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•  Several popular professional sports, including football, are played in winter.
•  Most sports experts believe football is the favorite sport to watch in the United States.
•  Since 1994, the sports broadcasting network ESPN has been studying the subject.
•  Their experts ask tens of thousands of Americans what sporting events they like to watch best.
•  This includes attending the event and watching it on television at home.
•  National Football League competition has finished in first place for many years.
•  However, both professional and college basketball always rates in the top five.
•  Basketball competition starts in autumn and continues throughout the winter into spring.
•  One of America's favorite spectator sports takes place almost all year long.
•  NASCAR, the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, has huge live and television audiences.
•  The races take place mainly in the warm southern states.
•  Probably the most famous NASCAR race is the Daytona 500.
•  About 200,000 people attend the race.
•  Millions more watch it on television.
•  The winter sports Americans like to take part in often depend on where they live.
•  Many Americans love to downhill ski, for example.
•  But only people who live near snowy mountainous areas can ski a lot.
•  Ice skating and the game of ice hockey are also popular winter sports.
•  There are many indoor ice rinks in America.
•  So skaters can be active all year round.
•  The same is true of many sports normally thought of as warm weather activities.
•  Indoor tennis courts, soccer fields and rock climbing centers permit people to take part in these sports in all seasons.