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

Traditionally, word games (like crosswords) and sports coverage have occupied entirely different pages and sections of the newspaper. But the New York Times is now combining both concepts with a sports-themed version of their Connections game,

Match up sports-related words into four connected groups, but be careful -- "rose" doesn't always refer to "Rose Bowl."