December 14, 2005
BALLY HITS PARDUS FOR MEDDLING
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe fight over the fate of feeble health club chain Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. took another turn yesterday after the company's board threw a public jab at its largest...
SEC DROPS TASER PROBE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe ongoing saga that is Taser International, the controversial stun-gun maker, took another turn yesterday when the Securities and Exchange Commission decided not to file a claim against the company...
DAVE & BUSTER'S LANDS IN TIMES SQUARE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amDAVE & Buster's is bringing its family-friendly entertainment mecca to Forest City Ratner's Hilton Hotel complex on The Deuce. Not only does the sprawling, 30,000-foot space at 234 W. 42nd...
BET FOUNDER TIES WITH CARLYLE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amRobert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television and owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, is forming a partnership with buyout bigwigs The Carlyle Group to jointly invest in media...
METLIFE HOTEL CONDO - SCHRAGER EYES GRAND SITE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amHotelier Ian Schrager is about to add another trophy property to his portfolio. Sources say Schrager and developer Aby Rosen are inking a deal to convert the former MetLife headquarters...
TW SHOWDOWN - BIG-GUN INVESTORS TRAIN SIGHTS ON PARSONS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA gang of corporate gunslingers is gathering for a big showdown against Dick Parsons so they can force his Time Warner Inc. into a break-up sale. The gang flexed its...
WEIRD GIFT NO. 42: STRAP INTO A RUSSIAN MIG-25 JET
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWhen it comes to holiday gift giving, that diamond bracelet or cashmere scarf is so last year. Instead, a growing number of people are turning to so-called experience gifts that...
ZERO HOUR AT TIME INC. - MAG GIANT AXES 105 PEOPLE AS ICAHN PRESSURE MOUNTS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAND to think in past years they were mad when she canceled the office Christmas party. Ann Moore, the Time Inc. CEO who has been under enormous pressure to boost...
CME TO BID FOR NYMEX - COULD TOP EARLIER DEAL
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the largest futures market in the world, is gearing up to make an offer for a slice of the New York Mercantile Exchange that could top...
TASER GETS A BREAK - SEC DROPS PROBE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe ongoing saga that is aser International, the controversial stun-gun maker, took another turn yesterday when the Securities and Exchange Commission decided not to file a claim against the company...
CAN CBS GET KATIE FOR LESS? - OFFER WORTH JUST $60 MIL
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amCBS is actually offering Katie Couric less than the $15 million a year she is currently getting as host of the "Today," The Post has learned. Bizarre as it sounds,...
'RAT PACK' PACKS IT IN - CASSIDY, CLUB & UNION CLASH
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHIS Partridge has flown the coop. David Cassidy abruptly pulled the plug on his show "The Rat Pack Is Back!" after disputes with the owner of the Supper Club, where...
'TRASH' TALK - POST'S MODEL-SNUB STORY INSPIRES TYRA
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTYRA Banks devotes her entire show tomorrow (5 p.m./Ch. 9) to the Manhattan "ghetto trash" models who charged a Chelsea restaurateur with discrimination in canning their fashion show. The Post's...
COMIC RELIEF - 'ACTORS STUDIO' - ONLY FUNNIER
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amDavid Steinberg has directed so many sitcoms that it seemed logical to ask him: How are sitcoms doing these days? "They're not doing well," he said on the phone from...
FORBIDDEN FRUIT - LAST CHANCE TO FEAST ON FANCY, BANNED BELUGA CAVIAR
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTO some, a roe is a roe is a roe. But for many, caviar means beluga. For those discerning deep-pockets, there are dark days ahead. Back in the fall, a...
SEASON'S EATINGS - IF YOU MUST GO OUT, GET THE MOST FROM HOLIDAY REPASTS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHE holidays unite all faiths in coping with a common nuisance: dining out when the city's restaurants are at their overpriced, tourist-trampled worst. Owners know they can lead you by...
STARR REPORT
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amDiaz out at Ch. 2 Arnold Diaz, best known for his "Shame On You" consumer report segments, is gone from Ch. 2 after a second go-round at the station. Diaz...
TARNISHED GLOBES - AWARDS BLIND TO THE YEAR'S BEST MOVIES; FLAT GLOBES MISS BEST FILMS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWHAT were the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association smoking when they cooked up their weirdest-ever list of Golden Globe nominees? They entirely snubbed mainstream Hollywood in their nominations...
LONGORIA BREAKS HER 'DESPERATE' STREAK WITH NOD
December 14, 2005 | 5:00am'DESPERATE Housewives" star Eva Longoria went to the lunch this year. Longoria, who blamed last year's Golden Globes nomination snub on not attending a Hollywood Foreign Press Association lunch, finally...
MUSIC TO YOUR EARS - THE IPOD PHENOMENON CONTINUES
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amEVERYONE'S talking nano, Apple's Twiggy-slim and sexy music player released just in the Saint Nick of time. Whether you're surprising someone with a nano, the new 5G video iPod, or...
GOING FOR A SONG - BOXED-UP MUSIC FOR EVERY TASTE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00am* PROGRESSIONS: 100 YEARS OF JAZZ GUITAR For: Fans of jazz and swing strings This set pulls tracks from 30 labels and dates back to 1906, when the guitar competed...
TECHNICALLY GIFTED - UNEXPECTED, ELEGANT OR JUST PLAIN CLEVER STUFF FOR GIZMO ADDICTS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amLG Platinum flash RAM USB drive For: Marissa Mayer* wannabes A "thumb" drive which carries a whole gigabyte of data in the form of stylish pendant. Weighs only 12 grams,...
VIEW TO A THRILL - DVDS WITH ATTITUDE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amKING KONG The Eighth Wonder of the World (the 1933 original) makes his DVD debut in a two-disc set with over three hours worth of documentaries, a tin-packed collector's edition...
HOLIDAY SPOILS - GIFTS THAT WILL MAKE 'EM FEEL GOOD
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amNATURAL BEAUTY Imagine a refreshing rosemary and mint shampoo just before soaking in a mango and pineapple bath, and all in the comfort of your own home. That's the beauty...
GET YOUR GAME ON - FOR SPORTY TYPES (AND COUCH ATHLETES)
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amCOLLEGE LOGO BILLIARD BALLS If you've ever said, "Matt Leinart is the greatest college quarterback ever" right before saying, "Eight ball in the corner pocket," these are the billiard balls...
TRIGGER FINGERED - FOR VIDEO GAMERS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amRATCHET: DEADLOCKED New adventure features multiplayer story modes, squad-based gameplay and innovative weapons. For Sony PS2, $40. JAK X: COMBAT RACING Jak & Dexter return to Kras City for the...
20 UNDER $20 - SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES AND TASTES
December 14, 2005 | 5:00am* Kiss-much holiday card with lip gloss Bliss, at Blissworld.com $10 * Eyelet vase Anthropologie, 85 Fifth Ave. $18 * Naranji hand lotion Molton Brown, 1098 Third Ave. $14 *...
TOMMY DEAREST - THE HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER TAKES A BRAVE STAND ON BORDER MADNESS IN HIS NEW MOVIE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amACADEMY-AWARD winning actor Tommy Lee Jones is not just fluent in Spanish - the San Sabas,Texas,native speaks it like a puro mexicano . The "man in black " tested his...
MAGICAL MARILYN - PUERTO RICAN ACTRESS SPARKES ON STAGE AND SCREEN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amHARLEM born-and-raised actress Marilyn Torres isn 't stressing about her role as a maid in the new film "Bernard and Doris " - the story of tobacco heiress Doris Duke...
KI$$IN' CLINTONS MAKE OUT - HILL BAGS 600G AT LOVEFEST
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA who's who of New York's political and financial elite turned out to fete Sen. Hillary Clinton last night - and at the same time were treated to a lovefest...
WRIST SLAP FOR STUDENT
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Hostos Community College student was sentenced yesterday to three years probation for assaulting a peace officer after scuffling with campus security guards while protesting course cuts, authorities said. Miguel...
L.I. SLAYER GETS MAX
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island robber who helped fatally gun down a disabled Radio Shack worker landed the maximum prison sentence yesterday - 25 years to life - as his victim's sobbing...
LOVE & WORK: NJ'S NEW RULE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIN picking Rep. Robert Menendez to succeed him in the U.S. Senate, New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine has made it pretty much official: Apparently, Garden State Democrats can't rise to...
MOCK KAZAKH GETS ZAPPED
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amKazakhstan took revenge on its least favorite comedian yesterday by booting Borat from the Web. The Central Asian nation has been criticizing Sacha Baron Cohen, a k a Ali G,...
ROBBER'S STICKUP BID IS ALL WET
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA drippy Long Island thief was busted yesterday after he tried to rob a Chinese-food restaurant with a loaded "weapon" - a water pistol - and it started leaking on...
THE IMMIGRATION CATCH-22
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amONE reason America's immigration system has such trouble keeping illegals out is that it has just as many problems legalizing the immigrants we want. Take this Catch-22: Immigrants practically can't...
NEW VALERY MOM-SLAY PAIN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe maternal grandmother of little Valery Lozada - the 4-year-old girl abandoned on a Queens street after her mother was murdered - broke down in tears as she saw the...
FAKE'S TRAIL OF HATE MAIL - 'NUCLEAR' NOTES FOR PA & MANY MORE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAccused "fake fireman" fiend Peter Braunstein wrote scores of letters as hateful as the one in which he told his father he looks forward to "ceremoniously urinating" on his grave,...
MAHMOUD FOES RAID ELEX SITES
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinians fought Israelis as well as fellow Palestinians in separate West Bank and Gaza Strip clashes yesterday that threatened a fragile truce and could derail the first legislative...
JUDGE CAGES KILLER - RIPS CHEATER WIFE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA man who gunned down his cheating wife's lover in a Chelsea subway station was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison yesterday - as the judge suggested the...
PBA TELLS POST: THE FORCE IS WITH YOU
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The head of the city police union yesterday threw the weight of the 25,000 NYPD officers behind The Post's efforts to toughen gun trafficking laws, saying "without teeth...
COWPOKES AND 'WIVES' TOP GLOBE NODS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00am"Brokeback Mountain" rode at the front of the pack of nominations for the Golden Globes announced yesterday. Ang Lee's sweeping '60s Western, about the gay romance between two Wyoming cowboys,...
ISRAEL-BLAMING SPIELBERG HAS LOST 'DIRECTION'
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN did Steven Spielberg turn into Barbra Streisand? That's what springs to mind after seeing "Munich" - the director's startlingly anti-Semitic rumination on Arab terrorism and the state of Israel....
DEAD MAN TALKING - CRIP KILLER HELPS HAPLESS HANGMAN FIND VEIN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A prison squad nearly botched the execution of gang-banger Stanley "Tookie" Williams yesterday, before finishing off the quadruple killer in front of his victims' grieving kin and...
20 YRS. FOR STRANGLER'S 'SORRY' RECITAL
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA former Upper East Side pianist has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in a Pennsylvania-state prison for beating and strangling her brother-in-law in his Poconos living room. Judith...
EX-MANAGER IN $LAP AT CHAPPELLE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amDave Chappelle's former manager apparently didn't think it was funny when the comic bailed on his self-titled hit Comedy Central show for a "spiritual retreat" in Africa - and then...
PETER BRAUNSTEIN IS NOT ONLY A SUSPECTED SEX FIEND ...
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amPeter Braunstein is not only a suspected sex fiend and fake fireman - he's also a ghoul, The Post has learned. One of the three Social Security numbers listed next...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Police are asking for help in identifying two men, armed with a knife, who robbed a livery driver on Monday. The two suspects, photographed (above) inside the...
PUNDITS: PIRRO GOING FOR AG
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Jeanine Pirro is "happy" that the state GOP is urging her to run for attorney general and will make the switch from the Senate race "around" the first...
ANOTHER GUN DRAWN ON COP
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD sergeant faced off against a gun-toting teen early yesterday, firing a shot at the youth who aimed a .357-caliber revolver at him on a Brooklyn street, authorities said....
RECORDS FAKED IN BABY SLAY - CITY WORKER 'MADE UP' DRUG PROBE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA senior manager at the city's child welfare agency falsified records to cover up inadequate supervision in a notorious case of a baby who drowned after being returned to his...
VICTIM'S EX ADMITS 'PANIC BUTTON' SLAY
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man who killed his ex-girlfriend just moments after she activated a panic button meant to contact cops and protect her from his rages pleaded guilty to murder yesterday...
HORRIBLE WEATHER SET TO SNARL CITY
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe worst weather of the week is coming just in time for a transit strike. As the clock ticks down toward the midnight deadline on transit contract negotiations tomorrow, the...
BROOKLYN SUSPECT FEELS ICY BLUE STARES
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAllan Cameron didn't say much at his arraignment on charges that he murdered one cop and wounded another - but his body language spoke volumes. Wearing a brown prison jumpsuit,...
KIN'S TRUCK-DEATH ANGUISH
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThree-year-old Charlize Sotamba was clinging to her paternal grandmother yesterday, still unaware that her mom had been killed by a dump truck Monday in a horrific Brooklyn accident. Charlize was...
'PREZ' HILL TRASH TALK
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWherever she goes these days, Sen. Hillary Clinton can't avoid the "P" word. Yesterday, it was the city sanitation union that all but ignored her Senate re-election bid and urged...
FANATIC $INKS TALONS INTO ZAHN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Pale Male fanatic who was charged with harassing Paula Zahn (left) after her co-op destroyed the hawk's rooftop home is now trying to force the CNN anchor to feather...
AIR-RAISING NEWS ON N.Y. POLLUTION
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New Yorkers can breathe easy - as long as they avoid the Meadowlands and watch the Giants and Jets on TV. Most city neighborhoods are only slightly worse...
CHUCK ROASTS HUD GRINCHES
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAs many as 335 families could lose their homes because the federal housing agency is refusing to renew Section 8 contracts with two housing developments in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Sen....
COPS: FEWER CRIMINALS RIDING RAILS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amLabor strife may be up, but crime continues to plummet in the city transit system, police figures released yesterday show. Crime in the subways is down 3.5 percent this year,...
TEACHERS SAY CLOSE SCHOOLS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amLabor leaders representing teachers and principals yesterday implored Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to close schools Friday in the event of a transit strike that day, citing the safety of their...
HEALTH BIG: IT'S JUST NOT RITE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIn a highly unusual move, the city's health commissioner has issued an "open letter" to the Jewish community urging that it stop an ancient circumcision practice that has infected seven...
COMMUTERS SET TO SCOOT AND SKATE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amNew Yorkers are aggressively shopping for scooters, in-line skates and cycles in anticipation of a potential transit strike. If a strike happens, "people will use bicycles, and we will sell...
HIP-HOP DJ RADIO-DAZES CLUB BABE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amHip-hop radio personality Ed Lover allegedly socked a gorgeous 26-year-old woman in the face at a trendy Manhattan nightclub, sending her flying and leaving her with a gash that required...
'SADDAM IS HISTORY' - CONDI SAYS ELECTION FINAL NAIL IN MURDEROUS REGIME'S COFFIN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday said she's ignoring Saddam Hussein's rants at his trial because he's old news now that Iraqis are going to the polls to...
CHINA CLUB STABBING
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amA patron was stabbed early yesterday just before closing time at Midtown's swanky China Club, police said. Miguel Rivera, 24, was stabbed several times inside the dimly lit West 47th...
CHILLING 'BIAS' AGAINST N.Y. ON HEATING-$$ AID
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amSunshine states like Florida and Arizona could outstrip New York in receiving federal energy assistance for heating costs this winter, according to a Washington based research group. Some states could...
LUCY-DAUGHTER AIDE IN SUICIDE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn assistant to Broadway actress Lucie Arnaz - the daughter of Hollywood legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz - leaped to his death yesterday from an apartment balcony on the...
ERRATIC DRIVER IS DOPE-Y TOO
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amCops seized more than 50 pounds of marijuana and $12,000 in cash last night after an erratic driver was stopped near the Madison Avenue Bridge in Harlem. Floyd Johnson, of...
BRAVEST IN S.I. WATER RESCUE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTwo heroic firefighters jumped into the frigid waters off Staten Island yesterday afternoon to rescue a woman, fire officials said. Firefighters Thomas Feaser and Joseph Pigott, both of Ladder Co....
HELP TROOPS PHONE HOME
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amAMERICANS looking for a way to offer some holiday cheer to our troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan might want to consider the USO's Operation Phone Home - a program...
CRASH FAMILY'S ANGUISH
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThree-year-old Charlize Sotamba was clinging to her paternal grandmother yesterday, still unaware that her mom had been killed by a dump truck Monday in a horrific Brooklyn accident. Charlize was...
BROOKLYN FIGHTER READY FOR BIG TIME
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIf all goes well, 2006 will be the year Brooklyn's Dmitriy Salita becomes not only a well-known name in the metropolitan area, but in the boxing world at large. "I'm...
LINE DANCE SPELLS 'SHELF' FOR SAFETY
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES For the third time in the last three years, safety Shaun Williams will end the season on injured reserve. The Giants yesterday placed him on that list after...
HONEST, ABE, YOU EARNED AN APOLOGY
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe following is an open apology to John Abraham:AS this season began, we were highly critical of the Jets defensive end for what we strongly believed was an ill-advised decision...
COLLINS: BIT ACHY IN RETURN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES WASHINGTON - It didn't feel as good as the last time he came back to play after sitting a few games, but Jason Collins' right leg wasn't bad...
LARRY'S LIVID - FED-UP COACH RATTLES KNICK ROTATION
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amMAGIC at KNICKS - Tonight - 7:30 MSG TV; ESPN radio (1050 AM) The auditions are over. A desperate Larry Brown, sick of the instability and the losing, announced yesterday...
ISIAH WILL KEEP EYE ON ARTEST
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knick President Isiah Thomas won't dive head-first into the Ron Artest sweepstakes and make the Pacers an offer just yet. Thomas is telling confidants he's taking a "wait-and-see"...
TEAMS TURNING AWAY FROM METS' BENSON
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTwo teams recently linked to Kris Benson apparently are setting their sights elsewhere, but other clubs continue to call the Mets about the right-hander. According to a report in Phoenix,...
BLAKE'S OK AFTER SCARY CRASH
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWild 4 - Isles 3 It was one of the scariest moments in Islander history. Jason Blake, the heartbeat of his team, lay motionless for about 10 minutes at 7:44...
NETS' EFFORT JUST BRUTAL
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWizards 94 - Nets 74 WASHINGTON - For the final six minutes of the first half, the Nets were wonderful. They defended, their zone forcing Washington into nine misses in...
GIONTA GOAL HALTS 4-GAME DEVILS' SKID
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amSHOOTOUT: DEVILS 2 - OILERS 1 The Devils' go-to guy made their losing streak go to blazes. They still haven't won this month in regulation or overtime, but the Devils...
ARTEST IS LONGSHOT FOR JERSEY
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES WASHINGTON - They certainly will make a call, but it might not be one of their more urgent ones because the Nets are not expected to be major...
RANGERS GET CAN-NED
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amCanucks 3 - Rangers 2 After a night when the Rangers came up a tad short in a 3-2 Garden loss to the Canucks - in which the margin of...
HE WON'T BE U.S.A-ROD - YANKEE LEANING TOWARD DOMINICAN TEAM
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amNo matter which way Alex Rodriguez went, he was going to get ripped. Play for the USA in the World Baseball Classic this spring and residents of the Dominican Republic...
TIKI'S TORCH - BARBER BURNS FOR RETURN TO SUPER BOWL
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amTIKI Barber is like one of those trusty old Timex watches, because he takes a licking and keeps on ticking. He has tortured his body to withstand the grueling NFL...
GREISEN NEW MIDDLE MAN - TAKES OVER FOR INJURED PIERCE VS. NO. 1 OFFENSE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amThere will be a new voice directing the Giants defense this week, and as Nick Greisen steps into the very large shoes occupied by Antonio Pierce, the linebacker knows one...
NOMAR YANKS' 1ST ORDER OF BUSINESS - TORRE CALL TO GARCIAPARRA: YOU CAN HELP US
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIt threw the unflappable Mike Mussina for a loop. Rough and tough Kyle Farnsworth could have been knocked over by a gnat. Jason Giambi thought it was cool. Now Nomar...
BOMBERS' CENTER OPTIONS TAKE HIT
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Take two more names off the list of available center fielders for the Yankees. Yesterday's trade of Milton Bradley from the Dodgers to the A's for minor leaguer...
RON JUST BLIP ON NET RADAR
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - They certainly will make a call, but not one of their more urgent ones, because the Nets are not considered major contenders for disgruntled Pacer Ron Artest. "There...
NO ESCAPE CLAUS - SANTA BENSON STILL WITH METS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amKris Benson is scheduled to walk into Shea Stadium's Diamond Club this morning in a Santa Claus suit as a member of the Mets. Whether he makes it to Opening...
ISLES STILL NEED HELP UP FRONT
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amSince Shawn Bates went down with a hamstring injury in Florida last month, the Islanders have been shorthanded up front on so many levels. Sure, the Isles have missed Bates'...
GIONTA STOPS DEVILS' SKID
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amSHOOTOUT: DEVILS 2 - OILERS 1 The Devils' go-to guy made their losing streak go to blazes. They still haven't won this month in regulation or overtime, but the Devils...
BLUESHIRTS BRACE FOR ACID TEST
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIt is a team anxious to learn more about itself while at the same time defining itself. Which is why the Rangers were looking forward to facing the Canucks at...
PENALTY KILLING LATEST DISEASE FOR THE DEVILS
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amIf it's holiday generosity, the Devils had better make a quick transformation into Scrooge. While they've been bemoaning their impotent power play, their penalty killing unit has become an even...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amShayna Richardson was making her first solo skydiving jump when, you guessed it, she had trouble with her parachutes. "I said, 'I'm going to die,' " recalled Richardson, 21, of...