2006-12-20 01:40:07 · 14 answers · asked by huds t 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
basketball & American football.
2006-12-20 01:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on whom you ask.
Some would say baseball - but others would claim it's (American-style) football.
Baseball: "By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States."
But that was then.
And this is now:
"Baseball is thought of "the national pastime"; but, since the early 1990s, American football has largely been considered the most popular sport in America."
"American football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States."
(As a side-note, auto-racing is said to be the second most popular spectator sport)
But, if you're talking about sports (and it depends on how you define "sport") people actually participate in:
"Sport
# of Participants
(millions)
1. Recreational Swimming
94.4
2. Recreational Walking
80.9
3. Recreational Bicycling
54.6
4. Bowling
50.6
5. Freshwater Fishing
45.8
6. Tent Camping
42.6
7. Basketball
42.4
8. Free Weights
41.3
9. Billiards
39.7
10. Day Hiking
38.6
2006-12-20 09:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball is America's "favorite pastime" but I personally believe Basketball is the national game of America, with Football as a close second.
2006-12-23 20:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by germancutii21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "official" national sport as far as I know.
In terms of popularity, Baseball was probably the most popular for most of the last century. Since probably the 1970s American Football has become America's main sport.
2006-12-20 10:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most popular are football, basketball, baseball, and Nascar. But there isn't really an official national sport in the USA.
2006-12-20 12:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by sweetpanther08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's baseball. American football is their most highly commercial game. Basketball comes third.
2006-12-20 10:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by hegelian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting involved in other peoples wars, they are the World champions.
2006-12-20 10:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by liamcorinne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say Baseball, it's our pastime and it really defines us as a nation.
2006-12-20 09:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by Jeremy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite what people say, football
2006-12-20 09:45:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football(NFL)
2006-12-20 09:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by MZ.NEZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans are cool and they play whatever they are given and never give up.
2006-12-20 13:05:58 · answer #11 · answered by Ramsees II- the Great One 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋