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we've all seen the map of the usa with the dominant ancestry shaped by county....but what if we made one for the dominate/most popular sport by county? would the entire usa be dominated by football? or would some northeastern counties be dominated by baseball/ or some midwestern counties by hockey? what about soccor in immigrant-heavy counties?
Although some teams like the Red Sox, Patriots, Packers, Yankees, Raiders, Wild, Red Wings, etc. can dominate regions, personally I think that the country would be divided along the lines of college ball. Different NCAA divisions, Big Ten, Ivy League, Norte Dame, what have you.
That's a really cool map! The only change I would make is the Florida Panhandle which (as the only part of Florida that's still "Southern") is unquestionably pro-Atlanta Braves. At least my relatives around Tallahassee and Pensacola are still die-hard Braves fans (they say most people in the Panhandle can't stand South Florida, including their sports teams).
As far as a national sports map, that would really be interesting. Here in the South, football would be king in most counties, but a few areas would undoubtedly be heavier into basketball, particularly in Kentucky and North Carolina.
College basketball in parts of ACC/Big Televen country, and some border states - Maryland, DC, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas
College football in the south, in Texas, and in some of the corn belt - FL, GA, SC, TN, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, NE, IA
Pro football in the rust belt (college a close 2nd) - Ohio, Illinois, most of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Major league baseball in the northeast
And I have no idea what people like out west. Probably whoever is winning in their region.
I don't know of a map that shows different loyalties to different sports across America, but there is one map that shows different loyalties to different teams in each of the major 4 professional team sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) across America. It also includes College Football.
The site is a project that takes the data from a poll (they need more voters) and uses an algorithm to determine which area belongs to which team.
ESPN did a poll a few years ago by state. I remember hockey was the most popular sport in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Alaska.
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