United States Sports News API

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

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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": 490616,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2119f959ac15fd423fff569f44e040fe",
            "title": "\"Photographer\" hounded Mike Vrabel in Salt Lake City airport on Saturday",
            "description": "On Monday, the New York Post published photos taken of Patriots coach Mike Vrabel during the third day of the 2026 NFL draft.",
            "content": "On Monday, the New York Post published photos taken of Patriots coach Mike Vrabel during the third day of the 2026 NFL draft. On Tuesday, TMZ took it to another level.\nTMZ has posted a video taken by a “photographer” (who isn’t a TMZ employee), which... [1704 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/photographer-hounded-mike-vrabel-in-salt-lake-city-airport-on-saturday",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/03d63f6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4744x2669+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F5e%2Fde%2F8a6ff17c47a7884693bc30128887%2Fhttps-api-imagn.com%2Frest%2Fdownload%2FimageID%3D28347389",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T02:18:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "16e57829d56f4c62200c113400c37b6b",
            "title": "Rockets rule out Kevin Durant (ankle) for Game 5 vs. Lakers",
            "description": "The Rockets, again facing elimination, officially ruled out star forward Kevin Durant for Wednesday night's Game 5 against the Lakers because of a left ankle sprain.",
            "content": "The Houston Rockets officially ruled out star forward Kevin Durant for Wednesday night's must-win Game 5 against the Los Angeles Lakers because of a left ankle sprain.\nDurant didn't participate in practice with the Rockets on Tuesday before they left... [828 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48622981/rockets-rule-kevin-durant-game-5-vs-lakers-left-ankle-sprain",
            "image": "https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0429%2Fr1650736_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T01:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ca9f436738ac14a5c9b657d1c3571aae",
            "title": "Detroit Tigers pitcher leaves game vs Braves",
            "description": "Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize left Tuesday's game against the Braves in the third inning, exiting alongside athletic trainer Ryne Eubanks.",
            "content": "ATLANTA – Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize is injured.\nThe 28-year-old walked off the mound, down the dugout steps and into the clubhouse alongside head athletic trainer Ryne Eubanks with one out in the third inning Tuesday, April 28, against t... [1324 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2026/04/28/casey-mize-injury-update-detroit-tigers-atlanta-braves/89845656007/",
            "image": "https://www.freep.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/04/29/PDTF/89845722007-usatsi-28833200.jpg?crop=5053,2842,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T01:19:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "564259f8248bd9fb864f2f906ce88cda",
                "name": "Detroit Free Press",
                "url": "https://www.freep.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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