May 8, 1999
DEREK, HIDEKI SINK MARINERS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amYankees10 Mariners1 If the Yankees could've mapped out the way to start a nine-game homestand, this was it: Super shortstop Derek Jeter had the best offensive game of his career....
DUDLEY MAY DRAW KEY ASSIGNMENT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amIt was his shining moment as a Knick. In Game 4 of last season's Knicks-Heat playoff series, center Chris Dudley was so physically tough in defending Alonzo Mourning, he proved...
HARDAWAY'S SALVO: KNICKS ARE WORM-LIKE
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am"There's just something about them. Every time they get down, they want to fight or push and shove."TIM HARDAWAY MIAMI - Tim Hardaway suggested the Knicks are thugs. The Knicks...
BENEVOLENT RULER WAS WINNER AT LIFE
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am"I've never seen [Leon Hess] in any other light than caring."JOE NAMATH IT WAS two o'clock in the morning when the Jets came home from Denver 30 minutes short of...
REVENGE WILL BE SWEET FOR HEAT ; RILED-UP MIAMI TOO HOT FOR KNICKS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - No blacked-out scoreboards now. The battle for the Knicks is right in front of them as they take on the Heat in the best-of-five series. Here are the...
MILLIONS FIND BLUES FAR HARDER TO BEAT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMore than 15 million people in the United States have a depressive illness each year, which doctors say is characterized by feelings of extreme sadness, dejection or emptiness. But the...
'BRUTALLY TORTURED' POW TRIO GRATEFUL TO BE HOME
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The freed POWs came home to heroes' welcomes yesterday as their Army commander told how they were tortured - brutally beaten and threatened with death - in prison....
'AMERICA' IT IS FOR BORN-IN-THE-USA BABY
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amAmerica sounds good to her. Lebibe Karaliju says she likes her husband's idea of naming their brand-new son after the country that gave them their freedom. "She says fine. She...
HUBBY: I BEAT BIG-BUCKS BRIDE WITH A BARBELL
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amAn out-of-work Upper East Side man confessed to cops he beat his financier wife in the head with a 10-pound barbell because she bit him when he tried to stroke...
HORRIBLE HERSHISER HAMMERED
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amD'backs14 Mets7 PHOENIX - The only thing the Mets pitchers had done correctly through the first five inings last night was keep Luis Gonzalez from extending his 19-game hitting streak....
GREAT ESCAPE A GOOD SIGN FOR IRABU
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amT HE ninth-place hitter singled. Luis Sojo turned a potential double-play grounder into an error. Suddenly there was first and second against Hideki Irabu in the sixth inning last night...
CHUCK THANKS HIS GOOD LUCK
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThursday afternoon the scene was of Chuck Knoblauch writhing around the Metrodome floor in pain, a victim of Corey Koskie's ferocious roll-block slide, and the immediate reaction was to fear...
GALVIN LAWYER: WE'RE WINNING
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe first three days of the new hearing into accusations leveled by the New York Racing Association that veterinarian Dr. Michael Galvin illegally "tubed" the filly Hip Wolf on March...
SPREE CAN'T WAIT FOR TASTE OF PLAYOFFS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amUsually by May, Latrell Sprewell is home watching the playoffs. In fact, last year at this time, Sprewell was enjoying the passionate Knicks-Heat series on television. "It was intense," Sprewell...
METS WILL NOT QUIT ON YOSHII
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - When Masato Yoshii climbs the mound against the Diamondbacks today, he will once again be trying to prove that he belongs in the Major Leagues. It seemsthat ever...
SMOKING COPS CALL HIM 'FOUL AIR' JORDAN
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amHe took on Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone and Shaquille O'Neal en route to six NBA championships, but now Michael Jordan's facing his toughest foe yet - Mayor Giuliani's smoking police....
RULING MAY GAG TV'S TALKING HEADS: EXPERTS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe people who gab for a living had nothing to say for a change after a Michigan jury socked rival "Jenny Jones" with a $25 million verdict. Talk TV titans...
ED BOARD BIG: RUDY PLAYING POLITICS WITH VOUCHER PLAN
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and a top Board of Education official yesterday squabbled over whether the mayor was playing Republican politics by pushing for a school-voucher program. "This is not about partisan...
SLAY-CASE JURORS $LAM 'JENNY' GAB SHOW TO PAY GAY VICTIM'S FAMILY $25M
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am"The Jenny Jones Show" was ordered to fork over $25 million to the family of a gay man shot to death after revealing on the raucous talk show that he...
TIPPER'S TALE OF TORMENT SHOULD DEPRESS ALL OF US
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amTIPPER Gore sure makes me miss Kitty Dukakis. Now there was a dame who knew how to be depressed. With Al Gore craving the Oval Office like Monica Lewinsky in...
RENO POUNDS NEW BEAT TO NIX TEEN VIOLENCE
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amAttorney General Janet Reno and grunge rockers the Goo Goo Dolls yesterday unveiled a special compact disc and pocket guide aimed at curbing youth violence. The "Fight for Your Rights:...
BIG SHOWS FOR SMALL-FRIES
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- CHILDREN'S THEATER HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE DAYS OF CARDBOARD SETS AND PUPPETS. THESE DAYS, BROADWAY AND OFF-BROADWAY HAVE A BUMPER CROP OF KIDS' SHOWS THAT ARE...
KNOBLAUCH EYES QUICK RETURN
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThursday, after a ferocious Corey Koskie slide, Chuck Knoblauch and the Yankees feared the worst. But yesterday the second baseman said not only won't his badly bruised left leg land...
FOR STARTERS, AN ALL-JAPAN MATCHUP
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amLast night's matchup of Hideki Irabu against Seattle righty Mac Suzuki marked the first time two Japanese starters had faced each other in the major leagues. Irabu faced Angel righty...
PROUD BOMBERS PROMISE BEST IS YET TO COME
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMICHAEL Jordan and Wayne Gretzky understood the mandate of greatness. It meant being Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky. Every day. December in Sacramento, January in Uniondale. The Yankees are under...
DAY AT THE BEACH SHOULD BE HEATED:KNICKS PUMPED UP FOR ANNUAL FRACAS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - There was a gleam in Chris Childs' eyes. Thinking of the right words to describe the Knicks-Heat battle, he knew he came up with a dandy. "War By...
COLOR ORANGE GREEN AT QUARTERBACK SPOT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amSyracuse football coach Paul Pasqualoni figures lightning can't strike twice. But it may have to if the Orangemen are to enjoy the kind of success they experienced the last four...
P.J. LOOKS TO RUN DOWN PATRICK
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Heat forward P.J. Brown wants to keep it simple in this series with the Knicks. And if Brown has his way, the game plan could go something like,...
COOL HEADS WON'T WIN IN THIS SERIES
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amM IAMI - Let's see. I've packed the Vaseline, the gauze, Band-Aids and a spit bucket. All the essential tools needed for a heavyweight fight. And isn't that what we...
SNEAK PEEK PUTS AUDIENCE IN ORBIT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amStar Wars fans got another sneak peek at "The Phantom Menace" sequel here yesterday, and this time gave it rave reviews. "It was just wonderful - the costumes, the scenes,...
JETS MAY LAND BACK IN N.Y. : OWNER'S DEATH MAY LEAD TO SALE OF TEAM
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe death of Jets owner Leon Hess sparked intense speculation on whether Gang Green will be sold - and return to New York. Names of suitors being tossed around included...
'MODEST' HESS HAD SO MUCH TO BE PROUD ABOUT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amLeon Hess, who started his career delivering heating oil in a $24.60 Chevy truck and ended up with a $720 million fortune that included the New York Jets he longed...
AMY:JAIL WAS HAVEN FR0M ; DAD & J0EY
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amSoon-to-be-free Amy Fisher says she "grew up with violence" at the hands of her father and ex-lover Joey Buttafuoco and only escaped it in jail. In parole hearing transcripts, released...
LITTLETON VICTIM KEEPS BEATING ODDS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am"[The window] was the shortest way down - my whole right side was paralyzed."PATRICK IRELAND The gravely wounded teen who dragged himself out a Columbine HS window while the world...
NO CHARGES FOR TEENS IN B'KLYN HS 'BOMB PLOT'
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe city said yesterday it was dropping bomb-plot charges against five Brooklyn junior high students, saying there was no evidence to prove they planned to harm anyone. The Corporation Counsel's...
TEENS WILL BE RAPT BY THIS "MUMMY"
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amRECOMMENDED - THE MUMMY ENTRAPMENT RECOMMENCED WITH RESERVATIONS- ELECTION THAT BOY
KEEP A HANKY HANDY FOR 'THE SIMPLE LIFE' IT'S WARM AS APPLE PIE
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am"The Simple Life ofNoah Dearborn" Tomorrow at 9 on WCBS/Ch.2 "THE Simple Life of Noah Dearborn" will make you want to pack your bags and go lookin' for a plot...
'NET IPO MEASURES UP CEO STANDS TO COLLECT WHOPPING $200M JACKPOT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amAfter a lifetime of tracking sales of soaps and cereals, veteran adman Tod Johnson is getting a $200 million overnight windfall for keeping tabs on Internet surfers. The 54-year-old researcher...
SORE RIGHT KNEE LANDS RICKEY ON DL
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Rickey Henderson's 40-year-old right knee just won't heal completely, so the Mets are placing the left fielder in the disabled list. "It's not progressing as much as we...
VAN GUNDY: NO WAY WE'RE BETTER WITHOUT EWING
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jeff Van Gundy came to the verbal aid of Patrick Ewing once again yesterday, saying it is "absurd" to think the Knicks are better without Ewing. "People see...
GILKEY ENJOYS STRESS-FREE ROLE IN 'ZONA
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - After two miserable seasons in New York following his best season, everything has finally come into focus for Bernard Gilkey. The former Met left fielder can see it...
IT'S A CASE OF BAD TIMING
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amFans watching the races on television had to be scratching their heads when the half-mile time of the fourth race was posted on screen. The first quarter was posted at...
BIG BLUE BRASS LOVED GREEN GIANT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThey were together so many times, at family weddings, league meetings and other social gatherings, so it was fitting that at a memorable moment in the life of Leon Hess,...
HOMECOMING SOOTHES WOUNDS OF 'TORTURED' POWS
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The freed POWs came home to heroes' welcomes yesterday as their Army commander told how they were tortured - brutally beaten and threatened with death - in prison....
HIZZONER BEATS UP ON HILLARY IN BOSTON
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mayor Giuliani regaled a partisan GOP audience last night with an assault on First Lady Hillary Clinton - and turned his bitter local fight for school reform into...
OFF-DUTY COP SHOT TRYING TO PREVENT QNS. HOLDUP
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amAn off-duty detective was wounded last night in a wild gun battle with a robber, who was shot three times in the head on a quiet, tree-lined Queens street, police...
COPS RESCUE KID - AND FIND ARSENAL
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amA family's relief when cops freed their 6-year-old son from a locked safe turned to grief when his father was hauled off for the guns and drugs the officers say...
FALWELL IN NEW BREW-HAHA OVER BUD'S 'GAY' BEER AD
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am''It's surprising to us that one print ad placed in select gay-oriented magazines has attracted attention.''ANHEUSER-BUSCH SPOKESMAN The Rev. Jerry Falwell has lashed out at a Budweiser ad in a...
CREW CAN CASH IN IF HE GETS KICKED OUT
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amI F SCHOOLS Chancellor Rudy Crew is forced out before his contract expires next year, he'll be laughing all the way to the bank. That's because Crew - who's paid...
BUZZ FOR 'EPISODE 2' IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD
May 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe new "Star Wars" movie isn't even out yet and already the rumors are flying hot and heavy about the casting of the next one. Of course, it's tough to...
A NOTE-ABLE FROLIC
May 8, 1999 | 4:00am'E NCORES!" is ending its sixth season with its 18th concert revival, "Do Re Mi," a 1960 musical about singers and gangsters and jukebox operators on the fringes of Tin...