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document.write( "Kick-Ass Guide for Women Who Love Pro Sports
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document.write( "Author: Erica Boeke and Chris De Benedetti
\n" ); document.write( "I have to apologize to \n" ); document.write( "Erica and to my loyal readers. I received a copy of GAMEFACE before the \n" ); document.write( "Christmas Holiday and as with all good intentions, life, well, it got in the \n" ); document.write( "way.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, finally, I’ve had \n" ); document.write( "some “downtime” in a life full of obligations and responsibilities.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I vowed to finish \n" ); document.write( "GAMEFACE and so I did, I took a drive, all by my lonesome, on a beautiful and \n" ); document.write( "warm Northern California day to Stinson Beach.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And then, finally, I was \n" ); document.write( "able to sit back and read this book in total relaxation.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ladies, if you’ve felt \n" ); document.write( "like the oddball in your group because you live and breathe sports, then welcome \n" ); document.write( "to the world of the passionate female fan.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This book is a gift to \n" ); document.write( "you. A book you can relate to in a way no other book on sports or the female fan \n" ); document.write( "has ever done before. There are lots of books for women on parenting, on \n" ); document.write( "relationships, on cooking and on fashion, but when have you ever read a book \n" ); document.write( "that explains open wheel racing?
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Most of the books I’ve \n" ); document.write( "read by or for the female fan are retreads of what others have written before. \n" ); document.write( "This one is different. First you have got to love the title, well at least the \n" ); document.write( "Kick-Ass part. Yeah, that’s right, kick-ass.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Kick-Ass because the \n" ); document.write( "chapters range from Sports Sex Scandals, to Drugs and Cheating, Oh My!
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you’re one of those \n" ); document.write( "sports fans who has yet to “get” what makes NASCAR fans so crazy about their \n" ); document.write( "guys and cars, then you might have an epiphany of sorts when you read That’s \n" ); document.write( "Racin!.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I also loved the section \n" ); document.write( "on Sports and Fashion. Who’d of thunk that there is a guy who is so obsessed \n" ); document.write( "with uniforms that he has devoted a site to everything about uniforms?
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document.write( "That’s right; Paul Lucas \n" );
document.write( "has a site,\n" );
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document.write( "www.UniWatchBlog.com with up to the minute news on everything Uni!
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document.write( "Damn that’s fascinating.
\n" ); document.write( "There are other great \n" ); document.write( "chapters in this book, items you are unlikely to find anywhere else, “As the \n" ); document.write( "Swag Turns”, “You Talkin’ To Me?!”
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Erica wrote this book \n" ); document.write( "with the help and insight of her pal Chris De Benedetti, a man, yes that’s \n" ); document.write( "right. Balance is the key to including chapters on sex scandals and gameface \n" ); document.write( "grub.
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Run; don’t walk to the \n" ); document.write( "bookstore for your copy.
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document.write( "This book is a keeper. \n" );
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document.write( "Buy GameFace here
\n" ); document.write( "About Erica Boeke:
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Erica lives in New York \n" ); document.write( "City but loves the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh \n" ); document.write( "Steelers. In fact, she plans to name her furst child, boy or girl, Franco Harris \n" ); document.write( "Boeke.is the co-author of “Gameface
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document.write( "I had the pleasure of \n" );
document.write( "interviewing Erica by phone on January 27, 2009.
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document.write( "Erica and I found ourselves very much at ease sharing our views on sports.
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document.write( "Erica and I saw eye to eye on many things but what is truly special and sets \n" );
document.write( "Erica apart from most female fans is her ability to capture those feelings in \n" );
document.write( "her writing.
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document.write( "Erica doesn’t believe \n" );
document.write( "that stats are the be-all and end-all in her world of sports, neither do I. \n" );
document.write( "Erica and I also agreed that the world of sports continues to miss the boat when \n" );
document.write( "it comes to marketing to the female fan, especially when it comes to team \n" );
document.write( "apparel.
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document.write( "Pink?! Not a chance in hell! Dump the Pink!
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document.write( "Chicks love drama, they \n" );
document.write( "root for underdogs and they let their hearts overrule their head.
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document.write( "We have memories of sharing sports moments with our dads and brothers.
\n" ); document.write( "Read Erica’s Comments on\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "HuffingtonPost – The Changing Face of the Game
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document.write( "“While we might not be obsessed with memorization, female fans are more \n" );
document.write( "concerned with the emotional side of sports. When I reflect back on my favorite \n" );
document.write( "sports memory, it involves who I watched the game with (my dad) ... the amazing \n" );
document.write( "array of stomach-ache-causing food we ate (too many to list) ... the great music \n" );
document.write( "that was playing ("We are Family") ... the summer breeze at the ballpark ... my \n" );
document.write( "first glimpse of my favorite player of all time (Willie Stargell) ... and the \n" );
document.write( "thrill of victory (back when the Pittsburgh Pirates were good). Not one of those \n" );
document.write( "memories involves the stats that Willie (or Dave Parker or Omar Moreno or Bill \n" );
document.write( "Madlock or Phil Garner) racked up.”
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document.write( "“So guys, as you look around in the stands and at the sports bar, don't be \n" );
document.write( "threatened by the growing number of female fans surrounding you. And don't \n" );
document.write( "worry; we're really not trying to force our way into your club. We're forming a \n" );
document.write( "club of our own.”
\n" ); document.write( "I urge all sports fans, \n" ); document.write( "male or female, to read this book. You will find yourself traveling into a world \n" ); document.write( "we thought only we lived in.
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