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Sep 5#712Show answer
ACC SCHOOLS
CLEMSON · LOUISVILLE · STANFORD · VIRGINIA
SEC SCHOOL LOCATIONS
NORMAN · BATON ROUGE · COLUMBIA · STARKVILLE
LSU ALUMNI IN NFL
BURROW · CHASE · JEFFERSON · DANIELS
LIVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MASCOTS
UGA · REVEILLE · SMOKEY · RALPHIE
Sep 4#711Show answer
NAIL A BATTER WITH A PITCH
PLUNK · BEAN · DRILL · HIT
SKATEBOARDING TRICKS
HEELFLIP · MANUAL · MCTWIST · 900
SWIMMERS WITH 10+ OLYMPIC MEDALS
PHELPS · DRESSEL · LEDECKY · THOMPSON
DRAFT _____
LOTTERY · CLASS · ORDER · PICKS
Sep 3#710Show answer
EVENTS BEFORE A FOOTBALL KICKOFF
WARMUPS · COIN TOSS · NATIONAL ANTHEM · TEAM ARRIVALS
CALIFORNIA SPORTING VENUES
PEBBLE BEACH · TORREY PINES · INTUIT DOME · LEVI'S STADIUM
MIAMI (FL) ALUMNI
REGGIE WAYNE · ED REED · VINNY TESTAVERDE · DEVIN HESTER
STARTS WITH A STATE CAPITAL
AUSTIN REAVES · AUGUSTA NATIONAL · MADISON KEYS · PIERRE GARÇON
Sep 2#709Show answer
_____BALL SPORTS
BASE · BASKET · VOLLEY · RACQUET
TEXAS SCHOOLS
HOUSTON · RICE · BAYLOR · SMU
FERNANDOS
VALENZUELA · TATIS · ALONSO · MENDOZA
_____ PLAY
3-POINT · TRICK · DOUBLE · SQUEEZE
Sep 1#708Show answer
COACH
SCHOOL · INSTRUCT · TEACH · DRILL
NFL MASCOTS
SOURDOUGH SAM · JAXSON DE VILLE · SWOOP · BLUE
ASSOCIATED WITH MATT RYAN
2 · FALCONS · BC · MATTY ICE
_____-TO-_____
BACK · TOE · MAN · DAY
Aug 31#707Show answer
INEXPERIENCED
GREEN · YOUNG · NEW · RAW
NBA HEAD COACHES
KERR · FINCH · REDICK · BICKERSTAFF
CAN COME AFTER "HOT"
CORNER · STOVE · SEAT · HAND
_____ THOMPSON
AMEN · KLAY · TAGE · ALYSSA
Aug 30#706Show answer
AGILE
ATHLETIC · LIMBER · LITHE · SPRIGHTLY
FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE TERMS
4-3 · COVER 2 · NICKEL · PREVENT
LIGUE 1 CLUBS
ANGERS · NICE · LENS · LILLE
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
CHAMPAGNIE · CASTLE · WEMBANYAMA · VASSELL
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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.
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