May 7, 2004
APPLE TUNES UP - PRICE OF HITS MAY JUMP TO $1.25 ON ITUNES
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMusic fans may have to start shelling out more to download some of the most popular songs on Apple's iTunes digital music service, The Post has learned. The five major...
NEWS CORP. Q3 PROFITS UP 69% ON ADS, 'IDOL'
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amNews Corp. profits surged in the third quarter on strong advertising growth at Fox News Channel and the continued success of the hit show "American Idol." The media giant reported...
PIMCO SLAPPED - PORTFOLIO GIANT CHARGED OVER DICEY CANARY TRADES
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission made one of its toughest moves yet in the expanding mutual fund scandal, charging two CEOs and their funds at giant PIMCO with fraud. Regulators...
BELNICK DINGED - EX-TYCO EXEC ARGUES HE DESERVED $17M BONUS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amHuge bonuses? Nothing wrong with that, the defense for Tyco's former top lawyer insisted yesterday during opening statements in a $17 million embezzlement trial. But Manhattan prosecutors say the $17...
MGM, SONY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer has entered into exclusive talks with Sony about selling the last major independent film studio for about $5 billion. Yesterday, as The Post predicted, MGM signed an agreement to...
NYSE BANISHES ALL SIGNS OF GRASSO
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amDick Grasso, you have been erased. The New York Stock Exchange has begun purging most traces - including portraits - that its highly-paid former chieftain ever existed. Grasso was ousted...
CA CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR PAST ACCOUNTING
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amEmbattled Computer Associates says it's so busy fielding a federal probe of its past accounting practices, it can't get any new accounting done. The software company, whose 14 top managers...
BONNIE BEEFS UP STAR STAFF - TAPS CNN PRODUCER, FORMER POSTIE, FOR MAG'S NO.2 SLOT
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amBONNIE Fuller, editorial director of American Media, seems to be handing off more responsibility to Star Editor Joe Dolce. Dolce has hired Jon Auerbach, most recently a senior producer at...
SWEET 'LIBERTY' - A FILM ONLY A MOM COULD LOVE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00am"Life on Liberty Street" [] (three stars) Sunday night at 9 on Hallmark Channel ---- IF you have a mother, are a mother, or even just know a mother, chances...
NELLY MUFFLED BY SONIC GLOOM
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amNELLY FURTADO CANADIAN pop chanteuse Nelly Furtado was the latest star to fall victim to New York's bad sound epidemic. At Town Hall Wednesday, Furtado expertly worked the crowd, rousing...
A BRIEF TUNE OUT OF TIME
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA SKIN TOO FEW: THE DAYS OF NICK DRAKE [] (three stars) Tragic life of a musician.Running time: 48 minutes. Not rated (talk about suicide). At the Cinema Village, 12th...
TWIN GEEKS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amNEW YORK MINUTE [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Double the trouble. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated PG (mild sensuality and thematic elements). At the E-Walk, the Loews 84th Street,...
STARR REPORT
May 7, 2004 | 4:00am'Sunday' tribute Last Friday, ABC's "Nightline" devoted its entire broadcast to reading the names of every U.S. service member killed in Iraq.Chris Wallace, host of "Fox News Sunday," says he's...
UP ALL NIGHT WITH DAVE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amDAVID Letterman's "Late Show" is morphing into the "Early" show - at least for one day. "Late Show" will tape its Friday, May 14 show at 4 a.m. in front...
UNEASY TALE OF YOUTH
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTHE MUDGE BOY [] (three stars) Unsettling drama. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content including graphic dialogue, a rape and language.) At the Quad, 13th Street, between...
'PEOPLE' CHEATS ON PLOT AND LAUGHS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amSEEING OTHER PEOPLE [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Clunky sex comedy.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, language and some drug material). At the AMC Empire 25...
MUDDLED TRIP TO NETHER LAND
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMORLANG [] (two stars)DUTCH TV director Tjebbo Penning makes his feature film debut with a postcard-pretty psychological drama that's too moody and enigmatic for its own good. Julius Morlang (Paul...
THROUGH CHILD'S EYE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amVALENTIN [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Poignant but slight childhood memoir. Running time: 86 minutes. Rated PG-13 (nothing offensive). At the Paris Theater, 58th Street, off Fifth Avenue. -----...
SIZE MATTERS - FAST-FOOD FILMMAKER IN FAT CITY
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amSUPER SIZE ME [] (three stars) An amusing McGimmick. Running time: 98 minutes. Not Rated (language, adult situations and themes). At the Angelika, the Lincoln Square, others. ---- FAST food...
'FRASIER' REJECTS - 'FRIENDS' PHOEBE AS ROZ
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTHE WRITERS HAD AN IDEA FOR FRASIER TO BE PARALYZED AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. LISA Kudrow as Roz on "Frasier"? Hey - it almost happened. Kudrow, who went on to...
HELL AND HIGH WATER FROM AN ASIAN ACE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOASIS [] (three stars) Difficult but stunning. In Korean, with English subtitles. Running time: 133 minutes. Not rated (sex, nudity, violence). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. ---- YOU'LL...
TIME FOR A CONSPIRACY
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWILLARD Grant Conspiracy's Robert Fisher has a gloriously rich baritone voice, which sounds vaguely like Nick Cave's. The group's latest album, "Regard the End," is filed under alt-country/post-punk/folk, which means...
HATED TRISH 'DIDN'T HAVE A FAIR SHOT'
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTRISH trashing, a new sport popularized by the catty contestants on the latest edition of "The Bachelor," will continue next week. Trish Schneider, the tall, attractive - and vilified -...
'ASSASSINS' HITS MARK - TONY PANEL RULES IT'S A REVIVAL
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amONE of the great show queen questions of our time has been resolved: Stephen Sondheim's critically acclaimed "Assassins" is a revival and not a new musical. The Tony Award administration...
RASTA RABBI - HASIDIC JEW IN TUNE WITH REGGAE RAP
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S against his religion to smoke pot or wear dreadlocks - but that hasn't stopped Matisyahu Miller from becoming New York's first Hasidic Rasta-rapper. As dubious as his schtick may...
MONSTER MUSH - HUGH'S PLAGUED BY TOO MANY CREATURES IN 'VAN HELSING'
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amVAN HELSING ½ (two and one half stars) Raising the stakes. Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence, frightening images, sensuality). At the Astor Plaze, the Union Square, the...
ORE. LAWYER NABBED IN SPAIN BLASTS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amAn Oregon lawyer who converted to Islam was busted by the FBI yesterday in connection with the deadly train bombings in Madrid in March, federal officials said. Brandon Mayfield, 37,...
TV CHOPPER HERO CREDITS VIET LESSONS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amChopper 4's miracle pilot, back home in Jersey yesterday, said his experience flying helicopters in Vietnam helped him survive his dramatic crash in Brooklyn. "You just try to keep it...
CARDIAC CRISIS AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A groundbreaking state study of pediatric heart surgery in New York shows University Hospital of Brooklyn had the worst mortality rate in the state - in a program...
RUDY: U.S. HALFWAY TO VICTORY IN TERROR WAR
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amCiting the fall of the Taliban, the removal of Saddam Hussein and Libya strongman Moammar Khadafy's decision to abandon his weapons program, Rudy Giuliani yesterday said America's war on terror...
OSAMA OFFERS BOUNTY OF GOLD TO ASSASSINATE KOFI
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden yesterday put a golden bounty on the heads of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. Iraqi administrator Paul Bremer. In a 20-minute audio recording, the world's most-wanted...
SCHOOL PERV SNEAK - SEX OFFENDER POSED AS INSPECTOR TO PEEK AT KIDS' FILES: DA
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens man who used an illegally obtained Department of Education ID to sneak into two Jackson Heights schools and sift through confidential records has a lengthy criminal history that...
U.N. BIDS TO SILENCE OIL-$$ WHISTLEBLOWER
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United Nations has sent a stern letter to an important witness in the Iraq oil-for-food investigation, demanding that he not cooperate with congressional probes of the scandal,...
ARIEL EYES A FALLBACK PULLBACK
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who lost a major vote this week on his Bush-backed plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, is coming back with a "mini" pullout plan...
-THERE AUTO BE A FREIGHT TUNNEL (M)-FREIGHT TUNNEL A RAIL GOOD IDEA (S, LCF)
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA new freight tunnel connecting Brooklyn to New Jersey would boost the city's economy, reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, a new study says. The Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel...
TA OFF-TRACK ON TERROR: EXPERT
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThe MTA could be doing a "faster and cheaper" job of protecting the subway system from a terror attack, and has failed to focus on the system's most vulnerable spots,...
RUDY: WE'RE 'HALFWAY' TO VICTORY IN TERROR WAR
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amCiting the fall of the Taliban, the removal of Saddam Hussein and Libya strongman Moammar Khadafy's decision to abandon his weapons program, Rudy Giuliani yesterday said America's war on terror...
TRIBES TASTE THE URBAN JUNGLE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amManuela Ima's first taste of "civilization" was a taste of Junior's cheesecake. Ima, 30, left the Amazon rain forest for the first time in her life, traveling for 15 days...
KERRY'S NEW WOE - ABU GHRAIB MAY BOOST NADER
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amYOU might think the Abu Ghraib prison scandal would be helpful for John Kerry's presidential hopes. But the early indications - from the Gallup polling organization - suggest yet again...
BUY GOSH! COMPLAINTS PLUNGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amConsumer complaints here are dropping dramatically, and city officials said yesterday they aren't quite sure why. Records compiled by the Department of Consumer Affairs show there were just 5,079 complaints...
SCHUMER SAYS THROW SPIDEY OUT
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amBaseball Commissioner Bud Selig should abandon "inappropriate" plans for placing "Spider-Man 2" movie ads on bases during some games, Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday. "Baseball belongs to the fans, not...
MAFIA HIT MEN GUILTY - WHACK TARGET'S REVENGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA Mafia turncoat who took two bullets in a failed mob hit got his revenge yesterday as a federal jury convicted his would-be assassins of murder conspiracy. Jurors delivered the...
S.I. POW COLONEL DEFENDS SELF
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA Staten Island lieutenant colonel who was criticized in an Army report about Iraqi inmate abuses by U.S. soldiers said yesterday he was "proud of his service." James O'Hare and...
COLUMBIA 'SEX FIEND' - 'TOE-LICKING' FOOTBALL PLAYER CHARGED IN ATTACK ON CO-ED
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA Columbia University football player has been charged with committing a bizarre sex attack - sneaking into a sleeping female student's room, licking her toes and then sexually assaulting her,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThere was a good reason for that nauseating stench coming from Jamie Verburgt's apartment. When cops entered her Germantown, Wis., home, they found 200 live animals, including alligators, snakes, rats,...
BUSH IN BID TO DEFUSE PALESTINIAN 'ROAD' RAGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, after meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House yesterday, assured Palestinians they'll take part in final negotiations with Israel over Middle East territory. "And...
FLEEING IN DROVES - THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS SAY THEY'LL LEAVE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amCity schools face a massive brain drain - with tens of thousands of veteran and rookie teachers ready to call it quits in the next few years, a City Council...
CARDIAC CRISIS AT B'KLYN HOSP
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A groundbreaking state study of pediatric heart surgery in New York shows University Hospital of Brooklyn had the worst mortality rate in the state - in a program...
TONY SOPRANO BUSS-TED
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amKiss me, Kate! Kate Winslet and James Gandolfini smooch it up yesterday on the Upper East Side while filming a scene for "Romance & Cigarettes." The red-hot kiss on a...
BUSH OPENS HIS ARMS & HIS HEART TO WTC TEEN
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush was working the crowd at a campaign stop in Lebanon, Ohio, when a voice rose above the excited din: "This girl lost her mom in the World Trade...
MIKE GETS 'REAL' HELP IN HUNT FOR 90 NEW SCHOOL SITES
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration has hired some of the city's top real estate brokers to hunt for space to build up to 90 new schools over the next five years, school...
CANINE KILLER - CAT-MAULING 'PIT-ROTTIE' IN L.I. RAMPAGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA bloodthirsty dog has been terrorizing a Long Island community, savagely tearing defenseless cats limb from limb - but nobody can stop the murderous canine because its owner is politically...
N.J. COPS GRILL CORPSE BEAU
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amPolice yesterday dug up the body of a missing 39-year-old New Jersey woman after her boyfriend claimed that she died in a car accident in upstate New York - and...
PORNY PREPPY BIG IN NEW SEX RAP
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThe ex-headmaster of a tony Manhattan prep school - who has pleaded guilty to having perverted online sex chats and possessing child pornography - was slapped with new kiddie-porn charges...
FOOL'S GOLD - OSAMA'S ASSASSINATION BOUNTY
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden yesterday put a bounty of gold on the heads of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. Iraqi administrator Paul Bremer. In a 20-minute audio recording, the world's...
FAKERS' DIRTY DEEDS - PHONY PAPERS FLEECED HOME-BUYERS: DA
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThese real-estate deals were anything but cheap, say Brooklyn prosecutors - who accuse four people of scamming more than $5 million by selling fake deeds to more than 30 homes...
GOP ATTACK ON KERRY AUTO-MATIC
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - As President Bush's bus tour hits Iowa and Wisconsin today, Republicans are raising new questions about whether Democrat John Kerry tells the truth about the cars that he...
FRIENDLY PARTING - TWINS AND ENGAGEMENT BRIGHTEN FESTIVE FINALE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTwins! Ross and Rachel together again! And who knew Phoebe drives a cab? After all the hype, guesswork and rumor-milling, last night's finale turned out to be what every "Friends"...
KIN BACK LEASHER CREATURE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amShe stands with a cold smirk on her face, holding a naked Iraqi like a dog on a leash. But her family says Pfc. Lynndie England is no different from...
'SORRY' FOR P.O.W. OUTRAGE -REJECTS DEM CALL TO AX RUMSFELD
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said he's "sorry" for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops - but added that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will keep his job, despite...
SPIDEY, YER OUT! - BASEBALL ADMITS ERROR, NIXES BASE ADS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amFans 1, Spider-Man 0. Major League Baseball officials last night scrapped a plan to place logos advertising the upcoming flick "Spider-Man 2" on the bases in 15 ballparks after the...
BUSH IN PALESTINIAN PLEDGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, after meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House yesterday, assured Palestinians they'll take part in final negotiations with Israel over Middle East territory. "And...
'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ENDING - IT'S A FAIRY-TALE ]]FAREWELL FOR ALL
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTwins! And Ross and Rachel together again! After all the hype, guesswork and rumor-milling, last night's "Friends" finale turned out to be everything the show's fans hoped for - a...
FANS ELATED FOR ROSS AND RACHEL
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amIn the end, Ross and Rachel turned out to be more than just "Friends" - and the show's fans couldn't be more excited. "I think they're the perfect couple," said...
SECURITY'S THE STAR
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amSecurity around the Warner Bros. lot was very unfriendly for the "Friends" cast's finale get-together. People who had precious tickets to a special "Tonight" show taping - with the cast...
W. 'SORRY' FOR P.O.W. OUTRAGE - REJECTS DEM CALL TO AX RUMSFELD
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said he's "sorry" for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops - but added that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will keep his job, despite...
TIRED TWISTS IN THIS BLAND FINALE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS was one whine that didn't get better with age. I don't know what was more pathetic last night on the finale of "Friends" - Ross' crybaby act at the...
KILLER CANINE - CAT-MAULING 'PIT-ROTTIE' IN L.I. RAMPAGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA bloodthirsty dog has been terrorizing a Long Island community, savagely tearing defenseless cats limb from limb - but nobody can stop the murderous canine because its owner is politically...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A city school teacher was arrested yesterday afternoon for violating an order of protection, police said. Alexis Parajares, 31, allegedly showed up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
CARDIAC CRISIS - B'KLYN HOSP KID PROGRAM SHUT AFTER FAILED OPS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A first-ever state study of pediatric heart surgery in New York shows University Hospital of Brooklyn had the worst mortality rate in the state - in a program...
TRIBAL TREKKERS TASTE THE URBAN JUNGLE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amEven for Brooklyn, "home to everyone from everywhere," this was a first. A pair of tribespeople from the Amazon rain forest made their first foray into Brooklyn yesterday - even...
LEASHER CREATURE UNDER FIRE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amShe stands with a cold smirk on her face holding a naked Iraqi like a dog on a leash. But her family says Pfc. Lynndie England is no different from...
STRAINED PINKIE SENDS CAMERON TO BENCH
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Cameron was a late scratch from the lineup last night after suffering a strained ligament in his right hand on Wednesday. X-rays were negative, but he was...
PIAZZA DELIVERS A WINNER - HOMER IN 11TH GIVES METS SWEEP OF GIANTS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMets 2 - Giants 1 Al Leiter challenged Barry Bonds during his first three at-bats, and the Giants slugger couldn't sniff a base hit - never mind a home run....
'BAD' . . . AND WORSE - MOTOWN'S 'BOYS' TOO TOUGH FOR NETS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amFriday Nets at Pistons Game 2 8 p.m., ESPN The Nets have a little problem heading into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoff series with the Pistons. "They just...
KARL: TEAMS TRY TO FIGHT THE 'KARMA'
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Always loquacious George Karl visited Pistons camp yesterday and basically stuck a fork in the Nets and Lakers. Karl, the former Bucks coach who will analyze...
ALL EYES ON ELI - COUGHLIN OPENS GIANTS MINI-CAMP
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThe date was circled for months, the day when new Giants coach Tom Coughlin would get his entire team on the practice field for the first time. That date arrives...
NOT TWO CONCERNED - NETS CONFIDENT THEY'LL BE BETTER
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Nets' obituary has appeared before and, once again, they find themselves trying to prove reports of their demise are vastly premature. "We've been buried since...
BIG WEEKEND AHEAD FOR ANGLERS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amFLOUNDER, striped bass and blackfish should be the big three for this weekend as New York's anglers try to put the news of the terrible new fluke and porgy regulations...
NETS BLOCK OUT REBOUNDING WOES
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The fouls came early, and so did a place on the bench. That might have been the reason for one terribly inefficient number from...
'SMARTY' MAKIN' HAY - DERBY CHAMP AT HOME GEARING FOR PREAKNESS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amBENSALEM, Pa. - The Smarty Jones mania at Philadelphia Park cooled down noticeably yesterday, the Kentucky Derby winner's second morning back at his home track. It figures to heat back...
HEEEEEERE'S JOE! BUCK EYES TALK SHOW - DOWN ROAD
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOne day in the future, Fox' lead baseball and NFL play-by-player, Joe Buck, might like to add a late-night talk show to his resume. "Maybe some day down the road,"...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DARREN PANG
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN's NHL analyst, Darren Pang. The 40-year-old former goalie is in his 11th year at ESPN.Q: What do you think of the...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amCharles Barkley vs. Tom Tolbert (Who's a better NBA analyst?) Charles Barkley owns the bigger name, but Tom Tolbert has a lot of game. Tolbert, who does studio and games...
LISA'S LOSS VIEWERS' GAIN
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA FEW sideline questions: How is it that every fan over the age of 12 knew that hiring Lisa Guerrero as Monday Night Football's sideline reporter was a terrible idea,...
FRANK CAN'T FALL SHORT - PISTONS' BROWN WON'T LET HIM GO SCOTT-FREE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Lawrence Frank may still look like the office intern, the winner of some basketball reality show, but he is no innocent. Not after four months on...
A-ROD NOW A-MAY-ZING - BAT BUOYS YANKS' TURNAROUND
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The morbid numbers are seared into not only his brain, but those of Yankee fans everywhere. It was April 19 and Alex Rodriguez needed a ground single in...
SORE HAND SENDS CAMERON TO BENCH
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Cameron was a late scratch last night in the finale of the three-game series with the Giants due to a sore right hand, but he was available...
TIME TO DISCOUNT K-MART - PISTONS CUTTING FREE-AGENT PRICE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amONE insufferably long gawk at Game 1 of the Nets-Pistons series and it's impossible to discount the obvious: For a team hurting for consistent longshore shooters, New Jersey pitifully lacks...
FRANK FRIENDS WITH PISTONS' DRAFT GURU
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amPISTON NOTES AUBURN HILLS - As Nets coach Lawrence Frank emerged from the tunnel before Game 1 at the Palace on Monday night, he was embraced by an enemy Piston....
DELSING GRINDS ON - JOURNEYMAN HOPES DREAM COMES TRUE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Unless you're a die-hard follower of the PGA Tour you haven't heard of Jay Delsing, which says as much about his 20-year career as anything. Delsing hasn't accomplished...
TRIPLETT PULLS 64 FROM HAT
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amGOLF NOTES CHARLOTTE - When his scorching, course-record 64 was complete yesterday, Kirk Triplett said, "I just felt like it was my day." That might end up being the understatement...
A BARRY BIG MOUTH - BACK IN THE LINEUP, BONDS SOUNDS OFF
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amPerhaps Barry Bonds' sinus infection finally let up. Maybe whatever medicine he took just gave him a buzz. Whatever the reason, Bonds - who curtly refused interviews Wednesday - was...
JOSE CAN SEE CONNORS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - George Steinbrenner wanted Jose Contreras to join organizational pitching guru Billy Connors in Columbus and for Contreras to join the Clippers' rotation immediately. However, after talking...
STILL IN THERE CATCHING - PIAZZA PRIMARILY REMAINS MET BACKSTOP
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amOfficially, nothing will change. Mike Piazza is still the Mets' catcher. He still will be behind the plate the majority of the time for the rest of this season. But...
MIKE'S GLAD TO PUT RECORD BEHIND HIM
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amEVEN Mike Piazza would admit breaking Carlton Fisk's record for most home runs by a catcher wasn't Barry Bonds chasing Mark McGwire or McGwire chasing Roger Maris or Hank Aaron...
URINE GOOD HANDS, JORGE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Moises Alou has company when it comes to using his urine to toughen up his hands. "I do it during the winter and spring training to...
A BARRY BIG MOUTH - BONDS SOUNDS OFF, THEN GOES HITLESS
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amPerhaps Barry Bonds' sinus infection finally let up. Maybe whatever medicine he took just gave him a buzz. Whatever the reason, Bonds - who curtly refused interviews Wednesday - was...
IRON MIKE STEALS BONDS' THUNDER
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amLONG before he hit the game-winning home run over the left-field wall to upstage Barry Bonds and sweep the Giants, Mike Piazza was talking about what would motivate him now...
VAZ COUGHS IT UP - YANKS BLOW EARLY LEAD; STREAK ENDS AT 8
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amA's 7 - Yankees 4 OAKLAND - Hearing Bud Selig say the A's need to replace ugly Network Associates Coliseum last night wasn't a shock. Watching Javier Vazquez spit out...