Sports viewing is more ingrained in Thanksgiving than all the major U.S. holidays. There's always something to be said about plopping down to take in a baseball game on the Fourth of July or an NBA game on Christmas. But settling into the deepest crease of the couch after two or three servings more than you really need to take in NFL football is a truly ubiquitous experience.
In recent years it's spread beyond Thanksgiving, too. Black Friday is now home to multiple NFL games on top of all the high school and college games to enjoy, and there's NBA on, too. With Black Friday also a bank holiday in the United States that makes Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving truly elite days of sports-viewing. Especially if you aren't big into shopping.
