September 2, 2004
BUSH HAS A LOT RIDING ON FRIDAY'S REPORT
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amWALL Street is ex pecting the government tomorrow to report a big jump in employment in August. I think. I'd like to finish that sentence as I did so successfully...
I'M NOT A CROOK - EX-HOLLINGER DEPUTY RADLER RIPS BREEDEN REPORT
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amDavid Radler, the former top deputy to ousted newspaper baron Conrad Black, lashed out yesterday at a report that accused him and other executives of looting Hollinger International's coffers to...
TIME WARNER WANTS TO THROW ALL-CASH AT MGM
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amIn a move to further tip the scales in the topsy-turvy auction of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Time Warner Inc. has switched its bid to cash, The Post has learned. Time Warner had...
RUBIN QUITS AT G+J
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAnother top executive hired in the Dan Brewster era at Gruner + Jahr USA is out at the embattled publishing company. Dan Rubin, who was the executive vice president involved...
CABLE RIDES HIGH; POLITICAL ADS INCREASE; FOX BEATS BIG 3 NETWORKS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amCable news networks are getting a summer boost from their coverage of the political conventions. CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are reporting strong ratings following the Democratic and Republican conventions...
TV GUIDE WILL LIST BIRCH AS NEW EDITOR
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTV Guide is bringing in a British editor with a knack for newsstand sales to take over the magazine with big circulation headaches as editor-in-chief. Ian Birch, who once edited...
NEWSDAY LIFTS BAN ON CAR DEALERS' ADS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amNewsday lifted an advertising ban on a group of Long Island car dealers suing the paper over its rates. In July, Newsday banished the dealers after they accused the paper...
BIRCH IS NEW TV GUIDE EDITOR
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTV Guide is bringing in a British editor with a knack for newsstand sales to takeover the digest-sized magazine with big circulation headaches as editor-in-chief. Ian Birch, who once edited...
GRUNER + JAHR EXECUTIVE DAN RUBIN RESIGNS HIS JOB
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAnother top executive hired in the Dan Brewster era at Gruner + Jahr USA is out at the embattled publishing company. Dan Rubin, who was the executive vice president involved...
CABLE RIDES HIGH - POLITICAL ADS BLAST NETWORKS OUT OF SUMMER DOLDRUMS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amCable news networks are getting a summer boost from their coverage of the political conventions. CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are reporting strong ratings following the Democratic and Republican conventions...
TIM TOPS TUNES
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amCROSSOVER country superstar Tim McGraw rides onto the charts with the best country debut of the year. Mr. Faith Hill's latest country-pop disc, "Live Like You Were Dying," topped Billboard's...
THEIR GOPS & 'Q'S; DELEGATES REVIEW PUPPET PRODUCTION
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHEY loved the performers, they adored the puppets and the music set their toes a-tapping. But they winced during a graphic puppet sex scene, were offended by some of the...
REALITY BITES; 'RENOVATE' DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO INNOVATE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00am'Renovate My Family' Last night at 8 on Fox/Ch. 5 * * (two stars) IT was bound to happen - reality shows have now begun feeding on each other. That...
BUSHIE TALES: DEMS AND GOP SPLIT ON FAVORITE TV FARE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPOLITICAL humor does come in two varieties: Republican and Democratic. Want proof? A new study says Bush supporters prefer "Everybody Loves Raymond" and Kerry people tune in to "Will &...
JANE IN THE NECK
September 2, 2004 | 4:00am- WHAT'S wrong with this picture? The less-than-stellar debut of "The Jane Pauley Show" - the most talked-about new daytime talk show - is a head scratcher. Early ratings for...
SHARON VS. SIMON IN TV DRAG-OUT
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTWO of TV's biggest big- mouths, Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell, are feuding. The pair - who are set to appear together later this year on a new "American Idol"-like...
CLUB BED - A NIGHT OUT IS A REAL SNOOZE; SLUMBER PARTY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S time for New York clubgoers to hit the sack. A slew of new clubs are threatening to turn the city's nightlife scene into a giant slumber party - and...
RED BADGES OF COURAGE - E. VILLAGE BARS ONLY FOR THE BRAVE, IF YOU'RE REPUBLICAN
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amWHILE the GOP's faithful were gathering at the Garden, a bunch of young Republican delegates visited a neighborhood not on their itinerary - the ultra-liberal Lower East Side. In their...
'QAEDA' SEIZES SCHOOL - KIDS SCREAM FOR THEIR LIVES IN RUSSIA HOSTAGE NIGHTMARE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAl Qaeda-linked Chechen terrorists, wearing explosive belts around their waists, seized more than 300 hostages - nearly half of them children - at a Russian school yesterday, and threatened to...
VETS FOR SALE? JOHN KERRY SEEMS TO THINK SO
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYESTERDAY, in front of the American Legion's National Convention, John Kerry made his most disgraceful speech since he lied about atrocities to Congress three decades ago. By making promises he...
JOHN IN 'WE' BIT OF TROUBLE WITH UNIMPRESSED VET GROUP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amNASHVILLE, Tenn. - American Legionnaires are a polite group - perhaps because they have had too much experience with the ultimate rudeness: war and death. There were no boos yesterday....
DELEGATES SHOWED LITTLE TASTE FOR THE BIG APPLE'S OUTER BOROUGHS YESTERDAY ...
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amDelegates showed little taste for the Big Apple's outer boroughs yesterday - blowing off elaborate planned visits to major cultural institutions throughout the city. Each borough planned to host a...
HEARTLESS THIEF
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA former Long Island fast-food cashier who bilked a mentally handicapped customer out of $50,000 was sentenced yesterday to 16 months to four years in prison. The cruel scam began...
BRUNO ADDS FUEL TO PATAKI PREZ RUN
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. NOTES PATAKI presidential fever continued to mount yesterday as a top New York Republican predicted the governor wouldn't seek re-election in 2006 - so he can run for president...
ARNOLD ROCKS; THE TWINS . . . DON'T
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTUESDAY night ran the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. The sublime - politically speaking - was Arnold Schwarzenegger's electrifying speech, which was so effective that Rudy Giuliani and...
DAY TWO: BRIGHT SPIRITS ON A ROLL
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amRep. Peter King (R-Nassau) will be sharing his convention observations with Post readers all week. I WAS up earlier Tuesday than I wanted to be but I had promised an...
KERRY NOT SO 'SWIFT' - EVADES VIET FLAP IN AMERICAN LEGION SPEECH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amIn a much-anticipated address to the largest veterans group in the nation, Sen. John Kerry yesterday completely dodged the Swift Boat Veterans controversy, which has dogged his campaign, and instead...
N.J. TRIO IN DRUG-PLOT BUST
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThree mid-level drug dealers were arrested by Bergen County, N.J., police as they were about to rob an undercover cop, bind him with duct tape, and murder him if he...
MAD AS ZELL - GOP KEYNOTER SLAMS FELLOW DEM KERRY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amSaying his family's safety is more important than his party affiliation, Democratic Sen. Zell Miller last night reached across the political aisle to tell the GOP convention that America would...
BUSH SUES TO HALT '527' ATTACK ADS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush's campaign filed suit yesterday to stop anti-Bush groups - and others like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - from continuing their avalanche of negative ads, while the...
LADY CROOK STEALS CHARITY CASH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA cruel-hearted woman walked into a Suffolk County pharmacy and stole a donation jar filled with small contributions for a local boy with an incurable disease. The bandit, captured on...
G-RATED GOP COOL TO SEX BIZ
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThey came, they saw, they went to bed early. Republicans failed to ignite the city's sex and "adult entertainment" industries during the first two days of the convention, disappointing many...
CRIME TAKING A HOLIDAY FOR GOP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amArrests for serious crime in the Big Apple have plummeted since the NYPD mobilized its forces to protect the city during the Republican convention, The Post has learned. Excluding convention-protest...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Detectives are hunting for the sexual predator (above) who attacked a woman early Monday on Flatbush street. The 35-year-old woman was walking to work at 3:30 a.m. in...
TWINS NO LAUGHING MATTER, CRITICS GRUMBLE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYou didn't have to be a Democrat Tuesday night to know the Bush twins tanked. Forget Burns and Allen - Barbara and Jenna aren't quite up to the heights of...
ESCAPE TRAIN SET TO ROLL . . . JUST IN CASE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush will have a rail fast way to get out of town if catastrophe strikes during the Republican convention. An escape train is waiting at Penn Station, beneath Madison...
SAY 'THANKS' TO THE COPS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amDELEGATES, New Yorkers and, yes, protesters: At any given street corner in Manhattan, please stop and say "thanks" to the cops for the fantastic job they're doing this week. Republicans:...
INSIDE JOB AT THE TAJ; TRUMP GAL BUSTED
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amFinally, Donald Trump can tell an employee "You're fired" with good cause. One of The Donald's casino workers in Atlantic City helped an armed robber slip into a secure area...
CHENEY REACTION - A 'DEFINING MOMENT' IN TERROR WAR, SAYS VEEP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amVice President Dick Cheney declared last night that the nation has reached a "defining moment" in the war against terror and spotlighted the differences between John Kerry and George Bush...
GOP VOCAL IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amUnlike the Democrats at their convention, Republi cans from Veep Dick Cheney to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani have sought this week to embrace Israel as a crucial ally to the...
NOISY NUTS' SNEAK ATTACK - DISGUISED ACTIVISTS IN GALA SECURITY BREACH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAIDS activists infiltrated and disrupted the Republican convention yesterday - adding to serious concerns about security at Madison Square Garden just as President Bush is set to accept his renomination...
POLICE BASH LOONY - 'PERP' BERSERK IN DEC.
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe protester busted in the vicious stomping of a city detective at a demonstration this week was already in trouble with the law - for allegedly going wild just eight...
'SWEETHEART' SWINDLE LED TO SLAY: DA
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA "sweetheart swindler" admitted offering a thug $2,000 to rough up an aging Queens homeowner in a scheme to grift the old man out of his house, prosecutors said yesterday....
'2G SLAY' BY REALTY GRIFTER
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA 30-year-old "sweetheart swindler" from Israel told cops she offered a thug $2,000 to rough up an aging Queens homeowner in a scheme to grift the old man out of...
$1M COKE HAUL IN WASH. HTS.
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amCops seized a massive pile of cocaine worth $1 million yesterday after pulling over a van in Washington Heights, cops said. The officers stopped the vehicle for making an illegal...
SERENA AN OH-SO-SEXY SWINGER
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK SERENA WILLIAMS is wowing the crowd without swinging a racket. The curvaceous queen of the courts raised eyebrows yesterday when she appeared center court for her second-round...
COURTING TROUBLE; CROOKED ATTORNEY TESTIFIES VS. GARSON
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA turncoat lawyer testified yesterday that a judge - whom he allegedly wined and dined in exchange for favorable treatment - took him under his wing, referred clients to him,...
JUDGE OKS CASE VS. DEM BOSS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ruled the case can proceed against Brooklyn Democratic boss Clarence Norman, who allegedly charged the state for mileage while using a car paid for by the Kings...
PRESIDENT CATCHES 'FIRE' - IN APPLE TO GRAB FDNY UNION NOD
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush arrived in New York last night and immediately surrounded himself with the heroes of 9/11 - a day before he accepts his party's nomination at Madison Square Garden...
FLEEING FRANCES ; FLA. ORDERS EVACUATION; MONSTER MAY HIT 156 MPH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amStorm-ravaged Florida braced for a second pounding last night as fearsome Hurricane Frances roared north toward the coastline. Nearly half a million people were ordered to evacuate as the monster...
SENIORS WELCOME DUBYA, BUT GRUMBLE OVER CANCELED BINGO
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe senior citizens who frequent Italian Charities of America's social club in Elmhurst were thrilled about President Bush's visit - that was, until the Secret Service canceled bingo. "I like...
PREZ CATCHES 'FIRE' IN APPLE - * PICKS UP FDNY UNION BACKING * CHEERED ON EVE OF BIG SPEECH * EVOKES 'INSPIRATION' OF SEPT. 11
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush arrived in New York last night and immediately surrounded himself with the heroes of 9/11 - a day before he accepts his party's nomination at Madison Square Garden...
REAGAN TRIBUTE INSPIRES TEARS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amMichael Reagan presented a heart-wrenching video tribute to his father, former President Ronald Reagan, last night that left many convention delegates in tears. Reagan said his father was not just...
MAD AS ZELL - DEM REBEL LAMBASTES KERRY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amWith a raucous Republican crowd urging him on, Sen. Zell Miller unleashed a white-hot attack on fellow Democrat Sen. John Kerry last night - charging that the Massachusetts pol's anti-terror...
WHERE NO REPUBLICAN CAN GO
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amHE gave them Zell. I don't think there's ever been a speech like last night's keynote address by Georgia's Democratic senator, Zell Miller. First, it's unprecedented for a senator of...
TONIGHT IS BUSH'S BIG CHANCE TO PULL AWAY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPRESIDENT BUSH has a shot at breaking open the 2004 race with his speech tonight - thanks to Democrat John Kerry's fumbles and a surprise boost from the anti-Kerry Swift...
PREZ CATCHES 'FIRE' IN APPLE; * PICKS UP FDNY UNION BACKING * EVOKES 'INSPIRATION' OF SEPT. 11
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush arrived in New York last night and immediately was embraced by the firefighter heroes of 9/11 - as he got ready to accept the Republican nomination at Madison...
SNEAK 'ATTACK' ; DISGUISED ACTIVISTS IN GALA SECURITY BREACH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAIDS activists infiltrated and disrupted the Republican convention yesterday - adding to serious concerns about security at Madison Square Garden just as President Bush is set to accept his renomination...
CHENEY REACTION - BLASTS JOHN AS ]]TOO 'SOFT' ON TERROR
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amDick Cheney dismissed John Kerry last night as a flip-flopping, weak-willed politician misguidedly hoping to use his "softer side" against al Qaeda in the deadly war on terrorism. In a...
PROSECUTORS USED HER MORE THAN STAR DID
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE prosecutors used this girl, too. Now that this year of madness has finally been laid to rest, it must be said. The lawmen who preside over the Colorado backwater...
BROOKLYN ROB SUSPECT SHOT
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amA robbery bust in Brooklyn last night left one suspect shot in the knee and a pit bull shot dead after it charged at the arresting officers, police said. Four...
PREZ CATCHES 'FIRE' IN APPLE - * PICKS UP FDNY UNION BACKING * EVOKES 'INSPIRATION' OF SEPT. 11
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush arrived in New York last night and immediately was embraced by the firefighter heroes of 9/11 - as he got ready to accept the Republican nomination at Madison...
SNEAK 'ATTACK' - DISGUISED ACTIVISTS IN GALA SECURITY BREACH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amTwo security breaches disrupted the Republican convention yesterday - adding to serious concerns about security at Madison Square Garden just as President Bush is set to accept his renomination there...
ANGRY TIME BOMB - 'COP BASHER' BERSERK
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe protester busted in the vicious stomping of a city detective at a demonstration this week was already in trouble with the law - for allegedly going wild just eight...
CLASS ACT BY THE EDU-NATOR IN HARLEM - ARNOLD PUMPS UP PUPILS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took his "Kindergarten Cop" shtick to a Harlem school yesterday morning to pump up national after-school programs, just hours after delivering his blockbuster GOP convention speech....
RATED G FOR GOP - SEX BIZ GOES FLACCID AS PARTY STAYS TAME
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThey came, they saw, they went to bed early. Republicans failed to ignite the city's sex and "adult entertainment" industries during the first two days of the convention, disappointing many...
ESCAPE TRAIN ALL READY TO WHISK BUSH OUT
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush will have a rail fast way to get out of town if catastrophe strikes during the Republican convention. An escape train is waiting at Penn Station, beneath Madison...
BUSH'S ESCAPE TRAIN - WOULD WHISK HIM OUT IN CONVENTION DISASTER
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush will have a rail fast way to get out of town if catastrophe strikes during the Republican convention. An escape train is waiting at Penn Station, beneath Madison...
CRIME TAKES BREAK - CONVENTION CITED
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amArrests for serious crime in the Big Apple have plummeted since the NYPD mobilized its forces to protect the city during the Republican convention, The Post has learned. Excluding convention-protest...
'CHRISTMAS' GIFT - OF LIFE - MAN DONATES KIDNEY TO HIS PAL
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amBrian Carter's gift has brought life and health to college pal Vincent Christmas, who says Carter deserves a Liberty Courage Medal for giving him a kidney and promoting kidney donation....
FEDERER STRUGGLES TO TOP TEEN
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Top-ranked Roger Federer may be the most complete tennis player and he's taking aim at the most dominant campaign in nearly two decades. But last night showed no...
KRUK TARGET OF LOAIZA BRUSHBACK
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES John Kruk doesn't think much of Esteban Loaiza. And vice versa. Kruk, an analyst on ESPN's SportsCenter, claimed Loaiza quit in the 22-0 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday...
FANS HIT RODRIGUEZ WITH BOOS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAll season long, Yankee fans have waited for Alex Rodriguez to return to the form that made him the most feared hitter in the American League. Their patience has worn...
DECISION TIME: COUGHLIN STILL HAS BIG CALLS TO MAKE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amJudging from the especially dour expression Tom Coughlin has lugged around of late, his mood has gone from serious to deadly serious. In 11 days, the Giants play for keeps,...
REMEMBER ME? FASSEL REAPPEARS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES His return, he acknowledges, "is a little bit awkward right now." Jim Fassel, the former coach of the Giants, comes back to the scene of some of his...
SERENA SWEEPS; WILLIAMS WINS EASILY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amSerena Williams struck again yesterday, this time in daylight, unveiling an even skimpier outfit than her denim number from Monday night. Under a heavy Ashe Stadium sun yesterday, Serena donned...
KARSAY'S CONFIDENT HE'LL HELP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amSteve Karsay finally made it back to the Yankees last night. "I definitely had doubts I would get here," said Karsay, who missed nearly the last two seasons after undergoing...
LLOVELY LLEYTON
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amFormer world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt took a break from tennis and seems to have found his game. He came into his match yesterday against veteran Wayne Ferreira on a...
AUSTIN:SLUMP DUE TO 'RENTS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES USA Network's Tracy Austin questioned the judgment yesterday of the parents of Serena and Venus Williams for not providing their daughters with better coaching. Years ago, Richard Williams...
CAMERON SHELVED BY A VIRAL INFECTION
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Art Howe saw Mike Cameron briefly yesterday when the centerfielder came into the clubhouse to visit the trainers. "He looks like death warmed over," Howe said. "He's really...
GUT-CHECK TIME - BEFUDDLED BOSSHAS EYE ON YANKS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amSure, it was the worst loss in franchise history. Sure, George Steinbrenner showed up 4½ hours before first pitch and watched batting practice like a hawk. Nevertheless, the Yankees tried...
GEORGE'S SHADOW LOOMS LARGE
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amGEORGE Steinbrenner hovered over the Yankees yesterday. His presence, words and actions reinforcing what everyone in the clubhouse tried to deny. Just how much trouble his team suddenly is in....
KRUK HITS HARD SHOTS OFF LOAIZA
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES John Kruk doesn't think much of Esteban Loaiza. And vice versa. Kruk claimed Loaiza quit in the 22-0 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night on ESPN's SportsCenter, but...
CONTRACT TALKS PROGRESSING, BUT NOT MUCH
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Had the NHL not invested a full year and $1 million in a publicity stunt called the Levitt Report last winter, perhaps the league and the Players' Association...
MET FANS GET CLOSE LOOK AT PAVANO
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amBecause it is September at Shea, the dominant thoughts do not involve a pennant race. Instead, the Mets go into the final month of the regular season stinking and thinking...
ANOTHER GAME, ANOTHER LOSS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amMarlins 5Mets 4 October can't get here soon enough. The Mets have 30 games left, and at this point, you might as well start the countdown. Another day, another game,...
NEAT NIGHT-CAP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amAfter a tougher-than-expected first-round match, Jennifer Capriati had a better-than-could-be-hoped-for second-rounder, a win so thorough that she proclaimed afterward that she's playing well enough to make a run deep into...
HAYNES ENJOYS MAJOR VICTORY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Angela Haynes, a young, unranked, unheralded black qualifier from Compton, says she's pretty much been left out of the loop by the USTA. But the way she played...
FUHGEDDABOUT IT - DUQUE, POSADA'S HRHELP RIGHT YANKEE SHIP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5Indians 3 It was Orlando Hernandez vs. Cleveland last night, and outside forces made it sound every bit as dire as Game 4 of the 1998 ALCS. Outside the...
BOSS NEEDS NO MOTIVATION
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amWHILE his team stretched on the field below him late yesterday afternoon, George Steinbrenner surveyed from his box above like a Roman emperor. Would his gladiators receive thumbs up or...
FUHGEDDABOUT IT - DUQUE, POSADA'S HR HELP RIGHT YANKEE SHIP
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 Indians 3 It was Orlando Hernandez vs. Cleveland last night, and outside forces made it sound every bit as dire as Game 4 of the 1998 ALCS. Outside...
METS' FINAL DAZE - AMAZIN' BRASS SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amThirty games remain for the Mets, and while there's no pennant race or scent of meaningful games, there are questions that demand answers. In this final month, the Mets have...
CHAD HITS JACKPOT - JET QB OKS $64M, 7-YEAR EXTENSION
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amChad Pennington, welcome to the elite world of the highest-paid players in your sport. Now, without contract uncertainties to cloud your head, you can go help win that championship you're...
HERM: I'M GOIN' WITH STARTERS
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES A year ago, in the moments leading up to their annual preseason finale with the Eagles, Herman Edwards received news that the Eagles were not using any of...
THE RUSSIAN MENACE - U.S. FACES CHALLENGE FROM AN OLD ENEMY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL - The Cold War has melted, the nationalist fervor of USA-Russia hockey muted. Instead, the Americans will be battling for themselves here tonight, seeking some spark that will...
ISIAH: OLYMPICS HELPED MARBURY
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amIsiah Thomas saw something different in Stephon Marbury's eyes when the Knicks point guard returned Monday from the Olympics in Athens. "He had a glow," Thomas said. "It's something I...
POST'S PUNCHER PICKS PROMOTER
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amOur man in The Bronx is on his way. Jason Quick, who doubles as a pressman at the Post's Bronx plant and a professional boxer, signed a three-year deal with...
NETS OK 'ZO GO - MOURNING SET FOR CAMP COMEBACK
September 2, 2004 | 4:00amIt's official. After months of rumors and speculation, the Nets and Alonzo Mourning made it official yesterday. 'Zo will give it a go on a comeback from a kidney transplant....