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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Light it in there!
Green group index: Get into the ring.
Blue group index: Like Gosling or Reynolds, but their first name becomes a last name.
Purple group index: Groups of hoops, with a twist.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Baseball pitcher arm slots.
Green Group: Boxing equipment.
Blue group: ____ Ryan
Purple group: NBA teams, with the last letter modified.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by April 14, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is baseball pitcher arm slots. The four answers are: overhand, sidearm, underhand, and three-quarter.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is boxing equipment. The four answers are gloves, a mouthguard, shorts and a speed bag.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ Ryan. The four answers are Buddy, Matt, Nolan and Rex.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is NBA teams, with the last letter changed. The four answers are Bucky (Bucks), heap (Heat), spurt (Spurs), and sang (Suns).
