Need help with today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? You’ve come to the right place.
Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues, learn a bit more about today’s terms and discuss (and share) scores.
A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes one answer in each of the four categories and some deeper reading about one of the answers. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.
You can access Monday’s game here.
Today’s difficulty
The difficulty score is an average rating from our testers, who play the game in advance to check for quality and accuracy.
Game No. 7’s difficulty: 1.75 out of 5
Hints
Scroll below for one answer in each of the four categories.
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Yellow: PASS
Green: COOPERSTOWN
Blue: SLALOM
Purple: HEATHER
More reading (and an extra hint)
That’s pass as in a football pass — if you’re still stuck, hopefully some sport-sorting will unlock the board for you.
We saw a lot of passes — some good, some bad — thrown Sunday during the NFL’s Week 4. And The Athletic NFL writers Mike Jones, Ted Nguyen and Saad Yousuf provided their biggest takeaways from the day.
- Should Washington Commanders fans be dreaming about an NFC East title?
- Do the Chiefs have enough skill players after Rashee Rice’s injury?
- Who’s the favorite in the wide-open NFC South?
Those answers below.
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(Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic)
