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

by Liz Hartman Musiker

A fun and accessible introduction to the wide world of sports For every woman who feels out of her league when her signifi cant other spends nights glued to ESPN or when "the guys" talk sports at... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594630119
• ISBN13: 9781594630118
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Avery
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great read and resource

This book is fabulous! Take it from a woman who doesn't like things being thrown at her and therefore has no knowledge of sports, this book has been extremely useful. I work with teenagers and am amazed at the conversations that I've been able to start with just a little bit of information gathered from the pages! And now that football season has begun, I find myself watching the games with book in hand. The book is clever and funny (which makes me want to read it because its entertaining) and explains everything in easy to understand details (I've had quite a few "A-ha" moments that I never had when men would try to explain the physics of a fly ball!). Plus, I love the sports related movies and bios on important sportsmen in each field, which helps me to actually care about the sport.

Finally a book for the sports-challenged woman!

Finally a book that explains the mechanics of these games in a way that is entertaining and informative. I had never understood the fascination with boxing or Nascar before reading this book. Not that I'll ever be a fan but can now be a part of these conversations at work instead of on the sidelines. I'm already a reasonably knowledgeable basketball fan and still found new snippets in this book. The style is breezy and fun making the "facts" much more entertaining to learn. A great gift for anyone but especially your girlfriends who are sports-disabled!

Take It From One of the Lame

As one who has often said "Football players? You can tell their intelligence by the size of their necks," I have passed a pleasant lifetime mocking sports in general (and hockey and NASCAR in particular). Which is why, I guess, my man kept casually propping this volume up on my nightstand. Okay, I'm no stranger to the fine art of compromise, so in I dove. No one is more surprised than I am to report that this breezy, hip primer actually makes sports interesting, especially the profiles of the star players. Given my particular predisposition, I have to credit the author's conveniently bite-sized factoids and witty observations on the battle of the sexes, the sugar that makes this medicine go down, and I totally agree with her assertion that a little sports knowledge can help you as much in the boardroom as the bedroom. So if you want to join in--or at least be a little less lame--keep a copy of THE SMART GIRL'S GUIDE next to the remote control and in no time at all, you, too, will receive admiring glances upon uttering things like "Darnell Hillman? Didn't he win the 'Biggest ABA Afro Award' at the 1997 reunion?" You go, girl.

Know a Little About Sports? Want to Know More? This is the Book for You.

For those of us whose idea of following sports is grazing at the snack table during a Super Bowl party, this is the perfect book. Musiker walks you through the personalities and rules for each sport in a fun style that makes you realize just why sports are so popular.

A Grand Slam Book

I Applaude Liz Hartman Musiker for finally giving women, through her book, the knowledge and understanding of why men are "glued" to the T.V. watching sports. Her book deliveres the fundamental knowledge intersperced with humor of most major sports. This is an ideal gift for the holidays.