The Smart Girl's Guide to Sports: A Hip Handbook for Women Who Don't Know a Slam Dunk from a Grand Slam

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For the woman whose significant other spends hours glued to ESPN comes a fun and irreverent guide to understanding (and enjoying) the male-dominated world of spectator sports From The Smart Girlx92;s Guide to Sports: Welcome, ladies. This book will not make you a sports expert. It will not make you put down a great novel to watch football, or stop you from helping your kids with their homework because you have to watch the last five minutes of a basketball game. It will, however, give you a glimpse of why men do these things. And it will allow you to enjoy sportsx97;really, I swear. The beautiful thing about sports, unlike, say, neurosurgery, is that a little bit of knowledge is not a dangerous thing. If youx92;re amidst a herd of men and the topic turns to sports, you only need to know a few key points and youx92;re in. If the discussion turns to home runs, for instance, and you say, "Yes, but therex92;s never been anything more exciting than when McGwire and Sosa were after Marisx92;s record," you instantly win a new kind of respect from the testosterone crowd. We donx92;t have the sports gene men have. (We have other, better ones.) Thus, this book aims to give you only the most fundamental, most fun, and most entertaining informationx97;the tools to enjoy sports, or to participate in the game in whichever way you choose. The Smart Girlx92;s Guide to Sports covers all the major professional sports: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, soccer, boxing, and even car racing. Each chapter includes a "Herex92;s How It Works" section that explains the basics of the game; profiles of each sportx92;s timeless greats and "contemporary cool" players; and a funny, readable glossary of key terms.