SPORT IN

THE U.S.
 THE BEGINNINGS OF US SPORT
1850s-1900
1600s-1700s Today’s major sports 1950s (Postwar)
Native American are introduced. Thriving middle
Sports e.g. Stickball Popularity of college class, high birth rate,
(Lacrosse) sports TV → Sport boom

1800s 1900-1940s 1970s-today

European sport and
game (hunting, horse
racing, fighting)
reached North
America with English
settlers
Major leagues were Sport as a growing
formed. Popularity industry → TV
of professional contracts,
sports sponsorship etc.
 ORGANISATION OF THE MAJOR
LEAGUES
National Football League (NFL)
32 teams compete for the annual championship, the Super Bowl.
 2 conferences: National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC)
 4 divisions each: NFC North, East, South, West and AFC North, East, South, West

Regular season
 Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away)
 The 12 best teams (4 division bests + 2 2nd best per conference) qualify for the play-offs

Play-offs
 Single-elimination tournament
 The champions of the NFC and the AFC compete in the Super Bowl (February 3, 2019)
SUPER BOWL
2018
February 4, 2018

Info
U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
Eagles vs. Patriots (41:33)
National anthem: Pink
Halftime show: Justin Timberlake

Numbers
Attendance: 67,612
TV viewers (NBC): 103.4 mio
Cost of a 30s commercial: $5 mio
NBA ALL-
STAR GAME
2018

= an exhibition
game featuring the league's
best players of the season

Players are chosen by:

 Fans (50%)

 Players (25%)

 Media (25%)
 NBA TRAVELLING VIOLATION
Occurs when a player holding the ball takes 3 or more steps.

Shaqtin’ a fool
 A weekly segment from the TV show Inside the NBA
 By retired NBA player Shaquille O'Neal
 “Actin' a fool" 
 2018/2019 SALARIES
NFL MLB
Kirk Cousins $22.5 mio Stephen Strasburg $38.3 mio
Ezekiel Ansah $17.1 mio Max Scherzer $37.4 mio
Demarcus Lawrence $17.1 mio Zack Greinke $34.5 mio
Russell Wilson $15.5 mio Mike Trout $34 mio
Calais Campbell $15 mio Clayton Kershaw $31 mio

NBA NHL
Stephen Curry $37.5 mio John Tavares $15.9 mio
Chris Paul $35.7 mio Carey Price $15 mio
Russell Westbrook $35.7 mio Connor McDavid $15 mio
LeBron James $35.7 mio Jamie Benn $13 mio
Blake Griffin $32.1 mio Jonathan Toews $12 mio
 TOP SALARIES
MLB NBA CL (UEFA) NFL NHL Dt. Bundesliga
$38.3 mio $37.5 mio $32.7 mio $22.5 mio $15.9 mio $13.1 mio
S. Strasburg S. Curry L. Messi K. Cousins J. Tavares R. Lewandowski
 OLYMPIC GAMES
MEDAL COUNT BY
COUNTRY
Olympic Summer Games (1896-2016)
Rank Country Total medals won
1 United States 2,520
2 Russia 1,865
3 Germany 1,681
SWIMMING
Michael Phelps
= most successful and most
decorated Olympian of all time,
with a total of 28 medals.
GYMNASTIC
S
Simone Biles
Is considered to be the greatest
gymnast of all time
TENNIS
Serena Williams
23 Grand Slam Single Titles
COLLEGE SPORT
2018 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Info
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Georgia
Alabama vs. Georgia (26:23)
Halftime show: Georgia Redcoat
Marching Band, Million Dollar
Band

Numbers
Attendance: 77,430
TV viewers (ESPN): 28.4 mio
 NFL VS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NFL: Super Bowl 2018 College: Play-off final 2018
 Attendance: 67,612  Attendance: 77,430
 TV viewer: 103.4 mio  TV viewer: 28.4 mio
 LARGEST STADIUMS
U.S. college football stadiums German soccer stadiums
Rank Stadium Capacity Rank Stadium Capacity
1 Michigan Stadium, Michigan 107,601 1 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund 81,359
2 Beaver Stadium, Pennsylvania 106,572 2 Allianz Arena, Munich 75,000
3 Ohio Stadium, Ohio 104,944 3 Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin 74,475
22 Spartan Stadium, Michigan 75,005 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena,
22 31,500
Duisburg

U.S. NFL football stadiums

Rank Stadium Capacity
1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum, CA 90,607
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