July 14, 2004
WARNER LABEL INKS DEAL WITH JUVENILE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amIn perhaps its biggest signing to date under its new management group, Warner Music's Atlantic Records has nabbed hip-hop star Juvenile from Universal yesterday. Atlantic signed Juvenile - who had...
H AS IN HEADACHE - HIGH-PRICED HILFIGER LINE STALLING A TURNAROUND
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amWhen David Dyer left Lands' End to become chief executive of Tommy Hilfiger last September, he was hailed as a leader who would steer the troubled company in a new...
BARNEYS LANDLORD BUYS BOROUGH SHOPPING MALL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amBARNEYS' real estate owner, Ben Ashkenazy, just bought a property he called the "Madison Avenue" of the boroughs: the $60 million Douglaston Plaza. By being quicker on the execution by...
LINCOLN TO PARK IN TW CENTER LOBBY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amAs it pulls out of its sponsorship of the U.S. Open, Lincoln hopes to get a bigger bang for its bucks by sponsoring the posh lobby of Time Warner Center....
JANN BOUNCES STAR FOR CAR - NEW MERCEDES ELBOWS HARTNETT OFF MEN'S JOURNAL COVER
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amJOSH Hartnett is the hot co-star of the soon-to-be-released MGM flick "Wicker Park" - but he's apparently not hot enough for the cover of Men's Journal. Sources said he had...
UNDER SEC EYE, RED HAT RESTATES
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amRed Hat got hammered yesterday after the company restated three years of financial results and overhauled how it books revenue from software contracts. The company also disclosed that the Securities...
SCHWAB FIRE SALE - BROKER BAILING OUT OF RESEARCH, BANKING BIZ
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSan Francisco-based Charles Schwab & Co. is shopping its Schwab Capital Markets business, backing away from an unsuccessful foray into institutional trading and research, The Post has learned. Boutique investment...
DOUGAN PUTS IN HIS TEAM - CSFB ROLLS OUT EXEC REORG
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amLess than three weeks after taking the helm at Credit Suisse First Boston, Brady Dougan is shaking up the firm's management, consolidating his power at the Swiss-owned investment bank following...
MORT'S LAND EMPIRE RIPPED
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amWhile Mort Zuckerman wrestles with low morale and anemic gains at his Daily News, his real estate empire faces a cash squeeze and is getting panned by Wall Street. Zuckerman's...
STARR REPORT
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amKen-do: $1 million "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings shattered the $1 million mark last night in his 30th consecutive appearance on the show (7 p.m./Ch. 7). Jennings' winnings last night brought...
'DAY' BREAK - BUSY FAMILY FILLS A SUMMER LULL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00am"The Days" [**] (Two stars) Sunday night at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 EACH Day is a busy Day on "The Days," a drama series about what happens to a family...
BASTILLE MEALS & DEALS - IT'S PARIS ON THE HUDSON FOR WINE AND DINE EVENTS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amGRAB your beret - it's Bastille Day! Fireworks might not light up the sky the way they do on our Independence Day, but every year, the celebration gets explosively bigger,...
BETTER BURGERS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amNew York Burger Co. ½ (two and one half stars) 303 Park Ave. S. (between 23rd & 24th streets) (212) 254-2727 IF you're going to eat a burger, better make...
A TRIPPY 'PLANET'
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amPLANET EARTH: DREAMS [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars)'PLANET Earth: Dreams" makes about as much sense as most dreams. But that's to be expected, because the video feature is a...
FRANKLY, IT'S TEDIOUS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amLET'S GET FRANK [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars)COMBATIVE and media-savvy Congressman Barney Frank took to the frenzied circus surrounding Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings like a duck to water. Having...
LOIS LANE LIVES - 'SMALLVILLE' ADDS SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amLOIS meet Clark. Clark meet the new Lois. Sultry, hard-as-nails reporter-to-be Lois Lane will pay a visit to The WB's "Smallville" this fall as a college freshman who has no...
GOTTA HAVE HEARTH
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHEARTH [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) 403 E. 12TH ST. (AT FIRST AVENUE) (646) 602-1300 HEARTH brings big-time cooking to hard-drinking First Avenue south of 14th Street. It took...
'FLOOR' BORED - KIM BASINGER SLEEPWALKS THROUGH JOHN IRVING'S 'DOOR'
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTHE DOOR IN THE FLOOR (two stars) Disappointing. Running time: 111 minutes. Rated R (sex, profanity). At the Empire, the Angelika, the Cinema 1, ADAPTATIONS of John Irving's novels either...
PALM SPRINGS ETERNAL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amCOULD there be a Palm Too 2? The owners of the venerable Palm restaurant chain - which first opened in 1926 on Second Avenue - are aiming to open another...
SEAN: I DIDDY IT!
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amIT may be that the toughest critic Sean Combs faced during his four-month run in "A Raisin in the Sun" was . . . Sean Combs. "In the beginning, I...
KELLY GETS 'LIFE'
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amKELLY Osbourne says she was a real freak and geek in high school - making her the perfect fit for ABC's new fall teen drama "Life As We Know It."...
STATE OF GRACE - COLOMBIAN ACTRESS HAS DIVINE APPEAL IN SUMMER'S NEW BIG-BUZZ INDIE MOVIE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTHE search for the next great movie actress is over - meet Colombia native Catalina Sandino. The 23-year-old debuts in the new, much-talked-about indie film, "Maria Full of Grace," a...
GOAL-DEN - IS THIS CUBAN-AMERICAN TEEN THE RANGERS' NEXT GREAT PLAYER?
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE was a little extra pre-game buzz at Shea Stadium on the first night of the latest subway series between the Yan-kees and the Mets. Al Montoya, 19, a shy,...
TAN-GO FOR IT
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTANGO fever has hit the Big Apple. From Central Park to South Street Seaport, from Queens to the Bronx, couples are stepping to the sexy Argentine export. And it's easy...
SCREENS AND BIG DREAMS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amNEXT week, the New York International Latino Film Festival marks its fifth year bringing the city the finest films created by Latino filmmakers. On the eve of its July 27th...
JUDGE FLUSHES 'ROYAL' CON MAN
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amOnce a fake millionaire neurosurgeon U.N. diplomat, always a fake millionaire neurosurgeon U.N. diplomat. An unemployed Astoria, Queens, man who snookered women by passing himself off as a neurosurgeon who...
PETER DUMPS DIVA - HE WINS OWN HEARING
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's co- defendant, Peter Bacanovic, is tired of being a "second-class citizen" to the domestic diva, so a judge has granted the former Merrill Lynch broker's request to announce...
N.J. GOV PAL IN HOOKER 'SETUP' - SENT STEAMY VID TO 'FRAUD' WITNESS' WIFE: FEDS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe top fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey hired a New York City prostitute to seduce a key witness in a federal fraud case - and then sent a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * An East New York woman menaced her neighbor with a knife after ransacking her apartment in a dispute over the suspect's boyfriend, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Natasha Evans,...
RAPPER BUDDEN BUSTED IN QNS.
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amRapper Joe Budden was busted in Queens yesterday for speeding and driving with a suspended license, police sources said. Budden was pulled over by highway cops as he drove 26...
MODEL IN COKE BUST - NABBED AT JFK
July 14, 2004 | 4:00ama Belgian model went from the catwalk to a perp walk after she was busted at Kennedy Airport trying to smuggle cocaine into the country, authorities said yesterday. Ingrid Parewijck,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe postman always barks twice. That's the case in North Dakota, where a golden retriever named Toby happily trots to the Carpio post office each day to pick up the...
OUR POOR KIDS - 1 IN 6 STUCK IN POVERTY: STUDY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA new study of child welfare paints a nasty picture of poverty in America, where one in six of children is underprivileged and one in eight has no access to...
KOSHER KERRY? - HE'S ALL OVER THE (ROAD) MAP
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amJOHN Kerry, after a slightly rocky start, has had an epiphany of sorts on the Middle East. New "talking points" being privately distributed to pro-Israel groups almost make it seem...
OSAMA PAL GIVES UP - SLIMY SAUDI IN VID GIGGLING OVER 9/11
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The wheelchair-bound imam who appeared on an infamous videotape with Osama bin Laden, praising the 9/11 attacks, surrendered to Saudi authorities in Iran yesterday. Saudi officials said Khaled...
DEMS' FEST TO FOCUS ON KERRY'S VIET GLORY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe Democrats' four-day convention salute to Sen. John Kerry later this month will be aimed at touting the nominee's war-hero record, officials revealed yesterday. Prominent Democrats will share the spotlight...
FIX TEACHER CONTRACT, SCHOOLS STUDY URGES
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The state can't expect to meet a court order to reform its school-aid procedure without major changes to the teachers' contract in New York City, a conservative think...
DEATH-PENALTY FIX CLOSE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said yesterday he is hoping to vote on legislation next week to fix the death penalty, which was effectively abolished last month when...
COP DIES DAYS AFTER DWI TRAGEDY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island constable struck by a drunken driver while directing traffic has died of his injuries, police said. Patchogue Village Constable Felice Taldone, 44, was directing cars at 10:30...
KIDNAP MONSTERS KILL AGAIN
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Terrorists said they murdered a captive Bulgarian truck driver and threatened to put another hostage to death in 24 hours, al-Jazeera television reported yesterday. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group...
FERRY-CRASH CHARGES LOOM
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amIndictments are likely to come in the next month in connection with last fall's Staten Island ferry disaster. The Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office was granted a 30-day extension yesterday to...
CO-OP FIGHTS MTA PLAN FOR NEW STATION
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA posh Upper East Side building has hired architects to counter the MTA's plans to take over part of their property to house a Second Avenue subway entrance, The Post...
SCRIBE A LIAR: HYNES - DEFENDS FIRING ADA
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe head of all criminal prosecutions in Brooklyn was relegated to the witness chair yesterday, where he defended firing one of his underlings by insisting the ADA worked in the...
FURY OVER FIREBOMB TEENS' WRIST-SLAP
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTwo of the three Long Island teens who were sentenced yesterday for firebombing a house were spared jail time in the vicious hate crime, infuriating their victims. "I don't see...
HOW A STAND-UP GUY FELL DOWN
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHE started work at the age of 13, stole his first car when he was 16, and dedicated more than three decades of his life to the Massino crew. As...
RISE & FALL OF REALTY RA$CAL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amIt looked for a while as if the sky was the limit for Brooklyn-born New Jersey real-estate mogul Charles Kushner, one of the biggest landlords in the Northeast. Top financial...
CIGS-TO-KIDS STORES BURNED
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has yanked tobacco licenses from more than 120 stores that sold cigarettes to kids, officials announced yesterday. "If you sell to kids, it'll cost you big fines and...
TEARS FOR TYISHA - FUNERAL SPARKS NEW FAMILY TENSION
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe heartbreaking funeral for 13-year-old murder victim Tyisha McCoy was marred yesterday by the ongoing feud between her mother and the girl's distraught guardian - who skipped the burial. Tensions...
POWELL IV: I PASSED LIE TEST ON RAPE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amAssemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV - who is accused of raping a Manhattan woman - passed two lie detector tests, the politician's lawyer said yesterday. Powell, who has called the...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amEAST Hampton Village police feared the worst when a frantic moviegoer phoned 911 to say the roof was collapsing at the United Artists East Hampton movie theater on Main Street...
W. ROMPING IN EDWARDS' N.C.
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amMARQUETTE, Mich. - President Bush holds a commanding lead of 15 percent in North Carolina - home state of Democratic vice- president wannabe John Edwards, a new poll shows. Aides...
L.I. DEATH DRIVER WAS DWI: COPS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island youth who killed three of his friends and injured two others in a high-speed crash after a night of partying in Manhattan has been charged with DWI...
EVIL CAMP TELLS KIDS: KILL JEWS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian terror thugs are running a kiddie summer camp touting a chilling new feature - live performances of mock kidnap-slayings of Jews. As kids as young as 10...
D.A. PROBES '$INFUL' REV. - WINE-AND-DINE CLERIC IS EYED
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amFor a man challenged by his faith to live simply, Monsignor John Woolsey seems to have champagne tastes - and the Manhattan DA's Office is curious about how he funds...
DUBYA FIRES WHOOPI WEAPON AT FOE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amMARQUETTE, Mich. - President Bush yesterday tagged rival John Kerry as an "out-of-the-mainstream" Hollywood liberal by pointing to last week's New York fund-raiser in which Whoopi Goldberg reeled off an...
TYPHOID MARY LAB SUITED TO DETECT SARIN SADDAM
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe same Health Department lab that uncovered Typhoid Mary a century ago is now a state-of-the-art public-health facility capable of detecting incidents of biological terrorism, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. The...
DAD SLAIN OUTSIDE BX. BAR
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA beloved Bronx father of three was shot dead outside a bar after a late-night argument with an elderly man, police said yesterday. Ironworker Jimmy Calhoun, 39, of East 224th...
STATE: CITY'S FACING AN OVERTIME BOMB
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSoaring overtime costs could push the city's future multibillion-dollar budget deficits even higher, the state Financial Control Board said yesterday. Already facing deficits of $3.7 billion, $4.5 billion and $3.7...
BUSH GIRLS GET POLI-CHIC - JENNA & BARBARA DRESS FOR THEIR DAD'S SUCCESS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amIt's a new look for the fun-loving Bush girls. Jenna and Barbara, now 22 and college graduates, have shed their skinny jeans, skimpy tops, flip-flops and keg-party image for designer...
DISSEMBLING DISMEMBERER DENIES CANNIBAL THREATS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe Butcher of Tompkins Square tried to show his kinder, gentler side to the jury at his Manhattan sanity trial yesterday - averting his eyes from photos of his victim's...
LIBESKIND'S TOWERING SUIT VS. WTC DEVELOPER
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amGround Zero architect Daniel Libeskind filed suit against developer Larry Silverstein yesterday, claiming he's owed nearly $1 million in what has been described as a "genius fee" for his work...
SIS: FIRED TRADER HAD GUTS TO WIN
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA fired bond trader was able to win a $12 million sex-bias settlement from Morgan Stanley because she's as tough as any man, family members said yesterday. "Had they been...
BACANOVIC WINS COURT SPLIT FROM MARTHA
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's co-defendant, Peter Bacanovic, is tired of being a "second-class citizen" to the domestic diva, so a judge has granted the former Merrill Lynch broker's request to announce the...
'HEALER' PUT ME THROUGH LIVING HELL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA tearful, wheelchair- bound woman told jurors yesterday how her dream of leaving a church healing service without a walker turned into a nightmare when the Brooklyn pastor cut and...
CHEM-WEAPON RX HEADED HERE AND BOSTON
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe federal government has rushed chemical-weapon antidotes to New York City and Boston ahead of this summer's national conventions, an official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
BROOKLYN BOMB SCARE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA 48-year-old homeless man threw a Brooklyn neighborhood into chaos yesterday, kneeling on a cushion and displaying what looked like a bomb strapped to his body. But the device turned...
'GOLDIE' FINGER - UNLIKELY MOBSTER RATS ON MASSINO IN 'HIT' PARADE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe "blond sheep" of the Bonanno family - a gangster with the unlikely name Duane "Goldie" Leisenheimer - took his place in mob history yesterday as the eighth turncoat to...
BAD TEACHERS' SUMMER FLUNK
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday ordered principals to flunk teachers who perform poorly during this summer's session. Instructors who receive "satisfactory" job ratings for two consecutive summer terms get seniority...
BEAST GETS LIFE - JUDGE LOCKS UP BRUTAL MURDERER
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amAt age 10, he set cats on fire and threw them off the roof in boxes. Yesterday, at age 23 - sporting a violence-pocked rap sheet, a tattoo that reads...
SUICIDE LEAPER LIVES - 12-STORY PLUNGE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA woman, apparently distraught after a domestic dispute, jumped yesterday from a 12th-floor window at an Upper East Side condo building - but miraculously survived when she hit a net....
ATM THIEVES' LATEST WITHDRAWAL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA band of Manhattan ATM thieves has ripped off, literally, its 28th cash machine, The Post has learned. The burglars cut open the locks of a bagel shop on Sixth...
POINT MAN FOR CHURCH ON HOT ISSUES
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amMonsignor John Woolsey is used to making headlines - but of a different kind. The now-embattled priest was once a pal of the late John Cardinal O'Connor, who tapped him...
CARNAGE AS BOMB ROCKS CHECKPOINT
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA massive explosion rocked central Baghdad killing numerous people this morning, witnesses said. Initial reports said up to seven people were killed and many injured in the blast outside the...
TIMES HIT WITH ANTHRAX SUIT
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThe Maryland scientist, publicly identified a "a person of interest" in the anthrax investigation, is suing the New York Times and one of its columnists for defamation, it was reported...
PIAZZA, CLEMENS GET NEW 'STAR'T - ENEMIES PUT FEUD ASIDE IN HOUSTON
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - There have been a beanball, a press conference and a bat shard. All that did was set up everything for last night. After years of rivalries, months of...
ELS: I'M NOT A QUITTER - ERNIE RIPS USGA BIG FOR SHINNECOCK REMARKS
July 14, 2004 | 4:00am"I've never given up on any golf round in my life. If I did give up, I would have shot a 100 [at the U.S. Open]. I mean, that's ridiculous."...
JETER STILL THRIVES ON STAR STAGE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Derek Jeter still gets a kick out of walking into an All-Star clubhouse. He still gets chills walking onto an All-Star field. He still has to pinch himself...
RANDY MEETS METS - YANKEES WAITING TO MAKE THEIR PITCH
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Call it a cruel tease. Mike Piazza was standing in front of his locker in the NL clubhouse yesterday, chatting with reporters. A big hand suddenly stuck its...
THANKS, ROG ... THIS DUD'S FOR YOU
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Well, perhaps we jumped to the wrong conclusion when we questioned Roger Clemens' pinstriped loyalties last January. Because last night, he just may have earned himself a full...
NINE HOURS LATER, PAIR DEFEATS SHARK
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTHE RECENT torrential downpours ended a month of terrific weather and even better fishing, with the past few days seeing more activity offshore for both sharks and tuna. The story...
'TIMES' FAVORED IN BIG M PACE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amOff a 1:48.4 record-setting performance in his Meadowlands Pace elimination, Timesareachanging yesterday was installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Pace final on Saturday night at The...
TYSON FOE: THERE'S NO PRESSURE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amDanny Williams is sacrificing plenty for his chance to fight Mike Tyson on July 30 in Louisville. He left his family, including a six-week-old daughter in England, to train in...
OUTFIELD SPARKS 'CLONES
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amThere are several reasons for the early success of the 14-8 Brooklyn Cyclones, but none more important than their talented outfield. Dante Brinkley, Derran Watts and Corey Coles have been...
JETER: IT'S STILL A THRILL
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Derek Jeter still gets a kick out of walking into an All-Star clubhouse. He still gets chills walking onto an All-Star field. He still has to pinch himself...
AWESOME BONDS THE KING OF SWING
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Barry Bonds has reached that place where he is the boss of bosses, the star of stars, the king of all he touches. Bonds may not be the...
DOOMSDAY FOR JONES?
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Each long jump seemed to drain whatever reservoir of strength Marion Jones had left. She did not smile. She did not interact with the crowd at Hornet Stadium....
BAYSIDE BRAWLER AIMS HIGH
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amVinny Maddalone grew up in the era that saw dominant and intriguing heavyweights like Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, and he knows that the division is far different today. "I...
BJORN AGAIN! TOUGH PAIRING AWAITS MONTY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTROON, Scotland - Thankfully, the honchos at the Royal & Ancient have a sense of humor and a zest for theater. Fortunately, so does Colin Montgomerie. Well, sort of, depending...
HOUSTON: MY KNEES STILL SORE
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSharing minutes with Jamal Crawford is the least of Allan Houston's worries. In his first public remarks since the season ended with him sidelined, the Knick forward admitted yesterday that,...
SERIES EDGE NOT BIG DEAL, YANKEES SAY
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amALL-STAR NOTEBOOK HOUSTON - As you've probably heard, this year's All-Star Game, like last year's, "counts." What does that mean? Well, for the second straight year, the winning league gets...
TROON'S 8TH STAMPED OUT TIGER'S FINAL ROUND
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amBRITISH OPEN NOTEBOOK TROON, Scotland - One small hole at Royal Troon that could make a big difference this week is the eighth, a treacherous 123-yard par-3 with a small...
RANDY MEETS METS - YANKEES WAIT TO PITCH IN
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Call it a cruel tease. Mike Piazza was standing in front of his locker in the NL clubhouse yesterday, chatting with reporters. A big hand suddenly stuck its...
NETS AWAIT K-MART OFFER SHEET
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amA hefty signing bonus front-loading the deal. A 15 percent trade kicker. And, of course, maximum dollars. These were the elements the Nets anticipated in the expected offer to Kenyon...
HERE'S TO RUNYAN - SOMEBODY TO ROOT FOR
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Marla Runyan never saw Shayne Culpepper coming, never thought to use it as an excuse. "Absolutely not," she said yesterday. "Blame my eyes, when my legs buckled under...
'BALCO 4' BITES THE DUST
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amTRACK NOTES SACRRAMENTO - When Alvin Harrison finished a distant seventh in his semifinal heat of the 400 meters Monday night, you could hear officials of USA Track & Field...
THANKS, ROG . . . THIS DUD'S FOR YOU
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Perhaps we jumped to the wrong conclusion when we questioned Roger Clemens' pinstriped loyalties last January. Because Clemens just may have earned himself a full share last night,...
QUEENS FIGHTER AIMS HIGH
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amVinny Maddalone grew up in the era that saw dominant and intriguing heavyweights like Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, and he knows that the division is far different today. "I...
AMERICAN IDOLS CLOBBER CLEMENS - ROCKET ROCKED IN FIRST INNING
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amAmerican 9 - National 4 HOUSTON - They do everything a little bigger in Texas. Including spit the bit. There were 41,886 fans at Minute Maid Park last night expecting...
NIGHT BELONGS TO SORI
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amALL-STAR NOTES HOUSTON - There were eight Yankees in the All-Star Game last night. But it was the former Yankee who stole the show. "I'm so happy right now that...
'IT WAS AMICABLE' - MIKE, ROG LEAVE BAGGAGE BEHIND
July 14, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - They came, they saw, they talked. For Mike Piazza and Roger Clemens, All-Star 2004 most definitely did count. Yes, the most notorious batterymates in All-Star history met before...