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 #858 · 2026-06-08 · 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 #858 for 2026-06-08, 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: FIRST WORDS OF BASKETBALL POSITIONS, THINGS A QB DOES WITH THE FOOTBALL, WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS ALL-AROUND GOLD MEDAL WINNERS 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.

FIRST WORDS OF BASKETBALL POSITIONS
THINGS A QB DOES WITH THE FOOTBALL
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS ALL-AROUND GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
ENDS IN A NEW YORK TEAM, IN SINGULAR FORM

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.

FIRST WORDS OF BASKETBALL POSITIONS

SMALL

POINT

POWER

SHOOTING

THINGS A QB DOES WITH THE FOOTBALL

SPIKE

PASS

TUCK

HAND OFF

WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS ALL-AROUND GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

BILES

LEE

DOUGLAS

LIUKIN

ENDS IN A NEW YORK TEAM, IN SINGULAR FORM

CHALAMET

ALLEGIANT

GRANGER

INKJET

Reveal full answer

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