We expected American football to dominate the United States, but it was shocking to see that it has quite a strong showing in some south Asian countries as well.
It's dangerous to be a Packers fan in Minnesota, apparently. But it's even scarier to be a Louisiana fan of any kind in the South!
Europe and South America clearly dominate in the men's World Cup--what a surprise. The United States isn't the best, but we did okay considering that soccer is not our most popular sport.
Most of the teams on this map completely obliterate normal state lines, except for one. There's hardly anyone outside the state of Georgia that would call themselves a Falcons fan!
There's nothing particularly shocking about this map, but it is interesting to see how the popularity of a team tends to seep out into the states surrounding it.
The countries and the sports might be different, but one thing unites these diverse athletes--they're all obscenely rich.
If you wanna get rich with sports in the United States, you better start practicing your uppercuts. For those in Asia--get to work on those serves!
This map makes it very clear which states have professional sports teams and which ones don't. Or maybe the Midwest just sucks at every sport invented.
Leave it to Texas to hate the Longhorns just as much as the rest of the country does. And we're not sure what Ohio State ever did to Maine, but there's apparently some bad blood between the two.
Should we call it soccer or football? That depends on where you're asking the question. We sure didn't expect Australia to be team soccer, though!
Tom Brady might be the king of New England, but it's very clear who rules the rest of the country.
This is not the most useful map, but if you're looking for one of the biggest high school gyms in the country, you better start heading for Indiana!
Obviously the United States is going to dominate when it comes to athletes at American colleges, but NCAA men's basketball players have come from far and wide, apparently!
It doesn't matter where it is--if you manage to have the best-selling jersey in any state, you've officially arrived as a famous athlete.
The professional sports teams in the United States are definitely not distributed evenly. Thankfully, there are more than enough college teams for fans to lose their minds over.
State lines apparently don't mean a thing when it comes to dividing the country up by its favorite professional baseball teams.
We're not sure why anyone would come up with this map, but we're glad they did. Here are the few baseball fields in the United States where knocking a ball out of the park could potentially land it in another country.
Baseball might be America's past time, but most places on earth don't seem to have too much love for it.
Baseball teams don't always stay put, but some have traveled many more miles than others. Just ask the Athletics.
If land was allocated by college football wins, a map of the United States would look mighty different than it does right now.
It's no secret that Europe loves soccer, but we had no idea they loved it this much. It would almost be easier to point out where soccer fields aren't.
This is an interesting map and all, but shouldn't Lance Armstrong go on the one for the most infamous athlete from each state?
Every state seems to love something different, and some of these sports are a bit sportier than others. We're looking at you, New Mexico.
Soccer might not be the most popular sport in the US, but, according to this map, soccer teams still manage to bring in large crowds to the stadium.
All of the countries on this map should be proud of the accomplishments of their professional boxers, but there's no denying that the United States blows everyone else out of the water when it comes to championship wins.
Professional wrestling is still going strong, but it's not the sport it used to be. This map imagines the United States based on the classic territories of days gone by.
Most of the countries in the world have at least placed bronze once at the Olympics, but there are still a few stragglers who haven't placed at all.
We're gonna go out on a limb and say that water polo must be insanely popular in eastern Europe. It's either that, or no one in the rest of the world cares about it.
Everyone talks about what a hassle hosting the Olympics is, but that didn't stop a lot of cities from throwing their hat in the ring. Hope you're ready, Los Angeles!
It seems like the Olympics are held all over the place, but according to this map, there are tons of countries where the Olympics have never set foot.
