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🏈 Sports scores, live games, NFL NBA MLB NHL stats MCP server for AI agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK). Live scores + schedules + team stats + player data across major leagues via ESPN-grade feeds. Free tier available.

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🏈 Sports MCP Server — Live NBA, NFL, NHL Scores & Stats for Claude / ChatGPT

Connect AI agents to live sports data through the Model Context Protocol — NBA, NFL, NHL scoreboards, team + player stats, schedules, and standings. A drop-in alternative to TheSportsDB, MySportsFeeds ($29-$299/mo), the private ESPN API, and enterprise Sportradar contracts.

Why This MCP Server Beats ESPN API, TheSportsDB, MySportsFeeds & Sportradar

Feature	NexGenData Sports MCP	ESPN Hidden API	TheSportsDB	MySportsFeeds	Sportradar
Cost	Pay-per-event, ~$0.002 per tool call	Officially unavailable	Free / $4/mo donate	$29 - $299 / month	Enterprise contract
AI agent integration	Native MCP — Claude Desktop, Cursor	None	None	None	None
Coverage	NBA, NFL, NHL (more on roadmap)	All major US sports	All major US + global	NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB	All sports globally
Reliability	Apify-managed, auto-retry	Unofficial, breaks	Community-maintained	SLA on paid tier	Enterprise SLA
Auth	Apify token	None (undocumented)	Optional API key	API key	Enterprise SSO
Time-to-first-call	< 60 seconds	Reverse-engineering needed	Free, sometimes stale	Plan signup	Sales cycle
Output	Structured JSON for LLM tools	Inconsistent JSON	JSON	JSON	XML / JSON

Most sports-analytics teams pick this MCP server because it is the only documented way to give an AI agent live access to NBA + NFL + NHL scoreboards without paying MySportsFeeds' monthly fee or signing a Sportradar enterprise contract.

What You Get

Tools exposed to your AI agent:

get_nba_scoreboard — live scores, quarter / clock, lead change, top scorer
get_nfl_scoreboard — live scores, quarter / time, possession, redzone flag
get_nhl_scoreboard — live scores, period / clock, power-play status
get_team_schedule — upcoming + past games for any team
get_team_standings — division / conference standings
get_player_stats — current-season stats for any active player
get_play_by_play — chronological play log for any game in progress or recently finished

All responses are clean JSON tuned for LLM function-calling — no scraping, no ESPN HTML parsing.

Use Cases

Fan-engagement chatbots — Discord / Slack bots answer "what's the Lakers score?" without dev overhead
Sports betting research — agents pull live scoreboards + standings to ground LLM predictions
Fantasy-sports assistants — Claude monitors player performance in real-time and pings on injuries
Sports media dashboards — auto-generate game-recap copy as soon as a game ends
DraftKings / FanDuel power-users — daily scoreboard scrape into a personal DFS model
Broadcaster prep — agents draft talking points from standings + last-meeting history
Twitter / X bots — auto-tweet score updates with structured data, no scraping ESPN

Quick Start


from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("nexgendata/sports-mcp-server").call(run_input={

    "tool": "get_nba_scoreboard",

    "params": {"date": "2026-05-14"}

})

for game in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():

    print(game["home_team"], game["home_score"], "vs", game["away_team"], game["away_score"])

Or wire this MCP server into Claude Desktop and ask: "Who's leading the East? Show top 5 by win pct."

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

Actor Start: ~$0.0002
Tool call: $0.002 per call

A typical fantasy-sports assistant making 10-30 calls per session spends $0.02 - $0.06. Compare to MySportsFeeds Pro at $29/mo flat.

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Direct NBA scoreboard scraper (no MCP wrapper)	NBA Scoreboard Scraper
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FAQ

**Q: Is this an official ESPN / NBA / NFL feed?**No. The server aggregates publicly available scoreboards from each league's public-facing endpoints. For betting-grade SLAs, use Sportradar.

**Q: How latency is the data?**NBA + NFL + NHL scoreboards refresh on a 30-second poll cycle — fine for chat, fantasy, and recap workflows. Not designed for sub-second high-frequency betting.

**Q: Are MLB, soccer, golf supported?**Not yet — the roadmap covers MLB, MLS, Premier League, NCAAB, NCAAF, F1. Open an issue with your priority.

**Q: Can the AI agent call this from Cursor / Cline / Claude Desktop?**Yes — any MCP-compatible client works. Point your config at this actor's Apify endpoint.

**Q: Does it expose play-by-play in real time?**Yes — get_play_by_play returns the full ordered play log. Latency matches the scoreboard poll cycle.

**Q: Are historical games supported?**Recent games (current season) are available. For multi-year historical archives, schedule the actor and store snapshots.

**Q: How reliable is it during playoffs / Super Bowl traffic?**Apify auto-scales the actor under load. We've stress-tested through one full playoff cycle.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors plus a family of MCP servers (finance, news, sports, real-estate, developer tools, academic research, premium data) for AI agent workflows. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
Result: charged per item written to the default dataset
No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

If you only need the data once a quarter, you only pay once a quarter. If you scale to millions of records, the unit cost stays the same.

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

Apify console — point-and-click run
Apify API — REST + webhooks
Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

🏠 Home: thenextgennexus.com 📦 Full catalog: apify.com/nexgendata

💰 Pricing Example

This actor uses Pay-Per-Event pricing — you only pay for results.

Typical run (small): 100 results × $0.01 = $1.00
Medium run: 500 results × $0.01 = $5.00
Large run (power user): 2,000 results × $0.01 = $20.00

Free Apify accounts get $5/mo in platform credit. A typical sports + entertainment data workflow at this scale typically exceeds the free credit — upgrade to a paid Apify plan for unrestricted use.

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⚽ Sports MCP — AI Scores & Analytics

🏈 Sports MCP Server — Live NBA, NFL, NHL Scores & Stats for Claude / ChatGPT

Why This MCP Server Beats ESPN API, TheSportsDB, MySportsFeeds & Sportradar

What You Get

Use Cases

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