January 23, 2005
'NO PROBLEM' LENDER'S BUST
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amNo credit? Big problem. A shaky lending company, known for making so-called "No credit? No problem!" loans to people with lousy credit histories, fell apart last week and filed for...
DOLAN WANTED TO FIRE SON FOR DEAL
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe rift between Cablevision founder Chuck Dolan and his son, Jimmy, the Cablevision CEO, over the future of the company's Voom satellite venture got so heated last week that the...
Y&R LOSES FOOTING ; AD AGENCY IS WEAKENED BY LOST ACCOUNTS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIt's been a rough year for Y&R, one of the oldest and most storied ad agencies on Madison Avenue. Y&R - the creative force behind such memorable campaigns as Dr....
MOVIE PIX - OUR MOVIE CRITIC MEGAN LEHMANN'S BEST FILMS OF THE WEEK
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amSUSPICION Tuesday, 4 p.m., TCM Oscar-winner Joan Fontaine is terrific as a shrinking violet who suspects her new husband (a typically dashing Cary Grant) of murderous intent in this 1941...
FUTURE TV: GOTTI AND OTHER HORRORS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amYOU don't think that all of the good TV shows now found all over the tube happen overnight, do you? Heck, some are days, weeks and even months in the...
ON 'HOUSE," HUGH LAURIE LOVES MEDICINE, HATES PATIENTS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amCLICHE or not, the best actors really do make it look easy - something to keep in mind when watching "House" star Hugh Laurie. The British actor, best known to...
LET'S END TV'S BATHROOM BREAK
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amSOMEONE call a plumber because TV is stuck in the toilet. Sorry - the last thing I want to do is disgust my readers. But hey, I'm only about to...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amREALITY Working girls FOX has found a new way to repackage "The Simple Life" - have Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie pose as interns at a variety of jobs they...
IT'S UP TO THE GILLS; MAKE SURE YOU KEEP A FINE KETTLE OF FISH
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe "Strategist" column of New York Magazine recently touted fish as "the ultimate low-maintenance pet." Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Just because they don't require walking, brushing...
PORN TO BE WILD
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amSIBEL Kekilli had lots of preparation for her nudity and sex in the award-winning"Head-On" - she used to be a porn star. Kekilli and the German-Turkish drama about obsessive love...
FOR U.S., NOTHINGLOST IN TRANSLATION
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN the U.S. Olympic team speaks, the language is Russian. All six team members and the captain of the squad that placed fourth last fall in Calvia, Spain, were emigrants...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
January 23, 2005 | 5:00am1 'Lost' backlash Fans are in an uproar over a dropped plot line involving a kidnapped (and pregnant!) castaway, an anticlimactic episode built around a locked suitcase, and a sound...
LADIES' FIGHT - OSCAR NODS WILL SET UP A FAMILIAR FACE-OFF
January 23, 2005 | 5:00am"Not again!" That's likely to be Annette Bening's reaction come Tuesday when this year's Oscar nominations are announced. Barring a shift in the San Andreas Fault, Bening - the Golden...
SMITH HELPED HER SAVE 'FACE'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amWill Smith played an angel in "The Legend of Bagger Vance" - but in real life, he's an angel to a Park Slope filmmaker who made a small comedy about...
'BURLY' MAN - CANNAVALE STEALS THE SHOW IN 'HURLYBURLY'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHe's played it gay, straight and somewhere in between. But nowhere before has Bobby Cannavale played a role as naked as the one in "Hurlyburly." True, unlike co-stars Ethan Hawke...
THE BUSIEST UNDERSTUDY
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThere are plays, and then there's "Hurlyburly" - a 150-page doorstop of a drama. Clocking in at three hours, it's a marathon of monologues, especially for its four male leads....
HEAR THIS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIN CONCERT * At Irving Plaza: Pop/jazz singer Norah Jones on Tuesday. Alt-folkie Martin Sexton with Jill "I Kissed a Girl" Sobule on Friday and Saturday. * Indie rock hero...
BAND ON FIRE - ARCADE FIRE COMES TO LIFE IN 'FUNERAL'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amWin Butler, the emotive singer who fronts the band Arcade Fire, might come across as a sensitive guy, but in his teenage years he was a terror. "I would have...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amMARIANNE FAITHFULL "Before The Poison" (three stars) ANTI Records THERE are few voices in music as distinctive as that of Marianne Faithfull. Since she debuted at 17 singing the Rolling...
ERASURE MATES - AFTER 20 YEARS, BRITISH SYNTH-POP DUO STILL SINGS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFor the last 20 years, Brit synth-pop sensation Erasure has been a media mystery. The group's records never sell enough to hit the charts - but its shows sell out...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amARMY OF ONE Real-life story of three people who joined the army after 9/11, hoping to give themselves some direction in life. But military life isn't all they thought it...
DUD FELLA - EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG WITH ROBERT DE NIRO'S CAREER
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amDear Bob, Why do you, America's greatest actor, keep choosing such lousy roles? Come back to us. XOXO your fans It's a time-honored tradition: Good actor does bad film, but...
ON THE EDGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS - COMA PATIENT TEETERS THROUGH DARK 'LIFE'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Ninth Life of Louis Drax Liz Jensen Four stars Bloomsbury, $23.95 The tricky device of having your novel narrated by a dead character is becoming a little tired of...
REQUIRED READING
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amSusanna Moore's "One Last Look," just out in paperback, is an intriguing novel about a brother and sister expatriated to India in the 19th century. Forget Moore's "In the Cut."...
CHRISTINA'S GETTING WED
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amChristina Aguilera is closer than she might think to getting hitched to boyfriend Jordan Bratman. Rumors have been swirling about the two for several months,but now it 's on for...
HERE'S A TIP: DON'T STIFF HIM - PIZZA DELIVERMEN BITE BACK ON NEW WEBSITE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPizza deliverers - to paraphrase the late Rodney Dangerfield - just don't get no respect. Postal workers might perform their appointed rounds in spite of snow, rain, heat and gloom...
BROADWAY BABY - SHE'S GOT 'GOOD VIBRATIONS' FOR FINDING BARGAINS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amKate Reinders may be tiny, but she is a powerhouse on stage. In the Broadway show "Good Vibrations," opening Feb. 2, Reinders belts out Beach Boys tunes playing Caroline, a...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHUNGRY B'KLYN SWM WITH A+ IN DATING MEET Ethan, a 28-year old foodie who describes himself as "3/4 grounded, and 1/4 neurotic Jewish guy from Brooklyn." Ethan's in the music...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amA former Oklahoma state judge was hit with three felony counts of indecent exposure after allegedly using a penis pump in court. A court reporter and three other witnesses claim...
INDOOR DELUGE HITS B'KLYN PROJECT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amAs New Yorkers braced for the blizzard yesterday, hundreds of people in Brooklyn suffered through downpours - in their apartments. A 14-story housing project in Fort Greene was flooded after...
SOFA-FIRE SMOKE KILLS 2 ON LONG ISLAND
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Long Island roommates died in a tragic fire, overcome by smoke from a burning sofa in their living room. Laura Lauer, 54, and her tenant, Paul Martino, 60, were...
MELANIA BASKS IN PRE-VOW PAMPER AT MAR-AAH-LAGO
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amMeet Mrs. Donald Trump, Take 3. Stunning wife-to-be Melania Knauss transformed herself into a royal goddess yesterday, stepping into her off-white and gold satin wedding gown after days of beautifying...
JUDGE TAKES 'HARASS' PHONER OFF LINE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFringe mayoral candidate Christopher X. Brodeur is barred from calling the City Hall press office as long as criminal-harassment charges are pending against him for making up to 150 phone...
FEDS NAB 'BOMB' SUSPECT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFBI agents were questioning one of the Chinese nationals sought in a purported plot to set off a radioactive bomb in Boston, Fox News Channel reported yesterday. Mei Xia Dong,...
SUSPECT THREATENS POST MAN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amA TV video editor charged with beating restaurant worker in the face with a pair of brass knuckles showed yesterday he still has some rage issues when he threatened to...
SPOILED ROTTEN; KILLER FEARED DIVORCE WOULD END EASY LIFE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe berserk Brooklyn man accused of killing his wife by stabbing her and crushing her head with a brick may have feared that his spoiled life of luxury and high-priced...
DAN PLAY$ GALL GAME - SEEKS AMMON FORTUNE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe prospect of 25 years to life behind bars hasn't quenched convicted killer Danny Pelosi's thirst for cash - he's mulling a new legal bid for his dead wife's fortune...
CLOCK TICKS FOR DYING NEWBORN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amA baby born Tuesday to a Brooklyn couple has a tumor in his tiny heart and may have just three days to live, doctors say. But Jordan Trimarchi's life can...
POP DEFENDS SONS AND PAL IN 'BUTT-PINCH' FIGHT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe father of two of the three men involved in the post-"butt-grope" melee at a Staten Island nightclub says they're getting a bum rap. "The three of them are damned...
PALESTINIANS DEMAND ISRAELI CEASE-FIRE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amDespite several days of relative calm in the troubled region, Palestinian leaders yesterday said only a full Israeli cease-fire could bring a halt to the fighting. Hopes for peace were...
LIVING IN A DUMP: BUILDING PLAN ON TOXIC SITE RATTLES QUEENS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amCollege Point residents fear a developer and state regulators aren't doing enough to clean up underground poisons from a former dump where 86 new homes are to be built. The...
SUNDANCE SMACKDOWN ; TOP FOTOG BUSTED IN COP CLASH
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amA celebrity photographer wound up behind bars after a tense confrontation with cops outside a nightclub when a crowd of gawkers tried to get close to the Hilton sisters and...
HIT'S IN THE GAME
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amDrop the cannolis and pick up your joystick - that is, if you crave being a made Mafia member. Come fall, Electronic Arts will make video gamers an offer they...
BLAST DESTROYS L.I. MANSION
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amAn explosion rocked a Long Island mansion yesterday, sparking a fire that sent four occupants to the hospital with minor burns. Cops said an explosion blew a hole in the...
TRUMP RINGS UP NUMBER 3; WEDS MELANIA IN CELEB-FILLED SEASIDE $HOW
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHey, Melania, you're hired - as Mrs. Trump! Donald Trump headed down the aisle for the third time yesterday - to share vows with stunning Slovenian supermodel Melania Knauss in...
CUTTING BACK DEGRASSE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amANY day now, state Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse is expected to issue a ruling in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) school-aid case. He may well order Albany to...
FERRER: LET NYERS VOTE ON STADIUM
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amDemocratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer yesterday called on Mayor Bloomberg to put the fate of the controversial West Side stadium in the hands of New Yorkers. In an interview with...
'SLASH' TEACH'S SHARP WORDS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amBrooklyn math teacher Frances Levine, accused of masterminding the vicious boxcutter attack on her principal allegedly told cops that "what goes around comes around," it was revealed at her arraignment...
DAN PLAY$ GALL GAME; SEEKS AMMON FORTUNE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe prospect of 25 years to life behind bars hasn't quenched convicted killer Danny Pelosi's thirst for cash - he's mulling a new legal bid for his dead wife's fortune...
TRUMP RINGS UP NUMBER 3 ; WEDS MELANIA IN CELEB-FILLED SEASIDE $HOW
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHey, Melania, you're hired - as Mrs. Trump! Donald Trump headed down the aisle for the third time yesterday - to share vows with stunning Slovenian supermodel Melania Knauss in...
LOOK FOR UNION LABEL ON MORGY ENDORSEMENTS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's likely quest for a 10th term got a big boost last week, as he quietly picked up the backing of two of the city's largest...
ALI G SHOWS NO 'RESPEK' TO ANTHEM
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIt was bad enough to hear the comedian known as "Ali G" butcher the National Anthem, according to some patriotic cowboys, but it was even worse to be paid for...
REAL-ESTATE BIGS SPREAD THE WEALTH IN MAYOR RACE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe city's most prominent real-estate honchos are hedging their bets on mayoral candidates by giving big bucks to everyone. While Fernando Ferrer enjoys a hefty lead against fellow Dems in...
AUSSIE POSSE IN TSUNAMI CHARITY BASH
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFor one night only, there'll be more Foster's than cosmos at the Chelsea club Crobar, as Australian expats invite all New Yorkers to get "down under" and raise money for...
MERCHANTS' BX. JEER FOR CITY'S 'MARKET' VALUES
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amA food fight is getting messier in The Bronx. Fruit, vegetable and meat wholesalers at the soon-to-be-bulldozed Bronx Terminal Market charge city officials have broken their promise to keep the...
PENTHOUSE OF FIRE; BRAVEST GET $8M LUXURY B'KLYN STATION
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIt's the firehouse of the future - and it costs $8 million. The new three-story home of Ladder Co. 112 and Engine Co. 277 in Bushwick will be the most...
CASINO CHIPPING IN WITH A TOKEN TRIBUTE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amTalk about poker faces. An ad exec at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City says the casino is working with chip makers Gam ing Partners International on a design to...
VELELLA WILL BE FREE TO TAP 130G FUND
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN he's sprung from Rikers Island in March, disgraced former state Sen. Guy Velella will not only get an $80,000-a-year pension - he'll also have access to a huge pot...
SORROW FOR SALE - FILMMAKER HAWKS 9/11 VID CLIPS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHours of haunting, never-before-seen footage of the World Trade Center attack is up for sale. Filmmaker Steven Rosenbaum said he wants the massive archive of amateur videos - valued at...
INVITATIONS COME WITH A HITCH: MORE FUSS THAN FUN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFor the 400 guests attending yesterday's nuptials, the invitation was a privilege - and a pain. Consider A-list Hollywood stars, millionaires, politicos and other power brokers forced to leave their...
TRUMP RINGS UP NUMBER 3 - WEDS MELANIA IN CELEB-FILLED SEASIDE $HOW
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amHey, Melania, you're hired - as Mrs. Trump! Donald Trump headed down the aisle for the third time yesterday - to share vows with stunning Slovenian supermodel Melania Knauss in...
COWHER'S GIFT: STAYING POWER ; NEVER HIS FAULT IF STEELERS LOSE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Three AFC Championship Games Bill Cowher has lost at home and he still has the homiest head-coaching job in the NFL for probably its homiest franchise. "Teams make...
MACARCHUK MULLS CALLING IT A CAREER
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amNICK Macarchuk, the man who built Stony Brook into a respectable Division I program, continues to contemplate whether it's time to entrust the Seawolves' growth to someone else. Although Marcarchuk...
JASON ON HOT SEAT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amNO major leaguer faces a more daunting spring training than Jason Giambi. Barry Bonds, you say? While Bonds is higher profile and is on the brink of passing Babe Ruth...
BIG UNIT'S QUICKLY TAKEN A HOLD ON YANKEES
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIf you want to know where the Yankee mindset is these days, just get put on hold when you call the Stadium. Usually the Yankees draw on the richest history...
WILKENS: ISIAH DIDN'T PUSH ME - A TRUE MASTER OF CHA-GRIN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amTHE smile can no longer camouflage the mess he has helped perpetuate. For a while, it was easy for Isiah Thomas to pretend all the bad things that happen to...
SNOW KOS RACING
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Blizzard of '05 wreaked havoc on East Coast horse racing this weekend, shutting down tracks from New York to Maryland. The winter storm that promised to dump a foot...
AXING BETTMAN COULD ONLY HELP
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amON TUESDAY, facing a third consecutive quarter loss, an SEC probe and an 18-month drop in stock price from $50 to $8.72, Krispy Kreme fired CEO Scott Livengood and replaced...
NETS AVOID SNOW, BUT COST IS A TOUGH TREK
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amThe Nets got out of town just before yesterday's blizzard and are therefore excused from digging out from under the snow blanketing the area, even if they've proven to be...
EX-STEELER PUNTER COULDN'T RESIST BELICHICK
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amCHAMPIONSHIP CONFIDENTIAL PITTSBURGH - Patriots punter Josh Miller recalled the day Bill Belichick recruited him as a free agent last offseason and lured him away from the Steelers. "I remember...
EASY LIES CROWN ; PATRIOTS NEVERFEEL AS IF THEY'RE HEADED FOR FALL
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Here come the Patriots, stalking their dynasty. Here comes Bill Belichick, eyeing the exalted pedestal on which Vince Lombardi sits. Here comes Tom Brady, marching yet another step...
ISIAH, KNICKS RIDE ON ROAD TO NOWHERE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPAYING off or buying out predecessors' blunders - coaches, players and front office personnel - is acceptable standard operating procedure for newly hired sports executives. Initially, that's what they do...
WILKENS: ISIAH DIDN'T PUSH ME ; THOMAS PINING FOR JAX, BROWN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amWith rampant speculation Knicks president Isiah Thomas precipitated his ouster, a nattily dressed Lenny Wilkens read shakily from a prepared statement yesterday, claiming it was in his "best interests" to...
PIRATES CONTROL KNIGHTS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amSeton Hall 74Rutgers 58 The Seton Hall student section chanted, "We own Jersey! We own Jersey! We own Jersey!" On this snowy day, Seton Hall did, spanking Rutgers, 74-58, in...
MCKOY DOES WHAT DOUGLASS NEEDS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS As soon as Steve McKoy found out that his team's point guard, Damani Corbin, would be lost for the year with torn knee cartilage, he knew his game...
KNICKS' PREZ IS FINE WITH JACKSON
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIsiah Thomas said the perception he and Phil Jackson can't get along because their egos are supersized is a fallacy. "I've never had a problem working for, playing for or...
HERB IN CHARGE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amNew coach Herb Williams, a former 6-11 defensive center, promised he will make the Knicks "tougher" and better defensively. Williams, once the Knicks' locker-room sage as a backup center to...
BETHEL STANDS TALL(ER) VS. CARDOZO
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amBASKETBALL CITY SHOOTOUT St. Raymond's plays some of the best teams in the nation, so at 6-foot-5, Chris Bethel is often matched up against players who are bigger than he...
STORM STOPPERS ; BC TOPS ST. JOHN'S TO REMAIN UNBEATEN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amBoston Coll. 79St. John's 73 And then there were three. Of the 327 Division I basketball teams in America all but four had lost at least one game going into...
HEAVENLY IMAGES; NFL FILMS GIVES 9-11 KIN PRICELESS GIFTS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIN THE horror of 9-11, thousands of photos of life's most precious moments turned to a canvas of black, forever scarred with debris, many fused together by the hellish heat....
UNBEATEN EAGLES; STORM, WEATHERCAN'T COOL OFF BC
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amBoston Coll. 79St. John's 73 And then there were three. Of the 327 Division I basketball teams in America, all but four had lost at least one game going into...
METS MATCH TEXAS ON DELGADO
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIn the wake of the Rangers' four-year, $48 million offer to Carlos Delgado, the Mets yesterday debated whether to proceed or concede. They've decided to match Texas' offer, a Florida-based...
SMORGASBORD IN THE SHALLOWS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S deja vu all over again in South Florida as anglers heading for the warm sun are stymied by stiff easterly winds that have kept many boats tied to the...
NFL PAYOFF GAME - 'NO FAULT LEAGUE' SECRETLY SETTLES IN DRUNK CRASH
January 23, 2005 | 5:00am"IN wartime," said Winston Churchill, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." That brings us to the NFL, which, after war was...
BUS STOPS HERE VS. THE CHAMPS
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPATRIOTS-STEELERS MATCHUPS QUARTERBACKS AND RECEIVERS VS. DEFENSIVE BACKS WHEN STEELERS HAVE THE BALL: Rookie QB Ben Roethlisberger was cool, calm and collected in the regular season, but was exposed in...
BELICHICK'S POOR-MOUTH RAP DOESN'T FOOL JETS' MARTIN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Listening to Bill Belichick talk about tonight's AFC Championship showdown against the Steelers, you begin to wonder if the Patriots have any chance to win at all. Belichick,...
PHILLY WANTS ITS BIRDS TO FLY SOUTH ... TO JACKSONVILLE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - It won't be seen but it will be felt, stinging more harshly than any icy winter blast. The pressure on the Eagles this afternoon is enormous and will...
EAGLES' TIME HAS COME - FINALLY
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFALCONS-EAGLES MATCHUPS RUNNING BACKS vs. LINEBACKERS WHEN FALCONS HAVE THE BALL: Warrick Dunn is coming off a monster game (142 yards vs. the Rams) and provides the flash. Bullish T.J....
ANALYSTS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIf experts are right, today should be exciting. The Post asked six TV analysts their predictions for today's conference championships. In the NFC, the Falcons won 3-2 (with Cris Collinsworth...
HEAD TO HEAD
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amCONFERENCE CALL Post columnists George Willis and Steve Serby slug over whether the today's NFC winner has a prayer in the Super Bowl against the AFC champ George Willis: Steve,...
DAWKINS WANTS FANS SQUAWKIN'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Brian Dawkins has played in more games (126) in the regular season and the playoffs (11) with the Eagles than any other player on the roster. The hard-hitting...
FORWARD PROGRESS - SKIN COLOR AN AFTERTHOUGHT IN NFC DUEL
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amMARLIN Briscoe, the first African-American quarterback to start a game in the NFL, will be an interested and proud observer of today's NFC Championship Game. So will Vince Evans, Doug...
IT'S GO UP OR GIVE UP - METS CONSIDER SAYING 'THE DEL WITH IT'
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amIn the wake of the Rangers' four-year, $48 million offer to Carlos Delgado, the Mets yesterday debated whether to proceed or essentially concede. Texas' Tom Hicks, after becoming the first...
HIGH-FLYING EAGLES STILL GET NO RESPECT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amBoston College coach Al Skinner knows the joke circulating from college basketball locker room to locker room across the country: Which of theses three doesn't belong - Boston College, Duke...
CHARLIE HUSTLE - WEIS' UNLIKELY JOURNEY FROM FAN TO COACHING GIANT
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amMark Bavaro remembers the day he first met Charlie Weis. It was the summer of 1990 and the Giants were in the beginning of training camp at Fairleigh Dickinson in...
JERSEY GUY WEARING TWO HATS - AND BOTH FIT FINE
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - When the news first came down that Charlie Weis had been hired as the Notre Dame head coach despite the fact that he was still in the throes...
SHOOT FOR THE MOON! BOLD TRADE FOR RANDY MOSS IS JETS' BEST SHOT AT CROWN
January 23, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Jets have the business plan already in place for them, a blueprint provided by their closest athletic cousins, which really was a gentlemanly thing for the Mets...