Review: ESPN Scorecenter with Push Delights Sport Fans

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Game Name:	ESPN Scorecenter
Platforms:	iPhone, iPod Touch
Publisher(s):	ESPN
Version Reviewed:	1.5.0

I knew I was in trouble two-thirds of the way into my boat trip from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. I lost my iPhone’s carrier signal when I just as I was going over the recap of The University of Wisconsin’s stunning defeat of the Duke Blue Devils for the second time.

My iPhone is my office, my lover, my friend, and a necessary evil as a fervent sports fan. Without it and its 3G reception or wireless connectivity, I am incomplete. ESPN´s Scorecenter app delivers all a sports fan could ask. The app is well put together. It offers up to the minute coverage of most major sports. With ESPN ScoreCenter you get real-time scores, live game details, game summaries and stats. You simply select the sport you are interested in following and determine whether you have a favorite team, and allow this team’s information to come to you. Your team, if selected, always tops the page, and each sport is given their own color for simple scrolling between them. I know green is Chelsea in the EPL, blue Chelsea in the Champions League, orange the NBA and so forth.

ESPN’s Scorecenter has recently added push notifications to its app. Now, your iPhone will alert you the minute a touchdown has been scored. It will save you the trouble of staring at the screen for the latest scores and stats so you can actually enjoy that vacation, feed the kids, or just finish your job without too much distraction.

It truly is a user friendly application providing up to the minute information on games in progress, recaps of those you may have missed, and a thorough preview of the ones you must read about to truly enjoy them when they are played.
My only argument with ESPN´s Scorecenter in its present version is its lack of general breaking news in the world of sport. Additionally, while illegal for some, sports betting is a reality and the inclusion of the betting line would be welcome.

With my huge love for my iPhone and sport news, you could not have believed the relief I felt when I finally found a Wi-Fi signal in Uruguay. As I sat in the cafe that had given me access to its Wi-Fi listening to music on the iPod app, suddenly, I was pleasantly/rudely interrupted by the familiar DA-DA-DA..DA-DA-DA. It was the Sportscenter theme, I had said yes to enable its new feature, push alerts.

Scorecenter is a must-have app for me, and it is an essential app for any sport fan. ScoreCenter already provided the same recaps, boxscores, and GameCasts as the espn.com site but now with fully customizable push alerts there is no better sport application for the iPhone. Download it here. It’s free!