April 22, 2002
ESPN MAKES PLAY FOR 2 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED STARS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe bidding war for the marquee writers at Sports Illustrated - Rick Reilly and Gary Smith - has moved into high gear as ESPN steps up the offensive to land...
BAD BLOOD AT AOL-TW ; SOME EXECS CASHED OUT, OTHERS DIDN'T
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amJerry Levin should have cashed in his AOL Time Warner options when he had a chance a few months ago. His key colleagues from AOL did - including Steve Case...
$54M BLDG. BUY IN PENN STATION NABE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amAn office building near Penn Station, 469 Seventh Ave., is heading for new ownership at a price tag near $54 million. The 255,000-square-foot building has the MTA as its largest...
OH WHAT ADORABLE 'MORNING'
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amMORNING'S AT SEVEN 1/2Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue. (212) 239-6200. BROADWAY'S old-fashioned and, like Jerome Kern, it "loves those old-fashioned things." Sometimes this works...
NEW ALBUM IS WILCO & OUT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTOMORROW, Wilco finally releases its "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," the album that was too experimental for Reprise last year. That caused a split between Wilco and Reprise, so the Chicago-based band...
THE PRETENDERS PLAY EVERY WEEK
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amONE singer is a corporate lawyer. Another's a copy editor. And yet another works in artistic management But on Mondays, these regular New Yorkers turn into rock and roll animals...
STARR REPORT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amFrank on the Waterfront: Vincent honored Veteran movie tough-guy Frank Vincent ("GoodFellas," "Casino," "Raging Bull") will receive Hudson Waterfront's Film Society's Back East Lifetime Achievement Award this Saturday. The ceremony...
'ER': THE NEXT GENERATION : WILL FANS STILL WANT TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE BRAND-NEW FACES ?
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTHE end is near for Dr. Mark Greene, one of the most popular characters on the most watched medical drama in TV history. But that doesn't seem to faze the...
THE DEAD CAN'T SHUT UP ; BUT WHY BOTHER TO COME BACK WITH SO LITTLE TO SAY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00am"Contact: Talking To The Dead" Tonight at 10 on WABC/Ch. 7 IT'S a very big year for the dead and those who love them. We've got the one that started...
SALLY'S LAST CALL: TV'S AGONY AUNT TAPES HER FINAL SHOW THIS WEEK
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amASSESSING Sally Jessy Raphael's 19-year run requires that you attempt to make sense of something that often didn't make any. Sally, of course, would disagree. She didn't see her show...
SOLE MATES : A SPRING WEEKEND'S WORTH OF SANDALS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amDIAMONDS? Nah. This spring, sandals are a girl's best friend. From funky mules to preppy espadrilles to feminine mules and pumps, this season you could wear a different sandal style...
MOGUL'S $20M CAMPAIGN GIVING PATAKI THE JITTERS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amUPSTATE billionaire Thomas Golisano has told friends he's ready to spend an incredible $20 million on his expected independent run for governor this year. Sources close to Golisano - the...
DURST DAZZLES PRISON GUARDS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amCross-dressing millionaire Robert Durst is a model prisoner in the Galveston County jail. "All the guards like him," one source said. "They think he is really nice and very educated...
U.N. SCHOOL ISN'T FLYING OLD GLORY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe United Nations International School disrespects the United States, some parents charge. Located on the FDR Drive and East 25th Street, UNIS has two flag poles jutting from the building....
NOOSE MAY BE CLOSING ON OSAMA
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - After more than six months of frustration and futility, U.S. military officials believe they may finally be closing in on Osama bin Laden and his inner circle of...
MEMORIAL FOR TERROR FIGHTERS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA group of international terrorist hunters held an emotional ceremony at Ground Zero recalling two of their members lost in the attack on the Twin Towers. John O'Neill, the FBI's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA Phoenix man who told police he bit off his 2-year-old son's thumb, and apparently held it in his mouth for about six hours, was arrested for child abuse and...
COLIN POWELL AND CLINTON AND CARTER
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said thanks, but no thanks to the latest bids by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter to insert themselves into the Mideast peace...
EGAN EAGER TO ADDRESS ABUSE 'TRAGEDIES'
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amHours before he flew to Rome to meet with the pope, Edward Cardinal Egan said he was "anxious" to discuss the "tragic situation" of priest sexual abuse - and New...
U.S. ANTI-TERROR ADVISERS IN YEMEN
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amU.S. military advisers are in Yemen, training local troops who are hunting down terrorists working for Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, Yemen's president said. President Ali Abdullah Saleh told...
MEDIA SHY PRINCE WILLS GUARD-EDLY OPTIMISTIC
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amPrince William wants to trade polo ponies for tanks. The British heir has told friends he wants to join the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, one of Britain's most prestigious tank...
SAUDI TV TELETHON FOR PALESTINIANS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amAs President Bush readies for a key huddle with the Saudi crown prince this week, one of the prince's top advisers yesterday said he's "very proud" of the Saudi TV...
CYCLONE-FAN FLURRY SENDS TIX-SALES SOARING
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball team hit a home run at the box office yesterday as Opening Day ticket sales almost doubled from last year. R.C. Reuteman, the team's vice...
ANDY GETS GREEN & MEAN
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo seized upon President Bush's planned trip to the Adirondacks today to criticize the environmental policies of the president and his host, Gov. Pataki. As part...
TUNNEL FUNDS DERAILED
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe federal government is holding back $100 million earmarked for emergency improvements of rail tunnels under New York City rivers, say four senators who are asking President Bush for help....
STRUGGLING CIA GETS A BOOST IN MORALE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe embattled CIA has adopted a "wartime" atmosphere and is gradually making headway in the fight against terrorism, top intelligence officials said. The capture of Osama bin Laden's top operations...
QUAKE COST IS UPSTATE AFTER$HOCK
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amAn upstate official yesterday warned that damage was worse than expected from Saturday's sizable quake - and cleanup costs could balloon "well into" the tens of thousands of dollars. "Basement...
BRIDGE OF 'SIZE' MAY HAVE TO BE LOWERED
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe Kosciuszko Bridge could be coming down. Not all the way down, but about 35 feet lower, under a proposal being studied by state transportation officials to improve the aging...
BROOKLYN'S BLOODY DAY OF SHOOTINGS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amPolice shot and wounded a man who pulled a gun on them yesterday in Brooklyn - where two other men were shot and killed in separate incidents. The police shooting...
POWWOW WITH PONTIFF: U.S. CARDINALS AT VATICAN TO DISCUSS PERV CONTROVERSY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amEdward Cardinal Egan arrives in Rome today to join fellow American cardinals and Pope John Paul II in addressing the priest sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the U.S. Catholic church....
LUCAS REGRETS DOG 'STAR'
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amIt's hard to consider the fourth-highest grossing film of all time a disappointment, but "Stars Wars" director George Lucas has made it plain to merchandisers that "Phantom Menace" was a...
50,000 CITY JEWS HOLD PRAYER VIGIL
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amIn a mass showing of support for Israel, tens of thousands of Jews lined the streets of lower Manhattan yesterday, reading prayers and sharing in a dream for peace in...
BILL TARGETS GUN-MAKERS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amVictims of gun violence in New York City should be allowed to sue the manufacturers if they don't follow a code of conduct designed to thwart illegal trafficking, a councilman...
COPS: FAMILY ON DRUG BUY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island couple were arrested for alleged dope dealing, and stunned cops say the gruesome twosome would take their two daughters, ages 6 and 1, on their rounds. Suffolk...
POWELL FAVORS LETTING YASSER LOOSE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said he's "pleased" by the Israeli withdrawal from most of the West Bank - but wants to see Israel give Yasser Arafat more freedom...
SHARON'S NEXT PLAN OF ATTACK: ISRAEL TARGETS TERROR HIVES FOR 'PHASE 2'
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday warned that his nation's war against terrorism was moving into its next deadly phase - launching commando raids into the terrorists' West...
SUFFOLK COPS: EX-BEAU MAKES GOOD ON DEATH THREAT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amHours after he phoned her home with a death threat, a jealous Long Island man viciously stabbed his former girlfriend to death on her front walk - as her new...
MOM HANDS SON M-80 BY ACCIDENT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA 6-year-old Queens boy lit an M-80 explosive that blew off some of his fingers yesterday - after his mother handed him what she thought was a candle, police said....
KID'S DEATH-PLUNGE PUZZLE ; PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL IN SHOCK OVER 'HAPPY' BOY'S TRAGEDY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA well-liked 13-year-old student at a prestigious Manhattan school mysteriously plunged to his death from his Roosevelt Island apartment, authorities said. Atanu Nandy fell from the 10th-floor balcony of his...
MAN BUSTED IN SLAYS OF 'WIFE' AND HER MOM
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amPolice yesterday charged a Brooklyn man with murdering his common-law wife and her mother, saying he beat them for hours while the couple's children cowered in fear and neighbors ignored...
VICTIM BLOWS AWAY THUG: RETIRED COP TURNS TABLES ON KNIFE-WIELDING MUGGER
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA knife-wielding man yesterday messed with the wrong guy - a retired cop who shot him dead when the former officer feared he was about to be attacked, police said....
TEAM BLAKE TO DISH DIRT ON HIS BURIED WIFE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amRobert Blake's lawyers are expected to portray his slain wife as an opportunistic sleazeball whose lurid lifestyle made her the target of the lonely losers she scammed, insiders say. Jurors...
EXPERTS: ABSENT-MINDED ARAFAT MAY BE GOING SENILE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amEmbattled Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have forgotten that he is part of the peace process. Mental-health experts said Arafat is increasingly showing signs of senile dementia through his awkward...
QUEENS MAN SURVIVES BULLETS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens man miraculously survived a barrage of bullets yesterday after two men opened fire on him as he sat in his car, cops said. Rocco Panetta, 61, was sitting...
PORN PRINCES FEELING PINCH
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe crown princes of porn - who once pushed the boundaries of good taste and free speech - are today emperors without their clothes. Bob Guccione, Al Goldstein, Hugh Hefner...
THE WAR CRIMES LIE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Palestinian big lie against Israel keeps shifting as the truth emerges. The first big lie was that the Israelis had perpetrated a massacre in Jenin, killing more than 500...
BATTLING FOR A BUDDY: AIR FORCE SGT. HONORS PALBD+]]WHO DIED AT TRADE CENTER
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe last morning of his life, Officer Jerome Dominguez was laughing on the phone, promising to do "something special" to celebrate his Air Force buddy Frank Derlanga's 40th birthday on...
MASTER BUILDER'S LEGACY BENCHED FOR TOO LONG
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S like a bad souvenir T-shirt come to life: "Boss" Tweed got a courthouse, and all Andrew Haswell Green got was a lousy park bench. Mike Miscione thinks that stinks,...
REMEMBER OUR ALLIES
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTHE tragic death of four Canadian soldiers in a friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan is a reminder that America's allies, mostly from fellow English-speaking countries, are making a vital contribution at...
MUMMIFIED BABY HAUNTS A FAMILY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amNORWICH, Conn. - Only lonely spinster Roberta McClure's death could reveal the grisly secret she hid in a locked cedar hope chest in the living room of the home she...
N.Y. HIGH ON FOREIGN DRUG BUSTS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amManhattan U.S. Attorney James Comey has formed a new unit of prosecutors to take down top-level drug traffickers. The International Narcotics Traffickers unit is designed to take advantage of new...
FIELD DAY FOR CONSPIRACY FANS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's executive order allowing presidential records to stay secret indefinitely has prompted some historians to begin asking, "What's Bush really hiding?" While the answer may never be...
MEMO TO NBA: SPEED IT UP!
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amCONSIDER how much more interesting basketball would be if, in addition to skill, smarts were rewarded. Let's take a walk-through: Saturday's Game 1 of the Pacers-Nets on NBC wasn't a...
ISIAH: REGGIE WAS TOO HARD ON TINSLEY
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThe rookie point guard from Brooklyn overcame a lot in his playoff debut Saturday - a sprained knee, the likely MVP in counterpart Jason Kidd, the loud if less-than-full Meadowlands...
MILBURY BLASTS ONE-SIDED REFS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amJim Garrison and Oliver Stone don't have anything on Islanders GM Mike Milbury, who yesterday at the Coliseum asked reporters to follow him into the weight room, where he slapped...
BILLS DREW DRAFT-DAY WINNER
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTHE JETS, strapped by the cap and unwilling to dismantle and uproot a wild card playoff team, decided not to enter the Drew Bledsoe Derby, and yesterday they paid dearly...
SAY SO LONG TO FIRST ; SECOND-PLACE METS FALL AGAIN TO 'SPOS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amExpos 6Mets 3 MONTREAL - Roger Cedeno's off-balance pirouette in the sixth inning was indicative of his team's four-game series in Montreal. Chasing a fly ball, Cedeno turned in the...
ROG REVS YANKS' ENGINE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amThey have a symbiotic relationship, Roger Clemens and these Yankees. They feed off him, both offensively and defensively. And when they give him a quick lead like they did yesterday,...
SAARLAND IS ALL THE RAGE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amEvery year as the Kentucky Derby draws near, the buzz builds around one contender. Call him the "hype horse," the "wise-guy horse," the "now horse." And with the Derby 12...
VAUGHN BACK WITH A BANG
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Mo Vaughn said he'd be in attack mode, and he wasn't kidding. Vaughn came off the disabled list and went 2-for-4 in a 6-3 loss to...
SLEEP THROUGH DAY 2 AND YOU COULD MISS DRAFT GEMS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amYou think Day 2 of the NFL Draft means nothing? Think again. Think about these names, in particular: Tom Brady, Terrell Davis, Jessie Armstead, Zach Thomas, Kurt Warner. "They're the...
PETTITTE PLACED ON DISABLED LIST
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES There was a major two-seam setback for Andy Pettitte yesterday as the left-hander was placed on the disabled list after playing catch and feeling pain in his throwing...
SHAKEN NETS VOW THEY WILL NOT PANIC
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amFor the Nets, yesterday was a time to wear a smiley face and find the good stuff amid the rubble and negatives. Recall the past and learn. Watch film and...
GANG GREEN FOUND THE RIGHT ANSWERS
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amBEFORE Jet fans lament the fact that the Jets did not address cornerback and defensive tackle, their two most glaring needs, in the first round or two of the draft,...
JERMAINE EXPECTS DOUBLE-TROUBLE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES Pacer star Jermaine O'Neal said after Game 1 he expects to be doubled from the opening tap tonight. No argument from the Nets. "He can expect a lot...
HARPER: SPEED AIN'T EVERYTHING
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Alan Harper, the Fresno State defensive tackle the Jets picked in the fourth round, downplayed the fact that he ran a glacial 5.29 time in the 40 at...
YANKS TUNE UP FOR BEST OF THE WEST ; BURY JAYS IN STADIUM FINALE; A'S, M'S NEXT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 9Blue Jays 2 Now that the easy-pickings portion of the Yankees schedule is complete, we'll begin to see what these new-look Pinstripers will bring to the post-season party. The...
GIANTS OUT TO SHOCK FOES ; TOP PICK HAS TOOLS TO ENERGIZE OFFENSE
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amSO NOW the Giants have their brand new toy, batteries included. Can they figure out how to get it to work? They coveted tight end Jeremy Shockey nearly to the...
DESPERATE DEVS STRAFE 'CANES, GET BACK IN IT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 3Devils 4Hurricanes 0 They played to keep alive their grand reputation that was headed towards history, unwilling to become has-beens, once-weres, remember-whens. The Devils yesterday found something of the...
SORIANO KEEPS RAISING THE BAR
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTRYING to determine Alfonso Soriano's ceiling is an exercise akin to trying to count the floors of a skyscraper. Midway through tallying stories with the index finger method, something happens...
DRAFT ALLOWS JINTS TO ADD, NOT SUBTRACT
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants added seven players in this past weekend's NFL Draft, which was a different feeling for an organization that lost seven starters this off-season after salary-cap related...
ISLES LEARNING IT'S A WHOLE NEW GAME
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Islanders have some guys playing like dogs. And no pony show, with a donkey at the remote, can change the fact that they have had seven power plays and...
GIONTA PLAYS BIG ROLE IN DEVIL REVIVAL
April 22, 2002 | 4:00amI like to pretend I'm 5-7, too. And so when Brian Gionta, bless his heart, has to look up in order to answer a question of mine, let's just mark...