The Athletic and NYT Games launch Strands: Sports Edition

The Athletic has announced the launch of Strands: Sports Edition, a new daily sports-themed word search game developed in collaboration with New York Times Games. This new offering follows the success of Connections: Sports Edition and builds upon the popularity of the original Strands game.

Players are challenged to find hidden sports-themed terms within a 6x8 grid of letters to uncover a daily theme. Each game features a “spangram” that connects two opposite sides of the board. The game is available to play online and via The Athletic app without a subscription, with new puzzles released daily at midnight local time.