Sick of waiting for ESPN to load on your phone? Plain Text Sports has live sports scores, play-by-play and box scores for NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and more. Pages are plain text so they load instantly. No ads, no waiting, just plain text sports.
Sports scores, play-by-play and box scores, with no loading
Sick of waiting for ESPN to load on your phone? Plain Text Sports has live sports scores, play-by-play and box scores for NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and more. Pages are plain text so they load instantly. No ads, no waiting, just plain text sports.
In January, I was on a farm in southwest Wisconsin, on the edge of my seat, watching the NFC Divisional Round matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams. We had poor reception, and the image was going in and out, and an old boombox radio played mostly static. I tried to check ESPN on my phone, but the loading bar was stuck firmly in place. It was then I had the idea for a website designed for the pure sports fan. No ads, no images, just scores, play-by-play and stats -- just
This is great!! Does what it says on the box, in plain text!
Love the story behind it AND the execution @paul_martinez3 ! Now, here's our new segment: Wil's Weekly Football Highlight 🏈 Q4 00:05: Timeout #1 by JAX. Q4 00:05: Timeout #3 by MIA. Q4 00:05, 4th & 8 @ MIA 44: (Shotgun) T. Lawrence pass short middle to L. Shenault to MIA 35 for 9 yards (Br. Jones). FIRST DOWN. Q4 00:01: Timeout #2 by JAX. Q4 00:01, 1st & 10 @ MIA 35: M. Wright 53 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-R. Matiscik, Holder-L. Cooke. JAX Field Goal 20 - 23 🙌
This is a genius idea, thanks for building this @paul_martinez3 - what are your plans for expanding to other sports/leagues around the globe? :)
Great idea! Sometimes the biggest ideas are the plainest!
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