Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for March 25 #548

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has a fun yellow category that’s really more focused on games than sports. If you’re struggling with 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: The essentials of games rooms.

Green group index: Shoes.

Blue group index: Same team.

Purple group index: Hoops League.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Games played on a table.

Green Group: Nike shoes.

Blue group: The great giants.

Purple group:NBA ____.

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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is games played on a table. The four answers are air hockey, table football, billiards and snooker.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is Nike shoes. The four answers are Air Force 1, Blazer, Pegasus and Shox.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Giants greats. The four answers are Bonds, Mays, Ott and Posey.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is NBA ____. The four answers are the All-Star Game, the Cup, the Draft and the Finals.

Toughest Connections: Sports Publishing Categories

The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be difficult, but it really depends on which sports you know best. My husband is successful at anything Formula 1 related, my best friend is an avid hockey fan, and I can answer any questions you have about Minnesota teams.

That said, it’s hard to pick the hardest hookup categories, but here are a few that I found exceptionally mind-blowing.

#1: Serie A clubs. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.

#2: WNBA MVP. 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.