New Sports Widow Store is Open…
Whether you are a Football Widow, Baseball Widow, Basketball Widow, Golf Widow, all-around Sports Widow, or a Sports Fan married to a Sports Widow, this is your chance to make a statement with official Sports Widow logo apparel and gear. It’s time to proudly assert your membership to the prestigious and exclusive Sports Widow Club. Visit the new Sports Widow Store .
Sports Widow® Wear and Sports Widow® Gear also make great gifts for friends and fellow teammates in the Sports Widow Nation! This online store features a variety of unique Sports Widow gear, calendars, greeting cards and sports wear that can not be found anywhere else. Our merchandise changes often; be sure to check back to see our latest offerings.
Here are a few of our favorite books, on-line resources and products we highly recommend:
Books
Sports: The Complete Visual Reference
By Francois Fortin
An excellent resource for a sports widow who wants to get an overview of the history, rules, roles of players and officials, strategies, equipment, and specific terms and expressions for 127 sports played worldwide. A wonderful combination of graphics, concise text and photo enables the reader to quickly find visual guidelines and information about a variety of sports, including the classic Olympic events. Traditional as well as less traditional, contemporary athletics are covered (including BMX racing, in-line skating, snowboarding and skateboarding).
Highly recommended.
The Ultimate Sports Handbook: How to Steal Home, Slam Dunk, Score a Penalty Kick, and Play Like the Pros
By Jack McCallum (Forward), Richard O’Brien
The Ultimate Sports Handbook reveals how today’s biggest sports stars play to win—complete with advice and training tips from celebrated athletes like Charles Barkley, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan Joe Frazier and many others. The Ultimate Sports Handbook offers the play-by-play on how to perform 35 wildly impressive athletic feats—from pro games to Olympic events. It’s the one guide that answers every sport’s fan (and Sports Widow’s) first question: “Hey, how do they do that?”_
Highly recommended.
The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Football, and Basketball and What They See When They Do
By Michael Mandelbaum
The Meaning of Sports offers everyone—from Sports Widows to the most seasoned Sports Fan, from novice sports fans to Scholars of American History—a deep, compelling and thoroughly readable book of baseball, football, and basketball.
Highly recommended.
Sports Illustrated 50 Years: The Anniversary Book
By Editors of Sports Illustrated
Highly recommended.
ESPN Sports Almanac 2007: AMERICA'S BEST-SELLING SPORTS ALMANAC (Espn Information Please Sports Almanac)
By Gerry Brown, Michael Morrison
Highly recommended.
The Smart Girls Guide to Sports-A Hip Handbook for Women Who Don’t Know a Slam Dunk from a Grand Slam
By Liz Hartman Musiker
A little bit of knowledge about sports goes a long way. ..whether you’re watching a game with the guys or trying to blend in by the water cooler the next day, The Smart Girls Guide will help you “talk the talk.” _
Highly Recommended.
Dorling Kindersley Sports Series
Discover the world of sports in close up. Here is an exciting and informative series of guides for all the major sports. Superb color photos of modern and antique sports equipment offer a unique “eyewitnews” view of the development of each game, its most exciting features, and the special skill needed by the players. See the inside of a baseball, how tennis rackets have changed in the last 100 years. Learn which athletes wear “warpaint” and why, which judo belt rates higher than a black belt, the difference between snooker and pool, what each golf club is used for and much, much more. See list below.
Highly Recommended.
- The Dorling Kindersley Picturepedia Sport
- Baseball (DK Eyewitness Guides)
- Basketball (DK Eyewitness Books)
- Extreme Sports (DK Readers: Level 3 (Sagebrush))
- Football/Soccer (DK Eyewitness Guides)
NFL (DK Eyewitness Guides) - DK Pocket Guide to Golf: Practice Drills
- DK Readers: First Day at Gymnastics (Level 1: Beginning to Read)
- Nascar (DK Eyewitness Books)
- Eyewitness: Soccer
- Tennis (DK Superguides)
- Olympics (DK Eyewitness Guides)
Sports for Dummies (Series)
Paperback series on just about every sport.
Recommeded.
- Basketball for Dummies
- Football for Dummies, Second Edition
- Golf For Dummies (Golf for Dummies)
- Hockey for Dummies
- NASCAR For Dummies
- Soccer for Dummies
- Tennis for Dummies
Dishing with Kathy Casey: Food, Fun, and Cocktails from Seattle's Culinary Diva
By Kathy Casey
More than 80 delectable recipes, balancing original ideas with updated classics in dishes like Roasted King Salmon with Orange-Ginger Salsa and Tropical Fruit Shortcakes with Coconut Cream. Creative menus for every gathering, from easy after-the-game dinners to high-energy Super Bowl parties._
Highly Recommended.
On-line Resources
ESPN
The most comprehensive on-line news resource for professional and college sports (extreme and fantasy sports too); schedules, scores, standings, profiles and editorials. Complete TV schedules for ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN II, ESPN Radio and more.
Sports Illustrated
On-line access to Sports Illustrated magazine editorial/in-depth reporting, plus up-to-date sports headlines, scores, standings and calendars.
USA Today
Scan the sport section of the nation’s newspaper, headlines/news, scores, standings and editorial. Plus complete national Network/Cable TV schedules
Fox Sports Network
Stay on top of professional and college sports (teams, scores, standings, rumors, trades, and Fox Sports TV schedules). Fox Sports is the home of The Best Damn Sports Show Period
Oxygen Sports
Oxygen Sports is the place for sports that matter to women: Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics, AVP Volleyball, world-class women’s tennis and golf, and the fast-paced action of the WNBA.
Oxygen’s Girls Behaving Badly
The hidden camera show with a different point of view: Part Sex in the City and part Candid Camera. In every episode, the audacious, all-female pranksters pull off a series of outrageous gag on unsuspecting marks. Great source of prank ideas for Sports Widows.
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Lifetime is dedicated to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming as well as advocating a wide range of issues that affect women and their families. Lifetime Television is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated cable television networks. In addition to Lifetime Television, check out Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women, Lifetime Radio for Women, and Lifetime Home Entertainment.
MSN Lifestyle
Relationships/ Couples and Marriage offers great articles on a wide range of issues affecting couples and romance.
iVillage
For nearly a decade, iVillage has been the leading destination for women online. iVillage responds to the needs and moods of today's women. Not only does iVillage offer in-depth information on thousand of topics, it's also a place to kick off your shoes, relax and have a good time.
Oprah.com
Oprah is the premier online women's resource for everything Oprah. It provides people with the personal and lifestyle resources to live their best lives. Beginning with daily coverage of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah.com provides millions of Internet users with extensive expert advice, interactive workbooks, photos, video, inspirational stories, books and product information from the show.
Ellen
This daily, one-hour Ellen show features a unique mix of celebrity interviews, chart-topping and up-and-coming musical performers, audience participation games, and segments spotlighting real people with extraordinary stories and talents. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres offers a "negative-free zone" and allows guests and viewers to enjoy the laughter and fun of daytime television. The web site features games, program highlights and extended content.
Food Networks
The one-stop-online spot for food. The web site has recipes and tips for every occasion from easy-to-make poker snacks, home team advantage tailgate parties and plus entertaining ideas for all of your all-star events.
Retirement Living TV
Retirement Living TV is committed to addressing important senior social and health issues by combining original programming with public affairs campaigns, partnerships and resources.
George Forman
Puncher, preacher and pitchman; visit this wonderful website to check out the latest and greatest lean, mean, grilling machine recipes and ideas for sports fans and sports widow.
Dr. Pepper Schwartz
Dr. Pepper Schwartz is the author of 14 books, including many popular books such as: The Great Sex Weekend: A 48-hour Guide to Rekindling Sparks for Bold, Busy, or Bored Lovers
Girls &Sports.com
Sports Widow-maker Comic Strip offers insights to the Mars/ Venus world from a sports fan point of view. In the world of
The Female Fan
The Female Fan blog is written for women who want to be able to hold their own at the water cooler on Monday morning; at the dinner table with the family; or. spending an evening with sports fanatics in the neighborhood. The Female Fan covers all sports and is a fun read. Betsy Berns knows her stuff, she wrote a wonderful book for Football Widows who want to learn about football, The Female Fan Guide to Pro Football: With a Special Section on the College Football National Championship! (Female Fan Guide Series)
Femmefan
Women have invested in their favorite sport (emotionally, intellectually, and financially), for years; but their passion, commitment and interest is quite different than that of their male counterparts. Women are not nearly as intrigued by the unending statistics and scores as men are. Women want to know about the people in the uniforms, their lives, their families, and what makes them tick. Women want to view their athletic "icons" in a human way, "Up Close and Personal". Femmefan articles combine humor, and passion; with a little "dirt" thrown in for good measure. Femmefan subscribes to the theory that games are meant to be fun.
Divine Caroline
Some of our favorite Movies
Best Sports Widow Movies (DVDs) for women who don’t like sports…
Movie / Sport/ Star
- Rudy (Special Edition)
/ Football / Sean Astin
- Tin Cup
/ Golf / Kevin Costner
- Cool Runnings
/ Bobsledding / John Candy
- Prefontaine
/ Track/ Olympics / Jared Leto
- Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
/ Baseball / Kevin Costner
- A League of Their Own
/ Baseball / Tom Hanks
- The Natural (Director's Cut)
/ Baseball / Robert Redford
- Jerry Maguire
/ Football/ Tom Cruise
- Bend It Like Beckham (Full Screen Edition)
/ Soccer /Parminder Nagra
- Bull Durham
/ Baseball / Kevin Costner
- Million Dollar Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
/ Boxing / Hillary Swank
- Rocky
/ Boxing /Sylvester Stallone
- The Pride of the Yankees (Anniversary Edition)
/ Baseball / Gary Cooper
More movies for women who don’t like sports….
Movie / Sport / Star
- Fever Pitch (Widescreen Edition)
/ Baseball / Drew Barrymore
- Ice Princess (Full Screen Edition)
/ Figure Skating /Michelle Trachtenberg
- The Bad News Bears
/ Baseball / Billy Bob Thornton
- Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
/ Hockey / Paul Newman
- Eight Men Out
/ Baseball /John Cusack
- The Replacements
/ Football / Keanu Reeves
- Remember the Titans (Director's Cut)
/ Football / Denzel Washington
- Mystery, Alaska
/ Hockey / Russel Crowe
- For Love of the Game
/ Baseball / Kevin Costner
- We Are Marshall (Widescreen Edition)
/ Football / Mattthew McConaughey
Some of our favorite TV Shows for and about Sports Widows (Available on DVD)
Coach: The First Season
Coach - The Second Season
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Eight Seasons
