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What's Hot for Sports Fans This Holiday Season; Gift Ideas Range From the Traditional to the Unconventional.


Sports Editors Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news
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DALLAS--(BW SportsWire)--Dec. 7, 2000

Randy Moss Randy Moss (born February 13, 1977 in Rand, West Virginia) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, and played the first stage of his career in Minnesota before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland  replica football jerseys are selling well.

So are Florida State caps. And NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla.  jackets are hot, too. But while jerseys, caps, and jackets are "safe" gifts for sports fans, there are a number of less conventional products on the market for hard core fanatics.

Here are a few, compliments of eFANshop (http://www.efanshop.com), which runs the online sports stores for a number of high-traffic websites:
-- 102-inch Denver Broncos beanbag chair ($59.99)

-- University of North Carolina house slippers ($29.99)

-- 20-inch, 12-pound Pittsburgh Penguins neon wall clock ($349.99)

-- 14-inch Chicago Cubs table lamp ($34.99)

-- 21-inch vinyl New York Jets inflatable ottoman ($19.99)

-- Jeff Gordon 22-karat gold-trimmed collector's plate ($29.99)

-- Michigan State University spruce birdhouse ($29.99)

-- Charlotte Hornets 20-inch, 100% cotton welted bedrest ($39.99)

-- Minnesota Vikings helmet-shaped barbeque grill ($89.99)

-- University of Kentucky rustproof beach chair ($34.99)


"Part of the fun of being a sports fan is outfitting your office, game room, car, or yourself with stuff from your favorite team," said Marc Andres, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of eFANshop. "And with the advent of e-commerce, displaced displaced

see displacement.
 fans have easy access to a much broader selection than ever before."

About eFANshop

Based in Dallas, eFANshop (www.efanshop.com) operates the online sports stores for established news and sports websites, including MSNBCsports.com, the Internet home of NBC Sports NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. The NBC Sports broadcast lineup includes: The Olympic Games (through 2012), the NFL, the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the PGA Tour, the USGA Championships, Wimbledon, the French .
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