Editing Americas (section)

== Culture ==
{{Main|Culture of North America|Culture of Latin America}}

=== Sports ===
{{See also|Pan American Championship}}
[[Baseball]] is one of the most popular sports in the Americas, having spread through the hemisphere after the growth of US influence in the late 19th century. It [[History of cricket#Decline in baseball-playing countries|overtook cricket]], a fellow bat-and-ball sport spread by earlier British influence, in most places outside of the [[Commonwealth Caribbean]]. Other [[American sports]], such as [[basketball]], have grown throughout the region over time.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317980360 |title=Mapping an Empire of American Sport |date=2013-09-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-98036-0 |editor-last=Dyreson |editor-first=Mark |edition=0 |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781315872971 |editor-last2=Mangan |editor-first2=J.A. |editor-last3=Park |editor-first3=Roberta J.}}</ref>