Article in the post. I was surprised by the rankings some. And very surprised by some random names on it.
What does everyone think?
Personally expected Beckham 1, Barkley now 2. Then maybe Porzingis followed by Manning. I get Eli as 1, bc he is such a marketable personality. But I find Judge extremely high. People under the age of 40 barley follow baseball.
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Barkley and Torres coming quickly.
What you should be surprised at is Hank still being ranked so high. Give Barkley time and I am sure if he performs well, he will be up there in no time.
I would put Mats Zuccarello on the list.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
injury is a factor. If he had another monstrous year last year he would be number 1.
There's a quote in her write-up that says, “She’s one of the most accomplished and talented players in New York that nobody knows about..." That's a little different from "most popular."
Beckham
Manning
Judge
Barkley
Porzingis but that will likely change since I think he sits the year, making way for Torres or deGromm (if he’s not traded)
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Say what you will about the Mets this year they're a disaster. But when the Islanders won Cups they still couldn't topple the Rangers in popularity
Funny thing is when the Mets actually win, they are as popular or perhaps even more popular than the Yankees.
I know this is 28 years old but it shows what the Mets being good through just 1984-1990 did.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/sports/mets-fans-by-3-1-poll-shows.html
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Wouldn’t be a normal day in the world without a Yankee fan taking a shot at the Mets.
Ho hum...
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add soccer, WNBA and Mets players.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Say what you will about the Mets this year they're a disaster. But when the Islanders won Cups they still couldn't topple the Rangers in popularity
Funny thing is when the Mets actually win, they are as popular or perhaps even more popular than the Yankees.
I know this is 28 years old but it shows what the Mets being good through just 1984-1990 did.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/sports/mets-fans-by-3-1-poll-shows.html
Mets fans are a bunch of good weather bandwagoners.
Popular doesn't necessarily mean "loved". Eli *might* be even more polarizing than Beckham at this point in his career.
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add soccer, WNBA and Mets players.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Say what you will about the Mets this year they're a disaster. But when the Islanders won Cups they still couldn't topple the Rangers in popularity
Funny thing is when the Mets actually win, they are as popular or perhaps even more popular than the Yankees.
I know this is 28 years old but it shows what the Mets being good through just 1984-1990 did.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/sports/mets-fans-by-3-1-poll-shows.html
Mets fans are a bunch of good weather bandwagoners.
Mets fans are actually some of the more loyal, they have to be because they have had to endure so many bad years.
As far as reasons behind their popularity when good. I have always heard mentioned that NY had a lot of National League rooted fans as the reason.
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add soccer, WNBA and Mets players.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Say what you will about the Mets this year they're a disaster. But when the Islanders won Cups they still couldn't topple the Rangers in popularity
Funny thing is when the Mets actually win, they are as popular or perhaps even more popular than the Yankees.
I know this is 28 years old but it shows what the Mets being good through just 1984-1990 did.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/sports/mets-fans-by-3-1-poll-shows.html
The Mets had the advantage of replacing two popular baseball teams in many fans' eyes. Many fans of the Dodgers and Giants immediately became fans when the team was first formed.
The Islanders never had that. They had to extract a fan base from an area that already had an existing team. When they were in the middle of their dynasty they had still only been playing for 10 years.
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add soccer, WNBA and Mets players.
OBJ is #1 on that list. The dude is arguably the most popular and polarizing player in all of the NFL.
Wouldn’t be a normal day in the world without a Yankee fan taking a shot at the Mets.
Ho hum...
He certainly is popular but I don’t think for the right reasons
As for the WNBA and the other weird entries. That is the media world we live in, I don’t have a clue who they are myself. The WNBA is below at least 25 sports on my lost of things to watch.