September 5, 2002
BIG PAPER COMPANIES NAMED IN ASBESTOS-LIABILITY SUITS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amPAPER manufacturers have a lot of problems, but asbestos liability didn't seem to be one of them. Now add it to the list. Call it the spirit of full disclosure,...
TIMES SQUARE TOWER TALKS TO IBM, LAWYERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWho needs Arthur Andersen, anyway? Now that the beleaguered consulting firm's anchor-tenant lease for the 1.23 million-square-foot Times Square Tower has officially tanked, Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties has admitted it...
TWO NOT-GUILTY PLEAS IN WORLDCOM CASE; MORE CHARGES DUE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors told a judge yesterday that more WorldCom bigwigs could be indicted in a $3.8 billion accounting scam after two former financial execs pleaded not guilty to securities fraud...
SEC CUTS A BREAK TO 'CHAINSAW AL'
September 5, 2002 | 4:00am"Chainsaw" Al Dunlap will walk away from the rubble of Sunbeam with millions, after settling the SEC's fraud charges against him for just $500,000. Dunlap reportedly raked in $100 million...
AUG. AUTO SALES DRIVE RALLY, DOW CLIMBS 117
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amStocks rallied after automakers said sales rose in August - a sign that strong consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of U.S. economic growth, has not abated. The Dow Jones industrial...
GOOD THING OF MARTHA'S OUT: EXPERTS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amExecs at Martha Stewart's company they're not looking for a new CEO to replace her - but Wall Street pros say they should. Analysts say the company should push the...
SPITZER PROBING SOLLY'S HIRING OF ANALYST
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe New York attorney general's office is looking into the events surrounding Salomon Smith Barney's hiring of a key research analyst just weeks before it won a lucrative financing assignment...
YOU'LL SEYMOUR AT SAKS LATE NEXT YEAR
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMove over, Martha - Jane Seymour's bucking to be the new megabrand. The former "Medicine Woman" has signed a deal to develop and sell an exclusive collection of home products...
HOUSE PROBING GOLDMAN, CSFB
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amLawmakers have expanded their probe of Wall Street to encircle two more white-shoe investment banks. The House Financial Services Committee sent 10-page letters yesterday to Goldman Sachs and Swiss-owned Credit...
BEUTEL ASKS $6M FOR EAST END PAD
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amVETERAN newscaster Bill Beutel is selling his bucolic Bridgehampton home. The 70-ish, semi-retired "Eyewitness News" anchor and his socialite fourth wife, Adair, have put their south-of-the-highway, 3.5-acre property on the...
FRENCH FIRE SALE - VIVENDI PUTS ENTIRE PUBLISHING UNIT ON BLOCK
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amVivendi Universal is on a mission to sell more - and fast. In its bid to tackle its massive debt load problem, the beleaguered media giant has now decided to...
WORLDCOM'S WEB: FEDS SAY MORE CHARGES AHEAD AS 2 ARRAIGNED
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors told a judge yesterday that more WorldCom bigwigs could be indicted in a $3.8 billion accounting scam after two former financial execs pleaded not guilty to securities fraud...
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, HERE COME THE EARNINGS WARNINGS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amCORPORATIONS could soon hit Wall Street with an unusual number of profit warnings. As you know, the stock market got a rude reacquaintance with reality on Tuesday. The pundits claim...
STARR REPORT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amTrue Brit: Hume to interview First Lady Fox News Channel's Brit Hume has snagged an interview with First Lady Laura Bush that will air this Monday on "Special Report with...
JUST WHAT REGE WANTED: MORE BABY STORIES
September 5, 2002 | 4:00am'LIVE with Regis & Kelly" co-host Kelly Ripa is expecting her third child. "It's going to knock you out - Mark (Conseulos) and I are expecting our third baby," Ripa...
NO CHOKING: $1M PAYDAY FOR BRITWIT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMAYBE "American Idol's" Mr. Nasty should change his name to Diamond Simon. Simon Cowell, the brutally honest British judge on Fox's hit talent search show, will return for the show's...
IDOLS ARE SINGING, BUT FOX IS LAUGHING
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amTUESDAY'S penultimate "American Idol" episode scored big overnight numbers for Fox. The episode, which featured live performances by finalists Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson, notched 18.2 million viewers from 9...
BUBBA-CBS TALKS DIDN'T GET PAST A PHONE CHAT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amFORMER President Bill Clinton nixed a potential career as a TV talk-show host right around Labor Day. Bubba bailed out of a potential daytime talk show deal shortly before he...
AND THE REALITY WINNER IS...AS SICK AS A DOG
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amSOMEONE had better call a doctor. The latest twist in the reality game show madness will pit contestants against each other to see who can make themselves the most sick....
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW: SECOND TIME AROUND - HOST OF REMAKES, SEQUELS SET FOR SILVER SCREEN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00am"Play it again, Sam" seems to be Hollywood's motto for the season, with a raft of remakes and sequels on the way - one of the most intriguing being "The...
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW: IF CLASSICAL'S YOUR THING...
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amIt wowed 'em in San Francisco - and just about everywhere else it's played. And now "Dead Man Walking" is headed our way - to the New York City Opera,...
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW: MONOTONE TREASURES - THE MET WILL FEATURE PORTRAITS BY AMERICA'S PHOTOGRAPHER
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amLeave the colors to the autumn leaves. That's what the Metropolitan Museum of Art is doing with "Richard Avedon: Portraits," a collection of 180 black-and-whites by the dean of American...
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW: SUPER MARIO: BATALI'S PIZZA JOINT TOPS THE MENU OF NEW FALL EATS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amHotly anticipated this fall: Mario Batali's pizza parlor. Batali, winner of this year's James Beard Award for New York's best chef, is partnering with restaurateur Joseph Bastianich to open Otto...
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW: MORE AMMO FROM MOORE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMichael Moore is back. The pudgy gadfly who gave us the biting anti-corporate hit "Roger & Me" (1989), about his efforts to track down GM chairman Roger Smith, is rolling...
SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW - GOLDEN GAITS: TROUPE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TAKES A HEART-FELT STEP INTO NEW YORK
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amAfter its major triumphs last year at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Paris, the San Francisco Ballet is coming to New York. While the city is home to...
OUSTED PRINCIPAL SLAMS CHURCH
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens Catholic-school principal who sued a priest for sexual harassment charged yesterday church officials retaliated by putting her on indefinite unpaid leave. "I'm in shock that I was terminated,"...
MOM SLASHES KIDS' THROATS - MONEY WOES DROVE HER OVER THE EDGE: COPS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amUnable to pay the rent or buy new school clothes for her son, a distraught Brooklyn woman slashed both her children's' throats last night in a shocking attack, cops and...
ANOTHER W. NILE CASE FOUND ON L.I.
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amOne more Long Islander has been stricken with the West Nile Virus, the second case in Nassau County this year, authorities said. The unidentified Mineola man was diagnosed with symptoms...
BUNNY THE POODLE'S HORROR - L.I. WOMAN SUES GROOMER AFTER PUP GETS TERRIER-IZED
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island woman is suing a dog-grooming parlor after her tiny white toy poodle was viciously mauled by another dog while waiting for a haircut. Eva Lipsky, of Dix...
LESSONS OF CUOMO: NEW RULES, POST-9/11
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amYOU can forgive Andrew Cuomo if he thought he'd suddenly found himself in the middle of a Fellini film Tuesday. Just four months ago, after all, he'd been considered a...
. . . AND STAY OUT - ISRAEL BOOTS KIN OF DEADLY TERROR BOMBER
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amUnder a cloud of secrecy, Israel expelled yesterday two Palestinians in blindfolds from the West Bank and left them at a deserted Gaza Strip fig orchard in the first deportation...
PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY CRACKING: SHARON
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday he would meet with a senior Palestinian official and that a diplomatic breakthrough was possible to end 23 months of violence. But a...
FREED WILLY MUST DIE! - BELOVED WHALE OWN WORST ENEMY: EXPERT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA whale expert says there is only one way to cure Keiko the killer whale of his habitual hanging out with humans - and that's to "kill Willy." Nils Oien,...
AFTER ANDREW - GOV. PATAKI IS READY TO HIT MCCALL HARD
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY GOV. Pataki's reelection campaign is ready to go where Andrew Cuomo dared not: directly at Carl McCall's throat. Pataki's top campaign aides, assessing the stunning developments of the past...
DESIGNS ON LIBERTY: MEDALS' CREATOR [LOVES] NY - AND HIS WORK
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMilton Glaser, the graphic designer renowned for loving New York with all his [loves], will create the Liberty Medals that The Post will present to New York's unsung heroes later...
LIZZIE VICTIMS MU$T WAIT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amLizzie Grubman won't have to sing about her Hamptons smash-'em-up until she's a jailbird, a Manhattan judge ruled yesterday. During a closed-door session with Grubman's civil attorney and the lawyers...
ATTACK COST CITY $95B
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe attack on the World Trade Center could cost the city a staggering $95 billion and result in the loss of 146,000 jobs, City Comptroller Bill Thompson estimated yesterday. "Due...
FED$ MADE LSU FIRE 'ANTHRAX' SCIENTIST
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe Justice Department used the power of its purse strings to force Louisiana State University to fire a biowarfare expert who has been singled out, but not charged, in the...
CHENEY TO CHAIR DOWNTOWN CONGRESS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney will preside over tomorrow's mock congressional session at New York City's Federal Hall, amid an unrivaled scramble of security precautions. With 250 to 300...
THIS MISTAKE'S A REAL BEAUTY, YOUR HONOR
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amPOUND for pound, year for year, Judge Reena Raggi is still the best-looking judge on the bench - but yesterday I saw her as a stone-dead dope. I never thought...
GROUND ZERO VENDORS WILL GET THE BOOT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amScores of vendors creating a "carnival atmosphere" at Ground Zero will be barred from the site's perimeter during the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, officials said yesterday. Dozens of...
TAX FRAUDSTERS DRESSED DOWN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amOne-third of 50 stores surveyed are charging sales tax on clothing and shoes, although the tax was repealed more than two years ago, a City Council investigation found. "New York...
BRATTON UP FOR TOP JOB AT LAPD
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton, a finalist to be L.A.'s new top cop, said yesterday he's a strong candidate despite being an outsider. The civilian...
SLAIN KID'S DAD BARES GRIEF AT TRIAL
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe father of a little girl who was brutally raped and murdered faced her accused killer yesterday and told how he found his 11-year-old dead in the stairwell of their...
BUSH RECRUITS CONGRESS: WILL SEEK OK FOR IRAQ WAR
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a dramatic move, President Bush yesterday said he'll ask Congress to vote to authorize war if that's what it takes to kick Saddam Hussein out of Iraq....
YANKEES SCRATCH OUT RUN IN YES CABLE SUIT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe YES Network finally made it off first base yesterday in its legal bid to force Cablevision to screen Yankee games - but there's nothing for Yankee fans to cheer...
COPS IN BIG PAY VICTORY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA state arbitration panel yesterday gave city cops raises of 11.5 percent over two years, leaving the PBA crowing and Mayor Bloomberg fuming. The long-awaited ruling by a three-member Public...
1 IN 3 CITY SCHOOLS CAN'T MAKE GRADE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA staggering 331 city public schools are flunking under new federal standards, according to state Education Department figures released yesterday. That means nearly one out of every three of the...
NYPD IRONING OUT BUGS IN 'FAILING' BULLETPROOF VESTS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amAbout 1,000 uniformed cops on the front line of the city's war on crime are using bulletproof vests that failed to stop bullets in NYPD tests, The Post has learned....
ROCK AND GRIDIRON GRIDLOCK IN MIDTOWN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amGet ready to rock 'n' roll, New York City! That's the word from superstar Jon Bon Jovi, who'll play Times Square today as the world's most famous crossroads kicks off...
NEW YORK DEMS ARE A HOUSE DIVIDED
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMOST New York Republicans in Congress yesterday said they're in favor of giving President Bush the go-ahead to use military force to oust Saddam Hussein - but Democrats were sharply...
FEDS OK ANOTHER $28M TO HELP OUT FIREFIGHTERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe Federal Emergency Management Agency said yesterday it has approved $28 million in new grants to replace New York firefighting gear destroyed Sept. 11 and to cover firefighters' overtime pay...
JAIL-STAB TERROR THUG BLAMES HIS LAWYERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA suspected al Qaeda lieutenant said yesterday he stabbed a prison guard in the eye because he was fed up with his lawyers and wanted to attack them. With shackles...
MUSEUM OF A MOM'S MEMORIES - HERO COP'S BADGE, GUN IN EXHIBIT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN she saw police Sgt. Rodney Gillis' gun, shiny and sturdy and incredibly unscathed, his mother broke down. "Can you imagine what this gun went through?" Geraldine Gilliam told me...
ROBBER SHOOTS BRONX WOMAN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA 25-year-old Bronx woman was in critical condition yesterday after being shot and wounded by a 17-year-old in a robbery attempt, police said. The victim, Julie Sanchez, was walking in...
'TROUBLESHOOTER' COMES TO HARLEM
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein last night tapped a "troubleshooter" as the new superintendent of the troubled Harlem school district. Dennis Pradier, a deputy superintendent of the Chancellor's District, which tries...
LIBERTY ISLAND HOSTS FAMILY PARTY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty Island was opened at night for the first time in four years yesterday as more than 450 family members of 9/11 victims enjoyed a festive evening at the Statue...
DE NIRO TAPPED FOR 9/11 TRIBUTE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amRobert De Niro is among the scores of people whom city officials have asked to read the names of the Sept. 11 victims during next week's tribute. Others are expected...
9/11 ATTACK: IRAQ KNEW - N.Y. SUIT: TERROR WAS SADDAM'S REVENGE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA $1 trillion lawsuit, filed here yesterday, claims Iraq knew that Osama bin Laden was targeting New York prior to Sept. 11 - and that Saddam Hussein encouraged terrorists became...
CARL: YOU'RE NEXT, GEORGE - GOV: DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH TILL I QUIT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amCarl McCall said yesterday that Gov. Pataki will be the next man out - the day after Andrew Cuomo bolted from the governor's race. "When they see this support, they're...
AIDE: ANDY WILL DO 'WHAT CARL WANTS'
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA day after dropping out of the governor's race, Andrew Cuomo yesterday said he "felt pretty good" and was "moving on." From his cramped campaign offices on East 41st Street,...
BUSH: HUSSEIN CLOSE TO DEPLOYING NUCLEAR WEAPON
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration is telling Congress that Saddam Hussein is two to 10 years away from deploying a nuclear weapon, a development that would make Iraq an even...
JUSTIN'S MOM OK AFTER SURGERY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00am"American Idol" also-ran Justin Guarini did get some good news last night - his mom was doing fine after emergency surgery. Guarini showed no sign of anxiety during the two-hour...
'SLAY-PLOT' INSURER: I'LL BEAT THE RAP
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens insurance agent busted in a plot to kill two men to collect six-figure policy payouts will "be vindicated" in court, his lawyer vowed yesterday. Richard James, 42, allegedly...
STORES RIP OFF SHOPPERS WITH SALES TAX: COUNCIL
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amOne-third of 50 stores surveyed are charging sales tax on clothing and shoes, although the tax was repealed more than two years ago, a City Council investigation found. "New York...
MOM SLASHES KIDS IN PSYCHO RAMPAGE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother beset by money and psychiatric woes slashed her kids' throats last night in a shocking attack, cops and neighbors said. "Oh my God - what have I...
JUSTIN BARES HIS SECRET ANGUISH
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amEven before his defeat, "American Idol" finalist Justin Guarini was trying to hold himself together last night - while his devoted mom, Kathy, lay in a Los Angeles hospital. Kathy...
AMERICA IDOLIZES QUEEN KELLY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amTorrid Texan Kelly Clarkson beat Pennsylvania's bubbly Brillo-top Jason Guarini last night to become the first "American Idol," after more than 100 million votes put the crown squarely on the...
SAVE MY FAMILY, JAILED SLAY INFORMER BEGS JUDGE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA jailed informant who helped convict a journalist's killers broke down in tears as he begged a judge to rescue family members in Colombia who are targets of a murderous...
PIPES ARE CALLING AT JAVITS CENTER
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe renowned pipes and drums bands of the New York City police and fire departments and the Port Authority will play a special benefit concert at the Jacob Javits Center...
FILM HAILS TA WORKERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amA new documentary highlights the heroic efforts of transit workers who evacuated people from the downtown Manhattan last Sept. 11. "This is a way for us to show the world...
IT'S BON JOVIALITY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amGet ready to rock 'n' roll, New York City! That's the word from superstar Jon Bon Jovi, who'll play Times Square today as the world's most famous crossroads kicks off...
SADDAM CLOSE TO GOING NUCLEAR, PREZ WARNS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration is telling Congress that Saddam Hussein is two to 10 years away from deploying a nuclear weapon, a development that would transform Iraq into an...
SADDAM KNEW OF PLOT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein knew at least six weeks before the Sept. 11 attack that Osama bin Laden was plotting to attack New York and the Pentagon, court documents filed in Manhattan...
'QUIT' THE NONSENSE, CARL: BOASTS THAT PATAKI IS NEXT TO DROP OUT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amCarl McCall said yesterday that Gov. Pataki is next - the day after Andrew Cuomo bolted from the governor's race. "When they see this support, they're going to do what...
JOE'S PREPPING 'PEN FOR LIFE WITHOUT MO
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amYOU never completely understand how good you had it until you don't have it anymore. Take 2000, when the Yankees breezed to 15 losses in their last 18 regular-season games,...
AGASSI MARCHES INTO SEMIFINALS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00am2002 US OPEN NOTEBOOK With all the talk of how the aged Pete Sampras has revived his career this week, it's easy to forget that Andre Agassi is a year...
NINERS WILL BE TOUGH TEST FOR NEW BLUE LINE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Tired of hearing all the lip service paid to how the Giants' offensive line will hold up far better than the dire predictions? The time for talk is...
'WEISNER' EXHIBITS SIGNS OF WEST NILE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amPreakness runner-up Magic Weisner was sent to the New Bolton Center of Veterinary Medicine in Pennsylvania after showing symptoms associated with West Nile virus. And while it may sound scary,...
TOO GOOD TO BE DREW? - BILLS THREAT TO JETS WITH QB BLEDSOE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe Jets defense, a unit that enters Sunday's season opener with six new starters from a year ago and at least as many questions, will face the NFL's 2002 Comeback...
SHOCK AND LOAD! EXUBERANT JEREMY HAS GIANTS FIRED UP FOR OPENER VS. 49ERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amSo sure. That was Jeremy Shockey the other day, spewing trash talk across the locker room, launching boastful promises directed at Ike Hilliard. Full of confidence and swagger, Shockey assured...
STEVENS WON'T BLAME HOLIK FOR LEAVING DEVILS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe destination, even more than the departure of Bobby Holik, rankles Devils captain Scott Stevens. "It definitely leaves a little more of a bad taste because of the rivalry," Stevens...
ABRAHAM SET TO GET STARTED
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jets defensive end John Abraham will start Sunday's season opener in Buffalo despite missing the entire preseason schedule with a sprained left knee. "I don't anticipate him playing...
WON TO GROW ON - METS RELIEVED STREAK'S OVER
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amAs the Mets finished off the Marlins with an 11-5 victory at the end of Tuesday night's doubleheader, Bobby Valentine mouthed two words: "We won." Valentine turned and shook hands...
MCENROE: SAMPRAS-RODDICK A BATTLE OF AGES
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe biggest mystery tonight is whom will the Ashe Stadium crowd favor - America's old generation or new? U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe will be like a proud papa...
BOBBY V HONORED FOR 9/11 EFFORTS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amFor his tireless efforts after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Bobby Valentine was honored as the 2002 recipient of the Branch Rickey Award, Major League Baseball's community service award....
HEY, V: GOTTA LOSE THE NICE-GUY ACT
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amIT was difficult for him and his family. It was uncomfortable for his players and support staff. It was disturbing to management and fans. But the reality is that when...
SIZZLING STRETCH RUN EASES BERNIE'S PAIN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amBernie Williams walked through the Yankee clubhouse before last night's game against Boston wearing a wrap on his hurting hamstring and liniment on his sore shoulders - dead giveaways of...
EMOTIONAL EXIT FOR JENNY - CAPRIATI RUNS OUT OF GAS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amHer U.S. Open dream dead again, Jennifer Capriati grabbed her bag moments after a stunning collapse at Ashe Stadium and stormed toward the exit, head down. Without looking up to...
DOUBY PICKS RUTGERS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amQuincy Douby has verbally committed to a college. Again. Last year, Douby signed with Hofstra during the early signing period, only to change his mind after dominating the PSAL offensively...
VENUS ECLIPSES MONICA
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMonica Seles should have known. It's not too often that Venus Williams is vulnerable in a tournament, but she was Tuesday. Chanda Rubin had the second-seeded Williams on the ropes,...
WALKER SET TO START IN PHILLY
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES On Saturday, Tyler Walker is returning to the scene of his major-league debut, and he's motivated to top his previous results. Walker, who had a cup of coffee...
CYCLONES FINISH ON DOWN NOTE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amUp until 10 days ago, the Brooklyn Cyclones were smack dab in the middle of the New York-Penn League wild-card race. Then the bottom fell out. Like their major league...
JUAN RUNS INTO TROUBLE
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With Rondell White buried in a slump and Shane Spencer's hamstring not healing, Juan Rivera is receiving a chance to show he can contribute in October. Last night,...
JASON FINDS OTHER WAY TO GO DEEP
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amBefore the Yankees' 3-1 win over Boston last night, Joe Torre sat in the dugout trying to explain Jason Giambi's August slump, during which he neither hit nor carried his...
BREAK UP THE METS! - AMAZIN'S RIP FISH FOR 2ND STRAIGHT WIN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amIt was a reassuring night for nearly everyone wearing a Mets uniform. A reeling Pedro Astacio jumped back on the winning track, and he had plenty of offense supporting him....
CALL 'EM HAS-BEANS: BOMBER WIN ALL BUT BURIES BOSOX
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 3 Red Sox 1 With apologies to Yogi Berra, the AL East is over, even if the math doesn't prove the Red Sox officially are departed. With Andy Pettitte's...
YANKS' BIGGEST FEAR: INJURIES COULD DERAIL TITLE PUSH
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amIt starts with Mariano Rivera's right shoulder and flows south to Shane Spencer's left hamstring and crosses over to Raul Mondesi's right knee. There is nothing that can be done...
IT'S ANNA AND OUT - AGAIN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amUS OPEN 2002 It's now really over for Anna Kournikova. Playing doubles with Martina Hingis, they were bounced in the quarterfinals by Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez yesterday 6-3,...
EMOTIONAL EXIT FOR JENNY: CAPRIATI RUNS OUT OF GAS
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amHer U.S. Open dream dead again, Jennifer Capriati grabbed her bag moments after her stunning collapse at Ashe Stadium and marched toward the exit, head down. Without looking up to...
BREAK UP THE METS! AMAZIN'S RIP FISH FOR 2ND STRAIGHT WIN
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amMets 11 Marlins 3 It was a reassuring night for nearly everyone wearing a Met uniform. A reeling Pedro Astacio jumped back on the winning track, and he had plenty...
HOJO LAMENTS ROLLER-COASTER SEASON
September 5, 2002 | 4:00amUp until 10 days ago, the Brooklyn Cyclones were right in the thick of things, smack dab in the middle of the New York-Penn League wild-card race. Then the bottom...