Get ESPN MBB News
Get ESPN Women's College Basketball News
Get ESPN NBA News
Get ESPN NBA News
Value
Returns a tibble of news articles.
Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_news_schema table.
Returns a tibble of news articles.
Columns as documented in the shared espn_mbb_news_schema table.
Details
Retrieve ESPN women's college basketball news. Uses
getOption("hoopR.proxy") or http_proxy/https_proxy environment
variables for proxy configuration (per-call proxy override is not
supported for ESPN wrappers).
Retrieve ESPN NBA news. Uses getOption("hoopR.proxy") or
http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables for proxy configuration
(per-call proxy override is not supported for ESPN wrappers).
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_rankings(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp()
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_player_contracts(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_transactions()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mbb_news(limit = 5)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL News from ESPN.com ────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5 × 9
#> id type headline description published premium byline link_web league_id
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 4.97e7 Story Men's c… Led by Bec… 2026-08-… FALSE Paul … https:/… 3550
#> 2 4.97e7 Head… Big 12 … The Big 12… 2026-08-… FALSE NA https:/… 23
#> 3 4.97e7 Head… Big Ten… The Big Te… 2026-08-… FALSE Jake … https:/… 23
#> 4 4.97e7 Head… Sources… SEC school… 2026-08-… FALSE Mark … https:/… 28
#> 5 4.97e7 Story Project… Predicting… 2026-08-… FALSE Myron… https:/… 41
# }
# \donttest{
espn_nba_news(limit = 5)
#> ── ESPN NBA News from ESPN.com ────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5 × 9
#> id type headline description published premium byline link_web league_id
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 4.97e7 Head… Raptors… The Raptor… 2026-08-… FALSE NA https:/… 46
#> 2 4.96e7 Story NBA off… We're look… 2026-08-… FALSE NBA I… https:/… 46
#> 3 4.97e7 Story Phoenix… What could… 2026-08-… FALSE NBA I… https:/… 46
#> 4 4.96e7 Story NBA Sum… Our expert… 2026-08-… FALSE NBA i… https:/… 46
#> 5 4.97e7 Story Blake G… The weekly… 2026-08-… FALSE Antho… https:/… 46
# }