The free and premium ESPN stories on given players. A maximum of 50 stories can be returned at a time.
player_news(playerId, parseHTML = FALSE)A single player ID number.
Should HTML stories be parsed with xml2::read_html()?
A data frame of news stories.
Other player functions:
all_players(),
list_players(),
player_info(),
player_outlook(),
recent_activity(),
transaction_counter()
player_news(playerId = "15847")
#> # A tibble: 6 × 6
#> id published type premium headline body
#> <int> <dttm> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 15847 2025-08-08 10:53:00 Story FALSE Fantasy football Do Draft li… "<p>…
#> 2 15847 2025-07-22 19:47:13 Rotowire FALSE Kelce participated in Tuesda… "In …
#> 3 15847 2025-07-21 16:15:00 Story FALSE Fantasy football numbers you… "<p>…
#> 4 15847 2025-06-14 20:04:28 Rotowire FALSE Kelce is expected to attend … "Kel…
#> 5 15847 2025-02-27 22:45:05 Rotowire FALSE Kelce confirmed via social m… "Kel…
#> 6 15847 2025-02-25 18:36:12 Rotowire FALSE Kansas City general manager … "How…