Lazy L wrote:
To be honest, I think it's because the US is much better compared to the rest of the world at...
Golf
Auto Racing
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Americans don't like to lose. Furthermore, they have a very low tolerance for losing. Cycling only became popular when an American started to win. Soccer started to become popular about when the American women won the World Cup. Olympic sports with a history of American success (like, say, figure skating) are generally much more popular than the ones where other countries smoke the good ol' USA.
Our sprinters in general kill at the olympics. Basketball on the other hand sucks ass, we struggled to even get bronze. Baseball also sucks, as does auto racing.