Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 30, #675

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is a real challenge, but also fun. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group hint: Helps you identify a team.

Green group hint: Short for a hoops team.

Blue group hint: He shoots, he scores!

Purple group hint: Seventh letter of the alphabet.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: A team’s symbol.

Green group: NBA teams, informally.

Blue group: Hockey stick manufacturers.

Purple group: What “G” might mean.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is a team’s symbol.

The four answers are badge, crest, emblem and logo.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is NBA teams, informally.

The four answers are Clips, Grizz, Mavs and Wolves.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is hockey stick manufacturers.

The four answers are Bauer, CCM, Sher-Wood and Warrior.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is what “G” might mean.

The four answers are games, Gatorade, goaltender and guard.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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