{"id":858310,"date":"2025-06-26T22:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-april-25-214\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T22:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:13:14","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-april-25-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-april-25-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 25, #214"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n    Here are the hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 214,  for April 25.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"globalAuthorImage\">\n<div><picture> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/d9515f2c4384bc3d2911766654146a5d3950dfca\/hub\/2016\/05\/02\/85948f9b-7918-477c-840f-eb31523e2b20\/gaelcropped2.jpg?auto=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;height=96&#038;width=96\" alt=\"Headshot of Gael Cooper\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div section=\"authorCard\" id=\"author-card-0\">\n<div section=\"author_headshot\"><picture> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/4a2d5e639e8281b96b067d4332d16fb2ddbf8ab8\/hub\/2016\/05\/02\/85948f9b-7918-477c-840f-eb31523e2b20\/gaelcropped2.jpg?auto=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;height=84&#038;width=84\" alt=\"Headshot of Gael Cooper\" height=\"84\" width=\"84\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of &#8220;Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s,&#8221; as well as &#8220;The Totally Sweet &#8217;90s.&#8221; She&#8217;s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She&#8217;s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she&#8217;ll be first in line.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Expertise<\/span> <span>Breaking news, entertainment, lifestyle, travel, food, shopping and deals, product reviews, money and finance, video games, pets, history, books, technology history, and generational studies<\/span> <span>Credentials<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-author of two Gen X pop-culture encyclopedia for Penguin Books. Won &#8220;Headline Writer of the Year&#8221;\u200b award for 2017, 2014 and 2013 from the American Copy Editors Society.  Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-af579ee8-b04c-4b78-9d6e-f2259a135f33\">\n<p>Looking for the <strong>most recent<\/strong>\u00a0regular Connections answers? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/feature\/daily-puzzle-answers\/\" target=\"_self\">Click here for today&#8217;s Connections hints<\/a>, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>There are some funny names for basketball errors, and a few of them are in today&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/connections-sports-edition\" target=\"_self\">Connections: Sports Edition<\/a>. And yes, the NFL draft is still going on, so there&#8217;s one of those categories, too. Read on for hints and the answers.<\/p>\n<p>Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now after making its debut on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/super-bowl-2025-how-to-watch-chiefs-vs-eagles-kendrick-lamar-halftime-show-without-cable\/\" target=\"_self\">Super Bowl Sunday<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 9. That&#8217;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&#8217;t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic&#8217;s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/nyt-connections-sports-edition-puzzle-comes-out-of-beta-on-super-bowl-sunday\/\" target=\"_self\">NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Hints for today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n<p>Here are four hints for the groupings in today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellow group hint<\/strong>: On your mark, get set&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group hint<\/strong>: Whoops in hoops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group hint<\/strong>: Picked first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group hint<\/strong>:\u00a0 Opposite of &#8220;go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Answers for today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yellow group<\/strong>: Track and field events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group<\/strong>: Basketball violations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group<\/strong>: Previous No. 1 NFL draft picks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group<\/strong>: ____ stop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/wordle-player-cheat-sheet-here-are-the-most-popular-letters-used-in-the-english-language\/\" target=\"_self\">Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What are today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition answers?<\/h2>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 25 2025 #214\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 25 2025 #214\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 25 2025 #214\"><img src alt=\"completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 25 2025 #214\" height=\"732.3903818953324\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span><\/p>\n<p>The completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 25, 2025, #214.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span>NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The yellow words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is track and field events. The four answers are 100 meters, decathlon, pole vault and steeplechase.<\/p>\n<h3>The green words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is basketball violations. The four answers are 5-second, backcourt, goaltending and traveling.<\/p>\n<h3>The blue words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is previous No. 1 NFL draft picks. The four answers are Burrow, Fisher, Long and Luck.<\/p>\n<h3>The purple words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is ____ stop. The four answers are back, jump, pit and short.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Toughest Connections: Sports Edition categories<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on which sports you know the most about. My husband aces anything having to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey buff, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s hard to pick the toughest Connections categories, but here are some I found exceptionally mind-blowing recently.<\/p>\n<p>#1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-jan-11-110\/\" target=\"_self\">Series A Clubs<\/a>, Jan. 11. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.<\/p>\n<p>#2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-jan-21-120\/\" target=\"_self\">WNBA MVPs<\/a>, Jan. 21. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>#3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-jan-17-116\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League team nicknames<\/a>, Jan. 17. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes and Hammers.<\/p>\n<p>#4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-jan-26-125\/\" target=\"_self\">Homophones of NBA player names<\/a>, Jan. 26. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Gael Cooper <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-april-25-214\/#ftag=CAD590a51e\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 214, for April 25. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of &#8220;Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s,&#8221; as well as &#8220;The Totally Sweet &#8217;90s.&#8221; She&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":858311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456,3494],"tags":[16351,9656],"class_list":["post-858310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-connections","category-todays","tag-connections","tag-todays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}