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Looking for the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n I learned enough during gym-class track days to ace today’s\u00a0Connections: Sports Edition\u00a0green category. Need an assist with the game today? Read on for hints and the answers.<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on\u00a0Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. \u00a0<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong>NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta<\/p>\n Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n Yellow group hint<\/strong>: These players win championships.<\/p>\n Green group hint<\/strong>: Team effort.<\/p>\n Blue group hint<\/strong>: Sobriquet.<\/p>\n Purple group hint<\/strong>: On the diamond.<\/p>\n Yellow group<\/strong>: Football defensive positions.<\/p>\n Green group<\/strong>: Relay race terms.<\/p>\n Blue group<\/strong>: Nicknames of NBA legends, with “The.”<\/p>\n Purple group<\/strong>: _____ run.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 28, 2025.<\/p>\n <\/span> NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n The theme is football defensive positions. The four answers are cornerback, defensive end, linebacker and safety.<\/p>\n The theme is relay race terms. The four answers are anchor, baton, changeover and exchange zone.<\/p>\n The theme is nicknames of NBA legends, with “The.” The four answers are Admiral, Answer, Glove and Truth.<\/p>\n The theme is _____ run. The four answers are earned, home, insurance and pinch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking for the most recent\u00a0regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. I learned enough during gym-class track days to ace today’s\u00a0Connections: Sports Edition\u00a0green category. Need an assist with the game today? Read on for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[994,991,993,834,649,832,992,831],"class_list":{"0":"post-12682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-answers","9":"tag-connections","10":"tag-edition","11":"tag-hints","12":"tag-july","13":"tag-nyt","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-todays"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?<\/h2>\n
The yellow words in today’s Connections<\/h3>\n
The green words in today’s Connections<\/h3>\n
The blue words in today’s Connections<\/h3>\n
The purple words in today’s Connections<\/h3>\n