The Bottom Line
The SportsFox extension for Firefox provides you with the latest scores of games from Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), college football, and college basketball (men and women). These scores are displayed in menu form or in a ticker located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser window. SportsFox also displays scores from past days as well as information on upcoming matchups. Links to ESPN box scores, game previews, and game recaps are also included.
Pros
- SportsFox allows you to view scores and matchups for most sports without having to visit a web page.
- You can go directly to a box score of the specific game you are interested in.
- You can go directly to a preview or recap of the specific game you are interested in.
- SportsFox's ticker is located in an ideal spot in the Firefox window.
- This extension links to quality ESPN game information which is usually accurate and informative.
Cons
- SportsFox only runs on the Windows platform.
- Occasionally, when data cannot be obtained from the feed, Sportsfox displays an undefined error.
- While games are clickable in the SportsFox menu, they cannot be clicked from within the ticker.
- The up and down arrows in the menu remain active even if there is no data to scroll to.
- Some options in SportsFox Preferences do not work correctly.
Description
- SportsFox displays up-to-the-second scores for games in most major US sports.
- Scores can be displayed in menu format, accessed from a link located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser.
- Upcoming matchups, including game time, can be accessed from a link located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser.
- Scores can be displayed in ticker form, located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser window.
- Upcoming matchups, including time, can be displayed in a ticker, located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser.
- SportsFox lets you easily configure what sport you would like shown at any given time.
- You can configure SportsFox to only show scores and more from teams that you specify, including a designated "Favorite Team".
- Direct links to game previews, box scores, and game recaps are displayed in the extension's menu.
- SportsFox allows you to specify how often you would like scores to be updated (i.e., 30 seconds, 60 seconds).
Guide Review - SportsFox
SportsFox, although a bit buggy at times, gets the job done when it comes to accomplishing its main goal which is displaying updated scores and matchups for the major US sports. What I like the most about this extension is the location of the ticker itself. Surfing the web while keeping an eye on the latest scores becomes a pleasure. The links to ESPN's previews and recaps are also a very nice feature. On the downside, SportsFox is only available for Windows at the moment. Also, some of the bugs that need to be ironed out prevent me from giving it a higher rating. However, if you are a Firefox user and a sports junkie then I recommend installing SportsFox.
