Live ESPN endpoints

Hit ESPN's live API for any league — game play-by-play, schedules, scoreboards — no key required.

Two families of functions, one rule: load_* reads prebuilt season releases (fast, historical), espn_* hits the live ESPN API on every call (fresh, game-day). Both exist for every league.

espn_live.py

import sportsdataverse as sdv
 
# Live/near-live ESPN endpoints — no key required
cfb_pbp = sdv.cfb.espn_cfb_pbp(game_id=401628334)
nba_schedule = sdv.nba.espn_nba_schedule(season=2024)
wnba_pbp = sdv.wnba.espn_wnba_pbp(game_id=401620238)
 
# Game-day scoreboard for any date
board = sdv.cfb.espn_cfb_scoreboard(dates=20241005)

Reach for espn_* while games are in progress; switch to the load_* releases for anything historical — they're faster and kinder to ESPN.

Full docs: py.sportsdataverse.org