ESPN Sports Scraper – Scores, Stats & Schedules

Scrapes ESPN's public JSON APIs for live scores, schedules, venues, attendance and top performers/player stats.

Supported examples:

• football/nfl
• basketball/nba
• baseball/mlb
• hockey/nhl
• soccer/eng.1 (English Premier League)
• soccer/esp.1 (La Liga)

Input

{
  "sports": ["football/nfl", "basketball/nba", "baseball/mlb", "hockey/nhl", "soccer/eng.1", "soccer/esp.1"],
  "datesFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "datesTo": "2026-01-31",
  "maxEvents": 100,
  "includeTopPerformers": true
}

If no date range is supplied, the actor reads ESPN's current scoreboard for each selected league.

Output

{
  "sport": "football",
  "league": "nfl",
  "event_id": "401547417",
  "event_name": "Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants",
  "home_team": "Dallas Cowboys",
  "away_team": "New York Giants",
  "home_score": 28,
  "away_score": 14,
  "status": "final",
  "status_detail": "Final",
  "date": "2026-01-12T18:00:00Z",
  "venue": "AT&T Stadium",
  "attendance": 93000,
  "top_performers": [{"name": "Dak Prescott", "team": "Dallas Cowboys", "stat": "passing", "value": "YDS: 312, TD: 3"}],
  "links": []
}

Data source

This actor uses ESPN endpoints that are publicly consumed by ESPN web apps:

• https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/scoreboard
• https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/summary?event={eventId}