<Li> TV viewing record measures the game with the most TV viewers in the U.S. since 2005 for each sport: 2016 Super Bowl, 2016 NBA Finals Game 7, 2016 World Series Game 7, 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, and 2010 Winter Olympics Gold medal ice hockey game . </Li> <Li> The column titled "States (HS)" represents the number of states that sponsor the sport at the high school level . </Li> <P> Football, known as American football outside the United States, has the most participants of any sport at both high school and college levels, the vast majority of its participants being male . </P> <P> The NFL is the preeminent professional football league in the United States . The NFL has 32 franchises divided into two conferences . After a 16 - game regular season, each conference sends six teams to the NFL Playoffs, which eventually culminate in the league's championship game, the Super Bowl . </P>

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