Category: Jock/Sports Fan

Don't look now, but it appears that even the AARP digs the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Want proof? TG Daily reports that a Washington, D.C.-area retirement community recently held a Wii bowling tournament that culminated in a matchup between 79-year-old real bowling champion and an 84-year-old Wii-prodigy challenger. Nancy Davies beat Hal Winters 202 to 182 at the Riderwood Retirement ...

In a move destined to give gadget heads with gridiron proclivities a reason to rejoice, Verizon has announced that its V Cast customers will have access to live, full-length NCAA college football bowl games on their cellular phones this season. While the major BCS championship bowls will not be offered, subscribers with V Cast-outfitted phones will be able to view 24 of the less-heralded ...

So the little (or big) runner in your life is getting a little bored with running to that same mix tape from the 90s. After all, Pearl Jam isn't terrible exercise-inducing. With the Nike+ Gift Pack, you can pick up everything your athlete needs to start jogging with some serious tech. Inside the box, they will find an 8-gig ipod Nano, a $100 NikeStore gift card for a new set of shoes, a 30 ...

Golf is a serious sport, with technical intricacies that can spawn hour-long conversations, stand-up demonstrations at bars, and, admittedly, extreme boredom on the part of onlookers. That said, we'd like to suggest you pick up the Adams DIXX Training Putter for the golfer in your life. He or she will be the envy of all other golfers, and you'll look like an all-star. This computerized putter ...

For the fisherman that "never gets to fish, man," Fishing Master for the Nintendo Wii perfectly captures the drama of the battle between fish and...man, man. The perfectly-tuned controls (the Wii feels like it was made for games like this), along with the simplicity of the mechanics (Buy bait. Go fishing. Go home. Repeat.) make it the perfect way to kill an hour of your weekend afternoon ...

For the sports fan who watches more sports than anything else, you can't go wrong with Panasonic's newest line of plasma televisions. The Panasonic TH-50PZ700 features full HD at 1080 lines of horizontal resolution, so all the detail in the football, baseball, hockey, or whatever game will not be lost. What's more, since plasma doesn't suffer the occasional blur that LCD televisions do, your ...

Ideal for cycling enthusiasts who are also safety-conscious (which they should be at the speeds they're going), the new iH85 speaker system ($80) from iHome is a nifty alternative to noise-blocking headphones. It's simple -- just dock your iPod to the circular device, which you then drop into your bike's drink holder and presto, the little bicycle boom-box blasts tunes that you can easily (and ...