April 3, 2005
FAST FOOD FRANCHISES FLING FAT BURGERS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amPrice wars are passe - fat is the latest weapon in the fast food battleground. While McDonald's launches apple slices and salads as part of its healthy living campaign, its...
MORGAN STANLEY DREADS SCOTT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe man behind one of Wall Street's biggest revolts is anything but a revolutionary. Call him a button-down profiteer or a financial soothsayer on his own path, but Scott Sipprelle...
DRESSED TO THRILL - THIS YEAR'S BILL FOR PROM SEASON WILL BE $4B
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIf you thought the movie "Carrie "was scary,wait until you see your kid 's prom bill. This year will mark the most expensive prom season ever, with Americans spending $4...
ROCK 'N' ROLL CLAN - IN "MEET THE BARKERS," PARENTS PARTY AND MAKE PLAY DATES
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amLAST month,viewers waved goodbye to MTV 's "The Osbournes " and "Newlyweds " when those phenomenally successful reality shows ended their series runs forever. Fortunately,the music network has found a...
'THE INSIDER' - POTTY MOUTH PAT O'BRIEN MAY BE OUT FOR GOOD
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amHOLLYWOOD hates a sad ending.That could be the one thing the spares Pat O 'Brien,embattled star of the syndicated gossip series "The Insider." O 'Brien,a former sportscaster for CBS who...
DISASTER FORECASTS REPLACE REAL NEWS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amYOU call this news? On a recent evening,this was the scintillating story that led most of the local newscasts at 11 p.m.:It looks like rain. Yes,folks,the kind of news anyone...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMADE FOR TV Bitchy High School Girls TEENAGE girls:there 's nothing like 'em. In "Odd Girl Out," a Lifetime movie,,a young girl,Vanessa (Alexa Vega),finds that high school,where she 's well-liked,...
REEL GOOD - LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK'S BEST MOVIES
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amOLIVER!(1968) Monday, 1:30 a.m., TCM This Oscar-winning musical version of Dickens ' "Oliver Twist " works on every level as it follows the life of a young urchin who hooks...
AL SHARPTON SEES THE LIGHT - AT LAST!
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA BAD Reflection On Mirrors: It 's more interesting than odd that Howard Stern would prove to be Don Imus 's professional nemesis.Imus,after all,is one of the founding fathers of...
SIMON SENT ME - THE 'IDOL' FIX IS IN FOR FUTURE STAR CARRIE UNDERWOOD
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE little girl with the big voice may be the next "American Idol." Carrie Underwood,a mass communications major at Northeastern State University in Checotah,Okla., is edging toward the top of...
HOLIDAY FOR BILLIE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amHAPPY birthday, Billie Holiday! The jazz legend was born 90 years ago this coming Thursday, and WKCR-FM (89.9), the Columbia University student station, is celebrating with two weeks of her...
COLD CASH DRAWS HEATED STRUGGLES
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTO encourage fighting spirit, one of the world's strongest international tournaments brought back an old incentive - cold cash. Last month's tournament in Linares, Spain, offered a prize fund worth...
THE HOT SEAT WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amHe's tangled with T. rexes, aliens and "pod people" - he's even turned into a fly. But when all is said and screened, Jeff Goldblum is his own best special...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
April 3, 2005 | 5:00am1 Gwen's garb After watching J.Lo's documentary about "designing" and "running" her fashion label, we are happy to report that an actual rock star with style (who gives credit to...
THE HUSTLER - DAMON DASH LOST HIS LABEL AND HIS PARTNER, BUT NOT HIS AMBITION
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA DASH OF TROUBLES - After Splitting with Jay-Z, rap mogul Damon Dash is down, but not over Damon Dash only had his ass whupped once, but he's still talking...
ALL GROWN UP - LATE-BLOOMING FOLK SINGER WOWS N.Y.C.
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amSPEAKING in a raspy voice from his home in rural Maine, singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne strings his thoughts together slowly, his words as lazy as a Sunday afternoon. That would match...
HEAR THIS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIN CONCERT At Irving Plaza: Emo rockers Straylight Run headline, with support from Gratitude, the Honorary Title, Spitalfield and Minus the Bear tomorrow. Scotland's Dogs Die in Hot Cars play...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amREEL BIG FISH - "WE'RE NOT HAPPY 'TILL YOU'RE NOT HAPPY" 3 ½ Stars Mojo/Zomba Records FOR the past dozen years, L.A. ska blaster Reel Big Fish has plumbed the...
KINGS OF THE PROM - BALLADS VIE FOR '05 DANCE NIGHT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMoan and groan all you want - you'll never forget your prom song. Just saying the title can prompt hair-raising frenzies of joy or nausea, complete with wacky facial expressions...
MIND GAMES - SPEKTOR TRIES TO RECALL CATALOG
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amForgive Regina Spektor if she doesn't play your favorite song - she may not remember how it goes. The prolific singer-songwriter has written so many musical vignettes since she finished...
SANDSTORM - AUTHOR CUSSLER IN HEATED BATTLE OVER 'SAHARA' FLICK
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE new action adventure movie "Sahara," out Friday, features Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, a swashbuckling explorer, locked in an epic battle with a giant corporation that rides roughshod over...
KUNG FUNKY - 'HUSTLE' COMBINES MARTIAL ARTS, LAUGHS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amStephen Chow movies are so strange and unusual - with martial arts experts who look like frogs and blind harp players who wield invisible swords - that he's invented his...
REQUIRED READING
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amLong before Madonna, Jane Fonda mastered the art of reinvention - from "Barbarella" sex symbol to Oscar winner and anti-war activist; from workout queen to Mrs. Ted Turner. At 67,...
HE'S A CULTURE VULTURE - LETHEM CATALOGS HIS POP-ART OBSESSIONS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE DISAPPOINTMENT ARTIST Jonathan Lethem 2 ½ Stars Doubleday, $22.95 Jonathan Lethem is cranking them out these days. Just a few months ago, his short-story volume, "Men and Cartoons," was...
A TOWN HAUL - GENEVIEVE GORDER KNOWS HOW TO WORK ON A BUDGET
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIN "Trading Spaces," lovable TV host/designer Genevieve Gorder was used to making a lot out of a little. With only $1,000, she would add light to a room by repainting...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amSEXY CUTIE SKS A HOT MYSTERY MAN MEET Pamela, a beautiful, 22-year-old publicist who describes herself as "anything but ordinary. I'm not your typical straight-brown-hair, rail-thin girl!" She's also a...
ASHANTI'S GRAB BAG
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIs mega-successful singer Ashanti keeping clothes that don't belong to her? Ashanti's stylist, Rosie Michel, who has worked with the young diva for years, pulled items from young fashion designer...
SOAKS AND THE CITY ; TORRENTS CUT JUICE, HALT D LINE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA deluge of rainfall, accompanied by high winds, hit the New York area yesterday, disrupting train service and knocking down trees and power lines. The heavy downpour halted service on...
BOY, 5, PINNED BY WILD TAXICAB AT ST. PAT'S
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA 5-year-old boy strolling with his dad outside St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday was injured when a taxi jumped the curb and bulldozed into a row of mailboxes, pinning the child...
MEET NEW YORK'S NEW POLITICAL MACHINE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amKiss that old-fashioned, lever-operated voting machine goodbye, New York - this is the behemoth machine you may soon encounter when casting your ballot. The Ivotronics LS is the newest voting...
BUILT TO BLAST; BOMB CANS 'FAULTY'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amBomb-smothering trash cans in New York rail hubs don't work and could even make a terror blast more deadly by shredding you with shrapnel, say two whistleblowers who worked with...
TWISTED PLAN OF 'PERV' COP
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD cop who tried to set up a sexual encounter with an underage boy was caught when he turned up at the rendezvous site carrying condoms and lubricant, Queens...
MOURNERS FLOCK TO APPLE CHURCHES
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amChurch bells tolled and pews quickly filled with saddened parishioners all over New York yesterday as they learned of Pope John Paul II's passing. In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, hundreds of Polish...
HEAVEN'S GATES OPEN FOR POPE; * 3RD-LONGEST REIGNING PONTIFF DIES * AIDES SAY HE WENT PEACEFULLY * BELLS TOLL & TEARS FLOW FOR PAPA
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amPope John Paul II, a renowned defender of the sanctity of life who played a key role in the downfall of communism during history's third-longest papal reign, died last night...
WORLD'S GRIEF IS BOUNDLESS; LEADERS UNITE IN PRAISE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe death of Pope John Paul II brought a global outpouring of emotion unseen in recent history yesterday, as billions of people of all faiths mourned around the world. From...
EGAN VOICES SADNESS & ADMIRATION
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amWith the pontiff gone, Edward Cardinal Egan convened a special Mass yesterday evening to console his saddened flock. Egan planned to remain in New York for a few days to...
CHUCK SNIPES AT STADIUM
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amAfter months of holding his tongue, Sen. Charles Schumer for the first time publicly aired his opposition to a West Side stadium at a recent fund-raiser for Democrats, a source...
QNS. FAMILY MAN NEEDS NEW LIVER - OR HE'LL DIE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens father of three who battled through alcoholism and homelessness to become a family man and do-gooder is now is facing the fight of his life - and he's...
CRAFT SCHOOL HOMELESS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTeachers at a 70-year-old crafts school in Midtown Manhattan are using their creative energies for a new project - finding their popular program a new home. The Craft Students League...
B'KLYN WORKER ELECTROCUTED
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn maintenance worker was electrocuted in a freak accident yesterday when he grabbed a high-voltage cable to stop from falling off a ladder, authorities said. The victim's body was...
POPE'S BOOKS INSTANT BLESSED-SELLERS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amPope John Paul's death was big business for publishers and memorabilia collectors yesterday as five books penned by the pope zoomed into Amazon.com's Top 100 - while rosaries purportedly blessed...
MIKE BOWS OUT OF SKIT REVUE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amSaying it would be "inappropriate" to perform at a comedic event so soon after Pope John Paul II's death, Mayor Bloomberg canceled his part in the annual Inner Circle journalists'...
'BIG PUSSY' BEATS GAL PAL ON STREET: COPS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amActor Vincent Pastore - who played gangster "Big Pussy" on the HBO Mafia hit "The Sopranos" - allegedly threw a violent tantrum worthy of his character yesterday by beating his...
DEADLY SALOON BRAWL; TEEN STABBED IN S.I.
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA mild-mannered teen who had dreamed of being a carpenter was fatally stabbed in an early-morning brawl outside a Staten Island bar, police and relatives said. The bloody incident outside...
DELIVERY MAN DISAPPEARS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA Chinese restaurant's delivery man went missing after making a run for his family's Bronx restaurant - leading cops to suspect foul play, police sources said yesterday. Ming Kung Chen,...
MAN OF GOD WHO MOVED MOUNTAINS AND SOULS IN BLESSED LIFE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFew people have affected their times as much as Pope John Paul II - and his influence was felt far beyond the church. The first non-Italian to be elevated to...
42ND ST. SHUTTLE A RAIL GOOD IDEA
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amCrosstown travel might get a futuristic twist if a plan to bring a light-rail system to New York City becomes a reality. Vision42 - a citizens initiative that's part of...
HERO OF THE CENTURY; THE AMAZING POLITICAL POWER OF JOHN PAUL'S FIRM FAITH IN THE TRANSCENDENT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE pope born Karol Wojtyla was the last great man of his century - a century that did not want for great men. There were the Roosevelts, Teddy and Franklin,...
JETS FOE FREDDY HAPPY TO PLAY BALL WITH YANKEES
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFERNANDO FERRER, a vocal opponent of government subsidies to the West Side stadium, is prepared to support a new Yankee Stadium in The Bronx that would require some public funding....
SNOOZE SUIT TO SKEWER STINGY NEW $$ SCHEME
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe Daily News may have its bid to offer peanuts to cheated "Scratch n' Stiff" winners crushed, as the lawyer who filed a class-action suit against the failing tabloid gets...
SU DOKU, SO FUN - CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR NEW POST PUZZLE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFirst, I look for a pencil with an eraser. I am not a math whiz. Actually, I don't think that side of my brain works. Next, I read the directions...
PROBERS 'CHECK' OUT $1M PENSION SCAMS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMore than $1 million has been stolen from the city's largest retirement system in a check-skimming scheme that involved at least one insider, The Post has learned. In back-to-back scandals,...
CHEATING 'RINGS'; HS KIDS PASSING ANSWERS ON CELLS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIn the latest shortcut on the information highway, cheating students are dialing up test answers on their cellphones, high-schoolers openly admitted to The Post. While Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced...
DELIVERY MAN VANISHES ON RUN
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA Chinese restaurant's delivery man went missing after making a run for his family's Bronx restaurant - leading cops to suspect foul play, police sources said yesterday. Ming Kung Chen,...
BITTER-SUITE END OF 'ELOISE'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThere's a run on rooms at the Plaza - and many of the guests are little girls traipsing around like "Eloise" before the storied hotel closes its doors April 30....
JESUS ACTOR REMEMBERS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amActor James Caviezel (right), who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," couldn't even bring himself to meet the Pope when he first visited the Vatican in...
PILFERED POT EYED IN RUB-OUT OF QNS. TEEN
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA popular teenager who was gunned down in cold blood near her Queens high school may have been targeted for death because she owed money to pot dealers, a friend...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** A man was fatally stabbed early yesterday in Bathgate, police said. Kelvin Mann, 33, of Holland Avenue, was stabbed in the left side of the chest at...
CAB KILLS MAN IN VILLAGE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA man crossing a busy street in Greenwich Village was struck and killed by a yellow cab early yesterday. The 48-year-old man, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was...
VATICAN CITY A WORLD UNTO ITSELF
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFor nearly 2,000 years, the Vatican has captured the imagination of millions. Over the centuries, the Roman Catholic faith - now over a billion strong - grew to dominate the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amOrganizers of a major erotic festival are closing in Manchester due to a lack of interest, which they blame on recalcitrant northern English men. Erotica Manchester opened on Friday, selling...
GUESS WHO CAME TO DINNER IN S.I.
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amWhen Staten Islander Sophie "Cookie" Marcinak thinks of Pope John Paul II, she doesn't just think of one of the most legendary religious figures of modern times. She thinks of...
AMAZIN' GRACE TOUCHED NYERS; PIAZZA CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF GREATNESS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - Mets superstar Mike Piazza is accustomed to the adrenaline rush of tense competition and cheering crowds, but nothing prepared him for the excitement he felt when he...
30G SLAP FOR MODEL MISBEHAVIOR
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA sham modeling agency exposed in a Post investigation last month was hit with almost $30,000 in penalties and an ultimatum from the city this week: Clean up your act...
HOW WE GREW TO ADORE HIM; REVOLUTIONARY MADE HIS MARK
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHE single most significant aspect of Pope John Paul II's tenure on earth was that the whole world loved him. No matter where he went on this planet, crowds flocked...
REHAB-ITATS OF THE RICH - THESE POSH GETAWAYS ARE A REAL KICK TO CELEBS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amSeems like everyone in Hollywood is addicted to something. Sex, drug or gambling addicts are everywhere. Then there are the stars who claim "exhaustion." Whatever the vice, it's off to...
DEADLY SALOON BRAWL - TEEN STABBED IN S.I.
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amA mild-mannered teen who had dreamed of being a carpenter was fatally stabbed in an early-morning brawl outside a Staten Island bar, police and relatives said. The bloody incident outside...
CRAFT PROGRAM HOMELESS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTeachers at a 70-year-old crafts school in Midtown Manhattan are using their creative energies for a new project - finding their popular program a new home. The Craft Students League,...
SICK PLAN OF 'PERV' COP
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD cop who tried to set up a sexual encounter with an underage boy was caught when he turned up at the rendezvous site carrying condoms and lubricant, Queens...
THE LOW-DOWN ON TIM ; HERB'S POST MOVE BENEFITS THOMAS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amWith 11 games to go and virtually no way into the playoffs for the Knicks, there is little left to dissect this season. As the Knicks hit Milwaukee, it is...
THE BOSS: READY FOR 'GREAT YEAR'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amOne day before the Yankees would take the field for the first time this season, George Steinbrenner strolled into the Stadium as his team worked out inside. It was the...
CENTERS GATEWAY TO ST. LOU SUCCESS ; MAY, DAVIS THE MIDDLE MEN TO TOURNAMENT TITLE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Supposedly there are no more good centers in college basketball. They've gone right to the NBA. Funny, but we recall a kid named Emeka Okafor leading Connecticut...
NETS IN THE HUNT - RIGHT BACK IN PLAYOFF RACE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe outlook, really, could not have been more gruesome. The Nets had just been throttled by Memphis and Minnesota and the playoffs looked as probable as winning a Pick 36...
KIDD'S SHOT FAILS TO FALL; NETS LOSE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMagic 103Nets 102 Before the game, everything was downright warm and fuzzy around the Nets. There was a three-game winning streak. Eighth-place Philly was a win away. Orlando, reeling and...
BIG NIGHT FOR BIG UNIT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTHEY all think they know, and they don't. Not fully. Roger Clemens didn't. Jason Giambi didn't. Alex Rodriguez didn't. "Until you play as a home player before this crowd, in...
A NEW MET-ALITY
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - The sky was the color of concrete yesterday. You wouldn't expect the Mets to leave Florida under clear blue skies, would you? Injuries have rained down with...
SPARTANS SOUR ON 'SPOILER' TALK
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFINAL FOUR NOTES ST. LOUIS - When the Michigan State Spartans had finished practicing Friday in the Edward Jones Dome, coach Tom Izzo gathered his players at midcourt. Of the...
SOX SIT IN CROSSHAIRS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNINETY-nine years ago, the Giants played the 1906 baseball season wearing audacious uniforms with the earned title, "World's Champions" stitched across their flannel shirts. The 1921 Indians did the same...
BUSY GM STEFANSKI HAS SUMMER PLAN IN GEAR
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES The players and coaches have said it about, oh, 3 million times: they don't look ahead, they stay in the here-and-now. But that doesn't mean the Net organization...
EX-BASHING BOOK WON'T DISTRACT DAMON
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIt's been an interesting week for Johnny Damon, whose ex-wife came out swinging like a steroid-addicted slugger on Tuesday. Damon, whose book, "Idiot: Beating 'The Curse'and Enjoying the Game of...
YANKS, RED SOX START ALL OVER; ARCH-ENEMIES OPEN SEASON AT STADIUM
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe Red Sox detest Alex Rodriguez. David Wells returns to The Bronx with "Boston" across his sternum to face Randy Johnson, who will be in the Yankees uniform Wells wore...
GUT-TER BALL ; WELLS A GOOD FIT IN RED SOX UNI
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amKevin Millar was asked what David Wells brings to the self-described Boston clubhouse of "idiots," and Millar fired off an answer as revelatory as it was playful. "Just another bad...
MAY WILL SEE MORE OF SPARTANS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFINAL FOUR NOTEBOOK ST. LOUIS - Had Michigan State upset North Carolina, it would have set up the first All-Big Ten NCAA championship game since 1976 when Indiana capped a...
FANTASTIC FINALE ; IT'LL BE BEST TEAM VS. BEST PLAYERS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - What we get is exactly what we wanted, three weeks ago this evening, back when the brackets were freshly announced and the nation's Xerox machines were smoking...
BROKEN FOOT ENDS SEASON FOR VAUGHN
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amCoach Lawrence Frank didn't seem all that concerned about Jacque Vaughn's right foot injury beforehand. There was some "discomfort," he said. But afterwards, there was a break. "I told Tim...
NO HARM, NO FOUL FOR 'DICE'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe track was sealed and sloppy, with the strongest winds of the meet blasting across course. Heavy rain started falling again before sixth race on miserable spring day at Big...
JETER'S JUMPIN'; BUT FACING SOX 'DOESN'T MATTER'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amTonight is not just another game for Derek Jeter. It's Opening Day, and to the Yankee captain, starting up a new season far outweighs the excitement of playing against the...
BAD CHECKETTS ALWAYS BOUNCE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amAFTER so many years of being muted, it was hysterical to hear Dave Checketts' vocal chords again harpooning at full throttle. You don't suppose Thursday's "untimely" radio rant on WFAN...
NICKY PUSHED TO SUMMITT ; MOM PLAYED KEY ROLE IN S.I. STAR TABBIN' VOLS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - It's all about getting there, insist both Roy Williams, who has never won it all, and Pat Summit, who has won six times. She can point to the...
GIAMBI WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR BEING 'EXCITED'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amJason Giambi walked into Yankee Stadium yesterday for the first time since the Feb. 10 news conference in which he said he was sorry, but for what he could not...
OFFLEE WILD COASTS IN EXCELSIOR
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amOfflee Wild, whose roller-coaster career has been awfully wild at times, hit another peak yesterday at the Big A when he from just off the pace under Rafael Bejarano to...
CAMERON WRIST NOT SERIOUS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES JUPITER, Fla. - The Mets can now exhale, apparently getting a break with Mike Cameron's medical report. An MRI on the right fielder's ailing left wrist yesterday revealed...
BROWN LIKELY BOUND FOR DL
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES With the disabled list looming for Kevin Brown, the Yankees began making plans for life without the veteran right-hander who is bothered by back and hip miseries. Joe...
SPRING HAS SPRUNG; METS 'READY TO RUMBLE'
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMets 12Marlins 4 JUPITER, Fla. - Last spring, Jose Reyes strained his hamstring and began the season on the DL, the Mets finished the Grapefruit League with a 13-20-1 record...
NO GLORY FOR GARCIA
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - His story is likely over now, and it's a wonderful tale of accomplishment and redemption, only with a less-than appropriate ending. There's a bittersweet bite to all...
FIGHTIN' CLUB; ILLINI PULLED NO PUNCHES IN RED-HOT 2ND HALF
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - They knew better than anyone that they couldn't breathe easy. Are you kidding? Illinois was up 13 points on Louisville, and it was late in last night's...
MIGHTY WIND VEXES METROS, SALT LAKE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMetroStars 0Real Salt Lk. 0 The wind won. Neither the MetroStars nor expansion Real Salt Lake could beat the Meadowlands Monsoon last night. In a comedy of weather, soccer balls...
ILLINI KEEP DANCIN' ; POWELL AND HEAD TRUMP CARDS WITH 2ND-HALF HEROICS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNCAA SEMIFINALSIllinois 72Louisville 57 ST. LOUIS - Roger Powell Jr. writes verses on his sneakers. They call him The Rev. And it was his divine inspiration last night that lifted...
FIGHTIN' CLUB - ILLINOIS PULLS NO PUNCHES IN HOT 2ND HALF
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - They knew better than anyone that they couldn't breathe easy, not yet. Are you kidding? After what they'd already been through? After what they'd already seen? Illinois...
KIDD'S SHOT FAILS TO FALL AT BUZZER
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMagic 103Nets 102 The night began with a decidedly positive atmosphere around the Nets. With the eighth spot for the playoffs within reach, they brought in a three-game winning streak...
HEELS' SENIOR SAVES DAY
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Sean May may have awakened with a vengeance in the second half, but it was Jawad Williams who held the fort down for the Tar Heels in...
FAVORED TWO ; KEEP DANCING ; POWELL & HEAD POWER ILLINI WITH 2ND-HALF HEROICS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNCAA SEMIFINALSIllinois 72Louisville 57 ST. LOUIS - Roger Powell Jr. writes verses on his sneakers. They call him The Rev. And it was his divine inspiration last night that lifted...
GOLF PARTY OF FIVE; GOLF'S BIGS COME INTO MASTERS WITH MAJOR MISSION
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe state of golf has never been better than it is right now as the world's best players descend upon perhaps the game's greatest stage, Augusta National, this week for...
FAVORED TWO KEEP DANCING ; POWELL & HEAD POWER ILLINI WITH 2ND-HALF HEROICS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNCAA SEMIFINALIllinois 72Louisville 57 ST. LOUIS - Roger Powell Jr. writes verses on his sneakers. They call him The Rev. And it was his divine inspiration last night that lifted...
CON-SID-ER THESE CROSBY SCENARIOS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amLET'S understand. Unless the NHL conducts an unweighted, 30-team, everyone-in-it-to-win-it sweep stakes, whatever lottery formula it devises for the eventual Entry Draft of the Class of '05 will all but...
BEWARE KILLERS IN CLEATS ON CAMPUS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amON THE eve of the NCAA men's basketball final, there's nothing wrong with us that a straitjacket couldn't fix. In recent days we - the media - have made far...
SCOUR YOUR WIRES FOR ; UNMINED GEMS
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amBY NOW, the draft isdone and your team is set. Hope you're happy. If not, check out the waiver wire and go deep. Don't just look for the undrafted players...
WASTING DISEASE HITS EMPIRE STATE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amSTATE officials on Thursday confirmed that New York's first frightening case of chronic wasting disease, a brain and nervous-system disorder that affects members of the deer family, was discovered in...
GLORY NOT IN CARDS FOR GARCIA
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - His story is likely over now, and it's a wonderful tale of accomplishment and redemption, only with a less-than appropriate ending. There's a bittersweet bite to all...
FAVORED TWO KEEP DANCING ; HEELS GIVE WILLIAMS NEW TITLE SHOT
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amNCAA SEMIFINALNo. Carolina 87Michigan St. 71 ST. LOUIS - For 30 minutes, Michigan State was beating North Carolina at its own game. For 30 minutes Roy Williams' worst fears were...
RIVALRY'S 102 FEVER - HIGHLANDERS, PILGRIMS TURNED UP HEAT FROM START IN 1903
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Things were different in 1903. Men were men. They sharpened their spikes, and would've sharpened their elbows if they could. They threw at your head and expected...
STRAIGHT SHOOTER - PERSONAL PAIN CAN'T KEEP PITINO FROM HIS DUTY
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - He isn't the first person to absorb staggering personal tragedies and get on with his life, get on with his professional destiny, but because Rick Pitino has...
FAIRY-TALE TEAM: WEBER LED HIS ILLINI THROUGH DREAM SEASON
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - The Illinois media guide tells us that Bruce Weber often helps team managers load the bus or pass out drinks and sandwiches to players and staff on...
THE RATING GAME - POST'S RANKINGS OF THE BEST AND WORST IN BASEBALL
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amFIVE BEST ALL-AROUND PLAYERS 1 Miguel Tejada, Orioles The new Iron Man also plays shortstop for Baltimore (hasn't missed a game in four years, has played most in MLB over...
MORE POWER TO 'EM - HRS WILL GO UP, NOT DOWN, AND OTHER PREDICTIONS FOR '05
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amI BELIEVE in the law of unintended consequences. So I believe the number of home runs will go up in 2005, not down, despite more intense steroid testing and punishments....
THE BEST OF ENEMIES - A CENTURY OF YANKS-RED SOX DRAMA, HI-JINKS AND HATRED
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amThe following is excerpted from Post columnist Mike Vaccaro's new book "Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox From the Very Beginning to the...
METROS' FIRST FOE IS FAMILIAR FACE
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amIt's serious time now for Clint Mathis, at the crossroads of his soccer career. The trademark spiky bleached Mohawk hairdo is gone. There is no hint of arrogance. At 28,...
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!
April 3, 2005 | 5:00amMaybe you really do have to be a Yankees fan to understand. Maybe it takes a lifelong devotion to pinstripes and championships and that ubiquitous interlocking "NY" logo to comprehend...