March 22, 2006
PHONE BRAWL - INTER-TEL FOUNDER LAUNCHES FIGHT FOR 'NET FIRM
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe founder of an Internet telephone company is primed for a war to regain control of the company he launched, a clash that may land the firm on the auction...
LARRY WOOS STATE - OFFERS AGENCIES PRIME SPACE AT HIS 7 WTC
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amLARRY Silverstein is trying to snare 500,000 feet of state offices for 7 World Trade Center. But that major block could become more fodder for the current renegotiation of Silverstein's...
EISNER PUTS MARTHA ON GUEST LIST
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amFormer Disney boss Michael Eisner has lined up two blockbuster guests for his inaugural show on CNBC: the "diva of domesticity" Martha Stewart and Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer. The...
FED TALK ON RATES, OIL CHILL MARKETS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amRising oil prices and interest rate jitters on Wall Street took the steam out of a morning rally traders hoped would keep the market's spring rally going. Instead, stocks swung...
JONES APPAREL MULLS POSSIBLE PRIVATE SALE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Jones Apparel Group, home to brands that include Jones New York, Nine West and Anne Klein, said yesterday that it was considering a possible sale of the $5 billion...
EX-ENRON AUDITORS: THEY FOOLED US, TOO
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amEven the outside accountants for Enron were swept up in the culture of corruption within the energy company, two former auditors testified yesterday. Former Arthur Andersen accountants John Sult and...
UPFRONT MOVIE ADS WOO CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amMovie theater ads are such a hot ticket that marketers are lining up months in advance to get time on the big screen. The fast-growing movie ad biz is following...
MAGS TO SNAG CELEB TALENT - MARSALIS ENLISTED TO BLOW SOME LIFE INTO ASME SNOOZEFEST
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amTHE American Society of Magazine Editors is trying to jazz up its annual National Magazine Awards. It's already known the editors are ditching the big mid-day snoozefest luncheon at the...
FINNISH SOPRANO ENGENDERS HIGH 'FIDELIO'
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amNO one's lately left his mark on the Metropolitan Opera, particularly its orchestra, as much as James Levine has. In the last nearly 40 years, we've grown accustomed to his...
RETURN OF THE 'KING' - HANK AND FAMILY SCRAMBLE TO COME BACK FROM DEAD
March 22, 2006 | 5:00am'KING of the Hill" executive producers John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, along with series creator Mike Judge, were cleaning out their offices in late January. Their show was a goner...
MTV 'TOON ENVY
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amMTV is getting back into adult-animation with a new cartoon block on sister network MTV2. The block, launching on June 9, allows MTV2 to take on Cartoon Network's dominant Adult...
A HUGH AND CRY - PRODUCERS ARE BATTLING TO GET STAR BACK ONSTAGE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA SPIRITED battle has broken out behind the scenes for the services of Hugh Jackman, Broadway's top leading man. Jackman's talents and tremendous box-office appeal are being sought by both...
'HEADLINE' NOISE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA small fire sent two CNN Headline News anchors scrambling out of their studio yesterday - live on TV. A light that exploded on the air caused the fire. The...
STARR REPORT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIt's just 'Old' news Good news for CBS, with week 2 of "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) snaring 15.1 million viewers Monday at 9:30 p.m. That's a...
CENTER OF ATTENTION - AFRO-LATINO INSTITUTION CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN THE BIG APPLE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Caribbean Cultural Center, one of the premier advocacy and research institutions of the African Diaspora, turns 30 this week. And its founder and president, Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, says...
HUSTON, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amHAIL to the chief. Here's a first look at Anjelica Huston as the president of the United States in CBS's new miniseries, "Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor." As...
BUNKER BOOGIE - IT'S 'UNAN1MOUS': HUGE FUN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWhen it comes to the competitive field of competition shows, Fox has somehow managed to stay as crafty as, well, a fox in a hen house. And its newest reality...
WHY EATERIES DON'T GET DUE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S New York's best new Italian restaurant - and almost no one knows about it. Piano Due opened seven months ago with a Michelin-starred chef, a famous address that's also...
ONE HOT PEPPER - RECENTLY DISCOVERED PEPPADEWS TAKE OFF
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIT isn't often chefs get a new ingredient to throw into the mix, which may explain why they have warmed to the Peppadew - a "sweet piquanté pepper" now hitting...
DUCASSE IS ON THE MOVE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amCHEF Alain Ducassewants to relocate his famed New York restaurant from the Jumeirah Essex House. According to our sources, the French culinary icon has looked at several choice alternative spaces...
JAILER REV. A MAN OF GOTTI
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA corrections officer-turned-minister is backing John "Junior" Gotti's claim that he quit the Mafia in the late 1990s, saying Gotti repeatedly told him in jail - "I'm not involved in...
BREAST CANCER IS DEADLIER FOR BLACKS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amBlack women are more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, an alarming study says. And among the reasons may be that minorities in general receive poorer quality...
'08 ROADBLOCK: RUDY'S RAGE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amRUDY Giuliani still hasn't taken a concrete step toward running for president in 2008, but he continues to lead his potential Republican rivals in all the polls, even in the...
SEVEN-HOUR BLACKOUT AT CO-OP CITY
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA massive power outage at Co-op City plunged thousands of residents into darkness for more than seven hours yesterday - also leaving them without heat or hot water. Ten of...
SICK JUROR HALTS FAKE-COP TRIAL
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA sick juror postponed the first full day of jury deliberations in the murder trial of a man accused of impersonating a cop and killing a Long Island banker. Accused...
N.Y. STORM WARNINGS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Hamptons' most respected weatherman - a living witness to the Northeast's devastating 1938 hurricane - says the area is woefully unprepared for a violent storm, despite Katrina's glaring example....
PARTY POLITICS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amDeputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey refuses to rule out Republican Mayor Bloomberg endorsing Democrats Eliot Spitzer and Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I think we're a long way from it," he said yesterday...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSTATEN ISLAND * Two separate accidents claimed lives near the Staten Island Expressway yesterday, cops said. A man was killed when his SUV slammed into a utility pole on the...
ISRAEL HITS PALESTINIAN 'QAEDA'
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday charged two Palestinians with plotting a suicide bombing and car-bomb attack for al Qaeda - the first time it has formally charged Palestinians with membership in...
RACE-BIAS SUIT HITS AP
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA former high-level manager for the Associated Press has filed a federal race-discrimination lawsuit claiming he was fired because he's black. Jeffrey Hastie, who supervised 700 employees as vice president...
HEY, LOOK WHO'S ON THE CASE - BATTLING GOV BACK TO BUDGET WAR
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - A healthy-looking but thin Gov. Pataki yesterday returned to work at the Capitol for the first time since undergoing two emergency surgeries more than a month ago and...
STUPID THUG LEFT BEHIND MUG: COPS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA dim-witted career criminal is headed back to the slammer after police recovered his wallet and ID from a Brooklyn crime scene, where he viciously beat and robbed a man,...
NURSING HOMES' 'CANE WOE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe city's hospital and nursing-home emergency evacuation plans are gravely inadequate to relocate patients in the event of a Katrina-sized hurricane, a state lawmaker charged yesterday. "We are looking at...
TWU SEEKS REVOTE TIME
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Transport Workers Union is asking that arbitration be put off until its members have a chance to vote again on the contract they rejected in January. In a letter...
'06 SHOULD PUT THE 'FUN' IN TAX REFUND
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amNew Yorkers could be looking at larger tax refunds this year. Already, the average refund nationwide for 2005 has jumped to $2,423, which is $99 - or 4 percent -...
NYU IS 'DREAM' OF THE CROP - MOST SOUGHT-AFTER COLLEGE IN U.S.
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amNot every college-bound teen can attend NYU - but they can dream. The vertical Greenwich Village campus that counts celebs like Ashley Olsen and fictional "Felicity" among its co-eds has...
YANKS TOSS FAT $$ PITCH
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Yankees are sweetening their pitch for a new stadium by offering Bronx elected officials $1 million yearly to spend on community groups, park maintenance, Yankee promotional items and game...
HIRE BLITZ TO ADD 'FORCE' - NYPD PUTTING 1,200 MORE COPS ON STREET
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe depleted ranks of the NYPD - stretched thin with extra counterterrorist duties - will rise again, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly promised yesterday. They plan to add...
'FUTURE' SHOCK - BUSH: IRAQ PULLOUT UP TO NEXT PRESIDENT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said "future presidents" will decide when all U.S. forces can leave Iraq - but the White House quickly scrambled to stress that a "fairly substantial"...
GOV'S NEW 9/11 SNIT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amGov. Pataki warned yesterday that talks with Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein over rebuilding the World Trade Center won't begin again until "all the parties are prepared to act in...
POT HOTTIE BREATHES FREEDOM - PROBATION FOR 'PRINCESS'
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe so-called "Pot Princess" got a fairy-tale ending in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, where she was sentenced to five years' probation for dealing drugs on and around the NYU campus....
LUCKY 'ROYAL' KILLER - NO JAIL FOR BEA'S EX
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA convicted killer who was dating the royal daughter of Britain's Fergie and Prince Andrew managed to avoid hard time in a Massachusetts prison yesterday - when a judge decided...
IMETTE GRAND JURY SET TO VOTE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA grand jury is expected to vote as early as this morning whether to indict the top suspect in the rape and murder of Imette St. Guillen, sources said yesterday....
'FREE RIDE' FOR SEX TEACH - COURT-SHY VICTIM SAVED FROM STAND
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA provocatively sexy middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex romps with a 14-year-old student at her home - and in the classroom - is off the hook...
SNAG OVER WEB PERVS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amHundreds of accused and convicted Internet pedophiles could go free - their cases dismissed or overturned - if a disbarred Manhattan real-estate lawyer squeezes through a legal loophole now being...
505 NEW CAMERAS TO KEEP AN EYE ON BAD GUYS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWithin a month, Big Brother will start watching you more than ever - on hundreds of streets around the city. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday unveiled an expanded, $9 million-plus...
'DAUGHTER RAPE RAP' ON ACS MAN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA disgraced ACS supervisor was charged yesterday with raping his own teen daughters, starting when they were 10 and 15, as well as two other teen girls. The Harlem man,...
B'KLYN SICKO SLASHES DOG
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA 20-year-old man went berserk yesterday when his mom told him he couldn't keep his new dog in their home - and viciously stabbed the Siberian Husky, police said. Cops...
COP TAKES E-PERV BUST
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA Manhattan cop was busted upstate yesterday for allegedly sending half-nude pictures of himself - wearing only his uniform shirt - to a teenage girl he met in an online...
DA DETAILS MARRIAGE FROM HELL
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens wife who couldn't bear living with her husband - or without him - was held without bail last night on charges of killing him with a kitchen knife....
'BAG GRAB' SPREE - E. SIDE BAR-HOPPERS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA band of sticky-fingered thieves has been snatching unattended bags in bars and restaurants on the East Side, police sources said yesterday. In the past six weeks, they've struck 54...
FED SNITCH FIRST TOLD TO LAY OFF 'MOB COP'
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA shady Las Vegas informant testified yesterday that the FBI sicced him on alleged mob cop Louis Eppolito after first saying the former officer was a waste of his snitching...
CITIZENS UNLEASH PARKS SUIT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe city will be slapped with a class-action lawsuit for allowing dogs to run without leashes in parks and bite New Yorkers, sources told The Post yesterday. The Juniper Park...
ED. STAFF GETS PASS ON TUITION
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSwamped with inquiries and under pressure from the teachers union, the city Department of Education announced yesterday it would not seek back tuition from some employees who improperly enrolled their...
GULLIBLE GAL IS HEPBURNED - SHE BELIEVED BEAU OWNED KATE'S MANSE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amHe knew the key to breaking his girlfriend's heart. It just didn't work. Hell-bent on making girlfriend Amy Lefevre insane with jealousy when he broke up with her, José Raposo...
ANTHRAX MAN ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSAYRE, Pa. - The West Village dancer stricken with anthrax last month has greatly improved and is expected to return home within the next several days, his wife told The...
ATM ROB-SPREE SUSPECT GRILLED
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amCops busted a suspect in the string of ATM robberies that have terrified Upper East Side residents, police said yesterday. Officers staking out Chase branches on the Upper East Side,...
EX-BEAU OF ROYAL GETS A JAIL PASS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amAn American convict who was dating the royal daughter of Britain's Fergie and Prince Andrew avoided hard time in a Massachusetts prison yesterday - when a judge decided to go...
EX-PRIEST IN LONG I. PERV BUST
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA former priest tried to solicit sex from an undercover Long Island cop posing on the Internet as a 14-year-old boy, Nassau police said yesterday. Thomas Bender, 72, of Macungie,...
BREAK FOR ED. STAFF - NO TUITION $QUEEZE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSwamped with inquiries and under pressure from the teachers union, the city Education Department announced yesterday that it would not seek back tuition from some employees who improperly enrolled their...
FBI RAT IN TWIST OVER 'MOB COPS'
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA shady Las Vegas informant testified yesterday that the FBI sicced him on alleged mob cop Louis Eppolito after first saying the former cop was a waste of his snitching...
'BAG MEN' IN E. SIDE SWIPE SPREE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA band of sticky-fingered thieves has been snatching unattended bags in East Side bars and restaurants, police sources said yesterday. In the past six weeks, they've struck 54 times at...
WILY COYOTE IN CENTRAL PK. ROMP - ELUDES COPS AND COMMISH ON HUNT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA wily coyote on the prowl inside Central Park eluded cops for hours last night after several people - including Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe - reported seeing the wild animal....
YOU'RE A DUPE - REALLY YOU ARE - GAL BELIEVED BEAU OWNED KATE'S MANSE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amHe knew the key to breaking his girlfriend's heart. It just didn't work. Hell-bent on making girlfriend Amy Lefevre insane with jealousy when he broke up with her, José Raposo...
CITIZENS 'UNLEASH' PARKS SUIT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe city will be slapped with a class-action lawsuit for allowing dogs to run without leashes in parks and bite New Yorkers, sources told The Post yesterday. The Juniper Park...
IN DOGGED PURSUIT OF COYOTE IN CENTRAL PK.
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amA wily coyote on the prowl inside Central Park eluded cops for hours last night after several people - including Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe - claimed they saw the wild...
FRANCIS' AIM: STARTING JOB NEXT YEAR - OR TICKET OUT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSteve Francis made it clear: By next season, if he's not starting, he'd rather be departing. The Knick guard yesterday said he'll willingly go to the bench when Quentin Richardson...
RANGERS LOOKING AT TITLE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amFLYERS at RANGERS - Tonight 7:00 - FSN; WABC (770) With just under a month remaining in the NHL season and 14 regular-season games to go, the Rangers are safely...
ISLANDERS IN A MESS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe Islanders were swimming in sewage only in the figurative sense last night, with the real Nassau Coliseum cesspool and the bursting bathroom pipes repaired in time for a home...
KICK IN THE PUTT - OWEN TRIES TO BUILD ON BAY HILL COLLAPSE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - It's been a long week already for Greg Owen. On Sunday, the 34-year-old journeyman from England suffered one of the most memorable meltdowns in golf...
GREETING BENSON RIGHT OFF
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amMET NOTES FORT LAUDERDALE - The Mets knew their opposing pitcher pretty well yesterday afternoon, as the starter for the Orioles was Kris Benson. Facing his former club for the...
GONZALEZ IS HALL ABOUT MANHATTAN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWhile he was cruising the Mid-Atlantic states on an extended NIT run, Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez's name was popping up back here in connection with other jobs. Surprise, surprise....
WANG SHOWS A MINOR FLAW
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - At least Mike Mussina was spanked by big league hitters Monday. Yesterday at a windy minor league complex Chien-Ming Wang, who could wind up being the...
HOPKINS TRYING TO RETIRE IN STYLE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amBernard Hopkins swears his match with Antonio Tarver, slated for June 10 in Atlantic City, will be his last fight. We'll take his word on that, although boxers routinely sign...
FOR GRANT, IT'S NOW ORR 'NOVA
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amMalcolm Grant says he still would be headed to Seton Hall had it not been for the problems head coach Louis Orr encountered this year. "But when you make a...
NEWEST ANGLE: ONLINE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amELECTRONIC licensing for hunters and anglers will begin this spring in New Jersey, promising to make the process a lot easier. But why wait? You can get a head-start for...
KNICKS TRIO PAYS RESPECTS TO MEYER
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knick coach Larry Brown, president Isiah Thomas and assistant Mark Aguirre flew yesterday morning on James Dolan's charter to the funeral of former DePaul coach Ray Meyer in...
IT'S YOUR MOVE, SORIANO - BUT DON'T EXPECT MET DEAL
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWhile there was debate around baseball yesterday on whether Alfonso Soriano should land on the disqualified list for refusing to move from second base to left field for the Nationals,...
FRANCIS' LONG-TERM PLAN: START OR EXIT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSteve Francis made it clear: If, by next season, he's not starting, he'd like the Knicks to trade him. Francis said he'd willingly go to the bench when Quentin Richardson...
CAA HAS PRIDE IN POSTSEASON
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amNIT The surging Colonial Athletic Association will be on center stage as George Mason attempts to land a spot in the Elite Eight on Friday in Washington. Consider tonight an...
ARIZA: BROWN FORCED ISIAH TO TRADE ME
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Trevor Ariza, the high-flying swingman whom Isiah Thomas stole in the second round in 2004, believes the Knick president did not want to trade him to Orlando -...
DEEP FRYE-D - CHANNING HURTS KNEE, MAY BE DONE FOR YEAR
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amRaptors 114 - Knicks 109 The Knicks' season became even a further catastrophe last night when prized rookie Channing Frye suffered what likely is a season-ending left-knee injury in last...
SUTTER: ISLE CONSIDER IT
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIslanders 3 - Canadiens 1 Brent Sutter said he wanted to wait until his season in western Canada was over before he addressed the vacant Islanders' GM job. Well, that...
DEVILS MIGHT NEED MOGILNY
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amFlyers 2 - Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA - It's time. If it's really "Team First," Lou Lamoriello should bury the hatchet and bring back the guy who once buried 76 biscuits....
OUTTA TOWN - JETS' DEAL NO BARGAIN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amTHE more things change, the more they remain the same with the Jets. John Abraham is a Falcon today, for the 29th pick in the NFL Draft, because the Jets...
AT LEAST HE GIVES A DAMN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amBILL Parcells handled Lawrence Taylor, because Taylor never hurt his team, only himself. No one can guarantee Parcells will be as lucky with Terrell Owens, the self-proclaimed star among stars....
ABRAHAM JETS OUTTA TOWN - LANDS WITH FALCS FOR 29TH PICK
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - After days of acrimony in the form of a stare-down and stalemate between the Jets and John Abraham, it was learned last night the team finally found a...
DESALV-ATION - YANKEE YOUNGSTER MAY BECOME FIFTH STARTER
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - It could be as early as April 15. It might be later. But Matt DeSalvo will be seen in a Yankees uniform this season. Unless, of course, he...
LOOKING FOR LOOKING FOR 'KEY' TO CITY - JOHNSON MAY NOT FIT WITH GIANTS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIf Keyshawn Johnson comes aboard as one of the more unlikely players to ever wear a Giants uniform, more than eyebrows will be raised. The controversial Johnson has a history...
METS GET NO RELIEF - WAGNER IS LATEST AMAZIN' INJURY
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amOrioles 6 - Mets 5 FORT LAUDERDALE - So far, injuries and ailments have basically been as much a part of Mets camp as the sunny weather. Now Billy Wagner...
IT CAN GET WORSE - FRYE INJURES KNEE, MAY MISS SEASON
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amRaptors 114 - Knicks 109 The Knicks' season became even a further catastrophe last night when prized rookie Channing Frye suffered what likely is a season-ending left-knee injury in last...
BROWN BAGGED ME! - TREVOR: COACH FORCED ISIAH'S HAND ON TRADE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amTrevor Ariza, the high-flying swingman whom Isiah Thomas stole in the second round in 2004, believes the Knick president did not want to trade him to Orlando- but had to,...
SHAKY ON'SHAWN - JOHNSON POSSIBLE TROUBLE WITH TIKI
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amIf Keyshawn Johnson comes aboard as one of the more unlikely players to ever wear a Giants uniform, more than eyebrows will be raised. The controversial Johnson has a history...
JETS' DEAL IS NO BARGAIN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amTHE more things change, the more they remain the same with the Jets. John Abraham is a Falcon today, for the 29th pick in the NFL Draft, because the Jets...
IT'S YOUR MOVE, SORIANO
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amAlfonso Soriano is being paid $10 million by the Nationals this season, and he refused to play left field Monday night. So, the Nationals have a right to put him...
NATS TO SORIANO: IT'S YOUR MOVE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amAlfonso Soriano is being paid $10 million by the Nationals this season, and he refused to play left field Monday night. So, the Nationals have a right to put him...
DEVILS NEED AN OK ELIAS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Devils' fivetime leading scorer says "I'm fine," but the numbers, and the on-ice body language, suggest otherwise. They're squarely in a battle to make the playoffs, and...
JETS DEAL ABRAHAM TO FALCS
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - After days of acrimony in the form of a stare-down and stalemate between the Jets and John Abraham, it was learned last night the team finally found a...
THIS EVENT WAS CLASSIC
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Japan is champion, but baseball is king. That is the lesson of the World Baseball Classic. For all its problems - spoiled brat players (the latest being...
WELL, AT LEAST HE GIVES A DAMN
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amBILL Parcells handled Lawrence Taylor, because Taylor never hurt his team, only himself. No one can guarantee Parcells will be as lucky with Terrell Owens, the self-proclaimed star among stars....
ABE FLIES SOUTH - GOES TO FALCS FOR 29TH PICK
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - After days of acrimony in the form of a staredown and stalemate between the Jets and John Abraham, it was learned last night the team finally found a...
GONZALEZ FLATTERED BY HALL THE ATTENTION
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amWhile he was cruising the Mid-Atlantic states on an extended NIT run, Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez's name was popping up back here in connection with other jobs. Surprise, surprise....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 22, 2006 | 5:00amFor $100 and an emotional essay, you could own a Florida flower shop. Wendy DeSousa and her mom, Linda Varnell, who are selling their Dial-a-Flower store in Palm Beach Gardens,...