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1、ThePopularityofSportinAmericaAbstract:SportplaysanimportantroleinAmerica.WatchingorattendingsportseventsisanimportantpartofthelivesofmanyAmericans.SportisanAmericannationwideleisureactivitywhichismostpopular.TheimportanceandpopularityofsportinAmericancanbeshowedfromtheseaspects:theintroductionofA

2、mericanpopularsportsevents,sportsinAmericanschools,amateursportsandprofessionalsports,4bigprofessionalsportsleaguesandsportsindustry.WatchingorattendingsportseventsisanimportantpartofthelivesofmanyAmericans.Generally,Americanseitherparticipateinsportsactivitiesorastheaudienceofsportscompetition.S

3、portisanAmericannationwideleisureactivitywhichismostpopular.Therefore,sportplaysanextremelyimportantroleinsociety.IdescribetheimportanceandpopularityofsportinAmericanfromtheseaspects:theintroductionofAmericanpopularsportsevents,sportsinAmericanschools,amateursportsandprofessionalsports,4bigprofes

4、sionalsportsleaguesandsportsindustry.SportseventsBaseballBaseballisverypopularintheUnitedStates,andmanyAmericanshaveplayedbaseballintheirchildhood.Itbecameknownasthe"nationalpastime",agamethatmillionsofpeoplecontinuetoenjoyineachspringandsummer.However,moreviewersprefertowatchbyradioorTV.Baseball

5、istheearliestprofessionalsportintheUnitedStatesthatoriginatesinachildren'sgameinthe19thcentury.BaseballreflectsAmericanhistory.AndBarsoom,ahistorianinColumbiaUniversity,said:"TounderstandtheAmericanmindsetsandthoughts,youshouldlearntoplaybaseballorwatchbaseball."Majorleaguebaseballhasjustopenedit

6、snewseason.Sothisisagoodtimetoexploretheinfluenceofbaseballonpopularculture,includingmusicandpoetry.Manysongsandpoemshavebeenwrittenaboutbaseball.BaseballexpertWarnerFussellewritesthatthereareprobablymorethanone-thousandsongsaboutbaseball.Themostpopularis"TakeMeOuttotheBallGame."[1]Americanbaseba

7、llwasspreadtoJapanintheendofthe19thcenturyandbecameverypopularinJapan,alsoinCubaandmanyCaribbeancountries.BasketballBasketballwasinventedbyDrJamesNaismithin1891.Anditbecamepopularquicklybecauseofitsindoorcondition,simp