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Updated with results from the Chase for the Nextel Cup and MLS Cup. Here's my listing of American sports, grouped in a similar manner to college teams, for the month of January 2007. This aims to be mostly a listing by popularity, trying to find where these sports stand in American culture. However, it's effectively a ranking by TV ratings.

Table:July 2006 Sports Listing
Sport Comments
The Majors
NFL The king for the foreseeable future. Can the next commish maintain the advantage?
College Football The Rose Bowl nearly got as good ratings as the Oscars, but losing all the stars of that game to the NFL could sap momentum.
(Estimated place for Winter Olympics)
MLB Even at their lowest, the World Series ratings still outdo the NBA Finals.
NBA Ratings for Game 6: 10.1. Ratings for the National Championship: 11.2. Before you cite Bracket Madness, consider that certain high-profile regular season college games beat the pros.
College Basketball A down year for the national championship game just barely fell behind the Daytona 500 in the ratings. Tournament is still America's office-pool past-time. Big regular season games actually beat NBA regular-season games.
Big Individuals
Golf If Tiger and Phil can have some nice rivalry moments at majors, maybe they'll lead golf to challenge for the major spots.
NASCAR I scoffed at the 11.3 "record" rating for the Daytona 500 - so weak compared to the NFL and college football! (I only started comparing TV ratings this year.) But it only falls to the football and Olympics. The Chase gets 4's and 5's, lowering its rating by way of "core" fanbase counting more. That still absoultely crushes the Stanley Cup Finals.
NHL With this rating, the "big individual" label is not quite accurate. This could be the new "mid-major" category.
Tennis Turned out to be better and worse than expected. Better because of the WNBA stinkjob, worse because the US Open numbers looked like they would be over-3 and turned out to be rather mediocre.
IRL This thing would rate a lot higher (where NASCAR is now) if as many people watched the IRL that watch the Indy 500.
Mid-Majors
WNBA Stop pumping up your league as a league on the rise and start actually becoming a league on the rise. That's all I have to say.
MLS Beats the WNBA Finals by a good .2, but I'm partly convinced that's because they're on broadcast and the WNBA isn't even on regular ESPN.
Arena Football The Arena League suddenly looks like it belongs. But can we get some ratings for more minor leagues, like lacrosse or the MISL, in here?

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Current champions in all major sporting events
Major Event Champion Next Match
WNBA Finals Detroit Shock Just crowned
US Open (tennis) Women RussiaMaria Sharapova Just crowned
US Open (tennis) Men SwitzerlandRoger Federer Just crowned
IndyCar Series Season Sam Hornish Jr. Just crowned
US Open Cup Los Angeles Galaxy September 27, 2006
World Series Chicago White Sox
Champ Car World Series Sebastian Bourdais November 12, 2006
MLS Cup Los Angeles Galaxy November 12, 2006
Chase for the Nextel Cup Vacant (Tony Stewart eliminated)
BCS National Championship Game Texas Longhorns
Australian Open Women FranceAmelie Mauresmo
Australian Open Men SwitzerlandRoger Federer
Super Bowl XL Pittsburgh Steelers
Daytona 500 Jimmie Johnson
NBA All-Star Game Eastern Conference
Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Florida Gators
Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament Maryland Terrapins
The Masters Phil Mickelson
Kentucky Derby Barbaro
Preakness Stakes Bernardini
Indianapolis 500 Sam Hornish Jr.
Belmont Stakes Jazil
French Open Women BelgiumJustine Henin-Hardenne
French Open Men SpainRafael Nadal
ArenaBowl XX Chicago Rush
US Open (golf) Geoff Ogilvy
Stanley Cup Playoffs Carolina Hurricanes
NBA Finals Miami Heat
Wimbledon Women FranceAmelie Mauresmo
Wimbledon Men SwitzerlandRoger Federer
British Open Tiger Woods
PGA Championship Tiger Woods
colspan=3 Less-than-yearly events
Summer Olympics Next in Beijing 2008
Winter Olympics Next in Vancouver 2010
2010 World Baseball Classic JapanJapan
2010 FIFA World Cup ItalyItaly

WNBA Playoff Bracket

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Conf. Semifinals Conf. Finals WNBA Finals
         
1 Los Angeles 2
4 Seattle 1
1 Los Angeles 0
Western Conference
2 Sacramento (DC) 2
2 Sacramento (DC) 2
3 Houston 0
W2 Sacramento (DC) 2
E2 Detroit 3
1 Connecticut 2
4 Washington 0
1 Connecticut 1
Eastern Conference
2 Detroit 2
2 Detroit 2
3 Indiana 0

Morgan Wick salutes the
Detroit Shock
2006 WNBA Champions

MLL Playoff Bracket

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The Baltimore Bayhawks are not in this year's playoffs to defend last year's title.

Conf. Finals (or Semifinals) New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship Game
      
W1 Denver Outlaws 23
W2 San Francisco Dragons 14
W1 Denver Outlaws 12
E1 Philadelphia Barrage 23
E1 Philadelphia Barrage 17
E2 Boston Cannons 12

Morgan Wick salutes the
Philadelphia Barrage
2006 New Balance Major League Lacrosse Champions

Octofinals Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final
            
  DC United 2
  Columbus Crew 1
DC United 3
New York Red Bulls 1
  New York Red Bulls 2
  Wilmington Hammerheads 1
DC United 0
Chicago Fire 3
  Chicago Fire 2
  Kansas City Wizards 0
Chicago Fire 2
New England Revolution 1
  New England Revolution 2
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 0
Chicago Fire
Los Angeles Galaxy
  Los Angeles Galaxy 0 (5)
  Roma FC 0 (4)
Los Angeles Galaxy 3
Colorado Rapids 1
  Colorado Rapids 1
  Real Salt Lake 0
Los Angeles Galaxy 3
Houston Dynamo 1
  Houston Dynamo 4
  Carolina Dynamo 2
Houston Dynamo 3
FC Dallas 0
  FC Dallas 3 (5)
  Charleston Battery 3 (3)

Complete Brackets

Morgan Wick salutes
Roger Federer
2006 US Open Men's Champion
Maria Sharapova
2006 US Open Women's Champion
Martin Damm and Leander Paes
2006 US Open Men's Doubles Champions
Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva
2006 US Open Women's Doubles Champions
Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan
2006 US Open Mixed Doubles Champions
Dusan Lojda
2006 US Open Boys' Champion, and
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2006 US Open Girls' Champion

IRL Standings

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Final Standings Points
Back
Sam Hornish Jr. 475 Leader
Dan Wheldon 475 0
Helio Castroneves 473 -2
Scott Dixon 460 -15

Hornish wins championship (Hornish: 4 wins, Wheldon: 2 wins)

Morgan Wick salutes
Sam Hornish Jr.
2006 IndyCar Series Champion

Standings
Entering Chase
Points
Back
Matt Kenseth 3785 Leader
Jimmie Johnson 3728 -57
Kevin Harvick 3481 -304
Kyle Busch 3424 -361
Denny Hamlin (R) 3348 -437
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3338 -447
Mark Martin 3336 -449
Jeff Burton 3322 -463
Jeff Gordon 3321 -464
Kasey Kahne 3319 -466
Tony Stewart ELIMINATED 3303 -482 -16
To be eligible for the Chase without being in top 10,
a driver must be within 400 points of leader.

MLB Race to the Playoffs

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"Magic numbers" do not include tiebreakers. There can be a 0 magic number.

AL West W L Pct. GB WC
Athletics 91 66 0.58
Tragic Number for no better than 3: 1
Angels 85 72 0.541 6 9
Rangers 79 79 0.5 12.5 15.5
Mariners 76 82 0.481 15.5 18.5
NL West W L Pct. GB WC
Padres 85 72 0.541
Division Magic Number: 3
Dodgers 83 74 0.529 2
Wild Card Magic Number: 4
Giants 77 80 0.49 8 6
D'backs 74 83 0.471 11 9
Rockies 74 83 0.471 11 9
AL Central W L Pct. GB WC
Tigers 95 62 0.605
Division Magic Number: 4
Twins 94 63 0.599 1
White Sox 87 71 0.551 8.5 7.5
Indians 73 84 0.465 22 21
Royals 58 99 0.369 37 36
NL Central W L Pct. GB WC
Cardinals 80 76 0.513
Division Magic Number: 4
Astros 79 78 0.503 1.5 4
Reds 78 79 0.497 2.5 5
Tragic Number: 3
Brewers 73 85 0.462 8 10.5
Pirates 65 92 0.414 15.5 18
Cubs 64 94 0.405 17 19.5
AL East W L Pct. GB WC
Yankees 95 62 0.605
Games Behind Tigers: 0
Red Sox 84 74 0.532 11.5 10.5
Blue Jays 83 74 0.529 12 11
Orioles 68 89 0.433 27 26
Devil Rays 60 97 0.382 35 34
NL East W L Pct. GB WC
Mets 93 64 0.592 #1
Phillies 82 75 0.522 11 1
Braves 77 81 0.487 16.5 6.5
Marlins 76 81 0.484 17 7
Nationals 70 87 0.446 23 13

The Chicago White Sox are not in this year's playoffs to defend last year's title.

Division Series Lg. Champ. Series World Series
         
Detroit
A's/Yankees
 
American League
 
A's/Yankees
Minnesota
 
 
NY Mets
Wild Card/Central (West?) Winner
 
National League
 
West (Central?) Winner
Wild Card/Central (West?) Winner

College Football

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User:Morgan Wick/College Football

NFL

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AFC East W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Bills 1 1 Jets 1 1
Dolphins 0 2 Patriots 2 0
NFC East W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Cowboys 1 1 Giants 1 1
Eagles 1 1 Redskins 0 2
AFC North W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Bengals 2 0 Ravens 2 0
Browns 0 2 Steelers 1 1
NFC North W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Bears 2 0 Packers 0 2
Lions 0 2 Vikings 2 0
AFC South W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Colts 2 0 Texans 0 2
Jaguars 2 0 Titans 0 2
NFC South W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Buccaneers 0 2 Panthers 0 2
Falcons 2 0 Saints 2 0
AFC West W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Broncos 1 1 Chiefs 0 2
Chargers 2 0 Raiders 0 2
NFC West W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Cardinals 1 1 Rams 1 1
49ers 1 1 Seahawks 2 0

Coming in February

College Basketball

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Florida Gators
National Champions

NBA

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Miami Heat
2006 NBA Champions

NHL

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Carolina Hurricanes
2006 Stanley Cup Finals Champions

MISL

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Yes, I will follow the MISL on here. Yes, that's a ridiculously minor sport.

Arena Football League

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Cue spit take.