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The game of baseball was created in 1839 near Cooperstown, New York. Over time the game of baseball has exploded into an international sport with countries like the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and many others all having a large baseball presence. Baseball has blossomed into a sport with many leagues. The largest of these leagues is Major League Baseball. -
Ice Hockey was first played on March 3, 1875, at Victoria Skating Club in Montreal, Canada. Ice Hockey quickly gained a following in Canada and it made its way southward to the United States when on November 26, 1917, the National Hockey League was founded. -
Basketball was invented in 1891 at Springfield College in Springfield, Illinois. The father of the sport James Naismith, created the sport because he wanted a sport with fewer injuries than football. Basketball has grown into a "big 3" US sport. And in 2022 the NBA finals had an average viewership of 12.6 Million people. -
The United States Golf Association was founded on December 22, 1894, in New York. The USGA is separate from the PGA tour and is the organizer of the four Major golf tournaments. -
Volleyball was created in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA. Volleyball has turned into a very popular sport in the United States. And on August 30, 2023, the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team set the record for attendance at a female sporting event. 92,003 fans came to watch the match. -
The NFL is the United States Professional American Football League. To start, the league was called the American Professional Football Association the league was originally composed of ten teams. Since then the league has been renamed to the National Football League. It now has 32 separate franchises and it is the wealthiest of the professional leagues in the United States. -
The National Basketball Association was founded on
June 6, 1946. At this time the league was composed of 11 teams. Today, the NBA is America's second most popular professional sports leauge. -
The sport of pickleball was created on a summer afternoon on Bainbridge Island Washington in 1965. The game of pickleball was created when a family did not have enough badminton rackets so they improvised this game eventually became pickleball. In recent years, Pickleball has exploded in popularity and a 2023 Yahoo news study found that pickleball was the fastest-growing sport in America. -
Major League Soccer was founded as a part of the strengthening of the United States' bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Since then MLS has turned into the United States 5th largest professional sports league. The league is composed of 29 teams that will fight for the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy. In 2022 Los Angles FC, an MLS team, generated more than $115 million dollars in the 2022 season. -
Major League Fishing was invented in 2011. Major Leauge Fishing's first event was held in Lake Amistad, Texas. Major League fishing season starts in early February and runs through early August. During this time anglers will compete for more than $4 million dollars in prize money.