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              Tuesday 27 december 2016
            NFL Capsules

                 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
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