July 18, 2003
ROSIE INKS TIMES SQ. DEAL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amRosie O'Donnell is rocking into Times Square with a 10-year lease for her new production company, Roco Productions. The 17th-floor, 5,600-square-foot offices on the south side of 1500 Broadway have...
SOROS DROP$ MORE INTO E-TAILER BLUEFLY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amGeorge Soros has sunk another $2 million into online retailer Bluefly Inc., raising his stake in the company to 89.9 percent and bringing the value of his total investment to...
DAMAGE CONTROL - CITI'S PRINCE HIRE AIMED AT HEADING OFF REGULATORS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe appointment of Chuck Prince as the new CEO of Citigroup is strong evidence that regulatory issues continue to be a top concern at the banking giant. Prince is the...
LAUDER TO BEAUTIFY GM BLDG.
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJust weeks after Conseco nudged Donald Trump out of his partnership role at the GM Building, glamour tenant Estee Lauder has inked one of the biggest new leases of the...
DIOR BUCKS TREND WITH 10% SALES GAIN
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Galliano and Hedi Slimane are turning out to be the fashion world's dynamic duo. Both design for Christian Dior, which said yesterday that first-half sales at Christian Dior Couture...
TRUMP TOLD TO GIVE UP BIG DEPOSIT
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amDonald Trump may only keep part of a multimillion-dollar deposit on one of the city's most expensive apartments, which he was selling at Trump World Tower, a judge ruled yesterday....
HBO EMMY OUTLOOK SIGNALS BIG BUCK$ FOR PARENT AOL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amFor most Emmy winners, the reward is mostly ego - but for HBO, each little statue it takes home could add $4 million to the bottom line. HBO yesterday walked...
COZ, WIFE QUIT AMERICAN MEDIA
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSteve Coz and wife Valerie Virga - the first couple of the supermarket tabloids - have split for good from American Media. The move comes after Coz, the editorial director...
SEC HAS OPENED A PROBE OF AMEX
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the American Stock Exchange and has called on the NASD to take over the exchange's regulatory functions. The SEC launched its latest probe...
VIVENDI BACK TO PLAN B - COMPANY RECONSIDERS IPO AS AUCTION STUMBLES
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAs the auction for Vivendi Universal Entertainment begins to resemble a never-ending soap opera, there is a growing sense among executives that Vivendi may not get the price it wants...
BLOODBATH AT TEEN PEOPLE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA teen massacre is under way at Teen People - one of the most popular new teenybopper titles, now struggling to regain its cool under new editor Amy Barnett. Yesterday,...
GQ'S GALOTTI GETS HEAVE-HO AT CONDE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amMr. Big has taken a tumble. Ron Galotti, the hard-charging publisher of GQ magazine, was ousted yesterday. Sources said he was in San Francisco, calling on advertiser Levi Strauss &...
CINRAM TO BUY AOL'S DVD MAKER FOR $1 BILLION
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAOL Time Warner has agreed to sell its DVD and CD manufacturing unit to Cinram International for roughly $1 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. The deal,...
LAUDER IN AT GM BLDG.
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJust weeks after Conseco nudged Donald Trump out of his partnership role at the GM Building, glamour tenant Estee Lauder has inked one of the biggest new leases of the...
FINLEY, AS LIZA, IN CITY OF 'LOVE'
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amKAREN FINLEY IN "MAKE LOVE"Sundays at 8 p.m. at Fez beneath the Time Café, 380 Lafayette St. Through Aug. 10. $20. (212) 533-2680. ------- SHE'S smeared herself in chocolate and...
STARR REPORT
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amRoland groomed for 'bash-elor' roast Ch. 5's John Roland will be taking a bride in September - and details of his bachelor party are starting to emerge. Actually, they're calling...
BLUE-PLATE SPECIALS - MOTHER AND SON RUN [* * *] 'RESTAURANT'
July 18, 2003 | 4:00am"The Restaurant" [ ] Sunday at 10 on NBC --- DID you ever notice how, from time to time, certain professions suddenly become hot and the people working in them...
WINNING MOORE MUST 'DEAL' WITH TEEN DRIVEL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amHOW TO DEAL [] Teen soap opera. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual content, drug material, language). At the Empire 25, the Lincoln Square, the Chelsea, others. ----- 'TWO...
MUFFLED BY HEAVY HANDLING
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amGARAGE DAYS []Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (sex, drugs, violence). At the Empire and the Sunshine. ---- OVERKILL isn't limited to big Hollywood blockbusters these days - take "Garage...
AGENT FOR LAUGHS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJOHNNY ENGLISH [ 1/2] The spy who loved himself. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (comic nudity, some crude humor and language). At the E-Walk, the Loews 34th Street, the...
FOUR BEDDINGS & A FUNERAL - ITALIAN STYLE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTHE EMBALMER [] Two guys and a girl. In Italian, with English subtitles. Running time: 104 minutes. Not rated (nudity, sex, violence, dead animals). At the Quad, 13th Street, between...
BREATH OF BRIT AIR
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amDIRTY PRETTY THINGS [] Classy Brit fare. Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (sexual content, disturbing images and language). At the Lincoln Square and the Sun shine. ---- THANK you,...
NATHAN LANE'S NEW ROAD
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amHE used to play a Broadway producer but Nathan Lane's coming back to the stage as a writer. Lane will star as the legendary screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo in...
JUDGE RANDY HAS SURGERY TO SLIM DOWN FOR 'IDOL 3'
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amCHUNKY "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson has had gastric bypass surgery in an attempt to lose weight. "Inside Edition" is reporting that Jackson, 46, underwent a procedure called the Fobi...
ROCK'S FUTURE AND LEGACY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amLISA MARIE PRESLEY AND CHRIS ISAAKPresley and Isaak will continue their tour at the Beacon Theater on Monday. ----- PAIRING Lisa Marie Presley and Chris Isaak for a show at...
LUNDEN'S MUM ON MOM OF HER TWINS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJOAN Lunden won't say if she is biologically connected to her newborn twins to a surrogate - but that her husband, Jeff Konigsberg, is the biological father. "I'm not going...
YANKING OUR CHAINS - WEIRD AL IS SERIOUS ABOUT SILLY SONGS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00am"I'm happy to be lumped into the same category as the old Mad magazine and the National Lampoon." -Weird Al Yankovic --- SOMEWHERE between social commentary and musical comedy lies...
SHOW US THE MONEY - NEDERLANDER'S NO 'DREAM'
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amIN the gossip columns, Eric Nederlander is probably best known as New York's most frequently bold-faced cuckold, having had his wife Jessica lifted out from under him by comedian Jerry...
BEASTLY 'BOYS' : THESE SEQUEL-MAKERS SHOULD BE GROUNDED
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBAD BOYS II Crass and crasser. Running time: 146 minutes. Rated R (gore, violence, profanity, sex). At the Astor Plaza, the Chelsea West, the Union Square, others. 'BAD Boys II"...
9/11 MOVIE A FILM-FLAM OF HEARTLESS U.S.-BASHING
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S hard enough seeing on the big screen all-too-familiar images of the World Trade Center burning and then collapsing, of tiny figures falling thousands of feet to their deaths. But...
AMERICAN DOCS HELP TUMOR BOY SNUBBED BY SADDAM
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old Iraqi boy, whose pleas for surgery to remove a massive facial tumor fell on deaf ears in Saddam Hussein's Health Ministry, underwent surgery yesterday in a Seattle hospital,...
'SUPER' SUPPORTER: REEVE MAY VISIT PARALYZED TERROR VICTIM
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Christopher Reeve may visit Israel in the coming weeks to visit the New Jersey-born victim of a homicide bomber, who, like the former "Superman" actor, is paralyzed from...
RAUNCHY ROMEO RAT KISSES & TELLS ON DI
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJames Hewitt - the "love rat" who brazenly bedded Princess Diana under Prince Charles' nose - is now revealing just how big a slimeball he really is, claiming in a...
5,200 SEND IN IDEAS FOR WTC SHRINE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe jurors who will select a winning design for a Ground Zero memorial will have to hunt for that one great idea from among 5,200 proposals submitted from all over...
COURT'S INSULT TO VICTIM'S MOM
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTHE decision has left Dee Lockshiss bewildered. With the quiet resignation of a mother who has cried too much, she told me: "Well, all I can say is, I suppose...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe annual Potato Day celebration in Clark, S.D., may spud-der out this year - 2,000 pounds of dry mashed-potato flakes are missing. Particularly in jeopardy is a wrestling match staged...
JERSEY BUS 'STOP' : TOWN'S 'NOISE' BARRICADE BLOCKS NJ TRANSIT
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe Borough Council of East Rutherford, N.J., proved to be more effective at blocking than either of the two NFL teams that play in the town. The council held the...
PLAYING DEFENSE - KERRY POOH-POOHS WAR ON TERROR
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN Kerry, the senator who wants to be president, is making a big stink about homeland security. He told an audience in The Bronx on Wednesday that "a dangerous gap...
BULLIED 'MATRIX' TEEN IN CRY FOR HELP AND FORGIVENESS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLYN, N.J. - "Dad, I really screwed up big time." That was one of the first things Matthew Lovett, the accused ringleader of a planned shooting rampage, told his father....
STRAIGHT TALK FOR GI JOE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSOLDIERS complain. God knows, I did when I was a private. Fighting men have been bitching since the first semi-organized bands of cave-dwelling warriors went at each other with sticks,...
A BURY GOOD YEAR - 'SIX FEET UNDER' TOP NOMINEE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amDeath and violence combined to power HBO to a record 109 Emmy nominations yesterday. "Six Feet Under," which revolves around a dysfunctional family of L.A. morticians, snared 16 nominations, while...
TIMES' TOWER OF CONFLICT
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSO now it turns out that The New York Times headquarters tower scheme might be in trouble, and the Times. Co.'s development partner, Forest City Ratner, is asking for $400...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Brooklyn man who fraudulently claimed his leased vehicle was destroyed in the World Trade Center attacks has been arrested for insurance fraud and grand larceny, it was...
FULANI'S BLOOMBERG BOOST INCENSES DEMS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amControversial Independence Party leader Lenora Fulani yesterday defended Mayor Bloomberg's plan for nonpartisan elections - immediately drawing the wrath of Democrats. Fulani said nonpartisan elections would benefit blacks and Hispanics,...
JIM INVITES JEW HATERS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amANTI-SEMITES - rejoice! You have a pal in the New Jersey governor's mansion. The Garden State's wimpy chief executive, Jim McGreevey, yesterday placed his stamp of approval on a three-day,...
GOING IN STYLE - SALSA QUEEN CRUZ TO CHANGE COSTUMES AT WAKES
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amQueen of salsa Celia Cruz, who died Wednesday after a long battle with brain cancer, will be viewed and buried the way she performed - decked out with jewels, flamboyant...
DEM SENATOR: TENET BLAMED WHITE HOUSE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An anti-war Democratic senator yesterday claimed CIA Director George Tenet told Congress behind closed doors that the White House insisted on putting a disputed charge about Iraq's nuclear...
CLOWN CAN'T LAUGH OVER WEDDING GAFFE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amIt was the tears of a clown - and his fiancée. Greg "The Wizard of Odd" McMahan and gal pal Abbie Pair's dream of tying the knot during a Brooklyn...
LEFRAK DRUG STING
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA ruthless gang terrorized residents of LeFrak City as it trafficked $2.5 million worth of drugs and guns through the mammoth Queens housing complex, authorities said yesterday. Cops arrested 20...
MARINE DENIES SEX WITH BRIT CYBER PAL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe leatherneck loser who took a 12-year-old girl on a European jaunt told a German court at his arraignment on abduction charges yesterday that he did not have sex with...
DEF JAM EYED IN RIVAL ROB
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD is investigating whether record label Island Def Jam is linked to a break-in at the Manhattan offices of TVT Records, according to law-enforcement sources. The break-in occurred Wednesday...
FLORIDA PILOT ON SNOOZE CONTROL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Florida pilot got a wakeup call after a passenger shot video of him apparently asleep at the controls during a charter flight from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale. Walker's...
FAMILY SUES IN COP-RAID HEART DEATH
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of a man who had a heart attack and later died after cops raided his home said yesterday they still plan to sue the NYPD, even though the...
HBO HAS TV NETWORKS AT A DIS-AD-VANTAGE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amANOTHER year - another mother lode of Emmy nominations for HBO. But is it fair? HBO grabbed the most nominations of any network yesterday - a whopping 109, besting second-place...
MIA CONFUSION AMID SYRIAN PEACE OFFER
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Syria has proposed reopening peace talks with Israel after a three-year break, but a U.N. envoy denied that Syria was offering to pave the way by locating four...
'9/11 DAD' ON TRIAL AS GHOULISH GRIEF GRIFTER
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amIs he in the rubble of the World Trade Center? Or does he exist only in the greedy imagination of an alleged Guyanese con man from Queens? That's the question...
$45 FOR FILET MIGNON OF BURRITOS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAy caramba - check out "el burrito elegante!" Following in the footsteps of the $50 hamburger, the "elegante" (right) is a bling-bling burrito that well-heeled gourmands can enjoy for a...
J.LO: 'BEN DEFINITELY WEARS THE PANTS'
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJennifer Lopez says Ben Affleck is in charge of their relationship - and that means he doesn't cook or do the dishes. "Ben wears the pants. He definitely wears the...
FINEST HONOR CIVIL WAR RIOT HERO
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA city cop fatally shot in the line of duty 140 years ago is finally being honored as one of four officers who died during the brutal Civil War Draft...
DA'S KOBE DECISION IS SET FOR TODAY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBasketball star Kobe Bryant will find out today whether he will face sexual assault and imprisonment charges in Colorado. District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said yesterday he will announce his much-awaited...
COPS NAIL BIG-BUCKS 'ESCORT SERVICE' RING
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amCops have busted a multimillion-dollar Brooklyn prostitution ring that drummed up business with escort-service ads in publications including the Village Voice and New York Press. Three men, three female office...
TEEN THIEF, PALS DONE IN BY HIS MOM: COPS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island mom turned in her son for stealing a computer from a high school - leading to the arrest of four others involved in the heist, cops said...
KILLER TICK INVADES HAMPTONS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA new, potentially fatal menace - the Lone Star Tick - has invaded the Hamptons. Carried to the East End of Long Island by migrating birds in the late 1980s,...
LIBESKIND & WIFE HIKE FEES IN NEW WTC DEAL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amGround Zero architect Daniel Libeskind and his wife and partner, Nina, just got a hefty raise. Under a contract signed last week to refine his master plan for the World...
TERROR EXPERT CITY'S NEW FBI CHIEF
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA top FBI counterterrorism official has been named the new head of the bureau's flagship office here. Pasquale D'Amuro, who helped FBI Director Robert Mueller revamp his counterterrorism programs following...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTHE partying won't be as hardy in Southampton Town for the second half of the summer if new special-events legislation is passed next week. Under proposed new restrictions, serial party-givers...
JUDGE: FOUL IS NOW FAIR
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBeing a bitch isn't as bad as it used to be. A Manhattan judge ruled yesterday that a foulmouthed Funkmaster Flex didn't slander rival hip-hop DJ Big Steph Lova when...
DOZENS OF CONS EYE SEX SWAP
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAbout two dozen prison inmates are receiving the same controversial estrogen treatment a convicted killer is seeking in his sex-change suit against New York state, authorities said yesterday. Mark Brooks,...
U.S. CHEERS FOR TRUE-BLUE TONY - BRITISH PM COMES TO D.C. TO BACK BUSH ON 'JUST' WAR
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush and America's best friend, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, last night stood shoulder to shoulder and said the Iraq war was just - and it's only...
MIKE'S SURPRISE TWIST IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that any plan for nonpartisan elections should not take effect until 2009 - when he won't be running. Bloomberg's surprise announcement - made in a letter...
NYPD'S COMMISH OF PORN
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA top NYPD official who allegedly looted $113,000 from a jailhouse charity to help pay for thousands of inmates' calls to X-rated chat lines, frequently eavesdropped on the steamy sessions,...
LIBESKIND & WIFE HIKE PAY IN NEW WTC DEAL
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amGround Zero architect Daniel Libeskind and his wife and partner, Nina, just got a hefty raise. Under a contract signed last week to refine his master plan for the World...
W. NILE SKEETERS TURN UP ON S.I.
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amWest Nile virus has returned to New York City. Mosquitoes carrying the bug have been found on Staten Island, health officials said yesterday. Mosquitoes collected in a pool in the...
MAYOR HAILS HARLEM WEEK
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amGracie Mansion was in a Harlem state of mind last night as Mayor Bloomberg hosted a reception marking the start of a month-long tribute to the history and culture of...
TEEN 'THIEF,' PALS BUSTED BY MOM
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island mom turned in her son for stealing a computer from a high school - leading to the arrest of four others involved in the heist, cops said...
LEFRAK DRUG GANG TOPPLED - COPS NAB 20 IN RAID ON $2.5M RING
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amA ruthless gang terrorized residents of Lefrak City as it trafficked $2.5 million worth of drugs and guns through the mammoth Queens housing complex, authorities said yesterday. Cops arrested 20...
JURORS WILL SELECT FROM AMONG 5,200 PROPOSALS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe jurors who will select a winning design for a Ground Zero memorial will have to hunt for that one great idea from among 5,200 proposals submitted from all over...
GIULIANI SON'S GOOD FORE!TUNE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amHis dad may have taken Fiorello La Guardia's career path, but Andrew Giuliani, 17, seems to be following the path of Tiger Woods. The son of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
LAME OLD STORY - NOW FRANCO FALTERS AS BENITEZ-LESS METS COLLAPSE IN ATLANTA
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBraves 3 - Mets 2 ATLANTA - The post-Armando Benitez era began last night against a team that was a terror for both Benitez and once and future closer John...
NESSLER SAFE . . . FOR NOW HE'LL KEEP JOB AS TOP NBA VOICE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amWhile ABC/ESPN hopes to add Knick play-by-player Mike Breen to its NBA coverage, the network plans to keep the much-criticized Brad Nessler atop its No. 1 team. "Brad Nessler will...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DAVE O'BRIEN
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with first-year Met-caster Dave O'Brien, who shares the mike with Tom Seaver on WPIX-11. The 39-year-old O'Brien also does at least two games...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: JIM GRAY VS. ANDREA KREMER (WHO IS A BETTER REPORTER?)
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amESPN's Jim Gray is a subtle self-promoter. While he usually asks better questions than your average TV sports reporter, he owns the habit of making himself part of the story....
THE LOVE CONNECTION - DAVIS COULD CHALLENGE TIGER ACROSS THE POND
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSunday, British Open, 8 a.m., ABC ---- ABC golf analyst Ian Baker-Finch likes Tiger Woods to win the British Open, a prediction that's akin to picking the Yankees to make...
ACTION HEATS UP
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amALL aspects of saltwater fishing are in high gear with just about every species cooperating in the catching department. Striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, fluke, porgies and sea bass can be...
LIBERTY DESPERATE TO KO LOSING STREAK
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amAfter his team lost to Washington Tuesday night, Liberty coach Richie Adubato said his team had "definitely needed to win the game" if it were to stay in the playoff...
KENYON WAITS ON MAX FACTOR
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amKenyon Martin's got next. Martin believes his time for a maximum deal will come Aug. 1 when he and the Nets can begin negotiating a contract extension that will prevent...
CASHMAN NOT PLANNING TO GO BATTY WITH TRADES
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Take a good look at the Yankee hitters. They're probably the same ones you're going to see the rest of the season. Although the Yankees have been mentioned...
LAST CALL FOR BOB? - COULD BE FINAL SEASON FOR VOICE OF METS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTHE WORD from in and around the Mets' broadcast booths is that Bob Murphy, a Mets original, 78 years old and only 41 years on this particular job, will likely...
SHARK, TOM NEAR THE TOP
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England - Their names both look so natural near the top of those venerable yellow British Open scoreboards. Greg Norman and Tom Watson, after all, have seven Claret Jugs...
AMAZIN'S MISSING EX-MATES
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets opened the second half last night with two fewer veterans on the roster, and the absence of Jeromy Burnitz and Armando Benitez wasn't lost on anyone...
OPEN OFF TO BAD START - UNKNOWN OTTO LEADS; TIGER 5 BACK
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England - Tiger Woods, looking like a jumpy weekend hacker on the first tee yesterday morning, lost the first ball he hit, spraying it into the knee-high right rough....
MONTY DONE IN BY HAND INJURY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES SANDWICH, England - On the eve of this British Open, Colin Montgomerie, every year one of the European hopefuls to break through with a major championship victory, was...
CZERKAWSKI GETS REPLAY WITH ISLES
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTwo years ago, when rumors were first heard that the Islanders were going to trade Mariusz Czerkawski, the affable sniper pulled a reporter aside and said, "Whatever happens, just let...
HOWARD'S GROOMED FOR FUTURE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amTim Howard is terrible at goodbyes, but for the newest phase of his career to start - playing for Manchester United - he needed closure. So, the North Brunswick, N.J.,...
YANKS, ARMANDO BURY THE HATCHET
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe mantras being recited in the Yankee clubhouse were cliches like "clean slate," "fresh start," and "moving on" - referring to wiping Armando Benitez's slate clean of big blown saves,...
MET PEN TRIES GROUP THERAPY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Don't call it closer by committee, but it sure sounded as if that's what Art Howe was talking about yesterday. With the absence of Armando Benitez,...
SET-UP FOR SUCCESS - ARMANDO EAGER TO GET LAST LAUGH WITH YANKS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00am"I'm glad to be here. I'm ready for this. I'm ready for the moment I come into the game." -ARMANDO BENITEZ --- He sat wearing his Yankee pullover and sporting...
LAMPE'S BUYOUT IS CLOSE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - With Maciej Lampe's improvement over the first three games, the Knicks are hoping to see a quick resolution to his contract-buyout negotiations that sped up yesterday. Sources familiar...
'V' FOR VERY GOOD FRIEND - VALENTINE ADVISES HOW TO HANDLE BENITEZ
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amJOE Torre, this is why you are paid the most money ever to manage. Derek Jeter, this is why you were named captain. Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Mel...
SUZY'S SATISFIED WITH OPENER
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe men can wait. Right now, Suzy Whaley wants to beat the ladies. Whaley, the Connecticut club pro who will compete against the men at next week's Greater Hartford Open,...
MARSHALL SHOOTIN' TO STAY WITH NETS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - If Jason Kidd can get the Nets to take a $22 million gamble on Alonzo Mourning, surely the Nets' superstar can twist GM Rod Thorn's arm and ensure...
HOWE PRIMES PEN FOR GROUP THERAPY
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Don't call it closer by committee, but it sure sounded as if that's what Art Howe was talking about yesterday. With the trade of Armando Benitez,...
SET-UP FOR SUCCESS - BENITEZ GLAD TO GET CHANCE WITH YANKS
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amHe sat wearing his Yankee pullover and sporting his Yankee cap. He spoke in front of a Yankee banner and into a Yankee microphone. Meet Armando Benitez, New York Yankee....
ADDING FUEL TO FIRE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amARMANDO Benitez informed the Stadium scoreboard operators he wanted to shed his theme from his Met days, the ridiculous "Who Let The Dogs Out," and told them to choose a...
LAME OLD STORY: NOW FRANCO FALTERS AS BENITEZ-LESS METS COLLAPSE IN ATLANTA
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBraves 3Mets 2 ATLANTA - The post-Armando Benitez era began last night against a team that was a terror for both Benitez and once and future closer John Franco. Nothing's...
MAT'S ALL FOLKS - HIDEKI WALK-OFF HR CAPS YANKEE RALLY OVER TRIBE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Indians 4 What you are seeing with Hideki Matsui isn't just the evolution of a great rookie, but the explosion of a new Yankee hero. And that...
JETER'S QUIET BAT MAKES BIG NOISE
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amWhatever good karma Derek Jeter took into the All-Star break, whatever sweet swing, is still very much alive. With two out in the eighth, Jeter crushed a clutch, two-run home...
LAMPE'S BUYOUT MOVING FORWARD
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - With Maciej Lampe's improvement over the first four games, the Knicks are hoping to see a quick resolution to his contract-buyout negotiations, which sped up yesterday. Sources familiar...
KNICKS MIGHT SWAP WARD FOR HARRINGTON
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - With sign-and-trade talks for Indiana center Brad Miller not going anywhere, Knicks GM Scott Layden has had conversations with the Pacers about a deal for small forward Al...
THE NEW LOOK METS: AMAZIN' CLUBHOUSE MISSING PRESENCE OF BENNY & BURNITZ
July 18, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets opened the second half last night with two fewer veterans on the roster, and the absence of Jeromy Burnitz and Armando Benitez wasn't lost on anyone...