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Today’s issue
Game No. 590’s issue: 3 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for May 6, 2026
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Yellow: BEAR
Green: RYDER
Blue: NORRIS
Purple: WINDOW
Connections: Sports Edition answers for May 6, 2026
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Yellow
Survive: BEAR, ENDURE, WEATHER, WITHSTAND
Green
Famous trophies: HEISMAN, LOMBARDI, RYDER, STANLEY
Blue
F1 drivers: BEARMAN, GASLY, NORRIS, STROLL
Purple
Transfer _____: FEE, MARKET, PORTAL, WINDOW
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a day by day puzzle designed for gamers to seek 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 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 coloration, revealed as you clear up, starting from easy (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 faculty sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
The subsequent puzzle shall be out there at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for enjoying — and share your scores within the feedback!