Gridiron Soccer is the King of Sports, the most popular sport in the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nation. In The King of Sports, Easterbrook tells the whole story of how football has become deeply ingrained in American culture. Gridiron football is the king of sports—it is the most popular sport in one of the world’s most powerful and prosperous countries. In The King of Sports, Easterbrook explores the entire narrative of how soccer became so ingrained in American culture.