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Connections: Sports Edition — October 22, 2026

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Hint 1 of 5

Today's board moves from jobs you'd find at a sports arena, to New York Giants quarterbacks across the decades, to words that follow "Pass," and finally to words that end with the surname of an NBA MVP.

Hint 2 of 5

Yellow (easiest): each of these is a job someone might have working at a stadium.

Hint 3 of 5

Green: each of these is the surname of a quarterback who has played for the New York Giants.

Hint 4 of 5

Blue: each of these follows the word "Pass" — Pass Rush, Pass Interference, Pass Breakup, Pass Protection.

Hint 5 of 5

Purple (hardest): each of these ends with the surname of a former NBA Most Valuable Player.

The answer — spoilers!

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  • yellow

    Workers At A Stadium

    SECURITY GUARD · GROUNDSKEEPER · USHER · MASCOT

  • green

    Giants QBs, Past And Present

    DART · MANNING · SIMMS · TITTLE

  • blue

    Pass _____

    RUSH · INTERFERENCE · BREAKUP · PROTECTION

  • purple

    Ends In An NBA MVP

    GNASH · BOOBIRD · SCURRY · DESERVING

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple)
Ends In An NBA MVP
Longest word on the board
SECURITY GUARD

Counted from our own archive of Connections: Sports Edition answers — not published anywhere else.

A solved Connections Sports Edition board: sixteen sports word tiles in four coloured groups of four — equipment, venues, golf scores and tennis scoring
Same rules as Connections, sports categories only. Example board, not today’s puzzle.