… On the eve of the World Cup, 28 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’re fans of the sport – 10 percent, “big” fans. That trails interest in professional football, baseball and basketball, though it’s similar to fan levels for professional hockey. There’s a huge […] Read more »
Poll Finds a Tie Game on Sterling Sale
Americans divide essentially evenly on whether Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling should have been forced to sell his team after being recorded making racist comments in a private conversation – possibly a moot question, but a contentious one nonetheless. CONT. Ryan Struyk, ABC News Read more »
Michael Sam and the NFL draft
Michael Sam, the University of Missouri defensive lineman who publicly announced he is gay, will participate in this year’s NFL Draft. What impact, if any, will Sam’s sexual orientation have on his NFL prospects? Close to two-thirds of football fans nationally — 65% — do not think it will make […] Read more »
Wide Support for Sterling’s Punishment, Though There Are Racial Divides
As the fallout continues from the disclosure of racist remarks made by Donald Sperling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, a national New York Times/CBS News poll showed that while there is wide support for the actions taken by the N.B.A., there are deep racial divisions among basketball fans. […] Read more »
Donald Sterling’s punishment: Poll reveals racial divide
A majority of Americans think lifetime ban and fine imposed on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was the right punishment, but the public is more divided on whether Sterling should be forced to sell the team. … Black Americans (71 percent) are more likely than whites (52 percent) to […] Read more »
To Gauge Americans’ Interest in the World Cup, Ask Some People in Spanish
A recent poll finding most Americans don’t care about this year’s World Cup says more about polling challenges than it does about interest in the global soccer tournament. An Ipsos/Reuters poll this month said 66 percent of Americans don’t plan to follow the World Cup this June and July in […] Read more »