Today’s Sports Connections hints & answers

Use this page when you're stuck on today's NYT Sports Connections puzzle and want structured hints instead of the full spoiler. We reveal themes, group titles, and tiles step by step, then show the full board only when you explicitly ask for it.

Puzzle #1064 · 2026-09-14 · sports

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #1064 for 2026-09-14, edition sports, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: EVEN MATCH, TYPES OF HOCKEY SHOTS, BREWERS TO WIN MVP and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

EVEN MATCH
TYPES OF HOCKEY SHOTS
BREWERS TO WIN MVP
_____ YOUNG

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

EVEN MATCH

DRAW

TIE

DEADLOCK

STALEMATE

TYPES OF HOCKEY SHOTS

WRIST

SLAP

SNAP

BACKHAND

BREWERS TO WIN MVP

YOUNT

FINGERS

BRAUN

YELICH

_____ YOUNG

TRAE

STEVE

BRYCE

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.