# ESPN WNBA Scoreboard by Date

> ESPN WNBA Scoreboard by Date is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns WNBA game scores, teams, status, and venue for a given date from ESPN's public scoreboard API

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/espn-wnba?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-wnba-scoreboard-by-date-08ed9c3f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_j8Im7MVMgNWzcSpOMIhts

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-wnba-scoreboard-by-date-08ed9c3f
```

Example prompt: What were all the WNBA game scores on June 20, 2026 — which teams played, what were the final scores, and where were the games held?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured WNBA game data (scores, teams, status, venues) for a specific date without scraping ESPN directly. Prefer this over general sports APIs when you need WNBA-specific scoreboard data with reliable ESPN sourcing, or when you need clean JSON without parsing HTML. It is ideal for daily score checks, fantasy sports workflows, or monitoring live game states.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format returns an error; date must be YYYY-MM-DD
- Days with no WNBA games return an empty games list (not an error)
- ESPN upstream outage or rate limiting may cause failed fetches
- Future dates may return scheduled games with no scores
- Very old historical dates may return empty or incomplete data

## How this service works

ESPN WNBA scoreboard for one date: each game with home and away team, score, status (scheduled, live, final) and arena, from ESPN's public site JSON. Times are UTC; days with no games return an empty list.

## Output

A JSON object containing the queried date, a count of games, and an array of game objects. Each game includes a unique game ID, home and away team names and abbreviations, scores, game state (pre/in/post), human-readable status (Scheduled/In Progress/Final), venue name, and UTC start time. Days with no games return an empty games array.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: yesterday UTC)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "date": "2026-06-20",
  "count": 3,
  "games": [
   {
    "id": "401857006",
    "away": {
     "name": "Indiana Fever",
     "score": 96,
     "abbreviation": "IND"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Atlanta Dream",
     "score": 113,
     "abbreviation": "ATL"
    },
    "name": "Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "State Farm Arena",
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-06-20T17:00Z"
   },
   {
    "id": "401857007",
    "away": {
     "name": "Seattle Storm",
     "score": 73,
     "abbreviation": "SEA"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Phoenix Mercury",
     "score": 93,
     "abbreviation": "PHX"
    },
    "name": "Seattle Storm at Phoenix Mercury",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Mortgage Matchup Center",
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-06-20T19:07Z"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/scoreboard?dates=20260620",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:38.815Z"
 }
}
```

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