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Today’s issue
Game No. 578’s issue: 2.5 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for April 24, 2026

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Yellow: FLY
Green: MOUNTAIN
Blue: ENGLISH
Purple: GRADER
Connections: Sports Edition answers for April 24, 2026
Scroll beneath for the total answers to every of the 4 classes.
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Yellow
Move easily: COAST, FLY, GLIDE, SOAR
Green
First phrases of faculty conferences: ATLANTIC, BIG, MOUNTAIN, SOUTHEASTERN
Blue
Basketball Hall of Famers: ENGLISH, HILL, PIERCE, WEST
Purple
ROAD _____: GAME, GRADER, RACE, TRIP
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a every 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 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 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 will likely be obtainable at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for enjoying — and share your scores within the feedback!