Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Dec. 7, #75

Have you been enjoying theNew York Times Connections puzzle?

Now there’s a new version of the game focusing on sports-related words.

It’s simply calledConnections: Sports Edition, and we have hints and the answers.

Read more:NYT Has a Connections Game for Sports Fans.

You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected.

The main difference is that all the words and categories have some kind of sports tie-in.

And the four groups of words have different difficulty levels.

The words might include player names, team names or sport-related activities.

Yellow group hint:Take a break.

Green group hint:Not so fast.

Blue group hint:Take me out to the ballgame.

Purple group hint:Hours and seconds.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group:Break in the action.

Green group:Stop.

Blue group:MLB stadiums.

Purple group:____ time.

The theme is break in the action.

The four answers are intermission, pause, suspension and timeout.

The theme is stop.

The four answers are block, prevent, stuff and thwart.

The theme is MLB stadiums .

The four answers are Chase, Oracle, Target and Wrigley.

The theme is ____ time.

The four answers are extra, garbage, stoppage and winning.