I'll admit this at the beginning. The reporting on the following story has been very sloppy and I tried my best to accurately report on it. What am I referring?

It's no secret that the Bulls, Blackhawks & White Sox will sign on a new channel as soon as October. Today, it became official.

Confirming a story that was first reported by The Athletic, the Bulls, Hawks & Sox have indeed signed on with Nashville-based Standard Media Group. The new channel will be called...The Chicago Sports Network. Birds chirping? Yeah.

The new network will air over 300 games involving the 3 teams, along with pre & postgame shows involving the 3 teams. Stadium Network, which was reportedly going to convert from a digital to a more mainstream sports channel to accommodate the teams, will supply additional programming to the new channel.

To make a long story short, NBC Universal will shut NBCSC down completely as a result of this news.

There is still the question of whether the current on air staff at NBCSC will follow the teams to their new home.

Submitted is a link to the Jeff Agrest story in the Sun-Times this morning regarding the new network, as well as quotes from Standard Media Group. You can find that here:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2024/06/03/chicago-sports-network-will-be-new-home-of-white-sox-bulls-blackhawks-beginning-in-october