March 1, 1999
DOSE OF SKEPTICISM ON SAFRA SALE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amNOBODY ever accussed Wall Street of being sensitive. I know one stock trader who staked out a New York hospital to see if the chairman of one company was dying...
BIG BOARD BOOSTER - NYSE BOSS TAKES ON NEW ROLE: SALESMAN
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amRichard Grasso wants to shape the future of stock trading. He's also determined to maintain the NYSE's reputation as the world's best-known stock market, faced with growing competition from the...
BOSS' PITCH TO NETS KEEPS SOMETHING IN RESERVE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amGEORGE Steinbrenner is buying himself some time. By merging his Yankees with the New Jersey Nets, The Boss is generating a lot of cash, and that should tide him over...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amIT may not feel like it, but spring is on the way, and magazine publishers are ready - especially the ultra-competitive men's titles. Jann Wenner's Men's Journal features an entire...
JAMTV TUNING UP WEBSITE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amJamTV Corp. is changing its tune. The Chicago-based company will change its name and the name of its web site to Tunes.com, a site it acquired last year, as it...
TV TICKER
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am'Time' change Cynthia Alksne has left MSNBC's "Equal Time." Alksne, who co-hosted the show with Oliver North, will be replaced - starting tonight (8-8:30 p.m.) - with a rotating roster...
HOT PINTER
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am'THERE is no room for unhealthy minds at this establishment," screams the red-faced, apoplectic and clearly deranged head of a rest home in Harold Pinter's "The Hothouse," a 1958 play...
NO FINALE FOR 'SEINFELD'
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amHAVE the folks who syndicate "Seinfeld" reruns forgotten about last May's grand finale? You might think so. The syndicator, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, says no plans have been drawn up...
BRYANT GUMBEL'S 'FIELD OF DREAMS' - IDLE ANCHOR TELLS CBS HE'LL JOIN THE MORNING SHOW IF...
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amTALKS between Bryant Gumbel and CBS about him anchoring its morning show have come down to finding a new home for the show, sources say. Gumbel has told CBS officials...
HANDCUFFED BY BAN
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amLOCAL TV newscasts will have a different look now that the NYPD has banned the traditional "perp walk," where a suspected criminal is paraded before cameras. No more pictures of...
CITY BALLET PAYS TRIBUTETO ROBBINS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amOVER the past weekend at the New York State Theater, New York City Ballet, ended the first leg of its 50th anniversary celebration - the second part will start in...
THE POWER OF ACCESSORIES - HOW A BAG & SHOES MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO YOUR LOOK
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amIN recent interview, Siberian supermodel Irina Pantaeva recalls that in the nascent days of her career, a fellow catwalker told her that her look was too hippie-ish. Her model friend...
HOLYWOOD - AS 2000 NEARS, LET US PRAY TO SAINTS OF TINSELTOWN
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: AMID all this palaver over the coming Y2K, has it ever occurred to you what kind of frenzy makind worked itself into the first time this happened 1,000 year...
HE MAKES HIS SCHOOL WORK
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amBoys and Girls High School principal Frank Mickens is a serious fellowwho plays the system like a piano- to the singular benefit of his kids. IT was asserted last week...
CAROLINA'S NASTY MOVIE AD SHOOTS FOR SOUTHERN EXPOSURE AT APPLE'S EXPENSE / 'REEL' NEW YORKERS AREN'T SCARED BY N. CAROLINA'S REBEL YELP
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amANOTHER backward backwoods backwater is trying to take a bite out of New York. The latest villains are the ad wizards from the state of North Carolina. Where's that? Just...
DICAPRIO HAS CLOTHES CALL WITH STRIPPING INTRUDER
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amSecurity was doubled around Leonardo DiCaprio yesterday after a gorgeous blonde sneaked into his bedroom and began to strip. The "Titanic" heartthrob got the shock of his life when he...
RUN, RUDY, RUN, URGES GOP'S SOCIALITE HOT SHOT
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amA TOP state Republican urged Mayor Giuliani yesterday to run for the U.S. Senate - and predicted there won't be a GOP primary if he does. "I would very much...
STERILE PAIR $CRAMBLE F0R EGGS OF IVY DREAM GIRL
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amThe anonymous pair, because they are tall and intelligent themselves, want the female student to be at least 5-foot-10 and with a minimum 1,400 on the SAT. They also want...
COP KILLER SHOULD PAY, NOT GET PAID; RICH THUG HAS EARNED THE 'RIGHT' TO DIE IN JAIL
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amI WAS talking to an ordinary cop who is starting to doubt the contention of Christopher Columbus that the world is round. "This is ludicrous," said Patrolman Jim Graham of...
FAKE COP PULLS OFF MOVIE HEIST
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amA robber posing as a cop escaped with $2,000 from a Brooklyn movie theater yesterday. Police said the thug knocked on the door of the Cobble Hill Cinemas at 265...
GUNMAN'S CLUMSY COUSIN RUNS OVER HIM IN GETAWAY CAR: COPS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"This is a clear-cut case of the family that couldn't shoot straight."POLICE OFFICERA Queens nightclub reveler who shot a bouncer and tried to flee was caught early yesterday, thanks to...
DOC RIPS $HRINK LINK TO DRUG FIRMS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amA leading critic of the extensive financial ties between drug makers and state psychiatrists in charge of research on the mentally ill yesterday blasted the situation in New York as...
PATAKI'S $$ PLAN FOR SPECIAL ED ANGERS PARENTS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"This money is vital to our reform efforts . . . You don't want to dump kids without services."BOARD OF ED LOBBYISTSTEPHEN ALLINGER The Board of Education and parents yesterday...
DEM SEN: CLINTON MUST ANSWER RAPE ALLEGATION
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Democratic senator said yesterday that President Clinton ought to respond to the rape allegations leveled by nursing-home owner Juanita Broaddrick. Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Democrat who usually...
MIX OF BOOZE, DATE-RAPE DRUG LANDS REVELERS IN THE HOSPITAL
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"The party was out of control," said one of the roommates. "People were dropping to the floor . . . and having seizures." When paramedics arrived, they found Jennifer Pariseau...
COVER STORY: CITY'S COPS ARE FUMING OVER THE NEW YORKER
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amCops are outraged over a new magazine cover they say paints the whole department as a bunch of trigger-happy thugs. The cops blasted a cartoon on the cover of this...
NO SLAYS YET IN APPLE'S FORMER DEATH PRECINCT - EXCLUSIVE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"We went from the killing fields to a field of dreams."New York's once-deadliest neighborhood hasn't had a murder this year - a startling turnaround that has top cops bragging and...
SIX FROM BIG EAST? DREAM ON
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amThe Big East Conference certainly hasn't done itself any favors with regards to getting a sixth team into the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut, Miami, St. John's, Syracuse and Villanova are in,...
PAYOFF HAS A PRICE AS RELATIVES FEAR DISASTER
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amGLORIA ROSTEN remembers the day her bank-teller son froze - stiff. "They had to literally pry his fingers loose from the teller cage," said the 64-year-old Long Island mom. Rosten's...
TOP POLS' WARNING: STOCK UP FOR Y2K
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"When we get to New Year's Eve, everybody is going to be holding his breath."SEN. ROBERT BENNETT WASHINGTON - Americans should begin stockpiling food and water to combat the potentially...
ISRAEL STRIKES AT MUSLIM GUERRILLAS; LEBANON AIR RAIDS IN RETALIATION FOR KILLING OF GENERAL
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amIsrael launched punishing air raids against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon yesterday after a remote-controlled bomb on a Lebanese roadside killed an Israeli brigadier general and three others. Prime Minister Benjamin...
COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE KIDS REUNITED WITH DAD IN QUEENS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"When I found out my wife passed away and my daughter was in intensive care, I wanted to die as well. I know I have to be strong for my...
CELL PHONES MAY DAMAGE MEMORY
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amCell-phone users might be at risk for memory loss. A British study says the phones' radiation might disrupt memory and learning. "There is accumulating evidence of the biological effects microwaves...
QUAKE KIDS REUNITED WITH DAD
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amTwo girls badly hurt in the Jan. 25 Colombia earthquake wept with joy yesterday as they were reunited with their father in Queens. "I thank God for bringing my family...
JAPANESE BOBTAIL TAKES KITTEN CABOODLE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: After the cat acupuncturist and feline therapist and assorted other speakers had their say, one little kitty had a purrfectly wonderful day. Nobu, a 10-month-old Japanese bobtail, was named...
DEVILS TOUGH IT OUT - FINALLY STICK UP FOR THEIR SCORERS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 4 Coyotes 1 They were two independent occurrences, but they relate clearly. At about the moment when the Devils' offense became set for the season, just when they lost...
THE BOSS' BIG BUDGET SPARES NO EXPENSES
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Each day of spring training, Yankees head trainer Gene Monahan opens Joe Torre's 9:30 a.m. meeting of coaches and instructors with a detailed injury report, then leaves a...
FABULOUS FILLY CRASHES PARTY - BAFFERT'S 'SILVERBULLET' LEAPS ONTO DERBY LIST
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amThere was little 3-year-old stakes action over the weekend other than Prime Timber making his first start since the Dec. 12 Hollywood Futurity and finishing second in yesterday's San Rafael...
AMAZIN'S GRANT ROBERTS CHANCE TO SHOW HIS STUFF
March 1, 1999 | 5:00am"[Grant] Roberts looked great. It's the first time I've seen him up close and personal. I think he really has a wonderful arm." BOBBY VALENTINE PORT ST. LUCIE - Grant...
LATRELL'S VERY CLOSE TO RETURN
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Latrell Sprewell, making quick progress from the stress fracture in his right heel, is expected to receive medical clearance today to return to action...
LJ: WE MISS OAK - HEART'S MISSING IN LOSS TO PISTONS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amPistons 89 Knicks 68 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The final horn sounded. And off walked the Knicks. Heads down, chins buried into their uniforms. They should have been 12 angry...
CHILI MAY BACK UP TINO
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - A mild discomfort in his left Achilles' heel has vanished at the same time a first baseman's glove has been attached to his left hand. Despite not having...
YANKS' SET TO RENEW POSADA, MENDOZA
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amYANK NOTES TAMPA - There is a strong chance that Jorge Posada and Ramiro Mendoza will have their contracts renewed as early as tomorrow if their reps and GM Brian...
YANKEE PHENOM: GREAT 1ST LOOK - PROSPECT EARNS RAVE REVIEWS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - What do you get when you cross Keith Hernandez' swing and glove with Lenny Dykstra's all-out style of play? The Yankees are anticipating the product is Nick Johnson....
STEARNS RETURNS AS SCOUT
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - In an effort to get that extra edge, the Mets are going to utilize an advance scout for the first time in the Bobby...
SPORTS WORLD OUT OF TOUCH
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amFUNNY what passes for good news these days. Saturday's newspapers brought word of the Jets' new ticket prices. Last season's $35 seats will cost $40, the $40 seats will be...
TECH GIRLS ADVANCE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amLast year, Mike Eisenberg was in the midst of coaching Francis Lewis High School to the PSAL girls' championship game at the Garden. But while the Patriots are back in...
RICKEY NO BOGEY MAN - HENDERSON IN CLUB BY HIMSELF
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - You didn't notice what color shirt Bernard Gilkey wore home from a day of work in the sun because you didn't care. Rickey Henderson's shirt was...
UCONN'S STILL GOT GAME
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amUConn 70 Syracuse 58 SYRACUSE - It seemed rather unholy that a team who won its first 19 by the average of 19, who would lose only twice in a...
CAL SAYS NETS NEED ATTITUDE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Nets have been humbled. So coach John Calipari wants them to be arrogant. "We've lost a bit of arrogance. We've been humbled. I've been humbled as a...
CAL'S JOB ON LINE?
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amThe John Calipari Watch has started. Yes, there are enough whispers and enough rumors and, not the least of all, enough defeats around the Nets to start seriously questioning just...
STORM'S JARVIS IN DARING MOOD
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amVILLANOVA, Pa. - After St. John's was stunned 66-60 by Villanova Saturday, Red Storm coach Mike Jarvis pulled a basketball version of Gary Hart. Remember the one-time presidential candidate who...
UPSTART CENT. CONN. ONE WIN FROM DANCE
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amNEC SEMIFINALS CCSU 82 UMBC 72 Central Connecticut State finished 4-22 last year and were picked to finish eighth in the Northeast Conference before this season. But due to a...
HATS OFF TO RANGERS - NEDVED'S 3 GOALS ROCK FLYERS, GARDEN
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amRangers 6 Flyers 5 If the NHL could put yesterday afternoon at the Garden in a bottle, nobody would ever voice a complaint about the league's entertainment value. And if...
CHIP FALLS MAGGERT'S WAY
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amCARLSBAD - Alas, a perfect ending for the imperfect tournament. With every star this side of Mars and Venus having been extinguished from the event, there were two ways of...
MOUNT ST. MARY'S STUNS ST. FRANCIS; MT. ST. MARY'S SHOCKS TERRIERS IN NEC SEMIS
March 1, 1999 | 5:00amNEC SEMIFINALS Mt. St. Mary 68 St. Francis 66 St. Francis of Brooklyn made a habit this year of waiting for Ray Minlend to explode and take control of a...