On November 21, 2017, Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge celebrated the publication of The Best American Sports Writing of 2017.

Speaking in this episode:

ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant, editor of the 2017 volume of the annual series.

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