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Connections: There is a mix of difficult and easy categories in Sports Edition every day, but sometimes the classification confuses me. Purple is always the hardest – at least in regular connections – but today’s purple category seems easy enough to be a yellow category. See what you think and read on for hints and answers.

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Notes for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Note on the yellow group: Speed.

Note from the green group: Laker is one.

Note on the blue group: Go, birds.

Note on the purple group: Rose and Super too.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Tempo.

Green group: NBA team names in singular.

Blue group: Eagles QBs.

Purple group: ___ Bowl.

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What are today’s answers to Connections: Sports Edition?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is speed. The four answers are cadence, rhythm, speed and tempo.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is NBA team names in the singular. The four answers are Buck, Grizzly, Pelican and Sun.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The topic is Eagles QBs. The four answers are Cunningham, Hurts, McNabb and Wentz.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ Bowl. The four answers are Alamo, Gator, Liberty and Orange.