How I Watch Sports Online

There are a lot of “watch sports” online scams. You see them everywhere from Google ads to promotional pages disguised as blogs.

Here’s a simple rule, if a site asks for money or your personal information, it’s almost a guaranteed scam.

I don’t have cable nor satellite, and I’m a big NBA fan. I would rather watch games on TV comfortably rather than clicking here and there, but I don’t want to pay for all the channels I’m not going to watch — at least that’s how it works here in Canada. Also, if you live outside North America, the Internet may be your only option.

Update: Mar. 2, 2010:

Well, I decided to simply list all the sports streaming sites I know.

• ATDHE.NET
• P2P4U.net
• MyP2Pforum.eu
• Rojadirecta.com
• Channelsurfing.net

There’s a few more, but I didn’t think there were worth listing. I only surf between the first three. Only if there’s absolutely nothing, I’ll look elsewhere.

Update: Feb. 22, 2010:

Atdhe.net was the first site I found and used, but didn’t list here because I felt the other sites were better. But unlike some websites, Atdhe.net has kept things simple. I find myself juggling between sites on a bad night; so, it’s good to know of a backup site.

Update: Jan. 28, 2010:

I used to go to p2p4u.net instead of myp2pforums.eu, and I haven’t gone there in a month or so. Recently, I noticed that p2p4u.net has improved. They have their own streaming or something using a generic flash player (which is better), and the quality is amazing. So, check out P2P4U.NET

You just press the refresh button on the top-right of links if a link goes down.

Here’s what I do on a game night, step by step.

1. Go to http://www.myp2pforum.eu/nba-basketball/ and click on the thread named, “Basketball Today <Today’s date>”.
2. Click on one of the links under the game you want to watch.
3. That’s it.

They do a great job at myp2p.eu of updating links as they are available.

But there’s a catch. Most links won’t give you high quality streams. Sometimes you won’t be able to tell the score or whether a basket is made or not. Plus, the channel will get shut down once in a while. It’s the worst thing when the channel shuts down at a critical moment in the game.

I’m most pleased when I see a Veetle link for my game. It’s usually uninterrupted and very high quality. I covered Veetle in a previous article.

When a channel does go offline, I have to refresh the page in step one to see the updated links (if any). Then, I try one of the other links. If none are available or all of them are offline, I just wait for the channel to come back online. You just have to refresh the page until it comes back online.

I know… it’s a pain in the ass sometimes.

Well, there you have it. That’s how I do it. If you have better ways, please do share.

You can also watch other sports through that forum. Just go to the respective sub-forums to get the links.

I’d like to thank the broadcasters and these sites that share links. ^^