Connections: Sports Edition Coach: Hints, Facts about Puzzle #41

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Before we continue, a quick public service announcement: at the end of this article you will find an answer in each of the four categories. So if you want to solve the board without hints, we recommend you play it before continuing.

You can access Sunday's game here.

Today's difficulty

Difficulty is an average rating from our testers who pre-play the game to check quality and accuracy.

Game #41 difficulty: 4 out of 5

Notes

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Yellow: WING PLAYER

Green: STANFORD

Blue: ALABAMA

Purple: FORWARD

The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing – and share your results in the comments!

You can find clues to the November 2 puzzle here.

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