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Connections: Sports Edition is often difficult for people who do not have in-depth knowledge of numerous sports. But today for me it was about vocabulary. I think I have a pretty good vocabulary, but one of the words in today’s table – repechage – was not a word I had ever seen. But I’ve never been to a rowing competition – maybe yours? Read on for clues and answers to today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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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: Run for the roses.

Note from the green group: America’s Dairy Country.

Note on the blue group: They talk about tires.

Note on the purple group: Teams in strong cities.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Distances in horse racing.

Green group: Wisconsin teams.

Blue group: NBA broadcaster.

Purple group: Teams playing in world capitals.

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

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is distances in horse racing. The four answers are furlong, length, mile and nose.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is Wisconsin teams. The four answers are Badgers, Brewers, Bucks and Packers.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The topic is NBA broadcasters. The four answers are Breen, Burke, Eagle and Harlan.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams that play in the capitals of the world. The four answers are Nationals, Real Madrid, Senators and Tottenham.