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SBD/Issue 213/The Back of the Book
Let's Catch A Game: Favorite Spectator Sports
Published July 25, 2008
The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asked all respondents to name their favorite spectator sport. If the respondent asked, a spectator sport was defined as one in which you attend games or matches, watch them on TV, listen to them on the radio or read about them. The following are the top 20 spectator sports named from the full year '07 versus '03 (ESPN Sports Poll).
|
'07
RK |
LEAGUE/SPORT
|
n = 27334
|
'03
RK |
LEAGUE/SPORT
|
n = 21,341
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
NFL |
23.7%
|
1
|
NFL |
22.0%
|
|
2
|
MLB |
12.7%
|
2
|
MLB |
12.7%
|
|
3
|
College Football |
9.5%
|
3
|
NBA |
9.5%
|
|
4
|
NBA |
6.8%
|
4
|
College Football |
7.4%
|
|
5
|
College Basketball |
4.4%
|
5
|
College Basketball |
4.7%
|
|
6
|
NASCAR |
3.8%
|
6
|
NASCAR |
3.7%
|
|
7
|
NHL |
2.6%
|
7
|
NHL |
3.4%
|
|
8
|
Football (unspecified) |
2.1%
|
8t
|
Ice/Figure Skating |
1.5%
|
|
9
|
Soccer (unspecified) |
1.5%
|
8t
|
Soccer (unspecified) |
1.5%
|
|
10
|
High School Basketball |
1.4%
|
10
|
Football (unspecified) |
1.4%
|
|
11t
|
High School Football |
1.3%
|
11
|
Boxing |
1.2%
|
|
11t
|
MLS |
1.3%
|
12t
|
Tennis (unspecified) |
1.1%
|
|
13t
|
Ice/Figure Skating |
1.1%
|
12t
|
MLS |
1.1%
|
|
13t
|
Volleyball/Beach Volleyball |
1.1%
|
12t
|
High School Basketball |
1.1%
|
|
13t
|
PGA Tour |
1.1%
|
15
|
High School Football |
1.0%
|
