One of the primary complaints about ESPN's coverage of sports is that they hype the same athletes and teams over and over again. You know, the Heat Index, Tebowmania and all that. It was always something you knew they were doing, but couldn't (or didn't take the time to) prove. Until now...
A team of Deadspin writers watched SportsCenter with a critical eye for the last year and compiled some fascinating results. It shouldn't surprise any ESPN watchers that LeBron James was the most-mentioned athlete on SportsCenter last year, but it was interesting how the mentions of Jeremy Lin came at a torrent and then quickly faded away, especially after Lin moved to the Rockets.
Speaking of teams, the ones mentioned the most weren't necessarily the ones that won the most, but the teams that were the most valuable. No surprise there: it seems like SportsCenter covered the popular teams no matter what. If they won, then the stories focused on how great they were; if they lost, the stories were about the fall and potential rise.
There's too much to get into here--for the full scoop, definitely check out the article.
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