Today’s NYT Links: Sports Edition Tips, Answers for January 9, #108

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Links: Sports Edition not too hard today, especially if you’re a hockey fan like 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: A group of athletes

Green Group Tip: Detroit and Chicago too.

Blue Group Tip: The pink one is famous.

Purple Group Tip: Fore!

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: A team

Green Group: Original six NHL teams

Blue Group: Panthers

Purple group: Golf ____

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

The theme is team. The four answers are crew, group, country, and squad.

The green words in today’s relationships

The theme is the original six NHL teams. The four answers are Boston, Montreal, New York and Toronto.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The theme is panthers. The four answers are Carolina, Florida, Northern Iowa and Pittsburgh.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The subject is golf ____. The four answers are cart, clap, club and course.