The New York Pops 1999 • New York City 100 Centennial Concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn – July 10, 1998 • OpSail '92/Columbus Quincentennial, South Street Seaport – July 4, 1992 • Columbus Avenue Festival, New York City – September 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988 • "Welcome Home the Troops" Celebration, South Street Seaport – June 10, 1991 • New York Daily News Blimp Race, Jones Beach State Park, NY – July 5, 1986 Single Engagements Cantor Fitzgerald Memorial Service, Central Park SummerStage – September 11, 2011 • Coca-Cola on Liberty Island, Liberty Island, NY – May 7, 2011 • The New York Pops
New York Liberty the Washington Mystics on the tiebreaker of head-to-head record. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Liberty, as huge underdogs, faced the defending champion Detroit Shock in a best-of-three series. The Liberty defeated the Shock by winning Game 1 in New York. In Games 2 and 3 the Liberty lost both games to the Shock in Detroit, 76–73 and 71–70 (OT) respectively. In 2008, the Liberty drafted former Rutgers shooting guard Essence Carson and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill forward Erlana Larkins, and signed former University of Utah point guard Leilani Mitchell during the preseason. Despite having the