All that jazz
Yanks Old-Timer kicks off concert series
Bernie Williams will be warming up at today’s Old-Timers’ Day game in preparation for his performance with his all-star band at Westchester’s Ridge Hill in Yonkers on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The free show, which is open to the public, will feature the former Yankee-turned-guitarist playing Latin jazz rhythms that have earned him a Latin Grammy nomination. Williams will open the 2013 Summer Concert Series there.
Williams, the five-time All-Star and four-time world champion, made his first Old-Timer’s Day appearance in 2011 after 16 seasons with the Yankees.
Stars are out for L.I. golf benefit
A star-studded celebrity guest list, highlighted by new Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd and former Giant Michael Strahan, will be on hand for the second annual Big Daddy Celebrity Golf Classic tomorrow at the Oheka Castle in Huntington to help raise money for the LIJ Brain Aneurysm Center for Kids and the Long Island Children’s Museum in Uniondale.
In addition to Kidd and Strahan, the guest list includes, among others: Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer, Justin Tuck, Matt Ryan, Larry Fitzgerald, Howard Cross, Gary Sheffield, Ronnie Lott, Mike Smith, Brian Billick, Marshall Faulk, MarShon Brooks, Ken Daneyko, Kevin Weekes, Billy Jaffe and Joe Buck.
The outing is the brainstorm of Long Island’s Rich “Big Daddy” Salgado, who has formed the Big Daddy Foundation with the purpose of choosing a different charity in the metropolitan area. Strahan and Scott Rechler, the CEO of RXR Realty Group, will be honored.
Russo: Phil praise goes over the top
Sirius/XM’s Chris Russo on Phil Mickelson making the trip out west to see his daughter Amanda graduate before flying back east for the first round of the U.S. Open:
“I love Mickelson, too, but can we calm down on the ‘Father of the Year’ talk? When you’re flying on a Gulfstream jet with a stewardess on board, where I’m sure there are beds on the aircraft. …
“It’s not like he went to Philadelphia’s International Airport to check in, wait in line and fly in the back of the plane to get out to California for his 13-year-old’s eighth-grade graduation. He got on a plane when he wanted to, flew home, slept on the plane, waitress on the plane, flew to a private airport, went to the graduation, got back on the plane and flew east. … You would have thought that basically Phil walked to the graduation. He had a Gulfstream. You see the jet? It’s a 10-seat jet!”
J.R.’s Rucker Park jam session
Knicks star J.R Smith and former NBA player Dee Brown surprised fans at Rucker Park on Thursday night. In honor of the re-release of the Reebok Pump Omni Lite, Brown got in on an impromptu dunk contest, and Smith later decided to lace up and get in on the game.