November 19, 2004
PIG-OUT SPURS EU LARD CRISIS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA growing shortage of lard is threatening to ruin Christmas in Europe. The reason for the serious shortfall in pig fat - vital for Christmas puddings, mincemeat and other holiday...
CEO PINOCCHIO ; EISNER LIED TO LARRY KING WHILE OUSTING OVITZ
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amGEORGETOWN, Del. - Michael Eisner admitted on the stand yesterday that he wasn't being straight when he told Larry King in 1996 everything was hunky-dory between him and Mike Ovitz...
SONY LAYS OFF 150 STAFFERS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMusic giant SonyBMG is laying off about 150 employees this week at its distribution arm. The layoffs are an early wave in a broader plan that will result in about...
AMERICAN GOING AFTER JETBLUE'S FLA. MARKET
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amAmerican Airlines yesterday slashed fares on all southern Florida routes by up to 85 percent, a move aimed squarely at stealing away business from low-cost carriers like JetBlue. The cuts,...
KNIGHT MOVES OUT AT NIKE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSneaker billionaire Phil Knight stepped down yesterday from his Nike empire and named the head of the maker of Windex, Raid and Draino as his successor. The 66-year-old Knight, a...
IRS AUDITS ON THE RISE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amPresident Bush has declared an end to lax tax audits, and launched the biggest crackdown in the history of the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS said yesterday it collected a...
NEW SIRIUS CEO MEL GETS $120M
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMel Karmazin got an instant payday of $120 million yesterday when he was named the new CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio - and given 2 percent of the company. Sirius...
STERN SEEKS EARLY EXIT FROM INFINITY CONTRACT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amShock jock Howard Stern is trying to force a showdown with his bosses at Infinity Broadcasting that could result in his leaving the public airwaves for satellite radio sooner than...
NEWS ACCUSES UNIONS OF SABOTAGING PRESSES
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMort Zuckerman's Daily News says The New York Newspaper Pressman's union is trying to "sabotage" its production, according to arguments that kicked off the federal lawsuit pitting the paper against...
CALIFORNIA SUES FIVE IN INSURANCE SCANDALS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA California regulator turned up the heat on the insurance industry yesterday, charging four companies and a broker with allegedly hiding millions of dollars in improper commissions paid out in...
NEWSDAY OFFERS VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS TO EMPLOYEES
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amUNREST is growing at Newsday as the paper tries to meet its goal of cutting 100 positions, including about half from the newsroom side. Voluntary buyout packages were presented to...
RAP PICK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amHAIL TO THE CHIEFS: Hip-hop consortium the Joint Chiefs - featuring Fabolous, Fat Joe, T.I., Trick Daddy and Juvenile - hold a hip-hop cabinet session at Harlem's world famous Apollo...
DANCE PICK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCITY BALLET FOUR: Since 1948, when New York City Ballet took on its present name and form, literally dozens of chore ographers have contributed to its repertory, some as world...
FILM PICK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amFLOWER CHILD: One of the highlights of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's festival of 60 years of South Korean cinema is "A Petal" (1996), unreeling Wednesday at 3:10 and...
KIDS' PICK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSASHA SKATES:Ice skater Sasha Cohen, the 2004 World Championship silver medalist, will give skaters on-ice instruction at the Marshalls Skate Fest at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Skaters will be...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSUPPORTING HER EX:Breathy London pop star Jane Birkin will sultrily sing to honor the great French pop singer/ troublemaker Serge Gainsbourg, her one-time husband and collaborator, tomorrow night at 8:30....
'NIGHTLINE' TENSES UP ; TED'S DAYS NUMBERED?
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am'NIGHTLINE," ABC's late- night news show, is about to undergo a massive shakeup that could mean the end of anchor Ted Koppel. Insiders say that among the changes under consideration...
MORE FUN THAN A BELGIAN WAFFLE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amFEAR AND TREMBLING ½ (three and one half stars) Tokyo story. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Running time: 102 minutes. Not rated (brief nudity). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street,...
ONE MAN'S TRASH
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amNATIONAL TREASURE ½ (one and one half stars) No treasure. Running time: 121 minutes. Rated PG (action violence, images of skeletons). At the Empire, the Union Square, the New York...
CLASS ACTION
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amBAD EDUCATION (four stars) Drag queens and pedophile priests.In Spanish, with English subtitles. Running time: 109 minutes. Rated NC-17 (sex, drug use). At the Lincoln Plaza, the Chelsea and the...
'WILD' IN THE SHEETS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amDAYS OF BEING WILD (three stars) Love, Hong Kong style. IT has taken until today for Wong Kar-wai's 1990 film, "Days of Being Wild," to get a run here. And...
TOWERING BABBLE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amEL AUTOMOVIL GRIS ½ (three and one half stars)Tomorrow at 8 p.m. at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave., at 104th St., (212) 831-7272, and Sunday at 7 p.m....
JONES SEXSATIONAL
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amTOM JONESAt Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (at 15th Street) tonight and tomorrow. Showtime is 9 p.m. Tickets are $75. SEX was in the air. At Irving Plaza Wednesday, Tom...
COMAS ON TRACK WITH 'CONDUCTOR'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S hard to imagine the Comas started as a joke country band taking a jab at the alt-country movement, because the group's latest disc, "Conductor," is a well-stocked indie-pop disc,...
TRUMP'S CAN-CAN ; MODELS TRIP UP 'APPRENTICE' LOSERS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCONTROL freak Maria Boren and spineless Wes Moss were the dual recipients of the wrath of Donald Trump in a surprise double-axing on last night's edition of "The Apprentice 2."...
A POWER PLAY- FIRST-RATE AND FLAWED 'DEMOCRACY'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amDEMOCRACY ½ (three and one half stars)Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th St.; (212) 307-4100. TWO-and-three-quarter cheers for "Democracy," opening last night at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and three more,...
COULD BE THE KISS-OFF - 'LA CAGE' SMOOCH SCARES BACKERS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE'S a red state-blue state battle going on at the revival of "La Cage aux Folles." At issue is a big smooch at the end of the show between Gary...
'GMA' PULLS AN OPRAH
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am'GOOD Morning America" took a page from Oprah yesterday, giving away free cruises to 125 lucky couples who were on the show to renew their wedding vows. The couples, many...
GRAB SOME TISSUES, MACY'S ON
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am"THE WOOL CAP" Sunday night at 8 on TNT * * * (three stars) If William H. Macy can't make your upper lip quiver, you either have no upper lip...
L.I. TEEN BUSTED IN GANG STAB
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amPolice arrested a Long Island youth and charged him with being one of the mob that stabbed a 17-year-old student during an apparent gang dispute outside Hempstead HS. Jack Pineda,...
POL PANEL FLOATS BID TO UP S.I. FERRY SERVICE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA City Council panel yesterday approved a bill that would mandate increased service on the Staten Island Ferry at nights, weekends and the during the morning rush hour. But Bloomberg...
SADDAM 'BANKED' ON FRAUD
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein laundered illegal profits from the U.N. oil-for-food program through as many as 2,400 bank accounts, according to new information obtained by investigators. The Treasury Department reported...
POWELL IS GOING OUT AS MR. POPULARITY
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell is by far the most popular figure in the Bush administration, a new poll shows. Powell is stepping off the national stage...
NURSERY RHYMES GRIMM-ER THAN TV
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe world's beloved nursery rhymes are chock full of more violence than what's on TV, experts say. "You would hear about 10 times more violence if you listened to an...
ARAFAT HAD AIDS SIGNS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - An Israeli doctor gave credence to a controversial rumor of Yasser Arafat's death by saying that the PLO chairman may have succumbed to AIDS. Dr. Ran Tur-Kaspa, an...
MTA STASHES AWAY $200M
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe MTA yesterday ignored pleas from riders to use some of its surplus funds to avoid fare and toll hikes next year - and instead defended a plan to roll...
GREEN LIGHT FOR BRYANT PK. USERS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWalking to Bryant Park has gotten a lot safer. The city has installed a traffic light and pedestrian walkway on 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues to curb jaywalkers...
MORE HOLIDAY FEASTERS QUIT OLD TURKEY
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amAmericans are flipping the traditional Thanksgiving turkey the bird. At the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, revelers are eating less of the traditional fare and are opting for a greater variety...
DA GETS MORE 'MILEAGE' BY NAILING NEW RAP ON NORMAN
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amProsecutors revealed yesterday they're planning to slam Brooklyn Democratic leader Clarence Norman with more criminal charges. Norman is already accused of improperly submitting travel vouchers as a state assemblyman. But...
DON'T LET THIS COLLEGE-EDUCATED KILLER FOOL YOU
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amYOU would certainly get a November surprise if you ever heard Anthony Rotondo use words like: "deese, dems or dos." About the same surprise you'd get if Tony Soprano took...
TECH IT OUT: NEW CITY LAB UNVEILED
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe city plans to turn 4.5 acres of prime waterfront on the East River into a cutting-edge biotech center, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. "It's going to make New York City...
DOOR CRASH KILLS BIKE MESSENGER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA bicycle messenger was killed instantly in Midtown yesterday when he rode into a truck's open door and was knocked to the pavement, police said. The 42-year-old cyclist, whose name...
IN 'ECSTASY' OVER ARREST
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli crime fighters are hoping their U.S. colleagues can do what they've been unable to do - sentence Israel's most-wanted underworld figure to jail. Ze'ev Rosenstein was arrested...
GOP ARROGANCE; SAVING DELAY & LOSING PARTY'S SOUL
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWHAT is the great Democratic hope over the next four years? The answer isn't Hillary. Nor is it the magical unknown figure Democrats have been fantasizing about - a Blue...
FLATBUSH DESIGNER BUSTED IN RAPE TRY
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA Flatbush designer of sexy clothing is accused of fondling and sexually assaulting one of his client/models, law enforcement sources said yesterday. Horace Carter, 38, is charged with attempted rape...
NEW RAGE OVER NETS ARENA PLAN
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA controversial proposal for an NBA arena in Brooklyn incited a revolt by community board members against their leaders yesterday, amid claims the honchos are stifling opponents of developer Bruce...
GIFF JOINS THE TEAM
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is now counting Council Speaker Gifford Miller as yet another supporter of his West Side development plan, even though Miller opposes borrowing money to build a new stadium...
9/11 MERCY BID ; MIKE: SAVE VICTIM KIN FROM DEPORT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe family members of 9/11 victims living in New York City without legal immigrant status should be allowed to stay, Mayor Bloomberg said in a letter yesterday to President Bush....
YOUNG BUCK TO SURRENDER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSANTA MONICA, Calif. - Fugitive rap artist David Darnell "Young Buck" Brown will surrender to cops for allegedly stabbing a fan at the Vibe Awards earlier this week, defense lawyers...
CLERK SHOT IN HOLDUP MISFIRE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amTwo masked robbers shot a Brooklyn grocery clerk early yesterday, then fled after cleaning out the store's cash register, police said. The robbers barged into the J&D Variety Store at...
THE LINE KINGS ; HOLLYWOOD VOTING ON TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amFrankly, my dear, there are many unforgettable movie lines out there - and now they're ready for their close-up. The American Film Institute is asking 1,500 Hollywood hotshots, among them...
FANS WANT LIGHTS OUT ON MOVIE ADS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMoviegoers give a big thumbs-down to commercials shown in theaters - and many are expressing their displeasure by staying home. Some 53 percent of those questioned in a new survey...
THUG HUBBY BALLISTIC IN COURTROOM
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA Queens house painter, on trial for allegedly trying to have his wife rubbed out, flew into a rage yesterday after a jailhouse snitch testified that the defendant drew a...
CELEBRITY JURORS HONORED
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIt was what state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer called "a typical day" for Manhattan courts, as he and a galaxy of stars - including Sarah Jessica Parker, Barbara Walters and...
STATE PROMOTED BRO OF 'FREE GUY' HONCHO
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe Pataki administration promoted the brother of Raul Russi - who headed the scandal-scarred panel that let former Sen. Guy Velella out of jail early - three days before Velella...
PARTIER SHOT IN TIMES SQ. CLUB
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amAn ex-con who bills himself as a hip-hop producer was shot and seriously injured early yesterday after he and another man knocked into one another at a trendy Times Square...
GAL PAL SHOT AFTER 'LATE' BERATE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA woman was shot in the chest in her Lower East Side apartment early yesterday after she got into an argument with her live-in boyfriend about his late-night partying, police...
BUBBA RAINS SUPREME ; PRAISED BY PRESIDENTS AT LIBRARY'S DRENCHED DEBUT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Clinton savored warm tributes from three presidents at his library dedication yesterday, while he tipped his hat to wife Hillary - whom he called the family member...
REEFER RING NAILED ; FEDS SEIZE $2.5M
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA multimillion-dollar international marijuana ring was up in smoke after customs investigators busted 22 alleged dealers, mules and money launderers, officials said yesterday. The yearlong investigation, dubbed "Operation Backyard," culminated...
REMADE MEN - GOTTI ORDERED DO-OVER MOB INDUCTIONS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA New Jersey-based Mafia family flunked out of mob school. The late Gambino boss John Gotti ordered the DeCavalcante family to repeat their inductions of "made" members because they failed...
ID HUNT FOR GAL RUN DOWN IN VILLAGE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSt. Vincent's Hospital yesterday asked for the public's help in identifying a young woman fighting for her life after being hit by a pickup truck in Greenwich Village. Hospital officials...
2 HELD IN RAP SLAY ; LABEL EYED, TOO
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe feds have busted a Queens couple in the 2001 slaying of fledgling rapper E-Money Bags - the first murder charges filed in the sweeping probe of hip-hop music label...
R. BANNED CON MAN IN '02
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSelf-styled preacher Derrick Mosley attempted to buddy up to R. Kelly in 2002 as the singer faced child-pornography charges for an allegedly explicit tape with an underage girl. Instead, he...
WATER GUY 'AT TROUGH' ; 'DIRTY' WATER GUY BUSTED
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA veteran city water inspector has been arrested for soliciting bribes in exchange for letting violators off the hook, the city's Department of Investigation announced yesterday. Herbie Barnwell, a Department...
PROBATION FOR 'SUICIDE' JUDGE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA former judge was sentenced to five years probation yesterday for a botched suicide-by-stove attempt in his Manhattan apartment that injured eight of his neighbors. Prosecutor Judy Salwen had argued...
WOMAN DIES IN APT. BLAZE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA portable electric heater caused a blaze inside a cluttered East Harlem apartment yesterday that claimed the life of a 52-year-old woman, authorities said. The fire erupted at 9:10 a.m....
HUNTING CROW ; ROCKER STALKER 'DANGEROUS': DA
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am"All I want is Sheryl." That's what the ex-Navy man accused of stalking rocker Sheryl Crow said when asked if he wanted any food after he was busted for sneaking...
KNICKS NIXED; LATEST CABLE FEUD THREATENS GAMES ON TV
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA battle between two cable giants may leave millions of Knicks fans in the dark. Cablevision, which is feuding with Time Warner Cable, says it will pull the plug on...
RAGE AT TURKEY 'PRANK' THAT PUT DRIVER IN COMA - HORRIFIED L.I. KIN ASK: 'WHAT'S THIS WORLD COMING TO?'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am"What is this world coming to?" That was the question yesterday from the family and friends of a Long Island woman lying in a coma after her face was smashed...
E-BLITZ $HOOK SHEFF - INSIDE SEXTORT BID
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amAccused blackmailer Derrick Mosley stooped so low in his bid to use an alleged sex tape to extort the family of Gary Sheffield that he e-mailed the Yankee slugger's wife...
DNA YIELDS SLAY RAP IN ONSTAR CASE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn ex-con, nabbed with the aid of a satellite tracking device, was charged yesterday in the brutal slaying of his boss in September, authorities said. Stephen Fox, 38, was...
'MY DAUGHTER'S A GOOD GIRL'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amGary Sheffield's wife never had three-way sex with another woman - and never knowingly made a kinky video with her ex-boyfriend R. Kelly, a spokeswoman for the family said. "There...
BLACKMAIL ABC 7 CHICAGO E-MAIL VS. SHEFFIELD ; INSIDE SEXTORTION BID
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amAccused blackmailer Derrick Mosley stooped so low in his bid to use an alleged sex tape to extort the family of Gary Sheffield that he e-mailed the slugger's wife and...
POLS STALL ON U.N. ; EXPANSION POST-PONED
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The Legislature yesterday abruptly postponed a vote on a measure to expand the U.N. headquarters after a lawmaker fumed that the world body doesn't deserve help because it...
NO ID FOR FOR TRAGIC VILLAGE GAL
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSt. Vincent's Hospital yesterday asked for the public's help in identifying a young woman fighting for her life after being mowed down by a driver in Greenwich Village. Hospital officials...
NOT SO FAST, U.N. - POLS STALL BUILD PLAN AMID FUROR
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The Legislature yesterday abruptly postponed a vote on a measure to expand the U.N. headquarters after a lawmaker fumed that the world body doesn't deserve help because it...
VENDORS RIP 'FINE' DINING
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amWe're not going to take it anymore. That was the message at a public hearing last night where more than 100 food vendors told city officials to stop levying hefty...
5 TEENS BUSTED IN TURKEY 'PRANK' THAT KO'D DRIVER; COPS REVEAL KID HAS PRIOR ; ARREST FOR STUPID STUNT AS GAL FIGHTS FOR LIFE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amFive Long Island teens who nearly killed a woman in a prank gone bad were arrested yesterday for throwing a 20-pound turkey through her windshield as she drove past their...
REMADE MEN; GOTTI ORDERED DO-OVER MOB INDUCTIONS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA New Jersey-based Mafia family flunked out of mob school. The late Gambino boss John Gotti ordered the DeCavalcante family to repeat their inductions of "made" members because they failed...
86% OF CITY HIGH SCHOOLS NOT 'DESIRED'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCalling the city high school application process a "supply-and-demand crisis," Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said yesterday that 86 percent of high schools are less than desirable to middle-school students. Testifying...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amQUEENS *** A South Jamaica man was executed by a gunman who accosted him as he sat in his car, cops said yesterday. Timothy Coleman, 31, was seated in his...
CASTING-COUCH CAD RAPED TEEN: COPS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amA shady Manhattan "talent manager" with an appetite for young girls was charged with rape and sexual abuse yesterday after promising wealth and fame to a 14-year-old, auditioning her on...
RUSHING TO VICTORY ; SECOND-HALF SURGE BOOSTS SYRACUSE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCERSyracuse 71Miss. St. 58 Call it Orange rush. After a dreadful first half for Syracuse and forward Hakim Warrick, the Orange opened the second half of last night's...
BITTER DIKEMBE FIRES AWAY AT ISIAH
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES HOUSTON - It's a good thing Isiah Thomas didn't come to Texas. He's getting blindsided every which way. The latest to express bitterness is Rocket backup center Dikembe...
JAMAL WINS IT ; AT BUZZER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 93Rockets 92 HOUSTON - Kurt Thomas kept the Knicks in it all night and Jamal Crawford won it at the buzzer with a miraculous, 3-point bank shot that sent...
TWO FOR THE SHOW - SIMMS: JETS & GIANTS BOTH PLAYOFF-BOUND
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSunday * Jets at Browns 1 p.m., CBS * Falcons at Giants 4:15 p.m., Fox Nope, New York's football season is not over. The Jets probably are going to the...
HILLIARD: 'THE KID CAN PLAY'
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIke Hilliard hardly seemed concerned he is about to take the field with an unproven, rookie quarterback. If anything, he's as eager as many Giants fans to see Eli Manning...
IT'S TIME TO JOIN THE HUNT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amTHE big-game season opens Monday in New York, but many of us are celebrating a hunting season that will continue for another year in New Jersey. An appeals court has...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amConsider this: An 11-year-old boy from Harlem hops a bus to Philadelphia to see a Yankees game. Good luck with that, kid. That's exactly what Vince Romano did. Of course,...
MNF NOW ON IN SLIME TIME
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S interesting how after TV networks apologize for wrong-doing, their apologies read more like mission statements. Tuesday, as the tempest over Monday Night Football's sexually charged opening vignette (the XFL...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMonday Night Football vs. SportsCenter (Which handled Desperate Housewives worse?) The ink on ABC's apology for its Desperate Housewives/Terrell Owens Monday Night Football fiasco was barely dry when its sister...
O'NEILL IFFY ABOUT YES - FORMER YANK ON FENCE ON RETURN TO TV BOOTH
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amYES Network analyst Paul O'Neill still is not sure whether he wants to return to the Yankees' broadcast booth next year. With Joe Girardi leaving YES to become Yankee bench...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MIKE JARVIS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with ex-St. John's coach Mike Jarvis. Jarvis, 59, is in his first year with ESPN. He also is trying to implement his...
INJURED WILSON SKIPS PRACTICE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Giants safety Gibril Wilson lifted his left arm over his head and smiled, as if to say, see, I'm fine, but Wilson again did not practice yesterday and...
BIG BLUE DEFENSE AIMS FOR VICK-TORY
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amEveryone wants to make the highlights - but not this week. Not against Michael Vick. Not at the mercy of Michael Vick. In basketball, with Michael Jordan, it was called...
FATHER'S ODD MAN OUT IN MOSLEY-WRIGHT BOUT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - You parents know the feeling: Working long hours, staying up late, doing whatever it takes to see the hopes and dreams of your sons and daughters fulfilled....
OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS ; QUESTIONS DOG JETS' CARTER, HACKETT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amPAUL HACKETT isn't falling on any rusty sword, no sir. He would rather let the backup running back throw into the end zone than a backup quarterback who hadn't played...
NO BUZZ IN N'AWLINS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amDON'T look now (something New Orleans' general population doesn't seem vaguely tempted to do while the franchise's former fans are filling up the Charlotte Coliseum - 23,319 - to worship...
BAD 'TIMES' FOR BETTORS IN OPENER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00am1ST RACE - Western Times came into race wearing "buyer beware" sign; was claimed for 50G two races back, eased and vanned off at 3-1 last out, now dropping from...
THOMAS STARTING TO REMOVE DOUBTS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIt looks as if Shaun Ellis will be back at his starting defensive end spot Sunday when the Jets play the Browns in Cleveland, his groin sufficiently healed after a...
CHAMPIONSHIP TOUCH - BIG BLOCK DEFINES WARRICK'S CAREER
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCER CLASSIC Even Hakim Warrick didn't think he'd get there in time. He saw Kansas' Michael Lee get the ball in the left corner and raise up for...
VICK'S PICK TO SOAR ; FALCONS PRIMED TO SPOIL MANNING'S DEBUT
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amEXPECT Eli Manning to do a good job in his first NFL start. If he makes quick decisions and holds on to the ball when hit, he'll be an improvement...
BEST TIME FOR NETS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amTo coach Lawrence Frank, the Nets have two options: keep their current offensive system in place and do it better, or try something different. And if those don't work, they...
TIME ONCE AGAIN TO BLAME COACHES
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES One final observation on the Jets' clock-management debacle that took place in last Sunday's 20-17 overtime loss to the Ravens: A highly respected and successful NFL offensive coordinator,...
FLOYD HANGS LOOSE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amCliff Floyd was thinking about buying a house in New York this offseason. "I'm not now," he said. Indeed, Floyd, who spoke to The Post on the telephone yesterday, is...
TIM TAKES GAME TO CUTTING EDGE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES HOUSTON - The Knicks' motto this season is "All Ball." How about "All Bald." Struggling Tim Thomas showed up at yesterday's morning shootaround with a shaven head. He...
DEKE TRASHES ISIAH
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - No wonder Knicks president Isiah Thomas didn't come to Texas. He's getting blindsided from every which way. The latest to express bitterness is former Knicks center Dikembe Mutombo,...
GAELS HAVE GOOD FEELING
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe Iona Gaels returned from an Omaha, Neb., tournament convinced this year will be different. They hope their fans will believe, too, after tonight's home opener, a 7:30 p.m. Mulcahy...
JOE WANTS PEDRO ; WOULD WELCOME MARTINEZ AS YANK
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amSome Yankee front office people and many fans don't want Pedro Martinez - but Joe Torre would gladly adopt him. The notorious Red Sox righty picked up a key endorsement...
EL DUQUE WANTS RESPECT, DEAL
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIn the midst of the nonstop clamor over Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson, Orlando Hernandez said he feels a little disrespected by the Yankees. Though the Yankees have set their...
TEAM PLAY POWERS MEMPHIS
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amMemphis 81St. Mary's 68 Memphis has been down this road before: a flashy-but-flaky Jersey star scoring in bunches, a McDonald's All-American in the backcourt with more on the way in...
DEKE TRASHES ISIAH - SAYS PREZ-FALK FEUD HASTENED HIS TRADE
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - No wonder Knicks president Isiah Thomas didn't come to Texas. He's getting blindsided every which way. The latest to express bitterness toward the team prez is former Knicks...
THE HOMERS THAT MADE REGGIE 'MR. OCTOBER' - THE JACKSON 3
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amThe night that Reggie Jackson muscled his way into World Series lore by crushing three home runs on Oct. 18, 1977 started with a good omen in batting practice. "I...
MIRACLE METS - AMAZIN'S WIN '69 WORLD SERIES
November 19, 2004 | 5:00amIt was back in the time when we still believed everything was possible even if we couldn't believe our eyes, and why wouldn't we believe, when Neil Armstrong could walk...