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Today’s problem
Game No. 670’s problem: 4 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for July 25, 2026

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Yellow: RED BULL
Green: PAIGE
Blue: MARINA
Purple: WAVE
Connections: Sports Edition answers for July 25, 2026
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Yellow
F1 groups: FERRARI, MCLAREN, MERCEDES, RED BULL
Green
Hall of Fame pitchers: FORD, PAIGE, PERRY, SPAHN
Blue
2026 WNBA All-Stars, familiarly: A’JA, ANGEL, KIKI, MARINA
Purple
Green _____: BAY, FEE, MONSTER, WAVE
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever sport, a each day puzzle designed for gamers to seek 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 rapidly as attainable. 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 remedy, 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.
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