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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has four logos in it, but never fear, the Times wouldn’t make it so easy that they are all in the same category. One trick I’m passing along: Memorize some of the unusual team names in the various sports leagues, like Dream or Storm or Wild. Those words show up a lot because the editors can put them under different headings. Read on for hints and the answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Southern schools.
Green group hint: Peach state.
Blue group hint: Game names.
Purple group hint: Where two sides meet.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: SEC teams.
Green group: Georgia teams.
Blue group: Video game namesakes.
Purple group: ____ corner.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 14, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is SEC teams. The four answers are Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi and Vanderbilt.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Georgia teams. The four answers are Braves, Dream, Georgia and Georgia Tech.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is video game namesakes. The four answers are Hawk, Madden, Slater and Woods.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ corner. The four answers are amen, coffin, hot and penalty.
Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition
#1: Don’t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in – is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?
#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.
#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it’s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.
