Post#32 » by Lees » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:53 am
In the UK it's pretty much just football that hits crazy levels of popularity. Rugby is popular too, but even that doesn't hit the heights of football. I've always found it strange that we love football so much but we're 1) terrible at it 2) living in a country where it rains most of the year.
Basketball has a good cult following in the UK, like most American sports. The NBA games that are held here always sell out, but it's never covered in the news unless something big happens, like LeBron going home or the Donald Sterling stuff. We even have our own league here, the BBL (British Basketball League) and I support and go to the games of my home team (The Glasgow Rocks). But even the British league gets so mainstream media coverage here, which is a shame.