Connections Sports Edition #723 hints and answers
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The trainer sends you home wearing one.
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Items that support or immobilize a healing limb, handed out by doctors and trainers.
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One of the four: SPLINT
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WORN AFTER AN INJURY: BRACE, CAST, SLING, SPLINT
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Guarding schemes that double as everyday nouns.
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Ways hoops teams defend: by area, by assignment, by full-court harassment, or by double-teaming.
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One of the four: ZONE
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BASKETBALL DEFENSES: ZONE, MAN, PRESS, TRAP
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Four famous guys, one shared first name.
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A common given name links a legendary coach, a quarterback, a point guard, and a broadcaster.
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One of the four: ELWAY
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JOHN _____: WALL, WOODEN, STERLING, ELWAY
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Front offices label twelve-month stretches with these.
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Each pairs with a word for twelve months: a player's first, his best, a franchise's patient one.
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One of the four: REBUILDING
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_____ YEAR: CONTRACT, ROOKIE, CAREER, REBUILDING
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