Realtime Sports API

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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "realtime-sports-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

14 tools

• list_leagues

  List the leagues this API monitors live, with the sport and league slugs every other tool needs. 29 leagues monitored live: NFL, college football, NBA, men's college basketball, MLB, NHL and 23 soccer competitions.

• get_live_events

  Games in progress right now for a league, with score, period/clock and status. Empty list when nothing is live. Data is typically 20-30 s behind live play.

• get_events

  The league's current scoreboard window: recent, live and upcoming games. For specific dates or weeks use get_schedule.

• get_event

  Full details for one game: teams, score, status, venue, season/week, broadcasts, officials.

• get_plays

  Play-by-play for a game, oldest first, paginated. Use a larger limit (up to 300 here) to get more plays per call; check pagination.hasNextPage.

• get_box_score

  Team totals and player statistics for a game (basketball, soccer, baseball, football). Not available before kickoff.

• get_odds

  Current spread, moneyline and total for a game from a single source book. Returns null when no odds are available.

• get_schedule

  Games in a date range (start_date/end_date, YYYY-MM-DD, at most 31 days, US Eastern calendar days like most US schedules) or, for NFL and college football, a season week (season + week). Up to 200 games.

• list_teams

  Teams in a league (paginated; college football has 800+ teams across divisions).

• get_team

  One team: names, record, standing summary, venue.

• get_team_roster

  Current roster for a team, grouped by position.

• search_athletes

  Find players by name within a league; returns athlete ids and teams.

• get_injuries

  Current injury report grouped by team (empty in the off-season). Pass team_id for that team's complete report.

• get_news

  Latest news headlines for a league (optionally one team), with links.

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