Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 5, #194

NYT Connections: Sport Edition on a phone
NYT Connections: Sport Edition on a phone

Here are the answers for Connections: Sports Edition.

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Connections: Sports Edition is a bit of a stumper today. Let's hope you know past LA stars, and are familiar with football, baseball and hockey. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn't show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic's own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. 

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here 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: Skater boy

Green group hint: College group

Blue group hint: Timberlake and Bieber, also

Purple group hint: LA stars

Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: An NHL player

Green group: SEC schools

Blue group: Famous Justins

Purple group: Dodgers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, familiarly

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