Sports and Globalization Go Hand in Hand

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Across
  1. 5. NHL owner who didn’t like the NHL growing to 12 teams in 1967
  2. 6. German car company that has the naming rights to the Atlanta Falcons' stadium
  3. 9. Number of teams the Major League Cricket has in the U.S.
  4. 11. Fans know that _____ helps sports grow
  5. 13. The percentage of foreign-born players in MLB in 2024
  6. 14. The league where Manu Ginóbili and Yao Ming became stars.
  7. 15. Purchased the Milwaukee Bucks for $18 million in 1985 and sold the team for $550 million in 2014
Down
  1. 1. The sport with 70% foreign-born players in its major North American league.
  2. 2. New sports leagues want big _____ and investors.
  3. 3. Country that has rules like export controls on players who want to join MLB
  4. 4. Spectator sports make up about _____ of the US entertainment industry’s
  5. 7. Name given to many Russian players all joining the NHL at once after the Soviet Union fell
  6. 8. The number of MLB teams that have training schools in the Dominican Republic
  7. 10. The country with the most foreign-born MLB players.
  8. 12. The sports league that grew from 6 to 32 teams since 1967