June 2, 2006
ACTIVIST PELTZ RELISHING HIS $80M HEINZ PROFIT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amLess than six months after taking a stake in Heinz and pushing its management for changes, rebel shareholder Nelson Peltz has squeezed more than $80 million in paper profits from...
WORST & FIRST; LAST PLACE NBC WINNING NETWORK 'NET BATTLE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amNBC may be television's ratings laggard but the Peacock's Web presence is grabbing more visitors than any of its network rivals. The Peacock garnered most visits among the major network...
INTERPUBLIC SHOPS TO MERGE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amInterpublic will combine two of its biggest agencies, Draft and Foote Cone & Belding, as the troubled ad giant tries to emerge from a string of financial and operating woes....
KOZ SUES TO COVER MASSIVE LEGAL BILLS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amFormer Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski's big-spending didn't stop when he was arrested for stealing $600 million from his company. Kozlowski - who once shelled out $6,000 in company money for...
CRUDE PROMISE; OPEC SAYS THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe world's oil cartel assures there'll be plenty of crude pumped for everyone - but its promises didn't stop gasoline from soaring closer to new highs here. While ministers of...
PRINT CASUALTIES OF WAR; TIME LOOKS TO REPLACE SOME VETERAN SCRIBES IN IRAQ
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amONE of the first - and toughest - tasks facing incoming Time magazine editor Richard Stengel is replenishing the Baghdad bureau. While the bureau has certainly earned its stars -...
NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER OK'D
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange and Europe's Euronext exchange have agreed to merge into the world's largest trading marketplace to handle $27 trillion worth of securities. The stock-swap deal lets...
NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER OKD
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAt the New York Stock Exchange's first annual meeting yesterday, Chief Executive John Thain told the crowd that "a definitive agreement" with Euronext could be inked "in days." Hours after...
SONY DUMPS EXECS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDonnie Ienner and Michele Anthony, the two famously abrasive top executives at music giant SonyBMG who worked closely for years, were forced to resign their posts yesterday. The resignations were...
GIMMICKS OVERWHELM GRACE ON FELD'S STAGE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amELIOT FELD'S MANDANCE PROJECTThe Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street; (212) 242-0800. Season runs through June 11. THERE was sadness and regret in the dance world three years...
THE BREAKOVER; A SPLIT GETS GALS ON THE REMAKE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amIF looking good is the best revenge, there's nothing quite like changing your appearance after a breakup to send a message to an ex; a visual middle finger, as it...
STAIND UP & CHEER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSTAIND UNLIKE a lot of metal acts, the band Staind makes no space for preening and posing. These hard-rockers from Springfield, Mass., enjoyed packing in as many hits as two...
WAR'S VIDEO DIARY
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE WAR TAPES (three and a half stars) Straight shooters.Running time: 97 minutes. Not Rated (graphic war violence, profanity, nudity, drug references). At the Sunshine, Houston Street, near First Avenue....
METS MEET NEW TUNE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S hard to compete with "Meet the Mets," the always popular Amazins' theme song. Mets fans have already attacked music producer Steven "Boogie" Brown for writing a new hip-hop theme...
FROM HIPPIE TO HIP; LOVE, PEACE AND A $70M MUSIC CENTER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amGONE are the mud-covered kids, bad acid and busted Port-a-Sans. In their place are bluestone terraces, a dining deck . . . and restrooms with automatic flush. Welcome back to...
ALL CHOP, WITH VERY LITTLE MEAT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDISTRICT B13 (two stars) Mission: Improbable.Running time: 85 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Rated R (violence, profanity). At the Empire, the 84th St., the Angelika, others. A Gallic guilty...
KOREAN THRILLER A WASHOUT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTYPHOON * (one star) 'TYPHOON" is an assembly-line thriller from South Korea that just as well could have been made in Hollywood. A modern-day pirate appropriately named Sin plots to...
TAKING DEAD AIM AT AN EXPLOSIVE ISSUE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE CULT OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER (three stars) Dissects the heart of darkness.In English and Arabic with English subtitles. Running time: 96 minutes. Not rated (graphic violence). At the Cinema...
JUDGES OUT OF FANTASIA FILM
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSIMON Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson won't be playing themselves in Lifetime's Fantasia Barrino movie, after all. There had been some talk that, if it could be arranged, the...
TONY TEETER-TOTTER; PERSONALITIES MAY TILT MUSICAL WAR
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTOPIC A on Broadway right now is the Tony race between "Jersey Boys" and "The Drowsy Chaperone." It's a real teeter-totter. One's up one week, the other's up the next....
NEWS MAG DUMPS MOLEST DATA
June 2, 2006 | 4:00am'DATELINE" is backing off claims it's made in several of its reports focusing on online predators. The NBC newsmagazine stated twice that, at any given time, there are 50,000 predators...
STARR REPORT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amMets,Yanks rate big SNY reached a new ratings milestone Wednesday night, averaging over 340,000 households during the Mets thrilling, 13-inning, 1-0 victory over the Diamondbacks. It was also the highest-rated...
GET THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN - IT'S NOT MADONNA, SPRINGSTEEN OR MARIAH CAREY . . .
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amYOU'VE devoured the books, you've lined up for the movies - but the biggest and best part is coming this summer: J.K. Rowling - a k a She Who Created...
SLIP IN A HOT NEW DISC - CD RELEASES WILL KEEP THE SUMMER SOUNDS SIZZLING
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amJune 6 AFI "December-Underground": Pop punks try to match the power (both musical and selling) of their 2003 blockbuster, "Sing the Sorrow" Ice Cube "Laugh Now, Cry Later": Has Cube...
DANCE CARD - THE SEASON PUTS ITS BEST FEET FORWARD
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amNEW York is home to two of the greatest classic companies in the world, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. This summer, it hosts a third: the San...
SUPER FURRY FIVE FUN
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Super Furry Animals, a 13-year-old Welsh band (that's 91 years old in "Golden Retriever" years), could kick off tonight's Southstreet Seaport show with "Hello Sunshine," to celebrate the New...
CASINO BEAT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY * Rocker Rob Thomas and pop sensation Jewel (left) perform live tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Borgata's Events Center. Tickets: $75-$115. Television queen Roseanne Barr...
FILM PICK
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amHere's a chance to talk with Hou Hsiao-hsien in Taiwan without leaving New York. The acclaimed filmmaker will put in a personal appearance at the IFC Center in the West...
MARY'S HOT PICK
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amELECTIC Impulse Records will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a multimedia extravaganza. Tuesday sees the publication of "The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records" by Ashley Kahn,...
'BEACH' NUTS - TEEN ANGST HEATS UP A SUMMER IN FRONT OF TUBE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00am"Falcon Beach" Sunday at 8 p.m. on ABC Family (two and a half stars) Idon't understand the concept of a summer TV series about summer. For example, this new series...
ADIEU, PART 2 - NIXING MARATHON GOODBYE, 'VIEW' STILL HAS A FEW SURPRISES FOR MEREDITH
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amMEREDITH Vieira didn't see Katie Couric's send-off from the "Today" show - and maybe that's a good thing. Vieira, who's leaving "The View" to replace Couric on "Today," gets her...
PENCIL IN THE A-LIST GIGS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHANKFULLY, last year's big-buck trend - $500 tickets and $50 T-shirts for U2 and the Stones - didn't stick, but the summer of '06 has plenty of sizzle with acts...
IN SUMMERTIME, THEATER GETS OFF B'WAY - IT'S A SHORT SEASON ON THE WHITE WAY, WHILE OFF ROLLS ON
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Broadway season is just that - seasonal. It officially begins in June, but few plays premiere until fall. This year, there's just one. "Martin Short - Fame Becomes Me"...
AVANT GARDE TO ZAHA - SUMMER EXHIBITIONS HAVE BROAD APPEAL
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE art gods have been kind this summer - the big, must-see shows are exhibits even a philistine would enjoy. "Dada" opens at MoMA on June 18, and the survey...
FASO WALLOPS WELD FOR CONVENTION NOD
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amFormer Assembly Minority Leader John Faso swept to a lopsided upset victory over former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld yesterday to become the New York Republican Party's official designee for governor....
SOPRANO SHRINK SHOCK; I FOUGHT REAL-LIFE GLOOM HAPPY DAYS:
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amActress Lorraine Bracco reveals in her new memoir she was suffering from crippling depression when she first took on the role as Tony Soprano's shrink as a result of the...
BARBECUED BILL HEADS TO THE GRILL
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAt least William Weld knows how to lose in style. The massively wealthy former Massachusetts governor invited every person who breezed through the convention to come to a huge barbecue...
MONTESSORI MA HEARTBROKEN BY PUPILS' SEX 'LIES'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE may be more to the latest sex scandal to rock an East Side private school than meets the eye. Lina Sinha has been labeled a child-rapist who preyed on...
KEYS TO MUG BUST
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAn accused mugger allegedly used a resident's missing house keys to lure a pizza-deliveryman victim into an Upper West Side building. But Charles Jones' scheme failed on Tuesday night when...
MAD RADS TURN ON ECO-TERROR 'SNITCH'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amLeft-wing radicals on the West Coast have turned their back on a bomb-toting rich-girl revolutionary from Westchester, labeling her a "snitch" for pleading guilty and agreeing to testify against fellow...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amQUEENS *** An 88-year-old woman was struck and killed as by an 18-wheeler as she crossed a busy street in Forest Hills yesterday, police said. Mildred Girardin was crossing Metropolitan...
MEMORIAL FUND-RAISING TO RESUME
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe World Trade Center Memorial Foundation will resume raising money by early next month after a new, less expensive memorial design is rolled out, Gov. Pataki said yesterday. Pataki met...
LT. GOV HOPEFULS ON STANDBY TICKET
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTwo barely known Republicans were added to the primary ballot for lieutenant governor yesterday as the state GOP wrapped up its convention. John Faso, who emerged yesterday as the state...
JURY FINDS RAP RIP-OFF CASE 'LUDACRIS'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amLudacris sang a happy tune yesterday when a jury ruled that he and Kanye West didn't rip off hip-hop group IOF with their massive hit song "Stand Up." "There was...
HEVESI MISFIRES IN CHUCK BOOST; APOLOGIZES FOR 'BULLET BETWEEN BUSH EYES' CRACK
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amState Comptroller Alan Hevesi shot himself in the foot yesterday during a Queens College commencement address when he said Sen. Charles Schumer would gun down President Bush if he could....
IT'S THE PITTS - ANISTON CAN'T CATCH A BREAK IN THIS UNCON-VINCE-ING ROMANCE - GIVE UP, AND GIVE US ALL A BREAK, ALREADY!
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHE BREAK-UP (one and a half stars) Dump it. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual content, nudity, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. THEY may...
HIPPIE 'CYBER STALK'; 'NET EYED IN S.I. SHOOT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amCrazed hippie shooting suspect Rebekah Johnson may have used a Staten Island commune's Internet message board to track down and ambush one of the group's founders, a police source said...
FACING TRAGEDY OF MIX-UP; DEAD GIRL'S BEAU FIRST TO SUSPECT BLUNDER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe doting family helped nurses dress and wash the young woman every day for five weeks. They braided her blond hair at night and painted her toenails pink. They even...
SUBWAY SIESTA; SOCK SHOCK ON THE JOB
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAnother sleeping "boothy" has been caught snoring on the job - this time shoeless as well as clueless. Unlike the rest of the MTA's sleeper cell, Kevin Wilson, 43, does...
NEW WTC HEALTH STUDY
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amCity health officials are conducting a follow-up medical survey of 71,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center health registry who were exposed to pollutants on Sept. 11, 2001. The...
THIS TIME THE BULLET IS FATAL
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amFour years after a shooting put Manuel Acevedo in a wheelchair, he died yesterday from a wound he received in another shooting incident - this one involving his brother, police...
9/11 WIFE ROBBED OF HER MEMORIES; ENGAGEMENT RING STOLEN IN 'APT. HEIST'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe widow of the Port Authority director killed on 9/11 says workers in her Fifth Avenue apartment building robbed her of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry and...
NEW WAY TO PAY ON TAP FOR SUBWAY
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSwiping a MetroCard is one step closer to going out of turnstile. Beginning in mid-July, straphangers on the Lexington Avenue line will be able to whisk through a turnstile by...
DOC A PHONE 'PHONY'; JFK SOB-STORY 'SCAM'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA phony physician stitched up a scam at JFK Airport - shouting into his cellphone that he'd been mugged and had no way to get to his emergency surgeries, authorities...
'GRADUATING' IN IMETTE'S PLACE; MOM & SIS TO ACCEPT HER DIPLOMA
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSlain grad student Imette St. Guillen's family will accept her degree from John Jay College on Monday before 2,400 of her classmates at a bittersweet Madison Square Garden ceremony. "It...
MIKE SMELLS A POLITICAL RAT IN MONEY MADNESS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amMayoral aides said yesterday that anti-terror grants may have been spread around the country for political reasons. The aides matched up the cities that won increases in Homeland Security funds...
ARE YOU GUYS NUTS? ANGRY CHUCK'S NOTE TO CHERTOFF
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAn outraged Sen. Charles Schumer fired off a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday demanding to know why he is cutting New York City's anti-terror funds by 40...
'DIRTY' DELI IN DEFIANT STAGE; IGNORES CLOSURE ORDER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amViolating a city Health Department shutdown order, a Stage Deli manager opened the famed eatery to serve a party of tourists - who had no idea the place had been...
DAD DIES IN BABY STANDOFF
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA Harlem dad held a butcher knife to his infant daughter's throat yesterday in a bizarre hostage drama that ended with the man crashing through a glass door and bleeding...
WALL ST. WORKERS SLAM FEDS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe Bush administration's political stock plummeted on Wall Street yesterday for dramatically slashing funding to protect the financial district from another terrorist attack. "No one is going to blow up...
TENANTS IN $$ WRINGER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe Housing Authority has begun billing many residents $5.75-a-month for washing machines - even if they don't have them, a Queens legislator says. "This is a very serious problem," said...
DEVECCHIO LINK TO '87 MOB 'HIT'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA Florida plumber who allegedly killed an innocent teen in a 1987 drive-by shooting in Bensonhurst was hauled back to Brooklyn yesterday - ending a probe that grew out of...
ROG MAKES 1ST STRIKE PAYMENT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amRoger Toussaint wrote the city a check for $208,333 yesterday - the first in a series of 12 monthly installments his union must make to pay off the $2.5 million...
CHELSEA SUSPECTS 'CONFESS'
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA group of young toughs has admitted robbing a New Jersey man outside a Chelsea bar last weekend - but each claimed someone else threw the punch that killed him,...
INSIDE PETER'S PERVY BRAIN ; SHRINKS REVEAL SCHIZO SCANS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDoctors have journeyed deep inside accused "fire fiend" Peter Braunstein's brain - and what they found ain't pretty. Paranoid schizophrenia. Psychotic grandiosity. Something called sex role confusion. And, perhaps craziest...
FAT NICK'S HORROR 'LESSON' ; CRIED, 'WE'LL TEACH YOU': VICTIM
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amNicholas "Fat Nick" Minucci's alleged victim took the stand yesterday and told jurors how he was chased, pummeled and bashed in the head with a bat - simply because he...
PUT BLAME ON MOM: DOC
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amBlame it on Mommy. Head cases like accused "fire fiend" Peter Braunstein typically have mothers who offer a lot of criticism but little guidance, according to a psych report filed...
N.Y. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE ; UH, D.C. - TERROR TARGETS ARE HERE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New Yorkers are sending Homeland Security boss Michael Chertoff a message - "Wish you were here!" - in a postcard protest against the 40 percent cut in federal...
HIPPIE 'CYBER STALK' ; 'NET EYED IN S.I. SHOOT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amCrazed hippie shooting suspect Rebekah Johnson may have used a Staten Island commune's Internet message board to track down and ambush one of the group's founders, a police source said...
BLE$$ED OMAHA: OMIGOD!
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amOMAHA, Neb. - Local officials insisted yesterday they need terror money to protect Nebraskans - but hayseeds on the streets here said they're not the least bit worried about an...
HONEST! YOU WON'T GUESS WHO; IT'S BRITNEY'S GRUBBY HUBBY
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amIs that K-Fed? Yep, the scruffy-faced, sideways-baseball-cap-wearing, rapper wannabe cleans up pretty good. He almost looks ready to get a real job. With a "Queer Eye" type makeover, Britney Spears'...
N.Y. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE; UH, D.C. - TERROR TARGETS ARE HERE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Ticked-off New Yorkers are sending Homeland Security boss Michael Chertoff a message - "Wish you were here!" - in a postcard protest against the 40 percent cut in...
QNS. COUPLE IN 'BABY BEAT' SHOCK
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe parents of a Queens infant were being questioned last night after they tried to dump him in a hospital with a fractured skull and third-degree friction burns on his...
COUPLE CHARGED IN BABY ASSAULT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe parents of a 6-month-old Queens infant were charged with assault last night for allegedly fracturing his skull and inflicting third-degree friction burns on his hand Little Kevin Gary, was...
CHELSEA SLAY CHARGES; 3 NABBED ON CARD KILLING
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThree men were charged last night with murdering a young New Jersey man near a trendy Chelsea nightspot. Three of their friends were charged with possession of stolen property for...
RENT BOARD'S !@#% RANT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA routine public meeting of the Rent Guidelines Board dissolved into a profanity-laced shouting match yesterday, after one member proposed that the board pass a resolution calling on Albany lawmakers...
THE 'MATRIX' EXCUSE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amYOU want to understand how on earth the Department of Homeland Security could come up with a "matrix" according to which no site in New York City or Washington is...
PIZZA-ROB HERO TALE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAn accused mugger allegedly used a resident's missing house keys to lure a pizza-deliveryman victim into an Upper West Side building. But Charles Jones' scheme failed on Tuesday night when...
LINEUPS IN CHELSEA SLAY
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA group of young toughs has admitted robbing a New Jersey man outside a Chelsea bar last weekend - but each claimed someone else threw the punch that killed him,...
ARREST LINK TO DEVECCHIO - '87 SLAY TIE TO MOB RUBOUT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA Florida plumber who allegedly killed an innocent teen in a 1987 driveby shooting in Bensonhurst was hauled back to Brooklyn yesterday - ending a probe that grew out of...
BLE$$ED OMAHA:OMIGOD!
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amOMAHA, Neb. - Local officials insisted yesterday they need terror money to protect Nebraskans - but hayseeds on the streets here said they're not the least bit worried about an...
KNIFE DAD DIES IN BABY HOSTAGE HELL
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA Harlem dad held a butcher knife to his infant daughter's throat yesterday in a bizarre hostage drama that ended with the man crashing through a glass door and bleeding...
BRIT'S DAPPER DODO - GRIMY TO GLAM FOR KEVIN
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amI'm a good guy - Scout's honor! Britney Spears' hubby, Kevin Federline, is trying to put his greasy ne'er-do-well image (above) behind him - with a shower, a shave and...
WTC HEALTH STUDY REDUX
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amCity health officials are conducting a follow-up medical survey of 71,000 people enrolled in the World Trade Center health registry who were exposed to pollutants on Sept. 11, 2001. The...
TEEN-GROPE PERV BUST
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amA weirdo grabbed a 15-year-old teen on a crowded Harlem street, groped her and doused her with water before he was tackled by a security guard who held him for...
GIANTS CUT DOTY, VOID
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe Giants yesterday made three roster moves. They signed offensive lineman Ben Herrell and waived offensive lineman Jon Doty and running back Jerod Void. The 6-7, 315-pound Herrell previously signed...
MUSICAL CHAIRS; DOLAN STRUMS AWAY, BROWN SITS & WAITS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amWhile Larry Brown spent the day at the doctor with an uncertain future and uncertain health, Knicks owner James Dolan spent the night jamming with his blues band before about...
NETS' LATEST DRAFT WORKOUT CUT SHORT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSitting seven hours on a plane during a storm delay eventually takes its toll - especially on athletes. University of Memphis freshman Shawne Williams, projected as a late-lottery to late-first-round...
GLAVINE GETS SHOT TO AVENGE LAST LOSS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Tom Glavine will take the mound tonight against the last team that beat him this year. On April 24 in San Francisco, Glavine gave up six runs in...
BONDS CIRCUS REACHES SHEA; POST-715, CONTROVERSY STILL DOGS SLUGGER
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe controversy surrounding Barry Bonds' home runs and his pursuit of Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron has reached New York. On Sunday, Bonds passed Ruth for second all-time in home...
THIS WEEKEND'S ABOUT METS, NOT BARRY SIDESHOW
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amYOU want to know the best way we can remind the world that the rules are different here, that the standards are higher here, that the laws that govern sports...
BROOKLYN FIGHTER HAS MAGIC MOUTH
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSay this much for Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi: The guy knows how to sell a fight. Ask him about his upcoming title bout against champion Miguel Cotto in the Garden on...
JETER, MO TAKE A SEAT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDETROIT - Say this about the Yankees when it comes to getting hurt: the B-list talent avoids injuries. Hours after the Yankees put right fielder and No. 3 hitter Gary...
JETER TAKES SEAT AGAIN
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Mike Mussina was able to talk Joe Torre out of taking him out of Wednesday night's game in the ninth by barking at the manager from...
KYLE JUST CAN'T CLOSE DEAL IN MOTOWN
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTIGERS 7 YANKEES 6 DETROIT - As Kyle Farnsworth's flesh melted into the Comerica Park mound, helplessness washed over Mariano Rivera's body, which gave out on him earlier in the...
GARY ON LIST- SURGERY AN OPTION AS SHEFF'S BAD YEAR GETS WORSE
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDETROIT - Gary Sheffield is on the disabled list for the second time this year and the possibility of him undergoing surgery to repair a new left wrist problem is...
BROWN IN DUMPS - DON'T BELIEVE LARRY'S ACT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amN OBODY loves me. Everybody hates me. I think I'll go in the Garden, and dig up worms. First you cut their heads off. Then you suck the goo out....
BROWN IN THE DUMPS - DON'T BELIEVE LARRY'S ACT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amNOBODY loves me. Everybody hates me. I think I'll go in the Garden, and dig up worms. First you cut the heads off. Then you suck the goo out. Then...
STEVE'S STRATEGY - STATEN ISLAND CALLER MADE FOR GOOD RADIO
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTHEY used to mock Edison; they'd tap the sides of their heads and say he's a few watts short of a candle. Columbus? Forget it. They never thought they'd ever...
STRIPERS, BLUES TOP BIG WEEKEND MENU
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amSTRIPERS and blues should provide lots of action for weekend anglers. Fluke fishing saw some improvement in the New York Bight, while the North Fork remains the hot spot for...
'SWEET' OUT OF BELMONT
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amAs expected, Sweetnorthernsaint, seventh as the surprising 5-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby, then second in the star-crossed Preakness, will not run in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Mike Trombetta confirmed...
MOOD SWINGER - EX-MATE BRANTLEY RECALLS MANY SIDES OF BONDS
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amIn 1993, Jeff Brantley's locker was only a few feet away from Barry Bonds' in the Giants' clubhouse. Brantley saw Bonds embarrass a 12-year-old who had the audacity not to...
CALL HIM RADIO RECEIVER - RICE READY TO CATCH SIRIUS SHOW
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThe greatest receiver of all time is on the verge of becoming a radio talk-show host, according to sources. Sirius Satellite Radio is close to signing Jerry Rice to be...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JOHN DAVIDSON
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with John Davidson, hockey analyst for NBC, OLN and MSG. Davidson, 53, will call the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC and OLN....
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amTo: FSN Execs From: Andrew Marchand Re: SportsCenter CC: ESPN Execs Dear FSN Execs: Nationally, you guys have not done much right. From "The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' to...
SAY IT AIN'T MO: RIVERA'S BACK IS ACTING UP
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDETROIT - Say this about the Yankees when it comes to getting hurt: the B-list talent avoids injuries. Hours after the Yankees put right fielder and No. 3 hitter Gary...
SURGERY MAY BE AN OPTION FOR SHEFF
June 2, 2006 | 4:00amDETROIT - Gary Sheffield is on the disabled list for the second time this year and the possibility of him undergoing surgery to repair a new left wrist problem is...