September 8, 2005
GAS HAS SCHUMER FUMING - HOORAY!
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHANK goodness at least one senator is awake and spitting mad. Chuck Schumer, the senior senator from New York, asked this week for an investigation of gasoline prices. But he...
GIANT, JET FANS GET A PRICE-HIKE BREAK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amAs some National Football League franchise ticket prices jump almost 25 percent, New York's fans will only have to pay modest increases to watch the Giants and Jets. The season...
AD-THROPOLOGY - MADISON AVE. TRIES A DOSE OF SCIENCE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIt's a long way from Samoa to the supermarket aisles, but in a growing trend among market researchers, anthropologists trained to study isolated tribes in the South Pacific are shifting...
NASD IS PROBING NAKED SHORT SALES
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIf the National Association of Securities Dealers has its way, the naked shorts will be forced to cover up. The NASD has requested data from the stock-lending operations of Wall...
LAWSUITS START TO FLY AGAINST BAYOU FUND
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amSmaller investors have begun to sue Bayou Management LLC, the Stamford, Conn. hedge fund that mysteriously shut down as its principals went into hiding with allegedly more than $400 million...
TRUTH SEARCH; DEFECTOR GRILLED IN MICROSOFT, GOOGLE FIGHT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amCalmer words prevailed in the courtroom fight yesterday between Google and Microsoft following four-letter fireworks a day earlier. The judge overseeing the struggle between the two tech giants took a...
'SKYPE'-HIGH EBAY - ONLINE AUCTIONEER BIDS $5B FOR VOIP DARLING
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOnline auctioneer eBay has offered roughly $5 billion for the Swedish Internet-based phone service company Skype, The Post has learned. EBay's interest in Skype comes as sales rumors have swirled...
ON THE CUTTING 'EDGE'
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE title of Alex Shuper's Canadian documentary "Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing" could do with a tad of editing itself. Other than that, there's nothing bad to...
'KING OF THE HILL' TO END REIGN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00am'KING of the Hill" creator Mike Judge says this season, the show's 10th, will be its last. "There is an end in sight here," Judge told The Post yesterday. "I...
AWARDS SAY NEW YORK IS COUNTRY COUNTRY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amBRAD Paisley and Lee Ann Womack led the nominations for the 39th annual Country Music Association Awards, grabbing six nods each yesterday. The spur- and star-studded 2005 CMA Awards, moving...
REALITY CHECK - KATRINA MAKES 'SURVIVOR' PATHETIC
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWho needs "Survivor" when you have Katrina? Suddenly, the so-called reality of shows like "Survivor" is looking a lot less real, thanks to the wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Katrina and...
STARR REPORT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amGeraldo's outrage Geraldo Rivera was still steaming yesterday over a New York Times article, on media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, that accused him of pushing aside an Air Force rescue...
MADE IN MANHATTAN - SHOP, EAT AND PLAY IN THE THRIVING STREETS SOUTH OF HOUSTON
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOh, you Pretty things - Classic and vintage, flirty and fun finds Superdeluxe 187 Chrystie Street (212) 260-8300 Nestled among the warehouses along the edge of NoLIta, graphic designers Karin...
SENIOR MOMENT FOR 'O.C.'
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIf you think the ladies of Wisteria Lane have problem lives, it's nothing compared to the kids in Orange County, ("The O.C." to you!) When last we saw them, Ryan's...
HOLLABACK GUY - THE SECRET BEHIND GWEN'S SEXY FASHION LINE; GURU TO GWEN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amHE'S Fashion Week's hottest designer - but he can't even sell his own clothes. Meet Zaldy (one name, "like Cher"), one of the highestranking members of Gwen Stefani's burgeoning fashioning...
PERFECT MATCH - DRESSING CELEBS, NOT JUST MODELS, FOR FASHION WEEK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHOSE who worry that the U.S. Open rivalry between Venus and Serena Williams would spill over into real life never saw them shop. Though they travel with an entourage -...
CATWALKS TO CATCH
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amGwen Stefani is spending $1 million-plus to ensure the debut runway show for her clothing line L.A.M.B., which takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. She's banking on...
MADMAN STABS BABY - BRUTAL CHAIN SNATCH HORROR IN WASH. HTS.
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA knife-wielding maniac "nearly disemboweled" a 10-month-old girl in her stroller yesterday as he tried to rip a gold chain off her neck, police said. The horrific attack took place...
OPENING DAY FOR HS KIDS - ROOKIES AT BAT IN NEW SPORTS SCHOOL
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe first day of high school for nervous ninth-graders is rarely a walk in the park - unless they're part of the incoming class of the High School for Sports...
$30M+ 'CUBE' APTS. ON RISE - ARTSY HOMES NOT FOR SQUARES
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Big Apple's most unusual residential high-rise is hoping to find some unusually wealthy buyers. The planned building at 80 South St. - designed by Santiago Calatrava -is now selling...
KOJO LIED TO US: PANEL - PROBERS SLAM DENIALS OF OIL-FOOD LOBBYING
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amAn investigative panel charged yesterday that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's son lied to probers when he denied lobbying the U.N. staff on behalf of a company that won a lucrative...
U.N. GABFEST TO PARALYZE E. SIDE NEXT WEEK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amNew Yorkers will have another reason to leave their cars at home next week, besides soaring gas prices. A three-day world summit opening Sept. 14 at the United Nations headquarters...
50 CENT'S FOE 'CLEARED' IN SLAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe feud between 50 Cent and a drug kingpin linked to the record label Murder Inc. was not the motive for the assassination of the rapper's mentor, DJ Jam Master...
AMERICANS DON'T BLAME BUSH FOR SLOW RESPONSE: POLL
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Just 13 percent of Americans blame President Bush for the post-Hurricane Katrina problems that devastated New Orleans - and a big majority don't want any top federal officials...
WTC FIREFIGHTER FINALLY LAID TO REST
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amNearly four years after he died in the 9/11 attacks, firefighter Gerard Baptiste was finally laid to rest yesterday. Baptiste, 35, a member of Ladder 9 in the East Village,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Two robbery suspects who fled police custody last weekend have been recaptured, cops said yesterday. Tracey Herman, 31, was rearrested Tuesday in Brooklyn and charged with escape. Her...
PERV MA IS GUILTY - SEDUCED BOY, 8
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA 30-year-old Connecticut woman accused of seducing an 8-year-old neighbor - whom she creepily called her "boyfriend" - will plead guilty to charges linked to sexually abusing the child, her...
TEEN TERROR GETS MAX FOR MA SLAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe barbaric Long Island teen who stabbed his mother to death last year because she wouldn't let his girlfriend spend the night was sentenced yesterday to the maximum jail time...
KILLER EX-BEAU GETS 17 YEARS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens man who blew away his ex-girlfriend's new lover in a jealous rage almost two years ago was sentenced to 17 ½ years to life in prison yesterday in...
'CANE 9/11 TWIST - FLOODING VICTIM LOST HERO BRO
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Brooklynite Christopher Saucedo, still reeling from the loss of his New Orleans home, will be in Washington tomorrow to accept a Medal of Valor from President Bush on behalf...
NYSE CAVES IN TO BEAST BRIGADE: FIRM
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amNYSE executives yesterday cowered before animal-rights activists who vowed angry protests over plans to market shares of a New Jersey firm that uses animals in scientific research and testing, investors...
WEINER ON A ROLL - SURGES TO 2ND; RUNOFF IS LOOMING VS. FREDDY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer is going to have a hard time avoiding a runoff - while Anthony Weiner has moved into a solid second place, according to a poll...
YOUTH & HUSTLE MARK ANTHONY AS A SURPRISING, RISING DEM STAR
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amAnthony Weiner's sudden rise in the polls comes as no surprise to those who remember him for one quixotic campaign after another. Weiner was just 27 when he was elected...
JUDGE KICKS CO-OP - WED-BIAS LAWSUIT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Manhattan couple says they were turned down by an Upper West Side co-op board because they're not hitched - and now a judge is letting one of them sue...
POOCH-SWITCH DRAMA - L.I. FAMILY DESPERATE AFTER GROUP GIVES AWAY THEIR DOG
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island family is desperate to reclaim their beloved pooch - who ran away, ended up in an animal shelter and was adopted by another family. The Laguerras of...
SEX-HARASS VICTIMS SUE 'NEGLIGENT' GIFF
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWith just five days before the Democratic primary, mayoral candidate Gifford Miller yesterday was hit with a federal lawsuit stemming from his handling of sexual-harassment allegations against Councilman Allan Jennings....
FULANI HAILS BLOOMBERG
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amLenora Fulani, the controversial Independence Party honcho, descended on the steps of City Hall yesterday to urge New Yorkers to vote for Mayor Bloomberg on the Independence Party line in...
NYER HAS 'CANE-DO ATTITUDE - SPARKS HUGE EFFORT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOne man can make a difference. Just ask Hector Hoyos. After seeing the swath of devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina, the New York technology consultant sprang into action, unloading...
BIG APPLE OPENS SCHOOL DOORS TO KATRINA KIDS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City schools today are welcoming uprooted Gulf Coast kids who lost everything when Katrina hit. The city Department of Education said yesterday it had enrolled at least 20...
ERRPORT LATEST FEMA FLUB
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Dozens of well-meaning health officials in South Carolina scrambled to receive evacuees from New Orleans Tuesday - only to see their efforts wasted because of a FEMA bungle....
HURRICANE HILLARY'S IN A WHIRL
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amSEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded as if she was launching a presidential campaign over Hurricane Katrina yesterday, as she made the TV talk-show rounds to attack President Bush - and...
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY 'LOSER' ACT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amANTHONY Weiner likes to put himself down. But don't believe him. The boychik from Brooklyn, who wants to be mayor, has the juice to afford pricey designer suits that he...
NO FUELING: HEAT COSTS WILL SOAR
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New Yorkers should brace for whopping hikes in energy costs this winter in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina, a federal report warns. Big Apple residents who rely...
KATRINA HELP IN THE 'CARDS' - FEDS WILL GIVE EVACUEES $2,000 EACH IN DEBIT PLASTIC
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds plan to hand out $2,000 debit cards to families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, under fire for his agency's response to the disaster, revealed...
PERSONAL FOUL AS NEW RINGTONES TALK TRASH
September 8, 2005 | 4:00am"Look at the scoreboard, punk!" That kind of trash talk, common on the basketball court, is now playing out on cellphones. With an eye on the hip-hop crowd, AG Interactive...
HIV GUY'S 'SPITTING IMAGE'
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThere was silence from a cowardly lamb in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday when a madman, who spat his HIV-positive blood on cops, refused to attend his sentencing because he was...
100-MPH BELT KILLER - 'DWI' BEAU TAKES 2 LIVES IN HORRIFIC SMASH: COPS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA drunken driver careening down the Belt Parkway at 100 mph flipped his car yesterday, killing his girlfriend and a male friend and severely injuring another passenger, police said. Aleksander...
SUBWAY SHUTTLE DERAILS IN BROOKLYN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA subway train carrying 62 passengers derailed in Brooklyn yesterday, disrupting service for the evening rush. One passenger on the northbound Franklin Avenue shuttle complained of chest pains and was...
$40,000 CANDY 'CROOK' - QNS. PTA BOSS BUSTED
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens PTA president heartlessly fudged the numbers from chocolate-bar sales at an elementary school to swipe $40,000 set aside for a new computer room, prosecutors said yesterday. Calling the...
POL IN PHONE THREAT - CALLED WITNESS: DA
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman threatened a campaign vendor who testified before the grand jury that indicted him, prosecutors charged yesterday as the embattled assemblyman's trial began. "Out of...
PROF'S 'STALK' AGONY - SUES BOSS, CUNY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA professor at Medgar Evers College is looking to teach the head of her department a lesson - she's suing him and CUNY for alleged sexual harassment and stalking. Evelyn...
B'KLYN TEENS FACE RACE-HATE RAP
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amSeven white teenagers have been indicted on hate-crime charges for allegedly chasing down and beating a black teen with a bat, the Brooklyn district attorney said yesterday. Alex Moore, 29,...
BABY STAB HORROR - LUNATIC MUGGER'S STROLLER ATTACK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA knife-wielding maniac "nearly disemboweled" a 10-month-old girl in her stroller as he tried to rip a gold chain off her neck, police said yesterday. The horrific attack took place...
BUSTA'S BIG GOON BUSTED ME UP: FAN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA bodyguard for rapper Busta Rhymes punched out a fan who approached the singer for an autograph in a Manhattan deli, police sources said yesterday. The alleged victim, Melvin Smith,...
$50M 'CUBE' APT. ON SALE - SQUARE DEAL DOWNTOWN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amSome of Manhattan's most eye-popping high-rise apartments have hit the market - with the price tag for a penthouse at a whopping $50 million. A planned building at 80 South...
PROF. SUES OVER CUNY 'STALKER'
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA professor at Medgar Evers College is looking to teach the head of her department a lesson - she's suing him and CUNY for alleged sexual harassment and stalking. Evelyn...
TOO MANY MOB RATS ON FEDS' SINKING SHIP
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amVETERAN defense attorney Charles Carnesi believes the federal case against John "Junior" Gotti was so inept because it was filled with "rats." "They blindly took the word of proven liars,"...
100-MPH KILLER - 'DWI' BEAU TAKES 2 LIVES IN BELT SMASH-UP: COPS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA drunken driver careening down the Belt Parkway at 100 mph flipped his car yesterday, killing his girlfriend and a male friend and severely injuring another passenger, police said. Aleksander...
AIR AMERICA ADJUSTS $TATIC
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amAir America has agreed to put the entire $875,000 it received from a Bronx-based Boys & Girls Club into an escrow account while the controversial loan is investigated by the...
L.I. FAMILY GROWLS OVER 'WRONG' DOG
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island family is desperate to reclaim their pooch - who ran away, ended up in an animal shelter and was adopted by another family. The Laguerras of Mastic...
KID-SEX MOM TO PLEAD GUILTY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amA 30-year-old Connecticut woman accused of seducing an 8-year-old neighbor - whom she creepily called her "boyfriend" - will plead guilty to charges linked to sexually abusing the child, her...
DEMS DRUB MIKE AS 'SECURITY' RISK - DEBATE FOCUSES ON EMERGENCIES
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe four Democratic mayoral candidates ganged up on Mayor Bloomberg last night for not doing enough to secure the city, in a lackluster debate where there was little disagreement on...
GET BACK IN THE GROOVE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWelcome back to Classroom Extra! We hope you had a great summer, but now it's time to get back in the school groove. Classroom Extra will continue its format of...
TEEN TERRORGETS MAX FOR MA SLAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe barbaric Long Island teen who stabbed his mother to death last year because she wouldn't let his girlfriend spend the night was sentenced yesterday to the maximum jail time...
'CANE VICTIM TWIST - HERO BRO DIED ON 9/11
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Brooklynite Christopher Saucedo, still reeling from the loss of his New Orleans home, will be in Washington tomorrow to accept a Medal of Valor from President Bush on behalf...
WTC FUNERAL AT LAST - FIREFIGHTER LAID TO REST
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amNearly four years after he died in the 9/11 attacks, city firefighter Gerard Baptiste was finally laid to rest yesterday. Baptiste, 35, a member of Ladder 9 in the East...
FITTY FOE 'CLEARED' IN SLAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe feud between hip-hop superstar 50 Cent and a notorious drug kingpin linked to the record label Murder Inc. was not the motive for the assassination of 50 Cent's mentor,...
THROWN FOR LOOP - BRADEN BLOWS IT TO PUT METS FURTHER BACK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00am10 INNINGS: Braves 4 - Mets 3 ATLANTA - This was not a blown save or a blown game. This might have been a season-killer. Two times last night, the...
BLAKE'S GAL PAL TURNS TOURNAMENT DARLING
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amJennifer Scholle, a star volleyball player for the University of South Florida in Tampa, has adopted a new name during this U.S. Open - "James Blake's girlfriend." "It's interesting [being...
LINDSAY LAPSES LEAD TO LOSS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES If this was Lindsay Davenport's last U.S. Open, she went out with a whimper after losing 8-6 in the decisive third-set tiebreaker that was as much of a...
NIKE SECURES SUITE FOR BLAKE'S J-BLOCK
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amApparel giant Nike stepped in to cover the $17,500 cost of the suite for James Blake supporters J-Block for last night's quarterfinal showdown against Andre Agassi. "We heard from the...
SOLID GAME BY GLAVINE IS WASTED
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - For the second straight time, Tom Glavine was outstanding against his former team and did not get a win. Glavine received a no-decision in last night's...
'CLOSER' SHUTS DOOR ON HOPE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - This Met season started with Braden Looper giving up consecutive ninth-inning home runs to lose a game in Cincinnati. It effectively ended last night, with Looper blowing leads...
DEVS' IDENTITY NEEDS TWEAKIN'
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amFor the first time in a decade, the Devils need an identity. Their internal personality is about to change. Coaching changes have their effect, but the strong silent style of...
MARTINA'S DOUBLING HER PLEASURE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amMartina Navratilova showed a youthful exuberance unbecoming of a 48-year-old yesterday. And it was fun to watch. She pumped her fist after big points. She jumped in glee. She once...
DIPIETRO SIGNS $2.5M CONTRACT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amWith less than a week remaining before the start of training camp, the Islanders signed franchise goalie Rick DiPietro to a one-year, $2.5 million contract. Yesterday's deal was for much...
HITTERS DON'T KNOW SCORE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets' chances at a playoff spot all-but RIP, thanks to their performance with RISP. After leaving 10 men on base Monday, they went 0-for-9 Tuesday night with...
CHAD'S CHIEF CONCERN - JETS QUARTERBACK LEARNING ON JOB
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe previous time Chad Pennington faced the Chiefs he was on his way to becoming, well, Chad Pennington. Pennington had taken over for ineffective Vinny Testaverde and made his first...
EXPECT NO KURT-ESIES FROM JINTS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amFor one full season, the Giants watched, filmed and studied every throw Kurt Warner made. Each screen pass, seam pass, go-route. They heard the way he barked out his cadence,...
THE WEAK THAT WAS - SLUMP HURTS METS IN NL WILD-CARD RACE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - Everything has changed in seven days. Last Wednesday, the Mets entered the night a half-game back in the NL wild-card race, had Pedro Martinez on the mound, and...
9/11 CEREMONIES ON SUNDAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Most everyone around the Giants took notice when the NFL schedule was announced and they learned that their season opener would take place on Sept. 11, four years...
GRAGG BRINGSMORE MUSCLE TO HERM'S LINE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES With their offensive line as thin as the paper the depth chart is printed on, the Jets yesterday signed veteran tackle Scott Gragg to be their top backup....
GAUCHOS TO HIRE NEW CHIEF
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the biggest AAU programs in the city is set to hire a new director to replace its recently ousted former director. Players like Stephon Marbury and Felipe Lopez,...
ST. JOHN'S AIDS KATRINA VICTIMS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amImagine what $16 million in aid would do for those devastated by Hurricane Katrina? Sometimes all the money in the world can't make things right, and St. John's had long...
PIERCE PULLS OFF STUNNER
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Whatever troubles Mary Pierce has had beating Amelie Mauresmo didn't show yesterday. All that was apparent was a galvanized 30-year-old in the best shape of her life, playing...
GINEPRI UPSET ENSURES ALL-AMERICAN SEMI
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amUnseeded and unheralded, overlooked and underrated, American Robby Ginepri - the other American at the U.S. Open - is headed into an all-Yank semifinal Saturday. And he got there with...
HUNGRY CHAMPS WON'T STAND PAT
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amFOXBORO - The Patriots are not thinking so much about the banner commemorating their Super Bowl victory last February that will be raised here tonight - but about beginning the...
OPEN COURTSHIP - BLAKE GAL PAL GIVES SUPPORT, GETS ATTENTION
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amJennifer Scholle, a star volleyball player for South Florida in Tampa, has adopted a new name during this U.S. Open - "James Blake's girlfriend." "It's interesting [being recognized]," the 23-year-old...
AUERBACH IN COMA FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amLegendary Celtics coach and GM Red Auerbach is in a coma in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital, fighting for his life, The Post has learned. Auerbach, 12 days shy of his...
JETS ADD GRAGG TO 'O' LINE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES With their offensive line as thin as the paper the depth chart is printed on, the Jets yesterday signed veteran tackle Scott Gragg to be their top backup....
CHIEF CONCERN - HEAT'S ON CHAD FOR OPENER IN KC
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe previous time Chad Pennington faced the Chiefs he was on his way to becoming, well, Chad Pennington. Pennington had taken over for ineffective Vinny Testaverde and made his first...
LINDSAY LAPSES COSTLY IN LOSS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIf this is Lindsay Davenport's last U.S. Open, she went out with a whimper after losing 8-6 in the decisive third-set tiebreaker that was as much of a roller coaster...
GINEPRI UPSET SETS ALL-AMERICAN SEMI
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amUnseeded and unsung, overlooked and underrated, American Robby Ginepri - the other American at the U.S. Open - is headed into an all-U.S. semifinal Saturday. And he got there with...
ANDRE WINS RALLY GOOD SHOW - AGASSI COMES FROM 2 SETS BACK IN INSTANT CLASSIC
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amAs the clock struck 1 a.m. this morning, this epic All-USA quarterfinal between Yonkers native James Blake and aging American legend Andre Agassi incredibly careened into a final fifth-set tiebreaker....
JASON'S ROAD TO REDEMPTION CONTINUES
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amACROSS the country in Seattle, a poor soul named Mike Morse, just suspended a third time for testing positive for steroids he used in 2003 and 2003 only, is the...
BOMBERS BAIL OUT JARET
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe last time Jaret Wright stood on the mound, Seattle's Raul Ibanez drilled him in the neck with a line drive and knocked him out of the game. Last night,...
JETER IS SUDDENLY CAPTAIN-NOT-SO-CLUTCH
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S remarkable, really it is, the number of times the Yankees' shortstop has come up short - well, there's no other word for it, is there? - with the tying...
BAD BATTERS SHARE THE BLAME
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets' chances at a playoff spot are all but RIP, thanks to their performance with RISP. After leaving 10 men on base Monday, going 0-for-9 Tuesday night...
AT LAST, YANKS STING RAYS - GIAMBI'S TWO-RUN BLAST PAVES WAY FOR WIN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Devil Rays 4 Last night started out about the worst way imaginable for the Yankees. Jaret Wright nearly bucked the saddle during a four-run first, while Gary...
TORRE: CANO CANNOT TAKE ALL THE BLAME FOR LOSS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Devil Rays may be occupying space in the Yankees' kitchen this season, but Joe Torre said Robinson Cano's game-blowing error Tuesday night was not a product of the mental...
KAZ, DOUG HEATING UP AT THE PLATE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - For most of this season, the Mets' right side of the infield has been a problem offensively. But with the team's overall offense struggling now, Kazuo...
THE DEVIL RAYS MADE 'EM DO IT - TAMPA BAY A THORN THAT JUST WON'T GO AWAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner made his latest proclamation yesterday afternoon, and it was a real yawner. "The rest of the season is in Joe Torre's and the players' hands," Steinbrenner said through...
MUSSINA TO PLAY CATCH TODAY
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Mike Mussina is still suffering from right elbow tendinitis, and he's not sure how much the hinge has healed. "It's hard to say when I haven't been able...
DAVID IS GOLIATH - ORTIZ SEPARATES BOSOX FROM YANKS
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - What he brings to the ballpark each day is belief, a raw faith that he can make things right in the end for the Red Sox. David Ortiz...
DAVID IS GOLIATH - ORTIZ SIMPLY BOOMIN' IN BEANTOWN
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - What he brings is belief, a faith that things will always turn out well in the end for the Olde Towne Team. David Ortiz does that. He sells...
MIDNIGHT MADNESS - FOR USTA, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START MATCH
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amIt wasn't until 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning when Belgian Kim Clijsters finally arrived in the interview room after slaying Venus Williams in a three-set quarterfinal. When the match concluded at...
FRESH START FOR WARNER
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amTURNS out the Giants' conservative offensive approach was never a good fit for Kurt Warner, after all. No hard feelings or anything, but Warner is happy to be out of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 8, 2005 | 4:00amOne year ago, a 23-acre artificial lake practically disappeared overnight in the affluent St. Louis suburb of Wildwood. A geologist determined that the water had eroded layers of limestone, creating...