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FILE - In a Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 file photo, Madison Hubbell, left, and Zachary Donohue pose after winning the free dance event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif. One of the oddities of figure skating is that training partners are often your biggest rivals. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Skating’s Odd Dynamic: Rivals Train as Partners

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJanuary 28, 2018

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Eric Decker (87) makes a 22-yard touchdown catch in front of Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Eric Murray during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. The Titans won 22-21. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Titans Rally Past Chiefs to Advance

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJanuary 6, 2018

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) plays against the Cincinnati Bengals in the second half of an NFL football game, in Nashville, Tenn. The Titans take on the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild-card playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 in Kansas City. (AP Photo/James Kenney, File)

Hard-Luck Playoff Teams Face Off

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJanuary 5, 2018

Kansas City Royals Drew Butera, left, slides into third base with a triple as Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval, right, waits for the throw in the seventh inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Sox Battle More Injuries

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJune 20, 2017

James Hinchcliffe, of Canada, smiles during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Speed Bump: Indy’s 101st 500 Gets a Boost From Its 100th

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterMay 23, 2017

A racing official looks over the car of Aric Almirola after the roof was taken off to remove Almirola, following a wreck during the NASCAR Monster Cup auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Almirola Released After Fiery Crash

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterMay 15, 2017

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid speaks during a news conference after an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. The Steelers won 18-16. Reid doesn’t believe the holding penalty on left tackle Eric Fisher that cost Kansas City a tying 2-point conversion against Pittsburgh on Sunday night should have been called. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

K.C. Flapping Over Flag

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJanuary 17, 2017

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger watches his team work out during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The Steelers face the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC Divisional playoff game on Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Chiefs Aim to Get Even

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterJanuary 14, 2017

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, NOV. 5-6- FILE - In this March 11, 2016, file photo, Nebraska's Andrew White III (3) drives past Maryland's Jared Nickens (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals at the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis. . White began his college basketball career at Kansas, played a season at Nebraska and will wrap it up at Syracuse. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Epidemic Level of Transfers Leaving College Coaches Muttering

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterNovember 7, 2016

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto racing driver Carl Edwards looks out of his race car as practice starts at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Edwards Feels Pressure at Home Track

by Dave Skretta AP Sports WriterOctober 15, 2016