Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Tips, Answers for January 22, #121

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

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Tips for today’s Connections groups: Sports Edition

Here are four suggestions for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group tip: Sports statistics

Green group advice: Plan of Hoops

Blue group tip: Go for the gold

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

Answers for today’s Connections groups: Sports Edition

yellow group: “WHIP” in baseball

Green group: The basketball offense

Blue Group: The North American Winter Olympic hosts

Violet Group: Tigers

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What are the answers today of Connections: Sports Edition?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The topic is “WHIP” in baseball. The four answers are hits, innings, pitched and walks.

The green words in today’s Connections

The topic is basketball offense. The four answers are motion, pick and roll, Princeton and triangle.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is the North American Winter Olympic hosts. The four answers are Lake Placid, Salt Lake City, Squaw Valley and Vancouver.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Tigers. The four answers are Auburn, Detroit, Memphis and Missouri.