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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. 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.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

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.

Green group hint: Get a kick out of it.

Blue group hint: Baseball legend.

Green group: North American soccer leagues.

Blue group: Associated with Ted Williams.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is football scoring plays, abbreviated. The four answers are 2-pt, FG, PAT and TD.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with Ted Williams. The four answers are .406, LF, Red Sox and Splendid Splinter.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is members of the Denver Broncos, familiarly. The four answers are Bo, Courtland, RJ and Troy.


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