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Varsity Letters
January 2, 2008
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 1/3 Interviews
The three sportswriters featured on the front page 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 Will Leitch, Dan Shanoff, and Dave Zirin read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
December 18, 2007
January 3: Gelf's Varsity Letters
New York's Varsity Letters sports reading series rings in 2008 with its return on Thursday, January 3 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Will Leitch, Dan Shanoff, and Dave Zirin will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Deadspin editor Leitch will offer prescriptions for what ails today's sports fans, Shanoff will sing the virtues of the bandwagon fan, and Zirin will take on some of the big political issues in sports.
Varsity Letters
December 5, 2007
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 12/6 Interviews
The three sportswriters featured on the front page will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, December 6, at 8 p.m. Come by Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Stewart Mandel, Wright Thompson, and Todd Gallagher read from and discuss their writing. (UPDATE: Aaron Schatz is ill and won't be able to attend.)
Varsity Letters
November 21, 2007
December 6: Gelf's Varsity Letters
New York's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, December 6 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Stewart Mandel, Aaron Schatz, Wright Thompson, and Todd Gallagher will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Just in time for bowl season, Mandel breaks down college-football controversy; Schatz explores pro football's hidden numbers; Thompson shares his story of visiting Augusta National in memory of his father; and Gallagher takes on sports fans' burning questions.
Varsity Letters
November 6, 2007
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 11/8 Interviews
Authors of three sports books will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, November 8, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Bruce Feldman, Steve Friedman, John Wolff, and Rick Wolff read from and discuss their writing. Click through to see interviews with the authors.
Varsity Letters
October 26, 2007
November 8: Gelf's Varsity Letters Moves to Thursdays
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series is moving to Thursdays. At this free monthly event at a bar in New York's Lower East Side, on Thursday, November 8, at 8 p.m., Bruce Feldman, Steve Friedman, John Wolff, and Rick Wolff will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. In their new books, Feldman goes inside the shadowy big business that is college-football recruiting; Friedman examines the inner turmoil of great athletes; and the Wolffs, father and son, share their tales of adventures in minor-league baseball.
Varsity Letters
October 1, 2007
Varsity Letters 10/3 Interviews
Authors of the three sports books featured on the front page will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Wednesday, October 3, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers John Bacon, Michael O'Keeffe, Teri Thompson, and Jon Wertheim read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
September 20, 2007
October 3: Varsity Letters Reading Series
New York's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Wednesday, October 3 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, John Bacon, Michael O'Keeffe, Teri Thompson, and Jon Wertheim will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. In their new books, Bacon shares leadership lessons from the late Michigan coach Bo Schembechler; O'Keeffe and Thompson expose the wacky collectors and shady behavior in the world of baseball-card collecting; and Wertheim tells the delicious tale of a present-day pool hustler.
Varsity Letters
September 4, 2007
Varsity Letters 9/5 Interviews
Three sports-book authors will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Wednesday, September 5, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Frank Deford, Scott Price, and Neal Thompson read from and discuss their writing.
Varsity Letters
August 22, 2007
September 5: Varsity Letters Reading Series
New York's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Wednesday, September 5 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Frank Deford, Scott Price, and Neal Thompson will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. In their new books, Deford spins the tale of a baseball superstar accused of rape, Price chronicles his year observing how games are played far from US playing fields, and Thompson describes the struggles of a championship New Orleans high-school football team in the wake of Katrina.
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