Live Sports Scores & Fixtures API (ESPN)

Live scores, schedules and final results for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, EPL, MLS, NCAAF and NCAAB as clean normalized JSON from ESPN's public API. No API key needed. Unofficial, not affiliated with ESPN.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

sportsautomationlivescores

$0.00013

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.0001 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /ichigowa/live-sports-scores for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
leagues	array	League codes to fetch. Supported: nfl, nba, mlb, nhl, epl (English Premier League), mls, ncaaf (college football), ncaab (men's college basketball). default ["nba","nfl","mlb","nhl"]
date	string	Optional date in YYYY-MM-DD or YYYYMMDD format. Leave empty for today's scoreboard. default ""
statusFilter	string (all \| live \| scheduled \| final)	Only return games with this status. 'live' = in progress, 'scheduled' = upcoming, 'final' = finished, 'all' = everything. default "all"

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/ichigowa/live-sports-scores","input":{"leagues":["nba","nfl"],"date":"","statusFilter":"all"},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /ichigowa/live-sports-scores -i '{"leagues":["nba","nfl"],"date":"","statusFilter":"all"}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/ichigowa/live-sports-scores", input: {"leagues":["nba","nfl"],"date":"","statusFilter":"all"}, wait: false })

Try it

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