July 23, 2003
SHELL SHOCK ; PRICEY LOBSTER, DONE RIGHT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amCITY LOBSTER & CRAB COMPANY ½ 121 W. 49TH ST.; (212) 354-1717 MIDTOWN'S west side needed a decent, old- fashioned fish house, and City Lobster & Crab fits the bill....
HE'S HIGH & DRY: VIVENDI MAY STICK COHEN WITH $56M FRAUD BILL
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amLyor Cohen has a serious money problem. Vivendi's Universal Music Group has said it may not indemnify the brash exec for millions of dollars in damages Cohen has been ordered...
NEW SKYLINE TO RISE AROUND WOOLWORTH
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amDOWNTOWN's historic Woolworth Building will get an equally tall neighbor when a roughly 50-story residential tower rises at nearby 10 Barclay St. Glenwood Management had been planning the tower, near...
EXIT WAS NEWS TO NEWSIES
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amEdward Kosner went to great lengths to hide the news that he was on the way out at The Daily News. In the announcement, curiously published in only the late...
TD EYEING A DEAL FOR U.S. E-BROKERAGE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amToronto-Dominion Bank publicly shut the door on a possible deal for its TD Waterhouse discount brokerage unit. But privately, it's leaving a window open. In recent weeks, the Canadian bank...
AMENDMENT BACKS STATE REGULATORS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA California congressman plans to battle a bill that would limit the right of state regulators to pursue securities fraud. Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman said he will introduce an amendment...
EDIBLE STRAW A HIT FOR 7-ELEVEN CHAIN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amConvenience chain 7-Eleven is sucking up new profits from an edible straw being sold to drink its popular Slurpee beverages. The candy straw sells for 49 cents and is a...
NEUBERGER'S $2.6B SALE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amNeuberger Berman Vice Chairman Marvin Schwartz, a 42-year veteran of the money management firm, is in line to hit a $178 million jackpot if Lehman Brothers completes its planned $2.6...
NEWS IS IN CHAOS AS KOSNER LEAVES
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe newsroom at the faltering Daily News was plunged into turmoil yet again yesterday, as the paper announced the departure of Editor-in-Chief Ed Kosner without any indication of who might...
NEWS FROM IRAQ BOOSTS MARTS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe reported wipeout of Saddam's two fugitive sons boosted the value of stocks as much as $30 billion - and greased the wheels for another quick rally. Oil prices also...
UPHEAVAL A SURPRISE AT NORMALLY STEADY W
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amW magazine, in the Fairchild wing of the Newhouse empire, comes under the watchful eye of Editorial Director Patrick McCarthy and is normally one of the steadiest ships in the...
CSFB'S PEEK TO CIT GROUP
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amJeffrey Peek, a Credit Suisse First Boston vice chairman and onetime top contender for the presidential post at Merrill Lynch, has resigned to join CIT Group's executive suite. Peek, who...
NEUBERGER EXEC GETS $178M IN LEHMAN BUY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amNeuberger Berman Vice Chairman Marvin Schwartz, a 42-year veteran of the money management firm, is in line to hit a $178 million jackpot if Lehman Brothers completes its planned $2.6...
REPORT OF HUSSEINS' DEATH PUMPS MARTS, CUTS OIL PRICE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe reported wipeout of Saddam's two fugitive sons boosted the value of stocks as much as $30 billion - and greased the wheels for another quick rally. Oil prices also...
SAD CUBAN REFUGEE TALE REALLY FLOATS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amBALSEROS (CUBAN RAFTERS) Escaping Castro. Running time: 120 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. IN 1994, some 50,000 Cubans tried...
'WING' GETS FIRST DAUGHTER
July 23, 2003 | 4:00am'WEST Wing's" President Bartlet has another daughter. Annabeth Gish has joined the cast of "West Wing" to play Elizabeth Bartlet, the often-talked-about-but-never-seen older daughter of President Jed Barlet (Martin Sheen)...
ON THE SIDE: AQUAVIT'S MOVIN' ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amSCANDINAVIAN chef Marcus Samuelsson will be packing up his kippers and moving Aquavit to a larger space. Sources say Samuelsson and partner Hakan Swahn are taking a lease at 68...
VAMP ON REAL-LIFE PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHOW do you shoot a full-scale movie musical on a measly $1.8 million? If you're making "Camp," you get composers like musical-theater legend Stephen Sondheim to donate their songs (he...
'CHARITY' BITTERNESS ; SEE JANE HAVE A FIT OVER SIMPLE SIMON ROLE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amDON'T seat Jane Krakowski and Neil Simon at the same dinner table anytime soon. The sexy "Nine" star and the legendary playwright were at each other's throats during last week's...
TOME À LONE FOOD: SINGLE INGREDIENTS DOE THEIR SOLO ACTS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amIT starts with a newspaper clipping. Before long, your house is crammed with so many cookbooks, magazines and scraps of paper, it's bulging like a bad can of foie gras....
FORGET SPAGHETTI - TRY THE CICCHETTI
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amLE ZOCCOLE 95 AVENUE A (CORNER OF SIXTH STREET) (212) 260-6660 TODAY'S word is cicchetti (cheh-KEH- tee). Use it at Le Zoccole in the East Village and prepare for a...
CH. 4 NEWS PROMOTES HANSON
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amJane HansonCH. 4 has elevated Darlene Rodriguez to co-host of "Today in New York" -while promoting Jane Hanson and hiring former Ch. 7 reporter David Ushery. Hanson, who's been the...
IS JOEY THE NEW FRASIER? NBC IS TRYING TO DO WITH 'FRIENDS' WHAT IT DID 10 YEARS AGO WITH 'CHEERS' - FIND A SMART SPINOFF
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amNBC is hoping to replicate the success of "Frasier" - which was spun off from "Cheers" to become one of the most successful shows in TV history - with a...
CASTING CALL FOR JESSICA MOVIE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amNBC yesterday began casting its unauthorized movie about Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. The controversial film began to move forward as Lynch was released from the hospital and made her first,...
THE FUROR IN THE BUREAU
July 23, 2003 | 4:00am"National Geographic Special: The FBI" Tonight at 8 on WNET/Ch. 13 Three stars ( * * *) IF this "National Geographic Special" is to be believed, then Louis Freeh must...
HOT TO TROT : 'SEABISCUT' HORSE STAR REAL LEADING MAN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA horse is a horse of course, of course, but the feisty little red bay star of "Seabiscuit" was something else altogether - and it took a stable of ponies...
THE STARR REPORT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00am'Curb' appeal: David takes it to the Max Larry David as Max Bialystock in "The Producers"? Hey, it's happening - at least in the world of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA ghoul stole heads and other human body parts from a California hospital and stashed them at his house, cops say. David Beale, 46, was released on $10,000 bail after...
'SPIDEY' FUELED BY VITAMINS: COPS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHow does "Spider-Man" get that special Spidey climbing power? Apparently, by eating vitamins and a balanced breakfast. Accused wall-climbing burglar Rufus Graham told cops he scaled a fence and scaffolding...
'PIED PIPER' PERV GUILTY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe was the perverted "pied piper" of Harlem - and now he faces up to 25 years in prison. A Manhattan jury yesterday convicted building superintendent Clarence Wade, 49, of...
LIBERIAN REBELS HOLD FIRE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amLiberian rebels at the gates of Monrovia ordered their forces to hold fire yesterday as the death toll from the last five days soared above 600. But there was no...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amLET'S get spiritual! The Young Patrons of Guild Hall - including Gwyneth Paltrow and Willem Dafoe - are hosting the Third Annual East Hampton Benefit Saturday at Guild Hall, 158...
BIG WIN IN BATTLE FOR HEARTS & MINDS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The deaths of Saddam Hussein's detested sons, Uday and Qusay, hand U.S. forces an important psychological victory in the grueling battle for peace in Iraq. But their violent...
WRITE ON! OUR KIDS #1
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's fourth-graders are better readers and writers than kids from other large U.S. cities, national test scores released yesterday show. Big Apple students outscored those in Los Angeles, Chicago,...
FAMILY AFFAIRS ; KOBE FATHER IN-LAW ALSO AN ADULTERER
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE ORANGE, Calif. - Kobe Bryant's father-in-law has a roving eye and a cheating heart - just like the NBA superstar, The Post has learned. Sophia Laine, mother of Bryant's...
HER FEISTY FANS DID AS SHE TAUGHT THEM
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA FEISTY Elena Garay ran across the street toward the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in defiance of the nearby cop. "Ma'am, Ma'am!!" the cop screamed, falling just one ma'am...
GOP BLAST AT 'NAIVE' DEMS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amOn the eve of a Republican huddle in the city today, President Bush's pick to head the GOP is circulating a memo that blasts Democrats as "naive" politicians who are...
CAR-CRASH $CAMMERS NABBED: DA
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amOperating for five years out of a store on West 144th Street, two crooks ran a multimillion-dollar car-crash scam, Manhattan prosecutors charged. The fraudsters hired 10 people - they called...
THUG STABBED WITH OWN KNIFE: COPS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Staten Island man was in critical condition yesterday after he crashed through an apartment window and onto the sidewalk during a furious knife fight with a teen he...
'SNAKE' & PLAYBOY HAD ONLY LUST FOR BLOOD IN COMMON: UDAY HUSSEIN 1964-2003
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHE turned torture into an art form, killed as a hobby and raped women for sport. Uday Hussein - Saddam's oldest son at 39 - exasperated even his tyrannical father...
END OF A DYNASTY; SADDAM'S REIGN IS TRULY OVER
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE deaths of Saddam's sons is a more important step in the liberation of Iraq than the fall of Baghdad. Their deaths destroyed the dynasty at the heart of Saddam's...
WTC BIG HOPEFUL OF TWIN WIN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amWorld Trade Center landlord Larry Silverstein said yesterday he was "very optimistic" insurers would be forced to fork out as much as $7 billion for rebuilding, after he pressed his...
CITY CELEBRATES CELIA'S SWEETNESS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amIn an adios befitting royalty, Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz was laid to rest yesterday after a funeral in which her golden coffin was carried through Manhattan in a horse-drawn,...
'SNAKE' & PLAYBOY HAD ONLY LUST FOR BLOOD IN COMMON: QUSAY HUSSEIN 1966-2003
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amSADDAM HUSSEIN'S youngest son, Qusay, had plenty of blood on his hands - but the crazed germaphobic personally detested getting them dirty. When it came to torturing prisoners by dropping...
LIBERTY MEDAL'S 'HISTORIC' EVENT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe award that honors New York's everyday heroes cemented its place in history yesterday when The New-York Historical Society gave the New York Post Liberty Medal a permanent spot in...
MUCH ADO ABOUT TOILET DEAL
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amCompanies started lining up yesterday to bring public toilets to the city's streets. The day after Mayor Bloomberg reached a deal with the City Council to build up to 20...
'EAR BITER' PINS BLAME ON TABLE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe table did it! A Mike Tyson wannabe, charged with biting off a Queens court officer's ear, testified yesterday that the injury actually happened when the victim fell on the...
WELCOME HOME PRIVATE JESSICA
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amFreed POW Jessica Lynch, whose rescue from an Iraqi hospital at the height of the war against Saddam Hussein captured the hearts and imagination of the country, finally returned to...
RESTROOM IS JOHNNY ON THE SPOT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amNew Yorkers heeding the call of nature yesterday gave the city's new Greeley Square sidewalk restroom a universal thumbs-up. Charles Ronnie, 30, of Brooklyn said he couldn't have survived his...
AMERICA'S SWEETHEART HAS HER SERGEANT AT ARM-IN-ARMS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amPALESTINE, W.Va. - Sgt. Ruben Contreras declared his love yesterday for "America's Sweetheart" Jessica Lynch. The touching revelation came during a rousing and emotional welcome from the folks of this...
SPEAKER EYES VOTER ED FUNDS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller - a vocal opponent of nonpartisan elections - refused yesterday to rule out using government funds to "educate" voters about the hotly debated charter revision...
'BUNGLING BANK ROBBER' NAILED
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe "Bungling Bank Robber" - who is believed responsible for at least seven heists - has been arrested, police sources said. The suspect allegedly hit seven banks, most of them...
WTC KIN WIN BATTLE OF BUS DEPOT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA group of Sept. 11 victims' families won a battle yesterday in a campaign to preserve the footprints of the World Trade Center for the Ground Zero memorial complex. Bowing...
IRAQ'S HATED SONS GO DOWN - U.S. FORCES KILL UDAY AND QUSAY IN SIX-HOUR BATTLE AT HIDEAWAY VILLA
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed in a hail of gunfire yesterday during a six-hour battle with U.S. troops in the biggest allied victory since the...
SEX ASSAULT VICTIM GETS THREATS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe young woman who accused NBA superstar Kobe Bryant of sexual assault received death threats after her name, home address, phone number and e-mail address were disseminated on the Internet,...
BIG BOOST FOR LOW-KEY BUSH OVER ANTI-WAR DEMS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe death of Uday and Qusay Hussein is a giant boost for President Bush at a time when Democratic presidential contenders have been taking a tougher anti-war stance in the...
LAWYER'S TERROR RAP NIXED
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday tossed out charges that civil-rights lawyer Lynne Stewart assisted blind terror sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman by smuggling communiqués out of his prison cell. In a shocking ruling,...
HARVEY'S GOT $TYLE - 5G MONTHLY CLOTHES BILL, COURT HEARS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe's famous for baring all in "The Piano," but in real life, actor Harvey Keitel is a $5,000-a-month fashion plate. That's what the "Reservoir Dogs" star said he spends on...
FAMILY AFFAIRS; KOBE FATHER IN-LAW ALSO 'ADULTERER'
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE ORANGE, Calif. - Kobe Bryant's father-in-law allegedly has a roving eye and a cheating heart - just like the NBA superstar. Sophia Laine, mother of Bryant's wife, Vanessa, says...
SMOKERS GET ALL FIRED UP FOR 1 DAY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe city Health Department is allowing customers in seven lucky bars to puff away despite Mayor Bloomberg's smoking ban - if only for a day, officials said yesterday. Under the...
TREE KILLS GRANDMA - BELOVED WIFE OF RABBI IN B'KLYN STORM TRAGEDY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA beloved Brooklyn grandmother walking along a Midwood street with her daughter was killed yesterday by a massive tree limb torn from the trunk by a thunderstorm, police said. Hinda...
WTC KIN WIN BUS-DEPOT ROW
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA group of Sept. 11 victims' families won a battle yesterday in a campaign to preserve the footprints of the World Trade Center for the Ground Zero memorial complex. Bowing...
ASSAULT VICTIM GETS THREATS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe woman who accused NBA superstar Kobe Bryant of sexual assault received death threats after her name, home address, phone number and e-mail address were posted on the Internet, a...
KEITEL'S GOT A $TYLE ALL HIS OWN: 5G A MONTH ON CLOTHES
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe's famous for baring all in "The Piano," but in real life, actor Harvey Keitel is a $5,000-a- month fashion plate. That's what the "Reservoir Dogs" star said he spends...
GOV OKS $1.3B BX. WATER PLANT
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA reluctant Gov. Pataki yesterday signed into law legislation that allows for the construction of a $1.3 billion water-filtration plant under Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx. Pataki waited until...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (s, lcf) * A bike messenger was struck and killed by a truck in Midtown during evening rush hour yesterday, cops said. The 31-year-old messenger, whose name was withheld,...
CRITICS LOSE ONE: THE GOOD NEWS IS BAD FOR DEMS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amSOMETIME yesterday, you heard that Saddam Hussein's two sons were killed by U.S. forces. The question is: Upon hearing the news, were you thrilled? Did you consider this a great...
KEITEL $TYLE: 5G MONTHLY ON CLOTHES
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe's famous for baring all in "The Piano," but in real life, actor Harvey Keitel is a $5,000-a- month fashion plate. That's what the "Reservoir Dogs" star said he spends...
KID-MOLEST 'PIED PIPER' CONVICTED
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe was the perverted "pied piper" of Harlem - and now he faces up to 25 years in prison. A Manhattan jury yesterday convicted building superintendent Clarence Wade, 49, of...
WHIZ-BANG JOB: FIRMS VYING TO BUILD CITY PUBLIC TOILETS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amCompanies started lining up yesterday to bring public toilets to the city's streets. The day after Mayor Bloomberg reached a deal with the City Council to buildup to 20 public...
TREE KILLS GRANDMA: STORM TRAGEDY IN B'KLYN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amA beloved Brooklyn grandmother walking along a Midwood street with her daughter was killed yesterday by a massive tree limb torn from the trunk by a thunderstorm, police said. Hinda...
SPA SET FOR STELLAR MEET
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - As a taste of things to come in what promises to be a mouth-watering meet at historic Saratoga Race Course, a smorgasbord of 118 horses passed the...
GET OFF TO A FLYING START
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The six-week meet at the Old Spa is always more fun, and profitable, when you're playing with the house's money, which is why it's imperative to get...
LIBERTY STILL TRYING TO AVOID ROAD-KILL
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Liberty won their second straight game on Sunday over Indiana, but Vickie Johnson still wasn't content. "This was a good game," Johnson said after the team restored its winning...
SMART STARTS PURSUIT OF DREAM
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Dreamer remembers when he was in the bleachers watching his hometown Jets. Now Jets fans in the bleachers are watching him, cheering him on. "Being from this...
CURTIS TOO FATIGUED TO PLAY AT HARTFORD
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amCROMWELL, Conn. - British Open champion Ben Curtis yesterday withdrew from the Greater Hartford Open, much to the dismay of tournament organizers. Curtis initially said he would follow through with...
WHALEY PUMPED UP FOR GHO TEST
July 23, 2003 | 4:00am"My golf swing is in good shape. I feel good about it."SUZY WHALEY CROMWELL, Conn. - Suzy Whaley was finding a groove on the back nine of her practice round...
PROF. MO GIVING BENITEZ COURSE IN CONFIDENCE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amOf all the people who want Armando Benitez to succeed, perhaps none feels more strongly about it than Mariano Rivera. "Anybody that can come in here and make my job...
PICKS WAIT AS GIANTS OPEN CAMP
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amIt is no coincidence the NFL teams that open training camp early often get their draft picks signed earlier than the teams that start later. That's the way it often...
ABSENT PARENTS WILL BE CARTER'S GUESTS OF HONOR
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Kid has been asked to keep his acceptance speech to 20 minutes Sunday, but who is Kidding whom? Gary Carter was not a man of few words any more...
POWER DIMINISHED
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amHow much did Saturday's 2-0 loss to Washington hurt the Power? Consider this: Before the teams met, the 7-8-2 Power had a strong grip on third place and were looking...
HOW SWEEP IT IS! METS FINISH OFF PHILLY AS ROOKIE CALL-UP STARS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amMets 7Phillies 5 PHILADELPHIA - The Mets insisted that Double-A call-up Jeff Duncan was ready for the big leagues. Frankly, Duncan is everything Roger Cedeno used to be - and...
KNICKS CLOSE TO SPREE DEAL
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amKnicks GM Scott Layden hasn't made a trade in 13 months but he is on the verge of breaking the slide and shipping Latrell Sprewell for Keith Van Horn. Last...
BERNIE FIGHTS FUNK ; SLUMPING WILLIAMS 6-FOR-37 SINCE RETURN FROM DL
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThere was a buzz in the Trenton air last night that Nick Johnson was going to rejoin the Yankees in time for tonight's game and take his spot as the...
STILL WAITING FOR LEFTY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With Scott Sauerbeck going from the Pirates to the Red Sox yesterday, the pool of available lefty relievers got a little smaller for the Yankees. And if St....
TOP PICK'S DAD MIFFED AT AMAZIN'S
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Tony Milledge wants his son, Lastings, to begin his professional career. He says the Mets have other ideas about their 2003 first-round pick. "They really haven't...
HARRIS REMAINS 'HOPEFUL' FOR NEW DEAL FROM NETS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe money to spend is limited, so the search for a shooter can't be too expansive for the Nets. But there's one guy, Lucious Harris, who still wants to fill...
LIBERTY HIT ROAD WITH HIGH HOPES
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Liberty won their second straight game on Sunday over Indiana, but Vickie Johnson still wasn't content. "This was a good game," Johnson said after the team restored its winning...
FOR KIDS, THINK SAFETY
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE past couple of weeks I've seen some serious mistakes being made by parents or guardians on what appears to be a first-time fishing trip with a child. When you...
CARTER WON'T FORGET DAD AT COOPERSTOWN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Kid has been asked to keep his acceptance speech to 20 minutes Sunday, but who is Kidding whom? Gary Carter was not a man of few words any more...
HOW SWEEP IT IS! METS FINISH OFF PHILLY AS ROOKIE STARS
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amMets 7Phillies 5 PHILADELPHIA - The Mets insisted that Double-A call-up Jeff Duncan was ready for the big leagues. Frankly, Duncan is everything Roger Cedeno used to be - and...
RIGHT TIME TO DUMP SPREE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amYOUR first reaction, no doubt, will be anger. There are two reasons for that. Foremost is the improbable affinity that grew between Latrell Sprewell and the people of basketball New...
VAN HORN WAS BEST THE KNICKS COULD HOPE FOR
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amKnick fans who considered Latrell Sprewell the end-all and be-all probably aren't happy today. But several league executives have said for months Sprewell's market value had steadily decreased. "I did...
KNICKS ARE SET TO SAY SPREE YA: FOUR-TEAM DEAL SENDS LATRELL TO MINNY; VAN HORN HEADS TO GARDEN
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell's career with the Knicks is all but over. In an attempt to get younger and longer in their undersized frontcourt, the Knicks are set to obtain 6-10 Keith...
IT'S OLD-TIMER'S DAY: YANKS ACQUIRE OROSCO
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amTheir first choice was Scott Sauerbeck, but Pirate GM Dave Littlefield told the Yankees they didn't have what it would take to get the lefty reliever, and dealt him to...
NICK'S BRONX-BOUND
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The answer was blowing in the Trenton wind last night: The Yankees are expecting to regain Nick Johnson tonight, to be their DH and hit in the nine-hole....
YANKS-BOSOX LOSING LUSTER: WILD-CARD SAPS SUSPENSE
July 23, 2003 | 4:00amWE huddle around the slumping center fielder, our voices solemn and serious. We kick the heels of our shoes around the locker of the enigmatic starting pitcher, exchanging small talk,...