April 12, 2002
TOP RETAIL FUND EXEC LEAVES BLEEDING FIDELITY
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAnother one bites the dust - at Fidelity Investments. Gail McGovern, president of the company's retail mutual fund and brokerage businesses, quit to go teach at Harvard University. Her departure,...
MANHATTAN EXPECTS 1ST BUYBUYBABY
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amChelsea parents will soon be saying hello to buybuyBaby. The destination retailer that focuses on the diaper set just inked a 10-year deal to take 38,212 square feet at the...
GE ROCKS MARTS - DOW PLUNGES 205 AFTER CO. SAYS PROFIT DROPS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAs General Electric goes, so goes the stock market. So when GE issued a disappointing revenue and profit report, the markets tanked. "All the major indices are awash in red,"...
ELIZABETH ARDEN BUILDING COULD FETCH $75M
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe Elizabeth Arden Building may be ready for a makeover. The company that owns the 15-story boutique building at 689 Fifth Ave., just south of 54th Street, is now exploring...
TALENT FLEES ANDERSEN DESPITE TALKS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amScandal-scarred accountants Arthur Andersen, on the eve of settlement talks, could suffer a mass exodus of talent as 20 partners and 200 staffers are shortly expected to defect to rivals....
PANAVISION DEBT FLOPS; SALE CANCELED
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amWall Street turned its back on Ron Perelman's pleas to help him refinance his junk-bond debt at movie camera maker Panavision. Shares in the legendary camera company skidded yesterday to...
GAP COMPS LIKELY TO SEE STEEP SLIDE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe Gap Inc. showed improvement with its monthly same-store sales in March, but the worst is yet to come. The retailer, parent to Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy stores,...
INC. IS GETTING NEW EDITOR
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amGRUNER + Jahr USA President and CEO Daniel Brewster is searching for a new editor-in-chief to shake up Inc. magazine. The current Inc. editor, who is in the hot seat,...
MERRILL WINS DELAY IN NEW DISCLOSURES
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amIt's been a tough week for Merrill Lynch, but the "thundering herd" won some breathing room to comply with a court order to expand disclosures on research reports. Merrill Lynch,...
CSFB'S RESEARCH DIVISION IS NEXT IN LINE FOR REVAMP
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThere's a whole lot of shaking going on at Credit Suisse First Boston as new CEO John Mack continues to put his stamp on the formerly unruly Wall Street investment...
DEMENTED DOINGS BACK AT THE LAB
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amHUMAN NATURE [] A clever nature-vs-nuture fable. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated R (sex, nudity, profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Plaza, the Union Square, others. -------- 'HUMAN Nature," another...
'GOLEM' PRODUCTION A MONSTER HIT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amGOLEM At Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, 55 Mercer St. Through May 12. For information, call (212) 925-1900. ----------- THE Golem, a mighty creature brought to life from clay to defend the...
IT'S A BAD 'THING'
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE SWEETEST THING [ 1/2] Just doesn't work. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated R (language, sexual humor). At the 42d E-Walk, the 84th St., the Kips Bay, others. --------- CAMERON...
*NSYNC NOT JUST KIDDIN'
April 12, 2002 | 4:00am*NSYNCAt the Meadowlands, tomorrow and Sunday, both at 8 p.m. ------- WHEN you're on top, there's nowhere to go but down. The exception might be *NSYNC, who has revamped last...
A WIFE'S LIFE CRASHES AND BURNS AFTER... PILOTERROR: 'THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TV MOVIES FROM A BOOK THAT A NETWORK HAS MADE IN YEARS'
April 12, 2002 | 4:00am"The Pilot's Wife" Sunday at on CBS 1/2 EVERYONE knows the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for because it might come true." Writers know an altered version of...
DIVINE INSPIRATION - RELIGIOUS ROCKERS, SECULAR STYLE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amIN contemporary Christian rock, one of music's fastest-growing markets, Jars of Clay stands apart for managing to develop equal appeal with Bible-thumping saints as with rock-loving sinners. In the eight...
BOGDANOVICH FLOATS HEARST'S BOAT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE CAT'S MEOW [ 1/2] Thin period piece. Running time: 112 minutes. Rated PG (sexuality, explicit sex talk, brief violence). At the Lincoln Square, the 64th & Second and the...
TRAILER-PARK DREAMER FINDS HIS INNER GORILLA
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMULE SKINNER BLUES [ 1/2] Truth is stranger than fiction. Running time: 93 minutes. Not rated (violence). At Cinema Village, 12th Street, between Fifth Avenue and University Place. ------------- THE...
'MONTY' IS STILL WONDER-FULL WITH A NEW CAST
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE FULL MONTY [ 1/2] At the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. ------------- New York drama critic Clive Barnes has been revisiting Broadway favorites to see...
INSPIRED MISSION: POSSIBLE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN [] --------------EASIER to sit through than the typical, earnest Christian movie, "The Other Side of Heaven" tells the true, inspirational story of John Groberg, a...
CBS BLEEP-UP; 'WING' DOES RIGHT THING
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amIT turns out a special "West Wing" episode airing later this month is including a member of the Bush Administration after all. Karl Rove, one of President George W. Bush's...
HERE HE COMES LADIES, BACHELOR NO.2...
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amABC is almost ready to say "I do" to "The Bachelor 2." The network is expected to order a second round of the new reality series in which 25 young...
GOTHIC GRABBER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amFRAILTY [ 1/2] Don't miss this genuine sleeper. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, but no gore). At the E Walk, the Kips Bay, the Union Square, others....
STARR REPORT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amHatchett job: Glenda in a 'Family' wayJudge Glenda Hatchett will play - surprise! - a judge on CBS' "Family Law" this Monday (10 p.m./Ch. 2). In the episode - which...
TALKING WITH THE ROCHES
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amSUZZY and Maggie Roche didn't write the lyrics to their latest album, "Zero Church," while strumming on the guitar or sitting in front of the piano. Instead, Suzzy interviewed people...
TUNE ON TAP - LEGENDARY CHOREOGRAPHER MAY STAGE FELLINI CLASSIC
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amHE'S been MIA from Broadway for nearly 10 years, but now it looks as if Tommy Tune is plotting a comeback. Tune, one of the great director-choreographers, is said to...
SUPER SUNDAY ; NETWORKS GO FOR THE JUGULAR IN IN BLOCKBUSTER SWEEPS FINALE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE night of May 19 is turning into a network version of Sunday, bloody Sunday. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are each throwing their heaviest hitters against one another in...
CBS BLEEPS UP
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA SALTY expression for "serious trouble" accidentally slipped unbleeped on a news report Wednesday night's "48 Hours" about the murder of former Manhattan fashion writer, Christa Worthington. "When I heard...
SMASHING! THRILLER 'CHANGING LANES' TAKES THE HIGH ROAD
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amCHANGING LANES **** Finally, a thinking person's thriller. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (profanity, but very little violence). At the E Walk, the Lincoln Square, the Orpheum, others. 'CHANGING...
MIFFED OVER MISSING MIKE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani was on hand yesterday for the Fire Department's dedication of a new rescue truck, but the father of a fallen firefighter said he wished Mayor Bloomberg...
TAXES: ANDY, NO; CARL, UMM
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe two Democratic candidates for governor yesterday split over the City Council's proposal to raise taxes - with Andrew Cuomo ruling it out and Carl McCall saying he has to...
EUROPE LOVES HATE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amFOR many American Jews, the past two weeks have been eye-opening in the same way Sept. 11 was eye-opening. Just as America was awakened to the threat of terrorism on...
STUPID SENATOR CASTS ULTIMATE INSULT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amFOR some cockamamie reason, "the nattering nabobs of negativity" in Washington are sitting on their pinstriped derrieres to insult the heroes of Sept. 11. On May 20 last year, President...
CITY WORKER IN FOOD STAMP FRAUD BUST
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA city worker ran a food stamps and benefits scam that conned aid programs out of $165,000, authorities charged yesterday. Thomas Mendez, a case worker for the Human Resources Administration,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe former publisher of two small Arkansas newspapers claims he was ordered by his bosses to attend church weekly and sleep with his wife nightly - or lose his job....
2 GIRLS PERISH IN BX. HOUSE INFERNO
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTwo little girls died last night when fire ripped through a two-story Bronx home that neighbors said was always surrounded by happy children. The 4- and 8-year-old victims were found...
'CHIN' SHRINK WILL HAVE TO TESTIFY
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amOne of Mafia don Vincent "Chin" Gigante's psychiatrists is going to have to talk to a grand jury about how Gigante conspired with his family to carry out his crazy...
SAUDIS ON TERRORIST SUBSIDIES: WHO, US?
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Saudi embassy, seeking to avoid a diplomatic flap with the United States, denied yesterday it is giving blood money to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. As...
MAYOR PUTS BITE ON PALS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL $$
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that wealthy private donors - not the city - should pick up the tab for after-school programs and he's started hitting up his friends. "If we...
CON'S LOVE NOTES NO CRIME OF PASSION
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - A convicted murderer didn't get the girl, but he's off the hook. A state court ruled that Michael Henriquez did not threaten a female guard simply by sending...
YES, SIR! HILL HUGS A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - She wasn't sure exactly what to call him, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was thrilled to see Sir Elton John yesterday during a congressional hearing on AIDS. John...
COPS GATHER AS PAL IS FOUND
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amDozens of cops flocked to Ground Zero yesterday to pay tribute to hero Officer John D'Allara, after workers found his remains in debris from the World Trade Center's north tower...
SUFFOLK DA TAKING ON L.I. DIOCESE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amSuffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota yesterday said a special grand jury will investigate not only alleged child molestation by Catholic priests, but whether church officials engaged in cover-ups. The...
CABLE BIG SAYS NO TO 'YES' HEARING
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amLong Island lawmakers expecting to hear from both sides in the Yankee cable TV blackout were crying foul yesterday after only one stepped up to the plate and appeared before...
12-YEAR-OLD 'DRUG MULE' SURRENDERS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA 12-year-old boy - a suspected "drug mule" who allegedly swallowed 80 heroin-filled balloons to sneak them into the United States - was in a Queens hospital yesterday after getting...
TANNING KING FOUND GUILTY
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan tanning-salon czar was convicted yesterday of hiring thugs to beat and plant kiddie porn on an Upper East Side author in a bizarre vendetta over a vicious dog...
DUST TO DUST-UP IN KIN'S GRAVE FEUD
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amIt's a family feud even death couldn't end. Long Islander Richard DeVito is outraged that an aunt he hadn't spoken to in three decades was interred in the family burial...
LESSON IN 'CHOP' CLASS - LEVY PLAN CUTS JOBS, PROGRAMS CITYWIDE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday for the first time rolled out a detailed district-by-district breakdown of $190 million in proposed budget cuts that reads like a scroll of pain. School...
MIKE MAY CONTROL SCHOOL-BUILD BOARD
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg would likely get control over the scandal-scarred School Construction Authority under a school-reform plan being developed by state lawmakers, The Post has learned. Currently, control of the SCA...
ISRAELIS STEP UP PULLOUT, FOIL BOMBER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel pulled its troops out of two dozen West Bank towns yesterday - and is prepared to withdraw completely in two or three weeks, officials said yesterday. But...
SCHOOLKIDS PUNISHED FOR CHURCH'S SINS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amJUST before the Easter break, the unexpected edict from the monsignor landed on the Bronx Catholic high school like an ax - the school will be closed at year's end....
'BULL' MIGHT GIVE 'TERROR' LAWYER BOOT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amSalvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano may be shopping for new legal counsel now that his current lawyer is under indictment for aiding terrorists. Lynne Stewart's indictment Tuesday on charges of helping...
L.I. SCHOOLBUS POOCH COLLARED
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA stray dog that boarded a schoolbus full of children, bit the driver, then calmly sat next to a student discovered he was barking up the wrong tree yesterday. The...
BILL WILL HUSTLE FOR BIZ FUNDS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amBill Clinton has landed a real job. And if the ex-president rakes in enough cash for the coffers of Yucaipa Cos., a group of investment funds based in Los Angeles,...
'I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS' - FORMER ENRON EXEC'S SUICIDE NOTE TO HIS WIFE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amJ. Clifford Baxter, the former Enron executive who committed suicide in January, said goodbye to his wife in a heart-wrenching, seven-sentence note that made no mention of the disgraced energy...
BARREN FIELD OF DREAMS AT LAFAYETTE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe Lafayette HS baseball field where Sandy Koufax started his illustrious career lay empty yesterday as students and alumni expressed dismay over the legendary program's demise. "I'm shocked about it,"...
KILLER'S UNHOLY WAR - PRIEST-SEX STORIES LED N.J. COP TO MASSACRE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amRecent reports of Catholic priests getting away with molesting kids helped drive renegade lawman Ed Lutes to kill five neighbors, including a man acquitted of sexually assaulting his daughter, before...
MIKE: I'M EYEING A 2ND TERM
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg last night said he'll "probably" seek a second term at City Hall in 2005 - his strongest hint about his political plans since he took office. "I probably...
LIGHTS OUT FOR TOWERING TRIBUTE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe "Tribute in Light" memorial to the World Trade Center dead will be lit for the last time tomorrow - and then remain on all night before fading out at...
DEADLY N.J. CASINO CRASH
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA car crash at an Atlantic City casino killed a woman and injured four other people yesterday. Cops say the accident occurred in front of Harrah's at 1:22 p.m. when...
FARE THEE WELL: NO TAXI RATE HIKE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amLooks like the much-ballyhooed shortage of cabbies is a bust - and that means a feared fare hike for passengers has been scrapped. Taxi and Limousine Commission chief Matthew Daus...
$200M LOTTO MAKES N.J. ALLURING
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTonight's $200-million Big Game has frenzied lottery lovers lined up at shops and bodegas. While tickets aren't being sold in the Big Apple, that hasn't stopped New Yorkers from going...
JUSTIN BACK *NSYNC WITH LOVE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amHe may still love Britney Spears "with all [his] heart," but boy-band beefcake Justin Timberlake is getting over their bust-up with the help of sexy dancer Jenna Dewan. The sultry...
CITY CURBS FARE HIKE FOR TAXIS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amLooks like the much-ballyhooed shortage of cabbies is a bust - and that means a feared fare hike for passengers has been scrapped. Taxi and Limousine Commission chairman Mathew Daus...
THUG MAKES OFF WITH COP'S GUN
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAn off-duty NYPD officer who surprised a burglar yesterday in her Upper East Side apartment was beaten by the suspect before he fled with her gun, police said. The attack...
MIKE SEEKS PRIVATE FUNDS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that wealthy private donors - not the city - should pick up the tab for after-school programs and he's started hitting up his friends. "If we...
SCHOOLBUS POOCH COLLARED
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amA stray dog that boarded a schoolbus full of children, bit the driver, then calmly sat next to a student discovered he was barking up the wrong tree yesterday. The...
CAB-FARE HIKE SCRAPPED
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amLooks like the much-ballyhooed shortage of cabbies is a bust - and that means a feared fare hike for passengers has been scrapped. Taxi and Limousine Commission chief Matthew Daus...
DA TAKES ON DIOCESE: SUFFOLK GRAND JURY EYES PERV PRIESTS, COVER-UP
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota yesterday said a special grand jury will investigate not only alleged child molestation by Catholic priests, but whether church officials engaged in cover-ups....
MOST WANT MUM BISHOPS BOOTED: POLL
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMost American Catholics - 70 percent - think bishops who failed to report child-molester priests to authorities should resign, a new poll says. And 32 percent of Catholics say sex...
NETS' MAGIC TRICK GETS STEP CLOSER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amORLANDO - They charged. They set illegal screens. They traveled. They palmed the ball, kicked it, tossed it to hot dog vendors, passed it to the guys in the home...
VAN HORN HOPS ON BULLS' WAGON
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES ORLANDO - Keith Van Horn gave a deadpan expression, but uttered two words the Nets truly feel right now: "Go, Bulls." Yup, the Chicago Bulls Fan Club East,...
ISLES HUNT FOR MORE
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amNASHVILLE - Now that they're in the playoffs, the Islanders are getting greedy. They missed a giant opportunity Monday against the Hurricanes when they could have crept up on the...
SORRY, CHARLIE, COURSE CHANGES AREN'T RACIST
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE once-noble quest for racial justice and equality has been consistently and immeasurably beaten down - at times, obliterated - by those who claim to be at the vanguard of...
ACTION HEATING UP WITH THE WEATHER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE weather started to cooperate this week and saltwater fishing responded in kind, especially in the New York Bight where we had mackerel, blackfish and flounder. We know summer is...
BAFFERT GETS WAR EMBLEM
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amJust when trainer Bob Baffert thought he was off the Triple Crown trail, they pulled him back in yesterday as Saudi Arabian Prince Ahmed Salman, owner of The Thoroughbred Corp.,...
NET GOAL: DRAG 'EM IN THE SWAMP
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amORLANDO - Here's a stunner. The Nets want to win the East so they can keep homecourt throughout the Eastern Conference segment of the playoffs. Mind-boggling stuff, huh? ("We'll take...
SAARLAND EYES TEST
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe past two years, and 17 times before that, the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct has been the springboard to victory in the Kentucky Derby. That could be the case again...
HABS' KOIVU WINS RAVES FROM DEVS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThis comeback is so impressive that the Devils' Masterton Trophy candidate has thrown his support to Saku Koivu. "I think he deserves to be the winner," said Sergei Brylin, the...
POSTELL ALWAYS ON THE UP & UP
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amLavor Postell is a positive thinker. You knew that when he said he was an All-Star on the rise even though he had been sitting on the Knicks' bench. Coach...
DIABETES DOESN'T DERAIL VERPLANK
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK AUGUSTA - One of the terrific stories sitting near the top of the Masters leaderboard after yesterday's first round is Scott Verplank, who shot a 2-under-par 70. Verplank is...
BOMBERS FEEL HEAT OF BOSOX FAITHFUL
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - Derek Jeter understands what Yankees-Red Sox at Fenway Park is all about when it comes to Boston fans' attitudes toward the Yankees. Jeter sees the hate in Red...
YALE QB IS TAKING SMART SHOT AT NFL
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amYou'd figure a guy with an economics degree from Yale would have a pretty good idea of what the future holds. Not Peter Lee. Lee is, at least temporarily, putting...
JAYS ROCK THE ROCKET ; EMERGENCY START DOOMED BY SORIANO 'E,' DEAD BATS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amBlue Jays 11Yankees 3 TORONTO - Pitching on three days rest and about three hours notice, Roger Clemens had an alibi for a sub-par outing yesterday. Sadly, there was no...
DOLAN WINNING WAR WITH YES WITHOUT A FIGHT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHESE days, the toughest brand of hardball in town is being played not in The Bronx or Flushing, but in Bethpage, L.I. The YES Network and its smooth-as-David-Wells'-belly CEO, Leo...
EL DUQUE'S STIFF NECK SCRAMBLES ROTATION
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - So who opens the four-game series against the Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park for the Yankees? That depends on Orlando Hernandez' neck, which was too...
PEDRO SHOULDERS BURDEN
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amOWNERSHIP, the GM, the manager and - at least initially - the atmosphere around the Red Sox have changed in the last six weeks. But the more things change, the...
BUCK-LING UNDERS ARE FADING FAST
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Fail here tonight against the Pacers and the Milwaukee Buckling Unders may want to stop playing against George Karl and start playing for themselves. That's such a good...
REY SAVES THE DAY ; WITH AMAZIN' GRAB
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMets 3Cubs 2 CHICAGO - The Mets' defense has been shaky all season, but thanks to Rey Ordonez' stunning grab of a popup on the right side of the infield...
SLAMMIN' SAM KOS FAN WITH HONORARY SHOT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Sam Snead, participating in his 62nd consecutive Masters, hitting the ceremonial first tee, accidentally beaned a spectator right between the eyes and knocked the man unconscious yesterday morning....
ARNIE LEADS ARMY ON ONE LAST ROUND
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - The adulation of Arnold Palmer reached the emotional heavens in recent years as it became clear The King was nearing the end of his reign. But what will...
TIGER SPINS WHEELS AFTER BLAZING START
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Early in yesterday's Masters first round it looked as if Tiger Woods was poised to take flight en route to one of his patented major tournament runaways. Buoyed...
TIP FOR JINTS: GET O-LINEMAN
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThis promise comes from Jim McNally, the wizened Giants offensive line coach, concerning the upcoming NFL Draft. "I'm not going to be a pain in the [butt]," he said. If...
DAVIS LOVE THE FIRST: FIVE-UNDER 67 LANDS HIM ATOP A CROWDED AUGUSTA LEADERBOARD
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Day One of the 2002 Masters was an emotional one, during which Arnold Palmer, after shooting an uncomfortable-to-watch 17-over-par 89, announced that this will be his final Masters...
DAZZLING PLAY IN 9TH KOS CUBS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMets 3 Cubs 2 CHICAGO - The Mets weren't going to escape town yesterday until they retired Sammy Sosa one more time - or until they witnessed the meaning of...
OAKLEY: KNICK FANS AREN'T FOOLS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amFew Knicks have given more sweat and blood for the franchise than Charles Oakley. Now 38, the gray-haired elder statesman of the lowly Bulls keeps an eye on his former...
ALOMARS ENJOY RARE REUNION
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Alomar family had a rare and welcome reunion Wednesday night. One of the conversation pieces - Roberto's game-tying homer in a 3-2 Mets' victory that afternoon -...
WILPON UPBEAT ABOUT METS' START
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Mets co-owner Fred Wilpon has his finger on the pulse of the team. Wilpon, who only occasionally caught glimpses of yesterday's 3-2 victory, remains upbeat with the way...
KNICKS WEARING CHI-FROWN
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe boos began with a little less than eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. Like everything else last night, there was a little something missing in them. They were...
ALOMARS ENJOY A RARE FAMILY REUNION
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - The Alomar family had a rare and welcome reunion Wednesday night. One of the conversation pieces - Roberto's game-tying homer in a 3-2 Mets' victory Wednesday...
DAVIS LOVE THE FIRST: FIVE-UNDER 67 LANDS - HIM ATOP A CROWDED AUGUSTA LEADERBOARD
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - While Arnold Palmer's announcement that today will be his final competitive round at the Masters after playing in 48 of them in a row left Augusta National emotional...
NETS HOP ON BULLS' WAGON
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES ORLANDO - Keith Van Horn gave a complete deadpan expression but uttered two words the Nets truly feel right now: "Go, Bulls." Yup, the Chicago Bulls Fan Club...
NETS MAGIC TRICK GETS STEP CLOSER
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amOVERTIME Nets 101 Magic 99 ORLANDO - They palmed the ball. They passed it to peanut vendors and the guys in the white uniforms. They charged. They screened illegally. They...
YOUNG BULLS HAVING A 'BIG' IMPACT
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amChicago came into last night's tilt at the Garden wallowing in last place in the Eastern Conference, and on the verge of a third-straight 60-loss season. But the HorriBulls' hopes...
SCATCHARD ACCEPTS ROLE WITH ISLANDERS
April 12, 2002 | 4:00amNASHVILLE - Dave Scatchard was never a role player before. Last season with the Islanders, he was one of the team's leading scorers, a fixture on the power play and...