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Today’s issue
Game No. 556’s issue: 2 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for April 2, 2026
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Yellow: RANGERS
Green: JUMP ROPE
Blue: THE JAYS
Purple: GOOSE EGG
Connections: Sports Edition answers for April 2, 2026
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Yellow
New York groups: KNICKS, LIBERTY, NETS, RANGERS
Green
Training tools: FOAM ROLLER, JUMP ROPE, MEDICINE BALL, RESISTANCE BAND
Blue
Associated with Jayson Tatum: 0, CELTICS, DUKE, THE JAYS
Purple
Sports for breakfast: CUP OF COFFEE, GOOSE EGG, HASHMARK, PANCAKE BLOCK
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a each 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 shortly as potential. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one answer, 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 colour, 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 faculty sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
The subsequent puzzle might be accessible at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for taking part in — and share your scores within the feedback!
