American Sports Being Exported to New Fans in the Old World
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A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing.
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In the wake of the last two Olympic Winter Games, American interest in the long-obscure sport of luge has warmed considerably.
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Sport: Top teams clash at home of English football as US game seeks a global audience.
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Sport: Football: Disgruntled supporters to unveil plans to prise club from American owners
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.
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Sport: The game brought by immigrant workers in the early 20th century is enjoying an amazing resuscitation, writes Andy Bull.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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For the first time, Americans were taken with the top two picks in the NHL draft.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has  exported the United States's most popular sport to Europe in  the hope of getting the world excited about American football.
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Since professionalism was introduced to team sports in the late 1800s, leagues have been organized in two ways -- the club system and the franchising system (which predominates in Canada and the United States).
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The days of U.S. domination of the  Olympic basketball tournament are over and so, it appears, is  the fans' love affair with the American Dream Team.
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The ties among the fans and the shared histories of the Buffalo Bills, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts run strong and deep.
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Two famous UK soccer teams make a tour of the U.S.
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It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 15  â It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.