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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS, 2017It was a year for redemption and comebacks, as several major events featured rematches from 2016 that went a different way

in 2017, and veteran stars held the spotlight once again.

The College Football Playoff National Championship at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium Jan. 9 pitted Clemson against Alabama for a second straight year. But this year, it was Clemson’s turn to stage a big comeback, rallying from an early 14-0 deficit to win a back-and-forth thriller, 35-31. The Tigers’ quarterback, Deshaun Watson, threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner with one second left. The victory gave Clemson its first national title in 35 years, while the loss was the first for Alabama all season.

The New England Patriots mounted an even more remark-able comeback to defeat the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, in Super Bowl LI, held Feb. 5 at Houston’s NRG Stadium. Regular sea-son MVP quarterback Matt Ryan led the Falcons to a 28-3 lead early in the third quarter. But Atlanta never scored again, allow-ing the Patriots to claw back into the game. Julian Edelman’s 23-yard catch of a ball that was deflected twice highlighted the final, game-tying drive, sending the Super Bowl into overtime for the first time ever. After New England won the coin toss, quarterback Tom Brady marched his team 75 yards in eight plays for the game-winning touchdown. Brady, who was sus-pended for the first four games of the season, became the first player ever to win four Super Bowl MVP awards.

North Carolina rebounded from its devastating loss to Vil-lanova in the final game a year earlier to win the 2017 NCAA men’s basketball championship at Univ. of Phoenix Sta-dium in Glendale, AZ, Apr. 3. The Tar Heels trailed Gonzaga 65-63 with less than two minutes to play, but then reeled off eight unanswered points to claim a 71-65 victory. The Bull-dogs’ scoring drought was one of several during a sloppy, foul-plagued game. Gonzaga, a small private Catholic school in Spokane, WA, had become a basketball powerhouse over the past decade but had never reached the Final Four before. UNC junior guard Joel Berry II scored a game-high 22 points to win the Final Four’s most outstanding player award.

For the first time in five years, the NCAA women’s bas-ketball championship went to a team other than the Uni-versity of Connecticut. The Huskies put up another unbeaten regular season and then extended their winning streak to 111 games but fell to Mississippi State on an overtime buzzer beater, 66-64, in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four. The Bulldogs went on to lose the championship game, Apr.  2, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX, 67-55, against South Carolina, a team that had already beaten them twice in 2017. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley became only the second black woman to win an NCAA basketball title as a head coach. Junior forward A’ja Wilson picked up the most outstanding player award with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

Always Dreaming became the fifth consecutive favorite to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, May 6. He took the lead at the half-mile mark and cruised to a 2¾-length victory over Lookin At Lee and 18 other chal-lengers. Two weeks later, the Derby winner faded down the stretch and fell to eighth before a record crowd of 140,327 at the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Balti-more, MD. Cloud Computing, a 13-1 shot, won the second jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Neither winner competed in the Belmont Stakes June 10 at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY, setting up a duel between Irish War Cry and Tap-writ, who poured it on in the last 100 yards to win in 2:30.02.

The NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins became the first team to win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997-98. Pittsburgh defeated the Nash-ville Predators in the last of six games June 11. And just like in their four previous Cup victories, the Penguins’ clinching game came on the road. Forward Sidney Crosby scored eight goals and added 19 assists during the playoffs to win his sec-ond straight Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the most valu-able player in the playoffs.

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cava-liers squared off in the NBA Finals for the third consecu-tive year, with each team having won once in the two years prior. After blowing a 3-1 series lead over Cleveland in the

2016 finals, Golden State added forward Kevin Durant to a lineup that already included All-Stars Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. The Warriors cruised to a 67-15 regular-season record and didn’t lose a game in the playoffs until Game 4 of the Finals. They followed that loss with a win on June 12, closing out the Cavs for the title in five games. Golden State’s 15-0 playoff run was a first in NBA history, and their 16-1 record was also the best ever. Durant averaged 35.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game to win the Finals MVP award.

Spain’s Sergio García birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat Justin Rose of the UK at the Mas-ters Championship Apr. 9 in Augusta, GA. It was García’s first major championship in 74 attempts. American Brooks Koepka, another journeyman golfer, took home the U.S. Open June 18 at Erin Hills in Erin, WI. His 16-under-par tied the record for lowest score set in 2011 by Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy. Jordan Spieth, U.S., won the British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, July 23. Spieth took a risky one-stroke penalty for an unplayable lie on the 13th hole of the final round, then shot 5-under-par over the last five holes to add a Claret Jug to his 2015 Masters and U.S. Open championships. In so doing, he became only the second male golfer to win three majors before his 24th birth-day (Jack Nicklaus was the other). American Justin Thomas won his first major at the PGA Championship, Aug. 13 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC.

Four of tennis’s living legends—two men and the two Wil-liams sisters—claimed large shares of the spotlight in 2017. Switzerland’s 35-year-old Roger Federer defeated longtime rival Rafael Nadal in five sets at the Australian Open Jan. 29. It was Federer’s 18th Grand Slam singles title, but his first in nearly five years. Federer’s renaissance continued at Wim-bledon July 16, when he defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic in straight sets for the title, becoming the first man to win Wim-bledon eight times. Spain’s Nadal bested Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka in straight sets on the clay courts at Roland Garros June 11. It was Nadal’s 10th French Open championship, the most by any player at the same major tournament in the Open era. Nadal regained his No. 1 ranking in Aug., and he added his third U.S. Open championship to his resume Sept. 10 with a straight-set victory over South Africa’s Kevin Anderson.

U.S. superstars Serena Williams and sister Venus Wil-liams faced off in the final round of the Australian Open Jan. 28, with 35-year-old Serena capturing her 23rd Grand Slam singles crown. (She revealed in Apr. that she was expecting a baby in the fall, meaning she was pregnant dur-ing her Australian Open run.) Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded player since 1933 to win the French Open, June 10, and the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam singles event, defeating Romania’s Simona Halep in three sets. Venus Williams, at age 37, reached the finals again at Wimbledon, before falling to Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza, July 15. Venus lost in the U.S. Open semifinals to unseeded Sloane Stephens, who went on to become the lowest-ranked player ever to win the women’s title in the Open era, besting fellow American Madison Keys, Sept. 9.

The AL West-winning Houston Astros defeated AL East-champion Boston Red Sox and then a young NY Yankees team in the ALCS before winning the team’s first Major League Baseball World Series over Los Angeles in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium Nov. 1. The Cleveland Indians reeled off an AL-record 22 straight wins to finish with the best record in the American League, then lost their division series to the wild-card NY Yankees. The L.A. Dodgers had dominated for the first five months of the season, then lost 16 of 17 games from late Aug.-Sept. But they won the National League West and easily defeated the wild-card Arizona Diamondbacks in the division series and the NL Central-champion Chicago Cubs in the NLCS to reach their first World Series since 1988. The NL East-champion Washington Nationals lost their fourth straight division series in the last six years.

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General Olympic InformationThe modern Olympic Games, first held in Athens, Greece, in 1896, were the result of efforts by Baron Pierre de Coubertin,

a French educator, to promote interest in education and culture and to foster better international understanding through love of athletics. His inspiration was the ancient Greek Olympic Games, most notable of the four Panhellenic celebrations. The games were combined patriotic, religious, and athletic festivals held every four years. The first such recorded festival was held in 776 bce, when the Greeks began to keep their calendar by “Olympiads,” or four-year spans between the games.

Coubertin enlisted 14 nations to send athletes to the first modern Olympics. Now athletes from more than 200 nations and territories compete in the Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympic Games, started in 1924, draw competitors from about 80 countries and territories.

2018 Winter Olympic Games: PreviewPyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9-25, 2018

Athletes representing at least 79 nations were expected to meet in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to compete in a record 102 events in 15 sports during the XXIII Olympic Winter Games Feb. 9-25, 2018. South Korea was hosting the Games for the first time since 1988, when the Summer Olympics were held in Seoul. The following six new medal events were introduced in 2018: alpine skiing: team; curling: mixed doubles; snowboarding: men’s/women’s big air; and speed skat-ing: men’s/women’s mass start. Two events from the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia—men’s/women’s snowboarding paral-lel slalom—were eliminated.

NBC, which broadcasts the games in the U.S., announced in Mar. 2017 that its primetime Olympic coverage would air and stream simultaneously across the U.S. The opening ceremony was scheduled to be aired Feb. 9, 2018, but competition in several events would begin the previous day.

Symbol: Five rings or circles, linked to represent the sporting friendship of all peoples. They also symbolize five geographic areas—Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Each ring is a different color—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—which, with the color white, represent the colors of the world’s flags.

Flag: The five-ring symbol on a plain white background.

Creed: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

Motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius. (“Faster, higher, stronger” in Latin)

Oath: “In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sports-manship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams.”

Flame: The modern version of the flame was adopted in 1936. The torch used to kindle it is first lit by the sun’s rays in Olym-pia, Greece, then carried to the site of the Games by relays of runners. Ships and planes are used when necessary.

1924 Chamonix, France1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland1932 Lake Placid, NY, U.S.1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

Germany1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland1952 Oslo, Norway

1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

1960 Squaw Valley, CA, U.S.1964 Innsbruck, Austria1968 Grenoble, France1972 Sapporo, Japan1976 Innsbruck, Austria

1980 Lake Placid, NY, U.S.1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia1988 Calgary, AB, Canada1992 Albertville, France1994 Lillehammer, Norway1998 Nagano, Japan2002 Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.

2006 Turin, Italy2010 Vancouver, BC,

Canada2014 Sochi, Russia2018 Pyeongchang,

South Korea2022 Beijing, China

Winter Olympic Games Sites, 1924-2022

Summer Olympic Games Sites, 1896-20281896 Athens, Greece1900 Paris, France1904 St. Louis, MO, U.S.1906 Athens, Greece*1908 London, England, UK1912 Stockholm, Sweden1920 Antwerp, Belgium1924 Paris, France

1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands1932 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.1936 Berlin, Germany1948 London, England, UK1952 Helsinki, Finland1956 Melbourne, Australia1960 Rome, Italy1964 Tokyo, Japan

1968 Mexico City, Mexico1972 Munich, W. Germany1976 Montreal, QC, Canada1980 Moscow, USSR1984 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.1988 Seoul, South Korea1992 Barcelona, Spain1996 Atlanta, GA, U.S.

2000 Sydney, Australia2004 Athens, Greece2008 Beijing, China2012 London, England, UK2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2020 Tokyo, Japan2024 Paris, France2028 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.

*Games not recognized by International Olympic Committee. Note: Games VI (1916), XII (1940), and XIII (1944) were not celebrated.

2014 Winter Olympic GamesSochi, Russia, Feb. 7-23, 2014

More than 2,800 athletes from 88 nations met in Sochi, Russia, to compete in a record 98 events in the XXII Olympic Winter Games Feb. 7-23, 2014. Host nation Russia won 33 medals, including 13 gold, to top the final medal count, followed by the United States, Norway, and Canada.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first Americans ever to win gold in ice dancing, but the figure skating events were mostly dominated by Russia, which claimed gold in the women’s, pairs, and team events. Russia’s former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko bowed out of the men’s competition just before the short program, citing a back injury, and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won men’s gold.

Eighteen-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest Olympian ever to win a gold medal in slalom. Canada won both ice hockey events, with the Canadian women defeating the U.S. in dramatic overtime fashion for the gold.

Twelve new medal events debuted at the Sochi Games, including a figure skating mixed team event, women’s ski jumping, ski slopestyle and halfpipe, and snowboard slopestyle and parallel slalom.

2014 Winter Olympic Games: Final Medal StandingsCountry G S B TRussia. . . . . . . . 13 11 9 33United States . . 9 7 12 28Norway . . . . . . . 11 5 10 26Canada . . . . . . . 10 10 5 25Netherlands . . . 8 7 9 24Germany. . . . . . 8 6 5 19Austria . . . . . . . 4 8 5 17France. . . . . . . . 4 4 7 15Sweden. . . . . . . 2 7 6 15

Country G S B TSwitzerland . . . . 6 3 2 11China . . . . . . . . 3 4 2 9South Korea . . . 3 3 2 8Czech Republic 2 4 2 8Slovenia . . . . . . 2 2 4 8Japan . . . . . . . . 1 4 3 8Italy . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 8Belarus . . . . . . . 5 0 1 6Poland. . . . . . . . 4 1 1 6

Country G S B TFinland . . . . . . . 1 3 1 5Great Britain . . . 1 1 2 4Latvia . . . . . . . . 0 2 2 4Australia . . . . . . 0 2 1 3Ukraine . . . . . . . 1 0 1 2Slovakia . . . . . . 1 0 0 1Croatia . . . . . . . 0 1 0 1Kazakhstan. . . . 0 0 1 1Total . . . . . . . . . 99 97 99 295

OLYMPIC GAMES

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886 SPORTS — COllege baSKeTball

All-Time Winningest Men’s NCAA Division I Basketball TeamsTeam Yrs Won Lost Pct.Kentucky . . . . 114 2,237 688 0.765N. Carolina . . . 107 2,206 781 0.739Kansas . . . . . . 119 2,217 841 0.725Duke . . . . . . . 112 2,115 873 0.708UNLV . . . . . . . 59 1,225 530 0.698UCLA . . . . . . . 98 1,849 824 0.692Syracuse . . . . 116 1,861 880 0.679Louisville . . . . 103 1,803 901 0.667W. Kentucky . . 98 1,748 901 0.660Arizona . . . . . 112 1,769 923 0.657

Team Yrs Won Lost Pct.VCU . . . . . . . . 47 921 494 0.651Villanova . . . . . 97 1,713 920 0.651Notre Dame . . 112 1,845 994 0.650Utah . . . . . . . . 109 1,779 978 0.645St. John’s (NY) 110 1,817 999 0.645Illinois . . . . . . . 112 1,764 973 0.645Murray State . . 92 1,586 883 0.642Connecticut. . . 114 1,682 939 0.642Temple . . . . . . 121 1,886 1,053 0.642Arkansas. . . . . 94 1,647 927 0.640

Team Yrs Won Lost Pct.Indiana . . . . . . 117 1,801 1,019 0.639Cincinnati . . . . 116 1,757 1,003 0.637Weber State . . 55 1,024 586 0.636NYU . . . . . . . . 99 1,322 769 0.632Purdue . . . . . . 119 1,747 1,019 0.632Memphis . . . . . 96 1,521 890 0.631Missouri State 105 1,636 960 0.630Brigham Young 115 1,786 1,071 0.625Texas . . . . . . . 111 1,750 1,054 0.624UAB . . . . . . . . 39 776 470 0.623

Note: Through 2016-17 season; winningest teams by percentage. Minimum 25 years as Div. I program.

National Invitation Tournament Champions, 1938-2017The National Invitation Tournament (NIT), first played in 1938, is the oldest U.S. basketball tournament. The first National Col-

legiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship tournament was played one year later. In Aug. 2005, the NCAA agreed to purchase the NIT from the five New York City-area colleges that had run the NIT.

Year Champion1938 Temple1939 Long Island Univ.1940 Colorado1941 Long Island Univ.1942 West Virginia1943 St. John’s (NY)1944 St. John’s (NY)1945 DePaul1946 Kentucky1947 Utah1948 St. Louis1949 San Francisco1950 CCNY1951 Brigham Young1952 La Salle1953 Seton Hall1954 Holy Cross

Year Champion1955 Duquesne1956 Louisville1957 Bradley1958 Xavier (OH)1959 St. John’s (NY)1960 Bradley1961 Providence1962 Dayton1963 Providence1964 Bradley1965 St. John’s (NY)1966 Brigham Young1967 Southern Illinois1968 Dayton1969 Temple1970 Marquette

Year Champion1971 North Carolina1972 Maryland1973 Virginia Tech1974 Purdue1975 Princeton1976 Kentucky1977 St. Bonaventure1978 Texas1979 Indiana1980 Virginia1981 Tulsa1982 Bradley1983 Fresno State1984 Michigan1985 UCLA1986 Ohio State

Year Champion1987 Southern Miss1988 Connecticut1989 St. John’s (NY)1990 Vanderbilt1991 Stanford1992 Virginia1993 Minnesota1994 Villanova1995 Virginia Tech1996 Nebraska1997 Michigan1998 Minnesota1999 California2000 Wake Forest2001 Tulsa2002 Memphis

Year Champion2003 St. John’s (NY)2004 Michigan2005 South Carolina2006 South Carolina2007 West Virginia2008 Ohio State2009 Penn State2010 Dayton2011 Wichita State2012 Stanford2013 Baylor2014 Minnesota2015 Stanford2016 George

Washington2017 TCU

Most Coaching Victories in Men’s NCAA Division I Basketball TournamentCoach, school(s), first/latest appearance Wins Tournaments ChampionshipsMike Krzyzewski, Duke, 1984/2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 33 5Roy Williams; Kansas, North Carolina; 1990/2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 27 3Dean Smith, North Carolina, 1967/1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 27 2Jim Boeheim, Syracuse, 1977/2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 32 1Rick Pitino; Boston Univ., Providence, Kentucky, Louisville; 1983/2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 21 2John Calipari; Massachusetts, Memphis, Kentucky; 1992/2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 18 1Jim Calhoun; Northeastern, Connecticut; 1981/2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 22 3Tom Izzo, Michigan St., 1998/2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 20 1John Wooden, UCLA, 1950/1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 16 10Lute Olson; Iowa, Arizona; 1979/2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 27 1Bob Knight; Indiana, Texas Tech; 1973/2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 28 3Denny Crum, Louisville, 1972/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 23 2Note: Through 2017 tournament. Coaches active in 2016-17 season in bold. Some records adjusted for vacated victories.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Division I All-Time LeadersSeason points

Player, school (season) G FG 3-FG FT PTSPete Maravich, LSU (1970) . . . . . . 31 522 NA 337 1,381 Elvin Hayes, Houston (1968) . . . . . 33 519 NA 176 1,214 Frank Selvy, Furman (1954). . . . . . 29 427 NA 355 1,209 Pete Maravich, LSU (1969) . . . . . . 26 433 NA 282 1,148 Pete Maravich, LSU (1968) . . . . . . 26 432 NA 274 1,138 Bo Kimble, Loyola Marymount (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . 32 404 92 231 1,131 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley (1988) . . 31 377 87 284 1,125 Austin Carr, Notre Dame (1970) . . 29 444 NA 218 1,106 Austin Carr, Notre Dame (1971) . . 29 430 NA 241 1,101 Otis Birdsong, Houston (1977) . . . 36 452 NA 186 1,090

Career pointsPlayer, school (seasons) G FG 3-FG FT PTSPete Maravich, LSU (1968-70) . . . 83 1,387 NA 893 3,667 Freeman Williams, Portland St. (1975-78) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 1,369 NA 511 3,249 Lionel Simmons, La Salle (1987-90) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 1,244 56 673 3,217 Alphonso Ford, Mississippi Valley St. (1990-93) . . . . . . . . . . 109 1,121 333 590 3,165 Doug McDermott, Creighton (2011-14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 1,141 274 594 3,150 Harry Kelly, Texas Southern (1980-83) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1,234 NA 598 3,066 Keydren Clark, St. Peter’s (2003-06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 967 435 689 3,058 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley (1985-88) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 1,100 118 690 3,008 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1958-60) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,052 NA 869 2,973 Danny Manning, Kansas (1985-88) 147 1,216 10 509 2,951

Season points per gamePlayer, school (season) G FG FT PTS PPGPete Maravich, LSU (1970) . . . . 31 522 337 1,381 44.5Pete Maravich, LSU (1969) . . . . 26 433 282 1,148 44.2Pete Maravich, LSU (1968) . . . . 26 432 274 1,138 43.8Frank Selvy, Furman (1954). . . . 29 427 355 1,209 41.7Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss (1971) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 366 191 923 40.1Freeman Williams, Portland St. (1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 417 176 1,010 38.8Billy McGill, Utah (1962) . . . . . . 26 394 221 1,009 38.8Calvin Murphy, Niagara (1968) 24 337 242 916 38.2Austin Carr, Notre Dame (1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 444 218 1,106 38.1Austin Carr, Notre Dame (1971) 29 430 241 1,101 38.0

Career points per gamePlayer, school (seasons) G FG FT PTS PPGPete Maravich, LSU (1968-70) 83 1,387 893 3,667 44.2Austin Carr, Notre Dame (1969-71) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 1,017 526 2,560 34.6Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1958-60) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,052 869 2,973 33.8Calvin Murphy, Niagara (1968-70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 947 654 2,548 33.1Bo Lamar, La.-Lafayette (1972-73) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 768 326 1,862 32.7Frank Selvy, Furman (1952-54) 78 922 694 2,538 32.5Rick Mount, Purdue (1968-70) . . 72 910 503 2,323 32.3Darrell Floyd, Furman (1954-56) 71 868 545 2,281 32.1Nick Werkman, Seton Hall (1962-64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 812 649 2,273 32.0Willie Humes, Idaho St. (1970-71) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 565 380 1,510 31.5

894 SPORTS — FOOTBALL

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Super Bowl, 1967-2017The Super Bowl was created as a condition of the merger between the American Football League (AFL, formed in 1959) and

National Football League (NFL, formed in 1920). Announced June 8, 1966, the merger agreement stipulated that the leagues would play separate regular season schedules through the 1969 season but meet after each in an AFL-NFL Championship Game, unofficially dubbed the Super Bowl. The first Super Bowl, played at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 1967, did not sell out, unlike every Super Bowl game since. Each player on the victorious Green Bay Packers earned $15,000 for the win; the defeated Kansas City Chiefs each collected $7,500.

No. Year Winner Opponent Winning coach SiteI 1967 *Green Bay Packers, 35 Kansas City Chiefs, 10 Vince Lombardi Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CAII 1968 Green Bay Packers, 33 *Oakland Raiders, 14 Vince Lombardi Orange Bowl, Miami, FLIII 1969 *NY Jets, 16 Baltimore Colts, 7 Weeb Ewbank Orange Bowl, Miami, FLIV 1970 Kansas City Chiefs, 23 *Minnesota Vikings, 7 Hank Stram Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LAV 1971 Baltimore Colts, 16 *Dallas Cowboys, 13 Don McCafferty Orange Bowl, Miami, FLVI 1972 Dallas Cowboys, 24 *Miami Dolphins, 3 Tom Landry Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LAVII 1973 *Miami Dolphins, 14 Washington Redskins, 7 Don Shula Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CAVIII 1974 *Miami Dolphins, 24 Minnesota Vikings, 7 Don Shula Rice Stadium, Houston, TXIX 1975 *Pittsburgh Steelers, 16 Minnesota Vikings, 6 Chuck Noll Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LAX 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers, 21 *Dallas Cowboys, 17 Chuck Noll Orange Bowl, Miami, FLXI 1977 *Oakland Raiders, 32 Minnesota Vikings, 14 John Madden Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAXII 1978 *Dallas Cowboys, 27 Denver Broncos, 10 Tom Landry Superdome, New Orleans, LAXIII 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers, 35 *Dallas Cowboys, 31 Chuck Noll Orange Bowl, Miami, FLXIV 1980 Pittsburgh Steelers, 31 *L�A� Rams, 19 Chuck Noll Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAXV 1981 Oakland Raiders, 27 *Philadelphia Eagles, 10 Tom Flores Superdome, New Orleans, LAXVI 1982 *San Francisco 49ers, 26 Cincinnati Bengals, 21 Bill Walsh Silverdome, Pontiac, MIXVII 1983 Washington Redskins, 27 *Miami Dolphins, 17 Joe Gibbs Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAXVIII 1984 *L�A� Raiders, 38 Washington Redskins, 9 Tom Flores Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FLXIX 1985 *San Francisco 49ers, 38 Miami Dolphins, 16 Bill Walsh Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CAXX 1986 *Chicago Bears, 46 New England Patriots, 10 Mike Ditka Superdome, New Orleans, LAXXI 1987 NY Giants, 39 *Denver Broncos, 20 Bill Parcells Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAXXII 1988 *Washington Redskins, 42 Denver Broncos, 10 Joe Gibbs Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CAXXIII 1989 *San Francisco 49ers, 20 Cincinnati Bengals, 16 Bill Walsh Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FLXXIV 1990 San Francisco 49ers, 55 *Denver Broncos, 10 George Seifert Superdome, New Orleans, LAXXV 1991 NY Giants, 20 *Buffalo Bills, 19 Bill Parcells Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FLXXVI 1992 *Washington Redskins, 37 Buffalo Bills, 24 Joe Gibbs Metrodome, Minneapolis, MNXXVII 1993 Dallas Cowboys, 52 *Buffalo Bills, 17 Jimmy Johnson Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAXXVIII 1994 *Dallas Cowboys, 30 Buffalo Bills, 13 Jimmy Johnson Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GAXXIX 1995 *San Francisco 49ers, 49 San Diego Chargers, 26 George Seifert Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FLXXX 1996 *Dallas Cowboys, 27 Pittsburgh Steelers, 17 Barry Switzer Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZXXXI 1997 Green Bay Packers, 35 *New England Patriots, 21 Mike Holmgren Superdome, New Orleans, LAXXXII 1998 Denver Broncos, 31 *Green Bay Packers, 24 Mike Shanahan Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CAXXXIII 1999 Denver Broncos, 34 *Atlanta Falcons, 19 Mike Shanahan Pro Player Stadium, Miami, FLXXXIV 2000 *St� Louis Rams, 23 Tennessee Titans, 16 Dick Vermeil Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GAXXXV 2001 Baltimore Ravens, 34 *NY Giants, 7 Brian Billick Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FLXXXVI 2002 New England Patriots, 20 *St� Louis Rams, 17 Bill Belichick Superdome, New Orleans, LAXXXVII 2003 *Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 48 Oakland Raiders, 21 Jon Gruden Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CAXXXVIII 2004 New England Patriots, 32 *Carolina Panthers, 29 Bill Belichick Reliant Stadium, Houston, TXXXXIX 2005 New England Patriots, 24 *Philadelphia Eagles, 21 Bill Belichick Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FLXL 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers, 21 *Seattle Seahawks, 10 Bill Cowher Ford Field, Detroit, MIXLI 2007 Indianapolis Colts, 29 *Chicago Bears, 17 Tony Dungy Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, FLXLII 2008 *NY Giants, 17 New England Patriots, 14 Tom Coughlin Univ� of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZXLIII 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers, 27 **Arizona Cardinals, 23 Mike Tomlin Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FLXLIV 2010 *New Orleans Saints, 31 Indianapolis Colts, 17 Sean Payton Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FLXLV 2011 **Green Bay Packers, 31 Pittsburgh Steelers, 25 Mike McCarthy Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TXXLVI 2012 NY Giants, 21 **New England Patriots, 17 Tom Coughlin Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, INXLVII 2013 **Baltimore Ravens, 34 San Francisco 49ers, 31 John Harbaugh Mercedes-Benz Superdome,

New Orleans, LAXLVIII 2014 **Seattle Seahawks, 43 Denver Broncos, 8 Pete Carroll MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJXLIX 2015 New England Patriots, 28 **Seattle Seahawks, 24 Bill Belichick Univ� of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ50 (L) 2016 Denver Broncos, 24 **Carolina Panthers, 10 Gary Kubiak Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CALI 2017 New England Patriots,

34 (OT)**Atlanta Falcons, 28 Bill Belichick NRG Stadium, Houston, TX

* = Team won the coin toss and elected to receive� ** = Team won the coin toss and elected to receive in the second half�

Super Bowl Sites, 2018-22No. Site DateLII U�S� Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN� � � � Feb� 4, 2018LIII Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA� � � � Feb� 3, 2019LIV Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Feb� 2, 2020

No. Site DateLV Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL � � � Feb� 7, 2021LVI Inglewood, CA � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Feb� 6, 2022

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World Series, 2017: Houston Astros Defeat L.A. Dodgers in Seven GamesThe Houston Astros won their first-ever World Series championship Nov. 1, 2017, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven

games. The teams set a World Series record with a combined 25 home runs, and World Series MVP George Springer tied an indi-vidual Series record with five homers. His home run in the second inning of Game 7 gave Houston a five-run lead in the Astros’ 5-1 Series-clinching victory at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Springer, who batted .379 with 8 extra-base hits, belted a 2-run 11th-inning homer in Houston’s 7-6 win in Game 2, Oct. 25 in L.A., a game that featured a World Series-record eight home runs.

Houston grabbed a 3-2 Series lead with a memorable 10-inning, 13-12 victory, Oct. 29 in Game 5 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The back-and-forth slugfest featured a combined seven home runs, but Alex Bregman’s RBI single scored the winning run in the 10th inning. A three-run homer by Houston’s Yuli Gurriel tied the game in the 4th inning. After L.A. took the lead again on a Cody Bellinger three-run homer in the fifth, José Altuve’s three-run shot in the bottom of the inning tied the game again. Houston carried a 12-9 lead into the ninth, but L.A. forced extra innings on a two-run homer by Yasiel Puig and a game-tying RBI single by Chris Taylor. Dodger closer Kenley Jansen pitched two scoreless innings as the Dodgers forced a seventh game with a 3-1 Game 6 win, Oct. 31, at Dodger Stadium. Astros starter Justin Verlander struck out nine but allowed an RBI double to Taylor that tied the game at 1-1, and a Corey Seager sacrifice fly put L.A. ahead. Joc Pederson added a solo shot in the seventh.

Dodger left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who made three appearances in the Series, struck out 11 in seven innings for his first World Series win, a 3-1 Los Angeles victory in the opener Oct. 24 at Dodger Stadium. The Astros went ahead in the Series with a 5-3 victory in Game 3 at Minute Maid Park, Oct. 27. The Dodgers tied the Series in Game 4, Oct. 28, when Pederson’s three-run homer capped a five-run ninth inning in L.A.’s 6-2 triumph.

Game 1Oct. 24 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles. Attendance: 54,253. Game time: 2:28.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EHouston Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 6 0Winning Pitcher: Clayton KershawLosing Pitcher: Dallas KeuchelSave: Kenley Jansen

Game 2Oct. 25 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles. Attendance: 54,293. Game time: 4:19.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H EHouston Astros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 7 14 1Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 0Winning Pitcher: Chris DevenskiLosing Pitcher: Brandon McCarthy

Game 3Oct. 27 at Minute Maid Park, Houston. Attendance: 43,282. Game time: 3:46.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ELos Angeles Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 2Houston Astros 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 12 0Winning pitcher: Lance McCullers Jr.Losing pitcher: Yu DarvishSave: Brad Peacock

Game 4Oct. 28 at Minute Maid Park, Houston. Attendance: 43,322. Game time: 3:06.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H ELos Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 7 0Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0Winning Pitcher: Tony WatsonLosing Pitcher: Ken Giles

Game 5Oct. 29 at Minute Maid Park, Houston. Attendance: 43,300. Game time: 5:17.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H ELos Angeles Dodgers 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 12 14 1Houston Astros 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 1 13 14 1Winning Pitcher: Joe MusgroveLosing Pitcher: Kenley Jansen

Game 6Oct. 31 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles. Attendance: 54,128. Game time: 3:22

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EHouston Astros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3 5 0Winning Pitcher: Tony WatsonLosing Pitcher: Justin VerlanderSave: Kenley Jansen

Game 7Nov. 1 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles. Attendance: 54,124. Game time: 3:37.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EHouston Astros 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1Winning Pitcher: Charlie MortonLosing Pitcher: Yu Darvish

American LeagueAmerican League Wild Card Game: NY Yankees 8, Minnesota 4.American League Division Series (ALDS): Houston defeated Boston, 3 games to 1; NY Yankees defeated Cleveland, 3 games to 2.American League Championship Series (ALCS): Houston defeated NY Yankees, 4 games to 3.

National LeagueNational League Wild Card Game: Arizona 11, Colorado 8.National League Division Series (NLDS): Chicago Cubs defeated Washington, 3 games to 2; L.A. Dodgers defeated Ari-zona, 3 games to 0.National League Championship Series (NLCS): L.A. Dodgers defeated Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1.

Playoff Results, 2017

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MLB Stadiums, 2017

Team Stadium (year opened) SurfaceDistances (ft) Seating

capacity1LF Center RFArizona Diamondbacks. . . . . . . . Chase Field (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 330 407 335 48,686Atlanta Braves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SunTrust Park (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 335 400 325 41,149Chicago Cubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wrigley Field (1914) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 355 400 353 41,649Cincinnati Reds . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great American Ball Park (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 328 404 325 42,319Colorado Rockies . . . . . . . . . . . . Coors Field (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 347 415 350 50,398Los Angeles Dodgers . . . . . . . . . Dodger Stadium (1962) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 330 395 330 56,000Miami Marlins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlins Park (2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 344 407 335 37,442Milwaukee Brewers. . . . . . . . . . . Miller Park (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 344 400 345 41,900New York Mets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citi Field (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 335 408 330 41,922Philadelphia Phillies . . . . . . . . . . Citizens Bank Park (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 329 401 330 43,651Pittsburgh Pirates . . . . . . . . . . . . PNC Park (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 325 399 320 38,362St. Louis Cardinals . . . . . . . . . . . Busch Stadium (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 336 400 335 45,529San Diego Padres. . . . . . . . . . . . Petco Park (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 336 396 322 40,209San Francisco Giants . . . . . . . . . AT&T Park (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 339 399 309 41,915Washington Nationals. . . . . . . . . Nationals Park (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 336 402 335 41,339Baltimore Orioles . . . . . . . . . . . . Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992) . . . . . . . . . .Grass 333 400 318 45,971Boston Red Sox . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenway Park (1912) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 310 390 302 37,2812

Chicago White Sox . . . . . . . . . . . Guaranteed Rate Field (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 330 400 335 40,615Cleveland Indians . . . . . . . . . . . . Progressive Field (1994). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 325 405 325 35,051Detroit Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comerica Park (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 345 420 330 41,299Houston Astros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minute Maid Park (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 315 409 326 41,168Kansas City Royals. . . . . . . . . . . Kauffman Stadium (1973). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 330 410 330 37,903Los Angeles Angels . . . . . . . . . . Angel Stadium of Anaheim (1966) . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 347 396 348 45,477Minnesota Twins . . . . . . . . . . . . . Target Field (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 339 404 328 38,885New York Yankees. . . . . . . . . . . . Yankee Stadium (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 318 408 314 47,422Oakland Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . Oakland Coliseum (1968). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 330 400 330 47,170Seattle Mariners . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safeco Field (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 331 401 326 47,943Tampa Bay Rays. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tropicana Field (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astroturf 315 404 322 31,042Texas Rangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Globe Life Park in Arlington (1994). . . . . . . . . . . .Grass 332 400 325 48,114Toronto Blue Jays . . . . . . . . . . . . Rogers Centre (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astroturf 328 400 328 49,286(1) As of 2017 season. (2) For day games; night game capacity is 37,731.

Major League Franchise Shifts and Additions

Little League World Series, 1950-2017The Little League World Series is played annually in Williamsport, PA.

1953: Boston Braves (NL) became Milwaukee Braves.1954: St. Louis Browns (AL) became Baltimore Orioles.1955: Philadelphia Athletics (AL) became Kansas City

Athletics.1958: New York Giants (NL) became San Francisco Giants.1958: Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) became L.A. Dodgers.1961: Washington Senators (AL) became Minnesota Twins.1961: L.A. Angels enfranchised by the AL.1961: Washington Senators enfranchised by the AL, replac-

ing the former Washington club, whose franchise moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul.

1962: Houston Colt .45’s enfranchised by the NL.1962: New York Mets enfranchised by the NL.1966: Milwaukee Braves (NL) became Atlanta Braves.1968: Kansas City Athletics (AL) became Oakland Athletics.

1969: Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots enfranchised by the AL; Montréal Expos and San Diego Padres enfranchised by the NL.

1970: Seattle Pilots (AL) became Milwaukee Brewers.1972: Washington Senators (AL) became Texas Rangers (Dallas-Fort Worth area).

1977: Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners enfranchised by the AL.

1993: Colorado Rockies (Denver) and Florida Marlins (Miami) enfranchised by the NL.

1998: Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in the AL; Arizona Dia-mondbacks (Phoenix) began play in the NL (both teams enfran-chised in 1995). Milwaukee Brewers moved from the AL to the NL.

2005: Montréal Expos (NL) became Washington Nationals.2013: Houston Astros moved from the NL to the AL.

Year Winning team; opponent Score1950 Houston, TX; Bridgeport, CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11951 Stamford, CT; Austin, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-01952 Norwalk, CT; Monongahela, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31953 Birmingham, AL; Schenectady, NY . . . . . . . . . . . 1-01954 Schenectady, NY; Colton, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51955 Morrisville, PA; Merchantville, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31956 Roswell, NM; Delaware Township, NJ. . . . . . . . . 3-11957 Mexico; La Mesa, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-01958 Mexico; Kankakee, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11959 Hamtramck, MI; Auburn, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-01960 Levittown, PA; Ft. Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-01961 El Cajon, CA; El Campo, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21962 San Jose, CA; Kankakee, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-01963 Granada Hills, CA; Stratford, CT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11964 Staten Island, NY; Monterrey, Mexico . . . . . . . . . 4-01965 Windsor Locks, CT; Stoney Creek, ON, Canada 3-11966 Houston, TX; W. New York, NJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21967 Tokyo, Japan; Chicago, IL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11968 Osaka, Japan; Richmond, VA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-01969 Taipei, Taiwan; Santa Clara, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-01970 Wayne, NJ; Campbell, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-01971 Tainan, Taiwan; Gary, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-31972 Taipei, Taiwan; Hammond, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-01973 Tainan City, Taiwan; Tucson, AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-01974 Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Red Bluff, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11975 Lakewood, NJ; Tampa, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31976 Tokyo, Japan; Campbell, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31977 Kaohsiung, Taiwan; El Cajon, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21978 Taipei, Taiwan; Danville, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11979 Taipei, Taiwan; Campbell, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11980 Taipei, Taiwan; Tampa, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31981 Taichung, Taiwan; Tampa, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21982 Kirkland, WA; Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-01983 Marietta, GA; Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Year Winning team; opponent Score1984 South Korea; Altamonte Springs, FL. . . . . . . . . . 6-21985 Seoul, South Korea; Mexicali, Mexico. . . . . . . . . 7-11986 Tainan Park, Taiwan; Tucson, AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-01987 Hualien, Taiwan; Irvine, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-11988 Taichung, Taiwan; Pearl City, HI . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-01989 Trumbull, CT; Kaohsiung, Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21990 Tainan County, Taiwan; Shippensburg, PA . . . . . 9-01991 Taichung, Taiwan; Danville, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-01992 Long Beach, CA; Mindanao, Philippines. . . . . . . 6-01

1993 Long Beach, CA; David, Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21994 Maracaibo, Venezuela; Northridge, CA . . . . . . . 4-31995 Tainan, Taiwan; Spring, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-31996 Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Cranston, RI. . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31997 Guadalupe, Mexico; Mission Viejo, CA . . . . . . . 5-41998 Toms River, NJ; Kashima, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . 12-91999 Osaka, Japan; Phenix City, AL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-02000 Maracaibo, Venezuela; Bellaire, TX . . . . . . . . . . 3-22001 Tokyo, Japan; Apopka, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12002 Louisville, KY; Sendai, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-02003 Tokyo, Japan; Boynton Beach, FL . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12004 Willemstad, Curaçao; Thousand Oaks, CA . . . . 5-22005 Ewa Beach, HI; Willemstad, Curaçao. . . . . . . . . 7-62006 Columbus, GA; Kawaguchi City, Japan. . . . . . . . 2-12007 Warner Robins, GA; Tokyo, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . 3-22008 Waipahu, HI; Matamoros, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32009 Chula Vista, CA; Taoyuan, Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . 6-32010 Tokyo, Japan; Waipahu, HI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12011 Huntington Beach, CA; Hamamatsu, Japan. . . . 2-12012 Tokyo, Japan; Goodlettsville, TN . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22013 Tokyo, Japan; Chula Vista, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42014 Seoul, South Korea; Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42015 Tokyo, Japan; Lewisberry, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-112016 Endwell, NY; Seoul, South Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12017 Tokyo, Japan; Lufkin, TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

(1) Philippines won 15-4 but was disqualified for using ineligible players. Long Beach was awarded title by forfeit 6-0 (1 run per inning).

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Minnesota Lynx Win Fourth WNBA Title Since 2011The Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks in a WNBA Finals rematch for their fourth league title in franchise history.

Maya Moore scored 18 points and Sylvia Fowles had 17 points and a WNBA Finals-record 20 rebounds in Minnesota’s 85-76 vic-tory over the defending champions in Game 5, Oct. 4, 2017, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, MN. Fowles, the regular-season most valuable player, averaged 17.8 points and 15 rebounds in the series to win WNBA Finals MVP.

Minnesota swept the Washington Mystics in a semifinal playoff series to reach its sixth WNBA Finals in seven years. The Sparks also took their semifinal series in three straight against Phoenix, which featured 2017 scoring leader Brittney Griner (21.9 ppg) and veteran Diana Taurasi, who ended the regular season as the WNBA’s career points leader (7,867).

WNBA Final Standings, 2017(playoff seeds in parentheses; top eight teams by PCT advance, regardless of conference; top two seeds receive a bye to the semifinals)

Eastern Conference Western Conference W L PCT GB W L PCT GB

New York Liberty (3) � � � � � � � � � � � � 22 12 �647 — Minnesota Lynx (1) � � � � � � � � � � � � � 27 7 �794 —Connecticut Sun (4) � � � � � � � � � � � � 21 13 �618 1 Los Angeles Sparks (2) � � � � � � � � � 26 8 �765 1Washington Mystics (6) � � � � � � � � � 18 16 �529 4 Phoenix Mercury (5) � � � � � � � � � � � � 18 16 �529 9Chicago Sky � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 22 �353 10 Dallas Wings (7) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 16 18 �471 11Atlanta Dream� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 22 �353 10 Seattle Storm (8) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 15 19 �441 12Indiana Fever � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 9 25 �265 13 San Antonio Stars � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8 26 �235 19Note: Phoenix earned the No� 5 seed over Washington due to a better head-to-head record�

WNBA Playoff Results, 2017First Round (single elimination) Second Round (single elimination) Semifinals (best-of-five)(5) Phoenix 79, (8) Seattle 69 (5) Phoenix 88, (4) Connecticut 83 (1) Minnesota defeated (6) Washington, 3 games to 0(6) Washington 86, (7) Dallas 76 (6) Washington 82, (3) New York 68 (2) Los Angeles defeated (5) Phoenix, 3 games to 0

WNBA ChampionshipMinnesota defeated Los Angeles, 3 games to 2 (84-85, 70-68, 64-75, 80-69, 85-76), in the best-of-five series�

All-WNBA Teams, 2017First team Position Second team PositionTina Charles, New York Forward Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles ForwardCandace Parker, Los Angeles Forward Jonquel Jones, Connecticut ForwardSylvia Fowles, Minnesota Center Brittney Griner, Phoenix CenterSkylar Diggins-Smith, Dallas Guard Chelsea Gray, Los Angeles GuardMaya Moore, Minnesota Guard Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Guard

WNBA Statistical Leaders, 2017Minutes played: 1,162, Skylar Diggins-Smith, DallasTotal points: 671, Tina Charles, New YorkPoints per game: 21�9, Brittney Griner, PhoenixField goal pct.: �655, Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota 3-point field goal pct.: �482, Chelsea Gray, Los Angeles

Free throw pct.: �953, Elena Delle Donne, WashingtonRebounds: 403, Jonquel Jones, ConnecticutAssists: 226, Layshia Clarendon, Atlanta Steals: 71, Alana Beard, Los AngelesBlocks: 67, Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota; Elizabeth Williams,

Atlanta

WNBA Champions, 1997-2017Regular Season Playoffs

Year Eastern champion Western champion Champion Winning coach Opponent1997 Houston Comets Phoenix Mercury Houston Van Chancellor New York1998 Cleveland Rockers Houston Comets Houston Van Chancellor Phoenix1999 New York Liberty Houston Comets Houston Van Chancellor New York2000 New York Liberty Los Angeles Sparks Houston Van Chancellor New York2001 Cleveland Rockers Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Michael Cooper Charlotte2002 New York Liberty Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Michael Cooper New York2003 Detroit Shock Los Angeles Sparks Detroit Bill Laimbeer Los Angeles2004 Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks Seattle Anne Donovan Connecticut2005 Connecticut Sun Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento John Whisenant Connecticut2006 Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks Detroit Bill Laimbeer Sacramento2007 Detroit Shock Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Paul Westhead Detroit2008 Detroit Shock San Antonio Silver Stars Detroit Bill Laimbeer San Antonio2009 Indiana Fever Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Corey Gaines Indiana2010 Washington Mystics Seattle Storm Seattle Brian Agler Atlanta2011 Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Cheryl Reeve Atlanta2012 Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx Indiana Lin Dunn Minnesota2013 Chicago Sky Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Cheryl Reeve Atlanta2014 Atlanta Dream Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Sandy Brondello Chicago2015 New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Cheryl Reeve Indiana2016 New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Los Angeles Brian Agler Minnesota2017 New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Cheryl Reeve Los Angeles

WNBA Finals MVP, 1997-2017

WNBA Most Valuable Player, 1997-2017Year Player, team1997 Cynthia Cooper, Houston1998 Cynthia Cooper, Houston1999 Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento2000 Sheryl Swoopes, Houston2001 Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles2002 Sheryl Swoopes, Houston2003 Lauren Jackson, Seattle

Year Player, team2004 Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles2005 Sheryl Swoopes, Houston2006 Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles2007 Lauren Jackson, Seattle2008 Candace Parker, Los Angeles2009 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix2010 Lauren Jackson, Seattle

Year Player, team2011 Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2012 Tina Charles, Connecticut2013 Candace Parker, Los Angeles2014 Maya Moore, Minnesota2015 Elena Delle Donne, Chicago2016 Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles2017 Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota

Year Player, team1997 Cynthia Cooper, Houston1998 Cynthia Cooper, Houston1999 Cynthia Cooper, Houston2000 Cynthia Cooper, Houston2001 Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles2002 Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles2003 Ruth Riley, Detroit

Year Player, team2004 Betty Lennox, Seattle2005 Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento2006 Deanna Nolan, Detroit2007 Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix2008 Katie Smith, Detroit2009 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix2010 Lauren Jackson, Seattle

Year Player, team2011 Seimone Augustus, Minnesota2012 Tamika Catchings, Indiana2013 Maya Moore, Minnesota2014 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix2015 Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota2016 Candace Parker, Los Angeles2017 Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota

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Year Champion Coach Final opponent1995 New Jersey � � � � � � Jacques Lemaire� � Detroit1996 Colorado � � � � � � � � Marc Crawford � � � Florida1997 Detroit � � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman� � � Philadelphia1998 Detroit � � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman� � � Washington1999 Dallas � � � � � � � � � � Ken Hitchcock � � � � Buffalo2000 New Jersey � � � � � � Larry Robinson � � � Dallas2001 Colorado � � � � � � � � Bob Hartley � � � � � � New Jersey2002 Detroit � � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman� � � Carolina2003 New Jersey � � � � � � Pat Burns � � � � � � � Anaheim2004 Tampa Bay � � � � � � John Tortorella � � � Calgary2005 No competition (labor dispute; season canceled)2006 Carolina � � � � � � � � Peter Laviolette � � � Edmonton2007 Anaheim � � � � � � � � Randy Carlyle � � � � Ottawa2008 Detroit � � � � � � � � � � Mike Babcock � � � � Pittsburgh2009 Pittsburgh � � � � � � � Dan Bylsma � � � � � Detroit2010 Chicago� � � � � � � � � Joel Quenneville � � Philadelphia2011 Boston� � � � � � � � � � Claude Julien � � � � Vancouver2012 Los Angeles � � � � � Darryl Sutter � � � � � New Jersey2013 Chicago� � � � � � � � � Joel Quenneville � � Boston2014 Los Angeles � � � � � Darryl Sutter � � � � � NY Rangers2015 Chicago� � � � � � � � � Joel Quenneville � � Tampa Bay2016 Pittsburgh � � � � � � � Mike Sullivan � � � � San Jose2017 Pittsburgh � � � � � � � Mike Sullivan � � � � Nashville

Year Champion Coach Final opponent1972 Boston� � � � � � � � � � � Tom Johnson � � � � � NY Rangers1973 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman � � � Chicago1974 Philadelphia � � � � � � Fred Shero � � � � � � � Boston1975 Philadelphia � � � � � � Fred Shero � � � � � � � Buffalo1976 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman� � � � Philadelphia1977 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman� � � � Boston1978 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman � � � Boston1979 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman � � � NY Rangers1980 NY Islanders� � � � � � Al Arbour � � � � � � � � Philadelphia1981 NY Islanders� � � � � � Al Arbour � � � � � � � � Minnesota1982 NY Islanders� � � � � � Al Arbour � � � � � � � � Vancouver1983 NY Islanders� � � � � � Al Arbour � � � � � � � � Edmonton1984 Edmonton� � � � � � � � Glen Sather � � � � � � NY Islanders1985 Edmonton� � � � � � � � Glen Sather � � � � � � Philadelphia1986 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Jean Perron � � � � � � Calgary1987 Edmonton� � � � � � � � Glen Sather � � � � � � Philadelphia1988 Edmonton� � � � � � � � Glen Sather � � � � � � Boston1989 Calgary� � � � � � � � � � Terry Crisp � � � � � � � Montréal1990 Edmonton� � � � � � � � John Muckler � � � � � Boston1991 Pittsburgh � � � � � � � � Bob Johnson � � � � � Minnesota1992 Pittsburgh � � � � � � � � Scotty Bowman � � � Chicago1993 Montréal � � � � � � � � � Jacques Demers � � Los Angeles1994 NY Rangers � � � � � � Mike Keenan � � � � � Vancouver

Most NHL Goals in a SeasonPlayer Team Season GoalsWayne Gretzky� � � � � � � � � � Edmonton � � � � � � � 1981-82 92Wayne Gretzky� � � � � � � � � � Edmonton � � � � � � � 1983-84 87Brett Hull � � � � � � � � � � � � � � St� Louis � � � � � � � � 1990-91 86Mario Lemieux � � � � � � � � � � Pittsburgh � � � � � � � 1988-89 85Phil Esposito � � � � � � � � � � � Boston � � � � � � � � � 1970-71 76Alexander Mogilny � � � � � � � Buffalo � � � � � � � � � 1992-93 76Teemu Selanne � � � � � � � � � Winnipeg� � � � � � � � 1992-93 76Wayne Gretzky� � � � � � � � � � Edmonton � � � � � � � 1984-85 73Brett Hull � � � � � � � � � � � � � � St� Louis � � � � � � � � 1989-90 72Wayne Gretzky� � � � � � � � � � Edmonton � � � � � � � 1982-83 71

Player Team Season GoalsJari Kurri � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Edmonton� � � � � � � 1984-85 71Mario Lemieux � � � � � � � � � � Pittsburgh� � � � � � � 1987-88 70Bernie Nicholls � � � � � � � � � � Los Angeles � � � � � 1988-89 70Brett Hull � � � � � � � � � � � � � � St� Louis � � � � � � � � 1991-92 70Mike Bossy� � � � � � � � � � � � � NY Islanders � � � � 1978-79 69Mario Lemieux � � � � � � � � � � Pittsburgh� � � � � � � 1992-93 69Mario Lemieux � � � � � � � � � � Pittsburgh� � � � � � � 1995-96 69Phil Esposito � � � � � � � � � � � Boston � � � � � � � � � 1973-74 68Mike Bossy� � � � � � � � � � � � � NY Islanders � � � � 1980-81 68Jari Kurri� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Edmonton� � � � � � � 1985-86 68

NHL Regular Season Career Scoring Leaders(Through end of 2016-17 season. * = Active in 2016-17 season.)

Leading NHL Career Goaltenders(Through end of 2016-17 season. * = Active in 2016-17 season.)

Player Goals Assists PointsWayne Gretzky� � � 894 1,963 2,857*Jaromir Jagr � � � � 765 1,149 1,914Mark Messier � � � � 694 1,193 1,887Gordie Howe � � � � 801 1,049 1,850Ron Francis � � � � � 549 1,249 1,798Marcel Dionne � � � 731 1,040 1,771Steve Yzerman � � � 692 1,063 1,755Mario Lemieux � � � 690 1,033 1,723Joe Sakic � � � � � � � 625 1,016 1,641Phil Esposito� � � � � 717 873 1,590Ray Bourque � � � � 410 1,169 1,579Mark Recchi � � � � � 577 956 1,533Paul Coffey � � � � � � 396 1,135 1,531Stan Mikita � � � � � � 541 926 1,467Teemu Selanne � � 684 773 1,457Bryan Trottier � � � � 524 901 1,425

Ranked by ShutoutsMartin Brodeur � � � � � � � � 125 *Roberto Luongo � � � � � � 73Terry Sawchuk � � � � � � � � 103 Lorne Chabot � � � � � � � � � 72George Hainsworth� � � � � 94 Harry Lumley � � � � � � � � � 71Glenn Hall� � � � � � � � � � � � 84 Roy Worters � � � � � � � � � � 67Jacques Plante � � � � � � � � 82 Patrick Roy � � � � � � � � � � � 66Dominik Hasek � � � � � � � � 81 Turk Broda � � � � � � � � � � � 62Tiny Thompson � � � � � � � � 81 *Henrik Lundqvist � � � � � � 61Alec Connell � � � � � � � � � � 81 Evgeni Nabokov � � � � � � � 59Ed Belfour� � � � � � � � � � � � 76 John Ross Roach � � � � � � 58Tony Esposito � � � � � � � � � 76 Clint Benedict � � � � � � � � � 58

Ranked by WinsMartin Brodeur � � � � � � � � 691 Grant Fuhr � � � � � � � � � � � 403Patrick Roy � � � � � � � � � � � 551 Chris Osgood � � � � � � � � � 401Ed Belfour� � � � � � � � � � � � 484 Dominik Hasek � � � � � � � � 389Curtis Joseph � � � � � � � � � 454 Mike Vernon � � � � � � � � � � 385*Roberto Luongo � � � � � � 453 *Marc-Andre Fleury � � � � 375Terry Sawchuk � � � � � � � � 447 John Vanbiesbrouck � � � � 374Jacques Plante � � � � � � � � 437 Andy Moog � � � � � � � � � � � 372Tony Esposito � � � � � � � � � 423 Tom Barrasso � � � � � � � � � 369Glenn Hall� � � � � � � � � � � � 407 *Ryan Miller � � � � � � � � � � 358*Henrik Lundqvist � � � � � � 405 Rogie Vachon � � � � � � � � � 355

Player Goals Assists PointsAdam Oates � � � � � 341 1,079 1,420Doug Gilmour � � � � 450 964 1,414Dale Hawerchuk� � 518 891 1,409Jari Kurri � � � � � � � � 601 797 1,398Luc Robitaille � � � � 668 726 1,394Brett Hull� � � � � � � � 741 650 1,391*Joe Thornton� � � � 384 1,007 1,391Mike Modano � � � � 561 813 1,374Johnny Bucyk� � � � 556 813 1,369Brendan Shanahan � � � � � 656 698 1,354Guy Lafleur� � � � � � 560 793 1,353Mats Sundin � � � � � 564 785 1,349Dave Andreychuk� � � � 640 698 1,338Denis Savard � � � � 473 865 1,338

Player Goals Assists PointsMike Gartner � � � � 708 627 1,335Pierre Turgeon � � � 515 812 1,327Gilbert Perreault � � 512 814 1,326*Jarome Iginla � � � 625 675 1,300Alex Delvecchio � � 456 825 1,281Al MacInnis� � � � � � 340 934 1,274Jean Ratelle � � � � � 491 776 1,267Peter Stastny � � � � 450 789 1,239Phil Housley � � � � � 338 894 1,232Norm Ullman � � � � 490 739 1,229Jean Beliveau� � � � 507 712 1,219Jeremy Roenick � � 513 703 1,216Larry Murphy � � � � 287 929 1,216Bobby Clarke � � � � 358 852 1,210Bernie Nicholls � � � 475 734 1,209

Presidents’ Trophy, 1986-2017Awarded annually to club with best regular season record. Records are Win-Loss-Tie, 1986-99; Win-Loss-Tie-Overtime Loss,

2000-04; Win-Loss-Overtime Loss, 2006-present. (Because of a labor dispute, the 2005 season was canceled.)

Year Team Record Points1986 Edmonton� � � � � 56-17-7 1191987 Edmonton� � � � � 50-24-6 1061988 Calgary � � � � � � � 48-23-9 1051989 Calgary � � � � � � � 54-17-9 1171990 Boston � � � � � � � 46-25-9 1011991 Chicago � � � � � � 49-23-8 1061992 NY Rangers � � � 50-25-5 1051993 Pittsburgh � � � � � 56-21-7 1191994 NY Rangers � � � 52-24-8 1121995 Detroit� � � � � � � � 33-11-4 701996 Detroit� � � � � � � � 62-13-7 131

Year Team Record Points1997 Colorado� � � � � � 49-24-9 1071998 Dallas � � � � � � � � 49-22-11 1091999 Dallas � � � � � � � � 51-19-12 1142000 St� Louis � � � � � � 51-19-11-1 1142001 Colorado� � � � � � 52-16-10-4 1182002 Detroit� � � � � � � � 51-17-10-4 1162003 Ottawa � � � � � � � 52-21-8-1 1132004 Detroit� � � � � � � � 48-21-11-2 1092006 Detroit� � � � � � � � 58-16-8 1242007 Buffalo � � � � � � � 53-22-7 113

Year Team Record Points2008 Detroit� � � � � � � � 54-21-7 1152009 San Jose� � � � � � 53-18-11 1172010 Washington� � � � 54-15-13 1212011 Vancouver� � � � � 54-19-9 1172012 Vancouver� � � � � 51-22-9 1112013 Chicago� � � � � � � 36-7-5 772014 Boston� � � � � � � � 54-19-9 1172015 NY Rangers � � � 53-22-7 1132016 Washington� � � � 56-18-8 1202017 Washington� � � � 55-19-8 118

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals SemifinalsJune 20: Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, AB China 1, Cameroon 0

June 22: Commonwealth StadiumU.S. 2, Colombia 0

June 26: Lansdowne StadiumU.S. 1, China 0

June 20: Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, ONGermany 4, Sweden 1

June 26: Olympic StadiumGermany 1, France 1 (Germany 5-4, on penalty kicks)

June 30: Olympic StadiumU.S. 2, Germany 0

June 21: Olympic Stadium, Montréal, QCFrance 3, Korea Republic 0 World Cup Final

July 5: BC Place StadiumU.S. 5, Japan 2June 21: Moncton Stadium, Moncton, NB

Australia 1, Brazil 0

June 27: Commonwealth StadiumJapan 1, Australia 0

July 1: Commonwealth StadiumJapan 2, England 1

June 23: BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BCJapan 2, Netherlands 1

June 27: BC Place StadiumEngland 2, Canada 1

June 22: Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, ONEngland 2, Norway 1

Third Place MatchJuly 4: Commonwealth StadiumEngland 1, Germany 0 (extra time)

June 21: BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BCCanada 1, Switzerland 0

* = Match decided on penalty kicks (shootout score in parentheses). Note: The Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) folded in 2003. Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) stopped operating in 2012, suspending its fourth season. In Apr. 2013, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) began play with eight teams competing: Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, FC Kansas City, Portland Thorns FC, Seattle Reign FC, Sky Blue FC (New York/New Jersey), Washington Spirit, and Western New York Flash. The Houston Dash began play as an NWSL expansion team for the 2014 season; Orlando joined the league in 2016. In Jan. 2017, the Western New York Flash relocated to North Carolina and were renamed the North Carolina Courage.

U.S. Wins 2015 Women’s World Cup Over JapanThe U.S. women’s soccer team won the 2015 World Cup with a 5-2 victory over Japan July 5, 2015, at BC Place Stadium in

Vancouver, BC, Canada. Veteran midfielder Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes—the first-ever hat trick in a women’s FIFA World Cup final match—as the U.S. captured its third World Cup title. Lloyd, who won the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s top player, complemented a strong U.S. defense that allowed only three goals; U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo won the Golden Glove as best goalie. Lloyd tied Germany’s Celia Sasic with six goals and one assist in the tournament, but Sasic won the Golden Boot award as top scorer based on fewer minutes played.

Canada served as host of the 2015 tournament, which was contested in six venues throughout the country. All of the stadiums featured artificial turf, the first time that all Women’s World Cup matches were played on such surfaces. Prior to the tourna-ment, a group of players concerned over gender equity, increased injury risk, and excessive heat while playing on turf filed a lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Assn. but eventually dropped it.

Women’s World Cup Results, 2015

Women’s World Cup Results, 1991-2015Year Winner Final opponent Score Site1991 U.S. Norway 2-1 China1995 Norway Germany 2-0 Sweden1999 U.S. China 0-0 (5-4)* Pasadena, CA, U.S.2003 Germany Sweden 2-1# Carson, CA, U.S.

Year Winner Final opponent Score Site2007 Germany Brazil 2-0 China2011 Japan U.S. 2-2 (3-1)* Germany2015 U.S. Japan 5-2 Canada

* = Match decided in penalty kicks (shootout score in parentheses). # = Match decided in extra time.

Portland Defeats North Carolina for 2017 Women’s Soccer TitleThe Portland Thorns defeated the defending champion North Carolina Courage, 1-0, for the team’s second NWSL Champi-

onship Oct. 14, 2017, at Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, FL. Lindsey Horan scored in the 50th minute and won the cham-pionship match MVP award. North Carolina, which won the NWSL Shield with the league’s best 2017 regular-season record (16-7-1), had won the 2016 NWSL championship as the Western New York Flash before the franchise was sold and relocated. Portland, the 2013 NWSL champs, beat the Orlando Pride, 4-1, in a semifinal playoff match Oct. 7, 2017. North Carolina returned to the title match with a 1-0 win over the Chicago Red Stars in a playoff semifinal Oct. 8, 2017.

Women’s Professional Soccer ChampionsYear Winner Final opponent Score Site MVP

Women’s United Soccer Association champions2001 . . . . .Bay Area CyberRays. . . . . . . . Atlanta Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3 (4-2)* . . . . Foxborough, MA . . . Julie Murray2002 . . . . .Carolina Courage . . . . . . . . . . Washington Freedom . . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, GA . . . . . . . Birgit Prinz2003 . . . . .Washington Freedom . . . . . . . Atlanta Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . . . . San Diego, CA . . . . Abby Wambach

Women’s Professional Soccer champions2009 . . . . .Sky Blue FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles Sol . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . . . . Carson, CA . . . . . . . Heather O’Reilly2010 . . . . .FC Gold Pride. . . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia Independence . . . .4-1 . . . . . . . . . Hayward, CA. . . . . . Marta2011 . . . . .Western New York Flash. . . . . Philadelphia Independence . . . .1-1 (5-4)* . . . . Rochester, NY . . . . Christine Sinclair

National Women’s Soccer League champions2013 . . . . .Portland Thorns FC . . . . . . . . Western New York Flash  . . . . . .2-0  . . . . . . . . . Rochester, NY . . . . Tobin Heath 2014 . . . . .FC Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . Seattle Reign FC . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . . . . Tukwila, WA . . . . . . Lauren Holiday2015 . . . . .FC Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . Seattle Reign FC . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . . . . Portland, OR. . . . . . Amy Rodriguez2016 . . . . .Western New York Flash. . . . . Washington Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 (3-2)* . . . . Houston, TX . . . . . . Sabrina D’Angelo2017 . . . . .Portland Thorns FC . . . . . . . . North Carolina Courage . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . . . . Orlando, FL. . . . . . . Lindsey Horan

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Swimming World RecordsLong course (50-m pools only) records, as of Sept. 2017. All times in minutes:seconds. * = Record pending ratification.

Men’s RecordsFreestyle

Distance Record Holder Nationality Location Date50 meters � � � � � � � 0:20.91 � � � César Cielo Filho � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Brazil� � � � � � � � � � São Paulo, Brazil � � � � � � Dec� 18, 2009100 meters � � � � � � 0:46.91 � � � César Cielo Filho � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Brazil� � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy� � � � � � � � � � � July 30, 2009200 meters � � � � � � 1:42.00 � � � Paul Biedermann � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Germany� � � � � � � Rome, Italy� � � � � � � � � � � July 28, 2009400 meters � � � � � � 3:40.07 � � � Paul Biedermann � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Germany� � � � � � � Rome, Italy� � � � � � � � � � � July 26, 2009800 meters � � � � � � 7:32.12 � � � Zhang Lin � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � China � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy� � � � � � � � � � � July 29, 20091,500 meters� � � � � 14:31.02 � � � Yang Sun � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � China � � � � � � � � � London, England, UK � � Aug� 4, 2012

Backstroke50 meters � � � � � � � 0:24.04 � � � Liam Tancock � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � UK� � � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy� � � � � � � � � � � Aug� 2, 2009100 meters � � � � � � 0:51.85 � � � Ryan Murphy � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil� � � Aug� 13, 2016200 meters � � � � � � 1:51.92 � � � Aaron Peirsol � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � � July 31, 2009

Breaststroke50 meters � � � � � � � 0:25.95 � � � Adam Peaty � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � UK� � � � � � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 25, 2017100 meters � � � � � � 0:57.13 � � � Adam Peaty � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � UK� � � � � � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil� � � Aug� 7, 2016200 meters � � � � � � 2:06.67 � � � Ippei Watanabe � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Japan � � � � � � � � � Tokyo, Japan � � � � � � � � � Jan� 29, 2017

Butterfly50 meters � � � � � � � 0:22.43 � � � Rafael Muñoz � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Spain� � � � � � � � � � Malaga, Spain � � � � � � � � Apr� 5, 2009100 meters � � � � � � 0:49.82 � � � Michael Phelps � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � � Aug� 1, 2009200 meters � � � � � � 1:51.51 � � � Michael Phelps � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � � July 29, 2009

Individual medley200 meters � � � � � � 1:54.00 � � � Ryan Lochte � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Shanghai, China � � � � � � July 28, 2011400 meters � � � � � � 4:03.84 � � � Michael Phelps � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Beijing, China� � � � � � � � � Aug� 10, 2008

Freestyle relay400 m (4×100) � � � 3:08.24 � � � Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Beijing, China� � � � � � � � � Aug� 11, 2008800 m (4×200) � � � 6:58.55 � � � Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � � July 31, 2009

Medley relay400 m (4×100) � � � 3:27.28 � � � Peirsol, Shanteau, Phelps, Walters � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � � Aug� 2, 2009

Women’s RecordsFreestyle

Distance Record Holder Nationality Location Date50 meters � � � � � � � 0:23.67* � � Sarah Sjöström � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Sweden� � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 29, 2017100 meters � � � � � � 0:51.71* � � Sarah Sjöström � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Sweden� � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 23, 2017200 meters � � � � � � 1:52.98 � � � Federica Pellegrini� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Italy � � � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � July 29, 2009400 meters � � � � � � 3:56.46 � � � Katie Ledecky � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil � � Aug� 7, 2016800 meters � � � � � � 8:04.79 � � � Katie Ledecky � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil � � Aug� 12, 20161,500 meters� � � � � 15:25.48 � � � Katie Ledecky � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Kazan, Russia� � � � � � � � Aug� 4, 2015

Backstroke50 meters � � � � � � � 0:27.06 � � � Zhao Jing � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � China � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � July 30, 2009100 meters � � � � � � 0:58.10* � � Kylie Masse � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Canada� � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 25, 2017200 meters � � � � � � 2:04.06 � � � Missy Franklin � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � London, England, UK � � Aug� 3, 2012

Breaststroke50 meters � � � � � � � 0:29.40* � � Lilly King � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 30, 2017100 meters � � � � � � 1:04.13* � � Lilly King � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 25, 2017200 meters � � � � � � 2:19.11 � � � Rikke Moller Pedersen � � � � � � � � � � � � Denmark� � � � � � � Barcelona, Spain� � � � � � Aug� 1, 2013

Butterfly50 meters � � � � � � � 0:24.43 � � � Sarah Sjöström� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Sweden� � � � � � � � Boras, Sweden � � � � � � � July 5, 2014100 meters � � � � � � 0:55.48 � � � Sarah Sjöström� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Sweden � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil � � Aug� 7, 2016200 meters � � � � � � 2:01.81 � � � Liu Zige� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � China � � � � � � � � � Jinan, China � � � � � � � � � Oct� 21, 2009

Individual medley200 meters � � � � � � 2:06.12 � � � Katinka Hosszú � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Hungary � � � � � � � Kazan, Russia� � � � � � � � Aug� 3, 2015400 meters � � � � � � 4:26.36 � � � Katinka Hosszú � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Hungary � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil � � Aug� 6, 2016

Freestyle relay400 m (4×100) � � � 3:30.65 � � � Campbell, McKeon, Elmslie,

Campbell � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Australia � � � � � � � Rio de Janeiro, Brazil � � Aug� 6, 2016800 m (4×200) � � � 7:42.08 � � � Yang, Zhu, Liu, Pang � � � � � � � � � � � � � China � � � � � � � � � Rome, Italy � � � � � � � � � � July 30, 2009

Medley relay400 m (4×100) � � � 3:51.55* � � Baker, King, Worrell, Manuel � � � � � � � U�S� � � � � � � � � � � Budapest, Hungary � � � � July 30, 2017