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Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to collect clues and focus on (and share) scores.
A fast public service announcement earlier than we proceed: The backside of this text contains the answers — and hints — for the 4 classes. So if you wish to remedy the board hint-free, we advocate you play earlier than persevering with.
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Today’s issue
Game No. 652’s issue: 2 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for July 7, 2026
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Yellow: BUTTERFLY
Green: FLOAT
Blue: STING
Purple: BEE
Connections: Sports Edition answers for July 7, 2026
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Yellow
Four important swimming strokes: BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY, FREESTYLE
Green
Throw a mushy move: FLOAT, LOB, LOFT, TOSS
Blue
Performed at a Super Bowl halftime present: KEYS, PRINCE, STING, WONDER
Purple
Premier League nicknames, minus the s: BEE, BLACK CAT, BLUE, GUNNER
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever recreation, a every day puzzle designed for gamers to search out connections between 16 phrases on the sport board.
The recreation’s goal is to group phrases or objects into 4 teams of 4 based mostly on commonalities inside every group as shortly as potential. 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 coloration, revealed as you remedy, starting from simple (yellow) to medium (inexperienced) to difficult (blue) to difficult (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.
The subsequent puzzle can be accessible at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for taking part in — and share your scores within the feedback!