| "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ (have no winner) | Newsday | 14 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | End in (require extra innings) | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___!" (50-50 score): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | "It's _ ___!" (Evened out goals exclamation) |  |  | 
          
            | "In the event of ___ ..." ("If neither team wins ...") |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ : (no victor) |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (headed for O.T.) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | End in __ | LA Times Daily | 11 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ | LA Times Daily | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Play to __ (have no winner) | Newsday | 18 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Play to ___ (no winner) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ | LA Times Daily | 18 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | End in __ | LA Times Daily | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | End in ___ | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | End in ___ (come out even) | Universal | 12 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | 'It's __': 'Nobody wins' | The Washington Post | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | "It's __": "Nobody wins" | LA Times Daily | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | In ___ (even) | Wall Street Journal | 09 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) | Wall Street Journal | 08 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | End in — (require overtime) | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | What some teams play to | Wall Street Journal | 09 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) | USA Today | 09 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (finish evenly) | Newsday | 15 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Play to __ (have no winner) | Newsday | 04 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | End in ___ (come out even) | USA Today | 23 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | End in ___ (be deadlocked) | New York Times | 23 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | End in ___ (be deadlocked) |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___" (equal scores): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | End in -- (finish evenly) | Premier Sunday | 05 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | What some games end in | Wall Street Journal | 05 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | "It's ___" (draw): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ | New York Times | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | End in __: come out even | LA Times Daily | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | End in __: come out even | The Washington Post | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | In  (even) | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | "It's __": "Nobody wins" | LA Times Daily | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | 'It's __': 'Nobody wins' | The Washington Post | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | End in  (require extra innings) | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) | New York Times | 20 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | "It's __": "Nobody wins" |  |  | 
          
            | End in __: come out even |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (require overtime) | Newsday | 30 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Play to ___ | The Washington Post | 09 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | End in __ (come out even) | Newsday | 01 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | End in ___ (have no winner) | USA Today | 16 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | End in __ (have no winner) |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in ___ (even) | The Washington Post | 04 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | End in  (have no winners) | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | '___ is like kissing your sister' (sports adage) | New York Times | 24 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | End in __ | LA Times Daily | 09 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) | USA Today | 24 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) | Universal | 07 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Play to ___ | New York Times | 08 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in ___ (even) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ is like kissing your sister" (sports adage) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (come out even) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | End in -- (finish evenly) |  |  | 
          
            | What some soccer matches end in |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ goes to the runner" (baseball rule) |  |  | 
          
            | What some teams play to |  |  | 
          
            | End in __: come out even |  |  | 
          
            | "__ is like kissing your sister": sports chestnut |  |  | 
          
            | Even, after "in" |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | "__ is like kissing your sister": sports chestnut |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __: draw |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __: draw |  |  | 
          
            | Break __: take the lead |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | Break __: take the lead |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (finish evenly) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require extra innings) |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (even) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (be deadlocked) |  |  | 
          
            | Ends in ___ (requires overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (have no winner) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ |  |  | 
          
            | "Two silkworms raced. They ended in ___." |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (have no winner) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (come out even) |  |  | 
          
            | Force __ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to __ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require playoffs) |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (even) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (require extra play) |  |  | 
          
            | End in -- (have no winner) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (deadlock) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | End in -- (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (be deadlocked) |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | "__ is like kissing your sister": football coach's lament |  |  | 
          
            | "__ is like kissing your sister": football coach's lament |  |  | 
          
            | Break ___ (go into sudden death) |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | Force ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in __: drew |  |  | 
          
            | Two silkworms raced and ended in ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in __: drew |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | If two silkworms raced they'd end in ___ |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (even) |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | Cause of overtime |  |  | 
          
            | End in __ (need overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | In __ (even) |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___: draw |  |  | 
          
            | "It's _____! We go into overtime!" |  |  | 
          
            | Play to: draw |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in ___: drew |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___!": "Nobody wins!" |  |  | 
          
            | Play to: draw |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___: draw |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in ___: drew |  |  | 
          
            | "It's ___!": "Nobody wins!" |  |  | 
          
            | What some sporting events end in |  |  | 
          
            | Ended in __ (required overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | Two silkworms raced and ended in  _____ |  |  | 
          
            | In ___: even |  |  | 
          
            | Force ___ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | End in _____ (require overtime) |  |  | 
          
            | Two silkworms raced. They ended in _____ |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___: have no winner |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (have no winners) |  |  | 
          
            | What some games end in |  |  | 
          
            | It's ____: overtime cause |  |  | 
          
            | Play to ___ (deadlock) |  |  | 
          
            | End in _____ |  |  | 
          
            | End in _____ (come out even) |  |  | 
          
            | End in _____ (draw) |  |  | 
          
            | " . . . ___ of sympathy with other men": Emerson |  |  | 
          
            | Finish in __ (come out even) |  |  | 
          
            | " . . . ___ of sympathy": Emerson |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (be even) |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (stalemate). |  |  | 
          
            | End in ___ (dead heat) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ is like kissing your sister" |  |  |