April 19, 2006
TEMPER, TEMPER - SKILLING LOSES HIS COOL IN CROSS-EXAMINATION
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Damn, it's hot down here. And I'm not just talking about the 90-degree temperatures. Or Jeff Skilling's temper whenever prosecutor Sean Berkowitz calls something a financial report and...
TRADING PLACES AT 'TWO' GROUND ZERO TOWER DESIGN JUST RIGHT FOR WALL ST. FIRMS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amPLANS for one of the key buildings at Ground Zero are starting to jell. The 65-story tower, referred to as "building two," will have a 200 Greenwich Street address and...
SANDY'S GOODBYE; PRAISE AND POEMS AT CITI GIANT'S FAREWELL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amRetiring Citigroup Chair- man Sandy Weill choked up yesterday at the company's annual meeting as he handed his gavel over to chief executive Charles Prince, and began an attempt at...
KNIGHT PUTS VNU MEDIA'S $9.2B DEAL IN DUTCH
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amRebel shareholder Eric Knight plans to nominate his handpicked replacement for the head of Dutch media giant VNU NV, owner of Nielsen TV ratings and Billboard Magazine, if he succeeds...
HEARST GLOSSY GETS U.K. EDITRIX
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMeredith Corp. has lost two top editors in a matter of days, knocking the stuffing out of its stock. In the latest defection, Joanna Coles, a British import in the...
YAHOO!'S REVENUE HITS $1B
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe Internet advertising boom pushed Yahoo!'s revenue up 33 percent in the first quarter despite a drop in profit at the Web powerhouse. The results, announced after the close of...
SHOCK FOR SURE, WITH TOUCHES OF AWE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amONE of the few launches from a major magazine publisher will hit newsstands on May 30 when Hachette Filipacchi Media unleashes Shock with a print run of 300,000 and a...
'SECOND-CLASS' INVESTORS SLAM TIMES
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amNew York Times Co. Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. is running into a stockholders' revolt. Morgan Stanley yesterday said it was joining several major Times Co. investors in withholding support...
FIRST SHOT IN HI-DEF BATTLE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S VHS vs. Beta all over again. In the muted opening salvo of a new video format war, the first of the long-awaited high-definition DVD players quietly went on sale...
JANE & CO. STILL HANOI-ING
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSIR! NO SIR! (one and a half stars) Ho Chi Minimal.Running time: 84 minutes. Not rated (profanity, violent images, drug references). At the IFC Center, Sixth Avenue and Third Street....
FUME WITH A VIEW; DINING DOWN AND OUT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBLESS the sun and pass the beer-batter shrimp. The booming restaurant scene and ever-safer streets are turning the city's sidewalks into one big pavement pigout. Sidewalk cafes have mushroomed in...
ON THE SIDE - MAG EDITOR IS THE NEW BEARD HEAD
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTHE James Beard Foundation has just named a magazine editor to replace its ousted chief executive, Leonard Pickell. The foundation's new president is Susan Ungaro, who served as editor-in-chief of...
PRESIDENT EVIL - '24' PREZ BASED ON JFK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00am"The creator of the show is a right-wing Republican. He loves the fact that Rush Limbaugh is a big fan of this show." ANY similarities between Richard Nixon, George W....
STARR REPORT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amNews at 10 MSNBC's Rita Cosby is moving to 10 p.m. - directly against Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren, the timeslot champ. Cosby's "Live & Direct," which currently airs...
CROWNING AROUND - POKING FUN AT PAGEANT 'GIRLS'
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S almost impossible to believe that in this day and age there are still countless young women and out-of-control parents whose single goal in life seems to be winning beauty...
NO MOOLAH FOR MAMBO
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCALL it, "Dancing with the Cheapskates." It turns out that ABC's pistol-hot ballroom reality show, "Dancing with the Stars," pays its celebrity contestants a relative pittance - at least in...
PAY TO PLAY - INSIDE NEW YORK'S MOST EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS CLUBS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIF you thought passing the co-op board or getting into preschool was tough, try getting into New York's ever-expanding number of "member clubs." A backlash to the nightlife mayhem of...
ALKALINE STRIKES OUT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amAS if Alkaline Trio's Monday night show at the Avalon weren't enough of a joke, guitarist Matt Skiba asked the crowd, "What do you call a black guy flying an...
BACK WITH THE MUGGLES - FROM HARRY TO 'HISTORY' FOR GRIFFITHS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTHE trouble with being a regular in the Harry Potter movies is that "you can't go anywhere without being bothered by kids," grumbles Richard Griffiths, who plays Harry's mean Uncle...
BELOVED WORKER 'WAGES' A BATTLE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Noel Matthews began working as a doorman on the Upper West Side decades ago, he earned $100.50 a week. "Those were the good days," he recalled yesterday. Even though...
COP BEEFS EASY: KELLY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amComplaints against cops are likely to keep increasing because it's now easier than ever to file them at the Civilian Complaint Review Board, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. Reacting...
TERM-LIMIT REPEAL EYED
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday wouldn't rule out pushing a repeal of term limits for legislators. "It's not on our agenda in the short term. At some point, we...
MIKE'S 'LIKE' LIST OF 4 FOR MAYOR
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSeveral of Mayor Bloomberg's top aides - from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff - "would make great mayors" when his own term ends, Hizzoner said yesterday....
SPRINT IS FINED 295G OVER ADS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSprint/Nextel Communications was ordered to pay the city $295,000 yesterday for printing "confusing and misleading" ads. The settlement was the last in a series of cases brought by the city...
GOTTI'S SKINHEAD TALKS JUST A LOT OF HOT 'ARYAN': SNITCH
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSANTA ANA, Calif. - White prison-gang leaders and convicted wiseguys hatched plans for an unholy criminal alliance, but their grand schemes never took off, a key government witness grudgingly conceded...
FLA. NEIGHBORS SALUTE $AVVY HOME-SELLER PATAKI
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's former Florida neighbors weren't surprised to learn yesterday he had reaped a $315,000 windfall by selling a modest ranch-style home he bought just 17 months earlier....
HOSP SEX-CRIMES UNIT EXPANDS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSpecially trained teams that respond to sex-assault cases at Bronx and Brooklyn municipal hospitals have been so successful that they're being expanded to Queens and Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
GOP'S N.Y. DOUGH BOYS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Influential Republican Reps. Tom Reynolds and Peter King are the kings of campaign cash in the Empire State, boasting the only war chests among New York's House delegation...
RUMMY & THE GENERALS; DAVID VS. GOLIATH IN WASHINGTON
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIN the current duel over Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's future, two essential issues need to be addressed: Who are the officers on either side of the argument, and should retired...
HAWK HATCH A LONG SHOT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amFans of the city's favorite lovebirds are afraid the stork won't pay a visit this year. Crowds of hawk watchers who gaze at the Fifth Avenue pad of Pale Male...
W. BUDGETS FOR CHANGE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday continued shaking up his White House staff by tapping Trade Representative Rob Portman, who's popular with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, as his new...
BLACK BIZ IN A BOOM; N.Y. KEY TO 25% GAIN
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCapitalism is catching on with African-Americans, with black-owned businesses among the fastest-growing segments of the American economy, according to new Census figures. New York City leads the way, with more...
DYNO GYNO FREE & FACING BOOT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amOut of the frying pan - into the fire. Dr. Niels Lauersen, the fertility doctor to the stars known as the "Dyno Gyno," finished a five-year jail term for insurance...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Fort Greene man was arrested for threatening an acquaintance with a razor after accusing the victim of sleeping with his girlfriend, authorities said yesterday. The suspect, Pedro...
MIKE'S GOP GAL PAL AT DEM BA$H - DIANA IN SURPRISE VISIT TO WARNER FUND-RAISER
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's gal pal, Diana Taylor, was a surprise guest yesterday at a chic Manhattan fund-raiser for former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner - widely viewed as the biggest Democratic threat...
MOB COPS TRIAL TWIST
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe federal judge who presided over Brooklyn's Mafia cop trial expressed concern yesterday that the public trashing by disgraced ex-Detective Louis Eppolito of his lawyers could make it difficult for...
SUIT SLAMS 'DEADBEAT' 'KT' TEAM
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - A campaign committee controlled by Republican Senate-hopeful Kathleen "KT" McFarland has been accused of cheating a New Jersey consulting firm out of $21,000. The lawsuit, filed Monday in...
SUBWAY JERK OFF THE HOOK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTHE man known as the Subway Masturbator says he'll no longer be taking matters into his own hands. That is, unless the women he engifts with his presence ask for...
EVIDENCE BAGGED WITH HELP OF ACCUSER
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWhen cops searched 610 North Buchanan Blvd., the Durham, N.C., animal house where an alleged gang rape of a stripper took place last month, they had a very specific list...
COYOTE IN BRONX PARK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amThere's a new coyote in town - but this one has no taste for the high life of Manhattan. Golfers at Van Cortlandt Golf Course in The Bronx yesterday spotted...
'SLUM BUM' JAILED; LANDLORD FROM HELL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amA judge ordered a notorious Brooklyn slumlord to spend 12 days in jail - probably the only place worse than one of his crumbling rat shacks. In an extremely rare...
CHUCK: BIG OIL $QUEEZING US
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday that big oil companies are jacking up gas prices to sock it to consumers just as the summer-driving season begins. "Their record profits...
STUMPING RUDY YANKS HILL'S CHAIN
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBLUE BELL, PA. - Rudy Giuliani took a few swipes at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday while campaigning for a Republican senator. In a speech on behalf of Sen. Rick...
SUSPECT HAS UGLY 'GAY BASH' ON RECORD
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amOne of the Duke lacrosse players charged with raping an exotic dancer was busted for a gay-bash beating in Washington just a few months before the alleged sex attack. Collin...
DUKE RAPE HITS HOME - IN N.Y. ; L.I. & N.J. LACROSSE KIDS ARE INDICTED IN STRIPPER ASSAULT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTwo Duke University lacrosse players from tony towns in Long Island and New Jersey were charged yesterday in the savage and racially charged rape of a stripper during a drunken...
HAWAIIAN PUNCH; PRICIEST VACATION SPOT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amPlanning a vacation to Hawaii? It will set you back a whopping $559 a day if you have a family of four. Going to Nevada? You'll do better, but it...
FRAUDI ARAB 'PRINCESS' IS BUSTED
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amNew York's fake princess, Antoinette Millard - the scamming shopaholic who pretended to be Saudi royalty - has been up to her old tricks, buying and returning ex pensive jewelry...
TRANNY-TRAUMA MAMA TESTIFIES
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSouth African diamond heiress Constance Cheney, 84, can still remember the day her transsexual daughter manhandled her for money. Diane Wells, 52, roughed up her mom who wouldn't cut her...
'SLAY RAP' VS. ARUBA YOUTH - 2 FELLOW GUARDS EYED FOR 'BODY DUMPING'
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe jailed teen suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway was ordered held for an additional eight days yesterday on suspicion of premeditated murder - as cops zeroed in on...
RUNNING LATE: TWU OKS REJECTED DEAL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCity transit workers yesterday overwhelmingly OK'd the same proposed contract that they narrowly KO'd three months ago - but MTA bigs said it was too little, too late. More than...
B'KLYN BUILDER IN TRAGIC PLUNGE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn construction worker fell four stories to his death yesterday after he lost his balance clearing debris from a balcony ledge. Juan Silvas, 35, plunged from the sixth floor...
TOMKAT'S KITTEN A GIRL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt's a girl! Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes have welcomed a baby into the world - and her name is Suri, according to a spokesman for the couple. Suri...
PERV LAWYER SPENT XXXMAS WITH A THIRD TEEN GIRL: DA
April 19, 2006 | 4:00am"Perv" lawyer James Colliton had a third victim - a 15-year-old he first had sexual relations with on Christmas Day 2000, prosecutors say. Yesterday's allegations of Yuletide yuckiness are in...
PERV LAWYER XXXMAS: DA
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amPerv lawyer James Colliton had a third victim - a 15-year-old he first had sexual relations with on Christmas Day 2000, prosecutors said yesterday. The allegations of Yuletide yuckiness were...
'TOT KILLER' IS PICKED OUT OF LINEUP ; 'COWARD!' BX. MOB SHOUTS AT SUSPECT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amA petty criminal was charged with the murder of a Bronx toddler on Easter Sunday after witnesses fingered him in a police lineup as the hothead who fired the lethal...
RUDY HITS HILL; 'YANKS' HER CHAIN ON TEAM
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBLUE BELL, Pa. - Rudy Giuliani took a few swipes at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday while campaigning for a Republican senator. In a speech on behalf of Sen. Rick...
GUN SUMMIT FULLY LOADED
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amRatcheting up his war on illegal weapons, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he's bringing together a dozen mayors for a national gun summit at Gracie Mansion next week. "Illegal guns are...
FLA. TEEN'S TERRORIST NIGHTMARE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A Florida teenager is fighting for his life after the homicide bomb attack at a Tel Aviv fast-food restaurant where the boy and his father were eating a...
SKINHEADS FULL OF HOT 'ARYAN'
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSANTA ANA, Calif. - White prison-gang leaders and wiseguy cons hatched plans for an unholy criminal alliance, but their grand schemes never took off, a key government witness said yesterday....
TEACHERS TO GET 'HOUSE' MONEY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIn an effort to lure experienced teachers in hard-to-staff subjects like math and science, the city will offer nearly $15,000 in housing incentives to recruits, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said...
TOMKAT'S NEW KITTEN A GIRL - COUPLE'S DAUGHTER CALLED SURI
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt's a girl - and presumably, she's out of this world. Katie Holmes, mother ship and devoted mate to Scientology superstar Tom Cruise, yesterday gave birth to the Hollywood couple's...
CITY LEADS 25% RISE IN U.S. BLACK BUSINESS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCapitalism is catching on with African-Americans, with black-owned businesses among the fastest-growing segments of the economy, according to census figures. New York City leads the way, with more than 98,000...
PATAKI'S HOU$E CALL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's former Florida neighbors weren't surprised to learn yesterday he had reaped a $315,000 windfall by selling a modest ranch-style home he bought just 17 months earlier....
MIKE GAL'S WARNER DRUTHERS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's gal pal, Diana Taylor, was a surprise guest yesterday at a chic Manhattan fund-raiser for former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner - widely viewed as the biggest Democratic threat...
HIGH-WIRE E. RIVER ORDEAL - DARING RESCUE SAVES RIDERS STRANDED ON ROOSEVELT I. TRAM
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD staged a daring nighttime rescue that lasted into early this morning to free 69 people who were stranded nearly 250 feet above the East River on the Roosevelt...
HIGH-WIRE ORDEAL OVER EAST RIVER - DARING RESCUE BID FOR 70 TRAPPED TRAM RIDERS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amAt least 70 commuters were stuck dangling above the East River for more than five hours last night when a power failure knocked out the Roosevelt Island tram, authorities said....
'NET SUIT SPANKS MCFARLAND
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - A campaign committee controlled by Republican Senate hopeful Kathleen "KT" McFarland (left) has been accused of cheating a New Jersey consulting firm out of $21,000, newly filed court...
FLA. TEEN'S ISRAEL BOMB NIGHTMARE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A Florida teenager is fighting for his life after the homicide bomb attack at a Tel Aviv fast-food restaurant where the boy and his father were eating a...
'TOT KILLER' IS PICKED OUT OF LINEUP - 'COWARD!' BX. MOB SHOUTS AT SUSPECT
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amA petty criminal was charged with the murder of a Bronx toddler on Easter Sunday after witnesses fingered him in a police lineup as the hothead who fired the lethal...
MIKE'S 'LIKE' LIST- 4 WHO'D BE 'GREAT MAYORS'
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSeveral of Mayor Bloomberg's top aides - from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff - "would make great mayors" when his own term ends, Hizzoner said yesterday....
ROTTEN RANDY RIPPED BY JAYS ; 7 RUNS, 9 HITS IN 31/3 INNINGS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBlue Jays 10Yankees 5 TORONTO - As one belligerent hack followed another last night, the immediate reaction was the Blue Jays knew what Randy Johnson was throwing. With screaming line...
SLOPPY DEFENSE ADDS TO MISERY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Though Randy Johnson getting spanked was the biggest reason the Yankees were pummeled by the Blue Jays last night, their defense didn't help. Jason Giambi made...
BLUESHIRTS' OASIS WAS JUST A MIRAGE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMAYBE first place got too big for the Rangers when they had five games to grab it and didn't win one of them. Perhaps last night's last chance, when they...
TONIGHT'S GAMES WILL DETERMINE NETS' FOE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWho will the Nets play in the first round of the playoffs? Probably the Pacers - but New Jersey also could open against Milwaukee, Chicago or Washington. With the NBA...
BROWN STILL IFFY FOR FINALE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amAs of yesterday, Larry Brown still had not decided whether to coach tonight to finish out his first - and perhaps last - season as Knicks head coach. Brown told...
JETS LOOK AT LEINART
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amOne day after treating Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler to an 18-inch New York strip steak in Nashville, the Jets' brass yesterday moved on to L.A. to take a long look...
TAYLOR'S BIG APPLE STAY MAY BE OVER
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES When the Knicks' season ends tonight, Maurice Taylor switches from power forward to "expiring contract." Or, as the blunt Taylor called it, "A piece of meat." Entering the...
DOUBY, CLARK VIE FOR HONOR
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amOne of college basketball's most prestigious honors will be presented tonight when the Haggerty Award winner is announced. The result could be among the most intriguing in years. St. Peter's...
BOXING ON CARD FOR SNY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amNew York boxing fans were undisputed winners yesterday when Broadway Boxing - a local promotional outfit - announced a new TV deal with SportsNet New York. The "Broadway Boxing" TV...
'L' OF A NIGHT IN PHILLY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSixers 91Nets 88 PHILADELPHIA - For a Nets-Sixers game that meant absolutely nothing, there were some historic, interesting and intriguing developments last night, including the Philly team president vowing "[bleep]...
GLAVINE PUTS ON BRAVE FACE VS. FORMER TEAM
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTom Glavine is searching for symmetry. Having accomplished nearly everything in a career dating to 1987, Glavine has few goals to attain. The pursuit of 300 victories is an obvious...
RANGERS POOP OUT AT THE FINISH LINE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMAYBE first place got a little too big for the Rangers when they had five games to grab it, and didn't win one of them. Perhaps their last chance last...
DAVIS REGRETS CHOICE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amLarry Davis, who committed to N.C. State last June, now says there remains a 50-50 chance of him joining the Wolfpack this fall. "I do regret it, I should have...
ANDRUW IS CHIP OFF OLD BLOCK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amUnlike his teammate with the same last name,Andruw Jones doesn 't own great career stats against the Mets.And he had lousy numbers against Victor Zambrano. When Jones caught up to...
HERNANDEZ LATEST MET TO SUFFER SETBACK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Injuries have now struck the Mets' infield as well. With outfielders Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran already ailing, the banged-up Mets had another person hurt yesterday when second...
INJURIES PILING UP FOR METS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Cliff Floyd is aiming to play today. Carlos Beltran,though,has "no idea " on his timetable for coming back. The Mets ' two injured outfielders were out for last...
TANYON HURTS, COULD VISIT DL
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - If Tanyon Sturtze 's cranky back isn 't better soon,the Yankees might have to put the right-handed reliever on the disabled list. "It 's a concern...
SHAMBRANO - BRAVES BASH VICTOR IN SHEA SLAYING
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBRAVES 7 METS 1 It was just the third inning,but in Victor Zambrano 's first time coming up to the plate last night,he heard boos.The way Zambrano pitched last night,he...
BRAVE GOAL - DETHRONING ATLANTA WOULD BRING GLAVINE FULL CIRCLE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTom Glavine is searching for symmetry. Having accomplished nearly everything in a career dating back to 1987,Glavine has few goals to attain.The pursuit of 300 victories is an obvious one;the...
HOUSE OF PAIN - INJURIES PILING UP FOR METS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amCliff Floyd is aiming to play today. Carlos Beltran, though, has "no idea" on his timetable for coming back. The Mets' two injured outfielders were out for last night's game...
JASON LIVES! FEELING GOOD, GIAMBI'S OFF TO GREAT START
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amTORONTO - At this time last year,Jason Giambi was headed for a free fall that resulted in the Yankees asking him to go to the minor leagues to find his...
ROTTEN RANDY - 7 RUNS, 9 HITS IN 3 1 /3 INNINGS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amBlue Jays 10 Yankees 5 TORONTO - This time the wall wasn 't built by the Royals. Last night the barrier hit back. When Randy Johnson split after five innings...
BROADWAY BLUES - SKIDDING RANGERS SETTLE FOR SIXTH SEED
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amSenators 5 Rangers 1 They will go into the Battle of the Hudson as decisive underdogs,that much and maybe only that much is clear about the Rangers,who skidded off the...
MESSIER: JAGR STILL THE ONE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Mark Messier spoke about the Rangers yesterday,he sometimes slipped and used the term, "We." It is understandable considering this was the first NHL regular season since 1978 that Messier...
RUSTY PIPES - HENRIK WORKING HIS WAY BACK
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amAfter yesterday 's morning skate,Henrik Lundqvist admitted to being, "a little bit rusty," which of course is understandable given that he 'd been out with a hip-flexor since Mar.30. But...
MARK: JAGR CREATES A FINE MESS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Mark Messier spoke about the Rangers yesterday,he sometimes slipped and used the term, "We." It is understandable considering this was the first NHL regular season since 1978 that Messier...
WITH GAME 82, IT'S PLAYOFF TIME
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amON the tiny list of persons who believed back in October they would be at the Garden this April for a home Ranger playoff opener,there is not one person who...
NETS PLAY IT SAFE - REST KIDD, RJ VS. SIXERS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Jason Kidd wasn 't here before the game last night.Neither were Sixers Allen Iverson or Chris Webber. But there was a huge difference.The Nets knew about Kidd.The Sixers...
ISLANDERS ARE HELPFUL TO NOBODY
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amFLYERS 4 ISLANDERS 1 The Flyers were Atlantic Division champs for about a half hour. The Rangers had just lost to Ottawa at the Garden,the Devils trailed Montreal by two...
JERSEY'S JUMPIN'
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The Devils just can 't be denied,adding astoundingly clutch to everything else they have become in 2006.Now they 'll try to erase that last hole in their playoff...
JERSEY'S JUMPIN' - RALLY FROM 3 DOWN; OVERTAKE RANGERS, CAPTURE DIVISION
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amDEVILS 4 CANADIENS 3 MONTREAL - The Devils just can 't be denied,adding astoundingly clutch to everything else they have become in 2006.Now they 'll try to erase that last...
STILL NO MO - MOGILNY WILL NOT BE WITH DEVS IN PLAYOFFS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amMONTREAL - While the Devils waited to learn their first-round foe,Lou Lamoriello was telling The Post whom they won 't be seeing on their side - Alexander Mogilny and Dan...
LOMBARDI FIT FOR KINGS
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amEven before their season finale last night,the Islanders were expected to suffer yet another loss. The Kings fired general manager Dave Taylor yesterday and were expected to name Dean Lombardi...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 19, 2006 | 4:00amIf Liz Fulton were a cat, she'd have used up her nine lives and then some. During a raging storm in Billings, Mont., she tried to open her front door...