September 8, 2004
CBS BOSS MOONVES SHUFFLES KEY EXECS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIn his first big move since taking on a wider role at media giant Viacom, CBS chief Les Moonves promoted several key network executives yesterday. The moves were made to...
MAKEOVER AT TRUMP WORLD - STARTUP COMPANY SELLING THE DONALD FOR $29.99 A YEAR
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amLIKE The Donald him self, Trump World the magazine is trying to stage a comeback. Though Trump the man was tarnished in the real estate world by the bankruptcy of...
SOGGY GROVES TO HIKE N.Y. CITRUS FRUIT PRICES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNew Yorkers could be paying twice as much for their ripe grapefruits, oranges and tangerines this season as a result of Florida's hurricane crisis. Savage storm devastation to Florida's $7...
KENSICO GRABS 350 MAD.
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA quiet local investor has snatched the classy 350 Madison Ave. from Max Capital Mangement Corp. for a price real estate sources claim is around $225 million. Real estate sources...
NETFLIX, TIVO HOOKUP CLOSE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNetflix and TiVo are in late-stage talks on a partnership that would let subscribers use the Internet to download Netflix movies directly into their TiVo box, The Post has learned....
FIT FOR UPSCALE ; DESIGNERS LAUNCH PRICEY EXCLUSIVE LINES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIn a move that goes against the current fashion trend of making designer labels more accessible to the masses, Nicole Miller is launching a new, more exclusive line to be...
2 FUND GIANTS COUGH UP $450M
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMutual fund giants Invesco and AIM Advisors yesterday coughed up $450 million to settle charges that they bilked investors by cutting shady deals with favored customers. The two funds, both...
SAKS VET TAKES A WALK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amSaks Fifth Avenue is losing a key executive in shoes, handbags and accessories, even as it attempts to make those categories a cornerstone of its repositioning, The Post has learned....
FUNDS PAY $450M FOR ILLEGAL TRADES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMutual fund giants Invesco and AIM Advisors yesterday coughed up $450 million to settle regulators' charges that they bilked investors by cutting shady deals with favored customers. The two funds,...
MAG HAS SHORT 'LIFETIME'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amLifetime the magazine has died a slow death. About 45 people were laid off yesterday, some 18 months after the title launched to lukewarm reviews. The magazine's October issue will...
STARR REPORT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00am'Listen' to this oneNot that there's anything wrong with that . . . Jason Al exander, who's star ring on the new CBS sitcom "Listen Up" as sports writer Tony...
A DOGGONE SHAME
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA LETTER TO TRUE 1/2 (one and one half stars) DOG lovers may want to add a star or two, but for the rest of us, Bruce Weber's "A Letter...
MAN SHOWS WILL IN BRAZIL
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amI HATE SAO PAULO (three stars) In Portuguese, with English subtitles. Running time: 89 minutes. Not rated (nudity, sex). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and East Third...
I'LL BE BACK : RAY TALKS ABOUT THE FALL OF THE ROMANO EMPIRE - AND AFTER
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amRAY Romano could return to series television once "Ever body Loves Raymond" wraps its nine-season run next May. "I haven't ruled anything out . . . but would I do...
MAS-TERFUL!
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMAS (three stars) 39 DOWNING ST. (AT BEDFORD ST. ) (212) 255-1790 HERE'S a handy tip for dining at Mas, the best new Village restaurant since Babbo: The ideal place...
HATS OFF TO TEXAS SMOKEHOUSE BBQ
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amTEXAS SMOKEHOUSE BBQ ½ (two and one half stars) 438 SECOND AVE. (AT 25TH STREET) (212) 725-9800 DESPITE its name, Texas Smokehouse BBQ rates more than a lone star. The...
ON THE SIDE - E. 57TH ST. JIMMY'S STILL SHUT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amJIMMY Rodriguez, who had several restaurants under his belt until earlier this year, now seems to be bailing out on the last of his eateries - Jimmy's Downtown, at 400...
'WONDERFUL' FROWN ; TWO STARS ARE NOT ALL THERE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amHAVE Eileen and her sister gone back to Ohio? Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt, who play the spunky Sherwood sisters in the limp ing revival of "Wonderful Town," skipped out...
HOW TO BE AN HEIR-HEAD: PARIS HILTON DISHES BAD ADVICE IN NEW BOOK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amWANT Paris Hilton's glowing complexion and super-slight figure? Sleep in your make-up, don't go to bed until 3 a.m., gobble down as much junk food, chocolate and carbs as you...
BOXING SHOW A 'CON' GAME
September 8, 2004 | 4:00am"The Next Great Champ" Last night at 9 on Fox/5 (one star) ADVERTISERS interested in reaching the residents of the nation's penitentiaries would do well to buy commercial time on...
BRIDGE-CRASH GRIEF; TRAGIC TWIST OF FATE ON VACATION
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amRelatives of a Long Island family killed in a fiery car wreck on the Tappan Zee Bridge were devastated to learn the victims had considered returning home from a vacation...
THE NEW NEW KERRY; FLIPPING ON IRAQ AGAIN
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amHere's a word of advice for all the Clintonistas who are being recruited for John Kerry's presidential campaign: Never forget that this isn't Bill Clinton at the head of the...
CITY'S ARTIFICIAL FIELD OF DREAMS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amSynthetic turf made its debut on a city ball field yesterday as Mayor Bloomberg cut the ribbon at a Queens recreation complex. "After a heavy storm, it was a disaster,"...
JOINT FUNERAL SET FOR SLAIN DAD, SON
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn father and son brutally slain by the son's love rival will have a double funeral Friday morning at St. Mary Mother of Jesus Church, 2326 84th St. Wakes...
PALESTINIAN PM DEFENDS TERROR ; CALLS HAMAS 'JUSTIFIED'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia yesterday condoned terror against Israel, saying an attack is a justified response after the airstrike that killed 14 Hamas members yesterday. "No crime...
ANDRE SHOWS OFF HIS CHAMPION-DAD FORM
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amANDRE AGASSI alternated between tennis star and soccer dad yesterday. Agassi and son Jaden, who turns 3 next month, stopped to admire wife and mom Steffi Graf's form as the...
POLL'S GOOD TWIN SPIN; BARB, JEN 'BREATH OF FRESH AIR'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bush twins' widely panned Republican convention speech - spiced with hipster talk and risqué jokes - didn't do anything to hurt their popularity, according to a new poll. Asked...
AXIS OF BACKSTAB; FRANCE, RUSSIA, CHINA ARMED IRAQ DURING WAR: BOOK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - France, Russia and China supplied Saddam Hussein with missiles, arms, defense technology and spare parts before - and after - the start of the Iraq war, an explosive...
STATE WON'T PAY 'PERV' JUDGE'S SEX-HARASS PENALTY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA disgraced former judge has lost his bid to get the state to pay the damages for his alleged 12 years of sexually harassing his secretary with crude comments and...
JAILBIRD JOEY GETS A BREAK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Infamous Long Island sex offender Joey Buttafuoco got out of jail early, walking away after serving 5½ months for auto-insurance fraud. He was sentenced to one year...
MOURNERS: DRAMA STUDENT HAD GREAT FUTURE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amFamily and friends of an NYU student who died mysteriously last week sought comfort and answers at a church yesterday where they remembered a life full of laughter and promise....
WACKY SNACK ATTACK ; SHOT OVER AN APPLE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amHe's accused of shooting a fellow Greenwich Village construction worker in the head in a fight over an apple. But 39-year-old drywall worker David Robinson had a made-for-TV red herring...
OVERSTUFFED SCHOOLS A REAL CROWD SCENE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThree out of four students in city public high schools are learning in overcrowded classrooms - despite declining enrollment, according to a study released yesterday. Using figures from the 2002-03...
PERV EXPLOITS BANKRUPTCY TO BEAT 430G HIT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amAn upstate businessman can use bankruptcy law to escape justice, a judge has reluctantly ruled. The businessman, Daniel Busch, had filed for bankruptcy as a ploy to get out of...
N.Y. POLS BLAST BID TO 'FIX' SECURITY $$
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Republican plan to give New York more anti-terror funding in time to mark Saturday's 9/11 anniversary hit a wall yesterday after Mayor Bloomberg and other lawmakers said...
CONGRESS RIVALS UNITE FOR 9/11 REFORMS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman yesterday said they will ask the White House and Congress to adopt all of the 9/11 commission's 41 recommendations, a package aimed...
'50 HOUR' TRAFFIC JAM; NEW YORK DRIVERS STUCK TWO DAYS A YR.
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amDrivers commuting to work in and around New York spend 50 hours a year - more than two full days -stuck in rush-hour traffic, a national study has found. The...
MAN,88, SLAYS WIFE; ALZHEIMER'S TRAGEDY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe son of an 88-year-old Alzheimer's victim walked in on his dad bludgeoning his elderly mom to death in their troubled home in Queens yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. In an...
DEM WIN A TERROR RISK: VP
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amVice President Dick Cheney yesterday contended that America will be at greater risk of terror attack if John Kerry wins the White House - and Democrats shot back that he's...
OSAMA TAPE PLAYED AT TERROR TRIAL
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA chilling video of Osama bin Laden and terror warlords urging followers to attack and kill Americans - in a bid to free blind terror sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman - was...
FATAL RX FIGHT - NYU SUICIDE COED FOUGHT WITH DAD ABOUT MEDS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNYU student Joanne Leavy jumped to her death from the roof of her graduate-school building after an angry argument with her father about her failure to take her medication, police...
CLINTON'S RECOVERY GOES WELL, DOCS SAY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amJust a day out of the operating room and Bubba is already starting to feel like his old self again. That's the word yesterday from New York Presbyterian Hospital, where...
TOILET TAPE FLUSHES OUT B'KLYN COURT CLERK'S 'BRIBE'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amAn embattled court clerk may have had his hopes of beating a bribe rap sent down the drain yesterday as prosecutors played a tape of him allegedly taking $2,000 in...
CON HIT WITH 'THRAX-THREAT RAP
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Texas jailbird has been busted for mailing letters containing white powder and threats to kill the president. Ricky Esparza Casiano sent the mail from his cell in Texas, where...
BOY, 8, IDS DAD'S BLOODY 'STABBER'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old boy, who witnessed his father being stabbed outside a Brooklyn bodega, helped finger the suspect after cops followed a blood trail to the assailant's apartment, law-enforcement sources said....
VEGAN DAD BATTLED NINE COPS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amFanatic vegan dad Raphael Spindell was so out of control that it took nine cops to subdue him when he was busted during a custody battle last month, prosecutors said...
DANGEROUS DAN; PELOSI'S MOUTH WILL DOOM HIM: DA
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amCalling Danny Pelosi a loose cannon, a prosecutor said yesterday that if the Long Island contractor takes the stand at his murder trial, he will be "his own worst witness."...
CHILLING PEEK INSIDE HORROR; TERROR TAPE SHOWS KIDS SUFFERING AMID GORE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe world got its first look inside the horrifying terror attack on a Russian school with the release yesterday of a video showing scores of terrified kids cowering in the...
CRUEL KID KILLS 2 PIT BULLS: COPS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx teen viciously attacked two female pit bulls - killing them both by smashing their skulls with a stick, authorities said yesterday. Ricardo Plasencia, 16, was charged with animal...
GRIEVING PARENTS PULL PLUG
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn family said a heartrending last goodbye as they pulled a 15-year-old boy off life support early yesterday, just hours after he was shot in the head and mortally...
CITY TARGETS TOW SCAMMERS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is cracking down on corrupt towing companies after getting complaints about three businesses accused of price gouging and towing cars that were legally parked. "These violations are classic...
'BEAT' THE CROWD; BUBBA SPARKS A RUSH FOR HEART TESTS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amHeart doctors across the city were swamped with calls yesterday from men and women who - in the wake of Bill Clinton's quadruple bypass surgery - worry they may have...
FATAL RX FIGHT; NYU SUICIDE COED FOUGHT WITH FATHER ABOUT MEDS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNYU student Joanne Leavy jumped to her death from the roof of her graduate-school building after an angry argument with her father about her failure to take her medication, police...
BOY IN SKATING HORROR; KILLED BY TRUCK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old Brooklyn boy on in-line skates, who was hitching a ride behind his friends' bikes, was decapitated yesterday when he was hit by a truck, cops and witnesses said....
SUBWAY 'X'PRESS ORDEAL; MOTORMAN A 'PERV'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA subway motorman invited a teenage girl into his cab and let her operate the train from Times Square to Downtown Brooklyn - fondling her during the ride, law-enforcement sources...
WOMAN, 81, FATALLY HIT ON 'BOULEVARD OF DEATH'
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe infamous "Boulevard of Death" in Queens claimed another victim yesterday - an 81-year-old woman who died hours after being hit by a Jeep, police said. Margarite Braun, who lives...
TAKE IT EASY, TIKI - BARBER'S LOOKING TO CUT BACK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amTIKI Barber, giving up 50 pounds to persons who have been pounding on him for seven seasons, keeps rolling, just like his eyes when told this is the season the...
TRAGIC END FOR SHOT KID - PARENTS PULL PLUG
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn family said a heartrending last goodbye as they pulled a 15-year-old boy off life support early yesterday, just hours after he was shot in the head and mortally...
CITY SET TO BOOT 'TOW' SCAMMERS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is cracking down on corrupt towing companies after getting several complaints against three businesses accused of price gouging and towing cars that were legally parked. "These violations are...
'BEAT' THE CROWD: BUBBA SPARKS A RUSH FOR HEART TESTS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amHeart doctors across the city were swamped with calls yesterday from men and women who - in the wake of Bill Clinton's quadruple bypass surgery - worry they may have...
BESLAN KILLER BEGS FOR HIS LIFE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amA surviving member of the ruthless gang of killers who seized a school and murdered hundreds has suddenly become the face of terrorism in Russia. Nur-Pashi Kulayev, looking like a...
CHILLING PEEK INSIDE HORROR - TERROR TAPE SHOWS KIDS SUFFERING AMID GORE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe world got its first look inside the horrifying terror attack on a Russian school with the release of a video yesterday showing scores of terrified kids cowering in the...
GIAMBI HEADS FOR CLIPPER REHAB
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi will start a minor league rehab assignment tonight with Columbus in the International League playoffs against Richmond. While it's early in the process, Joe Torre admitted...
YANKS & A-ROD: TWO GOOD - ALEX SPARKS WIN IN SECOND SPOT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 11 Devil Rays 2 His left shoulder was sore from trying to separate Brook Fordyce's head from the rest of his body during a collision at home plate. But...
THE FAN'S CORNER
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIf you ask Lloyd Sobel, The Best Sports In Town doesn't just mean New York City. Add Los Angeles to the list, too. "I realized The Post has 12 pages...
KICK START: GIANTS GO VETERAN ROUTE, SIGN CHRISTIE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Giants are now counting on the right foot of Steve Christie, who nearly had one foot out the door not long ago as he contemplated the end of an...
JONES IS PSYCHED FOR PHILLY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES There is one education Mark Jones doesn't need as he returns to his home state on Sunday when the Giants face the Eagles in Philadelphia. "I played in...
HEWITT ROLLS ON; AUSSIE SWEEPS INTO QUARTERS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amLleyton Hewitt, the court-covering Aussie and No. 4 seed in the men's draw, has been to the quarterfinals of every major in the last 12 months. Of course, he has...
ROSENBERG'S WFAN RETURN UP IN AIR
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amAfter meeting with WFAN executives yesterday, the suspended Sid Rosenberg still doesn't know when he will be back on the air. Rosenberg - who is the sports sidekick on "Imus...
COWART VOWING VINTAGE SEASON
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amSam Cowart came to the Jets three years ago carrying a reputation that rivaled that of Ray Lewis, considered by most to be the best linebacker of this generation. Cowart...
JEN GAINS AS BAD CALLS DOOM SERENA
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amFor Jennifer Capriati, last night's U.S. Open quarterfinal win was like Christmas in September. For Serena Williams, it was like getting her wallet lifted - or a berth in the...
LIFE JACKET PROP A REAL SINKER
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amAS THE boating season draws to a close, a major national debate on whether recreational boaters should be required to wear a life jacket ended last week, with little support...
LONGSHOTS CASH IN
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Four players who made the Jets' final 53-man roster entered training camp as longshots and certainly could have been excused if there were some nervous moments on Sunday's...
RODDICK REMAINS ON TRACK
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Andy Roddick needed no controversial calls or good luck to dispose of Tommy Robredo in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 straight-sets laugher. Roddick, the No. 2 seed, hasn't dropped...
KAZ WON'T 2ND-GUESS MOVE TO SHORTSTOP
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - To hear Kaz Matsui tell it, it's not a problem, not an issue, not even a knock to his pride. Speaking to reporters yesterday for the...
YANKS TO BASEBALL: SHOW US THE MONEY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are expected to send Major League Baseball a bill for between $2 and $3 million in an effort to recoup the money lost when the first game of...
WEARY DEMENTIEVA OUTLASTS MAURESMO
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThey combined for 24 double faults and 82 unforced errors, but in this match - which could have vaulted one player into the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis -...
PINIELLA MAY SKIP KAZMIR
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amScott Kazmir was originally scheduled to pitch at Yankee Stadium tomorrow, with a chance to show Mets fans up close what they're missing since he was shipped to Tampa Bay....
TKACHUK KEEPS U.S. HOPES ALIVE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amUSA 5Russia 3 ST. PAUL - Team, team, team is fine, but star power is why the Stars and Stripes still wave, more proudly than before, in this World Cup....
YA GOTTA BE SKIDDING - METS DROP 10TH STRAIGHT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMarlins 7 Mets 3 MIAMI - The real questions now are, how long this can go? How bad this can get? How pitiful can this become? Things aren't getting any...
PLAYING SMALL BALL
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNEITHER 12-15 inches of rain, 60-70 mph winds, nor the gloom of Esteban Loaiza and Brad Halsey starting this evening's doubleheader will stay the Yankees and Devil Rays from playing...
JETS' ENGINE NOW BUILT FOR SPEED - WITH YOUNG PLAYERS, CHANCE FOR FAST START
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER Chad Pennington. Everyone saw how the season went in 2003 after Pennington went down in preseason. MOST IMPORTANT DEFENSIVE PLAYER Dewayne Robertson. The massive DT said...
NOW & 10 - MANNING, PENNINGTON LOOK FOR SUPER FUTURES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIt has been fourth-and-so-long for the Giants and Jets. Now, finally, it's first-and-10. "I picked the No. 10 because ... in 1982, one of my dad's high school football players...
GETTING WARNER A BIG BLUE BREAK - FORMER MVP CAME TO PLAY
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT goes 'round comes 'round, so the former grocery-store stocker is now an item on the shelf. Certainly Kurt Warner is in a gourmet aisle at $3 million a year,...
CATCHING UP - MOSS ON FAST TRACK TO STARDOM
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amSPEED was never a problem for Jets receiver Santana Moss. Now he's added savvy and regained his swagger. His confidence buoyed by last season, when he was Jets MVP and...
MCCAREINS BRINGS JETS TO NEW HEIGHTS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amSINCE trading away Keyshawn Johnson after the 1999 season, the Jets have desperately searched for a big receiver, an imposing wideout capable of catching quick slants, braving dangerous crossing routes,...
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT - JETS THINK THEY HAVE UN-FOUR-GETABLE GROUP
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amDON'T mention the P word around the Jets' defensive linemen. Potential might as well be the worst of all curse words to John Abraham, Shaun Ellis, Jason Ferguson, Josh Evans...
'BACKERS EXPECT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amFOR a couple of years now, you've heard everything you need to hear about the Jets' linebackers. Too old. Too slow. Can't cover. Can't blitz because they won't get to...
FOR GIANTS, A MATTER OF TOM - COUGHLIN IN CHARGE, BIG BLUE SHOULD IMPROVE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER David Diehl. The second-year lineman enters his first season as right tackle and must hold up, or else. MOST IMPORTANT DEFENSIVE PLAYER Barrett Green. The free...
OFF & RUNNING - CURTIS WANTS FAST START
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIT would seem there is little left for Curtis Martin to do in his career - except win a Super Bowl. Martin is the second player in NFL history to...
SHOCK TREATMENT - GIANTS NEED JEREMY TO BE FIERY LEADER
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amTHE quarterbacks are not Joe Willie White Shoes, they are Goody Two Shoes. Kurt Warner, whose head is spinning learning a new offense and teammates, reads from God's playbook. Eli...
TAKING OFFENSE - GIANTS LINEMEN: WE DON'T [STINK]
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amIF they're no good well, fine, say it, but wait until after they're awful before declaring them such. That's all Shaun O'Hara asks. As the Giants' new center, O'Hara knows...
SACK TO WORK - STRAHAN LIKES CHANGES ON DEFENSE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amCHANGE isn't always easily embraced, especially when you're a 12-year veteran who has accomplished more in his career than others could dream of. Michael Strahan has not only accepted the...
NO PEY-BACK FOR COLTS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amPEYTON Manning had been virtually perfect through the first two playoff games when he led the Colts into the AFC Championship game at Foxboro last January. Four quarters and four...
BRONX BLOWHARDS
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNEITHER a foot of rain, 60-mile-an-hour winds, nor the gloom of Esteban Loaiza and Brad Halsey in today's doubleheader will stay the Yankees and Devil Rays from their appointed rounds...
GIAMBI'S HEADED FOR REHAB
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi will start a minor league rehab assignment tonight with Columbus (Triple-A) in the International League playoffs against Richmond. While it's early in the process, Joe Torre...
LOU MAY HOLD KAZ - N.Y. PRESSURE COULD BE TOO MUCH
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amScott Kazmir was originally scheduled to pitch at Yankee Stadium tomorrow, with a chance to show Mets fans up close what they're missing since he was shipped to Tampa Bay....
BOMBERS ASK MLB TO HELP RECOUP LOSSES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees are investigating a way for Major League Baseball to recoup the money they lost Monday when only one game of a slated doubleheader was played because the Devil...
KAZ WON'T 2ND GUESS MET MOVE
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMIAMI - To hear Kaz Matsui tell it, it's not a problem, not an issue, not even a knock to his pride. Nope, if the Mets want Matsui to shift...
WRIGHT SHIFTED IN LINEUP SHAKEUP
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - As his team was hoping to avoid a 10th straight loss last night, Art Howe insisted his players are still giving him their best effort. "Oh,...
USHER DISRUPTS MARTINA'S LAST RUN
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Martina Navratilova has seen just about everything there is to see on a tennis court during legendary career. But yesterday's disruptive usher behind the backstop at Armstrong Stadium was...
CAPPY CLASSIC - JENNIFER SURVIVES DUEL WITH SERENA
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amFor Jennifer Capriati, yesterday's quarterfinal win was like Christmas in September. For Serena Williams, it was like getting her wallet lifted. Capriati seized her opportunities and pulled out a gutsy...
PRINCESS VALIANT - DEMENTIEVA OUTLASTS NO. 2 SEED MAURESMO
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amThey combined for 24 double faults and 82 unforced errors, but in this match - which could have vaulted one player into the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis -...
THE POST'S TOP 25
September 8, 2004 | 4:00am1 Oklahoma (1-0) beat Bowling Green, 40-24 vs. Houston (1) The Sooners have their best running game ever under Stoops. 2 Georgia(1-0) beat Georgia Sthrn, 48-28 at S. Carolina (2)...
TRAP'S THE KEY TO U.S. HOPES
September 8, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL - He changed his mind and changed his lineup in mid-tourney of this World Cup. American coach Ron Wilson may not have scored points on initial self-analysis, but...