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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:51 pm Posts: 646 Location: The Swamps of Jersey
New Jersey
1) Most memorable sports moment?
36.9% Seton Hall loses to Michigan in overtime of NCAA basketball final (1989)
20.7% New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings to win Stanley Cup, first for franchise (1995)
13.2% Toms River wins Little League World Series, first U.S. win since 1993 (1998)
8.3% Princeton upsets defending champion UCLA 43-41 in first round of NCAA Tournament (1996)
5.9% New Jersey Devils lose Eastern Conference finals in second overtime of Game 7 vs. Rangers (1994)
4.2% Carl Lewis wins gold in long jump for fourth Olympics in a row, tying record with nine overall individual golds (1996)
3.9% New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars in six games to win second Stanley Cup (2000)
3.0% Jack Nicklaus wins U.S. Open at Baltusrol, with then-record score of 272 (1980)
2.4% New Jersey Nets reach first NBA Finals, getting swept by the Lakers (2002)
2) Favorite sport?
37.9% Basketball
31.7% Football
16.5% Baseball
8.7% Hockey
3.3% Soccer
1.2% Golf
0.6% Auto racing
3) Favorite pro team?
17.9% New York Giants
17.5% Philadelphia Eagles
17.0% New York Yankees
12.2% Philadelphia 76ers
9.5% New Jersey Devils
7.2% New York Mets
5.8% New York Jets
4.3% New York Rangers
3.9% New Jersey Nets
1.9% Philadelphia Phillies
1.6% Philadelphia Flyers
1.2% New York Knicks
4) Favorite state team?
36.9% Seton Hall (basketball)
19.0% New Jersey Devils
18.6% Rutgers Univ. (football)
11.2% New Jersey Nets
6.9% Rutgers Univ. (basketball)
6.6% Princeton (basketball)
0.8% Princeton (football)
5) Best rivalry?
49.5% Seton Hall vs. Rutgers (basketball)
37.5% New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers
8.2% New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks
4.8% Princeton vs. Dartmouth (football)
6) Best homegrown product?
32.6% Carl Lewis (track and field)
17.1% Paul Robeson (football, baseball, track)
12.4% Joe Theismann (football)
12.2% Rick Barry (basketball)
10.5% Franco Harris (football)
4.7% Orel Hershiser (baseball)
4.6% Claudio Reyna (soccer)
1.4% Amos Alonzo Stagg (football)
1.3% Goose Goslin (baseball)
1.2% Don Newcombe (baseball)
0.6% Anne Donovan (basketball)
0.6% Joe Medwick (baseball)
0.5% Renaldo Nehemiah (track and field)
0.3% Dick Button (figure skating)
7) Best in-state college or pro career?
30.0% Craig Biggio, Seton Hall
23.4% Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
12.6% Bill Bradley, Princeton
11.6% Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers
10.8% Jason Kidd, New Jersey Nets
4.9% Mo Vaughn, Seton Hall
3.7% Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils
1.7% Drazen Petrovic, New Jersey Nets
0.5% Ken Daneyko, New Jersey Devils
0.4% Buck Williams, New Jersey Nets
Best place to watch an event?
34.0% Giants Stadium (New York Giants and Jets)
29.3% Continental Airlines Arena (New Jersey Nets)
24.9% Louis Brown Athletic Center (Rutgers basketball)
11.8% Baltusrol Golf Club (golf)
9) Favorite personality or historical figure?
26.1% Frank Sinatra (musician)
24.7% Bruce Springsteen (musician)
10.9% Thomas Edison (inventor)
8.3% Jack Nicholson (actor)
7.0% Dave Thomas (Wendy's founder)
6.7% Jon Bon Jovi (musician)
6.2% Denzel Washington (actor)
2.9% Jason Alexander (actor)
1.9% Tom Cruise (actor)
1.9% Paul Simon (musician)
1.4% John Travolta (actor)
1.0% Kevin Spacey (actor)
0.5% Lauryn Hill (musician)
0.4% Martha Stewart (television)
0.2% Meryl Streep (actress)
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:43 am Posts: 18418 Location: Anytown, USA Gender: Male
^what a bunch of crap for PA. the only 3 i agreed with were The Big 5 as the best rivalry, Ben Franklin, and Mario Lemieux.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:53 pm Posts: 8066 Location: Las Vegas via Rockford (Roscoe), IL Gender: Female
PhilPritchard wrote:
parchy wrote:
Colorado:
56.7% Denver Broncos 21.5% Colorado Avalanche 10.4% Denver Nuggets 3.7% Colorado Rockies 3.0% Dallas Cowboys 2.9% New York Yankees 1.8% Utah Jazz
Fifth in your own state! The Cowboys may be more popular than bread when they get good again
And the Avs in second? That's awesome.
They should have been first.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:53 pm Posts: 8066 Location: Las Vegas via Rockford (Roscoe), IL Gender: Female
NEVADA
Why even bother with this state? I mean really.
1) Most memorable sports moment?
38.4% Mike Tyson bites Evader Holyfield's ear in third round of heavyweight bout (1997)
38.2% UNLV beats Duke 103-73 for NCAA basketball title (1990)
8.2% Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns fight, called ''best short fight in history'' by HBO (1985)
4.2% UNLV loses to Duke in Final Four following undefeated regular season (1991)
3.6% Riddick Bowe-Evander Holyfield II interrupted by ''Fan Man'' parachutist (1993)
1.9% Mark Martin wins inaugural Winston Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1998)
1.8% Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield fight sets record for largest gate at $16,860,300 (1999)
1.2% Larry Holmes-George Cooney fight in front of record boxing crowd of 29,214 (1982)
2) Favorite sport? **Where's hockey? We have a minor league team here and there are a lot of Avs and Wings fans in town.**
34.2% Football
25.2% Basketball
20.4% Boxing
10.5% Baseball
2.8% Golf
2.5% Auto racing
2.4% Soccer
1.8% Horse Racing
3) Favorite pro team? **I don't like any of these teams.**
20.9% Los Angeles Angels
19.0% Los Angeles Lakers
13.1% Phoenix Suns
11.0% Los Angeles Dodgers
9.2% Oakland Raiders
9.1% San Francisco 49ers
6.8% Sacramento Kings
5.5% Arizona Diamondbacks
5.4% San Francisco Giants
4) Favorite state team?
49.6% UNLV (basketball)
26.2% Univ. of Nevada (basketball)
14.3% Univ. of Nevada (football)
5.4% Las Vegas 51s (baseball)
4.6% UNLV (football)
5) Best homegrown product?
47.1% Andre Agassi (tennis)
31.1% Greg Maddux (baseball)
9.5% Mills Lane (refereeing)
5.7% Matt Williams (baseball)
3.0% Greg Anthony (basketball)
1.9% Gerald Riggs (football)
1.7% Kurt Busch (auto racing)
7) Best place to watch an event? **I say the Orleans Arena (LV Wranglers Hockey).**
30.1% Caesar's Palace (boxing)
25.1% Lawlor Events Center (Univ. of Nevada basketball)
21.4% Thomas & Mack Arena (UNLV basketball)
18.3% MGM (boxing)
5.0% Cashman Field (Las Vegas 51s)
Should Las Vegas have a team in one of the four major professional leagues?
65.0% Yes
35.0% No
9) Favorite Las Vegas casinio?
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