Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Jan. 22 #486
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a mix of challenge and simplicity. Hope you know your old sports shows! 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: Not lazy.
Green group index: Pete Carroll is another one.
Blue group index: Turn on the TV.
Purple group index: Team names hidden.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: An energetic person.
Green Group: Head coaches who have won a Super Bowl.
Blue group: Old ESPN shows.
Purple group: Ends in an NBA team, singular.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by January 22, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is an energetic person. The four answers are dynamo, fireball, go-getter, and spark plug.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is head coaches who have won a Super Bowl. The four answers are Don Shula, John Madden, Mike Tomlin and Sean Payton.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is old ESPN shows. The four answers are Around The Horn, Dream Job, Playmakers and Stump the Schwab.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme ends in an NBA team, singular. The four answers are an empty net, Joe Buck, The Yankee Clipper and Tony Hawk.
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