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  2. Sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sports are particularly associated with education in the United States, with most high schools and universities having organized sports, and this is a unique sporting footprint for the U.S. College sports competitions play an important role in the American sporting culture, and college basketball and college football are more popular than ...

  3. Sports in North America - Wikipedia

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    Association football (soccer) is the most popular [clarification needed] sport in almost all North, Central American and Caribbean Countries. [1] [circular reference] Unqualified, football is generally understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.

  5. Globalization of sports - Wikipedia

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    The field of sports in the 20th-21st century was influenced by the process of globalization. Globalization not only impacts the way in which sports are conducted and organised but also how they are perceived and what they mean in today's world.citizens of non participating countries can also watch and enjoy the live sports [1] [2]

  6. Division (sport) - Wikipedia

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    In sports using a league system (also known as a pyramid structure), a division consists of a group of teams who play a sport at a similar competitive level. Teams can move up to a higher division of play or drop down to a lower one via the process of promotion and relegation, based on their performance in the standings at the end of the season.

  7. Sports in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Sports are particularly associated with education in the United States, with most high schools and universities having organized sports, and this is a unique sporting footprint for the U.S. College sports competitions play an important role in the American sporting culture, and college basketball and college football are more popular than ...

  8. History of sports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The late 19th century saw increasing debates about the commercialization and integrity of sports. Sports preferences varied by region, with baseball popular in the Northeast and football in the Midwest. Women's involvement in sports, such as tennis and golf, began to increase toward the end of the century. By the late 19th century, American ...

  9. Race and sports - Wikipedia

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    For example, during the 2005–2006 academic year, high revenue NCAA sports (basketball and football) had 51 percent black student athletes, whereas only 17 percent of head coaches in the same high revenue sports were black [88] Also, in the same 2005–2006 year, only 5.5 percent of athletic directors at Division I "PWIs" (Primarily White ...