November 15, 2002
EX-ADELPHIA V.P. PLEADS, THEN SINGS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amAn ex-Adelphia bigwig, who admitted yesterday to cooking the books to dupe investors, told a judge that his bosses, including company founder John Rigas, were cohorts in the $2.5 billion...
REUTERS EDITORIAL STAFFERS WAIT FOR NEWS ON JOB CUTS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amReuters axed 150 non-news jobs this week, and editorial employees in New York are bracing for more cuts. In an e-mail to employees on Wednesday, Phil Lynch, head of the...
HSBC PAYS $14.2B FOR TROUBLED HOUSEHOLD INT'L
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amIn a surprise move, HSBC Holdings, Britain's biggest bank, is taking over troubled Household International for $14.2 billion. The deal gives HSBC a big presence in the U.S., where it...
MESSIER: BRONFMAN CLAN LYNCHED ME
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amJean-Marie Messier is still fuming. The former Vivendi head who was ousted after bringing the media giant close to bankruptcy calls his firing a "lynching" orchestrated, in part, by the...
AOL TW TO TAKE HUGE WRITEDOWN ON LATIN BIZ
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amAOL Time Warner said yesterday it expects to take another writedown for its investment in AOL Latin America. AOL Time Warner has already taken $733 million in non-cash charges to...
MARTS GET BIG BOOST FROM RETAIL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA big merger deal and good news on consumer spending left investors feeling bullish, and the markets rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 143.64, or 1.71 percent, to 8,542.13....
2 WFC BONANZA LAW FIRM'S LEASE GREAT NEWS FOR DOWNTOWN REVIVAL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amDowntown got a happy surprise yesterday when powerful law firm Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, which fled to Midtown after 9/11, inked a deal to return to Lower Manhattan, its home...
LEHMAN FIRES CHIEF STRATEGIST APPLEGATE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amJeffrey Applegate, Lehman Brothers' high-flying strategist and a former chief exec from when the brokerage was known as Shearson Lehman, has been sent packing. Lehman gave the Oxford-educated Applegate the...
SEC BRUSH-OFF: PROSECUTOR CHERTOFF LIKELY TO PASS ON TOP JOB
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMichael Chertoff, the crime-fighting prosecutor who was President Bush's choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, yesterday ducked the White House blessing and said he was "happy" in his...
KMART'S GOT MARTHA AS MOUTHPIECE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHer presence is felt, but the domestic doyenne is nowhere to be seen. Martha Stewart Everyday may be the centerpiece brand for Kmart's holiday campaign, but Martha herself won't be...
NEWHOUSE MOVE COSTS JOBS; SHIFT TO DELAWARE COMES AFTER $10M NYC TAX BREAK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amBILLIONAIRE publisher S.I. Newhouse Jr. has begun swinging the ax in his magazine empire. Over 250 jobs and possibly as many as 500 may be at stake as a new...
'KING' CHOREOGRAPHER'S TROUPE REIGNS SUPREME
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amGARTH FAGANDANCEAt the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Through Nov. 24. HANGING around Garth Fagan's neck like an albatross is the label "Tony Award-winning choreographer...
FUNKY MOTOWN BACKUPS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amSTANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN Rocking documentary.Running time: 108 minutes. Rated PG (mild profanity). At the Empire, the Angelika, the Magic Johnson, others. IT turns out that all those...
A SCATTERSHOT PLOT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amINTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN Misses the bull's-eye. Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (violence, profanity). At the Angelika, the Village East. 'THE Blair Witch Project" meets "JFK" in "Interview With...
STARR REPORT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amJarrett joins FNC; Jordan crosses to Ch. 2 Fox News Channel has hired Greg Jarrett, late of MSNBC, as a weekend news anchor. He begins this weekend. Jarrett had been...
A FLING & A PRAYER
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amEL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO Crimes of passion in Mexico.In Spanish with English subtitles. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (sexuality, language and some disturbing images). At the Angelika and...
GRANNY STEALS SHOW ALL THE 'WAY HOME'
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amTHE WAY HOME 1/2 The grandson from hell.In Korean, with English subtitles. Running time: 85 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectional). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues....
BIRDBRAINS OF ALCATRAZ
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHALF PAST DEAD 1/2 Stale B action movie.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (lots of brutal but bloodless violence). At the Empire, the Loews 84th Street, the Union Square, others....
ONE TORTURED SLIDE INTO MADNESS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amREVOLUTION #9 1/2 A smart little indie.Running time: 91 minutes. Not rated (language). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. IT'S a mad mad mad mad world,...
A WHOLE LOTTA LEM
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amLITTLE-KNOWN Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem is getting his 15 minutes of fame. With the Steven Soderbergh flick "Solaris," based on a Lem novel, ready to open nationwide, the Two Boots...
BEST DRAMA AWARD: THE EMMYS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amTHE showdown to decide the fate of the Emmys was less a tussle between lawyers and more of a cordial evening between friends, eyewitnesses say. More Tinseltown than downtown. The...
HUNTER'S BACK? HUH? '80S COP SHOW REUNION SPECIAL COMES OUT OF THE BLUE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00am"Hunter: Return to Justice" Tomorrow night at 9 on WNBC/Ch. 4 PEOPLE have asked me many things about TV over the years, including untold numbers of questions about past shows....
MISTER WRITE ; ROB THOMAS DOESN'T WANT TO BE A POP STAR
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amCALL him funny, call him "a little goofy" - just don't call Rob Thomas a pop star."You can make a pop star - they've proven that," the 30-year-old lead singer...
SHOW OF MASS APPEAL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amTORI AMOS TORI Amos, the daughter of a Methodist minister, showed her altar ego with a concert in the very uptown Riverside Church Thursday. If there ever was a performance...
'ARARAT' A MOLEHILL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amARARAT 1/2 Overcomplicated.Running time: 116 minutes. Rated R (violence, sex, naked breasts). At the Lincoln Square and the Angelika. AMAZINGLY, appallingly, the Armenian genocide of World War I - during...
A REAL TWO-FER ; CHURCHILL: HIT AT HOME & HIT HERE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amLONDON - The celebrated British playwright Caryl Churchill has pulled off a neat trick: Two of the most sought after tickets in both London and New York are for plays...
'SAINT NICK' A LITTLE SICK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00am"Mr. Saint Nick" Sunday at 7 on ABC/Ch. 7 IF You want to know why Disney is sucking wind these days, look no farther than "Mr. Saint Nick." Midway into...
'JAM' CHALLENGES B'WAY WITH A SLAM DUNK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amRUSSELL SIMMONS' DEF POETRY JAM ON BROADWAYLongacre Theatre, 230 W. 48th St.; (212) 239-6200. POETRY is alive and well at the Longacre Theatre. Indeed, it's alive and kicking like a...
LET THIS BE A WARNING TO EVERYONE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHELL HOUSE To hell and back.Running time: 85 minutes. Not rated (adult subject matter). At Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ARE you ready for this? Down in...
'METH' DEATH MOM CHARGED
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA 3-year-old Bronx boy's death has been blamed on drinking Coca-Cola laced with methadone - and his mom was charged yesterday in his death. Aaron Perry was rushed to Montefiore...
MIKE'S MISTAKE ; STOPPING CIVIC DECLINE REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, NOT TAX HIKES
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amIN this or any other American city's finest hour, New York refused to fold up and wither away after the terrorist attacks and the anthrax scares and the unspecific warnings...
E. RIVER FERRY GETS A BOO$T
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe Port Authority will use federal emergency dollars to increase ferry service along the East River starting next week. New York Waterway, which started an hourly East River service after...
CIA MURDERER EXECUTED AMID REVENGE ALERT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. officials braced for a new wave of attacks on Americans in reprisal for last night's execution of Aimal Kasi, a Pakistani gunman who went on a murderous...
L.I. 'SOPRANOS' BUSTED ; DA: SUBURBAN MOBSTERS EVEN HAD OWN 'BADA BING'
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA Long Island crime family lived like the Sopranos - complete with their own version of the Bada Bing strip club and secret mob confabs at the high school football...
KIBBUTZ FIEND HUNTED DOWN ; 'MASTERMIND' SURRENDERS TO ISRAELI TROOPS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The alleged mastermind of a kibbutz shooting rampage that left five people dead surrendered today after troops forced him to abandon his hideout wearing only his underwear. Mohammed...
LOUIMA CELEB LURE ; JACKO, COS WOOED CLIENT FOR COCHRAN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amFor Abner Louima, Johnnie Cochran was a dream come true - especially when he showed up at his hospital bed with greetings from Bill Cosby and Michael Jackson. Louima played...
'PHARAOH' CLUE LINKS SADDAM AND OSAMA
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In their separate messages to the world, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden both use the word "Pharaoh" - raising new questions about the possibility of coordination between...
AGENTS SNAG BIN LADEN'S DOC
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. and Pakistani law-enforcement officials are questioning Osama bin Laden's ex-doctor, hoping to gain insight into the terror master's health, officials said last night. Sources told The Post...
KLEIN GIVES SCA WORKERS REASON TO GO
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein, presiding over his first School Construction Authority meeting yesterday, extended early retirement incentives to some of the 450 agency workers whose jobs are being eliminated under...
JOGGER JUDGE SETS D-DAY IN FEB.
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe judge presiding over the reopened 1989 Central Park jogger rape case said yesterday he won't rule on a defense motion to overturn the five guilty verdicts until February. In...
FED GOV'T JOBS MAY GO PRIVATE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush today is moving to open as many as 850,000 civil service jobs to competition from the private sector. White House spokesman Scott McClellan billed it as...
IRS CLAIMS CUT OF 9/11 DOWNTOWN GRANT CHEX
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe Internal Revenue Service said yesterday it will collect taxes on federal grants meant to aid residents of lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terror attacks - drawing sharp criticism...
PINHEAD PENCIL-PUSHERS PLACE CITIZENS IN PERIL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amTHE cause of this fire was sheer stupidity, coupled with a failed attempt at cooking dinner. A while back, a small fire ignited in a fry pan inside a kitchen...
EX-CON NABBED IN IMMIGRANT SLAY
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA paroled robber was arrested yesterday as one of the male-female mugging duo who killed a Ukrainian immigrant defending his wife on a Brooklyn street, police sources said. Joseph Johnson,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe World's Biggest Liar is out to defend his title this weekend. George Kemp won last year with a tall tale about his granddad's greyhound stopping in the middle of...
2 DEAD IN HEAD-ON CAR SMASH
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA motorist heading the wrong way on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens plowed head-on into another car early yesterday, killing the other driver and himself, police said. Gerardo Torres,...
COUNCIL SAYS YIKES TO HIKES ; SPEAKER REJECTS PROPERTY-TAX PLAN AS A NO-CAN-DO
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller said yesterday he won't back Mayor Bloomberg's plan to raise property taxes by a whopping 25 percent. Bloomberg shot back that if Miller refuses to...
THEATERS READY FOR ANOTHER 'POTTER' GOLD
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHarry Potter flies back into town on his broomstick today to work another magical spell at the box office. The famed boy wizard's new adventure, "Harry Potter and the Chamber...
BLOOMBERG TO ALBANY: HELP!
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amFrom the day he took office, Mayor Bloomberg has sung the praises of Gov. Pataki. Now, it's payback time - or so the mayor hopes. Even though the state is...
CATHOLIC HS TEACH IN KID-AFFAIR BUST
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA 59-year-old Catholic-school teacher had a two-year affair with a female former student, authorities said yesterday. Francis Catapano, of Resurrection Ascension School in Middle Village, Queens, was charged with sexually...
THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IS IN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats yesterday voted to have a woman millionaire from San Francisco lead them in the House, appointing Rep. Nancy Pelosi to take over the post of minority leader...
CHOIR BIG GUILTY IN BOY-MOLEST
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA former counselor at the Boys Choir of Harlem was convicted yesterday of sexually abusing one of his young charges at the prestigious performance school. A jury convicted Frank Jones,...
WORK FORCE COULD FACE FORCED WORK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg wants city workers to lend a hand with the budget crisis - by putting in longer hours and paying for their health care. The mayor's demands on municipal...
DIANA BUTLER'S WAITRESS CASHES IN ON HOT TIP
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWhen Paul Burrell sat down to breakfast at the Essex House yesterday, wary hotel staffers took no chances with their tip - and immediately slapped a 15 percent gratuity on...
AL SAYS HILL COULD FILL VEEP SLOT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore says he'd consider Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate if he runs for president in 2004 - but Clinton rebuffed the idea. Asked if...
WINNEBAGO WOMAN DRIVEN TO TEARS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA woman accused of driving drunk and plowing her Winnebago into a fruit vendor and 15 cars during a wild chase from Manhattan to Brooklyn pleaded not guilty yesterday -...
BROOKLYN TEACHER GUILTY IN POOL PUNCH
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA female teacher was convicted yesterday of assault, menacing and harassment for slugging an assistant principal in a fight over their Brooklyn school's swimming pool. Marie Neto, 34, pummeled 62-year-old...
FLIP-FLOP HILL NIXES PAY RAISE - BUT GETS ONE ANYWAY
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - After voting yes on giving herself a raise a year ago, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton this week reversed course and voted no, as other Senators agreed to give...
MIKE GOES ON A CHOPPING $PREE: KIDS, SENIORS HARD HIT IN HUGE SERVICE SLASH
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amAll New Yorkers, from infants to senior citizens, will suffer hardships under a plan Mayor Bloomberg presented yesterday to close a budget gap that has mushroomed to $6.4 billion for...
DREYFUS AFFAIR'S HEIR WAR
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe 89-year-old founder of the famed Dreyfus Fund says a 40-year-old Florida man claiming to be his son won't get jack when he dies. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme...
NPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN A brazen thief ripped off a cafeteria in a Park Avenue office building yesterday, police said. The gun-wielding man entered the cafeteria at 300 Park Avenue near 54th Street...
GANGSTA ZAPPED ; SLAY-CASE COPS RAID SUGE'S DIGS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amCops rocked rap impresario Suge Knight's kingdom yesterday with multiple raids, slapping handcuffs on his pregnant wife, and nabbing three people on murder-conspiracy charges. Knight, a convicted violent felon, is...
JACKO SAVES FACE: 'EMERGENCY ' DELAYS HIM AMID COURTROOM NOSE FLAP
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Decomposing pop star Michael Jackson was four hours late for a court appearance yesterday - amid controversy over a widely distributed courtroom picture that seemed to...
U.S. PUSHES BAN ON OIL TO N. KOREA
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's team yesterday pressed allies to cut off fuel-oil shipments to North Korea to punish the Stalinist state for operating a nuclear-weapons program in defiance of a...
R.V. LADY DRIVEN TO TEARS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA woman accused of driving drunk and plowing her Winnebago into a fruit vendor and 15 cars during a wild chase from Manhattan to Brooklyn pleaded not guilty yesterday -...
BABY-PORN EX-COP HEADS TO PERV PEN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amAn ex-cop who got himself kicked off the force for perusing kiddie porn online has been sentenced to 19 months in a special prison for sex perverts after pleading guilty...
NAZI COLLECTOR GETS 3 ½ YEARS FOR STOCKPILING ASSAULT WEAPONS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA Jewish man who collected Nazi memorabilia, including a cache of weapons, was sentenced yesterday to 3½ years in prison. Michael Kneitel, 40, a Borough Park resident who was raised...
WTC 'CON'S' FICKLE-FINGERED FATE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amAn elderly millionairess accused of scamming Sept. 11 relief money wound up spending the night in the big house instead of her big apartment because she refused to be fingerprinted,...
AILING JACKO TRIES TO SAVE FACE IN COURT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Decomposing pop star Michael Jackson - who appeared in court Wednesday with his surgically enhanced nose falling off - showed up late for a second round...
FLIP-FLOP HILL NIXES PAY RAISE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - After voting yes on giving herself a raise a year ago, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton this week reversed course and voted no, as other Senators agreed to give...
HILL COULD FILL MY '04 VEEP SLOT: AL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore says he'd consider Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate if he runs for president again in 2004 - but Clinton rebuffed the idea. Asked...
TEACHER GUILTY IN POOL PUNCH
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amA female teacher was convicted yesterday of assault, menacing and harassment for slugging an assistant principal in a fight over their Brooklyn school's swimming pool. Marie Neto, 34, pummeled 62-year-old...
BUTLER'S WAITRESS CASHES IN ON HOT TIP
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWhen Paul Burrell sat down to breakfast at the Essex House yesterday, wary hotel staffers took no chances with their tip and immediately slapped a 15 percent gratuity on the...
STONES' WYMAN: HEY, YOU, GET OFFA MY NAME
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amBill Wyman, former bassist for the Rolling Stones, wants Bill Wyman, music editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to stop using the name - or risk being sued. And the ex-Stone's...
MIKE GOES ON A CHOPPING $PREE : KIDS, SENIORS HARD HIT IN HUGE SERVICE SLASH
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amFrom infancy to old age, New Yorkers will be suffering hardships under a plan Mayor Bloomberg presented yesterday to close a budget gap that has mushroomed to $6.4billion for next...
BLACKBURN DOUSES FLAMES
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amRangers 2Flames 1 CALGARY - On the other hand, having received next to nothing from Eric Lindros or Bobby Holik, nothing more than that the last two weeks from Pavel...
'BAMA TAKES AIR OUT OF SOONERS' BALLOON
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amCOACHES VS. CANCERAlabama 68Oklahoma 62 The Oklahoma Sooners came into the Garden last night ranked third in the country and fresh off a Final Four berth. But those accomplishments clearly...
THE FAN'S CORNER
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amQuit mourning! Stop wearing black! A football widow got her husband back, sort of. Luana Dunn finally became a football fan after meeting her husband in 1994 and the gridiron...
IT'S BETTER TO RECEIVE ; TAKE REDSKINS AND POINTS VS. DEPLETED GIANTS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amNOW that it appears likely that Herman Moore, the ex-Lion great, is not going to make any kind of serious contribution to the Giants' cause Sunday, it makes it risky...
'CUSE'S FRESH FACE ; NEWCOMER ANTHONY LATEST ORANGE STAR
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMemphis coach John Calipari figured he could laugh about it on Tuesday because last night wasn't going to be much fun. Calipari was certain of two things: His Tigers are...
ACTION'S GETTING FURIOUS
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amIT will be a busy weekend, what with New York's hunters heading to their deer hunting camps for Monday's opener and anglers taking some last shots at the terrific fall...
JETS' CURT-AILMENT; MARTIN'S NUMBERS TAKING HIT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe question was first posed to Herman Edwards yesterday and later to Jets right guard Randy Thomas. "What would you have said if you were told at the beginning of...
JEFFERSON SHOOTS FOR CONSISTENCY
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMIAMI - Call it a roller-coaster ride. Call it a journey of peaks and valleys. Or call it exactly what it is: a second season in an NBA career. Just...
CAN GRIZZLIES BEAR BROWN? HUBIE CHOICE A TEST OF TIME
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWHEN I first heard Hubie Brown was coaching Memphis I figured it was the Tams. I'm not the only one who's confused; Hubie already has circled the Grizzlies-Anaheim Amigos game...
MOORE'S A LONGSHOT FOR THE SKINS GAME
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Herman Moore was brought in to rescue the Giants' receiving corps. He is still expected to, but probably not this week. When asked if he thought he would...
AN AILING ALLAN ANOTHER STEP IN WRONG DIRECTION
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES While Latrell Sprewell returned to practice, Allan Houston rode a stationary bike, protecting his sore right arch. Houston expects to practice today and start tomorrow against the Sixers....
JORDAN IS THE WEIGH TO GO
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWhy was LaMont Jordan - not Curtis Martin - in the game on the Jets' game-winning, fourth-quarter drive Sunday night? "Because of his power," Herman Edwards said yesterday. "That helps,...
RANGER BRASS KEEPS FAITH IN BLACKBURN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amCALGARY - And in the latest news on the western front from the 4077, the blocker for the time being will remain on Dan Blackburn's hand, but Bobby Holik now...
YANKS GIVE ANDY OPTION TO RETURN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amBeyond making Andy Pettitte richer, exactly what the Yankees did yesterday when they picked up an $11.5 million option on the veteran lefty for next season isn't very clear. The...
FRUSTRATED JEREMY CALLS FOR THE BALL ; ROOKIE TE WANTS IT 'IN MY HANDS'
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amShow me the football. That sentiment, among others, came tumbling out of the mouth of Jeremy Shockey, words that expressed frustration, anger and finally, the trademark confidence that has not...
HAPPY HAB MCKAY SET FOR DEVIL RETURN
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amIt's Homecoming Month at the Meadowlands, where the Devils hope to roast ex-teammate Randy McKay tonight while they get something cooking themselves. Last Tuesday, it was Petr Sykora who returned...
THERE'S MADNESS IN KNIGHT COURT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amWHY do sports people of dubious-to-worse social standing - people such as Bob Knight - insist on filing a lawsuit so they can take the stand and swear to tell...
FRED, GO GRAB GLAVINE
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHE MUST spin the discussion away from a disastrous 2002 that began with out-of-shape players in February and ended with an out-and-out calamity of a managerial firing and hiring in...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe Profit broke his own rules last week and dearly paid for it. Sure hope you paid attention when we urged never to pick against Miami. Completely overlooked the fact...
TIME TO END SPREE RIDE ; BOO LATRELL, LONG AND LOUD
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amREMEMBER who you are tomorrow afternoon. Remember where you live, and what that means. This is not Lincoln, Neb., or Ames, Iowa, quaint little villages where the locals hide their...
SPREE'S PRACTICE GIVES KNICKS LIFT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amIn one sequence, Latrell Sprewell rose up from 18-feet on the left side, his trademark braids carelessly tapping on his neck. With the shot released flawlessly, the only thing missing...
ROGERS' SHOT MISSING MARK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES MIAMI - The perimeter shots weren't falling so Rodney Rogers wanted something in close. He made his move, eluded a Spurs defender and offered his layup. "Looked good,...
PECA HURT AS ISLES' MISERY CONTINUES
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amBruins 4Islanders 1 BOSTON - It was a night that brought with it the promise of a fresh start. Their captain was returning to battle for real rather than as...
NCAA PLAYING GAMES WITH SYRACUSE'S SEASON
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amTO this day Mike Jarvis maintains that it wasn't Gonzaga that put an end to St. John's 1999-2000 season. By the time the NCAA had put St. John's through the...
ORANGEMEN FIZZLE OUT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amMemphis got double-figure scoring from four of its five starters last night to hold off Syracuse 70-63 in the first game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Garden....
PECA RETURN GIVES ISLES BIG LIFT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - Everybody insists that even if the Islanders were the best team in the NHL, rather than the 5-10-1 shipwreck they were going into last night's game, Michael Peca...
ROGERS' JUMPERS LAND OVER AND OUT
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES MIAMI - The perimeter shots weren't falling so Rodney Rogers wanted something in close. He made his move, eluded a Spurs defender and offered his layup. "Looked good,...
5 QUESTIONS FOR KEITH JACKSON
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amThe Post's Andrew Marchand caught up with Keith Jackson this week after ABC announced the 74-year-old legend would call the Fiesta Bowl, which is the national championship game. Q: This...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amDick Stockton vs. Dick Enberg (NFL play-by-play) In the 1980s, when first-team NFL-casters Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen (then wearing NBC blazers) showed up on your screen - "Oh, my!"...
ESPN GOES IVY LEAGUE - HARVARD-PENN GETS SPOTLIGHT ... REALLY
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amNotre Dame-Florida State. Florida-Tennessee. Oklahoma-Texas. Harvard-Penn. Harvard-Penn? Why the heck is ESPN's College Football GameDay going to an Ivy League site this week? "It is combination of trying to do...
THE GRUDGE REPORT: GIANTS, 'SKINS LOVE TO HATE EACH OTHER
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amPhil Simms remembers the moment, all those years ago, when he was about to step onto the field at RFK Stadium in Washington. His eyes met Bill Parcells'. And the...
LOSING ITS MAGIC TOUCH : 'HARRY POTTER' TOO LONG, TOO VIOLENT, HOGWARTS AND ALL
November 15, 2002 | 5:00amHARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS ½ Not so wild about Harry. Running time: 161 minutes. Rated PG (scary scenes, action violence). At the E-Walk, the Cinema 1, the...