To solve today's Connections: Sports Edition, focus on the endings of some of the words. That should help you see how they connect. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9.

With color-coded difficulty levels—Yellow (easy), Green and Blue (moderate), and Purple (hard)—it ensures a gradual progression that tests creativity, vocabulary, and logical reasoning.