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

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

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Tips for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four tips for grouping in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow Group Tip: Sports statistics

Green Group Tip: Plan for hoops

Blue Group Tip: Go for the gold

Purple Group Tip: They don’t change their stripes.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: “WHIP” in baseball

Green Group: Basketball fouls

Blue Group: Host of the North American Winter Olympics

Purple group: Tigers

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

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

The green words in today’s relationships

The topic is basketball fouls. The four answers are move, pick and roll, Princeton and triangle.

The blue words in today’s relationships

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

Purple words in today’s relationships

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