The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from May 2001

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from May 2001

Leadership, teamwork key to level of Iverson's legend.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA - The window opens. The window closes. The career of an NBA superstar is a relatively small expanse, and it is often defined, rightly or wrongly, by a made or missed shot, by an embraced or lost...

Rahman looks for big payday vs. Tyson.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ Having driven clunkers off the fringe contenders' lot, newly crowned WBC/IBF heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is thinking of upgrading his ride to a used but quite serviceable luxury vehicle. He's...

Losing Malone is no big deal for Dodgers.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin When I'm King of the World . . . It will be a felony to use Kevin Malone's name in the same sentence as Branch Rickey, Buzzy Bavasi or Al Campanis . . . The Dodgers aren't a baseball franchise, they're a movie set....

Here's free advice on spending Flyers' money.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ The Flyers have been dead for more than a week now, the hysterics reduced to head shakes. It's a given now that they're going to have to take a big free-agent run this summer, ideally at Colorado center...

Bob Clarke's real test comes during offseason with Flyers.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ I haven't looked at my e-mail in several days. I needed a break. And besides, I know what it says. The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs. The final game was ugly. The sky is falling....

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In Column.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff May 1--WITH THE RIGHT FURNITURE, COMPUTER WORK NEED NOT BE A PAIN: How many of us pay heed to the risks we take to limbs and psyche each time we sit at our computer screens, keystroke a 20-page document, or cradle a...

Phillies shake up lineup.
May 2, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ The lineup that was posted inside the door to the dugout tunnel looked kind of familiar. And there was a reason for that. It hadn't been changed from the last time the Phillies played at Veterans...

Pat Croce may remain with Sixers.
May 2, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner INDIANAPOLIS _ Sounds as if Pat Croce's stewardship of the 76ers could go on after all. That would seem to be the optimistic view of the news that the Sixers president met Monday with chairman Ed Snider at the First...

Sixers listen to Pacer whine.
May 2, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner INDIANAPOLIS _ It is classic "Bad Boy" stuff, a diversionary tactic designed to send the opponents' focus in a direction other than the immediate game at hand. It seems to be the way Isiah Thomas, who helped the...

Pacers' Thomas crosses line to whine.
May 2, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ I never have had a problem with a little gamesmanship. It's expected in sports, if somewhat annoying. If complaining a bit about the officiating in Game 1 gets you a makeup call or two in Game 2, so be...

Modrak says he wants to stay.
May 2, 2001... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ It was Friday, the first day of Eagles minicamp at their spectacular, new practice facility. After practice, team owner Jeff Lurie offered a tour to someone who missed the formal opening. As he...

Philadelphia Daily News Business Brief Column.
May 2, 2001... Byline: By Harriet Lessy May 2--PA. HOUSE PANEL OKS BILL PUSHING `SMART ENERGY': A Pennsylvania House committee has approved a bill that would encourage the development of "smart-energy" technology in the state. The bill, approved by...

Larry Bowa running out of patience with lineup.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Larry Bowa has tried to be patient. He has tried not to overreact. He also has said, however, that he didn't want to judge players until they had about 100 at-bats. And now that time has come. So...

Phillies fall to Rockies.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ For anyone who still doesn't believe how large a role the improved Phillies bullpen played in the team's fast start, a glance at the stats is in order. In the first 16 games of the season, the...

Sixers defeat history, too.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Rich Hofmann INDIANAPOLIS _ After it was over, Reggie Miller and Allen Iverson hugged. The picture of combined greatness was a keeper. The emotions they shared, even if they hadn't exchanged a word, were just as enduring. But they...

Mutombo comes up big for Sixers.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi INDIANAPOLIS _ Dikembe Mutombo was sitting on the bench and he was not happy about it. The Pacers had opened up an eight-point, fourth-quarter lead. Austin Croshere had just dunked over George Lynch, the 76er who...

Sixers oust the Pacers.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner INDIANAPOLIS _ This was much, much more than the 76ers stepping into the second round of the NBA playoffs. This was an exorcism. The ghost is gone. This was an 88-85 victory Wednesday night over the Indiana...

Callahan has heard it all, from the Pacers.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner INDIANAPOLIS _ Eddie Rush says if you work long enough as a referee in the NBA, eventually you will be "in the barrel." "`In the barrel,' that's our expression," the league's director of officiating said. "It's...

CART leaves Nazareth behind.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Michael Andretti won the first Championship Auto Racing Teams race at Nazareth Speedway in 1987. "I was on the pole and led the most laps," he said. "It was a big day, to win the first race in...

NASCAR's credibility at stake.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Whom to believe? Tommy Propst, an experienced emergency medical technician, told the Orlando Sentinel that Dale Earnhardt's seat belt was tightly strapped after his fatal crash in the Daytona 500....

Baffert takes the favorite point with Point Given.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Bob Baffert is standing under a tree with one person at 7:45 Wednesday morning, just a few yards from a teeming race track. This group of two is not going to last long. The "big horse" would leave...

Walking the walk at Churchill Downs.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ I have walked the walk Joe Drape describes in his swift new book, "The Race for the Triple Crown." It is the ritual promenade from the stables to the saddling paddock at Churchill Downs, eighth race,...

Philadelphia woman still ministering at age 99.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Gloria Campisi PHILADELPHIA _ Many years ago, the Rev. Dr. Sarah Potter Smith had to battle her way into the pulpit. At the age of 99, she's still keeping up the good fight. The globetrotting minister, who has traveled to...

Nurse outlasts, outwits, outplays to win `Survivor' show.
May 3, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray She might not have won the talent or swimsuit competitions, but Thursday night Miss Congeniality took the winner's crown in the finale of CBS' "Survivor: The Australian Outback." In a 4-3 vote revealed on live...

Chef's table: 100-year eggs; Marylou's New Lemon Meringue Pie.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I was lucky enough to have been invited to a Chinese banquet where they served hundred-year eggs. I got up the courage to try them and was surprised at how good they were. Are they really 100 years...

Phillies winning, with problems.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ Bases loaded, two outs, fifth inning. The Phillies are in the midst of a rally and Terry Francona is into it, pitch by charted pitch. "Hey, Terry," a beer-holding fan screams to him from an...

Phillies looking for a bat.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Phillies general manager Ed Wade met with Larry Bowa and his coaching staff before Thursday's game to discuss the state of the team. "We talked about the whole team," Bowa said. "We talked about...

Phillies defeat Rockies.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Doug Glanville is no dummy, and has a sheepskin from Penn to prove it. He is smart enough to know he wasn't bumped from the leadoff spot in the batting order to seventh because he's doing a bang-up job...

Sixers in a wait-and-see mode.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner PHILADELPHIA _ The 76ers were 3-1 vs. New York this season. Won both games at Madison Square Garden. Lost one home game by 20. The Sixers were 1-3 vs. Toronto. Lost once at home in overtime, lost in both trips to...

Modrak denies interview reports.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes PHILADELPHIA _ It's that time of year; rumors and lilacs seem to bloom together when it comes to personnel changes in the NFL. Last year, the rumors concerned Pittsburgh. This year, they have grown sprouting buds...

Hershiser a good fit for television.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Some ex-jocks easily make the transition to the television booth. Others struggle and never catch the wave as smooth talkers. Few former professional athletes have made as positive an early...

It's a Given: Point Given will win the Derby.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Point Given will win the Triple Crown. I have thought about typing those words for a few weeks. Have I spent too much time indoors in too many gyms that I have lost all perspective? That's...

Philadelphia Daily News Business Buzz Column.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Harriet Lessy May 4--CHILD-CARE CHIEF PRAISES UNION: Hospital Workers Local 1199C is expected tomorrow to ratify a contract that makes workers at 24 local day-care centers unionized employees, an industry first. We are talking...

Philadelphia-Area Embraces Manufacturing Industry.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Michael Hinkelman May 4--Paul J. Kosempel is president of a metal-works company in Kensington, but he doesn't want you to think he runs a low-tech operation. And he's looking for a few good employees. Kosempel's company...

Let's make `Survivor' a weighting game.
May 6, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Maybe it's time CBS fattened up its "Survivor" franchise. Anyone who watched Thursday's finale of "Survivor: The Australian Outback" already knows how thin it was, and how much padding it took to stretch the...

Chef's table: Aracanna Fowl and paella.
May 7, 2001... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q. My friend told me that a chicken called Aracanna Fowl lays eggs lower in cholesterol than normal eggs. He also said that organic eggs are lower in cholesterol. Are either of these statements true? _...

Phils, Twins tweak noses of rich kids.
May 7, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ They say hitting is contagious. So are herpes, flu and failure. Wouldn't you know in my first game of the season at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies would ruin an obvious column angle by scoring nine...

Cartersm Raptors are growing up.
May 7, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ OK, so it's obvious that Vince Carter isn't going to buy into the star concept. Maybe it's that Dean Smith-North Carolina creed about no individual part being more important than the team. But...

Carter, Iverson filling the void.
May 8, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ No one interested in the well-being of the NBA should have been disappointed that Game1 of the Sixers-Raptors series occupied a prime-time broadcast spot Sunday. Sure, there were circumstances that...

Hopkins is ready to ramble.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ The toughest challenge for WBC/IBF middleweight champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins might not be defeating either WBA champ William Joppy or Felix Trinidad. It will be quickly wrapping up...

`The West Wing's' Aaron Sorkin may have dropped the ball.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray One of my favorite things about watching kids play baseball is seeing how quickly things can get out of hand. A tired 8-year-old pitcher walks a couple of batters, another hitter smacks a solid single, the ball gets...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In Column.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff May 8--THE GIZMO: Pioneer HTZ-55DV DVD Surround System. $925. www.pioneerelectronics.com Researchers at MIT discovered that literally half the pleasure we get from watching a movie is in the soundtrack. In fact,...

Tourism Agency Says Philadelphia's Image Is Improving.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Michael Hinkelman May 8--The more visitors know about Philadelphia, the more they like it. That's one of the key findings of a new study to be released this week by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. This week is...

Philadelphia Airport Project Comes in $158 Million Over Budget.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Dave Davies May 9--City Council members want an explanation of how a $400 million airport construction project that was supposed to be fast-tracked and red-tape-free is suddenly $158 million over budget. Airport officials and...

Philadelphia Daily News Business Buzz Column.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Harriet Lessy May 9--"The ultimate in luxury, serenity and pleasure," is how the ad, written by local ad wizard Elliott Curson, describes Chateau Vendome. Ground-breaking for this plushist-of-the-plush condo gated community in...

Taxes, Mysteries of Competitive Pricing Make Gas More Costly in Philadelphia.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Rose DeWolf May 9--No matter how high gas prices go, you can count on this: you'll pay less in South Jersey than in Philly. And, in Jersey, somebody at the gas station will pump the gas for you, too. Prices at gas stations...

Strike Deadline Just 1 Week Away for Philadelphia Gas Company.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Mark McDonald May 9--With just a week to go before a strike deadline, negotiators for PGW and the Gas Works Employees Union are maintaining a low profile. Nobody is taking shots at the other guy and nobody is talking about the...

Sixers asking for trouble in this series.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ They cannot win it this way. That is the sobering thought after the Sixers' 97-92, series-tying victory over Toronto on Wednesday night. They cannot expect their little guard to score 54 points in...

NBA championship trophy is something to gaze at.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ Don't be superstitious, because that's bad luck. Think of it as an omen, having the NBA championship trophy in town, already, on display for the next four days at Tiffany & Co., 1414 Walnut St. It's...

Iverson plays role of Barishnikov, Pavarotti, daVinci on Highway 54.
May 10, 2001... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ Surprised? No, I can't say that I'm surprised. If I have learned anything from watching Allen Iverson during the past five seasons, it's that nothing he does on a basketball court ever will...

Happy Mother's Day HEADLINE HERE.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman LINE HERE PHILADELPHIA _ For most people, an off weekend means a chance to get away from work. For racers like Johnny Benson, it just means more racing. With the Winston Cup series taking its annual...

`Take a Girl Like You,' airing on PBS' `Masterpiece Theatre'.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Long before "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell coined the term "toxic bachelor," Kingsley Amis knew the type. Good-looking. Fast-talking. In lust at first sight and outtahere soon after. Take a guy like...

Suggestions for Mother's Day viewing.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Nothing says Mother's Day like a big-screen TV, right? This year, you might want to throw in a VCR or two, because mothers and their offspring _ the good, the bad and the possibly alien _ are all over the dial this...

New Birth-Control Patch Awaits FDA Approval.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Yvonne Latty May 10--Birth control pills, intra-uterine devices, diaphragms, sponge, foam and female condoms. Ladies, soon you will be able to toss them all out and just stick it. It should be as easy as a Band-aid and as...

Philadelphia Daily News Business Buzz Column.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Harriet Lessy May 10--CENTER CITY COFFEE SHOP GETTING THE BOOT: They understand that their lease is up at the end of the year, but they don't have to like it. And, they certainly don't understand it. "It doesn't make sense...

Philadelphia Union Leader: City Board Should Drop Stock in Predatory Lenders.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Paul D. Davies May 10--The chief of the city's white-collar union said yesterday he would push the city pension board to divest its stock in companies that make predatory loans. Thomas Paine Cronin, president of AFSCME District...

Philadephia City Council Will Rush to Fill $29 Million Gap in Two-Stadium Plan.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Dave Davies May 10--It was in the wee hours of Dec. 9 when troubled City Council members voted to spend nearly $400 million of taxpayers money for new football and baseball stadiums in South Philadelphia. Though they hadn't...

Scott Rolen a game guy, not a fame guy.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ In the dream, Scott Rolen has just hit his third home run of a big game. It is a game-winner and the third baseman races around the bases pumping his right fist in the September air. His ponytail bounces...

A very special Mother's Day for Wayne Gomes' wife.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil PHILADELPHIA _ The other day, Miles Gomes' parents found him under the bed. Testing his newly found crawling skills and eager to explore the world, Miles skittered right underneath where his mommy and daddy...

Schilling admits it's a special time against former team.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHOENIX _ So many baseball players these days answer questions as if they are reciting off cue cards, canned responses designed not to offend, to reveal nothing, to attract as little attention as possible. (ital)...

Schilling meets the Phillies.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHOENIX _ It was one of the most controversial trades the Phillies have made in years. Despite general manager Ed Wade's protests, it was widely viewed as an invisible white flag run up the flagpole, hanging mockingly...

Kevin Lyde returning to Temple.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Mike Kern Kevin Lyde on Thursday phoned Temple's basketball offices to tell the coaching staff he will return to school for his senior season, sources familiar with the situation said. In early April, Lyde held a news...

Perhaps Sixers need to show their road warrior side.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Sam Donnellon Two images for you to picture as we await Friday night's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The first is of 76ers coach Larry Brown during a timeout late in Game 1, a court lawyer arguing to his own players...

Raptors staking their ground in hockey haven.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Les Bowen This week, the Toronto Raptors might be gaining something even more valuable than a split of the first two games of their second-round NBA playoff series with the 76ers: the undivided attention of their home city. ...

Might Sixers see a phenomenal performance by opposition this time.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner There is always a lesson to be learned somewhere in the pages of history. Including after the 76ers' Allen Iverson scored a franchise-record 54 points in Wednesday night's 97-92 second-round victory over the...

Sixers need others to score more.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner Eric Snow sat patiently, staring into a thicket of notebooks, tape recorders and minicams knowing he had heard the questions before, knowing virtually no one would be accepting of his answers. But he wasn't budging....

Joppy has unkind words for Hopkins.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez NEW YORK _ If Felix Trinidad wins Saturday night, the war between Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins and William Joppy might never involve anything more than words. But the verbal battle between the middleweight...

Felix Trinidad not talking a pile of trash.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez NEW YORK _ He speaks respectfully of even the most overmatched opponents. There are no wild theatrics, no shouted boasts, no hint of arrogance. In an MTV world in which the chest-thumpers and self-promoters...

Ousted McCartney still lauds Eagles.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Marcus Hayes PHILADELPHIA _ Mike McCartney spent the last three years as an apprentice, a man in the shadows of the personnel department learning at the feet of Eagles football operations director Tom Modrak. As the team's pro...

XFL no more; it's history.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Paul Domowitch Vince McMahon can take a hint. Three weeks after the XFL's inaugural championship game drew a puny 2.1 rating, McMahon has decided to pull the plug on the first-year football league, which was co-owned by his...

Walton draws comparisons of Iverson to Jordan.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ Bill Walton can relate to Allen Iverson's spectacular 54-point performance for the Sixers in their 97-92 victory over Toronto Wednesday night. "I played in the game where Michael Jordan scored 63...

Bose knows you want your MP3.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Bose Wave/PC Interactive Audio System, $449. Info at www.wavepc.bose.com or 800-444-2673. THE RAISON D'ETRE: The Internet has been a blessing for music fans and also a curse _ with almost too much...

Customers Make Their Case against Pennsauken, N.J.-Based Appliance Firm.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Bob Warner May 11--The casualty toll in the bankruptcy of American Appliance is running into the thousands as empty-handed customers and other creditors line up seeking help from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Camden. The...

Philadelphia Mayor's Development Plan Is in Progress.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Mark McDonald May 11--Mayor Street's $250 million blight proposal is in political limbo, stranded until fall in a City Council that wants a bigger role in developing the plan. But that hasn't stopped the Street administration...

Tokyo-Based Trading Company Will Pay $134 Million Fine.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Jim Smith May 11--Earlier this year a jury in Philadelphia found that Mitsubishi Corp., one of the world's largest trading companies, had a yen for making big money, the easy way, off the worldwide steel industry. The jury...

Trinidad serves notice.
May 14, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez NEW YORK _ Perhaps there is no right way to deal with Felix Trinidad. But, in light of Trinidad's savage, fifth-round technical knockout of William Joppy, one thing seems certain: The most widely accepted strategy...

Chaplains quietly stay out of sports limelight.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil He was a rookie in the minor leagues, a kid second baseman the New York Mets desired enough to turn into a No. 2 draft choice. Whitey Herzog, of all people, had given the organization the go-ahead. And...

Imaging Iverson under center.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ "I feel like I'm the quarterback on the basketball court," Allen Iverson said, and the very thought of it made your mind wander. What must he have looked like, back in high school, calling signals...

Iverson to be named MVP.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Phil Jasner PHILADELPHIA _ Larry Brown is planning to sit on Allen Iverson's lap Tuesday. Twice. According to sources, Iverson, the 76ers' star guard and the NBA's leading scorer during the regular season, will be named the...

Opportunity arrives for Charles Brewer.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ Charles Brewer has done the European-vacation thing, and come away with the experience with lots of deutschmarks and a lower profile on the streets of his native Philadelphia than a fighter of his...

Casey sues Hoboken over arrest, treatment.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Dick Jerardi Former Penn State quarterback Rashard Casey has filed a civil action against his hometown of Hoboken, N.J., its director of public safety, its police department, police chief Carmen LaBruno and several other city...

So much for post-Columbine restraint.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Ellen Gray Has it really been two years since the WB yanked the season finale of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" because it depicted high school students in caps and gowns taking up arms against a 60-foot serpent? Seems like...

Philadelphia Daily News Plugged In Column.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Takiff May 15--Bose knows you want your MP3 THE GIZMO: Bose Wave/PC Interactive Audio System, $449. Info at www.wavepc.bose.com or 800-444-2673. THE RAISON D'ETRE: The Internet has been a blessing for music fans...

Brewers outscore Phillies.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ No pitcher in the National League has trotted to the mound more often than Ricky Bottalico this season. He's already made 21 appearances. He now grudgingly concedes that, yes, he might be a trifle weary....