Today's NYT Mini Crossword about knocked me out. I struggled with 1-Across, "Elphaba's broom in 'Wicked' or Aladdin's lamp in 'Aladdin,' thinking it was a word like "magic" but wi

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words.

This new version is sports-specific, however, as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic. As the NYT site instructs, for Connections Sports Edition, you "group sports terms that ...

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