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Time Warner Sports 26 is a regional sports cable television station serving much of Central New York, the Southern Tier of New York and the greater Rochester, New York area. The station, which is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable, is aired on cable channel 26 in Syracuse and Rochester and on channel 23 in Binghamton and broadcasts a variety of local college and minor league sports broadcasts.

Time Warner Sports 26 was formed in 2003 as budget cuts at the now-defunct Empire Sports Network, the area's previous regional sports network, forced severe cutbacks in the network's ability to cover sports outside of Buffalo. As a result, Syracuse University dropped Empire and instead signed a contract with Time Warner to carry their games on a separate channel. Time Warner added some other sports events from local college and minor league sports teams to create the channel, which was initially only offered in the Syracuse area. In December, 2006 Time Warner Sports Syracuse also expanded into the Binghamton Market.

In December 2006, Time Warner SportsNet (TWSN) was established by Time Warner Cable in Rochester, NY by acquiring rights to Rochester Sports Group teams (Rochester Americans, Rochester Knighthawks, Rochester Rattlers and the Rochester Rhinos). Some of those teams had previously aired on other Time Warner channels, such as WRWB (the cable-only WB affiliate on channel 16) now owned by WHAM-TV and the provider's overflow channel, channel 98. Time Warner SportsNet also has obtained the rights to air the Rochester RazorSharks basketball team and the replays of the Rochester Raiders indoor football team. The channel also covers some collegiate sports. Time Warner SportsNet serves the entire Greater Rochester area including the Finger Lakes region of New York, as well as the Genesee County region (Batavia) towards Buffalo.

• Syracuse University football and basketball
• Syracuse Crunch hockey (Syracuse market)
• Rochester Americans hockey (Rochester market)
• Rochester Knighthawks lacrosse
• Various regional college football, basketball, and hockey games
• New York Mets (simulcast of games on WPIX) and Minor League Baseball (teams vary by market)

In addition to local sports, Time Warner Sports is also affiliated with the America One Television Network, which provides national minor league sports coverage and other national, international and regional sporting events, notably the Canadian Football League.

Most first-choice Big East basketball and football games air exclusively on Time Warner Sports in its broadcast territory. YES, MSG, and SNY (which is part-owned by Time Warner) generally only have rights to the same games in the New York City metropolitan area. However, they do often have access to a couple of games a day to show across the full viewing area.

• Time Warner Sports 26 Official Web site