Ed Goren

PHILADELPHIA -- The seeming increase in bad umpiring this postseason may just be a television- and Internet-created phenomenon.

Television executives will tell you publicly that they root for volume (e.g., a seven-game series) when it comes to postseason baseball. Privately, they root for the Cubs, Red Sox and Yankees.

Ask FOX Sports executives whom they are rooting for in this World Series and here's the answer you'll get:

They say being on TV adds 10 pounds, but does it also bloat the ERA? That is a question that should concern Yankees pitcher Al Leiter, whose postseason stints inside the FOX network booth could be hurting his...

National pride has always made for great television. The Olympics continues to thrill us even in an age of "Bodies by BALCO," and the last World Cup drew 28.8 billion viewers around the world. So imagine this...