The San Antonio Spurs face the Los Angeles Lakers in a regular season NBA game on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif.

Sling is the more wallet-friendly live TV streaming service option. NBA fans can use to watch Spurs vs. L.A. on ESPN with the Sling Orange package with prices starting at $45.99 per month. Unfortunately, the streaming service does not currently offer a free trial, but it does have the new Sling Day Pass for 24 hours of access for $4.99.

Over 10 million YouTube TV subscribers just lost access to all Disney-owned networks, including ESPN and ABC. At midnight on Oct. 30, the distribution deal between Disney, which owns ESPN, ABC and numerous other networks, ended, and at present, there's no deal in place to keep the networks on the nation's most popular live TV streaming service.

Disney pulled its channels including ESPN and ABC from YouTube TV after contract negotiations between the companies failed, but some alternative services offering the channels have free trials for viewers.

Today’s college football slate features the Ball State Cardinals hosting the Kent State Golden Flashes in this Week 11 MAC showdown.

The Minnesota Timberwolves face the New York Knicks in a regular season NBA game on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 at Madison Square Garden.