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  2. Sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sports are particularly associated with education in the United States, with most high schools and universities having organized sports, and this is a unique sporting footprint for the U.S. College sports competitions play an important role in the American sporting culture, and college basketball and college football are more popular than professional sports in some parts of the country.

  3. Major professional sports teams of the United States and ...

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    This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the Canadian Football League (CFL),

  4. List of professional sports teams in the United States and ...

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    The Major Arena Soccer League is a men's indoor soccer league with thirteen teams: three in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States each, and two in Mexico and the Northeastern United States each. As of its 2021–22 season, the average salary of a player was $1,500–$3,500 per month. [ 18] Conference.

  5. List of professional sports - Wikipedia

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    The game was invented in the United States in the 1890s, in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first professional basketball leagues emerged in the 1920s in the United States . Prominent among these were the American Basketball League , which formed in 1925, and the National Basketball League , which was launched in 1937 by General Electric, Firestone and Goodyear as a way to improve their ...

  6. List of sports television channels - Wikipedia

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    Current channels. AFN Sports (United States) Apple TV. beIN Sports (USA) beIN Sports. beIN Sports Xtra. BYU TV (otherwise Brigham Young University -owned family and faith network features coverage of BYU Cougars sporting events) Comcast / NBCUniversal (United States) NBC Sports.

  7. Professional sports leagues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Based on revenue, the major professional sports leagues in the United States comprises the following: Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS). The major sports leagues tend to have the greatest fan interest, have national ...

  8. Category:Sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This category has the following 36 subcategories, out of 36 total. Sports in the United States by county ‎ (32 C) Sports in the United States by metropolitan area ‎ (42 C, 2 P) Sports in the United States by populated place ‎ (418 C, 7 P) Sports in the United States by region ‎ (4 C) Sports in the United States by sport ‎ (88 C)

  9. List of sports - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. ... United States Air Force Major Brady Canfield, 2003 U.S. skeleton champion, shows his takeoff form.