Finding the right gift for someone can be difficult – unless you’re shopping for a sports fan. My father is hardest person to shop for. Every year I go back and forth on a gift, but ultimately I also go with a guaranteed winner: sports gifts. The 2009 holiday season is the perfect time to shop sports gifts for friends and family. Use this Top 10 Sports Gifts Guide to help you.

Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden will announce his retirement this afternoon. Bowden has been the face of Seminoles football for 34 years and been one of the greatest ambassadors to the university. Bobby Bowden has done so much for FSU and college football in general – Nole fans will be sad to see him go.

A few weeks ago I thought that Brett Favre’s return to Green Bay was going to be the biggest non-playoff NFL game of all-time. Turns out I was wrong – it happens to be tonight’s Monday Night Football game, the New England Patriots vs. the New Orleans Saints. Everyone is talking about this game because it features two of the best teams in the NFL ( Pats are 7-3 and Saints are 10-0 ) and two of the best QBs in the NFL.

We’re already into week 12 of the NFL season and in my opinion the MVP race is down to three players: Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Drew Brees. I can’t believe that at the age of 40 Brett Favre is still in the conversation for MVP, but really he’s having one of the best seasons of his career and he has the Vikings at 9-1. But despite all that, I think Brees and Manning are ahead of him.

The Florida State Seminoles are scheduled to play the No. 1 ranked Florida Gators tomorrow afternoon in Gainesville, FL. This is one of the best rivalry games in college football – and definitely one I’ll be keeping my eye on (I’m a Florida fan). This game has significance for a few reasons: 1, Florida is ranked No. 1 and a loss would ruin their BCS Championship hopes and 2, this could be Bobby Bowden’s final regular season game as head coach of the Seminoles.

Thanksgiving Day is all about the NFL, though we did have one college game (Texas vs. Texas A&M). Today, however, is all about College Football. For a lot of teams this is rivalry day/weekend. This is also the final regular season game for most teams. In this post I’m going to break down a few of the important games – or at least the ones I’m looking forward to.

The Dallas Cowboys, along with the Detroit Lions, play football every year on Thanksgiving – it’s become part of America’s yearly tradition. Tonight the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Oakland Raiders in front of 85,000 fans. The Cowboys were favored to win the game by 13.5. The bookies got this one wrong because the Cowboys won by a final score of 24-7.

Now is the absolute best time to get your holiday shopping done for the sports fans in your life. Football Fanatics is having a limited time Holiday Clearance Sale – take an extra 20% off all sale items! This special discount is automatically applied to all sale items, no coupon codes necessary. The sale ends on November 30 so you better act now!

A few years ago, high school basketball players used to be able to go straight to the NBA after their senior year – if they were good enough. Guys like Kevin Garnett, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant did it. But the NFL never allowed this. The game was too violent, the players were too big. Imagine an 18-year-old going up against someone like Ray Lewis. Well – I think it’s time for the NFL to make an exception … for this 6-YEAR-OLD!

Have you ever seen a football player turn his career around more than what Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans is doing right now? I thought Brett Favre might be the comeback player of the year, but if Vince Young keeps this up he’s going to win it hands down. Young became the starter in Week 8 after the Titans bye and has since won 4 games in a row.