Looking for the most recentregular Connections: Sports Edition answers? Click here for today's Connections: Sports Edition hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Wordle and Strands puzzles.If you're a big fan of a certain worldwide sporting event, you should at least get the blue category in today'sConnections: Sports Edition. The yellow category was a puzzler to me. Read on for hints and answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.For now, the game is in beta, which means the Times is testing it out to see if it's popular before adding it to the site's Games app. You can play it daily for now for free and then we'll have to see if it sticks around.Read more: NYT Has a Connections Game for Sports Fans. I Tried ItHints 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 statisticGreen group hint: Hoops planBlue group hint: Go for the goldPurple group hint:They don't change their stripes.Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groupsYellow group: "WHIP" in baseballGreen group: Basketball offensesBlue group: North American Winter Olympic hostsPurple group:TigersRead more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English WordsWhat 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.