On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:48:44 +0000 (UTC), Mike wrote:

to the masses -- but it clearly is. Evidence of this is clearly seen by
the
success of NASCAR (now the number one sport in the world, based on
attendance), or the popularity of "demolition derbies" at any of hundreds
of
county fairgrounds across America.

Is this true? Do NASCAR attendances really exceed those of football
(soccer)?

I don't know about the *whole* world, but there is no NASCAR in Europe, but
there is soccer. Soccer is not that polpular in the US (as far as I was
told), but is very popular in many other parts of the world.

http://www.google.com/search?q=most+popular+sport is what google turns up
about that.
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