Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
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
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20My%20Sports%20news
Link to Open Shortcut
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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