January 21, 2005
UNIVERSAL MUSIC'S FORECAST RECAST TO SIGN SONGWRITERS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amUniversal Music is dusting off the record label that launched Velvet Underground and rebranding it to target the adult contemporary market. In response to sagging sales of jazz music in...
LOAN ARRANGERS FORD, GM HEAD FOR POTHOLE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFord Motor and General Motors businesses could be careening into unpaved ruts as Americans run out of cheap money, while soaring business debt starts unraveling the car giants' only lifelines....
ARMY LIFE A SLICE: NATIONAL GUARD
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe U.S. Army National Guard is using a novel approach to entice college students to join: pizza. Ads for the National Guard will start appearing next week on pizza boxes...
NASDAQ GLITCH FORCES TRADERS TO ARCHRIVALS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA faulty switch wrecked the trading flow of more than $5 billion in tech stocks yesterday on the Nasdaq - sending angry traders to the exchange's archrivals to do business....
MAG BONANZA OVER BREAKUP
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHE four celebrity magazines that breathlessly covered the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt bustup all hit the jackpot. Their gambles paid off. Usually when only two magazines share a similar image or...
A MELANGE OF INFULENCES
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWHERE was jazz music before it found the blues? Alonzo King's new multimedia work "Before the Blues," which had its New York premiere Tuesday night at the Skirball Center for...
'ROOF' TOPS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amMORE than 40 years ago, Jerome Robbins told me of his latest project: a musical about Sholom Aleichem's dairyman, Tevye. "That's a strange idea," I blurted, thinking, "That's a terrible...
YOU WON'T MIND THIS FEVER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHE Fever may be best known for a dance-floor hit with their version of Sheila E's "Glamorous Life" - but in-the-know Red Hook black belts realize there's more to these...
ROSY VIEW OF ARAKI THE RAKE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFOR 40 years, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki has been blending art with pornography - taking countless snaps of naked women, many in bondage and other S&M poses. "Arakimentari," a fast-paced...
JOYFUL REUNION - NAZIS COULDN'T SINK JEWISH SWIMMERS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHEY weren't exactly the Yankees, but in the 1930s a team of Austrian women swimmers came close - dominating most competitions they entered. They were talented, graceful - and Jewish....
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00am'ROMEO and Juliet," this isn't. True, many love stories begin with two people who can't stand each other and have little in common. It's how they fall in love that...
EXILE TWO ON THE ISLE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amIF you think Martha Stewart is living large in prison, wait till you see "Monsieur N," a fictionalized account of Napoleon Bonaparte's final six years, which he spent under house...
IT'S ALL FOR 'ONE,' AND 'ONE' FOR ALL
January 21, 2005 | 5:00am'SHE'S One of Us" begins with a Dostoyevsky quote, soundless credits, the close-up of a woman's face and, then, a woman's heavy breathing. Having set the mood for the eerie...
U.K. GAL IS OK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBRIT hit Katie Melua cracked the ice in New York with an intimate, warm concert at Joe's Pub. Playing the tight New York club for a late night gig Wednesday...
EMMY MOVE COULD EDGE OUT CABLE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amCHANGES being contemplated for the ratings-challenged prime-time Emmy Awards might not sit well with one faction of the TV industry - cable. That's because one of the ideas reportedly under...
BITTER OVER 'SWEET' - SIMON SENDS WIFE TO DO HIS 'CHARITY' WORK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHE setting: A rehearsal studio in Times Square, where producers Fran and Barry Weissler are hosting a press preview of their upcoming revival of "Sweet Charity," directed by Walter Bobbie...
THIS YEAR'S SPEARS - BRITNEY'S SIS POPS ON THE SCENE WITH HIT 'ZOEY'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amJAMIE Lynn Spears, the kid sister of Britney Spears, is off to a flying start in her new Nickelodeon series. Her new comedy, "Zoey 101," notched Nick its biggest "tween"...
MAKING ALGEBRA ATTRACTIVE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00am'Numb3rs" (no that's not a typo), a new drama coming to CBS Sunday night, is, well, a by-the-numbers crime drama ripped from the "CSI" formula. Only this time, the equation...
KELLY GIRL
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amIt's the blonde leading the blonde when celebutante Nicole Richie takes on Kelly Ripa. This bewitching picture shows the "Simple Life" star lampooning Regis Philbin's morning TV co-host during a...
MARY'S HOT PICKS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amHeat up these frigid nights with New Orleans native Kermit Ruffins, when he brings his hot horn and his warm Louis Armstrong vocal stylings to the Jazz Standard (116 E....
FILM PICK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amAlready one of the most notorious films produced before Hollywood starting enforcing its production code, "Baby Face" is being shown on Monday at Film Forum in a newly discovered version...
MUSIC PICK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amGrammy-grabbing alt-jazz icon Norah Jones headlines a benefit concert for ailing guitarist Jason Crigler at Irving Plaza Tuesday night at 7:30. The performance will also feature Amy Correia, Dennis Brennan...
ROAD KILL - ICE CUBE HITS DEAD END IN 'ARE WE THERE YET?'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWHO says Adam Sandler doesn't have taste? He turned down "Are We There Yet?," a vulgar, grating alleged "family" comedy that buries his unwary replacement, the charming Ice Cube, in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA Nebraska college sent out postcards to prospective students suggesting they'd be getting plenty of sex if they enrolled. The cards, mailed out by Doane College, show a young man...
FEDS BUST $1M NICKEL & DIME 'CON'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFeds on Long Island say they've busted three con men who passed off cheap coins as valuable collectibles to elderly victims - cheating them out of $1 million and robbing...
OIL 'SPY' LOBBIED CARTER - BAGHDAD-BOOST BID
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter was a target of the clandestine lobby campaign launched by an Iraqi-American businessman who admitted he was paid millions of dollars to undermine U.S....
FDNY CRITICS GAL-VANIZED
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFDNY officials came under fire from the City Council yesterday when lawmakers lambasted them for not doing enough to increase the ranks of female and minority firefighters. Women make up...
THE LIBERTY PREZ - BUSH'S KNOCKOUT SPEECH
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amIF you were listening to the commentary after President Bush's speech yesterday, you kept hearing the same adjectives and analyses from friend and foe alike: "Incredibly ambitious." The president, everyone...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police yesterday released a photo (above) of a suspect sought in the shooting death of a man on a Harlem street. Arnaldo Rivera, 29, got into a heated...
AL'S DILEMMA - THE TROUBLE WITH SUCCESS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amOK, it may as well be said: The Rev has "won" - but that victory poses a whole new challenge. After decades as the ultimate outsider and racial bomb-thrower, Al...
O.J. IS DESTROYING HIS KID, TOO
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amDENISE "Danny" Brown had an edge of anger in her voice. "I'm fighting for these kids, you have to understand," she said on the telephone from the California house owned...
SCHOOL BAND 'WICKED'-LY HAPPY
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amSound the trumpets! A Pennsylvania school band that was bilked out of $5,000 and a field trip to the hit musical "Wicked" by a Manhattan ticket agency will give its...
MIKE PREFERS ALL BETS OFF IN BUDGET
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's not a betting man - at least when it comes to the city's finances. Bloomberg said yesterday he's not enthusiastic about Gov. Pataki's proposal to build five video...
B'KLYN MARRIOTT GETS ROOMIER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA hotel grows in Brooklyn - the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is expanding, officials announced yesterday. The hotel is building a 24-story expansion next door on Adams...
SACK STADIUM: POLL - 58% OF NYERS TURN THUMBS DOWN
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA majority of New Yorkers opposes a new stadium on the West Side, according to a poll released yesterday. By a margin of 58 percent to 34 percent, city voters...
BX. MAN SLAIN OVER A PUPPY - TEEN GOES NUTS AFTER HE CAN'T PET DOG: COPS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe irresistible cuteness of a puppy drove a Bronx teenager to slash his girlfriend and fatally stab her cousin yesterday after the two victims refused to let him pet the...
SHEIK JUDGE WANTS GAG AFTER VERDICT
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe federal judge presiding over the terrorism trial of radical lawyer Lynne Stewart wants jurors to keep their mouths shut following the verdict. The Manhattan federal jury is now deliberating...
DEAL OF A LIFETIME FOR AN OLD POISON PUSHER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amHE LOOKED more like a corporate middle manager who'd fallen on hard times than a mid-level drug peddler who'd spent nearly two decades in prison. Ivan Wright, his balding head...
GOV DUCKS PAC RULE WITH BACKDOOR $1M
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - More than $1 million in special-interest money was given last year to a little-known Virginia political-action committee involved in promoting Gov. Pataki for president, records obtained by The...
MAN CLEARED OF RAPING DOWN'S GIRL
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens gardener walked out of court yesterday a free man after a jury acquitted him of charges he raped a 15-year-old girl who has Down syndrome. Prosecutors said Samuel...
'LEAD' ASTRAY - BILL WOULD IMPROVE WATER WARNINGS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amOfficials would be required to get the lead out - and make certain that tenants are quickly informed about problems with water in their buildings - under a proposed City...
ROSARIO HAS REEL CHANCE TO BEAT THE RAP
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amSultry screen siren Rosario Dawson's latest "movie" is getting a private screening - by the Manhattan DA's Office. Dawson, hoping to get charges against her dropped, has given prosecutors footage...
'I'LL KILL YOU' - TEEN VICTIM RIPS UNREPENTANT RAPIST IN COURT
January 21, 2005 | 5:00am"He didn't even say sorry!" A brave 15-year-old girl who came to court yesterday to confront her rapist became hysterical when he refused to apologize or make a statement at...
'COMBATIVE' JENNINGS GRILLED
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe closed-door trial of embattled City Councilman Allan Jennings continued yesterday, with the first full day of cross-examination of the lawmaker by former federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch, sources told The...
'THIEF' DOORMAN WANTS LOWER BAIL
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe Sutton Place doorman accused of using tenant keys to loot their apartments is fighting for lower bail, claiming he wasn't earning enough to afford the $200,000 bail ordered by...
REHNQUIST RALLIES TO GIVE OATH
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Looking weak and unsteady, cancer-stricken Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist rallied yesterday to swear in President Bush, but quickly retreated back inside the Capitol so he could...
ASIANS FEAR 'DIRTY BOMB' BACKLASH
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amNews of a nationwide dragnet for four Chinese nationals suspected of carrying a "dirty bomb" could set off a nasty backlash against Asian-Americans, worried community groups said yesterday. An anonymous...
LUCKY 'FELLER - GRAMPS IS 1ST DRUG CON FREED BY ROCKY REFORMS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn grandfather's lengthy prison sentence was reduced under the state's reformed drug laws - the first in a likely avalanche of offenders to go free. Ivan Wright, 69, gave...
'GAY' SPONGE SCRAP - FOES RIP 'BOB' FLICK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amConservative groups are putting the squeeze on a film starring SpongeBob SquarePants bound for city elementary schools - charging it promotes a gay lifestyle. The four-minute video features the wildly-popular...
BUSH UNLEASHES FREEDOM'S 'FIRE' - SWORN IN FOR A 2ND TERM WITH VOW TO LIGHT 'DARKEST CORNERS OF WORLD'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday launched his second term with a speech of soaring optimism as he vowed to spread "this untamed fire of freedom" to the world's darkest corners...
TOMORROW'S SNOWSTORM WILL START OFF ON THE WHITE 'FOOT'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe first major snowstorm of the year is on target to whack New York City - and it could dump up to a foot of the white stuff tomorrow. Forecasters...
TIX'D OFF - SEN. SLUGS AGENT IN B'KLYN TRAFFIC FIGHT; SENATOR SLUGS TRAFFIC AGENT: COPS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amState Sen. Kevin Parker (right) was busted in Brooklyn yesterday for punching a city traffic agent who tried to give him a ticket, police said. Parker allegedly crumpled up the...
JUMBO NEWBORN - BRAZIL INFANT WEIGHS IN AT 16 LBS., 11 OZ
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWhoa, baby! A cuddly infant born at a Brazilian hospital really put the word bundle into bundle of joy. Ademilton dos Santos tipped the scales at a whopping 16 pounds,...
PRESIDENTIAL GOODY BAGS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Dignitaries who went to President Bush's inauguration - lawmakers and Cabinet officials - took away a silver shopping bag with a few mementos to mark the occasion. There...
DANCER GETS A 450G 'LEG' UP ON BOTCH DOCTOR
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA professional dancer whose livelihood was destroyed when a doctor operated on the wrong knee was awarded $450,000 by a Manhattan jury yesterday. Douglas Hall "was a dancer, choreographer and...
JUST CAN'T 'TOP' LAURA FOR SMART FASHION
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amHats off to Laura Bush. The First Lady smartly blew off the tradition of wearing headgear for yesterday's swearing-in ceremony. She also resisted the temptation to wear patriotic blue. Instead,...
WOMAN CLAIMS COSBY GROPED HER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA Canadian woman is accusing comedian Bill Cosby of sexually groping her at his Philadelphia-area home after giving her some pills that made her dizzy, a new report says. "The...
ANTIQUES SALE OF THE CENTURIES
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amNew York City's social season kicked off with the opening party for the 51st Winter Antiques Show last night - and collectors and the city's elite were expected to fork...
KERIK PARTIES ON AT RUDY GALA
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Disgraced Bernard Kerik wasn't slinking in the shadows at President Bush's inauguration yesterday - he mingled with guests at pal Rudy Giuliani's parade-watching party. Kerik, who attended with...
ECHOES OF JFK'S WORLD VISION
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's inaugural speech echoes no recent president as much as Democrat John F. Kennedy in its call to spread "this untamed fire of freedom" all across the...
1ST LADY'S THE BELLE OF BALL - DUMPS HER OLD FRUMP ON BIG NIGHT
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amHats off to Laura Bush. The first lady smartly blew off the tradition of wearing headgear for yesterday's swearing-in ceremony. She also resisted the temptation to wear Beltway blue. Instead,...
TRUCK KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN MIDTOWN CROSSWALK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA man rushing to beat a changing traffic light was struck and killed by a truck in Midtown yesterday, police and witnesses said. The victim, a man in his 60s...
MIKE WANTS ALL BETS OFF IN BUDGET
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's not a betting man - at least when it comes to the city's finances. Bloomberg said yesterday he's not enthusiastic about Gov. Pataki's proposal to build five video...
L.I. 'BAT-MEN' STRIKE FOR 8TH TIME
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe Long Island "bat-men bandits" struck twice in a 24-hour period, bashing a pizza deliveryman in the mouth last night - after their previous victim came out swinging and drove...
BUSH UNLEASHES FREEDOM'S 'FIRE' - SWORN IN WITH VOW TO FIGHT TYRANNY
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday launched his second term with a speech of soaring optimism as he vowed to spread "this untamed fire of freedom" to the world's darkest corners...
TWO MORE BUSTED IN GRID-STAR SLAY CASE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBrooklyn cops made two more arrests yesterday in the shooting death of Fairfield University football star Mark Fisher, The Post has learned. Thomas "Tommy" Saleh and James Petrillo, both of...
KERIK PARTIES AT RUDY GALA
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Disgraced Bernard Kerik wasn't slinking in the shadows at the inauguration yesterday - he mingled with guests at pal Rudy Giuliani's parade-watching party. Kerik, who attended with his...
TRUCK KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN MIDTOWN
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amA man rushing to beat a changing traffic light was struck and killed by a truck in Midtown yesterday, police and witnesses said. The victim, a man in his 60s...
COPS 'TAG' 2ND SCRAWL SUSPECT
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amPolice busted one of the city's most-wanted graffiti sprayers yesterday, as part of a major push against paint-wielding vandals. Cops nabbed Anthony Larosa, 20, of Queens, whose tag is PINZ...
TIX'D OFF - SEN. SLUGS AGENT IN B'KLYN TRAFFIC FIGHT; SENATOR SLUGS TRAFFIC AGENT IN B'KLYN: COPS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBrooklyn State Sen. Kevin Parker (right) was busted in his home district yesterday for slugging a city traffic agent after crumpling up a ticket and throwing it in his face,...
FEDS NOW HUNTING 14 'BOMB' SUSPECTS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe number of Chinese nationals being sought for questioning in Boston's potential "dirty bomb" attack has risen from four to 14. The FBI added 10 new names to its manhunt...
QNS. GI IS W.'S DANCING QUEEN
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe Army specialist let her commander-in-chief lead. Army Spc. Jazmin Azcona, a Queens native, took to the floor with President Bush at the Commander-in-Chief Ball during last night's inaugural festivities....
VICTIM STOPS 'BAT-MEN' FROM ROBBIN'
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe Long Island "bat-men bandits" struck out when their latest unarmed victim came out swinging - and drove them off, cops said. Nassau Robbery Squad Det. Sgt. Gary Schriffen said...
GROOMSDAY COMING - TRUMP 'JITTERY' ON EVE OF 'TRADITIONAL' NUPS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amMelania Knauss won't carry a bouquet tomorrow when she walks down the aisle to wed Donald Trump, but he says they will bow to tradition when exchanging vows - think...
KERIK PARTIES ON - JOINS RUDY'S BIG D.C. BASH
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Disgraced Bernard Kerik wasn't slinking in the shadows at President Bush's inauguration yesterday - he mingled with guests at pal Rudy Giuliani's parade-watching party. Kerik, who attended with...
CAPTAINS GET TAGGED
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFOR the first time in the 17-year history of the striped bass tagging program, fishermen who have been selling their stripers are being asked to requalify to receive their 2005...
GREED BETWEEN THE LINES - SOME 'RECORDS' ARE JUST PLAIN UGLY
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHE story had ugly written all over it, especially between the lines. Monday's papers carried word that TCU's Sandora Irvin had broken a Div. I women's record with 16 blocked...
RUSHIN' TANKS TO POUND PATS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Basically, the Steelers beat the Patriots here by pounding them in the head until Bill Belichick's lights went out. Bright winners of 21 straight, the Pats suddenly were...
BACK'S TO THE WALL - DEALING BARON NO BIG EASY FOR HORNETS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBARON Davis has a treacherous back (that requires surgery, I'm told, and prevents him from practicing when all other body parts are functioning normally), a ghastly contract ($62.9 million guaranteed...
EAGLES: GO, WESTBROOK! - SMALL RUNNING BACK PLAYS BIG
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBack in the offseason of 2002, Warrick Dunn was a free agent who was not headed back to Tampa Bay, and the Eagles were interested in signing him - very...
IT'S TIME TO GET IT DON - PHILLY FANS NEED MCNABB TO WIN
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Donovan McNabb has come so far since that strange spring afternoon in 1999, when his name was announced and a small but energized corps of Eagles fans drowned...
EAGLES KICKER AKERS GRATEFUL TO FALCONS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amNFC NOTES If Sunday's NFC Championship game comes down to a field goal in inclement weather, the Eagles will breathe a sigh of relief because they have David Akers as...
EWING TO STEPH: KEEP LIPS ZIPPED
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing was always quick with a playoff guarantee but rarely tooted his own horn. Yesterday, the Knick legend and current Rockets assistant coach gave a word of...
ADAM BOOMS - VINATIERI LETHAL WEAPON FOR PATS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - Josh Miller is in his first season as the Patriots' punter and holder for Pro Bowl kicker Adam Vinatieri after playing the previous eight years with the Steelers....
NETS SAY VINCE GETS PASSING GRADE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amVince Carter's attitude had been impugned more often than Condoleezza Rice's integrity, from his old teammates to his brother-in-law. But to a man, the Nets say their new star is...
LENNY, KNICKS CIRCLE WAGONS
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amEmbattled Lenny Wilkens didn't care to hear Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy's name brought up yesterday. In a sign of the rising tension and coaching hot seat getting hotter, Wilkens...
MET MONEY BEST SPENT ELSEWHERE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amCARLOS Delgado, through his agent David Sloane, says what he is emphasizing now is enlisting with an organization that gives him the best chance to win over the next five...
MACAO GIVES MIG NO. 3995
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amOne and done? With below-zero wind chills predicted for today at Big A, don't be surprised if card's cancelled early on account of jockeys' frozen fingers making it hard to...
MCCAREINS: NEW OC'S A CREATOR
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - You could almost hear the smile creasing on Justin McCareins' face over the telephone line when the topic of Mike Heimerdinger was brought up. McCareins, who played for...
NHL SHOOTS FOR MAGIC NUMBER
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE are drop-dead messages, delivered sometimes in the form of a slap across the players' collective face, and there are drop-dead dates, and they are never to be confused. Which...
SHORT A MILLION - METS' DELGADO BID 2ND BEST
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThe Mets only slightly improved their month-old offer to Carlos Delgado yesterday, coming in just below what Florida had already bid. During a three-hour meeting in Puerto Rico, the club...
TESTS OF CHAMPIONS - SUPE WILL BE ON FOR PATS, EAGLES
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amBILL Belichick may not be God, but he apparently at least knows Him. As late as last Saturday night, there was no snow in the forecast for Foxboro from 4:30-8...
LITTLE PROGRESS AS NHL TALKS GO BACK ON ICE
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThis is no time to stop talking, not unless it's time to stop hoping for a 2005 NHL season. The sides in the NHL owners' lockout did not rule out...
NHL SEASON A LONGSHOT AS TALKS ADJOURN
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThat last slim hope for a 2005 NHL season? Fat chance. Despite the urgent 11th-hour stage of the owners' lockout, the league and the Players Association adjourned collective bargaining negotiations...
MAD DOG - VISITING PATS FAVORED OVER 16-1 STEELERS - AND COWHER'S ANGRY!
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amSteeler coach Bill Cowher will likely stand in front of his team prior to Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Patriots. His jaw will probably jut out, while saliva will...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DAN MARINO
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with CBS and HBO Sports' Dan Marino, who is expected to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame prior to...
YES MAY TAP JUSTICE - EX-YANK EYED AS ANALYST
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amESPN's David Justice is at the top of YES' short list to be a new Yankee game and studio analyst, NYP TV Sports has learned. YES has the opening because...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
January 21, 2005 | 5:00amTO: Sean McManus, CBS Sports president FROM: Andrew Marchand RE: Dick Enberg CC: Willie Mays Dear Sean, Many baseball execs will tell you the hardest situation for a manager to...