10 Best Sports Apps for the Holidays
The holidays are officially upon us and for the next month everyone in your life will be desperately running around town searching for gifts for friends and family that say "I love you (this many) dollars worth."
The running around town part is the worst part of gift-giving, but thanks to the glories of the information age, it's no longer necessary. Today you can gift an App to someone for less than the cost of a holiday card.
Gifting an App is a great way to show you care and an even greater way to force someone to play your favorite game with you! There is not shortage of great Apps available to send to your favorite sports fans.
Here are 10 of the Best Sports Apps for the Holidays.
College Basketball Radio Live
1 of 11App: College Basketball Radio Live
Price: $0.99
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
College Basketball Radio Live App allows you to listen to the radio broadcast of most major teams. Listen directly inside the App without installing any additional radio App.
Addicta-Kicks Pro
2 of 11App: Addicta-Kicks Pro
Price: $0.99
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Addicta-Kicks is a free kick soccer game that is simple and addictive. The goal is to beat the goalkeeper to move on to the next level; as you get better, so does the goal keeper.
Players can adjust their kick to account for realistic wind conditions and save their best goals to share with friends.
Rotoworld Fantasy Draft Guide
3 of 11App: RotoWire Fantasy Football Draft Kit
Price: $4.99
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
RotoWire Fantasy Football Draft Kit is the perfect App to gift to the perennial bottom-feeders in your fantasy football league. Sure the 2011 fantasy season is almost over, but plenty of us are already out of playoff contention; meaning the 2012 fantasy season starts now!
The App will be updated for the 2012 season and includes player rankings for every position, draft strategies, cheat sheets, the latest player news and the ability the access your draft guide offline.
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NBA 2k12
4 of 11App: NBA 2K12
Price: $4.99
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
We might not see NBA basketball this season, but NBA 2K12 can provide the basketball fix to those of us who are hopelessly hooked on hoops.
The game also lets you relive 10 of Michael Jordan's most memorable moments in the "Jordan Challenge," including the famous "Flu Game" and "Double Nickel" performances.
ESPN Radio
5 of 11App: ESPN Radio
Price: $2.99
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
The ESPN Radio App allows you to listen to all your favorite local and national ESPN programming on the go. In addition to the live internet broadcasts from ESPN affiliates around the country, the App includes 35 different ESPN Radio podcasts.
You can listen to an OnDemand SportsCenter, stream or play live radio in the background and send a message directly to the studio of your favorite ESPN Radio shows.
3D Mini Golf Challenge
6 of 11App: 3D Mini Golf Challenge
Price: $1.99
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
3D Mini Golf Challenge includes 20 different challenges over 100 different holes. The game includes four unique themes: Super Nova, Excalibur, Translyvania and Pirate's Cove.
Want to try before you buy? The App includes a free trial version.
P90X
7 of 11App: P90X
Price: $4.99
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
That New Year resolution to get in shape is just a few weeks away and P90X allows you to get in shape without having to brave the gym in January. In fact, the App allows you to take your workout with you everywhere you go.
You can track your progress, log your workout time, research the nutritional value of meals and share your results.
Homerun Battle 2
8 of 11App: Homerun Battle 2
Price: $4.99
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Homerun Battle 2 has over 6 million players worldwide and the App allows you to play against them; though not all at once. You can customize your character, choose your stadium and decide the competition mode.
Sports Tap
9 of 11App: SportsTap
Price: $0.99 Per Month
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
SportsTap is the ultimate App for sports fanatics. It provides detailed news, stats, schedules and in depth box scores for all major leagues.
Leagues included: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, CFL, NASCAR, Formula One, IndyCar, PGA, LPGA, ATP, WTA, MLS, plus top soccer leg from England, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Germany and more.
The App also allows you to easily follow all of your teams in one place and set up notifications for scoring alerts.
Madden NFL 12
10 of 11App: Madden NFL 12
Price: $4.99
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Madden NFL 12 is newly updated and includes many of the same features offered in the video game. You can choose from 32 NFL teams, make trades, track stats, and study the playbook, unique to every team.
Play in exhibition mode, play through an entire 16-game NFL season in Season Mode ore relive the 2010-11 playoffs.
Bonus: Bleacher Report Team Stream
11 of 11App: Bleacher Report Team Stream
Price: FREE
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Maybe you want to follow your favorite teams and get live scoring updates to your phone, but you don't want to part with any of your hard earned skrilla…well then Bleacher Report's Team Stream is for you.
The App allows you to choose your favorite teams and topics, access articles from B/R and other sports publishers and provides real time news alerts to keep you in the know.
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