June 27, 2003
GOTHAM BOOK MART BLDG. SOLD
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe building housing the legendary Gotham Book Mart at 41 W. 47th St. has finally been sold to a neighboring jeweler for $7.2 million. "We had 106 offers on the...
MGM'S COOL CASH - UP-FRONT $8B GIVES KIRK EDGE IN BIDDING FOR VUE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer and its controlling shareholder, Kirk Kerkorian, have offered the most up-front cash of any of the bidders for Vivendi Universal Entertainment, The Post has learned. As a result, MGM's...
IACOM IS TRYING TO EDGE BACK INTO THE BIDDING WAR FOR VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT.
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amViacom is trying to edge back into the bidding war for Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Viacom, which opted not to submit a bid on Monday when first-round offers were due, has...
CEO PUTS NASDAQ IN REVERSE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amRecently appointed Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld announced he will cut 80 more jobs, shutter plans for Nasdaq Europe and shelve formal IPO plans as he focuses the electronic marketplace on...
CIRCUIT CITY TURNS DOWN TAKEOVER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMexican billionaire Carlos Slim made an offer earlier this month to buy all the shares of consumer electronics retailer Circuit City that he does not already own, but his proposal,...
MEDIA CRITIC MCGOWAN CASHES IN WITH BLAIR BOOK PROJECT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAUTHOR William McGowan - and not disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair - appears to be the first writer to cash on the scandal that won't die at the...
SUIT: NY TIMES FAILED TO SUPERVISE REPORTER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Times was hit with a federal lawsuit yesterday claiming editors failed to supervise a reporter on a story. The maker of the weight-loss product, Cytodyne Technologies, Inc.,...
$1B DEAL IN IPO SUIT PUTS HEAT ON BANKS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street firms were dealt another blow yesterday when 308 companies - including Martha Stewart Living, Priceline.com and Expedia.com - reached a proposed settlement of $1 billion with investors who...
ANDERSON LICENSES A BOMBSHELL BRAND
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThose who've always dreamed of getting their hands on Pamela Anderson's underwear will soon get their chance. The former "Baywatch" babe is expected to launch a line of lingerie this...
HER RIDE TO THE TOP OF THE BUSINESS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amBonnie Fuller's goal is to be crowned queen of all magazine editors - and the highest paid anywhere. The 46-year-old editor already holds the title of heading more major magazines...
A BONNIE VOYAGE; FLEES US FOR TABS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amBonnie Fuller is going downmarket. The fast-moving editor-in-chief who turned Us Weekly into a newsstand juggernaut is quitting to become editorial director at supermarket tabloid publisher American Media, home to...
A BONNIE VOYAGE: FLEES US FOR TABS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amBonnie Fuller is going downmarket. The fast-moving editor-in-chief who turned Us Weekly into a newsstand jauggernaut is quitting to move into a top spot at supermarket tabloid publisher American Media,...
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amCHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE Overproduced lingerie party. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence, profanity, much sexual suggestiveness). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Battery Park City, others....
HELL ON REELS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amHELL'S HIGHWAY [1/2] A different kind of nostalgia trip. Running time: 91 minutes. Not rated (sex, graphic accidents). At the Cinema Village, East 12th Street and University Place. -------- THE...
REFURBISHED CAST HIKES 'RENT' APPEAL
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amRENT [] At the Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; (212) 921-8000. ----- 'RENT," Jonathan Larson's take on "La Boheme," is essentially an ensemble piece - and a far more...
POINTLESS 'ON-LINE' PORN TO LOSE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amON-LINE [] Grubby cybersex. Running time: 97 minutes. Not rated (language, sex, nudity). At Cinema Village, 12th Street, between Fifth Avenue and University Place.> ---- PERHAPS the low-budget indie "On-line"...
ELLEN DOES IT STANDING UP - AND HERE'S A FIRST: CLEAN JOKES ON HBO
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am"Ellen Degeneres: Here and Now" [ 1/2] Tomorrow night at 10 on HBO --- BET you don't know how talented Ellen Degeneres really is. That's the problem with sitcoms. The...
IT'S INFECTIOUS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am28 DAYS LATER [ 1/2] A believable nightmare. Running time: 112 minutes. Rated R (strong violence and gore, language and nudity). At the Empire, the Loews 34th Street, the Chelsea...
'DREAM' TEAM
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAMERICAN BALLET THEATER At Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center. (212) 362-6000. Season runs through tomorrow. ---- AMERICAN Ballet Theater canters toward the end of its Metropolitan Opera House season with...
GYMNASTS IN DANCE SHOES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amPILOBOLUS Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through July 19. --- IT must be summer, because the Pilobolus Dance Theater has started its annual...
DARK 'DAY' IS LIGHT ON WIT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amST. CRISPIN'S DAY At the Rattlestick Theatre, 224 Waverly Place. Through July 20. SmartTix, (212) 868-4444. ----- SHAKESPEARE wrote a heroic, patriotic play called "Henry V" - but, being the...
SO WHERE'S THE DUCHESS OF TALK?
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amFERGIE'S U.S. talk show may be down but it's not out. "Fergie," a talk show starring the Duchess of York, had been a hot contender to land on NBC's daytime...
FOLEY SCRUBS UP AGAIN - SECOND SHOT AT SHOW
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amIT looks like Scott "Alias" star Jennifer Foley, the soon to be ex-husband of Garner, will re-join the cast of "Scrubs" next fall. Foley, whose sitcom "A.U.S.A" was a flop...
THE GREAT GREEN WAY - DREAMWORKS PUTTING 'SHREK' ON THE STAGE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amSHREK, the lovable green ogre who made nearly $300 million for DreamWorks on the big screen in the USA, is lumbering toward Broadway.Sam Mendes has signed on as director and...
HEAT'S NOW ON HAMAS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel and the United States sharply turned up the heat on Palestinian terror organizations yesterday as two would-be homicide bombers, three Hamas activists and an Israeli were killed....
DUBYA DRUBBING DEM RIVALS IN N.Y. POLL
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - President Bush is defeating all of his potential Democratic challengers among heavily Democratic New York voters, a new poll yesterday showed. The Quinnipiac University survey also found Bush...
MAN LEAPS FROM G.W. BRIDGE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amCoast Guard and harbor patrol units searched yesterday for a man who abandoned his car and leaped off the lower deck of the George Washington Bridge, a Port Authority spokesman...
CITY STAFFER GUILTY IN TAX-ASSESS BRIBE CASE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA 17-year veteran of the city's Finance Department has become the 20th person to plead guilty in a tax-assessor bribery scandal. Roberta C. Hand, an administrative staff analyst in the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA chicken named Amelia has become a big celebrity in San Francisco after cruel pranksters tied the bird to 100 helium balloons and sent her soaring into the sky. Amelia...
MOUSSAOUI WINS KEY COURT ROUND
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The feds lost a big court decision yesterday in their 9/11 prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, which could prompt the government to yank him from criminal court and make...
JUSTICES STRIKE DOWN STATE BANS ON GAY SEX
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Gay sex is protected under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in a 6-3 decision that pleased gay-rights advocates and angered social conservatives. "This is an...
FIZZLING FOURTH - USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IS PLUMMETING
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe Fourth of July will never again be the explosive, fireworks-everywhere holiday it once was - and that's a good thing, say firefighters and cops whose crackdown on illegal pyrotecnics...
LATINO SURVEY MAL-IGNS MIKE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's approval ratings among Latinos have hit rock bottom, according to a survey conducted by a group of Hispanic nonprofit organizations. The Hispanic Federation poll found that just 15...
DUBYA DRUBBING DEMOCRATS IN STATE PREZ POLLS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - President Bush is defeating all of his potential Democratic challengers among heavily Democratic New York voters, a new poll yesterday showed. The Quinnipiac University survey also found Bush...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police yesterday released the above photo of a gun-wielding bandit who has robbed three livery drivers in Manhattan and The Bronx. The first robbery took place on May...
TAX-FRAUD MOBSTER: MY LAWYER BLEW IT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAn accused mob associate ripped into his lawyer before a federal judge yesterday, claiming he'd been the victim of a "tremendous injustice." In a last-ditch bid to avoid being sent...
MTA SLAMS BOOTH BILL
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMTA Chairman Peter Kalikow blasted the state Legislature yesterday for passing a bill that would stop the agency from shutting down subway station booths for three years, and called on...
HOPES RISE AND FALL IN DAD'S SEARCH FOR LOST SON
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA DISTRAUGHT Brooklyn father thought the agonizing street-by-street search for his son was over. After the story of Luis M. Simancas and his missing son, Luis D., 23, was published...
DOTING BX. MOM FOUND MURDERED
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA 32-year-old Bronx woman who "lived for her kids" was found murdered in her apartment, police said yesterday. Santa Meja, a mother of seven, was found battered to death in...
NATIONAL SALES ARE ROCKETING
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe country's newfound patriotic fervor has spurred an explosion in the sale of fireworks for personal use nationwide in anticipation of the Fourth of July, the industry trade group says....
TRUCE OR NOT, TERRORISTS REMAIN A TARGET
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel will continue to target "ticking bombs" even if Palestinian terror groups finally agree to a temporary halt in attacks on Israelis, Maj. Gen. Dan Halutz said this...
GIS MIGHT BE CAPTIVES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Three U.S. soldiers were killed, at least 14 were injured and two more may have been kidnapped yesterday in a new guerrilla offensive throughout strife-torn Iraq. Central Command...
PARISH EMBEZZLER AVOIDS SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn granny who stole heaps of cash from a parish school will not go to jail under a deal that forces her to pay back some of the money...
ALBANY STIFFS OUR KIDS - TOP COURT CALLS ED FUNDING UNFAIR
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - In a landmark decision, the state's top court yesterday ruled that city schools have been cheated out of their fair share of education funding and gave the state...
PRESTO! MAGIC PILL CUTS CARDIAC, STROKE RISK: DOCS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA magic, multipurpose "super-pill" that British scientists are hoping to test could slash the death rate from heart attack or stroke by an astonishing 80 percent or more, researchers said...
REPRIEVE FOR 13,000 YOUTH JOBS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThousands of city kids will report to work on Monday after a last-minute decision by Gov. Pataki to release $15 million for summer jobs. "We're working to make sure that...
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS OF STUPIDITY
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amTHINGS Mother never taught a couple of heavyweight punks: If you poke a stick at a caged, wild animal, you have no one to blame but yourself if you lose...
CON MAN'S EX SENTENCED TO DEBT PENALTY
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan woman is still paying for her relationship with deadbeat sugar daddy Thomas Colucci. American Express has filed suit against Deborah Vandevelde for $100,000 in unpaid charges - debts...
BOGUS ORDER IN THE COURT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe FBI is looking for the fraudster who drafted a bogus court order - complete with a forged federal judge's signature and courthouse stamp - in connection with a hotly...
APPLE GETS $1.3B SURPLUS SURPRISE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe City Council is set to approve the $44.5 billion city budget today - and there will be a $1.3 billion surplus rolled over into the coming fiscal year, sources...
THERE'S HILL TO PAY - GOP A$KS TO FIGHT LEADERSHIP 'THREAT'
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Senate's top Republican fund-raiser said yesterday he's mobilizing the GOP's resources to fight off the "danger" posed by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton becoming her party's next Senate...
THE ITCH TO HITCH - LIFTING FLEA-BITTEN BRIDAL SHOP'S VEIL OF SECRECY
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amHere comes the bride - scratching. David's Bridal store on 86th Street in Bay Ridge has been infested with fleas on and off since late April, company brass admitted yesterday....
EATERY BOSS SAYS JOE'S BENEFIT EXIT NOT KOSHER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA kosher restaurant owner is claiming presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Lieberman abruptly backed out of a $100,000 fund-raiser because the restaurant owner's staff doesn't belong to a large enough union....
HAMPTONS HORROR AS WOMAN IS RUN DOWN
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA 24-year-old woman was struck by a car and killed while trying to retrieve a pair of sunglasses she accidentally dropped in the middle of a busy Hamptons road, police...
NO-CALL LAW WILL KEEP SELL-PHONERS ON HOLD
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAfter enduring years of irritating dinnertime calls from pushy salesmen, the public finally gets its chance today to annoy the telemarketers right back. From coast to coast, Americans can now...
SCHUMER WANTS FANATICAL IMAMS ROOTED OUT OF JAILS, ARMED FORCES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Militant Muslim imams are preaching a distorted, hateful form of Islam to U.S. soldiers and federal prisoners, creating a "dangerous situation," Sen. Charles Schumer charged yesterday. Schumer said...
CITY AUDIT SPANKS KID SERVICES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's day-care centers are so poorly mismanaged that they "may place many children in jeopardy," City Comptroller William Thompson warned yesterday. In one day-care center, a child was left...
CHEERS FOR STUDENTS' 'SALVATION'
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWe're in the money! That was the jubilant, almost universal reaction to the historic court ruling that Albany cheated city public-school kids out of an adequate education - and now...
COURT FREES 'FILM-LAM' PLAGIARIST
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man locked up for claiming "credit" for writing the Jennifer Lopez movie "The Cell" has been sprung from his. Shamel Smith was serving a 2 1/2- to 7-year...
COUNTING CROWS - CENTRAL PK. IN CRITTER CENSUS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amArmed with laptops, binoculars and a few butterfly nets, scientists and nature lovers will take to Central Park today and tomorrow to catalog as many species of wildlife as they...
FIND THESE ACID-SPLASH FIENDS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amSketches of the two men who viciously slashed a woman's face - then threw sulfuric acid on her bleeding wounds - in Brooklyn were released by cops yesterday. Cops are...
FACTS THE JUDGES WOULDN'T FACE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amTHE state Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that Albany fails to provide enough funding to Gotham's public schools to meet constitutional requirements. But the court based its decision on funding...
BROOKLYN EATERY TIPS LEAD TAXMAN TO 'RESTAU-FRAUDS'
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amInvestigators yesterday raided two dozen Brooklyn restaurants they say bilked tens of millions from taxpayers by cutting cash deals to throw parties. Many of the targets are well-known Russian hangouts...
MYSTERY LINGERS ON RIVER DEATH
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe drowning death of rare-book dealer Svetlana Aronov - whose body was found floating in the East River after she vanished without a trace four months ago - has been...
SCORCHER TORTURE - CITY MAY HIT 90S FOR FOURTH DAY
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe hot temperatures may have come late this year, but now they are coming with a vengeance. The National Weather Service recorded a high of 93 degrees at 4 p.m....
QNS. BLAST A CLOSE CALL
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens cafe owner narrowly escaped death yesterday when a utility-line grate exploded and set fire to his SUV parked above it - which, in turn, set fire to the...
FIGHT COURT: TYSON'S BATTERED FOES FACE JUSTICE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA roly-poly pugilist from Pennsylvania appeared in court yesterday sporting two shiners and a gash over his right eye after going toe to toe with Mike Tyson. Because of his...
PARTY TEEN IN PARKWAY PLUNGE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island teen was clinging to life yesterday after he leaped from an overpass onto the Grand Central Parkway in Queens during a boozy limo ride home with friends...
LE$$ON IN PAIN LOOMS FOR STATEHOUSE POLS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amIT could cost the state a bundle to comply with yesterday's ruling that New York has cheated city kids of a "sound, basic" education. Other states that lost similar lawsuits...
PATAKI WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR WTC LAND SWAP
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki is no longer interested in a proposal to transfer control of Ground Zero to the city - and has told officials at the Port Authority to suspend talks...
MISINFORMATION, PLEASE: ALI'S FOLLIES WOULD FLY IN U.S.
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am"Baghdad Bob" has a definite future in the job market if he ever moves to the United States. That's the word from top politicians, public relations bigwigs and comedians who...
COPS HUNT BUSY BANK ROBBER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amPolice have released a picture of the man responsible for holding up 39 banks throughout Queens and Manhattan in the past two years, and they need the public's help in...
FIGHT COURT - TYSON'S BATTERED FOES FACE JUSTICE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA roly-poly pugilist from Pennsylvania appeared in court yesterday, sporting two shiners and a gash over his right eye after going toe to toe with Mike Tyson. Because of his...
SUSPECT FLEES STATION HOUSE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amA robbery suspect slipped out of an East Harlem police station late yesterday afternoon, police said. The 22-year-old escapee was taken to the 25th Precinct on East 119th Street to...
MTA BIDS TO DERAIL BOOTH BILL
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMTA Chairman Peter Kalikow blasted the state Legislature yesterday for passing a bill that would stop the agency from shutting down subway station booths for three years, and called on...
KNICKS WIN WITH PAIR - LAMPE LANDS IN LAP AFTER SWEETNEY PICK
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Knicks' GM Scott Layden came to bat at No. 9 last night at the NBA draft, he figured he had a choice of either power forward Mike Sweetney or...
LAMPE LIGHTS UP ROOM - FANS EMBRACE LONELY SECOND ROUNDER
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amELVIS wore a cream colored suit, a shiny blue cap, and a stony expression that everyone inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden could relate to. That roar? That was...
ACTION HEATS UP
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that summer has finally arrived, maybe we can put a weekend together that has both great weather and great fishing. Of course, this weather is a double-edged sword, because...
JORDAN DIDN'T HAVE THIS AIR ABOUT HIM
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amTHE thing that became more and more apparent, the closer and closer LeBron James got to The Zero Hour last night, when he finally would hear his name called, when...
GOOD TO BE THE KING - CAVS CROWN JAMES AS NO. 1 PICK
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWelcome to the Kingdom. LeBron "King" James ascended to the throne last night when David Stern announced the Ohio prep superstar as the first pick in the NBA Draft. All...
TIME ON NETS' SIDE - PICK DOESN'T HAVE TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amOne major question going through the minds of those in the Nets' draft war room last night seemed simple, but it actually was very complex: Now or later? Last season,...
LOOKS DON'T DECEIVE - SEX SELLS IN ABC'S HIRING OF GUERRERO
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amNOT that we're sur prised, but the publicity photo ABC chose and distributed of its newly named "Monday Night Football" sideline reporter, Lisa Guerrero, was one of her modestly clothed...
CLAUSSEN RISING TO THE OCCASION
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am"I am just a guy from New Mexico pitching in New York." -BRANDON CLAUSSEN ---- ST. PETERSBURG - Brandon Claussen has a firm grip on what's happening tomorrow night at...
ROBINSON REJECTS RANGERS - SATHER BEST BET TO COACH BLUESHIRTS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am"I don't feel [the Rangers'] job is suited to my personality." -LARRY ROBINSON ------ Glen Sather insists there are still candidates out there to coach the Rangers next season, and...
JOHNSON FEELS LIKE ODD-MAN OUT AFTER LEWIS-KLITSCHKO
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amYou wanna fight Kirk Johnson? At this point, the heavyweight will get in the ring with just about anyone to prevent fading into oblivion. Johnson was supposed to fight Lennox...
ROBBY 'MUSCLED' OUT OF LINEUP WITH STRAIN
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets can't showcase Roberto Alomar if he's not playing. And the veteran second baseman was not in the starting lineup last night because of a strained trapezius...
NEXT STOP, THE BRONX - A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR MANY MET KIDS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThis weekend, baseball is much more than just a job for the Mets. It's a reminder of everything they love about the game. "I think at a certain point, the...
ONE 'BAD BOY' TURNED GOOD
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amDuring Bill Laimbeer's playing days, he was told by many people that he would someday become an excellent coach. Laimbeer agreed, but neither he nor anyone else would have predicted...
PLUCK OF THE IRISH - HEILMAN DISPLAYED GRIT AT NOTRE DAME
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amIf Aaron Heilman's rookie year is anything like his freshman year, the Mets will be in great shape. Heilman, scheduled to make his major league debut last night against Florida,...
METS, FANS HOPE ROOKIE HAS WHAT IT TAKES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amREADY? Twenty years tell John Franco that there was no way he was ready for his major league debut in 1984. "My minor league stats were terrible," Franco recalled. "I...
YANKS ARE FLAW-SOME - STRUGGLE TO THEIR THIRD WIN IN ROW HEADING INTO SUBWAY REMATCH
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Devil Rays 3 ST. PETERSBURG - They are far from perfect and not done reshaping the roster, but the Yankees' confidence heading into the second set of...
LOU HAS GRIEVE-ANCE OVER LAST OUT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - The fire that George Steinbrenner adores about Lou Piniella was on display yesterday immediately after Mariano Rivera fanned pinch-hitter Ben Grieve looking to end the...
HOW SWEETNEY IT IS - KNICKS GRAB GEORGETOWN POWER FORWARD AT NO. 9
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThe Knicks' choice at last night's NBA Draft essentially was between a 7-foot Polish project with a great upside and a well-known power forward who might turn out to be...
FOX TO JEROME: YOU'RE OFF THE AIR
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amFor the first game of Saturday's Subway Series, Fox planned to have veteran WFAN caller Jerome from Manhattan give the Yankees' starting lineup. However, the Yankees objected to Jerome's involvement,...
NEXT FOR LEBRON: PLAYING
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAs the 18-year-old in the all white suit and the blue and orange Cleveland cap walked through the corridors of Madison Square Garden's Theater, there was Presidential-level security. For good...
GOOD TO BE THE KING - CAVS CROWN LEBRON AS NO. 1 CHOICE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am"You come [to Cleveland] this season, you see how glamorous it's going to be. It's going to be lit up like Vegas." - LEBRON JAMES ----- Welcome to the kingdom....
NETS MAKE A POINT - GRAB CROATIAN PLANINIC WITH 22ND PICK
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amAs early plans for The Jason Kidd Summer 2003 Free Agency Tour were being announced on television, the Nets went and drafted a point guard, going overseas for their first...
KIDD TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amFree agent negotiating can get under way on July 1. Signings can start on July 16, but the posturing has already begun. Jason Kidd, whose free agency could make or...
THERE'S NO STOPPIN' WILLIS' MAGIC TOUCH
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amHe is more than just a funky delivery. And much more than just some flash in the pan working on an extended run of beginner's luck. Right now, Dontrelle Willis...
AARON 'D' VICTIM IN DEBUT - FOUR MET MISCUES SABOTAGE HEILMAN
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMarlins 6 - Mets 1 From the looks of it, rookie righty Aaron Heilman became acclimated to the Mets in the fifth inning last night at Shea. That's when, in...
TIME WILL TELL IF ROOKIE HAS WHAT IT TAKES
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amREADY? Twenty major league seasons have told John Franco there's no way he was ready for his 1984 major league debut. "My minor league stats were terrible," Franco recalled. "I...
AILING ALOMAR SITS
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets can't showcase Roberto Alomar if he's not playing. And the veteran second baseman missed last night's 6-1 loss to Florida because of a sore trap muscle...
WIE ARE THE WORLD: GOLF'S 13-YEAR-OLD PHENOM CAN SAVE LPGA
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amGALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Normal is not something Michelle Wie wants any part of in her life. To Wie, the 13-year-old golf phenom who's on record as saying she wants...
LET'S PLAY TWO! FOR MET-CASTER ROSE, SUBWAY TWINBILL IS A DOUBLE DELIGHT
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amSubway Series double-header, 1 p.m., Fox; 8 p.m., WCBS-2, MSG When Met-caster Howie Rose's daughters and their friends heard he would be calling both games of Saturday's Subway Series, two-stadium...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MARY CARILLO
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with tennis analyst Mary Carillo. Carillo has worked for 12 networks in her career. This week, she is with NBC and ESPN at...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK : ART HOWE VS. JOE TORRE
June 27, 2003 | 4:00am(Who is better with the media?) When Art Howe meets with the media, it seems he is punching a time card. While conducting his shift with a smile, Howe forsakes...
MAD DOG'S DASH TO NOWHERE: DITCHES FAN THEN GETS BUMPED FROM LETTERMAN
June 27, 2003 | 4:00amWhat would WFAN's Chris Russo say if Derek Jeter missed practice or part of a game to promote a book on "Late Show with David Letterman?" "I probably would have...