Today's Connections: Sports Edition features two categories with references to specific places. One is a state and one is a city, so you should be able to sort them out without too much difficulty. Read on for hints and the answers if you get stuck.

Congrats, Wordle! Today's puzzle is #1500 -- a nice round number.

Today's Strands game deals with words you'd use to describe something you'd do if you had a green thumb.