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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a bit tricky. If you went to the University of Kentucky, you can celebrate the purple group, but it was a stumper for me. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.
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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Toss it!
Green group hint: Take off with the pigskin.
Blue group hint: Are you in a league?
Purple group hint: Pro Wildcats.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Throwing events.
Green group: Football running plays.
Blue group: Fantasy sports apps.
Purple group: Kentucky basketball alumni in NBA.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is throwing events. The four answers are discus, hammer, javelin and shot put.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is football running plays. The four answers are counter, draw, sweep and toss.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is fantasy sports apps. The four answers are ESPN, Fantrax, Sleeper and Yahoo.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Kentucky basketball alumni in NBA. The four answers are Fox, Monk, Quickley and Towns.
