Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 260, for June 10.
Here are the answers for Connections: Sports Edition.
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Today's Connections: Sports Edition was fun but not too difficult. It helps to know a little baseball, and to be familiar with football in a certain city acclaimed for its weather and zoo. 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. Â
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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: Throw it in there.
Green group hint: How to watch.
Blue group hint: Signal-callers, in a famously sunny city.
Purple group hint: Moving back and forth.
Yellow group: Baseball pitches that end in "ball."
Green group: Ways to take in a sporting event.
Blue group: Chargers QBs, past and present.
Purple group: Things one can swing.
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The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 10, 2025.
The theme is baseball pitches that end in "ball." The four answers are curve, fast, knuckle and screw.
The theme is ways to take in a sporting event. The four answers are in person, radio, streaming and television.
The theme is Chargers QBs, past and present. The four answers are Brees, Fouts, Herbert and Rivers.
The theme is things one can swing. The four answers are baseball bat, fist, golf club and momentum.