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A fast public service announcement earlier than we proceed: The backside of this text consists of the answers — and hints — for the 4 classes. So if you wish to remedy the board hint-free, we suggest you play earlier than persevering with.
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Today’s issue
Game No. 577’s issue: 3 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for April 23, 2026
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Yellow: ROUND
Green: NFL
Blue: CAL
Purple: MARYLAND
Connections: Sports Edition answers for April 23, 2026
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Yellow
Draft choose data: ROUND, PICK, POSITION, ALMA MATER
Green
Can precede “draft”: FANTASY, MOCK, NFL, SUPPLEMENTAL
Blue
Associated with Fernando Mendoza: CAL, HEISMAN, INDIANA, QB
Purple
Non-QBs picked first in NFL Draft: FISHER, LONG, MARYLAND, PACE
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever recreation, a each 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 shortly as doable. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one answer, 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 colour, revealed as you remedy, starting from easy (yellow) to medium (inexperienced) to difficult (blue) to difficult (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.
The subsequent puzzle will probably be out there at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for taking part in — and share your scores within the feedback!
