The Athletic launches daily puzzle game Strands: Sports Edition

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Strands: Sports Edition, our newest daily game offering at The Athletic, is a fun and easy-to-learn puzzler that we hope earns a spot in your regular rotation. We have plenty of reasons to make that case, but the best way to make the judgment for yourself is to play it. You can play today’s puzzle here. If you want some help getting started, keep reading. Whether you’re a newbie or an experienced gamer, these tips will be useful. Much of this will be familiar if you’re a fan of Strands, as run b

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Ready for a new daily challenge of your sports knowledge and word-finding skills? We’re pleased to bring you Strands: Sports Edition, our version of the highly popular offering from the New York Times Games team. You can play now here, and we’re releasing a puzzle each day at midnight in your local time zone. The basics are easy: You’re looking for thematic terms in a grid of 48 letters that is arranged in six columns and eight rows. One term, called a spangram, will touch opposite ends of the g