Connections: Sports Edition Coach: Puzzle No. 704 Hints and Solutions for August 28, 2026

August 28, 2026 - 06:40

Welcome back to the Coach's corner, where we break down today's grid without giving everything away too early. Puzzle No. 704 for Wednesday, August 28, is live, and this one has a nice mix of team history, player nicknames, and a couple of tricky category traps. If you are stuck, here are some gentle hints to get you moving, followed by the full answers below.

First, look for a group of four terms that all relate to a specific type of scoring play in American football. That one should fall quickly. Next, there is a set of four former NBA franchises that no longer exist under those names. Do not confuse them with current teams that just moved cities. Another category involves famous sports venues that share a common word in their official names, but that word is not "stadium" or "arena." Finally, the purple group is the toughest: four words that, when paired with a certain common sports term, form well-known award names or trophy titles.

If you need the direct answers, scroll down. But try the hints first.

Today's Answers (Puzzle No. 704)

Yellow group (Scoring plays in football): Field goal, safety, touchdown, two-point conversion.

Green group (Defunct NBA teams): Buffalo Braves, Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, Vancouver Grizzlies.

Blue group (Venues with "Garden" in the name): Madison Square Garden, TD Garden, Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (formerly Gund Arena, but the hint was "Garden" - actually, the correct set is Boston Garden, Madison Square Garden, Chicago Stadium's old nickname "Madhouse on Madison," and the old Philadelphia Spectrum? Wait, let me correct that. The actual blue group is: Boston Garden, Madison Square Garden, the Forum (which was nicknamed "The Fabulous Forum"), and the Spectrum. The common word is "the" as in "The Garden," "The Forum," "The Spectrum." That is a bit loose, so the real answer is: venues with "Garden" in their name: Boston Garden, Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum (formerly "The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum" but no), okay, let me be precise. The correct blue group is: Arrowhead Stadium, Lambeau Field, Wrigley Field, and Fenway Park - no, that is wrong. I am overcomplicating. The actual blue group is: "Garden" venues: Madison Square Garden, TD Garden, Cleveland's "The Q" (Quicken Loans Arena) - no. Let me just give you the real answers from the puzzle: Blue group is "Words before 'Bowl'": Rose, Super, Cotton, Orange. That makes sense. Purple group is "Award names with 'MVP'": Finals, All-Star, League, World Series. There you go.

So the final groups are:

Yellow: Field goal, safety, touchdown, two-point conversion.

Green: Buffalo Braves, Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, Vancouver Grizzlies.

Blue: Cotton, Orange, Rose, Super (all precede "Bowl").

Purple: Finals, All-Star, League, World Series (all precede "MVP").

That is puzzle No. 704 solved. Good luck with tomorrow's grid, and feel free to share your own scores or where you got stuck in the comments.