July 30, 2000
NO SATURDAY NIGHT 'FEVER' FOR PENNINGTON
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES As much as there was an anticipation for Vinny Testaverde's first game action since he was injured in last year's season opener, there were a lot of eyes...
ROOMLESS ROCKERS PURSUING LIBERTY
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amArriving at their midtown hotel yesterday morning, the Cleveland Rockers were exasperated to learn their rooms were not ready for check-in. Told they would have to wait for at least...
SOME ANTI-HUNTERS ARE INVENTING ANSWERS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amANOTHER group is ignoring science to try to stop legitimate deer hunting programs in New Jersey. The group, the League of Animal Protection Voters, which claims to be a coalition...
BECHT LOOKS BEST OF JETS' NEW CROP
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThere were a number of positive unveilings for the Jets in their 24-20 preseason-opening win last night. Perhaps the most significant among the new players was tight end Anthony Becht,...
YANKS REJECTIN' RONDELL : 3-WAY DEAL FOR BURNITZ ALSO IN DOUBT
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Two weeks ago he was considered the ideal fit. Today, it appears the closest Rondell White is going to come to being a Yankee is as part of...
BRAVES' ROCKER HEADING TO TRIBE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Tired of John Rocker's act, the Braves will deal the controversial left-handed reliever to the Indians before tomorrow's 4 p.m. trading deadline, The Post has learned. When the...
RAZOR-SHARP PARODY SITES POUNCE ON POLS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amPost Surfer gURL Mary Huhn will present a daily guide to Internet political hotspots during the Republican and Democratic conventions. Today's sites are among the many parody Web guides to...
COPS MAKE 30TH PARK-WILDING BUST
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man yesterday became the 30th person arrested for alleged involvement in the Central Park wilding attack last month, police said. Len Beary, 27, turned himself in at Brooklyn's...
TEAM GORE STARTS ITS OWN 'VEEPSTAKES' BUZZ
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE, Ky. OH, campaign-vs.-campaign head games are such fun. Al Gore's campaign didn't want George W. Bush getting the full spotlight for the GOP convention, particularly since Bush seems to...
TRAGIC INFERNO CUTS YOUNG FAMILY IN HALF
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amA Queens family was ripped apart yesterday when a basement blaze in South Ozone Park killed a mother and young son - while the father and infant daughter managed to...
RICK BLOWS PAST HILL : GRABS 7-POINT LEAD IN LATEST POST POLL
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amTurning from a political unknown into a front-runner in two months, Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio has pulled ahead of Hillary Rodham Clinton by 7 points in the Senate race,...
IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amGreen paint - Kermit the Frog green - seeping into every pore for nearly 10 months. That wasn't exactly part of the job description when Kevin Bacon first heard about...
HELLO, CBS HERE. IS YOUR ANCHOR AROUND?
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amCNBC anchor Ron Insana's second book, "The Message of the Markets," includes some job-hunting hints. The book, which will not be available until October, suggests comparing company stock prices to...
THE LOWDOWN ON ERNIE LORCH
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amTHE ERNIE LORCH FILE Age: 67 Marital status: single Residence: Upper East Side Occupation: Attorney who specializes in mergers and acquisitions. Former CEO of Dyson, Kissner, Moran Corp, a mergers...
ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH RIVERSIDE CHURCH, NEW YORK'S MOST SUCCESSFUL -- AND CONTROVERSIAL -- AAU BASKETBALL PROGRAM
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amNORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- They stayed at a Shoney's Inn, two players to a room, some of which had faulty air conditioning units. Breakfast was at Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's....
KNICK GM WON'T KILL PAT-TO-PORTLAND TALK
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amNow that Patrick Ewing has specified he wants a two-year contract extension and has no qualms about bolting the Knicks at season's end as a free agent, the Knicks are...
BOSS' DREAM ACES TEST
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bill Mott and jockey Jerry Bailey, the perennial dynamic duo at the Old Spa, did not team up to win yesterday's Grade 1, $250,000 Test Stakes...
DAYNE'S FINE IN JINT DEBUT :TOP PICK SHARP IN SCRIMMAGE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Four rushing attempts, 17 yards, one touchdown. "You can see why they picked me, hopefully," Ron Dayne said. On a rainy afternoon, the Heisman Trophy winner and college...
FIDEL TELLS HIS FOES: KEEP DREAMING
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amCuban President Fidel Castro warned yesterday that the "sweet dreams" of his enemies who seek the destruction of his socialist revolution will never come true. "Many people waited in vain...
JEWS DIDN'T GIVE HER BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton's support among Jewish voters has slipped perilously below 50 percent in the aftermath of an accusation that she used an anti-Jewish slur, according to the new Post...
STRAW'S GOT A GOOD GRASP ON NEW FIGHT
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amAn upbeat Darryl Strawberry said yesterday the thought of a new battle with cancer is "difficult" to face - but he's ready to do what it takes. "I am handling...
DORISMOND COP: IT WASN'T RACIAL
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThe cop cleared in the death of Patrick Dorismond said yesterday that race had nothing to do with the shooting and there's no basis for a federal civil-rights probe. "As...
BOOK REVIEW
July 30, 2000 | 4:00am"Dust to Dust" by Tami Hoag Bantam, 354 pages, $25.95 Tami Hoag's "Dust to Dust" breathes new life into the old good cop vs. bad cop genre.The follow-up to "Ashes...
MEALS & DEALS: FRESH OFF THE FARM
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amCity Bakery 22 E. 17th St. (212) 366-1414 Maury Rubin's City Bakery, being situated a half-block from Union Square's mammoth green market, has a ticket to the choicest summer produce...
GUYGERCOUNTER
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amJack O'Connell Age: 24 Spotted: Houston and Essex streets Hometown: Wilmington, Del. Residence: Manhattan Height: 5'11'' Weight: 160 lbs. Occupation: Musician Clothing style: I never try to be too trendy....
A SECRET NO MORE: THE SUCCESS OF VICTORIA'S SECRET HAS SPURRED DESIGNERS BIG AND SMALL TO CREATE THEIR OWN LINGERIE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThe secret's out. Thanks largely to the astounding success of pretty-panty pushers Victoria's Secret, fashion houses mega and mini have concluded that unmentionables are indeed worth mentioning. Tommy Hilfiger, for...
ICAHN PICKS A FIGHT WITH FORTUNE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amIS he, or isn't he? A bitter spat between Carl Icahn and Fortune made its way onto the pages of the magazine's latest issue, but it's not clear if the...
FARMER'S FUMBLING AWAY NFL CAREER
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES There's a logjam at running back on the Jets roster and Robert Farmer is battling for his NFL career. Last night, though, was not a good start for...
THRIFT'S TRYING TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSYD Thrift built the Pirates managed by Jim Leyland into a winner by making one-sided trades that brought the Bucs Bobby Bonilla, Doug Drabek, Mike Lavalliere and Andy Van Slyke....
BOLLING FOR DOLLARS : L.I. PRO GOES EXTRA MILE FOR YOUTH GOLFERS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amCharlie Bolling has never forgotten where he came from, never forgotten the people who influenced him as a youth and helped make his terrific life in the game of golf...
VINNY PASSED TEST AS ROOKS GROH UP
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amHe looked sharp. His arm looked alive. His legs looked strong. He threw some short balls, some long balls and even a touchdown pass. He had to chase a defensive...
TRAVEL-WEARY LIBERTY ROLL PAST ROCKERS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amLiberty 81Rockers 67 Thanks to inclement weather, cancelled airline flights and a ludicrous WNBA policy, the Liberty were down to five players and no head coach moments before last night's...
NEW ADDITIONS SHEA IT'S GREAT IN N.Y.
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Derek Bell saw the newly acquired Rick White before yesterday's game, he had only one thought. So the never shy Bell called White "Baby Boomer" because of his resemblance...
PAYTON SHOCKS CARDS WITH CANNON
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amJay Payton has a pretty good idea of what the Cardinals were thinking yesterday in the seventh inning of a 3-3 game. With the bases loaded and one out, Ray...
MEET THE METS - BORDICK, WHITE SHINE IN SHEA DEBUTS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThis is how you make a New York debut. If you're new shortstop Mike Bordick, you hit the first pitch you see in a Met uniform for a home run....
THEN HELP 'EM WIN : MINI MIKE HAS KNOACK FOR TURNING HEADS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSUBTLELY, yet substantially, J.P. Ricciardi has impacted a second straight July for the Mets. Last year, he helped pick their pockets, this year he has helped deepen them. As the...
VENTURA AND BORDICK SO HAPPY TOGETHER
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSuddenly the left side of New York's infield is once again, as good as it gets. Mike Bordick, the newest Met, and Robin Ventura, the Met just off the DL,...
AMAZIN' MEMORIES: ALL-TIME METS GATHER FOR 10 GREATEST MOMENTS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amDonn Clendenon has leukemia. Sid Fernandez does nothing except go to the beach and play golf in his native Hawaii. Jerry Grote is working on putting together an independent baseball...
FLEISHER (66) HIKES LEAD AT L.I. CLASSIC
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amBruce Fleisher missed a hole-in-one by inches on the 18th hole yesterday. That's been his only disappointment after the first two rounds of the Senior Lightpath Long Island Classic. "I...
DIXON MAY BE BEST LAMBUTH PLAYER EVER
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - He was headed everywhere but here. Somehow, after following a long and winding road, he arrived, and now that he's made it, Ron Dixon is not merely content...
A LOU-LOU OF A MISTAKE : LAMORIELLO OVERSIGHT COSTS DEVILS BIG BUCKS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY ARE quite possibly the two most astonishing contracts in Devils history, the five-year deals that Slap Shots has learned were just quietly signed by incoming sophomores Brian Rafalski and...
TEAM BUSH TAKES CENTER STAGE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: The big question at the GOP national conventions is whether the party's message of inclusiveness comes across as convincing or just as superficial window dressing with a politically correct...
SCHOOL-LAB WOE EXPLODES STUDENTS' HOPES
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThousands of New York City eighth-graders are woefully unprepared to take new state science exams next year because their schools lack basic lab equipment, according to a new survey. Manhattan...
ARAFAT CHANGES JERUSALEM TUNE : BACKS OFF UNILATERAL STATEHOOD
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amYasser Arafat began a trip to shore up international support for the Palestinian position in peace talks by saying he was not "dreaming of impossible things" - such as unilaterally...
MCCAIN RIDE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABOARD THE STRAIGHT-TALK EXPRESS. THE tune was the same, with slightly different lyrics. But the title was unmistakable - "On the Road Again" - and the melody certainly lingered. Sen....
RICK AND HILL JOCKEY IN JERUSALEM FLAP
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amLooking to grab Jewish votes after the collapse of Mideast peace talks, Senate candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio yesterday dueled over Jerusalem and the fate of the U.S....
CELEBS FIT BRAINS IN AN A-CUP
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amANOTHER big event, another celebrity in her underwear. This past week it was rapper Eve who showed up at a party in her bra. I mean, it used to be...
CHILD'S PREY
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: "Stalker" by Faye Kellerman William Morrow, 406 pages, $25 Faye Kellerman's "Stalker" offers a fine psychological profile - but not of the novel's criminal. Instead, Kellerman brilliantly portrays a...
TONS OF MAKEUP TIPS FOR TEENS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amMakeup: It's not just for grownups anymore. Studies show that the majority of girls are dabbling in makeup before they reach the 7th grade. Not surprisingly, there are more beauty...
'SPINNING' A TALE OF RACISM
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amAs festivals go, Lincoln Center Festival 2000 has gone.But, one of the major drama offerings of the festival, Rebecca Gilman's "Spinning Into Butter" at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater,...
FUND INDUSTRY REELING AS VANGUARD CUTS FEES AGAIN
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amVANGUARD Group shocked the mutual fund world this week when it announced it would cut fees for its biggest and most loyal customers. Under a new policy that goes into...
SCOUTING THE DEALS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amTHESE trading deadline deals are such crapshoots that it's not difficult to find equally accomplished baseball scouts spouting opposite opinions. Consider the comments of a pair of scouts when asked...
UNIT & CURT LIKE DODGER DYNAMIC DUO
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amFRANK Robinson, Major League Baseball's Dean of Discipline, faced Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, the most respected pitching tandem in history, in National League pennant races then in the World...
SANDERS LIVES DREAM WITH GANG GREEN
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThere might not be a player in the Jets' locker room who the players root harder for than Vaughn Sanders. Sanders, like Wayne Chrebet, is a product of Hofstra University,...
'PLEASURE' & 'HERITAGE' PLAN WAND WAR
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Every year there is a heart-pounding clash of titans at the Old Spa, when an immovable object meets an irresistible force with a championship on the line....
PAIN IN RIGHT WING HAS KNOBLAUCH WORRIED
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Still unable to throw and feeling discomfort when he flexes his right elbow, Chuck Knoblauch is worried there may be something more wrong with his hinge than what...
'KID' FLIES IN WHITNEY WORKOUT
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amJeanne Vance's Lemon Drop Kid posted a five-furlong breeze over the Saratoga main track yesterday morning in 1:01 under jockey Edgar Prado as the 1999 Belmont Stakes/Travers winner and this...
BLUNDERING DOWN METS' MEMORY LANE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amHERE'S THE great thing about baseball: Things that seem terribly important at 2 p.m. are often rendered meaningless an hour later. That is why, when Mike Bordick hit the first...
RAGIN' CAJUN HITS SPA WITH BIG TIME HOPES
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - When this historic race course was in its infancy, African-American jockeys were riding high. The first race of the first season in 1863 was won by a...
GREEDY DEMS REFUSE TO CURB LAWSUIT MADNESS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amThe president has vetoed every major effort to rein in the berserk lawsuit culture, which is turning civil courts into casinos for trial lawyers and greedy plaintiffs.WHEN Yasser Arafat returned...
MR. BILL'S LOGGING IN TO TRUMP'S TOWER
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSORRY, Ron Perelman, you're no longer the wealthiest homeowner in Manhattan. Bill Gates, still the world's richest man despite Microsoft's legal woes, has just signed on the dotted line for...
CHENEY SAYS 'TRAGIC' PREZ A DISGRACE TO THE NATION
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amAs Republicans gathered in Philadelphia yesterday to crown George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, the wannabe veep blasted President Clinton, calling him "a tragic figure" and "an enormous embarrassment" to...
MAN FIGHTS 4 THUGS AS PASSERSBY IDLY WATCH
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amA livery cabby who fought off four thugs after being stabbed repeatedly in a Harlem robbery attempt said yesterday that the thought of his wife and young daughter at home...
GI ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN HORRIFYING ; MURDER OF KOSOVO GIRL
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amAn American soldier scheduled to go on trial tomorrow for the murder of an 11-year-old Albanian girl in Kosovo has pleaded guilty. Staff Sgt. Frank J. Ronghi, 36, entered the...
BUSH BEATS BACK THE HARD-LINERS WITH HIS PLANK
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Texas Gov. George W. Bush smacked down GOP conservatives yesterday, forcing them to embrace his stance on education, immigration, environment and defense for the party platform. Though Bush...
MRS. 'W' OUT TO BE WIFE OF THE PARTY
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE, Ky. - She'd be a very un-Hillary first lady, but tomorrow night Laura Bush has a bigger role at a presidential convention than Hillary Clinton ever did - as...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MORGAN FAIRCHILD
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Morgan Fairchild, best known as bitchy Jordan Roberts on the CBS drama "Falcon Crest," is set to co-star in "High Fidelity" at the Promenade Theater, her first off-Broadway production...
BOOKS: NEW RELEASES
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: "Purple Cane Road" by James Lee Burke With "Purple Cane Road," James Lee Burke's series featuring detective Dave Robicheaux is now in the double-digits - a daunting number for...
PROTECTING YOUR PET: SIMPLE WAYS TO SAFEGUARD YOUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: ".... people need to pay attention to their pets at all times," says Sandra DeFeo of the Humane Society of New York. "An animal can disappear in a matter...
WHAT I WATCH
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amBILLY BLANKS TAE-BO CREATORI love the Discovery Channel, especially Steve Irwin's 'Alligator Hunter.' It's truly awesome.FAITH POPCORN AUTHOR "EVEOLUTION: THE EIGHT TRUTHS OF MARKETING TO WOMEN""Unsolved Mysteries." My father was...
SMALL BANKS' BIG BREAK : THRIFTS SHARES RISE ON FED RULE CHANGE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amOccasionally, bureaucrats slip some gold into their paperwork. The latest nugget - which some investors seem to have overlooked - came a couple of weeks ago in a relatively obscure...
THIS WEEKS WINNERS...AND LOSERS
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS WEEK'S WINNERS... * JOHN STANTONThe VoiceStream Wireless chief is set to reap a $1.1 billion payday after Deustche Telekom agreed to buy his company for more than $50 billion....
HELLO, GOODBYE TO BEATLES EXCERPT
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amSOMETIMES you just can't give it away. The Beatles Anthology - billed as the first authorized autobiography of the Fab Four written with the cooperation of Ringo Starr, George Harrison,...
DIFFERENT HILARY, BUT DEFENSE
July 30, 2000 | 4:00amYOU'D think with all the time she's spent in litigation with music bootleggers like Napster and Scour, Hilary Rosen would have learned the linguistic jujitsu of the legal industry. Asked...