One Spot

A letter from our founder, Patrick Morris.

I fell in love with sports in my parents’ car, listening to Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN.

Francesa sounded certain. Mad Dog sounded like the game had personally insulted him. They were loud, stubborn, ridiculous, and impossible to turn off. Two people cared way too much and argued like the game mattered. That feeling hooked me. It still does.

We are living in a golden age of sports content. There has never been more sports to watch, read, hear, and share. At the same time being a fan has never felt more like a job. And one you don’t have time for.

Be honest about how you follow your teams. One app for the score. Another for highlights. Another for a podcast. Then social, because that’s where the clip is. After all that, you still might not know if you can watch the game tonight, or where.

I have two young boys. I want them to follow sports for the love of the game: the players, the rivalries, the comebacks, the unreasonable belief that this year might be the year. Not the spread.

So Spot has no betting lines and no odds. Not because betting is wrong. Because a sports app should be allowed to be about the sport. That shouldn’t feel radical. Somehow it does.

Great clips, highlights, breakdowns, and shows are already out there. They’re just scattered. A highlight here. A recap there. A podcast in another app. A box score somewhere else. Every day, the fan becomes the one putting it all together.

I wanted to put all of that in one spot. That’s the idea. That’s the name. Spot Sports.

We can build it differently because we don’t have a newsroom to support or broadcast rights to protect. We’re trying to bring you the best of what’s already out there, organized around the teams you actually care about.

• Thirty seconds? Catch up on the final and the clips that mattered.
• Ten minutes? Watch the full highlights.
• An hour in the car? Queue the podcast that explains what happened and argues about what it meant.

No odds. No clutter. Just your teams, in one spot.

That’s Spot Sports. It’s the sports app I always wanted and could never find, so I built it.

Today’s launch is the foundation. The app will continue to get smarter and simpler. The recommendations will get better. But the goal stays the same: make it easier to follow your teams without turning fandom into a job.

If that sounds like something you’ve been wishing for, come try it.

Spot Sports is live on iOS at spotsports.com/app and the web at spotsports.com. Tell us what your team needs.

— Patrick