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Connections: Sports Edition might be tough today. It may depend on how well you know a certain Missouri city’s sports teams or the resume of a particular football coach. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Punch out
Green group hint: Meet me in…
Blue group hint: Keeping up with this family
Purple group hint: Share a coach
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Fight
Green group: St. Louis teams
Blue group: Joneses
Purple group: Teams coached by Nick Saban
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 4, 2025, #162.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fight. The four answers are box, duke, scrap and spar.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is St. Louis teams. The four answers are Billikens, Blues, Cardinals and St. Louis City.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Joneses. The four answers are Chipper, Deacon, Jonquel and K.C.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is teams coached by Nick Saban. The four answers are Crimson Tide, Dolphins, Spartans and Tigers.
Toughest Connections: Sports Edition categories
The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on which sports you know the most about. My husband aces anything having to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey buff, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.
That said, it’s hard to pick the toughest Connections categories, but here are some I found exceptionally mind-blowing recently.
#1: Series A Clubs, Jan. 11. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.
#2: WNBA MVPs, Jan. 21. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.
#3: Premier League team nicknames, Jan. 17. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes and Hammers.
#4: Homophones of NBA player names, Jan. 26. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.
