Get breaking news
GET/v1/news/breaking
High-priority subset of the news feed. Curated by our editorial classifier; perfect for push-notification systems.
Code samples
# Get live scores across every league curl "https://api.sportapi.io/v1/nba/scores/live" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" # Response { "games": [{ "game_id": "0022500412", "status": "in_progress", "period": 3, "clock": "07:42", "home": { "team": "BOS", "score": 78 }, "away": { "team": "LAL", "score": 71 }, "last_play": "J. Tatum makes 3-pt jumper from 25 ft" }] }
Query parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
league | string | No | Filter by league |
since | string | No | ISO 8601 or shortcut |
Response
{
"results": [{
"id": "news_4d5e2b1c",
"headline": "BREAKING: Lakers acquire All-Star in 3-team trade",
"league": "nba", "category": "breaking",
"priority": "p1",
"published_at": "2025-11-14T03:42:18Z"
}]
}Error responses
| Status | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key |
| 403 | tier_insufficient | Your plan tier doesn't include this resource |
| 429 | rate_limited | Exceeded rate limit; honor Retry-After |
| 500 | internal_error | Server error; retry with exponential backoff |