ESPN

Overview

Sports news, scores, and data. Public REST APIs — no auth required.

Workflows

Check live scores for a sport

1. getScoreboard(sport, league) → events[].name, competitors[].team, score, status

Look up a specific team

1. getTeams(sport, league) → team.id, team.displayName
2. getTeam(sport, league, teamId=team.id) → displayName, record, logos, standingSummary

Check league standings

1. getStandings(sport, league) → children[].standings.entries[].team, stats

Get latest sports news

1. getNews(sport, league) → articles[].headline, description, published, links

Search for a player or team

1. searchPlayers(query, type) → displayName, shortName, type, sport, league

Operations

Operation	Intent	Key Input	Key Output	Notes
getScoreboard	live/recent scores	sport, league, dates?	events[].name, competitors[].score, status	entry point
getTeam	team detail	sport, league, teamId (<- getTeams team.id)	team.displayName, record, logos
getTeams	list all teams	sport, league	team.id, team.displayName	entry point; use to find teamId
getStandings	league standings	sport, league	children[].standings.entries[].team, stats	entry point; may be empty in off-season
getNews	sports articles	sport, league	articles[].headline, description, published	entry point
searchPlayers	search players/teams	query, type?, limit?	items[].displayName, shortName, type	entry point; uses site.web.api.espn.com

Quick Start

# NFL scoreboard
openweb espn exec getScoreboard '{"sport":"football","league":"nfl"}'

# Get NBA teams
openweb espn exec getTeams '{"sport":"basketball","league":"nba"}'

# Get a specific NFL team
openweb espn exec getTeam '{"sport":"football","league":"nfl","teamId":"17"}'

# NFL standings
openweb espn exec getStandings '{"sport":"football","league":"nfl"}'

# NFL news
openweb espn exec getNews '{"sport":"football","league":"nfl"}'

# Search for a player
openweb espn exec searchPlayers '{"query":"Patrick Mahomes","type":"player","limit":5}'