If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times ' elevated word-search game.

When you start seeing obvious last names in Connections: Sports Edition, you might think it's an easy grouping of four. But today, there are eight names, so you need to know how they relate in order to put them in the right groups. Read on for hints and the answers.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #703, on May 14.