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{{Short description|American sports channel group (1996–2021)}}
{{about|the former regional sports channels|the flagship national sports channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group|Fox Sports 1|the current regional sports channels|FanDuel Sports Network}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Fox Sports Networks
| logo = Fox Sports Networks logo.svg
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996|11|1}}
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2021|3|31}}
| picture_format = [[720p]] ([[HDTV]])
| country = United States
| language = English
| area = Most of the U.S. (through regional affiliates)
| headquarters = [[Houston]], Texas
| former_names = {{Plainlist|
* Fox Sports Net (1996–2004)
* FSN (2004–2008)
* Fox Sports Local (2008–2012)
}}
| replaced = {{Plainlist|
* [[SportsChannel]]
* [[Prime Network]]
}}
| replaced_by = [[FanDuel Sports Network|Bally Sports]]
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| website = 
| owner = {{ubl|[[News Corporation]] (1996–2013)|[[21st Century Fox]] (2013–2019)|[[The Walt Disney Company]] (2019)|[[Diamond Sports Group]] (2019–2021)}}
}}

'''Fox Sports Networks''' ('''FSN'''), formerly known as '''Fox Sports Net''', was the collective name for a group of [[regional sports network|regional sports channels]] in the United States. Formed in 1996 by [[News Corporation]], the networks were acquired by [[the Walt Disney Company]] on March 20, 2019, following its [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of 21st Century Fox]]. A condition of that acquisition imposed by the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] required Disney to sell the regional networks by June 18, 2019, ninety days after the completion of its acquisition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/disney-21st-century-fox-justice-department-approval-1202859241/ | title=Justice Department Approves Disney's Acquisition of 21st Century Fox With Divestiture of Regional Sports Networks | last=Littleton | first=Cynthia | date=June 27, 2018 | work=Variety | access-date=March 8, 2019| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Disney subsequently agreed to sell the networks (excluding the [[YES Network]], being reacquired by [[Yankee Global Enterprises]]) to Sinclair;<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/fox-regional-sports-network-sale-nears-conclusion-as-final-round-bids-come-due-april-15 | title=Fox Regional Sports Network sale nears conclusion as final round bids come due April 15 | publisher=Fox Business | date=March 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-02/sinclair-to-acquire-fox-sports-networks-from-disney-wsj-reports | title=Sinclair to Buy Fox Sports Networks From Disney, WSJ Reports | last1=Palmeri | first1=Christopher | last2=Sakoui | first2=Anousha | date=May 2, 2019 | work=Bloomberg | access-date=May 2, 2019| df=mdy-all}}</ref> the transaction was completed on August 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-08-23/sinclair-completes-acquisition-of-regional-sports-networks-from-Disney|title=Sinclair completes acquisition of regional sports networks from Disney| publisher=Bloomberg |date=22 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> The networks continued to use the Fox Sports name only under a transitional license agreement while rebranding options were explored.<ref name="bizjournals"/> A rebranding cross-partnership with [[Bally's Corporation]] took effect on March 31, 2021, and the networks were rebranded as [[FanDuel Sports Network|Bally Sports]], ending the Fox Sports Networks branding after 25 years.<ref name=ballysdeal/><ref name="ballysrename">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-27|title=Sinclair to rebrand Fox Sports regional networks as Bally Sports|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4224524/2021/01/27/sinclair-to-rebrand-fox-sports-regional-networks-as-bally-sports/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=The Athletic|language=en-US}}</ref>

Each of the channels in the group carried regional broadcasts of sporting events from various professional, collegiate and high school sports teams (with broadcasts typically exclusive to each individual channel, although some were shown on multiple FSN channels or [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] to a local broadcast station within a particular team's [[media market|designated market area]]), along with regional and national sports discussion, documentary and analysis programs.

Depending on their individual team rights, some Fox Sports Networks maintained overflow feeds available via subscription television providers in their home markets, which provided alternate programming when not used to carry game broadcasts that the main feed could not carry due to scheduling conflicts. Fox Sports Networks was headquartered in [[Houston]], Texas, with [[master control]] facilities based in both Houston and Los Angeles; FSN also maintained production facilities at Stage 19 at [[Universal Studios Florida]] (which formerly served as home of [[Nickelodeon Studios]] until its closure in 2005).

==History==

===Beginnings===
[[File:Fox Sports Net building.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Former Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles]]

At the dawn of the cable television era, many regional sports networks (RSNs) vied to compete with the largest national sports network, [[ESPN]]. The most notable were the [[SportsChannel]] network, which first began operating in 1976 with the launch of the original SportsChannel (now [[MSG Sportsnet]]) in the New York City area and later branched out into channels serving Chicago and Florida; [[Prime Sports|Prime Network]], which launched in 1983 with Home Sports Entertainment (now [[Bally Sports Southwest]]) as its charter member network and later branched out onto the West Coast as "Prime Sports"; and SportSouth, an RSN operated by the [[Turner Broadcasting System]].

On October 31, 1995, [[News Corporation]], which ten years earlier launched the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], a general entertainment [[terrestrial television|broadcast]] network that formed its own [[Fox Sports (United States)|sports division]] in 1994 with the acquisition of the television rights to the [[National Football Conference]] of the [[National Football League]], entered into a joint venture with [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]]'s [[Liberty Media]], acquiring a 50% ownership interest in the company's Prime Sports affiliates Liberty in turn gained a stake in Fox's year-old cable channel [[FX (TV channel)|FX]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox and Liberty Outline Plans for New Cable Venture |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1995/11/1/Sports-Media/Fox-AND-LIBERTY-OUTLINE-PLANS-FOR-NEW-CABLE-VENTURE.aspx?hl=Liberty%20Media&sc=1|website=[[Sports Business Journal]]|date=November 1, 1995|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=1995-12-11 |title=Cabler FX considers sporting new image |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/cabler-fx-considers-sporting-new-image-99130301/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> On July 3, 1996, News Corporation and Liberty Media/TCI announced that the Prime Sports networks would be rebranded under the new "Fox Sports Net" brand;<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Gives New Name to Sports Alliance: Fox Sports NET|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1996/07/3/Sports-Media/Fox-GIVES-NEW-NAME-TO-SPORTS-ALLIANCE-FOX-SPORTS-NET.aspx?hl=Prime%20Sports&sc=1|website=Sports Business Journal|date=July 3, 1996|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> the Prime Sports-branded affiliates were officially relaunched as Fox Sports Net on November 1 of that year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=July 8, 1996 |title=Liberty Sports regionals will become Fox Sports net |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18535905.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145828/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18535905.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |periodical=[[Multichannel News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Sports Net Debuts on Nov. 1|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23361533.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191036/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23361533.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Columbian]]|date=September 13, 1996|access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Sports Net Announces Debut for November1|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1996/09/13/Sports-Media/Fox-SPORTS-NET-ANNOUNCES-DEBUT-FOR-NOVEMBER-1.aspx?hl=Liberty%20Media&sc=1|website=Sports Business Journal|date=September 13, 1996|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> The first new network to come out of the partnership was [[Bally Sports Arizona|Fox Sports Arizona]] which launched on September 7, 1996, nearly two months before the existing networks would be rebranded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Sports Arizona celebrates its 20th anniversary |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/fox-sports-arizona-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary |website=Fox Sports |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Edgy format benefits Fox Sports Net |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/124202765/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=Arizona Republic |date=July 23, 1998 |language=en}}</ref> That same year, Fox purchased SportSouth from Turner, and rebranded that network as [[Fox Sports South]] in January 1997.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/ac83f3219626cf9e121e525f7b80f9b6 Murdoch launches new network right under Turner’s nose]</ref>

On June 30, 1997, the Fox/Liberty joint venture purchased a 40% interest in [[Cablevision]]/[[NBC]]'s sports properties including the SportsChannel America networks, [[Madison Square Garden]], and the [[New York Knicks]] and [[New York Rangers]] professional sports franchises, a deal worth $850&nbsp;million; the deal formed the venture National Sports Partners to run Fox Sports Net's national programming operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-Q Fox Sports Networks Inc 10-Q - Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)] |url=https://sec.report/Document/0001017062-02-001001/d10q.txt |website=SEC Report |publisher=Fox Sports Networks, Inc. |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217184856/https://sec.report/Document/0001017062-02-001001/d10q.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-K August 14, 2012 |url=https://sec.report/Document/0001193125-12-355856/d389171d10k.htm |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Form 10-K August 13, 2018 |url=https://sec.report/Document/0001564590-18-021493/fox-10k_20180630.htm |website=SEC Report |publisher=Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Sports Programming AGR |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000168316819002657/brac_ex1021.htm |publisher=National Sports Programming/WPT Enterprises, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FSN Creates New Genre of Action Sports Programming |url=https://www.amcnetworks.com/press-releases/fsn-creates-new-genre-of-action-sports-programming/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |publisher=AMC Networks International |date=October 21, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox putting together national Sports Net // Changes ahead for SportsChannel|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4383098.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924194306/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4383098.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=June 24, 1997|access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=John M. |author-link=John M. Higgins |date=June 30, 1997 |title=National net keys regional deal. (Fox Sports, Liberty Media Corp. challenge ESPN with stake in SportsChannel) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19555907.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910170418/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19555907.html |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sports Landscape Altered with Fox/Liberty-Cablevision Deal |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/06/23/Sports-Media/SPORTS-LANDSCAPE-ALTERED-WITH-FoxLIBERTY-CABLEVISION-DEAL.aspx?hl=FSN%20Chicago&sc=0|website=Sports Business Journal|date=June 23, 1997|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Higgins |first=John M. |author-link=John M. Higgins |date=June 23, 1997 |title=TCI/News Corp. $850M SportsChannel deal close. (Tele-Communications Inc, proposed acquisition of cable sports network) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19587405.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910170423/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19587405.html |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |periodical=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> In early 1998, SportsChannel America was integrated into the Fox Sports Net family of networks; SportsChannel Florida, however, remained as the lone SportsChannel America-branded network before it joined FSN as well in 2000 after News Corporation and Cablevision purchased [[Florida Panthers]] owner [[Wayne Huizenga]]'s controlling interest in that network.<ref>{{cite web |last=Donohue |first=Steve |date=November 15, 1999 |title=Rainbow, Fox Deal for Florida Net |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57634827.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160112/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57634827.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |periodical=[[Multichannel News]]}}</ref>

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===Fox ownership===
In 1999, Liberty Media (which had become a subsidiary of [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] when AT&T acquired TCI earlier that year) sold its interest in Fox Sports Net and FX to News Corp. The sale was part of a complex transaction involving a stock swap that gave Liberty an 8% interest in News Corp, making it the second largest shareholder.<ref>{{cite news |title=News Corp. to buy Liberty Media's cable interest Murdoch's firm to gain control of Fox Sports, FX |url=https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/1999/4/6/19438553/news-corp-to-buy-liberty-media-s-cable-interest-br-murdoch-s-firm-to-gain-control-of-fox-sports-fx |access-date=5 July 2021 |agency=Associated Press |date=April 6, 1999 |language=en}}</ref> News Corp became the sole owner of Fox Sports Net.

On July 11, 2000, [[Comcast]] purchased a majority interest in the [[Minneapolis]]-based Midwest Sports Channel and [[Baltimore]]-based Home Team Sports from [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Zulgad |first=Judd |date=May 12, 2000 |title=Broadcast Sports; Local teams could be interested in buying MSC |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62412577.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161341/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62412577.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref> News Corporation, a minority owner in both networks, wanted to acquire them outright and integrate the two networks into Fox Sports Net. Home Team Sports had been affiliated with FSN since 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Sports Networks Inc 2000 Annual Report S-K Item 405 10-K405 |url=https://sec.report/Document/0000944209-00-001542/ |website=SEC.report |access-date=2 July 2021 |language=en |date=September 28, 2000}}</ref> The company filed a lawsuit against Comcast ten days later on July 21, in an attempt to block the sale.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zulgad |first=Judd |date=July 12, 2000 |title=Comcast agrees to buy MSC; Announced deal appears to be a setback for Fox Sports Net |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63336337.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161646/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63336337.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |newspaper=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Linda |last2=Umstead |first2=R. Thomas |date=July 24, 2000 |title=Fox Sports Net Suing to Block HTS Sell-Off.(Home Team Sports)(Brief Article) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63794445.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161732/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63794445.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |periodical=Multichannel News}}</ref> On September 7, 2000, as part of a settlement between the two companies, Comcast traded its equity interest in Midwest Sports Channel (which became [[Fox Sports Net North]]) to News Corporation in exchange for exclusive ownership of Home Team Sports (which subsequently joined competing regional sports network [[Comcast SportsNet]] as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, now [[NBC Sports Washington]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Zulgad |first=Judd |date=September 8, 2000 |title=Broadcast Sports; Fox Sports' agreement to acquire MSC now final |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65100150.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161909/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65100150.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2015 |newspaper=Star Tribune}}</ref>

In September 2004, Fox Sports Net became known simply as "FSN"; however, the former name remained in common use until 2010, when "Fox Sports Local" was adopted for use in referencing its regional networks. On February 22, 2005, Fox's then-parent company, News Corporation, acquired full ownership of FSN/Fox Sports Local, following an asset trade with [[Cablevision|Cablevision Systems Corporation]], in which Fox sold its interest in Madison Square Garden and the arena's [[NBA]] and [[NHL]] team tenants in exchange for acquiring sole ownership of Fox Sports Ohio and Fox Sports Florida. Cablevision simultaneously gained sole ownership of Fox Sports Chicago and Fox Sports New York, and a 50% interest in Fox Sports New England (with [[Comcast]] retaining its existing 50% stake); Fox and Cablevision, however, retained joint ownership of Fox Sports Bay Area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=February 23, 2005 |title=Cablevision Locks Up Garden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/23/sports/basketball/23cablevision.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lazaroff |first=Leon |date=February 23, 2005 |title=News Corp. exits Chicago Fox sports station |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/02/23/news-corp-exits-chicago-fox-sports-station/ |access-date=April 9, 2015 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

===Affiliate realignments===
Fox Sports Chicago ceased operations in June 2006, after losing the regional cable television rights to local professional teams (including the [[Chicago Bulls]], [[Blackhawks]], [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] and [[White Sox]]) two years earlier to the newly launched [[Comcast SportsNet Chicago]].<ref>{{cite news|title=No need for FSN Chicago|url=http://www.daily-journal.com/entertainment/no-need-for-fsn-chicago/article_0379f62b-945c-5637-ad3d-ac70cfd9aa8d.html|newspaper=The Daily Journal|date=June 27, 2006|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>

On December 22, 2006, News Corporation sold its interest in four Fox Sports regional networks—[[FSN Utah]], [[FSN Pittsburgh]], [[FSN Northwest]] and [[FSN Rocky Mountain]]—as well as its 38.5% ownership stake in satellite provider [[DirecTV]] to Liberty Media for $550&nbsp;million in cash and stock, in exchange for Liberty's 16.3% stake in News Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|title=News Corp. Reaches Deal with Liberty Media|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/news-corp-reaches-deal-with-liberty-media/?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 22, 2006|access-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416162411/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/news-corp-reaches-deal-with-liberty-media/?_r=0|archive-date=April 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Liberty Media to Unite Assets With DirecTV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/business/media/05directv.html|agency=[[Reuters]]|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 4, 2009|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> On May 4, 2009, DirecTV Group Inc. announced it would become a part of Liberty's entertainment unit, with plans to [[corporate spin-off|spin off]] certain properties into a separate company under the DirecTV name, which would operate the four acquired FSN-affiliated networks through [[DirecTV Sports Networks]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=May 4, 2009 |title=DirecTV, Liberty Media Announce Spin-Off Plan |url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/satellite/directv-liberty-media-announce-spin-plan/301694 |access-date=April 16, 2015 |periodical=[[Multichannel News]]}}</ref> a new division formed on November 19, 2009, upon the spin-off's completion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Mike |date=November 20, 2009 |title=Liberty Sports Rebrands As DirecTV Sports Networks |url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/satellite/liberty-sports-rebrands-directv-sports-networks/301653 |access-date=April 16, 2015 |periodical=Multichannel News}}</ref>

On April 30, 2007, Cablevision sold its 50% interests in the New England and Bay Area networks to Comcast for $570&nbsp;million;<ref>{{cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=April 30, 2007 |title=Comcast sports new cable networks |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/comcast-sports-new-cable-networks-1117964028/ |access-date=April 18, 2015 |periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> both networks became part of [[Comcast SportsNet]], with FSN New England relaunching as Comcast SportsNet New England in July 2007 and FSN Bay Area relaunching as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area March 2008. Despite Cablevision's sale of the networks, the channels continued to use "Fox Sports Net/National Sports Partners" in its copyright tag until 2008 (the copyright used has since changed to "National Sports Programming").

On April 1, 2011, DirecTV Sports Networks rebranded its FSN regional affiliates under the [[Root Sports]] brand.<ref name="bizjournals.com">{{cite news|title='Root Sports' new name for sports networks|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2010/12/17/root-sports-new-name-for-sports.html|newspaper=Denver Business Journal|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|date=December 17, 2010}}</ref>

In 2012, News Corporation acquired a 49% stake in the [[YES Network]], the regional sports network in the [[New York metropolitan area]] co-owned by [[Yankee Global Enterprises]].<ref name="deadline-hollywood-2012">{{cite web|date=November 2012|title=News Corp. Acquires 49% of YES Network, Yankees|url=https://deadline.com/2012/11/news-corp-acquires-49-of-yes-network-yankees-375095/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> It was also in that year that FSN/Fox Sports Local relocated its headquarters from the Fox Studio Lot in [[Los Angeles]] to Houston, and then re-branded to its current branding. The FSN owned-and-operated networks were spun off along with most of News Corporation's U.S. entertainment properties into [[21st Century Fox]] on July 1, 2013. On January 25, 2014, 21st Century Fox then became the YES Networks' majority owner by purchasing an additional 31% share of it, increasing the company's ownership interest from 49% to 80%.<ref name="broadcastingcable2013">{{cite web|date=January 2014|title=21st Century Fox Acquires Majority Control of YES Network|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/21st-century-fox-acquires-majority-control-yes-network/128714|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]}}</ref> In September 2013, the network gained the affiliation for FSN's national programming (sharing it with [[MSG Plus]], the former FSN New York)

=== Sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group ===
On December 14, 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]] announced its intention to [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquire 21st Century Fox]] for $52.4 billion after the [[corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of certain businesses into a new entity ([[Fox Corporation]]). While the acquisition was originally slated to include Fox Sports' regional operations (which, presumably, would have been re-aligned with Disney's [[ESPN]] division),<ref>{{cite web |last=Munson |first=Ben |date=December 6, 2017 |title=Disney's pursuit of Fox RSNs could be big boost for ESPN |url=https://www.fiercecable.com/broadcasting/disney-s-pursuit-fox-s-rsns-could-be-big-boost-for-espn |access-date=December 12, 2017 |periodical=FierceCable}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/14/media/disney-fox/index.html|title=Disney buys 21st Century Fox: Who gets what|last=Goldman|first=David|date=2017-12-14|work=[[CNN Business|CNNMoney]]|access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] ordered that they be divested within 90 days of the completion of the acquisition due to the concentration of the market that ESPN would hold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/disney-21st-century-fox-justice-department-approval-1202859241/|title=Justice Department Approves Disney's Acquisition of 21st Century Fox With Divestiture of Regional Sports Networks|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=June 27, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name=cnbc>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/27/us-set-to-give-antitrust-approval-for-disney-fox-deal.html|title=US gives Disney-Fox deal antitrust approval|work=CNBC|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] was mentioned as the most likely buyer for the other FSN networks, but would need the assistance of a [[private equity firm]] to help raise the cash needed for the purchase.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilen |first=Holden |title= Sinclair Broadcast CEO eyes deal for Fox's regional sports networks |url= https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/10/03/sinclair-broadcast-ceo-eyes-deal-for-foxs-regional.html |work=Baltimore Business Journal |publisher= American Business Journals |date=Oct 3, 2018 |access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.insideradio.com/free/sinclair-considers-private-equity-to-purchase-fox-sports-networks/article_a2b9bef0-c6ca-11e8-9021-2b66a86fb753.html |title=Sinclair Considers Private Equity to Purchase Fox Sports Networks |publisher= insideradio.com |date=2018-10-03 |access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> The group's other sports properties include [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]]—a national sports network distributed via over-the-air digital television and internet streaming, [[Tennis Channel]], as well as [[Marquee Sports Network]], a joint venture with the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-marquee-tv-channel-debut-sinclair-what-to-know-20190213-story.html|title=The Cubs are starting a new TV channel in 2020. Here's what that means for fans.|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|website=chicagotribune.com|date=February 13, 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> Over 40 parties were reported to have expressed interest, including [[Silver Lake Partners]] and [[William Morris Endeavor]] in a joint deal, [[Charter Communications]], [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery]] (who operates the [[Eurosport]] networks in Europe),<ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Meg |date=2018-11-08 |title=Auction of Fox's regional sports networks draws interest from Amazon and maybe LeBron James |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-disney-fox-regional-sports-20181109-story.html |access-date=2018-11-12 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Apollo Global Management]], [[The Blackstone Group]], [[CVC Capital Partners]], [[Ice Cube]] and [[LL Cool J]], [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts|KKR]], [[Nexstar Media Group]], [[Providence Equity Partners]] and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-11/fight-for-fox-local-sports-channels-could-shake-up-broadcasting|title=Fight for Fox Local Sports Channels Could Shake Up Broadcasting|last1=Smith|first1=Gerry|last2=Ahmed|first2=Nablia|work=Bloomberg L.P.|date=August 11, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> Due to a clause imposed on the original sale,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/yankees-are-said-to-want-yes-network-back-if-fox-sells-assets|title=Yankees Consider Buying Back YES If Fox Sells Assets|last=Soshnick|first=Scott|work=Bloomberg L.P.|date=June 14, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> [[Yankee Global Enterprises]] had a right of first refusal to purchase Fox's share in [[YES Network]]. [[Allen & Company]] and [[JPMorgan Chase]], who were handling the FSN sale for Disney, asked that all bids include YES in their offers.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sports-channels-draw-interest-from-private-equity-new-fox-and-ice-cube-1540891800|title=Sports Channels Draw Interest From Private Equity, 'New Fox' and Ice Cube|first1=Joe|last1=Flint|first2=Andrew|last2=Beaton|first3=Miriam|last3=Gottfried|date=October 30, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2019|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

Fox did not bid for the channels in the first round. On November 20, 2018, Amazon, Sinclair and CVC jointly,<ref>{{cite news |title=Apollo finds TV station partner for Tribune Media bid |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/article/apollo-finds-tv-station-partner-for-tribune-media-bid-20181128-01110 |access-date=December 12, 2018 |work=NASDAQ.com |agency=Reuters |date=November 28, 2018 |language=en-us}}</ref> Apollo, KKR and [[Tegna Inc.|Tegna]] officially bid for the network.<ref>{{cite web|last=Faber|first=David|title=Amazon bids for Disney's 22 regional sports channels, including YES Network, sources say|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/20/amazon-bids-for-disneys-22-regional-sports-networks-including-yes-network-sources-say.html|access-date=November 20, 2018|work=CNBC|date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> It was also reported that a Sinclair/CVC joint venture was the leading bidder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sinclair Broadcasting seeks redemption in its bid for Fox's regional sports networks |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/sinclair-broadcasting-seeks-redemption-in-its-bid-for-foxs-regional-sports-networks |work=Fox Business Network |access-date=December 12, 2018 |date=December 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2018/12/11/disney-looking-to-sell-fox-regional-sports.html Disney looking to sell Fox regional sports networks piecemeal]</ref> In December 2018, it was reported that due to the low bids, there was the possibility that the networks could be sold individually instead of as a single group, and that the banks were in talks with those who made partial bids, such as Amazon (who only bid for the YES Network) and Charter (who only bid for Fox Sports South). [[Minnesota Twins]] owner [[Jim Pohlad]] was reportedly interested in his team's broadcaster Fox Sports North.<ref>{{cite news |title=Disney plans to split up Fox's local sports networks to sell |url=https://nypost.com/2018/12/10/disney-plans-to-split-up-foxs-local-sports-networks-to-sell/ |work=New York Post |access-date=December 12, 2018 |date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> Discovery CEO [[David Zaslav]] stated that the company had considered a bid, but that regional sports networks were a "very treacherous market".<ref name="aa-fortheculture"/>

In a January 2019 SEC filing, Fox Corporation stated that it no longer had any plans to bid for the channels.<ref>{{cite news|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|title=Fox Confirms It Won't Bid on Disney's Regional Sports Networks|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/fox-disney-regional-sports-networks-bid-1203105421/|work=Variety|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> On January 11, 2019 [[CNBC]] reported that Apollo, Blackstone, CVC and other bidders except Sinclair backed out of the deal for the networks with the sole bidder being the Sinclair/CVC joint venture.<ref>{{cite web|last=Faber|first=David|title=Faber Report: Fox says it will not bid for regional sports networks|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/11/faber-report-fox-bid-regional-sports-networks.html|access-date=January 12, 2019|work=CNBC|date=January 12, 2019}}</ref> It was also reported that the possibility of spinning out the channels as an independent company was also being considered.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kosman |first1=Josh |last2=Morgan |first2=Richard |title=DOJ may allow Disney to spin off Fox's regional sports networks |url=https://nypost.com/2019/01/14/doj-may-allow-disney-to-spin-off-of-foxs-regional-sports-networks/ |access-date=January 18, 2019 |work=New York Post |date=January 15, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmeri |first1=Christopher |last2=Ahmed |first2=Nabila |last3=Soshnick |first3=Scott |title=Disney Seeks Deals for Sports Networks by Late February |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/disney-said-to-seek-deals-for-sports-networks-by-late-february |access-date=January 18, 2019 |work=Bloomberg.com |date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> In February 2019, it was reported that Apollo and Sinclair had dropped out (but with the former seeking a new partner), but that Liberty Media and [[Major League Baseball]] had made offers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/05/liberty-media-joins-bidding-for-regional-sports-networks-.html|title=Liberty Media joins bidding for regional sports networks|last=Faber|first=David|date=2019-02-05|website=cnbc.com|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.myajc.com/sports/leadoff-sizing-braves-owner-interest-buying-fox-sports-south/jgat6BbJJaJujfWx17GvPK/|title=Leadoff: Sizing up Braves owner's interest in buying Fox Sports South|last=Tucker|first=Tim|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3429591-cnbc-liberty-media-jumps-bidding-fox-sports-nets|title=CNBC: Liberty Media jumps into bidding for Fox sports nets|last=Aycock|first=Jason|date=2019-02-05|work=Seeking Alpha|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Later that month, it was reported that Pohlad and Detroit Pistons owner [[Tom Gores]] (via his private equity firm [[Platinum Equity]]) had joined the Liberty Media bid.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Shea|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/media/tom-gores-platinum-equity-reportedly-part-bid-buy-fox-sports-detroit-and-sister-networks|title=Tom Gores' Platinum Equity reportedly part of bid to buy Fox Sports Detroit and sister networks|date=2019-02-22|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>

On March 8, 2019, it was reported that the Yankees had reached a deal to re-purchase Fox's share in the YES Network for $3.5 billion, with Sinclair, Amazon and [[The Blackstone Group]] holding minority shares. MLB also confirmed a $10 billion bid, seeking to use them to bolster the income of its small-market teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/yankees-buy-back-yes-network-from-disney-in-3-5b-deal|title=Yankees buy back YES network from Disney in $3.5B deal |last=Gasparino |first=Charlie|date=2019-03-08 |website=Fox News |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/yes-network-sold-for-3-5b-to-yankees-amazon-sinclair-private-equity-reports-1202572010/|title=YES Network Sold For $3.5B To Yankees, Amazon, Sinclair, Private Equity: Reports|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=2019-03-08|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> It was also reported that month that [[Ice Cube]] and [[LL Cool J]] (via Ice Cube's 3-on-3 basketball league [[Big3]]—which had Fox as its initial broadcast partner) were also preparing a bid of around $15 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/kevin-kleps-blog/ice-cube-appears-be-serious-suitor-group-regional-sports-networks-includes-fso-and|title=Ice Cube appears to be serious suitor for group of regional sports networks that includes FSO and STO|date=2019-03-06|website=Crain's Cleveland Business|language=en|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> Big3 stated that it wanted to expand the channels to include programming covering "broader cultural and political topics" of local interest alongside sports. In April 2019, Big3 filed a complaint with the Department of Justice and FCC, accusing Charter Communications of attempting to "undermine" its bid by threatening to not carry the channels if it won the auction. Liberty Media owner [[John C. Malone|John Malone]] has an ownership stake in Charter; the company denied Big3's allegations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/04/11/big3-league-accuses-charter-of-manipulating-disney-auction/|title=Big3 league accuses Charter of manipulating Disney auction|last=Morgan|first=Richard|date=2019-04-11|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> The final round of bids were due on April 15, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/fox-regional-sports-network-sale-nears-conclusion-as-final-round-bids-come-due-april-15|title=Fox Regional Sports Network sale nears conclusion as final round bids come due April 15|last=Gasparino|first=Charlie|date=2019-03-25|website=Fox Business|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> with bids having been in excess of $10 billion or higher. Liberty and MLB were reported to have partnered on a joint bid, Big3's bid contained $6.5 billion in debt and only $3 billion in outside funding, while Sinclair had re-entered contention in a joint bid with Apollo.<ref name="aa-fortheculture">{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/final-fox-rsn-bids-liberty-mlb-sinclair-big3.html|title=Final Fox RSN bids see Liberty and MLB team up, Sinclair back in the game, and the BIG3 still bidding "for the culture"|date=2019-04-16|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>

On April 26 and May 2, respectively, [[Fox Business Network]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Sinclair was nearing an agreement to purchase the networks for $10 billion.<ref name="Gasparino">{{cite web |last1=Gasparino |first1=Charlie |title=EXCLUSIVE: Sinclair places top bid, reaches "handshake agreement" with Disney for Fox Regional Sports Networks |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/sinclair-top-bid-handshake-fox-regional-sports-networks |website=[[Fox Business Network]] |access-date=April 30, 2019 |date=April 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/disney-fox-rsns-sinclair-1203203930/|title=Disney Nears $10 Billion Sale of Fox Sports Networks to Sinclair|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=2019-05-02|work=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> On May 3, Sinclair officially announced that via its subsidiary Diamond Sports Group, it had agreed to purchase the networks for $10.6 billion, pending regulatory approval. At the same time, it was also revealed that [[Allen Media Group]] would hold an equity stake in the company and serve as a "content partner".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/sinclair-disney-regional-sports-network-deal-1203204685/|title=Sinclair Clinches Disney-Regional Sports Networks Deal, Byron Allen Joins as Partner|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-05|date=May 3, 2019}}</ref> Three senators ([[Cory Booker]], [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]]) called for the sale to be reviewed by the Department of Justice, citing concerns over Sinclair's [[Sinclair Broadcast Group#Political views|political views]], and that it could use the networks as leverage for carriage agreements for its broadcast television stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/450189-warren-sanders-booker-urge-review-of-sinclair-106b-acquisition-of-regional|title=Warren, Sanders, Booker urge review of Sinclair $10.6B acquisition of regional sports networks|last=Balluck|first=Kyle|date=2019-06-25|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref>

The sale was completed on August 22, 2019. The networks would continue to temporarily use the "Fox Sports" branding under a transitional license agreement with Fox Corporation; Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley stated that there were plans to eventually rebrand them under either a new name, or to "partner with a brand who wants more exposure". There were also plans to increase non-event programming, and emphasis on [[sports betting]] in its programming.<ref name="bizjournals">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/08/26/sinclair-ceo-see-massive-opportunity-with.html|title=Sinclair CEO see 'massive opportunity' with rebranding of Fox sports networks|website=Baltimore Business Journal|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> In November 2019, the ''[[Sun-Sentinel]]'' reported that Fox Sports Florida was to be rebranded "within the next few months".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/florida-panthers/fl-sp-panthers-media-notes-20191106-3r7tnkogindcjedw24z5mdbpku-story.html|title=Heat and Panthers TV ratings soar amid hot starts; Marlins online viewership increases|last=Dusenbury|first=Wells|website=sun-sentinel.com|date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>

Due to [[carriage dispute]]s, [[Dish Network]] and [[Sling TV]] dropped Fox Sports Networks in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2019-07-26 |title=Fox Regional Sports Nets Go Dark on Dish |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-regional-sports-nets-dark-dish-1203281096/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> [[FuboTV]] dropped the channels in January 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carp |first=Sam |date=2020-01-02 |title=Sinclair’s Fox RSNs dropped by FuboTV |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/sinclair-fox-rsns-fubotv-nba-mlb-nhl/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[YouTube TV]] and [[Hulu + Live TV]] followed in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2020-02-27 |title=YouTube TV Is Dropping Fox Regional Sports Nets, YES Network After Sinclair Standoff |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/youtube-tv-dropping-sinclair-fox-rsn-yes-network-1203518191/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2020/10/22/hulu-sinclair-rsns-fox-sports-yes/3728659001/|title=Hulu drops Sinclair Broadcast Group's Fox Sports Regional Networks, including YES|last=Bumbaca|first=Chris|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref>

On November 4, 2020, Sinclair took a $4.23 billion write-down on the FSN purchase.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sinclair Posts Higher Political Ad Revenue, Takes $4.2B Local Sports Charge|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sinclair-posts-higher-political-ad-revenue-takes-local-sports-charge|access-date=2020-11-19|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 4, 2020}}</ref>

==== Rebranding as Bally Sports ====
{{main|Bally Sports}}
On November 17, 2020, it was reported by ''[[Sportico]]'' that Sinclair was considering rebranding the networks via a [[naming rights]] agreement, and was reportedly in talks with multiple companies involved in sports betting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Novy-Williams |first=Eben |last2=Feldman |first2=Jacob |date=2020-11-17 |title=Sinclair Exploring Sale of RSN Naming Rights to Betting Companies |url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2020/sinclair-naming-rights-rsn-networks-1234616750 |access-date=2020-11-19 |website=[[Sportico]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The next day, Sinclair announced that it had entered into an agreement with casino operator [[Bally's Corporation]] to acquire the naming rights under a 10-year deal. The agreement included integration of Bally's content on the channels and other Sinclair properties (including its television stations, Stadium, and Tennis Channel), and a [[Warrant (finance)|warrant]] giving Sinclair the option to acquire a 14.9% stake in Bally's Corporation, and up to 24.9% if performance criteria are met.<ref name="ballysdeal">{{Cite web|last=Novy-Williams|first=Eben|date=2020-11-19|title=Bally's Buys Sinclair RSN Naming Rights As Part of Sports Betting Push|url=https://www.sportico.com/business/sports-betting/2020/ballys-sinclair-naming-rights-1234616912/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Sportico.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Sinclair announced in December 2020 that it planned to launch its own [[direct-to-consumer]] Bally's-branded streaming service, including live streaming of its linear sports networks, in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moraine |first1=Julie |title=Sinclair Offers Direct-To-Consumer Sports Streaming Service |url=https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/sinclair-offers-direct-to-consumer-sports-streaming-service/ |publisher=Gambling News |date=December 2, 2021}}</ref>

On January 27, 2021, Sinclair announced that the networks would be rebranded as '''Bally Sports''' with [[Fox Sports Carolinas]] and [[Fox Sports Tennessee]] discontinued and their sports programming dispersed to the Bally Sports South and Southeast channels. To better reflect their target markets, Prime Ticket and SportsTime Ohio were rebranded as Bally Sports SoCal and Bally Sports Great Lakes, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Balderston|first=Michael|date=2021-01-27|title=Sinclair, Bally Reveal Bally Sports Rebrand for RSNs|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/sinclair-bally-reveal-bally-sports-rebrand|access-date=2021-01-28|website=TVTechnology|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-19|title=Farewell, Fox Sports West. Hello, Bally Sports|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-11-18/fox-sports-west-bally-sports-prime-ticket|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2021, Sinclair revealed that the relaunch would occur on March 31, the eve of Major League Baseball's [[Opening Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-18|title=Fox Sports regional networks will become Bally Sports|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2021/03/fox-sports-regional-networks-will-become-bally-sports-on-march-31.html|access-date=2021-03-27|website=al|language=en}}</ref>

==Networks==

===Owned-and-operated===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:150px;" |Channel
! style="width:150px;" |Region served
! style="width:150px;" |Formerly<br/>operated as
! style="width:50px;" |Year<br/>joined or launched
! style="width:50px;" |Year left or closed
!Currently operating as
! style="width:450px;" |Notes
|-
| Fox Sports Arizona
| [[Arizona]]<br/>[[New Mexico]]<br/>[[Utah]]<br/>southern [[Nevada]]
|
| 1996
| 2021
| Defunct
| Launched September 7, 1996 as first network to use Fox Sports name. Network closed October 21, 2023 as [[Bally Sports Arizona]] due to losing all broadcast rights. 
|-
| [[Fox Sports Carolinas]]
| [[North Carolina]]<br/>[[South Carolina]]
|
| 2008
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network South]]
| Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South, merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand.
|-
| Fox Sports Detroit
| [[Michigan]]<br/>northwestern [[Ohio]]<br/>northeastern [[Indiana]]<br/>northeast [[Wisconsin]]
|
| 1997
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Detroit]]
| Created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local television rights to most of Detroit's professional sports teams from [[PASS Sports]], resulting in [[Post-Newsweek Station]]s (owner of that market's NBC affiliate [[WDIV-TV]]) shutting down the latter in 1997.
|-
| Fox Sports Florida
| Florida<br/>southern [[Alabama]]<br/>southern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| SportsChannel Florida (1987–2000)
| 2000
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Florida]]
| Shares broadcast rights with sister network Fox Sports Sun; it was the last FSN network acquired by News Corporation through its joint venture with Liberty Media to retire the SportsChannel name, upon becoming Fox Sports Net Florida in 2000.
|-
| [[Fox Sports Houston]]
| Southern Texas<br/>southern Louisiana
|
| 2009
| 2012
| Defunct
| Originally launched as a subfeed of Fox Sports Southwest; became a 24-hour channel on January 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 7, 2009|title=Fox Sports Houston set for new identity|newspaper=Houston Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/01/05/daily29.html?ana=e_du_pub}}</ref> Fox Sports Houston was the television home of the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets until Comcast SportsNet Houston acquired the rights to both teams in 2012;<ref>{{cite news|date=August 3, 2010|title=Astros, Rockets reach deal on new network|website=MLB.com|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15909356&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb}}</ref> that deal resulted in the shut down of Fox Sports Houston on October 5, 2012, with the main Fox Sports Southwest feed replacing it on area cable providers.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 2012|title=Fox Sports Houston signs off with familiar face|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Fox-Sports-Houston-signs-off-with-familiar-face-3914216.php}}</ref> Comcast SportsNet Houston became [[Root Sports Southwest]] after that network went into bankruptcy.
|-
| Fox Sports Indiana
| [[Indiana]]
|
| 2006
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Indiana]]
| Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Indiana became a separate channel in 2006, after Fox Sports acquired the regional broadcast rights to the Indiana Pacers. It is still considered as a subfeed of Fox Sports Midwest in some markets. Fox Sports South carries select Indiana Pacers games aired by Fox Sports Indiana in Kentucky.
|-
| Fox Sports Kansas City
| [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]<br/>[[Kansas]]
|
| 2008
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City]]
| Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Kansas City was created as a spin-off of FSN Midwest, after it acquired the broadcast rights to the Kansas City Royals from the defunct [[Royals Sports Television Network]] in a long-term deal with the team. Fox Sports Midwest remains available in the region, carrying [[St. Louis Cardinals]] game telecasts that Fox Sports Kansas City is unable to broadcast due to conflicts with Royals telecasts. Some of the channel's programming is produced by Fox Sports Midwest.
|-
| Fox Sports Midwest
| [[Missouri]]<br/>southern [[Illinois]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[Nebraska]]
| Prime Sports Midwest (1989–1996)
| 1996
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Midwest]]
| Cardinals games carried by Fox Sports Midwest are, respectively, broadcast by Fox Sports South in [[West Tennessee]] and Fox Sports Tennessee in northern [[Mississippi]]. Fox Sports Midwest re-acquired the local television rights to the Royals in 2008, following the shutdown of the Royals Sports Television Network, resulting in the creation of spin-off channel Fox Sports Kansas City.
|-
| Fox Sports New Orleans
| [[Louisiana]]
|
| 2012
| 2021
| Defunct
| Launched in October 2012, and created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local broadcast rights to the then-[[New Orleans Hornets]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hornets, Fox Sports announce TV deal|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|newspaper=[[Houma Today]]|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=July 4, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414020652/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|url-status=dead}}</ref> Network closed October 21, 2024 as [[Bally Sports New Orleans]] due to losing major sports rights. 
|-
| Fox Sports North
| [[Minnesota]]<br/>[[Wisconsin]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[North Dakota]]<br/>[[South Dakota]]
| Midwest Sports Channel (1989–2000)
| 1997
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network North]]
| Fox Sports North operates regional subfeeds for the Minnesota/Dakotas region. The Wisconsin feed, which is not available in areas of the state adjacent to the [[Minneapolis–St. Paul]] market, was spun off in April 2007 into the separate Fox Sports Wisconsin, which also carries select game broadcasts from Fox Sports North.
|-
| Fox Sports Ohio
| [[Ohio]]<br/>eastern [[Indiana]]<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern [[Pennsylvania]], southwestern New York
| SportsChannel Ohio (1989–1998)
| 1998
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Ohio]]
| Reds games broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio are televised on local origination cable channels in portions of [[Tennessee]] (including the [[Nashville]] market) and western [[North Carolina]]. AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh broadcasts select Cavaliers games televised by Fox Sports Ohio. Separate subfeeds also exist for the Cincinnati and Cleveland markets with the Reds owning a 50% stake in the Cincinnati subfeed.
|-
| Fox Sports Oklahoma
| [[Oklahoma]]
|
| 2008
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma]]
| Broadcast area formerly served by Fox Sports Southwest; Fox Sports Oklahoma launched on October 29, 2008, created through a broadcast agreement in which Fox Sports Southwest and then-[[independent station]] [[KSBI]] (which carried select games produced by Fox Sports) acquired the television rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Select [[Dallas Mavericks]] NBA games televised by Fox Sports Southwest are broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma in areas within 75 miles of the Oklahoma City market. The channel also carries Big 12 Conference and occasional [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] games from Fox Sports Southwest; some Fox Sports Southwest-televised games are available through the Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus overflow feed.
|-
| Fox Sports San Diego
| [[San Diego]]
|
| 2012
| 2021
| Defunct
| Launched in March 2012, as a sub-feed of [[Bally Sports SoCal|Prime Ticket]]. Network liquidated in April 2024 as [[Bally Sports San Diego]] following a settlement with the [[San Diego Padres]] relating to repeated failures to pay the team the previous year.
|-
| Fox Sports South
| Georgia<br/>Mississippi<br/>Alabama<br/>Kentucky
| [[SportSouth]] (original; 1990–1996)
| 1996
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network South]]
| Sister network Fox Sports Southeast shares Atlanta Braves and Hawks broadcast rights with Fox Sports South. Production of the Braves game telecasts aired by Atlanta [[independent station]] [[WPCH-TV]] was transferred from [[Turner Sports]] to Fox Sports South in 2011 (a byproduct of the Turner Broadcasting System's [[local marketing agreement]] with the [[Meredith Corporation]] that consolidated WPCH's operations with [[CBS]] affiliate [[WANF|WGCL-TV]]). On February 28, 2013, Fox Sports South and the then-SportSouth reached a deal with the Braves to acquire the 45-game package held by WPCH, rendering the team's game telecasts cable-exclusive beginning with the [[2013 Atlanta Braves season|2013 season]] and ending the station's 40-year relationship with the Braves.<ref name="fss-braves13">{{cite web|title=Fox Sports South and SportSouth acquire 45 additional Braves games beginning this season|url=http://www.foxsportssouth.com/02/28/13/Fox-Sports-South-and-SportSouth-acquire-/landing_braves.html?blockID=871311&feedID=4354|work=Fox Sports South|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=September 7, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| Fox Sports Southeast
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<br/>[[Alabama]]<br/>[[Mississippi]]<br/>[[Tennessee]]<br/>North Carolina<br/>South Carolina
| [[Turner South]] (1999–2006)<br/>SportSouth (2006–2015)
| 2006
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Southeast]]
| Formerly known as Turner South, and operated as a general entertainment cable channel, from 1999 to October 13, 2006, when it adopted the name SportSouth following its sale by [[Time Warner]]'s Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary to then Fox Sports Networks parent News Corporation. SportSouth and Fox Sports South aired [[Atlanta Thrashers]] games until the team's relocation to [[Winnipeg]] (as the [[Winnipeg Jets]]) in 2011. Fox Sports South carries select Memphis Grizzlies games aired by SportSouth in Kentucky. SportSouth was rebranded as Fox Sports Southeast on October 5, 2015, citing viewer confusion caused by the Fox Sports Networks' 2012 rebranding that replaced the "FS" with "Fox Sports" as a prefix for the regional outlets.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=August 24, 2015 |title=SportSouth becomes Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825222833/http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2015 |newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=August 25, 2015 |title=SportSouth is rebranding to Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/sportsouth-is-rebranding-to-fox-sports-southeast.html |access-date=August 25, 2015 |website=Awful Announcing}}</ref>
|-
| Fox Sports Southwest
| [[Texas]]<br/>[[Arkansas]]<br/>northern [[Louisiana]]<br/>parts of [[New Mexico]]
| Home Sports Entertainment (1983–1994)<br/>Prime Sports Southwest (1994–1996)
| 1996
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Southwest]]
|
|-
| Fox Sports Sun
| Florida
| Sunshine Network (1988–2004)<br/>Sun Sports (2004–2015)
| 1996
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Sun]]
| Originally a Prime Network affiliate, Fox Sports and Liberty Media acquired the network in 1996.
|-
| [[Fox Sports Tennessee]]
| [[Tennessee]]<br/>southern [[Kentucky]]
|
| 2008
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network South]]
| Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South. Merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand.
|-
| Fox Sports West
| [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii
| Prime Ticket (original; 1985–1994)<br/>Prime Sports West (1994–1996)
| 1996
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network West]]
| Fox Sports West lost the broadcast rights to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] after the [[2011–12 NBA season]], as a result of a 20-year agreement with [[Time Warner Cable]] (now [[Charter Communications]]) to broadcast the team's games on [[Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles)|Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum Deportes]], which both launched in October 2012;<ref>{{cite web|title=Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php|periodical=Multichannel News|date=February 14, 2011}}</ref> Formerly held the rights to the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] and the [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] before losing them to Spectrum.
|-
| Fox Sports Wisconsin
| [[Wisconsin]]<br/>western [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]<br/>eastern [[Minnesota]]<br/>northwestern Illinois<br/>[[Iowa]]
|
| 2007
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin]]
| Formerly operated as a sub-feed of Fox Sports North beginning in 1998, Fox Sports Wisconsin became a separate channel in 2008 after Fox Sports North acquired the broadcast rights to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. It is still considered a sub-feed of Fox Sports North in some markets, and carries Minnesota Wild and Minnesota United FC games, which air on the alternate feed if the main feed is otherwise occupied. Fox Sports Wisconsin maintains master control and certain back office operations shared with Fox Sports North at the latter channel's headquarters in Minneapolis, but maintains separate production operations based in [[Milwaukee]].
|-
| Prime Ticket
| [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii
| Fox Sports West 2 (1997–2006)
| 1997
| 2021
| [[FanDuel Sports Network SoCal]]
| Prime Ticket aired [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] games from 1997 to 2013 when Fox lost the broadcast rights to [[Spectrum SportsNet LA]], a joint venture between the team and Time Warner Cable that launched in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dodgers announce deal with Time Warner, launch of SportsNet LA|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21620862/dodgers-announce-deal-with-time-warner-launch-of-sportsnet-la|work=[[CBS Sports]]|date=January 28, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| SportsTime Ohio
| Ohio<br/>eastern Indiana<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern Pennsylvania<br/>southwestern New York
|
| 2012
| 2021
| Defunct
| Launched in 2006, after the Cleveland Indians declined to renew its broadcast contract with Fox Sports Ohio; Fox would eventually purchase the network on December 28, 2012.
|-
|}

===Affiliates===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:150px;" |Channel
! style="width:150px;" |Region served
! style="width:150px;" |Formerly<br/>operated as
! style="width:50px;" |Year<br/>joined or launched
! style="width:50px;" |Year left or closed
!Currently operating as
! style="width:450px;" |Notes
|-
|[[AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[West Virginia]]<br/> parts of [[Maryland]], Kentucky and Ohio
|KBL Entertainment Network (1986–1995)
Prime Sports KBL (1995–1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Pittsburgh (1996–2011)'''<br/>Root Sports Pittsburgh (2011–2017)
| 1996
| 2021
|
|Acquired by Liberty Media in 2008 as part of an asset swap with then-Fox Sports owner News Corporation, these networks were spun off into the [[AT&T Sports Networks]] division of [[DirecTV]] in 2009.<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite news|date=December 22, 2006|title=News Corp sells DirecTV stake to Liberty Media for News Corp stake, 550 mln usd|periodical=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/12/22/afx3278224.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070108122003/http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/12/22/afx3278224.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> DirecTV's Fox Sports affiliates were rebranded as Root Sports on April 1, 2011, and all except Northwest later rebranded as AT&T SportsNet in 2017 after [[AT&T]] acquired DirecTV two years earlier.<ref name="bizjournals.com"/> [[AT&T SportsNet Southwest]] is the only network in the group that does not air Bally Sports-sourced programming.
|-
|[[AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain|AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain/Rocky Mountain West]]
|[[Colorado]]<br/>[[New Mexico]]<br/>[[Nevada]]<br/>[[Utah]]<br/>[[Wyoming]]<br/>parts of [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Idaho]], Nebraska and [[South Dakota]]
|Prime Sports Network (1988–1989)<br/>Prime Sports Network- Rocky Mountain (1989–1995)<br/>Prime Sports Rocky Mountain (1995–1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (1996–2011)'''<br/>Root Sports Rocky Mountain (2011–2017)
|1996
|2021
|defunct
|Rebranded as SportsNet Rocky Mountain in October 2023, before ceasing operations on December 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/05/att-sportsnet-rocky-mountain-shutting-down-rockies-broadcasts|title=AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain Shutting Down, Leaving Rockies Broadcasts in Limbo for 2024, Sources Say|website=The Denver Post|last1=Newman|first1=Kyle|last2=Saunders|first2=Patrick|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>
|-
|[[BayTV]]
|[[San Francisco Bay Area]]
|
|1997
|2000
|Defunct
|Partially owned by TCI; signed a three-year affiliation agreement in March 1997 due to Cablevision's initial refusal to allow SportsChannel Pacific to carry FSN programming. Carried Fox Sports News, [[Pac-10]] games and Thursday Night Baseball. Fox Sports News was moved to Fox Sports Bay Area in March 1998, but Pac-10 games continued to air on BayTV until January 2000.
|-
|Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
|Northern and central California<br/>northwestern [[Nevada]]<br/>parts of southern [[Oregon]]
|Pacific Sports Network (PSN) (1989–1991)<br/>SportsChannel Bay Area (1990–1991)<br/>SportsChannel Pacific (1991–1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports Bay Area (1998–2008)'''
|1998
|2012
|[[NBC Sports Bay Area]]
|In April 2007, Cablevision sold its 60% interest in FSN Bay Area to Comcast. The network was rebranded as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on March 31, 2008, and continued to carry select FSN programming until August 2012. Fox Sports sold its stake in the network to Comcast in April 2008. Continued affiliation as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area until 2012. Programming sometimes aired on [[NBC Sports California|Comcast SportsNet California]].
|-
|Comcast SportsNet Chicago
|Northern Illinois<br/>northern Indiana<br/>eastern Iowa
|
|2006
|2012
|defunct
|Affiliated after closure of Fox Sports Chicago. Rebranded as [[NBC Sports Chicago]] on October 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/08/23/comcast-sportsnet-chicago-rebrand-nbc-sports-chicago/|title=Comcast SportsNet Chicago to Rebrand as 'NBC Sports Chicago'|last=Feder|first=Robert|work=RobertFeder.com|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> NBC Sports Chicago discontinued service on September 30, 2024, following its loss of local broadcast rights to the [[Chicago Bulls|Bulls]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Blackhawks]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/nbc-sports-chicago-ceases-operations-toasts.html|title=NBC Sports Chicago Toasts Its Viewers after Ceasing Operations|website=Awful Announcing|last=Neumann|first=Sam|date=October 1, 2024|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>
|-
|Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
|[[Maryland]]<br/>[[Virginia]]<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]<br/>southern Pennsylvania<br/>eastern [[West Virginia]]<br/>southern Delaware
|Home Team Sports (1984–2001)
|1997
|2012
|[[Monumental Sports Network]]
|Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic rebranded as NBC Sports Washington on October 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Sports Regional Networks to Align CSN and TCN Properties under 'NBC Sports' Brand|url=http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/press-releases/nbc-sports-regional-networks-align-csn-and-tcn-properties-under-nbc-sports-brand|publisher=NBC Sports Regional Networks|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> NBC Sports Washington rebranded as Monumental Sports Network on September 12, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Sports Washington is Becoming Monumental Sports Network|url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/nbc-sports-washington-is-becoming-monumental-sports-network/c-344952710|publisher=Washington Capitals|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|Comcast SportsNet New England
|Massachusetts<br/>eastern and central Connecticut<br/>Vermont<br/>Maine<br/>New Hampshire<br/>Rhode Island
|PRISM New England (1981–1983)<br/>SportsChannel New England (1983–1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports New England (1998–2007)'''
|2000
|2012
|[[NBC Sports Boston]]
|Rebranded in January 1998, along with the other former SportsChannel RSNs. Despite the new name, the network was blocked from affiliating with FSN until January 1, 2000, due to an existing agreement with the New England Sports Network. In April 2007, Cablevision sold its 50% interest in FSN New England to Comcast, effectively giving the latter full ownership of the channel. It was rebranded as [[NBC Sports Boston|Comcast SportsNet New England]] on July 1, 2007, and continued to carry select FSN programming until August 2012.
|-
|Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
|Eastern [[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[South Jersey]]<br/>[[Delaware]]
|
|1997
|2012
|[[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]
|
|-
|[[Empire Sports Network]]
|Upstate New York<br/>northern Pennsylvania<br/>eastern Ohio
|
|1996
|2005
|Defunct
|Previously a Prime Network affiliate, it became an FSN affiliate by default in 1996, though it did not use FSN branding. The channel was shuttered in 2005 (due to the bankruptcy of parent company [[Adelphia Communications Corporation|Adelphia]]) and was replaced by [[MSG Network]] and later [[MSG Western New York]].
|-
|[[Fox Sports Chicago]]
|Northern Illinois<br/>northern Indiana<br/>eastern Iowa
|Sportsvision Chicago (1982–1989)<br/>SportsChannel Chicago (1989–1998)
|1998
|2006
|Defunct
|FSN Chicago served as the production hub for the ''Chicago Sports Report'', ''Ohio Sports Report'' and ''Bay Area Sports Report'' (all of which were 50% owned by Rainbow Sports/Cablevision). [[NBC Sports Chicago]] aired FSN's national programming from 2006 until August 2012, and occupied FSN Chicago's former facilities at 350 North Orleans Street, which also houses the offices of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. The former ''Chicago Sports Report'' set was purchased by [[NBC]] affiliate [[WREX]] in [[Rockford, Illinois]] for use as that station's main news set. FSN Chicago shut down on June 23, 2006.
|-
| [[Marquee Sports Network]]
| Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, parts of Wisconsin
|
| 2020
| 2021
|
|Launched in 2020 and co-owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Chicago Cubs, restoring Fox Sports Network programming to the Chicago market after more than a five-year absence.
|-
| [[Mid-Atlantic Sports Network]]
| Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware
|
| 2013
| 2021
|
|Aired most Fox Sports-sourced programming on MASN2.
|-
|[[MSG Network]]
|New York<br/>northern New Jersey<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern Connecticut
|
|1998
|2021
|
|After Cablevision became a partner in FSN and converted their SportsChannel networks to the FSN banner, MSG Network also became an FSN outlet, albeit keeping its own branding and graphics (a variant of the MSG logo of the time with a Fox Sports Net logo underneath was used on occasion). MSG carried FSN programming at different times to FSN New York and also contributed footage to FSN programs. (Prior to either MSG or SportsChannel New York, then-independent station WBIS-TV, now [[WPXN-TV]], carried FSN programming as part of its sports offerings.)
|-
|MSG Plus
|New York<br/>northern New Jersey<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern Connecticut
|Cablevision Sports 3 (1976–1979)<br/>SportsChannel New York (1979–1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports New York (1998–2008)'''
|1998
|2021
|[[MSG Sportsnet]] (MSGSN)
|Operates as a sister network of [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]]; Owned by [[MSG Networks]], a [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of [[Cablevision]]. Fox previously had partial ownership of the network. It was rebranded as MSG Plus on March 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Best |first=Neil |date=February 26, 2008 |title=FSNY to be renamed MSG Plus |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column?track=rss |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426204438/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column |archive-date=April 26, 2008 |access-date=February 26, 2008 |newspaper=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=February 29, 2008 |title=FSNY To Morph into MSG Plus |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6536950.html |access-date=February 29, 2008 |periodical=Multichannel News}}</ref> Starting in 2013, MSG Plus aired a reduced schedule of Fox Sports programming, with certain other programs airing on YES Network. MSG Plus was rebranded as MSG Sportnet (MSGSN) on September 26, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|date=September 22, 2022|title=MSG Plus Channel Renamed MSG SportsNet on Sept. 26|work=Broadcasting Cable|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/msg-plus-channel-renamed-msg-sportsnet-on-sept-26|access-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[New England Sports Network]]
|[[Massachusetts]], eastern and central Connecticut, [[Vermont]], [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]] and [[Rhode Island]]
|
|1996
|1999
|
|SportsChannel New England rebranded to Fox Sports New England in January 1998, but carried no FSN national programming until NESN's contract expired on December 31, 1999.
|-
|[[Root Sports Northwest]]
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]<br/>[[Alaska]]<br/>[[Montana]]<br/>[[Oregon]]<br/>Western Idaho
|Northwest Cable Sports (1988–1989)<br/>Prime Sports Northwest (1989–1996)<br/>Fox Sports Northwest (1996–2011)
|1996
|2021
|
|
|-
|[[Root Sports Utah]]
|Utah
|Prime Sports Network- Utah (1989–1990)<br/>Prime Sports Network- Intermountain West (1991–1995)<br/>Prime Sports Intermountain West (1995–1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Utah (1996–2011)'''
|1996
|2017
|Merged into AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
|
|-
|[[Wisconsin Sports Network (TV channel)|Wisconsin Sports Channel]]
| Wisconsin
| Wisconsin Sports Network (1996–1997)
|1997
|1997
|FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin
|Merged into Midwest Sports Channel (later known as Fox Sports North) and then split again to form Fox Sports Wisconsin
|-
| [[YES Network]]
| New York<br/>northern [[New Jersey]]<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern [[Connecticut]]
|
| 2013
| 2021
|
|Launched in 2002, News Corporation acquired a 49% stake in YES in November 2012, in a deal that included an option to allow the company to expand its interest in the network to 80% within three years.<ref name="deadline-hollywood-2012"/> The option carried over to 21st Century Fox, following its founding through the subsequent 2013 [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of News Corporation's entertainment assets, which exercised the option for Fox Sports to acquire 80% majority control of YES (with the network's founding parent Yankees Global Enterprises retaining the remaining 20%) in January 2014.<ref name="broadcastingcable2013"/> YES later began carrying Fox Sports-sourced programming in September 2013; prior to the Fox Sports purchase, YES had carried select Yankees game telecasts over-the-air broadcast on Fox-owned [[MyNetworkTV]] station [[WWOR-TV]] and the Tribune-owned station [[WPIX]]. On December 14, 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]] announced their intent to [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquire 21st Century Fox]] for $52.4 billion after the spin-off of certain businesses to a "[[New Fox]]" company, while the acquisition was originally slated to include Fox Sports' regional operations, the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of [[ESPN]]. Yankee Global Enterprises invoked a clause the rights to buy their stake of the YES Network back following the acquisition from Disney. On March 8, 2019, it was reported that the Yankees had reached a deal to re-purchase Fox's share in the network for $3.5 billion, with [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[Amazon.com]] and [[The Blackstone Group]] holding minority shares.
|}

===Partner services===

====Comcast SportsNet====
From its inception in 1997 until July 31, 2012, [[Comcast]] maintained an agreement to carry select programming sourced from Fox Sports Net on its six [[Comcast SportsNet]] regional networks: [[Comcast SportsNet Bay Area]], [[Comcast SportsNet California]], [[Comcast SportsNet Chicago]], [[Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic]], [[Comcast SportsNet New England]] and [[Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ourand |first=John |date=August 14, 2012 |title=NBC Sports Group Drops FSN Programming From Comcast RSNs |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2012/08/14/NBC.aspx?hl=Comcast%20SportsNet%20FSN%20Chicago&sc=0 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |website=Sports Business Journal}}</ref>

This deal stemmed from the circumstances surrounding the 1997 launch of the original Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia, where Rainbow's regional sports network [[SportsChannel Philadelphia]], and sister premium service [[PRISM (TV channel)|PRISM]] (which offered a mix of sports and movies) were seemingly gutted by Comcast's acquisition of [[Comcast Spectacor|Spectacor]]—owner of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]—and a stake in the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], with plans to launch their own network,<ref>{{cite news |last=Donnellon |first=Sam |date=March 20, 1996 |title=Prism, Sportschannel On Way Out? |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-20/news/25636426_1_prism-comcast-acquisition-brian-l-roberts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911060557/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-20/news/25636426_1_prism-comcast-acquisition-brian-l-roberts |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rozansky |first=Michael L. |last2=Sokolove |first2=Michael |date=March 24, 1996 |title=Comcast Deal Isn't The End Of Prism It Could Benefit Both Firms To Leave The TV Rights As They Are |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-24/business/25636634_1_comcast-executive-comcast-chairman-ralph-roberts-comcast-deal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160219/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-24/business/25636634_1_comcast-executive-comcast-chairman-ralph-roberts-comcast-deal |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Edward |last2=Fleischman |first2=Bill |date=April 26, 1996 |title=Comcast Puts Prism On Ropes Phils Agree To Join Flyers, Sixers In Fledgling All-sports Cable Channel |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-26/sports/25660343_1_prism-comcast-corporation-phillies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160147/http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-26/sports/25660343_1_prism-comcast-corporation-phillies |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref> only for Rainbow to join Fox and Liberty, possibly meaning SportsChannel and PRISM would become FSN affiliates instead.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleischman |first=Bill |date=June 24, 1997 |title=Fox/liberty Deal Impacts Local Cable Sportschannel Philadelphia Likely To Benefit |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/sports/25526730_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-fox-sports-news-liberty-networks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160208/http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/sports/25526730_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-fox-sports-news-liberty-networks |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rozansky |first=Michael L. |date=June 24, 1997 |title=Fox Will Gobble Up Sportschannel Phila. A Nationwide Network Is Being Forged To Challenge ESPN. Locally, A Comcast Rivalry Could Emerge |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/business/25526296_1_fox-and-tci-sports-channels-sportschannel-philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911060549/http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/business/25526296_1_fox-and-tci-sports-channels-sportschannel-philadelphia |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> Ultimately, the potential issues were settled in a deal that saw PRISM and SportsChannel's local coverage move to Comcast SportsNet, which would then become an FSN affiliate, while PRISM was replaced by Liberty's premium movie network [[Starz|Starz!]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bruton |first=Mike |date=July 22, 1997 |title=Comcast Scores Big With Sports Network The 24-hour Comcast Sportsnet Will Debut Oct. 1 And Carry Phillies, Sixers And Flyers Games |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-22/news/25549267_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-comcast-sportsnet-cable-systems |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160138/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-22/news/25549267_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-comcast-sportsnet-cable-systems |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 1997 |title=Local TV Sports Fans To See A Change, In Cost Sportschannel And Prism Are Going, Going. . . . A New Basic Cable Channel Takes Over. |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-27/news/25545503_1_basic-cable-cable-analyst-john-mansell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305040355/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-27/news/25545503_1_basic-cable-cable-analyst-john-mansell |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2012 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeWolf |first=Rose |date=August 25, 1997 |title=Starz On The Horizon Goodbye Prism & Sports Channel; What's Next Depends On Where You Hang The Clicker |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-08-25/news/25568592_1_starz-premium-channel-suburban-cable |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910085622/http://articles.philly.com/1997-08-25/news/25568592_1_starz-premium-channel-suburban-cable |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Comcast Commits to Launch STARZ! in Philadelphia; More Than 300,000 Comcast Customers Will See STARZ! by October 1 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Comcast+Commits+to+Launch+STARZ!+in+Philadelphia%3b+More+Than+300%2c000...-a019597847 |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |via=The Free Library |date=July 21, 1997 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303004628/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Comcast+Commits+to+Launch+STARZ!+in+Philadelphia%3b+More+Than+300%2c000...-a019597847 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Most of Fox Sports Networks' other programming was later carried in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets on MASN2. Select games were also shown on [[Cox Communications]] local origination channels (later branded [[YurView]]), mostly in Rhode Island and Virginia. The Cox networks were exclusive to their cable systems.

===Broadcast TV partners===
At least two times in its history Fox Sports Net, partnered with [[Terrestrial television|broadcast]] TV stations to fill coverage gaps in markets where it did not have an affiliated regional sports network. Upon its launch, Fox Sports Net did not have an outlet in New York, the nation's largest media market (Cablevision's SportsChannel would not merge into Fox Sports until the following year). To overcome this obstacle, Fox Sports Net paid [[WPXN-TV|WBIS-TV]] $30 million to broadcast games and nightly news shows for the next five years. WBIS-TV itself was a new station that launched on July 1, 1996, when [[Dow Jones & Company]] and [[ITT Inc.|ITT Corporation]] purchased it from the [[New York City|City of New York]]. The Fox Sports programming complimented its "S+" format which combined sports programming and business news.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Station Bets on Business-Sports Mix |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/20/business/station-bets-on-business-sports-mix.html |access-date=26 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 1997}}</ref>

From September 2012 to September 2013, Fox syndicated select college football and basketball games produced by the Fox Sports regional networks to broadcast television stations in some of the markets where the aforementioned Comcast SportsNet had dropped coverage. These stations included [[WLVI]] (Boston), [[KICU-TV]] (San Francisco), [[WMCN-TV]] (Philadelphia) and [[WDCA]] (Washington, D.C.).

===Fox College Sports (FCS)===
{{main|Stadium College Sports}}

Fox Sports Networks also operated '''Fox College Sports (FCS)''', a slate of three digital cable channels (Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox College Sports Central and Fox College Sports Pacific) featuring programming divided by region (primarily collegiate and high school sports, as well as minor league sports events) from each individual FSN network; the FCS networks also carry each affiliate's regional sports news programs and non-news-and-event programming (such as coaches shows, team magazines and documentaries). The three networks were, more or less, condensed versions of the 22 FSN-affiliated networks (including Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic), though the channels also showed international events that did not fit within the programming inventories of FSN or [[Fox Soccer Plus]] (and prior to 2013, the latter's now-defunct parent [[Fox Soccer]]), such as the [[Commonwealth Games]], [[World University Games]] and the [[FINA World Swimming Championships]].

The three FCS channels offered FSN feeds from the following channels, including live [[Big 12 Conference]] football, [[Pac-12 Conference]] football and basketball and [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] basketball games. The channels also rebroadcast shows originally produced by and shown on the following listed networks:
* FCS Atlantic: Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Tennessee, Fox Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Florida, Fox Sports Sun, MSG Plus and [[AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh]];
* FCS Central: Fox Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports Kansas City, Fox Sports Indiana and Fox Sports Ohio;
* FCS Pacific: Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket, [[AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain]] and [[Root Sports Northwest]].

Fox College Sports also broadcast high school and [[Independent Women's Football League]] games, and college magazine and coach's shows. Fox College Sports formerly partnered with [[Big Ten Network]] to provide programming.

==High definition==
All of the Fox Sports Networks regional affiliates maintained [[High-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast feeds presented in [[720p]] (the default resolution format for 21st Century Fox's broadcast and pay television properties). All sports programming broadcast on each of the networks (including most team-related analysis and discussion programs, and non-event amateur sports programs) was broadcast in a format optimized for 16:9 widescreen displays, with graphics framed within a widescreen safe area rather than the 4:3 safe area, intended to be shown in a letterboxed format for standard definition viewers.

==National programs==

===Programming strategy===
The programming strategy adopted by most of the Fox Sports Networks was to acquire the [[play-by-play]] broadcast rights to major sports teams in their regional market. This did not include NFL games, since the league's contracts require all games to be aired on broadcast television in each participating team's local markets. Therefore, FSN focused on other major professional leagues, like the MLB, NHL, NBA and WNBA.

In addition to local play-by-play coverage, the FSN networks also broadcast and produced [[pre-game show]]s, post-game shows and weekly "magazine" shows centered on the teams that maintained rights with the individual network. In some markets, FSN competed directly with other regional sports networks for the broadcast rights to team-specific programming. FSN networks also purchased shows or [[brokered programming|broker]] time slots for sports and outdoors programming from outside producers in their region to fill out their schedule further, with Fox Sports purchasing additional programming for national airing. Finally, low-trafficked late night and early morning timeslots were programmed locally with [[Infomercial|paid programming]].

Also, FSN competed directly with ESPN in acquiring the conference rights to various collegiate sports events. One notable agreement was that with the [[Pac-12 Conference]], in which packages of [[Fox College Football|football]] and men's basketball regular season games were broadcast across all FSN networks within the regions served by each Pac-12 member university. Fox Sports Networks broadcast the majority of the [[Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament]], except the tournament final, as well as a few Pac-12 matches from other conference-sanctioned sports (such as baseball and volleyball).

Besides play-by-play game rights, FSN provided a common set of programming that was available to all its regional sports networks, most notably ''[[The Dan Patrick Show]]'', ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]'' and ''[[Final Score (U.S. TV program)|Final Score]]'' (''TBDSSP'' and ''Final Score'' eventually ceased production, while ''The Dan Patrick Show'' later moved to the [[NBCSN|NBC Sports Network]]). Until August 2012, in some of regions served by that RSN, member channels of the competing Comcast SportsNet (as mentioned above) carried FSN programming through broadcast agreements with Fox Sports.

Fox Sports Networks' national sports telecasts were formerly marketed under the "FSN" brand; these national programs began to use more generic branding with fewer references to FSN or Fox in 2008, as a result of a number of Fox Sports Net affiliates being rebranded or realigned with other RSN chains (including [[FSN New England]] and [[FSN Bay Area]], which both became part of Comcast SportsNet; FSN New York's relaunch as [[MSG Plus]], the sister to [[MSG Network]]; and the eventual relaunch of several FSN affiliates acquired by DirecTV Sports Networks under the Root Sports brand); however, these networks later reverted to utilizing Fox branding on their FSN-syndicated broadcasts.

===National prime time programming===
In addition to regional programming, the Fox Sports Networks carried some prime time programming distributed to all of the regional networks (including past and present series such as ''The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' and ''[[Chris Myers]] Interviews''). FSN tried to compete with ESPN in regards to original programming, most notably with the ''[[National Sports Report]]'', a daily sports news program designed to compete with ESPN's ''[[SportsCenter]]'', which debuted on FSN in 1996. Originally a two-hour program known as ''Fox Sports News'', the running time of ''National Sports Report'' was steadily cut back (eventually dwindling to 30 minutes) as its ratings declined and the cost of producing the program increased. FSN hired popular former ''SportsCenter'' anchor [[Keith Olbermann]] and used him to promote the show heavily; ratings continued to slide (especially as ''Best Damn Sports Show Period''<nowiki/>'s popularity increased), however, leading Fox Sports to cancel the ''National Sports Report'', which aired its last edition in February 2002.

In some markets, FSN aired the ''Regional Sports Report'' (whose headline title was usually customized with the name of the region in which the particular program was broadcast, such as the ''Midwest Sports Report'' or ''[[Detroit Sports Report]]''), a companion news program focusing primarily on regional sports as well as highlights and news on other sports teams that debuted in 2000 to complement the ''National Sports Report''; many of the regional reports were cancelled in 2002 due to increasing costs of producing the individual programs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Sports Net cancels 'National Sports Report'|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/17/spt_fox_sports_net.html|newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer|Enquirer]]|date=January 17, 2002}}</ref>

Most of the national studio programming seen on FSN originated from the [[Metromedia Square|Fox Television Center]] in [[Hollywood, California]]; in 1998, operations moved to the new Fox Network Center, located on the 20th Century Fox backlot in [[Century City]]. Some programming was instead produced from the FSN headquarters in the [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] district.

===Live national play-by-play===
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] football, and men's and women's [[college basketball]] (2001–2021)
* [[Big 12]] [[college football]] and women's college basketball (1996–2020)
* [[Big East]] men's college basketball (2013–2020)
* [[Conference USA]] college football, and men's and women's college basketball (2011–2016, 2020–21)
* [[Pac-12]] college football, and men's and women's college basketball (1996–2013)
* [[Thursday Night Baseball]] (1997–2000)
* [[UEFA Champions League]] soccer (selected Tuesday and Wednesday matches)
* [[UEFA Europa League]] soccer
* [[Formula One]] (1998–2000)

===Other sports===
* [[Association of Volleyball Professionals]] (pro beach volleyball)
* [[French Open]], [[Indian Wells Masters]] and [[Miami Masters]] (tennis)
* [[International Tennis Hall of Fame|Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Classic]]
* [[Champions Series (senior men's tennis tour)|Invesco Series QQQ]] tennis tour
* [[Red Bull]] [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship|Air Race]]
* [[International Fight League]] (2006–2008)
* [[Pride Fighting Championships]]
* [[World Poker Tour]]

===Former programming===
* ''2Xtreem Motorcycle TV'' (2008) – a renovation series focusing on motorcycle customizing, hosted by four-person team of current and former [[American Motorcyclist Association|AMA]] licensed racers and mechanics.<!--Give the name of the female motorcross champion in the cast.--> The show remains in production and was offered to FSN and its other networks in a [[brokered programming]] arrangement.
* ''54321'' (November 2002 – November 2003) – a short-lived action sports news and variety program hosted by [[Leeann Tweeden]], Chad Towersey, Kip Williamson and [[Jason Acuña|Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña]].
* ''Amazing Sports Stories'' (2007–2011) a weekly half-hour [[Historical reenactment|re-enactment]] series illustrating various sports-related human interest stories (among those recounted included those on [[Bert Shepard]]'s only game as a major-league [[pitcher]], in which he made history as the first Major League Baseball player to play wearing a prosthetic device (it replaced one of his legs); [[Jackie Mitchell (baseball)|Jackie Mitchell]], a female pitcher who struck out [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Lou Gehrig]] in an exhibition game; [[Lawrence Lemieux]], a Canadian [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[yachting|yachtsman]] who sacrificed his chance at a medal to save the life of two fellow competitors from Singapore; and Ben Malcolmson, a writer for the [[University of Southern California]] newspaper ''The Daily Trojan'' who walked onto the [[USC Trojans football]] team).
* ''[[Baseball's Golden Age]]'' (July 6 – September 28, 2008) – a 13-episode documentary series profiling the history of baseball from the 1920s to the 1960s, illustrated partly using archived film footage.
* ''BCS Breakdown'' (September 2006 – 2011) – a preview of the week's top college football games, with analysis on their potential influence on the [[Bowl Championship Series]] standings; the program was hosted by Tom Helmer, with [[Gary Barnett]] and [[Petros Papadakis]] as analysts. The program was created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the television rights to the Bowl Championship Series (with the exception of the [[Rose Bowl Game]]) that ran until the 2011 series.
* ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]'' (July 23, 2001 – June 30, 2009) – a late-night panel discussion program featuring analysis of sports headlines and interviews.
* ''[[Beyond the Glory]]'' (January 7, 2001 – January 1, 2006) – a biographical program focusing on events and notable athletes in sports.
* ''Boys in the Hall'' (2011–2012) a documentary series, narrated by [[Tom Brokaw]], chronicling notable baseball players.
* ''Breaking Par'' (2016–2021) a monthly half-hour series that looks at the game of golf through a different lens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.breakingpar.net/|title=Breaking Par |website=breakingpar.net}}</ref>
* ''The Chris Myers Interview'' (2008–2011) – an interview program featuring one-on-one discussions with sports figures, hosted by [[Chris Myers]].
* ''[[The Dan Patrick Show]]'' (October 25, 2010 – October 17, 2012) – a simulcast of the [[sports talk]] radio program hosted by [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]]; the program moved to NBC Sports Network (now NBCSN), [[Root Sports]] and the [[Audience Network]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release|title=The Dan Patrick Show Syndicated to More Than 85 Million Homes! – Fox Sports Net Will Distribute the Popular Sports Talk TV Series Beginning October 25|url=http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P7110152|work=[[DirecTV]]|date=October 4, 2010}}</ref>
* ''Destination Polaris'' (2013–2021) A weekly magazine show focusing on [[all-terrain vehicle]]s made by [[Polaris Industries]], their owners, and what people do with their ATVs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Joe |title=New Season of Destination Polaris |url=http://atvondemand.com/new-season-of-destination-polaris/ |access-date=July 8, 2019 |work=ATV On Demand |date=March 29, 2013}}</ref> Sponsored by Polaris and runs on the network via a brokered-time agreement.
* ''FSN Across America'' (2003–2004) – a [[newsmagazine]] program featuring in-depth stories and interviews. Original co-host [[Carolyn Hughes]] was released by FSN citing a violation of a morals clause in Hughes's contract following the discovery of her affair with [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] pitcher [[Derek Lowe]] in 2004; the show was cancelled shortly afterward.
* ''The FSN Baseball Report'' (2006–2008) – a daily baseball analysis program aired during the Major League Baseball season.
* ''[[Final Score (U.S. TV program)|FSN Final Score]]'' (2006–2011) – a half-hour national sports news program (later retitled as simply ''Final Score'' on April 23, 2008) strictly focusing on game highlights that ran from July 3, 2006, to 2011; the program was originally anchored by FSN veterans Van Earl Wright, Barry LeBrock and Andrew Siciliano, later joined by newcomers Greg Wolf and Danyelle Sargent.
* ''FSN Pro Football Preview'' (2005–2010) – a weekly analysis program featuring previews of the week's upcoming National Football League games.
* ''Goin' Deep'' (2000–2001) – an hour-long newsmagazine series focusing on contentious issues in sports; the program was originally hosted by [[Joe Buck]] and later by [[Chris Myers]].
* ''[[I, Max]]'' (May 10, 2004 – February 18, 2005) – a talk show hosted by [[Max Kellerman]]; the program was cancelled due to multiple factors, including Kellerman taking time away from the sports television industry after his brother's murder and creative differences regarding the show's future direction.
* ''[[In Focus on FSN]]'' (2006–2009) a half-hour series, hosted by [[Dick Enberg]], taking a look at the impact of a particular sports event, mostly told through [[photography|still photography]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Roggin Gives Up Radio Talk Show|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/custom/extras/la-spw-tvcol9jun09,1,5606619.column?coll=la-sports-extras|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 9, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201015222/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/09/sports/spw-tvcol9|archive-date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>
* ''The Last Word'' (March 1998 – May 2002) – a nightly sports analysis and discussion program originally hosted by Wallace Matthews (in New York City) and [[Jim Rome]] (in Los Angeles), the latter of whom later took over as the program's sole host.
* ''Million Dollar Challenge'' (2000) – a game show where six contestants compete in sports-related physical challenges for a chance to win up to $1 million.
* ''Mind, Body & Kickin' Moves'' (2007–2009) – a re-edited version of the British martial arts show ''[[Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves]]''.
* ''NASCAR This Morning'' (2001–2004) – a morning program featuring analysis and news around the [[NASCAR]] circuit.
* ''The Next Great Champ'' (2004, Episodes 5–10) – A reality television series where 12 fighters battled for a professional contract with [[Oscar De La Hoya|Oscar De La Hoya's]] [[Golden Boy Promotions]] and a cash prize. The [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox television network]] cancelled the show after 4 episodes, and the final six aired on FSN. [[Otis Griffin]] was the winner of the competition.
* ''NFL This Morning/The NFL Show'' (2001–2002) – An NFL pregame show with a mix of football talk and comedy, hosted by Chris Myers, along with Marv Levy, Deacon Jones, Billy Ray Smith and [[Jay Mohr]]. Mohr, Smith, Jones and Levy were replaced with Tony Siragusa, Michael Irvin, and comedian [[Tommy Davidson]] for season 2.
* ''[[Fox College Football|The Official BCS Ratings Show]]'' (October 15, 2006 – 2011) – The weekly program announcing the current [[Bowl Championship Series]] standings (equivalent to ESPN's current [[College Football Playoff]] standings show); the program was hosted by Tom Helmer, with Gary Barnett and Petros Papadakis as analysts. The program aired on FSN as a result of Fox Sports' acquisition of the television rights to the Bowl Championship Series (with the exception of the Rose Bowl Game that ran until the 2011 series.
* ''Shaun Alexander Live'' (2001) – a short-lived variety show that ran for several months in 2001; the program poked fun of host [[Shaun Alexander]]'s lack of recognition despite his accomplishments.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Shaun Alexander 1977–|journal=Biography Today|publisher=Omnigraphics, Inc.|year=2007|volume=16|issue=2|page=9|issn=1058-2347}}</ref>
* ''[[Toughest Cowboy]]'' (2007–2008) – a series of weekly competitions in which [[rodeo]] [[cowboy]]s attempted to ride in [[Bronc riding|bareback]], [[Bronc riding|saddle bronc]] and [[bull riding]]. Each of those three disciplines was a round in the event, and this show toured arenas throughout the United States.
* ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'' (2019–2021) – a professional wrestling program featuring matches from the [[Ring of Honor]] promotion. The program has since moved to the [[Honor Club]] streaming service after being bought by [[Tony Khan]].
* ''[[Sports Geniuses]]'' (March–June 2000) – a sports trivia game show, hosted by [[Matt Vasgersian]].
* ''[[The Sports List]]'' (August 1 – September 7, 2004) – a daily sports news program featuring a countdown of ten stories based on sports topic, hosted by [[Summer Sanders]].
* ''[[Sport Science (TV program)|Sport Science]]'' (September 9, 2007 – October 20, 2009) – a weekly program explaining various athletic skills and techniques through [[scientific method]]s, many of which analyzed for the program in a performance laboratory at an airport hangar set up by FSN. The concept then moved to ESPN, where ''Sports Science'' is a regular ''[[SportsCenter]]'' segment with some 'best-of' compilation programs.
* ''[[Impact! (TV series)|TNA iMPACT!]]'' (June 2004 – May 2005) – a [[professional wrestling]] program featuring matches from the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion; the program has since moved to several different networks, and the promotion rebranded as [[Impact Wrestling]] in 2017, but then reverted to their original name in 2024.
* ''Totally Football'' (2000–2001) – a weekly football analysis program.
* ''[[Totally NASCAR]]'' (2001–2004 and 2010) – a daily program featuring news around the NASCAR circuit, interviews and race highlights (including those not permitted for carriage by the similarly formatted [[ESPN2]] program ''RPM 2Night''). Many FSN affiliates carried ''Around the Track'', a similarly formatted version of the program.
* ''The Ultimate Fan League'' (1998–1999) – a sports trivia [[game show]], hosted by [[Bil Dwyer]].
* ''You Gotta See This'' (1998–2007) – a video compilation series featuring unusual and amazing highlights from the world of sports.

In addition, FSN aired an extensive lineup of poker shows, including ''[[Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament]]'' and ''MansionPoker.net PokerDome Challenge''. The [[World Poker Tour]] began broadcasting on FSN with its seventh season. It recently concluded airing its 15th season.

==Teams by network==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Network !! NBA !! MLB !! NHL !! Other
|-
| [[Fox Sports Arizona]]
| [[Phoenix Suns]] || [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] || [[Arizona Coyotes]] || [[Phoenix Mercury]] ([[WNBA]])
|-
| [[Fox Sports Carolinas]] / <br/>[[Fox Sports Southeast]]
| [[Charlotte Hornets]] || – || [[Carolina Hurricanes]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Detroit]]
| [[Detroit Pistons]] || [[Detroit Tigers]] || [[Detroit Red Wings]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Florida]]
| [[Orlando Magic]] || [[Miami Marlins]] || [[Florida Panthers]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Indiana]]
| [[Indiana Pacers]] || – || – || [[Indiana Fever]] ([[WNBA]])
|-
| [[Fox&nbsp;Sports&nbsp;Kansas&nbsp;City]]
| – || [[Kansas City Royals]] || – || [[Sporting Kansas City]] ([[MLS]])
|-
| [[Fox Sports Midwest]]
| – || [[St. Louis Cardinals]] || [[St. Louis Blues]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports New Orleans]]
| [[New Orleans Pelicans]] || – || – ||–
|-
| [[Fox Sports North]]
| [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] || [[Minnesota Twins]] || [[Minnesota Wild]] || [[Minnesota Lynx]] ([[WNBA]])<br/>[[Minnesota United FC]] ([[MLS]])
|-
| [[Fox Sports Ohio]]
| [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] || [[Cincinnati Reds]] || [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] || [[Columbus Crew SC]] ([[MLS]])
|-
| [[Fox Sports Oklahoma]]
| [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] || – || – || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports San Diego]]
| – || [[San Diego Padres]] || – || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports South]] / <br/>[[Fox Sports Southeast]]
| [[Atlanta Hawks]] || [[Atlanta Braves]] || – || [[Atlanta Dream]] ([[WNBA]]) <br/> [[Atlanta United FC]] ([[MLS]])
|-
| [[Fox Sports Southwest]]
| [[Dallas Mavericks]] <br/>[[San Antonio Spurs]] || [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] || [[Dallas Stars]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Sun]]
| [[Miami Heat]] || [[Tampa Bay Rays]] || [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Tennessee]] / <br/>[[Fox Sports Southeast]]
| [[Memphis Grizzlies]] || – || [[Nashville Predators]] || –
|-
| [[Fox Sports West]]
| –|| [[Los Angeles Angels]] || [[Los Angeles Kings]]|| –
|-
| [[Fox Sports Wisconsin]]
| [[Milwaukee Bucks]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers]] || [[Minnesota Wild]] || [[Minnesota United FC]] ([[MLS]])
|-
| [[Bally Sports SoCal|Prime Ticket]]
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] || – || [[Anaheim Ducks]] || –
|-
| [[SportsTime Ohio]]
| – || [[Cleveland Indians]] || – || –
|-
| [[YES Network]]
| [[Brooklyn Nets]] || [[New York Yankees]] || – || [[New York City FC]] ([[MLS]])
|}

==Pay-per-view==
FSN distributed its first [[pay-per-view]] event on November 10, 2006, a [[boxing]] match in which former [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|heavyweight champion]] [[Evander Holyfield]] defeated [[Fres Oquendo]] in a unanimous decision at the [[Alamodome]] in [[San Antonio]], Texas. The fight was also [[streaming media|streamed]] free of charge on the FoxSports.com website outside the United States.

FSN also provided pay-per-view coverage of select [[college football]] games. These were usually early-season games, and would feature either a [[Big 12]] or [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] team against a lesser-known opponent. The pay-per-view coverage of SEC games ended upon the launch of the [[SEC Network]] in 2014, and most Big 12 schools phased out pay-per-view telecasts around this time as well. [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] was the last school to feature select games on pay-per-view, doing so through 2021.

==Americans in Focus==
In February 2008, FSN launched a [[community service|public service]] initiative called "Americans in Focus", with the sponsorship support of [[Farmers Insurance]]. This initiative consists of one-minute vignettes profiling non-[[White Americans|white]] persons, with segments airing on the FSN networks in February 2008 and 2009 during [[Black History Month]], from September 15 to October 15, 2008, for [[Hispanic Heritage Month]] and in March 2009 for [[Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]]. The ''Americans in Focus'' vignettes and the companion sub-site on the Fox Sports website were discontinued in April 2009.

==See also==
* [[Fox Corporation]]
** [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]
** [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]
*** [[Fox Sports 1]]
*** [[Fox Sports 2]]
*** [[FoxSports.com]]
*** [[Fox Deportes]]
*** [[Fox Soccer Plus]]
*** [[Fox Sports Racing]]
* [[Broadcasting of sports events]]
* [[Regional sports network]]
* [[NBC Sports Regional Networks]]

==References==
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