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The purple category for today's Connections: Sports Edition is a real doozy. In fact, the entire puzzle might take longer than usual to solve. 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.
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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: Football voices.
Green group hint: Light the cauldron.
Blue group hint: Not green or yellow.
Purple group hint: Sounds like a name.
Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: NFL broadcasters.
Green group: US Olympic host cities.
Blue group: Teams with the color blue in their nicknames.
Purple group: Homophones of Baseball Hall of Famers.
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What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 3, 2025, #283.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is NFL broadcasters. The four answers are CBS, ESPN, FOX and Prime.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is U.S. Olympic host cities. The four answers are Atlanta, Lake Placid, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is teams with the color blue in their nicknames. The four answers are Chelsea, Columbus, Creighton and Toronto.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is homophones of Baseball Hall of Famers. The four answers are bogs, maize, mantel and rains.
Bogs = Wade Boggs
Maize = Willie Mays
Mantel = Mickey Mantle
Rains = Tim Raines Sr.
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