For the record baseball is played in more than just the US and Japan. In fact there are many Latinos in major league baseball than African Americans. You don't have to like baseball, but in no way does that make it an inferior sport.
It seems to me like the rest of the world really cares about international basekball competitions. In the US it means little compared to a NBA title. Thus people train, have surgeries, rest, get married/ go on honeymoons on a different schedule. Of course those who enter want to win a gold metal but it is not their ultimate athletic dream. Just like Tiger Woods want to win all tournaments but he REALLy wants to win majors. Thus, he trains for those events rests etc according to his priorities. I don't think anyone questions that the best basketball players in the world are American. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tim Duncan to name a few.
As long as we are talking about americans, it is worth mentioning that the best golfer in the world and perhaps the most dominant athlete in sports today is American.
Originally posted by wormwood canada has won 45, usa 2 of their world championship games against each other. can the second best hockey country of north america make an upset and win today? the stats do not look good. 🙂
Originally posted by leepound For the record baseball is played in more than just the US and Japan. In fact there are many Latinos in major league baseball than African Americans. You don't have to like baseball, but in no way does that make it an inferior sport.
It seems to me like the rest of the world really cares about international basekball competitions. In the US it means litt ...[text shortened]... he best golfer in the world and perhaps the most dominant athlete in sports today is American.
Originally posted by monteirof golf? You call that a sport?
Yes, theoretically, golf is a sport and Tiger Woods is probably the most dominant athlete in the world today.
But, I think the larger issue is does the US still produce world class athletes and it does in the sports it plays. The US has the best basketball and football players. It produces quality baseball players. It dominates in things like the X-games (which are clearly moronic) and auto racing (similar idiotic). Soccer is a women's sport in the US and we have the best female soccer players. The United States always wins a bunch of metals in the Olympics.
this usa vs. canada hockey thing is like me going to play chess in a place where they only play chinese chess.. of course youre going to win, and of course the people than lose dont care as its not their game
Originally posted by wormwood first of all, usa is crap at football.
'american football' and baseball are not played anywhere else but usa & japan. that's like like being the world's leading country in whale flubber eating.
and basketball, that's not played that much outside usa either, although it's by far the most popular of your four national favourites.
and in hockey, you s ...[text shortened]... st. it's no coincidence you have +2 -45 score against canada on world championship level.
Baseball is played also allover Latin America. Basketball is world wide.
Originally posted by irontigran this usa vs. canada hockey thing is like me going to play chess in a place where they only play chinese chess.. of course youre going to win, and of course the people than lose dont care as its not their game
Originally posted by badmoon All I'm saying is that it receives meager attention. You may as well tell us that our squash team lost.
I find that very odd, you could be among the minority of Americans. Especially since there are 24 NHL American Hockey teams, and only 6 Canadian Teams.
Simple mathmatics would tell me far more than 250 Americans hold interest in the Canadian Game 🙂 !
Canada vs. USA hockey
07 May '08 14:39
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