TVpass Sports: Every League and Channel, Then and Now
Sports made the service a legend. Game days pushed it to its traffic peaks, and no category is asked about more since the shutdown. This hub covers every league and sports channel it carried, and exactly where fans watch each one free in 2026.
Watch Live Sports FreeThe Sports Lineup It Carried
The coverage came through a deep bench of channels rather than league deals: ESPN and ESPN2 for prime-time NBA and college sports, CBS and Fox locals plus NFL Network for football Sundays, FS1 and regional networks for MLB, CBS Sports Network, ACC Network and Big Ten Network for college, and event broadcasts for UFC, boxing, and WWE premium live events. If a game aired on US television, the channel carrying it was usually in the lineup, with the schedule showing kickoff times.
Guides for Every League and Channel
Where Sports Fans Went After the Shutdown
Sports viewers had the easiest migration of any group, because event-based streaming guides already existed. The pattern that won is the same one the original used: a schedule of today's games, each one click from a stream, no account. itstvapp.com is built exactly on that pattern, covering NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, UFC, and boxing with start times and countdowns for upcoming events. For the full comparison including legal options, see the alternatives guide, and for how it all started, the shutdown story.
Sports Questions People Keep Asking
Which sport was watched most?
NFL football by a wide margin, with prime-time NBA second and big UFC or boxing cards producing the single largest one-night spikes. That order is visible in what people still search for today, which is why each league keeps a dedicated guide on this site.
Did it show every game of a season?
It showed every game that aired on the channels in its lineup, which for national broadcasts meant essentially everything. Regional-only games on local sports networks were the main gap, the same gap most alternatives have today.
What is the best free option for sports right now?
A schedule-first streaming guide covering all leagues in one place. That format, today's games with start times and one click to a stream, is exactly what made game days work back then, and it is the standard to hold any option to now.