# Why don't American news shows have sports ?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-american-news-shows-have-sports/359466 "2006-06-05T09:35:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-american-news-shows-have-sports/359466/81 "2006-06-07T05:51:22Z")

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> [@Martini Enfield](#):
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> Similarly, I’m sure most people in the US couldn’t name a rugby player besides Jonah Lomu. It goes both ways.

Who? Didn’t he get swallowed by a whale or something?

😃

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