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SportsChannel
{{redirect|Sportschannel|the generic concept|sports channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name              = SportsChannel
| logofile          = Early 1980's thru mid 90's now defunct Sports Channel logo.jpg
| logosize          = 
| logocaption       = 
| logoalt           = 1979 thru 1995
| logo2             = 1979 thru 1995 Logo
(contracted; show full)*[[ECW Hardcore TV|Extreme Championship Wrestling]]
*[[NHL on SportsChannel America|National Hockey League]]
*''NewSport Talk'' - A two-hour sports talk show produced by the Chicago-based SportsChannel and [[Television syndication|syndicated]] to most of the other ones. It was an original show on NewSport.
*[[World Basketball League]]
*[[NASCAR on SportsChannel America|NASCAR]] [[Busch Grand National]] races

===National Hockey League===

[[Image:SportsChannel.JPG|right|frame|'''SportsChannel America''' was the American rights holder of the National Hockey League from [[1988–89 NHL season|1988]]&ndash;[[1991–92 NHL season|1992]]. Note: The logo is from 1980–1995.]]
The network obtained the [[NHL on SportsChannel America|National Hockey League]] rights from [[ESPN]] in [[1988–89 NHL season|1988]] by offering the NHL almost triple the amount of money that ESPN was offering (a move not unlike the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005]] NHL rights grab by [[Comcast]]/[[NBC Sports Network|OLN]] over ESPN). SportsChannel America was only in a few major markets, and reached only one-third of the households that ESPN did. In smaller markets, especially those with limited system capacity(contracted; show full)[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 1998]]
[[Category:Defunct American television networks]]
[[Category:Sports television networks in the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian Football League on television]]
[[Category:SportsChannel| ]]
[[Category:Prime Sports Network]]
[[Category:Cablevision]]