Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Jan. 22, #121

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If you’re a big fan of a certain worldwide sporting event, you should at least get the blue category in today’s Connections: Sports Edition. The yellow category was a puzzler to me. Read on for hints and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groupsHere 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: Sports statistic

Green group hint: Hoops plan

Blue group hint: Go for the gold

Purple group hint: They don’t change their stripes.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groupsYellow group: “WHIP” in baseball

Green group: Basketball offenses

Blue group: North American Winter Olympic hosts

Purple group: Tigers

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Jan. 22, 2025.

NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is “WHIP” in baseball. The four answers are hits, innings, pitched and walks.

The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is basketball offenses. The four answers are motion, pick and roll, Princeton and triangle.

The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is North American Winter Olympic hosts. The four answers are Lake Placid, Salt Lake City, Squaw Valley and Vancouver.

The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is Tigers. The four answers are Auburn, Detroit, Memphis and Missouri.