Mi Hyang Lee wins Blue Bay for first LPGA victory in 8 years

South Korea's Mi Hyang Lee overcame a pair of double bogeys on the front nine and recorded a birdie on the final hole to seize a one-stroke win at the Blue Bay LPGA on Sunday at Hainan Island, China.

Lee, 32, won her third LPGA title and first since capturing the 2017 Women's Scottish Open after firing a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday to finish with an 11-under 277 at the Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course.

She finished one stroke better than China's Weiwei Zhang (69 on Sunday), who failed to hold the lead after a bogey on the 17th hole.

"Still kind of a little bit shake my hands," Lee said of her nerves. "First hole make birdie, but like two double front nine and then finish 4-over so was almost give up, but my caddie just kept telling me keep fighting, fighting. I really fought by myself, just didn't give up, and then I just got to make a lot of birdies, so I think amazing. Feels amazing, yes."

Lee became only the second South Korean to win the Blue Bay LPGA, joining 2015 champion Sei Young Kim

Auston Kim (71) made three birdies over the final five holes to reside in a third-place tie with Aditi Ashok (72) of India.

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"I'm proud of the three birdies that I made coming in, but it really (stinks) to play that well Thursday (67), Friday (68), and not get it done. Really frustrating," Kim said. "I hope moving forward I won't make the same mistakes that I did this week and play better."

Lee saw her three-stroke lead evaporate following double bogeys on the fifth and ninth holes before making birdies on the 10th and 13th holes.

She took advantage of Zhang's misstep on the 17th hole by hitting the pin on her third shot at the par-5 18th hole. She tapped in from 2 feet out to win the tournament.

"I just keep watching the scoreboard. I think that's why this -- that give me a lot of confidence," Lee said. "I just keep making one more birdie, two more birdie, and so it was -- yeah, just keep watching it, the scoreboard. I knew Weiwei and Rio (Takeda of Japan) play well, too."

Takeda (73), the defending champion, tied for fifth with South Koreans Hye-Jin Choi (74) and A Lim Kim (73) and China's Yu Liu (74).

--Field Level Media

byJastin Mags

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March 08, 2026

Mi Hyang Lee wins Blue Bay for first LPGA victory in 8 years

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NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for Sunday, March 8, 2026

Get excited—there's another New York Times game to add to your daily routine! Those of us word game addicts who already playWordle,Connections,Strandsand theMini Crosswordnow haveConnections Sports Editionto add to the mix.So, if you're looking for some hints and answers for today's Connections Sports Edition onSunday, March 8, 2026, you've come to the right place.

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What Is Connections Sports Edition?

Connections Sports Edition is just like the regular Connections word puzzle, in that it's a game that resets at 12 a.m. EST each day and has 16 different words listed. It's up to you to figure out each group of four words that belong to a certain category, with four categories in total.

This new version is sports-specific, however, as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic.

As the NYT site instructs, for Connections Sports Edition, you "group sports terms that share a common thread."

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Hints for Today's Connections Sports Edition Categories on March 8, 2026

Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings.

• Yellow: What a racket!

• Green: Soccer pros.

• Blue: Top prospects.

• Purple: Inspired a movie.

Here Are Today's Connections Sports Edition Categories

OK, time for a second hint…we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below!

• Yellow: WOMEN'S TENNIS GREATS

• Green: NWSL TEAMS

• Blue: WNBA DRAFT NO. 1 PICKS

• Purple: TEAMS IN THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE

If you're looking for the answers, no worries—we've got them below. So, don't scroll any further if you don't want to see the solutions!The answers to today'sConnections Sports Edition #531are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day

What Are the Answers to Connections Sports Edition Today?

• WOMEN'S TENNIS GREATS: GRAF, KING, NAVRATILOVA, WILLIAMS

• NWSL TEAMS: COURAGE, DASH, LEGACY, THORNS

• WNBA DRAFT NO. 1 PICKS: AUGUSTUS, BOSTON, PLUM, YOUNG

• TEAMS IN THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE: BELLES, BLUE SOX, COMETS, PEACHES

Don't worry if you didn't get them this time—we've all been there.

Up next,catch up on the answers to recent Wordle puzzles.

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A singing circle at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw offers support for people with dementia

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Megan Worthy still recalls singing in a choir in the Australian capital, Canberra, as she was growing up.

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Now, as a rare form of early-onset dementia chips away at her vision and other brain functions, the 58-year-old is transported back to her musical youth as she and her daughter, Bronte, sing together with other people withneurological conditionsin an Amsterdam concert hall, the Concertgebouw.

"It's pretty brutal," Worthy said of her rare neurological condition. "I'm starting to lose everything, you know, and this is really rewarding and seeing all these people, yeah, it did make me have a lot of memories."

She was taking part in a so-called "singing circle" run by opera singer Maartje de Lint at the landmark concert venue for seniors with what she calls "vulnerable brains," many of whom have a form of dementia orParkinson's disease.

Millions of people have some form of dementia, a progressive loss of memory, reasoning, language skills and other cognitive functions. People can experience changes in personality, emotional control, even visual perception.Alzheimer'sis the most widely recognized type, but there are many others, with their own symptoms and underlying biology. Small strokes, for example, can impair blood flow to the brain and trigger what's called vascular dementia.

The singers in Amsterdam, who each pay 20 euros ($23.50) to attend, are arranged with their carers in a circle of chairs under a ceiling hung with 14 crystal chandeliers in the venue's ornate Mirror Hall.

"We always say, music is like vitamins," said Selien Kneppers, 78, who once managed a Dutch boogie woogie and blues band and now regularly attends the singing circle.

Roving around the middle, often dropping to one knee and reaching out her hands to connect with a singer, is De Lint. She and other singers in her organization crisscross the Netherlands and Europe, leading singing workshops.

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Singing, De Lint says, is a way of keeping the brain active and bringing family members and their loved ones closer together.

"So we give people perspective," she says before one of her singing sessions in Amsterdam. "It's like actually a training for the brain, for the body, to get more resilient and understand the perspective that you still have."

The hour-long session clearly has an emotional effect on the singers and their carers. Helpers regularly hand out paper tissues for people to dab away tears. One man tenderly reached out a hand to touch the face of the woman next to him as they sang songs ranging from Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" to Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Amazing Grace."

Neurobiologist Brankele Frank, who is not connected to De Lint's project, agrees that singing can be beneficial to people with dementia or Alzheimer's or other kinds of neurodegenerative diseases.

Music "speaks to brain areas that haven't really been degenerated yet," she told The Associated Press. "So, for example, their verbal skills often are compromised, but music speaks to parts of the brain that don't necessarily need verbal skills. And so it taps into their emotion, their sense of self, their identity."

Scientists are studying the potentialbenefits of musicfor people with dementia, traumatic brain injuries, Parkinson's disease and stroke. Music lights up multiple regions of the brain, strengthening neural connections between areas that govern language, memories, emotions and movement.

Megan's daughter, Bronte Henfling, said that even getting her mother to a new environment that was not a medical appointment to discuss her posterior cortical atrophy felt good.

"Just hearing everyone come together and sing ... it reminds us that we're all human and there's a humanity out there which is really pleasing and nice to be a part of," she said.

byJastin Mags

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March 07, 2026

A singing circle at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw offers support for people with dementia

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