Gelflog http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/ en Copyright 2018 Wed, 23 May 2018 20:24:56 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Gelf Events Calendar June 4:Varsity Letters at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn. ]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/gelf_events_calendar.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/gelf_events_calendar.php Events Wed, 23 May 2018 20:24:56 -0500 June 4: Varsity Letters at Pacific Standard with Grant Wahl Grant Wahl will discuss his new book, Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game, and answer all your burning World Cup questions.
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Event Details: Pacific Standard (Official site, map) 82 4th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217 Blocks from 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/june_4_varsity_letters_at_pacific_standard_with_grant_wahl.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/june_4_varsity_letters_at_pacific_standard_with_grant_wahl.php Varsity Letters Wed, 23 May 2018 20:11:00 -0500 March 13: Sebastian Abbot Sebastian Abbot, will read from and discuss his new book, The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars.
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Event Details: The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map) 158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.) New York, NY 10012 Blocks from ACE/BDF/MNR/1/6 trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email varsityletters@gmail.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.) Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/march_13_sebastian_abbot.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/march_13_sebastian_abbot.php Varsity Letters Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:34:28 -0500 Jan. 30: Olympics Night Thomas H. Murray, president emeritus of the bioethics institute The Hastings Center, will discuss his new book, Good Sport: Why Our Games Matter -- and How Doping Undermines Them. He'll be joined by Carla Correa and Meghan Louttit, who covered the Larry Nassar trial for the New York Times.
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Event Details: The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map) 158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.) New York, NY 10012 Blocks from ACE/BDF/MNR/1/6 trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email varsityletters@gmail.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.) Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/jan_30_olympics_night.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/jan_30_olympics_night.php Varsity Letters Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:39:55 -0500 Nov. 21: Best American Sports Writing The Best American Sports Writing of 2017. ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant, editor of this year's volume of the annual series, will be joined by several of the contributors, including: •Bomani Jones, host of The Right Time podcast and author of "Kaepernick Is Asking for Justice, Not Peace" •Teri Thompson and Luke Cyphers, who co-wrote "Lost in America" for Bleacher Report
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Event Details: The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map) 158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.) New York, NY 10012 Blocks from ACE/BDF/MNR/1/6 trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email varsityletters@gmail.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.) Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/nov_21_best_american_sports_writing.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/nov_21_best_american_sports_writing.php Varsity Letters Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:19:35 -0500 October 23: Basketball Homelands Jack McCallum will discuss his new book Golden Days: West's Lakers, Steph's Warriors, and the California Dreamers Who Reinvented Basketball Listen to Gelf co-founder Carl Bialik's interview with McCallum. • Author Alejandro Danois will discuss The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball, the story of a 1980s Baltimore high school team that featured four future NBA players • New York Times-bestselling author Jerome Preisler will discuss the biography he co-wrote with Bernard King, Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court.
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Event Details: The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map) 158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.) New York, NY 10012 Blocks from ACE/BDF/MNR/1/6 trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email varsityletters@gmail.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.) Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/october_23_basketball_homelands.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/october_23_basketball_homelands.php Varsity Letters Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:41:20 -0500 Aug. 16: Ultimate Frisbee, Steve Rushin, and Sports Stadiums David Gessner, author of Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth. Listen to Gelf's podcast interview with Gessner here. • Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin, author of Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir • Rafi Kohan, author of The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport
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Event Details: The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map) 158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.) New York, NY 10012 Blocks from ACE/BDF/MNR/1/6 trains Doors open at 7. Event starts at 7:30. There is no admission charge. Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email varsityletters@gmail.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.) Please spread the word to sports fans and lovers of good writing.
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]]> http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/aug_16_ultimate_frisbee_steve_rushin_and_sports_stadiums.php http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/aug_16_ultimate_frisbee_steve_rushin_and_sports_stadiums.php Varsity Letters Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:07:43 -0500