LABSCO SUMMARY

Most sports questions answered without an account, and the prefix on every tool tells you which source answered.

That prefix is the design decision worth noticing: espn_, nhl_, openf1_, lichess_ — you always know where a number came from, and when two sources disagree you can see which is which. The default load is the keyless preset, so it is useful before you register anywhere; keys extend it into odds, esports and the larger soccer feeds. The matching caveat is that several of the free sources are unofficial endpoints, so one going quiet is an expected failure rather than a bug in the server.

What it is

An aggregator that puts many sports data providers behind a single server, each tool prefixed with the source it came from. Left unconfigured it loads the free preset: the providers that need no key at all.

What you get

US leagues in depth — espn_ tools spanning 20+ sports, nhl_ down to play-by-play, box scores and per-player game logs, mlb_ down to at-bat-by-at-bat plays, line scores and league leaders
College sports through ncaa_: scoreboard, AP and Coaches polls, standings, team schedules and player or team stats
Formula 1 twice over — f1_ for results, qualifying, sprints, championship standings, lap times and pit stops back through the archive, and openf1_ for live-session telemetry: speed, RPM, gear, throttle, brake and DRS, tyre stints, intervals to the leader, race-control flags, weather and team radio
Other motorsport: MotoGP sessions and classifications, Formula E races and both championship tables, and NASCAR schedule, live race feed and per-driver lap times
Football from three angles — openliga_ for Bundesliga matchdays, tables and top scorers, sportsrc_ for live matches, tables and lineups, and footballdata_uk_ for historical results carrying bookmaker odds
Chess from both sites: Lichess profiles, top players by variant, arena tournaments, official broadcasts and the daily puzzle; Chess.com profiles, stats per time control, clubs, monthly game archives and leaderboards
Esports through opendota_ — pro matches and leagues, full match detail with items and gold, player profiles, per-hero win rates and the current meta
Fantasy NFL through sleeper_: current week and season type, player search, trending adds and drops, leagues, rosters, weekly matchups and draft picks
EuroLeague basketball down to box score and play-by-play, AFL through Squiggle including its prediction models and projected ladder, and TheSportsDB for teams, players and events across 40+ sports
Keyed providers extend the same surface — API-Sports, PandaScore for esports, The Odds API — and a missing key never blocks startup: only the tools that need it fail, and only when called

Requirements

Published as mcp-sports-hub and launched over stdio, on Node.js 18 or newer. SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS decides what loads: a comma-separated list of provider names, or one of the presets free, us-major, soccer, f1, motorsport, esports, odds, cricket, golf, chess and all. Unset, it loads the free preset — the no-key providers. Keys are per provider and free to obtain: API_SPORTS_KEY, PANDASCORE_TOKEN and THE_ODDS_API_KEY. Several of the keyless sources are unofficial endpoints, and each carries its own rate limit.

Setup effort

One command — npx mcp-sports-hub

See installation options

USE CASES

Catching up on last night's results

One scoreboard call covers whichever league you name, and the league-specific tools give final scores with the detail behind them.

espn_get_scoreboardnhl_get_scoresmlb_get_standings

Following a race weekend as it happens

Lap timing and intervals show the race shape, stints show the tyre strategy, and race control and weather explain the rest.

openf1_get_lapsopenf1_get_intervalsopenf1_get_stintsopenf1_get_race_control

Going through one game in detail

Play-by-play plus the box score gives every at-bat or possession alongside the per-player numbers.

mlb_get_game_play_by_playmlb_get_game_boxscoreeuroleague_get_game_playbyplay

Running a fantasy football roster

Trending adds and drops over a lookback window, this week's matchups, and every roster in the league with its record.

sleeper_get_trending_playerssleeper_get_league_matchupssleeper_get_league_rosters

Sizing up a chess opponent

Per-variant ratings on Lichess and per-time-control stats on Chess.com, from the two public APIs, in one conversation.

lichess_get_userchesscom_get_player_stats

Looking at historical football with the odds attached

footballdata_uk_get_matches returns past results together with the bookmaker prices, and the league table gives the context they sat in.

footballdata_uk_get_matchesopenliga_get_table

165 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`chesscom_get_club`

Get Chess.com club details by URL id (the slug after /club/ in the web URL).

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

Any MCP client — npx

TERMINAL

npx mcp-sports-hub

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop

Clone and build the server

CLAUDE DESKTOP · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-sports-hub.git
cd mcp-sports-hub
npm install
npm run build

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json

<YOUR_PATH_TO_MCP_SPORTS_HUB> is the folder you cloned into. Only include env vars for providers you need; omit env entirely for the free providers. SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS is set to all because, unset, only the free no-key preset loads and the keyed providers are never registered; set it to a preset (esports, odds, soccer…) or a comma-separated provider list to load less.

CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sports-hub": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "<YOUR_PATH_TO_MCP_SPORTS_HUB>/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS": "all",
        "PANDASCORE_TOKEN": "<YOUR_PANDASCORE_TOKEN>",
        "API_SPORTS_KEY": "<YOUR_API_SPORTS_KEY>",
        "THE_ODDS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_THE_ODDS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

The configuration on this page does not set API_FOOTBALL_KEY, API_TENNIS_KEY, BALLDONTLIE_API_KEY, CRICKETDATA_API_KEY, ENTITY_SPORT_KEY, FOOTBALL_DATA_API_KEY and SPORTMONKS_API_KEY; the project's instructions set them with an export line. An app opened from its icon or dock does not see variables exported in a terminal, so to supply them, use the block's "env" section.

Claude Code

Clone and build the server

CLAUDE CODE · TERMINAL

git clone https://github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-sports-hub.git
cd mcp-sports-hub
npm install
npm run build

Then add the server to Claude Code

<YOUR_PATH_TO_MCP_SPORTS_HUB> is the folder you cloned into. SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS is set to all because, unset, only the free no-key preset loads and the keyed providers are never registered; set it to a preset (esports, odds, soccer…) or a comma-separated provider list to load less.

CLAUDE CODE · JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sports-hub": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "<YOUR_PATH_TO_MCP_SPORTS_HUB>/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS": "all",
        "PANDASCORE_TOKEN": "<YOUR_PANDASCORE_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Any MCP client — HTTP

ANY MCP CLIENT — HTTP · TERMINAL

SPORTS_HUB_HTTP=1 SPORTS_HUB_PORT=3000 npx mcp-sports-hub

Clients then connect to http://localhost:3000/mcp — POST /mcp is the MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP with SSE), and GET /health answers a health check.

Sports Hub

Most sports questions answered without an account, and the prefix on every tool tells you which source answered.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Catching up on last night's results

Following a race weekend as it happens

Going through one game in detail

Running a fantasy football roster

Sizing up a chess opponent

Looking at historical football with the odds attached

165 tools

chesscom_get_club

chesscom_get_country_players

chesscom_get_leaderboards

chesscom_get_player

chesscom_get_player_archives

chesscom_get_player_clubs

chesscom_get_player_stats

espn_get_athlete

espn_get_event_summary

espn_get_news

espn_get_scoreboard

espn_get_seasons

espn_get_standings

espn_get_team_details

espn_get_team_roster

espn_get_team_schedule

espn_get_teams

euroleague_get_clubs

euroleague_get_game_boxscore

euroleague_get_game_header

euroleague_get_game_playbyplay

euroleague_get_games

euroleague_get_rounds

f1_get_circuits

f1_get_constructor_standings

f1_get_constructors

f1_get_driver_results

f1_get_driver_standings

f1_get_drivers

f1_get_lap_times

f1_get_pit_stops

f1_get_qualifying

f1_get_race_results

f1_get_schedule

f1_get_seasons

f1_get_sprint

footballdata_uk_get_matches

footballdata_uk_list_leagues

formulae_get_championships

formulae_get_driver_standings

formulae_get_race

formulae_get_race_results

formulae_get_races

formulae_get_team_standings

formulae_get_teams

lichess_get_broadcasts

lichess_get_daily_puzzle

lichess_get_team

lichess_get_top_players

lichess_get_tournaments

lichess_get_user

lichess_get_users_status

mlb_get_divisions

mlb_get_game

mlb_get_game_boxscore

mlb_get_game_linescore

mlb_get_game_play_by_play

mlb_get_league_leaders

mlb_get_player

mlb_get_player_stats

mlb_get_schedule

mlb_get_standings

mlb_get_team_roster

mlb_get_teams

mlb_search_players

motogp_get_categories

motogp_get_events

`chesscom_get_club`

`chesscom_get_country_players`

`chesscom_get_leaderboards`

`chesscom_get_player`

`chesscom_get_player_archives`

`chesscom_get_player_clubs`

`chesscom_get_player_stats`

`espn_get_athlete`

`espn_get_event_summary`

`espn_get_news`

`espn_get_scoreboard`

`espn_get_seasons`

`espn_get_standings`

`espn_get_team_details`

`espn_get_team_roster`

`espn_get_team_schedule`

`espn_get_teams`

`euroleague_get_clubs`

`euroleague_get_game_boxscore`

`euroleague_get_game_header`

`euroleague_get_game_playbyplay`

`euroleague_get_games`

`euroleague_get_rounds`

`f1_get_circuits`

`f1_get_constructor_standings`

`f1_get_constructors`

`f1_get_driver_results`

`f1_get_driver_standings`

`f1_get_drivers`

`f1_get_lap_times`

`f1_get_pit_stops`

`f1_get_qualifying`

`f1_get_race_results`

`f1_get_schedule`

`f1_get_seasons`

`f1_get_sprint`

`footballdata_uk_get_matches`

`footballdata_uk_list_leagues`

`formulae_get_championships`

`formulae_get_driver_standings`

`formulae_get_race`

`formulae_get_race_results`

`formulae_get_races`

`formulae_get_team_standings`

`formulae_get_teams`

`lichess_get_broadcasts`

`lichess_get_daily_puzzle`

`lichess_get_team`

`lichess_get_top_players`

`lichess_get_tournaments`

`lichess_get_user`

`lichess_get_users_status`

`mlb_get_divisions`

`mlb_get_game`

`mlb_get_game_boxscore`

`mlb_get_game_linescore`

`mlb_get_game_play_by_play`

`mlb_get_league_leaders`

`mlb_get_player`

`mlb_get_player_stats`

`mlb_get_schedule`

`mlb_get_standings`

`mlb_get_team_roster`

`mlb_get_teams`

`mlb_search_players`

`motogp_get_categories`

`motogp_get_events`

`motogp_get_riders`

`motogp_get_seasons`

`motogp_get_session_classification`

`motogp_get_sessions`

`motogp_get_standings`

`nascar_get_lap_times`

`nascar_get_live`

`nascar_get_schedule`

`ncaa_get_game`

`ncaa_get_news`

`ncaa_get_rankings`

`ncaa_get_schedule`

`ncaa_get_scoreboard`