Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Here are today’s Connections hints, along with daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a challenging puzzle, and if you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. You can also access it for free online.
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups: Yellow group — Working out; Green group — Cover your face; Blue group — NFL players; Purple group — Leap.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups:
– Yellow group: Exercises in singular form
– Green group: Sporting jobs that require masks
– Blue group: Hall of Fame defensive ends
– Purple group: ____ jump
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for April 8, 2026. The yellow words in today’s Connections form a theme of exercises in singular form, with answers crunch, plank, situp, and squat. The green words form a theme of sporting jobs that require masks, with answers catcher, fencer, football player, and goaltender. The blue words form a theme of Hall of Fame defensive ends, with answers Dent, Peppers, Strahan, and Youngblood. The purple words form a theme of ____ jump, with answers broad, high, long, and triple.
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:
1) Serie A Clubs. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma
2) WNBA MVPs. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles, and Stewart
3) Premier League team nicknames. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes, and Hammers
4) Homophones of NBA player names. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart, and Hero
