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Fewer than 70 athletes are known to have played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) [a] and the National Football League (NFL). This includes two Heisman Trophy winners (Vic Janowicz and Bo Jackson) [1] and seven members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Red Badgro, [2] Paddy Driscoll, [3] George Halas, [4] Ernie Nevers, [5] Ace Parker, [6] Jim Thorpe, [7] and Deion Sanders). [8]
However, in 2008, about 8.5% of Major League Baseball players were African American (who make up about 13% of the US population), and 29.1% were Hispanics of any race (compared with about 16% of the US population). [20] In 2020, less than 5% of the National Hockey League (NHL) players are black or of mixed black heritage. [21]
NFL games are the most attended of domestic professional leagues in the world in terms of per-game attendance, and the most popular in the U.S. in terms of television ratings and merchandising. [9] Its championship game, the Super Bowl , is the most watched annual event on U.S. television, with Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024 being the single ...
If MLB's inclusion of Negro League stats into the official big-league record seems awkward, it's no more so than the reason they were separate at all.
Josh Gibson slides into home during the East-West All-Star Game of the Negro Leagues at Comiskey Park in Chicago, on August 13, 1944. With his statistics set to become officially part of MLB ...
The World Cup is arguably the most prolific tournament for a single sport in the world, combining soccer players from around the globe to compete for the chance to call their home country champions. Since 1930, there has been a competition every four years to see which country is the best at soccer (excluding 1942 and 1946 due to World War II).
Sports & Fashion: Tunnel walks, 'aura' and bombshell brand deals: WNBA stars emerge as powerful players in fashion 'You can't tell me nothing!' Kayla Jones rock knee-high Fendi boots at game night.
By the close of the twentieth century, sports analytics had gained significant acceptance by the management of many Major League Baseball clubs, notably the Oakland A's, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. At the same time, baseball fans and sports media had begun to adopt sports analytics as a way to understand and report the game.