It is well known that in United Statess, there is a whole culture around their fanaticism for sports among all the fans of the most popular disciplines in the country, to the extent that this October 30 there is a convergence that has been called the Sports Equinoxwhere the best competitions are held almost simultaneously.
It is a date that has only occurred 30 times throughout sporting history in the country of the stars and stripes, where the NBAthe NHLthe NFL and the MLB, the four largest leagues in American sports, will hold games on the same day; some even at the same time.
A rarely seen phenomenon
Considering that the average age of the four leagues is a minimum of 75 years, seeing the 30th sporting equinox in history may not be so impressive when you consider that it would be equivalent to almost 50 percent of years passed. If it is based on the minimum average of 75 years, however, multiple factors reveal that this is not the case.
The first recorded history dates back to October 17, 1971, just over 52 years ago, and even between 1985 and 2001 this event stopped occurring, something that seems to have become more common since 2015, since it has happened every year, and always in the tenth month of the current year, when the NBA and the NHLwhile American football is in its middle part and the MLB in the definition of his World Series.
The main cause of the coincidence has been mainly due to the extension of the calendar of the NFLwhich in recent years, in addition to adding an extra week to its regular season and extending the postseason with an extra wild card game, established Thursday night games.
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The Sports Equinox matches
This October 30, in the Sports Equinoxgame 3 of the Fall Classic will be played MLB in between Texas Rangers y Arizona Diamondbacks; in the NFLwill end week 8 with the duel between Las Vegas Raiders y Detroit Tigers; in the NHL There will be 9 games scheduled during the day, and in the NBA There will be a total of 11 commitments.
Although it does not have the same popularity in the United States, this Monday the ceremony of the Ballon d’Or 2023 from France Football magazine, where Lionel Messi won his eighth recognition as the best player, while in the MLS and in several European leagues, there were also several matches.
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2023-10-30 23:31:48
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