If you're looking for the most recent regular Connections answers, you can find them elsewhere. Today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is special as it’s an all-symbols edition celebrating puzzle No. 600, a nice round number. Whether you love or hate these puzzles, we've got hints and answers to help you solve it.
Connections: Sports Edition is produced by The Athletic, a subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It’s not available in the NYT Games app, but you can play it in The Athletic's own app or online for free.
Here are four hints for today's groupings, ranked from easiest (yellow) to toughest (purple):
Green group hint: Hoops champs.
Blue group hint: The color of this category.
Purple group hint: It's not easy being this color.
Green group: Last four NBA champions.
Purple group: 'Green' teams and players.
The theme for the first group is Boston teams, with answers including Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox, and Revolution.
For the green category, the theme is the last four NBA champions, with answers like Celtics, Nuggets, Thunder, and Warriors.
The blue category focuses on 'blue' teams, including Blue Devils, Blue Jackets, Blue Jays, and Blues.
Finally, the purple category deals with 'green' teams and players, such as Draymond Green, Green Bay, Green Wave, and Mean Green.