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A fast public service announcement earlier than we proceed: The backside of this text consists of the answers — and hints — for the 4 classes. So if you wish to resolve the board hint-free, we suggest you play earlier than persevering with.
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Today’s problem
Game No. 581’s problem: 3 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for April 27, 2026
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Yellow: FLY
Green: ROCKY
Blue: SPILLER
Purple: SUGAR RAY
Connections: Sports Edition answers for April 27, 2026
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Yellow
Types of outs in baseball: FLY, FORCE, STRIKE, TAG
Green
Sports movies nominated for greatest image: MARTY SUPREME, MONEYBALL, ROCKY, SEABISCUIT
Blue
Running backs drafted in prime 10: BUSH, JEANTY, LOVE, SPILLER
Purple
Mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: CALIFORNIA BASEBALL, DIMAGGIO, MARCIANO, SUGAR RAY
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever recreation, a each day puzzle designed for gamers to seek out connections between 16 phrases on the sport board.
The recreation’s goal is to group phrases or objects into 4 teams of 4 primarily based on commonalities inside every group as rapidly as attainable. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one resolution, so be careful for phrases or objects 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 colour, revealed as you resolve, starting from simple (yellow) to medium (inexperienced) to difficult (blue) to tough (purple).
Who creates the puzzles for Connections: Sports Edition?
That’s me! My title is Mark Cooper, and I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for school sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
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