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Today Connections: sports edition is a difficult question. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the Times-owned subscription sports journalism site. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it online for free.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Statistics about an athlete.
Green group index: Where to watch the matches.
Blue group index: There was a baseball stadium.
Purple group index: The names are hidden in these words.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Biographical information about the player.
Green group: Sports streamers.
Blue group: Former MLB baseball stadiums.
Purple group: Ends with a Hall of Fame QB.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by January 28, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is player biography. The four answers are alma mater, size, number and position.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is sports streamers. The four answers are Netflix, Paramount, Peacock and Prime.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is old MLB baseball stadiums. The four answers are Ebbets, Kingdome, Three Rivers and Tiger.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme ends with a Hall of Fame QB. The four answers are warning, Harbaugh, honeymoon and overstaffing.
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