One day shy of his 41st birthday, New York quarterback Aaron Rodgers played one of his worst games of this season in the Jets' 26-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, leading to a tepid endorsement from interim coach Jeff Ulbrich.
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues,...more tips, and strategies to assist you.
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What is Connections Sports Edition?The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
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Here are today's Connections Sports Edition categoriesNeed a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:Yellow - Parts of a basketball hoopGreen - Pitching outcomesBlue - Last 4 Stanley Cup winnersPurple - Names shared by 2 major professional teamsLooking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.Drumroll, please!The solution to today's Connections Sports Edition #68 is...What is the answer to Connections Sports Edition todayParts of a basketball hoop: BASE, GLASS, NET, RIMPitching outcomes: BALK, BALL, PICKOFF, STRIKELast 4 Stanley Cup final winners: AVALANCHE, GOLDEN KNIGHTS, LIGHTNING, PANTHERSNames shared by 2 major professional teams: CARDINALS, GIANTS, JETS, RANGERSDon't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's g...
The bombing has thwarted the offensive launched by militants on the town of Tel Rifat, RIA Novosti has reported
Syria has launched an airstrike targeting a motorized column of terrorists in the country's northwestern Aleppo Province, RIA Novosti has reported, citing local security sources. The news agency has published aerial footage showing the raid.
The strike was ordered in response to a surprise counteroffensive launched by the militants against Syrian troops on Wednesday. Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS), a terrorist group formerly known as Jabh...moreat al-Nusra and affiliated with Al Qaeda, attacked government-controlled territory in the north of the country on Wednesday alongside a collection of allied militias, breaking a fragile truce brokered by Russia and Türkiye in 2020.
A short black-and-white clip shows a column of vehicles moving along a road through open terrain. The group is then engulfed in a series of powerful explosions, with fire and smoke rising high into the air. It is unclear what types of heavy equipment the jihadists had in their possession as the vehicles are barely distinguishable in the video.
A Syrian security source told RIA that the column consisted of heavy armor the terrorists had planned to use in an offensive on the town of Tel Rifat, located some 35 kilometers to the north of the provincial capital Aleppo.
Earlier, RIA published another video showing a strike against various facilities reportedly occupied by the jihadists. The attacks were aimed and preventing the terrorists from staging another offensive on Aleppo from the province of Idlib, which was left outside the control of Damascus following the Syrian conflict.
Russian aircraft also launched a series of attacks against the terrorists following the surprise offensive. More than 400 jihadists were killed in the airstrikes, the Russian military said on Friday.
The Syrian Arab Army also claimed that the strikes had inflicted devastating losses on the extremists.
HTS and allied groups have claimed to have seized some 400 square kilometers of territory, reaching the outskirts of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Friday. They also claim to have captured some heavy weaponry and military hardware from the Syrian Army. Dozens of civilians have been killed in the terrorist assault since Wednesday, according to the UN.
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Moscow has called the developments “an attack on Syria’s sovereignty in the region” and urged Damascus to restore “order there as soon as possible.” Iran branded the terrorist offensive “an American-Zionist” plot, suggesting that Washington and West Jerusalem were using HTS as proxies to strike a blow against Assad’s government, which supports the Palestinian cause....
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Hundreds of jihadist fighters have been killed around Aleppo, Moscow said
Russian fighter jets stationed in Syria have carried out airstrikes against jihadist militants attacking the northern city of Aleppo, the spokesman for Moscow’s expeditionary force has said.
The Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group and allied militias attacked government-controlled territory in northern Syria on Wednesday, breaking a fragile truce mediated by Russia and Türkiye in 2020.
“Providing support to the Syrian Arab Army, the Rus...moresian Aerospace Forces are carrying out missile and bomb strikes on the equipment and manpower of illegal armed groups, command posts, warehouses, and artillery positions of terrorists. Over the past 24 hours, at least 200 militants have been eliminated,” Colonel Oleg Ignatнuk, the deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, told reporters in a briefing on Friday. He added that another 400 militants were killed by Russian and Syrian forces the day before.
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Russian jets strike jihadists near Aleppo and Idlib in Syria – military
Earlier in the day, HTS told Al Jazeera and Türkiye’s Anadolu news agency that its fighter had entered several neighborhoods of Aleppo. The group claimed to have taken control over some 400 square kilometers of land in Aleppo and Idlib provinces and captured heavy weaponry and other equipment from the Syrian Army. Videos shared on social media purportedly showed HTS gunmen moving Aleppo on foot and in armored vehicles.
The government in Damascus said its troops have “inflicted heavy losses” on the attackers and regained control of some areas. Local media reported the arrival of Syrian Army reinforcements to both Idlib and Aleppo on Friday.
Before adopting its current name in 2017, HTS was known as Jabhat al-Nusra, and was one of the main factions opposing President Bashar Assad’s government during the Syrian Civil War. Jabhat al-Nusra was originally founded as an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in Syria.
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Russia intervened in the conflict in 2015, helping Assad retake much of the country from al-Nusra, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), and dozens of US-supported armed groups described by Washington as “moderate rebels.”
Syrian forces lifted the nearly five-year siege of Aleppo in December 2016 and pushed al-Nusra and other groups west into Idlib province. Türkiye took responsibility for Idlib in 2018, vowing to separate terrorists from “legitimate rebels,” but never did so. A March 2020 agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was meant to permanently end the fighting around Idlib. ...
More than 400 terrorists have been killed in a wave of airstrikes, a Russian colonel has said
Syrian and Russian forces have killed more than 400 jihadists in a series of airstrikes near the cities of Aleppo and Idlib, the Russian military has announced. The terrorists had launched a surprise counteroffensive against government troops on Wednesday.
The body count was announced on Friday by Colonel Oleg Ignatiuk, the deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria. Ignatiuk’s announcement came after Syrian media claimed that Rus...moresian and Syrian warplanes had bombed terrorist targets in dozens of locations throughout Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
The Syrian Arab Army claimed that the strikes have inflicted devastating losses on the jihadists.
The Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group – formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra – and a collection of allied militias, attacked government-controlled territory in northern Syria on Wednesday, breaking a fragile truce established by Russia and Türkiye in 2020.
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Jihadists claim to re-enter Syria’s Aleppo (VIDEOS)
Indirectly armed by the US and allegedly backed by Türkiye, Jabhat al-Nusra was one of the main factions opposing Bashar Assad’s government during the war in Syria. Russia intervened in the conflict in 2015, helping Assad to retake much of the country from Jabhat al-Nusra, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), and dozens of US-supported armed groups considered “moderate rebels” by Washington.
The jihadists claim to have seized some 400 square kilometers of territory, reaching the outskirts of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Friday. They also claim to have captured heavy weaponry and other military hardware from the Syrian Army.
As news of the airstrikes broke, the Beirut-based TV channel Al Mayadeen reported that the Syrian military had forced the jihadists to retreat in some areas.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow considers the terrorist offensive “an attack on Syria’s sovereignty in the region,” and wants the “Syrian authorities to restore order there as soon as possible.”...
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