Answer:

atie

Answer	Crossword Clue
ATIE	Play to ... (draw)
ATIE	What some games end in
ATIE	Finish in .. (come out even)

ATIE	Force .. (draw)
ATIE	Play to ..
ATIE	"It's ...!": "Nobody wins!"
ATIE	Ended in ...: drew
ATIE	Play to ...: draw
ATIE	Play to: draw
ATIE	End in .. (draw)
ATIE	Ended in ..: drew

ATIE	".. is like kissing your sister": football coach's lament
ATIE	Play to ..: draw
ATIE	End in ..
ATIE	Break ..: take the lead
ATIE	".. is like kissing your sister": sports chestnut
ATIE	End in ..: come out even
ATIE	End in ... (have no winners)
ATIE	End in ... (require overtime)

ATIE	In ... (even)
ATIE	End in ... (draw)
ATIE	Force ... (draw)
ATIE	Ends in ... (requires overtime)
ATIE	"... goes to the runner" (baseball rule)
ATIE	Ended in ... (even)
ATIE	End in ... (require playoffs)
ATIE	What some soccer matches end in

ATIE	Play to ...: have no winner
ATIE	In ...: even
ATIE	End in .. (require overtime)
ATIE	Ended in .. (required overtime)
ATIE	End in .. (need overtime)
ATIE	In .. (even)
ATIE	Play to .. (draw)
ATIE	End in .. (come out even)

ATIE	End in ... (stalemate).
ATIE	End in ... (dead heat)
ATIE	End in ... (be even)
ATIE	" . . . ... of sympathy with other men": Emerson
ATIE	" . . . ... of sympathy": Emerson