May 28, 2004
THE MAIN EVENT - COMCAST AND DISNEY DUEL TO THE DEATH FOR E!
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe imminent sacking of E! Entertainment Television head Mindy Herman is a sideshow compared with the intense battle going on between owners Comcast and Disney. The relations between the two...
NEW G+J BIG FACES TOUGH AUDIENCE ON MADISON AVE.
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amGruner + Jahr USA has finally found a replacement for its ousted CEO, Dan Brewster - but new boss Russell Denson has his work cut out for him in winning...
HOLLINGER WILL SELL JUST THE TELEGRAPH
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amNewspaper giant Hollinger International said yesterday it will pursue a sale of its London Daily Telegraph rather than sell the entire company. Lazard, the company's bankers, likely will complete a...
PAUL ALLEN LOSES ANOTHER ONE: $1.65B RCN STAKE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBillionaire Paul Allen's vision for a "wired world" continues to fade after another of his media and technology investments filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Allen's stake in cable and phone company...
VUITTON LOSES LOGO BAG BATTLE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBurlington Coat Factory Warehouse scored a victory yesterday over Louis Vuitton, when a judge ruled that the discount store could continue to sell a logo handbag that Vuitton argued could...
DEADLINE ROARS PAST IN SONY, MGM TALKS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amSony Corp.'s exclusivity agreement on talks with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer expired yesterday without a deal to buy the Lion. But that doesn't mean Sony won't ultimately seal a deal for MGM, the...
BID WAR OVER CLINTON SERIAL RIGHTS HITS 500G
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBIDDING for the serial rights to Bill Clinton's memoir, "My Life" has reached the mid-six figure range, but publisher Knopf may end up selling to no one. So far, informed...
LBO FIRMS EYE TEDDY TRIAL
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBillionaire investor Ted Forstmann is carrying a heavy burden into a tiny Connecticut courtroom next week - protecting Wall Street's basic tradition of taking risks. If he loses his lawsuit...
FOX'S AD FANTASIA - 'IDOL' FINALE RINGS UP $40M IN REVENUES
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amFox socked away about $40 million for Wednesday night's "American Idol" finale, according to industry estimates. Fox charged $1 million for each 30-second spot in the two-hour finale - up...
SPITZER WINS ROUND AGAINST BANKS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer won a key victory yesterday in his battle to allow states to regulate predatory lending. A federal court sent back to state court a...
STARR REPORT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00am'GMA' wins a Tony It's official - Tony Perkins has inked a new deal to remain as the weathercaster at "GMA." Perkins was reportedly talking to WJLA, the ABC affiliate...
KIDS' PICK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBIG APPLE CIRCUS: The new show "Carnevale!" kicks off today at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The show fea tures clowns, acrobats, jugglers, dog acts comics and a high-wire trio,...
IN COMMAND - 'HEROIC, UNDERSTATED PERFORMANCE'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00am"Ike: Countdown to D-Day" [ 1/2] (three and one-half stars) Monday night at 8 on A&E AS Dwight Eisenhower, Tom Selleck is smokin'! Literally. Selleck burns through a couple of...
FILM PICK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amNOW THAT'S ITALIAN: The Film Society of Lincoln Center's fourth annual look at what's new and hot in Italian cinema in cludes "Don't Move," a love story that won Penelope...
ROCK PICK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amOLD OFFSPRING: When you listen to the hoards of new punk-pop bands from Simple Plan to New Found Glory, there isn'tone that hasn't been influenced by Southern California's leg endary...
INDIE MUSIC PICK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amGIVE PISTOLS A SHOT: Two Dollar Pistols, led by rich baritone singer John Howie Jr., is a rockin' honky-tonk quartet from Chapel Hill, N.C.. The band's new album, "Hands Up!,"...
GREATSPLOITATION!
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBAADASSSSS![] (three stars) Like father, like son.Running time: 108 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sex, nudity). At the Empire, the UA 64th and Second, the Union Square, the Harlem USA. MARIO...
CYNICAL MAY/DECEMBER SOAP OPERA
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTHE MOTHER[] (two stars) Dispiriting drama. Running time: 112 minutes. Rated R (sexual content, including graphic images of sexuality, language and brief drug use). At Lincoln Plaza, the Sunshine Cinema....
TAKING IT FROM THE STREETS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amUNION SQUARE[] (three stars) Shooting up. Running time: 120 minutes. Not rated (drug use). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. MANHATTAN'S Union Square area has changed...
TEEN SPOOF WOBBLES ON A WING AND A PRAYER
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amSAVED! [] (two stars) The anti-"Passion." Running time: 92 minutes. Rated PG-13 (moderate sex, profanity). At the Lincoln Square, the Empire, the Union Square. THOUGH it has a novel setting...
RAZZING 'HELEN'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amRAISING HELEN[] (two stars) Mediocre star vehicle. Running time: 114 minutes. Rated PG-13 (nothing offensive). At the AMC Empire 25, Loews Lincoln Square, Clearview Chelsea, others. THE folks who marketed...
PACK YOUR PARACHUTE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amSOUL PLANE [ 1/2] (One and one-half satrs) Flying low. Running time: 86 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, language and some drug use.) At E-Walk, Loews Lincoln Square, Loews...
DANCE PICK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: Lincoln Center's yearlong cen tennial celebration of George Balanchine, founder of New York City Ballet, concentrated first, during the company's winter season, on Balanchine's...
VENTRILOQUIST'S AUTO-BIO SHOW SPEAKS VOLUMES
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTHE TWO AND ONLYAt the Atlantic Theater, 336 W. 20th St. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. JAY Johnson has the world on his arm - or so it seems when the...
IRON FIST IN VELVET'S GLOVE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amVELVET REVOLVER ANYBODY who was looking for Guns N' Roses II at the New York City debut of Velvet Revolver would have walked out of the Roseland Ballroom Wednesday sorely...
'60 MINUTES' IN A HURRY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amDON Hewitt, the mastermind behind "60 Minutes" is al- ready plotting his next move: local mini-versions of his signature show called "30 Minutes." The plan, which is still in the...
SUPER SIZE - RUBEN'S WEIGHT CAUSES CONCERN AMONG FANS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" fans were shocked this week to see just how big former champ Ruben Studdard is now. And we're not talking about his record sales. "People are worried about...
DAWN OF THE 'DEAD ZONE'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00am'THE Dead Zone," USA Network's cult-hit thriller, is trying to break out. "We're in our third season and what matters to me is the evolution itself," "Zone" star Anthony Michael...
'CAR TALK' GETS A 'TOON UP
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amPBS is quietly preparing an animated verson of its hit radio show "Car Talk," according to insiders. The cackling Magliozzi brothers, Tom and Ray, could be on the air as...
PHILLY FIVE BAND TOGETHER IN A GARAGE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amMARAH, that Philly band formed in 1995 by the brothers Dave and Serge Bielanko, recorded its upcoming disc in a garage in South Philly all on their own. Due out...
NO EASY RX FOR EQUITY - UNION DEMANDS HEALTH CARE HELP
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCONTRACT talks between Broadway actors and producers got testy this week as the two sides tussled publicly over the thorny issue of non-union tours. But there's another issue that's roiling...
IT'S ALL COZ OF ROZ
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amROZ Abrams brought more than her smile when she jumped to Ch. 2 this year. Ratings for the 11 p.m. newscast she does with Ernie Anastos have jumped 24 percent...
APOCALYPSE WOW - SPECTACLE REIGN IN DOOMSDAY 'DAY AFTER TOMORROW'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTHE DAY AFTER TOMORROW ½ (two and one half stars) Apocalypse wow. Running time: 124 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense situations of peril). At the AMC Empire, the Ziegfeld, the Kips...
2 FOUND SLAIN IN BX. APT. MYSTERY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Bronx men were found shot to death last night in the apartment of a hospitalized woman, police said. At around 7 p.m., a neighbor checking on the apartment of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amPizza deliverymen may soon be "delivering" their customers to jail in one New Hampshire town. Police in Portsmouth have asked workers who bring pizzas to residents to rat out teens...
MA'S FURY AT KILLER'S WRIST-SLAP - RAGES AT 1-YR. DEAL
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA furious Queens mom yesterday lashed out at the man who killed her daughter and ripped the legal system after he was sentenced to just a year in jail. "Marvin,...
B'KLYN SAILORS IN OLYMPIC EPIC
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCall it their "Big Fat Greek Adventure." In the proud Homeric tradition, two Greek-Americans from Brooklyn will brave squalls, pirates and the war on terror and sail from Sheepshead Bay...
APPLE FACING $3.6B ED. BITE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCity taxpayers will have to pay billions of additional dollars to comply with a court ruling to provide Big Apple public school students with an adequate education, according to a...
HOORAY! WE'RE IN THE SUNNY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amMother Nature is going to cooperate quite nicely for most of the holiday weekend. Forecasters are calling for bright sunshine with temperatures in the mid-70s both tomorrow and Sunday. Things...
FETUS DUMPED NEAR DOWNTOWN SCHOOL
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA human fetus was found behind a Lower East Side elementary school yesterday, police said. The dead fetus was discovered on a walkway behind PS 140 on Ridge Street at...
ANGRY COUSIN: BAD-EGG CANARY DESERVES TO DIE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISA LINO stared across the courtroom at her cousin and one-time best friend, Frank Lino, and said, "I'd like to have a transfusion." That, she explained, is because she no...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 25-year-old man was killed after being gunned down on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street last night, cops said. John McFadden, of Wyona Street, was in front of a Ralph...
MURDER TRIAL GETS ASS-ININE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA man on trial for allegedly killing a key witness to a Brooklyn murder complained to the judge yesterday that the prosecutor asked him to "kiss my ass!" Trevis Ragsdale...
THESE ARE OUR KIDS, NOT SOME MILITARY 'MONSTERS'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amALTHOUGH just 19, Alexia Regner has vowed to serve her country to the death, if needed. As thanks, the baby-faced young lady with the quick intelligence and military bearing has...
POISONING RATS - MOB BOSS VOWED DEATH TO TURNCOATS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amAs the Mafia code of omerta - silence - broke down in his crime family, Joseph Massino threatened serious violence against mob rats and their relatives, one of the turncoats...
ROB RAIDERS - WOLFPACKS OF 25+ INVADING TOP STORES
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCops are probing a rash of wolfpack-style robberies in which gangs of up to 27 youths rush into Manhattan stores, overwhelm workers and dash out with all the loot they...
ALBANY UPS ROLE IN QUIZ BIZ
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe state Department of Education will administer new standardized English and math exams in Grades 3 through 8 beginning in 2006 - raising the possibility Albany's tests will replace city...
LONG ISLAND CYBER PERV RAPES TEEN: COPS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man raped a 15-year-old girl he met online, cops said yesterday. Joseph Rizzo, 21, and the teen communicated in an America Online chat room just once or...
HOT PURSUITS - MORE TRAVELERS TO HIT ROADS AS GAS WOES ARE NO $WEAT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTravelers aren't letting skyrocketing gas prices and fears of a terror attack get in their way of taking a vacation. Ignoring the climbing cost of gasoline and heightened security alerts,...
GOV LOOKS FOR A 'BETTOR' WAY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday proposed the creation of a state commission that would oversee all gambling in New York - from the lottery and video-slot machines to the horseracing...
FAREWELL TO SLAIN DAD - COURT COP SHOT DEAD OFF DUTY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amIn a brave but husky little voice, 8-year-old Rosalina looked toward her father's casket yesterday and made a solemn vow "to be good" and to make him "proud." The dark-eyed...
MONEY-WASH JEWELER CONVICTED
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Diamond District jeweler - busted in the same sweep as a man assassinated in broad daylight last week on Sixth Avenue - was convicted of money laundering yesterday. Edwin...
COP SAVES GWB JUMPER
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA cop who admits to a fear of heights lunged toward the edge of the George Washington Bridge and saved a troubled man from jumping 200 feet to his death...
BUSH PUSH CENTERS ON HEALTH CARE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush spoke before a Tennessee crowd yesterday about improving health care, saying a big-government approach is not the way to go. "The federal government cannot run the...
HAMPTONS DIARY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amLOCK up your daughters - wild man Jeremy Shockey is coming to town, and it's his first time in the Hamptons. The hunky Giants tight end is jetting in to...
HIV BIRTHS IN N.Y. PLUMMET
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The number of babies born with HIV in New York state dropped an amazing 78 percent between 1997 and 2002, Gov. Pataki said yesterday. The Department of Health...
DEFENDANT HAD JUROR'S NUMBER
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan juror was arrested yesterday after allegedly flouting the law by having an extended conversation with the last person he should have been talking to - the defendant -...
EARLY DEPOSIT - PAPA BANK BANDIT ASKS FOR JAIL NOW
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amByline: LISA PULITZER and ANDY GELLER A Long Island commodities trader who kissed his wife goodbye and went off to rob banks began serving a sentence of nine years behind...
BEACHGOERS CAN BE SHORE OF GREET THINGS AHEAD
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's beaches - all 14 miles of them - will open tomorrow just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, and for the first time, hospitality greeters will welcome...
2 KIDS HURT AS BUS HITS TRUCK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA school bus rear-ended a tractor-trailer on a Bronx highway yesterday, sending two students to the hospital, police said. The bus, carrying 32 kids and two adults, was traveling north...
WHEELCHAIR KID'S CARSON MAD AT NBC
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA wheelchair-bound teen is suing NBC after he was allegedly kicked out of a taping of a Carson Daly TV show last month. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in Manhattan federal...
HOW NYPD HERO HELPED BRITS HOOK EVIL PREACHER CREATURE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA veteran NYPD cop with a reputation for prying information out of suspects was hailed for cracking the terror case against the fanatical London-based Muslim cleric who was indicted yesterday...
HOLY CASH COW! - YET ANOTHER HIKE SENDS MILK TO $4.43 A GAL.
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe record-high price of milk is about to go even higher. State agriculture officials will raise the maximum price of a gallon of milk by 25 cents as of June...
JET PATROLS SET FOR GOP GALA
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amFighter jets will return to city skies during the Republican National Convention this summer to protect New York City from terror attacks from above, FBI sources said yesterday. F-15s from...
BRAVEST TO GET NEW BIO-MASKS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe FDNY will be getting new air masks that can protect against dangerous chemical and biological agents, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The mayor announced the multimillion dollar purchase at graduation...
TERROR SARGE IN GIRL-MOLEST BUST
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amAn NYPD sergeant assigned to the joint terrorism task force has been charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old female acquaintance while off-duty in Westchester County, police said yesterday. Sgt. Paul...
UNION DERAILS MTA COP UNIT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe MTA police Emergency Service Unit has been temporarily disbanded after the agency's cop union encouraged its members to boycott the unit in the midst of a contract dispute. The...
'HARASS' GAL SUES OVER GIFFIE 'SMEAR'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe female lawyer who accused City Councilman Allan Jennings of sexual harassment filed a lawsuit yesterday, claiming Speaker Gifford Miller tried to "smear" her. "The recent incidents of retaliation include...
L.I. 'PRANK' STUDENTS IN STICKY SITUATION
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA group of Long Island "honor" students went on a $50,000 vandalism spree at Valley Stream North High School yesterday - slapping tar all over the building, breaking security cameras...
AL-MASRI MANGLED IN BODY AND SOUL
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe land-mine explosion that cost radical Muslim imam Abu Hamza al-Masri the use of one eye and his two hands left his mind as twisted as his body. It turned...
WE HAD TO SHOOT MALLET MAN: COPS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx cop had no choice but to shoot a mallet-wielding burglar after two attempts to subdue him with pepper spray failed, police officials said yesterday. Kevin Mathis, 46, discharged...
BOOB DOC BUSTED IN SEX ABUSE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side plastic surgeon was busted yesterday on charges of sexually abusing a female patient whose breasts he had enlarged, police said. Dr. Eli Milch, 56, who has...
DIVA E!-XORCISED - 'ABUSIVE' TV BOSS AXED AFTER STAFF UPROAR
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amControversial TV exec Mindy Herman - who turned E! Entertainment into one of the hottest celebrity channels - got pushed out yesterday after a series of bizarre acts, notably a...
9/11 MOTIVATED COP WHO CRACKED CASE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amHero Detective George Corey couldn't wait to join the ranks of the elite FBI-NYPD joint terrorist task force after the 9/11 attacks on his beloved city. He knew it might...
3 MORE SICK AT MENINGITIS HS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThree more students have been diagnosed with viral meningitis at Manhattan's La Guardia HS for the Performing Arts, health officials said yesterday. The number of cases at the Upper West...
KERRY: I'D CRUSH 'EM - VOWS TO 'DESTROY' QAEDA CELLS AS PREZ
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry yesterday rapped President Bush's handling of a dangerous world, as the Democratic contender put international terrorists on notice that he would "crush" al Qaeda's networks if...
NYPD HERO HELPS BRITS HOOK THE EVIL PREACHER CREATURE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amAn NYPD cop has accomplished what federal investigators and Britain's top terror-busters have failed to do for years - crack the case against a fanatical cleric implicated in a deadly...
EX KILLS WOMAN AND LOVER: COPS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey man shot his ex-wife and her lover to death yesterday after catching them "in the middle of conjugal relations," officials said. Just before noon, Nicholas Tejada walked...
DNA IDENTIFIES DOG-FOILED PARK RAPIST
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amDNA tests have revealed the identity of the would-be Central Park rapist whose intended victim fought off the attack with the help of her dog, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Cops...
CREEPY 'CULT' CLUE - TULIP PETALS SURROUNDED BODY IN CIRCULAR PATTERN
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTwo dozen yellow flower petals were found around the nude corpse of Juilliard student Sarah Fox, forming an eerie semicircle on the left side of her body, investigators revealed yesterday....
NEIGHBORS OF SLAIN SARAH LIVING IN FEAR
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amInwood residents were terrified yesterday that their beloved upper Manhattan neighborhood - which they had always considered a safe and tranquil oasis in the hard city - could be harboring...
'ELITE' TEENS TRASH SCHOOL
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA group of honors students went on a $50,000 vandalism spree at a Long Island high school yesterday - slapping tar all over the building, breaking security cameras and damaging...
'MALLET' COPS: WE HAD TO FIRE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx cop had no choice but to shoot a mallet-wielding burglar after two attempts to subdue him with pepper spray failed, police officials said yesterday. Kevin Mathis, 46, discharged...
BOMB COPS COLLAR KITTIES
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amPut your paws in the air and come out quietly! Two abandoned kittens slept peacefully in a box left in a Brooklyn subway station yesterday while Emergency Service cops and...
DNA IDS DOG-BITE PARK FIEND
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amDNA tests have revealed the identity of the would-be Central Park rapist whose intended victim fought off the attack with the help of her dog, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Cops...
SANIT TRUCK KILLS WOMAN
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA 21-year-old woman was killed by a sanitation truck as she crossed a Chinatown street last night, cops said. The woman, Wynee Wong, who lived on Pearl Street, was crossing...
-SCHOOL THUGS STAB BOY, 13 (S)-B'KLYN SCHOOL THUGS STAB BOY, 13 (LCF)
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old boy was stabbed in the back in a Brooklyn schoolyard by two young thugs who were picked up only hours after the attack, cops said. Jessie Hoyte, 17,...
HANDS OF HOPE - MEDIA IGNORE SADDAM'S PREY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S their gentleness, their sense of joy and optimism, that's so amazing - and so moving - after the savagery they faced. They are seven Iraqi men whose right hands...
DIVA E!-XORCISED : 'ABUSIVE' TV BOSS AXED AFTER STAFF UPROAR
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amControversial TV exec Mindy Herman - who turned E! Entertainment into one of the hottest celebrity channels - got pushed out yesterday after a series of bizarre acts, notably a...
RING OF MYSTERY- TULIP PETALS SURROUNDED BODY IN CIRCULAR PATTERN
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe flower petals found around the nude corpse of murdered Juilliard School student Sarah Fox formed an eerie semicircle framing her left side, investigators revealed yesterday. The probers - consulting...
BOLTS BOUNCE BACK - OVERCOME REFS, FLAMES TO TIE SERIES
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTAMPA - If they're going to allow Brad Watson to officiate the Stanley Cup Finals, if this kind of mediocrity is to be rewarded, the league might as well invite...
JETER, YANKS GET BAT TO BUSINESS - CAPTAIN KEEPS CONTRERAS ON TRACK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 18
WHITE'S STRANGE CHAIN OF EVENTS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - According to umpire Jerry Davis, Gabe White was violating a rule Tuesday and Wednesday night when he entered the game with a silver chain around his...
GOOD ENOUGH TO DREAM - METS CONTENDERS? HEY, WHY NOT?
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amFriday Mets at Marlins 7:30 p.m., WPIX-11 Before asking yourself if the Mets can contend, remember this: On May 28 of last year, the Marlins' record was 25-29. Now do...
LOOPER LOOKING FORWARD TO VISIT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES For the first time since Game 5 of last year's World Series, Braden Looper will return to the mound at Pro Player Stadium. "It's exciting," the Mets closer...
SECOND THOUGHTS - METS COULD SWITCH MATSUI, REYES NEXT SEASON
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe Switch may be switched back. When the Mets signed Kaz Matsui before this season, they moved their incumbent shortstop, Jose Reyes, to second base. But a source confirmed the...
FLUKE RULES MAY HIT NEW BOTTOM
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amIF you thought the new fluke fishing regulations are a disgrace, there is a good chance that they are going to get even worse before the summer is over. This...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCharles Barkley vs. Deion Sanders (Who would be better for Monday Night Football's halftime?) The night Roy Jones Jr. was knocked out, Charles Barkley belted out the result during TNT's...
5 QUESTIONS FOR SID ROSENBERG
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with WFAN's Sid Rosenberg. The 37-year-old Rosenberg has been at WFAN for three years. He does sports updates on Imus in the...
REALITY BITES ATLAS - TEDDY HEADED FOR FOX BOXING SHOW
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amFox is close to finalizing a deal to lure ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas for its upcoming reality show, The Next Great Champ, sources have told NYP TV Sports. With...
RUSSIAN IN NO HURRY - LOCKOUT WON'T END OVECHKIN'S NHL DREAM
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amTAMPA - On his first trip to the United States, Alexander Ovechkin certainly seems to have his priorities in order. All but certain to be selected first overall by the...
BROWN SEES DOC, WILL PITCH VS. RAYS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Concerned about a lack of stamina, strength and weight loss, Kevin Brown spent Wednesday and yesterday undergoing tests in New York. The Yankees refused to confirm or deny...
SHEFF STIRRING YANKEES' LINEUP - HEATS UP WITH SIX-RBI NIGHT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -Joe Torre was talking about Gary Sheffield's most productive game as a Yankee, but the manager could have been rapping about his high-profile lineup late Wednesday night. "These are...
MAGIC STILL LOSE FOR WINNING
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amHEY, you wanna mute the merriment down there in Orlando for a second? I've got an announcement to make: As peachy positive as it is for the city, its fans...
M&M BOYS SHINE FOR COLUMBUS - MALDONADO, MONELL TEAM TO OUST L.I.C.
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS: Columbus 8 - L.I. City 5 Johnny Monell played in the minor leagues in the 1980s, getting all the way to Triple-A with the Mets before finally ending...
BEN GETS OFFENSIVE - GIVING PISTONS PLAYOFF BOOST
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - For the majority of his first seven NBA seasons, the Pistons' Ben Wallace was like the kid brought into the toy store and told, "Look, but don't...
'ROCKY' PLOTS CROWN KO
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Smarty Jones ran off and hid at the end of the Preakness Stakes, Jason Orman, the 25-year-old trainer of runner-up Rock Hard Ten, had a realistic response. "[Rock Hard...
RON: LUCK'S KEY
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amSince Affirmed did it in 1978, nine horses have come to Belmont with a chance to become the 12th Triple Crown winner . . . and all have failed. But...
AR-TESTY ABOUT PACERS' OFFENSE
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amEASTERN NOTES AUBURN HILLS - The Pacers are shooting a collective .319 against the Pistons' defense. And it went up in the last game. "We're playing horrible," said Pacer Ron...
FARRELL RALLIES FOR VICTORY OVER ST. EDMUND
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amCHSAA PLAYOFFS / 8 INN.: Msgr. Farrell 6 - St. Edmund 5 Monsignor Farrell's Daniel Gonzalez began yesterday's CHSAA playoff game against St. Edmund Prep the same way he has...
TIM SHOWED WORLD THAT'S HE'S A KEEPER
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amLast spring, Tim Howard was the goalkeeper for the MetroStars, wondering if he'd get a chance to prove his skills on a bigger stage. Nearly a year later, he's done...
YANKEES' LINEUP - WHITE'S STRANGE CHAIN OF EVENTS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - According to umpire Jerry Davis, Gabe White was violating a rule Tuesday and Wednesday night when he entered the game with a silver chain around his...
BROWN SEES DOC, WILL PITCH TONIGHT
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Concerned about a lack of stamina, strength and weight loss, Kevin Brown spent Wednesday and yesterday undergoing tests in New York. The Yankees refused to confirm or deny...
DOUBLE STANDARD - NBA RIGHT ON ARTEST FINE, BUT WRONG ON PLAYOFF PROMOS
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S all a con. The NBA this week fined the Pacers' Ron Artest $10,000 for making a two-handed, two-digit obscene gesture (the first double single in a Game 2 Eastern...