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Here are the clues and answers for the June 8 NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, #623.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Hoops roles.
Green group index: Think of Tom Brady.
Blue group index: They excel in beam and floor exercises.
Purple group index: The Big Apple.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: First words of basketball positions.
Green Group: Things a QB does with the football.
Blue group: Women’s all-around gold medalists in gymnastics.
Purple group: Ends in a New York team, singular.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by June 8, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is the first words of basketball positions. The four answers are point, power, shot and small.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is what a QB does with the football. The four responses are transfer, pass, spike and tuck.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is women’s all-around gold medalists in gymnastics. The four answers are Biles, Douglas, Lee and Liukin.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme ends in a New York team, in a singular form. The four answers are Allegiant, Chalamet, Granger and inkjet.
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, CNET editor-in-chief, 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 has been a journalist since 1989 and works for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and NBC News Digital. She is part of Generation X in terms of date of birth, words and deeds. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line. See full bio
