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TODAY Connections: Sports Edition good for me through the yellow and green categories. But blue and purple is another story altogether. Continue reading for tips and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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Announcements for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groups in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes surprising) purple group.

Yellow group indicator: Plan your attack

Green group hint: Mitt

Blue group hint: Hoops stars

Purple group hint: Play a…

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: X’s and O’s

Green group: Parts of a baseball glove

Blue group: WNBA MVPS

Purple group: Game ____

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What are the answers today Connections: Sports Edition?

The yellow words in the current Connections

The theme is X’s and O’s. The four answers are playbook, scheme, strategy and tactics.

The green words in the current Connections

The theme is parts of a baseball glove. The four answers are toes, heels, pockets and webbing.

The blue words in the current Connections

The theme is WNBA MVPS. The four answers are Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is the game ____. The four answers are breaker, day, plan and winner.