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Live sports has been the last gasp of cable TV bundles for so long now. It's frankly astonishing that more people haven't cancelled en masse. Or maybe they have and earnings haven't been released yet.

And good riddance. I look forward to being able to stream individual games on demand.

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I canceled mine after dragging my feet for years and paying way too much all that time. I have been dreading the call required to cancel but it went pretty smoothly. The lady asked why I was canceling and I said, "I only pay for this for Hockey (and sometimes Baseball) and I am no longer getting either". She seemed not surprised in the slightest and there was zero push back or painful trips to the "retention department". I too look forward to way better streaming options in the next couple of years.

It's proved ominous for newspapers as well. Local Big City daily manages a few ads, but the sport section has had none in weeks, if not over a month.

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