is the super bowl the largest sporting event in the world, or just in the U.S., or neither. Does anyone know?
93698
Uhm no, and not always. The olympics are the biggest.
120915
Take a look at \n\nhttp://football.about.com/od/superbowltrivia/a/superbowltrivia.htm
31285
It really depends on the part of the country. But for the most part Football is spreading its lead over baseball in the popularity contest. The games are faster, feature more action, and there are far fewer of them. The superbowl itself is the most watched sporting event in the United States.
1018109
what the hell is the world cup?
930535
People don't think that football is a popular sport.  IT IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD.  That's a fact.  You must be an American to ask a question like this.
1047740
i can not tell you whether USA is best in the NFL or NBA because NFL or NBA is played in USA only. you need to compare with some other countries in order to know who is the best. after i catched several year of NFL and NBA, i decided to leave it because it is sport games played and enjoy by one country only. \n\nwhat i can tell you about USA football team is they will not able to stand among elite team of football in near future according to perfomance of USA team in FIFA Football World Cup 2006 in Germany. \n\nthe big college scholarships and the dream of big money in NFL or NBA is only little compare to huge sum of money involve in football worldwide. there are more than billion people play football and it involve multi-billion dollar each year globally. \n\nin order to not make you confuse what i wrote here, football i mean here is the sport games played with leg and not hand.
1016066
The 2006 FIFA World Cup stands undisputed as the biggest television event on the planet. Four years ago, the cup was telecast in 213 countries, which carried a total of 41,100 hours of programming. The cumulative audience over the 25 match days was 28.8 billion viewers. (That, of course, is several times the population of the Earth. So it counted a viewer each time he or she watched a match — and, obviously, many viewers watched two or more matches.)\n      \nThe viewership for the World Cup final was pegged at 1.3 billion. By contrast, the NCAA men's basketball tournament games reached the low eight figures, at most, for individual games and maybe 24 million cumulatively. Last year's championship game was seen by 45.6 million viewers in the United States.\n\nThough the Olympics are the most diverse sporting event in the world, they are perhaps not the most popular. The FIFA World Cup in football (soccer) attracts more global interest, as measured by the larger television audience and Formula 1 auto racing also competes with the Olympics in terms of television viewership as well.\n\nFor example, the '96 Atlanta games anticipated average daily worldwide viewership of about 2 billion people, but they fell far short of that.
306167
Look no further than the true american sport...\nFootball (both NFL, College, and High School)\nThousands of Americans pack into stadiums each weekend for the events.
1082688
No, I don't think so. I mean, in 2002, they got to the Quarter Finals, so they're pretty  good. Even though they've never won, can you blame them? In America, soccer ( football ) is not the biggest sport played. It is Baseball, Football, and Basketball. The US soccer league ( MLS ) is not as big and rich as the NBA, or the NFL or the MLB, so you can't really get much fame off of it. In my opinion, USA should keep on trying and may eventually get to the finals.
1002316
I don't think the Superbowl winner makes a big deal out of being 'world' champs.  \n\nEach NFL team is from a US city, so the game is not "the USA versus the USA" - it's more a case of San Francisco versus New York.  See the difference?\n\nWould be cool someday to see a Superbowl where New York played Paris or Tokyo...
330946
Thats a good Question, but the answer is No. The World Cup is the most well known sporting event across the world, and if something like that took place, I beleave it would have a bad effect, not only on the World Cup, but on the sport of Soccer as well, and seeing how soccer is starting to become a huge sport in the states, I hope something like a war between two countrys would not have an affect on such a beautiful sport.
338224
AROUND HALF THE GLOBE!!!! 3 BILLION... CHECK THAT NUMBER!! AMERICANS... ITS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD!!
54279
the rolling stones\n\nhere's the official site information on the event:\n\nhttp://www.superbowl.com/features/entertainment
422814
Being that you placed this question in the American Football category, i am going to say none of the above.\n\nAmerican Football has never been an Olympic event thus no one won the atlanta 96 Olympic.\n\nCategorize your question correctly for best results.
258717
This past year would have been an exception for me. I would have loved to see the Texas-USC game much more than the Seattle-Pittsburgh game. The Rose Bowl was much more exciting than the Super Bowl. I think that was a pretty boring Super Bowl. In any other year, I would have wanted to see the Super Bowl more than the College Football National Championship.
1102743
Of course. The world cup is the greatest sports stage in the world. The world cup is the world's best fighting for a gold trophy.\nPeople might say that olympic soccer is close but it is not seeing that no professionals can play. The world cup is the best.
255779
The World Cup is and will always be the biggest sporting event in the world. Every country in the world competes and dreams of being crowned the champions of the greatest sport in the history of sport. The best players in the world square off agaisnt team mates and friends, so it is not solely about the competition. It is about the entire world coming together to watch and participate in a common like. It is about passion and emotion even for those thousands of miles away. It is about nationalism, when a country becomes one in support for their team. To me, the world cup isnt even about the football (even though thats an amazing part of it) but its about the people who love the sport so much that the entire world unites together for a whole month and can forget about all their problems and instead focus on the  excitement and pure skill that is football.