CBS Sports App: Scores & News Reviews

by SPM21Bucky

I have trouble with ESPN playing videos sometimes, but I can live with that. I can’t tell you how many times CBS Sports sends out an update with the wrong information. How many times I’ve seen a Dodger update where the final score was a tie…and it’s been happening in the playoffs, which blows my mind. I’ve had other apps, ESPN, ABC News, CNN put out an incorrect notification, then a few minutes later send an update or correction. CBS Sports admit to a mistake and give a correct score? Not happening. Then there are the typos or maybe it’s just poor reporting. The other day the headline was about the Raiders new head coach. Within the first three words of the article they were talking about the head coach of the Ravens, lol, seriously?! I WISH I could post screen shots. Stick with ESPN for your sports, the videos may not always play properly, but at least they get scores right.

by F-CBS

Really wish I could give zero stars. They’ll nickel and dime you even when you have their channel. Fox, NBC, and ABC don’t do that. Complete lack of service. I simply want to stream a game I can watch from home while away, nope, not happening, I would have to pay $9.99 for a monthly service fee on top of what I already pay. CBS execs, have fun in your Scrooge McDuck baths you stingy pieces of s. This is the root of why I’m getting rid of cable. Why am I paying extra if I am already spending so much at the end of the day for the cable? I can watch other channels easily. But CBS doesn’t make it as simple as other networks. I tried phones and different computers as devices for streaming to no avail. All of which said I need to sign up and pay more money.

by Sfbrian

Liked CBSSportsApp until I started receiving alerts for everything, not just my favorite teams. According to their customer support, this is an Editorial Staff decision on breaking news and ongoing stories (see below). To stop this over saturation their suggestion is to disable each of my Team News alerts and/or disable all notification for CBSSportsApp . There are other options for my sporting new on the teams I follow. Needless to say I have deleted CBSSportsApp.

“If you have disabled all notifications (League News, Gambling & Odds, Fantasy, Draft, Top Stories) within the CBS Sports app, but have Team News enabled for your My Teams/Favorites, then you may still receive some league (e.g. NFL, NBA, NCAA, etc) notifications.

This is based on our Editorial Staff deeming breaking news or an ongoing story worthy of a notification for some or all teams for a certain league.”

by SUPER10Rj

CBSSportsApp used to be a refreshing alternative to ESPN. It gave solid coverage of the latest sports news and provided a well organized and consistent browsing experience. Not anymore. My beef with this all are threefold. 1. CBSSportsApp has punched me with ads recently. Clicking to watch a 20s video now has a 15-30 second ad attached. Bad form. 2. CBSSportsApp is on the level of spam with the number of notifications I'm getting without first opting in. 3. Stability. CBSSportsApp now freezes EVERY time I launch it somewhere between 1-3 minutes in. This means I browse to an interesting article, only to have CBSSportsApp hang. I then restart and am unable to find the article. I've gotten tired of only reading the first half of articles. I guess it's back to ESPN...

by Willmh25

I loved the CBS Sports app. Been using it for years to check scores, updates, standings, and schedules of all of my favorite sports and teams. It was so easy to manage and use. Fast, live updates of games made the play-by-play enjoyable. Then CBS Sports decides to turn my world upside down and change everything about their app. The new layout is so much worse now. With a calendar format it’s hard to find when my teams are playing since I don’t know what day they are playing on, that’s what I’m trying to figure out. There’s no longer standings and rankings tabs for leagues/conferences. I liked CBSSportsApp way better when it was organized by each individual sports league/association and once in that sub link, there are tabs for scores, teams, rankings, news, stats, etc. Choosing to organize all sports under each day is just silly as it’s too much to take in at once when I’m trying to focus on one sport at a time. I usually don’t make app reviews but felt it was appropriate after CBS Sports just really messed up their app and probably lost a user

by Bippy_b

While CBSSportsApp does have some redeeming features such as its ability to report some high school football scores .. CBSSportsApp lacks so many controls present in other apps. Despite the fact that I don’t follow PGA or any golfers at all, I continually get updates for golfing and how golfing is available on the CBS Sports subscription. And it doesn’t stop with golf. I get tennis updates too that I don’t care for. It’s one thing if a golfer breaks the record for wins at The Masters. I get that. That is transcending sports news. But to get updates that “Rory McElroy is in the lead with a -2” when I don’t follow him.. I don’t follow the PGA.. I don’t follow any golfers, tennis players, The Masters, Shell Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon or anything related to golf/tennis it becomes frustrating that CBSSportsApp is wasting your battery and time with alerts about things you didn’t suggest as something you like. I’m sure it isn’t the devs fault.. probably some suit upstairs.. but I want it to be known to the suit that it isn’t appreciated.

by Didward

There are a lot of good things about CBSSportsApp such as the box scores and the fact that they have lesser know sports like college baseball. However, it can be very buggie. Often times taking you to a blank white screen instead of players profiles whenever you press on there name. I also think CBSSportsApp suffers from bad QA/QC. Such as the “Tweet” section of baseball game going days at a time without being updated. So you’re looking at a Twins v Indians game and the tweets from both teams are from two days prior. Additionally, the college football score board often times can be incorrect. I watched WV and Texas Tech go into half time 35-10, yet the score in CBSSportsApp was 40-13. It was weird because the score summary correctly documented each scoring drive, but the score still remained incorrect. I often get notification for college football games such as a 1 point touchdown or a 9 point field goal. It’s all very confusing. Due to these quality issues, I have decided to go to the Four Letter and will probably never return to CBS.

by Subicman

I’ve been using CBSSportsApp for several years and I can’t believe that it gets continually worse every update. It’s barely functional in its current state, sure you can get information in its basic format but you are constantly bombarded with ads and errors. Baseball season is almost over and they finally got the news feed working, it’s 9/17. Football season starts, suddenly all teams news pages go blank, really? Then when you can get an article to load it’s broken up and even has sections covered by freaking ads. I think I’m finally just going to uninstall and find something else that works. If they would reduce the ads by half I could give it 3 stars but its just too much greed trying to pack all the ads in. The sad part is that the ads never fail to load unlike the information you’re looking for.

by GLSudds

Should be a home button or a way that when the user scrolls through the upcoming days, they can return to the current day’s sports listings, instead of have to scroll all the way back again. Once the user leaves CBSSportsApp after an hour minimum, CBSSportsApp should reset to the current days listings of games, instead of the last place the user was looking. App should allow the user to follow individual players. Some fans like players, but don’t care to get all the news about the whole sport, league, etc. NCAA Baseball and Softball should be able to be viewed the same as major college sports. Though watching the games is more unlikely do to the coverage wants vs needs, this is a sports app, so all scores and teams should be provided.

by Slickvic621

The CBS Sports app was my sports app of choice, but the latest update has relegated it back to the mean…the removal of preferred leagues (conferences? Can’t remember what it was titled) for NCAA sports is a step back IMO - this feature allowed better customization of what you want to see. I like the ability to tap the header bar to jump between conferences, but my request would be to add an option within the conference list to be the legacy ‘my leagues’ among the top 25 and specified conferences. This simple feature made CBS Sports CBSSportsApp of choice, even though it’s missing many other sports scores that it’s competitors include integrated (like NCAAW, NCAA Baseball, etc.). The removal of this ‘my leagues’ option drops its score back below that of competitors. Please consider this as an option, until then, I’ll have to use other apps.

by UA Jen P

Dear CBS Sports,
Can you please join the 21st Century and recognize that Women’s sports are as interesting, if not more so, than Men’s sports? We follow our Alma Mater, the University of Arizona, for Football and Men’s Basketball. Our Women’s team is doing great things this year and we want to be more informed of what they are doing.
Unfortunately, when you open Women’s Basketball, CBSSportsApp still shows the tournament schedule from last March. You can’t make a team a favorite, and it’s nearly impossible to find schedules or news articles.
How about you start providing equitable coverage so all our college athletes can get the coverage they deserve?

by Dealagain

I echo wllmh25 comments in their entirety. And I am very disappointed in the response. Fortunately, with a couple of clicks you can get back to the individual sports similar to what it used to be. This has been my go to sports app for years. And for my buddies as well. But 11.0 disappoints us all. My sports are golf and college fb and mbb. I don’t know when it happened, but the golf player details are abbreviated even more. We miss the college and hometown info for each player. Why was it dropped. I know others are now likely looking for a new go to app. If you find one I hope you will post it. I’m going to watch the reviews for a better go to app recommendation. The Score comes close as it has score history and better golf bios and you can look at individual sports.

by Vell-e

Before the update CBSSportsApp was 100% awesome I was able to listen to the radio I was able to navigate through the system with no problems stay up-to-date with my local favorite teams now to take it to updates it looks more colorful that’s nice but they took away the radio part so now I have to find another way to listen to the CBS Sports radio like theJim Rome show and there’s another show Amy Lawrence .Now I have to find a different way to listen to them I hope when I do another update on CBSSportsApp they were add back the radio portion I reached out to customer service last week but still no response I will keep my fingers crossed.

by Rhoglo

To be able to keep up with the different teams that I love in the competition against the Warriors and to know when they are playing is a blessing for me. I am sometimes challenged by what channel on DirecTV the game will be on and sometimes get Miss information on the time the game begins. Over all, to hear the news of the players on the team and what is happening with so many teams it is quite the blessing to stay on top of all the many teams and players that I so appreciate and admire. Thank you and God bless you!

by Grw1881

I don’t like the changes this year. I’m a manager and I couldn’t find access to information before the brackets locked. It was hard for some of my members to log in and I couldn’t help. It wasn’t clear how you could use the sample brackets. Once the brackets locked I couldn’t make changes for players as I could in the past. I sent a question to the help desk and never got a response other than an acknowledgment of receipt.
I didn’t like the ways the brackets displayed. I like seeing the whole bracket at once. The having to click multiple times on regions was just annoying and made the tournament seem fractured. Ii made it hard to keep track of how teams were doing. I didn’t like the check and the “x”, you had to keep digging to find the team names. I didn’t like that you could submit your bracket without completing it. I had a couple of players who didn’t realize they hadn’t completed there brackets. I didn’t like the new version at all.

by Schwarztech

I was sick of the ESPN app logging me out or being buggy and checked out a few alternatives. So far, I really like the no-nonsense display of scores and customization for the order of leagues and teams. With MLB, NWSL (few others have it or have it updated), and NBA covered, the only league missing for me is the WNBA, which seems like it should be the added since games are carried on CBS Sports Network. Any chance this can be added to a future update?

Update (7/23): They added WNBA support and CBSSportsApp continues to be really good. I've added a star because I have no complaints.

by RZed

I really enjoy CBSSportsApp , though some features are confusing, such as setting up favorites and seeing the scores for those teams. Baseball season is underway, but game alerts are arriving very late. Currently watching Orioles/Twins game in the top of the third inning and just received the alert that the game was starting, though Twins are leading 6-0. Last night, hours after the game ended, received the notification that the game ended. This seems to be limited to MLB, as Final Four, NHL, and NBA alerts arrive timely, though sometimes duplicate notifications are received. My app and iOS are up-to-date on an iPad less than six months old.

by ODA3312

I've backed off of watching & using ESPN's app & networks bc I'm not a Racist & never been! It was hard explaining to a 10 yr old what a racist was when he loved so many Black Athletes & wore their Jersey & shoes! See ESPN was pushing the racist crap as if all whites were racist & I was raised by a father that loved sports & the fact that black athletes worked hard to be good at sports, he never saw racism on the field or court if he did he'd let you know! I have so many Black friends from play sports but ESPN forced me to find another place to get my information! I glad bc CBS is so much better more details even better streaming!

by Tyler51@21

CBSSportsApp is fun to use for scores and news surrounding your favorite sports. Just like FOX, everything is at your fingertips and has a clean design. With ESPN’s app, you have to dig around to find what you’re looking for on that bug filled app but not with CBSSportsApp. Plus CBS Sports HQ is awesome and informative. A couple of things I’d like to suggest is have a leaderboard for NASCAR races along with IndyCar and Formula 1 in the score tab and for NCAA hockey and softball. Other than that CBSSportsApp is fun to use 🏁🏒⚽️🥎🏈

Update on my review
I still enjoy CBSSportsApp but wish there was softball, NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula 1 in the scores tab. I think CBSSportsApp would be cool with a live NASCAR leaderboard

by Kimmy11kay

The CBS SPORTS app is a very handy app to have and use as a sports fan. I like when CBSSportsApp covers ALL major sports. I like when I am able to check on scores of football, basketball, baseball and other sports. I also like when CBSSportsApp has a news feature to keep me posted of news which pop up around the sports world. The CBS SPORTS app is my all-in-one sports app that I have enjoyed so far and I have it on all of my devices. I plan to keep and use CBSSportsApp for a very long time. I recommend CBSSportsApp to other sports fanatics out there. Thank you, CBS, for your awesome app!

by Krippy Spades

I would absolutely give CBSSportsApp five stars under any other circumstances but it seems with the new update (I’m assuming it must be an update) The push notifications are just vomiting garbage scores from like four hours ahead and then giving me more notification saying that the scores didn’t count like right now apparently the Bruins have beaten the hurricanes in overtime and then the hurricanes have just scored their first goal of the first period after that. The push notifications seem to be getting scrambled or just being sent out by a stroke victim. Very confusing and I have no idea what is actually happening. Please fix and thank you.

by GatorPool

So many of our players feel there have been too weeks with picks that are not competitive. Meaning, if NE is projected to win 100 percent to another team 0 percent why would anyone pick the other team. Matchups that are 60 percent to another team at 40 percent make things interesting. Better yet teams with odds 51 percent to 49 percent keep players interested. My players are complaining that this year has not been interesting or challenging at all. I realize we are a very small group but I don’t know how many players will return next year because of the lack of interest due to this issue.

by Stiner2487

It’s a decent app besides the fact that I get notifications on the NBA even though I don’t watch Basketball & I don’t follow a basketball team on their app. I got tons of notifications about off-season signings & trades when it came to the NBA yet I didn’t get any notifications on the off-season trades & signings of the Detroit Red Wings, a team I actually follow on CBSSportsApp . CBS Sports, I don’t care about crybaby LeBron James or any other basketball player or team. Just give me the notifications on the stuff I actually care about.

by Tx_pc

CBS Sports has been my go to application for scores for several years. The ability to easily see scores from multiple games at a time in a grid format is great. And the detail in each game was easy to navigate as well. But with the latest version all I can see our tweets not the ongoing games stats? What’s up with that? I personally don’t care about clever tweets but would rather have the data easily available. I’ll be exploring other apps for a while to see if I can find one I like better.

by Nwoh50

I’ve used CBSSportsApp for a few years now especially during the March Madness Men’s Basketball Tournament. It has been a great app for catching LIVE coverage of top games across the country. It keeps up with real time coverage, no issues with video delays. My cable went out recently during the Purdue/Virginia men’s basketball game and I went directly to the CBS Sports app to finish watching the game. Plus it’s convenient for checking scores and tv lineup broadcast times. I do use competitive sports apps also but no LIVE coverage is available with those apps.

by Sky Ingram

Apple ruined CBSSportsApp for me. It won’t allow CBSSportsApp to open or update without WiFi. I can’t open CBSSportsApp because I don’t have WiFi, yet I have unlimited data that Apple won’t allow me to use. The restrictive nature of Apple is getting really annoying, let me update CBSSportsApp on my cellular data. What’s the point of having unlimited data if Apple won’t let me use it. Apple thinks it knows better than I do for using my data. Someone send my comment to Apple management & fix this issue already.

by B&F ⚾️🏈

It’s really more like 4.5 stars. CBSSportsApp is perfect in pretty much everything, and it’s exactly what I was looking for, it has almost everything. However, there’s one great addition to make: those who have two teams as favorites in the same league (NFL, MLB, etc.) should be able to prioritize which one shows up first on the scores screen and on the widgets for the iPhone home screen. With that one extra detail CBSSportsApp would be essentially perfect. Thanks.

by 🐳🍑

This awesome apps lets me set my favorite sports so when I open CBSSportsApp , My teams' scores are right in front of my eyes. I don't have to Google them. Plus there is videos, standings, scores and highlights from the things I want. The video gives me a recap of the game, and the rest do the same. I use it always to check the scores. The only thing I would like is for the golfers to be in the My Teams. Overall, Cbs has created an excellent app that couldn't be better!

by Blueoysterdvp

UPDATE: The CBS Sports App is currently working great. Hope they got the bugs worked out. There’s a lot of moving parts to CBSSportsApp and right now they’re moving well! Highly recommended, AGAIN! Back to Five ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I always give credit when an App’s developer works to get things right. Please stay this way.

OLDER REVIEWS
*CURRENT REVIEW
Crashing again. Takes forever to load. Slows down phone and other apps. I emailed their support about this issue. Last time it worked. So far nothing yet. Best Sports app for scores when it works.

*REVIEW AFTER FIRST ISSUE FIXED
This is actually a 5 star app. Right now there is a major issue, especially in the NFL week by week scores.
UPDATE: Great work by the CBS Sports App team. There was an issue for a short period of time and it had been fixed. STILL THE BEST SPORTS APP!