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GUY STUFF - ENOUGH WITH THE GIRL GETAWAYS ALREADY - ALLEN SALKIN REPORTS THAT MEN WANT TO DO SOME BONDING OF THEIR OWN
June 28, 2005 | 4:00amLADIES, 'scuse us for a sec, please. This story isn't for you. Lads, on the other hand, listen up. For half a decade we've been enduring the cloying girl getaway...
ROCK RIOT FEAR - WOODSTOCK '99 BAND BACK
May 5, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City is getting a mini-Woodstock in August - and it's being headlined by the same band blamed for inciting riots at the last hipster fest in upstate Rome...
ROCK 'RIOT' ANXIETY HERE OVER CHILI, DOGG
May 5, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City is getting a mini-Woodstock in August - and it's being headlined by the same band blamed for inciting riots at the last hipster fest in upstate Rome...
ATHENS PUTS ON THE FINISHING TOUCH-UPS
August 8, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Call it "ready with an asterisk." Athens, with five days left, is rippling with last-minute action, but organizers claim it's finally on schedule for its once-in-a-century close-up. If...
TEST YOUR MEDAL - WANT TO GO TO THE SUMMER OLYMPICS? PROCRASTINATOR ALLEN SALKIN TELLS YOU HOW
July 13, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S the secret to planning a trip to the Olympics in Athens (Aug. 13-29): Don't plan. Just show up. Accommodations prices are soft, events tickets are there for the buying...
NYU: STOP THE SPIN
March 12, 2004 | 5:00amTHE fourth suicide at NYU this academic year brought yet another public relations spin effort from the university. This is the second sentence of the letter to the university community...
'PIRATE' FANS ARRRCH-ENEMIES ; RAIDERS VS. BUCS A CULTURE CLASH
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amIt's rap versus retirement homes in Super Bowl XXXVII today. In sunny San Diego, a monumental clash of cultures will take place on the grassy gridiron when the Oakland Raiders...
OLD ANGST SIGN
December 31, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE'S no millennium panic - and fewer post-Sept. 11 terrorism fears. But sales for the usual $100-a-ticket New Year's Eve parties aren't as brisk this year as nightclub promoters expected....
GOLDENGOLLUM: HE COUGHS UP RIPE 'RINGS' ROLE
December 17, 2002 | 5:00amWHEN actor Andy Serkis had to come up with a voice for Gollum - Frodo's slithering sidekick in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," he turned to his...
SHARE WARS: FOOD FIGHTS AT THE SUMMER HOUSE: HEY! THAT'S MY AVOCADO
May 29, 2002 | 4:00amBEING woken at 3:30 a.m. by the ear-puncturing sound of drunks screaming, "Hot Pockets! Gotta get me some Hot Pockets!" is not fun. Nor is watching some tight-fingered cheapskate eat...
PANTY RAVE - ONE MAN'S LOOK AT YOUR BLOOMERS ... AND SOME OTHER MEN'S VIEWS
April 4, 2002 | 5:00amA woman's underwear says a lot about her. There's a store on the corner of East Houston andAllen streets that sells subway memorabilia - T-shirts, token trinkets, etc. The otherday...
I DO RUN-RUN-RUN: HERE'S A REASON TO BE HAPPY - THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
November 3, 2001 | 5:00amI am number 32,171 and my feet hurt. Like many marathon runners, four months ago, I couldn't jog four miles without seeing stars. Sunday, I'm going to run 26.2 miles...
DISCOVER GOTHAM'S GEMS: AFFORDABLE PADS WITH ROOM TO SPARE
September 30, 2001 | 4:00amPlease don't go. That's our message to jittery New Yorkers who might be tempted to flee the city in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks and a local...
NET A VIEW OF THE NEW RACKET PACK
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amGet to the tourney early if you want a peek at tennis' new hotties and hunks: Some won't survive past the early rounds. Plus, during the opening week of play,...
COURTING ATTENTION - SOME SEXY NEWCOMERS WILL SHOW OFF THEIR MOVES AT THE U.S. OPEN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSure, you've gawked at Anna Kournikova: the blond hair so long, the skirts so short. But, come on, aren't you ready for some new sex symbols in tennis especially now...
THE RACER'S EDGE: THE INSIDE TRACK TO MARATHON TRAINING
July 17, 2001 | 4:00amFIRST, buy five bags of frozen peas.If you're training for the New York City Marathon, you're going to need them for any swollen knees, shins or ankles you suffer along...
HOW LOW CAN HE GO? SHARPTON'S FAST: 21 DAYS AND COUNTING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amHOW long can the Rev. Al Sharpton fast? Sharpton has lost 21 pounds - one for each day of self-starvation - and still has 59 days to go of his...
CREATURES READY TO ROAR - STADIUM BLEACHERS NO PLACE FOR MET FAN
October 21, 2000 | 4:00amFire, cowbells, beer - the Bleacher Creatures have their weapons ready and they're ready to rumble. The Yankees' most diehard fans, the lovable rabble who haunt Section 39 in the...
BOMBERS WILL REIGN OVER MOTLEY MUTTS
October 19, 2000 | 4:00amA YANKEE fan walks with the quiet confidence of a winner - not the blind optimism of a loser who just got lucky at the track. Like a guy at...
A GILDED GAMES FOR THE AGES
October 1, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Can Athens possibly measure up? A toy wombat, "Oi Oi Oi," and hospitality that puts Atlanta's 1996 "Coca-Cola Games" to shame mark these as one of two best...