Looking for help with today’s Connections: Sports Edition? You’re in the right spot. Welcome to the Sports Edition Coach—a place to gather clues, discuss strategies, and share your scores.
Before diving into the hints, here’s a quick note: the bottom of this article reveals the answers and clues for all four categories. If you’d rather solve the board without hints, play the game first before reading on.
Today’s difficulty rating for Game No. 594 is 3 out of 5.
Hints for May 10, 2026
Below is one answer from each category:
Yellow: RUNS
Green: RACES
Blue: RIGGINS
Purple: RUINS
Full answers for May 10, 2026
Scroll down for the complete set of answers:
**Yellow** (Baseball stats): ERRORS, HITS, RUNS, WALKS
**Green** (Moves fast): BOLTS, RACES, SCOOTS, SPRINTS
**Blue** (Hall of Fame running backs): JAMES, RIGGINS, SANDERS, SAYERS
**Purple** (NHL teams, minus the first letter): ANGERS, RUINS, SLANDERS, TARS
What is Connections: Sports Edition? It’s The Athletic’s first-ever daily puzzle, designed for players to find connections between 16 words on the game board. The goal is to group words or objects into four groups of four by identifying commonalities as quickly as possible—without making four mistakes. Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words that might fit multiple categories. Category examples include “Sports ____” (Fan, Car, Bar, Radio) or “U.S. Summer Olympians” (Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles). Each group is assigned a color, revealed as you solve: yellow (straightforward), green (medium), blue (challenging), and purple (tricky).
Who creates these puzzles? That’s me, Mark Cooper. I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for college sports at The Athletic. I previously served as the managing editor for breaking news.
The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing—share your scores in the comments!
