The four major North American sports leagues have different influences in different parts of the United States. What are their influences?

Generally speaking, there are American football (NFL), basketball (NBA), baseball (MLB) and ice hockey (NHL) all over the United States, but according to different regions, some sports are more popular than others. My answer will analyze why these sports leagues are more popular in some places than in some places from different angles in North and South. Generally speaking, winter sports are more popular than other sports in cities in the north of the United States, whether on the east coast, the west coast or the central region.

Most of the regular season and playoffs of NBA and NCAA are held in winter, so although basketball is a sport of the Summer Olympics, it is regarded as a winter sport by most people in the United States. Traditional winter sports, such as ice hockey, skiing and snowboarding, are also more popular in the cold north, although this does not mean that American football, rugby or baseball are not popular here. However, judging from the proportion of top professional athletes in the north and south, more excellent basketball and ice hockey players come from the north.

American football is the most popular sport in the southern United States. In Florida, Georgia, Texas and Southern California, the sport has a large number of loyal fans, and most NFL players come from these four regions. Although basketball is also very popular, it is dwarfed by the popularity of American football. Baseball is more popular in the south, because outdoor sports such as baseball and American football can be played almost all year round in the warm south.

Ice hockey is particularly popular in several parts of the northern United States: New England and the Great Lakes region (especially Minnesota). The annual high school ice hockey championship attracts more spectators than NHL competition. American baseball has the highest participation among teenagers and is called because of its unprecedented popularity. America's past? This sport has a larger audience in areas with more Hispanic immigrants, such as Florida, Texas, California and Arizona, because baseball is the king of sports in Latin America.