Sports provide a common rallying point for groups of individuals who come from similar backgrounds and have similar values. Fans in Cleveland and Pittsburgh are from hard-working, blue-collar cities and they like their teams to exhibit these same traits. People in Miami and LA are used to glitz and glamour and lives lived in the fast lane, and they too like to see these traits exhibited in their teams. Conversely, sports can also bring people together and form common grounds that might not otherwise be there. Americans of all different backgrounds cheer together for the U.S. National Teams or Michael Phelps, for instance.

This is a topic that we could talk about forever. For so many of us, sports were an intricate part of the fabric of childhoods and it continues into adulthood. So many cherished memories that people have stem from sports events that they participated in or watched.

Thanks for starting a conversation on this topic. A very auspicious and well-written debut.