Sports MCP — NBA, NFL, NHL Live & Historical
Bring sports data into an AI workflow without writing four ESPN scrapers.
What it can do
- Get Nba Scores: Retrieve today's NBA basketball game scores, schedules, and results. Returns team names, final scores, game time, teams' win-loss records, and key player statistics. Use for sports bet
- Get Nfl Scores: Fetch current NFL football game scores, schedules, and results. Returns team matchups, final scores, scheduled start times, team standings, and individual player stats. Use for fantasy
- Get Nhl Scores: Get today's NHL hockey game scores, schedules, and match results. Returns team names, final scores, game times, current standings, and player statistics. Use for hockey fan updates, fa
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Bring sports data into an AI workflow without writing four ESPN scrapers. Useful for fantasy-sports copilots, sports-betting research agents, content sites that auto-summarize game results, or hobby projects where you want Claude to talk to you about last night's game.
How to connect
How to connect Sports MCP — NBA, NFL, NHL Live & Historical to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://sports-mcp-server--nexgendata-apify.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Sports MCP — NBA, NFL, NHL Live & Historical to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://sports-mcp-server--nexgendata-apify.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Sports MCP — NBA, NFL, NHL Live & Historical to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://sports-mcp-server--nexgendata-apify.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (4)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| get_nba_scores | Retrieve today's NBA basketball game scores, schedules, and results. Returns team names, final scores, game time, teams' win-loss records, and key player statistics. Use for sports betting research, fantasy basketball, or staying updated on daily NBA action. |
| get_nfl_scores | Fetch current NFL football game scores, schedules, and results. Returns team matchups, final scores, scheduled start times, team standings, and individual player stats. Use for fantasy football, sports analysis, or following NFL season progress. |
| get_nhl_scores | Get today's NHL hockey game scores, schedules, and match results. Returns team names, final scores, game times, current standings, and player statistics. Use for hockey fan updates, fantasy league management, or sports betting research. |
| get_all_scores | Retrieve combined scores from all major sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL) in a single call. Returns games from all three leagues with final scores, teams, game times, and standings summaries. Use for comprehensive sports news monitoring or multi-sport fantasy management. |