At a glance
ProviderESPN
TypeRSS Feed
CategorySports
Real-timeNo — request/response
AuthNone — open endpoint
PricingFree (no API key; attribution + link-back terms apply) — Free: all RSS news feeds, no registration or API key, Terms: must link back to full article on espn.com and attribute ESPN, Restrictions: no modifying feed content, no incorporating ads into feed content
What data it provides
- Per-sport news feeds: NFL (/espn/rss/nfl/news), NBA (/espn/rss/nba/news), MLB (/espn/rss/mlb/news), NHL, soccer, college FB/BB, motorsports
- Top Headlines feed: /espn/rss/news
- Per item: title, link, description/summary, pubDate timestamp, guid, dc:creator byline
- Breaking news including injuries, lineups, trades, and game results
- RSS 2.0 XML format, ~28 items per feed snapshot
- Feed lastBuildDate reflects near-real-time editorial publishing
Features
- Free, no auth or API key required
- Standard RSS 2.0 XML — parseable by any feed library (feedparser, etc.)
- TTL of 30 minutes advertised; in practice updates as ESPN publishes breaking news
- Coverage across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, college sports, motorsports, poker
- Headline + summary + link only (no full article body / no structured scores or odds)
- No documented rate limits, but polling-based — respect TTL to avoid hammering
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