It’s football season, and baseball playoffs are starting. Don’t have cable? You can still watch.
With a digital antenna, you get games for free on broadcast networks such as Fox, NBC and Univision. Antennas start at $20. For cable channels, you can always go to a bar.
Online subscriptions are primarily for games that don’t involve local teams. Otherwise, games are shown after they are over. Subscriptions aren’t cheap, but most cost less than a traditional cable package.
Plenty of sites also show sports for free without legal rights to do so. And many people ask friends or relatives who have a cable subscription for a password to log in to, say, ESPN’s app.