Sportsline Model Picks Scraper

This Apify actor scrapes Sportsline's Model Picks across multiple leagues and outputs fully structured game + pick data, including spreads, totals, moneylines, projection scores, simulation probabilities, consensus probabilities, and narrative explanations.

The actor is designed for reliability, low-latency execution, and stable structured JSON output ideal for betting models, dashboards, or analytics pipelines.

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✨ Features

• Scrapes active and upcoming games from Sportsline's Model Picks.”

• Supports 8 leagues:

  • NFL
  • College Football
  • NBA
  • College Basketball
  • NHL
  • UEFA Champions League (UCL)
  • English Premier League (EPL)
  • LaLiga

• Extracts:

  • Game metadata (teams, venue, start time, league)
  • Betting lines (spread, total, moneyline)
  • Projected scores
  • Simulation probabilities
  • Consensus probabilities
  • Pick grades (A-F)
  • Narrative analysis for each pick

• Produces a clean, normalized JSON array of game objects.

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📦 Output Structure (Example)

[
  {
    "cbsGameAbbrv": "NFL_20251117_DAL@LV",
    "gameStartDtStamp": "2025-11-17T20:15:00-05:00",
    "neutral": false,
    "venueName": "Allegiant Stadium",
    "venueLocation": "NV",
    "hasScore": false,
    "isMoneyLine": false,
    "timeLeft": "",
    "total": "50",
    "homeTeamId": 424,
    "homeTeamName": "Las Vegas",
    "homeTeamNickName": "Raiders",
    "homeTeamMedName": "Las Vegas",
    "homeTeamAbbrv": "LV",
    "homeTeamMl": "+156",
    "homeTeamProjScore": "21",
    "awayTeamId": 411,
    "awayTeamName": "Dallas",
    "awayTeamNickName": "Cowboys",
    "awayTeamMedName": "Dallas",
    "awayTeamAbbrv": "DAL",
    "awayTeamMl": "-188",
    "awayTeamProjScore": "28",

    "pick1Grade": "A",
    "pick1Value": 82,
    "pick1ConsensusPercentage": "68%",
    "pick1SimPercentage": "57%",
    "pick1ExpPickCount": 4,
    "pick1Sanitized": "DAL -3.5",
    "pick1Narrative": "...",

    "pick2Grade": "C",
    "pick2Value": 46,
    "pick2Sanitized": "UNDER 50",
    "pick2Narrative": "...",

    "pick3Grade": "C",
    "pick3Value": 42,
    "pick3Sanitized": "DAL -188",
    "pick3Narrative": "...",
  }
]

⚠️ Actual keys may vary slightly based on league-specific data returned by Sportsline.

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🏆 Supported Leagues

This actor supports scraping Model Picks for the following leagues:

• NFL
• College-Football
• NBA
• College-Basketball
• NHL
• UCL (UEFA Champions League)
• EPL (English Premier League)
• LaLiga

Specify the league using the league input:

{
  "league": "NBA"
}

Available enum values:

[
  "NFL",
  "College-Football",
  "NBA",
  "College-Basketball",
  "NHL",
  "UCL",
  "EPL",
  "LaLiga"
]

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🔧 Extending the Actor

The structure is designed to easily support:

• Additional leagues
• Historical pick scraping
• Scheduled runs (cron)
• Webhook notifications
• Automatic model-ready transformations

If you'd like, I can also generate a polished actor.json, INPUT_SCHEMA, or full source code.