Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

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The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. It may be two words. The spangram highlights in yellow when found. An example spangram with corresponding theme words: PEAR,