Fox Sports Midwest, which has carried Blues and Cardinals telecasts for nearly a quarter century and also now has some St. Louis University basketball gmes, is being renamed Bally Sports Midwest — a change that station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group says will take place "in the coming months."
This move was announced Wednesday and was expected, after Sinclair recently partnered with casino operator Bally's Corporation with the intent to eventually bring sports betting to telecasts in states in which such gambling is legal. (Illinois currently has it, Missouri does not.) That arrangement was announced in November.
This "signifies a new, transformative chapter in the regional sports business and is representative of our cohesive partnership with Bally's," Steve Rosenberg, Sinclair president of local sports, said in a statement.