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The Twins announced this morning that they have placed right-handed pitcher Kevin Slowey on the 15-day disabled list with strained right wrist.
Having outlived many of his contemporaries from the hazardous, drug-fueled era of bebop, 71-year-old saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has one of the most interesting biographies in jazz. He revisited some of the highlights Thursday night at the Dakota Jazz Club.
Teeth don't have skin, and families in New Jersey don't usually milk the mammoth as a rapidly approaching wall of ice ushers in a new Ice Age. Yet, Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" works as well today as when it was written nearly 70 years ago. In Girl Friday Productions' winning version, the eternal Antrobus family faces disaster after disaster with plucky determination to survive — ...
The main attraction: English singer/songwriter Elvis Costello (8 p.m.) returns to his roots — or at least the roots he planted back in 1986 with "King of America" — with his latest album, "Secret, Profane and Sugarcane," a country-fied disc recorded with the help of T-Bone Burnette. He'll play this gig backed by the Imposters, which is essentially his longtime band the Attractions, minus bassist ...
Given the reaction to previous cast changes, some "Mystery!" fans seem to go through something akin to the various stages of grief whenever a new Jane Marple rides into town — from denial to anger to acceptance. They've had to get used to a variety of actresses of a certain age tackling Agatha Christie's savvy sleuthing spinster, from Margaret Rutherford to Joan Hickson to Geraldine McEwan. Some ...
Actress Gloria Stuart is 99. Conductor Mitch Miller is 98. Advice columnist Abigail Van Buren is 91. Actress Eva Marie Saint is 85. Actress Gina Lollobrigida is 82. Playwright Neil Simon is 82. Singer Bill Withers is 71. Actress Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in "It's A Wonderful Life") is 69. TV talk show host Geraldo Rivera is 66. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind & Fire is 58. Percussionist ...
Auto rac. NASCAR SC Coke Zero 400 7 p.m. TNT
Points leader Tony Stewart was awarded the pole for tonight's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, getting the top spot, assigned by owners points, when rain washed out Sprint Cup qualifying.
PP Horse Jockey Wt Odds 1 Chasm (GB) Hebert 120 3-1 2 Valiant Ride Jimenez 118 6-1 3 Engaging Lover Betancourt 118 8-1 4 Castor Troy
Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates. He refused to talk about steroids, though.
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