Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
“I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.”
“Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.”