New York Sports News

is ridiculously biased. no matter how the two teams are playing, the lead story is always about the Yankees. when they're winning and the Mets are losing, that's an obvious news choice. but last year the Mets and the Yankees ended with nearly identical won-loss rations, which-- let's face it-- was a much bigger story for the Mets than for the Yanks. never the less, the lead story on the back pages and local news broadcasts was far more often than not about the Yankees. this year it's even more egregious-- the lead stories are usually about how the Yankees are blowing their season, followed by stories about how the Mets are winning.

two examples, one from each of the last two games:

• though the picture on this morning's sports cover of the Daily News was of Endy hitting his homer last night, the headline-- "10 Count "-- was in reference to the Yanks being 10 games behind Boston in their division, and the sub-headline ("Endy's homer has Bombers on ropes as AL East gap widens") doesn't even mention that the team that put the Yanks 10 back is the Mets, and they're from... oh! that's right! New York!
  
• the Mets won the second game of the series tonight, and the first thing out of Bruce Beck's mouth on the 11 o'clock news tonight was "The Yankees lost another game tonight..." no doubt that's true, but given the fact that the winning team hails from the same city as the losing team, would it kill you to say "the Mets won again tonight..."?!

all this bias among sports writers and broadcasters makes me love Sue Simmons all the more. she's a Mets fan, doesn't ever try to hide it, and can be counted on to make a comment after Beck's report that will warm the heart of any else who loves her team.