Connections: Sports Edition No. 141 for Tuesday, Feb. 11 honors a hilarious Apple TV Plus show.

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Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will be continuing to publish it. It won’t show up in the NYT Games app but will appear in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. And today’s puzzle is a fun one for fans of a certain sports-related Apple TV Plus show — like me. Read on for hints and the answers.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Time for hoops.

Green group hint: Whew, that was close.

Blue group hint: Football is life!

Purple group hint: Let’s get this party started.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Areas on a basketball court.

Green group: Close margin.

Blue group: Characters on Ted Lasso.

Purple group: Things that begin a game.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is areas on a basketball court. The four answers are baseline, corner, elbow and paint.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is close margin. The four answers are hair, nose, split second and whisker.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is characters on Ted Lasso. The four answers are Beard, Kent, Lasso and Rojas.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is things that begin a game. The four answers are faceoff, first pitch, jump ball and kickoff.

Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition

#1: Don’t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in – is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?

#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.

#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it’s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.