Mark Dolliver's Takes: The Sports Standings

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Baseball might be more popular these days if players raced around the bases in stock cars. A Harris Poll on Americans’ interest (or lack thereof) in sports shows most major team sports weakening in their grip on the public, even as auto racing gains new fans. When people were asked whether they follow various sports, pro football topped the list. But its tally was down to 60 percent from 66 percent in 1998. Also in decline from 1998 were college football (46 percent vs.

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