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Varsity Letters
August 4, 2008
August 7: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on August 7 at 8 p.m., for an evening of the Olympics and the NFL. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Tom Caraccioli, Stefan Fatsis, and Aaron Schatz will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Caraccioli will profile athletes whose dreams were lost when the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics, Fatsis will describe his brief-lived adventure as a sportswriter-turned-NFL kicker, and Schatz will offer a tour of the brave new world of football stats.
Varsity Letters
June 26, 2008
July 3: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on July 3 at 8 p.m., for an evening of baseball. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Milton H. Jamail, Deidre Silva, Jackie Koney, and Tim Wendel will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Jamail will describe the rich pipeline of baseball talent from Venezuela, Silva and Koney will provide a guide to baseball for female fans—and all fans, and Wendel will relate stories of Latino ballplayers' varied experiences in the US.
Varsity Letters
May 29, 2008
June 5: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on June 5 at 8 p.m., for an evening of golf. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Tom Coyne, Leigh Montville, and David Owen will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Coyne will relate his quest to make the pro tour; Montville will revive the legend of a forgotten amateur golfing great; and Owen will share from his writing about the ordinary duffer's misadventures.
Varsity Letters
April 20, 2008
May 1: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on May 1 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Steve McKee, Shaun Powell, and Michael Tunison will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. McKee will recount how his father's death taught him how to live, and to embrace sports; Powell considers the modern black athlete; and Tunison will share writing from his riotous NFL blog.
Varsity Letters
April 2, 2008
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 4/3 Interviews
The baseball writers featured on Gelf's front page will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, April 3, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear Stefan Fatsis, Jonathan Mayo, and Cait Murphy read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
March 21, 2008
April 3: Gelf's Varsity Letters on Baseball
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on April 3 at 8 p.m. with an all-baseball program. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Stefan Fatsis, Jonathan Mayo, and Cait Murphy will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Fatsis will sing the praises of his beloved baseball glove, Mayo will describe what it's like to stare down Roger Clemens in the batter's box, and Murphy will recount tales of the nuttiest season in baseball history, one century ago.
Varsity Letters
March 4, 2008
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 3/6 Interviews
The sportswriters featured on Gelf's front page will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, March 6, at 8 p.m. Come by Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear Andy Mendlowitz, Spike Vrusho, and members of the New York Daily News sports investigative team read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
February 22, 2008
March 6: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on March 6 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Andy Mendlowitz, Spike Vrusho, and members of the New York Daily News sports investigative team will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Mendlowitz will describe his eight months spent among Ireland's finest amateur athletes, Vrusho will recount some of the most exciting brawls in baseball history, and the Daily News team will recount their investigations into performance-enhancing drugs.
Varsity Letters
February 5, 2008
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 2/7 Interviews
Three sportswriters will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, January 3, at 8 p.m. Come by Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Ira Berkow, Cecil Harris, and Jay Neugeboren read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
January 24, 2008
February 7: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on February 7 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Ira Berkow, Cecil Harris, and Jay Neugeboren will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Berkow will recount the life of famed sportswriter Red Smith, Harris will reveal the history of blacks in tennis, and Neugeboren will read from his fictional account of a college-basketball player expelled from the sport he loves because of scandal.
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