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FUN FAN FACTS
* Testoterone levels in male fans rises about 20 percent when their team wins.
* Estimated number of Harlequin romance novels that will feature NASCAR races: 22
* Seventy percent of NFL-licensed merchandise is purchased by female fans.
SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SPORTSDIRECT INC.
TOP SELLERS
The Collegiate Licensing Company ranks the top 75 selling universities, representing royalties from Oct. 1, 2007, through Dec. 31, 2007, on all collegiate merchandise sold. Here is the latest Top 10 list:
1. University of Texas at Austin
2. University of Michigan
3. University of Notre Dame
4. University of Florida
5. University of Georgia
6. University of Alabama
7. Pennsylvania State University
8 University of North Carolina
9. Louisiana State University
10. University of Tennessee at Knoxville
NOTE: Duke University is ranked 33rd, and East Carolina University is ranked 55th. N.C. State University is not ranked in this group.
THE COLLEGIATE LICENSING COMPANY
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These people may have high-flying careers and millions to their names, but when it comes to team loyalties, they're no different from the average Canes fan.JACK NICHOLSONTeam: L.A. LakersMovie producers are rumored to work around the Lakers' home game schedule to accommodate Nicholson's longtime passion.SPIKE LEETeam: New York KnicksThe filmmaker grew up going to Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. "The love is, in a way, genetic; it gets passed down, handed down, generation to generation," he told ESPN.com in 2001.EVA LONGORIA PARKERTeam: San Antonio SpursIt doesn't hurt that her hunky husband is point guard for the team.ASHLEY JUDDTeam: Kentucky WildcatsThe University of Kentucky alumna says basketball galvanizes residents of a diverse state. "An airline pilot once told my Nana that when he flies over the state, he can tell when UK is playing because the roads are empty," she wrote in a 2004 issue of Sports Illustrated.STEPHEN KINGTeam: Boston Red SoxWhen he wrote "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," published in 1999, he probably didn't have to do much hard research on his beloved Sox.
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