Sports
Football Authors to Speak in Darien & the Area
Mark your calendars, pigskin fans: Author's of three books about football will be speaking in the area in upcoming weeks.
Authors of these new football books are speaking nearby. Here's where:
Oct. 30 (Wednesday)
RIDGEFIELD -- "Books on the Common and the Ridgefield Library present Rich Cohen who will join us to discuss his just released book Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football. [...] Rich Cohen was seventeen years old when the Bears won their first and only Super Bowl; he was in the Super Dome when they defeated the New England Patriots 46-10. In Monsters, he breathlessly recounts the thrilling narrative of their championship season. [...]" 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Library Program Room, Ridgefield Library. -- from an announcement on the library website
Nov. 5 (Tuesday)
NEW CANAAN -- "Former longtime New Canaan resident and current CBS News correspondent, Armen Keteyian, and Sports Illustrated contributor, Jeff Benedict, co-authors of The New York Times best-selling book, The System – The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football, will discuss their work and conduct a book signing on November 5 at 7:00 p.m. here at the Library." In the Adrian Lamb Room. -- from an announcement on the New Canaan Library website
Dec. 3 (Tuesday)
DARIEN -- "Nicholas Dawidoff, author of Collission Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football, will be our featured speaker. Football is the country's most popular pastime, and yet most of what happens in today's NFL is a mystery. The New York Jets gave Nicholas Dawidoff a security code, a locker, an office in the scouting department, and for an entire year he lived with the team." At 7 p.m. in the Community Room. -- from an announcement on the Darien Library website
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.