March 18, 2001
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW HIGH-END STORES ARE MAKING BIG MONEY ON VINTAGE GOODS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amFashion is hardly a sport associated with "the thrill of the hunt." Or is it? Though shopping mainstreamfashion collections will turn up the expected results, it's hunting down vintage items...
CELEBS TURNING RAGS TO RICHES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEveryone's doing it. It's not just consumers who have embraced the trend of vintage clothes. In fact, celebrities have long relied on vintage gowns and dresses to set them apart...
PATRONS CAN WATCH 'N' WEEP AT NEW STATION BAR
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amMARKET watchers can soon drown their losses or toast their winnings in a sophisticated nook at Grand Central Terminal.Marc C. Grossich - the brains behind The Campbell Apartment, Bar and...
VILLAGE DENIZEN ROBERT DE NIRO BUYS UPTOWN PAD
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amANALYZE this: Actor Robert De Niro has bought a place on the Upper East Side. Sources say the Greenwich Village stalwart has purchased a 2-bedroom apartment in the East 70s...
CARLSON IS COMING TO NEW YORK CONSERVATIVE WAG TAPPED FOR COLUMN
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amNEW York magazine has finally found a permanent replacement for "National Affairs" columnist Lawrence O'Donnell. The replacement is 31-year-old Beltway insider Tucker Carlson - the right leaning pundit who co-hosts...
ICAHN'S NOT BEAT YET AFTER LOSING TWA, CARL IS LOOKING TO BUY OR BUILD ANOTHER AIRLINE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amBILLIONAIRE Carl Icahn will have at least one piece of good news tomorrow. Although he just lost his last-ditch effort to regain control of TWA, Icahn is likely to get...
TWO THAT SURVIVED: WEB COMPANIES THAT MAKE PROFITS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThe most shocking kind of profit warning in the e-conomy these days is that there might actually be some. But a handful of companies claim they are bucking the trend...
WHAT I WATCH
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amALAN ROSEN OWNER, JUNIOR'S RESTAURANT, BROOKLYN ESPN'S "OUTDOORS" religiously every Sunday mroning. It is three hours of hunting and fishing, but i'm ninterested only in the fishing. ERIC SHAEFFER STAR...
4 QUESTIONS FOR COLIN HANKS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amNOTHING HURTS LIKE LOSING YOUR DOGWho are your heroes? Flea [of Red Hot Chili Peppers] and Les Claypool [Primus]. Not only are they both amazingly talented bassists, but I discovered...
BLIND TO THE PERILS OF SPEED DATING
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amIs it possible to run out of conversation with someone in 30 seconds? I didn't think so - until I tried "speed dating."I'd been dying to try this social phenomenon...
WE'RE OFF ON A MAGICAL MYSTERY TRIP TO MANILA
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amWhen was the last time a play took you on a trip?Movies, TV, the Internet give us a world of virtual reality. They take us to Hong Kong, say, for...
SHE DESERVES A BREAK TODAY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S been said that if it were not for struggling actors, New York would have a shortage of waiters. That may be overstating the case, but it certainly is true...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MILA KUNIS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amMila Kunis sounded more like a celebrity-struck fan than an established Hollywood actress when describing what it was like to work with Aerosmith in the group's new "Jaded" video. "Oh...
THERE'LL BE NO WAFFLING OVER THIS BELGIAN TREASURE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amCafe de Bruxelles 118 Greenwich Ave. (at West 13th Street) (212) 206-1830 Before there was Markt, Belgo or any of the other restaurants that were part of Manhattan's Belgian invasion...
GLOBS OF FUN: TEA LOVERS' NEW BUBBLE DRINK HAS TAPIOCA BALLS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amYou may not have noticed, but a lot of young New Yorkers are gulping down the bubbly. No, not Dom Perignon or Cristal but rather bubble tea, an unusual new...
A GENE SPLICE: HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE BAD GUY ON HIS NEW COMIC ROLE AND HIS MOVE FROM MOVIES TO WRITING FICTION
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amGene Hackman looks shockingly old: sallow skin, liver spots, a scarlet nose, a greasy comb-over and decaying, yellow teeth! If it's astonishing that one of the most revered actors in...
DRAMATIC DEPARTURE: MAGAZINE FASHION EDITOR HAS HIS 'DESIGN'S ON BROADWAY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amFormer GQ fashion editor Bruce Pask has made the leap from page to stage, fashioning a remarkable mix of period costumes for the new Broadway production of "Design for Living."...
HOW SWEET IT ALL HAS BEEN: AEROSMITH DREAMS ON
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amWhether its first hit, "Dream On," was a self-fulfilling prophecy or Aerosmith's war cry, one thing is clear: 28 years, 100 million albums sold and four Grammys later, the quintet...
HE SPEAKS THE CARDINAL TRUTH
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amLAST Tuesday, Edward Cardinal Egan said it was "un-American" to force religious institutions to include birth control in their health-care coverage. And in many ways, he's right. After all, why...
REMEMBERING THE CARNAGE OF BLOODY SUNDAY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amBARNEY McGUIGAN, a 41-year-old father of six, was taking cover behind a telephone booth as a withering hail of bullets from British paratroopers turned Derry into a gore-soaked killing field....
'REAL-LIFE' JACK SUES 'WILL & GRACE'
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amA man who says he inspired the wildly gay character Jack on "Will & Grace" is suing the smash NBC sitcom's creators, claiming they promised to pay him for the...
HISTORIC TIP OF THE BRITISH CROWN TO ERIN
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amQueen Elizabeth II yesterday sent a first-ever St. Patrick's Day greeting to Ireland, where celebrations were canceled after the foot-and-mouth outbreak. "I send my greetings to you on the occasion...
CRIME RATE SHOOTS UP: 4 SLAYINGS IN 2 HOURS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amFour men were shot dead in separate incidents during a two-hour period yesterday - more than twice as many murders as usual in the Big Apple on an average day,...
EGAN PRAISES PADDY AS A 'TOUGH FELLOW'
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEdward Cardinal Egan yesterday presided over his first St. Patrick's Day Mass since he was elevated by the pope, giving a homily filled with praise for a saint who "picked...
DEMS LIVID OVER PLAN TO CUT BAR'S ROLE IN JUDICIARY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amDemocrats hit the roof yesterday over President Bush's plan to bounce the American Bar Association from its role as prime vetter of U.S. Supreme Court justices and other federal judges....
OPEC TRICKLE HAS U.S. OVER A BARREL
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Bush's energy chief said OPEC's decision yesterday to cut oil production is "disappointing" and shows the need to boost domestic U.S. production. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed...
BRITS MULLING MULTINATIONAL 'FAT CHANCE' MEGA-LOTTERY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amLottery jackpots are always soaring higher and higher - but one company is reportedly planning a world super lottery that could push payouts to unprecedented levels. Camelot, which runs England's...
LAWYER DECLARES FIRED BROOKLYN ADA INNOCENT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThe fired Brooklyn prosecutor at the center of a federal bribery probe is certain he will clear his name when the case is finally over, his lawyer said yesterday. Francis...
THE HIDDEN THREAT OF AGRO-TERROR
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThink how easily a few bad guys could spark an outbreak of wildly contagious foot-and-mouth disease like the one now devastating Britain's livestock. It's the latest fear on the terrorism...
RAP ROMEO AND HIS MANY LOVES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amSean "Puffy" Combs is a household word in the rap world - and also when it comes to sizzling romance. Here are the hip-hop czar's paramours: * Jennifer Lopez: The...
SPREAD OF DISEASE WOULD BE FAST, FATAL
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amLast November, before Britain's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials did a simulation to test how quickly it could spread in the Western Hemisphere. The test assumed...
POLS PUSHED WORKERS ASIDE IN SERIES-TIX GRAB
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amHundreds of scarce World Series tickets earmarked for city workers ended up in the hands of Mayor Giuliani's political allies and Parks Commissioner Henry Stern's friends, The Post has learned....
VALLONE LONE MAYORAL HOPEFUL AT THE PARADE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPeter Vallone yesterday was the only mayoral candidate to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Manhattan - and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton elected to walk the green line...
SHOOTING VICTIM RAGES AT VERDICT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThe most seriously injured victim in the Club New York shooting said yesterday she was angered by the verdict that cleared Sean "Puffy" Combs - calling him a "cocky" liar...
TASTE O' GREEN APPLE'S SWEETNESS FEW HITCHES FOR IRISH FEST
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amNew Yorkers had their Irish up and their green clothes on yesterday, as thousands flocked to Fifth Avenue to watch a peaceful St. Patrick's Day Parade pass by. The annual...
MAN ARRAIGNED IN HIS GRANDMA'S SLAY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amA 21-year-old Valley Stream, L.I., man was arraigned on second-degree murder charges yesterday for the stabbing death of his grandmother, police said. Javier Penate, of 88 Munro Blvd., was charged...
BLACKS FLEE A CHANGING HARLEM
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amIt's hard to talk about setbacks in the neighborhood when the sounds of renovation and construction fill the spring-like air. But Sydney Miller knows first-hand what the numbers only report:...
TIGER DROPS THE BALL AS TOUR RIVALS POUNCE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amA $4.50 golf ball has tamed the mighty Tiger Woods. The amazing new ball, from Titleist, Tiger's former brand, is the talk of the PGA tour because it's been turning...
BETTER COUNT, IMMIGRANTS MAKE APPLE A 'SWELL' CITY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amA few weeks after Margarita Lopez returned her completed census form last year, a government worker knocked on her door to tell her it hadn't been received. That someone would...
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU: RUDY FACES GIFT RETURN
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani still faces one of his most puzzling problems with just nine months left in office: What should he do with the surfboard? San Diego Mayor Susan Gold sent...
VICTIMIZED KIDS, YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPARENTS who home-school their children say the No. 1 question they get from others is: "Won't your kids miss out on proper socialization?" It's a reasonable question. But here's a...
PREZ'S PETS SETTLE IN: A CASE OF PUPPY LOVE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThe First Pets fought like, well, cats and dogs in the final days of Bill Clinton's presidency, but the Bush era seems to be kicking off with a case of...
SHARON LAYS FOUNDATION FOR BUSH SUMMIT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. ARIEL SHARON sent a secret emissary to Washington on a two-day mission this week to ensure that his first visit as Israel's prime minister will be crowned with success....
LATINO LEADERS THE RISING STARS STATISTICS UNDERLINE VOTE BLOC'S NEW POWER
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amHispanic politicians are savoring the future now that the census report shows they represent the largest single ethnic group in the city. But the community's rising political stars say they're...
TERROR SCARE FOR BANDERAS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amHollywood hunk Antonio Banderas and his wife Melanie Griffith are reportedly in hiding after being put on a terrorist hit list. The couple are under 24-hour armed guard in France,...
MTV SAYS MADONNA VIDEO PACKS TOO BIG A PUNCH
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amLooks like Madonna's facing the music over her new video. MTV has decided that the Material Mom's new music video, "What it Feels Like for a Girl" will air only...
GRADY, ROBESON FRIENDLY FOES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Robeson point guard Gary Ervin looks across the court at his counterpart today, he will see a familiar face. "We're like brothers," Ervin said of Grady's Tyquan Goode. The...
ST. MARY'S STANDS IN PATH OF ST. RAY'S STATE QUEST
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amDuring St. Raymond's' delirious celebration after it won the CHSAA city championship on Wednesday, there was still a sense that more work needed to be done. When asked if he...
WHEN'S DUCK SEASON? WHEN DO YOU WANT IT TO BE?
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amTHE waterfowl season is still months away, however, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking waterfowl hunters to submit their recommendations for the dates of the Fall...
LEETCH'S NO-TRADE IS ETCHED IN STONE ; NO-TRADE CLAUSE: BRIAN MEANS IT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The answer most assuredly will be "no." Still, Brian Leetch hopes he isn't asked the question this summer by Glen Sather. "We haven't won with me lately, so...
INITIAL REACTION: HUH? CBS' SCORE GRAPHICS ADDING TO THE MADNESS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amTV's absurdities are such that if Papa Zit's Pizza Palace were playing Yee's Wok Around the Clock 24-Hour Take-Out, the score graphic would identify the teams as PZPP vs. YWATC24HTO....
DEVILS & NETS WEIGHING MOVE TO WESTCHESTER
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amHow do the New York Devils grab you? The New York Nets? While a long shot, the teams' ownership is dangling the shocking possibility of the teams moving across the...
METS HIT LEYRITZ WITH WALKING PAPERS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The King is dead. Well, his Mets career is anyway. Jim Leyritz was cut yesterday by the Mets, so the 37-year-old can try to hook up...
CHARLOTTE'S FRESHMAN LEADS WAY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amDAYTON - All his life, Rodney White has wanted to be a star. He was wanted to be a "name," the kind that Dick Vitale screams about, the kind with...
RULAND'S IONA FUTURE UP IN AIR
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amKANSAS CITY - In the aftermath of Iona's gallant run at an NCAA Tournament victory over Ole Miss Friday night, the Gaels were left yesterday to ponder their future after...
BAFFERT'S CONGAREE IMPRESSES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amBob Baffert unleashed another three-year-old to watch for the Kentucky Derby as Congaree easily handled an allowance field at Santa Anita yesterday. After stalking the early pace, Congaree took the...
CLASS STILL IN SESSION COACH K, DEVILS SCHOOL APT PUPIL SNYDER, MIZZOU
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEASTDuke94Missouri81 GREENSBORO - Nothing changes much around Duke. The players have enormous talent, they play hard and smart and together, from the opening tap to the final buzzer, and the...
NAZR FLYING HIGH FOR HAWKS MUTOMBO THROW-IN IMPROVING VALUE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amSINCE taking the midnight train to Georgia, packaged as a salary cap accessory in the Great Mutombo Fandango, Nazr Mohammed, in the words of Ted Turner, has kept the Hawks...
BUTLER READY TO DO IT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amKANSAS CITY - Butler University plays its home games at a place called Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, where the movie "Hoosiers" was filmed. Don't, however, look upon Butler's formidable basketball...
MALHOTRA'S WINGING IT NOW
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amFlyers2Rangers1PHILADELPHIA-Yesterday represented more than just Game 71 of this present disappointment of a season. For the Rangers, it was the first day of an attempt to find out a little...
BOEHEIM NOT BOTHERED BY MILESTONES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amDAYTON - They've coached in four Final Fours and won nearly 1,000 games between them. Kansas' Roy Williams and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, old friends and deans of two of the...
BRUINS: BRING ON THE BLUE DEVILS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amGREENSBORO - Moments after his UCLA Bruins had demoralized and demolished Utah State 75-50, point guard Earl Watson didn't waste any time throwing down the gauntlet at No. 1 Duke....
A MIKE IN PIAZZA'S FUTURE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Mike Piazza has thought about the end. What will he do when he stops hitting bombs out of Shea? Is he interested in managing? No, too...
VAN GUNDY STANDING BY HIS MAN LJ
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Larry Johnson is shooting to come back as soon as Tuesday in Cleveland, and when he does, Jeff Van Gundy confirmed he will be back in the starting...
ROBIN HITS LIKE BATMAN OF OLD
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Robin Ventura continues to look more like the '99 near MVP version of himself than the 2000, .232 model. In the bottom of the...
DOWN FOR THE COUNT - BLUNDERIN' BC'S LAST HOPE DIES ON 2-POINT TRY - TRAILING BY 3
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThroughout this magical season, Boston College accomplished what no one thought it could by sticking together. Yet in what turned out to be the most important 7.5 seconds of their...
EAGLES LOSE HEADS - CONFUSION ON BENCH, COURT PROVES COSTLY
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amThe ball arrived in the hands of Troy Bell with 7.5 seconds remaining and he had one thought in mind. "Three-pointer," he stated. "I think that was on everyone's mind."...
CINCINNATI HUGGIN' & KISSIN' A SWEET 16 BERTH
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amWESTCincinnati66Kent St.43 SAN DIEGO - He was a Huggy Bear all right, ripping into his players all game and then giving them hugs when Cincinnati finally advanced past the second...
O'CONNOR, HAWKS DIE HARD JUNIOR GUARD'S 37 NOT ENOUGH AS STANFORD SURVIVES
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amWESTStanford90St. Joe's83 SAN DIEGO - Dreams die hard, but they don't always go quietly into the night. St. Joseph's guard Marvin O'Connor ignited a dramatic comeback for the Hawks, but...
KNICKS ROLL TO EASY WIN OVER BULLS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy does not want his Knicks ever to forget their horrifying loss to Chicago back on March 2, not even after gaining payback with a 101-80 whipping of...
SUPER SUB LIFTS WILDCATS TO SWEET 16
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amKentucky dispatches Iowa Basketball factories don't panic when one high-school All-American gets into foul trouble. They just send in another prep All-American, and if he doesn't do the job, they...
DEVS WIN STREAKER BATTLE - GET 10TH STRAIGHT IN OVERTIME MIRACLE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEDMONTON - The Great Streak Clash came down to Devil determination, a heavy helping of what smells like destiny, and utterly no defense. But in what was virtually a miracle...
BATTLE OF SURVIVAL FOR LONGTIME PALS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amNOT FAR from where their teams tried to stave off elimination last night for at least another day, Al Skinner and Henry Bibby once went at each other in an...
KENTUCKY VS. IOWA: A FAMILY AFFAIR
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amNot even two-years-old, Saul Smith had 161 stitches that stretched from one ear over the top of his forehead to the other ear. The doctor's use of forceps during Saul's...
THE BEST TEAM NOBODY WANTED: BC EAGLES PROVING 'EXPERTS' WRONG
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amAlmost every Boston College Eagle was a story. It is a story of being overlooked, if not flat out disrespected. Troy Bell, born and raised in Minneapolis, had a lifelong...
LITTLE JOE IN BIG TREES: MEETING STANFORD WAS TALL ORDER FOR HAWKS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Stanford has the tallest of trees in twins Jason and Jarron Collins, so it's only fitting that the school's mascot is a tree. Palo Alto is the...
UCLA SHATTERS UTAH ST.'S GLASS SLIPPER
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEAST UCLA 75 Utah St. 50 GREENSBORO - UCLA, a far different team than the one that struggled past Hofstra in the NCAA East opening round, ran Utah State out...
DOCS RECOMMEND REST FOR ACHING RICE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Although Glen Rice has stopped practicing with the team, Jeff Van Gundy does not envision his injury-wracked Sixth Man shutting it down completely. Rice missed yesterday's shoot-around with...
DODGERS WEIGH SHEFFIELD OPTIONS
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Kevin Malone knows the Dodgers are better with Gary Sheffield than without him. And unless the Dodger GM gets a good trade offer, he will keep the one...
MUSSINA'S PLAYING IT SAFE
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mike Mussina is finding out the Yankees are cautious when it comes to injuries. "He wants to throw and he is driving our trainers nuts, but...
KNOBLAUCH SHRUGS OFF ANOTHER ERROR
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amSplit Squad Blue Jays 4 Yankees 2 Split Squad Dodgers 2 Yankees 0 TAMPA - Chuck Knoblauch refuses to let one tiny negative ion enter his mind. There are questions...
DEVIL GOAL IS CUP, NOT STREAK: ROBINSON RATING REST OVER VICTORY RECORD
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amEDMONTON - Streak or not, there will be rest for the weary - even if the Devils start challenging for the NHL record. "That won't change my plans. You don't...
TROUT PICKOFF CELEBRATION IS AN INSTANT HIT
March 18, 2001 | 5:00amBrad Trout isn't much of a choreographer. So when it was listed in this week's game notes that Trout was the creative force behind a new dance called the "drop...