Sports Connections Hints: Sep 19, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Sep 19, 2025 (2025-09-19). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #566

Puzzle #566 · 2025-09-19 · 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 #566 for 2025-09-19, 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: THINGS SEEN ON AN NFL SIDELINE, NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES, TEAMS MICHAEL JORDAN PLAYED FOR 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.

THINGS SEEN ON AN NFL SIDELINE
NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES
TEAMS MICHAEL JORDAN PLAYED FOR
BIG TEN STADIUMS

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.

THINGS SEEN ON AN NFL SIDELINE

CHAINS

BENCHES

COACHES

MEDICAL TENT

NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES

MAGIC

JAZZ

THUNDER

HEAT

TEAMS MICHAEL JORDAN PLAYED FOR

UNC

BULLS

BARONS

WIZARDS

BIG TEN STADIUMS

CAMP RANDALL

BEAVER

OHIO

SPARTAN

Reveal full answer

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