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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a fun mix of sports. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for 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: Think Mary Lou Retton.
Green group hint: Think Muhammad Ali.
Blue group hint: Taylor Swift’s fiance is one.
Purple group hint: Hockey teams.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Gymnastics apparatuses.
Green group: At the boxing ring.
Blue group: First names of NFL tight ends.
Purple group: Starts of NHL team names.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 21, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is gymnastics apparatuses. The four answers are bars, beam, floor and vault.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is at the boxing ring. The four answers are bell, corner, ropes and turnbuckle.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is first names of NFL tight ends. The four answers are Brock, Dallas, Hunter and Travis.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starts of NHL team names. The four answers are Fly, Island, Oil and Rang.
