Today's Sports Connections hints
This page always carries the current NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle — #708, Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The hints reveal one tier at a time so you can take the smallest nudge that gets you unstuck. We verify the puzzle number against the live game every day, so it is never off by one.
Today's puzzle (#708) has four groups. Reveal exactly as much as you need — a nudge, then the category names, then the first letters. The full answers stay on their own page so you don't spoil it by accident.
Hint 1 — a one-word nudge for each group
- Tier 1 COACH
- Tier 2 NFL MASCOTS
- Tier 3 A person: MATT RYAN
- Tier 4 Look at the words themselves
Hint 2 — the four category names
- Easiest COACH
- Easy NFL MASCOTS
- Tricky ASSOCIATED WITH MATT RYAN
- Hardest _____-TO-_____
Hint 3 — first letters of every answer
COACH: S. · D. · I. · T.
NFL MASCOTS: B. · S. · S. S. · J. D. V.
ASSOCIATED WITH MATT RYAN: 2. · M. I. · B. · F.
_____-TO-_____: B. · D. · T. · M.
Still stuck? See the full answers for #708, explained group by group →
Previous puzzles
Stuck on an earlier day? Each links straight to that day's full answers.
- #707 — Monday, August 31, 2026 · INEXPERIENCED, NBA HEAD COACHES, CAN COME AFTER "HOT", _____ THOMPSON
- #706 — Sunday, August 30, 2026 · AGILE, FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE TERMS, LIGUE 1 CLUBS, SAN ANTONIO SPURS
- #705 — Saturday, August 29, 2026 · BOXING TERMS, NICKNAMES OF HALL OF FAME CENTERS, WITH "THE", WHITE SOX IN THE HALL OF FAME, AMERICAN _____
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