Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition might be tough today. It may depend on how well you know a certain Missouri city's sports teams or the resume of a particular football coach.

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words.

The latest word game offering from NYT is calling Connections, which was crafted by their associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu. This engaging daily challenge has captivated word game lovers around the world,