re: What is the most popular professional sports franchise in your area?

I live in Birmingham AL and I'll run it down by sport:

Local team: Birmingham Barons (particularly from up the mountain, since they played a long time at the Hoover Met, but it will be interesting to see how much support the semi-Pro FB team will have)

MLB - Atlanta Braves by far
NFL - A good bit of Falcons, some Cowboys, some Steelers (really it's a hodge podge since there are so many kids that come out of HS playing for different NFL teams)
NBA - A good bit of Bulls paraphernalia, but the majority of people you ask are surprisingly Lakers fans, small contingents of Hawks and Grizzlies fams
NHL - The large majority and Preds fans

I'm an outlier to all of these

I'm a Tampa Bay Buccaneers, an Orlando Magic, Philadelphia Phillies, and St Louis Blues (if I HAD to choose an NHL team)