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Every so often, Connections: Sports Edition features a category that requires you to know a lot about one specific player. The blue category is like that today. Either you know the athlete -- usually they are pretty famous -- or you don't, and there's kind of no middle ground. If you're struggling with the 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: Don't miss the game!
Green group hint: My mitt.
Blue group hint: Hoops star.
Purple group hint: Aoooooooh!
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