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Clippers as good as they been past 5 or so years still like 6th or 7th on the pecking order of draws dodgers and angels superior if Angels could actually put something around trout they be big as they was few years baxk
Forbes - "MLB sees record growth in 2016"
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If you're in Southern California and see bald headed Mexicans rocking dodgers gear do yourself a favor and keep it moving
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I'd say NBA vs MLB in certain cities where even playing field cities that can win
Oakland
Houston
Los Angeles Lakers
Cleveland (Bron era)
Miami
Toronto toss up
Chicago love everything that's probably best sports town in America
Oakland
Houston
Los Angeles Lakers
Cleveland (Bron era)
Miami
Toronto toss up
Chicago love everything that's probably best sports town in America
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If you're in Southern California and see bald headed Mexicans rocking dodgers gear do yourself a favor and keep it moving
Hell yeah man dodgers gear be sported year round these Mexicans live and die by dodgers baseball they was really heated when giants won in 10,12,14 that rivalry run Cali year round no one care if you going off state pecking order top teams are Raiders Dodgers Lakers Giants it's insane how giants and dodger fans takeover stadiums all over the west coast warriors are probably next then I'd say Cowboy fans
The NL Wild card game was the best mlb rating espn has had in 20 years, baseball is alive and thriving
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What about Minnesota, Atlanta and Detroit?
Could have sworn we had a few Minnesota nikkas on here
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Yeah wait till Yankees get shyt together the talent pool deep as fukk right now in MLB
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Atlanta another transplant city braves over hawks all day Minnesota is tricky I don't think the wolves really hot like that but compared to twins who knows
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Russo ranting couple weeks ago was on point ESPN push the fukk out of the NBA compared to MLB but NBA ain't drawing like they make it out to be
ESPN and the personalities who work their have to push the narrative that the NBA is more popular then MLB because of how much more money they have invested in the NBA then baseball
On first take Ryan Clark mentioned that nobody cares about the NBA till the NFL is over and sas started screaming "yeah they do check the ratings" it sounded like someone was in his ear telling him to say it lol
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"The NFL is far and away the most popular league in the United States. In almost every state, the NBA was the second-most popular league, but the MLB and NHL did make a few appearances in the number two spot. New York is the only state in which the NBA is the most popular league. In Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon, the NBA and NFL tie for first. With the knowledge that NFL is the most popular sport in America, you might guess that the most popular sports position would be one from the NFL. You’d be right"
NHL and MLB teams are barley drawing net searches
Who is the Most Popular Athlete in your State? - Best Tickets Blog
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The top of the NBA endorsement food chain is led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Both are global superstars who made $42 million and $34 million, respectively, last year from endorsement partners. James has been one of the NBA’s top endorsers since he was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. His current partners include Nike, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Samsung Electronics , Upper Deck, Audemars Piguet and Dunkin’ Donuts.
The four-time MVP is the NBA’s top endorser.
Five championships and 18 years of All-Star play transformed Bryant into the most popular player in China with a little help from his main backer, Nike. Bryant also has deals with Turkish Air, Lenovo, Hublot and Panini for merchandise.
The NBA’s top 10 endorsers pulled down $155 million last year by our count. It dwarfs the totals in baseball and football. MLB’ s 10 biggest endorsers earned less than $30 million off the field last year with only Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki (all in Japan) making more than $3 million from sponsors and merchandise. The NFL’s top 10 made $55 million from endorsements, led by Peyton Manning at $12 million in 2013. The NHL lags even further behind with the 10 biggest stars making $15 million cumulatively.
“It’s gotta be the shoes,” Spike Lee told us 25 years ago, as his alter ego Mars Blackmon in a series of Nike commercials. And the gap between NBA players and others in team sports all starts with the shoes. The NBA’s biggest stars can command more than $10 million annually from Nike and Adidas . Nike represents almost half James’ off-court income, and James was the NBA’s leading shoe salesman in 2013 with $300 million in retail sales in the U.S. of his Nike signature shoes, according to research firm SportsOneSource. Rose signed a 13-year, $185 million contract with Adidas in 2012. A $1 million a year shoe deal is extremely rare for an NFL or MLB star. Basketball players move product unlike their counterparts in other sports.
Basketball players can also take advantage of the global nature of the sport. Bryant has made trips to China the past eight years for Nike and he is one of the brand’s main chips in its battle against Adidas in China. Bryant partnered with Turkish Airlines in 2010 and has been featured in commercials with global soccer star Lionel Messi. James’ Dunkin’ Donuts deal is for Asia only, and he entered into a new partnership with Chinese Internet services firm Tencent last year. These deals are not available to football and baseball players.
Source: Forbes
The NBA's Endorsement All-Stars 2014
NBA endor money compared to MLB players
IllmaticDelta
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Where them MLB players at?
The latter is true but you always hear about who MLB owners are donating to in the news.
Jake Arrieta saying slick shyt about Liberals was news for DAYS. Even fukking Theo had to come out and say something about it
All sports are infiltrated by politics. The MLB is not different. You can't deny that.
None of this true.