ESPN loves whatever teams won the championship last season. Expect Marlinmania on Baseball Tonight.
This goes for the NHL as well...Steve "Out With a Bulging Dick" Levy said "There's no reason why the New Jersey Devils won't win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in ten years." From the looks of things, somebody found a reason! ESPN also adores the "3D" (Detroit, Denver, and Dallas) plus the Rangers. Judging by the fact that there are more nationally televised Hawks home games (2 or 3) a year than regional (zero), somebody's got a soft spot for the Hawks there. They shit on the Senators, and the other Canadian teams for that matter. The worst was not televising Ottawa's first round against Long Island but having no qualms about that action-packed Jersey-Boston series. I know, it's not like they won the freaking President's Trophy in 2003, but still.