it's Steve Karsay's right shoulder that is bothering the key setup man. "Basically...
YANKS' FAMILY FEUD - ROCKET SIS WANTS TO WALLOP WELLS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTAMPA - Roger Clemens was one of the voices who spoke up when David Wells talked to his Yankees teammates last week when he tried to smooth over the controversy...
THIS BIMBO HAD TO GO - CAVS WERE SMART TO CUT COLES
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSUBJECT: They Don't Call Him Bimbo For Nothing. Just in case the cranial crooning of one Vernell "Bimbo" Coles is contagious, I suggest we quickly vacate the vicinity. Waived by...
STEROID TESTS NOT FOOLPROOF - MET BRASS KNEW IT WAS COMING
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - How random is major league baseball's new random steroid testing? At least five members of the Met organization knew yesterday's tests were coming as early as...
HILLIARD'S HAPPY TO BE BLUE AGAIN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTEBOOK Receiver Ike Hilliard said yesterday he is "very, very close" to 100 percent after surgery to repair the dislocated shoulder and torn labrum that cut short his season...
SHOULDER SIDELINES SORIANO
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - The Yankees' trainers aren't worried, so Alfonso Soriano isn't concerned about a new problem with his right shoulder. Soriano was a late scratch from last night's...
NETS SET TO WAIVE CHILDS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - It just didn't work out. That, essentially, is the Nets' summation of Chris Childs' second tour of duty with the team. Childs is expected to be waived...
KIDD'S AGENT: JASON'S HAPPY IN SWAMP
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES SAN ANTONIO - Jason Kidd maintains that he has not formulated a plan for his foray into free agency this summer and has insisted he is happy with...
YANKS' FAMILY FEUD - ROCKET: WELLS' BOOK ALL LIES, MY SISTER'S OUT TO BOP BOOMER
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amPhillies 10 - Yankees 3 TAMPA - Roger Clemens may have been having fun with ESPN Radio yesterday when he said his sister, Janet Johnson, was gunning for David Wells...
MARCUS MAKES DAD PROUD
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSt. John's 75 - Rutgers 59 They walked off the Garden court, arm and arm, tears on the face of the father, a smile of pure joy on the face...
TOP-SEEDED JASPERS ROLL DICE AT MAAC TOURNEY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amTRENTON - In the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, the only sure thing is that the unexpected will occur; the only certainty is utter unpredictability. Favorites fall, underdogs win; and...
SPURS GET TO THE POINT - PARKER, GINOBILI HELP SILENCE KIDD & NETS
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amSpurs 92 - Nets 78 SAN ANTONIO - If this game represented an audition for Jason Kidd in his beckoning free agency, the Spurs might just look at his shooting...
SENIORS GET GARDEN PARTY
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt just kind of sneaks up on the seniors, their last home game. One day they're asking for directions to the student center, the next they're taking the court in...
ISLES' LOSS BLOW TO RANGER HOPES
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBruins 4 - Islanders 1 BOSTON - As if Ranger fans needed any more reason to hate the Islanders, right? The New York hockey rivalry had some kerosene poured on...
BRAD WEARS OUT ISLES' WELCOME
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - The trade deadline is less than a week away, so naturally that means Brad Isbister has less than a week left in his Islander career. "Nothing has gone...
23 SKIDOO! - JORDAN'S GARDEN FINALE CHANCE CHEER ... OR BOO
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amHe torched the Knicks and tortured your psyche. He flew in the sky and sank jumpers, while you gazed, annoyed and deterred. With all this manipulating of your well-being, do...
5 QUESTIONS FOR: BRIAN MULLEN
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Ranger radio analyst Brian Mullen. The 41-year-old Mullen is in his first year calling games. Q: Do you think the Rangers are...
MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: 'HEARSAY' VS. 'HOT SEAT' (WHICH IS A WORSE IDEA?)
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIf you haven't seen the SportsCenter segment "HearSay," then - besides being lucky - this is what you've missed. It is a ripoff of the board game "Taboo." ESPN's Stuart...
IT'S HARDBALL, BABY! - VITALE GETS TOUGH WITH HARRICK
March 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt was excellent theater, as embattled Georgia coach Jim Harrick wailed at Dick Vitale during a Tuesday ESPN interview, "Dick, what kind of kind of journalism is that? This is...