Basketball News

GET

news

Basketball News

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

V1 Legacy Endpoint — This is a V1 API endpoint. For new integrations, we recommend using the Basketball V2 API which provides richer data and more endpoints.

Overview

Returns basketball-related news articles, match previews, and updates. News can be filtered by competition or specific game.

Query Parameters

integer

Filter news by competition ID (e.g. 53 = NBA, 54 = EuroLeague).

integer

Filter news by specific game ID for match-related content

boolean

Return preview content for upcoming games

integer

Maximum number of articles to return (default: 20)

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news?competitionId=53&limit=5" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news?competitionId=53&limit=5',
  { headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const { data } = await response.json();

data.news.forEach(article => {
  console.log(article.title, article.publishDate);
});

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news',
    params={'competitionId': 53, 'limit': 5},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
articles = response.json()['data']['news']

Response Structure

Responses use the standard V1 envelope: { success, type: "news", data: { news[], newsSources[] } }.

array

Array of news articles

Show Article Object

integer

Unique article identifier

string

ISO 8601 publication timestamp with timezone

integer

Reference to a source in newsSources[]

string

Article headline

string

Featured image URL

string

Full article URL (with partner UTM)

boolean

Long-form / editorial flag

array

Publisher metadata joined via sourceId

Show Source Object

integer

Source identifier

string

Publisher display name

integer

Image asset cache version

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "type": "news",
  "data": {
    "news": [
      {
        "id": 185699057,
        "publishDate": "2026-06-12T10:38:04+00:00",
        "sourceId": 2038,
        "title": "Lakers seal overtime thriller over Celtics behind 35-point LeBron night",
        "image": "https://images.example.com/2026/06/lebron-ot.jpg",
        "url": "https://www.example.com/nba/lakers-celtics-overtime",
        "isMagazine": false
      }
    ],
    "newsSources": [
      { "id": 2038, "name": "Eurohoops", "imageVersion": 1 }
    ]
  }
}

Use Cases

Pre-game content: Use isPreview=true to get match preview articles
Competition updates: Filter by competitionId for league-specific news
Match analysis: Use gameId for post-game analysis

Authorizations

x-api-key

string

header

required

Your SportsAPI Pro API key

Query Parameters

competitions

integer

Filter by competition ID (e.g., 132 for NBA)

Example:

132

games

integer

Filter by game ID for match-specific news

limit

integer

default:10

Maximum number of articles to return

Response

200

News articles retrieved successfully

Last modified on June 29, 2026

Basketball News

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/news")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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