'Apple Sports' App Announced With Personalized Scoreboards and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced "Apple Sports," a new free app that provides real-time statistics, scores, and more.

Apple Sports features a personalized experience with a user's favorite leagues, tournaments, teams shown on an easy-to-read scoreboard. Users can navigate between scores and upcoming games, explore play-by-play information, team statistics, lineup details, and live betting odds, with relevant links to Apple News, the Apple TV app, and connected streaming services. The app is "designed for speed and simplicity," according to Apple. Apple's senior vice president of Services Eddy Cue said:

We created Apple Sports to give sports fans what they want — an app that delivers incredibly fast access to scores and stats. Apple Sports is available for free in the App Store, and makes it easy for users to stay up to date with their favorite teams and leagues.

Apple Sports will keep fans up to date on MLS, NBA, NCAA basketball, NHL, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Liga MX, Ligue 1, Premier League, and Serie A. Additional leagues, including MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA, will become available in the app over time.

Apple Sports is now available for free in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.

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[bsbeamer]

How did this launch without Apple Watch integration?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Added MLB and it says "The 2024 MLB Season starts tomorrow"

Sweet, this app came with time travel!

EDIT: CAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T STOP REPLYING WITH IT. I KNOW SPRING TRAINING STARTS TOMORROW. SPRING TRAINING IS NOT THE 2024 SEASON.

 

[moonzilla]

What an inspired app icon

 

[ProfessionalFan]

What an inspired app icon

Yeah I'm kinda shocked this is a first party app. The icon, the app itself.

 

[GermanSuplex]

Yeah I'm kinda shocked this is a first party app. The icon, the app itself.

Should be able to choose the icon like some apps offer, with choices of an Apple logo made to look like a soccer ball, baseball, basketball, etc.

 

[Docsta80]

I’m very disappointed I really wanted to keep track of the face slapping championships

 

[Carlson-online]

The betting odds make no sense to me, must be a USA way of doing it !

 

[OrlandoTragic]

This came out of nowhere! But is there really no Watch integration. Wtf.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

The betting odds make no sense to me, must be a USA way of doing it !

Yeah it is how the lines are done in the USA.

 

[pawcio]

Hopefully they add UEFA Champions League at some point. Seems like a pretty big omission.

 

[j26]

I'd say it will be a while before my sports are included - Rugby, Hurling, Camogie, Gaelic Football etc.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

This came out of nowhere! But is there really no Watch integration. Wtf.

App feels like it was designed in a few hours. It's pulling the info directly from some source that many other sports apps use and the design itself is very uninspired.

Maybe they'll add watch support at some point though.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I'd say it will be a while before my sports are included - Rugby, Hurling, Camogie, Gaelic Football etc.

I thought that said Garlic Football at first and was imagining big burly men playing with garlic.

 

[WilliApple]

I think this is the new design that we are getting in iOS 18.

Apple has used it in 3 apps, Health, Journal, and now Apple Sports, and they are experimenting with it before bringing it to every other app.

 

[MLVC]

Another thing we won’t see here in the Netherlands, like Apple News, Apple Fitness, precipitation warnings etc. If the main language in your country is not English, Apple simply deems you a lesser person.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I love that the app team included Duke in the screenshot for the big man (Timmy). Nice little shoutout to the boss.

 

[Account25476]

Another iPhone-only app...

Was really that important to develop?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Another iPhone-only app...

Was really that important to develop?

It took them a few hours probably, not like it impacted doing much work elsewhere.

 

[vertsix]

Still quite limited compared to FotMob at least for football.

Sleek app nevertheless, however.

 

[4743913]

AppleOne subscriptions must be hitting all time lows.. the upsales will be added after the live beta testing.

 

[Spaceboy88]

It's pretty bare bones right now but hopefully they'll build more functionality into it so I can finally delete the pathetic ESPN app that still doesn't support Live Activities and is a cluttered mess.

 

[FangRock]

Does it include Formula 1?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

AppleOne subscriptions must be hitting all time lows.. look for them to in the kitchen sink soon..

What does this have to do with Apple One?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Does it include Formula 1?

Nope