November 22, 2002
REAL-WORLD RULES NEWLY FASHIONABLE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTelevision is not the only medium where reality rules. Fashion magazines and advertisers are realizing that mere mortals have something to offer as models. It seems the teen magazines are...
TYCO HIRES BUSH ATTY.
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amEmbattled Tyco International pulled in a White House heavyweight to clean up the troubled conglomerate's corporate governance problems. Timothy Flanigan, former deputy counsel and deputy assistant to President Bush, will...
EX-SEAGRAM EXEC STARTED BALL ROLLING
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amBrian Mulligan, a former executive at Seagram who was a key architect of the mega-merger with Vivendi, wants to get back in the entertainment business in a big way. Billionaire...
BULL HORNS BACK IN WITH DOW 20% ABOVE OCT. LOW
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amStocks shot up on good profit news, bringing the major market averages to their highest levels in four months. U.S. stocks have risen 20 percent from the lows they hit...
TIGHE POACHES 4 TOP NEWMARK BROKERS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMary Ann Tighe and CB Richard Ellis have gone on a raiding party, poaching four new brokers from the retail team at Newmark & Co. The lead brokers, Jedd Nero...
IN SWITCH, CARLYLE PICKS BIZ-Y GERSTNER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amInstead of using political heavies to handle its private billions, the Carlyle Group has tapped its first businessman as chairman - superstar executive Lou Gerstner. Gerstner, the 60-year-old retiring chairman...
TETZELI UNCOVERS EW GOOF: LAVIGNE SHOT DRAGS DOWN NEWSSTAND SALES FOR NEW EDITOR
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amIT was a rough start for one of John Huey's proteges at Entertainment Weekly. EW managing editor Rick Tetzeli was handpicked by Time Inc. editorial director Huey to replace Entertainment...
A DILLER & A DREAM: VIVENDI BOSS, LIBERTY'S MALONE EYE DREAMWORKS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amAlthough billionaire oilman Marvin Davis is teaming up with buyout firms to make a pie-in-the-sky bid for Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets, Barry Diller may have a "dream team" of his...
BANKS IN FINE MESS : PENALTIES FOR WALL STREET FIRMS ARE DETAILED
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe envelope is in and some of the worst and least offenders in the analyst conflict of interest probes - that have shattered Wall Street and rocked investor confidence -...
TYCO HIRES EX-DEPUTY COUNSEL TO BUSH FOR CLEAN-UP
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amEmbattled Tyco International pulled in a White House heavyweight to clean up the troubled conglomerate's corporate governance problems. Timothy Flanigan, former deputy counsel and deputy assistant to President Bush, will...
STARR REPORT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amShut up! Kelly's live on AOL "The Osbournes" star Kelly Osbourne will give an exclusive live interview Monday (7:30 p.m.) on AOL's Sessions@AOL, which features artist performances and interviews. It's...
SOUTHERN COMFORT ; MCGRAW'S NEWEST IS JUST WHAT THE 'DOCTORS' ORDERED
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amOF all the twangers in Nashville, Tim McGraw is one of the most down to earth. He's a gentleman and a class act, but if you're looking for a fight,...
'FRIDAY' STRANDED IN THE SHTICKS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amFRIDAY AFTER NEXT 1/2 Slack comedy from the 'hood.Running time: 85 minutes. Rated R (language, drug use, sexual and toilet humor). At the Empire, the Loews 84th St., the Loews...
KLINE'S KING OF 'CLUB'
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE EMPEROR'S CLUB 1/2 Kline's divine - alas, the film isn't.Running time: 109 minutes. Rated PG-13 (a skinny-dipping episode). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Beekman, others. 'THE Emperor's...
SHAKIN' SHAKIRA RATTLES THE GARDEN ; KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE.COM
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amSHAKIRAShe returns to the metro area with a concert at Nassau Coliseum Monday. Tickets are $40-$88. Call Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171. SHAKIRA, the Colombian cutie who can make water boil...
DESCENT OF A MAN IN PORTUGAL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amO FANTASMA Arty gay film.In Portuguese with English subtitles. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (full frontal nudity, sex scenes, language). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth...
CHRISTMAS HIGH
November 22, 2002 | 5:00am'R XMAS Drugs under the tree. Running time: 83 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, drugs). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. IS Abel Ferrara mellowing with...
SIGH, GONE IS ESSENCE OF GREENE NOVEL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE QUIET AMERICAN 1/2Running time: 101 minutes. Rated R (brief violence). At the Cinemas 1,2,3, Third Avenue and 60th Street. IT'S a shame that, on top of everything else, the...
BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTALK TO HER 1/2 Another knockout from Almodovar.In Spanish with English subtitles. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, sexuality). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine. AT the...
'HELP' IS WANTING
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTEMPORARY HELPAt the Women's Project Theatre, 424 W. 55th St. Through Jan. 12. (212) 239-6200. WE don't see many traditional thrillers on stage any more. A remote house, lightning storms,...
POWERFUL STORIES WHEN WOMEN TAKE CHARGE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amPERSONAL VELOCITY Intelligent chick flick.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (brief violence, some strong sexuality and language) At the Angelika and the First & 62nd Cinemas. REBECCA Miller's intelligent troika...
THE GRATE OUTDOORS; RITZY HOTEL GOES BACK INTO BATTLEWITH CBS OVER EARLY SHOWS IN THE PLAZA
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amONE of New York's swankiest hotels is taking a second swipe at CBS' midtown studio where "The Early Show" is broadcast. Lawyers for the Sherry-Netherland located just across the street...
LIZA AND GEST BLAME A VH1 WEISS GUY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amLIZA Minnelli and hubby David Gest have blamed a 29-year-old VH1 producer named Rob Weiss for destroying their reality show, "Liza & David," before it even started. Weiss, who had...
PARDNERS IN CRIME; THEY'VE KILLED KINGS OF COMEDY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00am"Martin And Lewis" Sunday at 9 p.m. on WCBS/Ch. 2 1/2 THERE can be no other explanation: CBS's movie division has lost its way, or maybe its mind. I mean,...
MAMET 'MARRIAGE' FAILS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON MARRIAGEAt the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. IT'S a bit like Eminem undertaking Hamlet. In his clever play "Boston Marriage," now at the Public, David...
'MORRIE' TEACHES POWERFUL LESSON IN LIFE AND DEATH
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTUESDAYS WITHMORRIEAt the Minetta Lane Theater, 18 Minetta Lane. Call Ticketmaster (212) 307-4100. I admit it: I've never read "Tuesdays with Morrie," nor seen the TV movie made from it....
TAKING BIALY-STOCK 'PRODUCERS' NEED BOX OFFICE BOOST
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amLESS than two years into its run, "The Producers," once the hottest ticket on the Great White Way, is starting to show signs of vulnerability.Advance ticket sales going into January...
WALTERS BURIES KATHIE LEE BUZZ
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amBARBARA Walters yesterday tried to stamp out the rumors that Kathie Lee Gifford wants a job on "The View." Walters took the unusual step of denying - on the air...
DOUBLE-0 HEAVEN: BOND IS BACK AND BROSNAN'S GOT HIM
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDIE ANOTHER DAY *** 21st century Bond WHAT stamina! Forty years of saving the world have diminished Bond's derring-do not a whit and this, the first installment of the new...
IMPRISONED GOTTI TRIO SEES THE LIGHT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Gottis are out of "the hole." Reputed Gambino family crime boss Peter Gotti, his brother Gene and nephew John "Junior" Gotti were recently removed from solitary confinement, law-enforcement sources...
COUPES FOR COKE ; CROOK USED CLASSIC CARS IN BUY: COPS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA car-loving drug kingpin in The Bronx was curbed by federal agents and the NYPD as he used six of his prized vintage autos - all in mint condition -...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA California school is so dangerous, parents are encouraging their kids to bring weapons to class. "I tell my daughter, 'Protect yourself however you can. Pack a knife if you...
SEX SLIME GUY SICKENS EVEN ME
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amHER screams were so piercing that it woke up an elderly gentleman who was hard of hearing and lived on the next block. It happened in Farmingdale, L.I., and the...
GLOOMBERG - POPULARITY PLUMMETS; BUDGET $LASH CUTS MIKE'S RATINGS, TOO
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's 11-month honeymoon with New Yorkers is over. A new poll shows that his popularity nose-dived after he announced plans last week for slashing services and raising taxes to...
KUWAITI COP SHOOTS GIS IN AMBUSH
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Kuwaiti police sergeant shot and seriously wounded two U.S. soldiers yesterday after pulling them off a road for speeding. The incident was the latest attack on American...
FOR THEIR NEXT PATHETIC PLOY ...
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA SURVEY by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg asked the public which of the two parties does a better job keeping America strong. The Republicans prevailed - by 39 points. Thirty-nine...
'KILLER' MOM SOUGHT PROTECTION
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe New Jersey mom who cops say confessed to smothering her two young children while they slept had sought a restraining order against her husband and considered fleeing the country...
NATO BACKS BUSH VS. IRAQ
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday won more international support for his get-tough policy on Iraq as NATO pledged "effective action" against Saddam Hussein unless he "fully and immediately" complies with...
GREEN REPRISES FORMULA FOR FISCAL DISASTER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDEAR God, please make him go away. Hasn't New York suffered enough? Isn't 25 years of Mark Green sufficient punishment for whatever sins this city has committed? If Mike Bloomberg...
MTA TO RIDERS: GO TAKE A HIKE - SAYS FARE INCREASE IS CERTAIN, CUTS POSSIBLE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amGet ready to shell out more for a bus and subway ride next year. The MTA said yesterday it might have to raise fares to as much as $2 to...
FEDS: PAIR HIT ELDERLY IN 9/11 CON
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTwo coldhearted fraudsters tried to cash in on Sept. 11 by pressuring elderly New Yorkers to invest their savings in a bogus company they claimed was financing Ground Zero recovery...
COURT LETS BEATEN INMATE SUE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - The state's high court cleared for trial an inmate's claim that his injuries at the hands of another inmate were due to lax prison oversight. The 5-2 decision...
'VICTORIA'S SECRET' RATINGS SKIMPY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe finale of "The Bachelor" blew the panties off CBS's telecast of the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" with an audience almost three times the size. More than 26 million viewers...
GOV ORDERS EMERGENCY CHOP
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - As the state's fiscal situation worsens, Gov. Pataki has ordered all state agencies to develop plans for a minimum 5 percent cut to their budgets for the remaining...
FDNY: 9/11 CARD SHARK DEALT US DIRTY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amOnly weeks after 9/11, a publisher hatched his plan to profit from the tragedy by selling trading cards - and charged ahead even after he got a resounding "no!" when...
CITY COP IS PARALYZED AFTER N.J. BAR BEATING
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA city cop has been left paralyzed after being brutally beaten by a group of rowdy patrons at a Jersey City bar. Police Officer Hung Nguyen, 35, suffered two broken...
'BROOKE'N-HEARTED - THE LOSER STILL LOVES 'BACHELOR'
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDevastated "Bachelor" runner-up Brooke Smith says she's still in love with Aaron Buerge - and still can't believe he didn't choose her to be his bride on the ABC reality...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN Scratch marks resembling Swastikas were found on two elevator doors in a lower Manhattan building, and cops are investigating it as a possible bias incident. The discovery was made...
CASH HOAX SPURS FEMA STAMPEDE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThousands jammed FEMA's Manhattan offices yesterday thinking they'd hit pay dirt - only to learn they were fooled by a bogus rumor that the agency was giving the poor millions...
YANK SLAIN IN LEB ; MISSIONARY NURSE HAD 'BEAUTIFUL HEART'
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amAn American missionary with "a beautiful heart" was killed by a suspected Islamic extremist yesterday, minutes after arriving for work at a church-run prenatal clinic in southern Lebanon. Bonnie Penner,...
SCHOOLS GET SECURITY BOOST - CITY SENDS OUT EXTRA OFFICERS TO 7 VIOLENT HS'S
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration yesterday dispatched SWAT teams of security guards to restore order at seven high schools plagued with violence, sources said yesterday. The additional school-safety agents showed up at...
ARSON SUSPECT BURNED AND BUSTED
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA Queens man was burned yesterday morning after he broke into his uncle's Upper East Side tailor shop and detonated a device that caused an explosion and fire that left...
JACKO FACING PROBE FOR HIS BABY STUNT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE net closed in on Wacko Jacko last night as German authorities considered launching a full-scale criminal probe of the weirdo star's sick baby-dangling stunt. Berlin police say that if...
INFECTION PUTS KOCH IN HOSP
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amFormer Mayor Ed Koch was admitted to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital yesterday with a foot infection. "He came back from lunch saying his right ankle had swelled up and that it was...
AIELLO IN CITY HALL 'MOVIE' TEARJERKER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amActor Danny Aiello broke down in tears at City Hall yesterday as a city official branded him and his business partners untrustworthy. Aiello had gone to the City Council hoping...
NYPD CHOPS INTO CAR $CAMMERS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amCops slammed the brakes on a car-theft and insurance scam yesterday, busting 71 suspects on charges ranging from running chop shops to forging automobile titles. An undercover towing and wrecking...
CARNEGIE KILLER HIT JAIL GUARD
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amSean Salley - convicted of murdering three people above the Carnegie Deli - pleaded guilty to assaulting a Rikers Island correctional officer, the Bronx District Attorney's Office said yesterday. Salley...
SHORT-TEMPERED JERK WALKS OUT A LOSER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe miniature punk who tried to puff himself up into a big man by knocking down Yankee pitcher David Wells looked as if he'd suffered a punch in the face....
FAMED BX. ZOO SNAKE BITES DUST
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe largest snake in captivity is hisss-tory. Samantha, a 26-foot, 275-pound python, has died at 29, the Bronx Zoo said yesterday. Samantha's slinky body will be sent to the American...
OSAMA-SNATCH FOILED - AL QAEDA CAPTIVE IS NAMED TO KEEP HEAT ON
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA top-secret mission to use elite Delta Force commandos to seize Osama bin Laden fell apart after his newly captured Persian Gulf chief refused to give up the terror master's...
DOUBLE VISIONS FOR WTC - PA DISSES REBUILD TEAM WITH OWN 'MASTER' PLAN
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Port Authority said yesterday it has been quietly working on its own "master plan" for Ground Zero - and may ignore much of the work being done by high-profile...
SCANDALOUS ROYALS HAVE BRITS DOWN ON THE CROWN
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe royal family is going to the dogs. Popular support for the royals has fallen to its lowest level in modern times, according to a new poll. In the wake...
SLUGGER SLUGGED - GUILTY OF BOOMER PUNCH-OUT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA pint-sized puncher was convicted of assault yesterday for knocking out two of Yankee hurler David Wells' teeth in an early-morning fracas at an East Side diner. A Manhattan jury...
LOUIMA'S ATT'Y HAD STAR DAZE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amOne of Abner Louima's original lawyers testified yesterday that she was star-struck when she first met "Dream Team" attorney Johnnie Cochran - days before his legal team told her they...
BETHLEHEM CRACKDOWN - ISRAEL BACK AT NATIVITY AFTER BLAST
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel today began a sweeping crackdown on Bethlehem's "terror sanctuary" after a Palestinian homicide bomber from the area blew up a Jerusalem bus, killing 11 commuters - including...
SLAIN KID'S FOLKS ASK FOR MERCY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe parents of a Westchester high-school football player who was fatally punched by a teammate say they don't want the convicted attacker to go to jail. Robert Viscome, 17, died...
LIZZIE'S LOVE SHOCK - DUMPS CONVICT STILL LIVING WITH HIS WIFE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amJust a week before Lizzie Grubman began her prison term, she was devastated to learn that her boyfriend - a convicted felon - had no intention of leaving his wife....
RAPE HORROR A LAUGH FOR 'NET PERV GAL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amCyber-pervert Beth Loschin giggled and snickered yesterday on the witness stand as she relived the sickening sex attacks on a teenage girl Loschin's ex-boyfriend met on the Internet. The beefy...
COPS NAB BALI BOMB RINGLEADER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amAn Afghan-trained militant with links to the al Qaeda offshoot Jemaah Islamiyah terror group has confessed to planning the bombing of a Bali nightclub in which nearly 200 people were...
KITTEN-RABIES SCARE IN BRONX
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA Bronx woman's kitten died of rabies, and city health officials are looking for another cat from the same litter that also may be infected. The Morris Heights woman bought...
SLAIN 'PUNCH' KID'S FOLKS URGE MERCY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe parents of a Westchester high school football player fatally punched by a teammate during a boozy, unsupervised party say they don't want his convicted attacker to spend any time...
LIZZIE'S LOVE SHOCK: DUMPS EX-CON STILL LIVING WITH HIS WIFE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDuring the most trying year of her life, Lizzie Grubman was "deeply involved" with a convicted felon - but recently dumped him because she learned he's still hitched, the heartbroken...
AIELLO IN CITY HALL TEARJERKER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDanny Aiello broke down and cried at City Hall yesterday as an official branded him and his partners untrustworthy. The actor went to the City Council hoping to overturn an...
BRITS NOW LESS LOYAL TO ROYALS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Royal Family is going to the dogs. Popular support for the royal family fell to its lowest level in modern times, according to a new poll. In the wake...
SLUGGER SLUGGED : GUILTY OF BOOMER PUNCH-OUT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amA pint-sized puncher was convicted of assault yesterday for knocking out two of Yankee hurler David Wells' teeth in an early-morning fracas at an East Side diner. A Manhattan jury...
ISRAEL TO STORM 'HAVEN': TARGETING BETHLEHEM AFTER BLAST
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday prepared a sweeping crackdown on Bethlehem's "terror sanctuary" after a Palestinian homicide bomber from the area blew up a Jerusalem bus, killing 11 commuters - including...
'CANES HANG ON, AVOID PITT-FALL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMiami 28Pittsburgh 21 MIAMI - Ken Dorsey had just played the worst first half of his college career, a half so bad that at one point the Miami quarterback slapped...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amPeter Bregy is a typical golfer: never satisfied. Even though he shoots in the 90s (a respectable score for any weekend hacker), he begs for a better score. "It's not...
STORMS PLAY HAVOC
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE past weekend was like most weekends since Labor Day, a total washout for anglers who were kept tied to the dock by wind or rain, or a combination of...
BARON STILL BUZZING OVER NAILON KNOCK
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Hornets star point guard Baron Davis said he is still bewildered his club waived Knicks forward Lee Nailon and agrees with his former teammate that he'd be...
RISKY REMATCH FOR HBO ; BOXERS CAN'T BE AS GOOD
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHE BEST wall-to-wall sports event I've watched on TV this year came from the unlikeliest of sources: a boxing match. On May 18, Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti, in a...
LIGHTNING TAKE CUE FROM ISLES ; FAST STRIKE SURPRISES EAST FOES
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - On one end last night, there were the Islanders, stuck in last place in the Atlantic Division and trying to claw their way out from the effects of...
CAVS KEEP DAJUAN ON SHELF FOR NETS VISIT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES If the decision were left up to Dajuan Wagner, he'd make his NBA debut tonight in his home state against the Nets. "But it's not my decision," Wagner,...
BEASLEY EARNS PRAISE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES During much of the Jets' early-season struggle, free agent cornerback Aaron Beasley was having a particularly difficult time adjusting and it was showing on the field. That trend...
ST. ANTHONY'S FACING 'DIFFERENT' CHAMINADE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amHS PLAYOFFS St. Anthony's is the defending CHSFL AAA champion, has won 20 games in a row and last dropped a league game in 2000, when the Friars lost to...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amIt's rivalry week, or so we're told, which means the standard rules don't apply. Don't focus on records, injuries, arrests - hey, this is college football we're talking about. Some...
SLUGGISH NETS: WHERE'S THE FIRE?
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amCall it intensity. Call it fire. Call it a chip on the shoulder. Whatever you want to call it really does not matter because it has been missing from the...
PENNINGTON GIVES JETS BRIGHT FUTURE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amUNLIKE basketball and baseball, where a team's performance is judged over weeks and sometimes months, the NFL is all about the next game. There's no time to relish victories or...
BLACKBIRDS STARTING OVER
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amLIU HOOP PREVIEW After an amazing three-year run at Adelphi, Jim Ferry, Long Island University's new basketball coach, faces the daunting task of rebuilding a program in complete disarray. Ferry,...
IT'S A CHAD, CHAD WORLD ; MORTON IS BILLS' WORST NIGHTMARE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amJohn Hall, the Jets' kicker, was asked yesterday what he would do if faced with having to kick off to Chad Morton, the Jets' potent kickoff return specialist. "I'd kick...
'NEW' NHL LEAVES PLAYERS COLD
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amONCE was the time a match such as last night's at the Meadowlands between the Rangers and Devils would have brought anticipation of mayhem; of Mark Messier or Scott Stevens...
NAILON MUST PUT DEFENSE ISSUE TO REST
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amKNICKS NOTES Lee Nailon says he would put up prodigious scoring numbers if he got more playing time. Coach Don Chaney said he'd give Nailon more playing time if the...
HEISMAN MAY BE TWO-'CANE RACE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMIAMI - The Heisman Trophy race is hotter than it's been in years. Nowhere is it more competitive than at Miami. Many voters believe quarterback Ken Dorsey, who has led...
SPREWELL LEADING KNICKS BY THE HAND
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amDon Chaney, who freely admitted last year's Knicks lacked leadership, now is praising Latrell Sprewell for the way he's led since his return. He's led as a scorer, a defender,...
SWIFT MOVE MAY HELP KNICKS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMEMPHIS - Less than two weeks remain (Dec. 2) for the Knicks to use or lose their Antonio McDyess medical ($4.5 million) exception and Scott Layden is all over the...
COLLINS SNAPS TO IT ; QB WORKING OVERTIME WITH NEW CENTER WHITTLE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amAfter a majority of the Giants vacated the team's practice bubble yesterday, Kerry Collins and new center Jason Whittle remained, snapping ball after ball. The repetition was designed to make...
TEXANS' CARR CAN GO - AND JINTS KNOW IT
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES While Texans' rookie QB David Carr has been sacked an astounding 53 times, the Giants are the ones a little scared going into Sunday. The No. 1 pick...
'04 MAY NOT BE THE END TORRE SAYS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTwo days after the Yankees hired ex-manager Bucky Dent as their field boss at Triple-A Columbus, Joe Torre made a point yesterday to say that he might manage beyond the...
ISLES BARRAGE BURIES BOLTS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amIslanders 7Lightning 2 TAMPA - The Islanders were put on alert. They were told that they had better turn the season around before it got too late. They were hypnotized...
TOAST OF THE TOWN: METS, MAYOR WOO GLAVINE
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amAs Tom Glavine waited outside The Four Seasons restaurant for a SUV that would whisk him out of Manhattan late yesterday afternoon, a livery driver with a rooting interest called...
HURRICANES HANG ON
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amMiami 28Pitt 21 MIAMI - Ken Dorsey had just played the worst first half of his college career, a half so bad that at one point the Miami quarterback slapped...
MESSIER TIES UP DEVILS IN KNOTS
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amOVERTIME Rangers 4Devils 4 Same alien rink, same Ranger savior. "I don't know why," Mark Messier said after doing the Devils dirt at the Meadowlands again. "The Devils bring out...
CLEAN NHL COOLS TICKET SALES
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amTHEY put on a reasonable show at the Meadowlands last night, the Rangers and Devils did in their 4-4 draw that six weeks into the season somehow marked just the...
NIEUWENDYK NOT CERTAIN TO STAY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amWith the Rangers on hand last night to remind Lou Lamoriello of his Bobby Holik fiasco, the Devils GM has still done nothing about keeping Joe Nieuwendyk from becoming an...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amBrent Musburger vs. Stuart Scott (Who's More Annoying?) Brent Musburger is the Godfather of annoying, but Stuart Scott is coming on strong. The longtime and accurate view of Musburger is...
5 QUESTIONS FOR BILL RAFTERY
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe Post's Andrew Marchand caught up with basketball analyst Bill Raftery this week. Although he's no longer doing Nets' telecasts, Raftery still is busy, working for CBS, ESPN, MSG and...
GUNFIGHT AT THE MEADOWLANDS: JET & BILL QBS SET FOR OFFENSIVE DUEL
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amIf rain or snow doesn't fall from the sky, then points will Sunday at the Meadowlands. "Assuming the weather holds up, this could be an old-fashioned shootout," ESPN'S NFL 2Night...
STATIONS SAY 'NO' TO YES: NETS DENIED OVER-THE-AIR OUTLET
November 22, 2002 | 5:00amThe YES Network has failed to find a broadcast partner to televise five to 10 Nets games, according to sources. Because YES still is unseen by the nearly 3 million...