Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. The purple group for today's Connections: Sports Edition might be a tough one. If you like baseball, have been paying attention to big games and know some famous sports names, then you'll do just fine with the rest of the puzzle. Read on for more 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. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta 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: Check the score. Green group hint: Defeated. Blue group hint: A memorable name. Purple group hint: Not DC, but the other one. Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: MLB teams, on scoreboards. Green group: Teams to lose their respective championships in 2025. Blue group: Famous Jackies. Purple group: Teams and players who shares nicknames with Marvel characters. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 18, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is MLB teams, on scoreboards. The four answers are LAD, MIL, PIT and TEX. The green words in today's Connections The theme is teams to lose their respective championships in 2025. The four answers are Edmonton, Indiana, Kansas City and Notre Dame. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is famous Jackies. The four answers are Bradley, Joyner-Kersee, Robinson and Young. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is teams and players who shares nicknames with Marvel characters. The four answers are Iowa, Michigan, Pulisic and Ripken.