News API
A unified feed of sports headlines from 5,000+ licensed media sources. Pre-classified, entity-tagged, and deduplicated across outlets. Filter by league, team, player, category, or language.
Endpoints
| Method | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /v1/news | All news, filtered by league/team/player |
| GET | /v1/news/breaking | High-priority breaking news |
| GET | /v1/news/injuries | Injury-classified news subset |
| GET | /v1/news/search | Full-text search across the archive |
| WS | wss://stream.sportapi.io/v1 (news.*) | Push delivery for breaking news |
Data tiers
Every endpoint is available on real-time, standard, and delayed tiers. See data freshness for details.
ID formats
- Team IDs: league-standard 3-letter abbreviations (
LAL,BOS,GSW) - Player IDs: kebab-case slugs (
lebron-james,jayson-tatum) - Game IDs: league-native format (NBA
0022500412, NFL2024_09_KC_BUF, MLB746521)