{
  "id": 110357,
  "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 4, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-august-4",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-august-4-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Connections: Sports Edition is a new daily word game from The New York Times in partnership with The Athletic, similar to Wordle. The game challenges players to find common threads between 16 words, grouped into four categories, with only one correct answer per group. Players have up to four mistakes before the game ends. Today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is categorized as Baseball Pitching Roles (Yellow), Big Ten Teams (Green), Second Words in NHL Team Names (Blue), and Pittsburgh Steelers (Purple). Hints for the categories include \"Pitching staff,\" \"Midwest mascots,\" \"Incomplete NHL team,\" and \"Black and Gold.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #1653)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-tuesday-august-4-game-1653",
        "published": "2026-08-03T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for August 4, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-august-4-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-04T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}