2 Best Streaming Services to Watch Regional Sports Networks Live Without Cable

It should be easy to watch live games from your local sports team, but thanks to carriage disputes over who gets to broadcast which game and what league, it's just as complicated (and expensive!) than ever before. In the cord-cutting world, only a handful of streaming services carry regional sports networks, or RSNs, but they are there, and we're here to tell you the best ones to check out. 

DirecTV Stream has the widest coverage when it comes to RSNs, followed by Fubo. Then there's a big wide gap before being trailed by YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV, both of which still offer RSNs but only those covering major markets. Now, if you're only after live local sports and not much else, services like Bally Sports and YES let you watch both in- and out-of-market games from a variety of teams. Below, we list the best streaming services to watch RSNs without cable. We've also included links to their sites, price guides, channel lineups, and other additional information to help you out. 

Our top pick to watch RSNs without cable is DirecTV Stream:
Includes local channels and most major national networks. No commitment, cancel anytime.
Price: $86.99/month
Free trial: 5 days
Devices: Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Smart TVs and web browsers
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After confusing beginnings that included many names: AT&T TV Now, DirecTV Now, and AT&T WatchTV, AT&T TV, this service, now called DirecTV Stream, is the final Live TV offering from the telecom operator.

Price: $86.99/month

Free Trial: 5 days

Channel lineup: ABC, ACC Digital Network, AccuWeather, Alien Nation, AMC, Anger Management, Animal Planet, Are We There Yet?, Ax Men, AXS TV, Baby First, BBC America, BET, Big 12, Bloomberg TV, Bob Ross, Boomerang, Bravo, BUZZR, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, Cartoon Network, CBS, CBS local channels, Cheddar News, Cleo TV, CMT, CNBC, CNN, CNN en Espanol, CNN International, Comedy Central, Comedy Dynamics, Court TV, Crime 360, Curiosity Now, CW, Daystar HD, Declassified, Discovery Channel, Duck Dynasty, E! Entertainment, EarthxTV, Ebony TV, El Rey Rebel, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, FMC, Food Network, FOX, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, FOX SOUL, Fox Sports 1, Fox Weather, Freeform, FUEL TV, Fuse Music, FX, FXX, Galavision, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mystery, HerSphere, HGTV, HLN, Home Shopping Network, HSN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, ION, ion Television, Jewelry Television, MeatEater TV, MotorTrend, MovieSphere, MSNBC, MTV, MTV2, NBA TV, NBC, NBC local channels, News Nation, Newsmax, Nick Jr., One America News, Ovation, Oxygen True Crime, Paramount Network, PBS, PBS Kids, PBS local channels, Poker GO, Pursuit Channel, QVC, QVC2, QVC3, Racing America, REELZ, REVOLT, RFD-TV, RSNs, Scientology Network, Scripps News, Shop LC, Somos Novelas, SportsGrid, Start TV, SundanceTV, SYFY, Tastemade Home, Tastemade Travel, TBS, TCM, TeenNick, Telemundo local channels, The First, theGrio, TLC, TNA, TNT, truTV, TV Land, TV One, Univision, Up TV, USA Network, VH1, Waypoint TV, WE tv, Women’s Sports Network, Yahoo! Finance

Device compatibility: Amazon Fire TV, Android Phones, Android TV, Apple TV, iOS, Roku, Samsung TV

It should be easy to watch live games from your local sports team, but thanks to carriage disputes over who gets to broadcast which game and what league, it's just as complicated (and expensive!) than ever before. In the cord-cutting world, only a handful of streaming services carry regional sports networks, or RSNs, but they are there, and we're here to tell you the best ones to check out. 

DirecTV Stream has the widest coverage when it comes to RSNs, followed by Fubo. Then there's a big wide gap before being trailed by YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV, both of which still offer RSNs but only those covering major markets. Now, if you're only after live local sports and not much else, services like Bally Sports and YES let you watch both in- and out-of-market games from a variety of teams. Below, we list the best streaming services to watch RSNs without cable. We've also included links to their sites, price guides, channel lineups, and other additional information to help you out. 

Price: $84.99/month

Free Trial: 7 days

Channel lineup: A&E, ABC, ABC News Live, ACC Network, AccuWeather, Bein Sports, Big Ten Network, Bravo, CBS, CBS local channels, CBS Sports Network, CBSN, Cheddar, CMT, CNBC, Comedy Central, Comet, Court TV, Cozi TV, CW, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, E!, ESPN, ESPN 4K, ESPN2, ESPN3, Estrella TV, FETV, FMC, FOX, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, FOX SOUL, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Freeform, fubo Sports Network, FX, FXX, FYI, Galavision, GetTV, Golf Channel, GRIT, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama, Hallmark Mystery, History, IFC, Intravel, Local Now, MASN, MSNBC, MTV, National Geographic, NBC, NBC local channels, NBCLX, NBCSN, Newsmax, NFL Network, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Olympic Channel, Oxygen, Paramount Network, Pop, RSNs, SEC Network, Smithsonian Channel, SYFY, Tastemade, Telemundo, Telemundo local channels, The Weather Channel, Travel Channel, TUDN, TUDNxtra, TV Land, TVG, Unimas, Unimas local channels, Universal Kids, Universo, USA Network, VH1, Vice, WGN America, Willow, YES Network

Device compatibility: Amazon Fire TV, Android Phones, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Google TV Streamer, iOS, Roku, Xfinity Flex, Xumo