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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition Trusts You to Know Your Sports Movies and Mascots. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections: Sports Edition Groups
Here are four tips for groups in today’s connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint : Think Wimbledon.
Green Group Hint : Cinema on Ice.
Blue Team Hint : Iconic team symbols.
Violet’s group hint : Not basketball, but…
Answers to Today’s Connections: Sports Edition Groups
Yellow group : Tennis shots.
Green Group : Hockey movies.
Blue Group : Living college mascots.
Purple group : ____ baseball.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
Yellow words in today’s connections
The topic is tennis shots. The four answers are backhands, drop shots, slices, and smashes.
Green words in today’s connections
The theme is hockey movies. The four answers are Miracle; Secret, Alaska; SLAP Shot and The Mighty Ducks.
Blue words in today’s connections
The topic is live college mascots. The four answers are Bevo, Sir Big Spur, Smokey, and UGA.
Purple words in today’s connections
The topic is ____ baseball. The four answers are backyard, fantasy, inside, and Major League.