Sport in the USA

Major / Popular Sports of the USA

• Football (Gridiron)
• Basketball
• Baseball
• ice hockey
• Tennis
• Soccer
• Golf
• Nascar
• Martial Arts / Boxing

USA Sporting Success

• too numerous to mention!

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 Jones (athletics)
• Jim Thorpe (athletics)

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 the last time 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.

the USA at major events

• the USA at the Summer Olympics
• the USA at the Winter Olympics
• the USA at the FIFA World Cup

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
• 1994 FIFA World Cup
• 1996 Olympic Games Summer Atlanta
• 2002 Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City

Upcoming sporting events in the USA

Annual sporting events held in the USA

• Football Super Bowl
• Baseball World Series
• Golf Masters, US Open and US PGA
• Tennis US Open

Elite Training Centers in the USA

• U.S. Olympic Training Centers
• Native American Recreation & Sport Insititue
• 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

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