2011 São Toméan presidential election
The first round was contested by approximately 120 candidates. The candidate from President de Menezes' party, Force for Change Democratic Movement–Liberal Party (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático das Forças de Mudança–Partido Liberal, MDFM–PL), was Delfim Neves, who jointly represented the MDFM–PL and his own Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido de Convergencia Democratica, PCD–GR). Pinto da Costa, who ran independently, won the most votes but failed to receive the majority required to claim an outright victory. Carvalho, of the ruling party Independent Democratic Action (Portuguese: Acção Democratica Independente, ADI), a former prime minister and the incumbent Speaker of the National Assembly, placed second. A run-off to be contested between Pinto da Costa and Carvalho was announced on the same day. Pinto da Costa received the backing of the majority of eliminated candidates, and he was expected to win comfortably.


2011 São Toméan presidential election
Pinto da Costa won the runoff, held 7 August, by five percentage points. He is scheduled to take office on 3 September and remain as president for a term of five years.


2011 São Toméan presidential election, Background
Manuel Pinto da Costa previously served as São Tomé and Príncipe's first president from independence in 1975. He governed the islands as a one-party socialist state under the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese: Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe, MLSTP). In 1991, the legalisation of opposition political parties led to the country's first election under a democratic system. Pinto da Costa was not a candidate in that election and instead announced he would retire from politics. The MLSTP did not present an alternative candidate and Miguel Trovoada was elected unopposed. Despite his previous declaration, Pinto da Costa returned to participate in the presidential elections of 1996, but was narrowly defeated by Trovoada. In 2001, he ran against incumbent president Fradique de Menezes, and was again unsuccessful.


2011 São Toméan presidential election, Background
Pinto da Costa resigned from the MLSTP in 2005. The party is currently led by Aurélio Martins, who placed sixth in the first round vote count. Other major candidates included former prime minister Maria das Neves and former defence minister Elsa Pinto, both independents. Pinto da Costa's main rival, Carvalho, represented the ADI, which won the parliamentary elections in August 2010 and is the ruling party of incumbent Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada.


2011 São Toméan presidential election, Conduct
Missions from the African Union, Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Economic Community of Central African States sent observers to monitor the election, which was declared free and fair. The only major controversy observed was a boycott by around 30,000 from five small villages on São Tomé's northern shore, in protest over grievances with living conditions that had not been addressed. The polls were re-opened in these villages on 20 July, but the results did not affect the outcome.


2011 São Toméan presidential election, Results
A total of 92,639 citizens were registered to vote. In the first round, the national electoral commission, headed by Victor Correia, recorded a turnout of 68%. Of the 120 candidates, Da Costa and Carvalho won the most votes (35.6% and 21.8% respectively), but neither candidate received enough support to claim a majority. Delfim Neves and Maria das Neves both won substantial vote counts (over 14% each), but only the first two placeholders went through to the run-off. After the results were confirmed, most of the eliminated candidates, including Delfim Neves, Maria das Neves and Aurélio Martins, endorsed da Costa's bid for the run-off.


2011 São Toméan presidential election, Reactions
Several analysts have raised concerns that Pinto da Costa's victory may trigger a return to the authoritarian rule seen during his previous period in power.


2011 TAC Cup season
The 2011 TAC Cup season was the 20th season of the TAC Cup competition. Sandringham Dragons won their 2nd premiership title after defeating the Oakleigh Chargers in the grand final by 8 points.


2011 TBL Playoffs
2011 Turkish Basketball League (TBL) Playoffs was the final phase of the 2010–11 Turkish Basketball League season. The playoffs started on 11 May 2011. Fenerbahçe Ülker were the defending champions.


2011 TBL Playoffs
The eight highest placed teams of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. All series were best-of-5 except the final, which was best-of-7. Under Turkish league rules, if a team swept its playoff opponent in the regular season, it was granted an automatic 1–0 series lead, and the series started with Game 2.


2011 TBL Playoffs
Fenerbahçe Ülker competed against Galatasaray Café Crown in the finals, won the series 4-2 and got their 5th championship.


2011 TC 2000 Championship
The 2011 TC 2000 Championship is the 33rd Turismo Competicion 2000 season.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs were led by 11th-year head coach Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–0 in Mountain West play to win their third straight conference championship. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they defeated Western Athletic Conference champion Louisiana Tech, 31–24.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team
This was the Horned Frogs last year as a member of the Mountain West. They were originally set to become a member of the Big East Conference in the 2012 season. However, on October 10, they accepted a bid to join the Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 has several other former members of the Southwest Conference, notably Baylor, one of TCU's most intense rivals in history.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Before the season
During the 2010–2011 campaign, the Horned Frogs finished the season undefeated, 13–0 and being voted #2 in the Coaches and AP polls. The Horned Frog's 2010 season was capped off with a 21–19 victory over Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl. During the off-season, quarterback Andy Dalton, who had won 43 games for TCU, left for the NFL, leading to Casey Pachall to take over as quarterback. At the Mountain West Conference media day, the Horned Frogs were picked to finish 2nd in the conference.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Before the season, Recruiting
TCU's recruiting class was ranked #26 by Rivals.com and #28 by Scout.com. The top 10 recruits according to ESPN grades are listed below:


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Regular season
TCU began the season being upset by then-former (and future) conference rival Baylor 48–50, ending the Horned Frogs' 25-regular-season-game winning streak. TCU then won their next three games against Air Force, Louisiana–Monroe and Portland State before losing in overtime 33–40 to SMU in Battle for the Iron Skillet.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Regular season
After the loss against SMU, TCU won out the rest of its regular-season schedule to win its third straight Mountain West Conference championship. TCU's biggest victory was against #5 Boise State at Bronco Stadium. TCU won the game 36–35 on a two-point conversion. The victory ended Boise State's record 65-game regular-season home winning streak and 47-game conference home winning streak. After Houston lost the 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game, there was a chance for TCU to reach a BCS game for a third straight year. However, TCU finished #18 in the BCS standings and missed out on attending a BCS bowl.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, 2011 Poinsettia Bowl
On December 4, 2011, the TCU Horned Frogs accepted an invite to represent the MWC. Their opponents were the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, the 2011 WAC champions. The game was played at Snapdragon Stadium.


2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team, 2011 Poinsettia Bowl
TCU won the game 31-24. With the win, TCU coach Gary Patterson picked up his 109th victory, tying Dutch Meyer for the most wins in TCU history.


2011 TEAN International
The 2011 TEAN International was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 11th edition of the tournament for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands between 5 and 11 September 2011.


2011 TEAN International, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 TEAN International, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 TEAN International, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2011 TEAN International, Champions, Men's Doubles
Thiemo de Bakker /  Antal van der Duim def. Matwé Middelkoop /  Igor Sijsling, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]


2011 TEAN International, Champions, Women's Doubles
Diana Enache /  Daniëlle Harmsen def. Katarzyna Piter /  Barbara Sobaszkiewicz, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [11–9]


2011 TEAN International – Men's Doubles
Farrukh Dustov and Bertram Steinberger were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Thiemo de Bakker and Antal van der Duim won the title, defeating Matwé Middelkoop and Igor Sijsling 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6] in the final.


2011 TEAN International – Men's Singles
Jesse Huta Galung was the defending champion. He was supposed to play in the main draw, however withdrew before his match against Alban Meuffels. Marek Michalička replaced him and reached the semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Igor Sijsling.


2011 TEAN International – Men's Singles
Dutch player won this tournament. He defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 7–6(7–2), 6–3 in the final.


2011 TEAN International – Women's Doubles
Daniëlle Harmsen and Julia Schruff were the defending champions, but Schruff chose not to participate. Harmsen competed with Diana Enache.


2011 TEAN International – Women's Doubles
Harmsen and Enache won the title, defeating Katarzyna Piter and Barbara Sobaszkiewicz 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] in the final.


2011 TEAN International – Women's Singles
Julia Schruff was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Stephanie Vogt won the title by defeating Katarzyna Piter in the final 6–2, 6–4.


2011 TNT – Fortuna Meeting
The 5th edition of the annual TNT - Fortuna Meeting took place on June 15 and June 16, 2011 in Kladno, Czech Republic. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the top-level 2011 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2011 TOP 09 leadership election
A leadership election was held in the TOP 09 party in the Czech Republic on 23 October 2011. Incumbent Karel Schwarzenberg was unopposed. He received 162 of the 169 votes. Schwarzenberg also accepted party's nomination for the 2013 presidential elections.


2011 TSFL Season
The 2011 TSFA season was the 13th regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League (TSFL).


2011 TSFL Season
2011 saw a veteran team return, another change ownership and name and then another leave. The TSFA continued league play at River City Christian School.


2011 TSFL Season, Teams
The Rhinos returned and join the Longhorns as the most tenured teams with their eleventh years of competition. The Bucs played for their tenth season. The Wrecking Crew returned for their seventh season. The Phoenix returned for their fifth seasons. The Outlawz entered their third season of play and the Tigers competed in their second. The Renegades switched hands and became the Ravens.


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season
The thirteenth year of the TSFA consisted of eight weeks from February 27, 2011 to April 10, 2011.


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 1
February 27, 2011Wrecking Crew 20 - Phoenix 0Outlawz 29 - Bucs 27Tigers 49 - Rhinos 6Longhorns 24 - Ravens 18


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 2
March 6, 2011Tigers 26 - Outlawz 0Phoenix 47 - Rhinos 7Wrecking Crew 13 - Longhorns 25Bucs 19 - Ravens 33


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 3
March 13, 2011Bucs 7 - Longhorns 45Ravens 32 - Phoenix 19Tigers 22 - Wrecking Crew Rhinos 6 - Outlawz 54 M


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 4
March 20, 2011Ravens 34 - Outlawz 19Tigers 47 - Phoenix 6Longhorns 20 - Rhinos 0Wrecking Crew 33 - Bucs 13


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 5
March 27, 2011Ravens 32 - Rhinos 26Tigers 46 - Bucs 13Wrecking Crew 15 - Outlawz 7Longhorn 19 - Phoenix 14


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 6
April 3, 2011Phoenix 35 - Bucs 20Outlawz 39 - Longhorns 38Wrecking Crew 40 - Rhinos 6Tigers 40 - Ravens 24


2011 TSFL Season, Regular season, Week 7
April 10, 2011Tigers 34 - Longhorns 14Bucs 21- Rhinos 6Ravens 25 - Wrecking Crew 21Outlawz 47 - Phoenix 12


2011 TSFL Season, Playoffs
The thirteenth year of playoffs for the TSFA consisted of the top 6 from the league entering the post season with the top 2 seeds getting a bye week.


2011 TSFL Season, Playoffs, Wildcard Round
April 17, 2011Wrecking Crew 26 - Outlawz 20 2OTRavens 48 - Phoenix 20


2011 TSFL Season, Playoffs, Conference Championships
May 1, 2011Longhorns 39 - Ravens 38 OTTigers 26 - Wrecking Crew 20


2011 TSFL Season, Epler Cup XIII
May 7, 2011Tigers 43 - Longhorns 37 OTEpler Cup XIII MVPRudy - #19 WR Tigers


2011 TSFL Season, Regular Season Awards
Offensive Player of the Year: To be announcedDefensive Player of the Year: To be announced2009 TSFA Regular Season MVP: To be announced


2011 TSL season
The 2011 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season was an Australian Rules Football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over eighteen roster rounds and six finals series matches between 2 April and 24 September 2011.


2011 TSL season
The League is known as the Wrest Point Tasmanian State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with Wrest Point Casino in Hobart and Federal Group. On 8 August 2011, AFL Tasmania ruled that official records from the previous TFL Statewide League, TSFL and SWL competitions were now declared null and void in respect to the current TSL and that records would start from 2009 onwards.


2011 TSL season, 2011 Tasmanian State League Ladder, Round 13
Note: Burnie Dockers wore the original Cooee Football Club uniform to honour its 1961 premiership anniversary. Note: South Launceston wore the original City-South red and white playing uniform.


2011 TSL season, 2011 Tasmanian State League Ladder, Round 14
(Friday, 22 July. Saturday, 23 July & Sunday, 24 July 2011)


2011 TSL season, 2011 Tasmanian State League Ladder, Round 17
Note: Brian Finch (Launceston) kicked his 100th goal during the 4th Quarter.


2011 TSL season, 2011 Tasmanian State League Ladder, Round 18
Note: Lauderdale wore their original white and navy hooped Cats strip in honour of their sole 1991 premiership anniversary.


2011 Tai Po District Council election
The 2011 Tai Po District Council election was held on 6 November 2011 to elect all 19 elected members to the 24-member District Council.


2011 Taiwan Series
The 2011 Taiwan Series was played by Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions and Lamigo Monkeys, winners of the first and second half-seasons. The Lions won the title of 2011 Taiwan Series four games to one and will represent Taiwan in the 2011 Asia Series.


2011 Taiwan Series, Participants
The Lions and the Monkeys played each other in 40 regular season games, and the Monkeys had the upper hand with 21 wins, 18 losses, and one tied game. The two teams also played each other in the 2006 and 2007 Taiwan Series; the Monkeys defeated the Lions in 2006, but the Lions claimed the title in 2007.


2011 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 1
October 15, 2011 at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, Taoyuan County


2011 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 2
October 16, 2011 at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, Taoyuan County


2011 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 3
October 18, 2011 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City


2011 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 4
October 19, 2011 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City


2011 Taiwan Series, Summaries, Game 5
October 20, 2011 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City


2011 Taji bombings
The 5 July 2011 Taji bombings were two coordinated bombings, a car bomb followed by a bomb, that were detonated in the parking lot of a municipal government building in Taji, Iraq killing at least 35 and wounding at least 50.


2011 Tajik League
The 2011 Tajik League was the 20th season of Tajik League, the Tajikistan Football Federation's top division of association football. Istiklol retained the Championship they won the previous season.


2011 Tajik Super Cup
The 2011 Tajik Football Super Cup was the 2nd Tajik Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the 2010 League and Cup champions, Istiklol, and the League runners-up, Regar-TadAZ.


2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
The 2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahassee, United States between 11 and 16 April 2011.


2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Vasek Pospisil /  Bobby Reynolds def. Go Soeda /  James Ward, 6–2, 6–4


2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Stephen Huss and Joseph Sirianni were the defending champions, but chose not to compete with each other. Huss partnered up with Ashley Fisher, while Sirianni played alongside Fritz Wolmarans. Vasek Pospisil and Bobby Reynolds won the title, defeating Go Soeda and James Ward 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles
Brian Dabul is the defending champion but lost in the second round. Donald Young won the title, defeating Wayne Odesnik 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 in the finals.


2011 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Tameside Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
The Fourteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the India state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) faced the election as coalitions of multiple political parties: DMK front consisted of 8 parties and the AIADMK of 11 parties. Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which had contested the previous elections independently, allied with the AIADMK coalition. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam boycotted the election following a disagreement with Jayalalithaa over seat-sharing. Tamil film actor Vijay was openly involved in Tamil Nadu politics for the first time by extending his support for AIADMK.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
The outgoing Karunanidhi government was noted for the construction of new assembly building in Chennai, execution of various developmental projects, and implementation of programmes including free health care for the poor and issuance of a range of freebies such as color television to all. However, these were heavily overshadowed by other major issues such as incessant power cuts in households and industries, excessive sand mining, increasing prices of essential items, 2G spectrum case and undue influence of Karunanidhi's extended family in various aspects of Tamil politics and business and even media.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
The election commission enforced stringent measures to curb the widespread abuse of power to bribe voters that were common in previous elections; it also imposed strict campaign discipline by imposing the 10 PM curfew. The commission headed by the chief election officer Praveen Kumar was commended for conducting the election strictly and fairly. The election recorded the highest polling ever in the state - 77.8% of the total electorate voted in the election surpassing 76.57% polled in 1967 election.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
AIADMK front won the election-winning in 203 constituencies; the AIADMK party alone secured a massive majority by carrying 150 seats and became eligible to form the government without requiring the support of its coalition partners. DMDK won 29 seats, more than the 23 seats won by DMK, and opted to serve as the official opposition party. Political analysts concluded that the election was a referendum on the outgoing DMK government and the powerful anti-incumbency sentiment helped the AIADMK coalition. J. Jayalalithaa along with 33 ministers was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time on 16 May 2011 by the governor Surjit Singh Barnala.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background
The Karunanidhi administration was noted for various developmental projects and generous spending of the tax money for the implementation of various free schemes and issuance of freebies: The government provided 1 kg rice for 1 rupee, free health insurance for poor, free colour television and gas stove for all. It also provided job for over 500,000 people in various departments of the government and introduced free concrete house scheme for the poor. It also implemented various road, bridge and drinking water projects in Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background
However, the election was dominated by four major issues, increase in price of essential commodities, 2G spectrum case, Power outage and nepotism. Inflation was high during late 2010 to early 2011; The price of food and other essential commodities had increased exponentially affecting middle class and poor people: Onions were sold for Rs. 100, tomatoes for Rs. 80 and Jasmine flower for Rs. 1200 per kilo gram. This historical rise in price of essential food items was believed to be due to increased rainfall in North Indian states.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background
The key issue that affected the people was electricity shortage in the State. The 2G spectrum case involved the issue of 122 licenses of the 2G spectrum to 85 companies including many new telecom companies with little or no experience in the telecom sector at a price set in the year 2001. The case was alleged to have costed 677.19 billion ₹ (US$15.03 billion) to the Indian exchequer. A. Raja, Union telecommunications minister from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in relation to the case. Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha member from DMK and Chief minister's daughter and Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV were also included in the chargesheet filed by CBI. The five years of Karunanidhi's rule also saw an undue influence of his extended family members in various aspects of Tamil business and politics


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Electoral alliances began to take shape in late 2010. J. Jayalalithaa, the leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) characterised the election as a turning point in Tamil Nadu history similar to 1967 election. She was alluding to the major political changes that took place in Tamil Nadu after 1967 election in which Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated Indian National Congress for the first time and subsequently, Congress has then never won an election in the state till date.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, political wing of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) constituted a five-member committee to hold consultations with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) for seat sharing. The party had decided to support AIADMK in a resolution adopted at a high-level meeting citing deteriorating law and order and corruption. Naam Tamilar Iyakkam coordinator Seeman also expressed his support for AIADMK on 10 January and said his decision is based on his opposition to INC which he claimed works against the interests of Sri Lankan Tamils.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Cho Ramaswamy, founder of Thuglak magazine, was actively involved in the formation of alliances. He supported AIADMK and encouraged other parties to do so as well. On the 41st anniversary of the founding of Thuglak on 14 January, he delivered an address that strongly opposed ruling DMK party. He encouraged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) to forge an alliance with AIADMK. Communist Party of India Tamil Nadu state secretary D. Pandian also called for DMDK to join the AIADMK coalition to defeat DMK and officially announced the continuation of CPI's coalition with AIADMK on 29 January. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) announced its decision to contest the election with AIADMK on 25 January.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Despite the strained relationship between Indian National Congress (INC) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa ruled out coalition with INC on 19 January. Tamil actor Karthik announced his party's (Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi) support to AIADMK after meeting Jayalalithaa on 19 January. Hindu Munnani leader Rama Gopalan ruled out support to AIADMK coalition on 20 January citing the participation of anti-Hindu forces in the fold. DMDK officially announced their alliance with AIADMK and started their negotiations. This brought to an end the possibilities of 3rd Front and DMDK contesting the elections on their own.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Vijay's Makkal Iyakkam supported AIADMK Front. He delivered a speech in a rally attended by an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people in Nagapattinam on 22 February condemning the actions of Sri Lankan military against Tamil Nadu fishermen. S. A. Chandrasekhar, noted film director and father of actor Vijay met with Jayalalithaa three times during the run-up to the election and announced Makkal Iyakkam's decision to support the AIADMK front in Tiruchirappalli on 27 March.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition, Seat allotment
In the middle of March, amidst discussion to finalise the allocation of constituencies, AIADMK surprised its allies by unilaterally deciding the 160 constituencies in which it will field candidates. The list included constituencies won by the CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc and Pudhiya Thamizhagam in the previous election. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was not allotted any constituency. After the coalition partners threatened to form a third front under DMDK, AIADMK gave in to their demands. Most of the seats AIADMK took from its alliance partners were given back bringing the standoff to an end. However MDMK was not given the number of seats it asked for and hence Vaiko left AIADMK led alliance and boycotted the elections.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. V. Thankabalu confirmed the continuation of his party's alliance with DMK on 21 January. DMK pulled out of the ruling coalition at the centre on 5 March amid disagreements with Congress over seat sharing. After three days, the parties struck a deal in which DMK gave in to the demand and allowed Congress to contest in 63 seats. Abdul Rahman, Member of Parliament from Vellore constituency announced the continuation of Indian Union Muslim League's coalition with DMK on 24 January 2011.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
After meeting Karunanidhi at his home on 16 January, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan said his party will work for the victory of DMK coalition. In a speech given during the wedding of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister Periyakaruppan's son in Chennai, Karunanidhi expressed his desire to step down from Chiefministership and continue as the leader of the party. Karunanidhi, during his trip to New Delhi for attending Chief Ministers meeting on 30 January, said that Indian National Congress, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal, Muslim League and Pattali Makkal Katchi are in the DMK coalition.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition
But Ramadoss, the leader of PMK denied that and said no final decision has been taken on coalition. However PMK later joined the DMK alliance and was allotted 31 seats. It was later reduced to 30 to accommodate Congress which was firm on contesting 63 seats. Mylapore MLA and actor-turned politician S. V. Shekhar, joined Congress on 6 February 2011 after being expelled from AIADMK in 2009. Although Mylapore constituency was allotted to congress party, it did not give the chance to S.V. Shekhar. Instead the party allotted it to Jayanthi Thangabalu, the wife of TN Congress president K.V. Thangabalu. However her nomination was rejected by election commission citing incomplete submission of relevant documents. The nomination of K.V. Thangabalu, who was the replacement candidate was accepted making him the official congress candidate.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam coalition, Seat allotment
Upset over the tough posture adopted by the Congress during the seat-sharing negotiations, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on 5 March decided to pull out its Ministers from the Union government and provide only issue-based support. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of the high-level committee of the party at Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters. But after days of intense bargaining, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on 9 March struck a deal, under which the Congress would contest 63 seats.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) boycotted the election following its withdrawal from the AIADMK alliance as AIADMK did not award the party any coalition constituency. Makkal Sakthi Katchi (Lok Satta Party), the party founded by Jayaprakash Narayan contested in 35 constituencies in 18 districts. Some of the candidates of the party were members/coordinators from the Non-Government Organisation 5th Pillar who were famous for issuing zero rupees notes to fight corruption. The party was headed in Tamil Nadu by a steering committee composed of six people including Vijay Anand of 5th Pilar.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) although a major force in North India had struggled to make a foothold in Tamil Nadu . BJP leader L.Ganesan declared on 13 January that BJP will go alone in the elections . BJP announced its Candidate list on 18 March. Subramanian swamy leader of Janata Party announced JP will face the elections in alliance with BJP and will contest in 10 seats. JD(U) has announced it will contest 8 seats in alliance with BJP.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Tamil film actor Karthik's Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi entered the election as a member of AIADMK coalition. When no seat was allocated to his party by AIADMK, he decided to contest the election alone in 25 to 40 seats. His party with sizeable Thevar votes in southern Tamil Nadu is believed to eat into the AIADMK votebank. In 2006, former AIADMK minister Nainar Nagendran lost by 2,000 votes in Tirunelveli, where Karthik's party polled more than the margin. Two weeks later his split from AIADMK, he announced his party will contest independently in 19 constituencies and support DMK in 213 constituencies.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Educationist-turned-politician T. R.Pachamuthu's Indiya Jananayaka Katchi (IJK) leads the third front. It comprises Tamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam of John Pandian, Samooka Samathuva Padai of retired IAS officer, P Sivakami, Tamil Nadu Vanigar Peravai and VOC Peravai. The front is fielding candidates in more than 150 constituencies . Political observers feel that the IJK could poll 3,000 to 5,000 votes in many constituencies in Cuddalore, Villupuram, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Salem districts where Pachamuthu's Udayar community has sizeable presence. The Samooka Samathuva Padai will mobilise significant dalit votes in constituencies like Tindivanam, Krishnarayapuram, Haroor and Gangavalli. Sivakami herself is contesting from Gangavalli . John Pandian has some influence in Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Dindigul and Tirunelveli districts.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Bahujan Samaj Party which is ruling in Uttar Pradesh has decided to field candidates for all 234 seats and will be contesting alone . The party announced its candidate list on 18 March. Puratchi Bharatham led by MLA JeganMurthy which was part of DMK alliance from 2004 left the alliance due to seat sharing issue. It contested 40 seats on its own. Social Democratic Party of India has also plunged into the Tamil Nadu election fray with a view to garnering Muslim votes. They are concentrating on Coimbatore, Ramanathapuram and some parts of Chennai.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions, Other parties and associations
Ahila Indiya Parampariya Meenavar Sangam decided to contest in 27 constituencies that constitute a major population of fishermen. The decision was made in a meeting of fishermen's unions from across Tamil Nadu held in Pattinapakkam headed by its general secretary Rubeshkumar. Arundhathiar (a section of dalits) outfit headed by R Adhiyaman has fielded candidates in 20 segments in western Tamil Nadu .


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, AIADMK front
DMDK launched a vigorous campaign to defeat DMK; It made a resolution to call all parties to come together to defeat the ruling DMK in a conference held in Salem on 8 January presided over by its leader Vijayakanth. AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa campaigned supporting the candidates of her alliance across the entire state from 24 March till on 11 April. She promised to provide the people of Tamil Nadu with golden reign, if they voted out the ruling party.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, AIADMK front
From the Tamil film industry, film directors R. V. Udayakumar and S. A. Chandrasekhar and actors Vijay, Senthil, Gundu Kalyanam, Ponnambalam, C. R. Saraswathi, Radha Ravi and Anandaraj campaigned for the AIADMK front. Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat characterised the DMK's rule as a dark chapter in the history of Tamil Nadu and the 2G spectrum case had shamed its people. Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan exhorted Jayalalithaa to lead the battle to unseat the corrupt regime at the centre after its victory in Tamil Nadu.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, DMK front
S. Ramadoss, leader of Pattali Makkal Katchi expressed his dissatisfaction with people from film industry ruling Tamil Nadu since 1967. He also urged voters not to vote for Vijayakanth with long career as a Tamil actor. Expressing dissatisfaction that he could not be elected to Chief Ministership, Ramadoss complained – in a meeting held in Mayilam – that Vanniars with a total population of 25 million in Tamil Nadu never elected one of their own for Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, DMK front
Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK), a political party in the western districts of Tamil Nadu, complained about the neglect of Kongu region by the successive governments in a conference held at Karur. Er. Eswaran, general secretary of KMK, urged the government to focus more on infrastructure development in the Kongu region. Comedy actor Vadivelu campaigned for the DMK Front. Telugu actor and politician Chiranjeevi who had recently merged his party Praja Rajyam with Congress in Andhra Pradesh also campaigned for the DMK front. Actor turned Union Minister Napoleon, director K. Bhagyaraj, and actors Khushbu and Vaagai Chadrasekar campaigned for DMK .


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, DMK front
Congress President Sonia Gandhi shared the stage with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in an election rally highlighting the strides made by the state under the latter's leadership. Addressing a rally near Marina beach in Chennai, Gandhi said Tamil Nadu had become a front-ranking state whose ideas of development and welfare were copied by the rest. All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to support the Democratic Progressive Alliance to further the development and socialistic agenda of the State for the next five years.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Campaign, DMK front
Addressing an election rally which was presided over by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, he said that Tamil Nadu was one of the most progressive States in the country. It had achieved an important place in industrial, textile, automobile sectors and information technology; A number of social welfare schemes were being implemented. It was leading in health care and higher education in the country.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Manifestoes
The manifesto of the two largest in the legislative assembly were:


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Manifestoes, AIADMK
AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa released election manifesto for the election that mentioned it would give:


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Manifestoes, DMK
DMK president M. Karunanidhi released election manifesto for the election that mentioned it would give:


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Election Commission actions
The election commission was commended for conducting the election in a strict and fair manner. It enforced stringent measures to curb use of money power to bribe voters by paying them cash. It also strictly enforced 10 PM curfew on campaigning. DMK chief M Karunanidhi and his ally PMK founder S Ramadoss accused the EC of bringing about an emergency like situation in the State while such a situation was not prevalent in the other poll-bound States.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Election Commission actions
CEC has said the people were happy about the conduct of elections, the CEC displayed an SMS from Chennai which read "earlier EC just announced elections. Only now they are conducting them. This is just one sample of people’s response". Some of the actions taken by Returning officers in the State


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Opinion polls, Pre-poll surveys
Most non-partisan pre-polls found AIADMK+ winning comfortably in this election. The pre-polls indicated a great deal of anger towards the incumbent government, due to corruption allegations and recent food price rises. Also AIADMK was aided by including DMDK and its leader Vijaykanth, which has had on average a 10% vote share in recent elections in Tamil Nadu.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Opinion polls, Post-poll surveys
Since exit polls are banned by ECI, Headlines Today-ORG Poll, conducted a post-poll survey, where they polled voters after they voted in their houses. Post polls conducted by Headlines Today-ORG Poll, found this election to be a toss-up, with DMK gaining a lot of ground in the last few weeks before the election. The exit poll particularly noted a late swing towards the incumbent in the rural communities of Tamil Nadu, which allowed the DMK and its alliance to increase its overall vote share percentage from 45% in the pre-poll survey to 50% post-poll. A couple of weeks after the Headlines today post poll, a few post polls showed the exact opposite result, with CNN-IBN and Asianet post poll giving AIADMK+, the majority of the same margin.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Polling
Poll notification was issued on 19 March. The last date of filing nominations was 26 March and candidates were allowed to withdraw their nominations until 30 March. The state election commission scrutinised the nominations on 28 March. Election was held in a single phase on 13 April 2011. 77.8% of the electorate voted in the election, the highest ever in the history of all elections conducted in Tamil Nadu surpassing 76.57% polled in 1967 election. Karur district registered highest turnout of 86.4% followed by Ariyalur district of 84.1%. Chennai district and Kanyakumari district polled the lowest number of votes, 68.2% and 69% respectively.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Result, Results by pre-poll alliance
†: MDMK left the AIADMK alliance due to failed seat sharing talks and boycotted this election. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India and Hindu Newspaper


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Results by constituency, Reactions
M. Karunanidhi submitted his resignation to Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, thus paving way for Jayalalithaa to swear-in on 16 May. After the election, Jayalalithaa thanked her supporters and said "this is not a victory for me, but a victory for the state and the country". She further stated that she wants to "rebuild the state, from the havoc created by the previous government" and insisted that she does not plan to share power with her allies.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Results by constituency, Reactions
DMDK leader, Vijaykanth, after being the second largest party in the new assembly and an important ally of AIADMK, stated that this is a "victory for the people and an end to family rule". TDP leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, called and congratulated Jayalalithaa on her "victory over corruption". After the loss, Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan, conceded defeat and wished the best for incoming CM, Jayalalithaa.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Results by constituency, Reactions
While she admitted that 2G spectrum case played a huge role in their defeat, she further re-iterated that they have done everything they can to be transparent and that action has been taken against individuals responsible for the corruption. Union Minister, P. Chidambaram admitted that this was a huge loss for Congress in Tamil Nadu but does not believe this will affect the UPA government at the center, because this was a loss of an alliance led by DMK and not INC. M. Karunanidhi after the loss stated, "People have given me proper rest" and went on to congratulate the people of the state (on the election outcome).


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
Pre -polls and post-polls released before the counting showed a mixed picture and a close race and failed to predict the landslide victory for the AIADMK alliance. Including this election, no incumbent party has ever won a re-election in Tamil Nadu since M.G.R's victory in 1984 election. The results were consistent with the anti-incumbency factor that is common in Tamil Nadu politics. Closer look at the results show that AIADMK swept through the state winning by big margins.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
AIADMK and its allies won all the seats in 12 out of the 32 districts, with margins greater than 10% over its rival DMK and its allies. Out of those 12 districts, AIADMK+ won by margins greater than 15% in seven of them. In Chennai District, which once used to be a DMK bastion, AIADMK+ won 14 out of 16 constituencies with a margin of 13.1% over DMK+. In northern Tamil Nadu which is considered to be DMK's traditional bastion, DMK and its allies just won 4 out of 62 constituencies.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
DMK members blamed that the alliance with caste based Pattali Makkal Katchi and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi didn't go well with other castes and caused their downfall. Analysts felt that the strife between Vanniyars and Dalits could have played a role in DMK+ debacle in northern region. AIADMK's best district was the newly created Tiruppur, where they beat the DMK and its allies by a margin of 29.4%. This is consistent with the continued support for AIADMK in this region, since the former Coimbatore district was AIADMK's best performance in 2006 election.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
AIADMK+, did extremely well in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. DMK, weak in this region, relied on its ally, Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam, who had a disappointing performance in this region losing by margins greater than 20% to AIADMK+. The western region was already affected with major issues like power cuts, agricultural crisis and industrial pollution and the DMK members after the election admitted that family rule could be one of the reasons for their downfall.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
DMK leaders after the election blamed the alienation of Dalits and other castes by KNMK due to the fact it is viewed as a party of Gounders. DMK+, on the hand, only did better than its opponent in four districts: Nilgiris, Kanniyakumari, Thiruvarur and Perambalur, all traditional DMK strongholds. The only region, DMK+ was able to be competitive is in the Cauvery delta region, which has long been a DMK stronghold. DMK's best district was Nilgiris, which includes A. Raja's former MP constituency.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
DMK+ did poorly in the Madurai district, where they found a lot of success in recent years (2006 by-election & 2009 LS election), due to Azhagiri's vigorous campaigning. They were not able to win a single seat in this district, and lost by a margin of 20.9% to AIADMK- CPI(M)-DMDK combine.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
Post-poll data released by CNN-IBN, showed that DMK+ did the worst amongst the poor, especially in rural areas. Major issue cited by them as a reason for voting against the DMK is supply of electricity. Before the election, DMK was hoping that freebies and welfare schemes implemented by their administration would help them gain support from rural voters, who were an important electorate for the DMK to grab power in the previous election.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
This failed to take place, since many rural voters were unhappy with the distribution of these freebies in a disproportionate manner and lack of policies targeting towards income generation schemes in rural areas. This coupled with the recent food price rises resulted in a decline in rural support for the DMK. While spiraling prices, power cut, and DMK's family politics were important factors, many analysts agree that it was the corruption charges (2G spectrum scandal), that eventually led them to their ultimate defeat.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Analysis
This election saw one of the worst performance of Congress in Tamil Nadu, winning only 5 seats out of 63 seats it contested. During the campaign, they were marred with in-fighting between state Congress leader K.V. Thangkabalu and other Congress members, which added to their declining support in the state. In both Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Congress did poorly reflecting widespread anger and disapproval.


2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fourth time on 16 May 2011. She submitted her unanimous election as the general secretary of AIADMK legislature party to Governor Surjit Singh Barnala on 15 May 2011. She was sworn-in along with 33 other ministers at the Madras University centenary auditorium on 16 May 2011 by the Governor, the same venue she took oath in 1991 when she first became chief minister. She and all other ministers took oath in Tamil. The ceremony was attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A. B. Bardhan among others.


2011 Tamil Nadu local elections
Elections were held in Tamil Nadu on 17 and 19 October 2011 for the chairs and council members of all local bodies in the state. To the three levels of urban local bodies: 10 chairs (mayors) and 820 members of municipal corporations; 125 chairs and 3,697 members of municipal councils; and 529 chairs and 8,303 members of town councils. To the three tires of rural local bodies: 12,524 chairs and 99,333 members of village panchayats; 385 chairs and 6,470 members of township panchayats; and 31 chairs and 655 members of district panchayats. The ruling party in the state, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), won a landslide victory, securing all of the corporation mayoral posts and a plurality of the other posts.


2011 Tamil Nadu local elections, Results
AIADMK received 39.02% of the popular vote: 39.24% of the urban vote and 38.69% of the rural vote. DMK received 26.09% of the popular vote: 26.67% of the urban vote and 25.71% of the rural vote. DMDK received 10.11% of the popular vote. Congress received 5.71% of the popular vote. PMK received 3.55% of the popular vote. MDMK received 1.70% of the popular vote. The Communist Party (Marxist) received 1.02% of the popular vote, and the Communist Party 0.71%. Independents received an additional 9.46% of votes.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League and the third and final under head coach Raheem Morris. The team competed in the NFC South. Both of their preseason home games, and seven of their regular season home games were played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. One regular season home game (October 23) was played at Wembley Stadium in London as part of the NFL International Series


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Tampa Bay had high hopes for 2011. The team had not qualified for the playoffs since 2007, and the they attempted to build upon their success from the previous season. In 2010, Tampa Bay had finished with a 10–6 record, but lost out on tiebreakers and failed to make the playoffs. With the youngest head coach, and the youngest roster in terms of average age, in the league, and with anxious optimism, head coach Raheem Morris nicknamed the team "youngry."


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
A close loss to Detroit on opening day was followed by a three-game winning streak and a fairly respectable 4–2 start with wins against division opponents Atlanta and New Orleans. Tampa Bay was in a tie for first place in the NFC South in mid-October. However, self-inflicted troubles started affecting the season, leading to a ten-game losing streak to finish the season. After the 4–2 start, the team did not win another game. Turnovers, penalties, and poor defense began taking its toll. Quarterback Josh Freeman's threw 22 interceptions (second-worst in the league), more than triple his total from 2010. The once dominating Tampa Bay defense ranked 30th in the league in total yards.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Statistically, the Buccaneers defense was among the worst in the league in 2011. Tampa Bay allowed the most points in the league (494), the most yards per play (tied at 6.3), most yards per pass attempt (tied at 7.6), the most rushing yards (2,497) and the most rushing touchdowns (26). They also allowed the second most yards per attempt (5.0), the second most rushing first downs (135), the third most total yards (6,311) and fourth most total first downs (356) of all teams in 2011.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, 2011 draft board
After finishing the 2010 season 10–6 and narrowly missing the playoffs, the Buccaneers had the 20th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. A provision in the now expired collective bargaining agreement ensured that the draft still take place, despite the current lockout and lack of a new CBA.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Schedule
The Buccaneers' regular season schedule was announced April 19. Tampa Bay played Chicago at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on October 23 as part of the NFL International Series, with Tampa Bay serving as the host team.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Schedule
The team's Ring of Honor induction ceremony took place during the December 4 game against Carolina. The team honored Jimmie Giles at halftime, and wore their orange throwback uniforms.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions
Detroit scored two touchdowns in the second quarter, and led Tampa Bay 27–13 late in the game. Josh Freeman suffered through some cramping issues, but rallied the Buccaneers to score a touchdown with under four minutes remaining. The subsequent onside kick failed, but the Buccaneers were able to get the ball back in the final two minutes. Freeman drove Tampa Bay to the Lions 42-yard line in the closings seconds, but they were unable to score.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings
at Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota led Tampa Bay 17–0 at halftime, but the Buccaneers rallied for the 24–20 victory on the road. In the final four minutes, Josh Freeman drove the Buccaneers 61 yards in 9 plays, capped off by a game-winning 4-yard touchdown run by LeGarrette Blount with 35 seconds remaining.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay led Atlanta 16–13 with 1:49 remaining. The Buccaneers faced 4th down & 1 at the Atlanta 44-yard line. The Falcons had no timeouts remaining, and were looking to get the ball back for one last drive. Josh Freeman and the Buccaneers lined up for the fourth down play, and the Falcons flinched on the hard count. The Falcons were penalized 5 yards for Offsides, the Buccaneers received a first down, and were able to run the clock out the secure the victory.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay snapped a 5-game losing streak to their division rivals, and coach Raheem Morris won his first game against Atlanta.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Tampa Bay hosted the winless Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football. Miscues and penalties nearly cost the Buccaneers control of the game, but Josh Freeman threw for 287 yards, and LeGarrette Blount rushed for 127 yards, as Tampa Bay won the game 24–17. Curtis Painter started at quarterback for the Colts, his first career NFL start.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts led early after an Adam Vinatieri field goal. Tampa Bay then sacked Painter and recovered the fumble. Connor Barth's field goal attempt, however, bounced off the upright, and the score remained 3–0. Late in the first quarter, Freeman connected to Arrelious Benn, who ran 62 yards for an apparent touchdown. However, the touchdown was nullified since Benn has stepped out-of-bounds before the catch (illegal touching).


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
In the second quarter, the Buccaneers pinned the Colts at their own 2-yard line. Painter threw to Pierre Garçon, who ran for an 87-yard touchdown, and 10–0 lead. Tampa Bay answered with a touchdown, and trimmed the score to 10–7. In the final seconds of the first half, Freeman drove the Buccaneers to the Colts 19-yard line, but was sacked with 20 seconds to go and counting. The field goal unit hurried on to the field, and the field goal was initially good. Tampa Bay, however, was penalized for 12 men on the field, and the score was nullified.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Tied 17–17 in the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay received a punt with just under 7 minutes remaining. LeGarrette Blount blasted for a 35-yard touchdown run, and a 24–17 Tampa Bay lead. In the final three minutes, Tampa Bay ran out the clock, including a "4th & Inches" quarterback sneak by Freeman, to seal the victory.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Indianapolis Colts
This was Tampa Bay's first appearance on Monday Night Football since 2008, and the first home Monday night game since 2003. This MNF telecast was notable in that Hank Williams, Jr.'s "All My Rowdy Friends" opening was omitted due to comments he made on Fox & Friends earlier in the day where he compared a golf outing involving Barack Obama, John Boehner, Joe Biden, and John Kasich to "Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu."


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at San Francisco 49ers
Josh Freeman threw two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), as Tampa Bay was routed 48–3 at San Francisco. Tampa Bay was held to only 86 yards rushing, had three turnovers, and suffered 9 penalties for a total of 96 yards.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New Orleans Saints
Josh Freeman threw for 303 yards and two touchdown passes, as Tampa Bay rebounded from the previous week, and beat divisional rival New Orleans by a score of 26–20. Drew Brees threw three interceptions, and the Saints lost a fumble, and Tampa Bay scored 10 points off of turnovers.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New Orleans Saints
Trailing 26–20 midway through the fourth quarter, Brees drove the Saints to the Tampa Bay 4-yard line. On 4th down & 2 with 3:24 remaining, Brees was intercepted in the endzone by Quincy Black. The Buccaneers ran out the clock, and preserved the win.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears
Tampa Bay hosted Chicago at Wembley Stadium in London, England, their second time participating in the NFL International Series. Josh Freeman threw four interceptions, and Tampa Bay lost one fumble for five total turnovers. Chicago stretched out to a 21–5 lead before the Buccaneers staged a rally in the fourth quarter. Freeman threw two touchdown passes and the deficit was trimmed to 24–18 in the final two minutes. Freeman drove the Buccaneers to the Chicago 39-yard line, but the comeback was thwarted when he was intercepted with 37 seconds left.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears
Running back LeGarrette Blount was inactive due to injury, and Earnest Graham left the game in the first quarter due to an ankle injury. Third-string running back Kregg Lumpkin was left to handle rushing duties, but managed only 15 yards.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans jumped out to a 24–6 lead, behind Drew Brees' 258 yards passing and 195 combined rushing yards. However, Tampa Bay tried to rally in the fourth quarter. Josh Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow with 5:33 to go. The Saints, however, were able to run out the clock, and kicked a game-icing field goal to win 27–16.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Houston Texans
Tampa Bay lost their fourth game out of the last five, falling to Houston by the score of 37–9. On the first play of the game, Matt Schaub completed a pass to Jacoby Jones, who proceeded to go for an 80-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, Arian Foster had a 78-yard touchdown reception from Schaub, and the Texans were in control of the game throughout. Josh Freeman threw three interceptions, two of which led to touchdowns for Houston.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers
Josh Freeman threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns, but Tampa Bay fell to Green Bay by a score of 35–26. With 4:25 remaining Tampa Bay scored a touchdown to trim the deficit to 28–26. An onside kick failed, and Green Bay took over. Green Bay iced the game with a touchdown with 2:55 to go.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers
Undefeated Green Bay improved to 10–0 on the season, and avoided the scare by the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay dropped to 4–6, losing to the Packers for the first time since 2003 and losing at Lambeau Field for the first time since 2001, the last year both teams were rivals in the former NFC Central division.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay and Tennessee combined for 9 turnovers on a rainy, sloppy afternoon. Chris Johnson ran for 190 yards, but Tampa Bay led 17–10 late in the fourth quarter.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Tennessee Titans
Trailing 23–17, Josh Freeman drove Tampa Bay to the Tennessee 25-yard line in the final minute. Facing a 4th down and 1, Freeman tried a QB sneak, but fumbled the snap due to the wet ball. He was tackled for a loss, the Buccaneers turned the ball over on downs, and the Titans held on to win.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman sat out due to injury, and Josh Johnson started at quarterback. Tampa Bay wore their throwback uniforms, and honored Jimmy Giles at halftime. Cam Newton ran for three touchdowns (setting an NFL single-season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback) as Carolina routed Tampa Bay 38–19.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Quarterback Josh Freeman returned to the lineup and Tampa Bay jumped out to a 14–0 lead in the first quarter. However, Jacksonville scored 41 unanswered points to win 41–14. Maurice Jones-Drew scored a franchise-best four touchdowns (two rushing, two passing).


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Tampa Bay committed seven turnovers in the loss. In the second quarter, Preston Parker fumbled a punt return, which was recovered by Colin Cloherty for an 8-yard touchdown. With the score 14–7, Freeman was sacked at his own goal line, fumbled, and Nate Collins recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. Four plays later, Freeman was intercepted, which led to another Jacksonville touchdown. The Jaguars scored 28 points in the second quarter in a span of only 7:32.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars
At 4–9, Tampa Bay clinched a losing season, and was officially eliminated from playoff contention.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Tampa Bay hosted Dallas on Saturday Night. Dallas jumped out to a 28–0 halftime lead. Tony Romo threw for three touchdown passes, and ran for another. The Buccaneers tried to rally, but fell far short, losing 31–15.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers
On Christmas Eve, Cam Newton broke the NFL record for most rookie passing yards in a season. Carolina routed Tampa Bay for the second time this season, by a score of 48–16.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta jumped out to a 42–0 lead by the second quarter. Ronde Barber played in his franchise record 225th game, despite suffering an injured hand, for which he sat out the second half. With the loss, Tampa Bay ended the season with ten consecutive losses, finished with a record of 4–12, last in the NFC South, and head coach Raheem Morris was fired the next day.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts, Preseason
Both of Tampa Bay's home preseason games were blacked out on local television because they failed to sell out prior to 72 hours before kickoff. The affiliates affected include WTSP in the Tampa/St. Pete market, WFTV in the Orlando market and WFTX in the Fort Myers area. The game was shown instead in tape delay. The game was aired live on WTLH in Tallahassee since it falls outside the designated 75-mile blackout radius.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts, Preseason
Dating back to 2010, Tampa Bay has had four consecutive preseason home games blacked out.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts, Regular season
Tampa Bay's week 1 game against Detroit and week 3 game against Atlanta failed to sell out, and were blacked out locally. Tampa Bay was the only NFL team to face a blackout in week 1. The FOX affiliates affected were WTVT in the Tampa/St. Pete market and WOFL in Orlando.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts, Regular season
Dating back to 2010, Tampa Bay had ten consecutive regular season home games blacked out. The blackout streak ended in week 4, when the Buccaneers hosted the Colts on Monday Night Football. The game was carried live on ESPN and simulcast on WFTS.


2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts, Regular season
The blackouts returned in week 6 with the game against New Orleans. Tampa Bay's week 7 game against Chicago in London was not subject to blackout, regardless of sellout status. The week 10 game against the Texans was blacked out, affectingWTSP and WKMG. The final blackout of the season occurred against Carolina in week 13. The final home game of the season against Dallas on December 17 sold out, and aired locally on NFL Network and simulcast on WTTA.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season
The Tampa Bay Rays 2011 season was the team's 14th season of baseball. Despite starting the season 0-6 and trailing the Boston Red Sox by 9 games as late in the season as September 1, the Rays captured the AL Wild Card and made consecutive playoff appearances for the first time in franchise history. However, they lost to the Texas Rangers in four games in the Division Series, the second year in a row they lost to Texas in the first round of the playoffs.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
The Rays declined the options of reliever Dan Wheeler and infielder Willy Aybar, and added Elliot Johnson to the 40-man roster on November 3, 2010. Becoming a free agent, Wheeler stated that he was open to re-sign with the Rays, saying the two sides talked about "keeping the lines of communication open." Aybar is eligible for arbitration, and therefore remains under the team's control.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Seven of the Rays' nine free agents were offered arbitration on November 23, 2010. Those players were left fielder Carl Crawford, utility player Brad Hawpe, and relievers Grant Balfour, Rafael Soriano, Randy Choate, Chad Qualls, and Joaquín Benoit. All seven players declined arbitration. First baseman Carlos Peña and reliever Dan Wheeler were the two players not offered arbitration.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
On December 3, 2010, the Rays tendered first baseman Dan Johnson, while infielder Willy Aybar, catcher Dioner Navarro, and relievers Lance Cormier and J. P. Howell were nontendered. Howell, who missed the entire 2010 season with a shoulder injury and will reportedly miss the beginning of April in 2011, was expected to re-sign with the team, and did so on December 14.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
The Rays lost first baseman Carlos Peña when he signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs on December 8, 2010.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Left Fielder Carl Crawford, who had played in the Rays organization his entire career since being drafted in 1999, signed with the Boston Red Sox on December 9, 2010. Crawford had been considered one of the top free agents during the offseason, and agreed to a 7-year $142 million deal with Boston, making him the second-highest paid outfielder and the 10th-highest paid player overall in baseball history.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Relief pitcher Randy Choate signed a two-year contract with the Florida Marlins on December 15, 2010. A day later, the Rays signed former Washington Nationals reliever Joel Peralta to a one-year, $600,000 deal.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Shortstop Jason Bartlett was reported to have been traded to the San Diego Padres for two minor league relievers on December 8, 2010, but the trade was not actually completed until December 17. When the transaction was finally made, it was learned that the Rays would give up Bartlett and a player to be named later in exchange for three relievers and one infielder.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Relief pitcher Dan Wheeler departed when he signed a one-year contract with the Boston Red sox.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
On January 8, 2011, the Rays completed a trade with the Chicago Cubs, sending starting pitcher Matt Garza, outfielder Fernando Perez, and minor league pitcher Zach Rosscup in exchange for five minor league prospects including Chris Archer and Sam Fuld.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Closer Rafael Soriano, who led the American League with 45 saves in 2010 with the Rays, signed a 3-year $35 million deal with the New York Yankees on January 14.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
The Rays added to their bullpen on January 15, with the signing of Kyle Farnsworth. The contract was worth $3.25 million for one year, with a club option for 2012.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
On January 21, it was reported that the Rays had agreed to terms with veteran outfielders/designated hitters Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez. Both contracts were for one year, with Damon signing for $5.25 million, while Ramirez's deal was worth only $2 million.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
Third baseman Evan Longoria was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 3 for a strained left oblique. Manager Joe Maddon said he expected him to be out for three weeks. Felipe López was called up to replace him on the roster. RHP Mike Ekstrom was designated for assignment to make room for López on the 40-man roster.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
Prior to their game on April 8, it was announced that Manny Ramirez was retiring. Ramirez, who appeared in five games with the Rays, had one hit in 17 at-bats. His decision to go into retirement was related to a positive test for a banned substance. Had he not retired, he would have faced a 100-game suspension.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
The Rays started the season 0–6, their worst start in franchise history, but finished the month of April with a record of 15–12, 1½ games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Rays became the first team in league history to start the season 0–6 and finish April with a winning record.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
When Evan Longoria was activated from the disabled list on May 3, the Rays designated infielder Felipe López for assignment. López cleared waivers, accepting an assignment to Triple-A Durham.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
For his actions during a May 4 game, center fielder B. J. Upton was suspended for two games and fined $1,500. Upton was ejected during that game for arguing with home plate umpire Chad Fairchild over a called strikeout. After being tossed from the game, Upton began yelling at the umpire, throwing his batting helmet and batting gloves to the ground, and had to be restrained by bench coach Dave Martinez and third base coach Tom Foley. Upton appealed the suspension when it was announced on May 7. He would end up serving the two-game suspension, which began on May 12.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
Starting pitcher Jeff Niemann was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 6. Outfielder Brandon Guyer was called up to take the open roster spot. In his first major-league at-bat, Guyer hit a home run, becoming the second player in Rays history to hit a home run in his first career at-bat. Guyer was optioned back to Durham on May 8 when the Rays recalled relief pitcher Rob Delaney.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
First baseman Dan Johnson was designated for assignment by the Rays on May 20, and relief pitcher Rob Delaney was optioned to Triple-A Durham. Johnson had a .115 batting average with one home run and three RBIs in 25 games. He cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Durham on May 24. Taking one of the open spots on the roster was relief pitcher J. P. Howell, who returned to the team more than a full year after undergoing shoulder surgery. Outfielder Justin Ruggiano was also called up.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
Starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson was named the American League Rookie of the Month as well as Pitcher of the Month. Hellickson compiled a 4–1 record with a 1.36 ERA. He surrendered only five earned runs in 33 innings pitched, and struck out 23 batters. He limited opponents to a .168 batting average.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
The Rays went 14–13 in May, improving to 29–25 overall, 1½ games behind first place in the division.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
Starting pitcher James Shields surpassed the franchise record for complete games in a season on June 20 after throwing his sixth complete game.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
At the end of the month, the Rays were 45–36, having gone 16–11 in June. They were third in the division, four games behind the lead.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Starting pitchers David Price and James Shields, as well as outfielder Matt Joyce, were all named to the American League All-Star team on July 3. Infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist was one of the five players in the running for the Final Vote, but did not win. Joyce would be the only player to participate in the All-Star Game, as Price was suffering from turf toe, and Shields was ineligible to pitch after starting two days before the All-Star Game.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Catcher John Jaso was placed on the disabled list on July 15 with a right oblique strain. José Lobatón was called up from the minors.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Starting pitcher Wade Davis was placed on the disabled list on July 7. Relief pitcher Brandon Gomes was recalled from the minors to take his spot on the roster.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
On July 17, in a nationally televised game, the Rays hosted the Boston Red Sox in a 16-inning game that lasted 5 hours and 42 minutes, ending at 1:35 a.m. EDT. It was the longest game in the history of the franchise in terms of time played, and matched the longest game by number of innings. It was also the latest a game ended in franchise history. The Rays became the first team since 1919 to have only three base hits in a game lasting 16 or more innings. The Rays lost 1–0.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Following the game, catcher José Lobatón was placed on the disabled list. Robinson Chirinos took his spot on the roster. Manager Joe Maddon was ejected in the 11th inning for arguing an earlier check swing call during a pitching change and bench coach Dave Martinez was tossed later in the inning for unsportsmanlike conduct.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
On July 18, relief pitcher Adam Russell was designated for assignment, while relief pitcher Juan Cruz was placed on the disabled list with a groin injury. Relievers Alex Cobb and Alex Torres were recalled from the minors.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
The Rays ended July with an 11–15 record, falling to 56–51 overall. They were still third place in the division, but dropped to 10½ games behind the lead.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
On August 10, it was announced that starting pitcher Alex Cobb would have to undergo surgery to remove a blockage in his ribs, which would cause him to miss the remainder of the season.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
The Rays went 18–10 in August, going into the final month of the season in third place in the division and nine games behind for the lead.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
The Rays trailed the Boston Red Sox in the American League Wild Card by nine games as late as September 3. Historically, no team had qualified for the postseason after facing a deficit that large in the month of September. The Rays defeated the Red Sox in six out of seven games the teams played against each other in September, pulling into a tie for the Wild Card on September 26, with only two games remaining in the regular season. On September 28, the Rays won the final game against the Yankees in spectacular fashion.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
Trailing 5–0 after just two innings and 7–0 going into the 8th inning; the Rays loaded the bases with no outs. Pinch hitter Sam Fuld then drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the Rays first run of the game. Sean Rodriguez was then hit by a pitch to score the second run. After a one-out sacrifice fly by B.J. Upton, making the score 7–3, Evan Longoria came to the plate and hit the first pitch he saw over the left field wall, a three-run home run that cut the deficit to 7–6.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
Then in the bottom of the ninth inning, after the first two Rays batters struck out, pinch hitter Dan Johnson, never known for his hitting abilities and having just a .108 average for the season, hit a home run on a 2–2 count to tie the game at 7–7.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
The game then played for three more innings before the Rays capped their comeback in the bottom of the 12th, clinching their third ever franchise postseason berth, winning the Wild Card when Evan Longoria again stepped to the plate, and hit a walk-off home run down the left field line which barely cleared the lowest wall in the park, giving the Rays an 8–7 victory.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
Game 162 is commemorated in two ways in Tropicana Field. There is 162 Landing, a designation in the left field corner where Longoria's playoff-clinching home run landed. The area is located off Left Field Street where Evan Longoria's 12th-inning walk-off homer landed September 28 to beat the Yankees and propel Tampa Bay to the postseason. The entrance to 162 Landing is open to the public and includes a recap of the events there and at Camden Yards from that night, video highlights and interviews, photos and displays. There also is a white seat in the right field corner commemorating where Dan Johnson's two-out, two-strike game-tying homer landed in the bottom of the ninth, in Section 140, Seat 10, Row T.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September and Game 162
Insights from pitcher James Shields and sports writer Bill Chastain in their book, September Nights, are a baseball classic in Tampa Bay.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Game log
The Rays opened the 2011 season at home against the Baltimore Orioles for the second consecutive season.


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Statistics, Regular season, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BA = Batting Average; OBP= On-Base percentage SB = Stolen Bases


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, Statistics, Regular season, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games Started; CG= Complete Games; SV = Saves; IP = Innings Pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; K/BB= Strikeout to Walk Ratio


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, American League Division Series vs. Texas, Game 1, September 30
5:07 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, American League Division Series vs. Texas, Game 2, October 1
7:07 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, American League Division Series vs. Texas, Game 3, October 3
5:07 p.m. (EDT) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida


2011 Tampa Bay Rays season, American League Division Series vs. Texas, Game 4, October 4
2:07 p.m. (EDT) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida


2011 Tampa Bay Storm season
The 2011 Tampa Bay Storm season is the 24th season for the franchise, their 20th in the Tampa Bay region. The team is coached by Dave Ewart and plays home games at the St. Pete Times Forum on the Amalie Motor Oil Field, sponsored by the Amalie Oil Company.


2011 Tampa Bay Storm season, Standings
z - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth


2011 Tampa Bay Storm season, Season schedule, Regular season
The Storm began the season in New Orleans against the VooDoo on March 11. Their first home game was on March 27 as they hosted the Cleveland Gladiators. On July 23 they will host the San Jose SaberCats in their final regular season game.


2011 Tampa Bay Storm season, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated July 22, 201128 Active, 6 Inactive


2011 Tampa mayoral election
The 2011 Tampa Mayoral Election took place in March 2011, in the city of Tampa, Florida. Incumbent Mayor Pam Iorio was prevented from seeking a third term due to term limits, creating an open seat. Candidates Rose Ferlita and Bob Buckhorn placed first and second, respectively, in the mayoral election held on March 1, 2011. Because neither candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff took place on March 22, 2011, which Buckhorn won.


2011 Tampere Open
The 2011 Tampere Open (also known as the 2011 Aamulehti Tampere Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 30th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tampere, Finland between 25 and 31 July 2011.


2011 Tampere Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Tampere Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2011 Tampere Open, Champions, Doubles
Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy /  David Guez def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert /  Nicolas Renavand, 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]


2011 Tampere Open – Doubles
João Sousa and Leonardo Tavares were the defending champions, but they withdrew before their match against Dasnières de Veigy and Guez.


2011 Tampere Open – Doubles
Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy and David Guez won this tournament, defeating their compatriots Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Renavand 5–7, 6–4, [10–5] in the final.


2011 Tampere Open – Singles
Éric Prodon successfully defended his title. He defeated Alexander Flock, João Sousa, Timo Nieminen, Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy and Augustin Gensse to win this tournament.


2011 Tandridge District Council election
The 2011 Tandridge District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2011 Tandridge District Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 33 councillors, compared to 7 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. In 2010 councillor Lisa Bangs had left the Liberal Democrats, in protest against the party's decision to enter a coalition with the Conservatives nationally. Bangs would defend her seat in Lingfield and Crowhurst as an independent against a UK Independence Party opponent. The other independent councillor, Bob David, meanwhile held his seat in Tatsfield and Tisley without opposition.


2011 Tandridge District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after gaining one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Warlingham East, Chelsham & Farleigh by a 164-vote majority. This meant the Conservatives won 10 of the 14 seats contested, taking the Conservatives to 34 councillors and reducing the Liberal Democrats to 6. The Liberal Democrats held 2 seats, with group leader Chris Botten holding his seat in Portley by 37 votes and Jill Caudle retained the other seat in Valley with a reduced majority. Meanwhile, independents remained on 2 seats, as former Liberal Democrat Lisa Bangs kept Lingfield and Crowhurst with an increased 1,182 votes. Overall turnout at the election was 48.62%.


2011 Tandridge District Council election, Election result
At the same time as the election Tandridge voted 72% no in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum.


2011 Tanzania Music Awards
The 12th edition of the Tanzania Music Awards took place at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, on Saturday March 26, 2011. Bongo Flava artist 20 Percent was the big winner of the night with five trophies out of seven nominations. The artist himself was not present and he was represented by his producer Man Water. Winner Lady Jaydee was also absent during the Award ceremony and a fan collected the two awards on her behalf. The artist later stated she had not received an invitation for the event. Singer Diamond, who won three awards in the 2010 Tanzania Music Awards and was nominated in four categories, was among those who left empty-handed.


2011 Taraba State gubernatorial election
The 2011 Taraba State gubernatorial election was the 5th gubernatorial election of Taraba State. Held on April 26, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Danbaba Suntai won the election, defeating Ahmed Yusuf of the Congress for Progressive Change.


2011 Taraba State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 11 candidates contested in the election. Danbaba Suntai from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ahmed Yusuf from the Congress for Progressive Change. Valid votes was 716,769.


2011 Tashkent Challenger
The 2011 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 19 and 25 September 2011.


2011 Tashkent Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Tashkent Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2011 Tashkent Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Harri Heliövaara /  Denys Molchanov def. John Paul Fruttero /  Raven Klaasen, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)


2011 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Ross Hutchins and Jamie Murray were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2011 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Harri Heliövaara and Denys Molchanov won the title, defeating John Paul Fruttero and Raven Klaasen 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2011 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Karol Beck was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2011 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Denis Istomin won the final 6–4, 6–3 against Jürgen Zopp and claimed the title.


2011 Tashkent Open
The 2011 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 12 through September 17, 2011.


2011 Tashkent Open, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Tashkent Open, Champions, Doubles
Eleni Daniilidou /  Vitalia Diatchenko def. Lyudmyla Kichenok /  Nadiya Kichenok, 6–4, 6–3.


2011 Tashkent Open – Doubles
Alexandra Panova and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions, but Poutchek decided not to participate. Panova partnered with Akgul Amanmuradova, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Eleni Daniilidou and Vitalia Diatchenko. Daniilidou and Diatchenko later defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2011 Tashkent Open – Singles
Alla Kudryavtseva was the defending champion and reached the semifinals, but retired against Eva Birnerová due to a left hamstring strain.


2011 Tashkent Open – Singles
Birnerová was later defeated in the final by Ksenia Pervak, 6–3, 6–1.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2011. The three seats up for election were Launceston, held by retiring independent MLC Don Wing; Murchison, held by independent MLC Ruth Forrest; and Rumney, held by Labor MLC Lin Thorp. These seats were last contested in 2005.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
On the same day, a by-election was held for the seat of Derwent following the resignation of Labor MLC Michael Aird. Derwent was last contested in 2009.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Launceston
The seat of Launceston, previously known as Paterson, had been held by Don Wing since 1982; the last time the seat was up for election, Wing was re-elected unopposed. His retirement left the seat vacant. One of the stronger Liberal areas in Tasmania, that party selected Sam McQuestin, the state party president, as their candidate. The Labor Party selected Steve Bishop, while Launceston Alderman Rosemary Armitage and businesswoman Lou Clark were independent candidates.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Murchison
Sitting independent MLC Ruth Forrest was the sole nominee for the election in Murchison, which she had held since 2005. She was thus declared re-elected unopposed.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Rumney
Rumney had been held since 1999 by Labor MLC and Children's Services Minister Lin Thorp, who was elected in 2005 with a primary vote majority. The only party to preselect an opponent was the Greens, who nominated schoolteacher Penelope Ann; however, Tony Mulder, an independent candidate, was a past candidate for the Liberal Party. Other independents included former Children's Commissioner Paul Mason, former Labor member Cate Clark, and business analyst and serial candidate John Forster.


2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Derwent by-election
Labor MLC and Treasurer Michael Aird had held the seat of Derwent since 1995, and the seat had been in Labor hands since 1979. Aird announced his retirement on 9 November 2010 and formally resigned from the Legislative Council on 6 December 2010. As his replacement, Labor preselected Craig Farrell, the Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council. The Greens selected Phillip Bingley, while independent candidates included retailer Ray Williams, Glenorchy Alderman Jenny Branch (a former Liberal Party candidate), and Central Highlands Councillor Deirdre Flint.


2011 Tatarstan Open
The 2011 Tatarstan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It will be the 2nd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Kazan, Russia between 8 and 14 August 2011.


2011 Tatarstan Open, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Tatarstan Open, Champions, Doubles
Ekaterina Ivanova /  Andreja Klepač def. Vitalia Diatchenko /  Alexandra Panova, w/o


2011 Tatarstan Open – Doubles
Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Lesia Tsurenko were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Ekaterina Ivanova and Andreja Klepač won the title when Vitalia Diatchenko and Alexandra Panova withdrew from the final.


2011 Tatarstan Open – Singles
Anna Lapushchenkova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Yulia Putintseva won the title, defeating Caroline Garcia 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Taunton Deane Borough Council election
The 2011 Taunton Deane Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Taunton Deane Borough Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The Conservatives won 28 seats, exactly half, while the Liberal Democrats took 23. Labour only won three seats, with the two remaining held by independent candidates. Falling only one seat short of an overall majority, the Conservatives took on the leadership of the council as a minority administration, under Councillor John Williams.


2011 Taunton Deane Borough Council election
After the 2007 elections, the council was under no overall control, with the Conservatives having 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 25 and the five remaining seats shared between Labour and Independent councillors. Four subsequent by-elections were all held by the incumbent party.


2011 Taça Digicel
The 2011 Taça Digicel season was the second edition of Taça Digicel. Ad. Dili Leste was the defending champion in this season.


2011 Taça Digicel
Digicel continued its participation as the competition's main sponsor. Adidas as the official athletic sponsor and product supplier for TAÇA Digicel through 2021.


2011 Taça Digicel, Prize Money
The record prize money pool of US$10,000 is broken down as follows :


2011 Taça Digicel, Teams, Teams summaries, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Taça da Liga Final
The 2011 Taça da Liga Final was the fourth final of the Taça da Liga tournament in Portugal, a competition involving the top 32 clubs in the Portuguese football league system, the Primeira Liga and the Liga de Honra teams. The final was contested on 23 April 2011 by Benfica and Paços de Ferreira and was played at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra. This was the first time that the final was played at this stadium since the past three editions were at the Estádio Algarve in Faro. This was the third consecutive final appearance for Benfica and the first ever for Paços de Ferreira.


2011 Taça da Liga Final, Background
Benfica went into the match as the Taça da Liga title holder, having won the previous two finals, in 2009 and 2010, while this was the first ever Paços de Ferreira appearance in the decisive game. Both teams started at difference stages in the competition — Paços de Ferreira in the second round, as part of the six last teams from the previous Primeira Liga and two promoted teams from last year's Liga de Honra, and Benfica in the third round, comprising the faction of the top eight Primeira Liga teams from the last season.


2011 Taça da Liga Final, Background
After overcoming Leixões in a two-legged fixture, following an away draw and a home victory, Paços de Ferreira topped Group C, composed by the two Minho rivals, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães, as well as Arouca. Benfica won Group B, which included Marítimo, Desportivo das Aves and Olhanense. The two teams won their respective groups with the perfect score of three victories out of three matches. In the semi-finals, Benfica hosted and won over Lisbon rivals Sporting CP, with a late winner coming in the last moments of stoppage time, after being one goal down during the first half. Paços de Ferreira played at Nacional's stadium and won an entertaining match that ended in a 4–3 result, controlling the scoreline during much part of the second half due to an early two-goal advantage.


2011 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2011 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2011 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Taça de Portugal, the 71st season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 22 May 2011 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed Porto and Vitória de Guimarães. Porto defeated Vitória de Guimarães 6–2. A man of the match performance by Colombian winger James Rodríguez who scored a hat-trick, helped his side raise the club's tally to 16 trophies in this competition. The eight goals in the final provided the highest scoring final since the 1964 final, when Porto were defeated by  Benfica by the same score. In Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on RTP1 and Sport TV.


2011 Taça de Portugal Final
As Porto already qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League as domestic title holders, Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as cup runners-up. The Vimaranenses also qualified for the 2011 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they took on their cup opponents at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro


2011 Taça de Portugal Final, Background
Porto were appearing in their twenty eighth Taça de Portugal final. Porto went into the match as 15-time winners (1956, 1958, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010). Of their 27 Taça de Portugal final appearances, they had lost 12 times (1953, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2004, 2008). Porto's last Taça de Portugal final appearance was in 2008, against Sporting CP. The Leões defeated the Dragões 2–0 thanks to two goals in extra-time from Rodrigo Tiuí. Vitória de Guimarães were appearing in their fifth Taça de Portugal final. They had previously lost all four finals (1942, 1963, 1976, 1988). The Vimaranenses last Taça de Portugal final appearance was in 1988, where Vitória de Guimarães lost 1–0 to their cup final opponents.