Show NBA news
Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.
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Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
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Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
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Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
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Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20NBA%20news
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20NBA%20news
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show NBA news”
end tell
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