9 best sports news apps for Android

Sports are among the best entertainment experiences out there. Going to live events is almost always fun and championships seem to get everyone excited. Sports fans are always looking for ways to follow their favorite teams and favorite sports. Thankfully, there’s a great selection of apps that can help you do just that. Let’s take a look att he best sports news apps for Android.

CBS Sports

[Price: Free]
For those in North America, CBS Sports is a good option for sports coverage. They cover the major sports such as American football, baseball, basketball, hockey and European football (soccer). You can also get coverage of golf, tennis, auto racing, and others. The app features scoreboards, schedules, analysis and news, live video and radio, and CBS Sports can even help you find what channels games are on for you to watch.

ESPN

[Price: Free]
ESPN (formerly ESPN Sportscenter) is the official app of the extremely popular sports channel. It covers practically all sports so you’re covered pretty much no matter what you watch. Their coverage is a bit lax for some of the less popular sports but coverage is still there. You can find scores and highlights, news and analysis, and more. It’s a solid sports news app and fans of the TV channel will feel right at home.

Feedly and other RSS readers

[Price: Free]
These days there are a metric ton of awesome blogs that cover sports that don’t have their own official app. The quick solution to this is using an RSS reader such as Feedly. With these kinds of apps (Flipboard and gReader are other notable examples), you can search for the sites you want to follow and then read all the content they write. This is a great way to customize your news feed to read only from the sources you want without being locked into a single website. Most RSS apps are also free to use.

Podcast apps

[Price: Varies]
Another great way to stay up to date on the latest sports news is to listen to podcasts. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of podcasts out there that talk about the latest sports news and trends every single day. Some are even from huge news organizations such as Sportsnet, ESPN, Yahoo, and others. Not everyone likes talk radio but if you’re in for a long day at work, want to stay up on the latest sports news, and enjoy listening to people talk about it, then podcasts are for you. Check out our full list of the best podcast apps using the link below.
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Team Stream by Bleacher Report

[Price: Free]
Team Stream by Bleacher Report is a unique take on sports news. The app allows you to follow Twitter streams of those in-the-know to get the latest stories as they happen. You can further customize this experience by picking your favorite teams and sports, getting alerts when something happens, and more. The app also includes schedules, standings, scores, highlights, and it even aggregates news from various local newspapers, blogs, websites, Twitter, and Bleacher Report’s own writers. It’s been dubbed by reviewers as the TMZ of sports which can be good or bad depending on your attitude toward TMZ.

theScore and theScore eSports

[Price: Free]
The last couple of years saw some huge strides in development for theScore and it reigns as probably the best single sports news app available right now. It covers all the major sports and many of the less popular sports as well. The app carries with it a slew of customization options including alerts, picking your favorite teams and sports, and even special features depending on which sport you follow. They usually do something special for each big sports event which is usually fun. They’re even one of the precious few legitimate sporting news sources that also covers eSports. If you want to see their eSports app, you can find it by clicking here.

Thuuz Sports

[Price: Free]
Thuuz Sports is a different kind of sports news app. Thuuz focuses on game schedules so you should be able to see and find games that are on whenever you check. On top of that, Thuuz rates each game that’s on based on how epic the games are. That way you can ignore the boring games and choose to watch the more exciting ones. The offers sports alerts, a TV guide, fantasy tracker, and at-a-glance sports updates so you can see quickly what’s going on.

Yahoo Sports

[Price: Free]
Yahoo Sports is a huge source of sporting news. So big, in fact, that it competes with ESPN for being the biggest in North America. Here you can find news on practically any sport along with analysis from both the regular writers and from a host of Yahoo-owned sports blogs. You’ll also find schedules, scores, stats, and some of the more comprehensive coverage of European football (soccer) leagues. It’s a solid app with a lot of information.

Official Sports apps (multiple)

[Price: Varies]
Most major sporting leagues have their own official app. Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Hockey League, FIFA, etc all have official apps that are staffed with their own writers to deliver news and analysis. A few, including the MLB and NHL apps, give you the opportunity to sign up for live streaming services where you can watch live (typically out-of-market) games which is something you just can’t find anywhere other than official apps. They’re easy to find in the Google Play Store. Just search for the name of the league and you’ll find the app assuming that league has one.

Wrap up

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