Morning Brief: October 16

Tonight, legendary Knicks basketball player and sports broadcaster Walter "Clyde" Frazier will talk about the Poetry of Basketball. After he retired from playing, he began calling Knicks games and became known for his "Clydeisms," with the players "movin' and goovin'" and "wheelin' and dealin'." He'll be talking at the City Lore Gallery at 56 E. 1st Street at 7.

NEED TO KNOW

Fall in Oil Prices Could Spell Trouble for Russia, Iraq and Others [New York Times]

Second US Nurse with Ebola Allowed to Fly Just Before Diagnosis [Washington Post]

NY State Cops Get $28 Million for Military Gear [NY Daily News]

NJ Governor Christie Announces $12 Million for Addiction Treatment [CBS Local]

Most NY State Airbnb Listings Are Illegal [New York Times]

SPORTS

The Rangers are at home tonight at MSG, playing the Hurricanes at 7.

The Islanders are also at home at the Nassau Coliseum. They play the Sharks tonight at 7.

The Devils are up against the Capitals at 7 in DC.

TODAY'S WEATHER

It's going to be another rainy day with thunderstorms in the morning and highs around 70. Tonight it should clear up a little to become partly cloudy with lows hitting 58. [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

• “A Circle Of Songs” hosted by Richard Barone with Eric Andersen, “Captain Kirk” Douglas of The

Roots and Nellie McKay @ SubCulture

• Willie Nile (with Three Legged Dog) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse

• Cassandra Wilson @ the Blue Note

• Damien Rice @ the Box

• Kongos @ Pier 40 at Hudson River Park

• Chet Faker (with a DJ set from Abhi//Dijon) @ Webster Hall

• Kopecky Family Band (with Coin) @ the Bowery Ballroom

• The Last Bison (with Monica Heldal) @ Mercury Lounge

• Royal Blood with Kan Wakan @ Webster Hall

• WFUV PRESENTS: Brett Dennen “Water Colors: A Special Acoustic Evening” (with Odessa) @ the

Tarrytown Music Hall

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette was beheaded, nine months after her husband Louis XVI.

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