Cable Network Drops High-School Sports Broadcasts

By Karen Diegmueller

A novel two-year-old enterprise aimed at bringing local high-school sporting events to a national audience has been discontinued.

SportsChannel America, a cable network, last month announced it would not enter a third season of broadcasting weekly high-school games on a string of regional cable channels.

The venture, which critics charged would taint high-school sports just as national exposure had corrupted college athletics with its promise of financial rewards, was unable...