March 28, 2005
EVEN WITHOUT BARRY, 'MAPLE' HITS HOME RUNS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSam Holman is looking for another Barry Bonds. No, Holman is not the general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Holman, 60, is the founder of the Sam Bat Co.,...
SUNGARD DEAL NEAR - SILVER LAKE GROUP WOULD PAY $11.3 BILLION
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA consortium of private equity groups, organized by Silver Lake Partners, is nearing a deal to buy SunGard Data Systems for roughly $11.3 billion, in what would be one of...
BRATZ GIRLS TO GET TV SERIES
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTHE Bratz dolls, already a hit among young girls, are taking their act to TV. The wildly popular "Girls with a passion for fashion!" are being transformed into an animated...
STARR REPORT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amThompson Twins Ch. 11 investigative reporter Howard Thompson received the ultimate compliment from "Saturday Night Live" - a full-on parody of his "Help Me, Howard!" segments that earned him the...
LOOK WHO'S BOBCAT - '80S COMIC BEHIND KIMMEL SHOW
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amBOBCAT Goldthwait is calling the shots at "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and has been working as the show's director for six months. Remember Bobcat? The chubby-cheeked wild man from the 1980s...
STAR TRICK - WILLIAM SHATNER PUNKS AN ENTIRE TOWN IN 'INVASION IOWA'
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amIF the idea of Hollywood hotshots playing a bunch of home-grown Iowa farmers for a bunch of fools isn't your idea of funny, then chances are good that you won't...
DAPHNE GIVES FRASIER A JOB
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amDAPHNE and Frasier may ride again. Sort of. Jane Leeves who played daffy Daphne on "Frasier," has landed a pilot on The WB and Kelsey Grammer has been asked to...
HEEL, GIRL! - SPRING'S MOST COLORFUL KICKS; PUT A LOT OF SPRING INTO YOUR STEP...
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amPUTTING your best foot forward has never been easier - or more fun. This spring, shoe designers are serving up styles to fit every taste - and, finally, every heel...
TEMPERS FLARE ON FRONT LINES
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amPINELLAS PARK, Fla. - With Terri Schiavo's condition deteriorating, tensions grew yesterday among the hard-core supporters outside her hospice, as they tangled with cops - and even her brother. Police...
JACKO RACE CARD - I'M LIKE MANDELA
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - A shameless Michael Jackson yesterday compared himself to 20th-century black icons Nelson Mandela and Jack Johnson, implying he's been persecuted because of race. The accused child...
GANGS SPARK PANIC AT AUTO SHOW
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amCar buffs at The New York International Auto Show scattered in terror last night when a fight between the Crips and Bloods gangs broke out at the Javits Center, law-enforcement...
ACTOR S'INKS' INTO LATEST ROLE
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amDaniel Day-Lewis likes to make an indelible impression - so he got a permanent tattoo for "The Ballad of Jack and Rose." The Irish actor opted for the real thing...
'JUNIOR' FAN CLUB - COMMUNITY GUSHES OVER GOTTI IN COURT LETTER BLITZ
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti is a convicted mobster. But people who know him well insist he's really a model neighbor and family man, a champion of kids, a philanthropist for the...
WEST BANK HANDOFF STALLS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel will delay plans to hand over a third West Bank city this week because the Palestinians have not followed thorough on a pledge to seize weapons from...
SUGARLESS-GUM ADDITIVE DEADLY TO DOGS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA new ingredient in sugarless gum could be deadly to your dog. Xylitol, a sugar alcohol used in gums like Nicorette, Trident and Orbit, can cause weakness, seizures and comas...
L.I. MOM SLANDERS GOOD SAMARITAN IN KIDNAP 'LIE': COPS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amPolice yesterday dismissed a Long Island mother's chilling claims that a stranger lured her developmentally disabled 8-year-old daughter into his van in a failed kidnap attempt. The stranger turned out...
MARY QUITE CONTRARY: LT. GOV GOES AWOL
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amLT. GOV. Mary Donohue, Gov. Pataki's most loyal subordinate, has gone AWOL from her job and wants to get out, The Post has learned. The little-known Donohue, next in line...
SOLDIER FOR IRAQ & ROLL
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAfter five years of putting his life on the line for America, ex-Marine Luke Caraccioli recently turned over his assortment of rifles, grenade launchers and kevlar armor - and reached...
NEW TRIAL AGONY FOR YANKEL KIN
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTODAY, jailbird Lemrick Nelson walks the streets a free man, but the Rosenbaum family remains imprisoned in a mind-boggling system of junk justice. To the ugly cries of a wolf...
VOLUNTEER GROUP TO PATROL BORDER
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amNoting that a half-million undocumented aliens crossed the Arizona border into the United States last year, a group called the Civil Homeland Defense Corps plans to start posting volunteers next...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA 12-year-old boy has left the Easter Bunny hopping mad - by attacking him. Bryan Johnson, 18, who had portrays the furry character at a mall in Bay City, Mich.,...
SYRIA IS AIDING REBELS, TOP GENERAL COMPLAINS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A top U.S. military commander slapped Syrian officials yesterday for letting guerrillas slip through their fingers - another blow to a nation in the crosshairs of the Bush...
CURTAINS! 'LA CAGE' STAR BOOTED
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amActor Daniel Davis has been fired from "La Cage aux Folles" for obnoxious offstage behavior after feuding with his co-star, Gary Beach, and other members of the Broadway production. Davis,...
MORE 'LANDMARK' LUNACY7]] - PRESERVATIONISTS VS. NYC'S NEEDS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amRADICAL preservationists last week filed another loony lawsuit to prevent the city from selling 2 Columbus Circle - the vacant and crumbling "lollipop" eyesore - to the Museum of Arts...
ZEROING IN ON HS TRUANTS - GPA LOOPHOLE SHUT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amThe grade-point averages of thousands of delinquent high-school students will plummet this spring under a new city Department of Education directive intended to crack down on a longstanding practice of...
COLD-FEET FREDDY TO SKIP DEMS' DEBATE
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amThe first Democratic mayoral debate featuring all four candidates is scheduled for next month - but New Yorkers could have had an opportunity to see the candidates spar this week...
IF NOT IN LIFE, GIVE US TERRI IN DEATH, KIN BEG HUBBY IN FUNERAL FIGHT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTerri Schiavo's husband is set to inflict what her grieving relatives charge is the final insult: insisting that her body be cremated against their religious wishes - and then buried...
SUGARLESS GUM MAY KILL DOGS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA new ingredient in sugarless gum could be deadly to your dog. Xylitol, a sugar alcohol used in gums like Trident and Orbit can cause weakness, seizures and comas in...
FIREMAN HURT IN CRASH EYES SUIT VS. FDNY
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA firefighter hurt in the Bronx crash of two firetrucks - one of which was driven by a colleague allegedly high on cocaine - wants to sue the FDNY for...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A man was shot outside a bar on a Harlem street early yesterday, police sources and residents said. At 4:24 a.m., cops responded to a call of a...
LOW BLOW, SUIT SAYS OF 'CONTENDER'
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA man claiming to be the brainchild of the new reality-TV boxing show "The Contender" has hit its producers with a federal suit. Brandon Siemion's copyright-infringement complaint jabs Jeff Wald,...
GAY TEEN SUES OVER HS GUARD
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA gay student has slapped the city with a civil-rights lawsuit, claiming a school safety officer called him a "boy or whatever it is that you are." José Ramos, who...
TREASURED S.I. HOUSING PROJECT DOOMED
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amCost-cutting and urban decay will mean the wrecking ball for one of the city's most unusual public-housing communities. "Community" is not a word normally applied to the projects, but Markham...
JACKO'S RACE CARD: FIRST MANDELA, NOW ME
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - A shameless Michael Jackson yesterday compared himself to 20th-century black icons Nelson Mandela and Jack Johnson, implying he's been persecuted because of race. The accused child...
KEY COUNCIL MEETING IN BAGHDAD
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amIraq's new 275-member National Assembly will convene in Baghdad tomorrow to elect a speaker and two deputies - and possibly elect a three-person Presidency Council, several officials said. But others...
GALL-LINE STAND - 'LOVING DAD' STRAHAN IGNORES FIRST 2 KIDS: 'KIN'
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amEmbattled Giants superstar Michael Strahan is not the doting dad he makes himself out to be - at least to two children from a prior marriage whom he hasn't seen...
'MISHAPS' BY EMT BLAMED IN BX. DEATH
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx woman's family claims she died because she had a heart attack en route to the hospital because EMTs had a series of mishaps - including running out of...
'PIMP' TALKS OF HIS UPS & DOWNS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amOne minute, he was rubbing elbows with millionaires, politicians, rock stars and Manhattan's most beautiful and sought-after women. The next, he was sporting an orange jumpsuit and confined to a...
CHUCK NOW A D.C. PLAYER - QUIETLY BECOMES POWERBROKER
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In just a few months since taking a key leadership post in the Democratic Party, Sen. Charles Schumer has quietly but forcefully emerged as one of the most...
ICE-CREAM BOSS MOLESTED ME: TEEN
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA teenage girl claims her manager at a Bronx Baskin-Robbins molested her - and now she and her mother are determined to make sure the ice-cream chain gets its just...
MURDER PCT. CUTS CRIME
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amMajor crime has fallen 20 percent in Brooklyn's notorious 75th Precinct since the NYPD launched a new initiative to target the neighborhoods that led the city in murders, robberies and...
NO. 1 FLICK A GOOD 'GUE$$'
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amGuess who was No. 1 at the box office over the Easter weekend. It's a no-brainer. It was "Guess Who," a remake of the 1967 Stanley Kramer classic, "Guess Who's...
A DIVA WITH HEART AND SOUL
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSuperstar songstress Patti LaBelle has a big, beautiful voice and an even bigger heart. In the ever-changing world of entertainment, so many artists are here today and gone tomorrow. Few...
SORRY, DONALD, CARY GRANT IS DEAD - 2ND-STRING ACTOR STARS AS TRUMP
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amDonald meet, er, The Donald. Here's a first look at Justin Louis playing Donald Trump - even sporting the billionaire's trademark golden hairdo - as the star of "Ambition," ABC's...
HILL OF A DAY - BROWN DOWN ON MOUND
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amYankees 7 - Astros 4 TAMPA - Kevin Brown won't miss the Legends Field pitching mound. For the second time in as many starts, Brown summoned the ground crew to...
'STRANGE' DAY FOR PETTITTE
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - The applause that greeted Andy Pettitte's introduction on the PA wasn't as loud as the cheers that accompanied Derek Jeter's name yesterday afternoon. Everything is relative, though. A...
CAPPIE KEEPS KNIGHTS GOING
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amRutgers 64 - Ohio State 58 PHILADELPHIA - Cappie shot out Ohio State at the knees. The bigger they are, the harder they fall to the lithe and lean Rutgers...
WILL ALLEN IN GIANT MESS OVER TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amGiants cornerback Will Allen was sacked by the NYPD the other day when he was busted for a series of traffic infractions, including driving with a suspended license, police said....
NO 'FLOWER' POWER - LAND'S END WINNER CAN'T SMELL ROSES
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amIn most years, a victory in the Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park would guarantee a horse a spot on the "Derby Dozen," because of the race's Grade 2 status,...
TWO BOSSES TOO MUCH
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Boss was in the House yesterday, Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen showed up with his two sons just before the start of the Yankees' 7-4 win over the Astros....
MATSUI PERFECT IN PINSTRIPES
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Hideki Matsui won three MVPs in Japan. Don't be shocked if he wins one here. The man who left his native Japan three seasons ago has everyone raving...
COMEBACK KIDS - ILLINOIS, LOUISVILLE RIDE MIRACLE WINS INTO FINAL FOUR
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amIllinois and Louisville earned their way to St. Louis and the Final Four with two of the greatest rallies of recent memory, each facing double-digit deficits with their star guard...
JAMAL CRAWFUL - KNICKS' BIG BUST FAILS TO D-LIVER
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Friday night in Seattle, Jamal Crawford talked about coming back to his hometown feeling different this time. After four years with the Bulls, Crawford said he was...
NATIONALS FEELIN' SO BRAND NEW
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amVIERA, Fla. - As you make your way behind the minor league complex at Space Coast Stadium, you notice the old clubhouse stools, stacked like cordwood. These are antiques. The...
KNICKS FACE LONG SUMMER
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - The word "summer" crept into the Knicks' vocabulary late Saturday night in Portland after their despicable 103-96 loss to pitiful Portland. No, they were not...
STARTING TO LOOK FAMILIAR
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - It took 23 games, but the Mets finally put their starting eight position players on the same field yesterday. In their 9-4 romp over...
SCOTT GAINS, IT RAINS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amPONTE VEDRA BEACH - No player has ever defended his title at the Players Championship, which means Adam Scott is in prime position to make history . . . if...
NEW CARDS IN TOWN - CONFERENCE USA RECRUITS ALTER BIG EAST
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE - The Brave New World of the New Big East Conference was on full display this weekend, and if ever there was a doubt that we weren't safely ensconced...
SMALL STEP FOR BERNIE
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Bernie Williams no longer feels upper back pain, but he still doesn't feel comfortable at the plate. The Yankee center fielder came out of yesterday morning's...
QUEENS' HARRIS MULLIN' MOVE TO ENTER DRAFT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amHe's been to three different high schools and signed to play next year at Nebraska, but Will Harris wants to play in only one place next season. "The NBA is...
TIGER MAKES 140TH CUT - BARELY
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTPC NOTES PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Tiger Woods made himself sweat yesterday morning, flirting with ruining one of the great records in all of sports when he nearly missed the...
ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH - CBS MISSES NCAA BUZZ WITH LATE BUZZERS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE are certain decisions made by sports executives that will always leave us confounded. George Steinbrenner's recruitment of Howard Spira to his secret police force, for example. Stunning. All the...
STRIKING POSES - GOOD SESSIONS FOR PEDRO, ISHII
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amMets 9 - Nationals 4 PORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez didn't have anybody in the batter's box against him yesterday, and Kaz Ishii had only minor leaguers. It didn't...
NETS COUNT ON ERRATIC KRSTIC
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amNenad Krstic is 21. For the Nets, that number is both exciting and exasperating. It is exciting because as a 21-year-old rookie, he checked in for 21 points and six...
NORTH CAROLINA REJOICES ON MAY DAY
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - On Cloud Nine of Blue Heaven, on the day Roy Williams brought North Carolina back, Sean May caught freshman Marvin Williams in one of those Don Larsen-Yogi Berra...
UNC TAR SEALS FINAL FOUR BID - ROY'S BOYS NOT GREAT, BUT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ST. LOUIS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE REGION: N. Carolina 88 - Wisconsin 82 SYRACUSE - The North Carolina Tar Heels arrived here as college basketball's unpopular bully. Who did they impress by beating Oakland and...
UNC STAR HEELS SURVIVE AGAIN - REACH FINAL FOUR DESPITE GETTING BADGERED BY UW
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE REGION: N. Carolina 88 - Wisconsin 82 SYRACUSE - The North Carolina Tar Heels arrived here as college basketball's unpopular bully. Who did they impress by beating Oakland and...
HE 'GETS' IT - 'CATS' HAYES EXITS WITH HEAD HELD HIGH
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - There have been better players to wear Kentucky blue and white, players who scored many more points and grabbed a load more rebounds. There are players who...
REFS WORK OT TO GET CALL RIGHT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - Rarely is the ending of a classic game delayed by a tension-filled pause, but that's what happened as Michigan State last night defeated Kentucky 94-88 in double-overtime....
GREEN DAY - SPARTANS SURVIVE CONTROVERSIAL SHOT TO ROCK 'CATS IN OT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN REGION: Mich. St. 94 - Kentucky 88 AUSTIN, Texas - There are no more games in this breathless NCAA Tournament until Saturday. Good thing. Now the nation can exhale...
GREEN DAY - SPARTANS SURVIVE CONTROVERSIAL SHOT TO UPSET 'CATS IN OT
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN REGION: Mich. St. 94 - Kentucky 88 AUSTIN, Texas - There are no more games in this breathless NCAA Tournament until Saturday. Good thing. Now the nation can exhale...
MIRROR IMAGES - 'CATS, SPARTANS SHARE BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - Opposites might attract, but not here - not in the final game of the Austin Regional, not when Kentucky and Michigan State took the court last night...