SB Nation’s Holiday Gift Guide: The best gifts for the sports fan in your life

Need a holiday gift for the sports fan in your life? Let our staff give you some suggestions.

Everywhere Belt Bag 1L – Clear

Price: $38

Heading to the stadium to cheer on your home team? This transparent belt bag keeps your belongings visible so lineups are a breeze.

LEGO Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E

Price: $219.95

Is there a Formula 1 fan in your life? LEGO’s Technic series has an incredible array of F1 cars that fans can build. This is one of their most recent offerings, the Mercedes W14 that the team used in the 2023 F1 season.

F1 Manager 24

Price: $32

Another gift for the Formula 1 fan in your life, who might be more of a fan of Christian Horner and Toto Wolff than they are Max Verstappen or George Russell. F1 Manager 24 is the best team manager simulation yet, giving players a chance to run every facet of an F1 team, from car research and development through race day, and everything in between.

Push Pin travel map

Price: $169.99

For the traveling fan who wants to mark off every stadium they’ve been to. It’s interactive and a fun way to hold memories and start a checklist

NFL Pro Era VR game

Price: $49.99

For the armchair QB in your life.

Yeti Tundra 35 NFL cooler

Price: $325

Are Yeti coolers expensive? Yes. Are they still the best damn coolers out there? Also yes. The Tundra 35 is the perfect tailgate cooler that’s large enough to fit a 24 pack with ice, and keep it cold for hours and hours and hours on end. Now available with custom NFL team branding, it’ll pay for itself over the course of a season when you don’t need to buy those $15 stadium beers.

Kan Jam Disc Toss Game

Price: $39.99

Kan Jam has quickly become a go-to tailgate game that’s so simply to pick up at play in a parking lot, on the beach, or at a backyard cookout. Combining elements of frisbee and cornhole, the lightweight “kans” can be transported easily and require very little initial skill to get people playing in a moment. It’s a simple to play, difficult to master game that just makes life better by having it.

Panini Trading Card Blaster Box

Price: $35-50

The best gifts are things people would never buy for themselves while also giving them a hit of nostalgia. If someone in your life hasn’t opened a pack of sports cards since grade school it’s a super fun gift to give them the feeling being a kid again, while also giving them a lottery-like chance to hit a card that might be worth thousands of dollars.

A night at a minor league game

Almost every town and city has a minor league team of some sort, whether it be baseball, basketball or hockey. These games are incredibly fun to watch, don’t break the bank like the majors, and allow you to splurge on things like food and drink. Experiences are often the best gifts, and whether it’s with you, a sibling, or a significant other — giving people a night out can be a really thoughtful gift. Grab some tickets, see if there’s a concessions gift card you can buy, and have a blast cheering on your local small team.

Glance LED ticker

Price: $134.99

Something nobody would ever expect, this customizable LED scoreboard ticker is a brilliant addition to anywhere people watch their team. It adds a little bit of flair with a scoreboard-style LED sign with real-time score information that can be customized for every sport using a free app, or even show betting lines on a game if you’re a gambler.

Homefield apparel for a college sports fan

When it comes to throwback gear nobody does it like Homefield. The Indiana-based apparel company scours history to find old logos, designs, and moments to turn into the most iconic shirts and hoodies anyone could have. These timeless designs will literally look great forever, and whatever you buy will sure to become someone’s next favorite shirt.

Vintage AFC Richmond shirt

Price: $32

Fans of “Ted Lasso” might be waiting for the series to return after what was originally thought to be a perfect series finale, but you can still show your support for the show, and the fictional Greyhounds, with this perfect vintage AFC Richmond t-shirt.

The Pass Coverage Glossary, by Cameron Soran

Price: $25

Basically the Holy Bible of pass coverages, for all the football nerds out there this is essential. It’s a look at almost every coverage and coverage mechanics run at the highest levels of the sport, breaks down terminology and gives nice graphics of how the coverages play out. It’s an incredibly useful resource that I reference all the time.

Game planning with the 2023 Detroit Lions, by Bobby Peters

Price: $25

Everyone wants what the Lions have, right? Bobby Peters breaks down the game planning that the Lions did in 2023 and some of their better plays mixed in with concepts Peters loves that Detroit runs. Well worth a buy.

The Great Black Hope, by Louis Moore

Price: $25.62

An incredibly powerful book, bridging the origins of the first two prominent Black QBs in the NFL, Vince Evans and Doug Williams and how they brought about the rise of the Black quarterback we’ve seen today.

Football shaped patty press

Price: $16.99

For the grillers and chillers that you know who love to cook some burgers on gameday. Get a real professional cook on a burger while adding a fun twist.

Soundcore Boom 2 Outdoor Speaker

Price: $129.99

High quality Bluetooth speakers can cost a ton, but this one is the perfect balance of quality and affordability. Long battery life, a built-in port to charge your phone, all in a package that’s both waterproof AND floats makes this the ultimate piece of kit for cookouts, pool parties, and afternoons at the beach. If someone you know has been skimping along with a small, low quality speaker this will be a mammoth upgrade for them.

Meat Church Fab 5 Gift Box of seasonings

Price: $52.99

Some of the absolute best BBQ and grill seasonings around, Meat Church BBQ is a go-to repository for information for anyone in your life who enjoys smoking meat, or just grilling out. These seasonings can either be used as a BBQ rub, or simply a way to add flavor to burgers or chicken. The five pack comes with Gospel All-Purpose rub, Holy Cow Beef rub, Honey Hog rub, Gospel BBQ rub, and Holy Voodoo Cajun. It’s a simply way to up anyone’s grill game.

The Boys of Riverside, by Thomas Fuller

Price: $18.20

This incredible book chronicles the football team at the California School for the Deaf, as the small state-run high school takes a run at an undefeated season.

Columbia Blue Air Jordan 11

Price: $230

These release 11 days before Christmas so you might be cutting it close, but it’s well worth it. The 11’s are my favorite style of Air Jordan, and the Columbia blue just look so pretty with the white. Treat yo self, you deserve it.