Mark J. Burns
markjburns88.bsky.social
Mark J. Burns
@markjburns88.bsky.social
Assistant Dean, Pepin Academies • Belmont Law/Michigan • Contributor: Forbes SportsMoney
America’s Top 5 Most Popular Sports Teams:

1️⃣ Eagles
2️⃣ Yankees
3️⃣ Packers
4️⃣ Chiefs
5️⃣ Steelers

(via new Morning Consult data)
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Fox Sports projects 126 MILLION viewers for Super Bowl LIX, a record for the big game.
February 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“New Heights” podcast, co-hosted by Travis and Jason Kelce, deleted a congratulatory Eagles post on Twitter after being bullied by the Taylor Swift army.

This can’t be real life.
February 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
President Donald Trump is more popular among Chiefs fans than Eagles fans.

(Source: Morning Consult survey data, ht Ellyn Briggs)
February 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Taylor Swift fit for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans:

Blazer: TSL ($4,600)
Bag: Givenchy ($990)

(Source: Swiftly Styled / X)
February 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Taylor Swift has arrived at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
February 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Field view of Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

(via Sports Logos Net, Gridiron Uniform)
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NFL fans’ favorite brands in tech, entertainment, social and retail are Google, Netflix, YouTube and Amazon.

The NFL is in business with all of them.

(ht Ellyn Briggs / Morning Consult)
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A Tayvoodoo billboard surfaced on I95 in South Philly.

Apparently Tayvoodoo is a term made up by Taylor Swift supporters that is tied to her supposed “magic powers.”

Texas-based Tasty Clean and Boston-based marketing exec. and self-proclaimed Swiftie Jake Duhaime are behind the stunt.
February 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark is America’s favorite active athlete, male or female, per Morning Consult’s Ellyn Briggs.

(Source: Morning Consult survey data, open-ended written responses from 2,202 U.S. adults)
January 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Breakdown of Super Bowl LIX face value ticket prices:

(ht Darren Rovell/X)
January 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The WNBA is more popular than MLS among U.S. adults, per recent survey data:

(via Ellyn Briggs/Morning Consult)
January 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Surprised this hasn’t received more pub: new book about Barstool Sports hit shelves.

Barstool’s Dave Portnoy didn’t participate in the book.

Author Charlie Stanton posted on Reddit “there will be a public announcement in the coming months about a TV series based on the book.”
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is the most popular player in the NFL, per YouGov recent survey data.

(📸 @levakabas.bsky.social)
January 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Taylor Swift dressed in Louis Vuitton for the AFC Championship game in Kansas City.

Her beanie alone sells for $830.

(via Swiftly Styled/X)
January 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Top major pro sports leagues on TikTok, via @sportico.bsky.social:
January 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Stat of the Day: Netflix had 650,000+ signups in a 3 day window around the NFL Christmas Day games in 2024, per Antenna.

(via The Verge)
January 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
2 of the top 3 favorite football teams among college sports fans will play in the National Championship.

(Source: Morning Consult)
January 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Good breakdown from @sportico.bsky.social on which sports market has had the best run of the 21st century.
January 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Starting tonight, we have 5 straight days of College Football Playoff and NFL win-or-go-home games.

(via @kendallbaker.bsky.social)
January 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nearly 5 years later, sports are all the way back post COVID.

(📸 via @evakabas.bsky.social)
November 15, 2024 at 4:39 PM