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Steelers win AFC North after rallying past Ravens 31-27

The Associated Press spot secured, the Chiefs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Ro- turned to Travis Kelce and
ethlisberger shook off a pair Tyreek Hill to roll past the
of interceptions to throw Broncos and keep their
two late touchdowns, in- AFC West title hopes alive.
cluding a 4-yard strike to Kelce had 11 catches for
Antonio Brown with 9 sec- 160 yards and a touch-
onds remaining to lift Pitts- down, and Hill took a hand-
burgh to a 31-27 victory off 70 yards for another
over the Baltimore Ravens score, as the Chiefs (11-4)
on Sunday night. Brown beat the Broncos (8-7) for
caught Roethlisberger’s the third straight time and
pass just short of the goal eliminated the Super Bowl
line and stretched the ball
into the end zone with his champions from postsea-
left hand to cap a wild son contention.
fourth quarter and give Kansas City punctuat-
Pittsburgh (10-5) its second ed the win in style when
division title in three years. 346-pound defensive tack-
The Ravens took the lead le Dontari Poe, lined up at
on Kyle Juszczyk’s 10-yard quarterback, threw a jump
burst up the middle with pass to Demetrius Harris
1:18 remaining. But Roeth- with just under two minutes
lisberger calmly led the left.
Steelers 75 yards in 10 plays, A win next weekend in
the last 4 coming as Brown San Diego coupled with
fought through a pair of an Oakland loss in Denver
tacklers to assure the Steel- would give the Chiefs their
ers of a third straight playoff first division title since 2010,
berth. not to mention a first-round
The Ravens (8-7) were offi- bye and home playoff
cially eliminated when Joe game.
Flacco’s pass near midfield Meanwhile, the Broncos
was intercepted on the fi- trudged through another
nal play. inept offensive perfor-
Kansas City secured a play- mance.
off berth with the Baltimore Trevor Siemian was 17 of 43
loss. for 183 yards and a game-
The Steelers have won six ending interception, and
straight and ended a four-
game losing streak to Balti- the only TD drive he led
more. Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons (31) is tackled by Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Eric came after a pick gave
CHIEFS 33, BRONCOS 10 Fisher (72), after Simmons intercepted a throw by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith dur- him the ball at the Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ing the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. City 6. Justin Forsett scored
— With their postseason Associated Press two plays later.q

AP Female came on vault, the first ever lished her autobiography,

Continued from page 17 by an American woman at took part in a post-Olympic
the Olympics and Biles’ first tour with her teammates
in major international com- (including performing in
petition to fill the only hole eight shows despite a frac-
Then again, the gulf be- in her increasingly peerless tured rib) and hung out
tween Biles and every oth- resume. at the White House with
er gymnast on the planet A bronze on beam fol- the president. She remains
— even her good friends in lowed thanks to a messy open to giving it another
red, white and blue — may landing on a front flip, her shot in Tokyo in 2020. That’s
be even wider. only major form break in for later. In January she’ll
“In prelims I did very well I Rio. No matter, she put the sit down and plot out her
kind of shocked myself,” exclamation point on her goals for the upcoming
Biles said. “I came in think- gold rush with a gravity- year. For the first time since
ing, ‘I’ve been to three escaping floor routine that she can remember, gym-
worlds.’ I knew the gist of In this Aug. 7, 2016, file photo, United States’ Simone Biles per- ended with Biles rushing to nastics won’t be on the list.
it. Once I got (prelims) out forms on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women’s quali- embrace longtime coach It’ll be weird, sure. That’s
fication at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bra-
of the way, I just kind of re- zil. Biles was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, on Aimee Boorman as their not necessarily a bad thing.
laxed.” Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. Associated Press long journey to this mo- “I miss training with the girls
What followed was a run ment ended in triumph. and having a good time,”
of brilliance: a team gold Another in the all-around full points, the gymnas- The ensuing four months Biles said. “Whenever I go
as a fitting send off to re- two days later, where her tics equivalent of winning have been a whirlwind. to the gym to visit them and
tiring national team co- score of 62.198 bettered a football game by three Biles carried the U.S. flag at I see them, I do not miss this
ordinator Martha Karolyi. Raisman by more than two touchdowns. A third gold closing ceremonies, pub- part at all right now.”q