Best Tickets made these fantastic infographics that give incredible insight on the nation’s sports favorites based on Google Search results.
The first graph shows each state’s most popular athlete. Just as in the NBA, LeBron James dominates the competition. King James was treated like royalty, reigning as the most popular athlete in 23 states. Peyton Manning comes in a far second with seven states. The rest of the pack include Adrian Peterson and Tom Brady with four states, Andrew Wiggins (two states), Johnny Manziel (one state) and Tiger Woods with one state and the only athlete from the big four sports.
The Most Popular NFL Teams show that football fans are bandwagoners.









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