August 22, 2008
Game 129: Astros at Mets
Ryan Church will be back in the lineup tonight for the first time in more than seven weeks when the Mets open a four-game home series with the Astros behind...
SIMON: 'I'M IN CHARGE'
SIMON Cowell has a message for "American Idol" fans: "I'm in charge." Well, almost. "With Nigel stepping down I think I will get more involved [behind the scenes]," Cowell told...
Ex-Met Sosa gets 50-game sit
Several Mets in the clubhouse today expressed shock at news that former teammate Jorge Sosa has been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for amphetamines. Sosa has been in...
Castillo coming back as starter
In a move that seemed to have GM Omar Minaya's fingerprints all over it, the Mets will activate second baseman Luis Castillo off the DL on Saturday and plan to...
Church activated, will start
As expected, the Mets activated Ryan Church (pictured) from the DL this afternoon and will have him start in right field tonight at home against the Astros. The Mets sent...
Ryan's TV Return
Benjamin McKenzie, the brooding young star of "The O.C.," is in serious talks to do a new series, "LAPD," from the creator of "ER," John Wells, according to reports.The cop...
PAULA GOES UNDER THE KNIFE
PAULA Abdul has reportedly undergone neck surgery to fix an old cheerleading injury. The injury has been a persistent cause of pain since she was a teenager and was made...
BUS BABY TRAGEDY
The tragedy for a Bronx father doubled today when the week-old baby boy who doctors managed to deliver after his mother was hit and killed by car died at the...
WEEKEND OLYMPICS VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND: We're entering the final weekend of the Olympics and that means you're thinking one of two things: 1. Oh no! The Olympics are ending! The...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT ORIOLES
After Hideki Matsui was sent to the disabled list with a left knee injury June 22, it seemed like his season had a good chance of being over. But despite...
Giants get good news on Tynes
BY PAUL SCHWARTZFor now, it appears the Giants are not in the market for a new kicker.Lawrence Tynes this morning underwent an arthroscopic procedure designed to determine the extent of...
ON DECK: ASTROS AT METS
It is no secret the Mets will need their bullpen to step up in the final month of the season if they expect to make the playoffs. Having blown seven...
Starr Report: Listing power
There are currently 180,000 people on the waiting list for tickets to see "Rachael Ray" - up from 110,000 people last year. Perhaps it's due to the show's Daytime Emmy...
Nixon continues rehab stint
While Ryan Church is getting all of the headlines during his rehab stint, OF Trot Nixon is also making a comeback from injury with Triple-A New Orleans.Nixon went 1-for-4 with...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets couldn't be much hotter after completing a three-game sweep of the Braves on Thursday night with their ninth win in the past 10 games. Coupled with the Phillies'...
Box Office: Late-Summer Horse Race
Looks like a photo finish as the summer movie season enters its dog days. Based on late tracking figures, Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls is predicting "Death Race,'' a Paul...
3 UP: Yank Roster, Pavano and Church
1. Has anyone else noticed that the more "good" players the Yankees add to their roster (Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte, Ivan Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui), the worse the team plays?2. The...
PUTIN' THE BEAR BACK IN ITS CAGE
"The Peace-at-Any-Price Peril" (Ralph Peters, PostOpinion, Aug. 20) is an excellent appraisal of our current dilemma vis-a-vis Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Would we be such a paper tiger had...
ELITES VS. AMERICA
THE National Archives' doc ument dump last week re vealed that such famous Americans as TV chef Julia Child and movie director John Ford served in America's World War II...
TAX TROUBLES
Barack Obama has been flailing in response to the McCain campaign's new aggressiveness, consumed by crying foul. He's gone from hopemonger to whinemonger. Hypersensitive and defensive, Obama seems obsessed with...
GIVE US TROOPS A VOTE THAT COUNTS
Overseas soldiers' November votes often don't get counted - and they can't vote in the caucuses that often decide the nominees. SHOULD the political parties' rules prohibit US soldiers from...
'THEY WON'T LET ME OFF'
The crew of the Spanish airliner that crashed on takeoff in Madrid refused to let a passenger get off when the plane developed technical problems, his anguished family said yesterday....
'16-YEAR-OLD' CHINA DOLL MAY BE STRIPPED OF GOLDS
A prepubescent-looking Chinese gymnast reportedly could be stripped of her two gold medals after the IOC launched a probe into allegations that officials covered up her real age because she's...
BOLT'S FLASH RAPPED
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt may be "The Fastest Man on Earth" - but he's also a muscle-flexing showoff who "still has to mature" and "should show more respect" to other...
SIENNA TAGGED AT HOME
Vandals hit the London home of man-eating actress Sienna Miller, spray-painting the word "SLUT" on a brick wall. The shocking slur may have been a snide reference to her romantic...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 540; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 3856; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Thu: 590; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 6500;...
US, IRAQ HAVE EXIT STRATEGY FOR JUNE
The United States has tentatively agreed to withdraw its troops from Iraqi cities by next June, the war-torn country's foreign minister said yesterday after a surprise visit to Baghdad by...
SHE KNEW I'M A RACKET FELLER
This con was all in the family. The flimflam artist who posed as a Rockefeller says that his ex-wife, Sandra Boss, not only knew he wasn't an heir to the...
GOTBAUM COPS OFF THE HOOK
The Phoenix cops involved in the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum broke no laws and will not face charges, the local prosecutor said yesterday. "Mrs. Gotbaum's death, while tragic, does...
HARVARD BETTER THAN U.
After 12 years as second banana, Harvard has finally climbed back to the top - claiming sole possession of the No. 1 spot on the U.S. News & World Report...
SCOUTS UP THE CREEK
Hours after a flash flood ripped through their Grand Canyon campsite, a group of New Jersey Boy Scouts canceled a planned whitewater rafting trip - and a river-tour firm has...
I'VE PICKED MY VP: OBAMA
CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Barack Obama revealed yesterday he has settled on a running mate and dropped new hints about his pick - saying he doesn't want someone with a big...
BARACK BLASTS HOME BOY MAC
John McCain put his foot in his mouth yesterday when he admitted not knowing how many homes he owns - and Barack Obama immediately pounced on the blunder as proof...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * A woman attacked her ex-lover with a meat cleaver in their Borough Park apartment, authorities said yesterday. Mei Zheng, 48, had ended her eight-year relationship with the 49-year-old...
WEB SALES TAXES AN E-ASY WAY TO FILL CITY COFFERS
Online shoppers may not like paying taxes on Internet purchases, but the charges would provide economic boosts for the city and state during troubled fiscal times, a new study shows....
FITTY FLIPS ON FIRE
After months of stonewalling, rapper 50 Cent has met with investigators probing the fire that destroyed his Long Island mansion and put his former lover and their 11-year-old son out...
ABSENT GROPE GOON GUILTY
A groping goliath was convicted yesterday of attacking a woman in a trendy Meatpacking District nightclub - but the giant coward wasn't in court for the verdict. Marcelo Da Barrosa,...
SLAIN TOT'S MA IS 'OF INTEREST'
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday said cops believe the repeated beatings that ultimately killed a 2-year-old Queens boy "were inflicted while he was in his home." He also said authorities...
IT'S A 'BRUSH' WITH THE LAW
You can use it to brush your teeth or cool your engine - "Colgate" with antifreeze. Two men and two companies pleaded guilty yesterday to importing and selling more than...
FINAL DEAL IN MAYOR GUN SUITS
The last holdout in Mayor Bloomberg's lawsuit against out-of-state gun dealers whose firearms were used to commit crimes here will settle next week, lawyers for both sides said yesterday. Lawyers...
DUO SPRAY-CANNED
Two of New York's most notorious graffiti vandals - fresh off a cross-European spray-paint "tour" - have been busted for allegedly tagging MTA trains going back to 2005, officials said...
PRISONS & SUNY TOP GOV HIT LI$T
ALBANY - Prisons, universities, roads and bridges face the deepest cuts under a budget-trimming plan detailed yesterday by Gov. Paterson. The Democratic governor has asked the Department of Correctional Services...
CASH 'ANGLER' HOOKED
A Queens armored-car employee who allegedly went fishing for cash and reeled in $40,000 is facing seven years up the river. Toemirin Wongsonadi, 56, is accused of grabbing $20, $50...
IT'S A NEW $TAGE FOR HARLEM
Many of his musicals were set in exotic locales, but Richard Rodgers never forgot his Harlem roots. Yesterday, the family of one of the nation's most revered composers donated $1...
SECRET PROBE IN POWER SCAM
Federal investigators began a secret probe in May of an electricity-trading scam that experts suspect cost New York state residents $415 million, officials said yesterday. Under the scheme, traders contracted...
IT'S NYPD 'GREEN' FOR COPS
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the city yesterday agreed to a new contract that will hike police salaries by 17 percent over four years - raising rookie pay from $36,000...
IN UNCERTAIN TERMS
In an abrupt reversal, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday left the door open to supporting a change to the term-limits law through legislation. "My job is if the City Council comes to...
EPILEPSY TEACHER SUES FOR $6M
An epileptic former public- school teacher is suing the city's Department of Education, claiming he was "blacklisted" after repeatedly suffering seizures in front of students. Peter Burkhart, who taught in...
FLAMES, NOT BLAST, TOPPLED 7 WTC
After three years of exhaustive research, a team of federal engineers yesterday debunked claims by conspiracy theorists who insisted that 7 World Trade Center was intentionally blown up on 9/11,...
SEX INTERN'S PRIVACY PLEA
ALBANY - The ex-intern embroiled in a sex scandal with a married upstate lawmaker never intended for X-rated e-mails detailing their affair to go public, her lawyer said yesterday. Lori...
'MAGIC' FOTOG IN PERV BUST
An accomplished Long Island magician and photographer was charged yesterday with using hidden cameras to record women and girls as they changed costumes during photo shoots at his home. Robert...
SHAME ON YOU, BEAST
Her attacker tried to apologize, but the elderly woman he choked in a Brooklyn elevator before stealing her cash and cane wasn't buying it. "You should be ashamed of yourself,"...
WINDY SPIRIT OF '76
A group of 1970s hippie radicals was way ahead of Mayor Bloomberg when it comes to windmills - they actually installed one on their East Village rooftop. In 1976, a...
DEUTSCHE TWIST
Less than two weeks before the blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building killed two firefighters, a safety officer with the FDNY approved an inspection report that allowed workers to...
WAY OVER ITS HEAD: INCA STRUGGLES TO STAY AFLOAT
Stacy Josloff, the ex-wife of ad man and CNBC commentator Donny Deutsch, is desperately seeking a $1.2 million capital infusion to save her upscale swimwear company before it goes bust....
IAC/INTERACTIVECORP BREAKUP PAYING OFF
Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp empire is officially no more. After a nearly decade-long roll up of Internet companies ranging from Evite and shoebug.com to Vimeo and dictionary.com, the five pieces of...
CHANGING TACK(TICS)
Retail giant Gap named a new executive to steer its struggling Old Navy chain as it reported a quarterly profit increase despite declining sales. Gap named Tom Wyatt as president...
CUOMO CATCHES MERRILL
The game of chicken between hard-charging New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and a trio of investment banks caught up in his auction-rate securities probe ended yesterday with a settlement...
COLD-WAR CALAMITY PUTS THE CRUEL BACK IN CRUDE
Pain at the pump just might be here to stay. Oil prices shot back up yesterday, rising a whopping $5.62 a barrel to close at $121.18 amid fears that growing...
PUNCH LINES AND PCS
After being mocked mercilessly in Apple's ads, Microsoft is eager to get the last laugh by hiring iconic funnyman Jerry Seinfeld to star in its upcoming ad blitz. But marketing...
DECISION TIME FOR THE KREMLIN
"Russia needs to make a choice about whether it wants to be a part of international institutions, and we certainly hope that Russia will make that strategic choice." - State...
A CHARTER CHALLENGE
New York City will have 18 new charter schools come September, bringing its total of public schools that operate free of the education bureaucracy's most burdensome regulations to 78, serving...
WHO DROPPED THE BALL?
The FDNY yesterday released the re sults of an inquiry into the fatal blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building last year that killed firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino....
WEIRD BUT NOT TRUE
This is not what police departments had in mind when they started handing out Tasers. Florida deputies were forced to Taser an escaped emu named Plop-Plop after it "went kind...
TOP 5 PITFALLS FOR CITIZEN O
WASHINGTON - Here are five ways Barack Obama could ruin his chances at the Democratic National Convention next week.1 Wear anything short of Old Glory on his lapel. Obama has...
JETS' OFFENSIVE LINE READY TO PROTECT AND SERVE
The Jets offensive line doesn't need to look at films of the Giants' resounding Super Bowl victory over the Patriots to recall the way the Giants' defense tossed Tom Brady...
JETS: GENE WILL BE MISSED
The news of Gene Upshaw's sudden death yesterday sent shock waves throughout the Jets' locker rooms and front offices. "Sometimes you don't know your history," Jets RG Brandon Moore said,...
TRAVERS DOZEN SET FOR SPA SCORCHER
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The more, the merrier! A dozen of the nation's top 3-year-olds will go to post for tomorrow's 139th Travers Stakes, the annual highlight of the summer stand...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle...
MONMOUTH GETTING BIG BROWN
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Big Brown will make his next start Sept. 13 at Monmouth Park in the Monmouth Stakes, a new race at a mile-and-an-eighth on turf for 3-year-olds and...
NO LO CONTENDERS
TORONTO - The tombstone has been engraved, the caskets are ordered and members of the fan base have started the mourning process. Now, The Post welcomes you to the Tragic...
PAVANO'S ON DECK
TORONTO - With their season on life support, the Yankees are turning to a pitcher returning from the dead. Yet, the way the players talked about Carl "American Idle" Pavano...
HAL WON'T STICK FORK IN YANKEES
TORONTO - Hal Steinbrenner's impromptu meetings with Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman added another body last Friday at Yankee Stadium. Wanting to make sure the players understood the front office...
TYNES COULD MISS SEASON
The Giants might be in the market for a new kicker. Lawrence Tynes, out of commission since Aug. 9 when he came down wrong on his left leg, will have...
WELCOMING PARTY
Antonio Pierce has been around long enough to know something about life in the big city, and so he has a warning for those Jets fans delirious about the arrival...
RANGERS RAISING NOS. 3 & 9
The Rangers will retire the No. 9s of Adam Graves and Andy Bathgate, and Harry Howell's No. 3 this season. Graves will become the final member of the 1994 Stanley...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: ESPN going digital Major League Baseball and ESPN have signed a new digital rights agreement that will allow it to put baseball content on multiple platforms, including video game...
HONDO HAS A JAY
There was nothing wrong with the Nats that a little support from Hondo couldn't cure. Washington's losing streak ended at 12 last night, which sent Mr. Aitch's earnings skyrocketing to...
CAN WE REPLAY THAT ONE?
TALK is cheap until it starts to cost you your sanity or hearing. Reader John Cox of Woodside, N.Y., was watching Sunday's Yankees game when Michael Kay asked Al Leiter...
MCENROE: FEDERER'S NO LOCK TO BEAT PETE
John McEnroe has doubts Roger Federer will crash Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slams. After the Swiss Maestro won his fourth straight Open last September, bringing his Slam total...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...DICK ENBERG
THE U.S. Open tennis tournament is at hand, and- oh, my! - CBS play-by-play man Dick Enberg talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about the possibility of Roger Federer and...
LEFTY'S RIGHT AT HOME IN JERSEY
PHIL Mickelson is California born with Arizona roots and no real ties to the northeast unless the PGA Tour schedule dictates it. Yet, for some reason playing in this area...
MAHAN MAKES IT LOOK EASY
This is when the Tour playoffs turn cruel. Miss the cut today at The Barclays at Ridgewood CC, and it could mean an unwanted instant vacation, wasting a shot at...
PEDRO PROVIDES RELIEF FOR BELEAGUERED 'PEN
THE object of baseball in this era of match-up men, pitch counts and innings limits is to shorten games; to have the starter get a lead after six innings and...
SEAVER WON'T MISS OL' SHEA
Tom Seaver was unquestionably the greatest Met ever, compiling Shea Stadium memory after memory: the near-perfect game against the Cubs, striking out 10 straight Padres, being part of the 1969...
HUNT FOR OCTOBER
To the Yankees, September means time is running out to make the playoffs for a 14th consecutive season. For the Mets, September represents a painful reminder of last season's historic...
METS, 'GADO GET DROP ON BRAVES
For much of the season, the Mets seemed to be working on their doctorate in a course called Creative Losing. "Have game, will blow it" seemed to be the team...
BY TONIGHT, CHURCH MAY BE ALL 'RIGHT'
Ryan Church may end up starting in right field for the Mets tonight, but manager Jerry Manuel said he plans to keep the Daniel Murphy-Nick Evans platoon in left. That...
NOTHING MODERN ABOUT IT
BEIJING - Generally, we come to the Olympics to be awed, to be thrilled, to be transported to sporting heights to which only a gathering of the world's finest athletes...
REFUSING TO 'TABLE' HER OLYMPIC DREAM
BEIJING - Chen Wang dreamed of this moment thousands of times while spending hours hitting ball after ball, perfecting her table tennis skills as a child. In those dreams, she...
GOAL TO GOLD
BEIJING - Hope Solo looks like she had a point. The U.S. women's soccer goalie played a magnificent game last night in Beijing to lead her team to its dramatic,...
U.S. RELAY DISMAY
BEIJING - The Americans' week on the track here continues to get worse, for the most part. Both the U.S. men's and women's 4x100-meter relay teams dropped the baton in...
REDEMPTION TIME FOR U.S.
BEIJING - The paybacks have been meted out in small doses, the Redeem Team taking out four-year-old bad memories on the ghosts of their former selves and the pall cast...
NEW YORKER FULFILLS TABLE TENNIS DREAM
BEIJING -- Chen Wang dreamed of this moment thousands of times while spending hours hitting ball after ball, perfecting her table tennis game as a child. Of course, in those...
GOLD GOES TO JAPAN
BEIJING - This was supposed to be a coronation, not a cliffhanger. Instead, it turned into a calamity, as far as the U.S. softball team was concerned. After blitzing through...
'NYET' TODAY, BECKY
BEIJING - As the U.S. women's basketball team ate its dinner before last night's semifinal with Russia, a debate broke out. Russia's starting guard, wearing No. 7, was a player...
U.S. SOFTBALL STUNNER
BEIJING - These are the nights when you understand how deep a pull the Olympics still have, after all the years of corruption and doping, all the bad old days...
DONALD TAKES KHLOE
KHLOE Kardashian has joined the ranks of "Celebrity Apprentice." NBC won't confirm anything, but Kardashian, 23, is a go for the new season, sources say. Khloe stars on E!'s reality...
STARR REPORT
Listing power There are currently 180,000 people on the waiting list for tickets to see "Rachael Ray" - up from 110,000 people last year. Perhaps it's due to the show's...
NUTS TO YOU
FORGET "Girls Gone Wild." Now we've got celebs gone crazy. Tonight E! presents a very special special- or at least one with a very special title: "Celebrity Crisis: 10 Most...
WHITNEY 'WRAPS' UP MOVE
LOOKS like "The Hills" co-star Whitney Port is moving her new show into the offices of designer Diane von Furstenberg. Port has long been rumored to be working on a...
BIG FALL BRAWL
THE mixed martial arts equivalent of Ali vs. Frazier appears to be headed for TV. The ultra-violent sport - whose popularity got a big boost when CBS decided to air...
BEIJING GOLD
NBC's Beijing Olympics coverage is on pace to become the most-watched event in TV history. Through yesterday, NBC had amassed 206 million viewers across its various networks - surpassing the...
GOING DOWN IN BLAME
'THE Sensation of Sight," the first feature by director-writer-producer Aaron J. Wiederspahn, features a splendid performance by David Strathairn, who played legendary TV journalist Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night,...
RABBIT HOLE TO NOWHERE
PERHAPS only Anna Faris could make a female-empowerment comedy produced by Adam Sandler tolerable. So haphazardly written and directed that it barely qualifies as a movie, "The House Bunny" is...
UPLIFTING TALE BORN OF RISING FLOODWATER
I thought Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke" was pretty much the last word on the national tragedy and disgrace that followed Hurricane Katrina's assault on New Orleans. Maybe not....
CARS! GUNS! BOMBS!
LIKE first love - or maybe just a crowbar to the Adam's apple - "Death Race" works fast and hits hard. A prison flick and a car chase movie at...
HELMET HATH NO FURY
IS there a single true-life underdog of the sport ing pursuits who has yet to have a movie made about him or her? "The Longshots" (awful title, guys) plays every...
SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA
THE laughs begin with the ex cellent title "Hamlet 2" - and they end there. This film was the comedy sensation of the Sundance Film Festival, which was an early...
UNRISING SON IS A HOME RUN
IT'S time to stop calling Azazel Jacobs a "promising" filmmaker. With "Momma's Man," Jacobs achieves the promise. The deeply affecting "Momma's Man" goes far inside John Cassavetes territory. Mikey (Matt...
GET WIND OF 'FIRST BREEZE'
BRAVO to the Signature Theatre Company for devoting its season to the Negro Ensemble Company. Besides paying long-overdue tribute to a groundbreaking troupe, it reminds us that black theater doesn't...
B'WAY SMELLS FRESH 'HAIR'
THE "Hair" transplant is under way. Veteran producer Elizabeth I. McCann has been meeting with theater owners, looking to see which houses will be available after the first of the...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
GRAMERCY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Third Avenue from 14th to 23rd streets. THIRD AVENUE MERCHANDISE FAIR: A street festival on Sunday from 11...
PREVIEWS
"A TALE OF TWO CITIES": A musical adaptation of the Dickens novel. Al Hirschfeld, 302 W. 45th St. 212-239-6200. Opens Sept. 18. "FELA!": Bill T. Jones directs and choreographs a...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: "Maniac Cop," directed by William Lustig (1988) - about a killer loose on the streets of New York who pretends to be a cop - screens Sunday...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: Relive the '80s tonight at 7 at the Nikon at Jones Beach, 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh, LI; 516-221-1000. HELOISE AND THE SAVOIR FAIRE: Adorned in shiny...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
FEELING BLUE Blues - August 24 Let the blues wash over you at Lincoln Center's 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival, in which Patti Smith, Charlie Haden, the Knitters...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSINTHE": *** 1/2 This thrilling blend of European-style circus and burlesque offers decadent pleasures in a wonderful summertime setting. Spiegelworld at Pier 17, South Street Seaport, South Street at Beekman...
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer prizewinner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping and...
CABARET
METROPOLITAN ROOM: Tonight and tomorrow: Tom Wopat at 10:30 p.m. 3 W. 22nd St.; 212-206-0440. SPIEGELTENT: Tuesday: Ute Lemper and her band present "Angels Over Berlin" at 10 p.m. Pier...
DANCE
CEDAR LAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET: This troupe, choreographed by Jill Johnson, gets its inspiration from the thrill of live performance as opposed to recorded material. Tonight at 7 and 8, and...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: The Mostly Mozart Festival closes with Louis Langree conducting the orchestra in Mozart's Mass in C Minor with vocal soloists Sally Matthews, Kate Lindsey, William Ferguson and...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Monday: Vocalist Abigail Riccards at 7 p.m. 315 W. 44th St; 212-581-3080. BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: Tuesday and Wednesday: Amel Larrieux belts jazz tunes with R&B and pop influences...
Thunder clinch playoff spot
The Trenton Thunder wrapped up one of the Eastern League's four playoff spots Thursday night with its 5-3 win over Harrisburg.The Yankees' Double-A affiliate scored four runs in the eighth...
Red Bulls target Omar Cummings, Dominic Oduro and Macoumba Kandji
Dallas speedster Dominic Oduro is one of the Red Bulls' targets By BRIAN LEWISMike Mageeâs goals in back-to-back games offer some promise, but the Red Bulls are still searching for...
Red Bulls' Osorio rules out Jeff Parke, won't respond to John Carver
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls are down two defenders for Sundayâs tilt with Houston. With Gabriel Cichero already suspended for two games, coach Juan Carlos Osorio ruled Jeff Parke out...