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Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a mixture. It helps to know your football, and also, perhaps, to be from a certain mountain town. If you can't solve today's puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for the hints and answers.
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Tips for Today's Groups Connections: Sports Edition
Here are four grouping clues in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, from the simplest yellow grouping to the challenging (and sometimes bizarre) purple grouping.
Yellow group hint: Height of the Rocky Mountains.
Green group hint: Game “Gridiron”.
Blue group hint: Big bosses.
Purple group hint: Specific college conference.
Answers to Today's Connections Groups: Sports Edition
Yellow group: Denver teams.
Green group: words that come before the word “football”.
Blue group: NFL owners.
Purple group: MAC team nicknames.
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What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers?
Completed puzzle NYT Connections: Sports Edition December 8, 2025
Yellow words in today's connections
The topic is Denver teams. Four answers: Avalanche, Broncos, Nuggets and Rockies.
Green words in today's connections
The topic is the words that come before the word “football.” The four answers are “American”, “College”, “Fantasy” and “Flag”.
Blue words in today's connections
The topic is NFL owners. The four answers are Blank, Hunt, Kraft and York.
Purple words in today's connections
The topic is MAC team nicknames. The four answers are: “Golden Flashes”, “Minutemen”, “Rockets” and “Zips”.
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