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Today’s problem
Game No. 546’s problem: 3.5 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for March 23, 2026
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Yellow: EXTRA END
Green: I
Blue: BALL STATE
Purple: KENTUCKY
Connections: Sports Edition answers for March 23, 2026
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Yellow
Used to interrupt a tie: EXTRA END, EXTRA INNINGS, OVERTIME, SHOOTOUT
Green
Offensive formations in soccer: I, SHOTGUN, WILDCAT, WISHBONE
Blue
Cardinals: ARIZONA, BALL STATE, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOUIS
Purple
Associated with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2, KENTUCKY, MVP, THUNDER
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a day by 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 primarily based on commonalities inside every group as rapidly as potential. 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 coloration, 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 identify 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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