New York, N.Y. — February 1, 2010 — Football season comes to a close this week, pitchers and catchers will soon report to Spring Training, and this is the prime time for the run to March Madness. As the season for one sport ends, another begins, but there will be some disappointed fans going through football withdrawal next week. Of those who follow one or more sport, over one-third (35%) say professional football is their favorite -- an increase of 4% over last year.
Baseball comes next as 16% of sports followers say that is their favorite sport, followed by 12% who say college football. Both of these are unchanged from last year. Football leads over baseball by 19 points; its lead between 2006 and 2008 was 15 points.
Next on the list of favorites are auto racing (which includes NASCAR) at 9%, then men’s professional basketball (5%), hockey (4%), men’s golf (4%), and men’s college basketball (3%).
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,276 adults surveyed online between December 7 and 14, 2009 by Harris Interactive.
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