May 26, 2005
WE'RE OVER A BARREL - REFINERY SHORTAGE STORY WAS NOT TRUE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amHERE is a comment you will probably hear a lot in the future: The U.S. hasn't built a gasoline refinery in the past three decades. That's one of those multi-purpose...
WEINSTEIN BOYS CELEBRATE 'QUENTIN' TIME AT LAUNCH
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Miramax chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein's new film company has reached a deal with "Pulp Fiction" Director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will each write and...
IPO BACKLASH - GOLDMAN TOOK $15M BATH ON LAZARD OFFERING
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs' plum role as the lead underwriter of Lazard Freres' initial public offering three weeks ago has cost the investment banking powerhouse $15 million. Bringing Lazard public quickly proved...
WATERHOUSE CHUCKS NASTY AD CAMPAIGN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amIt's fine to talk to Chuck - just don't talk about him. TD Waterhouse issued a public apology yesterday for ads calling rival Charles Schwab a "higher-priced" financial firm with...
COURT TV SHOWS TO AIR ON NBC
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amCourt TV has reached a deal to provide primetime programming for the ratings-challenged NBC, The Post has learned. Beginning in June, NBC will air episodes of Court TV's "Psychic Detectives"...
SPIEGEL TO EXIT CH. 11
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSpiegel Inc. won court approval yesterday for a plan to exit bankruptcy that gives control of the 100-year-old mail order company to unsecured creditors, including a group of German banks....
RED CROSS BUYS NEW HQ
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe American Red Cross in Greater New York has bought 514 W. 49th St. to be its future headquarters for $33 million. Gensler Architects will oversee $30 million in renovations...
KEY WITNESS FOR SIHPOL RULED OUT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTed Sihpol's defense team shocked the court yesterday by deciding not to call its key witness - and then promptly rested its case without a single person testifying on its...
MARKET SKIDS ON REPORT OF DECLINE IN OIL SUPPLY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe release of a government report that indicated U.S. oil inventories dropped 1.6 million barrels last week spooked the market, sending oil futures sharply higher and stocks lower. The Dow...
HOOP DREAM$: LOGO LAYUPS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe NBA said it is thinking about selling advertising space on the front of its jerseys. The radical move - which would be a first for any of the four...
KARMAZIN GETS SIRIUS ABOUT CUTTING STERN SHOW ADS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amHoward Stern's talk show promises fewer commercial breaks when it jumps to Sirius Satellite Radio next year. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin told investors at the company's annual meeting yesterday that...
BREWSTER $ BID FAILS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amDan Brewster, the one-time CEO of Gruner + Jahr USA, is entitled to zero severance, according to an arbitrator's ruling handed down yesterday. Brewster was bounced in January 2004 after...
TIMES CO. TO CUT 190 JOBS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe New York Times Company said it is slashing 190 positions from the payroll, or just under 2 percent of its total workforce. At its flagship newspaper, The New York...
NBC NEWS CHIEF ON THIN ICE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe president of NBC News appears to be on his way out, according to published reports yesterday. Neal Shapiro might be the victim of fallout from the "Today" show's plummeting...
SPIEGEL, NOW EDDIE BAUER, GETS COURT OK TO EXIT BANKRUPTCY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSpiegel Inc. won court approval yesterday for a plan to exit bankruptcy that gives control of the 100-year-old mail order company to unsecured creditors, including a group of German banks....
RED CROSS SNAPS UP NEW HQ
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe American Red Cross in Greater New York has bought 514 W. 49th St. to be its future headquarters for $33 million. Gensler Architects will oversee $30 million in renovations...
MELLOW FEVER - MCLACHLAN TURNS ON THE WARM CHARM
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSARAH McLACHLAN IN a business that forgets you faster than a flock of seagulls, Sarah McLachlan beat the odds at her Madison Square Garden headliner Tuesday. Having drawn a near-capacity...
SHANNEN SHAKE OUT - SURPRISE! DOHERTY BOUNCED FROM NEW SERIES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBAD-girl Shannen Doherty has been dropped - suddenly and without explanation - from a her new fall sitcom, "Love, Inc." The "90210" star was to have played a matchmaker in...
DOWN IS UP
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amHEAVY metal outfit System of a Down, which formed in Southern California 10 years ago, leaped into the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart with its new...
'PARDY'S OVER - JENNINGS NO MATCH FOR NEW CHAMP
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBRAD Rutter is the new king of "Jeopardy!" after dethroning Ken Jennings on last night's "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" finale. Rutter, 27, a self-described "trivia geek" from Lancaster, Pa., walked...
MERCHANT DEAD AT 68
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amISMAIL Merchant, a producer whose four-decade partnership with director James Ivory yielded such lush period dramas as "A Room With a View" and "Howard's End," died yesterday in London. He...
BURT SLAP CASE SLIDES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBURT Reynolds won't face legal action from CBS for the face-slapping incident outside a movie premiere Tuesday night. CBS officials said yesterday they are dropping the matter. Earlier, a CBS...
HOTELS WITH A BIT OF HISTORY - WE FIND FIVE FINE PLACES TO RELAX IN A BETTER HOME AWAY FROM HOME
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA HAMPTONS hotelier leads a charmed life - at least during the summer months. All he or she has to do is show up, and a good percentage (in many...
FEUDS OF THE RICH
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSEASONED Hamptonites know the true signs of the impending summer crush. Local pets are acting strangely. Montauk Highway is already choked with traffic. And the Eastern European youngsters who service...
OFF THE WATER - PLENTY OF HOMES LEFT - IF YOU DON'T MIND BIKING TO THE BEACH
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHOSE who were really on the ball had their Hamptons summer rentals locked down by November 2004. But some of us can barely plan a few days ahead, let alone...
STARR REPORT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00am'AH' on Cruise control Tonight's "Access Hollywood" devotes itself entirely to Tom Cruise with a special entitled "Tom Cruise: Man on a Mission" (7:30 p.m./Ch. 4). In the special, Cruise...
SCENE CUISINE - THE SEASON'S NEW EATERIES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE the Hamptons has some spectacular beaches, it's probably better known for the lavish consumptive habits of its seasonal citizens. Feeding these discriminating customers - many of whom have exceedingly...
BEACHY-KEEN READS - BOOKS JUST RIGHT FOR THE HAMPTONS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWHAT goes better on the beach than a good read? OK, there are cold drinks, hot bodies and the wild surf. But books are up there, too. The latest Hollywood...
FASHION FEAST OUT EAST - NEW BOUTIQUES FOR YOU AND FIDO, TOO
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amEAST Hampton - home to stylish boutiques including Catherine Malandrino, Blue & Cream, Calypso, Cynthia Rowley and Scoop - furthers its reputation as fashion capital of the East End with...
FUN FOR THE JUNIOR LEAGUE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSURF, sun and endless sand, fields where you can pick sunflowers and strawberries, duck-filled ponds - and plenty of places to stop for ice cream. What child wouldn't love the...
LOOK, MA, NO HANDS!
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T try this at home - unless you're a TV talk show host. Tony Danza jumped on the roof of a yellow cab yesterday - after hailing it for his...
GRANDMA'S IN CHARGE OF THE KIDS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amRight now in this country, grandparents - grandmothers mostly - are raising nearly five million children who were abandoned by their parents. Tonight, Cynthia McFadden brings "Primetime Live," back to...
ALT-MOCKERS - INDIE COMICS: BORSCHT BELT TO WHITE BELTS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amHere's how a young comic in New York City can tell if they're funny: The Shins ask you to be their opening act. You go to a Bright Eyes show...
'SURVIVING' THEIR BIG DAY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amROB Mariano and Amber Brkich's televised wedding broke the cardinal rule of such affairs - it wasn't tacky. Yes, it was sponsored by CBS, "designed" by Colin Cowie and underwritten...
SHUT UP, SIT DOWN & ROCK OUT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amROCK fans, welcome to the spring of our discontent. Artists everywhere are screaming at roadies, shushing talkers and storming off-stage when fans are insufficiently reverent. Last week, even the Boss...
'LOST' GIVES FANS SHAFT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE explosive season fi nale of "Lost" didn't exactly blow the lid off of one of the show's biggest mysteries. Instead, it left the show's fans hanging - as in...
OTHER JETER STRIKES OUT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amDerek Jeter will soon be wearing a different kind of uniform - a jail jumpsuit. Jeter - not the Yankee captain - was convicted in Manhattan federal court yesterday of...
93G SCHOOL SCAM - L.I. OFFICIAL USED ED. STAFFERS ON HIS HOUSE: DA
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island school official has been busted for using employees to install a new brick patio at his home, along with a lawn, a driveway, a fish pond -...
UMA & ETHAN NEARLY KAPUT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amUma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's marriage is close to becoming a pulped fiction. Lawyers for the long-separated couple, both 34, were in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, where they told Justice...
SHOE PERV IS ON THE PROWL
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amPolice and school officials on Long Island are on the alert for a real heel - an apparent foot fetishist who's been offering high-school girls money to model shoes. Suffolk...
FLEETING HONORS - A WEEK FOR U.S. HEROES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amUNDERNEATH that sky of lead on a particularly nasty day yesterday, it was easy to find the glow of golden hearts. Ah, yes, hearts of gold but huge holes in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA quick-thinking jogger who had slathered herself with suntan oil managed to escape a sex fiend because she was too slippery for him to grab. Cops in Fountain Valley, Calif.,...
U.S. IN 'VAN'GUARD OF FUEL: W.
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush played garage hand yesterday and pumped hydrogen into an experimental GM van to tout the "fantastic technology" that he sees as the way to kick America's...
SENATE GIVES BUSH HIS JUDGE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Lightning-rod jurist Priscilla Owen slipped through the Senate yesterday - the first of President Bush's previously blocked judicial picks to pass since Democrats agreed to quit stalling. Owen...
GIFF A 'STRAW' MAN IN LATEST BALLOT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S only May, but Gifford Miller's team has already started stuffing ballot boxes. Of the fewer than 100 people at a recent Democracy for New York forum, 26 participants were...
BUSH MAY OFFER ABBAS DIRECT AID
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush, who welcomes Yasser Arafat's successor to the White House today, plans to steer more money directly to the Palestinian Authority, officials said. But a presidential spokesman stressed that...
ZEALOTS: ZARQAWI ZAPPED - 'SHOT' REPORTS HEAT UP
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The terrorist underworld continued to buzz with reports yesterday that terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is seriously wounded, and a "Million Prayers Campaign" is under way on Islamic...
JILTER FACES JAIL - FLEE-ANCÉE INDICTED FOR LYING TO GA. COPS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amRunaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks may soon be writing Dear John letters from jail. The jittery jilter from Duluth, Ga. - who fled town four days before her planned April wedding...
HAMPTONS IN TOP 10 BEACHES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMain Beach in East Hampton was named one of the 10 best U.S. beaches for the second year in a row yesterday - but a town official said it didn't...
COUPLE LEFT KIDS TO SHOP: COPS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple was arrested yesterday after they left three kids alone in the back seat of a car for nearly an hour to go shopping, police said. Amaurys Gonzalez,...
HILL AIDE'S 'GIFTS' - DEFENDS 13G GOODIES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief fund-raiser admitted on the witness stand yesterday that he never reported the value of a stay at a posh Beverly Hills hotel and...
ID SCAM HITS METRO-NORTH
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA yesterday agreed to shell out $50,000 to cover identity-theft protection for more than 700 Metro-North conductors who may have had their Social Security, birth-date and address data stolen...
HILL VS. BILL OVER VIAGRA
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE storm of outrage over freebie Viagra for rapists has sparked a nationwide push to stop all taxpayer funding of erectile-dysfunction drugs - and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on...
LOBBYING APPLE PAYS OFF BIGTIME
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amCity Hall lobbyists had a banner year in 2004, with revenues zooming nearly 33 percent to a record $33.6 million, it was disclosed yesterday. Bill Lynch, a deputy mayor in...
MOM'S 4-SIGHT HELPS ID QUADS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amDon't blame Shelley Breedlove if she has trouble telling her babies apart - the new mom has given birth to identical quadruplets, one of only 50 sets ever born. Her...
DUO NICKED IN BB ATTACK
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTwo men, one an off-duty detective, were hit with BBs yesterday as they walked in lower Manhattan. The violence took place at 2:50 p.m. as the detective, who works undercover,...
TYCOON & MODEL END TUG-O'-LOVE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBridget Marks' war with the father of her twin daughters ended in a surprise cease-fire yesterday, when a Manhattan judge set up a visitation schedule for the clashing couple for...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A man has been arrested for pistol-whipping his ex-girlfriend in East Harlem, authorities said yesterday. Earnest Robinson, 45, confronted the woman, in her late 30s, as she walked...
GEM-EROUS GOOD SAMS SAVE DAY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Westchester mom who lost a $25,000 diamond in the mud was sparkling with happiness last night after two good Samaritans found it. Christine Salazar, 37, of Katonah, was vacationing...
GOPERS' SILVER NUGGET - $830M TO WOO SHELLY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amGov. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg yesterday unveiled $830 million in downtown development goodies - including some new parks - as they try to convince Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to approve...
GANG BUSTERS - COPS NAIL 6 CRIP BIGS IN B'KLYN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSix people linked to a vicious, drug-dealing Brooklyn street gang were busted yesterday for allegedly committing five murders and attempting to kill several cops. The thugs are leaders, members and...
HEY, MAYBE SEX-STARVED JEN CAN FIND PEN PALS IN PRISON
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMAZEL TOV, Jennifer! Georgia's own bug-eyed wanderer, Jennifer Wilbanks, has moved a step closer to a home where she can indulge her lifelong fantasy of finding emotional and sexual fulfillment...
CANDY 'BAN' PLAN - CHOKE SWEETS EYED
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amLarge mint balls, jawbreakers and other hard sweets - which can choke kids - could soon be banned for sale to children in the city. City Council Health Committee Chairwoman...
DIOCESE IS ALL BUSINESS - B'KLYN PLANS FOR A SCHOOL CORP.
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSTUNNED by a rash of school closings, the Diocese of Brooklyn is considering doing away with traditional parish schools in favor of a radical new corporate model for Catholic education,...
KILLER GRANNY GETS OUT OF JAIL AFTER 22 YRS. - THANKS TO HER SON THE LAWYER
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island grandmother, imprisoned for more than two decades for killing her abusive husband, was freed yesterday - and ran into the arms of her adoring son, a prominent...
9/11 CASE COULD BE TOSSED
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe case against a Jordanian native charged with lying about knowing one of the 9/11 hijackers could be tossed out because the feds made him appear before a grand jury...
BROOKLYN MAN 3RD HIT-RUN FATALITY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Brooklyn man yesterday became the third person to die in a series of tragic hit-and-run accidents this week. The victim, who was wearing headphones, was struck at Fifth...
BRAIDER TANGLED IN SLAY CASE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA hot-headed hair dresser could face charges in the death of a woman in a bloody fight over the temperature inside a Brooklyn beauty salon. Adedimpe Abudu, 47, died March...
CAN-DO CARRIE - BUDDING COUNTRY QUEEN WINS 'IDOL'
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amCountry-music sweetheart Carrie Underwood beat out rocker Bo Bice last night for the "American Idol" crown. The 22-year-old Oklahoma native clinched the victory with her performance of Martina McBride's "Independence...
HILL AIDE TOOK 10G IN 'GIFTS'
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief fund-raiser admitted on the witness stand yesterday that he never reported the value of a stay at a posh Beverly Hills hotel and...
JUDGE SNUFFS CLUB'S 'LET US SMOKE' LAWSUIT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday tossed a lawsuit brought by a posh private Manhattan club that sought to overturn the city's smoking ban so it could continue to honor its members...
TEAM JACKO TUCKERS OUT AND RESTS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Big-screen funnyman Chris Tucker brought the curtain down on the Michael Jackson defense case yesterday with a parting shot at the Pop King's young sex accuser...
A FLEET-ING TRIBUTE - HEROES BRIGHTEN GRAY SKIES
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amUNDERNEATH that sky of lead on a particularly nasty day yesterday, it was easy to find the glow of golden hearts. Ah, yes, hearts of gold, but huge holes in...
L.I. SCHOOL BIG BOOKED IN 93G BILK
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island school official has been busted for using employees to install a new brick patio at his home, along with a lawn, a driveway, a fish pond -...
NO. 9 HAMPTONS BEACHY-KEEN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMain Beach in East Hampton was named one of the 10 best U.S. beaches for the second year in a row yesterday - but a town official said it didn't...
BUSH WILL GIVE ABBAS DIRECT AID
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush plans to steer more money directly to the Palestinian Authority after meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas today at the White House, officials said. But a presidential...
PARK NIGHTMARE - IMMIGRANT COUPLE ROBBED AT THE LAKE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Peruvian couple beginning their new life in America after winning the immigration lottery were robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight yesterday in Central Park. Carlos Balbin, 30, and his...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT - RENAISSANCE PRESIDENT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amToday's page takes a look at the exciting life of this dynamic native New Yorker who became the nation's 26th president. THE future president was born on Oct. 17, 1858,...
CAR-JERKS BUSTED OVER DITCHED KIDS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple was arrested yesterday after they left three kids alone in the back seat of a car for nearly an hour to go shopping, police said. Amaurys Gonzalez,...
JACKO TRIAL TUCKERS OUT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Big-screen funnyman Chris Tucker brought the curtain down on the Michael Jackson defense case yesterday with a parting shot at the Pop King's young sex accuser...
SEX AND THE KITTY - CUDDLY CATS FACING DEATH IN CITY POPULATION CRISIS
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amHundreds of cuddly kittens and young cats crammed into overcrowded city shelters will have to be euthanized in the next few days - unless New Yorkers come to the rescue...
HEAD TO HEAD - RAGS TO RINGS - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MAY 22, 2005
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amPost baseball writer Michael Morrissey and columnist Mike Vaccaro slug it out over which team that didn't make playoffs last season has best shot at winning it all in 2005:...
WADE (40) TURNS UP HEAT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 2: Heat 92 - Pistons 86 MIAMI - Dwyane Wade got the biggest wakeup call of his life at 3:45 yesterday morning from The Big Insomniac. Unable to sleep,...
PRINCE AND THE PAUPERS - WADE LATEST STAR STOPPED BY TAYSHAUN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - Detroit's Tayshaun Prince is emerging from the ranks of the underrated. Earlier this month, he was named second-team All Defense - his first taste of what likely will...
GIACOMO AND ALEX ON TRACK FOR THIRD ACT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amA rubber match between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners in the June 11 Belmont Stakes now appears likely as Afleet Alex returned to the track yesterday for the first...
LIBERTY NOT SO 'TOUGH' ANYMORE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amThey have always been known as the Tough Girls of the WNBA. With players such as Teresa Weatherspoon, Tamika Whitmore, Sue Wicks and Tari Phillips, playing the Liberty was part...
GIANTS' GUARD ITCHY TO TEST MANGLED LEG
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amRich Seubert gets stared at so often he's grown accustomed to the glances and the pointing and even the innocent questions from kids who approach him in the grocery store...
CONFESSION FOR THE KIDS: A-ROD
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez has been undergoing therapy to help himself. He spoke out about it this week to help children who, like him, come from broken homes. "I would never have...
WILLIAMS COULD MAKE RIGHT MOVE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Bernie Williams was back in center field last night, but he also could see time elsewhere in the Yankees outfield in the coming weeks as Joe Torre tests...
TOUGH TRAN-SITION - WITHOUT CARLOS, METS STRUGGLE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - At one point during batting practice last night, Carlos Beltran smashed two homers in a row into the right-field stands at Turner Field. It was an encouraging sign...
CANO SHOWING HE CAN SWING
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amDerek Jeter said Robinson Cano had been hitting as well as anybody on the red-hot Yankees. Joe Torre said the rookie second baseman - along with pitcher Chien-Ming Wang -...
BAD START FOR HENNIE'S MELODY
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amCold, soggy, miserable day of racing at the Big B. Track was sealed, sloppy; all four turf races (first, fourth, sixth, eighth) were switched to main track; 36 horses were...
ACHY KAZ NEEDS SOME MORE TIME
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - On Sunday, Kazuo Matsui said he thought he'd be able to play Monday. But the Met second baseman has yet to start a game since. Matsui...
BROWN RIPS CAV GM RUMOR - . . . BUT DOESN'T EXACTLY DENY IT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - It was too quiet on the Larry Brown Front. After Detroit's Game 1 victory Monday, Brown had nothing to complain about. Few fouls were called (to the physical...
CORREA HITS HIS STRIDE AT LEHMAN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS Pete Correa always wanted to go to Lehman, but when it came time to pick a high school, his mother decided he should go to Catholic school. "She...
BELTRAN MAKES IT TO PLATE
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - For the first time since leaving Saturday's game with a strained right quad, Carlos Beltran made an appearance last night. Beltran pinch hit for Doug Mientkiewicz...
BROWN RIPS CAVS GM RUMOR . . . BUT DOESN'T EXACTLY DENY IT
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - Larry Brown was fuming yesterday as he came off the Pistons' team bus for the morning shootaround at Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena, admitting his day was spoiled by a...
GAELS' DAVIS HOFSTRA BOUND
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amMike Davis was a disappointment through the middle of his senior year at All Hallows, but in the latter half of his final season at the Bronx school, the 6-8...
UNION, NHL TALKING
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amRepresentatives of the NHL and its Players Association will be back at it today in Chicago after spending more than six hours yesterday dissecting the finances and revenue streams of...
A LOT OF NOTHIN' - SLUMPING METS SHUT OUT AGAIN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBraves 3 - Mets 0 ATLANTA - In Monday's ninth inning here, Chris Woodward smacked a solo homer. The Mets haven't scored since. The Mets and Braves played nine more...
YANKEE-YOUNG BATTLE GROWING OLD
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Paul Quantrill and Detroit's Dmitri Young don't figure to be exchanging holiday cards this year as their war of words continued to boil yesterday afternoon. When asked about...
BOMBERS, FANS STARTING TO DRIFT TOWARD ALEX'S CORNER NOW
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amOK, SO until a ball is hit to him with a guy running to third Alex Rodriguez comes off as a little too rehearsed. Then, too, having not had a...
JETER AND WANG TAME THE TIGERS - DEREK'S CLASSIC CATCH HELPS SECURE WIN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEES 4 TIGERS 2 For everyone that hid the women and children, the Yankees got back to playing baseball last night at the Stadium and the only thing they drilled...
ALEX HAS YANKS AND FANS IN HIS CORNER NOW
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amOK, so maybe Alex Rodriguez comes off as a little too rehearsed, at least until there is a runner bearing down from second and he doesn't know the play is...
ALL'S RIGHT WITH WANG ... AGAIN
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amBefore last night's game, Yankee manager Joe Torre praised rookies Chien-Ming Wang and Robinson Cano for giving the Yankees a shot of energy that helped snap the team out of...
THOSE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING - YANKEES, QUANTRILL RUSH TO DEFEND A-ROD
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amFranklyn German did something Tuesday night even the Yankees' most hated rivals could never do before. He got the Bombers to stand up for Alex Rodriguez. Jason Varitek's glove to...
THE BEST OF THE BOMBER
May 26, 2005 | 4:00amTempers flared between the Yankees and Tigers Tuesday at the Stadium. And with the Red Sox headed to town this weekend, it might not be long before the Bombers partake...