Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 20, #150

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Hey, my last name shows up in Connections: Sports Edition today! (No, I’m not a clue.) The categories are fun today, with one involving Saturday Night Live (happy 50th season!) and one involving a certain prominent NFL family. Also, there is a word in there — KanJam — that I have literally never, ever heard before. Read on for hints and the answers.

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 continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

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: Let’s play outside.

Green group hint: Start your engines.

Blue group hint: Omaha, Omaha!

Purple group hint: Live, from New York…