NYT Connections Sports Edition #345: Hints and Answers for Sept. 3

Each morning, a small ritual renews itself: sixteen words appear, and the mind is asked to find the hidden order beneath them. The New York Times and The Athletic have built a daily sports puzzle — Connections Sports Edition — that sits at the intersection of athletic knowledge and wordplay, asking players to sort the language of games into four groups of four. Puzzle 345, arriving on September 3, 2025, moved through the architecture of competitive levels, the grammar of basketball positions, the legacy of Notre Dame's women, and the newest names chosen first in professional drafts. It is, in