It'€™s official. Stephen Curry, according to a recent poll, is the favorite athlete of Millennials, the coveted 18-to-34 age demographic.
A company called 120 Sports conducted the Millennial poll. My own unofficial Killion Sports poll finds that Curry is also the favorite athlete of grandmas, elementary schoolchildren, middle-aged men, puppies, unicorns and pretty much every other demographic imaginable.
Which is why people who normally wouldn'€™t pay any attention to the NBA All-Star Game will be watching this weekend's Toronto event. Everybody loves Steph.
Curry, 27, has become the athletic symbol of his generation.
Curry is an underdog. A guy who was constantly discounted. For whom nothing was a sure thing. The only thing he could control was how hard he worked and how he responded to adversity.
Curry has topped the 120 Sports poll for the past two years.
Following Curry were the Texans' J.J. Watt, Angels outfielder Mike Trout, U.S. women'™s soccer player Alex Morgan and Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Soccer icon Lionel Messi placed seventh. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was 27th.
The next most popular NBA player was Chicago guard Jimmy Butler at No. 12. Kevin Durant ranked 14th and LeBron James came in all the way down at No. 30. Kobe Bryant, who isn'€™t a Millennial and who didn'€™t make the list a year ago, surfaced this year at No. 23, thanks to the hoopla surrounding his retirement.
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