May 13, 2005
DOWNTOWN A.C. TO CONVERT TO CONDOS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAfter flirting with a rental scheme, the former Downtown Athletic Club is going totally condo, developer Joseph Moinian told The Post, and will be named The Downtown Club. "There is...
RIAA IS SUING
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe music industry is targeting retailers in its fight against piracy, including several mom-and-pop stores in New York City. The Recording Industry Association of America, the record industry's lobbying group,...
DIVIDE & CONCUR - REBELS OFFER PLAN TO SPLIT MORGAN STANLEY IN TWO
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley's dissident shareholders laid out a plan that would split the company in two and take the venerable investment bank out of the hands of embattled CEO Phil Purcell....
A SHIRT TEASE IS HBO AD
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amHere's one way to get the young, hip and easily bored to watch your still fledgling television show: bring the TV screen to them. FreeCar Media, a Los Angeles-based firm...
NOW THEY'RE JUNK CAR BONDS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amTroubles in Detroit continued to rock Wall Street yesterday as a second rating agency downgraded the debt of Ford Motor Company, a move that sent stocks skidding through another ugly...
FORD IS GORED; AUTO HEIR FORGOES PAY AS TROUBLES MOUNT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWhile Bill Ford Jr. struggles to save the family auto empire from ruin, he's pledged to stop collecting his weekly pay until he succeeds. It could take more than a...
IPG HIRES FORMER MTV EXEC
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAdvertising giant Interpublic, reeling from client defections and accounting problems, tapped a former top MTV executive to run the troubled ad-buying side of its business. The firm put Mark Rosenthal,...
BIDS COULD BAIL KRAVIS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amFIRST-round bids for Primedia's business-to-business magazines are due today as part ofHenry Kravis' ongoing effort to extract himself from what is surely among the least-rewarding deals in the entire history...
RON'S $2.7B CASE TO JURY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amJury deliberations begin today on whether billionaire Ron Perelman deserves to collect another $2.7 billion for being cheated by Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley in a takeover deal. Lawyers wrapped...
PA SEEKS SALES BIZ FOR WTC
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is looking for a company to wring more money out of the retail environment at the World Trade Center. The PA...
STORES HIT BY RIAA SUIT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe music industry is targeting retailers in its fight against piracy, including several mom-and-pop stores in New York City. The Recording Industry Association of America, the record industry's lobbying group,...
FAMILY EMOTION IN FULL REGALIA
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amKINGS AND QUEEN ½ (three and one half stars) Royal feast.Running time: 150 minutes. Unrated (profanity, violence). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Cinema Village. FRANCE'S "Kings and Queen" is...
A TASTY SLICE OF 'CAKE'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amLAYER CAKE (three stars) Gangland without frosting.Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (brutal violence, sexuality, nudity, profanity and drug use). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Sunshine, the City...
JET PROPELLED
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amUNLEASHED ½ (two and one half stars) Etude for bone-crusher.Running time: 103 minutes. Rated R (intense, bloody violence; profanity; sexuality). At the E-Walk, the Battery Park, the Harlem USA, others....
A CASE OF MAL DE 'MERE'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMA MERE (one star) Mommie dearest.In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated NC-17 (wall-to-wall nudity and sex). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues....
MAKING ALL THE RIGHT MOVES IN 'BALLROOM'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMAD HOT BALLROOM (three stars) A winner.Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG (nothing offensive). At the Cinema 1 and the Sunshine. IT'S hard to resist "Mad Hot Ballroom," Marilyn Agrelo's...
VONZELL'S SECRET; WHY ONE 'IDOL' BROKE DOWN
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amVONZELL Solomon's teary outburst on Tuesday's "American Idol" was simply a case of being "caught up in the moment," according to fellow contestant Anthony Fedorov. "Everything was fine [with Vonzell],"...
MINDLESS HUNT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMINDHUNTERS (one star) Spare yourself.Running time: 106 minutes. Rated R (intense and gory violence, profanity, sexuality). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Village East, others. IT'S not hard to...
POP GOES THE WEEZER
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWEEZER FOR Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, the Roseland Ballroom Wednesday night was like a phone booth - a place for him to be transformed from a mild-mannered, 34-year-old Harvard undergrad in...
ROBBED? 'THAT PILOT OWES US $1 MIL'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amADD Rob and Amber to the growing list of people who wonder if the finale to the "Amazing Race 7" was fixed. CBS' popular around-the-world race's runners-up, Rob Mariano and...
RYE BRED FROM HARD LUCK
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amTHE members of Jersey City's Rye Coalition sometimes refer to themselves at the Hard Luck Five. The hard-rock quintet signed to DreamWorks two years ago, worked with superhero David Grohl,...
PRODUCER'S IN 'PILLOW' FIGHT ; BLASTS DOUBT OVER TONY PROSPECT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T tell hard-charging Broad way producer Bill Haber that his play "The Pillowman" is going to lose the Tony Award to "Doubt." If you do, you'll have your head handed...
GETTING INTO ELVIS' JUMPSUITS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00am"ELVIS BY THE PRESLEYS" Tonight at 8 on CBS/Ch. 2 (three and one half stars) At last - an explanation for Elvis' jumpsuits. "He was the first one to start...
SO FONDA THE FIGHT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMONSTER-IN-LAW (two and one half stars) Fonda rules! Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sex references, moderate profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, others. WHAT becomes...
FAIR BALL - JOCK-ULAR SOCCER SPOOF SHOOTS JUST WIDE OF THE GOAL
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amKICKING AND SCREAMING ½ (two and a half stars) Monster in lawn. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG (crude humor, mild profanity). At the E-Walk, the Kips Bay, the 19th...
STAR BOREZZZZZZZZZZ - THE WORST-EVER MOMENTS IN THE GREATEST FILM FRANCHISE OF ALL TIME
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Jedi's strength flows from The Force, and so does George Lucas' - when he's on his game. But beware the Dark Side - where Lucas has gone far too...
STARR REPORT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amCNN 's Christiane Amanpour is ending her relationship with CBS '"60 Minutes," where she 'd contributed on a part-time basis since 1996. "I have concluded this unique arrangement has now...
PUT BLOOMBERG IN CHARGE: POLL
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA majority of New Yorkers say Mayor Bloomberg has taken his eye off the ball at Ground Zero because of his focus on a West Side stadium - but they...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Kentucky man was arrested for "driving" under the influence of alcohol - on a horse. Millard Dwyer, 42, of Somerset, admitted he'd downed a six-pack of beer and was...
2ND MINT TRAGEDY - LITTLE GIRLS CHOKE TO DEATH ON CANDY JUST DAYS APART
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Queens girl died last night after choking on a mint candy - two days after another child died under chillingly similar circumstances, police sources said. Ashley Morrison was...
ALCOHOLISM NO DEFENSE FOR DWI SLAY: JUDGE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amBeing an alcoholic is not going to help you, a Manhattan judge effectively told a drunken driver as his murder trial wound down in Manhattan yesterday. The judge's rulings were...
NYU 'SCAM' WHIZ KEPT IN CHECK; JUDGE DENIES BAIL AFTER FEDS BARE $9M FRAUD BID
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amNEW HAVEN, Conn. - An NYU whiz kid charged in a check-kiting scheme was denied bail yesterday after prosecutors said a counterfeit $8.78 million check from a major New York...
IRAQ IMAGES OF GREATNESS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amANYONE looking for a real- life John Wayne need go no further than 23-year-old Alex Nicoll. Alex, of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, lost the lower part of his...
OILY BRIT TO TESTIFY FOR U.N. PROBE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Controversial British Parliament member George Galloway yesterday accepted a Senate panel's invitation to testify about his alleged role in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, setting the stage for a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 13, 2005 | 4:00am* MANHATTAN *** (lcf) Police are asking the public to help identify a man with a deformed left eye who is wanted for a series of bank robberies. Cops issued...
SPENDTHRIFT GIFF $TARTING IN A HOLE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amGIFFORD MILLER'S lavish spending has some of his staffers grumbling that he's blowing the campaign nest egg way too quickly. With the City Council speaker mired at about 10 percent...
PUNISHING IRAQIS; HUMILIATED ZARQAWI LASHES OUT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S been an ugly week in Iraq. On Wednesday alone, nearly 80 Iraqi civilians were killed by suicide bombers. Their crimes? The desire for peace and freedom. Or simply looking...
MEPHAM SUSPECT CHARGED
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 19-year-old student at Long Island's infamous Mepham HS has been charged with raping a female classmate during a party off campus - but his arraignment was postponed yesterday after...
N.Y. WINS IN VOTE FOR HOMELAND $$
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York won a huge first-round victory in its push for more homeland security money under a House-passed measure that doles out funds based on potential terror threats...
THE BULLIES' CLUB; SENATE ESCHEWS SUBSTANCE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amALL eyes are now on the United States Senate, which has unexpectedly become the epicenter of American politics. The question of the year is whether a change in a specific...
LIFE AT ITS FINEST ; KIDNEY COP REUNITES WITH COLLEAGUE WHO SAVED HIM
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bronx cop who donated her kidney so that a fellow officer could live was reunited with her pal yesterday - and got a chance to see her lifesaving gift...
CREW OF 1 ON THE L TRAIN ; CHANGING IN JUNE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amStarting next month, the L train will be run by one operator - instead of two - late at night and on weekends, the MTA announced yesterday as the agency...
DRUGGIES' CLUB 'PASS'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe bouncers at the Sound Factory dance club were ordered to stop throwing drug dealers out of the club because it was hurting business, a former security guard claimed yesterday....
MONEYMAN JACKO; NO DOUGH WOES: EX-LAWYER
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson's ex-lawyer yesterday shot down charges the Gloved One hid the boy he's accused of molesting to avoid financial ruin, insisting Wacko Jacko had many financial irons in the...
CYBER 'SLAVE' DRIVER; SEX-TORTURE BUST
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens man accused of keeping sex slaves and committing horrific acts of torture on women that he photographed and posted on his ultra-violent S&M Web site was nabbed for...
CLAIMING HIS GIRTH-RIGHT; FAT-TIVISTFIGHTS BULGE & THE CITY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe 420-pound union bigwig who inspired a City Council bill requiring special taxpayer-funded medical equipment for jumbo patients is desperately trying to shed pounds - but he strongly defends the...
DUBYA'S U.N. CHOICE ADVANCES TO SENATE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday predicted that John Bolton will be confirmed as President Bush's tough-love U.N. envoy after a panel sent his nomination to the full Senate but...
TAX 'CUT' ROBBERY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn accountant knew things were not adding up when an irate client - fuming over an upcoming IRS audit - stormed into his office and robbed him at knifepoint,...
LIFE FOR BEAU IN CO-ED SLAY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge yesterday threw the book at a SUNY student who murdered his seven-months-pregnant girlfriend in 2002. "This is one of the most unforgivable crimes that have come before...
NEW TOWER PLAN IN JUNE: PATAKI ; FBI LEGEND KALLSTROM ON BOARD
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA new design for the Freedom Tower will be unveiled next month, and the NYPD has reviewed proposed security improvements, Gov. Pataki said yesterday in a speech aimed at bolstering...
CHOKE ANGUISH ; SHOCKED FAMILY GRIEVES OVER 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED BY CANDY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amJocelys Santiago's Strawberry Shortcake book bag lay on her pink bedspread in a heartbreaking memorial as the 5-year-old's older sister told how she gave her a piece of candy and...
XXX GUY: HILL'S MAN EYED JIGGLING BOOKS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A former Chicago strip-club owner - and White House guest of the Clintons - testified yesterday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's then-top fund-raiser planned to lie about the...
B'KLYN MAN ON TRIAL IN SLAYS OF PREGNANT LOVER & HER BOY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man strangled his pregnant girlfriend, drowned her 6-year-old son in the bathtub under the guise of wanting to teach him how to swim, then called the cops to...
GIRL BUSTED IN HS STABBING
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA knife-wielding 15-year- old girl who sparked a manhunt Wednesday after hacking up a classmate at their Brooklyn high school has been arrested on a charge of first-degree assault, cops...
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SAVE A DYING CHILD
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amIf your child starts to choke on a piece of candy, a coin, a button, or a piece of a toy, get someone to call 911 while you do the...
'APPRENTICE' WINNER'S GUIDE FOR KIDS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amHey, kids - you're fired! Bill Rancic, the first winner of "The Apprentice," inked a big-bucks deal yesterday to pen a children's book to help kids avoid hearing Donald Trump's...
SPIN ON BIKER BUSH'S ALERT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday defended its decision to let President Bush finish his bike ride before telling him of the red-alert evacuation of the White House, Congress and...
MURDERER EXECUTED IN CONN.; ROSS GETS NEEDLE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAt EXACT TIME TK this morning, Ivy League killer Michael Ross - who fought for years to hasten his own death - became the first person to be executed in...
MONSTROUS 'MAD DOG' LAST TO GET ULTIMATE JUSTICE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe last man executed in New England - also in Connecticut - was a 6-foot 4-inch spree killer nicknamed Mad Dog who was electrocuted on May 17, 1960, after cops...
LANDSLIDE BURIES H'WAY - HUDSON PKWY. DRIVERS ESCAPE DEATH IN WALL COLLAPSE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 100-foot retaining wall above Riverside Drive and the Henry Hudson Parkway collapsed with explosive force in Washington Heights yesterday, burying cars in rocks, dirt and trees and shutting down...
'LEFT BEHIND' BIND ; 'GOOD' CITY SCHOOLS ON FED HIT LIST
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amCity school districts covering Staten Island and the Upper West Side - considered top performers - have been targeted by the state for "corrective action" aimed at boosting student achievement,...
MTA A TRAIN WRECK: GIFF
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as a bloated agency - citing as one example the nearly 450 public-relations employees. In a speech to the...
HITTING JACKO'S MARK; JUDGE: GERAGOS MUST TALK NOW
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA one-time Michael Jackson lawyer must answer a defense subpoena to testify - or risk spending this weekend in jail, a judge ordered yesterday. Former Jacko mouthpiece Mark Geragos is...
95 GANG ALIENS BEING DEPORTED
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amNearly 100 convicted illegal-alien gang members, busted in raids in the New York City area, will be deported, federal authorities said yesterday. Thirty-three of the 95 gang members - convicted...
HARLEM PAYS TRIBUTE TO COCHRAN
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amRelatives and friends of the late Johnnie Cochran gathered in Harlem last night to remember the celebrity lawyer. "He's leaning over the balconies of glory," the Rev. Calvin Butts told...
HS STABBER: VICTIM BULLIED ME
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe knife-wielding 15-year-old girl who stabbed a classmate Wednesday and then fled their Brooklyn high school has been arrested, cops said yesterday. The tenth-grader, whose name is being withheld by...
BEATEN GIRLS BACK AT B'KLYN PARK
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amFive traumatized Brooklyn girls returned yesterday to a playground where cops say they were beaten in March by a mob of 30 kids shouting racial taunts. "It's kind of eerie,"...
STUNNED WITNESS: 'IT WAS LIKE ONE SWOOP AND THE GROUND JUST FELL'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAmy Allison could hardly believe what she saw from her 18th-floor apartment as a retaining wall collapsed onto the Henry Hudson Parkway. "It was like one swoop - the ground...
STARS HAIL MANDELA
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe New York and Hollywood elite got together with The Greatest in lower Manhattan last night in a star-studded event honoring Nelson Mandela. Among the luminaries gathered to fete the...
EVACUATED RESIDENTS 'CAMP OUT' AT SCHOOL
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amDozens of residents of the building next to the collapsed retaining wall were forced to spend last night in a school cafeteria. Residents from apartments on the north side of...
BRIDGE FIRE STRANDS N.J.TRAIN RIDERS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amHundreds of New Jersey-bound commuters were delayed at Penn Station last night after an Amtrak drawbridge caught fire and burned for more than three hours, authorities said. In the latest...
PAL: HILLARY'S MAN WANTED TO FIX BOOK$
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A former Chicago strip-club owner - and White House guest of the Clintons - testified yesterday that Hillary Rodham Clinton's then-top fund-raiser planned to lie about the...
DOUBLE-HORROR MURDER TRIAL
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man strangled his pregnant girlfriend, drowned her 6-year-old son in the bathtub under the guise of wanting to teach him how to swim, then called the cops to...
TERROR-$$ VOTE BOOSTS APPLE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York gained a huge first-round victory in its push for more homeland-security money under a House-passed measure that doles out funds based on potential terror threats. But...
LANDSLIDE BURIES H'WAY; HUDSON PKWY. WALL INSPECTED HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 100-foot retaining wall above Riverside Drive and the Henry Hudson Parkway collapsed with explosive force in Washington Heights yesterday, burying cars in rocks, dirt and trees and shutting down...
'AUNTIE LOOT' JURIST ARRAIGNED
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWearing silver handcuffs instead of a black robe, beleaguered Brooklyn Judge Michael Garson was escorted into court yesterday to be arraigned on charges of stealing $163,000 from his elderly aunt....
THE DISHONORABLE JUDGE - IN COURT ON AUNTIE LOOT RAP
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWearing silver handcuffs instead of a black robe, beleaguered Brooklyn Judge Michael Garson was escorted into court yesterday to be arraigned on charges he stole more than $160,000 from his...
ROBBED BY TAX CUTTER - KNIFE MAN HITS CPA
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn accountant knew things were not adding up when an irate client - fuming over an upcoming IRS audit - stormed into his office and robbed him at knifepoint,...
U.N. PICK ADVANCES TO SENATE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday predicted that John Bolton will be confirmed as President Bush's tough-love U.N. envoy after a panel sent his nomination to the full Senate but...
MONMOUTH HOPING FOR SPLENDID SEASON
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amOCEANPORT - Monmouth Park is set to open its 60th season of racing by the seashore tomorrow with record prizemoney, a booming trainer and jockey colony, a later post time...
ACTION IS GETTING FAST AND FURIOUS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amANGLERS fishing both the saltwater and freshwater will find the action more to their liking now that the weather is improving and the seasons for walleye and pickerel are open....
PAT: I'D WORK FOR HERB ; EWING WOULD CONSIDER RETURNING TO KNICKS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amRockets assistant Patrick Ewing said if Herb Williams gets the Knicks' head-coaching job, it could be a 2-for-1 package. "I'm happy in Houston, but if he gets the job, I'm...
STORM OPTIMISTIC FACING NCAA
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAlthough St. John's will wait longer than it prefers for its case to be reviewed by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, the Red Storm have reason to be optimistic that...
SOSA PICKS LOUISVILLE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe last time Rick Pitino thought he had a New York City point guard set to go to Louisville, the player wound up going straight to the NBA. Edgar Sosa...
PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE sports telecasts are afflicted by varying degrees of ridiculitis, baseball's seem to suffer from two trickle-down disorders: over-analysis and its somewhat rarer twin, under-analysis. Tuesday's Mets-Cubs telecast was loaded...
'GROCER' WANTS SHOT
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAdd the New York-bred gelding Galloping Grocer to the list of possible starters for next Saturday's 130th Preakness Stakes, a growing roster that indicates there will be a full field...
'SWEET' WIN FOR NEW BOSS HOSS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00am3RD RACE - It pays to pay attention to horses' odds, behavior before maiden race. On paper, Mister McGath, first-time starter from Tom Bush barn, didn't look like much off...
MORE HEARINGS ON DECK
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe parade of sports leaders to Capitol Hill continues next week with two separate congressional hearings on steroid use in sports. The House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee announced...
METS STILL WAITING FOR MATSUI TO FIND HIMSELF
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amDuring the eighth inning of Wednesday's game in Chicago, Jose Reyes was on first base with nobody out. Down a run and with the innings dwindling, it was time for...
NHL, PLAYERS ASSOCIATION TACKLE THE TOUGH ISSUES
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThey tackled a major root of distrust and skepticism yesterday, and still the NHL and its Players Association are willing to talk to each other. Dealing with concrete issues rather...
FLOYD NOT FUSSING OVER BAT FIZZLING
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES After hitting in 20 straight games, Cliff Floyd has suddenly gone cold. Floyd, easily the Mets' offensive MVP so far this season, is coming off a terrible road...
NETS EXTEND GM STEFANSKI
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amFour more years. Four more years. OK, so maybe campaign workers didn't chant, but Ed Stefanski yesterday signed a four-year contract extension - giving him a total of five on...
STEROID STING NAILS 11 MINOR LEAGUERS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amA former Met and a former Yankee were among 11 minor leaguers suspended yesterday for violating baseball's steroids policy. Jorge Toca, who played 25 games for the Mets between 1999-2001,...
METROS BEEF UP THEIR DEFENSE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe MetroStars have added a pair of young defenders in Mamadou Ibrahima Diallo and Danilo Aparecido da Silva. Diallo, not related to the former MetroStars forward of the same name,...
ROSE JR. NO ROCKER KNOCKER
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amPete Rose Jr. and John Rocker are kindred spirits, 30-something roommates on the road with the Long Island Ducks, and own the two most recognizable names in the Atlantic League....
ROAD BLOCK FOR TEAM BUSS ; SON JIM STANDING IN JACKSON'S WAY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amACCORDING TO the "2004-05 Official NBA Guide," the Lakers' chain of command lists team owner Dr. Jerry Buss No. 1, executive VP of business operations Jeanie Buss No. 6, and...
JUDAH CAN'T WIN ON STYLE POINTS
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - As a box ing fan, Zab Judah was thrilled watching Diego Corrales' epic slugfest with Jose Luis Castillo last Saturday night at Mandalay Bay. But as an...
OFF HIS ROCKER AGAIN
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Rocker not only lost his control and the lead last night, he lost his cool. Rocker wore white plastic moldings in both ears but that did not prevent the...
ROAD BLOCK FOR TEAM BUSS ; JERRY'S SON STANDING IN WAY OF PHIL'S RETURN TO L.A. ; JERRY'S SON STANDING IN WAY OF PHIL'S RETURN TO L.A.
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amACCORDING to the 2004-05 Official NBA Guide, the Lakers' chain of command lists team owner Dr. Jerry Buss No. 1, executive VP of business operations Jeannie Buss No. 6, and...
SOX, O'S LEAVE YANKEES WITH MIGHTY CHALLENGE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amOf all the luxuries the Yankees have enjoyed the past few years, none has been more comforting than the reality that they have lived, worked and played in a vacuum...
EX-YANKS: GIAMBI HAS MINOR ISSUE
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amOldtime Yankees believe Jason Giambi's best and possibly last chance to shed the Clark Kent glasses and fly again as Superman is a trip to the minor leagues. "I don't...
FELIX GETS SOME FIXIN'
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Felix Rodriguez underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear in his left knee yesterday in Colorado. The righty reliever met with Dr. Richard Steadman in Vail,...
YANKS STREAK TO WEST COAST - TINO-JASON SAGA REACHES OAKLAND
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amTino Martinez is so torrid, Joe Torre joked about sending him to Columbus on the off day so he wouldn't stop hitting homers. And Jason Giambi is so horrid, the...
DOCTOR AND DOLITTLE - JACKSON SUMMONED TO FIX GIAMBI
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amHall of Fame slugger Reggie Jackson, at the behest of Yankee brass, vows to take a mighty swing this weekend in Oakland in an effort to save Jason Giambi. Reggie...
NETS SEE STARS ... IN BOOTH - EYE COLLINS, ANTHONY TO TEAM WITH MARV
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amAiming high, YES and the Nets have put TNT's Doug Collins and ESPN's Greg Anthony on the top of their short list to be the team's new TV analyst, NYP...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MAGIC JOHNSON
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. Johnson, 45, announced on Nov. 8, 1991 that he is HIV-positive. Today, he is an...
MARCHAND'S MEMO THE WEEK
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amTo: Sports talk-show hosts From: Andrew Marchand Re: Mike & Mike CC: Guglielmo Marconi Dear Hosts, The amazing aspect of 1050-ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning is that...
LAST DANCE FOR MILLER - RETIRING REG SHOOTS ONCE MORE FOR GLORY
May 13, 2005 | 4:00amFriday Pistons at Pacers 7 p.m., ESPN As TNT analyst Magic Johnson recites the names, it's almost a "Who's Who" of the Showtime Lakers. James Worthy, Michael Cooper, Byron Scott,...