Sportswriters in Bars Getting Beer: Behind-the-Scenes Stories w/NYC Journos

Come join this fascinating night with 3 old-school sportswriters - former Writer/Columnist/Radio Host/TV Commentator Wallace Matthews, Associated Press/Bloomberg Writer Allan Kreda, and former Village Voice Columnist, Sporting News and Details Magazine Feature Writer Michael P. Geffner - revealing behind-the-scenes stories of such iconic athletes as Tyson, Jabbar, Messier, Jeter, Manning, and so many more.

Doors open at 9pm. Starts 9:30pm.

Wallace Matthews has been a sportswriter, columnist, radio host and television analyst for the past 40 years. He is the only living sportswriter to have hit the grand slam, writing for the New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News and Newsday. He has made friends and enemies in many sports and was once threatened with death by Mike Tyson. He also once completed a Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle in seven minutes while covering a football game.

Allan Kreda has been a sportswriter for more than three decades, working for the AP and Bloomberg News, and helping launch the lifestyle magazine Athletes Quarterly. For the past decade. he has been covering the Rangers and Islanders for the New York Times. He is the foremost expert on the late Yankee legend Thurman Munson.

Mike Geffner is a retired sportswriter who has published countless stories in USA Today, Details, The Sporting News, Cigar Aficionado and The Village Voice. He has interviewed everyone from former President Nixon to Kareem Abdul Jabbar to Dennis Hopper and has been acknowledged seven times by the annual anthology The Best American Sports Writing. He is currently the founder/producer of the popular indie performance series InspiredWordNYC.

21+ age limit.

All tickets come with a $5 drink coupon.

Refunds up to 24 hours before the event.

Host or Publisher Mike Geffner