ESPN — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the espn-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: Install via the Printing Press installer: npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install espn --cli-only Verify: espn-pp-cli --version Ensure $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin ) is on $PATH . If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.23+): go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/media-and-entertainment/espn/cmd/espn-pp-cli@latest If --version reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on $PATH . Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. When to Use This CLI Reach for this when a user wants a quick sports lookup - current score, standings, upcoming schedule, head-to-head record, or a rich per-game summary (box score, leaders, scoring plays, odds, win probability). Also good for cross-league discovery ( today ) and offline search across synced data. Don't reach for this if the user has a paid feed like Stats Perform or Sportradar that provides cleaner data, or if they need real-time websocket updates (ESPN's endpoints are polling-only). For betting odds in isolation, the per-game summary payload includes them but there is no league-wide odds command. Unique Capabilities Commands that only work because of local sync + cross-league tooling. Cross-league discovery today — Today's scores across all major sports in one call. The fastest "what's on tonight" answer without picking a sport first. trending — Most-followed athletes and teams across all leagues, ranked by current popularity. Good for "who is hot right now" without naming a sport. dashboard — Reads [favorites] from ~/.config/espn-pp-cli/config.toml and shows scores for each favorited team across leagues, in one call. watch --event — Live score updates for a specific game (polls every 30s). Use scores or today to find the game, then watch to follow it live. Game-state intelligence summary --event — Detailed game summary including box score, leaders, scoring plays, odds, and win probability. The single richest payload per game. boxscore — Just the per-player box score for an event id, with sport+league inferred from a recent scoreboard cache hit. Pass --sport / --league to skip inference. plays --event — Play-by-play feed for a specific event. Optional --limit (default 200). recap — Post-game recap with box score and leaders for the most recent completed game in a league. scoreboard — Live scoreboard with date filtering, week/group selectors, and competition metadata. odds — Spread, over/under, and moneyline lines for tonight's slate, derived from the scoreboard payload (no per-game summary calls). Standings and rankings standings — Conference/division standings. rankings — Current AP, Coaches, and CFP poll rankings (NCAAF/NCAAM). streak — Current win/loss streaks across teams in a league, computed from synced data. rivals — Head-to-head records between teams in a league from synced data. h2h --sport --league — Deeper head-to-head detail for one specific pair, including average score and recent meetings list. sos — Strength-of-schedule per team, derived from the standings payload, sorted descending. People leaders [--category ] — Statistical leaders across categories with optional filter. compare --sport --league — Side-by-side season stats for two athletes. Ambiguous names list candidates and exit 2. injuries — Active injury report across the league, grouped by team. transactions — Recent trades, signings, and waivers. Local store sync — Pull a sport+league dataset into local SQLite for offline analysis. search "" — Full-text search across synced events and news. sql — Run read-only SQL queries against the local database. Command Reference Live action: espn-pp-cli scores — Current scores espn-pp-cli today — Today's scores across all major sports espn-pp-cli scoreboard — Scoreboard with optional date filtering espn-pp-cli watch --event — Live score polling for one game espn-pp-cli standings — League standings espn-pp-cli trending — Most-followed athletes and teams across leagues espn-pp-cli dashboard — Favorites snapshot from ~/.config/espn-pp-cli/config.toml Team detail: espn-pp-cli teams — Schedule for one team (past + upcoming) espn-pp-cli teams get — Team record, links, and logos espn-pp-cli teams list — All teams in a league espn-pp-cli streak — Current win/loss streaks from synced data espn-pp-cli rivals — Head-to-head records between teams from synced data espn-pp-cli h2h --sport --league — Deeper detail for one team pair (avg score, meetings) espn-pp-cli sos — Strength-of-schedule, sorted descending Game detail: espn-pp-cli summary --event — Full game summary (box score, leaders, scoring plays, odds, win probability) espn-pp-cli boxscore — Just the box score subtree (sport/league inferred from cache) espn-pp-cli plays --event — Play-by-play feed (optional --limit , default 200) espn-pp-cli recap — Most recent completed game recap espn-pp-cli odds — Spread, over/under, moneyline for tonight's slate People: espn-pp-cli leaders [--category ] — Statistical leaders by category espn-pp-cli compare --sport --league — Side-by-side athlete stats espn-pp-cli injuries — Active injury report espn-pp-cli transactions — Recent trades, signings, waivers Polls and rankings: espn-pp-cli rankings — AP, Coaches, and CFP polls Info: espn-pp-cli news — Latest news Discovery and local: espn-pp-cli search "" — Full-text search across synced events and news espn-pp-cli sync — Sync a sport+league into local SQLite espn-pp-cli sql "" — Run read-only SQL against the local store espn-pp-cli load — Show workload distribution per assignee (synced data) espn-pp-cli orphans / stale — Maintenance views over the local store espn-pp-cli doctor — Verify connectivity and configuration Sport values: football , basketball , baseball , hockey , soccer . League values: nfl , nba , mlb , nhl , ncaaf , ncaam , ncaaw , mls , eng.1 (EPL), wnba . Recipes Morning sports scan espn-pp-cli today --agent --select events.shortName,events.status espn-pp-cli scores football nfl --agent --select events.shortName,events.competitions.competitors.team.displayName,events.status.type.detail espn-pp-cli standings football nfl --agent One today call covers cross-league activity, one scores for the league you care about, one standings for context. The nested --select paths cut a scoreboard payload from tens of KB down to the fields that actually matter — essential for keeping agent context small. Pre-game research from synced data espn-pp-cli sync --sport football --league nfl espn-pp-cli rivals football nfl --agent