DirecTV loses ESPN channels amid rate dispute
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Millions of sports fans tuning in to see U.S. Open tennis, a key National League East baseball game and one of the marquee matchups of college football's opening weekend got an unwelcome surprise Sunday night.
The Walt Disney Company pulled the plug on the ESPN family of channels and on ABC in eight TV markets, all of which it owns, from DirecTV as part of a dispute with the sa