In 2018, Football- 37%, Basketball, 11%, Baseball 9%, soccer 7%. Schulz was up on the events of the time. 1972 was the first year football topped baseball.
Those numbers are all for spectator popularity, to answer Lucy’s question. If we talk about participation (and limit it to competitive sport, Lucy) I think basketball would win in the US, followed by baseball if you include the soft variety. In Germany, by the way, it is Fussball — spectator and participation.
See my comment on “the bigger the ball and the higher the score, the more Americans like the sport.” How can I forget bowling? What’s even better, it’s one of the few sports where you can drink beer while playing.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
What ABOUT hugging and kissing, Lucy?
sirbadger over 5 years ago
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wldhrsy2luv over 5 years ago
Hugs are endorsed by the American Heart Association.
GoComicsGo! over 5 years ago
Some would call it a sport and others would call it a chore.
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
I don’t want to think that kissing and hugging is a sport as I HATE sport
lucky444 over 5 years ago
Wait a minute, what about curling?
JohnFarson19 over 5 years ago
In 2018, Football- 37%, Basketball, 11%, Baseball 9%, soccer 7%. Schulz was up on the events of the time. 1972 was the first year football topped baseball.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Is that a team sport, Lucy?
jarvisloop over 5 years ago
I played many sports, and I was bad in all of them. (Still, I was there.)
Thank Heaven that kissing and hugging were not sports when I was a kid.
Yontrop over 5 years ago
Those numbers are all for spectator popularity, to answer Lucy’s question. If we talk about participation (and limit it to competitive sport, Lucy) I think basketball would win in the US, followed by baseball if you include the soft variety. In Germany, by the way, it is Fussball — spectator and participation.
Screaming_goat over 5 years ago
Can we talk about how bowling is more popular than hockey
mjb515 over 5 years ago
The areas where that is considered a spectator sport are a bit disreputable.
mudleg over 5 years ago
Go ask Schroeder.
DanFlak over 5 years ago
See my comment on “the bigger the ball and the higher the score, the more Americans like the sport.” How can I forget bowling? What’s even better, it’s one of the few sports where you can drink beer while playing.
uniquename over 5 years ago
Bowling rated higher than Hockey?
guyjen2004 over 5 years ago
She’s a bit young for that sort of sport. Does Lucy grow up to be the village bicycle? :P
Neo Stryder over 5 years ago
That’s not a sport, and is one that you clearly don’t qualify.
ex window inspector over 5 years ago
Where did you get those figures Linus? Not sure they’re correct. For one thing, I think hockey would be more than 3%
gantech over 5 years ago
They were going to include kissing and hugging in the most recent Olympics, but all the participants were still competing from the previous one.
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Sex is a sport?
ChessPirate over 5 years ago
Uh oh, Lucy, here comes the shortstop, and he’s got his eye on you!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
It takes 2 to tango and hugging and kissing.
Plods with ...™ over 5 years ago
Cooties! ew
CalLadyQED over 5 years ago
Ohhhh… This was printed in the newspaper? Wow. How risque.
hagarthehorrible over 5 years ago
Kissing and hugging comes handy in sports to soothen the losses incurred during the game.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Hockey’s the best!
Charlie Tuba over 5 years ago
Kissing and hugging leads to other things.