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There are five numbers in today’s Connections: Sports Edition. If you can figure out which four go together, you’ll have nailed the yellow category. 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.

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: Athlete with a very long last name.

Blue group hint: Southern college towns.

Green group: Associated with Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Blue group: SEC cities.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is SEC cities. The four answers are Athens, Fayetteville, Norman and Oxford.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is NASCAR Cup Series champions, familiarly. The four answers are Cale, Dale, Jeff and Jimmie.


Source: CNET.


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