NYT Connection Today: Sports Tips, January 12 Answers, #111

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I didn’t do well today Compatibility: Sports Edition. For one thing, I don’t know much about the colleges that other athletes attend. If you need help, read the latest Connections: Sports Edition puzzle hints and solutions.

Currently, the game is in beta, which means the Times is testing it to see if it’s popular before adding it to the site’s Games app. You can play it every day for free – and then we’ll see if it continues.

Read more: The NYT Has a Sports Connection for Sports Fans. I tried it

Tips for today’s Connections: Sports Edition

Here are four points for today’s Connections: Sports Edition teams, which range from the simple yellow team to the purple (and sometimes weird) team.

Tips for the Yellow team: You can defeat them.

Tips for the green team: Happy people have this.

Tips for the Blue team: O’Connell is another.

Tips for the purple team: They were volunteers.

Current Answers for Connections: Sports Edition Teams

Yellow group: A simple opponent

Green group: Spirit

Blue Team: NFL leaders

Purple group: Tennessee alumni

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Are Today’s Connections: Sports Edition Answers?

Yellow text in current Connections

The subject is a simple critic. The four answers are wind, cookies, pushover and tomato can.

Green words in modern Connections

His head is the soul. These four answers are enthusiasm, verve, energy and enthusiasm.

Blue text in modern Connections

The topic is NFL head coaches. The four answers are Bowles, Campbell, Quinn and Ryans.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The chapter is Tennessee alumni. The four answers are Helton, Manning, Parker and Witten.