September 23, 2005
TRUMP'S PARTNERS GRAB B OF A TOWER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDonald J. Trump's estranged Hong Kong partners are buying the iconic Bank of America building in San Francisco for $1.05 billion. The sum comes from the proceeds of the imminent...
SONY ZAPS 10,000 ELECTRONICS JOBS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amSony boss Sir Howard Stringer took out the ax yesterday, chopping 10,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to revitalize the conglomerate's beleaguered electronics division. The restructuring, which comes six months...
EXCHANGING BLAME - NYMEX LOWBALLS EX-CHIEF IN BUYOUT BATTLE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThere's a rumble on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange and it's not just from volatile oil prices. A number of seat-owners are stirring up opposition to a...
BRONFMAN HITS BACK AT JOBS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amIn the first public salvo by the music industry in its battle with Apple's Steve Jobs, Warner Music boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. yesterday called iTunes pricing unfair. Bronfman's comments were...
CALPINE CHIEF DUMPS SHARES
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe chief executive and chairman of cash-strapped energy giant Calpine sold 1 million shares on Monday and Tuesday as news of the utility's deteriorating financial situation battered its stock. According...
MAGAZINE WRACK - TIME INC. GETS SUBPOENA; CIRCULATION PROBE WIDENS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe U.S. Attorney's Office probing newspaper circulation practices tied to the Newsday scandal has turned its attention the magazine business. Time Inc. said yesterday that it was hit with a...
IT TAKES A BILLION TO MAKE FORBES 400
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amBeing a mega-millioniare won't buy you a coveted spot anymore on the Forbes list of America's richest - it takes almost a billion. For the first time, the magazine's list...
DIVA TAKES A DIVE ; BOOS FOR TV DEBUT; MSO FALLS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia tumbled yesterday, following a lukewarm debut of the Domestic Diva's latest television show, "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart." Stewart's icy-cold voice and buttoned-up demeanor...
PERELMAN'S A-OK! WITH BRIT MAGAZINE TYCOON
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amRICHARD Desmond, the Brit ish tycoon behind the struggling American version of celebrity magazine OK!, was in town this week for the magazine's official launch party Tuesday night. He also...
VITAL MOONWALKS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: WALKING ON THE MOON 3D ***? (three and one half stars) ONE small step for a man will give huge thrills to your kids at the IMAX film...
GUN-HO ABOUT 'WENDY'
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDEAR WENDY*** (three stars) High-caliber satire.Running time: 100 minutes. Not rated (violence). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. THE Wendy of "Dear Wendy" isn't a woman: It's a gun....
FALL'S WON AND 'LOST'
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTHE new season is just days old, but we're already seeing some "winners" and "losers" emerging in the crowded TV landscape. Here's a look at some early shows that have...
NO 'LOVE' LOST ON 'DIRTY' ROTTEN SHAME
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDIRTY LOVE Half a starJENNY McCarthy's giddy charm is wasted by screen writer Jenny McCarthy in the sex comedy "Dirty Love," about an L.A. photographer (McCarthy) who breaks up with...
THIS DOG ON SKATES FAILS TO WOW
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amROLL BOUNCE * ? (one and a half stars) Rinky dink.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG- 13 (mild profanity, crude humor). At the Empire, the Orpheum, the 84th Street, others....
A DARK 'TWIST'
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amOLIVER TWIST ** ? (two and a half stars) Grim expectations. Running time: 135 minutes. Rated PG-13 (disturbing images). At the Lincoln Square and the Loews Village. POVERTY and violence...
'HISTORY' LESSON IS OLD NEWS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA HISTORY OF VIOLENCE*** (three stars) "Dirty Harry" with Oscar pretentions.Running time: 97 minutes. Rated R (rape, sex, graphic violence and gore, profanity). At the Lincoln Square, Broadway and West...
WALLACE CUTS TIME
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTHE old guard is changing at "60 Minutes," but slowly. Since the show began in 1968, the first face viewers saw after the ticking stopwatch has been Mike Wallace's -...
DEAD ON ARRIVAL - PREPOSTEROUS 'FLIGHTPLAN' A THRILLER IN FOSTER CARE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amFLIGHTPLAN ? (one and a half stars) Worse than airline food. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (children in peril, violence,).At the Ziegfeld, the Orpheum, the Kips Bay, others. IF...
TRIO EARNS ITS STRIPES
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Greenhornes have been playing their own authentic brand of bluesy garage for years, but the Cincinnati trio's profile is rising, partly due to a new label and to the...
FANTASTIC INDEED
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amELTON JOHNContinuing tonight and tomorrow at Madison Square Garden. IN the last breaths of a marathon, three-hour concert, Elton John pounded his piano and wailed though his classic "The Bitch...
BIG GIRLS, DON'T CRY ; GOOD BUZZ FOR VALLI MUSICAL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00am'ALL Shook Up" and "Lennon" are both packing up their jukeboxes this weekend, collectively losing some $20 million. Only six months ago, another jukebox musical, the appalling "Good Vibrations," collapsed...
FIGHT-NIGHT FACEOFF
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amUSA Network and Spike will square off on Oct. 3 with more than nine hours of bloody fights between the two channels. The night marks the relaunch of "WWE Raw"...
POST 'OFFICE' - 'EXTRA' HELPING OF RICKY GERVAIS NEVER HURTS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00am"EXTRAS" Sunday night at 10:30 on HBO (three stars) Only the Brits could make fun of cerebral palsy and make you laugh despite your absolute horror of laughing at cerebral...
STARR REPORT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amShelley's comeback Comedian Shelley Ber man, who hit it big in 1959 with his debut album, "Inside Shelley Berman," is finding a new show-biz life thanks to "Curb Your Enthusiasm."...
POTTY DEAL MAKES THE APPLE FLUSH WITH CASH: MIKE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday hailed the city's new public-potty proposal as a way for the city to clean up financially. "It would mean for this city a billion dollars in revenue...
MOM'S GRISLY INWOOD FIND
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA mother found her 21-year-old daughter bleeding from fatal stab wounds last night in the bathroom of their upper Manhattan apartment, police sources said. Sheyenne Patricio, 21, was stabbed numerous...
JOHN 'LINEN': SUIT FOR SALE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amBeatles fans will come together for this one - the spiffy white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Fab Four's "Abbey Road" album is to be...
UNION FACES 'L' OF A FIGHT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's transit union may have to go to court if it wants the MTA to honor a state arbitrator's ruling requiring conductors back on the L line full time,...
PATAKI PREDICTS CHINA BIZ CENTER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - As he wraps up a one-week visit to China, Gov. Pataki yesterday said he is optimistic that a planned Chinese business center for the United States will be...
BEATING CHUCK; W'S NEXT COURT PICK
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amNICE try, Chuck Schumer, but you lose: John Roberts is sailing toward easy confirmation as chief justice of the United States after a 13-to-5 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
DADDY'S COMING ; TRIPLE-SLAY TOT'S POP IN DOMINICAN
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe father of a little boy who watched goons gun down his mother is preparing to make a mercy dash to the United States to be with his son. Candido...
BRITS' MIRACLE TANK MAN - TELLS OF FIERY IRAQ RIOT ORDEAL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDays after his tank was covered in gasoline and pelted with rocks and Molotov cocktails by a mob of Iraqis, a British soldier who caught fire and dived out of...
RUDY GOES TO BAT FOR ARIEL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani came out swinging for embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, comparing him to Babe Ruth. Giuliani also praised his "good friend," former Prime Minister...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS *** Police are searching for a man who allegedly raped his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. Lester Pineda (above), 24, sexually assaulted the girl in an Elmhurst residence on Sept. 11,...
PANEL TO EYE MTA $ECURITY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe state comptroller's office has set up a task force to examine the MTA's security program after learning that upgrades to it are now expected to cost $721 million -...
PLAYING BAD COP ; OFFICERS TERRORIZE STREETS OF N.Y. IN STAR-VOICED VID GAME
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amJoin the NYPD - and within minutes you'll be able to pistol-whip suspects, sell evidence on the black market, shoot cabbies for fun and run over jaywalkers. That's the premise...
MATH SCORES ARE BIG PLUS FOR MIKE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amCity fourth-graders outgained their peers across the state in math this year, posting the Big Apple's highest scores on record - and giving Mayor Bloomberg another feather in his cap...
SCHUMER A 'NAY' AS PANEL OKS ROBERTS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - After weeks of deliberation, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) voted against Judge John Roberts yesterday to be the next chief justice, even as the Senate Judiciary Committee gave Roberts...
NEW PUBLIC TOILETS WILL MAKE CITY FLU$H: MIKE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday hailed the city's new public-potty proposal as a way for the city to clean up financially. "It would mean for this city a billion dollars in revenue...
BUSH: 'IF WE LOSE NERVE,' TERROR WINS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said America must stay in Iraq and win the war because "if we lose our nerve," the terrorists will win - and be emboldened to...
WTC KIN & CONGRESS TURN UP THE HEAT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amRelatives of 9/11 victims lashed out yesterday at a renewed bid by the controversial International Freedom Center to hang on to its place at Ground Zero, while a trio of...
'VOICE OF GOD'S' JUDGMENT DAY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00am"The Voice of God" listened to his competition yesterday - and behold, it was very good. Legendary Yankee announcer Bob Sheppard, 95, judged five finalists, including one seasoned Sheppard imitator,...
'I ASK GOD, WHY?' B'KLYN DWI DAD SAYS OF GIRL HE KILLED: 'WE CAN'T BEAR TO SEE HER EMPTY BED'
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTwo days after he was released from jail - charged with vehicular manslaughter for running over his 3-year-old daughter - Robert Abreu forced himself to return to their Coney Island...
TRAVELERS: BEING ON TV BROKE THE TENSION
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMoments before a troubled airliner began its nationally televised descent, a chorus of giggles broke out in the cabin. Passengers aboard JetBlue Flight 292 were watching their landing gear drama...
FREDDY: STOP TAKING PRINTS OF PAUPERS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amFERNANDO FERRERWants food-stamp change. Democratic mayoral hopeful Fernando Ferrer said yesterday he would scrap fingerprinting requirements for adults applying for family food-stamp benefits. The anti-fraud screening measure, which has been...
SCHOOL THIEF MAKES A DEAL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe disgraced former superintendent of the Roslyn school district on Long Island will cop a plea for his part in the $11.2 million rip-off of school funds - becoming the...
RACE SLAY SUIT; KIN SEEK $15M
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of a Westchester County woman brutally slain at a White Plains mall because of her race plans to sue the county and city for $15 million for failing...
9/11-CENTER PLAN BURIES DEAD UNDER HEAP OF NONSENSE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTHE 2,749 people who were murdered in downtown Manhattan on Sept. 11 did not think of themselves as freedom fighters. They did not walk into the Twin Towers on that...
VOTERS GIVE SCHOOLS BAD GRADES
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTwo-thirds of New Yorkers are dissatisfied with the quality of city public schools, and just more than half are happy with Mayor Bloomberg's leadership of the education system, according to...
FIEND GOING FROM BIGAMY TO BIG HOUSE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA brazen bigamist wore his wedding ring yesterday when he pleaded guilty to filing a false marriage license as the woman he used it to wed wept anguished tears in...
FIENDS MADE ME BASH BUSH
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA civilian contractor who was kept in a stifling crawl space by his Iraqi abductors for more than 10 months was beaten before being forced to make videos slamming President...
ROAD CREW HURT IN HIT-RUN
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThree city road-repair workers were injured - one critically - by a hit-and-run driver on Staten Island early yesterday, police said. The Transportation Department road crew was working on Slosson...
NEW AGONY AT GRID-SLAY TRIAL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA medical examiner yesterday graphically detailed how the bullets ripped through Mark Fisher's body - sending his usually stoic father into convulsing sobs. Before a doctor from the Medical Examiner's...
'KIDNAP' HUBBY SCORNS PLEA DEAL
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA man accused of kidnapping his estranged wife at gunpoint and taking her on a hellish two-day road trip refused to accept a deal from prosecutors yesterday and will stand...
FOXY BROWN IN 'DEAF' JAM ; OPERATION FOR HEARING DEFECT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDabbing tears from her false eyelashes, rapper Foxy Brown said yesterday she will stop performing indefinitely due to upcoming surgery for an unspecified hearing defect. Foxy - whose real name...
TYCO TWOSOME ARE TERRIBLE BAIL RISK: DA
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amPigs can fly. That's the upshot of what a Manhattan prosecutor is arguing in opposing the bail applications of Tyco plunderers Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz. The multimillionaires have the...
'NOSE' IS OUT OF JOINT ; JET IN CRISIS LANDING HAD 7 WHEEL-GEAR WOES BEFORE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amAt least seven incidents involving faulty nose landing gear were reported with Airbus A320s before the frightening crisis that forced the crew of a JetBlue plane to make an emergency...
POST POKER A 'GRAND' GAME FOR LUCKY GUY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amGregory Moon can't wait to get his hands on The Post every morning to read the city's best news and sports - and now he's $1,000 richer for it. The...
HILL & CHUCK SAY 'NAY' AS PANEL OKS ROBERTS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York Sens. Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton both came out yesterday against John Roberts becoming the next chief justice - even as the Senate Judiciary Committee...
GRID DAD DENIES MENACING COACH
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA New Jersey man, accused of threatening to kill his son's high-school football coach, pleaded not guilty yesterday. Robert Stanel, 44, was charged with making terroristic threats after confronting Parsippany...
EX LEAVES GAL NEAR DEATH: COPS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA man with a history of jealousy and domestic violence beat his ex-girlfriend so severely yesterday that "she will need a miracle" to survive, police sources said. Cops are looking...
L.I. PRESCHOOL SHRINK COPS KIDDIE-PORN PLEA
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA child psychologist who worked at a Long Island preschool was nailed yesterday for downloading violent kiddie porn. The arrest is part of a investigation by state, federal and international...
BUST IN '92 MOB WHACK; 'JUNIOR' LINK POSSIBLE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA reputed Gambino crime-family captain was charged with murder yesterday - nearly 13 years after a "Bonnie and Clyde" couple was gunned down in a mob hit possibly ordered by...
$15M SUIT IN MALL MURDER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of a Westchester County woman brutally slain at a White Plains mall because of her race plans to sue the county and city for $15 million for failing...
AQUABATIC RESCUE ; TRAPEZE DUO LEAPS TO SAVE HUDSON JUMPER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTwo nimble trapeze instructors flew into action yesterday and helped rescue a man who leaped into the Hudson River near TriBeCa, authorities said. Heroic high-fliers Paul Cannon, 40, and Jonah...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - PRESIDENTS EDITION
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amJOHN ADAMS - OUR SECOND PRESIDENT Classroom Extra continues its look at our nation's presidents. JOHN Adams was born in Quincy, Mass, on Oct. 30, 1735, his father was a...
KID-PORN SCHOOL SHRINK
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amA child psychologist who worked at a Long Island preschool was nailed yesterday for downloading violent kiddie porn. The arrest is part of a investigation by state, federal and international...
MIENTKIEWICZ NOT PLANNING TO RETURN
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Doug Mientkiewicz admits he didn't give the Mets what they needed at first base this season, and he doesn't expect to be back in 2006. Including last night's...
NO MAS FOR PEDRO? MAY BE FINISHED FOR SEASON AFTER LOSS TO MARLINS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMarlins 2Mets 1 Pedro Martinez only worked five innings last night, hurling 75 pitches. In the clubhouse after the 2-1 loss to Florida, it sounded like he was telling the...
GIMPY GIAMBI VOWS TO RETURN TONIGHT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Having missed last night's 7-6 win over the Orioles with a locked-up back, Jason Giambi vowed a return to action against the Blue Jays. "I will play [tonight],...
MOOSE OR BUST ; WITHOUT MUSSINA, YANKS WON'T WIN
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amLET'S not kid anybody. No matter what's come before in this atypical Yankee season, the manifest destiny remains capturing the elusive 30th World Championship. And let's make no mistake about...
JETER MAKES MOST OF SECOND CHANCE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amIt is just the way life is for Derek Jeter. The moment you are about to question him, fate intervenes, giving him a mulligan, which, of course, he uses to...
TV BEST WHEN EYES WIDE SHUT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amDESPERATE times call for desperate measures. So give this a shot: Try watching TV with your eyes closed. Look straight at the TV set, close your eyes and keep 'em...
SCHOTT IN THE DARK ; GIANTS WILL COVER VS. MARTY'S MEN IN PRIME TIME
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amLAST week featured the unveiling of a Week 2 mini-system which touted home teams that lost in Week 1 on the road and were now playing teams that won at...
THE FAN'S CORNER
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amEugene Guerrera once dreamed about being the guy writing the Fan's Corner, not the one featured in it. Then he came to his senses. "I wanted to be a sports...
FRIAR EXPECTATIONS STILL RUN HIGH
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amH.S. GRID The faces change, but very little else does at St. Anthony's, where coach Rich Reichert has built the Friars into the top program in the CHSFL. It has...
GIANTS FACE OTHER 'L.T.' ; CHARGERS' TOMLINSON 'SCARY'
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe only time Michael Strahan ever played against LaDainian Tomlinson was in the Pro Bowl. But what Strahan has seen as the Giants get ready to face the San Diego...
BURRESS ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT WHAT AWAITS MANNING
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress hasn't known his new quarterback very long, but he said he thinks he understands him well enough to know that Eli Manning won't...
BATTLIN' IN BRAZIL FOR PEACOCK BASS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amRIO ACARA, Brazil - The boat fills with anglers from the four cornersof the U.S. and all are here for one reason, the peacock bass, the meanest fish that any...
DEVILS' PRESEASON SKED: SHORT & SWEET
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amWith a year's rust to scrape, major rule changes to master, new faces to integrate and re-adjustment to and for Larry Robinson, the Devils have taken a decidedly contrarian approach....
'PROBABLE' CAUSE ; MARTIN PRACTICES, GETS AN UPGRADE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amCurtis Martin practiced yesterday and was upgraded from "questionable" to "probable" on the Jets' official injury report. Martin, however, doesn't need any stinking injury report to let the football world...
BAILEY STREAK FINALLY ENDS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amKitten's Joy is being sent to Rood & Riddle equine clinic in Kentucky for evaluation, won't make Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Oct. 1, and is doubtful to run...
DOUG NOT PLANNING TO RETURN
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Doug Mientkiewicz admits he didn't give the Mets what they needed at first base this season, and he doesn't expect to be back in 2006. Including last night,...
NO VALUABLE MVP INPUT FROM TORRE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre doesn't want to be dragged into the Alex Rodriguez-David Ortiz MVP debate. "It's not fair to ask me that," Torre said. "I am an [Ortiz] fan...
INTERNATIONAL SQUAD SMELLS U.S. BLOOD
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE, Va. - History says a Presidents Cup played on American soil will result in a romp by the home team. But history may change this weekend after the International...
HEALTHY REYES IS HAPPY AT LAST
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amJose Reyes has gone from porcelain doll to iron man, and the fact he hasn't been injured this season is one of the few pleasant surprises for the dead-in-the-water Mets...
OVER-WEIGHT RIDER'S LAWYER DENIES CHARGES
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe day after former New York Racing Association clerk of scales Mario Sclafani and his assistant, retired Hall-of-Fame jockey Braulio Baeza, were indicted by N.Y. State attorney general Eliot Spitzer...
JAGS' LEFTWICH STILL QUESTIONABLE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jaguars starting quarterback Byron Leftwich, a former Marshall University teammate of Chad Pennington, yesterday remained listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Jets at Giants Stadium and,...
SPOILING FOR WINS - PRIDE HAS METS AIMING FOR .500 FINISH
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amWillie Randolph thinks that spoilers are losers, and the Mets still have a chance to finish the season as winners. After falling off the playoff cliff in September with 15...
BIG NIGHT FOR WILLIS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amFlorida's Dontrelle Willis last night turned in a game of historic proportions in a 2-1 win against the Mets at Shea Stadium. Willis etched his name in the record books...
JETER REDEEMS HIMSELF
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amIt is just the way life is for Derek Jeter. The moment you are about to question him, fate intervenes, giving him a mulligan, which, of course, he uses to...
IT AIN'T OVER YET ; BATTLE FOR MVP MAY DETERMINE AL EAST CHAMP
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amOVER? Who said it was over? The MVP race will be over when Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz decide that it's over. Which will be next weekend when the Yankees...
THE WIND-DOWN ; MARTINEZ MAY BE DONE FOR SEASON AFTER LOSS TO FISH
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amMarlins 2 Mets1 Pedro Martinez exited after five innings last night, and that may have been the last he'll pitch this season for the Mets. After tossing 122 pitches in...
YANKS LOWER BROOM ON O'S - MAGIC NUMBER 10 AFTER MUSSINA BEATS BIRDS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEES 7 ORIOLES 6 Today is the first full day of fall. Around here that means it must be time for the Yankees' magic number over the Red Sox to...
GOING NORTH IN THE AL EAST - GIAMBI SITS AS RED-HOT YANKS CLOSE SERIES
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amEven if the spot was available, Jason Giambi's back wouldn't have allowed him to be Joe Torre's DH last night when the Yankees went after a four-game sweep of the...
A NEW ANGLE - MVP BATTLE A NEW CHAPTER IN RIVALRY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amAfter the first three games of last year's ALCS, Alex Rodriguez would have been as good a choice as anyone as MVP of the series, but how exactly would prematurely...
LAWTON LEARNS FROM DUGOUT
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amIf you could re-learn baseball from anyone in the world, where would the list start? Maybe with Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui? That's what Matt Lawton did for...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MARK SHAPIRO
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Mark Shapiro, ESPN's executive vice president. Shapiro, 35, is leaving ESPN on Oct. 1 after joining the company in 1993 at...
MEMO OF THE WEEK
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amTo: Ed Goren, Fox Sports president From: Andrew Marchand Re: Fox Saturday baseball CC: Bud Selig Dear Ed, Why is there no Game of the Week this Saturday? It is...
MR. SMITH GOES TO MSG - GARDEN NETWORK NEARS DEAL WITH KENNY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amIn a potentially big victory for the MSG Network over YES, MSG is on the verge of signing Kenny Smith to work a portion of the Knicks' TV schedule, NYP...
KNOCKOUT BULLPEN - MO & CO. GIVE YANKS EDGE IN PLAYOFF CHASE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amFriday Blue Jays at Yankees 7 p.m., WWOR-9 With more than three decades of major-league experience, ESPN's Larry Bowa has seen a few things. He thinks the Yankees and Red...
OLD GUARD JORGE SAVES THE DAY
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amAll week, the very special guest stars had stepped to the center of the stage, stolen their segment of the spotlight, then drifted back again to the quiet corner of...
FOR A MOMENT, YANKS REFLECT ON ROLLER-COASTER SEASON
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amThe numbers roll off the tongue with a detached dread now. Eleven and 19. Thirty and 32. Thirty-seven and 37. Those were the benchmark records for the Yankees this year....
MAGIC NUMBER NOW 10 AFTER MUSSINA BEATS BIRDS
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEES 7 ORIOLES 6 The reviews for Mike Mussina's first start in nearly a month sounded as if they were touting the next big fall film. Joe Torre raved that...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 23, 2005 | 4:00amAn overzealous Texas cop is in deep "dew-dew" after he went on a ticket-writing binge citing residents for watering their lawns in defiance of summer-drought restrictions. Turns out they hadn't...