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Today’s problem
Game No. 531’s problem: 3.5 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for March 8, 2026
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Yellow: KING
Green: LEGACY
Blue: BOSTON
Purple: COMETS
Connections: Sports Edition answers for March 8, 2026
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Yellow
Women’s tennis greats: GRAF, KING, NAVRATILOVA, WILLIAMS
Green
NWSL groups: COURAGE, DASH, LEGACY, THORNS
Blue
WNBA Draft No. 1 picks: AUGUSTUS, BOSTON, PLUM, YOUNG
Purple
Teams within the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: BELLES, BLUE SOX, COMETS, PEACHES
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 primarily based on commonalities inside every group as rapidly as doable. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one resolution, 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 shade, 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 faculty sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
The subsequent puzzle will likely be accessible at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for enjoying — and share your scores within the feedback!
