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Yahoo API: Get scores

Gets scores and schedules for a league on a date, or for the football week that contains the date. Results can be limited to one team. Venue names come from each game page, for up to 22 games.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Date optionaldate

Game date (YYYY-MM-DD), or any date in the football week. Defaults to today.

2026-09-27

Team optionalteam

Only return games with this team, matched by name or abbreviation.

Chicago Bears

League, requiredleague

League: NBA, NFL, WNBA, MLB, NHL, college football, men's college basketball, Premier League or MLS.

NFL

Time Zone optionaltime_zone

Time zone for game start times. Defaults to US Eastern.

America/Los_Angeles

Default America/New_York.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026.
{  "games": [    {      "clock": null,      "venue": "Soldier Field",      "period": null,      "status": "final",      "game_id": "nfl.g.20260928003",      "away_team": "Philadelphia Eagles",      "game_link": "https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles-chicago-bears-20260928003/",      "home_team": "Chicago Bears",      "away_score": 7,      "home_score": 27,      "start_time": "2026-09-28T17:15:00-07:00",      "tv_channel": "ABC/ESPN"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
sports.yahoo.com/get_scores
Returns
start time, teams, scores, status, period, clock, TV channel, venue, game link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method sports.yahoo.com/get_scores with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

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    sports.yahoo.com/get_standings
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    sports.yahoo.com/get_player_stats
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    finance.yahoo.com/get_earnings_calendar
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    yahoo.com/search_news
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    finance.yahoo.com/get_quote
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    finance.yahoo.com/get_company_news
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