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Sports Illustrated senior writer Alexander Wolff will discuss the development of sports journalism through the years in a talk at the Rutland Free Library on May 1. His talk, “The Evolution of Sports Writing”, is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7 p.m.
Wolff will trace how journalism’s “toy department” has responded to social movements, the rise of televised sport, and the digital revolution – from Grantland Rice to Bill Simmons.
Wolff has been on the staff of Sports Illustrated since 1980 and today serves as its longest-tenured writer. He has covered basketball, the Olympics, the World Cup, the World Series, the NBA Finals, every Grand Slam tennis event, and the Tour de France. Sports Illustrated story assignments have taken him to six continents and to such countries as China, Cuba, Iran and Russia, and dealt with such issues as the intersection of sport and society as race, gender, drugs, education law, business, style, and ethics and culture.
Admission is free; call 802-773-1860, or email [email protected].

‘Sports Writing’
Sports Illustrated senior writer Alexander Wolff will discuss the development of sports journalism through the years in a talk at the Rutland Free Library on May 1. His talk, “The Evolution of Sports Writing”, is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7 p.m.
Wolff will trace how journalism’s “toy department” has responded to social movements, the rise of televised sport, and the digital revolution – from Grantland Rice to Bill Simmons.
Wolff has been on the staff of Sports Illustrated since 1980 and today serves as its longest-tenured writer. He has covered basketball, the Olympics, the World Cup, the World Series, the NBA Finals, every Grand Slam tennis event, and the Tour de France. Sports Illustrated story assignments have taken him to six continents and to such countries as China, Cuba, Iran and Russia, and dealt with such issues as the intersection of sport and society as race, gender, drugs, education law, business, style, and ethics and culture.
Admission is free; call 802-773-1860, or email [email protected].

Ladies’ Night Out Women’s Chorus, Rutland County’s women’s chorus, is presenting its Spring Tour for 2013. Titled “Songs for Children of All Ages,” this program will be offered six times in area communities:
- Sunday April 28: Wallingford – First Congregational Church, 2 p.m.
- Friday May 3: Brandon – Town Hall (benefit), 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday May 4: Pittsfield – Federated Church, 3 p.m.
- Tuesday May 7: Castleton – Federated Church, 7:30 p.m.
- Friday May 10: Proctor – Union Church, 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday May 18: Weston – Church on the Hill, 7:30 p.m.
There are 20 women singing in this year’s group, coming from Weston, Wallingford, Dorset, Pawlet, Proctor, West Rutland and Rutland. Director Lucy Allen Tenenbaum has brought together two accompanists to enhance the sound of the women’s chorus, Jacob McLaughlin, pianist, and Glendon Ingalls, upright bass, electric bass and trumpet. Continue reading →