March 22, 2002
GE'S WOES TAKE BITE OUT OF DOW
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amAs General Electric goes, so goes the market. So when GE tanked yesterday, it brought down the Dow Jones industrial average. GE has been under pressure for two days because...
BILLY'S HOME RUN : MARTIN'S WESTERN STORE PLANS MAJOR EXPANSION
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amFormer Yankee player and manager Billy Martin may have been a New York treasure, but the fashion company named after him is going global. In addition, the company is also...
ANDERSEN'S NAME FADING AWAY FAST ; ANDERSEN, PWC MERGE CHINA BIZ
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Arthur Andersen global footprint just got smaller. In the first of what could be a torrent of deals, embattled partners at scandal-scarred Arthur Andersen hammered out a deal with...
CHAMPS INKS TIMES SQ. DEAL
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amBean counters just wanna have fun. In a dazzling display of confidence in Times Square, Champs Sports will open a giant store this fall at the corner of Seventh Avenue...
NESTLE, TRAVELERS SIGNAL IPO RETURN
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWall Street chowed down yesterday on its first of two big carve-outs being served by giants in a two-day IPO feast. Nestle sold off its Alcon eye-care business, the world's...
WANTED: WAKSAL; CONGRESS DEMANDS HIS IMCLONE RECORDS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amBiotech bull-thrower Sam Waksal and his family are being hauled before Congress to spill insider details about their stock deals involving troubled cancer-cure firm ImClone. Waksal, 54, already under investigation...
RDA, REIMAN GET HITCHED
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThomas O. Ryder is finally getting his Country Woman. The Reader's Digest Association CEO finally inked a definitive agreement to buy Greendale, Wis.-based Reiman Publications for $760 million. The Post...
PEPSICO PAYS ITS CEO OPTIONS WORTH $200M
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe PepsiCo boss who purchased the popular sports drink Gatorade to keep it out of the hands of rival Coca-Cola got a $200 million bonus for his handiwork. Steven Reinemund,...
TALK'S 'PUKER' SIFTON HEADING FOR GRAY LADY
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE is a lot of shaking and baking going on at the Gray Lady's food section. Sam "I am Not a Puker" Sifton is heading to the Dining In/Dining Out...
STARR REPORT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amNBC news: Peacock fills reporting slots Dr. Ian Smith, who's been reporting for Ch. 4, has been named medical and health correspondent for NBC News. He'll report for "Today," "NBC...
A DULL 'BLADE'
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amBLADE II Not so sharp.In English and Romanian, with English subtitles. Running time: 117 minutes. Rated R (very gory violence, profanity). At the E Walk, the Union Square, the Harlem...
ARGENTINE 'SON' NEVER SETS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSON OF THE BRIDE A weeper from Argentina.In Spanish, with English subtitles. Running time: 124 minutes. Rated R (language). At the Eastside Playhouse and the Quad Cinemas. NO, "Son of...
IN THE D.O.G. HOUSE, 'BOYS' WILL BE GIRLS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSORORITY BOYS Unoriginal but effective raunchy drag comedy.Running Time: 94 minutes. Rated R (nudity, crude sexual humor, crude language, pot smoking). At the Empire, the Loews 84th St., the E...
STILL OUT OF THIS WORLD
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Phones a home run. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG (mildly vulgar language). At the E Walk, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," which...
WASTIN' IN SINGLE MAMA-VILLE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMARGARITA HAPPY HOUR Cheers to a truly authentic indie.Running time: 98 minutes. Not rated (nudity, language). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. IF the slap-happy...
RUN FROM THIS BOUQUET TO JIM BROWN
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amJIM BROWN:ALL AMERICAN 1/2 Reverential bio-doc. Running time: 130 minutes. Not rated (brief violence). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. SPIKE Lee's overly long and...
SMALL PIC, BIG HEART
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSTOLEN SUMMER Surprisingly good heart-tugger.Running time: 91 minutes. Rated PG (mild swearing). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Union Square, others. FANS of the hit HBO series "Project Greenlight"...
'FLEX' AND SEX; ESPN AND MTV STARS STRIP FOR PLAYBOY
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE May issue of Playboy might as well be renamed TV Guide. A bevy of MTV babes from the reality shows "The Real World" and "Road Rules" are featured in...
SWEET SMELL ; HOOBASTANK SUCCEEDS WITH FOUR NORMAL GUYS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWHILE a rose by any other name is still a rose, when you name your band Hoobastank, there's plenty of conjecture. There were rumors that "Hoobastank" was bass player Markku...
'WALL STREET' CRASHES ON RUKEYSER
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWRY PBS "Wall Street Week" host Louis Rukeyser, who has anchored the show for all of its 32 years, got pink-slipped yesterday by his public television bosses. Maryland Public Television,...
NOW IT'S BRYANT'S TURN TO GRUMBLE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amBRYANT Gumbel has opened negotiations with CBS on his future with "The Early Show," insiders say. Gumbel's $5 million-a-year contract expires in May. "There's no indication [that CBS] wants to...
PROJECT STOLEN
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amHBO will not get to air the movie it's made famous on the hit show "Project Greenlight." "Stolen Summer," the low-budget indie coming-of-age flick starring Kevin Pollack and Bonnie Hunt,...
WIZARD OF OZZ; AMERICA'S FAVORITE MUNDANE FAMILY FROM HELL
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEVERYBODY'S talking about "The Osbournes." Only three episodes of this red-hot series about a modern American family have aired so far (out of a probable 13) and the audience figures...
COMIC ALAN KING'S
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMR. GOLDWYNAt the Promenade Theatre, 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street. Call Telecharge, (212) 237-6200. ALAN King, dressed with Savile Row elegance, sits behind a monster desk, dismisses a compliant secretary,...
WHY ZELLWEGER DESERVES THE OSCAR
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amIT'S infuriating but true: Renée Zellweger has almost no chance of winning the Oscar for Best Actress. In fact, she was lucky to have been nominated at all for "Bridget...
WHITHER GEORGE CHAKIRIS? OSCAR JINX TURNS SOME WINNERS INTO LOSERS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWINNING an Oscar can make an actor's career - but it can also be a terrible burden that ultimately reduces them to little more than an answer in Trivial Pursuit....
EVERYTHING'S GOIN' ITS WAY : CAST, SONG, STORY ALL MAKE ENERGIZED 'OKLAHOMA!' FLY HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT'S EYE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amOKLAHOMA! At the Gershwin Theatre, 222 W. 51st St., (212) 586-6510. OH what a beautiful musical! Rodgers & Hammerstein's incandescent collaboration, "Oklahoma!" - a hymn to the magic of the...
BACKLASH: PRIESTS FEAR WEARING THEIR COLLAR IN PUBLIC
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amNew York priests, humiliated by the child-abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church, say they can no longer wear their collars with pride. Priests told The Post the long-running scandal of...
FRAUD RAP FOR MAN LINKED TO 'HIJACK' CALLS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA Middle Eastern man tentatively linked by phone records to Mohamed Atta and Zacarias Moussaoui has been charged with credit card fraud but no terror counts, officials said. Ali Al-Marri,...
ELECTION REFORM JACKPOT FOR INDIANS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amAN icon of rectitude to those who follow him on cleaning up elections, John McCain is also the main protector of one of the most voracious buyers of congressional influence:...
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT BROKEN
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA former priest will break a confidentiality agreement with the Catholic Church tonight when he reveals he was seduced by a future bishop - after he complained about being abused...
IMUS PAL GETS $TATIC FOR PIRATING SATELLITE TV
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amControversial "Imus in the Morning" radio personality Sid Rosenberg may have to put his money where his mouth is after getting socked with a lawsuit over a recent on-air outburst....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amFirefighters in Colorado are in hot water for playing a bizarre game with their pants around their ankles and a ball between their buttocks. The Littleton Fire Department has suspended...
NO FUNGUS AMONG US AT HS, CHANCELLOR SAYS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy's office yesterday shot down complaints that a South Bronx high school is contaminated with mold and dust. Levy spokesman Kevin Ortiz said Board of Education tests...
BUSH SCOFFS AT TERROR ON LATIN TRIP
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush began a four-day trip to Central and South America yesterday, vowing he won't be stopped by any "two-bit terrorists" like those who set off a deadly...
CITY REASSESSES TAX-ASSESSING
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe city Finance Department, rocked by the arrest of 16 current and former assessors, plans to announce reforms next month to make it harder for anyone to rig the cumbersome...
ISRAEL NEEDS AMERICA ; END ONE-SIDED PRESSURE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amYES, there's nothing like a good U.S. peace-and-cease-fire initiative to ensure that a bunch of Jews get killed and injured. With two new suicide bombings in 18 hours' times adding...
'CHIN' NUTS? DON'T BE CRAZY
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMob boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante's sane-sounding chats with family members didn't surprise the former FBI man who was the first to declare the bathrobe-donning don was "crazy like a fox."...
BUSH PRO-MARRIAGE PLAN MIFFS N.Y. POLS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some New York lawmakers are upset with White House plans to promote marriage by "saturating" certain communities with pro-wedding themes. President Bush's plan calls for everything from telling...
W'CHESTER UPROAR OVER 'PERV TEACH'
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amDisgust and denial swept across the campus of Westchester's Todd Elementary School yesterday in the wake of accusations that computer teacher Peter Harris molested at least five young girls. "I...
CON'S KIDS DROP 'ISLAM'IC NAME
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTheir father lost his freedom, his family and his fortune when he tried to beat their millionaire mother to death with a barbell, and now the children of former securities...
LEVY AIDE CAUGHT IN ETHICS OUTRAGE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA top aide to Schools Chancellor Harold Levy abused her office by ordering subordinates to work on her personal projects during business hours, Schools Investigator Regina Loughran charged yesterday. Birdie...
'98 VICTIM: BLAME NHL FOR DEATH
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA Staten Island fan who was slammed in the face with a puck at a 1998 Devils game at the Meadowlands yesterday blasted the National Hockey League for not taking...
ANDY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN $TATE ELECTIONS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe day after landmark campaign-finance legislation was passed in Washington, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo yesterday proposed an even stricter set of reforms for state lawmakers in Albany. "The system stinks,...
JITTERY OSCARS PUT SECURITY NET AROUND STARS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe world's hottest movie stars began arriving in Los Angeles last night for Sunday's Academy Awards show - and were greeted by Fort Knox-like security. Hundreds of cops, federal agents...
BLOOMY 'RECUSES' HIMSELF IN MERRILL LYNCH GRANT TALKS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg won't be involved in decisions about a cash grant for Merrill Lynch, the largest minority shareholder in his financial company, officials said yesterday. Merrill is eligible for assistance...
HEAVEN-SENT CABBY SAVES TOT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA livery cabdriver, who believes he was sent by God, rescued a half-naked toddler wandering the chilly streets of Queens early yesterday. Bermejo Guaman told The Post he was stunned...
'PIMP' USES AUNT'S HOME FOR BAIL
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEscort-service honcho Anthony Nastasi - accused of running a multimillion dollar, five-borough sex ring - put his 93-year-old widowed aunt's home up as collateral to make bail yesterday. Meanwhile, graphic...
WHAT A VULTURE!: SUSPECT IN 9/11 SCAM NABBED ON POST'S TIP
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE Chicago con man scammed thousands of dollars from St. Patrick's Day Parade revelers by claiming he was collecting money for the families of the hero firefighters who died on...
DOWNTOWN WILL BE UP AGAIN, JUST YOU WATCH
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amScary. Alarming. Desperate. Any of those words describes your first taste of a new report on Downtown Manhattan, which found that the Sept. 11 terror attack will cost the Wall...
DEATH PASSES OVER THIS LUCKY REPORTER
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. I MISSED the bomb by 20 minutes. On Wednesday, I was on King George Street to order a Passover present. It's a busy street at this pre-holiday time, although...
20 NYERS CAUGHT IN FEDS' 'CANDYMAN' KID-PORN BUST
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA nationwide kiddie-porn sweep netted 20 men in the metropolitan area yesterday - including one ex-cop - who all belonged to the Yahoo! Internet group "The Candyman," which specialized in...
B'KLYN DEMS FACE ELEX-$$ PROBE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Campaign Finance Board is launching an investigation of every candidate who ran last year with the backing of the Brooklyn Democratic organization, officials said yesterday. "We will be investigating...
UNION GUY: I KEEP HONEST BOOK
March 22, 2002 | 5:00am-- EXCLUSIVE -- It's the sort of news leak that can get someone killed. That's what Bill Barthold says about recent media accounts of his purported role in a 137-count...
BLOOMY & DE NIRO: NEW FILM FEST IS IN THE CAN
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amIt was show time at City Hall yesterday, as Robert De Niro joined Mayor Bloomberg to announce the first TriBeCa Film Festival. The May 8-12 event is expected to attract...
JUDGES RIP TIMES IN RULING FOR FIRED DOC
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA state appeals court blasted The New York Times yesterday, accusing the paper of hypocrisy for firing its doctor because she allegedly refused an unethical request to turn over confidential...
DAILY MUST SPEAK OUT - OR LOSE THE FAITHFUL
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE pope has spoken. Edward Cardinal Egan also has spoken out about the priest sex scandal. But the devil's fork seems to be embedded in the tongue of Brooklyn Bishop...
EX-NANNY IS CAT'S MEOW FOR TIGER
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMeet the Swedish beauty who puts the tiger in Tiger Woods' tank. She's Elin Nordegren, a 21-year-old model who's emerged as the new girlfriend of the world's No. 1 golfer....
KIDS STUY HIGH OVER BUBBA ; HE'LL ADDRESS GROUND ZERO SCHOOL'S GRADUATION
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE Accepted students' invite.Former President Bill Clinton has accepted an invitation to give the commencement speech at Stuyvesant HS after receiving a heartfelt letter from students at the Ground Zero...
S.O.B. STORIES: 23 PHONY WTC KIN NABBED
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amOne invented a slaughtered "brother," another a slain "13th child," and still another dreamed up an entire fake massacred family, including a brother, niece and nephew. All had sob stories...
VALIANT TO THE END ; TRAGIC COPTER COMMANDO BATTLED HIS KILLERS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. commando killed by the enemy after tumbling out of a helicopter accomplished astonishing feats of bravery as he tried to fight off al Qaeda fighters, it...
CO-OP BOARD UNGENEROUS TO GENEROSA
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMerry widow Generosa Ammon, who wants to sell her numerous U.S. real-estate holdings, won't be laughing all the way to the bank - just yet. The recently wed heiress found...
RAPE CLAIM VS. CELINE'S HUBBY
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amCeline Dion's glamorous life has hit a sour note after a woman reportedly sued the songbird's husband claiming he raped her at a Las Vegas hotel two years ago. Yun...
HORROR OF THE SMILING BOMBER: PASSOVER SHOPPERS KILLED IN JERUSALEM
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A former Palestinian cop strode down Jerusalem's bustling King George Street yesterday, smiled at passers-by - then detonated explosives under his long denim coat, killing himself and at...
DEMS RIP 'RACIST' REMARK BY MIKE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThree Democratic City Council members yesterday demanded Mayor Bloomberg apologize for making a "racist and insulting" remark that minority parents don't know what a poor job the Board of Education...
MODEL MOSS HAS WAIF ON THE WAY
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amHere's the skinny on supermodel Kate Moss: She's pregnant. And the 28-year-old pencil-thin poser is apparently delighted by the news, the London Daily Telegraph reports. Moss - who has been...
5G REWARD FOR ARREST OF AVNER'S MURDERER
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amDeclaring that "somebody must have seen something," Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind yesterday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Avner Abensour's killer. The 26-year-old rabbinical student...
VICTIM PLEADS FOR MORE TIME TO SUE PERV PASTORS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amA woman who says a Catholic priest molested her and her brother as kids yesterday called for new laws that would allow victims more time to sue predatory priests. Bridget...
HERO CHIEF AMONG 12 BODIES FOUND
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe remains of 12 more Sept. 11 victims - including Chief Donald Burns, one of the highest-ranking FDNY officials to die in the attack - were recovered yesterday. Remains of...
'ARROGANT' CULPRIT ALL BUT CONVICTED HERSELF: JURORS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Marjorie Knoller had hoped the jurors would blame the victim - but her own words helped the jury blame her. Knoller's testimony defending herself against murder charges...
MAULING WAS MURDER: OWNERS OF KILLER DOGS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A jury nailed one dog owner for murder yesterday and another for involuntary manslaughter - bringing justice to a Long Island native fatally mauled last year. Marjorie...
'PIMP' IS 'HOME' FREE: PUTS UP ELDERLY AUNT'S HOUSE FOR 75G BAIL
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEscort service honcho Anthony Nastasi - accused of running a multimillion dollar, five-borough sex ring - put his 93-year-old widowed aunt's home up as collateral to make bail yesterday. Meanwhile,...
JURY STILL OUT ON TRIBUNALS: RUMSFELD
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday unveiled what he called "fair and balanced" regulations for military tribunals for accused al Qaeda terrorists - but it remained unclear whether anybody...
VICTIM'S LOVED ONES SET FOR NEXT BATTLE: CIVIL SUIT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -Relieved friends and family of dog-mauling victim Diane Whipple said yesterday they're looking forward to one more courtroom victory. Just minutes after a jury threw the book at...
VICTIM'S LOVED ONES NOW LOOK FORWARD TO CIVIL SUIT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Relieved friends and family of dog-mauling victim Diane Whipple said yesterday they're looking forward to one more courtroom victory. Just minutes after a jury threw the book...
MOTHER DEMANDS CHURCH BOOT 'STRIP POKER' PASTOR
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Rev. Jack Kennington admits playing strip poker with children, so why isn't he stripped of his priesthood, the kids' mother is asking. "I think it's an outrage," said Christine...
MCCALL CALLS PATAKI ON MISUSE OF 911 FUNDS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Carl McCall yesterday blasted the Pataki administration for diverting money designed to make it easier to track the location of cell-phone users who dial 911 in...
STERLING WILL BE ODD MAN LEFT OUT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTESYankees 7Royals 4 TAMPA - The "Three-For-Two-Spots" competition at the back of Joe Torre's rotation is over. An MRI done on Sterling Hitchcock's balky lower back revealed a strained...
HASTA LA VISTA, DUKE: HOOSIERS SAY GOODBYE TO NO.1 BLUE DEVILS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH Indiana 74 Duke 73 LEXINGTON - Indiana's Tom Coverdale, bad ankle and all, leaped high into the air and into the arms of coach Mike Davis, who roared at...
JASON: LOSS WAS MY FAULT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLEXINGTON - When Duke's dynasty came to an abrupt end at Rupp Arena last night, moments after Jason Williams had missed a free throw and Carlos Boozer a putback in...
ISLES GOING TO WAR WITH CORE INTACT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe glass is half full. That's the mentality in Islander Country after GM Mike Milbury made only two minor deals at this week's trade deadline. In obtaining Darren Van Impe...
KENT ST. KEEPS ON MARCHIN'
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH / OTKent St. 78Pitt 73 LEXINGTON - It was only fitting that in the biggest game in Kent State history, the ball would be in Trevor Huffman's hands. The...
FISHERMEN ENJOYING VARIETY SHOW
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE flounder season began last weekend with many positive signs, not the least of which was the fact that there are also a number of other species still being taken...
RAILSPLITTERS EYEING SEMI-SWEET REVENGE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amGLENS FALLS - In their locker room at the Garden immediately following their win over Robeson to win the PSAL title, Elliah Clarke and Sebastian Telfair weren't basking in the...
CONE TO SPEND OPENER IN CHEAP SEATS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - David Cone will be at Yankee Stadium Opening Day. But he won't be in pinstripes or dropping by the Stadium to wish his buddies good luck....
HOW TO FIGHT BACK ; DON'T SWITCH FOR YES, SAY NO TO PAY-PER-VIEW
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHOSE caught in the latest cable TV war - and they include Yankee and Met fans as Cablevision, with the loss of the Yanks, has divided the Mets between two...
KNICKS JACK UP SHOTS, NOT COSTS; GARDEN BIGWIGS CONSIDER KEEPING PRICES THE SAME
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amFor the first time in at least a dozen years, the Knicks are considering not raising ticket prices next season. Garden brass has a meeting scheduled in early April to...
JETS FIT SZOTT'S SPECIAL NEEDS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amDave Szott always dreamed about one day being a Giant offensive lineman, having grown up in Clifton, N.J., rooting for Big Blue. But it was Szott's signing with the cross-Hudson...
BIG WEIGHT'S ON KITTLES' SHOULDERS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amThere is always talk about what Jason Kidd must do. And what Keith Van Horn must do. And Kenyon Martin. And on and on. Many times, Kerry Kittles slips through...
CALHOUN MAY BE LOOKIN' FOR LOVE IN WRONG PLACE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amEAST NOTEBOOK SYRACUSE - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun wasted no time trying to gain the home-court advantage for tonight's game against Southern Illinois. The Carrier Dome, of course, is the...
CHAD'S SURE HE'LL BE COOL UNDER FIRE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amChad Pennington heard Herman Edwards earlier this week from the NFL owners' meetings regarding the Jets' plans for him in 2002. He took note of Edwards saying he plans to...
BOSS STILL HAS WINNING ATTITUDE
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - Observe The Boss in semi-retirement. See him work the room, patting a butt here, administering an affectionate two-handed face slap there, exhorting rookies and 10-year veterans alike to...
DUBAI CUP ON TAP
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSakhee, the European champion who fell a nose short of winning last year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont, heads a field of 11 in tomorrow's $6 million, mile-and-a-quarter Dubai World...
LOSS TO ILLINI HAUNTS KANSAS ; JAYHAWKS TOUCHY ON EVE OF REMATCH
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMIDWEST MADISON, Wisc. - He wasn't pleading. Call it a polite but forceful demand, from Drew Gooden to the assembled media at the Midwest Regional. All anyone wanted to discuss...
UPSTART SALUKIS NOT DAUNTED BY SPOTLIGHT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - Cinderella walked with her glass slippers into the Carrier Dome for practice yesterday and looked up and around with wonder. "We were looking around at the names of...
AILIN' ELBOW FELLS FRANCO
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMets 12Dodgers 6 VERO BEACH - General manager Steve Phillips finally confirmed yesterday what his manager felt and Mets' fans feared all along: John Franco will be on the disabled...
TIMO MAY BE ODD MAN OUT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES VERO BEACH - It doesn't sound as if the Mets are going to trade for a center fielder. Reports that the Mets are interested in Texas outfielder Gabe...
DUCKS-HORNS A BATTLE OF TOP POINT GUARDS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amMADISON, Wisc. - It's not about the point guards, OK? Sure it's not. Despite their repeated claims that tonight's Oregon-Texas shootout does not hinge on the dreamy point guard confrontation,...
YANKS EYE REDS' ENCARNACION
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - This past Tuesday at Legends Field Ken Griffey, Jr. told several Yankee employees that he would be dealt to The Bombers before Opening Day. Griffey has denied saying...
TEAM TUBBY'S TOUGHEST TEST: NO. 1 TERPS MAY BE TOO MUCH
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - Kentucky's Tubby Smith figured that, in 10 years as a head coach, he had seen it all, been through it all, endured it, overcame it and ultimately conquered...
N.Y. GLORY DAYS ARE BACK WITH GIAMBI, MO AND JETER
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amVERO BEACH - Mike Piazza and Roberto Alomar stood along the right-field fence at Dodgertown yesterday signing baseballs, caps and pennants for fans standing three rows deep who wanted to...
MONTY JOINS HUNT AT TPC
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amPONTE VEDRA BEACH - It's a good thing Colin Montgomerie didn't follow through on his recent blustery threat to leave America and never return. He might actually win a PGA...
FAKERS NEED TO REGROUP, NOW
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amDO LOOK now, 'tis the season to spring ahead. Unlike your two-time defending champion Lakers, who are falling behind. When Big Chief Triangle can't get his team up for the...
BRASS DISCUSS KEEPING PRICES
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amFor the first time in at least a dozen years, the Knicks are considering not raising ticket prices next season. Garden brass has a meeting scheduled in early April to...
RANGER REVIVAL!
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amRangers 5Senators 2 KANATA, Ont. - On Wednesday the Rangers poured out their hearts to one another in a lengthy soul-searching session of group therapy. And then here last night,...
TIGER: NOT HAPPY BEING A CELEB
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amGOLF NOTEBOOK PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Tiger Woods conceded that his fame and celebrity status are "a lot more responsibility than you think" and sounded as if it tires him...
ISLES RISE TO OCCASION
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amIslanders 3Canucks 2 The streak is over. The Islanders ended a three-game winless slide and snapped Vancouver's own five-game win streak last night at the Coliseum with a well-earned 3-2...
KNICKS DROP GUARD IN ATLANTA; LIFELESS 'D' REARS ITS HEAD
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amHawks 118Knicks 89 ATLANTA - Before the massacre, Don Chaney all but begged Knicks GM Scott Layden to trade one of his three point guards this summer to prevent this...
BRODEUR HITS 30-WIN PLATEAU
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 4Predators 3 NASHVILLE - This NHL record certifies greatness. Winning 30 games for seven straight seasons is the hallmark of a Hall of Fame goalie. This is only Martin...
KELLY PACKS IT IN AS HEAD OF ATHLETIC COMMISSION
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amNew York City's top cop Ray Kelly is giving up his night job as head of the State Athletic Commission, but the task of policing corruption in boxing will fall...
HOWLAND PROMISES TO STICK WITH PITT
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLEXINGTON - The question was a fair one, one that would worry most players in Julius Page's position. Ben Howland, after coaching Pittsburgh to a school-record 29 wins and into...
DEVIL TEMPTATION: COACH K CAME SO CLOSE TO STEALING HOOSIER STAR
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amLEXINGTON - It was a chance meeting in the bowels of Rupp Arena. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was coming and Indiana's Jared Jeffries was going. Coach K's face broadened into...
HASTA LA VISTA, DUKE: HOOSIERS SAY GOODBYE TO NO. 1 BLUE DEVILS
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH Indiana 74 Duke 73 LEXINGTON - Being the royalty of college hoops, the bluebloods of basketball, isn't just about trophies and banners and stats. It's about legends, classic games...
NIEDERMAYER BACK ON DEVILS' A TEAM
March 22, 2002 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - When Lou Lamoriello called his Big Deal "A change," he wasn't kidding. Gone are the alternate captains that started the season, the ones in fact, who wore the...