Stop receiving Apple News sports alerts despite blocked topics

In the past couple of weeks, I'm receiving the pushed Apple New Alerts for sports events - like the opening of the NBA and World Series. I have blocked these topics on my Apple News. Any way to turn this off? I appreciate the daily update (late afternoon in my time zone), but when I hear that Blurp on my phone at other times my expectation is that there is something notable and newsworthy taking place - not a baseball game.

Posted on Oct 23, 2026 9:05 AM

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leroydouglas

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Oct 23, 2026 12:39 PM in response to Janine Maffett

Janine Maffett wrote:

In the past couple of weeks, I'm receiving the pushed Apple New Alerts for sports events - like the opening of the NBA and World Series. I have blocked these topics on my Apple News. Any way to turn this off? I appreciate the daily update (late afternoon in my time zone), but when I hear that Blurp on my phone at other times my expectation is that there is something notable and newsworthy taking place - not a baseball game.

Open News.app and go to File > Manage Blocked Channels & Topics