SportsTime Ohio was an American regional sports network which was last known as Bally Sports Great Lakes. At the time it left the air, the network was owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group) and operated as an affiliate of FanDuel Sports Network in its final days as FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes. The channel, which was a sister network to FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, broadcast statewide coverage of professional, collegiate and high school sports events throughout Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland.
The network available from most cable providers in the region, and select providers in other portions of Ohio (including Columbus), Northwest Pennsylvania, and extreme Western New York. It was also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV, as well as outside Ohio on AT&T U-verse with game coverage pre-empted.
History
The channel was launched on March 12, 2006, as SportsTime Ohio; it was founded by the family of Cleveland Indians owner Larry Dolan, becoming the second regional sports network in the Cleveland area, after Fox Sports Ohio (which launched in February 1989 as SportsChannel Ohio).