If you love sports, then you know how important it is to keep up with your favorite teams, games, scores, news, and more. Whether it’s football, baseball, soccer, or basketball, you never have to look further than your wrist to stay up to date.
For you sports fans out there, here’s a list of the best Apple Watch apps for sports.
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Sports Alerts

The Sports Alerts app is terrific for getting the news, stats, and scores for the sports you love. On iPhone, you can watch post-game videos, keep up with your fantasy teams, and as the name implies, receive helpful alerts.
On Apple Watch, Sports Alerts lists out all the leagues and lets you see scores for previous games, upcoming events, and teams and leagues that you follow.
Sports Alerts is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. You can take a look at the in-app purchase options for subscriptions, expert picks, and ad-removal.
Bleacher Report

The Bleacher Report app lets you check scores, receive alerts, and view the news on Apple Watch. Start by picking your favorite sports and teams on iPhone. Then select the types of news you want to see, from highlights to rumors to drafts.
Pop open Bleacher Report on your Apple Watch to check scores, news, alerts, and more.
The app also lets you stay up to date on fantasy leagues, listen to podcasts, and pick interests like music and uniforms.
Bleacher Report is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, iMessage, and Apple Watch.
theScore

Check the NFL, NBA, NCAA, MLB, English Premier Soccer League, and more with theScore. You get real-time score updates, breaking news, a spot for your favorites, and messaging with other sports fans like you.
On Apple Watch, theScore provides scores and sports news with a tap and shows you upcoming games.
theScore is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
ESPN

For most every type of sport and league, ESPN is not just a TV channel, but an app for your devices too. See what’s happening in the worlds of basketball, tennis, racing, baseball, boxing, and more.
Set up your favorites in the app on your iPhone and then when you’re out and about, check scores for your teams and leagues on your Apple Watch.
ESPN is available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, iMessage, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. You can also check out the in-app purchase subscription options for ESPN+ and specific event coverage.
Which Apple Watch sports app hits a homerun for you?
These are great Apple Watch sports apps for staying in-the-know with the sports, teams, and players you love.
Do you use one of these sports apps for Apple Watch or do you prefer a different one you’d like to recommend? Please feel free to comment below and share your thoughts!

Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a project manager, department manager, and PMO Lead. She then decided to follow her dream and now writes about technology full-time. Sandy holds a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology.
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kathy anderson says
The ESPN app no longer works on my Apple Watch. I have contacted the developers and they told me to make sure both the phone and watch were up to date. They are. Then they said they weren’t sure what was wrong because the watch app mirrors the phone. Needless to say very frustrating because I wanted to use the widget one one of my faces to check scores for the NCAA tournament and opening day in MLB