Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition is kind of all over the place today. Some categories are simple, but that purple category is only easy if you're a huge fan of British soccer. Or football. Or footy. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That'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't show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic's own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta 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: Fun in the cold. Green group hint: Return to form. Blue group hint: Boys of summer activities. Purple group hint: Bosses on the pitch. Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Equipment for snow activities. Green group: Bounce back. Blue group: Baseball verbs in past tense. Purple group: First names of Premier League managers. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers? The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is equipment for snow activities. The four answers are ski, sled, snowboard and tube. The green words in today's Connections The theme is bounce back. The four answers are comeback, rally, rebound and recovery. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is baseball verbs in past tense. The four answers are caught, dove, slid and threw. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is first names of Premier League managers. The four answers are Ange, Enzo, Nuno and Pep.