April 9, 2004
'IT'S MIKE OR ME' - PIXAR BOSS: I'LL DEAL WITH MOUSE IF EISNER GOES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSteve Jobs wants to return to the Disney fold if Michael Eisner is ousted as CEO, The Post has learned. In January, Jobs' Pixar Animation Studios dealt a serious blow...
AT&T RING DING - PHONE CO. FEARS $1B BABY BELL BILL
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAT&T could owe nearly $1 billion, and face years of costly litigation, under a decision the FCC is considering about telephone access fees. For two years, AT&T has not paid...
CONGRESS TO FOLLOW SEC LEAD ON MUTUAL FUNDS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSecurities and Exchange Commission boss Bill Donaldson has won enough favor on Capitol Hill to keep the Senate from introducing new laws to regulate the mutual fund industry for now....
SOBEL STRIKES DEAL TO SELL SKIN SAVERS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amDoctor's Dermatologic Formula, a brand of skin-care products developed by prominent Manhattan dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Howard Sobel, has struck a deal to sell a majority stake in the...
PLUS FACES MINUS - SALES DROP 6% IN CROWDED LARGE-SIZE CATEGORY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amDesigners like Tommy Hilfiger and retailers like Talbots have piled into the market for plus-size clothing in recent years, with the expectation that sales would continue expanding as fast as...
PUTNAM FINED $110M, ADMITS ILLEGAL TRADES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amPutnam Investments agreed to fork over $110 million to federal and state regulators to settle allegations that it didn't disclose the sketchy trading practices of some of its employees. In...
CA PROBE AIMS HIGH - KUMAR, WANG SWEAT AS UNDERLINGS ARE CHARGED
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo "high level" executives at Computer Associates will be implicated in the company's accounting fraud, according to former employees who are cooperating with authorities. The bombshell means the software company...
BASEBALL BACKS DOWN AS PLAN FOR ADS STRIKES OUT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSwing and a miss. A proposal to allow advertising on Major League Baseball uniforms has been quashed by the baseball commissioner, Sen. Chuck Schumer said yesterday. Bud Selig promised that...
WHAT'S BEHIND THE KINSLEY SIGHTINGS AT NEW YORK
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHOSE waiting for Adam Moss, the new editor-in-chief of New York magazine, to shake up the place, may be surprised to learn who he is tapping for advice these days....
STARR REPORT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSo long, Gene Local radio legend Gene Klavan passed away yesterday at New York Presbyterian Medical Center after a short illness. He was 79. Klavan worked at WNEW (AM) from...
DAYS OF RECKONING IN DEATH VALLEY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTWENTYNINE PALMS [] (four stars) Desert storm. In English and in French, with subtitles. Running time: 130 minutes. NR (not for wimps). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of...
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE WHOLE TEN YARDS [Half a star] Rotten sequel. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, sex talk). At the Chelsea, the Union Square, the Empire 25, others. ---- 'THE...
LYRICAL LESSONS OF YOUNG ITALIAN HERO
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amI'M NOT SCARED [] (three stars) Good show. In Italian with English subtitles. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated R (disturbing images, profanity). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. ---...
KEEPER OF THE CRIP; EVERLASTING STATE OF 'REDEMPTION'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00am"Redemption" Sunday night at 8 on FX ½ (two and one half stars) FX's original movie "Redemption" is based on the prison life of Stan "Tookie" Williams, the man who...
HOW LONG CAN MASTERS STAY AD-FREE?
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amCBS kicked off its coverage of the Masters golf tournament yesterday - and, once again, it's commercial-free. Officially, the reason given for the commercial ban - now in its second...
VEGAS MOCK DOC A BUM TRIP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSHOWBOY [Zero stars] ---'SHOWBOY" labels itself "faction," but this mock documentary - about a TV writer who is spectacularly unqualified to pursue a new career as a dancer in Las...
ACTION-PACKED 'HOMELAND' A TRAGIC CASUALTY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00am"Homeland Security" Sunday night at 9 on NBC/Ch. 4 (three stars) NBC passed on a great opportunity when it said no to a series based on this terrific pilot about...
FAIRYTALE 'ELLA' IS ALL SCAT, NO MELODY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amELLA ENCHANTED [] (two stars) Less than enchanting. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG (crude humor, mild profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Orpheum, others. ---- THE charming...
EPA ; LEG COMES OFF FOR AD
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amHEATHER Mills-McCartney, Paul's wife, who lost part of her left leg in a motorcyle accident, removes her prosthetic limb in a new ad preaching road safety. The ad was filmed...
THE SWEET SPOT - SUGARCULT'S ARRIVED, BUT TIM MISSES THE RIDE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amEVEN bands as explosive as The Who and AC/ DC can't claim to have destroyed the clubs they were headlining - but that's just what pop punks Sugarcult did when...
FORLORN FOR PORN
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE GIRL NEXT DOOR [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Shameless but funny teen sex fantasy. Running time: 106 minutes. Rated R (sexual themes, language). At the AMC Empire 25,...
PROMISING 'ROAR' WHIMPERS OUT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amROARAt the Clurman Theater, 410 W. 42nd St.; (212) 239-6200. Through May 8. ---- THEATER, like film, can open corners of experience at once strange and familiar. In "Roar," young...
STRIKE 'MATCH'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMATCH[] (One star)The Plymouth Theatre, 236 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. ------ WHEN the valiant Frank Langella, forced to overact a storm, can still leave a play lying flat and...
BRENDAN BENSON ON THE BRAIN
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amBRENDAN Benson's off-kilter power pop tunes songs are so catchy, when I just see the name Brendan, the internal radio in my brain suddenly tunes in to his last album,...
NOT AMUSED BY 'BACHELOR'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amNEW York Giants general manger Ernie Accorsi slammed backup quarterback Jesse Palmer yesterday for starring on the latest season of ABC's reality-dating show "The Bachelor." "I would have been much...
AT LONG LAST, LANGE - JESSICA JOINS 'GLASS' REVIVAL
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amBROADWAY is pathetically light on good new plays these days, but when it comes to classy revivals, the street's racked up some winners - Brian Dennehy in "Death of a...
DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF BILLY BOB THORNTON, YOU MIGHT AS WELL ... FORGET 'THE ALAMO'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE ALAMO (two stars) Factually correct but awfully sober. Running time: 137 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence). At the E-Walk, the Ziegfeld, the Kips Bay, others. BILLY Bob Thornton is...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo 16-year-old girls parasailing in Madeira Beach, Fla. nearly floated off over the Gulf of Mexico when the line connecting them to their boat snapped yesterday. The wind was so...
HOSTAGE NIGHTMARE - 'PULL YOUR FORCES OR WE BURN THEM ALIVE'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - On the eve of the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, U.S. forces battled Ba'athist and Shiite renegades in several Iraqi cities yesterday, as terrorist gunmen took...
LOVE CHILD: MOM'S NOT A BOOB
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe plucky 11-year-old daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain has come out swinging in defense of her drug-plagued mom - insisting that Love's outrageous antics are not as bad...
TOT-KILLER PARENTS GET STIFF SENTENCES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe parents of a tot who was starved and beaten to death were jailed for manslaughter yesterday. Justice Anne Feldman sentenced Tanya Cabrera, a k a Patricia Aguirre, to 10...
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA-ROD crossed home plate at Yankee Stadium for the first time as a Bronx Bomber yesterday and the house that George Herman Ruth built shook to about 8.0 on the...
'RAD' ALERT AT CONVENTION
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe NYPD will use specially trained arrest units at this summer's Republican National Convention to track radical groups and arrest protesters set on making mayhem in the streets, officials said...
TOO YOUNG TO DIE - S.I. CHASE TEEN BURIED
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAs police continued to search for the men who pursued 16-year-old football player Leonardo Ingrassia to his death on Staten Island, hundreds gathered to mourn the loss of a young...
9/11 MEMORIAL ADVISERS PICKED
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Lower Manhattan Development Corporation yesterday introduced a 24-member Memorial Center Advisory Committee to assist it in developing a cultural complex at the World Trade Center site. Composed of architects,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * An Inwood man was shot and critically wounded yesterday in a Caribbean restaurant in his neighborhood. The man, whose name was withheld, and his girlfriend were in El...
CONDI VS. THE COMMISSION: THE TRUTH HURTS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE liberals and Democrats on the 9/11 commission are using the public hearings to develop a plotline about the months leading up to the attacks - a plotline whose purpose...
KLEIN AXES 2 LOAFERS; CARPENTERS GET CHOP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein, rejecting a recommendation for leniency from an administrative law judge, has fired two carpenters caught goofing off on the job, officials said yesterday. Veteran carpenters Harris...
PERVY MEDIC 300G PAYOUT - CITY TO GIVE VICTIM 300G
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Texas woman who was molested by an EMT after collapsing at La Guardia Airport has settled her lawsuit against the city and will collect $300,000, The Post has learned....
'MARTHA' RIPS FEDS ON RETRY BID
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amLawyers for prison-bound Martha Stewart yesterday blasted federal prosecutors for asking a judge to throw out her claim that she deserves a new trial because a juror lied to get...
'NO MERCY' FOR 'SLAY' TEENS - DELIVERY BOY'S KIN DEMAND JUSTICE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe family of the Chinese-food delivery boy brutally murdered in Queens two months ago demanded justice as the teenagers accused in the killing were arraigned yesterday. "They are evil," said...
L.I. BIG SCAREDY CAT HOME
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Long Island big cat whose escape set off a police hunt pussy-footed home yesterday - a 'fraidy cat whose sitters found him hiding in the bushes near the swimming...
VET WOULD HAVE PICKED UP KITTY CROOK'S TABBY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe Catwoman of Brooklyn needlessly robbed a bank to pay for her sick kitty's medical care - animal-welfare groups and her veterinarian were more than willing to help her financially....
MOM BLASTS NYPD OVER DEATH VIDEO
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe mother of a man whose suicide videotape was shown on a pornographic Web site said yesterday she has yet to receive an explanation or even condolences from cops. Hip-hop...
L.I. MAN HIT WITH KID-PERV RAP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man is accused of fondling an 8-year-old girl who was staying overnight at his home. Walter Argueta, 24, of Bethpage, allegedly assaulted the girl around 1 a.m....
ROCCO STIRS THE POT - FOOD FIGHT'S ALL FISHY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amIf Jeffrey Chodorow has really tossed Rocco DiSpirito out of the job of running his namesake Italian eatery on East 22nd Street, how come Mamma is still in the kitchen...
VANISH ANGUISH - WIFE BEGS FOR L.I. DAD LAST SEEN GOING TO WORK
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island woman pleaded yesterday for the return of her husband, a well-liked commodities broker and father of two who left for work Monday, drove to the Farmingdale train...
HERO SAVES WOMAN FROM CRAZED EX-LOVER
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan hotel clerk, who survived being shot by her berserk ex-lover before he died in a furious fight with her heroic co-worker, relived her brush with death yesterday. Norma...
COP LOSES HIS PINKIE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAn NYPD auto-crime cop accidentally severed one of his fingers during a car stop in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, police said. The unidentified detective stopped a car at Logan and Fulton...
CRIES OF PLAY BAWL - BOSS SHEDS TEARS AT STADIUM OPENER
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe bombastic Boss played misty yesterday at the Big Ballyard in The Bronx. George Steinbrenner, known more for his fiery outbursts, showed a softer side when he shed a few...
'TIGER MAN' SAYS HE'S FELINE LONELY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amHe's tired of the bright lights and misses his big kitty. So-called "Tiger Man" Antoine Yates says he's working to bring his tiger back to New York - but to...
SMOKERS LOSE ANOTHER ASH FRAY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amNew York's smoking ban does not violate the Constitution, a federal judge ruled yesterday. NYC CLASH, a smokers-rights group, filed a lawsuit last year against the city and state arguing...
SHE'S CAN-DO CONDI - NYERS WON OVER BY HER COURAGE UNDER FIRE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA politically diverse panel of New Yorkers assembled by The Post generally gave Condoleezza Rice high marks yesterday for showing grace under pressure during her appearance before the 9/11 commission....
COPS HUNT TEEN IN 2 QUEENS MURDERS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAt age 18, Brad Washington is already wanted for two murders - and Queens cops want the public's help taking him off the streets. Cops say Washington, who's 5-foot-9 and...
PARISH SCHOOL STANDOFF
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA defiant Manhattan pastor has resigned in protest after Edward Cardinal Egan ordered him to cancel the mass firings of staffers at his parish school. The lay leaders of St....
COP HELD IN '96 BX. DRUG-SLAY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Vermont deputy sheriff was in Manhattan federal court yesterday to face a murder charge for the long-unsolved killing of a Bronx man - in a case in which prosecutors...
TEAM JAYSON: KILL CHARGES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amDefense lawyers asked a judge yesterday to dismiss all charges against Jayson Williams, charging that prosecutors intentionally withheld evidence about his shotgun. The lawyers contended the ex-NBA star has been...
CITY BLASTS CENSUS COUNT AS 'LOW' BLOW
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amNew York City will challenge the federal government's newest population estimates, which show a slower rate of growth in the five boroughs than officials anticipated. Brooklyn and Queens actually showed...
AS 'GREAT' AS W. KNEW SHE'D BE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush predicted Condoleezza Rice would be "great," and she did him proud. One of the smartest things she did was to avoid a tit-for-tat attack on ex-aide...
RICE THRIVES IN THE COOKER - TELLS CONGRESS PREZ 'UNDERSTOOD THREAT' BEFORE 9/11
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Condoleezza Rice aggressively defended the White House yesterday, insisting President Bush was alert to the possibility of domestic terror attacks but had no specific information about 9/11. During...
POSADA KNOWS PLACE ; PROVIDES POP LATE IN YANKS' LINEUP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amJorge Posada jokingly refers to his place in the batting order as "second cleanup," and his descending movement within the Yankees' offense could have been met with resistance. After all,...
TRUMP'S KISS-OFF - LOVEBIRDS BOOTED FROM 'APPRENTICE'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00am"Apprentice" lovebirds Amy Henry and Nick Warnock were "fired" last night by Donald Trump - leaving only Bill Rancic and Kwame Jackson battling on next week's live finale for a...
LIAR RATS SOCKED AT SENTENCING
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo cooperating witnesses who testified for the feds last year were given stiff prison sentences - one a life term - by a federal judge who found they'd lied to...
MAGIC ROSE; JUSTIN JUMPS TO EARLY LEAD AT 5-UNDER
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - There was a time when Justin Rose was such a mess he was the laughingstock of the European Tour, having turned pro at age 17 and missing the...
MATTINGLY SURE SLUMPS WILL END
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES George Steinbrenner has seen enough big-league hitters to identify why Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez haven't started the season with sizzling wood. "We have a couple of guys...
ONE LAST WALK FOR ARNIE'S ARMY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00am"I would love to make the cut. Maybe I can shoot 65."ARNOLD PALMER AUGUSTA - One day after saying, with that legendary twinkle in his eyes, that he was a...
HAAS HAS EYE ON HISTORIC WEEKEND
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Yes, Jay Haas said, a 50-year-old can win the Masters. And yes, a 50-year-old can qualify for the Ryder Cup team. Who's to argue with Haas, 50, particularly...
DARKNESS FALLS; RAIN-SOAKED ROUND WILL BE FINISHED TODAY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - Masters first-round play was suspended at 4:09 p.m. yesterday because of an electrical storm that moved into the area, a storm that leaked all over the...
ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD ; YANKEES WIN IN RETURN TO STADIUM
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 3White Sox 1 The Tokyo beef was sumptuous and the Florida sun warmed their bodies, but every Yankee was ecstatic yesterday to play a game at the most famous...
TIGER MAN: I'M FELINE LONELY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amHe's tired of the bright lights and misses his big kitty. So-called "Tiger Man" Antoine Yates says he's working to bring his tiger back to New York - but to...
ROARS FOR HOT 'ROD' - HOME DEBUT THRILLS BOMBER ROOTERS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez didn't get a hit - but he scored big with the fans yesterday as he made his Bronx debut in pinstripes. "It was great," said Richard Loconte, a...
VANISH ANGUISH - WIFE BEGS FOR L.I. BROKER LAST SEEN GOING TO WORK
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island commodities broker who mysteriously vanished on his way to his Wall Street job Monday morning was described by anguished relatives yesterday as the ultimate family man. "I...
ROCCO'S COURT FOOD 'FIGHT' IS ONE FISHY DISH
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amIf Jeffrey Chodorow has really tossed Rocco DiSpirito out of the job of running his namesake Italian eatery on East 22nd Street, how come Mamma is still in the kitchen...
CRASH COP IN COMA - CAR SLAMS QNS. POLE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAn NYPD officer was in a coma, fighting for his life, last night after he ran his car into a pole in Queens while off duty, police said. The 35-year-old...
ROSE IN BLOOM - JUSTIN JUMPS TO EARLY LEAD AT 5-UNDER
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - There was a time when Justin Rose was such a mess he was the laughingstock of the European Tour, after turning pro at age 17 and missing the...
DARKNESS FALLS ; RAIN-SOAKED ROUND WILL BE FINISHED TODAY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - First-round play at the Masters was suspended at 4:09 p.m. yesterday because of an electrical storm that moved into the area, a storm that leaked all...
SEX-HARASS COUNCIL PROBE DONE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe private firm investigating accusations of sexual misconduct against City Councilman Allan Jennings (D-Queens) turned in its report to City Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday. Staffers in Miller's office called...
TWO TEENS HIT ON QNS. 'DRAG STRIP'
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amA 14-year-old honor student and his teenage friend were mowed down by two cars believed to have been drag racing on a Queens street last night. The cars sped off...
KLEIN AXES 2 LOAFERS - CARPENTERS GET CHOP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein, rejecting a recommendation for leniency from an administrative law judge, has fired two carpenters caught goofing off on the job, officials said yesterday. Veteran carpenters Harris...
GRADING PANEL'S PARTISAN LEANINGS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The 10 members of the 9/11 Commission were on live TV quizzing National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice yesterday and it offered an up-close look at their individual styles....
BUT YATES HAS POWER THEY NEED
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - You've probably noticed that for the last eight years, the Mets have not had a power arm among their starting pitchers. Tonight you get your wakeup call. Tonight...
CYCLONES' SKIPPER BUSTED FOR EXPOSURE, RESIGNS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Leon Lee, who had been hired to manage the Mets' Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones team, resigned yesterday, the same day he was arrested for two counts of...
METS LOSING ARMS RACE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - Be afraid Mets' fans. Be very afraid. After only three games, the Mets' biggest fear has been realized. Their rotation, which was questionable at best, is a mess....
METS HAND IT OVER - DEFENSE DISMAL AS BRAVES PREVAIL AGAIN
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets' night started off badly in warm-ups. It only got worse once the game actually started. First, about eight minutes before the opening pitch, starter Scott Erickson...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amCraig Kilborn vs. Rich Eisen (Who is the funniest all-time "SportsCenter" anchor?) Years ago, the Matchup obtained a bootlegged copy of Craig Kilborn's resume tape. On it, Kilborn, then a...
5 QUESTIONS WITH DAVID JUSTICE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, the Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN's David Justice. Justice, who will turn 38 next week, played 14 seasons in the majors.Q: You retired after the 2002 season....
IN THE MICK OF TIME - PHIL COULD MASTER FIRST MAJOR VICTORY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amSunday, The Masters, 2:30 p.m., CBS CBS' Gary McCord has spent a decade in Augusta's "penalty box," which is the term he uses for his Masters' ban. Despite not being...
DEVS LINE DANCING - THEY'RE FORCED OUT OF STEP ON ROAD
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA -Even before the Devils' Stanley Cup defense began last night, Pat Burns seemed to concede that his line-matching magic that helped manufacture a 100-point season might not work here...
MORE 'MONDAY NIGHT' MAYHEM - ARRINGTON COULD REPLACE GUERRERO ON SIDELINE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amIf ABC Sports ultimately decides to relieve Lisa Guerrero of her "Monday Night Football" sideline job, Jill Arrington may be atop the network's list as her replacement, according to sources....
WOOD DRAWS 11 HOPEFULS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWhen it comes to definitive preps for the Kentucky Derby, none tops tomorrow's Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial at the Big A, which has produced three of the last four...
HEAD TO MONTAUK FOR COD
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amDESPITE Mother Nature's best efforts to curtail fishing with wind and rain, the saltwater action continues to improve. Codfishing out of Montauk remains your best bet, but flounder fishing in...
WHEN IT COUNTS, PHILLY FLOPS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - They have combined to win the last 10 Atlantic Division regular-season titles, half to the Devils and half to the Flyers, with one point separating the two teams...
MUCH A-ROD ABOUT NOTHING ; STADIUM CHEERS STAR'S QUIET DEBUT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amEVENTUALLY, Alex Rodriguez will be cheered for what he's done, not for what everyone believes he is going to do. When that happens, Rodriguez will receive the kind of greeting...
ALMONTE POWERS MONROE ROMP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMonroe 14 - Clinton 2 Mike Turo's phone doesn't ring nearly as often as it did last year, when his Monroe team reached the PSAL finals with the help of...
DEREK FINDS CHANGE CAN BE 'E'ASY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amYou might not have said it, but you thought it. You know you did. As a hard one-hop smash hit by Joe Crede in the second inning skipped under the...
BOSS HAS GOOD CRY ; EMOTIONAL TV INTERVIEW
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amOverwhelmed by a chant of, "Thank you, George! Thank you, George!" by fans in the left-field bleachers yesterday, an emotional George Steinbrenner broke down during a pregame television interview. As...
ONE DYNAMIC DEAL ISIAH DIDN'T MAKE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amWHILE the shortsighted insist on sermonizing about Isiah Thomas allegedly making one too many trades, fact is, he made one too few. Think he's sorry for not dealing Frank Williams...
ON THE CUSP OF CARLTON
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - When Mets fans come to Shea Stadium Monday for the home opener against the Braves, they should give Mike Piazza a long standing ovation. Including all those fans...
VAZQUEZ STEALS SHOW
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE most important Bronx debut was not the most celebrated. After all, Alex Rodriguez is really a fringe benefit to this roster. The Yankees were prepared to attack 2004 without...
MILLS: GIVE ISIAH CREDIT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amGarden president Steve Mills, who put the teetering Knicks into the hands of Isiah Thomas, said clinching a playoff berth justifies the blockbuster trade of Keith Van Horn Isiah Thomas...
NETS KEEPING EYE ON KITTLES' KNEE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amClearly the Nets were hoping to sweep the rest of their schedule, and one would think reaching the 50-win plateau would be a nice benchmark. But if they do, it'll...
METS HOPE YATES IS GREAT
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - If you're a Met fan who's been watching Tom Glavine and Al Leiter, Steve Trachsel and Scott Erickson, you've probably noticed that none would qualify as a particularly...
METS HOPING PUERTO RICO TRIP WON'T BE DEJA VU
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Last year, the Mets went into Puerto Rico and played four games against the Expos. It didn't exactly go well. The Mets dropped all four games...
KENYON'S KNEE ACTS UP AGAIN
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amNets 101 - Magic 81 It appears this is how it will be for the Nets for the rest of the season. Babying Jason Kidd, Kerry Kittles and Kenyon Martin,...
CHAMPS HAVE BIG PROBLEMS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - So it turns out there were four zones here last night: the defensive zone, the offensive zone, the neutral zone . . . and the spin zone into...
ERRORS DASH ISLES' HOPES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 1: Lightning 3 - Islanders 0 TAMPA - Eric Cairns has made a career out of issuing knockout blows, but last night the heavy-fisted Islander defenseman knocked his own...
DEVS DOWN ONE
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The defending champs now hope these Stanley Cup playoffs are cumulative, that carry-overs apply. The Devils must make sure their too-little, too-late effort undermines Flyers goalie Robert Esche,...
METS HAND IT TO BRAVES
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amBraves 10 - Mets 8 ATLANTA - The Mets' night started off badly in warmups. It only got worse once the game actually started. Eleven minutes into his pregame warmups,...
CYCLONE SKIPPER BUSTED FOR EXPOSURE, RESIGNS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Leon Lee, who had been hired to manage the Mets' Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones team, resigned yesterday, the same day he was arrested for two counts of...
TIM PAYS FOR REF RIP
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amTim Thomas' post-game rant in Indiana Tuesday cost him $7,500 from thin-skinned league disciplinarian Stu Jackson for "publicly criticizing the game officials, the NBA announced. The Post reported Thursday Thomas...
CARRYING ON - WATSON COMPETES WITH HEAVY HEART AFTER DEATH OF LONGTIME CADDIE EDWARDS
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tom Watson was already into his normal pre-tournament routine inside the Champions locker room at Augusta National yesterday morning when he was interrupted by a guard informing him...
PLAYOFFS PROOF POSITIVE - MILLS: POSTSEASON PROVES ISIAH WORTHY
April 9, 2004 | 4:00amGarden prez Steve Mills, who put the teetering Knicks into the hands of Isiah Thomas, said clinching a playoff berth justifies the Keith Van Horn blockbuster. Isiah took heat for...
HOMECOMING FOR HAMRLIK
April 9, 2004 | 4:00am"That's pretty exciting to come back and play against your ex-team, and obviously everyone should be excited. We have a better chance than last year [against Ottawa]." ROMAN HAMRLIK TAMPA...