How does one get sports related statistical data for many of the sports apps you see today?

Question

Is there a source for sports related data? I'm thinking there must be some sort of subscription based API out there somewhere because I'm seeing so many of these type of applications these days, on the Web, desktop, and mobile phones?

Anyone have any real world experience on how to go about this right, and affordability?

Answer 1

The primary source is Stats. No experience with them. Of course, there are plenty of places that repackage their statistics in different ways.