October 22, 2003
CORCORAN MERGER MIMICS L.I. RIVALS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIn a bid to extend its reach beyond Manhattan while bolstering its presence in the luxury real estate market, Corcoran Group's parent announced yesterday it is acquiring two independent real...
BRONFMAN, DOLAN MAY DUET AGAIN
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amEdgar Bronfman Jr. and Cablevision lost out in the bidding for Vivendi Universal - but the two have not gone their separate ways. Bronfman and the Long Island-based cable giant...
WEB GIANTS MOVE TO SLASH SPAM
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amSneaking, spamming, spoofing - it isn't the junk e-mail marketers who are playing dirty these days. It's Internet companies. Faced with a deluge of spam and angry customers, e-mail providers...
IDOL SPECULATION ; KASPER BOSS CREATES TEAM HE CAN FIT INTO AT KORS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Parsons, the chief financial officer of Kasper, is said to be the latest executive heading to Michael Kors - fueling speculation that he'll soon be joined by his former...
M'SOFT TESTS NEW SUBSCRIPTION PLAN WITH OFFICE 2003 DEBUT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe premiere of Office 2003 yesterday was more than another big software rollout for Microsoft Corp. - it was also the first test of the company's new revenue model. So...
PERELMAN ROLLS OVER HIS DEBT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amRon Perelman is dipping deeper into his $653 million private pot of Citigroup shares to help bail out his struggling Revlon yet again. Perelman says his Revlon empire doesn't have...
NYSE SEAT PRICES PLUNGE TO 5-YR. LOW
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe price of a New York Stock Exchange seat has plunged to its lowest level in almost five years, showing the exchange still hasn't shaken off concerns about its future....
SHARPER IMAGE FOR 57TH STREET
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amFIFTY-Seventh Street is getting a Sharper Image. The upscale adult toy shop is subleasing more than half of MacKenzie-Childs' new store at 10 W. 57th St. MacKenzie, which sells highly...
CASH-POOR COGAN MUST SELL PRIME PROPERTIES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTarnished tycoon Marshall Cogan is down to his last millions and must sell his Fifth Avenue co-op and Sag Harbor house to help cover a $12 million court penalty. The...
PUTNAM FRAUD CASE DUE SOON
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMassachusetts authorities plan to charge mutual fund giant Putnam with civil fraud for improper mutual fund trading practices "in a matter of days," Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin...
HEARST MOVING AHEAD WITH SHOPPING MAG LAUNCH
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amRANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Talk of new launches and the guessing game on who will buy New York magazine dominated discussions at the American Magazine Conference yesterday. Spurred on by...
NEW HAVEN FOR CHEAP STEAKS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amHACIENDA DE ARGENTINA ½ (one and one half stars) 339 E. 75TH ST. (AT FIRST AVE.) (212) 472-5300 ONE night at Hacienda de Argentina, our cheerful waitress stumbled over the...
THIS JUST IN: WOMEN EAT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIT was a moonlit night in a restaurant overlooking the sea - but I had eyes only for the lobster with mango in chardonnay butter sauce. "Sorry," I told my...
MAO-LEVOLENT LEADER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMORNING SUN (three stars) Running time: 117 minutes. Not rated (violence). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. WHILE young revolutionaries in the United States were taking...
ON THE SIDE: WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM . . .
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTED Turner is having a tough time finding homes for his bison-theme restaurants to roam and multiply in New York. Jane Fonda's ex says he wants to open as many...
LAWSUIT OVER 'SURVIVOR'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amNOT everyone is crazy in love with Beyoncé. Terrence "T-Robb" Robinson, a 32-year-old pro ducer from Miami, is suing Beyoncé Knowles (right), her father and the other members of Destiny's...
'OZ' NOT WELL
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amNOT since Julie Andrews nearly died lugging "Victor/Victoria" on her back has a Broadway star been required to do the heavy lifting Hugh Jackman will have to do on "The...
GRAZING THE BAR; WITHOUT SMOKE, YOU CAN TASTE THE FOOD
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that the smoke has lifted, bar food is ever more important. The city's watering holes offer plenty of variety - the trick is finding a table. Trendsters find the...
SERENA'S SHOWTIME HEARTACHE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amSERENA Williams' first dramatic acting part was challenging enough. But when her eldest sister was murdered with one day left on Serena's shooting schedule on the set of "Street Time"...
AVERAGE 'JOE MILLIONAIRE'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMONDAY'S debut of "The Next Joe Millionaire" was far from golden. The sequel to Fox's smash-hit reality show drew roughly 6.6 million viewers Monday night - 65 percent lower than...
HARD CORE ISLAM: NAT'L GEO TAKES A PEEK 'INSIDE MECCA'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00am"Inside Mecca" Tonight at 8 on Ch. 13 *** (three stars) AFTER 9/11, all the fol lowers of Islam - Muslims - became in the mind of many Americans an...
STARR REPORT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amElizabeth, Part III There's a growing battle pitting Elizabeth Smart's parents and the publisher of her book, Doubleday, against CBS. Ed and Lois Smart and Doubleday say CBS aired an...
BODY TROUBLE: NAKED MEG CAN'T SAVE IMPLAUSIBLE THRILLER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIN THE CUT (two stars) Confused and confusing thriller. Running time: 118 minutes. Rated R (heavy gore, sex and explicit sex talk, violence). At the Lincoln Square, the Empire, the...
DASH OF NOVELTY A RECIPE FOR HO-HUM
October 22, 2003 | 4:00am"La Mia Cucina Toscana" by Pino Luongo THE latest cookbook by famed New York restaurateur Pino Luongo is coffee-table worthy, with its gorgeous pictures and clean, white space. But the...
Niagara daredevil calls leap a wild ‘impulse’
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe loony leaper who went over Niagara Falls without a barrel said last night said he'd been in the grip of an "impulse." "It was an impulsive, one-second thing, and...
BECKETT DAZZLES IN LOSS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Josh Beckett was absolutely unhittable against eight of the nine Yankees last night, and he still suffered the loss. All three hits the Florida flamethrower allowed over 71/3...
YANKS POUR IT ON IN REIGN STORM ; BOMBERS BUST OUT VS. FISH IN GAME 3
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 3 Yankees 6Marlins 1 MIAMI - The Yankees have the World Series by the throat after Josh Beckett's heat wasn't enough to wilt Mike Mussina's guile and the Marlins'...
MIKE'S MIGHT? GOP CHALLENGE COULD RE-ELECT MAYOR
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amHIS term isn't even half over, but already Mayor Bloomberg has a declared challenger in his own party's primary. And his poll numbers not long ago were setting some sort...
MCCALL BACKS DAVIS FOE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amDemocrat Geoffrey Davis was dealt a blow yesterday in his bid to capture his slain brother's seat when former state Comptroller Carl McCall endorsed his opponent. Letitia James, the Working...
STUDENT IN 'CYBERBOMB' BUST
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amAn art student threatened to bomb a Manhattan software company, claiming it infected his computer with a virus, the feds charged yesterday. Benjamin Samar, 20, who attends the Art Institute...
KHALID LIKELY PEARL'S KILLER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. investigators have developed hard evidence that the mastermind of the 9/11 atrocities was also the man who slit the throat of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl...
PUTTING BRAKES ON INSURANCE FRAUD
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The state yesterday scored a big victory in its effort to crack down on auto-insurance fraud. In a 21-page unanimous decision, the state's top court upheld the regulation...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe kids at the Ridgewood Elementary School in Portland, Ore., are really psyched - it's not every day you see your principal pucker up and kiss a frog on the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Police are looking for this man (above) in connection with the shooting of an off-duty Brooklyn housing cop who suffered a minor graze wound. Isaac Lopez, 24, is wanted...
JUDGE SNUFFS OUT BID TO BLOCK SMOKING BAN
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - A federal judge yesterday denied efforts by bar and restaurant owners for a preliminary injunction to block the statewide smoking law. Judge Lawrence Kahn ruled that the Empire...
END TO CORP. WELFARE IS NEWS TO BIZ
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg raised eyebrows yesterday by telling business leaders the city has "essentially ended corporate welfare" - even though it recently doled out tens of millions of dollars in tax...
DAFFY DIARIES OF DISASTER FOR KOOKY COUPLE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHAT explains it. From the wreckage of the Liza Minnelli-David Gest love nest, urban archeologists have unearthed a secret Diary of Fabulous Love, co-written by the "It" couple. Stained with...
RUDY TO DE NIRO: I'M IN YOUR CORNER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amProstate-cancer survivor Rudy Giuliani delivered a no-nonsense message to Robert De Niro, who revealed this week he's battling the disease: Hang tough! Giuliani - successfully treated three years ago -...
RAPPIN' THE GAVEL; JUDGE BUSTS A RHYME AS SHE CLEARS EMINEM
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA hip-hoppin' Michigan judge launched into a wild, rhyming rap from the bench as she tossed out a slander suit against Eminem. In a verdict delivered last Friday, Macomb County...
COPS PRESS PROBE OF PARTY SLAY
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amFrustrated by a lack of progress in the probe into the murder of a Fairfield University student, the NYPD has yanked a group of detectives off their regular assignments and...
COPS UNDER FIRE; NEEDLESSLY KILLED MENTALLY ILL 'HAMMER' MAN: LAWYER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amCops provoked a mentally ill man and then senselessly shot him for refusing to drop a hammer during a tragic standoff, a lawyer for the dead man's family told jurors...
OBJECTION! SHE HAS NO RHYME, NO REASON
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE problem with Macomb County Circuit Judge Deborah Servitto's attempted rap is that she's under the delusion that rap is the simple skill of A-B rhyming. You know - trash...
COP TO 'SNIPER': I ALMOST HAD YOU
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA "polite and courteous" John Allen Muhammad slipped though the hands of police just moments after the Beltway sniper suspect's seventh shooting, according to the frustrated cop who let him...
NEW FBI SECTION FOCUSES ON WMD
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON - The FBI is creating a new weapons of mass destruction section to address growing concerns that terrorists will try to detonate a dirty bomb or launch a...
PIER PRESSURE SINKS PROBE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00am'IT'S starting to become a mockery!" That's how Staten Island Councilman Michael McMahon is describing the slow-paced federal investigation into last week's ferry crash. "Ten people are dead and about...
TEARS FOR 'JEWEL' MOM FOUND SLAIN ON HIGHWAY
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA throng of tearful mourners last night paid tribute to Sorangel Cabrera, the devoted Bronx mom whose murdered, jewel-laden body turned up on a highway ramp nearly two weeks ago....
WES' STAND ON VIEQUES NOW DEMS' DILEMMA
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON - Wesley Clark was an ardent advocate of live-fire bombing on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques - putting him at odds with virtually every Democrat in New...
PELOSI CHARGES RIPOFF
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi is leveling fraud charges against two lawyers who worked for his late wife, Generosa Ammon - saying they lied to get him to sign a postnuptial agreement that...
TYCO EXEC'S HOU$E TRICK: WITNESS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTyco's tainted tycoons used an employee loan program to go on a real-estate spending spree without board approval, a former company treasurer told jurors yesterday. Ex-CEO Dennis Kozlowski and ex-CFO...
COPS EYE FERRY CHARGES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD is going full steam ahead with its investigation into the Staten Island Ferry crash, and is focusing on "any criminality" by any of the 15-member crew when the...
JUDGE-BRIBE SLAY-PLOT TWIST
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA man accused of trying to bribe embattled Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Gerald Garson to fix his divorce and custody case has been busted again - this time for allegedly...
NEW FLA. LAW KEEPS COMA WOMAN ALIVE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amFlorida Gov. Jeb Bush stepped in yesterday to save the life of a brain-damaged woman who is the central figure in the nation's most bitter right-to-die battle. The governor signed...
DEAN: HILL TOLD ME SHE WON'T RUN
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic 2004 wannabe Howard Dean yesterday said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told him she wouldn't run for president this time - and that Bill Clinton said he won't...
PREZ TO INK BAN ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush prepared to sign into law a ban on partial birth abortions after the Senate voted 64-34 yesterday to approve the measure. The vote capped years of...
STUDENTS MAY GET FREE HELP IN SUMMER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein's office is considering a plan that would offer struggling city students free tutoring sessions next summer. Betty Arce, the chancellor's director of tutoring services, said yesterday...
'CUNNING KILLER'; JURY HEARS OF 'ODD' TEEN-SLAY SUSPECT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island prosecutor told a jury yesterday that a cunning oddball stalked and killed his teenage neighbor in East Northport by dragging her down their block at night and...
SUBWAY PAL'S HORROR: 'SURFING' TEEN DIED AS SHE CLUNG TO HIM
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIt's a horrifying image that will haunt 15-year-old Indee Sparrow forever - the sight of her beloved classmate Eric Alvarez being smashed by a beam and whisked to a gruesome...
FISTS-OF-FURY LIZA TURNED BOOZY RAGE ON HUBBY, LAWSUIT SAYS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amLife was a cabernet for Liza Minnelli - and complete hell for husband David Gest, who claims the singer repeatedly pummeled him during alcohol-fueled rages. "Liza, stop it, stop it!"...
'KILLER' HORRIFIES EVEN HIMSELF
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amSteven Santos called a gruesome murder he's charged with committing "the most horrific thing I've ever seen," a detective testified yesterday. Detective Howard Shank interviewed Santos in the hours after...
NELSON, GARCIA FACE HEARING IN BOSTON
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Police in Boston are seeking assault and battery charges against Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia for their bullpen brawl with a Fenway Park groundskeeper during the American League...
MATH SCORES = GOOD NEWS; CITY 4TH-GRADERS ADD 15 PTS. TO PASS RATE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's fourth-graders are scoring some impressive numbers on their math tests, figures released yesterday by the state show. Two-thirds passed their exams last year - a startling 15 percentage-point...
ANDY SLAMS 'LOST' DEMS OVER 9/11
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - In a scathing rebuke to his own party, Andrew Cuomo is charging that Democrats are "lost in time," often appear "bloodless, soulless and clueless," and have "fumbled" their...
COURT PUTS BRAKES ON INSURE FRAUD
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The state yesterday scored a big victory in its effort to crack down on auto-insurance fraud. In a 21-page unanimous decision, the state's top court upheld the regulation...
AH-NOLD MEETS MEXICAN OFFICIAL
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday had his first meeting with a foreign dignitary as governor-elect of California, a private get-together with Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs. The Terminator-turned-governor is...
MARTHA'S WHIRLWIND GETAWAYS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amFrom summer jaunts to Finland and Russia to Christmas parties in Maine and Panama, Martha Stewart's life was a fabulous whirl of travel and adventure in the months before her...
TEACHERS WANT MIKE 'RECALLED'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Brooklyn legislator told a rally of thousands of teachers outside City Hall yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg should be recalled for bungling the takeover of the school system. "Today...
SAUDIS TRYING TO BUY NUKES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In an escalation of the Middle East nuclear-arms race, Saudi Arabia is trying to buy from Pakistan nuclear warheads for its missiles, the head of Israeli military intelligence...
MUSSINA FINALLY DELIVERS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Six straight postseason starts without a win. The Marlins' dynamic ace pitcher. A potential 2-1 World Series hole. That's what Mike Mussina was facing last night at Pro...
PATIENCE PAYS OFF FOR JORGE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Calling Jorge Posada "patient" isn't enough anymore. He's way past that. Posada's the man waiting on line to ride Space Mountain. He's the guy waiting for his girlfriend...
ISRAEL: SAUDIS TRYING TO BUY NUKE WARHEADS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In an escalation of the Middle East nuclear arms race, Saudi Arabia is trying to buy from Pakistan nuclear warheads for its missiles, the head of Israeli military...
TEACHER RALLY FOR BLOOMBERG 'RECALL'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Brooklyn legislator told a rally of thousands of teachers outside City Hall yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg should be recalled for bungling the takeover of the school system. "Today...
TYCO TREASURER EXPOSES EXECS' TRICK$
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amWithout board approval, Tyco's tainted tycoons used an employee loan program to go on a real-estate spending spree, an ex-treasurer told jurors yesterday. Ex-CEO Dennis Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz...
NYPD PROBING COPS IN 'KICK' VIDEO
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amPolice are reviewing a TV news videotape to determine if officers used excessive force to subdue a suspect in The Bronx yesterday. The tape, shot from a WCBS/Channel 2 helicopter,...
ZIM: I'M NOT A QUITTER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Despite comments in a report last week in the Daily News that indicated 2003 would be it for him, Don Zimmer appears to be leaving the door open...
CABRERA EMERGES FROM FUNK
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Before he turned 20, Miguel Cabrera received a spring-training invitation from the Marlins. Before he turns 21, he might still be a World Series hero. Cabrera, who emerged...
BERNIE BREAKS RECORD
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - If Bernie Williams had his way, he'd play center field for the Yankees, jam with his band, spend time with his family, and never be the topic of...
NELSON, GARCIA FACE BOSTON HEARING
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Police in Boston are seeking assault and battery charges against Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia for their bullpen brawl with a Fenway Park groundskeeper during the American League...
HOME ADVANTAGE? DEVILS DON'T SEE IT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIt's still Daylight Saving Time, but it's threatening to get dark early in New Jersey anyway. The Stanley Cup champions have gone all of two games without winning at home,...
LAYDEN LOOKS TO DUMP PACTS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amKnicks GM Scott Layden has five days to rid himself of at least one guaranteed contract, and his goal is to shed more. The Knicks have 16 guaranteed pacts and...
WILL SAYS THERE'S A WAY ; ALLEN: GIANTS CAN BEAT VIKES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHERE is no tangible evidence to suggest the Giants on Sunday will knock the Vikings from the dwindling unbeaten ranks. It's a mismatch. The Vikings are the best in the...
LINDROS TO MISS 2-4 WEEKS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amAll right, so it's going to be anywhere from two weeks to a month that the Rangers will have go without Eric Lindros; anywhere from five games to three times...
HERE COME THE EUROS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - Anyone who remembers English champion Dancing Brave sweating through his winter coat before the 1986 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, then finishing fourth at 1-2 in the...
MATSUI CAN BE BETTER ; IMPORT IMPROVES DAILY
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Wait till next year. When it comes to Hideki Matsui, that is. The Yankees left fielder has been a revelation in his first year in the majors, hitting...
HALFBRIDLED'S 'TROT' OPENS UP FILLIES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amARCADIA, Calif. - Many professional horseplayers, lining up their Breeders' Cup bets, figured they could start with a bang with two nailed-down locks in the first two events - Azeri...
CABRERA DISPLAYS POTENTIAL
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Before Miguel Cabrera turned 20, he was a non-roster invitee to Marlins spring training. Before he turns 21, he conceivably could be a World Series hero. Cabrera, the...
JETS ABLE TO CHANGE ON FLY
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE JETS' coaching staff deserves whatever criticism you want to dish it for these consistently poor starts that have aged their fans immeasurably. But give Herman Edwards and his staff...
PAVANO PUMPED FOR DREAM MATCHUP
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - New Britain, Conn., native Carl Pavano once dreamed of pitching in the same rotation as Roger Clemens. Tonight, he'll have a chance to retire him. When Pavano was...
SCOTT LEARNED FROM 'MISTAKE'
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amHindsight is always 20-20. So looking back, Byron Scott is 100 percent certain he should have kept Kerry Kittles on the floor in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of...
GUERRERO EYES YANKS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK MIAMI - The best free agent in the upcoming class isn't scared of New York. So put down the Yankees as a team that will be interested...
'IRVING' OUT, EURO STARS TO GO IN TURF
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK ARCADIA, Calif. - The field for Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Turf was in flux yesterday as trainer Michael Dickinson pulled longshot Deeliteful Irving out of the...
BERNIE CATCHES FIRE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - If Bernie Williams had his way, he'd play center field for the Yankees, jam with his band, spend time with his family, and never be the topic of...
ROGER & OUT AS FINALE'S AT HAND 19 YEARS LATER, THIS OLD ROCKET COMES FULL CIRCLE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The site was a cavernous stadium more fit for the football team that played there. The opponent relied on a speed game headed by a fleet, pesky leadoff...
CLEMENS: THIS IS REALLY IT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - This is it. For Roger Clemens, there are no "maybes" or "could-bes" or "what-ifs" about it tonight. After 20 years in the majors, the Rocket makes his final...
ZIMMER: I'M NOT A QUITTER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Despite comments in a report last week in the Daily News that indicated 2003 would be it for him, Don Zimmer appears to be leaving the door open...
VAN HORN MAY BE OUT TILL OPENER
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amIf Keith Van Horn feels any pain today from his strained left groin - and chances are he will - the Knicks will shut him down for the rest of...
HUNTERS COMPLAIN ABOUT VANDALS
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amHUNTERS and New Jersey wildlife officials are being harassed by animal rights people over the state's bear hunt, which is still more than a month away. According to recent reports,...
LONG ROAD BACK FOR 'ZO
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amHe is not there yet, not by a long shot, but Alonzo Mourning insists that in short doses he can be the dominant player he once was. "No doubt," Mourning...
UNION WOULDN'T OPPOSE THG TEST
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Gene Orza, associate general counsel for the Players' Association, said that if the government decides THG (a kind of anabolic steroid) is a "regulate-able drug," the union would...
MATSUI EARNS STRIPES
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre isn't shy, and never has been. He loves to tell a good tale, loves to spin a good yarn, and subscribes to the belief that there...
RESTED RIVERA ON ROLL
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Mariano Rivera entered last night's Game 3 of the World Series against the Marlins in a rare position, not completely understanding how his arm would respond if called...
HERE'S LOOKING AT 'Q': PARCELLS TURNS DALLAS INTO CARTER COUNTRY
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amYou can tell Bill Parcells likes Quincy Carter by the way the coach evaluated his quarterback's performance in the Cowboys' 38-7 whipping of the Lions in Detroit last Sunday. "It...
YANKS HAVE BEEN IN THIS BOAT BEFORE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Yankees have played this game so often before. Just it is with Pedro Martinez and without this much water. Game 3 of the World Series mimicked plenty...
METS NEAR DEAL FOR ARMS GURU
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Mets have not made any headway in filling their general-manager opening, but it appears they could finalize a deal for pitching coach Rick Peterson by the end...
BOOMIN' BOMBERS POUR IT ON ; TAKE COMMAND OF SERIES WITH WET-AND-WILD WIN
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 3Yankees 6Marlins 1 MIAMI - The Yankees have the World Series by the throat after Josh Beckett's heat wasn't enough to wilt Mike Mussina's guile or melt Derek Jeter's...
LIKE ALWAYS, DEREK GETS THE JOB DONE
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amJeter always does the dirty work, and last night the task was to score two runs against Josh Beckett. MIAMI - It's only a matter of time now. The Yankees...
THIS AIN'T THE BRONX
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - In a way, Pro Player Stadium looks like a fish tank, with teal everywhere. There is no teal in baseball, but this is southern Florida, and it's all...
GAME 3 IS GLOVE AFFAIR FOR JASON: GIAMBI PLAYS 1ST WITH DH DELETED
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - How much of a gamble was Joe Torre taking when he put Jason Giambi at first base for Game 3 of the World Series last night against a...
GODZILLA MONSTER AGAIN
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - The captain had gotten them this far, kept the Yankees in the game against the hard-throwing kid from Texas, Josh Beckett. The Yankees had gotten all of three...
JETER'S ONE-MAN GANG VS. BECKETT
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - This was the showdown: One of baseball's marquee players against one of its top young pitchers. Derek Jeter vs Josh Beckett. Mr. October vs. a first taste of...
E-MO-TIONAL HIGH: RIVERA STILL RIDING WAVE OF GAME 7
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - He didn't want to leave. He didn't want to unwrap his arms from the dirt, peel his face off the white-slab rubber. All around him, Yankee Stadium was...
UNION WON'T OPPOSE TEST FOR 'ROID, IF ...
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Gene Orza, associate general counsel for the Players' Association, said that if the government decides THG (a kind of anabolic steroid) is a "regulate-able drug," the union would...
K-MART DISCOUNTING SNUB
October 22, 2003 | 4:00amFor Kenyon Martin, it's about respect and appreciation. The Nets' fourth-season forward feels he has proven his worth in three seasons, two of which ended in the Finals. So he...