LOS ANGELES - For sports fans, keeping up with games has become a complicated — and expensive — task.

A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that many viewers are juggling a mix of cable packages, sports-only streaming subscriptions, and even borrowed passwords. The patchwork system leaves fans frustrated with costs and searching for more seamless ways to watch.

Why watching sports has become so complicated

The backstory:

The survey highlights how fragmented the sports viewing experience has become for fans across the country.

According to the poll, about 4 in 10 people who follow sports "extremely" or "very" closely rely on both cable or satellite TV and a sports-only streaming service. That compares with about 2 in 10 people who follow s

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