Remember Sportschsnnel America/NewSport?

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I do. I remember reading that Spirtschannel America was shown in markets that didn’t have an affiliate but where I lived in Northern NJ, we had Sportschsnnel NY (now MSG Plus) AND Sportschsnnel America.

For those of you who remember, did Spirtschsnnel America/NewSport air overflow games in markets when the main affiliate couldn’t do so? Like did Sportschsnnel America/NewSport air let’s say NY Islanders games in the NY area exclusively when the Sportschsnnel NY couldn’t do so? The reason why I am asking this is that I remember when NewSport ceased operations, in my area, my cable system replaced it with an sports overflow channel called Sportschsnnel 2 (now MSG Plus 2).

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I remember them showing stuff on the Mets while being in Florida. My dad was being a fan liked that especially over TBS and WGN showing braves and cubs games. Teams he couldn't stand lol

[RKTaker]

i remember when MSG plus was Fox Sports NY never heard of sportchannel or newsport or whatever

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Jul 10, 2021 14:27:29 GMT -5 RKTaker said:

i remember when MSG plus was Fox Sports NY never heard of sportchannel or newsport or whatever

Sportschannel NY changed its name to Fox Sports NY than in 2008, changed its name to MSG Plus.

Sportschannel America/NewSport went defunct in 1997.

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SportsChannel sort of has notoriety for two reasons.

1. The NHL had exclusivity on that network for a few seasons, which was disastrous for that league.

2. Herb Abrams. That is all.

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I remember when I was a really young kid, you had to pay extra for SportsChannel Chicago. I remember my parents thinking it was ridiculous to pay for a sports channel like you do HBO. Look at the "system" now. LOL

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I was too young to remember when SportsChannel tried to be a national sports channel with the NHL and stuff, but remember the tail end of the now NBC Sports Boston being SportsChannel New England with the Celtics and Whalers and switching over to Fox Sports Net