December 3, 2003
AT&T PREZ BERNARD WALKS OUT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe president of AT&T left the company yesterday, in what analysts say is another symptom of the troubles faced by the struggling telephone giant. Betsy Bernard quit AT&T after the...
CASH STRAPPED - BLACK'S HOLLINGER INC. MAY DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amEmbattled newspaper baron Conrad Black all but admitted yesterday he is losing his grip on his empire. Hollinger Inc., the Toronto holding company where Black wields power over his newspaper...
MICROSOFT'S EXPLORER TO PUT THE BLOCK ON POP-UPS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amIs the pop-up a pop-over? Microsoft Corp. confirms that its next version of Internet Explorer Web browser will include the ability to block those ubiquitous - and often annoying -...
FEISTY KIRK STARES DOWN THE LAWYERS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTesty and snapping, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian says he was "deceived" into backing a Chrysler merger, even though he earned $2.7 billion on it. The 86-year-old Kerkorian took the stand yesterday...
PROBE OF NYSE SPECIALISTS EXPANDS TO COVER 5 YEARS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission is widening its investigation of New York Stock Exchange specialists and has requested data from the Big Board for trades in 1998 and 1999, The...
LAYOFF NUMBERS TAKE A DIVE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe great corporate bloodbath may be nearing an end. A startling report yesterday on the three-year downsizing crisis in American business says an apparent turning point came in November, when...
TRIBECA FEST SERVES UP SCREENING ROOM
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amONE of actor Robert De Niro's pet projects, the Tribeca Film Festival, is taking over the shuttered "dinner and a flick" restaurant at 54 Varick St. known as the Screening...
FAO'S FIRE SALE - TOY RETAILER NEAR BANKRUPTCY, RACES TO DUMP ASSETS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTroubled toy retailer FAO Inc., which is expected to seek bankruptcy protection later this week, is holding a different kind of sale this holiday season. FAO said yesterday it would...
STRONG OUT AS CHIEF OF FUND FIRM
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amStrong Financial founder, chairman, CEO and chief investment officer Richard Strong resigned from his company yesterday. The move comes as regulators are investigating his fund complex and his own trading...
LAYOFF NUMBERS TAKE A CUT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe great corporate bloodbath may be nearing an end. A startling report yesterday on the three-year downsizing crisis in American business says an apparent turning point came in November when...
MORT LEADS IN NEW YORK BID
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWITH a Dec. 11 bid deadline looming in the auction for New York magazine, Mort Zuckerman - owner of the embattled Daily News and slumping U.S. News & World Report...
STARR REPORT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amHampton's in "7th Heaven" creator/ executive producer Brenda Hampton didn't want any publicity about this - but she's gonna get it nonetheless. That's because Hampton, out of the goodness of...
'SWONDERFUL - SAUCY NEW RUSTIC ITALIAN AT 'CESCA
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCESCA [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) 164 W. 75TH ST. (BETWEEN AMSTERDAM & COLUMBUS AVENUES) (212) 787-6300 ---- 'CESCA is the Upper West Side's first truly good Italian restaurant...
JUSTIN'S CAREER 'IDOL'-ED
December 3, 2003 | 5:00am'AMERICAN Idol" run ner-up Justin Guari ni's 15 minutes of fame may be up. Guarini, 25, failed to show at Fox's "American Idol" Christmas show last week - despite being...
HARVEST DINNER OF A LIFETIME
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amIT was a food lover's fantasy at the gala opening party for the new Mandarin Oriental Hotel. At a live auction to benefit City Harvest, one of the items sold...
'MOST WANTED' TALK SHOW A WALSH-OUT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00am'THE John Walsh Show" is going off the air - due, at least in part, to Walsh's hectic schedule. Walsh will continue to host Fox's weekly "America's Most Wanted," now...
THE DOCTORS MAKE HOUSECALLS - 'EXTREME MAKEOVER' WITH DRILLS AND DESIGNERS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00am"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" [] (one star) Tonight at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 ------ WANNA win a new home on ABC? Then you'd better get a sob story. Tonight on...
DON'T CALL US STOOPID - HOW DID DUMB GET TO BE SO SMART?
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCALL it the rise of the stupids. Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith - everywhere you look right now, people are getting famous for being clueless. Take Paris's new...
SUGAR PLUM FAIRLY FABULOUS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTHE NUTCRACKER New York City Ballet at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212) 870-5570. "Nutcracker" plays through Jan. 4. ---- FEW holiday traditions are more typically New York than...
EX-WRESTLER LANDING TV ROLE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amBELOVED pro-wrestler turned best-selling author Mick Foley is thisclose to landing his own CBS action pilot. Foley, who also wrestled under the names Mankind and Cactus Jack, would play a...
RAT ON 'HOT TIN ROOF' - PLUS OTHER BACKSTAGE BRICKBATS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00am'TIS the season for peace on earth, good will toward men - except on Broadway, where there is rancor behind-the- scenes at several shows.Exhibit A: "Cat on a Hot Tin...
HALF-HOUR CHEFS; OUR 30-MINUTE CHEFS TACKLE QUICK CUISINE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amRACHAEL Ray promises that every menu in her cookbooks can be prepared, start to finish, raw ingredients to presentation, in 30 minutes. That pledge is something people want. Her twice-daily...
HOUSE-WINE HUNTING - BAGGING YOUR FAVE RESTAURANT BOTTLES
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amIF you're looking for a special bottle of wine for the holidays - be it for a feast or a gift - you can always head to your local wine...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police yesterday asked the public's help in finding a 63-year-old man who disappeared from his Harlem home. Kay Olajide (above), who police say has mental-health problems, was last...
LAWYERS RUIN FERRY DEAL: MIKE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg blasted money-grubbing lawyers yesterday for trying to profit off the Staten Island Ferry crash, saying the city can "come to some settlements right away" with victims and survivors....
DAD'S VAIN BID TO SAVE TOT IN FIRE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA toddler died when flames engulfed her Queens home early yesterday, and her father was clinging to life after trying to save her. Sam Solise, 69 - who had already...
AIRTRAIN SET TO ROLL ON DEC. 17
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe JFK AirTrain will finally take off in two weeks, officials said yesterday. The light-rail link connecting JFK Airport to the Howard Beach subway stop and the Jamaica Long Island...
SHOT COP TELLS OF SHATTERING AMBUSH
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA police officer shot last year as she walked along a Flatbush street in uniform told jurors in tears yesterday how she was ambushed by a rooftop gunman whose bullet...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amHonesty is not always the best policy. Example 1: Daniel Lee Hurst, 33, of Moraine, Ohio, was arrested after he called a local courthouse to request a marriage license. The...
N.Y.'S HIGH COURT GIVES WAITERS ZIP ON THEIR TIPS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday stiffed 117 temporary banquet waiters who claim some of the city's top catering facilities cheated them out of tips. The workers argued they...
'PEACE' PERFIDY - CYNICAL GAMES IN GENEVA
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amSUPPOSE that back in 1980, while President Jimmy Carter was trying to end the Iranian hostage crisis, private citizen Ronald Reagan suddenly announced that, on his own initiative, he had...
BEATEN VET, 90, ON MEND
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA tiny, 90-year-old Polish army veteran who survived five years in a German POW camp was recovering yesterday from a brutal beating by a masked thug yesterday, a day after...
ZAPPED CON ED TO REFUND $45M FOR OUTAGES
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Con Ed customers have some extra money coming to them after the utility agreed to refund more than $45.4 million because of four forced outages at the Indian...
LITTLE HUMMER BOY - MODEL SUV TOPS LIST OF BEST-SELLING TOYS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amPipsqueaks, start your engines! The children's version of the popular H2 Hummer - a scale-size replica of the road-hogging SUV - is the hottest toy of the Christmas season, Wal-Mart...
$TUNNING BOOST TO MAYORAL HOPEFULS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe Campaign Finance Board wants to level the financial playing field for candidates taking on billionaire Mayor Bloomberg in 2005 - by offering an astonishing 8-to-1 public-funds matching program, officials...
U.S. FORCES ARRESTED 27 SUSPECTED PRO-SADDAM TERRORISTS ...
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. forces arrested 27 suspected pro-Saddam terrorists near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk yesterday in a massive new operation. Acting on what officials said was "recent, high-quality...
ACCUSED PINOCHET KILLER SITS AS ENVOY TO U.N.
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA SUSPECTED hit man for a retired Latin American dictator is loose on the streets of New York. Pedro Bustos, a k a "The Tit," stands accused of ordering the...
FLURRY OF ACCIDENTS ON UNSALTED ROADS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amIt's back! Gusty snow squalls brought the Big Apple its first dusting of the season yesterday, catching commuters unprepared and causing chaos on unsalted roads. The flurries hit the area...
BILL AND PAULA: COURTING AGAIN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amBill Clinton is still tangled up in legal hitches with longtime nemesis Paula Jones. In the latest twist to the 13-year saga, nutty businessman and Senate wannabe Abe Hirschfeld, who...
POUNDING POWELL - ISRAEL BLASTS SUPPORT FOR GENEVA PLAN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel issued a rare criticism of the United States yesterday, saying Secretary of State Colin Powell should stay away from the architects of a proposed "Geneva accord" Mideast...
'BOMBERS' MET QAEDA BIG: REPORTS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Two alleged ringleaders of last month's bombings in Turkey repeatedly met with Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, it was disclosed yesterday. Three Turkish newspapers report that...
VISIONARY DONORS AID RIPPED-OFF FUND
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amGenerous Post readers came to the rescue of a Manhattan charity that was robbed of $10,000 in jewels and gifts that were to be auctioned off tomorrow at a Plaza...
TREE TOPS HOLIDAY CITY SIGHTS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amNew York is a tree-hugger's paradise, according to a new poll released yesterday. A visit to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is the top holiday tradition for city dwellers, a...
$40M HEIR-OR - GENEROSA'S LAWYERS $TIFFED HER: PELOSI
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amDanny Pelosi's lawyers claim attorneys for his late wife, Generosa Ammon, understated by $40 million the assets she inherited from her murdered first husband, Ted Ammon, court papers say. The...
TIGER CLAWS BLABBER - 'BETRAYED' BY LEAK OF WED NEWS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTiger is roaring mad. Hubby-to-be Tiger Woods feels "betrayed" this week after news of his South African engagement to Swedish sweetheart Elin Nordegren was leaked to the world by a...
MIKE MOVES TO SLOW S.I. SPRAWL
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced plans to fast-track legislation curbing overdevelopment on Staten Island, while hinting the city's fastest-growing borough will provide a model for handling growth in other overcrowded areas....
BLOOMY TRIES TO SELL ALBANY ON VENDOR LAW
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday implored Albany to pass a new vendor-control law, saying the recent flood of sidewalk salesmen has made walking a dangerous exercise. The old law, which forced vendors...
PLANE LUCKY - ALL SAFE AS CRAFT SMASHES INTO L.I. HOME
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA recreational pilot miraculously escaped death - and avoided killing anyone - when his small experimental airplane lost power, clipped the roof of a Long Island house and crashed into...
SUNY PUSHES NEW TUITION HIKE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amState University students - socked with a $950 tuition hike this year - could face another increase next year under a new tuition policy approved by the SUNY board yesterday....
RADIO RAT'S STUNT CLAUS FOR CONCERN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMeet the radio grinch who stole Christmas. For five days, WBAB on Long Island urged parents and kids to gather around the radio at 7:20 Monday morning for a VERY...
SHOCK SCAM RIPS OFF ATM USERS; 225G SCAM SHOCKS DELI ATM USERS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amBank customers who innocently used their ATM cards at an East Side deli were ripped off for more than $200,000 in one day by thieves who rigged the machine to...
GENDER BENDER DEFENDER
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge has changed her mind and is letting a married man - who's becoming a woman - change his name to Cynthia Frank because of the persuasive arguments...
THE BUBBAS ARE BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday welcomed all the "Bubbas" of NASCAR racing to the White House lawn complete with an array of stock cars in a picture-perfect event for some of his...
MAN KILLED IN HORROR CRASH
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA motorist was decapitated yesterday when his van slammed into a bulldozer on a Brooklyn highway, sources said. The motorist, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was heading west...
PIRATES SACKED - CHINATOWN FAKE-GOODS RING CRACKED
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCops smashed an international counterfeiting ring that smuggled pricey knockoffs from China to New York when they busted the pirates' distribution center in bustling Chinatown yesterday, officials said. The center...
WTC MEMORIAL SHAPE-SHIFTING
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe winning 9/11 memorial proposal could look a lot different than anything seen by the public so far, after the designers incorporate suggestions from the competition jury, a top redevelopment...
COP-SLAY TIPSTERS REAP $10,000 REWARD
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTwo New Yorkers received a $10,000 reward for their key roles in helping to solve the sensational 1988 murder of NYPD officer Michael Buczek. The anonymous tipsters came forward shortly...
TEEN JAILED IN 'DELIVERY' SLAY
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA boy believed to be the lookout in the murder of a Chinese deliveryman last year in Brooklyn was sentenced yesterday to 15 years behind bars. Judge James Starkey sentenced...
LADIES' ROOM RIGHTS FIGHT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amPotty equality for all! That's the cry of two Brooklyn lawmakers who say Jane needs twice as many johns as John. They've proposed a bill in the City Council that...
'CIGARETTE' WIDOW OVERCOME ON STAND
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe widow suing the American Tobacco Co. for $400 million, claiming the cigarette maker is responsible for her husband's death, broke down in tears yesterday on the stand while recalling...
'BAD SANTA' RINGING UP GOOD BOX OFFICE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amBad Santa, great revenues. The plot of Dimension Films' modest-budget "Bad Santa" may be a stinker to some parents and critics, but it's been a bombshell at the box office,...
QUEENS 'RAPIST' FLIP-FLOPS ON PLEA DEAL
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amOne of five Mexican immigrants charged with brutally raping a woman in Flushing Meadow Park last year agreed to plead guilty yesterday - then scrapped the deal at the last...
UFT STEPS UP POL FEUD
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe feud between teachers union leader Randi Weingarten and Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz escalated yesterday after Weingarten blasted the council education chief for not inviting union officials to testify at tomorrow's...
B'KLYN SLAY TRAP - TIRE-SLASH GUNMAN LURES VICTIM TO HER DEATH
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA bloodthirsty killer slashed a woman's tires, forcing her to go to a bus stop - where he pumped at least five bullets into her head as she pleaded for...
GOP TORPEDOED - CONVENTION CRUISE BOAT CANCELED AMID STORM
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Republican luxury liner "booze cruise" idea floated for next year's GOP convention was sunk last night before it ever got anywhere near New York's harbor. Facing near-universal...
DEM TRASHES MIKE'S PLAN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is taking so long to complete his two-year, $240 million plan to remove garbage from the streets that it could take another seven years, a city official charged...
THUG TO BE TRIED IN SLAY OF TENNIS SIS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCOMPTON, Calif. - A gang-member wannabe was ordered to stand trial yesterday for allegedly murdering the half-sister of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, even though he didn't fire the...
BILL AND PAULA 'COURT'ING AGAIN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amBill Clinton is still tangled up in legal hitches with longtime nemesis Paula Jones. In the latest twist to the 13-year saga, nutty businessman and Senate wannabe Abe Hirschfeld, who...
HOLOCAUST SIBS & SAVIOR REUNITED
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amIt had been 58 years since Jack Silverman last saw the teenage girl who helped save him from the Nazis - but when the pair met again last night at...
HUBBY'S SLAY TRAP - SLASHES WIFE'S TIRES IN LETHAL LURE: B'KLYN COPS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman's husband yesterday slashed her tires, forcing her to go to a bus stop - where he pumped at least five bullets into her head as she pleaded...
GOING HOME: SIMON & GARFUNKEL DON'T MISS A BEAT AT THE GARDEN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWHILE they may be fatter, balder and older than when they ruled music, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel let the years slip, slide away last night, playing the songs of...
CUNY AXES SLAIN POL'S BROTHER
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amGeoffrey Davis, trounced this year in his bid for his slain brother's council seat, was fired from his job at City University for allegedly lying on his job application about...
COP BAGGED IN PHONY DRUG $$ RAID
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA police officer from the NYPD's firearms task force and a retired cop conducted a phony raid in Queens and made off with $169,000 in drug money, law enforcement sources...
BX. DAD NABBED IN BABY'S DEATH
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA Bronx father was arrested yesterday in connection with the death of his 5-week-old son, police said. Michael Williams, 23, of Hunts Point, was charged with first-degree assault. It was...
FERRY BIG NOW EYED IN PROBE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amA top Staten Island Ferry official is under investigation for possible lax enforcement of the ferry's operating rules, law enforcement sources said. Patrick Ryan, director of ferry operations in the...
WAITERS GET ZIP ON TIPS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday stiffed 117 temporary banquet waiters who claim some of the city's top catering facilities - including the Rainbow Room - cheated them out...
POL TRASHES MAYOR'S PLAN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is taking so long to complete his two-year, $240 million plan to remove garbage from the streets that it could take another seven years, a city official charged...
FLUSHING 'RAPIST' BAGS PLEA DEAL
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amOne of five Mexican immigrants charged with brutally raping a woman in Flushing Meadow Park last year agreed to plead guilty yesterday - then scrapped the deal at the last...
TIGER CLAWS SAFARI BLABBER
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTiger is roaring mad. Hubby-to-be Tiger Woods feels "betrayed" this week after news of his South African engagement to Swedish sweetheart Elin Nordegren was leaked to the world by a...
WTC SHAPE-SHIFTING - MEMORIAL JURY LIKELY TO TINKER WITH FINAL ENTRIES
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe winning 9/11 memorial proposal could look a lot different than anything seen by the public so far, after the designers incorporate suggestions from the competition jury, a top redevelopment...
MTA ON TRACK FOR FARE HIKE: HEVESI
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amEnjoy the $2 subway and bus fare while you can - it could go up in two years, a report yesterday from the state comptroller warns. The MTA will be...
FASSEL PLANS TO GO DOWN WITH A FIGHT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amAT the end of a losing 1996 season, the Giants made the controversial move of signing Christian Peter, a defensive tackle from Nebraska with a troubled past. The coach at...
THERE'S NO QUIT HERE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: A Chad Pennington was 18-of-23 for 231 yards, 2 TDs and 2 INTs and a 101.3 rating; 8-of-8 for 134 yards and 2 TDs in the second...
LENNOX OR NOT, VITALI HAS EYE ON TITLE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amVitali Klitschko really doesn't care whether Lennox Lewis decides to retire or defend his WBC heavyweight championship in 2004. Klitschko's goal is to be a world champion someday and it...
JINTS INK PARCELLS REJECT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTony McGee wasn't good enough for Bill Parcells and failed to stick with the Cowboys this season, but the Giants are so depleted, which is why yesterday they signed the...
ISLES HAVE EXCUSE: THEY'RE SICK
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amOn Monday, Mariusz Czerkawski appeared headed for the press box as a healthy scratch after meeting with Islanders coach Steve Stirling. The two spoke about Czerkawski's poor play away from...
JET TO BE DETERMINED - WON'T GIVE UP PLAYOFF DREAM
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amQuietly, the Jets believe. At 5-7, three games off the pace for an AFC wild-card playoff berth with four to play, the Jets realize the cynics are snickering. They are...
BIG A'S INNER SECRETS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amWinter begins 18 days early at the Big A today when racing moves to the inner dirt track, where it will stay until mid-March. No more turf racing. All sprints...
ROAD TRIP GOOD TONIC FOR 'DYESS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The next time Antonio McDyess plays the Garden, he'll have another emotional challenge. In 10 days, he faces his former team, the surging Nuggets, and the two big...
BAD BLOOD, GOOD HOCKEY - RANGERS & LEAFS MAKE LIKE OLD TIMES
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amTORONTO - This is the way it used to be all the time in the old days, teams playing home-and-home matches that almost invariably elevated the passion level in the...
KIDD & CO. MISSING BIG MAN 'ZO MUCH
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThey rebounded with the zest and vigor of houseplants. They often shot with the reliability of a '52 sedan on a frigid winter morning. They didn't defend. They were more...
WESTERN TRIP HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES Some hits and misses from the Nets' five-game Thanksgiving week road trip: Jason Kidd averaged 8.4 assists, despite a season-low five assists (all in the second half) in...
SWAYNE CATCHES BIG BREAK
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES The feel-good story of the Jets' 24-17 win over the Titans Monday night was little-used receiver Kevin Swayne, who caught the touchdown pass that gave the Jets a...
METS' RIGHT FIELD SEARCH NOW FOCUSES ON REGGIE SANDERS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES Last week, it was Jose Guillen. This week, it's Reggie Sanders. The Mets, who appear to be making a priority of filling their void in right field, now...
ST. JOHN'S GIVING TEAMS NEW & IMPROVED DIGS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amSeveral years back, James Riley asked to tour St. John's Alumni Hall. In the bowels of the relic, which was built in 1962, the prominent alumnus and university trustee turned...
BROWN DEAL A NO-GO - BUT YANKS ADD 'FLASH' GORDON, QUANTRILL TO 'PEN
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amThe Yankees are not going to get rid of Jeff Weaver that easy. A hot-stove rumor making the rounds yesterday was a pie-in-the-sky trade that would send Weaver to the...
ANOTHER STORM STINKER
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amHofstra 81 - St. John's 64 It is going to take more than the big hearts and deep pockets of some very well-meaning alumni to get the St. John's basketball...
DEVILS DEFENSELESS AGAINST TANABE
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCoyotes 3 - Devils 1 The Devils' record-tying unbeaten streak has suddenly swung into their longest winless skid of the year. Ominously, even the Devils' two Norris Trophy candidates proved...
REFS ROCK RANGERS - LEAFS PUT UP A FIGHT
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amLeafs 5 - Rangers 4 TORONTO - This is the way it always was in the NHL back when home-and-homes were routine, and passion and grudges built from one game...
CONFERENCE CALL - POWERFUL AFC LOOKS SUPER COMPARED TO WEAKER NFC
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amHave you noticed that the NFL's National Football Conference has turned into the NBA's Eastern Conference? Look at the lack of quality teams in the NFC and you can't help...
ISLES' SKID HITS SIX - TEAM: HEART WOE SIDELINES CZERKAWSKI
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amCaps 4 - Isles 1 It just keeps getting worse for the Islanders. They dropped their sixth straight game last night in a wretched 4-1 loss to the Caps at...
TWO MORE GO DOWN FOR BATTERED DEVS
December 3, 2003 | 5:00amHome was looking good to the Devils, who returned to the Meadowlands last night once beaten and thrice battered from the unkind road. Scott Gomez and Colin White joined Jamie...