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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 22, #667 1%

By Gael Cooper12%

7/21/2026, 10:03:12 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 19 hits. Analysis detected 90 faulty-reasoning hits from 221 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 8% and a BS Rank of 1% (20,959 of 21,180 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the article peer group.

I thought the green and blue categories in today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle were fun ones. 
You might, too, if you love movies and college football. 
If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. 
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups 
Yellow group hint: Fore! 
Green group hint: Enjoy the show! 
Blue group hint: Alma mater. 
Purple group hint: Take a… 
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups 
Yellow group: Places where an errant golf shot lands 
Green group: Sports films, with “The.” 
Blue group: College football stadium nicknames, with “The.” 
Purple group: ____ break. 
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? 
The yellow words in today’s Connections 
The theme is places where an errant golf shot lands. 
The four answers are bunker, out of bounds, pond and rough. 
The green words in today’s Connections 
The theme is sports films, with “The.” 
The four answers are Fighter, Karate Kid, Natural and Waterboy. 
The blue words in today’s Connections 
The theme is college football stadium nicknames, with “The.” 
The four answers are Big House, Flats, Horseshoe and Swamp. 
The purple words in today’s Connections 
The theme is ____ break. 
The four answers are fast, hydration, service and tie. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.2%CNET: 1.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.2%CNET: 2.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 2.5%CNET: 2.9%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.6%CNET: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.8%CNET: 2.5%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 3.2%Gael Cooper: 1.4%CNET: 4.5%Framing Effect3.2%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.9%CNET: 1.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 2.1%CNET: 3.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 3.2%CNET: 1.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 2.3%CNET: 3.6%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 4.5%Gael Cooper: 0.9%CNET: 0.4%In-Group Bias4.5%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 4.4%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.2%CNET: 1.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.4%CNET: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.6%CNET: 4.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.3%CNET: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.0%CNET: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 2.4%CNET: 4.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 4.5%Gael Cooper: 1.2%CNET: 0.6%Bandwagon4.5%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 5.3%CNET: 2.4%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.5%CNET: 0.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.7%CNET: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 7.7%Gael Cooper: 5.8%CNET: 6.1%Anecdotal7.7%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.7%CNET: 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 1.0%CNET: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 1.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.3%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 7.7%Gael Cooper: 6.2%CNET: 6.0%Biased Writer Voice7.7%This article: 4.5%Gael Cooper: 1.4%CNET: 2.5%Indoctrination4.5%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gael Cooper: 0.0%CNET: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 8.6%Gael Cooper: 2.8%CNET: 13.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…8.6%

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