December 4, 2003
JOBS MAY FILL SEAT AT DISNEY: H'WOOD BUZZ
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amHERE'S how much Walt Disney Co. chairman Michael Eisner hates Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt and until early this week a board member of the famous company. A few...
CREDIT CARD FEE FIGHT FOES FACE OFF
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWal-Mart is battling the country's biggest credit-card companies, using its considerable clout to lower fees it gets charged on debit sales. The nation's largest retailer said yesterday it will not...
DECO DEAL: $675M FOR 11 MADISON
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe giant art deco office tower known as 11 Madison Ave., an icon of the Midtown South skyline, is being sold to Tamir Sapir, owner of litigation-scarred 2 Broadway. Met...
STARBUCKS RESCINDS GIFT COST
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amStarbucks said yesterday that it would eliminate fees from its gift cards. The decision by the coffee retailer coincides with a growing furor over the monthly maintenance fees that can...
GO TO SCHOOL FOR A SONG: UNIVERSAL
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amFirst diamonds, now scholarships. Universal Music - through its joint venture label Street Records Corp., run by hip-hop legend Steve Rifkind - will give music fans the chance to win...
WILL STRONG SURVIVE? INVESTMENT BANK SEEKS BUYERS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA day after quitting as chairman and CEO of Strong Financial amid allegations of improper trading, Richard Strong is already shopping the mutual-fund company. Yesterday, Goldman Sachs Group, the investment...
GAME'S ALMOST UP: WAL-MART EYES MORE TOY VICTIMS POST-FAO
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWal-Mart's the Grinch that's stealing Christmas sales at toy stores across the country - but they're starting to fight back quietly in the aisles. Analysts say the giant discounter has...
CONDE NAST XMAS PARTY: WHO'S UP & WHO'S DOWN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amIt's Christmas season in New York - when the Rockefeller Christmas tree lights are turned on, and the upper echelon of Conde Nast gathers at the Four Seasons restaurant for...
NEW FUND RULES DUE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe SEC took action yesterday to combat abusive trading practices in the mutual fund industry, and laid out a timetable for implementing reforms. As expected, the SEC proposed setting a...
BUSH BENDS ON FOREIGN STEEL TARIFFS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amJuggling political risks for his re-election, President Bush is expected to ease barriers today to allow cheaper foreign steel into the U.S. The move is a bitter pill for industrial...
STARR REPORT
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amJustin Richie rich? Interesting pairing: Yesterday's "Good Day Live" (noon/ Ch. 5) featured an interview with Nicole Richie, co- starring in Fox's "The Simple Life" with Paris Hilton. That's what...
HEAVEN AND HELL ; PART 1: UNFORGETTABLE ALL-STAR 'ANGELS'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00am"Angels in America" Sunday night at 8 on HBO (four stars) IT'S almost impossible to write about the first part of HBO's incredible, six-hour production of "Angels In America," the...
DON'T HAVE A COW BUT PARIS IS HIT
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Paris Hilton-Nicole Richie reality show, "The Simple Life," brought home the bacon Tuesday night when it raked in more than 13 million viewers - the top-rated show in its...
NY1 REPORTER WOKE UP ANGRY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWHEN NY1 reporter Rebecca Spitz emerged from her coma, she was shocked to discover she'd been out for two months. "She was angry when she learned [the coma] was two...
MEREDITH WILL BE NEXT TRISTA GIRL WHOSE GRANNY DIED DURING TAPING SET TO RETURN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amIT appears that love could finally be on the horizon for Meredith Phillips, who famously missed her grandmother's funeral to keep a date with "Bachelor" Bob Guiney. Phillips, 29, will...
HEAVEN AND HELL: PART 2: COULDN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER
December 4, 2003 | 5:00am"Angels: Part 2" Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. on HBO ½ (two and one half stars) WHEN we last left our heroes, AIDS- stricken Prior Walter sat spellbound in his...
CH. 7 VETERAN FORD CALLS IT QUITS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amCH. 7 reporter Celeste Ford quit yesterday after 15 years at the ABC-owned station. Ford, who joined Ch. 7 in 1988 as a general assignment reporter, is the latest veteran...
'RIVER' RUNS AWAY WITH KUDOS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00am'MYSTIC River," Clint Eastwood's drama about three friends bound together by a tragic childhood event, won best picture honors yesterday from the National Board of Review. The awards given by...
AUSSIES THE BOSSIES
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWHEN Oscar nominations come down on Jan. 28 - two weeks earlier than usual - it's likely going to be a big day Down Under: No fewer than three saucy...
SEE 'I AM MY OWN WIFE,' PLEASE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amI AM MY OWN WIFE (three stars) Lyceum Theater, 149 W. 45th St., (212) 239-6200. PERHAPS the most valuable gift a person could have during the last century was a...
'RING' IT ON! AWARD SEASON KICKS OFF WITH THE POST'S OSCAR PICKS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amYES, it's true: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is the picture to beat at this year's Oscars. Shown to the press this week in advance...
SOLVING PARTY-POOPING PROBLEMS... AND HOW TO SURVIVE THOSE CRINGE-INDUCING, WORST-CASE SCENARIOS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWITH the holiday party season in full swing, it's only a matter of time before something very embarrassing happens to you in front of your friends - if it hasn't...
BACK TO THE MOON: PREZ TO LAUNCH NEW MISSION
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush wants to send Americans back to the moon - and may leave a permanent presence there - in a bold new vision for space exploration, administration...
NEW CHARGE IN YANK-CAP SLAY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe man charged with stabbing his brother to death in a fight over a baseball cap pleaded not guilty yesterday to a first-degree murder charge lodged against him because a...
CENTRIST DEMS HAIL MOSKOWITZ
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe moderate wing of the national Democratic Party honored Council Education Committee Chairwoman Eva Moskowitz as the "New Democrat of the Week" for exposing wacky rules in the city's school...
FREAK POOL PLUNGE KILLS L.I. WOMAN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA 65-year-old Long Island woman, who went outside for a smoke, fell on the cover of her above-ground swimming pool and drowned in a tragic, freak accident, police said. Nassau...
ARAB-AMERICAN POPULATION LEAPS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Arab population in the United States jumped by nearly 40 percent in the past decade to more than 1.2 million people, the Census Bureau reported yesterday. The...
'MURDER' DEAD; INFAMOUS LABEL NOW JUST THE INC.
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMurder Inc. is going soft. Murder Inc., the hip label that is part of Universal Music's Island Def Jam division, announced yesterday that it was changing its name to The...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amSharon Huff of Lafayette, La., was "concerned" when the assistant principal of her son's school called to tell her the second-grader "had said a word so bad that he didn't...
FEDS' $3B AID IS RAIL NICE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTransportation Secretary Norman Mineta jetted to the Big Apple yesterday to announce the delivery of $2.85 billion in transit funding for lower Manhattan. The cash - part of a $4.5...
WTC JURY WANTED 'SECRET' MEMORIAL
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAnticipating a frenzy of public criticism, the Ground Zero memorial jury pushed to keep all the designs secret until a winner was picked - but officials running the competition insisted...
'HATE' ROCK THROWN AT BLACK HOME
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTwo white Long Island teens were arrested for allegedly hurling a rock with a note containing racial slurs through the window of a black family's home, police said yesterday. The...
JEWS RIP KERRY'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amPresidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry set off a firestorm among Jewish leaders yesterday by saying Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or former Secretary of State James Baker could be used as...
ISRAEL FOILS 2 HOMICIDE BOMB BIDS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli security yesterday prevented two homicide bombing attacks, including one aimed at a school, authorities said. Troops arrested two would-be bombers and their "dispatcher" in the West Bank,...
PERVERTED CANDYMAN IN THE CAN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA former NYPD cop, who joined a kiddie porn Internet club called "The Candyman" and was busted for possessing 50 sick pictures, was reduced to a quivering mess yesterday when...
YANKS STRIKE OUT IN LOBBYING PROBE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - State lobbying investigators concluded their probe of the Yankees yesterday, saying they have enough evidence to prove the team violated the law by not reporting free tickets given...
SUING FERRY KIN MAY GRILL MIKE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg could be on the Staten Island Ferry hot seat if the family of a victim caught in the October crash has its way. The family of Debra Castro...
TOILET BILL MAY STALL OVER 'UNISEX' WOE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA law to create potty parity could have unintended consequences in Manhattan's trendy nightspots - unisex restrooms, industry insiders said. In an attempt to cut long lines for ladies rooms,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amManhattan A 61-year-old woman was killed when a vehicle plowed into her on a Washington Heights street, police said yesterday. The woman was walking across Amsterdam Avenue near West 158th...
APOLOGY FROM 'PARADE' JUDGE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amOops. That was the reaction yesterday of a Manhattan judge who said sensational allegations involving an outspoken victim of the Puerto Rican Day Parade grope attacks should never have been...
COUNCIL RIPS ANTI-SEMITISM
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMembers of the City Council's Jewish Caucus yesterday denounced a rash of anti-Semitic incidents over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, saying painting swastikas and slashing tires often leads to more serious...
POLICE NAB 'KILLER' OF L.I. VETERAN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA former Green Beret found beaten and stabbed to death in his Long Island driveway on Thanksgiving Eve was slain by the secret boyfriend of his live-in fiancée's 16-year-old daughter,...
'MILK' MATES PLEAD NOT GUILTY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amFive male Harvey Milk HS students pleaded not guilty yesterday at their arraignment on robbery charges stemming from a monthlong crime spree in which prosecutors say they posed first as...
GIFFIE & MIKE IN $$ WAR
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amGiffie's grab / Editorial: Page 30For campaign reform.Mayor Bloomberg got into a political brawl yesterday with Gifford Miller, charging the City Council speaker is trying to change the public campaign-finance...
NYERS: SYSTEM DOING A POOR JOB EDUCATING OUR KIDS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThree-quarters of New Yorkers gave Big Apple public schools mediocre or poor grades, a new survey found. Only one in four city residents interviewed by the Community Services Society gave...
NBA FANS DOWNSHIFT KOBE 'GEAR'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amEmbattled basketball star Kobe Bryant has been elbowed from the top spot down to No. 5 as the player with the best selling jersey in the NBA. The L.A. Lakers...
DA UNABLE TO 'FURNISH' MISSING TYCO WITNESS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amPoodle lady - where are you? Two months into the trial of tarnished Tyco tycoon Dennis Kozlowski, Manhattan prosecutors say his big-budget decorator is dodging them. The wayward would-be witness...
INSURERS SUE 'MEDICAL MILL'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThree insurance companies yesterday filed a $102 million racketeering suit against a company they said used crooked doctors, lawyers and NYPD aides to run lucrative medical mills. Calling it the...
COPS GIVE VICTIM EARLY CHRISTMAS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAn elderly Brooklyn mom - robbed of more than $700 in Christmas gift money - burst into tears yesterday when a group of kind-hearted cops surprised her with fistfuls of...
'HYBRID' 6-12 GRADE SCHOOLS DUE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA network of new schools encompassing grades 6 through 12 would open beginning next year under a reform plan the Bloomberg administration is considering. Microsoft's Bill Gates has committed millions...
CITY SEEKS HONOR FOR 9/11 PRIEST
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAn effort to award FDNY chaplain Mychal Judge a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom got a boost yesterday from the City Council. The council passed a resolution calling on Congress...
JUDGE-ELEX REFORMS POOP ON PARTY BIGS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amChief Judge Judith Kaye yesterday unveiled a sweeping set of reforms that would limit the power of political bosses to fill posts on the bench, and create strict rules over...
CITY LOOKS UNDER CAP OF SNAPPLE DEAL
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amCity officials want to find out if Mayor Bloomberg's $166 million deal with Snapple is rotten. Comptroller Bill Thompson ordered a complete audit of the contract yesterday, saying he's not...
CITY STAFFERS BUSTED IN 55G SEPT. 11 FRAUD
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe Department of Investigation yesterday arrested 10 people - nine of them current or former city employees - for allegedly stealing more than $55,000 from 9/11 charities. The defendants, who...
VALENTI CALLS PIX PIRATES A 'FUNGUS'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amHollywood legend Jack Valenti told a Manhattan judge yesterday that movie piracy is a "malignant fungus" on the motion picture industry. Valenti, the Motion Picture Association of America chairman for...
BREED IT & WEEP; BX. PIT BULLS SAVED FROM CRUEL CAPTIVITY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAnimal-control officers yesterday seized 16 pit bulls during a raid on a Bronx home where the animals were allegedly being bred for fighting. Most of the dogs had been tethered...
PACINO: I'M INNOCENT OF 'CARD'INAL SIN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMichael Corleone doesn't do credit-card scams. Lawyers for Al Pacino yesterday denied an insinuation by former flame Beverly D'Angelo that the "Godfather" star might have been monkeying with her credit...
SAY IT AIN'T SNOW; WHITE STUFF AND FRIGID TEMPS RIGHT THROUGH WEEKEND
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe Big Apple is frozen to its core. And it's only going to get worse. Not only are the arctic temperatures going to remain, but there's a strong chance we'll...
FOCUS ON EDUCATION ; KLEIN'S NEW PLAN TO RATE TEACHERS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTeachers and supervisors could be rated on how well their students perform compared to kids in other classes - or even in other schools - under a sweeping new accountability...
CHILLING KILLING ; TEACHER DRAGGED UP STEPS & SHOT 2ND TIME
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA heartless killer shot a beloved Queens day-care teacher early yesterday as she was preparing for her young students - then dragged the dying woman up a flight of stairs...
MAY BE CURTAINS FOR POL FIDLER
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTwo members of Brooklyn's City Council delegation announced yesterday that they had enough votes to depose Lew Fidler as their leader. Bill de Blasio and Al Vann claim Fidler hasn't...
FALLING STAR ; ONCE-GREAT COP NABBED IN DRUG $CAM
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA "superstar" NYPD detective and his former partner were arraigned yesterday after trying to pocket $169,000 in drug money - and law-enforcement sources said they may have been in cahoots...
CITY IN DEAL ON 9/11 TAPES
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The 9/11 Commission came to an agreement with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday that will give the commissioners access to tapes of emergency calls and transcripts of interviews of firefighters....
SLAY WITNESSES RUNNING SCARED
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amScary things have happened to people who speak up about an accused Brooklyn killer - and two women are now refusing to testify at his trial, The Post has learned....
BARRON'S MAYORAL 'RACE'; RUNNING BECAUSE 'WHITE MEN HAVE TOO MUCH POWER'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe most radical man in municipal government says he'll run to become the most powerful man in the city - because "white men" run New York. City Councilman Charles Barron...
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED BACK HOME IN B'KLYN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA bald eagle flew the coop yesterday afternoon at the Prospect Park zoo, sending zookeepers on a wild goose chase into the night. The search finally ended when the eagle...
DAY THE MUSIC DIED: JUDGE RULES BOTTOM LINE MUST CLOSE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe Bottom Line has reached the end of the line - a Manhattan judge yesterday ordered the eviction of the legendary nightclub that helped launch the career of rock icon...
GOP TRIES TO BOOST DEAN BY BURYHIM
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amHOWARD DEAN and Republicans share one big dream - to see Dean become the Democratic 2004 presidential nominee. It's fascinating to watch Republicans do their best to boost Dean. Take...
GARCIA LATER! QUEENS JEWELER'S KILLER GETS LIFE IN PRISON
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amBranding him a "highly dangerous and maniacal predator," a veteran Queens judge threw the book at convicted murderer Anthony Garcia yesterday, sentencing him to life in prison to the cheers...
MORE NARC DETECTIVES KICKED DOWN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD has bumped another two dozen Brooklyn narcotics detectives down to patrol duty as the smoke clears from an overtime scam discovered last month, The Post has learned. The...
APPLE'S JUICE$ FLOWING AS 'THE RECESSION IS OVER'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amNew York City's fiscal blues are turning as rosy as Santa's cheeks. "The city is showing clear signs of economic recovery," Comptroller Bill Thompson said yesterday. But he warned, "We...
COPS CHASING HOT TIPS ON JACKO
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amDetectives in Santa Barbara County, Calif. are running down a handful of hopeful leads about Michael Jackson and the boy he's accused of molesting, cops said yesterday. The pop star...
CHILLING KILLING; TEACHER SHOT TWICE; COPS ARREST NEPHEW
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA heartless killer shot a beloved Queens day-care teacher early yesterday as she was preparing for her young students - then dragged the dying woman up a flight of stairs...
METS MULL MILLWOOD
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amFor the past few weeks, all the Mets' attention has seemingly been focused on filling voids at second base and right field. But the Mets haven't neglected their pitching, and...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: THE BRIDGE THAT ALMOST WASN'T
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe beautiful Brooklyn Bridge seemed cursed from the beginning. Today's Classroom Extra shows how progress prevailed, resulting in what is now one of the most famous bridges in the world....
CHUCK IDS PLAN TO NIX ATM SCAM
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amIdentity-theft scams by crooks using cash machines could be curtailed with mandatory licensing and background checks, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said yesterday. He called for immediate implementation of checks on...
GOP TRIES TO BOOST DEAN BY BURYING HIM
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amHOWARD Dean and Republicans share one big dream - to see Dean become the Democratic 2004 presidential nominee. It's fascinating to watch Republicans do their best to boost Dean. Take...
NBA FANS DOWNSHIFT KOBE'S 'GEAR'
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amEmbattled basketball star Kobe Bryant has been elbowed from the top spot down to number five as the player with the best selling jersey in the NBA. The LA Lakers...
BROOKLYN EAGLE WINGS WAY OUT OF ZOO IN FIT OF BEAK
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amA bald eagle flew the coop yesterday afternoon in Prospect Park, sending zookeepers on a wild goose chase into the night. Napoleon, the pride of the Prospect Park Wildlife Center,...
CITY SEEKS HIGH HONOR FOR 9/11 CHAPLAIN
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAn effort to award FDNY chaplain Mychal Judge a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom got a boost yesterday from the City Council. The council passed a resolution calling on Congress...
SONICS BLAST KNICKS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amSonics 95Knicks 87 SEATTLE - Antonio McDyess got better. The Knicks got worse. Unfortunately, right now the Knicks' most important big man is Dikembe Mutombo, not McDyess. And when Mt....
BROWN KEEPS GRIZZ GOING
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amHubie Brown is 70 years old, has been involved in the NBA for more than 30 years, and doesn't agree with the popular opinion that the league and its players...
ACTION HEATING UP - LITERALLY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAS we embark on the 2003-04 ski season, it looks as if we may have a repeat of last year's fabulous schussing with steep and deep snow, but while we...
SECOND THAT EMOTION ; JETS SEEK ENCORE SUNDAY VS. BILLS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWhatever emotional level the Jets reached on that Giants Stadium field Monday night under the lights, they must elevate themselves to the same heights against the Bills on Sunday. From...
BLEDSOE INTENDS TO TOUGH IT OUT
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who was knocked out of the game by a helmet-to-helmet hit by Giants' defensive tackle Keith Hamilton Sunday, is listed as probable on the...
SHUMAN BANNED, FINED $5G
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTrainer Mark Shuman, who vans his horses four hours from owner Michael Gill's training center in Pennsylvania to race at Aqueduct, was suspended 20 days by the New York State...
LEITER: MOVE EASY FOR REYES
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amAl Leiter, the Mets' veteran lefthander who often has ownership's ear, believes that if the only way for the Mets to acquire Kaz Matsui is to move Jose Reyes to...
THE JAX MAY FALL ON JARVIS ; JOHNNIES NEED HOMETOWN HERO
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amTHE thing that breaks your heart, if you truly care about the sport of basketball in this city, is just how deep the fissures and fractures are right now at...
MILBURY: ISLES' SKID MUST GO
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amSo how about all those "Mike Must Go" chants that have reverberated through Nassau Coliseum lately? "I'm taking responsibility for a lot of this," Islanders GM Mike Milbury said as...
DEVS LOOK TO END FUNK
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amWinless in their last four games - their longest slide of the season - the Devils look to get back on track tonight when they host the Caps at the...
JINTS-'SKINS FEELS LIKE SUPER BOWL TO JESSIE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amJessie Armstead says he won't engage in trash talk with noted yapper Brian Mitchell, leaving that conflict to fellow Redskins linebacker Jeremiah Trotter. And Armstead didn't promise to go at...
BRUCE RECORD WOULD NOT BE HIT WITH O-LINE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES With his next half or full sack, Redskins defensive end Bruce Smith will break the NFL's all-time sack record he currently shares with Reggie White. Attempting to prevent...
BARRETT LOSES HOME EDGE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMonte Barrett was born and raised in Queens and like any New York boxer has always dreamed of fighting at the Garden. That dream comes true Saturday night when he...
DOLEAC IS CENTER OF BLAZER ATTENTION
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SEATTLE - Expect Knick backup center Michael Doleac to get his usual warm welcome at the Rose Garden tomorrow when his team faces the Blazers. Doleac played high-school...
THE JAX MAY FALL ON JARVIS: SCHOOL EYEING FORMER JOHNNIES, KNICKS GREAT AS COACH'S SUCCESSOR
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThere were some 2,000 empty seats in Alumni Hall Tuesday night, so a lot of St. John's fans didn't see their team get waxed 81-64 by Hofstra. But there were...
VAZQUEZ IS NEXT PRIZE FOR YANKS ; NICK, J. RIVERA THE BAIT
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amGive the Yankees credit, the winter meetings are still eight days away and their bullpen is in order and their new slugger is on board - even though they haven't...
METS MULLING MILLWOOD
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES An industry source confirmed yesterday that the Mets are one of several teams pursuing Kevin Millwood, the Phillies' free-agent righthander who is one of the top starters on...
KIDD FAILS TO SAVE DAY
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThere was no denying that Jason Kidd didn't play his typical game last night, particularly during the fateful final 1:30, though he thought he did well enough to give his...
MEMPHIS GETS WELLS IN TRADE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Nets lucked out when Memphis made a mid-afternoon trade for former Portland troublemaker Bonzi Wells, because the Grizzlies played without sharpshooter Wesley Person last night. The constantly...
NETS CAN'T GET IT DONE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amGrizzlies 96Nets 93 The Nets couldn't hold onto the ball, and Jason Kidd couldn't get the call. When Kidd and his teammates were tearing up the Eastern Conference the past...
KAZ-REYES DREAM ALIVE
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe Mets want Kaz Matsui . . . and why not? Just about everyone with a respected baseball opinion in New York is raving that the Japanese shortstop is the...
YANKS CLOSE ON VAZQUEZ: JOHNSON, RIVERA THE BAIT
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe bullpen is finally in order, the new superstar right fielder is expected to undergo a physical today, millions upon millions of dollars have been showered on players, and now...
NEXT FOR MCDYESS: MESH WITH 'MATES
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amSEATTLE - At times, Antonio McDyess' Monday debut seemed as awkward as a bad blind date. McDyess, meet your Knick teammates. McDyess, who was to play his second game as...
NETS PROBLEMS ARE BOUND-LESS
December 4, 2003 | 5:00amThe Nets are so horrible on the boards right now, they couldn't catch Paris Hilton on the rebound. There are many reasons why the two-time defending Eastern Conference champs were...