“There has to be balance in any relationship, and I can tell you first hand that this book, with the insight and advice it offers, can serve as a survival guide for those of us immersed in the daily sports page.”
~ Steve Hartman
CBS Sports TV and XTRA Sports Talk Radio
“Craig Bender and Sports Fan 101 may have just done more for couples’ therapy in several hundred pages of manuscript than myriads of therapists have been able to accomplish in years of sessions.”
~ Dr. Drew Yellen Ph.D.
Sports Psychologist
"Can you please help me understand what it is about sports that takes my son away from me, when all I want to do is spend time with him talking about whatever??"
~ A Loving Mother
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Craig Bender lives in San Diego and works as a Pharmaceutical Representative for Abbott Animal Health. He has played many different sports growing up and has always been an avid sports fan. Craig’s philosophy is to enjoy life everyday, spend time with family and friends, and to minimize daily stresses as much a possible.
Contents
The Perfect Fan
Letter from a Fan’s Mother
Foreword by Steve Hartman, CBS Sports
Preface by Drew Yellen, Sports Psychologist
1. Introduction
2. Fansmanship: A Relationship’s Make-It or Break-It Issue?
3. The Evolution of a Fan
4. The Many Kinds of Sports Fans
5. When Fans Win and When They Lose
6. Sports: Another World Religion
7. The Boston Red Sox Fans: Their Story
8. Rivalries: What they Mean to Sports
9. Dealing With the Frustrated Fan
10. Getting in Our Heads
11. The Addiction
12. The Sports Center Effect
13. Understanding the Professional Athlete
14. The Ten Commandments of Fansmanship
15. The Olympics
16. 9/11 and Sports
17. Sports Statistics: A Universal Language
18. Hall of Champions
19. Sports Calendar
20. Rivalries: A Supplement for the Avid Fan
21. Sports Glossary