How to watch ESPN amid Disney-DirecTV blackout

Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the LSU-USC college football game and during the US Open tennis tournament. Amid a recent licensing deal disconnect, DirecTV lost its rights to carry Disney programming. With big events like the US Open in play and tentpole sports like college football and the NFL starting up, ESPN is …