January 12, 2005
FREE AGENTS GIVE METS NET A BOOST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amThe Mets surprise signing of superstar free agent Carlos Beltran should pay off almost immediately when the team soon begins shopping its new sports network to cable operators and advertisers....
FREEBIES SAP VIAGRA SALES
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amMakers of Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs saw sales gains soften last year as more and more American men discovered they can solve their problem by using the free...
TASER ZAPPED ON SAFETY FEAR
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amStun-gun maker Taser is getting knocked flat, wiping out $1 billion for investors almost overnight. The company admitted yesterday that customers might cancel orders over fears the disabling device might...
HILLARY WOOS REALTORS AT CORCORAN AWARDS PARTY; HILLARY WOOS NEW YORK REALTORS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSENATOR Hillary Clinton urged New Yorkers yesterday to ask for something back when they fund candidates on both sides of the aisle. "Do not raise money for people who want...
JOBS PEELS AWAY AT RIVALS' HOPES WITH A $99 IPOD
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amApple unveiled a $99 iPod yesterday that weighs less than an ounce, is about the size of a pack of gum and holds about 120 songs. The move is aimed...
NYSE CHEAP SEATS: $975K
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amBeseiged by competition and threatened by proposed rules, New York Stock Exchange seat prices yesterday slid below the $1 million market for the first time in nine years. Yesterday's sale...
'IT'S BLOOPER TIME' - FAST-MOVING PEOPLE WINS BRAD-JEN BUSTUP DERBY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amTHE celebrity magazines were in full battle mode in the scramble to cover the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt marital bustup. "For a celebrity weekly, this is our tsunami," said Kent Brownridge,...
HO CHI MINIMUM
January 12, 2005 | 5:00am'IS everyone ignoring you?" asked the waitress at Sapa one night when we were seated in an off-the-radar nook between the restaurant's main rooms. "I'll find you a waiter." Thanks,...
PROSE AND CONS IN 'BAGHDAD'
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE'S no shortage of documentaries on the war in Iraq, but most have an ax to grind. Either they think the United States did a noble thing or they argue...
NEW EATERY ON A ROLL
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amGREGARIOUS restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow is about to get even more social. The reality TV star/food mogul is inking a lease at the Dream Hotel (210 W. 55th St.) to open...
ACTORS' NOMS LIFT 'RWANDA'
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amTHE road comedy "Sideways" led nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards yesterday, but the real surprise was a strong showing by the genocide drama "Hotel Rwanda." Confirming Hollywood buzz...
SYNDICATION GUNS FOR 'SOPRANOS'
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSCRUBBED-up episodes of "The Sopranos" could fetch record amounts when they're sold into syndication next year. "I certainly will be surprised if [HBO] doesn't get record pricing for the program,"...
SAD SAG NOD FOR ORBACH
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSOMEWHERE, beloved "Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach is smiling. Orbach, who died last month, picked up a posthumous SAG nod yesterday for his final season of the hit crime-and-punishment...
TIGER BEAT - ESPN TEES UP GOLF COVERAGE FOR HOT, NEW PRODIGY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amFORGET football - the best story in sports right now is a 15-year-old female golfer who is threatening to make the men look like, well, girls. Hawaiian Michelle Wie tees...
THE FULL MONTY - 'SPAMALOT' SET TO BE AS BIG AS 'THE PRODUCERS'; THE NEXT HOLY GRAIL
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO - "Spamalot," in tryouts here at the Shubert Theater, bills itself as "the musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'" It might...
JACKO TV GUY LIKELY TO TESTIFY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Prosecutors plan to call Martin Bashir, the TV reporter whose report touched off Michael Jackson's latest legal woes, to the witness stand at The Gloved One's child-molestation...
'LOSER' WINS - $250,000 IS WORTH THE WEIGHT FOR RYAN
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amNO FAT lady sang when it was over, but "The Biggest Loser" crowned its first-ever weight-loss champion on NBC last night. He is Ryan Benson, 36, of Spokane, Wash., who...
STARR REPORT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIf it's possible to channel glee through the telephone, the folks over at ABC's "GMA" did a good job of it yesterday in sharing the news that their show beat...
REALITY PASSES NYC RIGHT BY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIT gets cold early in Providence, R.I. - how else to explain why it has been ranked the No. 1 reality-TV watching city in America? New York, on the other...
THE REAL DISH ON FISH - CAN'T GET IT RIGHT? TOP CHEF TOURONDEL GETS YOU OFF THE HOOK
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amDANIEL Boulud describes him as a fish and shellfish "master." His last eatery, BLT Steak, was named one of Esquire's best new restaurants for 2004. Now, Laurent Tourondel, the famed...
ZEROING IN ON FRANKY G
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amFRANKY G, the star of the upcoming FOX crime drama "Jonny Zero" is a Queens boy to the core. The 39-year-old Boricua has lived there his entire life, and even...
MORE MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amTEGO CALDER"N is putting his money where his mike is. The king of reggaetón, who, as reported on these pages last month, was tapped by P.Diddyto be part of the...
THE POWERS THAT BE - LATINOS ARE CLIMBING THE POLITICAL LADDER LIKE NEVER BEFORE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIS this the "Hispanic Moment?" Or just the first of many such moments to come? On January 3rd, Mel Martinez, Republican from Florida, and Ken Salazar, Democrat from Colorado, were...
REACHING FOR THE SKY - ARCHITECT ISMAEL LEYVA KEEPS A HIGH PROFILE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amARCHITECT Ismael Leyva's star is rising faster than the luxury skyscrapers that he helps design. The 51-year-old Mexico native is a force to be reckoned with in the world of...
VOICE OF REASON - PUERTO RICAN SINGER DANNY RIVERA CAN'T HELP BUT EXPRESS HIMSELF
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amDANNY Rivera has been referred to as Puerto Rico's conscience. His lefty political activism and advocacy for the independence of the island so angered the conservative elements of Puerto Rico...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA Florida minister giving a sermon collapsed and died in mid-sentence as he told parishioners, "And when I go to heaven . . . " The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69,...
'HARD NOSE' TO SNIFF OUT EVILDOERS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary-designate Michael Chertoff has been famed as a tough and brilliant prosecutor since he went after mobsters with Rudy Giuliani in the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office...
DEAN BLASTS 'REDDISH' DEMS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Howard Dean yesterday officially jumped into the race to head the Democratic National Committee, by blasting rivals who say Democrats should talk more about "values" to court Republican...
ARIEL CALLS ABBAS WITH MAZEL TOV
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to congratulate him on his election as Palestinian president and begin improving relations in the post-Arafat era. The 10-minute...
'DA VINCI' AUTHOR IN COURT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00am"The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown denied claims yesterday he lifted material for his bestseller from another book. During a hearing yesterday in Manhattan federal court, Brown's lawyer urged...
MTA EXECS CHARGED OVER GIFTS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amFourteen MTA employees were charged yesterday with illegally taking gifts from companies doing business with the agency. The state Ethics Commission said the employees accepted either tickets to or meals...
MUDDY HELL - CALIF. RAINS HINDER ]]RESCUE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amPunishing rainstorms continued to soak waterlogged Southern California last night - impeding the frantic efforts of rescue teams to find more survivors buried in a killer mudslide. Firefighters are focusing...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A Coney Island woman was arrested for slashing an ex-friend with a boxcutter and stabbing her with a crack pipe, police sources said yesterday. The violence began at...
GOV GIVES 117G JOB TO 'ABSENT'-MINDED DEM
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The Pataki administration has arranged a plum, $117,000-a-year job for a recently retired Democratic lawmaker - just months after his mysterious absence from the Capitol helped thwart a...
FIRM HIT WITH POLLUTE RAP
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens businessman and his firm were slammed yesterday with 22 felony charges of polluting Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens. Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes charged Quality Concrete and its...
TOP DEM DENNY, 72, TO HAVE A LOVE CHILD
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - New York Democratic Party Chairman Herman "Denny" Farrell, a 72-year-old grandfather, has fathered an out-of-wedlock "love child" whose birth is imminent. The politically prominent Farrell, chairman of the...
ROT IN HELL, DAD - BOY, 5, THANKS JUDGE FOR JAILING FATHER WHO KILLED MOM ON XMAS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00am"Thank you for putting the bad man in jail." With those simple words, Shimeir Bradley, a 5-year-old Queens boy, thanked the judge who put his father away for 25 years...
DEVIL OF A BEATING FOR QNS. SATANIST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA proud Church of Satan member got a hellish beating during an alleged bias attack in Queens, authorities said yesterday. Daniel Romano, 20, of Elmhurst, was walking back from a...
HE'D BE A GREAT MAYOR - OF FANTASYLAND
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amHIS face looked pinched and ghostly pale. And the words he pushed out of his mouth frequently tangled his tongue, an endearing quirk for some politicians. But for Mayor Bloomberg...
ALEX THE GREAT DESCENDANT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amOn the 248th birthday of his famous great-great- great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Alexander G. Hamilton entered the world yesterday - the 25th known descendant to be named after the nation's first Secretary...
OFF-TRACK SCAM - NYRA BOOKED $1M IN BOGUS EXPENSES: AUDIT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The New York Racing Association spent more than $1 million on country-club memberships, golf outings and other "inappropriate, unsupported and excessive" travel and entertainment expenses, according to a...
RIDERS CRY: NO FARE - VANS & LIVERIES GOUGING
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amPrice-gouging dollar vans and livery cars were out in force yesterday along routes served by two private bus lines currently on strike, forcing commuters either to pay more or be...
STUDENT 'FAIL APPEAL' EYED
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amHigh-school students who fail Regents exams could appeal and get their diplomas under a new proposal by state Education Commissioner Richard Mills. Students must pass five Regents exams to graduate...
HARD TIME FOR BIG-TIME THIEF - MASTERMIND IN $100M ID SCAM GETS 14 YEARS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA 400-pound computer technician was sentenced to 14 years in prison yesterday after masterminding what authorities called the biggest ID- theft scam in U.S. history - costing victims up to...
HOME AIDE DIES AT COUPLE'S HOME
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA home-care attendant who was hired to look after an elderly couple died in her sleep on the job in their luxury apartment, police and residents said yesterday. Beatrice Attney,...
3RD TEEN GUILTY IN TURKEY TOSS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amAnother of six Long Island teens indicted in a turkey-tossing incident that critically injured a woman driver has pleaded guilty - the third to do so, cops said. Rachel MacDonald,...
QUEENS BARBERSHOP MURDER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA young dad was executed inside a Queens barbershop yesterday, and police were questioning a man who was caught fleeing the scene. The unidentified gunman entered the Fantastic International Unisex...
WASH. HTS. PUSHER EXECUTED ON STREET
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA reputed drug dealer who used his ill-gotten wealth to start a Washington Heights community basketball league was gunned down yesterday while strolling to a supermarket at midnight. Edward Meran,...
'SOCKS DOCS' JURY GRILLS CLINTON CRONY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former Clinton White House Mr. Fix-It Bruce Lindsey emerged tight-lipped yesterday after testifying before a federal grand jury probing whether top-secret documents were illegally removed from the National...
HUBBY IN PITCHFORK THREAT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amBrandishing a pitchfork, an 85-year-old Staten Island man threatened to kill his wife in a dispute over $1 million in stocks, police said. Frank Palumbo was arraigned yesterday on assault...
L.I. COPS DELIVER IN THE CLUTCH
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amThree Suffolk County police officers teamed up with a pair of a paramedics yesterday to deliver a baby girl whose entry into the world came a little sooner than expected....
HONORABLE GUY RETURNS WIDOW'S 13G
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA woman who left her purse in a taxi got it back - with $13,300 inside - thanks to a Long Island cabby, the cab company said. The passenger who...
SHAMEFUL WASTE - MOUNDS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE RUINED LYING IN RAIN
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of tons of desperately needed tsunami relief supplies are sitting unprotected on the tarmac of an Indonesian airport, where they're being pummeled by torrential tropical downpours. "The airport is...
'KILLER' OF B'KLYN GI GIVES UP
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA 23-year-old Brooklyn man who allegedly fatally shot a soldier on leave from the war in Iraq and injured the soldier's brother was charged with murder after turning himself in...
'HAPPY' RETURN - ORIGINAL CAST OF BELOVED SITCOM REUNITES FOR SPECIAL
January 12, 2005 | 5:00am"Happy Days" is here again. More than 30 years later, the malt shop hasn't changed much, but the cast of the hit sitcom, which launched the careers of Henry Winkler...
'CRAZY' NO-SHOW AT COURT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amDeejay "Crazy Cabbie" of "Howard Stern Show" fame lived up to his name yesterday when he skipped a court date in his federal tax case - prompting a judge to...
BLOOMY BOOSTS POOR IN STATE OF THE CITY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amReaching out to the heart of Democratic voters, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday delivered a State of the City speech spotlighting what he's done - and would do if re-elected - for...
RANDY HAS SORRY 2ND START AS ACE OF N.Y.
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIt only took a day for the Big Unit to feel the New York heat - and issue a Big Apology. Flame-throwing left-hander Randy Johnson began day two in the...
DIAMOND KINGS ARE ICE TREATS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amEVERY few minutes yesterday, on both of the city's biggest ballfields, you could see workers tending to their knitting, caring for the great green patches even as the snow clouds...
SHOWBIZ UNION GETS REINED IN
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amLeaders of the country's biggest behind-the-scenes show-business union are moving to take over a New York-based local whose leaders face corruption allegations, the local's president said yesterday. The move is...
RADICAL LAWYER'S 'ED. BOARD' THREAT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amRadical lawyer Lynne Stewart is so dangerous she supports inflicting violence against "Board of Education" officials, a federal prosecutor charged in her trial yesterday. During closing arguments in Manhattan federal...
OFF-THE-RAILS MTA TRIES TO PUT BRAKES ON SPENDING
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amThe cash-strapped MTA has started tightening its own belt. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday imposed a hiring freeze and ordered employees to curtail their expenses in a cost-cutting bid. MTA...
WELCOME HOMELAND - BUSH TAPS NJER FOR SECURITY JOB THAT KERIK BLEW
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday made a surprise pick for Homeland Security secretary by tapping federal Judge Michael Chertoff - an intense intellectual who stands in sharp contrast to failed...
BUBBLY BELTRAN TELLS FANS: I'LL BASH BALLS, NOT FOTOGS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWith Randy Johnson stealing headlines for all the wrong reasons, the Mets were once again the city's second-place team as they introduced their own brand-new superstar - switch-hitting slugger Carlos...
RACE OUTRAGE AT NEWSPAPER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amBlack leaders in New York yesterday said they wanted to stop the presses at the free daily Metro after top executives at the newspaper made headlines for telling crude racist...
POL ADMITS ELECT FRAUD
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amAn elected Long Island official was arrested yesterday - and quickly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in connection with an election-law violation. Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg,...
AIR-MARSHAL HELD IN SEX-SLAVE CASE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA U.S. air marshal was grounded by the feds yesterday for obstructing an investigation into a Korean couple suspected of smuggling young women into the country to force them into...
BLAME-DODGING DAN 'SAD' FOR AXED STAFF
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amEmbattled CBS News anchor Dan Rather - in his first statement since Monday's scathing investigation report on Memogate - yesterday took almost no responsibility for his part in the scandal....
DADDY'S MIRACLE - JOY AMID WOMB-RIP HORROR
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amMAITLAND, Mo. - The husband of murdered womb-snatch victim Bobbie Jo Stinnett yesterday lovingly showed off a tender picture of him cradling the couple's miracle baby - and said every...
'KILLER' BRONX GANG BUSTED
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA bloodthirsty gang of criminals allegedly responsible for three killings and more than 100 home invasions has been busted by the NYPD and feds, police said yesterday. A dozen members...
BUST IN GI SLAY - EX-CON TURNS SELF IN TO B'KLYN COPS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who fatally shot a soldier on leave from Iraq and injured the soldier's brother was charged with murder after turning himself in to cops yesterday, authorities said....
AUSSIE DIPLO'S SISTER BUSTED
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIt wasn't a g'day, mate. The sister of Australian U.N. Ambassador John Dauth was busted yesterday for allegedly shoplifting two neckties from Century 21 in lower Manhattan, police sources said....
'PIMP' KING HUNT - RAN TOP 'ESCORT' BIZ
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA notorious New York porn king is being sought by cops who want to bust him for allegedly pimping call girls in a multimillion-dollar Manhattan operation, The Post has learned....
3RD TEEN GUILTY IN L.I. TURKEY TOSS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amAnother of the six Long Island teens indicted in a turkey-tossing incident that critically injured a woman driver has pleaded guilty - the third to do so, cops said. Rachel...
SHOWBIZ UNION FACES TAKEOVER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amLeaders of the country's biggest behind-the-scenes showbiz union are moving to take over a New York local amid corruption allegations, the local's president said yesterday. Investigators from the Manhattan DA's...
SORRY RANDY ADMITS PUSH WAS WAY OFF BASE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amThe Big Unit showed yesterday that he knows how to hurl a Big Apology for a Big Shove. Flame-throwing left-hander Randy Johnson began Day Two in the Big Apple with...
PARK AVENUE SUICIDE LEAP
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA 52-year-old man jumped 22 stories to his death from a Manhattan high-rise last night, police said. The jumper, who had a history of depression, had gone with a cousin...
EVERYBODY LOVES PIZZA
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIt's a staple of the New York diet - pizza. Today's page takes a fun look at the origins of one of our favorite foods. It probably wasn't served at...
PUSHER BLOWN AWAY - MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA reputed drug dealer, who shared his wealth with his Washington Heights neighbors was gunned down yesterday while strolling to a supermarket at midnight, police said. Edward Meran, 32, described...
QNS. FIRM HIT WITH WATER-POLLUTE RAPS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens businessman and his firm were slammed yesterday with 22 felony charges of polluting Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens. Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes hit Quality Concrete and its...
RIPPER VICTIM'S LITTLE MIRACLE - FATHER OF NEWBORN CUT FROM WOMB TELLS OF HIS JOY AMID THE SUFFERING
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amMAITLAND, Mo. - The husband of murdered womb-snatch victim Bobbie Jo Stinnett yesterday lovingly showed off a tender picture of him cradling the couple's miracle baby - and said every...
L.I. POL ADMITS FALSELY CERTIFYING ELECT PETITION
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amAn elected Long Island official was arrested yesterday - and quickly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in connection with an election-law violation. Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg,...
'PHONY COP' CARJACKERS NABBED
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amA carjacking on Long Island yesterday sparked a wild police chase - during which a stolen Mercedes with a large amount of cash inside overturned - before two men, allegedly...
MOVES PUT EYE ON TV
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWith the Mets, it always seems to come back to Alex Rodriguez, doesn't it? If you want to know the biggest reason the Mets suddenly are big spenders, look at...
ALREADY AN AMAZIN' GREAT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amCARLOS BELTRAN flashed his $119 million grin and managed to light up even the dreary rockpile that is Shea Stadium, which was looking especially glum yesterday, to tell the truth....
BERNAZARD PLAYED BIG ROLE IN DEAL
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amNew Mets secret weapon Tony Bernazard relentlessly called agent Scott Boras. Every day for a month - 31 straight days, according to Boras' recollection - Bernazard incessantly buzzed Boras to...
EXPERIENCE HELPS PRATT LIFT RAIDERS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amKashif Pratt is in his first full varsity season at Rice, but he's used to playing against top competition. The junior grew up in the same building as Pitt's Carl...
BYRON FEELS RJ'S PAIN
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amIf there's anyone out there who knows the significance of the Nets losing Richard Jefferson, it's Byron Scott. "It's big time," said Scott, who coached New Jersey for three years...
HERM 'SORRY' ABOUT OUTBURST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES Herman Edwards apologized to his players yesterday for his uncharacteristic outburst on the sidelines Saturday in San Diego, where he and running backs coach Bishop Harris got into...
WILLIAMS: WE'LL NEED TT LATER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Jerome Williams says even though Tim Thomas is down and out now, the Knicks will still need him come playoff time. Thomas' MRI yesterday showed a strained right...
LENNY: WE MUST COPE WITH PAYROLL
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amLenny Wilkens responded yesterday to Stan Van Gundy's assertion last week that a team with a league-high payroll should have one of the elite records in the East. The Knicks...
CURTIS: CHAD CAN BE SUPER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amCurtis Martin never minces words. He's not a small talker. So when the Jets' star running back matter-of-factly delivered the following bomb as an answer to a question during an...
COLLINS NOT LOOKING TO BECOME OFFENSIVE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES Jason Collins was coming off his career game: his first-ever 20-point performance. Now, given the Nets' dire situation for an inside presence, shouldn't the team expect more of...
STEELERS REMEMBER ELLIS' BOAST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amShaun Ellis stood before his locker exactly a month ago today inside the Heinz Field visitor's locker room following a frustrating 17-6 loss to the Steelers, sweat dripping from his...
OMAR RECEIVES POWERFUL PROPS FROM THE PREZ
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES Omar Minaya had dinner on Monday at the White House with President Bush, his former boss when the Mets GM worked for the Rangers and the President was...
CAMERON WAFFLING ON MOVE
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSuddenly, Mike Cameron may not be all right with moving to right. Cameron, the Mets' Gold Glove center fielder who initially volunteered to relocate if the Mets signed Carlos Beltran,...
NEW DAY AT SHEA - METS, BELTRAN 'HAPPY' THEY GOT TOGETHER
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amThis move didn't happen four years ago when Alex Rodriguez was available. It didn't happen last year when Vladimir Guerrero was on the market. It only happened yesterday, when Carlos...
HERM'S 'SORRY' ABOUT OUTBURST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES Herman Edwards apologized to his players yesterday for his uncharacteristic outburst on the sidelines Saturday in San Diego, where he and running backs coach Bishop Harris got into...
STEELERS REMEMBER ELLIS' 'WE'LL WIN' BOAST
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amShaun Ellis stood before his locker exactly a month ago today inside the Heinz Field visitor's locker room following a frustrating 17-6 loss to the Steelers, sweat dripping from his...
RJ LOST FOR SEASON - NETS STAR BLAMES PISTONS GUARD FOR 'DIRTY PLAY'
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSee? No matter how bad maters look, it can always get worse. Just ask the Nets. The Nets received a devastating blow yesterday when it was decided that Richard Jefferson...
'VETERAN' PRATT RALLIES RAIDERS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amRice 61 - Xaverian 56 Kashif Pratt is in his first full varsity season at Rice, but he's used to playing against top competition. The junior grew up in the...
REHABBING BOL ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amEver since former NBA star Manute Bol received his first paycheck back in 1985 after being drafted by the Washington Bullets, the 7-7 Sudan native has been trying to help...
BILLUPS: IT'S NOT MY FAULT
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amChauncey Billups says he feels bad about Richard Jefferson's injury. But he denies that his flagrant foul on Dec. 27 is the reason why Jefferson's season is over. The Pistons...
WITHOUT JEFFERSON, NETS OVERWHELMED
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amPistons 89 - Nets 80 Until helps arrives - assuming help's going to arrive - last night revealed what could be a typical Net scenario: Vince Carter led the scoring....
IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO BEAT NEW ORLEANS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amMaybe the New Orleans Hornets don't stink as bad as many people thought they did. After last night's 88-82 win over the Knicks at the Garden, the Hornets have won...
ANOTHER BAD KNICKS LOSS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amHornets 88 - Knicks 82 On Long Island, the Jets geared up for the second round of the playoffs. In Queens, the Mets introduced Carlos Beltran. In The Bronx, the...
LENNY: MONEY CAN'T BUY WINS
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Lenny Wilkens rejected Miami coach Stan Van Gundy's assertion that a team with a league-high payroll should have one of the East's elite records. Despite a league-high $103...
JOHNSON THE PERFECT ACE AT THE PERFECT TIME
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN Randy Johnson pushed away that camera, the public got the chance to see the Big Unit the batter sees every time he steps into the box. And I, for...
UNIT A YANKEE DODLE RANDY - AN APOLOGETIC JOHNSON READY TO START ANEW
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amHad a new Yankee ever begun his introductory press conference with an apology? Randy Johnson kicked off what should've been a joyous day in Yankees history on a somber, depressing...
DESPITE THE RUMORS, GIAMBI WILL BE IN TAMPA
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi will be with the Yankees for spring training, Brian Cashman said yesterday. Speculation was that the Yankees would try to trade Giambi after a newspaper reported...
HOT STOVE FEAST - THE BIG APPLE HAS BANG FOR ITS BUCKS ... FOR NOW
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amCARLOS Beltran was convivial, Randy Johnson contrite. Beltran came across as the Mets' new Big Man on Campus, stumping for a franchise tomorrow full of athleticism, excitement and winning. Johnson...
BRING IT ON - JOHNSON MAY MEET SCHILLING ON OPENING DAY
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amRandy Johnson said he isn't sure if he'll get the call to start Opening Day against the Red Sox and said he's unconcerned about whether he faces former teammate Curt...
AGENT TRIES TO DIFFUSE TV FEUD
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amAlan Nero says his client, Randy Johnson, is "a tremendous human being" and that's why he is so upset that Johnson's introduction to New York has gone so poorly. Immediately...
RJ LOST FOR SEASON
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amSee? No matter how bad matters look, it can always get worse. Just ask the Nets. The Nets received a devastating blow yesterday when it was decided that Richard Jefferson...
JEFF POINTS TO 'DIRTY PLAY'
January 12, 2005 | 5:00amUnderstand that Richard Jefferson wasn't calling Chauncey Billups a cheap player. But the flagrant foul that he says ruptured a ligament in his left wrist, the undercut that may have...