Sports Connections Hints: Mar 28, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Mar 28, 2025 (2025-03-28). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #370

Puzzle #370 · 2025-03-28 · 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 #370 for 2025-03-28, 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: ATTEMPT TO HIT A BASEBALL, HOCKEY PENALTIES, PHILADELPHIA MASCOTS 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.

ATTEMPT TO HIT A BASEBALL
HOCKEY PENALTIES
PHILADELPHIA MASCOTS
NBA PLAYERS WHOSE TALENTS WERE STOLEN IN "SPACE JAM"

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.

ATTEMPT TO HIT A BASEBALL

CUT

HACK

RIP

SWING

HOCKEY PENALTIES

BOARDING

KNEEING

SLASHING

TRIPPING

PHILADELPHIA MASCOTS

FRANKLIN

GRITTY

PHILLIE PHANATIC

SWOOP

NBA PLAYERS WHOSE TALENTS WERE STOLEN IN "SPACE JAM"

BARKLEY

BOGUES

EWING

BRADLEY

Reveal full answer

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