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. Connections: Sports Edition might be a breeze, as long as you know your sports-league commissioners. 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. 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: Dunk it. Green group hint: Get it moving. Blue group hint: They run the leagues. Purple group hint: Like house, kind of. Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Parts of a basketball hoop. Green group: Propel a ball. Blue group: League commissioners. Purple group: Home ____. 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 April 27, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today’s Connections The theme is parts of a basketball hoop. The four answers are base, glass, net and rim. The green words in today’s Connections The theme is propel a ball. The four answers are bowl, fling, hurl and roll. The blue words in today’s Connections The theme is league commissioners.. The four answers are Bettman, Goodell, Manfred and Silver. The purple words in today’s Connections The theme is home ____. The four answers are field, plate, run and team. Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation NBA playoffs: Warriors take 2-1 lead on Rockets without Jimmy Butler, Aaron Gordon stuns Clippers at buzzer 2025 NFL Draft grades for Round 7: Dolphins earn ‘B+’ for selection of Quinn Ewers