June 23, 2003
DEREK'S WINNING PAIN GAME
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amA mountain of heat smothered his left shoulder. A tight blue wrap covered the wrist on the same arm. Five hours later, the heat was replaced by ice and the...
NO RELIEF FOR METS ; BENITEZ & LLOYD HAND WIN TO YANKS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00am11 INNINGSYankees 7Mets 3 The Yankees possess legendary plate discipline. The Mets have been known to mess up if you give them enough chances. It was completely fitting, then, that...
HE'S WORLD'S WORST CLOSER
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amARMANDO BENITEZ locked up the title last night. He is officially the World's Worst Closer. From now on, call him WWC for short. There is no longer any question. No...
TORRE MIGHT JOIN BOSS AT MEETING
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With his Yankees in nearby St. Petersburg for four games, George Steinbrenner will gather members of his Inner Circle in Tampa today for meetings to focus on what...
ROLLINS GETS THE HOOK IN PLAYOFF
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amDeath doesn't get more sudden than this. John Rollins hooked his tee shot on the extra hole 25 feet to the left of the fairway, landing under a tree that...
ZEILE STRUGGLING TO SNAP SLUMP
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Tom Glavine was scratched as the Mets' starter Saturday by manager Art Howe and replaced by right-hander Jeremy Griffiths, Joe Torre opted to insert the sizzling Ruben Sierra for...
SHINJO'S SHARING THE LOAD
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amTsuyoshi Shinjo entered this weekend 0-for-June. It's never good to be 0-for-any month, but batters who don't play regularly can always fall back on the fact they haven't had many...
A DAY LATER, NO ONE'S HAPPY
June 23, 2003 | 4:00am"If he wants the rematch, there's no problem with that. I'll bust up the other side of his face, too." -LENNOX LEWIS ---- LOS ANGELES - In the aftermath of...
ACID GAL LIVING IN FEAR
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amShe's traveled the world and always dreamed of settling in New York - but since becoming the victim of a bizarre face-slash attack, she says she can't live here anymore....
GOPER: HILL'S BOOK BOOM BOOSTING US
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - If you think the Republicans are upset by all the publicity Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is getting for her book, think again. The Senate's top GOP money-raiser yesterday...
'ROAD MAP' DETOUR - ARIEL SAYS ISRAEL CAN STILL BUILD SETTLEMENTS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amPrime Minister Ariel Sharon reportedly told his Cabinet yesterday that Israel can continue to expand existing Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza - in defiance of the U.S.-endorsed...
LAYDEN STILL HOPES FOR DEAL
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amBaby Shaq today, Chris Kaman tomorrow, T.J. Ford and Maciej Lamp Wednesday. The Knicks will hold their final workouts entering Thursday's NBA Draft, though the biggest impact from the evening...
NEW TROOP TRAGEDIES IN IRAQ, AFRICA
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amAn American soldier was killed in a grenade attack in Iraq yesterday and a Marine died in a training accident in Africa, officials said. The Iraqi attack occurred about 20...
EX-TROUBLEMAKER NOW MENTORS KIDS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amPaul 'Doc' Nicelli - Nominated for Community Medal --- When Paul "Doc" Nicelli got kicked out of PS 59 in Manhattan more than four decades ago, he didn't know it...
FBI EYES BOXLEY COMPUTER
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE FBI has begun examining the personal computer of former Assembly chief counsel and accused rapist J. Michael Boxley, The Post has learned. Albany police turned the computer over to...
'PHONY LIPITOR' SUIT HITS RITE AID
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amA Fort Lee, N.J., woman is suing the giant Rite Aid pharmacy chain claiming she and "countless" others were sold counterfeit cholesterol-fighting drugs. Marilyn Arons' lawsuit, filed last week in...
STARR REPORT
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNew 'Angle': Husain goes BBC-to-PBS BBC Washington correspondent Mishal Husain is joining Jamie Rubin as the host of "Wide Angle," Ch. 13's series of in ternational documentaries. The series returns...
DEJA VIEW ALL OVER AGAIN; BUMPED FROM ONE REALITY SHOW, BRIGHT THINGS POP UP ON ANOTHER
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amSHARP-eyed reality TV fans aren't seeing double - Toni Ferrari the scheming brunette on "Paradise Hotel" is the same girl who went for a ride on "Love Cruise" two years...
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amFROM MY HOMETOWN At the Kirk Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St. Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200. Through July 12. AFRICAN-AMERICAN music is such a central part of the national experience that...
OPRAH BLESSING SETS 'EDEN' SALES AFIRE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amOprah Winfrey still has juice in the book world. "East of Eden," the classic by John Steinbeck, is on its way to becoming a monster-selling title for the first time...
DOKEY WINS LEGENDS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amEverything was okey-Dokey at yesterday's "Battle of the New York Legends" at Monticello Raceway. Merritt "Butch" Dokey ended up on top after the four-race tournament that reunited 12 of the...
BEFORE BENNY, FRANCO FAILED TO SAVE DAY
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amStanding at his locker last night, John Franco bled, literally. During a 10-minute interview, he dabbed a blue towel at a cut just below his lip. "I wanted to cut...
ACHIN' POSADA ANSWERED CALL
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amHis eyes were glazed. Every swallow felt like his throat was loaded with shards of glass. All his bones and tissues ached. And his temperature was in triple digits. Yet,...
REYES NEEDS DOWN TIME
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amJOSE Reyes receives the big- gest cheers at Shea now, and that is understandable with all the promise he brings amid the misery. Yet, the Mets cannot be swayed by...
ZEILE STRUGGLES TO SNAP OUT OF SLUMP
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Tom Glavine was scratched Saturday by Mets manager Art Howe and replaced by right-hander Jeremy Griffiths, Joe Torre opted to insert the sizzling Ruben Sierra for a rusty Bubba...
HEILMAN READY TO MAKE DEBUT
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Rain permitting, Aaron Heilman will make his major-league debut Thursday night against Florida. The 24-year-old right-hander will have his contract purchased from Triple-A Norfolk and will be added...
KAYE HAS HIS DAY IN BUICK PLAYOFF
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe's hardly the embraceable figure the golf fans at Westchester Country Club might have chosen as their champion, but give Jonathan Kaye this and don't take it away from him:...
CLASSIC CHAMP FAR FROM CLASS ACT
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amON the last hole of regulation, Jonathan Kaye's second shot landed on the lip, the most appropriate place for a guy who curls his own into a sneer as well...
GIAMBI KNOWS NO FEAR
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amBASEBALL life comes down to scouting and making the right decisions. No team is better at discovering the inner self of a player than the Yankees. Take first base for...
HEILMAN TO DEBUT
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWeather permitting, Aaron Heilman will make his major-league debut for the Mets Thursday night against Florida. The 24-year-old right-hander will have his contract purchased from Triple-A Norfolk by then and...
TEST-FLUNK TEACHERS' LAST CHANCE TO PASS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThose who fail have been allowed to teach - but not anymore. About 2,500 teachers have flunked their main state license exams, and now thanks to stricter regulations, they'll be...
CAR-THEFT LOCK SHOCK - 1 IN 4 DRIVERS LEAVES VEHICLE OPEN: POLL
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amBeing careless can often lead to being carless. One in four drivers across the nation admits to not always locking their car doors, and more than a third said they...
HIGH-$TAKES SQUABBLE - SILVER'S SPAT WITH CITY HALL MAY NIX BIZ BUCKS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amA growing rift between City Hall and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is threatening to cost outer-borough businesses millions of dollars in tax breaks. The Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP)...
THE LADY'S MAN: LIBERTY'S CARETAKER GLOWS OVER OLD FLAME
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amShe's been America's leading lady for 117 years, but no one is more in love with her than Charlie DeLeo - the keeper of the Statue of Liberty flame. Since...
FIREHOUSE PROTESTERS PUT MONEY WHERE MOUTHS ARE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amProtesters angry over the closing of a Brooklyn firehouse heckled and hounded Mayor Bloomberg yesterday at a ceremony to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Williamsburg Bridge. A near melee...
BARGAINS POP UP LIKE MAGIC
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amLooking to buy the latest Harry Potter? You can get it for $29.99. Or $26. Or $15.99. The cover price for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" may...
POSTMAN MAKES SPECIAL DELIVERY
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNeither sleet, nor snow, nor rain, nor a fouled-up ZIP code could keep one postman from making his appointed Harry Potter rounds. The Cartusciello family of Brooklyn was one happy...
CORPSE MAY BE SADDAM
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The search for Saddam Hussein has turned white-hot, with reports yesterday that specialists were conducting DNA tests of human remains that may be that of the Iraqi butcher...
ARNOLD EYES A RUN FOR GOVERNATOR
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amCARMEL, Calif. - Suddenly, it looks real. Fed-up California voters could say "Hasta la vista, baby" and dump Gov. Gray Davis - perhaps to make way for Arnold "the Terminator"...
LIGHTS! CAMERA! FASHION! SUMMER FLICKS SHOWCASE FASHIONS THAT CLICK
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amSEARCHING for summer wardrobe inspiration? Look no further than your local multiplex. This summer's movie schedule is chock-full of films featuring cheery, colorful clothes - a more than welcome relief...
A SPLIT DECISION - YANKEENETS GROUP ON THE BRINK OF BREAKUP
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amBUSINESS EXCLUSIVE Principals in the YankeeNets holding company are in talks to unwind their partnership, The Post has learned. Tensions within the group have gotten so bad that the parties...
FAILING MAG'S WORTH: $2.4M
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWorth magazine agreed yesterday to be acquired by CurtCo Media, publisher of the Robb Report, for $2.4 million in cash, as The Post reported last week. The deal, which includes...
FLUB ON FINAL HOLE SCUTTLES SERGIO
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Buick Classic was right there for Sergio Garcia to win for the second time in three years. After an angst-filled year of no top-20 finishes as he's reconstructed his...
WANT TV TIME? START A BRAWL!
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amESPN was blessed by a joyous event Thursday afternoon: the arrival of a baseball brawl, between pitchers Paul Wilson of the Reds and the Cubs' Kyle Farnsworth. Wilson additionally blessed...
JETER'S BATTLING THE PAIN
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amA mountain of heat smothered his left shoulder. A tight blue wrap covered the wrist on the same arm. "The only area not being treated is your elbow," Derek Jeter...
FLUB ON FINAL HOLE RUINS SERGIO'S HOPES
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK The Buick Classic was right there for Sergio Garcia to win for the second time in three years. After an angst-filled year of no top-20 finishes and six missed...
BECKY DOES IT ALL
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amLiberty 69 - Sting 57 Becky Hammon knew she had enough talent to produce these sorts of performances. She spent her first four seasons with the Liberty as an overlooked,...
REYES BELONGS IN MINORS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN Rey Sanchez is ready to return, the Mets should send Jose Reyes back to Triple-A. This is not about Sanchez, a bad player and a terrible fit in New...
TORRE, BOSS TO MEET
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWith his Yankees in nearby St. Petersburg for four games, George Steinbrenner will gather members of his Inner Circle in Tampa today for meetings to focus on what the AL...
NHL TRADE MART A LONELY PLACE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNASHVILLE - The NHL has become a lot like a senior citizen community; things have gotten particularly boring and nobody's spending any money. Nine rounds of the NHL draft came...
RAPIST HEIR KEPT 'HIT LIST' ON LAM
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amMultimillionaire serial rapist Andrew Luster kept a diary in his Mexican hideout, complete with a "PAYBACK" list of names of his victims and people he considers enemies, it was reported...
PROTEST EXPECTED AT CUNY TUITION-HIKE VOTE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe City University of New York's board of trustees is expected to vote today whether to sock students with a 25 percent tuition hike beginning in the fall - among...
REALLY HOT 'SEX: TV'S STEAMY HIT STARTS FINAL FLING
June 23, 2003 | 4:00am"Sex and the City" was back with a bang last night as millions of women tuned in for the premiere of the sixth season - and found Carrie, Samantha, Miranda...
'SORE' LOSERS - IRON MIKE FIGHT DUO STILL STUNG
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe rogue righty from Reading who went toe-to-toe with Tyson in a Brooklyn hotel was still feeling the pain of Iron Mike's jab yesterday. "He has no feeling on the...
HILLARY'S BOOK IS A BOON FOR GOP, TOP REPUBLICAN SAYS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - If you think the Republicans are upset by all the publicity Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is getting for her book, think again. The Senate's top GOP money-raiser yesterday...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amthe bronx * A 32-year-old Bronx man who was sitting in his parked car in Baychester was wounded in a drive-by shooting early yesterday. David Coram told cops he was...
MUSEUM EXHIBITS WA$TE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Big Apple's in a multibillion-dollar budget crisis that's threatening to reduce the number of cops, firefighters and EMS workers in the city. But the Bloomberg administration is shelling out...
JURY EYES AMMON'S MURDER
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island grand jury empanelled to probe the October 2001 murder of millionaire Ted Ammon has begun hearing evidence, sources said. The 23-member grand jury's work is expected to...
CHUCK RIPS RX COSTS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amLoopholes in federal patent laws are blocking cheaper generic prescription drugs from reaching consumers, forcing them to pay up to twice the price for needed medications, Sen. Charles Schumer said...
HORSESHOE CRABS BACK IN THE SADDLE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Sex God of Brooklyn was on the phone, inviting me to an orgy. Before you get all hot and bothered, the Sex God is a 66-year-old professor named Martin...
PIETSCH LOVES CYCLONE RIDE
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amCyclones 4 - Yankees 3 Seth Pietsch is a long way from his tiny birthplace of Wilderville, Oregon. But if last night is any indication, he has adapted nicely to...
KAYE HAS HIS DAY IN BUICK PLAYOFF - HE DRIVES OFF WITH HIS FIRST TOUR WIN
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amHe's hardly the embracable figure the golf fans at Westchester Country Club might have chosen as their champion, but give Jonathan Kaye this and don't take it away from him:...
WILLIE'S KID AWAITS TURN
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amHow could Andre Randolph be this calm? For one, he's on a Yankee affiliate. That would make just about anyone's knees quake. Not Randolph. Two, and possibly more pressure inducing,...
STILL NO ROAR FROM WOODS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amTiger Woods must have left his magic at home this week. Though tantalizingly close to making a run at the top of the leaderboard, Woods was such a non-factor in...
LEARNING TO WIN ; YOUTHFUL METS AIM TO MIMIC YANKEES
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amThese are the games the Mets want to play. These are the nights they want Tom Glavine on the hill. This is the weather, and the crowd, the franchise hopes...
TEAMS HAPPY WITH PICKS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNASHVILLE - Probably none of the players selected will get a sniff in the NHL for two to three years, but the New York area NHL teams did a fine...
GATECRASH SCARE FOR WILLS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amA wacko dressed as Osama bin Laden sparked a security nightmare as he crashed Prince William's birthday bash at Windsor Castle yesterday. Aaron Barschak, who calls himself a "comedy terrorist,"...
YANKEE DOODLE TRAITOR - U.S. WOMAN LEADS LONDON BID TO SNATCH OLYMPICS FROM N.Y.
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amCall her "Benedict Barbara." A high-powered American businesswoman is trying to nab the 2012 Olympics for London, putting her on a collision course with New York City's own bid for...
RUDY: I'LL RUN AGAIN SOMEDAY
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani will "probably" run again for some public office. The former mayor told Time magazine he will likely be a candidate again - but not for a while. "I...
HIGH-RISE LIFE IS HIGH-SNEEZE RISK
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amLiving in a high-rise makes you more suscepti ble to hay fever, researchers say. Scientists in Spain discovered that the higher the floor a tenant lives on, the likelier it...
'TIPSY' TIP ON TERROR JAMS TRAFFIC
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amMotorists hoping for a quick trip out of town Saturday ended up snarled in traffic after security was stepped up at tunnels because of a bogus tip about an al...
R-E-$-P-E-C-T - THE WAY TO N.Y. LAWMAKERS' HEARTS
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amI MET Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry of Queens at the New School on an October evening four years ago. There was to be a discussion of the Rockefeller drug laws, and...
EXPAT BANKS CLOSE DOWN N.Y. OFFICES
June 23, 2003 | 4:00amNew York may still be at the pinnacle of world finance, but it's losing its foreign accent. Foreign banks are closing offices in New York at a rate of two...