Sports for Windows 8

Sports is a modern and feature-rich application that comes bundled with videos of famous people, funny or educational, event scheduler, standings for each game, and slideshows with brief details about iconic sports personalities and other related matters.

The setup is completed through Windows Store, and it's compatible with Windows 10, 8, 8.1. It's wrapped in an intuitive and approachable interface, with the home button that stores shows daily news, scoreboard, and videos. A basic toolbar is displayed on the left side of the window, which contains individual information about different genres, like NFL, NASCAR, tennis, NHL or NBA. Each category comes with corresponding news and scoreboards.

From the settings, you can change the edition, from a wide variety of countries and languages, and enable the breaking news alert. To keep an uncluttered menu, the app stores other specific sports, in a separate tab, where every item is displayed based on its relevance.

Plus, you can add to the favorite list multiple sets, either by pressing the star next to it or by quickly finding it, using the search bar. The news are neatly structured, in one or more columns, and with large titles to see them better. Clicking on a headline brings up a more detailed view of the article. You can use the next and previous arrows, to go back or forward to the next record.

Videos are opened in a new web browser tab, for a faster loading, while the slideshow images, are shown in their original size, to view them properly. The app retrieves the news from popular websites, like USA Today Sports, Sport Illustrated, The Sports Xchange, Sporting News or Associated Press.

Taking everything into account, Sports is a reliable and interactive program that comes in handy for all sports passionates, to check daily news, scoreboards, standings and leading players, along with various clips and slideshows.