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Classy Coach K Congratulates Mercer In Their Locker Room, With Class

Last night, reader Will sent the Deadspin staff this email, with the subject line "Dook":...

New Yorkers! Tonight's Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, is the perfect place for NBA fans to be. Jeff Pearlman will be reading from his new book about the Showtime Lakers, and veteran NBA writer Howard Beck will be there to talk about the Knicks and the reported Phil Jacks...

Are you a basketball fan who lives in New York? Then you should probably go to tonight's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine. Former No. 1 pick Billy McGill will be reading from his biography, and Paul Shirley will be reading from his book about his life as an NBA journeyman. They wi...

Lawsuit: Jim Gray Sent Around Dumb Anti-Obama Tea Party Meme

Late last month, a former employee filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Los Angeles real estate mogul Mike Meldman, alleging racial discrimination and harassment. The full suit is here, but we're mostly concerned with a cameo appearance from pseudojournalist-for-hire Jim Gray....

New Yorkers! Come listen to two great writers talk college football tonight. This month's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine, will feature New York Times columnist Sam Freedman and author Jim Lefebvre. Freedman will read from his book about the breaking down of civil rights barriers...

Sid Bream Hates His Name: Athletes' Replies To Fans

A few weeks back we asked you to send along any notes or letters you've received after writing to pro athletes. Varsity Letters is a hopefully semi-regular feature in which we share some of our favorites. Please send your athlete responses to me at [email protected]....

Ever Write To An Athlete And Get A Reply? We Want To See It

When Bill Sharman died on Friday, he was eulogized not as just one of two men to make the Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach, but as a prolific letter-writer. He sent hand-written notes to players, writers, and fans, responding to just about anyone who wrote him. Receiving a letter fro...

Dead Letters: The Best Fans In Baseball Respond

Welcome back to Dead Letters, the feature in which we reprint our favorite reader mail. We’re devoting this edition to the response generated by Drew Magary’s “Why Your Cardinals Suck” post on Thursday. Behold, the best fans in baseball....

The Goon Show: A Life In Letters

Mike Fox on "The Africa Project," 1966...

A Found Love Poem To A Sporty, Dyslexic, Russian Orphan Girl

Today's entry in our ongoing Unsolicited Letters series is an odd one, but kind of beautiful. A love poem to a soccer-playing, god-fearing orphan....

Hey New Yorkers! Looking for something to do tonight? You should head on over to this week's Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine. Esteemed sportswriters Marc Tracy, Howard Megdal, and Robert Podhurst will read from their work about Jewish athletes. It's the perfect way to kick off Yo...

The Best Book Pitch Ever Comes From An Imprisoned Bank Robber

Another entry in our growing collection of unsolicited letters. If your company has received anything as absurd as a request to be in porn or a plea for an NBA roster spot, send it in....

"No Other Men In It, Just Me": A Letter From A Porn Hopeful

Yesterday we shared an adorable letter from a fan of the New Orleans Pelicans, begging the team to give him a chance and a million-dollar contract. Reader Daniel used to work at an adult video company, and dug up a letter from one of the company's biggest fans, begging for a role in porn....

Fan Writes Letter To Pelicans Asking For $1 Million Contract

I know what the jerseys look like, but the Pelicans are a real NBA team. With professional players and everything. You can't just get a job by writing them a polite, poorly spelled letter—hold on, did you say you're better than LeBron and "Kobie?"...

Know When To Fold Them

From Letters of Note, here's a letter the novelist John D. Swain wrote to his son in 1908 as the boy began college at Yale:...

Dead Letters: Sick Burn, Pete Prisco. Sick Burn.

Subject: How To Make A Pimento Cheese Sandwich: A Recipe Unlike Any Other/Article...

Innervisions

From the wonderful site, Letters of Note, here is a letter that Hellen Keller wrote in January, 1932. After a visit to the Empire State Building she described what she saw and heard:...

Dead Letters: "Mister, Jesus IS The True Savoir Of Mankind"

Subject: jews, fantasy debate, and dick displacement theory......

Dead Letters: "I Have A Pic Of [ESPN Person] Performing Oral Sex"

Subject: [ESPN on-air talent]...

Do you live in New York City? Do you like sports? Do you like science? If so, then be sure to swing by Gelf Magazine's latest Varsity Letters reading series tonight. Sports Illustrated's David Epstein and author David Sally will be discussing the intersection of sports and science. A great time will...