Sports Edition answer and hints for groups. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Connections: Sports Edition, every day.

There were standout players from across the country this college football season that comprised the USA TODAY Sports All-America team.

Connections Sports Edition is just like the regular Connections word puzzle, in that it's a game that resets at 12 a.m. EST each day and has 16 different words listed. It's up to you to figure out each group of four words that belong to a certain category, with four categories in total.

Will Ty Simpson and Alabama win on the road to open the 2025 College Football Playoff? One national expert and college football reporter believes so.

Texas Tech (12-1) leads the FBS in turnovers gained with 31 and in rushing defense with an average yield of 68.5 yards per game. The Red Raiders are third in scoring defense, giving up 10.92 points per game. The team was selected in balloting from 25 voters across the USA TODAY Sports Network.

Kansas basketball went 1-1 across its two games in the past week, losing to UConn and beating Missouri. Here’s what that meant in the top 25 rankings.

Alabama will make another case as 'NFLU' in the 2026 NFL Draft. Ty Simpson, Kadyn Proctor and two others make USA TODAY Sports' top draft prospects.

There's a new No. 1 team in this week's USA TODAY Sports men's basketball coaches poll. Check out the full top 25 rankings.

A Nebraska Cornhusker has received another postseason honor. Running back Emmett Johnson was named a second-team All-American by USA TODAY Sports. Johnson had 251 carries for 1.451 yards and 12 touchdowns. He averaged 5.8 yards per carry. He also had 46 catches for 370 yards, bringing his all-purpose yards total to 1,821 yards.