{
  "id": 2280534,
  "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 21, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-august-21",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-august-21-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Connections: Sports Edition, a daily word game from The New York Times in partnership with The Athletic, is a challenging twist on the popular word-based game. Players must identify common themes between 16 given words, which are divided into four groups of four. The game, accessible on both web browsers and mobile devices, features color-coded categories - yellow for easy, green for medium, blue for challenging, and purple for the most difficult. Today's puzzle, identified as #697, has hints available for those who need assistance. The categories for today's puzzle are as follows: Yellow - Associated with Tom Brady, Green - Decathlon Events, Blue - Dart Games, and Purple - What \"Bill\" Might Refer To.",
  "summary": "Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Pips hints, answers for August 20, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nyt-pips-hints-answers-for-august-20-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-20T05:52:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}