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What can be confirmed about Connections: Sports Edition?
The New York Times Help Center describes Connections: Sports Edition as the sports-focused version of the Connections word game, brought to solvers by The Athletic. The game is available through nytimes.com/games, nytimes.com/theathletic, The Athletic App, and the NYT News App.
Each puzzle has exactly one solution, but the words are designed to be tricky because an entry can appear to fit more than one category. That general game context does not establish which words appeared on the October 24, 2024 board or how they were grouped.
Why this guide does not give hints or answers
The available dated answer pages point to October 24, 2025, not the October 24 puzzle identified here as #31. For example, Parade’s guide is explicitly for Friday, October 24, 2025, and an Xfire archive result is also dated 2025-10-24. Neither verifies the 2024 board.
Without a reliable source for the intended board, category hints, answer words, and explanations would be guesses. The puzzle-specific solution is therefore unresolved here; the 2025 results should not be substituted for puzzle #31.
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