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New Yorkers! Are you a Knicks fan? If you are, I am very sorry. But you should also attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Bleacher Report’s Howard Beck and Yaron Weitzman, The New York Times’ Harvey Araton, and Vocativ’s Robert Silverman will be talking about t...

New Yorkers! If you’re interested in the history of American sports, head on down to tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Gary Belsky and Neil Fine will be reading from and discussing On the Origins of Sports: The Early History and Original Rules of Everybody’s Favo...

New Yorkers! Do you like hockey and good sportswriting? Then get yourself over to Gelf Magazine’s Varsity Letters reading series tonight, where the creators of Barn Magazine—a soon-to-be-launched hockey quarterly—will be reading and talking sports. Details here....

New Yorkers! Tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, is all about Muhammad Ali. Longtime sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, author Brin-Jonathan Butler, and The Stacks curator Alex Belth will be there to read classic pieces and celebrate the GOAT. Details here....

New Yorkers! Tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, is going to be a great one. Ben Lindbergh will be reading from his excellent new book The Only Rule Is It Has To Work (excerpted here), and he will be joined by 538's Nate Silver, Allison McCann, and Oliver Roeder. ES...

New Yorkers! If you enjoy the Wall Street Journal’s sports section—and you should, because it’s one of the best in the country—then you need to attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Past and present staffers will be paying tribute to Sam Walker, who is moving o...

New Yorkers! If you like basketball, you should definitely attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. SI senior writer Alexander Wolff will be there to discuss his new book, The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama. He’ll be joined by Shawn Fury, author...

New Yorkers! Be a cool person and go to tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal, Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated, and Justine Gubar of ESPN will be reading and discussing fandom. Details here....

Are you a Mets fan? Are you finally ready to talk about this past season, and that World Series defeat? Then head on down to tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. The Mets-themed evening will feature readings from Jared Diamond, David Roth, and Greg Prince. It should ...

New Yorkers! Are you sad that Grantland is dead? Of course you are! The good news is that tonight’s Varsity Letters reading, presented by Gelf Magazine, is a Grantland Appreciation Night. A bunch of your favorite Grantland writers will be reading, so go say hi. If you want to go, RSVP here. ...

New Yorkers! You should definitely go to tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. ESPN’s Wright Thompson and Seth Wickersham will both be reading, so get yourself there by 7:00 pm. Details here. ...

Hey, New Yorkers! You should attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Mark Kram Jr. will be there to read some of his dad’s best work, which we’ve also featured multiple times on The Stacks. Author Brin Jonathan Butler will also be reading from his new book about ...