Mon. 04/30/07 05:01 PM
This is a subject I'm sure I'm not the only one who has ponderd. I would like to see someone comment or write a story on the absence of in-depth reporting on Detroit teams. I moved out to Houston, Tx in January of this year. I knew that I would be subject to a barage of Astro/Texan/Rockets/ you get the idea, stories and reporting. But seeing this also reaffirmed my contention that the Detroit sports scene is all but non-existant throughout the nation.
Aside from the Red Wings, the Pistons have been a viable NBA franchise since the 80's. However, watching a game on TNT or ESPN/ABC is comparitive to viewing a practice squad against the starting 5 in that the comments and views are so heavily slanted towards whom ever our opponent is that night. Same with a Fox or ESPN broadcasted Tigers game. I could of swore I heard discontent in the voice of John Miller and who ever his color commentator was during last years epic run. (Joe Buck was the only anchor who had a slight resonance of excitement in his voice during the "in the air to left field, the Tigers march to the World Series" play call. I mean, that wasn't even on ESPN's plays of the year!!!) Is it just me or is there an agenda against Detroit, blue collar sports?
