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DENVER -- Even when the 4,500th second ticked off the clock on this spectacular Sunday night showdown, the Kansas City Chiefs werent sure they had won and the Denver Broncos wondered if theyd really lost.Cairo Santos 34-yard field goal hit the left upright and bounced through as the overtime period expired to give the Chiefs a 30-27 victory fueled by rookie Tyreek Hills trio of touchdowns -- on a reception, a rush and a return, something no one had done since Gale Sayers in 1965.The only way this game could end, NBC color analyst Cris Collinsworth declared. Holy smokes. I didnt know what had happened.With only one of the two officials raising his arms to signal the ball had gone through the uprights, the Chiefs hesitated as they ran onto the field to celebrate. The stadium was rocking as if it hadnt.I waited for everybody to rejoice, Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali said, because I didnt know if it went in.Neither did thousands of fans who wanted so much to believe the Chiefs had squandered their second chance. But Kansas Citys lucky bounce avoided the third tie in the NFL this season, something that hasnt happened since 1973 before the league introduced overtime.The winner followed a risky move by Broncos coach Gary Kubiak that backfired and left the Broncos (7-4) two games back of Oakland (9-2) in the AFC West and one behind the Chiefs (8-3).Kubiak sent his kicker out for a 62-yard try with 1:01 left. But Brandon McManus -- who has hit from 70 yards in training camp and was perfect in the playoffs during Denvers Super Bowl 50 surge -- came up way short and wide left on what would have been the longest game-winning field goal in NFL history.Its on me, Kubiak said, explaining he made the move because he had confidence in his kicker even with a new long snapper who joined the team on Friday. We didnt have any doubt that he could get the ball there. The thought process was on the other end: if we do punt, do we get the ball back?McManus was confident as he trotted out for the 62-yarder even after one of Thomas Gaffords snaps had skidded on the ground in regulation.Thats still well within my range. I just kind of hit the ground, McManus said. From that distance, everything kind of needs to be perfect just because of how far you are away. It didnt happen for me.Instead of having to go 80 yards or more, the Chiefs got the ball at the Denver 48 with one timeout and just over a minute remaining. The Chiefs reached the Denver 16 before Santos ended the showdown with one last bit of drama.Cairo, he kept us all in suspense with that bank shot, or the chip shot, or whatever it is, Chiefs coach Andy Reid saidThe defending Super Bowl champs could find themselves fighting for a wild card now.Tonight was a terrible night, Von Miller said. But well be back.Added cornerback Chris Harris Jr.: We just got to get into the playoffs. I feel like if we get in the playoffs, we can be scary for anybody.Both teams kicked field goals on their opening possession of overtime, McManus from 44 yards and Santos from 37. Those followed Kansas Citys amazing tying drive in the final 3 minutes of regulation.Alex Smith threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Hill and a 2-point conversion pass to tight end Demetrius Harris with 12 seconds left to tie it at 24.Hills third touchdown of the night capped a 13-play, 75-yard drive that included three defensive penalties, a fourth-and-10 conversion at the Broncos 3 and zero Kansas City timeouts.The Chiefs had burned their last two timeouts just before Trevor Siemians 76-yard touchdown toss to Bennie Fowler, who got behind cornerback Phillip Gaines with three minutes left that seemingly sealed Denvers win.Siemian threw for 368 yards and three TDs with no interceptions in his best game as a pro. But he was sacked five times as his O-line proved just as porous as it has all season even after the team made better protection a priority following at its bye.SLOW STARTER: The game turned into the white knuckler the NFL expected when it flexed the AFC West showdown to Sunday night rather than having the Patriots-Jets game in prime time as originally scheduled.But the first half was laborious -- Kansas City managed just 49 yards of offense but led 9-3 thanks to a safety and Hills 86-yard touchdown return on the ensuing free kick.Hill also had a 3-yard TD run for Kansas City.NO REGRETS: Miller said nobody in Denvers locker room will second-guess Kubiak for attempting the 62-yarder with McManus, who set an NFL record by going 10-for-10 in the playoffs last year.Im 100 percent behind Kube, Miller said. I wouldnt just play for the tie, either. B-Mac is the man.UP NEXTChiefs: K.C. continues its brutal road swing with a trip to Atlanta next weekend.Broncos: After the lone November home game, the Broncos travel to Jacksonville.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton Air Max Plus Clearance . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Fake Vapormax For Sale . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. http://www.outletsneakersclearance.com/fake-air-max-90.html . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. Vapormax Outlet . 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Parramatta have shrugged off yet another week of high controversy and a worrying knee injury to Semi Radradra to produce a 22-18 win for the ages over Sydney Roosters at Pirtek Stadium.Despite being reduced to 15 men in the first half on Friday night, the Eels rallied from 18-6 down with 20 minutes remaining to keep their slim NRL finals hopes alive and send the 8464-strong crowd into raptures.On a day when skipper Kieran Foran asked the club for a release from the final three years of his contract, the Eels produced one of the gutsiest efforts in recent memory.Things didnt look good at first for Parramatta when Radradra left the field with a suspected medial ligament injury in the seventh minute and hooker Isaac De Gois followed soon after due to concussion.They did well to have scores level at 6-6 at halftime but the Roosters looked as if they were going to run away with it when Daniel Tupou twice flew high to set up Boyd Cordner and Latrell Mitchell in the space of three minutes.But just when the Eels looked gone, Manu Mau crossed for two tries in seven minutes to level the scores and rally his team.Five-eighth Corey Norman proved the match-winner, grubbering for Clint Guthersons 75th-minute four-pointer to put his side in front before pulling off a try-saver on Joseph Manu in the dying seconds.Norman set up all his sides four tries.The Eels will havve a nervous wait after Danny Wicks, in his 100th game, was penalised for a shoulder charge in the first half and will face the scrutiny of the match review committee.ddddddddddddEels coach Brad Arthur said it was unclear how bad Radradras injury was and ranked the win as one of the most satisfying in his time at the club.I have to be honest, I didnt really know what was happening in the second half with who was playing where, Arthur said.Daniel Alvaro had to play 40 minutes in the second half as a front-rower and we had all our big fellas out there just filling in somewhere in the line.It was a pretty tough effort. Especially coming back from 18-6 down.It would have been very easy to say weve got enough excuses, weve got blokes all over the place, how are we going to score a try? But I think thats pretty much how weve played all year.Roosters coach Trent Robinson said his side were let down by their failure to hold onto ball and were guilty of inviting the Eels back into the game.It wasnt to be for us - I thought we were on top at 18-6 but we went away (from their game plan), and errors and penalties following that, Robinson said.And then some big misses on our kick and on the line against Manu Mau.Its pretty disappointing. ' ' '
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