December 10, 2000
SCALING MT. OLYMPICS DAN DOCTOROFF IS TRYING TO BRING THE 2012 GAMES TO NEW YORK
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amDANIEL L. Doctoroff was smiling like a beauty queen trapped in a roomful of contest judges. Making the obligatory rounds at a reception at the New York Athletic Club recently,...
KABBALA BUILDING ON SALE FOR $25M
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amMADONNA has studied with the Kabbala Learning Center on the Left Coast and also visited its New York site - which can now be yours for a lot more than...
ROLLING STONE GATHERS NEW SOUNDPROOFING
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amPERHAPS it's just a coincidence, but residents at 923 Fifth Ave. can't help but notice that Keith Richards is soundproofing his apartment just as his supermodel neighbor Vendela is moving...
DOT-COM ORACLE GIVES BAD NEWS TO CONSULTANTS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIt's been another horrendous week in the once untouchable sector of the dot-com world: the consultancies. A week ago, Christopher Lockhhead, chief marketing officer at Scient, told The Post things...
PARIS PEACE TALKS: A MOUSE'S TAIL
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIT may go down in Conde Nast lore as the mouse that roared. In the November issue of beauty magazine Allure, a story on the Paris-based luxury spa Bliss told...
THE MAN IN THE CRUSHED HAT
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amJacques Tati is best remembered as his on-screen character, Monsieur Hulot, the lovable bungler in a crushed hat, poplin raincoat and too-short trousers. Behind the camera, however, Tati was a...
4 QUESTIONS FOR SUPERMODEL ROSHUMBA
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amWho are your heroes? I'd have to say is Oprah Winfrey. Yes, she's a multimillionaire, this mega star and a very accomplished woman, but I got a chance to meet...
WHAT I WATCH
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amBEYONCE KNOWLES Singer, Destiny's Child "Touched by an Angel." It's very spiritual and positive. KELLY ROWLAND Singer, Destiny's Child "Sex and the City." I love the clothes and the situations...
C TO SHINING C
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amLet's hear it for the fashion world's Big C's -Chanel and Celine -both of which threw parties last week that attracted a super-stylish crowd. Celine was the label of choice...
DIP INTO THE '70'S JEAN POOL
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThought you were having a flashback when you saw that Jordache commercial, circa 1976, appear on your TV screen? Not to worry. It's not you; it's the jeans. They're back....
LOWER EAST SIDE CHIC: LOOKING FOR AN UNUSUALLY FASHIONABLE GIFT? CHANCES ARE YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE NEWLY BOUTIQUE-PACKED DISTRICT SOUTH OF EAST HOUSTON
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe stores on Mad Ave. are maddening during the holiday shopping season. SoHo is always so packed with Visa-toting tourists that it's hard to bear, too. And Fifth Avenue? It's...
BOOK REVIEW
December 10, 2000 | 5:00am"MIDNIGHT DIARIES" BY BORIS YELTSINPUBLIC AFFAIRS398 PAGES, $26 Boris Yeltsin pulls few punches in his new memoir, "Midnight Diaries." As the first Russian leader to be democratically elected - and...
STAGING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe play's the thing! Shakespeare knew it, and made Hamlet say it. But, as an actor as well as a playwright, the dear old Bard must have realized that just...
THE BAHA MEN ARE BARKING UP THE RIGHT TREE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amWhile the rest of us are just on the edge of the holidays, the Baha Men have already snagged and unwrapped the best present a band could get - a...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: VITAMIN C
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amVitamin C (a.k.a. Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick) will prove she is the chewable kind in her new movie, "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000." "I play a very curious girl who gets...
DRUG THERAPY FOR KIDS SCARES PARENTS WORRY OVER SIDE EFFECTS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Doreen Canning discovered that all of her children suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder, she faced a difficult dilemma. Should she place them on Ritalin? "I was terrified at the...
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AN ENDURING MYTH ; RAIDERS' EXCELLENCE IS ONLY IN THEIR HEADS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIF the earth turns out to be as flat as Howie Long's haircut, the Raiders knew it along. Reality isn't always what it's cracked up to be. If a franchise...
DON'T SPEND GREEN ON FLA. ORANGES
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTHE anger of Mike Foley, Vietnam veteran and construction worker from Rockland County, gives some idea how much poison has been injected into this morass by the liberal Florida Supreme...
SO LET GORE HAVE IT
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amLET him have it. First assume for a moment that Al Gore's attorney, Laurence Tribe, somehow manages to slide Justice Sandra Day O'Connor or Justice Anthony Kennedy into his camp...
TV REPORTER CLAIMS ARNIE GROPED HER
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amMaybe that movie should've been called "Kindergarten Cop-a-Feel." A British TV reporter says superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger made sexually suggestive comments and groped her after an interview. "I was angry," Anna...
CANVASSING CHADS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amSome recount terminology. UNDERVOTE. The result when ballots that were run through the vote-counting machines registered no vote for president, either because the voter purposely didn't vote for president or...
POLS STILL SLATED TO HELP W. LEGISLATURE CONTINUES PLAN TO PICK ELECTORS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision yesterday to halt Florida's manual vote recounts won't stop the state Legislature's special session to guarantee a slate of electors for George W....
FLA. CHAOS SCREECHES TO HALT HIGH COURT CAPS COUNTY TALLY PANIC
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - County officials across Florida yesterday dropped their ballots in mid-chad after a U.S. Supreme Court order stopped a statewide recount just hours after it got off to a...
MUSEUMS A TREASURE-TROVE FOR TIMELESS HOLIDAY GIFTS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN a pair of earrings have been around since 1800 B.C., you know they're not going out of fashion any time soon. It's for timeless gifts like those the Savvy...
PARK VIGIL FOR LENNON GOES TO POT
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTwenty John Lennon fans who flocked to Strawberry Fields on the 20th anniversary of the Beatle's murder were busted on marijuana charges during a vigil that the New York Civil...
RUSSIA PREZ TO RELEASE U.S. BIZMAN
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amRussian President Vladimir Putin guaranteed yesterday he would free American businessman Edmond Pope, and set aside his 20-year prison sentence for spying. President Clinton had personally lobbied Putin for Pope's...
COPS YANK GUY'S GUN LICENSE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna's moviemaker hubby-to-be Guy Ritchie has lost his gun license for forgetting to lock and stock his now-stolen gun barrel, a new report says. Ritchie, who directed "Lock, Stock, and...
BIGOTS VANDALIZE SYNAGOGUE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amPolice are looking for the hate-monger who scrawled swastikas and "Heil Hitler" on the steps of the Forest Hills Jewish Center. The words and four swastikas, scrawled in black and...
CALLING A HALT TO ELECTORAL MADNESS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThis really is the endgame - and it looks as if George W. Bush will be the nation's 43rd president. Someone had to step in to end the election chaos...
PRINCESS DI'S BRO SAYS NO TO MADONNA WEDDING WISH
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amCan you believe a man finally said no to Madonna? Or that the man in question - Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer - would turn down a chance to make...
RUSHDIE BEAUTY: IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe former topless model who lives with Salman Rushdie says she fell in love with the marked-for-death writer "within a minute of meeting him." "I love him to pieces," said...
TEAM GORE REELS FROM OVERTIME LEGAL LOSS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amLike everything else in this election mess, reaction to yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to freeze the Florida manual recounts split along partisan lines. But Gore campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway...
HIGH COURT SLAPS VOTE-COUNTERS' HANDS 5-4 RULING FREEZES FLA. ACTION FOR NOW
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday halted the statewide hand recount in Florida - a severe blow to Al Gore's bid to win the election - and set a hearing for...
AN INEVITABLE COLLAPSE FOR EHUD'S HOUSE OF CARDS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. PRIME Minister Ehud Barak spent 18 months building a fragile house of cards out of secret diplomacy with Yasser Arafat - only to see it all come crashing down...
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE WIDE OPEN TO PERVERTS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTHE predator circled the Brooklyn elementary school playground, appreciatively eyeing the young children dressed warmly by their parents to protect them from the morning chill. The innocent kids didn't notice...
MILKEN-PARDON BID GETS BOOST FROM RUDY
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amMichael Milken's bid for a presidential pardon got a boost from the man who put him behind bars - Mayor Giuliani. The former junk-bond king - who has the support...
PREZ RIVALS ON ROLLER COASTER
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amAfter the bubbly, the other shoe dropped for Al Gore. Only hours after toasting his victory in the Florida Supreme Court with champagne, the vice president learned the U.S. Supreme...
BARAK QUITS, CALLS FOR ELECTIONS MOVES TO HALT BIBI'S BID FOR LEADERSHIP
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak stunned his country last night by resigning and calling for new elections in a power play designed to keep Benjamin Netanyahu from...
3RD PERSON IN 3 WEEKS STRUCK ON QNS. BLVD.
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amA pedestrian was struck and slightly injured by a car on Queens Boulevard last night - just a block north of where a firefighter was mowed down last week. The...
'JR.' GOTTI BEGS TO VISIT DYING DAD IN JAIL
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amJohn A. "Junior" Gotti has asked his jailers to let him leave his upstate prison to visit his dying father in a federal penitentiary 1,288 miles away, The Post has...
E. HARLEM CRIES FOUL OVER THREAT TO BALLFIELDS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amA Harlem field of dreams - built with funds from a national nonprofit group that uses baseball to reach city kids - is in danger of being replaced by a...
CON EDISON SLAPS PINK SLIP ON WHISTLE-BLOWER
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amCon Edison has fired a longtime employee who has repeatedly blown the whistle on lapses in the energy giant's environmental practices, The Post has learned. Ronald Mecklosky, 65, a 30-year...
GUN TUNES MIGHT NAIL PUFFY AND RAP BUDDY
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amGuns have been very good, and very bad, to rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow. On one hand, the unlicensed Glock 9 mm he is accused of firing at the Club New...
HOW APPLE STACKS UP VS. RIVALS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amSeven cities besides New York are vying for the right to be the U.S. bid city for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The winning city will go up against proposals from...
PAM & BEAU EYE VILLAGE LOVE NEST
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIt's Manhattan or bust for Pamela Anderson. The former Playboy pin-up and Baywatch babe is about to become one of New York's newest residents, The Post has learned. Anderson and...
GIANTS OUT TO FINISH JOB STEELERS STANDING IN WAY OF EAST TITLE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIn the week leading up to what all involved knew would be a telling game against the Redskins, guard Glenn Parker approached Michael Strahan. Parker stressed the need for the...
STOPPING THE BUS IS A MUST
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES There are flashier runners, more exciting runners, more explosive and more dynamic runners. But when it comes to consistency, few can match Jerome Bettis. They call him The...
A CLEAR TURNING POINT GOOD REPLAY, BAD KICK CAN TAKE JINTS A LONG WAY
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE has been a swagger to the Giants during their workouts this week, a swagger borne of confidence and a sense of purpose. Clearly, their 9-7 victory at Washington last...
READY FOR THE LOONY BIN CRAZY RAIDER FANS DON'T FRIGHTEN JETS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amOAKLAND - The Jets will march, clinging to their playoff hopes and dreams with determination, into an antagonistic and intimidating environment not a lot unlike a prison yard when they...
GRUDEN SEES ANDERSON AS JETS' ACE IN HOLE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES OAKLAND - The topic was Richie Anderson. Raiders' coach Jon Gruden was on a conference call with New York writers marveling at the Jets' multitalented offensive weapon when...
VINNY, JETS FIERCE AS RAIDERS OF OLD
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amOAKLAND - The image persists, and the Darth Raiders revel in it. They were rebels and misfits clad in Silver and Black, and they were the champions of intimidation and...
MARIO CAN ONLY HELP NHL DESPERATELY NEEDS LEMIEUX'S STAR POWER
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amBOSTON - My cynical inquiring mind wants to know what really provoked Mario Lemieux's shocking decision to leave a life of comfort for a return to the NHL. I'd like...
DOUGLAS GIVES NETS MUCH NEEDED BOOST
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amMAVSatNETSTonight7:30 - FSN WOR (710AM)Stephon Marbury wants to play. Really wants to play. But in all probability, he'll sit a fourth straight game for the Nets tonight. Normally, a Net...
WANT A PARK? BUILD IT YOURSELVES CITY SHOULDN'T HELP OUT YANKS, METS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amLET'S see if we've got this straight. The Mets just signed Turk Wendell for nearly $10 million, yet they want you to build them a new stadium? Hmmm. That sounds...
CANADA TOUGHENS FIREARMS RULES
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amHUNTERS who enjoy heading north of the border to do their hunting, and there are a lot of them from the states, are faced with new regulations regarding their firearms...
MISSING THE BOAT: NOW THAT MAVERICKS ARE TURNING AROUND ERICK'S BURIED IN N.Y.
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amErick Strickland and the Mavericks' eccentric owner Mark Cuban still e-mail each other all the time. When the Knicks were in Dallas Wednesday, Strickland spoke with Cuban before and after...
THE LORE OF THE HEISMAN: N.Y TAVERN HAS BEER & MEMORIES ON TAP
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amIf you can't make it to Cooperstown, Canton or Toronto to visit those respective Hall of Fames, you'll want to make the 45-minute drive to Garrison, N.Y. and The Stadium,...
THE LORE OF THE HEISMAN: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S STILL THE GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe lure of the Heisman is really about the lore of college football when the sport was king. Try explaining that to Les Horvath's wife. Horvath won the Heisman in...
ROMAN'S BEEN NOBLE IN ISLES' CAUSE
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amOn the day the Islanders acquired him from Edmonton in June, Roman Hamrlik made no secret about his disappointment. Not about being traded; just about his destination. For having played...
GIVEN A CHANCE, GROSEK PRODUCES: SPOT ON MESS' LINE PAYS OFF IN GOAL
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amBOSTON - Accidents will happen. And when they do, they benefit the Rangers. Remember how, by demoting Theo Fleury to a fourth line early in the year, Ron Low fell...
'LIL' HOLDS ON TO TAKE ROSES
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amLive Wire Lil took the lead at the top of the stretch and then held off a challenge by favored Her She Kisses to win the $81,525 Garland of Roses...
DETROIT'S NEW BAD BOY SURLY STACKHOUSE PUTS POP IN PISTONS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amDON'T look now, but with Grant Hill disabled in Disney World, the 9-10 Pistons are now Jerry's kids and their progress is enough to make me think maybe there really...
AGAIN, THREE-GOAL HOLE PROVES TOO DEEP
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amCapitals3Devils2 The Devils claim these were different holes. Either way, they still don't have a long enough ladder. For the second straight game, the Stanley Cup champs fell behind 3-0....
GRADY WINNING THE RIGHT WAY FALCONS FLY PAST LOUGHLIN TO GO 7-0
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amGrady88Loughlin78 At first, Grady coach Jack Ringel tried to downplay his team's win yesterday and the fact that it made his Falcons 7-0. But he couldn't keep it up. "This...
HAMPTON: I DID IT FOR MY FAMILY SAYS COLORADO EASIER FOR HIS KIDS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - For Mike Hampton, it all came down to family. Hampton's parents and in-laws weren't going to move to New York if he stayed with the Mets and they...
HUSKIES 'TEND' TO BUSINESS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThe shot left Bevon Robin's hand and rose toward the basket at the Garden. Suddenly, St. John's center Mohamed Diakite, the 6-11, shot-blocking center who had already swatted three Fordham...
STRICKLAND'S HEART - AND FUTURE? - STILL IN DALLAS
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTESErick Strickland and eccentric young Maverick owner Mark Cuban still e-mail each other regularly. When the Knicks were in Dallas on Wednesday, Strickland spoke with the internet billionaire before...
RANGERS HELP KEENAN SAVE JOB
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amBruins6Rangers4 BOSTON - Technically, the game was lost late in the third period when the Bruins broke open a 3-3 game by scoring three times within 1:05. Fundamentally, however, the...
TWO-IN-MIDDLE WORKS CAMBY, LONGLEY FIT RIGHT IN PIVOT
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amFOR 15 seasons, except for a dislocated wrist, torn Achilles and other assorted injuries, it was a foregone conclusion who would be manning the center position for the Knicks. It...
THRASHERS THUMP LACKLUSTER ISLES
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amThrashers5Islanders2 Butch Goring called it "unacceptable," John Vanbiesbrouck said it was "tough to swallow," and several fans demanded a new general manager. In one of their darkest nights in a...
'TIS THE SPREE-SON - SEASON-HIGH 29 TURN LATRELL INTO SAINT KNICK
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amWith the Knicks' 96-88 Garden win over the Nuggets last night all but sealed, Latrell Sprewell started chatting up Denver coach Dan Issel on the bench as Larry Johnson shot...
METS ANGLING FOR APPIER
December 10, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - The Mets met with the agent of free-agent right-hander Kevin Appier last night and were discussing the particulars of a four-year, $40 million contract offer, according to industry...