United States Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from United States with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United States Sports News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from United States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 496314,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f770dede4cc6c5e9c0b2f1f64e07dcff",
            "title": "Travis Bazzana getting called up by Guardians (source)",
            "description": "CLEVELAND -- Get ready, Cleveland. The Travis Bazzana era is about to get underway.\nThe Guardians are calling up Bazzana (their No. 1 prospect and No. 16 overall, per MLB Pipeline) from Triple-A Columbus, a club source told MLB.com on Monday night. The 23-year-old second baseman and No. 1 overall",
            "content": "The Guardians are calling up Bazzana (their No. 1 prospect and No. 16 overall, per MLB Pipeline) from Triple-A Columbus, a club source told MLB.com on Monday night. The 23-year-old second baseman and No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft could mak... [3487 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/travis-bazzana-guardians-callup",
            "image": "https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/v22swu4z4u9cujduejbe.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T07:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6aaa550e52f9c04eb9adec9f8430499b",
                "name": "MLB.com",
                "url": "https://www.mlb.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "382034d3eff832dd16aa63924a71d91d",
            "title": "Magic take 3-1 series lead, have No. 1 seed Pistons on the brink of elimination: Takeaways",
            "description": "After beating the Pistons 94-88 in Game 4, the Magic are one win away from becoming the seventh No. 8 seed to upset a No. 1 seed.",
            "content": "The Orlando Magic defeated the Detroit Pistons 94-88 to take a 3-1 series lead and move one win away from becoming the seventh No. 8 seed in NBA history to beat a No. 1 seed in the playoffs.\nOrlando rode a balanced scoring effort from Desmond Bane (2... [2720 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7236250/2026/04/27/magic-pistons-game-4-takeaways-nba-playoffs-2026/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/04/27213038/260427-Magic-Pistons-scaled-e1777339880103.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T04:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d63d879c4362f277aca85bfa8bd628dc",
            "title": "Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic Live Score and Stats",
            "description": "Get real-time NBA Basketball coverage and scores as Detroit Pistons takes on Orlando Magic. We bring you the latest game previews, live stats, expert picks and recaps on CBSSports.com",
            "content": "ORLANDO, Fla. - (AP) The Orlando Magic are one win away from knocking off a No. 1 seed and winning their first playoff series in 16 years.\nThey're not celebrating yet.\nDesmond Bane scored 22 points, Franz Wagner had 19 in three quarters and the Magic... [3263 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20260427_DET@ORL/",
            "image": "https://sportsfly.cbsistatic.com/fly-559/bundles/sportsmediacss/images/fantasy/default-article-image-large.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T04:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "416e66c8ea979965c0cee3b0ed1f714b",
                "name": "CBS Sports",
                "url": "https://www.cbssports.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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