Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 19, #726

Looking for the most recent NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for Wordle, The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition might not be as popular as the regular Connections puzzle, but it’s a fun game that challenges sports fans since the categories are all over the map. You’re as likely to find an Olympics category as you are to find one on the NFL, the WNBA or Premier League soccer. Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is a bit tricky. Hope you watch a lot of Adam Sandler movies! If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Yellow group hint: Where you look for stats in a rink. Green group hint: On the road again. Blue group hint: Gridiron groups, but just part of their name. Purple group hint: Singer of Lunchlady Land. Read more: We Need to Talk About That One Doggone Connections Puzzle Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Info on a hockey scoreboard. Green group: Associated with a team road trip. Blue group: Starts of NFL team names. Purple group: Adam Sandler characters in sports films. What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Sept. 19, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today’s Connections The theme is info on a hockey scoreboard. The four answers are clock, period, score and shots on goal. The green words in today’s Connections The theme is associated with a team road trip. The four answers are bus, flight, hotel and visitors’ locker room. The blue words in today’s Connections The theme is starts of NFL team names. The four answers are comma (Commanders), Dolph (Dolphins), Falco (Falcons) and steel (Steelers). The purple words in today’s Connections The theme is Adam Sandler characters in sports films. The four answers are Boucher, Crewe, Gilmore and Sugerman. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line. See full bio The Latest from Gael Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 20, #727 Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 19, #930 Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sept. 19, #1196