Today’s NYT links: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for March 12 No. 170

Seek most recently Regular answers to the links? Click here for today’s hints for linksAs well as our daily answers and hints for mini crossword puzzles, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Links: Sports Edition is fun today. I enjoy the nicknames of a team and another category forces you to think hard about what it has in the hat of your team or T -shirt. Read about hints and answers.

Links: Sports Edition is already out of beta, debuting Super Bowl SundayFebruary 9th. This is a sign that the game has won enough loyal players, that the athletic subscription -based sports journalism site owned by The Times will continue to publish it. It is not displayed in the NYT Games app, but now it appears in its own Athletic application. Or you can continue playing it for free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: The puzzle of the sports edition comes out of beta

Tips for today’s Links: Sports Edition Groups

Here are four tips for the groups in today’s links: a puzzle of Sports Edition, ranked by the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes quirky) purple group.

Yellow Group Hint: Oh!

Green group hint: Minnesota fat.

Blue Group Hint: Slang for hockey teams.

Purple Group Tip: Look carefully at your baseball cap.

Answers to today’s Links: Sports Edition Groups

Yellow group: Common sports injuries.

Green group: Billiard equipment.

Blue Group: NHL teams familiar.

Purple group: Elements in MLB logos.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the most popular letters used in English words

What are today’s links: The answers to the sports edition?

The yellow words in today’s relationships

The topic is common sports injuries. The four answers are break, spray, tension and tear.

The green words in today’s relationships

The topic is billiard equipment. The four answers are balls, chalk, replica and table.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The topic is the teams of NHL, familiar. The four answers are hats, habs, islands and pens.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The theme is elements in the MLB logo. The four answers are Compass Rose, Crown, Halo and Maple Leaf.