March 16, 2005
COMCAST DEAL ROCKETS TIVO 75%
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTiVo shares soared yesterday after the company said it inked a deal to provide its digital video recorders to cable giant Comcast's subscribers. TiVo stock jumped almost 75 percent on...
DEAF, DUMB & GUILTY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amNOTE to all corrupt corporate executives: Next time, try the insanity defense. Bernie Ebbers was convicted yesterday on all counts. After spending far too much time deliberating, a jury of...
MALONE SPINS DISCOVERY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amJohn Malone's Liberty Media said yesterday it was spinning off its stake in Discovery Communications. Malone had been trying to take control of Discovery - which Liberty owns with cable...
CITI TO SELL, LEASE BACK L.I.C. TOWER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amCITIBANK is shopping its 1.4 million-foot Long Island City skyscraper but intends to keep its offices there. The building, known as Court Square One, opened in 1989 at a cost...
NEWSDAY CIRC. DROP CONTINUES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAfter stopping shady sales practices, Long Island's Newsday shows little sign of reversing a troubling circulation decline. The paper's September 2004 audit, along with an earlier March report covering the...
PLANE CHUTZPAH; GRASSO SHUTTLED FAMILY AROUND IN BIG BOARD JET
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFormer New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso turned the Big Board's corporate jet into Air Grasso. The disgraced ex-NYSE leader used the exchange's leased-time jet not only for official...
NEIMAN MARCUS COURTS SUITORS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amNeiman Marcus Group has begun discussions with several suitors about buying the glitzy retailer for as much as $5 billion, The Post has learned. In the past few weeks, the...
WEINSTEINS TURNING PAGE ; MIRAMAX BROTHERS WANT TO HOLD ONTO BOOK BUSINESS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amHARVEY and Bob Weinstein, the co-chairmen of Miramax Films, may be staying in the book business after all. Conventional wisdom held that their books' interest would fade away as part...
REVENGE OF THE NERDS: ACCOUNTANTS COOK CEOS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFormer WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers getting nailed on all nine counts of his criminal fraud trial just might end up being the conviction that was heard round the world. Ebbers,...
INTERPUBLIC VOWS TO KEEP GM
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amSeeking to halt a slide in its stock, Interpublic Group yesterday pledged to defend the ad account for General Motors, one of its biggest clients, after the carmaker put the...
TOYS: 2 GROUPS OFFERING $5.5B
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTwo rival bidders are joining forces to compete in what is turning out to be a topsy turvy auction for Toys 'R' Us, The Post has learned. Buyout firm Kohlberg...
TIVO ROCKETS 75% ON COMCAST DEAL
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTiVo shares soared yesterday after the company said it inked a deal to provide its digital video recorders to cable giant Comcast's subscribers. TiVo stock jumped almost 75 percent on...
BLOND AMBITION; WATCH OUT ALL YOU FLAXEN-HAIRED REALITY WANNABES, THIS IS YOUR FUTURE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amYOUNG, blond, scandal-soaked reality stars Paris and Lizzie take heed: You have nothing to look forward to. No, there is nothing missing from that sentence, and yes, I do mean...
TOAST TO AQUAVIT: HOW SWEDE IT IS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAQUAVIT ½ (three and a half stars) 65 E. 55TH ST.; (212) 307-7311 AQUAVIT'S move to a sleek new home will make New Yorkers fall in love with it all...
WORDLESS WONDER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAFTER THE APOCALYPSE (three stars) Low-budget sci-fi.Running time: 72 minutes. Not rated (sexuality, violence, brief nudity). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and Third Street, East Village. 'AFTER...
SCREEN OUT 'VENETIAN' GRIND
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTHE VENETIAN DILEMMA ½ (one a half stars) Death (by boredom) in Venice.Running time: 73 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. THERE'S...
IN DUE TIME ; AN IMPENDING DEATH AND CLAIRE'S BABY HAVE 'LOST' FANS IN HYSTERICS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTHE frenzy over who on "Lost" will die this season is heating up now that the show's creator and cast mentioned it to fans. "I wasn't really surprised that the...
N.Y. KOI NOT COY ABOUT REACHING FOR STARS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amON THE SIDE JENNIFER Lopez, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Ozzy Osbourne and George Clooney will feel right at home when they dine at Koi in New York. The sister...
TRAGIC BOXER GETSHIS DAY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTHIS Sunday's edition of "The Contender" will focus on Najai "Nitro" Turpin, the boxer who killed himself last month before the series' debut. On the episode, Turpin mixes it up...
A WHOLE LOTTA FUN FOR NOT A LOTTA $$$
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFOODIES don't need to max out their credit cards to enjoy the week ahead. Here are a few cheap thrills that are either free or cost next to nothing, including...
APPLEGATE TOUGH TO CORE; INJURED STAR VOWS SHE'LL OPEN 'SWEET' ON BROADWAY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMAYBE she'll do it in cast. Or maybe she'll do it on crutches. Either way, Christina Applegate is determined to open on Broadway in "Sweet Charity" despite her broken foot....
NOT PRO BONO - ROCKER SELLING THIRD WORLD FASHION FOR FIFTH AVE. $$$
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amIF you want to feel really good about wearing Bono's politically correct new fashion line, send him the bill. You'll need rock-star wages to pay for the new "conscious commerce"...
ASHLEE RISES AFTER SYNCHING
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amASHLEE SIMPSON SINCE her lip-synch disaster on "Saturday Night Live" and her halftime performance at the Orange Bowl, which was greeted by boos and hisses, the only thing anybody wants...
SPAM I AM - ONCE SCORNED, THE CANNED MEAT IS STARRING ON BROADWAY & ON YOUR PLATE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amIN a city of four-star restaurants, Spam is ready for its close-up. Love it or hate it, the canned mystery meat is in the spotlight thanks to "Monty Python's Spamalot,"...
STARR REPORT
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amBack in the swing It's been a tough go for Linda Dano, with her hus band, Frank Attardi, and her mom dying within eight days of each other. Now, six...
KEN HAUNTS 'JEOPARDY' TOURNAMENT
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amCHRIS Miller admits he has Ken Jennings on his mind. Miller, 28, of Louisville, Ky., is one of the nearly 150 former "Jeopardy!" champions from the last 21 seasons who...
SISTERS' IRA PLEA TO BUSH
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe sisters of a murdered Northern Ireland man said they will ask President Bush tomorrow to see the IRA members accused in his slaying are brought to justice. "We want...
JUSTICE FOR VINESSA ; RAPIST-KILLER LOCKED AWAY 22 YEARS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFriends and family of a slain Long Island mother found bittersweet solace yesterday as her killer was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison. Faustino Chavez, 27, raped and...
MIKE'S SOLEMN LESSON ; TELLS OF LEARNING ABOUT HOLOCAUST
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Mayor Bloomberg, leading the U.S. delegation at the dedication of a new Holocaust museum yesterday, struck a personal note when he recalled how as a boy he couldn't...
TUNNEL VISION FOR JERSEY BUSES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amCommuters could be zipping through the Lincoln Tunnel faster next year under a new Port Authority proposal that would boost exclusive bus lanes, officials said yesterday. The PA is studying...
ROSARIO BEATS THE RAP OVER PROTEST BUST
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMisdemeanor charges were dropped in Manhattan yesterday against sultry screen siren Rosario Dawson - who'd been arrested in a roundup of Republican National Convention protesters last August. A judge dismissed...
3RD FAKE-COP RAP FOR L.I. BANKER 'KILLER'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe ex-con accused of posing as a police officer and killing a Long Island bank manager also struck in Brooklyn, terrorizing a couple while pretending to be a cop, authorities...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** A woman was arrested for stabbing her boyfriend with a steak knife during an argument in their Flatbush apartment, authorities said yesterday. Police sources said the violence erupted...
DOWNTOWN LAWSUIT HITS 'THE WALL'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amA federal judge needs to figure out who owns the famed minimalist artwork that was attached to the wall of a SoHo commercial condo building before deciding whether it should...
THE WAR IS OVER; THE IRA'S TIME HAS PASSED
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFORGET the green beer, the funny hats and the shamrocks. This year, St. Patrick's Day will be a defining moment in the history of Ireland and the Northern Irish peace...
GOV PUTS SQUEEZE ON SCHOOL 'MASTER' FEES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki is taking legal action to slash the more than $350,000 in fees charged to taxpayers by three part-time "special masters" who recommended that more aid be...
WHISTLEBLOWER READY TO TESTIFY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A former U.N. official who was fired after warning his superiors of "flagrant mishandling" of the U.N. oil-for-food program will be the star witness at a congressional hearing...
STATE BUDGET SHOCKER: IT MAY GET DONE ON TIME
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - State lawmakers yesterday took a step forward toward delivering the first on-time budget in two decades by announcing a "conceptual agreement" that adds $1.5 billion to Gov. Pataki's...
BX. BEAST'S DOG CRUELTY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAuthorities had to kill a Bronx pooch after his owner tortured him with a choke chain so tight it became embedded in his neck - turning the formerly friendly pooch...
REGENTS: RAISE BAR; PASS AVG.WOULD GOUP TO 65
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amStudents entering ninth grade this fall would have to average a 65 on five Regents exams to graduate, under new standards proposed - and likely to be adopted - by...
TRASHY TERROR TWIST - NEWARK TRUCK FLIP-FLOP
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled Newark officials are hauling out a new story behind the purchase of 10 state-of-the-art garbage trucks with national security funds - trashing their initial boasts that "Homeland...
SON-SHOOTER DODGES JAIL
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAn elderly Queens man who shot his actor son will be committed to a psychiatric hospital and not face time in prison. Vincent Ford, 82, a retired postal worker, was...
ART WRECK-O; PANEL TAKES ON WHITNEY RAZE PLAN
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amDoes the city's past need to be bulldozed to make way for its future? That's the question city officials wrestled with yesterday as they pondered a plan to tear down...
SLAIN PALS FOREVER TOGETHER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThey grew up together - and were killed together. And tomorrow, best buddy "good guys" José Liz and Alexis Fermin of Corona, Queens, will be buried together in side-by-side graves....
CITY FRONT-RUNNER TO SCORE 2010 SUPER BOWL, NFL SAYS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amNew York is the odds-on favorite to land the 2010 Super Bowl if the city gets the proposed West Side stadium under way in time - and a decision from...
DON'T PITY THIS PUTRID PETER PAIN PILL POPPER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Wonder what this guy is on? Michael Jackson bounded into the courtroom like a new -what's the word? -man. In contrast to his usual zombie act,...
N.J. POLICE NAB BODEGA 'MURDERER'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe suspected triggerman was arrested yesterday and charged with killing a Jersey City bodega owner in a botched hold-up that also resulted in the death of an accomplice. Arshan Little,...
GIANT CHEAT - WIFE: STRAHAN HAS MISTRESS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amGiants star Michael Strahan (right) flaunted his extramarital affair - phoning his mistress while his wife, Jean (left), was the room and leaving a present for "the other woman" where...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amVolunteers in Indiana yesterday nabbed a bird-brained fugitive that had been on the run for months. Authorities in Martinsville believe the emu - a large ostrich-type bird - was an...
BRONX TEEN IS SCI-HIGH; GAS ALERTWINS TOP HS PRIZE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amCall him the $100,000 boy genius. David Bauer, a senior at Hunter College HS in Manhattan, won a $100,000 scholarship yesterday by taking top honors at the prestigious Intel Science...
MARIO LOST HIS 'LOVE' OF 'IDOL'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00am"American Idol" quitter Mario Vazquez yesterday said the TV show's singing competition wasn't "right for me," and likened his decision to falling out of love. "I was enjoying the whole...
HERO INFORMANT SCORED A BULL'S-EYE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe informant who helped authorities bust up a ring trying to smuggle heavy weapons from Russia into the United States was a "good citizen trying to help the country" and...
BAWL STREET; THE LITTLE GUYS LOST BILLIONS, BUT WIFE WEEPS FOR TELECOM CEO FRAUDSTER
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFormer WorldCom employees and investors cheered the conviction of Bernard Ebbers yesterday - while the disgraced ex-boss' wife and daughter sobbed uncontrollably in court. The tears kept rolling down wife...
JUDGE WANTS MORE SECURITY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amA judge yesterday called for more U.S. marshals to be on call protecting federal courts in Brooklyn and Central Islip "We don't have enough manpower, and Washington has to address...
COURT LETS CITY VENDORS OFF GAY-CLAUSE HOOK
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAn appeals court yesterday struck down a controversial law requiring city contractors to offer domestic-partner benefits. The city's Equal Benefits Law "runs afoul" of state law that seeks "to protect...
'SAMURAI KILLER' TEEN WINS HIS BID FOR BAIL
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island judge ruled yesterday that a high-school senior accused of nearly chopping off his stepfather's head with a samurai sword will be sprung on bail - as soon...
ALL CLEAR AFTER D.C. ANTHRAX SCARE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Pentagon official said last night tests found no anthrax at three military mail facilities that had been shut down after initial detection of the deadly poison. Hundreds...
ST. PAT CAP SLAP BURNS BRAVEST; SAD BALLAD OF GREEN BERETS AS FDNY BANS GEAR
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThere'll be no wearing o' the green at this year's St. Patrick's Day parade for city firefighters. New York's Bravest were smacked with a departmental order this week that stated,...
LIL' KIM'S 'LIES' GO TO JURY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe fate of "Queen Bee" rapper Lil' Kim is now in the hands of 12 jurors who will determine whether she is a serial liar or merely forgot that two...
FEDS SMASH MISSILE PLOT ; * NYERS NABBED IN TERROR STING * 'BUYER' POSED AS QAEDA AGENT * SUSPECTS TIED TO RUSSIAN MOB
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe feds charged a band of New York arms merchants yesterday in a chilling million-dollar plot to smuggle thousands of Russian weapons into the United States - including shoulder-fired missiles...
REHABIT FORMING; BILLY BACK FOR HELP VS. BOOZE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amHe apparently had too many bottles of red or bottles of white, and now Billy Joel is back in rehab. The Piano Man, "following a recent bout of severe gastrointestinal...
NEWARK TRASHES TRUCK TALE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled Newark officials hauled out a new story yesterday to explain the purchase of 10 state-of-the-art garbage trucks with federal funds - trashing their initial boasts that Homeland...
PARENTS OUTRAGED OVER MIDDLE-SCHOOL NIXES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAbout 1,200 fifth-graders in Brooklyn's Region 8 have been denied entry to their top choices of middle school - and parents are fuming. "Of the four choices they told my...
FERRER IN FLIP ON DIALLO SLAY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMayoral hopeful Fernando Ferrer told a police group yesterday the cop shooting of Amadou Diallo was a tragedy and not a crime - a far cry from 1999, when he...
JACKO KID'S SHAME; CLAIMS IT'S WHY HE DENIED ABUSE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Wacko Jacko's sex accuser launched into damage control on the witness stand yesterday, insisting that he initially denied being molested because he didn't want to be...
OFFICERS GO BALDLY FORTH FOR CHARITY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amNYPD Officer Greg Graves recently went head-hunting for a few good men and women - to shave off their locks to help raise money for kids with cancer - and...
RUDY'S FORMER AIDE ADMITS 400G THEFT
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amFormer Giuliani administration official Russell Harding, whose father was a city political powerbroker for decades, pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing more than $400,000 in city money to fund his lavish...
MARIO: I FELL OUT OF LOVE WITH TV'S 'IDOL'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00am"American Idol" quitter Mario Vazquez yesterday said the TV show's singing competition wasn't "right for me," and likened his decision to falling out of love. "I was enjoying the whole...
GAL ABANDONS TOT AT BUS STOP
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amA woman in disguise abandoned a baby at a Bronx bus stop last night and disappeared. The woman wheeled the baby, in a stroller, to a bus shelter outside 961...
BRONX TEEN IS SCI-HIGH ; GAS ALERT WINS TOP HS PRIZE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amCall him the $100,000 boy genius. David Bauer, a senior at Hunter College HS in Manhattan, won a $100,000 scholarship yesterday by taking top honors at the prestigious Intel Science...
3RD HELD IN 8-YR.-OLD'S SLAY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amA third suspect in a Brooklyn drug shootout that left an 8-year-old boy dead is expected to appear in court today after he was picked up by cops in Atlanta,...
3RD FAKE-COP RAP FOR 'KILLER'
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThe ex-con accused of posing as an officer and killing a Long Island bank manager also struck in Brooklyn, terrorizing a couple while pretending to be a cop, authorities said...
NOT A RADICAL, SHE JUST PLAYS ONE IN THE MOVIE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMisdemeanor charges were dropped in Manhattan yesterday against sultry screen siren Rosario Dawson - who'd been arrested in a roundup of Republican National Convention protesters last August. A judge dismissed...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - BESSIE COLEMAN - QUEEN OF THE SKIES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThis fly girl just wanted to "amount to something." She made history in the skies. The girl who would be known as "Queen Bess" was born on Jan. 26, 1892,...
GIANTS RELEASE LINEMAN
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amContinuing their late-winter housecleaning, the Giants yesterday released their second defensive lineman in as many days when they cut Keith Washington. Norman Hand was let go on Monday as the...
BKLYN'S JAMES FINDS FOOTING ON COURT
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amEighteen months ago, Shawn James was still walking the halls of the High School for Redirection in Brooklyn, still looking for direction after failing out of Automotive High School. "I...
RAIN 2, PEDRO 0
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez needs to hope the third time's the charm. Martinez, who has had rain wash out his first two attempts at making his...
ONE MORE SHOT; NEW REHAB PROGRAM HOLDS KEY TO HOUSTON'S COMEBACK
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAllan Houston said yesterday that he and the Knicks medical staff didn't take his arthritic knee condition seriously enough earlier this season, had the wrong approach to treating it and...
]]HERB DEFENDS JAMAL SNUB
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Herb Williams yesterday defended his decision to go with CBA point guard Jermaine Jackson to start the fourth quarter of the Knicks' loss to Seattle Sunday, bypassing Jamal...
CITY KID LIKES UCF CHANCES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThank goodness for speed dial, because Central Florida's Kingsley Edwards couldn't get through to his long-time friend and AAU coach Casey Williams soon enough. Edwards had just seen his school's...
RJ'S SHOOTING AT EARLY RETURN
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAs Nets practice was winding down yesterday, Richard Jefferson began warming up. After being forced to sit and watch 33 games and over two months' worth of practices go by...
BACK TRACH-IN ; FEAR MET HURLER NEEDS SURGERY
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - It may have taken a little while, but the Mets have their first problem of 2005. Steve Trachsel's ailing back is to the point where it's...
VAN GUNDY: KNICKS CAN STILL GET IN PLAYOFFS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amIt's going to take a miracle and an act of divine intervention for the Knicks to make the NBA playoffs, but they have not been mathematically eliminated, yet. Until that...
ILLINI FOES FAIRLEIGH CONFIDENT
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amChad Timberlake had barely sat down with his teammates on Sunday to find out whom they would be paired with in the NCAA tournament when they heard their school's name....
HEAT'S ON KNICKS, ISIAH
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTHE MORE things change in the NBA, the more they stay the same. After a long absence, I came back to the NBA last night and was not surprised to...
INJURED TRIO GETS SPECIAL ATTENTION
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - On the surface, the three injuries currently being treated by the Yankees' trainers don't sound so serious. Ruben Sierra's pulled rib cage is healing. The bursitis in Mariano...
BOSS STANDING BEHIND DOC
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amYankees 11 Marlins 5 YANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Don't expect George Steinbrenner to fire Dwight Gooden for his latest scrape with the law. "I'm still behind him," The Boss said...
BACK TO BASEBALL ; GIAMBI PUTS ILLNESS, CONTROVERSY IN PAST
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Not only does Jason Giambi not have to go, but he also got through the daily barrage of questions about his subpoena without once telling anybody where they...
HISTORY LESSON ; CITY-KID EDWARDS: CENTRAL FLORIDA CAN SHOCK NO. 2 HUSKIES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amThank goodness for speed dial, because Central Florida's Kingsley Edwards couldn't get through to his long-time friend and AAU coach Casey Williams soon enough. Edwards had just seen his school's...
BACK TRACH-IN' ; SURGERY MAY KO HURLER 3-12 MONTHS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amMets 7Indians 5 PORT ST. LUCIE -It may have taken a little while, but the Mets have their first problem of 2005. Steve Trachsel's ailing back is serious enough where...
HOUSTON STILL HOPES TO RETURN
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amAllan Houston said yesterday that he and the Knicks' medical staff didn't take his arthritic knee condition seriously enough earlier this season, had the wrong approach to treating it and...
O'NEAL: DWYANE'S LIKE MIKE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amShaquille O'Neal is, without a doubt, Dwyane Wade's biggest fan. He's said it since the day he was traded to the Heat, and he was saying it again last night...
ONE THAT GOT A WADE
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amDWYANE WADE made the Jordanesque shot to win it. The Knicks made it close. But if you look beyond the final shot and the final score, a 98-96 heartbreaking loss...
KILLER - DWYANE'S BIG SHOT AT BUZZER KOS KNICK PLAYOFF HOPES
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amHeat 98 Knicks 96 There are worse ways to go, but the Knicks' playoff push ended last night on a buzzer-beater by one of the league's rising superstars. The Knicks...
NO TRUTH CREED GOES UNPUNISHED
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTHEY excused the right player yesterday. The men who will turn the sport of baseball into Frank Pentangeli tomorrow, who will try to take apart Commissioner Buddy Five Angels and...
BOSS, CASHMAN MUM ON CONGRESS' CALL TO EXCUSE JASON
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - On the surface the Yankees were mum about Jason Giambi being excused from tomorrow's Congressional Government Reform Hearing in Washington, D.C. Deep inside their souls they were rejoicing...
A BIG SWING AND A BIG DISMISS - GIAMBI TO SKIP HEARING AFTER REQUEST IS GRANTED
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amJason Giambi will have to field grounders, not questions, tomorrow. The Yankees slugger was excused from appearing at the steroids hearing being conducted by the House Committee on Government Reform...