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Pretty Cool: Find out which athlete your state Googles the most

This is pretty neat….

It looks like the United States has LeBron James on its collective mind.

Most Popular Athletes by StateLeBron, in dark blue, clearly dominates the map.
LeBron topped the list of the most-Googled athletes in the country, coming in first in 24 of 50 states, according to besttickets.com. His influence extends into unexpected places — why else would New Yorkers be searching for him more than, say, Derek Jeter? The other most-Googled athletes make a certain kind of geographic sense: Peyton Manning takes a swath of states near Colorado but also trends in his former homes of Indiana and Tennessee, and Tom Brady is followed by most of New England.

Check out the full article and all the top Googled athletes.