As someone living in the Great Lakes region, you need FanDuel Sports Great Lakes (formerly Bally Sports Great Lakes) to catch all the Guardian games. The channel is not widely available but I explain all your options below.
In a hurry? There are two live TV streaming options to get FanDuel Sports Great Lakes:
- Fubo: Get FanDuel Sports Great Lakes as part of its 150+-channel base plan for $94.98/month after a free trial.
- DIRECTV STREAM: 125+ channels for $114.99/month after a 5-day free trial.
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Which TV Providers Stream FanDuel Sports Great Lakes?
There are currently two live TV streaming options for FanDuel Sports Great Lakes: Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM. There is also a direct-to-consumer service if you only care about this channel.
FanDuel Sports Great Lakes Directly
Note: the FanDuel Sports Network streaming service has secured rights for the games of all covered NBA and NHL teams. But it has not secured rights to most MLB team games. Make sure that your teams will be available before signing up.
You can get this channel with the direct-to-consumer streaming service FanDuel Sports Network. FanDuel Sports Great Lakes by itself is $19.99/month or $189.99/year. Most people will qualify for a second channel (likely FanDuel Sports Ohio). You can add it for a total of $25.99/month.
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Streaming Extras
Fubo, DIRECTV STREAM, and FanDuel all support the most popular devices today. This includes Android TV-based and Samsung smart TVs. And it includes all the major “stick” devices Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku. And iOS and Android phones and tablets are supported. Fubo and FanDuel both support the Xbox One gaming system and a selection of smart TVs.
You can also stream on multiple devices at once. That probably won’t matter so much for FanDuel Sports Network, but the two live TV streaming services are great for large households with diverse viewing tastes.
- Fubo: 10 devices at the same time
- DIRECTV STREAM: Unlimited devices
- FanDuel Sports Network: 2 devices simultaneously
Fubo and DIRECTV STREAM both come standard with unlimited cloud DVR storage. FanDuel does not offer one.
Alternatives to FanDuel Sports Great Lakes
Those living in FanDuel Sports Great Lakes’ broadcast area do not have any alternatives unless they prefer to stick with cable or satellite. However, if you’d like to, for example, simply watch some Cleveland Guardians games, your options open up.
For one thing, nearly every major sports team is at least sporadically broadcast on national television. Plus, all playoff games are shown to a national audience.
Nationally broadcast games on channels such as ESPN can be viewed through other streaming services, including Hulu + Live TV ($82.99/month) and Sling TV ($40.00/month).
Meanwhile, those fans situated outside their teams’ blackout areas can subscribe to services that provide out-of-market broadcasts to them. Most notably, Guardians fans not located in that team’s blackout area can watch all of their out-of-market games with an MLB.tv subscription ($24.99/month).
What Is FanDuel Sports Great Lakes?
If you are wondering what happened to SportsTime Ohio, this is it. Its name change to Bally Sports Great Lakes went into effect on March 31, 2021, just in time for the baseball season. The Cleveland Guardians (then Indians) opened their campaign the following day in Detroit against the Tigers. In 2024, the name was changed again to FanDuel Sports Great Lakes.
Where Is FanDuel Sports Great Lakes Available?
FanDuel Sports Great Lakes’ live game broadcasts focus on teams in the Cleveland and, to a lesser extent, Columbus area. It can be accessed throughout the northern and central areas of the Buckeye State.
Its coverage area also stretches into nearby areas of Pennsylvania and New York, including Erie in the former state and Buffalo in the latter. However, Pittsburgh is not included in its coverage area.
What Sports Teams Does FanDuel Sports Great Lakes Cover?
The unquestionable focus of FanDuel Sports Great Lakes is the Cleveland Guardians. More than 95% of their games are shown on this channel. It was founded in 2006 with that focus as SportsTime Ohio.
However, that narrow focus does result in limited offerings during the Guardians’ off-season. Some Cleveland Browns programming, albeit not live game broadcasts, are shown here as well (eg, “Red Zone” and “Browns Live”).
An important exception to note is that the Cleveland Cavaliers are not shown on FanDuel Sports Great Lakes. The vast majority of their games are broadcast on FanDuel Sports Ohio instead.
However, Cleveland-based hockey fans will want access to FanDuel Sports Great Lakes, as around 10 of the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters’ games are shown each season.
Some college sports events are shown on FanDuel Sports Great Lakes as well but rarely are any Ohio-based schools featured in those. The college contests that do air on this channel are generally filler taken from other FanDuel Sports affiliates and focus on schools from those areas.
Non-live sports programming that is shown on FanDuel Sports Great Lakes includes “Ring of Honor Wrestling,” “AVP Beach Volleyball,” “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” and “18 Holes With Natalie Gulbis and Jimmy Hanlin.”
Is There a FanDuel Sports Great Lakes Plus?
Although several other FanDuel Sports affiliates include one or more “Plus” channels to handle overflow programming, that is not necessary here. That is partially due to the Cleveland Guardians being its lone primary focus and partially because any overflow that does still happen can typically be moved to FanDuel Sports Ohio.
Our Choice
Do you want to stream FanDuel Sports Great Lakes and its live broadcasts of Cleveland Guardians games and other sporting events? Fubo is my top choice because of its relatively low price, inclusion of all local RSNs, and massive overall channel selection. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
FAQs
What happened to SportsTime Ohio?
SportsTime Ohio had been the home of the Cleveland Indians and offered other Ohio-based sports broadcasting since 2006, keeping that name through its purchase by and sale from Fox. However, that historic name finally came to an end on March 31, 2021, in advance of the Cleveland Indians starting their campaign the following day.
This name change was the result of its new owner, Diamond Sports Group (Entertainment Studios Inc and Sinclair Broadcast Group), making an arrangement with Bally’s Corporation in January 2021. Soon after, it renamed SportsTime Ohio and all the Bally Sports RSNs throughout the country. The timing was good because, by the end of the year, the Cleveland Indians had changed their name to the Cleveland Guardians.
In 2024, all the Bally Sports channels were rebranded as FanDuel Sports.
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My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.
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