How a VPN helps sports fans
Wherever you are, a VPN is essential for sports streaming.
If you’re traveling, whether overseas or just to a different TV market, connect to a VPN to access your favorite sports channels securely on any network. ExpressVPN sends your traffic through a private and encrypted tunnel, allowing you to watch and keeping your data safe from prying eyes while abroad.
If you’re watching at home, use a VPN to bypass ISP throttling. ExpressVPN makes your internet traffic more anonymous, so your ISP can’t identify and slow down your streams.
Whether you’re looking to stream football, tennis, boxing, or any other event, you can catch every second of the action with a VPN. Score!
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Top sports to stream
ExpressVPN has you covered with the top sports to stream each week! Here’s what events have caught our eye for the week of April 29:
NBA: NBA Playoffs (April 29-May 5, times vary, NBA League Pass International / YouTube TV): Talk about a changing of the guard! Basketball fans are facing an NBA Finals without LeBron James, Kevin Durant, or Stephen Curry for the third time in four years. The sport now belongs to the likes of Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokić, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who all look to further their title dreams this week. Check out our NBA hub for more info on this year’s postseason!
NHL: NHL Playoffs (April 29-May 5, times vary, CBC Gem / Viaplay / YouTube TV): The NHL Playoffs have certainly lived up to expectations thus far, with the Avalanche, Bruins, and Panthers all entering the week with commanding leads in their first-round matchups against the Jets, Maple Leafs, and Lightning. Will all of those teams advance to the second round?
Cycling: Giro d’Italia (May 4-5, times vary, SBS / RTBF / VRT / RaiPlay): Welcome back to Italy for the 2024 Giro d’Italia! Primož Roglič hits the road looking to become the event’s first repeat winner since Miguel Indurain in 1992-93.
Formula 1: Miami Grand Prix (May 5, 4 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. BST, ORF / RTBF / YouTube TV / F1 TV Pro): Max Verstappen takes his talents to South Beach—er, Miami Gardens—for the Miami Grand Prix. MVS already owns four victories in five races this year and is the heavy favorite to triumph in Florida. Let’s see if Carlos Sainz Jr. (who won March’s Australian GP) or Lewis Hamilton can make something special happen during this Sunshine State trip.