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Sport in the USA

The United States have been a powerhouse in world sports for a long time. Americans take great pride in their sporting accomplishments, and sports are an important part of their culture. There’s no doubt, United States rule in well-known sports such as basketball, baseball and their home grown sport of American football. See a list of the 10 top sports in the USA .

We may consider baseball as their traditional sport for it started in the 18th century, with a semi-pro National Baseball Club in the 1860’s and from that point on, baseball became the “national past time” of Americans. Nowadays, the most played sport in United States is football. Let us not forget that basketball also started in the U.S. in 1891. YMCA had a major role in spreading this sport globally. The first training ground for basketball is in YMCA and these students had disseminated across the globe. The United States also have hosted quite a number of Olympic Games from 1904 (St. Louis, Missouri) to 2002 (Salt Lake City, Utah), and will again in 2028 in LA. They have also won more than the average Olympic medals in virtually all sports.

With all these in mind, we also have to mention the long list of great athletes that the U.S. had produced starting with Mike Trout, the famous slugger of today’s baseball season. With 49 stolen bases, leading the league with a 10.9 WAR, he unanimously won the American League and still plays outstandingly from his breakout season up to now. On the other hand, football has Tom Brady . This quarterback led his team, Patriots, to more division titles than any other team in NFL history.

Speaking of popularity, no one ever came close from the Michael Jordan . This man popularized NBA to the world in the 1980s to 1990s. He also was the most well-rounded and marketed athlete of his generation. No wonder, every basketball player looks up to him.

Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to the USA.

See also the list the most popular internet searches for "sports" in the US .

Major / Popular Sports of the USA (see more )

• Football (gridiron) , basketball , baseball, ice hockey , tennis , soccer , golf , motorsports, martial arts, boxing.

USA Sporting Success

• Too numerous to mention!

Great athletes from the USA

• Michael Phelps (swimming)
• Lance Armstrong (cycling)
• Mark Spitz (swimming)
• Jesse Owens (athletics)
• Michael Jordan (basketball)
• Tiger Woods (golf)
• Andre Agassi (tennis)
• Marion Jone s (athletics)
• Jim Thorpe (athletics)
• Tom Brady (American Football)

USA Sports trivia

• Professional baseball started in the US way back in 1869.
• Basketball was invented in Massachusetts by the Canadian-born James Naismith.
• A team from the USA won gold when Rugby was played at the Olympic Games in 1924.
• Cricket used to be the most popular sport in America during the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s, with a USA v. Canada cricket match in the 1840s being the oldest international sporting event in the modern world.

USA at major events

• USA at the Summer Olympics
• USA at the Winter Olympics
• USA at the men's FIFA World Cup
• USA at the FIFA Women's World Cup
• USA at the Rugby World Cup
• USA at the Baseball World Classic
• USA at the Copa América

Some past sporting events hosted in the USA

• 1904 Olympic Games Summer in St Louis
• 1932 Olympic Games Summer in LA
• 1932 Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid
• 1960 Winter Olympic Games Squaw Valley
• 1980 Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid
• 1984 Olympic Games Summer LA
• 1984 Paralympic Games in New York & Stoke Mandeville
• 1986 Men's World Boxing Championships in Reno
• 1994 FIFA World Cup
• 1996 Olympic Games Summer Atlanta
• 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta
• 1999 Men's World Boxing Championships in Houston
• 2001 Women's World Boxing Championships in Scranton
• 2002 Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City
• 2007 Men's World Boxing Championships in Chicago
• 2022 World Games in Birmingham.
• 2022 World Athletic Championships , in Eugene, Oregon USA
• 2023 Winter Universiade at Lake Placid.
• 2023 World Baseball Classic (co-hosted with Japan and Taiwan)

Upcoming sporting events in the USA

• 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup co-hosted with the West Indies
• 2024 Copa América football (soccer) tournament
• 2025 World Police and Fire Games , Birmingham
• 2026 IAAF World Cross-Country Championships, Tallahassee, Florida
• 2028 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in LA
• 2029 Summer World University Games (Universiade), North Carolina
• 2031 Men's Rugby World Cup
• 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup
• 2034 Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City
• 2034 Winter Paralympic Games Salt Lake City

Annual sporting events held in the USA

• Football Super Bowl
• Basketball NBA Finals
• Baseball World Series
• Golf Masters , US Open and US PGA
• Tennis US Open
• Marathons: New York , Boston , Chicago
• Indy 500 — motorcar race held during Memorial Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Elite Training Centers in the USA

• U.S. Olympic Training Centers
• Native American Recreation & Sport Institute
• The National Institute for Fitness and Sport

Sporting Stadiums in the USA

• Beaver Stadium State College, Pennsylvania
• Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium , Austin, Texas
• Michigan Stadium , Ann Arbor, Michigan   
• Neyland Stadium , Knoxville, Tennessee
• Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio
• more USA stadiums
• largest USA stadiums
• Sport Science Study Institutions in the USA
• Sports videos about the ' USA '
• American Sporting Role Models
• Workplace Assessments for departments in the USA

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• Unusual Sports from the USA
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THE POPULAR KINDS OF SPORTS IN THE USA

Aug 04, 2014

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THE POPULAR KINDS OF SPORTS IN THE USA. Sport in the USA is the main part of the national culture. . The most popular sport team games are: baseball and basketball . Also, American football and soccer are very popular. Many Americans made USA country famous with their achievements in sport.

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Sport in the USA is the main part of the national culture.

The most popular sport team games are: baseball and basketball

Also, American football and soccer are very popular.

Many Americans made USA country famous with their achievements in sport.

For example, a famous boxer Muhammad Ali, athlete Bob Beamon, cyclist Lance Armstrong and many others.

The government of the USA counted that the support of health cost cheaper than it’s restore.

Huge number of Americans try to give up from bad habits and pay much attention to sports.

Significant part of American society are sport fans.

People are not always go in for sports, but they are always cheer for their favourite team or athlete.

Many celebrities have their favourite teams. For example, on games of basketball team Los Angeles Lakers you can see a lot of famous fans:Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington.

Silvester Stallone is a fan of English football club “Everton”

US President Barack Obama is Pittsburgh Steelers’ and Chicago Bulls’ fan.

George Clooney and Charlie Sheen are Cincinnati Reds’ fans.

American Olympic team is traditionally one of the strongest teams on the Olympics.

Millions of Americans regularly watch Olympics on TV. Thousands come to stadiums to cheer for their compatriots.

BASEBALL • Americans first began to play a game, which formed the basis of modern baseball on the beginning of 19-th century. Founder of modern baseball is Alexander Cartwright, who created rules for this game in 1845. Part of this rules are saved to our days.

Alexander Cartwright was born on 17.04.1820 in New York. He worked as fireman, bank cashier, later he owned a bookstore. When he was a fireman, he started to play game similar to baseball. At first, games were held on Manhattan, near Cartwright’s work, but then fans rented a field in New Jersey for 75 $ per year.

On 23rd of September, 1845 A. Cartwright founded a baseball club Knickerbockers, named after a fireman crew he worked in. First American baseball game was held on 19th of June, 1846, in Hoboken, New Jersey: the "New York Nine" defeated the Knickerbockers, 23–1, in four innings.

In 1857 National Association of Baseball players was founded.

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players.  The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a 90-foot diamond. 

Players and trainers bust wear a special uniform : shirt, pants, baseball boots and a baseball cap. Catchers must wear helmets and special baseball glove.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL In 1823 one of the footballers of Rugby College in Britain instead of playing football with his feet took a ball in his hands and ran. That’s how new game called rugby was born.

Genuinely American football was born in 1867, that’s when rules were formed. In 1869 first game between college teams was played.

Step by step, rules changed and refined. In 1920, 11 football clubs united and American Football Association was created. In 1922, AFA recruited 7 clubs and became National Football League(NFL). Today football is not just one of the most popular and spectacle sports in American, but it’s also conquering rest of the world.

BASKETBALL • Basketball is one of the most popular sports it the world. It all started in the end of the 19th century. In early December 1891 Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA,was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day.

For new game Dr. Naismith created few simple rules. At that time there were 9 players in a team, they played with a soccer ball, using fruit basket.

Basketball started to become popular. First game, after Naismith’s guidance was held in the end of 1891 and in the early 1892 competitions between college teams took place.

In 1898 first professional basketball league was formed. In the beginning of the 20th century metallic hoop and net were first used. In 1904 basketball was presented at Saint-Louis Olympics. At the Berlin Olympics in 1936 USA team won first Olympic gold in basketball.

In 1937 National Basketball League was created and after a merger with Basketball Association of America (BAA) was formed National Basketball Association or NBA.

SOCCER • Game, that should be called football, in the USA called soccer. First soccer games took place in the end of the 19th century, between the USA and Canada teams.

Soccer started to be massive popular in America in 1970’s, when arrived famous footballers Pele and F. Beckenbauer.

Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer/football league. It consists of 15 teams. It was formed in 1996.

USA men’s soccer team by the September of 2009 was 11th in FIFA rating. A lot of team members play in the top European leagues.

The FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy is held since 1991. USA women’s team won it in 1991, 1999 and took 3rd place in 2003 and 2007.

People all over the world are fond of sport and games. Sports makes people healthy, keeps them fit, makes them more organized and disciplined.

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