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Why isn't there a cheap-ish service where I can get *just* the news and only the major sports channels?

Granted, with radio, I wouldn't need the news as much; and have free audio feeds, and airs shows at night and in the early morning. But like, there's no affordable way to get just the major sports channels. I'm talking , , , , , , , and .

is the cheapest way but if I want both and channels, I'd need Orange + Blue, which costs $55, not significantly cheaper than the other options.

I am not at the point now where I'm down to pay for sports TV yet. I'm thinking that the only service I'd find worth paying for at the moment would be .

I get ESPN+ with my cell plan (which work pays for anyway so that’s a bonus). Beyond that I’m selective. I got NFL+ which lets me see any Sunday game after 7-8pm on Sunday and it steams the other games live. Way cheaper than NFL ticket at about $100 for the whole season. As I follow the local hockey team I pay $20/month for Ballys but turn it off once the playoffs moves to ESPN (2nd round). And that’s it for me. Not super cheap but better than when I was paying DirecTV $80/month year round plus another $200-300 for the NFL. No idea what YouTube is going to charge next year but not my problem.
The NFL Sunday ticket ran about that per season. It got ugly. Then I found I was DVR’ing the game I wanted to see anyway so the NFL+ made sense.