Plain Text Sports

Sports scores website

People use it as their main sports source for quick, text-only updates. Critics say its coverage is US-centric and skips the Champions League.

5 people gave an opinion

Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Each mark is one comment

Main sports source for a regular user
“it's still my main sports source”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Apple Made a Sports App That Does Almost Nothing. It's Incredible”

Each mark is one comment

US-centric, missing Champions League
“US centric however, not even Champions League”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Apple Made a Sports App That Does Almost Nothing. It's Incredible”

The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Plain Text Sports compared with 1 alternative
Product	Recommend	Criticize	Approval	Months	Owned	Badge
8-bit live baseball gamecast	17	1	94%	1	—	—
Plain Text SportsThis page	5	0	100%	2	—	—

2 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“US centric however, not even Champions League”

MixedComment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Apple Made a Sports App That Does Almost Nothing. It's Incredible”

“it's still my main sports source”

RecommendsComment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Apple Made a Sports App That Does Almost Nothing. It's Incredible”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.