One of Roku's best-kept secrets is the incredible number of sports options it offers its users

In a press release, Roku announced the new Roku Sports channel The channel combines all of Roku's free sports content into a curated, always-available channel, which will launch on August 12

Roku has a seemingly random assortment of sports information, including a few MLB games, The Rich Eisen Show, and Formula E races in the electric car racing league

"As a curated, always-on channel that guides viewers through the wide variety of premium sports content available for free on the Roku Channel, the Roku Sports Channel is an exciting addition to our growing sports offerings," said Roku Media's Head of Sports, Joe Franzetta, said in a press release "We continue to see viewers enjoying the intimate, off-the-shoulder viewing experience that FAST offers, especially in sports Sports is one of the most popular channel genres on the Roku Channel, and we are excited to make it even easier for viewers to dive into Roku's excellent programming"

stated the press release

Now, the sports channel won't have much in the way of the Big Four outside of a handful of MLB games And the new channel will apparently not include content from the NBA channel that Roku created in April That channel will remain independent Roku also created the MLB Zone channel when it signed a multi-year deal with the baseball league, but it is unclear whether that will go away with this new channel or remain as a separate feed

For those of us who are NBA sick, Roku Sports Channel will feature NBA G League games and Roku originals like documentaries about UFC and WWE

Roku Sports Channel is only available in the US, but will work on any Roku streaming device or Roku TV No new or additional subscriptions are required

As a reminder, Roku channels are ad-supported, much like always-on cable channels or the familiar terrestrial channels But at least it is not on the expansion track that Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros are on with Venu Sports