If you're a baseball fan here is an interesting read...

[memphisbluesagain]

regarding the perceived East Coast bias for teams televised on ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=3534299

Teams televised and ratings for the teams.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3535837#figure1