Spring Break
Holiday gift guide for the sports fan
Swinging for the Fences
Matt Watson
Issue date: 12/8/08 Section: Sports
4. iPhone
What does an iPhone really have to do with sports? Not much. But who wouldn't want an iPhone?
3. Championship memorabilia
This is urgent for fans of the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Celtics, LSU football, Kansas basketball and Fresno State baseball. Whenever those commercials come on with all the Sports Illustrated "commemorating championships" footballs and sweatshirts, buy it all. You never know when your team will win again. How many Chicago Cubs fans wish they had bought the World Series DVD when they won it back in 1908?
2. Tickets to a game
Whether it's to the Super Bowl (a front row seat on the 50-yard line is going for $6300 right now) or a Razorback basketball game (you can usually find student tickets on Facebook for five or 10 bucks), there's nothing like actually being at the game. You can insult the opposing players all you want from the living room, but they can't hear you unless you're in the arena.
1. High-definition television
Okay, game tickets are great, but after the game is over all you have is ripped up pieces of paper. It's hard to rip a TV in half, so they last a lot longer. And if you don't have a TV, how are you going to watch Lost when it comes back in January?
Matt Watson is the assistant sports editor of The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.
What does an iPhone really have to do with sports? Not much. But who wouldn't want an iPhone?
3. Championship memorabilia
This is urgent for fans of the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Celtics, LSU football, Kansas basketball and Fresno State baseball. Whenever those commercials come on with all the Sports Illustrated "commemorating championships" footballs and sweatshirts, buy it all. You never know when your team will win again. How many Chicago Cubs fans wish they had bought the World Series DVD when they won it back in 1908?
2. Tickets to a game
Whether it's to the Super Bowl (a front row seat on the 50-yard line is going for $6300 right now) or a Razorback basketball game (you can usually find student tickets on Facebook for five or 10 bucks), there's nothing like actually being at the game. You can insult the opposing players all you want from the living room, but they can't hear you unless you're in the arena.
1. High-definition television
Okay, game tickets are great, but after the game is over all you have is ripped up pieces of paper. It's hard to rip a TV in half, so they last a lot longer. And if you don't have a TV, how are you going to watch Lost when it comes back in January?
Matt Watson is the assistant sports editor of The Arkansas Traveler. His column appears every Monday.
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