« Previous page |
Next page » |
Varsity Letters
June 6, 2012
June 21 Varsity Letters: Damn Yankees -- NEW VENUE
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, June 21, at 7:30 pm, at The Pacific Standard in Brooklyn, with a look at the most respected and detested organization in sports. Rob Fleder will be discussing the book Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team, which he edited, along with Alex Belth of the blog Bronx Banter, and other writers who have something to say about the men in pinstripes.
Varsity Letters
May 1, 2012
May 3: Varsity Letters Featuring Show Dogs, Youth Athletics, and Loving Sports
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m., at The Gallery at LPR with a look at every corner of the sports world. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Josh Dean, Mark Hyman, and Matt Wasowski will read from and talk about their work. Dean provides a behind-the-scenes look at competitive dog shows. Hyman explores the problematically expensive side of youth sports. And Wasowski explains why it's OK for everyone, even intellectuals and artists, to like sports.
Varsity Letters
April 3, 2012
April 5: Varsity Letters Welcomes Back Baseball
Enjoy opening day, then come to Varsity Letters baseball night on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., at The Gallery at LPR. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, four writers of recent baseball books will read from and talk about their work. New York Times columnist Dan Barry will revisit the sport's longest game, a 33-inning saga. Steven Goldman and Jay Jaffe are on the cutting edge of baseball stats, as editor and co-author, respectively, of Baseball Prospectus's new book on the crucial numbers behind the national pastime. And Glenn Stout flashes back a century, to Fenway Park's remarkable first year.
Varsity Letters
February 28, 2012
March 1: Varsity Letters March Madness
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., at The Gallery at LPR, with a night devoted to college basketball and coaching. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Ira Berkow and literary agent Andrew Blauner will read selections from and discuss the collection Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference. Also, Scott Pitoniak, author of Color Him Orange: The Jim Boeheim Story; and ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski, author of The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball, will read from and talk about their work.
Varsity Letters
January 30, 2012
February 2: Varsity Letters With Dave McKenna, Dan Steinberg
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m., at The Gallery at LPR, as two of the nation's capital's eminent sportswriters take Manhattan. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Dave McKenna and Dan Steinberg will read from and talk about their work. McKenna was, for 26 years, the sports columnist for the Washington City Paper, a stint that ended in December after an eventful final year. And Steinberg writes the DC Sports Bog, a chronicle of the eccentric and enthralling in local sports, for the Washington Post.
Varsity Letters
December 25, 2011
January 5: Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., at The Gallery at LPR in Manhattan. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Mark Ribowsky, George Vecsey, and Dave Zirin will read from and talk about their work. Ribowsky is the biographer of the legendary broadcaster and provocateur, Howard Cosell. Vecsey, who recently ended his 30-year stint as a New York Times sports columnist, is the biographer of St. Louis Cardinals hero Stan Musial. And Zirin is the co-author, with John Carlos, of a biography of the track-and-field Olympian who sparked controversy with his defiant Black Power salute at the 1968 Summer Games.
Varsity Letters
November 20, 2011
December 1: All-NBA Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns with an all-NBA night on Thursday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m., at Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge. With the lockout ongoing, this will be the only pro hoops in town. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Henry Abbott, Harvey Araton, and Scott Raab will read from and talk about their work. Abbott has been chronicling the lockout tirelessly for ESPN. Araton has revisited the glory days of the Knicks, when Walt Frazier and Willis Reed won titles. And Raab has written a screed against LeBron James, who left his and Raab's native Ohio for sunny Miami.
Varsity Letters
October 26, 2011
November 3: Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m., at Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Stefan Fatsis, John Krewson, and Jeff Pearlman will read from and talk about their work. Fatsis's classic account of the competitive Scrabble world is now a 10th-anniversary edition. Krewson is sports editor of The Onion and co-editor of the satirical newspaper's new collection of its almost-ripped-from-the-sports-pages coverage. And Pearlman is the author of a new, complex, controversial biography of Walter Payton.
Varsity Letters
September 11, 2011
October 6: All-Tennis Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns with an all-tennis night on Thursday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m., at Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Marshall Jon Fisher, S.L. Price, and Tom Perrotta will read from and talk about their work. Fisher chronicled one of the greatest matches ever played—between a German baron and laconic American as Nazism was on the ascent—and the intricate, rich social and political history surrounding it. Price has written dozens of tennis features for Sports Illustrated, including a recent one tracing the rise of Novak Djokovic. And Perrotta is a veteran tennis writer who has covered tournaments around the world and collaborated with the sport's top instructors. Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim, a Varsity Letters veteran and longtime tennis writer, will moderate a tennis discussion with the evening's guests.
Varsity Letters
August 29, 2011
September 1: Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, September 1, at 7:30 p.m., at Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Matt Long, Charlie Butler, and Ernie Palladino will read from and talk about their work. Greenburg is Jay-Z's biographer, and covered the hip-hop mogul's role in bringing the Nets to Brooklyn. Long and Butler are co-authors of a book tracing Long's comeback from severe injury to finish a marathon against the odds. And Palladino will explain how Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi became NFL coaching legends.
« Previous page |
Gelflog Varsity Letters |
Next page » |
About Gelflog
The Gelflog brings you all the same sports, media & world coverage you’ve come to love from Gelf Magazine, but shorter and faster. If you’d like, subscribe to the Gelflog feed.
Subscribe to the Gelflog RSS