NYT Connections: Sports Hints & Answers – Jan 10 #474
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today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. All of those initials were difficult too sort through. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle 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 appear in the NYT games app, but it does 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: Hockey players.
Green group hint: Not the whole name.
Blue group hint: Colleges.
Purple group hint: Gridiron groups.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: A Western conference NHL player.
Green group: NBA player nicknames that are initialisms.
Blue group: ACC teams, abbreviated.
purple group: Starts of NFL team names.
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