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 has a real mix of categories for April Fool's Day, from athlete names to equipment for very different sports. 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: Fore! Green group hint: WWE. Blue group hint: Redbirds. Purple group hint: St. Patrick's Day color. Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Golf clubs. Green group: Wrestling terminology. Blue group: Cardinals greats. Purple group: ____ green. 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 golf clubs. The four answers are driver, hybrid, iron and wedge. The green words in today's Connections The theme is wrestling terminology. The four answers are escape, pin, reversal and takedown. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is Cardinals greats. The four answers are Brock, Gibson, Musial and Pujols. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is ____ green. The four answers are bowling, Danny, Draymond and putting.