I wonder if you could watch those at hulu.com? It’s free for now, but there are rumors of charging for the service in the future. However, if they do that, people will just stop using it.
I have cable because I love baseball and football. I can’t see any other way to get all the games I want to see, otherwise, I would love to get rid of Cox Cable. We now have a green channel and a homo channel. :-(
Check out ESPN3:
http://espn.go.com/espn3/faq#4
I don’t have cable but I get it because my telco is a provider.