Show Today’s top stories
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.
Show My Sports news
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20My%20Sports%20news
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20My%20Sports%20news
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show My Sports news”
end tell
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Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.
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