CBS Sports API endpoint
Returns fresh headlines from one CBS Sports per-sport feed. `section` is required and takes one of 21 slugs, such as `nfl`, `college-basketball`, `soccer`, `ufc`, `betting` or `general`. Each item has a title and URL, and may carry a summary, author, publication time and image.
/cbssports/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of nfl, college-football, nba, college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, wnba, mlb, nhl, soccer, golf, tennis, ufc, mma, boxing, wwe, nascar, motor-sports, olympics, betting, prediction, general. Any other value returns an invalid-parameter error.
Discover the same list from /api/v1/cbssports/sections.
| Field | Filled in, of 36 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 36 | median 98 characters |
| url | 36 | cbssports.com |
| summary | 36 | median 107 characters |
| published_at | 36 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 36 | |
| image_url | 36 | sportshub.cbsistatic.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | CBS Sports section slug Allowed values: nfl, college-football, nba, college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, wnba, mlb, nhl, soccer, golf, tennis, ufc, mma, boxing, wwe, nascar, motor-sports, olympics, betting, prediction, general. | nfl | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbssports/headlines?section=nfl" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "nfl",
"items": [
{
"title": "Week 3 NFL odds, lines, spreads",
"url": "https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/week-3-nfl-odds-betting-lines-spreads-totals",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T18:24:37Z",
"author": "Brandt Sutton"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under CBS Sports top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbssports/headlines?section=nfl" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"