May 16, 1999
GET PICKY WITH RETAILERS NO LONGER AN UNQUESTIONED 'BUY'
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE was a time when investors could do no wrong buying retailing stocks. As recently as the fourth quarter of last year, general stores, specialty stores and clothing shops were...
COWEN CLEARING OUT?
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE'S plenty of speculation on Wall Street that SG Cowen, the U.S. investment banking arm of French bank Societe Generale, plans on dumping its clearing operations. Ever since the company...
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT ...
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWALL Street analysts say it's not their fault their forecasts are often no good. They say they need much more information than most companies are willing to provide, according to...
ANALYST INVENTS SECOND JOB
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amONE annual meeting Wall Street analyst Tom Wolzien is definitely skipping this week is that of ACTV Inc. Wolzien, left, the media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., is...
PICKING UP THE TABS : AMERICAN MEDIA'S DAVID PECKER GOES ON A RESCUE MISSION
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amTEN years ago, David Pecker was a number-crunching financial guy who was dispatched by the owners of Hachette Filipacchi Magazines to scout out the National Enquirer for a possible buy....
FOR CHAI LING, THE WEB IS MIGHTIER THAN A TANK
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amCHINESE dissident Chai Ling had a long journey from Beijing to Boston. As a student at Beijing University, she was a leader of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square 10...
CAN RICKY MARTIN TOP CHARTS AT PUBLISHERS?
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amGET ready for Ricky Martin mania. Publishers are gearing up to feed what they think will be a nearly insatiable demand for quickie softcover books about Martin, the nation's newest...
ROAMIN' WITH POLANSKI
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- WARNING: LEAVE A LIGHT BURNING AT HOME IF YOU VENTURE FORTH TO SEE " REPULSION" (1965). YOU DEFINITELY WON'T WANT TO RETURN TO A DARK APARTMENT AFTER VIEWING ROMAN...
SWEET ENCORE & SOUR 'CIDER'
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amDouble, double, toil and trouble, as Shakespeare's Three Weird Sisters aptly said in his Scottish play. The trouble with "Do Re Mi," which capped this season's Encore Series of Great...
TABLE HOPPER
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- MICHAEL JORDAN'S THE STEAK HOUSE N.Y.C GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL 23 VANDERBILT AVE. 212- 655-2300 Not only is the meat sometimes rare but so too are the appearances of Michael...
MEALS & DEALS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: OLIVE VINE CAFE 131 SIXTH AVE BROOKLYN 718-636-4333 Just a 15-minute stroll from the Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park is the Olive Vine Cafe, whose unfussy ambience, relaxed service...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE : SAUNDRA SANTIAGO
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER SAUNDRA SANTIAGO FROM "MIAMI VICE." BUT THE ACTRESS, NOW ON "GUILDING LIGHT" IS A NEW YORKER TO THE BONE.
HYPE-R-SENSITIVE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE "STAR WARS" PREVIEW. I CAME OUT OF THE SUBWAY STATION ON A SUNNY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO A CROWD. THERE...
THE EPIDEMIC OF THE CENTURY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amEarly this century, when the Spanish flu was rampant in the city, New Yorkers joked that you'd get on the subway and be dead before reaching your stop. But the...
TV FLICK QUICK-COUNTS MARCIANO DOCUDRAMA FALSELY PUTS BOXER IN MOB'S CORNER
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amLAST night the Showtime cable network premiered the docudrama "Marciano," a film bio of the only heavyweight champ in history never to lose a fight. It's a case of mistaken...
WHY HILLARY STAYS WITH STRAYING BILL
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amHillary Clinton has stayed married for several reasons, including concern for Chelsea, enjoyment of being First Lady, love for Bill - and a lifetime habit of protecting him, marriage experts...
SO, HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGY WITH WINDOWS?
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSony's new robotic Rover won't put Fifi and Fido on the endangered species list anytime soon. That's the verdict of Midtown pedestrians during a test-stroll with AIBO, the 64-bit, 16-megabyte...
'EPISODE 2' ALREADY IN THE WORKS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe premiere of "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace" is still three days away - but work on "Episode 2" will officially begin tomorrow. "Star Wars" producer Rick...
POOR EXCUSE FOR TEACHERS ; MANY IN BIG APPLE ARE BARELY LITERATE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amHERE'S one reason so many New York City school kids can't master the work as they're pushed from grade to grade: Some of their teachers can barely read or write....
ALBANY LAWMAKERS BUSTING OWN BUDGETS WITH ZERO PAY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Six weeks' worth of paychecks for 211 state lawmakers - totaling nearly $3 million - are locked in a safe in state Comptroller Carl McCall's office, across the...
ONLINE SLEUTHS NET CHEATING SPOUSES
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSurfing the Internet has become an extremely popular way for lonely hearts to find each other - and an increasingly popular way for divorcing couples to find each other out....
IS ASSAULT-RIFLE BAN POINTLESS?
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Despite repeated calls by New York politicians to ban military-style assault rifles, such weapons are rarely used in murders here, previously undisclosed statistics reveal. In 1997 - the...
NEW HOPE IN; THE WAR ON CANCER ; DRAMATIC RESULTS FROM INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSCIENTISTS are on the brink of a cancer revolution. The brutal weapons used against the killer disease - surgery, radiation and chemotherapy - haven't changed much in 50 years. But...
CLUB KING HOLDS OFF JAIL TERM
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amNightclub impresario Peter Gatien's 30-day jail sentence for cheating the taxman out of $1.4 million has been postponed until September, The Post has learned. That's the good news for Gatien,...
BIBI IS CARRYING ON DECADES-LONG BATTLE FOR ISRAEL'S FUTURE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM.Around 6 p.m. last Thursday the phone rang in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. "Your father is on the line," the secretary told Benjamin Netanyahu. Although he was already...
GETTING OUT OF THE CITY WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY!
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amRecord-breaking traffic and an obstacle course of monster construction projects could leave weekenders and beachgoers steaming on gridlocked highways this summer. Making matters worse is the rise in traffic passing...
EXPERTS WARN CUT-RATE INSURANCE MAY BACKFIRE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amAetna U.S. Healthcare hopes to gain state approval for a bare-bones health plan that consumer advocates say will dupe people into thinking they have insurance but leave them with hefty...
RUSSIA AVOIDS GOING FROM 'BAD' TO 'WORSE'
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThere were sighs of relief in Washington and several European capitals yesterday after Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment vote by Communist foes in the Russian Parliament. While the...
NYPD BLUES HAVE COPS JOINING FDNY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amFLAMES were darting at Brian Connolly like a lizard's tongue. The smoke made him almost blind and he was thinking none too softly: "What the hell am I doing here?"...
IMPEACHMENT FAILS AS BORIS DODGES BULLET
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amRussian President Boris Yeltsin dramatically beat back an impeachment bid by hard-line Communist enemies - who branded him "an absolute evil." A hush descended over the Duma yesterday as lawmakers...
MOM RIPS SICKO'S RELEASE MOLESTER ONLY SERVED 8 MONTHS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amA Queens mom is outraged that the man who repeatedly sodomized her 11-year-old daughter spent just eight months on Rikers Island for his crime. "I want him to suffer," the...
TREMOR FROM ROCKLAND SHAKES STATE TAX CUT CATCHES ON WITH COMMUTERS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSparking political pandemonium in Albany and New York City, tiny Rockland is becoming the county that roared. A special election for a state Senate seat is threatening to blow a...
CHARITY BIG AXES AIDE WHO CALLED IN FBI
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe head of a Bronx housing agency slated to get a chunk of a new $600 million project fired her second-in-command this month after he asked the FBI to probe...
PEACEMAKER KILLED IN BAR FIGHT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amA 25-year-old peacemaker trying to break up an argument between two men in a Brooklyn bar was shot dead by one of the men early yesterday, police said. It was...
SPITZER TELLS RUDY: GIVE ME 'FRISK' FILES - OR ELSE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amAttorney General Eliot Spitzer threatened to use his subpoena powers yesterday if Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir don't hand over information about how cops stop and frisk suspects....
BILL RAPS - AND TAP$ - HOLLYWOOD FAT CATS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday asked Hollywood to clean up the gore in movies and on TV - just hours before heading to Beverly Hills for a fund-raiser with some...
VOTE MAY TURN ON A WING & A LOW FARE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThousands of Israelis living in the United States will be back in their native land tomorrow - just in time to cast ballots in the hotly contested national election. Although...
SCHOOL BUILDS PLAYGROUND WITH EVERYTHING BUT RED TAPE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWhen the city couldn't cough up $30,000 for a new playground, parents and teachers from a Lower East Side school raised it the old-fashioned way - through cake sales, talent...
NATO STUMPED BY BOMBING OF CIVILIANS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - NATO officials said yesterday it's a mystery to them how 87 civilian refugees were killed when NATO dropped bombs on a Serb military base near a village in...
COPS SEEK 'WITNESS' IN SLAYING OF FORTUNE EXEC
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amPolice yesterday released a sketch of a man wanted for questioning as a witness in the puzzling Central Park death of Matthew Herman. The witness sought for questioning is described...
ARAB'S EXIT IS BLOW TO NETANYAHU WITHDRAWAL LIKELY WILL BOOST SUPPORT FOR LABOR'S BARAK
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The first Arab to run for Israel's top office bowed out of the race yesterday - casting dark doubts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of winning tomorrow's...
UFT RIPS SCHOOL VOUCHERS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a day of bonding yesterday for teachers' union leader Randi Weingarten, Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew and Democratic Senator Charles Schumer - who all vowed to quash school vouchers...
PUNCH-DRUNK FAN TAKES SWING AT RACEHORSE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amComplete Preakness coverage in SportsUNDER ARRESTThe unidentified suspect.BALTIMORE - A man jumped onto the racetrack at Pimlico during a Preakness warmup race yesterday, stood in the path of galloping thoroughbreds...
KIN QUESTION COP ROLE IN TEEN'S TRAIN-TRACK DEATH
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of an 18-year-old Brooklyn man are demanding answers from police after the teen was struck and killed by a subway train. Ronnie Perkins died around 2:40 a.m. yesterday...
MOM RIPS SICKO'S RELEASE LITTLE GIRL'S MOLESTER SERVED JUST 8 MONTHS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amA Queens mom is furious that the man who repeatedly sodomized her 11- year-old daughter spent just eight months on Rikers Island for his crime. "I want him to suffer,"...
PAL TO SPILL GEORGE MICHAEL DIRT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amGeorge Michael's ''faith'' in his most trusted confidant is about to be lost when his pal tells all in a dishy new book. Andreas Georgiou - Michael's cousin and former...
CAMILLA'S KID ADMITS SNORTING COCAINE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe son of Camilla Parker Bowles - Prince Charles' longtime love - admitted he has a drug problem after being spotted taking cocaine at a party last weekend, the London...
NO DOUBTING THOMASES AT BIRACIAL JEFFERSON REUNION
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a family reunion for the history books. Black and white descendants of Thomas Jefferson explored their common ground yesterday at the founding father's plantation in Monticello, Va. They...
TEACHERS HOPING $2M PLAN SINKS VOUCHERS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe teachers union declared war on school vouchers yesterday, announcing it would spend $2 million to develop a core curriculum of school subjects designed to raise academic standards. "If we...
SPITZER RIPS COURT'S AIR-QUALITY RULING
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amA federal ruling against tough air-quality standards is a blow for public health in New York, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
COP-SLAY SUSPECT'S GUN MYSTERY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amInternal Affairs investigators are probing why a gun belonging a highly regarded officer turned up in the Queens apartment of an accused cop killer. The 9mm weapon was discovered when...
RUDY TO TAKE NEW LOOK AT RESERVOIR PACT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amONEONTA, N.Y. - Mayor Giuliani promised last night he'll bring back a former deputy mayor to review a controversial agreement over protecting the city's upstate reservoirs. Tying to quell a...
COPS EYE MYSTERY DEATH AT TOP HOSP
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amPolice and the medical examiner's office have launched a probe into why an elderly Harlem man died yesterday while on a respirator at the prestigious Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. Nathan Bell, 71,...
AN AMERICAN CAMPAIGN IN ISRAEL : US CONSULTANTS MADE THE RACE AS VACUOUS AND NASTY AS ANY SEEN HERE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- ISRAELIS GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST, NASTIEST AND MOST DISPIRITING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN THEIR NATION'S HISTORY . AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF ELECTIONEERING IN...
PARITY AIN'T THE ANSWER
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amTHE 1990s began with the Braves owning the NL's worst record and the Yankees with not only the AL's worst record, but the franchise's worst mark in 77 years. The...
DON'T THINK AND DRIVE (OR PUTT) GOLF EXPERT - 'QUIET MIND' IS KEY TO SUCCESS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWant to save your golf game? If you're tired of failing to hit the shots you've tried so hard to hit and you're fed up with what you feel is...
SHEA'S LEGION OF LEFTIES ON METS, SOUTHPAWS STICK TOGETHER
May 16, 1999 | 4:00am"You can't really explain it. It just works out that way. I guess it's because we're all a little messed up."JOHN FRANCO Come early to Shea one day to watch...
STRATTON BEATING AMAZIN'S 1ST-ROUND CURSE : SURGERY HAS LET HIM BREAK CHAIN OF HARD-LUCK PHENOMS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amAll of 20 years old and on his way in to have his ruptured disc repaired, he was thinking about how it was his turn. Robert Stratton knew enough Met...
SIDELINE REPORTS ARE REAL SIDESHOWS SILLY QUESTIONS ARE THE NORM
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Pacers were moments away from sweeping the Bucks on Thursday night when Marv Albert and Bill Walton, calling the game on TBS, identified Reggie Miller as the game's indisputable...
RANGERS MUST START LEETCH CHASE BEFORE FOES GET INVOLVED
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThere's huge money in the NHL, owners are making money, and somebody out there is going to throw it at Leetch. DENVER - It has been 28 days now since...
... AND SOME PLAYERS ARE JUST AWFUL
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amAFTER ONE month into the season, roto owners are proudly bragging about their bargain pickups and how well their teams are producing. But there is another end of the spectrum...
NICE GOING, MR. NAFZGER TRAINER'S DECISION TO START VICAR DESERVES CHEERS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Congratulations, Carl Nafzger. Not on winning the Preakness, because due to the demands of Sunday newspaper deadlines, this column was written several hours before the race was even...
RUSTY DUDLEY COULD BE KEY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amin Miamiand BARRY BAUM in New YorkOnce again, Jeff Van Gundy's rotation leaves room for questioning. One of the biggest complaints about Van Gundy is that since his rotation is...
DRIVE FOR FIVE KNICKS TRYING TO SAVE VG, REPEAT HISTORY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00am"We need to focus like we did in Game One. The pressure is on both teams."LARRY JOHNSON MIAMI - A mutated season that began with a bitter labor war between...
WLFA URGES VOTING NO ON BOTH BILLS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amHUNTERS AND anglers will become the target of a new round of attacks at the ballot box if legislation permitting the voter issue process is passed in four new states,...
ROY'S FLAME STILL BURNING
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - This is what right now separates Patrick Roy from Martin Brodeur and this is what still separates Patrick Roy from every other goaltender on the planet with the...
CEDENO STEALING THE SHOW SPEEDSTER MAKES CASE TO STAY IN METS' LINEUP
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Shortly after Roger Cedeno had tied the Mets' record for stolen bases in a game with four, Bobby Valentine was asked what would happen when Rickey Henderson comes...
PAT FINALLY GETS ON LENARD BANDWAGON
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Heat needed offense, even more than they needed defense, which usually is Pat Riley's first and foremost demand. So tucked away on the bench for much of...
RILEY REVEALS HEAT HOPES HIGH
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - There will be no more chances for one. Either the Heat, who rolled into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the East, or the Knicks, who...
TRAINER GIVES VICAR THE GREEN LIGHT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - After announcing that he ''will not run from post 13'' following Wednesday's post draw; that three or four horses would have to come out for him to start;...
TOP TIPS TO HELP AMATEURS
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amHere are three questions Bob Rotella is asked most often by amateur golfers, followed by his answers: * How am I supposed to just accept it when I hit the...
OH BROTHER! VAN BETTER WISE UP
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSEEMS to me, no matter what the outcome today in Miami, it's only fair that one Van Gundy brother - Jeff or Stan - ought to be fired. Let Ma...
VAN SHOULDN'T TAKE HEAT ; WIN OR LOSE, JEFF DESERVES TO KEEP JOB
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Dave Checketts, having already drawn a black jack on a stunned Ernie Grunfeld, is playing his remaining cards close to the vest. When the season ends, the president...
LEAD EM HOME CAPTURES SIR BARTON
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Lead Em Home, who until entry time Wednesday was considered a possible Preakness contender, rallied to win yesterday's $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness undercard by 11/4...
CLEMENS SEES GREEN LIGHT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amRoger Clemens, on the disabled list since April 28 with a strained left hamstring, had another solid day of throwing yesterday and may be ready to return to action. Considering...
BUMMERS' LOSING SKID GROWS TO 5
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amWhite Sox12 Yankees4 The Bombers hadn't dropped five straight at the Stadium since June 1-17, 1994. Since their six-game winning streak, the Yankees are just 7-10 and tied with the...
MAGIC'S BACK IN PHILLY IVERSON & SIXERS GET DATE WITH INDY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSixers101 Magic91 PHILADELPHIA - To paraphrase Chuck Daly who paraphrased Pat Riley's "The Winner Within," once in a great while there comes a team who embarks on the Innocent Climb....
EX-ASTRO HERNANDEZ VIES FOR BULLPEN JOB
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Mets auditioned veteran right-handed reliever Xavier Hernandez Friday at Veterans Stadium to see if he is healthy enough to pitch for either the Triple-A Norfolk Tides or...
HARDAWAY, CHILDS IN SPOTLIGHT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMore fireworks could erupt in Game 5 today where the winner will advance to the second round. MIAMI - It's was about 90 minutes before Game 1 when Tim Hardaway...
KINGSTON 'CAP ON TAP TODAY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe feature race of the day is the 21st running of the Kingston Handicap. It is for New York breds with a purse of $50,000 added. It will be run...
CHARISMATIC EYES CROWN ONLY BELMONT IS LEFT AFTER PIMLICO ROMP
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Kentucky Derby winner Charismatic, ignored by the crowd at 8-1, put his doubters to shame yesterday at Pimlico, circling the pack on the far turn under "Comeback" Chris...
LENARD ANSWERS PAT'S CALL
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Heat needed offense, even more than they needed defense, which usually is Pat Riley's first and foremost demand. So tucked away on the bench for much of...
DUDLEY CAN BE KEY IN SLOWING ZO
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amOnce again, Jeff Van Gundy's rotation leaves room for questioning. One of the biggest complaints about Van Gundy is that since his rotation is often out of sync, he simply...
AT LAST, LJ GETS 'FINAL' SHOT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Two years ago, Larry Johnson watched on television as the Knicks lost a decisive seventh game to the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Johnson was serving a...
VAN WARNS ABOUT GAME 4 HANGOVER
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jeff Van Gundy was drawing upon history. The Knicks, in the 1997 semis against Miami, laid a dud at home in Game 6. They came to Miami and...
RISK PAYS OFF FOR FOIL
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amFoil took the lead at the start and never looked back in winning the $150,000 Grade 2 Genuine Risk Handicap at Belmont yesterday. Favored Harpia was second, beaten 1 1/4...
CROWN HOPEFUL TAKES SHOCKING JOURNEY FROM CLAIM TO FAME
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Are you trying to tell me that a former claiming horse, an animal that three months ago was headed for dog food cans, now stands a mile-and-a-half from...
ACHIN' CHILDS VOWS TO TRY
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - As he walked - no, make that limped - off the court at Miami Arena late yesterday afternoon following practice, Chris Childs wore a grimace and an ice...
VICAR GETS CALL, ENDS UP IN 10TH
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - After announcing that he "will not run from post 13" following Wednesday's post draw; that three or four horses would have to come out for him to start;...
HOOP WAR DESERVES HIGH-FIVE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amFinally, it's time for the real deal "A higher being brought these two teams together."PAT RILEY MIAMI - Now we find out, "the real deal." That's what Pat Riley called...
HEAT PLAN TO PLAY WITH SAME 4-TITUDE
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - They've done this twice before, in each of the past two years. The Knicks and the Heat meeting in Miami Arena with winning and misery on the line....
CHARISMATIC MAKES RUN AT HISTORY ROMPS IN SECOND JEWEL, EYES SWEEP IN BELMONT
May 16, 1999 | 4:00am"We'll go to the Belmont full of optimism. I told (owners) Bob and Beverly (Lewis) prior to the Kentucky Derby, 'I don't know about the first two, but we'll look...
LUKAS SEES SECRETARIAT IN HIS CHAMP
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - After noting that Charismatic's high dosage index, 5.22, indicated he isn't supposed to go the 1 miles of the Belmont Stakes (or the Derby's 11/4 miles either), trainer...
METS RULE IN TWO CITIES ECLIPSE YANKS WITH COMEBACK WIN AT VET
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amMets9 Phillies7 PHILADELPHIA - The Mets celebrated the seemingly bizarre circumstances of vaulting past the Yankees in the unofficial New York baseball standings by winning a game full of oddities....
ONE SWING, THREE OUTS FOR PIAZZA
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Last night's 9-7 Mets win featured many rarities, but the Phillies' sixth-inning triple play was the most interesting. Mike Piazza hit into it with Edgardo Alfonzo on second...