Opinion Today: Super Bowl Sunday Extra

February 11, 2024

Football Retains Dominant Position as Favorite U.S. Sport
Jeffrey M. Jones,, Gallup
Americans continue to name football as their favorite sport by a wide margin. Forty-one percent of U.S. adults say football is their favorite sport to watch. Baseball and basketball essentially tie for second at 10% and 9%, respectively. Football has been the top sport in Gallup polling since 1972, when it eclipsed baseball.

By a wide margin, Americans say football – not baseball – is ‘America’s sport’
Pew Research Center
Baseball is known as “America’s favorite pastime.” But for the largest share of the U.S. public, football is “America’s sport,” according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

The public’s excitement for Super Bowl Sunday
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Forty percent of adults are excited for at least one Super Bowl event, including 25% who are excited for the game itself.