Updated: Aug 25, 2003, 12:28 PM

Vote: Is East/West bias for real?


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Jeremy Shockey has had his share of TV time.
We hear it all the time at ESPN. We show the New York Yankees too much love. We're pro Red Sox and anti-Mariners. Love the Giants, hate the Niners. The dreaded East Coast Bias.

But do these supposed East Coast and West Coast Biases really exist? Do they rear their ugly heads on the playing field as well as your TV screen?

Cast your votes below and see how your opinion stacks up to the rest of SportsNation.

  • 1) Where are you from?
  • 2) Media coverage of sports is . . .
  • 3) Athletes in the East . . .
  • 4) Which is worse?
  • 5) How do you explain Jeremy Shockey?
  • 6) How do you explain Barry Bonds?
  • 7) Which is the best example of West Coast Bias?
  • 8) What about the Midwest?
  • 9) Where do you notice East or West Coast Bias the most?
  • 10) If the East Coast and West Coast had a no-holds-barred, anything-goes, last-coast-standing, steel-cage match, who would win?

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