Holiday gift guide for the sports fan
Swinging for the Fences
Matt Watson
Issue date: 12/8/08 Section: Sports
With two and a half weeks til Christmas, here are the top 10 sports-related gifts for 2008.
10. Scene it? Sports Edition DVD game
What good is knowing everything about sports unless everyone else knows it too?
9. DVD bundle: Fever Pitch (2005), The Replacements (2000), Days of Thunder (1990) and Rocky V (1990)
This is the four-pack you can't live without. On a cold winter day, you can relax by the fireplace, put in a good movie and then use these DVDs to keep the fire going. They have more value in your fireplace than in your DVD player. Most fans pretend Rocky V never happened. How about Tom Cruise and NASCAR? Keanu Reeves as a quarterback? Jimmy Fallon and comedy? No. Just no.
8. But seriously, DVD bundle: The Natural (1984), We are Marshall (2006), Blades of Glory (2007) and Space Jam (1996)
Something old, something new, something funny and something with cartoons. Best line from each, respectively: "There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game."
"This is your opportunity to rise from these ashes and grab glory."
"Troubled childhood? If you consider a 9-year-old kid with a 35-year-old girlfriend troubled."
"Michael, it's game time. Slip on your Hanes, lace up your Nikes, take your Wheaties and your Gatorade, and we'll grab a Big Mac on the way to the ballpark."
7. Customized ESPN The Magazine cover
Always thought your jump shot was underrated? Think you can throw the deep ball like the pros do? For just $29.95, you too can be an ESPN coverboy. Just upload a picture, write your own headlines and have an authentic cover sent to your doorstep, starring you.
6. Team apparel
To at least subdue the urge to tattoo your favorite player's name or team logo on your bicep, try wearing it on a t-shirt or hat first. What's the Rays' fan with "Longoria" stamped on his shoulder supposed to do when he's playing for the Yankees in ten years?
5. Fathead life-size poster
Who needs wallpaper when you can tattoo your favorite athlete or logo on the wall? Fatheads are a little pricey, most in excess of $130, but they are the ultimate poster - they're wall-friendly and moveable, but made of a durable material that will last for years (so think twice about getting Brett Favre in a Jets jersey). No dorm room or den is complete without a life-size Albert Pujols swinging for the fences next to the big screen TV.
10. Scene it? Sports Edition DVD game
What good is knowing everything about sports unless everyone else knows it too?
9. DVD bundle: Fever Pitch (2005), The Replacements (2000), Days of Thunder (1990) and Rocky V (1990)
This is the four-pack you can't live without. On a cold winter day, you can relax by the fireplace, put in a good movie and then use these DVDs to keep the fire going. They have more value in your fireplace than in your DVD player. Most fans pretend Rocky V never happened. How about Tom Cruise and NASCAR? Keanu Reeves as a quarterback? Jimmy Fallon and comedy? No. Just no.
8. But seriously, DVD bundle: The Natural (1984), We are Marshall (2006), Blades of Glory (2007) and Space Jam (1996)
Something old, something new, something funny and something with cartoons. Best line from each, respectively: "There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game."
"This is your opportunity to rise from these ashes and grab glory."
"Troubled childhood? If you consider a 9-year-old kid with a 35-year-old girlfriend troubled."
"Michael, it's game time. Slip on your Hanes, lace up your Nikes, take your Wheaties and your Gatorade, and we'll grab a Big Mac on the way to the ballpark."
7. Customized ESPN The Magazine cover
Always thought your jump shot was underrated? Think you can throw the deep ball like the pros do? For just $29.95, you too can be an ESPN coverboy. Just upload a picture, write your own headlines and have an authentic cover sent to your doorstep, starring you.
6. Team apparel
To at least subdue the urge to tattoo your favorite player's name or team logo on your bicep, try wearing it on a t-shirt or hat first. What's the Rays' fan with "Longoria" stamped on his shoulder supposed to do when he's playing for the Yankees in ten years?
5. Fathead life-size poster
Who needs wallpaper when you can tattoo your favorite athlete or logo on the wall? Fatheads are a little pricey, most in excess of $130, but they are the ultimate poster - they're wall-friendly and moveable, but made of a durable material that will last for years (so think twice about getting Brett Favre in a Jets jersey). No dorm room or den is complete without a life-size Albert Pujols swinging for the fences next to the big screen TV.
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