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Sep 8#715Show answer
DFW TEAMSSTARS · MAVERICKS · COWBOYS · WINGS
COACHES TO WIN MULTIPLE SUPER BOWLSLOMBARDI · LANDRY · PARCELLS · NOLL
ASSOCIATED WITH PELÉBRAZIL · SANTOS · COSMOS · 10
ENDS IN AN NBA TEAMPLANETS · JAYHAWKS · WHEAT · BOOKINGS
Sep 7#714Show answer
NHL TEAMS, ON SCOREBOARDSOTT · CAR · VAN · EDM
POSITIONS IN FANTASY FOOTBALLRB · TE · FLEX · D/ST
US OPEN MEN'S SINGLES WINNERSSINNER · RAFTER · ASHE · LAVER
JUNIOR _____COLLEGE · CAMINERO · VARSITY · SEAU
Sep 6#713Show answer
DEFENDCOVER · BLANKET · SHIELD · GUARD
JONESESMAC · JONQUEL · DEACON · DANIEL
HOUSTON TEXANSMARKS · DELL · STROUD · STINGLEY
NFL QBS, WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGEDDODGERS · COVE · THOUGH · CART
Sep 5#712Show answer
ACC SCHOOLSCLEMSON · LOUISVILLE · STANFORD · VIRGINIA
SEC SCHOOL LOCATIONSNORMAN · BATON ROUGE · COLUMBIA · STARKVILLE
LSU ALUMNI IN NFLBURROW · CHASE · JEFFERSON · DANIELS
LIVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MASCOTSUGA · REVEILLE · SMOKEY · RALPHIE
Sep 4#711Show answer
NAIL A BATTER WITH A PITCHPLUNK · BEAN · DRILL · HIT
SKATEBOARDING TRICKSHEELFLIP · MANUAL · MCTWIST · 900
SWIMMERS WITH 10+ OLYMPIC MEDALSPHELPS · DRESSEL · LEDECKY · THOMPSON
DRAFT _____LOTTERY · CLASS · ORDER · PICKS
Sep 3#710Show answer
EVENTS BEFORE A FOOTBALL KICKOFFWARMUPS · COIN TOSS · NATIONAL ANTHEM · TEAM ARRIVALS
CALIFORNIA SPORTING VENUESPEBBLE BEACH · TORREY PINES · INTUIT DOME · LEVI'S STADIUM
MIAMI (FL) ALUMNIREGGIE WAYNE · ED REED · VINNY TESTAVERDE · DEVIN HESTER
STARTS WITH A STATE CAPITALAUSTIN REAVES · AUGUSTA NATIONAL · MADISON KEYS · PIERRE GARÇON
Sep 2#709Show answer
_____BALL SPORTSBASE · BASKET · VOLLEY · RACQUET
TEXAS SCHOOLSHOUSTON · RICE · BAYLOR · SMU
FERNANDOSVALENZUELA · TATIS · ALONSO · MENDOZA
_____ PLAY3-POINT · TRICK · DOUBLE · SQUEEZE
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Catching up on the week
Seven days of Connections Sports Edition, newest first, each with its four groups laid out in difficulty order. This is the fastest way back in after a few days away — you can see at a glance which puzzles you would have got and which ones were built to catch you.
What a week shows that a day does not
Read consecutively, the editorial rhythm shows: which sports came up, how often purple leaned on wordplay rather than knowledge, and how many categories needed a specialist to spot. If one sport keeps beating you, that is the gap to close.
Anything older than a week lives in the archive, one page per year.
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Daily. A new puzzle is added at the top at midnight New York time and the eighth-oldest drops off into the archive.
Are the full sixteen words shown for each day?
Yes. Each day is shown with all four groups and all sixteen words, sorted from the yellow group to purple.