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Today’s problem
Game No. 568’s problem: 2 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for April 14, 2026
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Yellow: OVERHAND
Green: SHORTS
Blue: BUDDY
Purple: BUCKY
Connections: Sports Edition answers for April 14, 2026
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Yellow
Baseball pitching arm slots: OVERHAND, THREE-QUARTERS, SIDEARM, SUBMARINE
Green
Boxing gear: GLOVES, MOUTHGUARD, SHORTS, SPEED BAG
Blue
_____ Ryan: BUDDY, MATT, NOLAN, REX
Purple
NBA groups, with the final letter modified: BUCKY, HEAP, SPURT, SUNG
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a each day puzzle designed for gamers to search out connections between 16 phrases on the sport board.
The sport’s goal is to group phrases or objects into 4 teams of 4 based mostly on commonalities inside every group as rapidly as doable. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one answer, so be careful for phrases or gadgets that appear to belong to a number of classes!
Category examples:
Sports ____ : Fan, Car, Bar, Radio
U.S. Summer Olympians: Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles
Each class group is assigned a shade, revealed as you remedy, starting from easy (yellow) to medium (inexperienced) to difficult (blue) to difficult (purple).
Who creates the puzzles for Connections: Sports Edition?
That’s me! My identify is Mark Cooper, and I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for faculty sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
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