May 8, 2003
HENSON PAD ON 5TH TO GO ON BLOCK FOR $9.75M
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE former apartment of Muppets creator Jim Henson has gone on the market. The three-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot Sherry-Netherland Hotel co-op on the 19th floor has an asking price of $9.75 million....
PLAYBOY BOUNCES TO PROFIT FOLLOWING YEAR OF RED INK
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe Playboy bunny raked in some cash last quarter. Playboy Enterprises, famous purveyor of soft-core smut, saw its stock soar yesterday after reporting a profit in the first quarter, reversing...
RALLY OR BUST? MARKET MAY BE IN BRIEF SWEET SPOT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amIS the stock market getting ready to explode higher or collapse? That's the question that always preoccupies Wall Street, and there is seldom a middle ground. Anyone with a memory...
TRADE WAR BOILS OVER PLANE DEAL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amIraqi fighting is finished, but a new trade war is ready to erupt between the United States and Europe. Long-simmering disputes that got put on hold for months during the...
CUTTING IN GRASSO - BEHOLDEN NYSE BOARD HELPS DICK CA$H IN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amDick Grasso's hefty compensation - a reported package of $10 million in 2002 - was decided on by a committee of people that he is charged with regulating. The chairman...
ATLANTIC HITS JACKPOT WITH MAG HONORS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amIN a fitting farewell to Michael Kelly, it was the Atlantic Monthly's year once again at the National Magazine Awards. No title dominated, but the monthly magazine snared two awards...
SENATORS: BLAME CEOS FOR RESEARCH TAINT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. Senators yesterday demanded that top Wall Street executives be held accountable for the conflicted research produced by the organizations they oversee. Their statements echoed a sentiment regulators voiced on...
HENSON HEIRS BUY BACK MUPPETS FOR $78M
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amKermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets have been freed from Germany after two years and are heading back to Hollywood. The five children of their...
BIG DREW HANDS OUT BIG BUCKS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amDREW Carey hopes to be giving away $1 billion on TV this fall. Carey, star of ABC's "The Drew Carey Show" and "Who's Line is it Anyway?" will cross over...
DAN NOT THE MAN - CBS NEWS NOSEDIVES
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amLAST week was a rough one for CBS News. Ratings for the "CBS Evening News" with Dan Rather plummeted to one of the broadcast's least-watched weeks ever - pulling in...
SHAKEN FAMILY TREE - SHOCKING DOCU BOWS AT TRIBECA
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amANDREW Jarecki, whose remarkable documentary "Capturing the Friedmans," about a family of accused pedophiles, makes its New York debut at the Tribeca Film Festival tonight, is not your typical, struggling...
MADONNA'S WEAK 'LIFE'
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThere isn't much life left in Madonna's latest, "American Life." In its second week out, the disc tumbled from the No. 1 spot to No. 8, despite all the publicity...
ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE IT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00am"Baby I'm Yours" [ ] Sunday 8 p.m. on Oxygen ------ THERE are several myths of pregnancy and motherhood that are immutable. One is that if you breathe properly and...
THE OTHER CHIC - CITY GALS CAN PINCH PENNIES & STAY HIP
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amLOTS of books and magazine articles tell you how to save money on hair, makeup and clothes. But penny-pinching becomes an exact science in a new book by local writer...
BROWN AND OUT - CNN ANCHOR BACKPEDALS ON FAKE NEWS INFOMERCIALS DEAL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amCNN's Aaron Brown has backed out of anchoring a faux- newscast infomercial - forfeiting a possible six-figure paycheck because he didn't have "editorial oversight" on the project. Brown's interest in...
HOLLYWOOD MOM CONFESSES
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amCARRIE Fisher interviews her mom, Debbie Reynolds, this Sunday on Oxygen's "Conversations from the Edge with Carrie Fisher" (10 p.m.) - and it isn't always pretty. The battling duo, immortalized...
'IDOL' FANS SEND OUT THE MARINE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amLIKE many Marines these days, Lance Cpl. Josh Gracin is going home. But instead of leaving the deserts of Iraq, Gracin is departing the wilds of Hollywood after getting voted...
STARR REPORT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amVegas visual: Dayna, Brent . . . and Elvis It didn't take Brent Moelleken long to find himself in the (hound dog) house with his new bride, "Extra" anchor Dayna...
TIME UP FOR DOLE, CLINTON DEBATES?
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE great Bill Clinton/ Bob Dole experiment on "60 Minutes" may be coming to an end. With just three more segments to go, it doesn't appear that producers plan to...
TITLE FIGHT: SOUND-ALIKE NEW FLICKS CAUSE MULTIPLEX MAYHEM
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amATTENTION, Sandra Bullock fans! The upcoming movie "28 Days Later," is not - we repeat, not - a sequel to Bullock's feel-good comedy-drama from 2000, "28 Days." On the contrary,...
SENATE GOP PUSHES $TATE AID
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate Republicans last night cut a deal to exempt anyone's first $500 of dividend income from taxes - and possibly grant aid to states, which could bring hundreds...
FEDS: LEMRICK MOCKS LEGAL SYSTEM
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amJurors began deliberations in the Lemrick Nelson Jr., trial yesterday after prosecutors took one final jab at the accused Crown Heights stabber - blasting him for making "a mockery" of...
TRIBECA FEST ACTOR IN GUN ARREST
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA bit player in a movie being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival tried to get into the film's screening last night with a loaded handgun, police said. Hanif "Neef"...
DRUNKEN DRIVER KILLS BX. BOY: COPS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Bronx boy was killed by a drunken driver who hit him as he played in front of his home last night, cops said. The boy, whose name was...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNorway has opened the world's first Penis Gallery to help men be more content with what nature gave them. The exhibit in the town of Agder features photos of the...
CHENEY READY FOR '04 RERUN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House confirmed yesterday that it'll be Bush-Cheney on the Republican ticket again in 2004 - so Gov. Pataki and former Mayor Giuliani will have to give...
PIZZA-SLAY ACCOMPLICE GETS 25 YRS.
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA convicted murderer yesterday cried that he didn't deserve any jail time in the shooting death of a pizza deliveryman in Brooklyn, but a judge socked him with the max...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A Bronx man was busted for stealing a Cadillac after being stopped for an undisclosed traffic violation in East Harlem, authorities said yesterday. Cops from the Manhattan North...
TAX-RAP WHIP HITS JOCKEY AGENT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA jockey's agent who has represented some of the top riders at Aqueduct and Belmont was slapped with federal tax evasion charges yesterday in Federal District Court in Hauppauge, L.I....
RUDY PHONES IT IN FOR GOPER
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who used his star power to campaign for Senate candidates around the country last year, lent a helping if futile hand this week to...
GOV CONCEDING HIS CAUSE MAY BE LOST
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki began a statewide campaign yesterday to battle the Legislature's tax-and-spend budget - and promptly admitted he may go down to defeat. "I may well lose this...
TEARS FOR TRAGIC TOT IN BOROUGH PARK
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMore than 200 friends and family gathered yesterday to say goodbye to a Borough Park infant who died Tuesday under mysterious circumstances in his baby sitter's care. Yechesanel Kraminer was...
CITY IS. DROWN KIN IN 911-ALERT PLEA
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The families of three of the four teens who drowned off City Island after calling for help on a cell phone called on Gov. Pataki yesterday not to...
MAYOR MIKE IN POLL HOLE - HITS ROCK BOTTOM ON JOB APPROVAL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers don't like Mike! Mayor Bloomberg got hammered yesterday in a poll that shows his popularity has sunk to an all-time low - with less than a third of...
BREAST-TEST SHOCKER IN APPLE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWomen in Queens must wait an average of about four months to get an appointment for a mammogram at a public hospital, a new City Council study yesterday showed. That's...
JUSTIN COURTING NEW FANS WITH TV HOOPS SPOTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amJustin Timberlake is getting in sync with a new audience - sports fans. The *NSYNC pop superstar has just been signed to contribute ongoing features and report live from sports...
LEAVE 'MY LOVE' ALONE: SIR PAUL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amPaul McCartney is furious over a bombshell TV documentary that portrays his one-legged, blond wife Heather Mills as "a calculating gold digger with a murky past" who preys on filthy-rich...
NEW LEASE ON STRIFE: BLOOMY BACKS RENT HIKE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday defended the Rent Guidelines Board's recommendation to raise rents by 5.5 percent for one-year leases and 8.5 percent for two-year leases. "I think it is unrealistic to...
QUIT SMOKING FOR KIDS' SAKE: DOCS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amQuit while you're ahead. That's what doctors are telling smokers with young kids. Researchers have found that parents who stop smoking before their kids reach third grade can significantly reduce...
NEW LEGAL TANGLE FOR 7WTC
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe future of Ground Zero became mired in deeper legal troubles yesterday, as trade center leaseholder Larry Silverstein went to court to force an insurance company to pay up on...
HER LAST MOMENT - SVETLANA WENT IN EAST RIVER ALIVE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSvetlana Aronov was alive when she hit the water, the medical examiner concluded yesterday, after identifying the body of a woman found floating in the East River as the book...
'FARE' AND IMPARTIAL - MTA-HIKE JUDGE LINKED TO $TRAPHANGERS DONATION
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe judge who could roll back the steepest fare hike in city history failed to disclose that his wife gave a $250 contribution to one of the lawyers appearing before...
STATE BUDGET RIFT MAY SNAG RECYCLING PLAN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe planned July 1 resumption of plastic recycling will probably be delayed, city Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said yesterday. Under questioning at a City Council budget hearing, Doherty said the...
SHATNER'S BREEDING BROUHAHA
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amActor William Shatner's ex-wife is suing Star Trek's Capt. Kirk over frozen semen. Shatner's second wife, Marcy Lafferty Shatner, is taking the Starship Enterprise commander to court, saying he broke...
THREE KILLED AS ARAFAT, PM FEUD
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Two Hamas militants and a Gaza Strip baby were reported killed in separate incidents yesterday, while Yasser Arafat and his new prime minister had their first major fight...
ORDER IN THE GUN COURT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amFive Brooklyn police precincts account for 25 percent of all the gun incidents in the city - prompting officials yesterday to take aim at the problem by dedicating a single...
L.I. SLAY HORROR - PSYCH-PATIENT SON CHARGED IN GRANNY SLASH
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island man, recently released from a psychiatric hospital, was charged yesterday with stabbing his 73-year-old mother to death in front of the youngest of her 15 grandchildren. The...
30 YEARS FOR KILLING PARENTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amTeen murderess Connie Leung - who helped her boyfriend strangle both her parents when they objected to their relationship - was sentenced yesterday to 30 years to life in prison....
GOPERS BELIEVE THEY CAN TAKE NIFTY 50 STATES
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amANYONE who watched the dreary first 2004 Democratic debate Saturday can see why some Republicans are dreaming and plotting how President Bush can do what even Ronald Reagan couldn't do:...
AL QAEDA WEDDING A UNION OF EVIL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A chilling videotape surfaced yesterday showing Sept. 11 hijackers attending a wedding of one of their co-conspirators - and using the occasion to spout religious rhetoric justifying the...
LOSING AL-TITUDE - HEAT ON D'AMATO TO DOWNSIZE L.I. MANSION
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amAl D'Amato will block the sun. That's what furious neighbors are saying as they fume about the ex-senator's plan to build a four-bedroom, oceanfront mansion in Lido Beach, L.I. In...
GIS DEAL OUT 2 OF HEARTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. military forces have arrested a former member of Saddam Hussein's ruthless Ba'ath Party, the latest member of the deck of playing cards of most wanted regime figures...
LITTLE GUY SAYS BIG-BUCKS BOSS WAY 'OUT OF TOUCH'
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe biggest worry for Mayor Bloomberg in the latest poll isn't his anemic 32 percent approval rating. The battered economy has politicians around the country ducking for cover. "He's got...
'FAMILY' FAVORITE - JERSEY MOBSTER: THEY BASED 'THE SOPRANOS' ON US
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMobster turncoat Anthony Rotondo admitted yesterday he found it "amusing" that "The Sopranos" hit TV show seemed to be based on the real-life murder and mayhem of the DeCavalcantes. Although...
'JUDGE GRAFT' FILE TO BE UNSEALED
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amAn explosive court file that includes charges of wrongdoing against a Brooklyn judge who's been indicted on bribery charges and two of his family members should be unsealed, a Manhattan...
NEW RAP FOR ST. JOHN'S SHOOT SUSPECT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA man already accused of shooting and paralyzing a St. John's University football star was ordered held without bail in Queens yesterday on new charges that he tried to shoot...
MEDICAID BILL NEARS PAINFUL $4B
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's Medicaid tab is expected to jump 13 percent this year, reaching a staggering $4 billion, the Independent Budget Office said yesterday. The latest increases comes after Medicaid costs...
MOM'S BIG FAT DEFENSE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island woman charged with killing her newborn after secretly giving birth during Christmas Day dinner told police she had no clue she was pregnant - and thought her...
PRINCIPALS JOIN POLS IN SUIT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe school principals' union and a dozen black lawmakers yesterday joined a lawsuit blocking Mayor Bloomberg's elimination of 32 community school districts. "They reduced the number of community school districts...
WAGES OF TERROR - WTC KIN WIN $104M FROM SADDAM
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday ordered Saddam Hussein and others to pay $104 million to the families of two World Trade Center victims, saying they provided just "barely" enough evidence to...
INVADING GANGSTERS GUILTY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThree gang members who invaded the wrong home, terrorized a Long Island family and molested a mother in front of her husband and children have all pleaded guilty to the...
KLEIN EYES 'COACHES' TO TRAIN TEACHERS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein has proposed contracting with outside educational institutions to provide 800 full-time "coaches" to train math and English teachers in the city's public schools. That figure represents...
BROKERS BUSTED IN $2.5M SHARE FRAUD
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA bunch of big-talking Manhattan brokers bilked unsuspecting investors out of $2.5 million by pressuring them over the telephone to buy shares involving a supposedly promising software company, the feds...
NEW SCHOOL-TRANSFER DEADLINE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday extended the deadline to May 20 for parents to decide whether to transfer their kids from low-performing schools. The original deadline was tomorrow. The city...
CONDI HAS HARSH WORDS FOR WEASELS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House, led by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, accused "Axis of Weasel" leader France yesterday of trying to take NATO "hostage" over the Iraq war. Rice's...
TO GET NOTHING BUILT ... ... LET THE CITY RUN WTC PROJECT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amCAN a city that can't even build public toilets be trusted to steer the development of 10 million square feet of offices - to say nothing of memorials, stores, museums...
SENATE GOP PUSHES $TATE BONUS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate Republicans last night cut a deal to exempt anyone's first $500 of dividend income from taxes - and possibly grant aid to states, which could bring hundreds...
TAX WHIP HITS AGENT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amA jockey's agent who has represented some of the top riders at Aqueduct and Belmont was slapped with federal tax evasion charges yesterday in Federal District Court in Hauppauge, L.I....
LITTLE APPETITE FOR A MEAL WITH MIKE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMake that a reservation for one. More New Yorkers than not say they wouldn't be interested in having dinner with Mayor Bloomberg. Only 40 percent of those questioned in a...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: BUSY AS A BEE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNow that spring has finally sprung, it's all work and no play for the bees. Read on to find out what these busybodies are up to. The bees are busier...
UNION JOINS SCHOOL-DISTRICT SUIT
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThe school principals' union and a dozen black lawmakers yesterday joined a lawsuit blocking Mayor Bloomberg's elimination of 32 community school districts. "They reduced the number of community school districts...
EATING OUT FASHIONABLE FOR MOTHER'S DAY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amAmericans are really eating their hearts out on Mother's Day, a new survey reveals. The National Restaurant Association says 38 percent of those polled celebrate Mother's Day by dining out...
FEDS: LYING LEMRICK MAKING 'MOCKERY' OF LEGAL SYSTEM
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amJurors began deliberations in the Lemrick Nelson Jr., trial yesterday after prosecutors took one final jab at the accused Crown Heights stabber - blasting him for making "a mockery" of...
QUICK NETS LEAVE CELTICS GASPING
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES Leading up to Game 2, all the Celtics talked about was the need to curtail the Nets' fastbreak. And they did that last night. For a quarter. "The...
ZIM COMING BACK EARLY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amAiling bench coach Don Zimmer said he will rejoin the Yankees tomorrow in Oakland. Zimmer, who was hospitalized last Thursday with a gastrointestinal disorder, wasn't expected to back until the...
CALL ANTOINE SLEEP WALKER
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amBYRON Scott can for give Bob Ryan. After all, if you don't live a life of Christian charity, you might spent eternity in some place that looks suspiciously like Boston....
PIAZZA FEELS ON UPSWING
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMike Piazza was out of the starting lineup in last night's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers, but after missing Tuesday's game following surgery to remove a mole from his abdomen,...
BALKY KNEE MAIN ISSUE FOR GIAMBI
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSEATTLE - He didn't use it as an excuse for an embarrassing batting average, but maybe there is a reason why Jason Giambi has looked so uncomfortable in the batter's...
WALKER CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM MARTIN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amTHE first sign a star player is letting down his team is when his team has to insist he isn't. "He brings so many things to this team that are...
ONCE-SOFT SENS TALKIN' TOUGH
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWhat the Ottawa Senators lack in the financial department, they're suddenly making up for in the moxie category. All of a sudden, they're talking as tough as they play, entering...
SCOTT'S THE KEY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amHe will inevitably become the Senators' point of attack, not by their choice but because he'll be there by Devil design, demanding it. Once more, Scott Stevens, age 39, will...
WINSTON AWARDED HAMDAN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amLIU's Nicki Winston was the winner last night of the annual Michelle Antoinette Hamdan Memorial Award for displaying extraordinary character in the face of adversity. The award is given annually...
CELTS COACH WANTS KIDD OUT WEST
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amCeltics coach Jim O'Brien said he's ready to throw a grand fiesta if Jason Kidd leaves the Eastern Conference this summer for San Antonio. Asked if he'd like to see...
NETS PROMISE NO LETDOWNS AGAINST CELTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES The Nets were ecstatic that their Game 1 victory over Boston in the Eastern semis was not a blowout. See, they routed the Bucks in Game 1 and...
TIME FOR MO TO GO - NO KNEE-D FOR 2ND OPINION
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMO Vaughn was sit ting at his locker yesterday, wearing an orange T-shirt and black workout shorts, while the rest of his teammates were putting on their game uniforms. It...
BYRON RIPS BOSTON FANS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amByron Scott ripped Celtics fans yesterday during a radio interview, calling them "crazy," saying they come to games "juiced up" from "drinking," and agreeing they've been slow to embrace the...
WHITE, SAUERBECK IN BOMBERS' SIGHTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Looking to upgrade their beleaguered bullpen from the left side, the Yankees are watching what the Reds do with Gabe White and the Pirates do with...
FRANK SIGNS WITH GIANTS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amIs there an end to the Giants' quest to add depth to their defensive line? Yesterday, the team signed a defensive end, John Frank, who retired three years ago to...
CLEVELAND'S BACK ON WINNING TRACK
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL: G. Cleveland 4 - Grand St. 3 Ricky Perez and his Grover Cleveland teammates came back from a 3-0 deficit to knock off Grand Street, 4-3, yesterday. But...
GW RINGS UP SLOPPY VICTORY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL: GW 4 - Bergtraum2 It wasn't long ago that teams feared heading up to Washington Heights to take on George Washington. "We used to be up 3-0 on...
STRAW: BASEBALL OVER, JUST CALL ME DAD, NOS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amHe posed for pictures with his stunning wife Charisse outside the Jade Room of the Waldorf Astoria, a long way from a private hell . . . drug addiction ....
REHABBING FRANCO AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Less than a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery, John Franco is ready to pitch again. After the 42-year-old reliever completed yesterday's workout - a 20-pitch batting practice,...
PROBE 'TAKE-A-PEQUA' HS TEAM
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMassapequa High School is investigating whether players on its baseball team visited a topless bar while they were in Florida to play in a tournament, a school official said yesterday....
KIDD BURNS CELTICS AGAIN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amThis was before Celtics coach Jim O'Brien was tortured again by Jason Kidd last night in the Nets' 104-95 Game 2 victory. This was before Kidd racked up 23 points,...
NETS JUST TWO TOUGH
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 2: Nets 104 - Celtics 95 Entering the fourth quarter last night, the Nets led the Celtics by 16 points, making Game 2 look simple and easy. Well, that...
NETS' SPEED LEAVES CELTS EATING DUST
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES Leading up to Game 2, all the Celtics talked about was the need to curtail the Nets' fastbreak. And they did that last night. For a quarter. "The...
MOOSE ROCKS ON - FANS 12 MARINERS, HIKES RECORD TO 7-0 AS YANKS SNAP SKID
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Mariners 2 SEATTLE - Say hello to Mike MuCYna. Two weeks ago Mussina was the AL Cy Young leader in the clubhouse in what amounted to having...
CASHMAN'S LOOKING FOR LEFTY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Looking to upgrade their beleaguered bullpen from the left side, the Yankees are watching what the Reds do with Gabe White and the Pirates do with Scott Sauerbeck....
INSULT TO INJURY - MO PAIN, NO GAIN FOR METS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amYESTERDAY was one of those days you didn't know whether to feel sorry for the Mets or laugh at them. Most of the time, it was the latter. Minutes after...
METS GET SNIPPY ABOUT HAIR-GATE
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMets officials closed ranks yesterday to protect sensitive closer Armando Benitez, who was named in a Post exclusive as Rey Sanchez' clubhouse stylist. Benitez - rumored to be trade bait...
TONY'S SWINGING LIKE A TIGER AGAIN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amWith Mo Vaughn's burgeoning salary and deteriorating knee, when or if he'll play again is anybody's guess. And despite the clamor for Mike Piazza to switch to first, the future...
SHOW AND TELL: JETER WOWS TRENTON, SAYS HE'S ON TRACK FOR TUESDAY RETURN
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amTRENTON - Derek Jeter's superstar presence yesterday at Waterfront Park, the home of Yankees' Double-A affiliate Trenton Thunder, was reminiscent of what it must have been like for Elvis or...
TRACHSEL & CO. JUST CAN'T CUT IT: HARD-LUCK HURLER LOSES TO L.A. BY A WHISKER
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amDodgers 2 Mets 1 Sometimes, you're just going to have those days. It's just that if you're Steve Trachsel, you're going to have them nearly every time you pitch. Trachsel,...
CROCODILE SHEARS: METS CRY FOUL OVER 'BARBER' BENITEZ
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amMets officials closed ranks yesterday to protect sensitive closer Armando Benitez, who was named in a Post exclusive as Rey Sanchez' clubhouse stylist. Benitez - rumored to be trade bait...
TRENTON BUZZING OVER JETER STAY
May 8, 2003 | 4:00am"Anxious is the way I'd put it. I haven't played in a little over five weeks. You can only do so many drills. Now it's time to play." DEREK JETER...
A PAIN IN THE KNEE: GIAMBI BATTLING PATELLA TENDINITIS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amSEATTLE - He didn't use it as an excuse for an embarrassing batting average but maybe there is a reason why Jason Giambi has looked so uncomfortable in the batter's...
A PAIN IN THE KNEE : GIAMBI BATTLING PATELLA TENDINITIS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00am"It's been sore ... since early in the year. I have been getting treatment on it and icing it." JASON GIAMBI SEATTLE - He didn't use it as an excuse...
NETS RALLY AROUND KIDD: RYAN'S COMMENTS FIRE UP MATES
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amDon't wear a tin hat in an electrical storm. Don't cross the Grand Central Parkway blindfolded in rush hour. And don't tick off Jason Kidd in the playoffs. The Celtics...
STRAW: I'M JUST DAD, NOW
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amHe posed for pictures with his stunning wife Charisse outside the Jade Room of the Waldorf Astoria, a long way from a private hell ... drug addiction ... cancer ......
GIANTS HOPE FRANK CAN CUT MUSTARD
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amIs there an end to the Giants' quest to add depth to their defensive line? Yesterday, the team signed a defensive end, John Frank, who retired three years ago to...
EMPIRE MAKER WILL SKIP 2ND JEWEL
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amEmpire Maker, second as the ballyhooed 5-2 favorite in last Saturday's Kentucky Derby, will not run in the May 17 Preakness, trainer Bobby Frankel told The Post yesterday from California....
FORDHAM SEARCH NARROWS
May 8, 2003 | 4:00amFordham's search for a men's basketball coach is heating up and sources told The Post the university's administration is poised to begin formal interviews with the hopes of having a...