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Sports in the Time of Reagan


The Outings
The Hack and the Flack

Putting Out the Fire

Gelf's podcasters offer crisis-communications lessons for beleaguered companies. Plus: Mehlman comes out; and Tiger and Clemens seek redemption.


When Baseball Let Its Hair Down
Sports

The Long-Hair Phase

It may not have featured the best players of all time, but the 1970s marked, for author Dan Epstein, the pinnacle of baseball's funkiness.


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Gelf Events Calendar

Join Gelf and Jan Larsen Art for free events Thursdays at 7:30, at JLA Studios in DUMBO (map). Coming up:

September 2: Varsity Letters

September 16: Geeking Out

September 30: Non-Motivational Speaker Series

October 7: Varsity Letters

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September 2: Gelf's Varsity Letters

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. At this monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Dan Epstein, Michael Weinreb, Dave Zirin will read from and talk about their work. Epstein will revisit the quirks and fun of 1970s baseball. Weinreb traces the roots of the modern athlete to the 1980s, his formative years as a sports fan. And Zirin will decry the owners who ruin sports.

September 16th: The Anatomy of the Big Apple

On Thursday, September 16th, we'll be hosting a very special Geeking Out devoted to the Science of the City. The night will feature urban experts discussing everything from traffic flow to city planning to gentrification. Admission is FREE. Drinks (both alcoholic and otherwise) will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends.

September 30: The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns

The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns to Brooklyn on Thursday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m to dissect the best in bad film. A corps of experts—all of whom have forfeited not a small part of their lives in service of the ultimate chuckle—will present their conclusions.

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