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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Eight newspapers won ‘‘Grand Slam’’ honors in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors’ writing and sections contest that ended Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star, The New York Times and The Washington Post, competing in the over-175,000 circulation division, earned top-10 recognition for their daily, Sunday and special sections to augment a top-10 website award previously announced in Class A website division (over 2 million monthly unique visitors).

The Buffalo News and Omaha (Neb.) World Herald won top-10 section awards in the 75,001-175,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class B website division (500,000 to 1.9 million monthly unique visitors).

The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World and Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News won top-10 section awards in the under 30,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class C website division (under 500,000 monthly unique visitors).

The Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News won top-10 section awards in the under 15,000 circulation division as well as top-10 in the Class C website division.

The APSE awards, voted on by sports editors from across the nation during four days of judging, honor work published in 2012.

Eleven newspapers won Triple Crowns, signifying top 10 honors in three of the four section/website categories. Those include:

— Class A (over 175,000 circulation): The Boston Globe; Dallas Morning News; and Star Tribune of Minneapolis.

— Class B (75,001-175,000): The Indianapolis Star; The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; and the Tulsa (Okla.) World.

— Class C (30,000-75,000): The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.; The State in Columbia, S.C.; The National of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.