The authors of the three books featured on our front page will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Wednesday, January 3. Come Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge at 302 Broome Street at 8 pm to see writers Gus Alfieri, Carlo DeVito, and Cecil Harris (pictured below) read from and discuss their works.

Jason Fry

Gelf is featuring interviews with all three:

Gus Alfieri, author of Lapchick about the legendary former basketball player and coach, talks about his eight-year project to revive Lapchick's name, and how it's already bearing dividends, just weeks after the book's publication.

Carlo DeVito, author of Wellington, discusses the longtime New York Giants owner's influence in shaping the modern NFL, and what he would have made of this year's inconsistent squad.

Cecil Harris, author of Breaking the Ice, tells Gelf about the pioneers who broke the NHL's color barrier, why the league hasn't yet found its Tiger Woods, and the NBA's perverse relationship with prison culture.

Upcoming events

February 7: Jack Cavanaugh, author of Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey; Katie Hnida, author of Still Kicking: My Dramatic Journey As the First Woman to Play Division One College Football; and Sports Illustrated senior writer S.L. Price, author of Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban Sports.

March 7: Online Writers, Offline: Bloggers Henry Abbot (True Hoop), Dan Shanoff, and Matt Ufford (With Leather).

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