2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump, Aftermath, Suppressed BBC report
The BBC did not agree to remove further allegations about the dumping such as 16 September article:- "Trafigura knew of waste dangers"; this quoted from internal Trafigura emails which showed that the company knew the waste was toxic before they dumped it. In one, a Trafigura employee says "This operation is no longer allowed in the European Union, the United States and Singapore" it is "banned in most countries due to the 'hazardous nature of the waste'" and another says "environmental agencies do not allow disposal of the toxic caustic."


2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump, Aftermath, Daniel Pearl Award
On 24 April 2010, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists presented the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting to the team of journalists who had revealed the story of Trafigura and the Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump. The award went to the British journalists Meirion Jones and Liz MacKean from BBC Newsnight and David Leigh from The Guardian, Synnove Bakke and Kjersti Knudsson from Norwegian TV, and Jeroen Trommelen from the Dutch paper De Volkskrant. The citation says the award was for reports "which exposed how a powerful offshore oil trader tried to cover up the poisoning of 30,000 West Africans".


2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump, Probo Koala
The vessel (renamed Gulf Jash) was initially heading to Chittagong, Bangladesh for dismantling. However, the Government of Bangladesh imposed a ban on the ship from entering into its waters and therefore, as of June 2011, the ship was reportedly headed for Alang, India. In August 2011 it was again renamed the Hua Feng. In 2012 the ship, renamed to Hua Wen, was operating between China and Indonesia, and in 2013 she entered a ship-breaking yard in Taizhou, China where she was due for demolition.


2006 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
The 2006 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Joseph J. O'Donnell Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 6, 2006. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Princeton, the winner of the series, claimed their sixth title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Princeton's fifth Championship Series victory in seven years and their tenth appearance in eleven seasons.


2006 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
Harvard made their eighth appearance in the Championship Series, having won the title in 2005.


2006 J&S Cup
The 2006 J&S Cup was a Tier II event on the 2006 WTA Tour that run from May 1–7, 2006. It was held in Warsaw, Poland, and was the 11th year that the event was staged. Kim Clijsters won her first Warsaw title and first overall of the year.


2006 J&S Cup, Finals, Doubles
Anastasia Myskina /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–3, 6–4


2006 J&S Cup – Doubles
Tatiana Perebiynis and Barbora Strýcová were the defending champions, but Strýcová chose not to compete that year. Perebiynis partnered with Martina Müller. Elena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina won in the final 6-3, 6-4 against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Katarina Srebotnik


2006 J&S Cup – Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to a back injury.


2006 J.League Cup
The Last edition of the J.League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 29. Gamba Osaka were exempt from competing in the group stage, due to their entry into the Asian Champions League. They were therefore entered into the quarter-final stage.


2006 J.League Cup
The final was on November 3 at the Tokyo National Stadium. The winners were JEF United Ichihara Chiba, beating Kashima Antlers in the final 2-0 to claim its second J.League Cup championship.


2006 J.League Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter finals, Second leg
Kawasaki Frontale advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.


2006 J.League Cup, Knockout stage, Semi finals, Second leg
Kashima Antlers advances to the finals on Away goals rule.


2006 J.League Cup Final
The 2006 J.League Cup Final was the 14th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on 3 November 2006. JEF United Chiba won the championship.


2006 J.League Division 1
The 2006 J.League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J.League. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.


2006 J.League Division 1, Clubs
Following eighteen clubs played in J.League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu are newly promoted clubs.


2006 J.League Division 1, Format
Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:


2006 J.League Division 1, Format
A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The bottom two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation Series.


2006 J.League Division 1, Attendance
Updated to games played on December 2, 2006Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in J2.


2006 J.League Division 1, Awards, Best Eleven
* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.


2006 J.League Division 2
The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League.


2006 J.League Division 2
In this season, number of participating clubs became thirteen, increased by one from the previous season. The clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third-placed finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.


2006 J.League Division 2, Clubs
Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined the J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League.


2006 J.League Division 2, League format
Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:


2006 J.League Division 2, League format
A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation series.


2006 J.League Division 2, Attendance
Updated to games played on December 2, 2006Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open
The 2006 JPMorgan Chase Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and took place in Carson, California, United States, from August 7 through August 13, 2006. Elena Dementieva won the singles title. Third-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title and earned $95,500 first-prize money.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open, Finals, Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Daniela Hantuchová /  Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–4


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open – Doubles
Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost in second round to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 35th doubles title for Ruano Pascual and the 40th title for Suárez, in their respective careers. It was also the 1st doubles title of the year for both players.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open – Singles
Elena Dementieva won the title, defeating Jelena Janković 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final. It was her 2nd title of the year and the 6th title of her career.


2006 JPMorgan Chase Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2006 JY26
2006 JY26 is a near-Earth object that is also horseshoe companion to the Earth like 3753 Cruithne.


2006 JY26, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2006 JY26 was discovered by E. J. Christensen on 6 May 2006, observing for the Catalina Sky Survey. Its orbit is characterized by low eccentricity (0.083), low inclination (1.44º) and a semi-major axis of 1.01 AU. Upon discovery, it was classified as an Apollo asteroid but also an Earth crosser by the Minor Planet Center. The orbit is based on 76 observations spanning a data-arc of 4 days. 2006 JY26 has an absolute magnitude (H) of 28.4 which gives a characteristic diameter of about 9 meters.


2006 JY26, Discovery, orbit and physical properties, Impact risk
It is listed on the Sentry Risk Table with a 1 in 210 chance of impacting Earth on 3 May 2074. The nominal best-fit orbit shows that 2006 JY26 will be 0.0099 AU (1,480,000 km; 920,000 mi) from Earth on 3 May 2074. An impact from this object would be less severe than the Chelyabinsk meteor.


2006 JY26, Horseshoe companion to the Earth and orbital evolution
Recent calculations indicate that it follows a horseshoe orbit with respect to the Earth. It had a close encounter with the Earth on 10 May 2006, at 0.0029 AU (430,000 km; 270,000 mi). Its orbital evolution is very chaotic and its orbit is difficult to predict beyond a few hundred years. Its orbit matches the expected properties of that of an object in the Arjuna-class.


2006 JY26, Origin
It may have been originated within the Venus–Earth–Mars region or in the main asteroid belt like other near-Earth objects, then transition to Amor-class asteroid before entering Earth's co-orbital region.


2006 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The 2006 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 12th season in the National Football League and the 4th under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Jaguars failed to improve on their 12–4 record from 2005, and missed the playoffs.


2006 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. New York Jets
With the win, the Jaguars went into their bye week at 3–2.


2006 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts
During this game, the Jaguars combined for 375 rushing yards, the second-most in a single game since the AFL–NFL merger. Maurice Jones-Drew had a franchise-record 302 all-purpose yards; 166 rushing yards with two touchdowns, 15 receiving yards, and 121 return yards with a kickoff return touchdown. Fred Taylor had 131 rushing yards with one touchdown.


2006 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
The 2006 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 2006年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) was held in January 2007. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.


2006 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 2006 are as follows.


2006 Jalisco state election
A local election was held in the Mexican state of  Jalisco on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:


2006 Jalisco state election, Gubernatorial Election
Eight political parties participated in the 2006 Jalisco state election; two of them (the PRD and the PT) joined forces.


2006 Jama Masjid bombings
On 6 June 2006, two explosions occurred in the courtyard of Jama Masjid, a 17th-century mosque in Old Delhi (India). The first blast took place at 17:26 local time right in the middle of the courtyard next to Wazoo Khana which comprises a pond where worshipers wash their hands and feet before offering prayers, and the second a few meters away seven minutes later. At least thirteen people were injured in the blasts. The blasts took place just before  the call to prayer (azaan). The explosives were reportedly carried in plastic bags.


2006 Jama Masjid bombings
There were around 1000 people in the mosque at the time of blasts as the day happened to be Friday, considered holy by the Muslims as well as being the first Friday after Mawlid, the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The explosions did not cause any damage to the mosque. The Delhi government announced an ex gratia compensation of Rs. 50,000 to those with serious injuries and Rs. 25,000 to those with minor injuries.


2006 Jama Masjid bombings
Some sources claim that the mosque was almost empty with only 100–150 people in the premises when the blast took place. The first blast occurred near Gate No. 1, a place where people wash their hands before offering prayers. It was the first attack of its kind on the historic mosque. It is being speculated that these blasts might be linked with coincidental six grenade attacks in Srinagar, that took place the same day.


2006 Jama Masjid bombings
According to Delhi police, these were "low-intensity blasts" triggered by crude explosives. The police have not ruled out terrorist involvement. As of 7 June 2006, no terrorist group had claimed the responsibility of the blasts. The Delhi police have arrested four people and are questioning them for the blasts.


2006 Jama Masjid bombings
Another school of thought suggests that the explosions could be the handiwork of some office bearers of the mosque due to internal rivalry.


2006 James Madison Dukes football team
The 2006 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Mickey Matthews and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia. JMU finished the season 9–3 with a record of 7–1 in their final season as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2006 Japan Football League
The 2006 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第8回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Hachi-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the eighth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.


2006 Japan Football League, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.


2006 Japan Football League, Overview
Before the season two corporate clubs changed their names and were re-established as independent organizations. Denso SC became FC Kariya and FC Horikoshi became Arte Takasaki.


2006 Japan Football League, Overview
FC Ryukyu, JEF Reserves and Rosso Kumamoto were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, thus expanding the league to 18 teams.


2006 Japan Football League, Overview
At the J. League meeting in August, Rosso Kumamoto were approved as first J. League associate members, becoming eligible to J2 promotion. No such promotion took place because they failed to achieve at least 4th spot in the final standings.


2006 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
Due to the merger of Sagawa Express teams into one club, the Regional League promotion series winners TDK SC were promoted automatically. FC Gifu were set to play Honda Lock in the promotion and relegation series.


2006 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
F.C. Gifu won the series at 8–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Honda Lock were relegated to Kyushu regional league.


2006 Japan Golf Tour
The 2006 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 15 December 2005 to 3 December 2006. The season consisted of 29 official money events in Japan, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.


2006 Japan Golf Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 2006 season. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
The Japan Le Mans Challenge was a series of endurance races held in Japan, for motor racing cars, following the style of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race held every year in France.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
The 2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge season was the first ever season for the Japan Le Mans Challenge, a series created by SERO, and run under sanctioning from the ACO, to follow 24 Hours of Le Mans rules.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
It began May 14, 2006, and ended October 29, 2006 after only three races.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
For the 2006 series, three different Japanese motor racing circuits were used.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
Four different categories of racing cars were permitted ; LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge
The 2007 series was not deemed to be a success, and the series was cancelled afterwards.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
In the buildup to the first season of JLMC, it was apparent from the start that unlike the Le Mans Series in Europe, JLMC would not start off with great success.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
A lack of commitment from major Japanese teams, especially those involved in Super GT, meant that the entry list for the season was small.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
An official pre-season test at Sportsland Sugo saw only 8 cars showing up. Even with this, more teams promised to eventually make it to the JLMC grid, including Team Goh, who had earned fame when they won the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans with the conquering Audi R8.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
However, of the teams that did show up, few had quality machinery. The entire LMP2 class was small sportscars that did not actually fit LMP2 regulations. LMP1 was able to boast some machinery that fit LMP rules with a Zytek 05S while there was promise of a new Courage LC70 for Mugen Motorsports on the way as the season went on.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
GT classes was made up of a large amount of machinery from Super GT, with an ex-Prodrive Ferrari 550-GTS and JLOC's Super GT Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1 joined by a privateer Mosler MT900R in GT1.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
GT2 was also only able to claim a few competitive entries, with some two Porsche 911 GT3s being mixed with a privateer cars that did not fully reach ACO GT2 specs.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, 2006 Pre-season
These competitors allowed for the entry list of a mere 12 competitors for the first round at Sportsland Sugo.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, Teams' Championship
Points are awarded to finishers based on how many cars were entered in each class. For classes with a lower car count, the top five were awarded points in the order of 5-4-3-2-1. Classes with more entries were awarded points for the top eight in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.


2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge, Teams' Championship
Only the top finishing car in a team scores points towards the championship.


2006 Japan Series
The 2006 Japan Series, the 57th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series,  began on October 21 and ended on October 26, and matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The Fighters won the Series in five games, taking Games 2,3,4 and 5.


2006 Japan Series, Matchups, Game 1
Game 1 saw both aces pitch for their respective teams: Darvish for the Fighters, Kawakami for the Dragons. Both pitchers started off well, but Darvish, who had bouts with wildness in the regular season, saw his control unravel in the 2nd inning, giving away the 2-0 Fighters lead to which he had been staked in the top of the inning. Chunichi scratched across one more in the 3rd and one in the 8th to put the home Dragons on top, 4-2. Longtime Dragons closer Iwase shut down the Fighters in the 9th to put the Dragons on top 1 game to none.


2006 Japan Series, Matchups, Game 2
Super rookie Tomoya Yagi took the mound for Nippon Ham in Game 2, still flying high from out-dueling SoftBank Hawks ace Kazumi Saitoh. He would out-duel another veteran, this time screwballer Masahiro Yamamoto. In the battle of the lefties, the only two mistakes Yagi would make would be to Hirokazu Ibata and Kosuke Fukudome, both solo shots.


2006 Japan Softball Cup
The 2006 Japan Softball Cup is a four-team tournament in women's softball, held in Yokohama, Japan between 17 November and 19 November.


2006 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2006.


2006 Japan women's national football team
This page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 2006.


2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
The 2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 27th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 1 April at Fuji and ended on 22 October at Motegi. German driver Adrian Sutil took the championship title, winning five from eighteen races.


2006 Japanese Grand Prix
The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2006 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One race held on 8 October 2006 at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, Japan. It was the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Japanese Grand Prix. It was won by Fernando Alonso, his last win for the Renault team before he moved to McLaren the following season. It was the first Formula One race to be broadcast in HDTV by Fuji Television, and was the 20th Grand Prix to be held at Suzuka.


2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Felipe Massa started the race from pole, but Michael Schumacher passed him on lap 3 to take the lead. Meanwhile, Alonso was struggling to get past the Toyotas of Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. By lap 10 Alonso was 5.4 seconds off the leader. On lap 15 Alonso managed to pass Massa in the pitstops and chased Schumacher. He succeeded in closing the gap from 5.4 seconds on lap 10 to 4.2 seconds by lap 27 only for it to open up to 5.9 seconds by lap 34 after the two drivers encountered backmarkers.


2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race was crucial in the fight for the World Championship, as whoever finished ahead of the two would take the championship lead into the final race. On lap 37, after the two rivals had made their final pitstops, Schumacher's engine failed, his first engine failure since the 2000 French Grand Prix, giving the lead to Alonso, who went on to win the race. As a result, he needed only one point from the final race to secure the title.


2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
As of 2021, Alonso's win remains the most recent victory for a car running on Michelin tyres, as the manufacturer pulled out of Formula One at the end of the season. Giancarlo Fisichella dedicated his third-place finish to his best friend, Tonino Visciani, who had died on 5 October 2006 after a heart attack.


2006 Japanese Super Cup
The 2006 Xerox Super Cup was held on 25 February 2006 between the 2005 J. League champions Gamba Osaka and the 2005 Emperor's Cup winner Urawa Red Diamonds. Urawa won the Trophy after winning the match 3–1.


2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 22 –24 September 2006 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.


2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.


2006 Japanese television dramas
←2005 - 2006 - 2007→This is a list of Japanese television dramas often called doramas by fans.


2006 Johan Cruyff Shield
The eleventh edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 13 August 2006 between 2005–06 Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven and 2005–06 KNVB Cup winners Ajax. Ajax won the match 3–1.


2006 Ju-Jitsu World Championships
The 2006 Ju-Jitsu World Championship were the 7th edition of the Ju-Jitsu World Championships, and were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from November 17 to November 19, 2006.


2006 June rugby union tests
The 2006 June rugby union tests (also known as the summer tests in the Northern Hemisphere) were rugby union Test matches played during between June in 2006. It saw several tests between touring Northern Hemisphere sides and home Southern Hemisphere sides, including a test series between Australia and England, Argentina and Wales, New Zealand and Ireland and South Africa and Scotland. France played Romania and the Springboks, while Italy played Fiji and Japan.


2006 June rugby union tests
Most of the fixtures acted as end-of-season tours of the Northern Hemisphere nations, and pre season matches for the Tri Nations Series and Pacific 5 Nations for the Southern Hemisphere nations.


2006 Junee Bushfire
The 2006 Junee bushfire, officially referred to as the "Jail Break Inn fire", was a bushfire that burned from 1–6 January and primarily affected the Riverina region in the Australian state of New South Wales. At least 25,200 hectares (62,000 acres) of farmland and forest reserve in the municipality of Junee Shire were burned during the 6-day duration of the fire. Ten houses, four shearing sheds and numerous other vehicles and non-residential buildings were destroyed, and damage was also caused to the Junee Round House.


2006 Junee Bushfire
Rural industry in the Junee area was also significantly affected by the fire; over 20,000 head of livestock perished or were put down due to fire related injuries, 20 hectares (49 acres) of unharvested crops were burned and 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) of fencing was damaged. The fire affected 200 properties in and around the communities of Bethungra, Eurongilly, Illabo, Junee and Old Junee.


2006 Junee Bushfire
The Jail Break Inn fire is suspected to have been ignited at approximately 13:00 AEDT (UTC+11) by a cigarette butt discarded on the roadside near the Jail Break Inn, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Junee township. During the major run of the fire that afternoon, John Heffernan, a local farmer and second cousin of Liberal senator Bill Heffernan, received third-degree burns to 60–80% of his body while trying to fight the fire.


2006 Junee Bushfire, Climate and weather setting
On the morning of 1 January, the NSW Rural Fire Service issued a warning that temperatures would "...reach 43 degrees in some parts of the state, winds will gust up to 60 km/h from the northwest and humidity is expected to drop below 15 percent". A statewide total fire ban had already been declared from midnight 30 December 2005 to midnight 1 January 2006 in preparation for the severe conditions, and farmers in the south west of the state, including the Riverina region, were warned to stop harvesting crops to prevent machinery starting fires in paddocks.


2006 Junee Bushfire, Climate and weather setting
1 January 2006 was the hottest day of the year across much of New South Wales, including at Wilcannia, which observed the highest daily maximum temperature recorded in the state all year at 47.3 °C (117.1 °F). The day also witnessed the 5th hottest day ever recorded at Observatory Hill in Sydney, as the temperature reached 44.2 °C (111.6 °F). In the Riverina, Wagga Wagga—approx. 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Junee—observed a temperature of 44.6 °C (112.3 °F), while Gundagai—approx. 50 kilometres (31 mi) Southeast of Junee—observed 43.1 °C (109.6 °F).


2006 Junee Bushfire, Fire timeline
At approximately 13:00 AEDT (UTC+11) the NSW Rural Fire Service received a call about a fire burning in a lucerne paddock near the Jail Break Inn, a café on the intersection of the Olympic Highway and Goldfields Way, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Junee township.


2006 Junee Bushfire, Fire timeline
The prevailing winds caused the fire front to spread rapidly east towards Junee township over the next hour, and many residents were evacuated to Junee Bowling Club; it was during the two hours following 14:00 AEDT (UTC+11) that the majority of residential property was destroyed in and around the southern vicinity of Junee township, and the fire front jumped Harefield Rd. Some time after 16:00 AEDT (UTC+11), a cold front with predominantly southerly winds passed through the fire ground, prompting the fire front to move in a more northerly direction, towards Illabo. During the first 9 hours, the fire had spread 38 kilometres (24 mi) from the point of ignition and prompted the closure of the Olympic Highway and the Main Southern Railway line.


2006 Junee Bushfire, Fire timeline
On 3 January, Junee Shire was declared a natural disaster zone, pursuant to the State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, and those affected were able to claim assistance funding.


2006 Junior League World Series
The 2006 Junior League World Series took place from August 13–19 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. El Campo, Texas defeated Guaymas, Mexico in the championship game.


2006 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2006 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Gatineau, Canada, August 25–27, 2006.


2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Toronto, Canada, August 27–29, 2006.


2006 K League
The 2006 K League was the 24th season of the K League, which kicked off on March 12. The format of the regular season and playoffs was the same as the one used in the 2005 season. It took a break for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June and July. The playoff games were held in November.


2006 K League
SK Group, the owners of Bucheon SK, moved their club to Jeju, and renamed the club Jeju United. The club was based in the Jeju World Cup Stadium of Seogwipo. Gyeongnam FC joined the K League, increasing the number of clubs to fourteen.


2006 K League, Regular season, Overall table
The top two teams in the overall table qualified for the championship playoffs.


2006 K League Championship
The 2006 K League Championship was the tenth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 24th champions of the K League. After the regular season was finished, the first stage winners, the second stage winners, and the top two clubs in the overall table qualified for the championship. Each semi-final was played as a single match, and the final consisted of two matches.


2006 K League Championship, Semi-finals, Seongnam vs Seoul
Assistant referees:Kim Dae-young (South Korea)Won Chang-ho (South Korea)Fourth official:Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)


2006 K League Championship, Semi-finals, Suwon vs Pohang
Assistant referees:Ahn Sang-ki (South Korea)Kang Chang-koo (South Korea)Fourth official:Lee Jong-gook (South Korea)


2006 K League Championship, Final, First leg
Assistant referees:Kim Kye-soo (South Korea)Kim Jung-sik (South Korea)Fourth official:Yoo Byung-sub (South Korea)


2006 K League Championship, Final, Second leg
Assistant referees:Won Chang-ho (South Korea)Kang Chang-koo (South Korea)Fourth official:Lee Jong-gook (South Korea)


2006 KBS Drama Awards
The 2006 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: KBS 연기대상) was a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2006. It was held on December 31, 2006 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon, Ryu Si-won and Choi Jung-won.


2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships
The 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice rink on 27–30 December 2005. Although this tournament was held in 2005 it was the 2006 edition as it was part of the 2005–2006 speed skating season.


2006 KNVB Cup Final
The 2006 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Ajax and PSV on 7 May 2006 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2005–06 KNVB Cup competition. Ajax won 2–1, both of their goals being scored by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Michael Lamey scored for PSV.


2006 Kakkonen – Finnish League Division 2
League tables for teams participating in Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish football league system, in 2006.


2006 Kakkonen – Finnish League Division 2, League tables, Group A, East
NB: JJK II (promoted from Division Three) withdrew and Ponnistus took their place.


2006 Kamchatka earthquakes
The 2006 Kamchatka earthquakes began on April 21, 2006 at 12:25 PM local time with the occurrence of a very large reverse fault event. This shock had a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The hypocenter was located near the coast of Koryak Autonomous Okrug at an estimated depth of 22 km, as reported by the International Seismological Centre. This event caused damage in three villages and was followed by a number of large aftershocks. Several M6.6 earthquakes struck on April 29 at 16:58 UTC and again on May 22 at 11:12 UTC. These earthquakes caused no deaths; however, 40 people were reported injured.


2006 Kampung Pasir landslide
The 2006 Kampung Pasir landslide was a landslide that occurred on 31 May 2006, in Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Two women were killed and two children were feared buried alive in a landslide that flattened three blocks of longhouses in Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang here.


2006 Kampung Pasir landslide
"The 2006 Kampung Pasir disaster highlighted the fact that man-made slopes needed to be built according to guidelines, just like any other infrastructure such as roads and bridges."


2006 Kansas City Brigade season
The 2006 Kansas City Brigade season was the opening season for the franchise. After the announcement that the New Orleans VooDoo would suspend operations for the 2006 AFL season due to Hurricane Katrina, the AFL awarded an expansion franchise to Kansas City. Kevin Porter was the team's first head coach. They would be placed in the NC Southern, where they would take New Orleans' spot for the year.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 2006 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 47th season, their 44th in Kansas City, and 37th in the National Football League, and first season under head coach Herm Edwards. The team failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 2005 after starting at 0–2 start and ending the year with a 9–7 record.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season
The team endured many setbacks during the 2006 season, including the loss of starting quarterback Trent Green in the first game, the readjustment of a record-breaking offense, and the death of owner and founder Lamar Hunt on December 13, 2006. Despite these setbacks, the team gained momentum and finished second in the AFC West with a 4–2 divisional record.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season
The Chiefs entered Week 17 of the season a long shot to make the playoffs, needing a win and a loss from the Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, and Tennessee Titans. In an unlikely clinching scenario, the Chiefs defeated the Jaguars 35–30, the Bengals, Titans, and the Broncos lost, allowing the Chiefs to clinch the sixth seed in the 2006–07 playoffs and clinching their first playoff berth since the 2003 season. The Chiefs lost in the Wild Card round of the playoffs 8–23 to their playoff rival and eventual Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason
Dick Vermeil, head coach, retired after the Chiefs' 2005 campaign. On Monday, January 9, 2006, the Chiefs made their first step throughout the 2006 offseason when they hired Herman Edwards from the New York Jets as the new head coach.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, 2006 NFL Draft
Note: The Chiefs exchanged their fourth round draft pick to the New York Jets in order to acquire coach Herman Edwards.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Roster moves
Just before training camp, Pro Bowl cornerback Ty Law was added to Kansas City's lineup to strengthen the defense. To help the offense, Left tackle Kyle Turley made his first appearance post-two-year absence from the NFL, and Running back Michael Bennett was acquired to back up Larry Johnson. The Chiefs signed quarterback Casey Printers, who had success in the Canadian Football League, to their practice squad.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Roster moves
Key losses to the team included the heart and soul of the team's offense; Pro Bowl tackles Willie Roaf and John Welbourn announcing their retirements (Welbourn later returned to the team in week eight following a suspension served after his reinstatement), and Fullback Tony Richardson was signed by the Minnesota Vikings.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Training camp & Pre-season
The Chiefs held training camp at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. The team reported July 28 and broke camp on August 18. On August 4, the Chiefs scrimmaged the Minnesota Vikings in Mankato, Minnesota.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Training camp & Pre-season
In the preseason, the Chiefs lost to the Houston Texans on August 12 and the New York Giants on August 17. For their preseason home games, the Chiefs defeated the St. Louis Rams and retained the Missouri Governor's Cup on August 26 and also defeated the New Orleans Saints on August 31.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Chiefs opened the regular season at home against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 10. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Chiefs' offense began at a slow pace, while their defense initially held the Bengals to a field goal within the first few minutes. The Bengals began to rip through the Chiefs' defense with the help of Rudi Johnson, who would later go on to rush for 96 yards and a touchdown.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
In the third quarter, quarterback Trent Green received a concussion when he slid past the first-down marker and was hit byRobert Geathers' shoulder. Green laid motionless for eleven minutes until he was taken off the field by a stretcher. The mood of the game changed instantly when the Chiefs lost their leader, and many fans began to leave Arrowhead Stadium due to heavy rain and the dwindling score.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Back-up quarterback Damon Huard came into the game and completed 12 of 20 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown, and was sacked four times. Tight end Tony Gonzalez caught his first touchdown pass of the season and helped bring the score to 20–10. The Bengals left with their first win of the 2006 season as the Chiefs began their season 0–1.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Denver Broncos
Heading into their second game of the season and first on the road, the Chiefs looked to backup quarterback Damon Huard to lead their first win of the season. The game marked the first time the Herman Edwards regime played against the Denver Broncos, as Kansas City had not won in Denver since 2000. The game was broadcast on CBS at 1:15pm Denver time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Denver Broncos
The game was the first time the Chiefs and Broncos played with no touchdowns scored by either team. The Kansas City defense held the Broncos scoreless in the first half, and to only nine points by the end of the game; the fewest the Chiefs have permitted at Denver since registering a 21–7 win on October 22, 1995. It also marked the fewest points Denver scored at INVESCO Field since it opened in 2001.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Denver Broncos
Punter Dustin Colquitt tied a career-high with six punts and established a career-high with 281 punting yards. Two costly fumbles by Damon Huard and one by Larry Johnson in the red zone resulted in the tied game going into overtime. The Broncos won the toss and set up for the game winning kick by Jason Elam.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Denver Broncos
With the loss, the Chiefs entered their bye week 0–2.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 3: Bye Week
The Chiefs took a week off, using the time to help Trent Green recover from his injury and developing Damon Huard and Brodie Croyle familiarity with their offensive playbook.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
On October 1, the Chiefs hosted the San Francisco 49ers at Arrowhead Stadium. Coach Herman Edwards confirmed Trent Green would not play in the game. The game was broadcast on Fox at noon Kansas City time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Chiefs defense shut out the 49ers high scoring offense, forcing two interceptions and three forced fumbles. Quarterback Alex Smith was held to 92 yards passing and the 49ers to 93 yards rushing. In their first three games, the 49ers had given up only four sacks, but against the Chiefs, they allowed five total sacks.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Quarterback Damon Huard completed 18 of 23 passes for 208 yards and two passing touchdowns. While compiling a 133.3 passer rating – 158.3 is perfect – Huard was hardly ever touched or even hurried by a San Francisco defense which had rung up 12 sacks in its first three games. The game marked the first shutout for the Chiefs defense since December 1, 2002, and the 49ers their first shutout since 2004 and only their second since 1977.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals
On October 8, the Chiefs traveled to Glendale, Arizona for their first game in the University of Phoenix Stadium to face the Arizona Cardinals. Trent Green was still recovering from his concussion, and Arizona's rookie quarterback Matt Leinart made his career start. The game was broadcast on CBS 1:05pm Arizona time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals
The game began with Arizona's offense dominating and catching the Chiefs' defense off-guard with a 49-yard touchdown pass to Wide receiver Anquan Boldin, putting the Cardinals on the scoreboard within three minutes of the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals
On the opening kickoff, Dante Hall was injured and left the game,  leaving rookie Jeff Webb to return the kicks for the rest of the game, including a 56-yard punt return. Samie Parker caught a 15-yard touchdown pass, leaving the Chiefs within three points of the Cardinals (17–20). The play was officially reviewed as the referees initially thought Parker caught the ball out of bounds, but the referees decided it was caught in the endzone.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals
Damon Huard threw Larry Johnson a 78-yard screen pass that would be stopped short of a touchdown when Antrel Rolle twisted Johnson's neck by grabbing his facemask, sending him to the turf motionless for 2 minutes. Johnson recovered and received a standing ovation. The NFL fined Rolle $12,500 for his penalty. It was the second time in the 2006 season in which Rolle had been fined for an illegal tackle. The play set up Lawrence Tynes’ eventual game-winning field goal, leaving the Chiefs with the 23–20 lead.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Arizona Cardinals
Neil Rackers set up for a kick with less than 15 seconds to play in order to send the 23–20 contest into overtime. Rackers missed the uprights by a foot with seconds left in the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
On October 15, the Chiefs traveled to Heinz Field to battle the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The Chiefs entered the game 2–2 for the season, while the Steelers were 1–3 with a three-game losing streak. The game was broadcast on CBS 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Trent Green would sit out for the fourth straight week. Damon Huard would make his fourth consecutive start as he entered the game ranked second in the NFL in quarterback ratings,  while the Chiefs defense ranked in the top five in the NFL. Larry Johnson recovered from his facemask tackle from Antrel Rolle and started as running back.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger threw his first touchdown of the season as the Chiefs defense gave up 372 total yards in the first half,  allowing 17 first downs. Cornerback Ty Law made a costly error in the opening series by slipping on the turf, allowing Santonio Holmes to gain 50 yards on the third play of the game. Holmes would have scored if he had not slipped as well.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Chiefs managed one touchdown in the game, coming from Larry Johnson in the third quarter. Following a 49-yard interception by safety Troy Polamalu, Larry Johnson stopped Polamalu by tackling him from his long hair. Johnson was not penalized for pulling Polamalu down, but by pulling him back up by his hair (a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct).


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Chiefs put in rookie quarterback Brodie Croyle in the final quarter, who managed an interception for a touchdown and a sack, as the Steelers ended the game with the 45–7 victory margin.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Damon Huard's poor performance led to Brodie Croyle's substitution against Pittsburgh


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
On October 22, the Chiefs returned to Arrowhead to face division rivals, the San Diego Chargers. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
Trent Green had been ruled out to start in the game, but has been cleared by doctors to begin practicing with the squad. Ronnie Cruz, the Chiefs' only fullback, is out for the year following an unspecified knee injury. Tight end Kris Wilson took over for Cruz. The Chiefs also signed fullback  in the days before the game to add depth to the position.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
The game started with the Chiefs forcing turnovers on San Diego's first four possessions. Damon Huard later converted turnovers with two touchdown passes. Jared Allen forced a fumble from quarterback Philip Rivers, recovered by Tamba Hali. The Chiefs took advantage of the turnover by scoring a touchdown with Eddie Kennison, making the lead 14–0. The Chargers would kick a field goal and the Chiefs would respond with a 15-yard field goal extending the lead to 20–3. The Chargers would not go into halftime with a 17-point deficit, so they kicked another field goal with 5 minutes to halftime.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
The game was tied for the rest of the fourth quarter until 33 seconds remained when Damon Huard led the Chiefs to a 52-yard gain with 3 passes—two of them to Tony Gonzalez for 37 yards. The gain by Gonzalez set up for a game-winning field goal by kicker Lawrence Tynes. With 11 seconds left in the game, with the Chiefs trying to avoid overtime, Tynes connected on a career long 53-yard kick which later gave the Chiefs the victory, 30–27.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
On October 29, the Chiefs hosted the defending NFC champion and former division rival,  the Seattle Seahawks. The game marked the first time the Seahawks had played at Arrowhead since joining the NFC. The game was broadcast on Fox at noon Kansas City time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Trent Green had been cleared by doctors to practice again with the team, but he required a minimum of 2 more games to adjust to playing time. Backup quarterback Damon Huard was injured in the days before the game and was expected to miss the game, but he was declared fit to start. On the Chiefs radio coverage during the game, play-by-play announcer Mitch Holthus called the game "The Backup Bowl."


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Offensive tackle John Welbourn practiced with the team, but it was not known if he will be welcomed back to the team following a suspension violating the league's steroid policy. He later came back after Week 8 after serving his suspension. The Chiefs also signed offensive tackle Chris Terry to a two-year contract. Previously, Terry had been suspended from the NFL for four games in 2003 for violation of the policies on substance abuse and personal conduct.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the second quarter, the Chiefs' Lawrence Tynes connected on a 32-yard field goal adding to the Chiefs' lead 13–7. Quarterback Seneca Wallace responded to the Chiefs' lead by throwing to Wide receiver Deion Branch, who went out of bounds in front of the end zone. The Chiefs challenged the call as they believed Branch did not have possession while in bounds. Replays showed Branch caught the ball while in the air and while one foot landed in bounds, the other stepped on the line. The review booth was experiencing technical difficulties. so the referees declared the call stands.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Chiefs' defense held the Seahawks for the remaining time in the fourth quarter after Jared Allen intercepted a tipped pass from Seneca Wallace. Allen had the ball stripped by Deion Branch near the Seattle 27-yard line. Seattle challenged Allen's possession as it was later seen that Branch recovered the ball before going out of bounds. The referees took nearly four minutes in reviewing the play, where new NFL rules claim that referees should take no longer than 90 seconds or else the play will stand. The call was reversed and Seattle regained possession with less than two minutes remaining and one timeout left.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the last few moments in the game, Derrick Johnson managed to get the Chiefs' first sack on Seneca Wallace and the Chiefs' defense held the Seahawks to secure the win. With the win, the Chiefs climbed above .500 for the first time in the season.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams
On November 5, the Chiefs traveled to the Edward Jones Dome to battle their intrastate and interleague rivals, the St. Louis Rams. The Chiefs were defending the Missouri Governor's Cup, in which both teams competed in the pre-season. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon St. Louis time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams
Chiefs' running back Priest Holmes would meet with a neurosurgeon about his October 30 neck injury, suffered against the Chargers' Shawne Merriman. Holmes must practice by November 7 to be eligible to remain in the season. Trent Green suited up for the game against the Rams, but was listed as the third quarterback behind starter Damon Huard and rookie Brodie Croyle. Herm Edwards said there was no chance Green would play against the Rams, but could be back by week 10.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams
Damon Huard threw a 43-yard pass to Samie Parker which put the Chiefs in the red zone at the 3-yard line. Huard continued the drive with a 3-yard pass to Tony Gonzalez, his 58th career touchdown and the Chiefs' all-time record breaker for Tight ends. The Chiefs were leading with two and a half minutes into the game. Kansas City again used Larry Johnson's speed to their advantage as Johnson broke a 16-yard dash, setting up a field goal by Lawrence Tynes on fourth and one. An offensive battle ensued between the two teams before the half, as Tony Gonzalez scored his 59th career touchdown and second of the game from 25-yards out. The Rams failed to find the endzone, but Jeff Wilkins connected on a field goal to make the score 24–10 at the half.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams
Damon Huard fumbled on Kansas City's next offensive drive but was recovered by Kyle Turley—in his first game back from an injury. The Rams' defensive unit stopped the Chiefs from securing the lead. The Chiefs' defense gave up some major yardage on the Rams' next turn on offense. Penalties to St. Louis cost them over 60 yards, as the Chiefs' offense suffered a penalty for defensive pass interference from Dexter Coakley and a facemask to Larry Johnson from Oshiomogho Atogwe. The Chiefs would go on to secure the win with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Kris Wilson to make the score 31–17. The game ended as the clock ran out as the Chiefs retained the Governor's Cup and advanced to 5–3.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 9: at St. Louis Rams
Several Chiefs players were injured throughout the game including Brian Waters, Tamba Hali, Derrick Johnson, Greg Wesley, Keyaron Fox and Kendall Gammon.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins
On November 12, the Chiefs traveled to Dolphin Stadium to play the Miami Dolphins. The Chiefs entered the game with a three-game winning streak and the Dolphins entered with an upset victory over the previously undefeated Chicago Bears. The game was broadcast on CBS at 1pm Miami time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins
In a November 7 press conference, Herm Edwards backed off on the subject of whether Trent Green will retain his starting role. On Election Day, Chiefs' fans were asked to vote for their choice of starting quarterback on The Kansas City Star's website. Damon Huard won the poll with 58%. The vote did not determine Edwards' decision, and was strictly for the fan's input.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins
Pro Bowler Brian Waters missed the game and several other Chiefs players—including Derrick Johnson and Greg Wesley—missed the game with their own injuries. Kansas City was 3-for-14 on third-down conversions and had the ball for only 24 minutes throughout the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins
The Chiefs were shut out by the end of the first half, the first time Miami had not allowed their opponents to score all season. After the second half, the Chiefs began to regain their ground. A fumble by Ronnie Brown gave Kansas City's Jared Allen 20-yards to recover and put the Chiefs in the red zone. Larry Johnson would finish the opportunity from the turnover and score from 2-yards out for a touchdown. The Chiefs now trailed 10–13 following an XPA by Lawrence Tynes.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins
The Chiefs regained the ball after a failed offensive drive by Miami with 3:10 left in the game. A costly sack by former Chiefs player Vonnie Holliday would put Damon Huard back within 5-yards of the end zone. The Chiefs would not be able to rally back from the 3-point deficit following an incomplete pass to Tony Gonzalez. The Dolphins ran the clock out for their third win of the season, and Kansas City's first loss in three games as the team fell to 5–4.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
On November 19, the Chiefs began a short week by facing their historic division rivals, the Oakland Raiders, and prepared for another home game just four days later against the Denver Broncos. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon CST.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
Tight end Tony Gonzalez missed the game because of a sprained shoulder from week 10, and at the time his status for the Thanksgiving game was unknown. Brian Waters and Kevin Sampson will also miss the game, and Derrick Johnson and Greg Wesley are questionable to start.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
In the week before the game, Trent Green was cleared by his doctor to play in the game. Coach Herm Edwards said early Wednesday (November 15) that whatever decision he made would remain a secret until game time,  but by the evening, Fox Sports reported Edwards confirmed Green to be the. On the Chiefs' radio broadcast, Mitch Holthus noted the crowd was so deafening that it sounded "like a playoff game."


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
Trent Green took the field for the first time in two months, but barely threw the ball in the first half, gaining only 3-yards passing. Green was not making many throws for the first 3½ quarters. He attempted four passes in the first half for only three yards. Edwards said he dialed down the playbook not necessarily because of Green's rust but because the Chiefs wanted to get Larry Johnson more involved. With the help of backup Michael Bennett, Larry Johnson and the run game trampled the Raiders to get into the end zone from 5 yards out. The Chiefs led 7–0.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
The noise from the Chiefs fans began to die down when the Raiders took the lead. After offensive struggles from both teams, the Chiefs finally managed to be within 15-yards until they were penalized for delay of game, setting them back 5 yards. The Chiefs managed to kick a field goal to make the game 13–10, reclaiming the lead. Through the fourth quarter, the Raiders were plagued with multiple penalties. Trent Green made his biggest throw of the game when he connected with Eddie Kennison for a 24-yard gain, and another to Samie Parker for 16 yards.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
Larry Johnson capped off the offensive drive by running 9-yards into the endzone. The play was challenged by Oakland and reversed, but the Chiefs still managed to score with a 1-yard touchdown by Johnson with less than 2 minutes to go in the game. After an PAT, the Chiefs secured their lead 17–13.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
Aaron Brooks shot a pass from the 8 yard line to Randy Moss, but the ball was intercepted by rookie safety Jarrad Page with 30 seconds left in the game. The Chiefs secured the win with a kneel-down by Trent Green, and their seventh straight win over the Raiders, their 50th win over the Raiders in 95 meetings. The game marked the first time in 120 games,  since 1999, that Tony Gonzalez did not play in the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
Larry Johnson finished with a two-touchdown, 159-yard rushing game on his 27th birthday. Trent Green in his comeback performance finished with 9 completed passes out of 16 attempts for 102 yards passing. Aaron Brooks had his own impressive comeback by completing 13 or 22 passes for 179 yards passing and one touchdown. The Chiefs finished the game with only 92 yards passing, but 200 rushing. The Raiders were penalized 8 times for 65 yards.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
On Thanksgiving, the Chiefs played their modern-day rivals, the Denver Broncos. The game was broadcast on the NFL Network as part of the NFL's new "Thanksgiving Tripleheader" tradition, set to kick off the NFL Network's broadcasts of Thursday and Saturday Night Football. The game also aired on Denver and Kansas City local television--KDVR-Fox 31 in Denver and WDAF-Fox 4 in Kansas City at 7pm Kansas City time. The game was broadcast on Westwood One radio. The game marked the first time in NFL history that the league played a triple-header on the holiday, and it was also the first Thanksgiving prime-time game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
After John Fogerty played at halftime, the Chiefs showed their own explosive firepower. A big gain by Samie Parker for 31-yards set up another field goal by Lawrence Tynes from 34 yards out. The Broncos fought back on their next possession. It appeared the Plummer threw his second interception of the game when Patrick Surtain intercepted a ball intended for Javon Walker, but a penalty on Lenny Walls reversed the call. The Chiefs led 13–10.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
A defensive battle ensued in the fourth quarter, as the Broncos and Chiefs' defense held each other from scoring again. At the 30-yard line, a pass from Trent Green was intercepted by Darrent Williams, intended for Samie Parker. The Chiefs regained possession at 8:00 left in the game. The Chiefs secured the win


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
The game ball was given to Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, who lobbied for 37-years to put a Thanksgiving game in Kansas City. The 74-year-old Hunt, who missed only a handful of games since founding the franchise, was admitted to a Dallas-area hospital on Wednesday, bitterly disappointed he would not see Kansas City's inaugurating the NFL's new Thanksgiving tripleheader.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos
Making the night even more festive was an in-house standing-room-only crowd of 80,866, the largest since 1972 (the year Arrowhead Stadium opened).


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns
On December 3, the Chiefs traveled to Ohio to battle the Cleveland Browns following a 10-day break. The Chiefs looked to secure a three-game win streak over the Browns, who suffered from a 1–14 home record in December since 1999. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Cleveland time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns
On November 28, it was announced that former Chiefs starting running back Priest Holmes would not return for the remainder of the 2006 season, along with Chiefs cornerback William Bartee. Holmes has not played since October 30, 2005, when he was injured on a hit by Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman in a game at San Diego. The injury left him with head and neck trauma, diagnosed by three spinal specialists.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns
Before halftime, the Browns tied the game with another touchdown, 14–14. Kansas City began the second half and Eddie Kennison racked in 39 yards with a pass from Trent Green. The Chiefs moved upfield and capped off another offensive drive with a touchdown from Kris Wilson. The play was challenged by Cleveland, but upheld. The Chiefs appeared to have sealed the win as they were up 28–14 with twelve minutes left in the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns
Cleveland fought back by finding holes in the Kansas City defense. A 54-yard pass to Jason Wright set the Browns up for a score. Steve Heiden caught a 6-yard pass for a touchdown, placing the Browns within a possession, 28–21. The Browns moved 81 yards in three and half minutes. Kansas City never found its offensive power again: a failed offensive drive gave the Browns possession again. With forty seconds remaining in the game, the Chiefs gave up another touchdown: a 3-yard pass to Steve Heiden tied the game. The Chiefs called a timeout with five seconds remaining but were clearly out of Lawrence Tynes' range for a game-winning field goal. A short pass to Tony Gonzalez, intending to reach out of bounds to stop the clock, led the game into overtime.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cleveland Browns
The Chiefs won the toss in overtime but incomplete passes barred them from winning their eighth game of the season. The game marked the second time this season that the Chiefs could not stop a team in overtime from advancing to the red zone and their second overtime loss from a field goal.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens
On December 10, the Chiefs looked to extend their "December home game winning streak" to 19 games when they took on the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs previously won the past 18 games at home in December, leading back to their loss to the Indianapolis Colts on December 15, 1996. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time. Before the game, there was a moment of silence for ailing Chiefs owner and founder Lamar Hunt, who was still in the hospital seeking cancer treatment.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens
Throughout the first half, it was a defensive fight with the Ravens getting a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter by kicker Matt Stover. Within the first half, Trent Green committed three turnovers


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens
In the third quarter, Kansas City fell big as blown coverage allowed Steve McNair to complete an 87-yard touchdown pass to Mark Clayton. The pass was the longest made by McNair in his career and Clayton's longest reception  The blown coverage would seal the loss for the Chiefs. The score put the Ravens up 13–0 with just under 6 and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Chiefs fans began to file out of Arrowhead Stadium, realizing their team lost for the first time in December at home in over a decade.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens, Death of Lamar Hunt
In the late hours of Wednesday, December 13, Chiefs founder and owner Lamar Hunt died due to complications to prostate cancer at the age of 74. Hunt had been in the hospital seeking cancer treatment since November 22. Hunt was stricken with prostate cancer in September 1998 and underwent a series of chemotherapy treatments. In October 2003 he had surgery to remove the prostate gland.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens, Death of Lamar Hunt
Hunt is survived by wife Norma, children Lamar Jr., Sharron Munson, Clark and Daniel; and 13 grandchildren. Clark Hunt will oversee the family's sports interests. On Thursday, December 14, before the Thursday Night Football game on NFL Network between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, a moment of silence was held to honor Lamar Hunt.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The race in the AFC West continued to heat up in December, especially when the Chiefs took on the San Diego Chargers on prime-time national television. The Chiefs entered the game fighting to keep their playoff dreams alive while the San Diego Chargers looked to secure the home field advantage in the playoffs.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The game was scheduled to be broadcast on CBS at 1pm San Diego time, but on December 4, the game was officially chosen to be aired on NBC Sunday Night Football at 8:15 ET (6:15 San Diego time) as part of the league's new "flex scheduling" policy. The game marked the first time the Chiefs appeared on NBC Sunday Night Football, their first prime-time game in San Diego, and their first game to be aired on NBC since facing Denver in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game at Arrowhead on January 4, 1998.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
Publicity fueled the Sunday night match when Chiefs defensive end Tamba Hali claimed the Chargers were a "finesse team" eight weeks ago after Kansas City beat San Diego 30–27 at Arrowhead Stadium in week 5. The game was the last time the Chargers lost before their seven-game winning streak leading into week 14.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
Prior to kickoff, there was a video tribute and moment of silence for Hunt, who died Wednesday night of complications from prostate cancer. He was 74. The Chiefs had "LH" decals on the backs of their helmets. The Chiefs opted for white pants in honor of Lamar Hunt. The Chiefs got their start in Kansas City wearing white on white when playing on the road and some players appealed to coach Herm Edwards to go to the traditional look Sunday night.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
After getting one sack in the previous two games and none in last week's loss to Baltimore, the Chiefs were able to put some pressure on Philip Rivers in the first half. James Reed and Tamba Hali each had a sack, and the Chiefs would have had a third, but Rivers was penalized for intentional grounding when he unloaded the ball. The Chiefs did not allow Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers to complete a pass until early in the second quarter when he threw for 18 yards to Vincent Jackson. The Chargers still led 7–3 at the time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
Tomlinson broke three NFL records: single-season scoring (186 points), single-season rushing touchdowns (28) and consecutive multi-touchdown games (eight). Tomlinson's 85-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the game's deciding play. It gave the Chargers a 14–3 lead with less than 3 minutes until halftime. The Chiefs never recovered from the botched blocked punt and let the Chargers run away with their eleventh win of the season and homefield advantage in the playoffs.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
Trent Green finished the game 23 of 41 with 185 yards passing, no touchdowns and one interception. It was Green's fourth loss in six games after returning from his injury in week one. Lawrence Tynes was the only scorer for the Chiefs, kicking three field goals from 45, 52 and 24 yards out.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
The game was the Chiefs' third straight loss as they fell to 7–7 and the Chargers' eighth straight win as they improved to 12–2.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders
On December 23, the Chiefs visited the Oakland Raiders for a Saturday night game. The game was broadcast on the NFL Network and local Oakland and Kansas City television at 5pm Oakland time. Former Chiefs head coach Dick Vermeil helped announce the game with Bryant Gumbel on NFL Network. The Chiefs had lost three straight and the Raiders lost seven in a row. The Raiders themselves had not beat the Chiefs in four years and were looking for their first division win since 2004.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders
Kansas City managed to hold Oakland throughout the first quarter while Lawrence Tynes managed to get a 29-yard field goal. Kansas City's Jared Allen recovered a fumble from Oakland's Andrew Walter after Walter was sandwiched by Allen and Kawika Mitchell. In the third quarter, the Raiders would get yet another field goal as Janikowski got one from 53 yards out. It would be the final score from Oakland of the night, and the third field goal. Kansas City looked to extend their lead with a kick from Lawrence Tynes but the kick was missed wide right. Kansas City still had the lead, 17–6.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders
The Chiefs became the first team to ever win eight straight against the Raiders. The Raiders (2–13) have lost eight straight overall and matched the franchise record for losses in a season set when they went 1–13 in 1962—the season before Davis arrived to coach and eventually own the team.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Oakland Raiders
Larry Johnson has 398 yards rushing in three starts against the Raiders, and his 10 touchdowns in six games are his most against any opponent. Johnson broke Christian Okoye's club record of 370 carries in a season. Johnson's 31 carries gave him 383. With the win, Kansas City snapped its three-game skid, improved its record to 8–7, while the Raiders lost their eighth straight game of the season.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
On New Year's Eve 2006, the Chiefs closed out the regular season when they played the Jacksonville Jaguars. The team looked to restart their "December home game winning streak" during the cold, wintry weather. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The game began with Kansas City under enormous doubt to reach the playoffs. Kansas City would slide into the tournament with a win, and losses by Tennessee, Cincinnati and Denver. The team started the day with the 10th seed in the AFC playoffs, but ended 2006 with a truly happy new year. The Chiefs paid tribute to Hunt with a moment of silence before the game and the video boards played tributes before and during the game.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Quarterback Trent Green was hit hard from Clint Ingram, resulting in a slightly sprained ankle. He sat out the next few drives as back-up quarterback Damon Huard returned to the field with the Kansas City offense to enormous applause. Huard threw a deep pass to Eddie Kennison (who miraculously held on to the ball after juggling it) and gained 40-yards. Huard handed off to Larry Johnson, who ran in for this third touchdown of the game from 12-yards out. The Chiefs were leading 35–17. By the end of the third quarter, Chiefs starting quarterback Trent Green was back in the game and threw an interception—a play that was met with jeers for Green and chants for Damon Huard to return.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Within the final five minutes, all of which Kansas City held possession, various penalties were issued against the Chiefs and Jaguars. The most notable of which came against Jacksonville's defensive tackle John Henderson and Kansas City's guard Brian Waters, both of which were flagged for unnecessary roughness. Both Henderson and Waters began to brawl against each other. Kansas City ran out the clock throughout the final two minutes and hung on for their ninth win of the season.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Chiefs, needing four teams to lose in order to gain the final seed in the playoffs, had their wish come true. Kansas City clinched the final playoff berth with Denver's loss to San Francisco and fulfilled an almost impossible playoff scenario. For the first time since 2003, the Chiefs were heading back to the playoffs to face the team they lost to, the Indianapolis Colts.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City's Larry Johnson set the single-season record for carries. Johnson's 416 attempts passed Jamal Anderson's (Atlanta Falcons) 1998 record of 410 carries. Johnson finished the game with 138 yards on 33 carries with three touchdowns.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Schedule
The Kansas City Chiefs clinched the final wild card berth (as 6th seed) during the final week of the regular season with their win over Jacksonville, a loss by Tennessee, and two overtime losses by Cincinnati and Denver. The Chiefs played against the Indianapolis Colts.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Schedule
The Chiefs were a 50-to-1 bet and the longest shot to win the Super Bowl, according to odds posted January 3, 2007 by online sportsbook PinnacleSports.com. Pinnacle pegged Kansas City at 30–1 to win the AFC title and a berth in the big game. The Chiefs held the sixth seed in the AFC playoff bracket, the same berth as the previous year's Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The Chiefs were eliminated by the Colts in the first round of the playoffs, losing by a score of 23–8.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Indianapolis Colts
Entering the AFC Wild Card Round as the sixth-seed, the Chiefs began their playoff run in the RCA Dome against the third-seeded Indianapolis Colts. In the first half, Kansas City trailed early as Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 48-yard and a 19-yard field goal in the first quarter, along with a 50-yard field goal in the second quarter. Also in the first half, the Chiefs offense was unable to get a single first down. In the third quarter, Indianapolis continued its domination with a 6-yard TD run by RB Joseph Addai.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Indianapolis Colts
Afterwards, Kansas City's offense finally got going by not only getting some first downs, but they also capped off their drive with QB Trent Green completing a 6-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. Following the touchdown, the Chiefs got a successful two-point conversion as Green completed the pass to FB Kris Wilson. However, the Colts continued its domination as in the fourth quarter, Colts QB Peyton Manning helped wrap up the game with a 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Indianapolis Colts
RB Larry Johnson, one of the league's top rushers, was held to just 32 yards on 13 carries, along with 29 receiving yards on 5 receptions, by the Colts defense (which was last in the league against the run).


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Indianapolis Colts
Unlike the teams' previous meeting in the playoffs which consisted of an offensive shootout, both teams' defenses were the story of the game. With the loss, Kansas City ended its season with an overall record of 9–8.


2006 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, 2007 Pro Bowl
Four Chiefs players were selected to play at the 2007 Pro Bowl, including RB Larry Johnson (2nd selection), TE Tony Gonzalez (8th selection), G Will Shields (12th selection) and G Brian Waters (3rd selection). Shields will make his 12th straight trip to Honolulu as a Pro Bowl performer, extending his record for the longest streak of Pro Bowl appearances in team history.


2006 Kansas City Royals season
The 2006 Kansas City Royals season was the 38th season for the franchise, and their 36th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses and missed the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.


2006 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2006 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strike Outs; CG = Complete Games pitched; SHO = Shutouts


2006 Kansas City Wizards season
2006 marked the end of the Bob Gansler run as manager- despite the many favorable results of playing in two MLS Cups, winning one- winning the Supporters' Shield and USOC many KCW fans were happy to see Bunker Bob leave.


2006 Kansas City Wizards season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 2006 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. They were coached by Mark Mangino. Despite winning 6 games, the team was not invited to a bowl game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Prince, in his first year at K-State after leaving his offensive coordinator position at Virginia. Prince had no other head coaching experience prior to accepting the K-State job.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The Wildcats played their home games in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, which had previously been known as KSU Stadium but was renamed by the university's athletic department after Bill Snyder's first retirement following the 2005 season.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team
2006 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 7–6, and a 4–4 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season ended with a loss to Rutgers in the Texas Bowl.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
Illinois State would be the first opponent that new head coach Ron Prince would face. Illinois State, out of the Gateway Football Conference would prove to be a tough task for Kansas State as the Wildcats narrowly won, 24-23


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
Kansas State scored two special teams touchdowns and stopped Illinois State quarterback Luke Drone on a 2-point conversion in the final minutes to preserve a 24-23 victory in the head coaching debut of Ron Prince.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
Trailing 17-16 with 8:25 to go, Kansas State's Marcus Perry popped the ball out of the arms of Illinois State's Jason Horton and into the hands of cornerback Byron Garvin, who sprinted 9 yards into the end zone to give the Wildcats the lead.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
Dylan Meier hit tight end Rashaad Norwood for the 2-point conversion to make it 24-17, but the Redbirds came right back, just as they had all game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
Driving 47 yards in just over 5 minutes, Drone hit a wide open Pierre Jackson in the corner of the end zone to pull within 24-23 with 3:02 to go.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois State
But instead of kicking the extra point, coach Denver Johnson elected to go for 2 and the win. Drone dropped back to pass but was quickly swallowed by the Kansas State defensive line to preserve the victory.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
The Wildcats were favored by 22 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
Justin McKinney became the first Kansas State player in 70 years to run back an opening kickoff for a touchdown. McKinney sprinted to his right and went 88 yards down the sideline for Kansas State's first game-opening score since Red Elder's touchdown return in a 6-6 tie at Oklahoma on Nov. 7, 1936.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
Dylan Meier threw for 125 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (2-0), who extended their winning streak against Sun Belt teams to 10 straight games. It was the first shutout for Kansas State since a 45-0 win over Iowa State on Nov. 8, 2003.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
After managing just 207 yards of offense in its first game, Kansas State rolled up 346 yards on the Owls (0-2). The Wildcats' defense, meanwhile, had three sacks and nine other tackles for loss, holding Florida Atlantic to 202 yards.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Marshall
The Wildcats were favored by 10½ points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Kansas State's defense dominated for the second straight game and forced three turnovers, and the Wildcats' offense found its groove late in a 23-7 victory over Marshall.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Kansas State outgained the Thundering Herd 355 yards to 142, but didn't mount a sustained TD drive until late in the fourth quarter.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Cardinals were favored by 14 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Kansas State's defense stood tall and Thomas Clayton rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown, but No. 8 Louisville proved to be too much as the Cardinals handed the Wildcats their first setback of the season, 24-6.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Wildcats held the nation's top scoring offense to less than half its average and its fewest points in nearly a year. But K-State had a tough time cashing in on opportunities, coming away without any points on three drives that ended inside the Louisville 30-yard line.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
In the end, Kansas State held the high-octane Cardinal offense to their fewest passing yards in 15 games, but it wasn’t enough to derail Louisville.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Hunter Cantwell threw for 173 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown to Harry Douglas to cap a 97-yard drive on Louisville's opening possession of the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The K-State defense settled in and held the Cardinals to just 87 yards the rest of the half as Louisville took a 10-0 lead into the locker room, thanks to a 25-yard Art Carmody field goal with 4:17 to go in the second quarter.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Wildcats were unable to dent the scoreboard until early in the fourth quarter, when Clayton ripped off a 69-yard run for K-State's only points of the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville
After George Stripling's 1-yard run put the Cardinals on top 17-0 in the third quarter, Louisville turned the ball over on two fumbles and an interception.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The Bears were favored by 2½ going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Kansas State won the battle of the stat sheet but was unable to turn yards into points as the Wildcats dropped a 17-3 decision at Baylor to open Big 12 play at Floyd Casey Stadium.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Josh Freeman threw for 196 yards in relief of starter Dylan Meier, including a 68-yard pass to Yamon Figurs and a 55-yard hook-up with Jermaine Moriera, but five turnovers, including three in the red zone helped keep the Wildcats off the scoreboard.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Baylor, meanwhile, used three big plays to generate all of its points as the Bears held on for just their second win of the season.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Freshman quarterback Josh Freeman got rolling late in his first start, running for a 21-yard touchdown with 1:11 left to help Kansas State rally for a 31-27 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Leon Patton, another freshman making his first start for the Wildcats, ran for 151 yards and one touchdown and returned a kickoff 95 yards for another score.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Safety Marcus Watts also had a huge game for the Wildcats (4-2, 1-1 Big 12), who trailed 27-17 with just over three minutes left before coming back to beat the Cowboys (3-2, 0-1) for the sixth straight time in Manhattan and the 10th time in their last 11 meetings.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Watts blocked a punt that Daniel Gonzalez returned 21 yards for Kansas State's first score. In the closing seconds, Watts broke up what would have been a game-winning catch by D'Juan Woods then intercepted Bobby Reid's tipped pass in the end zone as time ran out.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Freeman, the first freshman to start for the Wildcats since Duane Howard in 1976, was sacked four times and had just six passing attempts going into the fourth quarter. But in the last four minutes, he was spectacular. His 43-yard completion to Jermaine Moreira set up Patton's 1-yard TD run with 3:04 left. That score, which broke a seven-quarter stretch without an offensive touchdown, got the Wildcats within 27-24. Oklahoma State couldn't muster a clock-killing drive in response, and Freeman needed only three plays to give Kansas State the lead.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
He threw to Gonzalez for 20 yards and Yamon Figurs for 17, then went the rest of the way on his own after his protection broke down and the middle of the field opened up. He finished the day 10-for-15 for 177 yards and did not throw an interception.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
The Cornhuskers were favored by 11 going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Nebraska gambled and won on a pair of tricky fourth-down calls, beating Kansas State 21-3 snapping the 21st-ranked Cornhuskers' four-game losing streak in Manhattan.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Kansas State (4-3, 1-2) had not lost at home to Nebraska since a 39-3 defeat on Oct. 5, 1996.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
The Huskers (6-1, 3-0 Big 12) earned the program's 800th victory.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Nebraska's first touchdown, a 17-yard pass play less than four minutes into the game, came on a fake field goal. Holder Jake Wesch, a backup kicker who played quarterback in high school, rolled right and found reserve tight end Hunter Teafatiller all alone just outside the end zone for a 7-0 lead.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
And on the Cornhuskers' first drive of the second quarter, Zac Taylor's 24-yard bootleg on fourth-and-2 from Kansas State's 27 set up a 3-yard TD pass to Josh Mueller—also a backup tight end—for a 14-0 lead.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Marlon Lucky's 40-yard TD burst up the middle made it 21-0 shortly before the midpoint of the third quarter.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Jeff Snodgrass' 53-yard field goal in the third quarter kept Kansas State from being shut out for the first time since a 12-0 loss at Colorado on Nov. 16, 1996.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri
The Tigers were favored by 16½ points going into the game. Missouri fell behind on the first play Saturday before Chase Daniel threw four touchdown passes to lead the No. 24 Tigers to a 41-21 victory over Kansas State, breaking a 13-game losing streak to the Wildcats.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri
The game, played in a driving rain, marked Missouri's first win over Kansas State since a 27-14 victory in Columbia in 1992.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Kansas State seemed poised for the upset early. Defensive end Rob Jackson broke around left end on the first play from scrimmage at the Missouri 41 and blindsided Daniel, forcing a fumble that was scooped up by linebacker Zach Diles, who ran 43 yards for the score.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri
After a Jeff Wolfert 30-yard field goal for Missouri, the Wildcats had a chance to go up 14-3 early in the second quarter. But on fourth-and-goal from the 1, James Johnson was stopped for no gain.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri then drove 99 yards in 10 plays, scoring on a 14-yard pass from Daniel to tight end Martin Rucker.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Kansas State was favored by 5 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
James Johnson had 115 yards rushing and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 32-yard run late in the third quarter, as Kansas State scored 31 straight points to beat Iowa State 31-10 on Saturday.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Linebacker Brandon Archer recovered a muffed punt and a fumble for Kansas State which broke a two-game losing streak. The Cyclones lost their fifth straight, had a two-game winning streak against the Wildcats snapped.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Buffaloes were favored by 4 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Josh Freeman was efficient in the passing game going 22-26 and throwing for 251 yards and two touchdowns. Freeman led the Wildcats to their first win in Boulder since the 2000 season. K-State lost the 2002 and 2004 games in Boulder.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
The Longhorns were favored by 17½ points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Behind Josh Freeman's three-touchdown performance, Kansas State shocked No. 4 Texas. The game was broadcast regionally on ABC's Saturday Night Football until the conclusion of the simultaneous Wake Forest at Florida State game. Then the last minutes of this game were broadcast nationally on ABC. The fans stormed the field after the game and tried unsuccessfully for several minutes to tear down the goalpost on the north endzone. The Longhorns got within a field goal on Chris Ogbonnaya's 1-yard touchdown run with 1:36 to go. But Jordy Nelson recovered the ensuing onside kick and then caught a 6-yard pass for a first down that sealed the Wildcats' win.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Freeman threw for 269 yards and three scores and ran for another TD for Kansas State, which scored three touchdowns over a 3:06 span in the third quarter on its way to breaking a six-game losing streak against ranked opponents.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Texas' Colt McCoy got pinned under the pile on the first drive at the goal line and came up favoring his right shoulder after a crushing hit by Wildcat linebacker Brandon Archer. He left the game and never returned.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Jayhawks were favored by 2 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas State had a tough day on the gridiron, turning the ball over six times (all six were credited to Josh Freeman, including three fumbles and three interceptions). The six turnovers led to 30 of Kansas' 39 points.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Wildcats closed out the regular season with a 7-5 overall mark, 4-4 in Big 12 play, for their best record since the 2003.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Josh Freeman, the freshman sensation who accounted for four touchdowns in the previous week's upset of Texas, was manhandled by a Kansas pass defense ranked 117th in the country.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas
It was the first time since 1917 that both teams came into this state rivalry on winning streaks of at least two games.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Rutgers was favored by 7 points going into the game.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Kansas State hung with No. 16 Rutgers for 30 minutes, but the Scarlet Knights scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to hand the Wildcats a 37-10 loss in the inaugural Texas Bowl before 52,210 fans at Reliant Stadium. It was the Wildcats' first bowl game appearance since the 2004 Fiesta Bowl, also a loss.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Rutgers, which just missed out on a BCS Bowl berth, was as good as advertised and kept K-State off balance all night long.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Ray Rice, the Texas Bowl MVP, rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown and Tim Brown caught two TD passes, for the Scarlet Knights (11-2), who claimed their first bowl victory in 137 seasons of intercollegiate football.


2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
The game was held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and was broadcast on the NFL Network. This matchup was the inaugural Texas Bowl. The game replaced the Houston Bowl.


2006 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 2006 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who sported high approval ratings ran for re-election to serve a second and final term. Governor Sebelius was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and she faced the Republican nominee, State Senator Jim Barnett, who emerged from a crowded primary. Sebelius soundly defeated Barnett and cruised to re-election, which was quite a considerable feat for a Democrat in staunchly conservative Kansas. As of 2021, this is the last time in which a Democrat won more than nine counties.


2006 Karjala Tournament
The 2006 Karjala Tournament was an ice hockey tournament that took place from November 9-12, 2006. Five games were played in Finland and one was played in the Czech Republic. Russia won the tournament before the Czech Republic and Sweden, while Finland finished fourth.


2006 Karjala Tournament
The tournament was part of the 2006-07 Euro Hockey Tour.


2006 Karjala Tournament, Best players
The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2006:


2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial
The 2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial (also known as the Vienna Cup) took place from October 11 through 14th, 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.


2006 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup
The 2006 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup was the fifth edition of the Kazakhstan Hockey Cup, the national ice hockey cup competition in Kazakhstan. Six teams participated and Kazakhmys Satpaev won its 2nd cup.


2006 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2006 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 15th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 31 March and 10 November.


2006 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams
For the 2006 season, Kaisar and Energetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Zhetysu and Bolat MSK who were relegated.