2012 Big East Conference football season
The 2012 Big East football season was the 22nd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the conference that was known as the Big East Conference from its formation in 1979 until July 2013, and ultimately proved to be the last for the conference under the "Big East" name, as well as the last with a full round-robin schedule for conference play. The conference consisted of eight football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse and Temple. In February 2012, the Big East settled a lawsuit with West Virginia University that allowed them to move to the Big 12 Conference effective July 1, 2012.


2012 Big East Conference football season
Conference members began regular-season play on August 30 when Temple hosted Villanova; conference play started September 6 when Cincinnati hosted Pittsburgh. The regular season concluded on December 1. Four teams—Louisville, Rutgers, Cincinnati, and Syracuse—claimed shares of the conference championship. Louisville claimed the league's automatic BCS bowl berth via tiebreakers.


2012 Big East Conference football season
On February 28, 2013, ESPN reported that the conference's seven schools that do not play FBS football, which had announced plans to leave the conference as a bloc no later than July 2015, had reached an agreement to leave in July 2013, and would keep the "Big East" name when they formed a new conference at that time. As a result, the schools that retained the original Big East charter would operate under a new name in the 2013 football season. On April 3, 2013, the remaining schools announced they would operate as the American Athletic Conference (The American).


2012 Big East Conference football season, Previous season
West Virginia, Cincinnati and Louisville were co-Big East Champions with a conference record of 5–2. West Virginia received the conference's automatic bid into the BCS bid by way of tie-breakers. The Mountaineers went to the Orange Bowl and defeated Clemson 70–33 in the game, West Virginia tied or broke eight separate team and individual bowl game records, while the combined 69 points West Virginia and Clemson scored in the first half set another new record.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Previous season
Four other Big East teams went to bowl games in 2011, finishing bowl play with a record of 3–2 as a conference. Louisville (7–6) lost to NC State in the Belk Bowl. Rutgers (9–4) beat Iowa State 27–17 in New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Cincinnati (10–3) defeated Vanderbilt in the Autozone Liberty Bowl, and Pittsburgh lost to SMU 28–6 in the BBVA Compass Bowl. The three teams not to go to a bowl game were Connecticut (5–7), South Florida (5–7), and Syracuse (5–7).


2012 Big East Conference football season, Preseason, Coaching changes
Two teams have new head coaches for the 2012 season. Paul Chryst replaces Todd Graham at Pittsburgh, Kyle Flood replaces Greg Schiano at Rutgers.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll
The 2012 Big East Preseason Poll was announced at the Big East Media Day in Newport, RI on July 31, 2012


2012 Big East Conference football season, Schedule, Week 14
Going into the final week of the season, Rutgers had clinched at least a share of the Big East title, but it was possible that the season could end with a three-way or a four-way tie for the conference championship. The scenarios were:


2012 Big East Conference football season, Schedule, Week 14
The conference's BCS berth would then be decided by tiebreakers. Under Big East rules, the first tiebreaker among three or more teams is head-to-head record among the tied teams, followed by the BCS standings.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Schedule, Week 14
A three-way tie would go to the BCS standings, since Louisville, Rutgers, and Syracuse finished 1–1 against one another. In a four-way tie, Cincinnati and Syracuse would be eliminated with 1–2 records against the other three teams, with the BCS berth then going to the higher-ranked team between Louisville and Rutgers. The conference said that Louisville would most likely receive the BCS berth if it defeated Rutgers, and that proved to be the case, with the Cardinals claiming the league's BCS berth.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Players of the week
Following each week of games, Big East conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Big East Conference Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big East Conference football coaches.


2012 Big East Conference football season, Big East Conference Awards
WR – Alec Lemon,† SyracuseWR – DeVante Parker, LouisvilleOT – Eric Lefeld, CincinnatiOT – Justin Pugh, SyracuseOG – Austen Bujnoch, CincinnatiOG – Antwan Lowery, RutgersC – Mario Benavides, LouisvilleTE – Travis Kelce, CincinnatiQB – Teddy Bridgewater, LouisvilleRB – Ray Graham, PittsburghRB – Montel Harris, TempleK – Maikon Bonani, USFRS – Matt Brown, Temple


2012 Big East Conference football season, Big East Conference Awards
DL – Dan Giordano, CincinnatiDL – Trevardo Williams,† ConnecticutDL – Aaron Donald, PittsburghDL – Scott Vallone, RutgersLB – Greg Blair, CincinnatiLB – Sio Moore, ConnecticutLB – Yawin Smallwood, ConnecticutLB – Khaseem Greene,† RutgersCB – Adrian Bushell, LouisvilleCB – Logan Ryan, RutgersS – Duron Harmon, RutgersS – Shamarko Thomas, SyracuseP – Brandon McManus, Temple


2012 Big East Conference football season, Big East Conference Awards
WR – Mike Shanahan, PittsburghWR – Devin Street, PittsburghWR – Brandon Coleman, RutgersOT – Alex Kupper, LouisvilleOT – Kaleb Johnson, RutgersOT – Martin Wallace, TempleOG – Adam Masters, ConnecticutOG – Mark Popek, USFC – Ryan Turnley, PittsburghQB – Ryan Nassib, SyracuseTE – Ryan Griffin, ConnecticutRB – George Winn, CincinnatiRB – Jawan Jamison, RutgersK – Brandon McManus, TempleRS – Nick Williams, Connecticut


2012 Big East Conference football season, Big East Conference Awards
DL – Walter Stewart, CincinnatiDL – Cory Grissom, USFDL – Brandon Sharpe, SyracuseDL – John Youboty, TempleLB – Preston Brown, LouisvilleLB – Sam Barrington, USFLB – Tyler Matakevich, TempleCB – Dwayne Gratz, ConnecticutCB – Blidi Wreh-Wilson, ConnecticutS – Calvin Pryor, LouisvilleS – Hakeem Smith, LouisvilleS – Jason Hendricks, PittsburghP – Pat O'Donnell, CincinnatiP – Justin Brockhaus-Kann, USF


2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2012 Big East Championship, was the 33rd annual Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, deciding the champion of the 2011–12 Big East Conference men's basketball season. For the 30th consecutive season, the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 6–10, 2012. The tournament was the last to feature participation from West Virginia as they joined the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2012.


2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
In the final, Louisville defeated Cincinnati, 50–44, to win their second Big East championship in school history. Louisville guard Peyton Siva received the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the most outstanding player of the tournament.


2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
This was the fourth Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing nine through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams five through eight received byes to the second round. The top four teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.


2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games were nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, All-Tournament team
Following the tournament final, the Big East Conference named its All-Tournament team, composed of the top performers from the entire tournament. Louisville guard Peyton Siva was awarded the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the tournament's most outstanding player, the first time a Louisville player received the tournament MVP award.


2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. This was the third consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.


2012 Big League World Series
The 2012 Big League World Series took place from July 25-August 1 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. San Juan,  Puerto Rico defeated Easley, South Carolina in the championship game.


2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began on March 3 and continued through March 7. The regular-season champion Montana Grizzlies won the tournament and with it an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Unlike many NCAA Division I conferences, the Big Sky does not invite all of its teams to its postseason tournament—only the top six teams in regular-season play qualify. The top two teams receive a bye into the semifinals, and the field is reseeded after the first round so that the 1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed.


2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The tournament's first round, involving the 3 through 6 seeds, was played on campus sites, specifically the home arenas of the 3 and 4 seeds—respectively the Peter Stott Center in Portland, Oregon, home to the Portland State Vikings, and Reese Court in Cheney, Washington, home to the Eastern Washington Eagles. The semifinals and championship were at Montana's home of Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.


2012 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds Semifinals and Championship game hosted by Montana


2012 Big Sky Conference football season
The 2012 Big Sky Conference football season was the 49th season for the Big Sky. The conference began its season on Thursday, August 30, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition.


2012 Big Sky Conference football season
This was the first Big Sky season for four new conference members—full members North Dakota and Southern Utah, and football-only members Cal Poly and UC Davis.


2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.


2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament took place February 27, 29, March 1, and March 3, 2012. The semifinals were televised on ESPNU, and the championship on ESPN2. It was the first year the Big South introduced a first round that consisted of 2 games to be held on campus sites of the higher seeds. VMI and High Point defeated Radford and Gardner-Webb, respectively, to advance to the quarterfinals, held at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena along with the semifinals.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The quarterfinals featured a pair of upsets, the first from the hands of VMI. The 7-seeded Keydets used a huge 2nd half run to pull away from #2 seed Coastal Carolina 85–68. Later that day, #6 Winthrop defeated #3 Campbell 71–55 thanks to 25 points from Reggie Middleton. Top-seed UNC Asheville blew away High Point 86–61, followed by Charleston Southern beating Liberty 89–72.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
VMI continued their upset run with a 20-point drubbing over Winthrop 75–55. Asheville defeated Charleston Southern 91–64, thus gaining home-court advantage for the championship game on March 3. In a game that flip-flopped leads in the first half, Asheville used a 9–0 run to break a 47–47 tie with VMI and take the lead for good. After the Keydets got 2 to make the score 58–52, the Bulldogs ended the game on a 22–12 run to win the Big South crown for a second straight year.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With the addition of Campbell from the Atlantic Sun, the Big South introduced a new format for 2012 where the top 10 teams in the standings qualified for the tournament. The 10-team field was the largest in the event's history, and first round games were contested for just the second time – the last occurring in 1993.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Initially, the Big South intended for only the top 10 teams to make the tournament, as Presbyterian was supposed to be complete its Division I transition this season. However, Presbyterian was given another transition year thus, remained ineligible for the NCAA tournament and thus not allowed to participate. As such, the ten other teams will contest the bracket.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
This was the last tournament in which early-round games were held at campus sites. In June 2012, the conference announced that the 2013 men's and women's tournaments would be held solely at the Student Recreation and Convocation Center on Coastal Carolina's Conway, South Carolina campus, a venue which would ultimately open in fall 2012 as the HTC Center. With Presbyterian completing its Division I transition and Longwood joining the conference, the 2013 tournament will be the first to feature 12 teams.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
* – Denotes overtimeFirst round at campus sites of higher-numbered seedsQuarterfinals and Semifinals games at #1 seed, Kimmel Arena in Asheville, NCChampionship game hosted by highest remaining seed


2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament will be the 29th edition of the tournament. The tournament will decide the Big South Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Held from November 6–11, the semifinal and championship rounds will be held at the Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina.


2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
As of 18 October 2012Source: (RS) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament championOnly applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated


2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.


2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.


2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.


2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season
The 2012 Big Ten Conference football season was the 117th season for the Big Ten. The conference began its season on September 1, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision competition. This was the league's second season with a divisional format and a championship game.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, Bowl games
Two name changes for Big Ten bowls this year. The Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl used to be known as the Insight Bowl and the Heart of Dallas Bowl used to be known as the TicketCity Bowl.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, Bowl games
With only seven bowl eligible teams, the Big Ten is unable to place a team in the eighth bowl game they are contracted with, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, All-Conference Players
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2012 Big Ten Conference football season, All-Conference Players
Illinois: Akeem Spence; Indiana: Ted Bolser, Dan Feeney, Cody Latimer, Jason Spriggs; Iowa: C.J. Fiedorowicz, Anthony Hitchens, Mike Meyer, Matt Tobin; Michigan: J.T. Floyd, Jeremy Gallon, Brendan Gibbons, Will Hagerup, Roy Roundtree, Jake Ryan; Michigan State: Denicos Allen, William Gholston, Isaiah Lewis, Chris McDonald, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Michael Carter; Nebraska: Ben Cotton, Ciante Evans, Justin Jackson, P.J. Smith; Northwestern: Ibraheim Campbell, Brian Mulroe, Tyler Scott, Patrick Ward; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Travis Howard, Corey Linsley, Jack Mewhort, Andrew Norwell; Penn State: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, Kyle Carter, Mike Farrell, Matt McGloin, Stephon Morris; Purdue: Antavian Edison, Josh Johnson, Cody Webster; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Marcus Cromartie, Travis Frederick, David Gilbert, Ethan Hemer, Drew Meyer, Devin Smith, Dezmen Southward, Mike Taylor


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, All-Conference Players
There was a tie among the Coaches for the Offensive Guard honor, so three players received the first team honor and only one on the second team. Coaches also selected three second-team running backs and three second-team defensive linemen.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, All-Conference Players
Illinois: Jonathan Brown, Michael Buchanan, Terry Hawthorne, Graham Pocic, Akeem Spence, Hugh Thornton; Indiana: Ted Bolser, Mitch Ewald, Dan Feeney, Greg Heban, Will Matte, Jason Spriggs, Shane Wynn; Iowa: C.J. Fiedorowicz, James Ferentz, Joe Gaglione, Anthony Hitchens, Mike Meyer, James Morris; Michigan: William Campbell, J.T. Floyd, Devin Funchess, Jeremy Gallon, Brendan Gibbons, Jordan Kovacs, Patrick Omameh, Denard Robinson, Craig Roh, Roy Roundtree; Michigan State: Denicos Allen, Isaiah Lewis, Chris McDonald, Marcus Rush; Minnesota: Michael Carter, Ra'Shede Hageman, Troy Stoudermire; Nebraska: Ameer Abdullah, Will Compton, Ben Cotton, Ciante Evans, Justin Jackson, Brett Maher (punter), Kyler Reed, P.J. Smith, Baker Steinkuhler; Northwestern: Chi Chi Ariguzo, Ibraheim Campbell, Kain Colter, David Nwabuisi, Damien Proby, Tyler Scott, Patrick Ward; Ohio State: C.J. Barnett, Corey Brown, Christian Bryant, Reid Fragel, Corey Linsley, Etienne Sabino; Penn State: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, Mike Farrell, Matt McGloin, Stephon Morris, Sean Stanley, Zach Zwinak; Purdue: Ricardo Allen, Antavian Edison, Landon Feichter, Cody Webster; Wisconsin: Beau Allen, Chris Borland, Marcus Cromartie, David Gilbet, Ryan Groy, Drew Meyer, Jacob Pedersen, Dezmen Southward


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, First Team All-Americans
There are many outlets that award All-America honors in football. The NCAA uses five official selectors to also determine Consensus and Unanimous All-America honors. The five teams used by the NCAA to compile the consensus team are from the Associated Press, the AFCA, the FWAA, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. A point system is used to calculate the consensus honors. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and three points for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, First Team All-Americans
The teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named a Consensus All-American. If there is a tie at a position in football for first team then the players who are tied shall be named to the team. A player named first-team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is recognized as a Unanimous All-American.


2012 Big Ten Conference football season, Academic All-Americans
The following players were first team Academic All-Americans: Rex Burkhead (NEB), Patrick Ward (NW), and Pete Massaro (PSU) all repeated from the 2011 first team. John Urschel (PSU) and Adam Replogle (IND) were also first team selections.


2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
The 2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Penn State and Northwestern tied for first in the regular season, while Michigan State won the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana won the NCAA Tournament, winning their eighth title.


2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Preseason
Northwestern and eventual national champions Indiana were picked to tie as the conference regular season champions.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game
The 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a college football game. It was played on December 1, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, to determine the 2012 champion of the Big Ten Conference. It was played between the Wisconsin Badgers of the Leaders Division and the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Legends Division. Wisconsin defeated Nebraska, 70–31.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game
The game was the second football championship game ever played in the Big Ten's 116-year history; the Big Ten expanded to twelve teams the year before thus becoming eligible under NCAA rules which require conferences to have a membership of at least 12 to have a conference championship game. The game was played in prime time and televised by Fox, with kickoff scheduled for 8:17 PM Eastern Time. In only the second year of the Big Ten Championship game, one team entered the game unranked in the BCS standings, AP poll, and Coaches' poll.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game
In 2014, both Nebraska and Wisconsin were placed in the new Big Ten West division for football, and thus it will no longer be possible for them to meet in the conference championship game without conference re-alignment.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
Wisconsin finished third place in the Leaders division, but division champion Ohio State and second-place Penn State were ineligible to play in the championship game because of postseason bans. Teams that play in the conference championship game must be eligible for the postseason.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
The 2012 Big Ten football championship game would be the last time Bret Bielema coached the Badgers. He departed Wisconsin three days after the Big Ten championship game to accept the head coaching position at Arkansas. Wisconsin's Athletic Director, and former football head coach, Barry Alvarez went on to coach the Badgers at the 2013 Rose Bowl against Stanford.


2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Statistics, Records
Montee Ball took over as the record holder for Football Bowl Subdivision "career rushing touchdowns record" from Travis Prentice with 76 touchdowns (Ball scored one touchdown in the 2013 Rose Bowl thus extending the record). Wisconsin set multiple school records in the game; first by scoring eight rushing touchdowns during the game. The second school record for Wisconsin was having two 200-yard rushers in one game. Nebraska set a record for the most rushing touchdowns allowed in a game. Wisconsin's redshirt freshman running back Melvin Gordon ran for a career-high of 216 yards on just nine possessions, averaging 24 yards per carry.


2012 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8 through March 11 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. This was the first tournament to feature 12 teams of the expanded Big Ten, with Nebraska making its debut. The tournament was the 14th annual Big Ten Tournament. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Ohio State in the championships game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Michigan State's third tournament championship and first since 2000.


2012 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.


2012 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 22nd postseason tournament to decide the Big Ten Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.


2012 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held from March 1 through March 4 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament marked the debut of the University of Nebraska in this event. The Big Ten Network carried all games except the championship game which was aired on ESPN2. Purdue won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.


2012 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2011–12 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 teams will receive a first round bye.


2012 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The seeding for the tournament was determined as the conference season concluded:


2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 8–10, 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Long Beach State won the tournament, which allowed them to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Cal State Northridge was banned from competing in postseason play for failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements.


2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Eight teams will qualify for the 2012 Big West Tournament. In the Semifinals the highest seed will play the lowest seed, while the remaining two teams match up.


2012 Bilderberg Conference
The Bilderberg Conference 2012 took place from May 30 - June 3, 2012 and was held in Westfields Marriott Hotel, Chantilly, Virginia, United States. Previous conferences had already held been there, in 2002 and 2008. Haifa in Israel had previously been proposed as a possible venue for 2012.


2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 2012 Billboard Music Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on May 20, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. The show was hosted by Modern Family's Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell.


2012 Billboard Music Awards
The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2011.


2012 Birmingham City Council election
Elections to Birmingham City Council in England were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from No Overall Control.


2012 Birmingham City Council election
These election results are directly comparable with the corresponding elections held in 2008


2012 Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours List 2012 was released on 16 June 2012 in the United Kingdom. on 11 June 2012 in Australia on 4 June 2012 in New Zealand, on 15 June 2012 in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Belize, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, and The Cook Islands. The Birthday Honours List was released during the height of the Diamond jubilee celebrations, and was therefore styled The Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012 in New Zealand, while United Kingdom celebrated the jubilee with a separate list later that year.


2012 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour and arranged first by country, honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander etc.) then division (Military, Civil, Overseas or Police list).


2012 Birthday Honours, Australia
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2012 for Australia were announced on 11 June 2012.


2012 Birthday Honours, New Zealand
The 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours were published on 4 June 2012 by Department of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet before being published in the New Zealand Gazette.


2012 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday and diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 4 June 2012.


2012 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold was the thirtieth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany October 30 until November 4, 2012 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2012 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The 2012 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 88th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place in Baltimore, Maryland on May 18, 2012, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey John R. Velazquez, In Lingerie won the race by one and one quarter lengths over runner-up Disposablepleasure. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:46 p.m. Eastern Time and the race was run for a purse of $300,000. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:52.07. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 32,473. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day.


2012 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election
The 2012 Blaenau Gwent Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Blaenau Gwent Council in Wales. This was on the same day as the other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous council election took place in 2008 and the following election was held in 2017.


2012 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election
Labour won majority control of the council after gaining 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats and Blaenau Gwent People's Voice, who had both won seats in the 2008 elections, did not contest any wards in 2012 and thus lost all their seats.


2012 Blancpain Endurance Series
The 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the second season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season featured six rounds lasting three hours each, starting on 14 April at Monza and ended in October at Navarra. An improved support package is added with the British Formula 3 Championship and Blancpain Revival Series present at selected rounds and the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo at all events.


2012 Blancpain Endurance Series, Calendar
On 9 December 2011, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2012 calendar.


2012 Blancpain Endurance Series, Entry list
On 17 February, SRO released the provisional entry list for the first round at Monza. This was updated on 10 March.


2012 Bloomington Edge season
The 2012 Bloomington Edge season was the team's seventh season as a professional indoor football franchise and fourth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of sixteen teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Bloomington, Illinois-based Bloomington Edge were members of the United Conference.


2012 Bloomington Edge season
Under the leadership of owner Jim Morris, and head coach Kenton Carr, the team played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois.


2012 Bloomington Edge season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 23, 201223 Active, 1 Inactive


2012 Blossom Cup
The 2012 Blossom Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Quanzhou, China between 3 and 8 January 2012. It offered the prize of US$ 50,000.


2012 Blossom Cup, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Blossom Cup, Champions, Doubles
Chan Hao-ching /  Rika Fujiwara def. Kimiko Date-Krumm /  Zhang Shuai, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]


2012 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Liu Wanting and Sun Shengnan were the defending champions and seeded third, but lost in the semifinals to Chan Hao-ching and Rika Fujiwara.


2012 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Second seeds Chan Hao-ching and Rika Fujiwara won the title, they defeated the first seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai in the final 4–6, 6–4, [10–7].


2012 Blossom Cup – Singles
Lu Jingjing was the defending champion, but lost to the 3rd seeded Tetiana Luzhanska in the first round.


2012 Blossom Cup – Singles
Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm won the title beating sixth seeded Tímea Babos 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup
The 2012 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Todi, Italy between 10 and 16 September 2012.


2012 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup – Doubles
Stefano Ianni and Luca Vanni were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Martin Fischer and Philipp Oswald won the title, defeating Marco Cecchinato and Alessio di Mauro 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Blu-express.com Tennis Cup – Singles
Carlos Berlocq was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Andrey Kuznetsov won the title, after Paolo Lorenzi retired after trailing 3–6, 0–2 in the final.


2012 Blues season
The 2012 Blues season is the team's 17th season in the Super Rugby competition. The Blues' pre-season began on February 4, and the regular season began on February 24. The team will play 16 regular season matches, with byes in rounds 6 and 16. The Blues will play all teams within the New Zealand conference twice, and all other teams once, with the exception of the New South Wales Waratahs and Cheetahs. The team were captained by Keven Mealamu and coached by Pat Lam.


2012 Blues season, Pre-season
The first of three pre-season fixtures was held on the 4th of February at Toll Stadium against the Hurricanes. This was followed by an away match against the Melbourne Rebels on February 11 and a "home" match on February 18 against the Highlanders at UNITEC, in Mt Albert.


2012 Blues season, Regular season
The Blues regular season began on February 24 with a home fixture against the Crusaders, and finished on July 14, away to the Brumbies.


2012 Blues season, Player Summary, Overall Summary
Legend: Apps. = Appearances, Cons. = Conversions, Pens. = Penalties, Drps. = Drop Goals, Pts. = Total points, W.C. = White cards, Y.C. = Yellow cards, R.C. = Red cards


2012 Blues season, Standings
The final standings for the 2012 season are shown below:


2012 Blues season, Standings
Legend: Pos = Position, Rnd = Round, W = Win, D = Draw, L = Loss, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Four-try bonus points, LB = Close loss bonus points, Pts = Competition Points


2012 Blues season, Round by Round Result Summary
Legend: H = Home, A = Away, W = Win, D = Draw, L = Loss, B = Bye, Pos. = Position, Conf. = Conference


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists
The 2012 Veracruz murder of journalists is about the disappearance, murder and dismemberment of three journalists and a woman who worked in public relations whose bodies were discovered in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico. Their bodies were recovered from a canal on World Press Freedom Day, or 3 May 2012, and showed signs of torture and mutilation, which prompted calls for investigations into links with organized crime. The gruesome murder followed other murders of members of the press in the Veracruz area and during the Mexican Drug War,  and highlighted the danger for working journalists.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Background
El Programa de Agravios a Periodistas y Defensores Civiles reported 580 incidents affecting the media from 2005 to May 2012, including 79 homicides, 14 missing journalists, and 26 recorded threats. The number of reported incidents in Mexico has steadily increased over past years, reaching number eight in the Committee to Protect Journalists'(CPJ) impunity index. Veracruz is well known for the Sinaloa and Zetas drug cartels. These two cartels fight for control of Boca del Río, Veracruz, making it one of the most dangerous Mexican states for the press. In a year and a half, six journalists were reported dead from this area. The murders of Luna, Huge, Rodríguez, and Becerra brought the total to ten reported deaths.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Incident
On World Press Freedom Day, the bodies of Guillermo Luna Varela, Gabriel Huge Córdova, and Esteban Rodríguez, three photojournalists, were recovered from La Zamorana canal in Boca del Río. After not returning from covering a road incident, the families of Guillermo Luna and Gabriel Huge reported them missing. Police found the dismembered bodies of Luna and Huge in a black plastic bag. They also recovered the bodies of Rodríguez and Irasema Becerra. Becerra and Luna were in a relationship, and she worked for a local newspaper firm.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Journalists involved, Guillermo Luna Varela
Luna was a photographer who worked for Notiver and covered police-related stories. Six months prior to his death, he worked for the website Veracruznews, Voz del Sureste, and El Díario de Cardel. His police beat was in Xalapa and Boca del Río in Veracruz. His body was found in Boca del Río alongside his uncle, Huge, and also showed signs of torture. Luna was reported missing a day earlier by his family after not returning from covering a road accident.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Journalists involved, Gabriel Huge Córdoba
Huge's body displayed signs of torture and was found in a black bag with Luna, his nephew. He worked at Notiver as a photographer and he also worked for a radio station in Poza Rica. After three journalists of The Notiver were murdered the previous year, Huge fled from the city. When he returned, he worked as a freelancer. He disappeared on a Wednesday with Luna while covering a traffic incident.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Journalists involved, Esteban Rodríguez Rodríguez
Rodríguez was a retired photojournalist and reporter who worked for the Diario AZ. He became a welder after his retirement. After the murder of fellow journalists at The Notiver, Rodríguez temporarily fled the state and retired, returning to Veracruz to work as a welder.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Journalists involved, Ana Irasema Becerra Jiménez
A fourth body was later identified as Becerra, Luna's companion. While she was not a journalist, she worked for a local paper in public relations.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Investigation
On Monday, 13 August, the Mexican Navy began to crack the case. "The Mexican Navy announced Monday that a man suspected of being a member of a drug gang had been captured while carrying the identification cards of a recently slain newspaper employee in the state of Veracruz. The authorities link the suspect, Juan Carlos Hernández Pulido, whom they captured Friday, to the killing of the newspaper employee, Irasema Becerra. Her dismembered remains were found in May along with those of three photojournalists."


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Investigation
Authorities searched the vehicle of Hernández, also known as "Bertha", when a suspicious individual was reported in a parking lot. In his vehicle, they found more than 150 bags of cocaine and marijuana, which he sold alongside illegal firearms. They also found documents and an ID belonging to Becerra, linking him to the Boca Del Rio homicide. He is accused of working for the Jalisco drug cartel as a hired murderer. Hernández was not working alone.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Investigation
Veracruz authorities closed the case 15 August and claimed members of a drug gang confessed to the murders. Some uncertainty about the finality of the case was presented. "But as soon as the arrests were announced on Wednesday, questions began to surface, beginning with the most obvious one. Why would the seven suspects, picked up on drug and weapons charges, spontaneously admit to far more serious crimes, in this case four brutal killings?" Nine journalists in the last 18 months have focused attention on the investigations in Veracruz.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Investigation
Further investigation, along with coincidence, linked several other cases of homicide among journalists and their families. These linked cases are not linked to the Veracruz murder by perpetrator, but by similarities in the brutality of the homicides. The following are related homicide cases:


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Impact
The murders of Luna, Huge, Rodríguez and Becerra heightened awareness of the dangers for journalists in the Veracruz area. Officials and organizations recognize the need to combat the violence of growing drug cartels. Efforts are made to further increase awareness, especially with outrage from UNESCO, Article 19, and other groups focused on the rights and safety of journalists.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Reactions
Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO,  expressed her concerned about the deaths of journalists in the Veracruz area. "News of the murders of Gabriel Huge and Guillermo Luna Varela – tortured and killed less than one week after the assassination of Regina Martínez Pérez – is deeply disturbing, and reflects an alarming state of affairs in the state of Veracruz," she said.


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Reactions
The bodies of the Boca Del Rio journalists were found nearing World Press Freedom Day. Bokova said, “That these gruesome crimes have been committed on the eve of World Press Freedom Day – a day on which we honour the vital role played by journalists in upholding democratic values, protecting citizens’ rights to be informed and calling those in power to account – makes the situation all the more intolerable."


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Reactions
Bokova continued in the statement to say,  “I condemn these three murders in the strongest possible terms and urge the Mexican authorities to act quickly and decisively to find those responsible. Impunity is not an option."


2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists, Reactions
Article 19, a group focused on the freedom of expression and information, expressed their outrage of the Boca del Rio incident, "--the Mexican authorities have consistently failed to fulfill their international obligations to guarantee the free exercise of freedom of expression and the mechanisms currently in place do not address the central problem, which is the impunity that follows these crimes." They also said the authorities of Veracruz did not take the necessary steps in resolving the case.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment
On April 27, 2012, a multinational team of television studios staged an airplane crash near Mexicali, Mexico. An unmanned Boeing 727-200, fitted with numerous cameras, crash-test dummies and other scientific instruments, was flown into the ground. The exercise was filmed for television.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Aircraft and test site
The aircraft used was a Boeing 727-200 purchased by the television production companies, registration XB-MNP (formerly N293AS).


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Aircraft and test site
The site in Mexico was chosen because authorities in the United States would not allow the test to take place. The aircraft's original owner was Singapore Airlines. The last United-States-based owner was Broken Wing LLC of Webster Groves, Missouri, who then exported it and transferred it to a Mexican production company. Broken Wing is also the company that planned and executed the experiment. The aircraft had been leased to Bob Dole's 1996 presidential election campaign by the then-owner AvAtlantic.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Flight
Several federal permits by the Mexican government were needed before the remote controlled flight and crash could be performed. In addition, the Mexican authorities stipulated that the aircraft had to be flown by humans during part of the flight, since it would be flying over a populated area.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Flight
The flight was piloted by captain Jim Bob Slocum, then controlled remotely by Chip Shanle, a former United States Navy pilot who works at American Airlines.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Flight
The airplane took off from General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport in Mexicali, with the flight crew and a small group of passengers, as well as a number of crash dummies, and with a chase plane following close behind. As the flight progressed towards the Sonoran Desert of Baja California in Mexico, its occupants parachuted to safety via the 727's ventral airstair. Slocum was the last one to leave the jet, four minutes before impact. Shanle then flew the jetliner by remote control, from the chase plane.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Flight
The jetliner hit the ground at 140 miles per hour (230 km/h), with a descent rate of 1,500 feet per minute (460 m/min). Upon impact, the Boeing 727 broke up into several sections, the cockpit being torn off the fuselage.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Flight
The zone of the crash had been cordoned off by security teams, as well as Mexican police and military, for the safety of the public.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Aftermath
The crash site received a full environmental cleanup and salvage operation, under the supervision of Mexican authorities.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Aftermath
Most of the large sections of the plane that survived the crash - including the majority of the fuselage, as well as the detached cockpit and nose section - were moved to a field next to Federal Highway 5 south of Mexicali at , and were still there in November 2019.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Study result
The conclusion for this test was that, in a case like this, passengers at the front of an aircraft would be the ones most at risk in a crash. Passengers seated closer to the airplane's wings would have suffered serious but survivable injuries such as broken ankles. The test dummies near the tail section were largely intact; so any passengers there would have likely walked away without serious injury.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Study result
However, in other crashes, such as when the tail hits the ground first, as was the case with Asiana Airlines flight 214, in which a Boeing 777-200ER crashed short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport, the reverse might apply. The brace position was found to be protective against concussion and spinal injuries, but created additional loads on the legs that could result in fractured legs and/or ankles. Additionally, the aircraft's wiring and cosmetic panels were shown to have collapsed into the passenger compartment, creating debris hazards and obstacles to evacuation.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Television program
A television program about the experiment was produced by Discovery Channel (United States), Dragonfly Film and Television Productions (United Kingdom), Pro Sieben (Germany), and Channel 4 (United Kingdom).


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Television program
The crash was the subject of a Discovery Channel television series Curiosity 2-hour episode "Plane Crash". The episode was aired on October 7, 2012, and narrated by Josh Charles.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Television program
The 1-hour-35-minute episode "The Plane Crash" aired on Channel 4 in Britain on October 11, 2012. The program garnered criticism in Britain, as it was aired less than a fortnight after the Sita Air Flight 601 air crash in Nepal.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Television program
The 2-hour "Plane Crash" episode of Curiosity aired on Discovery Channel Canada on October 28, 2012 and on Discovery Channel India on December 17, 2012.


2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, Television program
ProSieben planned to air the documentary special before the end of 2012  and the French channel France 5 broadcast it on June 23, 2013.


2012 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2012 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. This season was Boise State's second in the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to share the conference championship with Fresno State and San Diego State. They were invited to and were champions of the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, this year defeating Washington 28–26.


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season
The Broncos opened the season ranked #5 and #7 in the AP and coaches polls, respectively, by far the highest season starting ranking in school history and the highest starting position for a non-BCS team. They opened the season with a win against #19/#22 Georgia at Georgia Dome in one of the nation's premier games of the opening weekend. The Broncos would win their next nine games and climbed to #2 in the coaches, AP and Harris polls and #3 in the BCS poll for their highest ranking ever in all four polls.


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season
On November 12, #5 Boise State lost to their rival #24 TCU, ending the nations longest home winning streak. They were invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the second consecutive year where they defeated Arizona State 56–24 to finish the season 12–1 and ranked #6/#8 in the coaches/AP polls.


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season
Boise State set two records in 2011. The Broncos became the first team in FBS history to win 50 games in a four-year span (2008–2011). Additionally,  Kellen Moore became the winningest starting quarterback in FBS history with 50 wins. He passed former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (45 wins).


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
At the Mountain West media days, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Broncos were picked as the overwhelming favorites to win the conference title, receiving 27 of a possible 30 first place votes. This was the fifth straight year that Boise State was picked as the preseason champion of their conference. So. WR Matt Miller and Sr. OL Joe Kellog were selected to the all-conference first team offense. Sr . DL Mike Atkinson and Sr. DB Jamar Taylor were selected to the all-conference first team defense. Sr . WR Mitch Burroughs was selected as the returner of the year and as the special teams player of the year.


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
On August 2, Boise State was ranked #22 in preseason Coaches' poll. Their opening season opponent, Michigan State, debuted at #13. This will mark the fourth straight season that Boise State will start the season against a ranked opponent from a BCS conference (they won the previous three).


2012 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
On August 18, Boise State was ranked #24 in the preseason AP poll.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500
The 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 was the eleventh stock car race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on May 12, 2012, at the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The 368-lap race was won by Jimmie Johnson for the Hendrick Motorsports team. It was Johnson's first win of the season, and Hendrick Motorsport's 200th in NASCAR; Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing finished second and Stewart-Haas Racing driver Tony Stewart took third.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500
Greg Biffle won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying. He led the first 48 laps until the first round of green flag pit stops in which Kyle Busch emerged in the lead. Biffle retook the lead on the 73rd lap and again lost it after the second pit stop cycle. Johnson took the lead for the first time on lap 101, and led a total of 134 laps, more than any other competitor.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500
At the final restart on lap 368 for a green–white–checker finish, extending the race to 368 laps, Johnson led the field and maintained it to win the race. Hamlin finished second after passing Stewart who had problems with his car's fuel pressure. There were eight cautions and 22 lead changes among eight drivers during the race.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500
The result of the event advanced Johnson from eighth to fifth in the Drivers' Championship, 39 points behind Biffle, who led the standings going into the race, but his teammate Matt Kenseth reduced his lead to two points. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eight points ahead of Toyota in second place. Ford continued to hold the third position over Dodge in the battle for the place with 25 races left in the season. The race attracted 5.716 million television viewers.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Background
The 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 was the eleventh stock car race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on May 12, in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, an intermediate oval track which began hosting NASCAR races in the 1950 Grand National Series; The standard track is a four-turn 1.366 mi (2.198 km) superspeedway. Its first two turns are banked at 25 degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at 23 degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch are banked at three and two degrees, respectively.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Background
Before the race, Greg Biffle led the Drivers' Championship with 378 points, and Matt Kenseth stood in second with 371. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was third with 369 points, 18 in front of Denny Hamlin and 36 ahead of Kevin Harvick in fourth and fifth. Martin Truex Jr. with 332 points was four points ahead of Tony Stewart, as Jimmie Johnson with 324 points, was 16 points ahead of Kyle Busch, and 22 in front of Clint Bowyer. Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski completed the top twelve drivers. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 63 points, five ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 53 points, was seven points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Regan Smith was the race's defending champion after winning it in 2011.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Background
There was one driver change going into the race. BK Racing announced that driver Travis Kvapil would compete in its No. 73 car starting from the Darlington event. Kvapil said in a media release that he was looking forward to working with the team, and his crew chief Ben Leslie at the track, "The guys at the shop are working really hard to prepare the car and get everything ready for this weekend. We're proud of what we've accomplished so far and hope that this race is another step in our growth."


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held on the Friday before the race. The first session lasted 120 minutes, and the second 45 minutes. In the first session, Harvick was quickest with a time of 27.769 seconds, around one-tenth of a second faster than Biffle. Kurt Busch was third, followed by Edwards, Stewart, Truex, Johnson, Ryan Newman, Joey Logano, and A. J. Allmendinger in positions four to ten. Aric Almirola spun 360 degrees leaving the fourth turn, but he avoided contact with the wall beside the track. In the second practice session, Allmendinger was fastest with a lap of 28.097 seconds. Biffle followed Allmendinger in the second position, with Edwards third quickest. Johnson, Travis Kvapil, Paul Menard, Landon Cassill, Josh Wise, Michael McDowell, and David Stremme rounded out the session's top ten fastest drivers.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice and qualifying
Forty-seven cars were entered in the qualifying session on Friday evening, due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Biffle clinched his second pole position of the season, his second at Darlington Raceway, and the eleventh of his career, with a time of 27.281 seconds, the only qualifying lap to go below 27.300 seconds. Johnson and his teammate Kahne qualified 0.105 seconds behind, but Johnson joined Biffle on the grid's front row because of a better Owner's Championship position compared to Kahne. Newman took fourth place, ahead of Kyle Busch and Truex in fifth and sixth. Edwards qualified in seventh place, while Hamlin followed in eighth. Smith and Jeff Burton completed the first ten starting positions. The four drivers who failed to qualify were Scott Riggs, McDowell, Stephen Leicht, and Mike Bliss.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice and qualifying
Once the qualifying session concluded, Drivers' Championship leader Biffle stated, "This is what a race car driver looks forward to, showing up every weekend and having a really fast car to drive. They're making me look good so far." Afterward, he described his qualifying lap, "It was a pretty uneventful lap. The car just had a ton of grip — it stuck to the race track really, really well. I felt like I was a little bit light down in Turns 1 and 2 — I should have been a little bit quicker down there — but I got a lot out of it in 3 and 4, so it was a great lap."


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Live television coverage of the race began at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) in the United States on Fox. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were cloudy but dry, with the air temperature projected to reach the upper 70 °F (21 °C)s range, and fall to the 60 °F (16 °C)s range once darkness fell. Mark Jones, pastor of First Baptist Church of Darlington, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Singer-songwriter Casey Weston, one of eight finalists of season 1 of The Voice, performed the national anthem, and the mothers of the drivers commanded them to start their engines. No driver moved to the rear of the field during the pace laps.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race commenced at 7:18 local time. Biffle maintained his lead on the first lap. Allmendinger moved into 13th by the start of lap two. By the fifth lap, Biffle held a lead of half a second over Johnson in the second position. On the tenth lap, Kyle Busch overtook Newman to move into fifth place. Three laps later, Newman fell to seventh after Truex and Edwards passed him. Hamlin was running in the seventh position by lap 25.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
17 laps later, Jeff Gordon made heavy contact with the wall, but he continued with some damage to the right-hand side of his vehicle. One lap later, Johnson got ahead of Biffle for the lead temporarily, but he did not hold it at the start/finish line. As the front of the pack got tighter in slower traffic, Kahne passed his teammate Johnson to move into second on lap 47. Green flag pit stops began on the same lap, and Biffle made his pit stop on the next lap, handing the lead to Kahne. Johnson and then Cassill each led a lap as they staggered their pit stops between the 50th and 51st laps.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
After the pit stops, Kyle Busch took over the lead, with Biffle in second, and Kahne third. Although Biffle closed on Kyle Busch, the latter responded to increase his lead to more than half a second by the 59th lap. Five laps later, Johnson caught and overtook Kahne on the inside lane for third place. Keselowski lost ninth to Johnson on lap 66. Biffle took the lead from Kyle Busch seven laps later, as Johnson then passeed the latter for second. On the 76th lap, Kurt Busch overtook Keselowski for tenth place.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Eight laps later, Kahne fell behind Truex who passed him for fourth place. Hamlin overtook Kahne for the fifth position on lap 89. In the meantime, Biffle's lead over Johnson grew to nearly a second. Stewart was passed by Kenseth for the ninth position on the 95th lap. The second round of green flag pit stops began three laps later. On the 99th lap, Biffle made his second pit stop, and Hamlin led the lap, until Gordon took the lead for lap 101. Johnson took over the first position after all the pit stops had been completed.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
By the 105th lap, Johnson led by four seconds over Biffle in second. Seven laps later, Kahne was overtaken by Edwards for sixth place. Kurt Busch passed Stewart to move into tenth place on lap 116. Ten laps later, Kyle Busch got ahead of Biffle for the second position. Edwards caught Hamlin and got ahead of him to progress into fifth on lap 128. Biffle dropped to third when Truex overtook him eight laps later. On lap 140, Marcos Ambrose spun luridly, but he regained control of his car to avoid bringing out a caution.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The third round of green flag pit stops commenced on lap 144. Biffle was the first driver to enter pit road on that lap. Johnson led the next four laps before making his own stop. After the pit stops, Johnson maintained the lead, with Kyle Busch second, and Biffle third. On the 154th lap, Kurt Busch passed Logano for the tenth position. Eleven laps later, Truex got ahead of Biffle for third in slower traffic.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
On lap 172, Kyle Busch's lead of 5.4 seconds was reduced to nothing with the waving of the first caution of the race for debris in turn two. The leaders including Kyle Busch made pit stops for car adjustments. Johnson gained the first position for the lap 179 restart with Kyle Busch second. On the following lap, Kyle Busch retook the lead from Johnson on the outside line. Stewart passed Hamlin for tenth place on the 183rd lap. Three laps later, Edwards lost fourth to his teammate Biffle.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Johnson caught and passed Kyle Busch to regain the lead on lap 189. Biffle overtook Truex for third on lap 190. A second caution came out four laps later as Gordon's left-rear tire went flat, and littered debris on the track. During the caution, the leaders including Johnson elected to make pit stops for tires. Hamlin led at the lap 199 restart, followed by Kahne. On the next lap, Kahne passed Hamlin around the outside to move into the lead. Kurt Busch was overtaken by Stewart for fourth on the 207th lap. Edwards slid sideways and was passed by Johnson for eighth three laps later. On lap 211, Biffle overtook Kurt Busch for fifth.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Logano got ahead of Edwards to progress into the ninth position on lap 215. Kyle Busch was overtaken by Johnson who moved into seventh on the following lap. On the 217th lap, Edwards fell outside the top ten when Harvick passed him. Four laps later, Gordon had another flat left rear tire and he drove to the garage. The third caution was necessitated when series officials located debris in the third turn on lap 230. The field including Kahne chose to make pit stops under the caution, as Hamlin took the lead for the lap 235 restart.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Biffle made an error, and it allowed Truex to overtake him for third on lap 236, and Kyle Busch got past him on the next lap. On the 244th lap, Johnson passed Biffle to claim fifth place, and then overtook Stewart for fourth three laps later. On lap 250, Harvick overtook Bowyer for ninth. On lap 258, Logano got past Biffle for sixth. Bowyer lost another position as Edwards passed him one lap later. The fourth round of green flag pit stops commenced on lap 278. After the pit stops, Truex took the first position after Hamlin was delayed in his pit stall by Bobby Labonte.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Johnson overtook Kyle Busch for the third position on lap 291. Seven laps later, Truex's lead of eight-tenths of a second was reduced to nothing with the waving of the fourth caution, when Labonte after turn four. During the caution, several cars made pit stops for tires and car adjustments. Truex maintained his lead at the lap 303 restart, with Kyle Busch second and Johnson third. Johnson passed Kyle Busch for second place on the 304th lap, as Logano fell to seventh behind Hamlin, Kahne and Newman to around the same time.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Three laps later, Smith spun in turn four, prompting the fifth caution. Several drivers (including Truex) went to pit road for fuel. Johnson switched his car on and off in order to conserve fuel upon the orders of his crew chief Chad Knaus, and led at the lap 311 restart. He held it for one lap as Kyle Busch passed him on the 312th lap. On the next lap, Johnson attempted a crossover maneuver on Kyle Busch, but he did not retake the lead.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
On lap 316, the sixth caution was shown, as Jamie McMurray and Allmendinger crashed in turn four. During the caution, several cars went to pit road. Kyle Busch used the outside lane to hold the lead at the restart on lap 319. Johnson passed Kyle Busch for the lead on lap 325. Six laps later, Reed Sorenson spun sideways leaving the fourth turn, triggering the seventh caution.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Johnson led the field back to racing speed on the lap 334 restart. Stewart got into second by running on the outside lane by the following lap. Truex lost sixth place to Biffle on lap 336. 13 laps later, Edwards got ahead of Kahne to advance into seventh. As Johnson increased his lead over Stewart to almost a second by going half a mile faster than him, Kurt Busch hit the wall after his tire went flat on lap 361, and was sent into Newman's path, prompting the eighth (and final) caution.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted on lap 367 for a green–white–checker finish extending the race to 368 laps, with Johnson leading Stewart in second and Hamlin third. Johnson achieved a fast getaway, and Hamlin overtook Stewart (who had fuel pressure problems) around the outside for second place. Johnson held the lead to clinch his first victory of the season, his third at Darlingon Raceway, and the 56th of his career. It was the 200th victory for Hendrick Motorsports in NASCAR Cup Series competition since Geoff Bodine won the 1984 Sovran Bank 400. Hamlin finished second, Stewart third, Kyle Busch fourth and Truex fifth. Kenseth, Edwards, Kahne, Ambrose, and Logano rounded out the top ten finishers. There were 22 lead changes among eight different drivers during the course of the race. Johnson's 134 laps led was the most of any competitor.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Hendrick Motorsports owner and founder Rick Hendrick on Johnson taking his team's 200th victory.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Johnson appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate Hendrick Motorsports' 200th NASCAR victory in front of the crowd of 63,000 people; the win earned him $319,786. He said of the achievement, "He just said 200 wins is great; let's go get 250, What a day. We had a tremendous race car and won the race. There really was a lot of drama. In a fuel mileage race I was really concerned and hoped I had saved enough fuel but there were a lot of hungry drivers out there. This race is so special; so great. Darlington is a great race track." Hendrick Motorsports had logged their 199th win seven months and sixteen races beforehand.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Hamlin was uncertain as to whether an error at his final pit stop lost him the victory, "When our car was best, we could probably hang with him, Obviously, it looked like his car was very strong, was one of the best." Third-placed Stewart said he was happy to finish in the position and reserved praise for Hendrick Motorsports, "I was trying to postpone (No. 200) for another week by trying to get to Jimmie, but I just couldn't do it, The closer I got to him, the tighter I got.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
That was one of the best runs we'd had, but still I wasn't strong enough. He had plenty of car left. He was just riding, trying to save fuel. They won it in dominating fashion. To win a 200th race, you don't want to back into it. They dominated and took it the way they should."


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
After the race, Kurt Busch's crew chief Nick Harrison instructed him to stop at the entrance to pit road and exit his car. However, he elected to drive into the left rear quarter of Newman's car on pit road. Newman then got out of his car to speak with Kurt Busch. While doing that, Newman' gasman Andy Rueger, who was waiting at Kurt Busch's hauler because he planned to confront him about the accident, learnt Busch was on pit road, and he and his fellow crew members ran towards him.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Rueger lunged at Kurt Busch but he knocked over an NASCAR official who fell backward on the hood of his car. This led to a brawl between the pit crews but Kurt Busch was escorted away to the NASCAR hauler during the struggle to explain himself. Newman, Rueger and the driver's crew chief Tony Gibson were also called to the hauler. NASCAR put the incident under investigation.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Gibson said multiple crew members jumped aside to avoid Kurt Busch hitting them at Newman's final pit stop, and Harrison said that no person involved in the incident punched each other, "Just one of those deals when people get bunched up, someone fell down, A lot of mouthing. Just frustration getting took out. It's Cup racing at its best. If people didn't get mad and didn't care, they wouldn't come here."


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
Kurt Busch left the track without speaking to the press about the crash. Newman suspected Kurt Busch had a chemical imbalance that made him angry during the race, "I'm pretty sure there were 42 other guys that are taking their helmets off and doing whatever for the last 10 years, and that's the first time that's happened to me. Circumstances, I think, are he lied and was so frustrated that he doesn't know how to deal with his anger." Two days later, NASCAR announced penalties for Phoenix Racing.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
The penalties, for "actions detrimental to stock-car racing", for hitting Newman's car on pit road, and getting into an altercation, included a $50,000 fine for Kurt Busch, and he was placed on probation until July 25, 2012. Additionally, a crew member of Kurt Busch's team, Craig Stickler, was fined $5,000, and placed on probation until December 31, 2012, for "interfering with a member of the broadcast media". Gibson was put on probation until June 27, 2012 because he was deemed responsible for his team members' actions. Rueger was fined $5,000, and was also placed on probation until June 27, 2012, for failing to comply with a NASCAR official's post-race directive.


2012 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race, Post-race
The result of the race meant Biffle remained the Drivers' Championship leader with 411 points. Kenseth lowered his teammate's lead to two points and Earnhardt and Hamlin maintained the third and fourth positions. Johnson's victory advanced him from eighth to fifth. Truex and Stewart remained in sixth and seventh, while Harvick fell from fifth to eighth. Kyle Busch, Edwards, Bowyer, and Keselowski rounded out the top twelve. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet extended their lead over Toyota to eight points. Ford stayed in front of Dodge in the battle for third place. The race attracted 5.716 million television viewers; it took three hours, 45 minutes, and 25 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.781 seconds.


2012 Bolivarian Beach Games
The 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games, officially the I Bolivarian Beach Games, is an international multi-sport event that is being held from November 1–11, 2012 in Lima, Peru. With approximately 1,500 athletes from 10 nations participating in 15 sports. The Bolivarian Beach are organized by the ODEBO, the Bolivarian Sports Organization.


2012 Bolivarian Beach Games
The 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games saw the participation of Chile for the first time as a Bolivarian team, Chile had joined ODEBO not long before the games. The event also was the first time ODEBO invited not-bolivarian countries to join the 7 registered countries.


2012 Bolivarian Beach Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the games took place on November 1, 2012, at 8:00 pm Peruvian Standard Time (-05:00 UTC) at Manuel Bonilla Stadium.


2012 Bolivarian Beach Games, The Games, Participating teams
All 6 members of ODEBO competed at the Games plus the 4 invited members from PASO for a total of 10 countries.


2012 Bolivarian Beach Games, Medal table
Medal table reflecting the final results as of November 11, 2012.


2012 Bolivian census
The Eleventh Census of Bolivia is the most recent national census of Bolivia. It was conducted on 21 November 2012. The population was 10,027,254.


2012 Bolivian women's football championship
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2012 Bolivian women's football championship
The 2012 Bolivian women's football championship was the eighth edition of the tournament. It was held from 22 to 26 October 2012 in the city of Santa Cruz. It was contested by seven regional champions and determined the 2012 Bolivian women's football champion and served as qualification to the continental championship, the 2012 Copa Libertadores Femenina.


2012 Bolivian women's football championship
Santa Cruz FC, who competed last year under then name Gerimex FC,  were the defending champions. For the eighth time the title went to a team from Santa Cruz when Universidad de Santa Cruz (Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, UAGRM) won its title.


2012 Bolivian women's football championship, Format
Seven teams were divided into two groups of four and three teams. After all teams played each other once the two best placed teams per group moved onto the semi-finals.


2012 Bolivian women's football championship, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played the next day after the last group matches.


2012 Bolivian women's football championship, Top scorer
Santa Cruz FC's Luciel Pérez won the top-scorer award with her sixth goal in the final. Her teammate Maitté Zamorano scored five goals.


2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2016.


2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
22 seats were contested, including all 3 Bradshaw seats, following the resignation of Conservative married couple, Diane and Paul Brierley. The Labour Party won 14 seats, whilst the Conservatives won 7 seats and the Liberal Democrats 1 seat.


2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2012 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Bradshaw ward
All three seats were up for election. Dean stood again for election in 2014, Haslam in 2015, and Hall in 2016.


2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The 2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival was held June 7–10, 2012 in Manchester, Tennessee, United States, and marked the 11th time the festival has been held since its inception in 2002.


2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival
On March 12, six more artists were added to the line up. Danzig Legacy (featuring music by Danzig, Samhain and Danzig/Doyle performing The Misfits), The Temper Trap, Santigold, Puscifer, fun. and The Cave Singers.


2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The Festival announced on April 11 that four more artists would be added to the lineup: Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., the Sam Bush Band, Michael Kiwanuka and Black Box Revelation. Phish also played a second full set. Attendance at the 2012 festival surpassed 100,000, a record for Bonnaroo.


2012 Boodles Challenge
The 2012 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 19 June 2012 to 23 June 2012 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 11th edition of the Boodles Challenge. Marin Čilić won the title.


2012 Boodles Challenge, Participants
On 21 March 2012, the tournament organisers released a preliminary list of 5 players that will compete in the tournament:


2012 Boodles Challenge, Participants
Later, between May and June, 6 more players were confirmed:


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final
The 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final will be the 17th final of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, the highest football cup competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final
The date of both 2012 Final matches, as in all the recent years, is set so that it avoids clashes with Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina fixtures. Both matches took on Wednesday, between two rounds of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final
The current holders, Željezničar, defended their title and brought home the fifth cup title it their history. Winning this cup, they also completed the double, as they already won the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, their second double in history and the first double any team won since the unification of the Premier league in 2002.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
Since all clubs started the competition from round of 32, so did Željezničar, the defending champions, also. Their first opponent was Leotar. In single fixture game on Grbavica stadium, they secured their position in the next round. Zdravko Šaraba made a foul on Vernes Selimović in the penalty area, which Zajko Zeba pointed for 1–0 in the 43-minute. Seconds before the halftime, Željezničars goalkeeper, Elvis Karić, boxed the ball to avoid danger, but outside the 16 meter box, earning a direct red card. His place was taken over by the veteran Adnan Gušo, with the captain, Mirsad Bešlija, leaving the field as a substitute. The final score was set by Muamer Svraka, who came in the game just two minutes before that, in the 73-minute for 2–0.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
In round of 16, Željezničar played against their city rival, Olimpic. From this round on, two-legged fixtures were played. In the first-leg, played on Grbavica stadium, the first goal fell in the 39-minute, after a free kick from Mirsad Bešlija was scored with a header from Eldin Adilović. The second goal was assisted by Zajko Zeba, once more from a free kick, which Jadranko Bogičević scored, and once again with a header, in 54-minute. The last goal, for a comfortable 3–0 win before the rematch, was scored by Patrick Nyema Gerhardt in the 78-minute also with a header.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
The rematch was played three weeks later, on Otoka stadium. The spectators waited until the 67-minute for the first goal when Sulejman Smajić found Zajko Zeba who scored for 0–1. Until the end of the game, Olimpic made the equalizer in 78-minute over Admir Raščić ending the black statistic of Olimpic in matches against Željezničar since this was the first match they didn't lost against them. That goal, as proved later, will be the only one Željezničar concede on his route to final.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
In the quarter-finals, the two finalists from last year met. Željezničar faced Čelik with the first-leg played on Grbavica yet again. Eldin Adilović, striker who came the last summer exactly from Čelik, scored very early for 1–0 against his former club, in the 16-minute. In the second half, Čelik went in offensive, but in the midst of his attacks, Željezničar scored for the second goal. This time it was Vernes Selimović who scored for the final 2–0 in 64-minute.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
In the rematch played in Zenica, on Bilino Polje stadium, a goalless match was seen, mostly thanks to the bad pitch left after a qualifying match of Bosnia and Herzegovina against Luxembourg in bad weather and another game in the playoff against Portugal made it just worse. Čelik had more of the game, with Željezničar endangering their goal from time to time but none of teams had the concentration for a goal.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
New record snowfalls in many regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina delayed the original date for first-leg of the semi-finals by a week. Željezničar met Borac, a team they faced also in the last two season of this competition (once in final). The first match, played on Grbavica, was an unattractive one, with the pitch still in bad shape because of the massive snow. Jadranko Bogičević was sent off after 75 minutes because of a second yellow card, but Željezničar still managed to win with a late goal by Zajko Zeba in the 87th minute when Marijan Antolović reacted badly.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
The second-leg was played three weeks later on City Stadium of Banja Luka. The game started very offensive from both side, but the first goal came in the last minute of the first half after a disputable foul over Muamer Svraka. Zajko Zeba managed to score from the free-kick 17 meters away from the goal for 0–1 for Željezničar. The game didn't reached the end of the second half, as the assistant referee was hit in 65-minute by a solid object from the east stand were the ultras fan of Borac are located.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Željezničar
While the referee received medical care, the delegate first decided to empty the east stand but then aborted the match. The day after the match, the disciplinary and contest commission decided to award Željezničar with a 0–3 win and punished Borac with a €5,000 fine and the next six home matches without spectators.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Široki Brijeg
In the single fixture round of 32, Široki Brijeg faced on Pecara stadium, their home venue, Kozara. Kozara proved to be not a challenge for Široki Brijeg, as they won the match with 3–0. The first goal was scored by Jure Ivanković in 18-minute, with Hrvoje Mišić raising to 2–0 in 35-minute. Only two minutes before the final whistle, Juan Manuel Varea scored for 3–0.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Široki Brijeg
Their opponent for the advancement in quarter-finals was Slavija. In the first leg on Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium in Lukavica, Slavija got in lead in 20-minute over Ljubiša Vukelj and that was the result of the first halftime. In the second halftime, Široki Brijeg succeeded to turn over the result with two goals of Varea. The first goal was scored in 70-minute while the second goal came just seven minutes later. In the rematch played in Široki Brijeg, Slavija once more succumbed to Široki Brijeg. Just as the match started, Široki Brijeg got in lead.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Široki Brijeg
In the second minute of the game Ivica Džidić scored for the 1–0. Already in eight-minute it was 2–0, the scorer was Dalibor Šilić. Till the end of the first-half, Široki Brijeg scored two more goals, first in 35-minute over Wagner Santos Lago and four-minute later over Juan Manuel Varea. Slavija lowered to 4–1 in 57-minute with a goal from Marko Perišić and then seven minutes later on 4–2 over Nemanja Šešlija.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Široki Brijeg
In the quarter-finals, Široki got as opponent a team from the second league tier, Krajišnik. The first match played before full stadium in Velika Kladuša ended without a winner. Krajišnik got in lead in 38-minute over Šaban Pehilj, Željezničars footballer on loan, but Hrvoje Mišić scored the equalizer for Široki Brijeg in 86-minute of the game for the final 1–1. The rematch played three weeks later on Pecara stadium ended in a goalless tie and Široki Brijeg advanced further because of the away goal.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Route to the Final, Široki Brijeg
In the last hurdle before the final, Široki Brijeg faced Velež. The first leg on Pecara stadium ended with a 1–0 win. Mateo Roskam was successful in 83-minute with a header against former Široki Brijeg goalkeeper Dejan Bandović. Despite many chances Velež created, they were not able to score a goal against Luka Bilobrk and the defense of Široki Brijeg. The second-leg on Vrapčići stadium showed that Široki Brijeg is the better of the two, once more. This time Široki Brijeg was the dominant one throughout the match but still won the rematch with only a one-goal margin. Mario Kvesić scored for 0–1 in the 69-minute, sealing the fate of Velež and securing his team the final of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup for the fourth time.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Pre-match
This final marked the eighth appearance in the final of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup for Željezničar and the ninth final in domestic cups, since they were once in the final of the Yugoslav Cup. They had won the cup four times (in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2011) and were beaten on four occasions (in 1981, 1997, 2002 and 2010). On the other side, this would be the fourth final for Široki Brijeg and they won it once (in 2007), with two finals lost (in 2005 and 2006). This was the first time these two clubs met each other in the final of this competition, while it was the fifth overall encounter in this competition (they met each other before three times in semi-finals and once in quarter-finals).


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Pre-match
On 10 April 2012, a draw to decide who would be the first host was held with Željezničar hosting the first leg on 25 April and Široki Brijeg the rematch three weeks later on 17 May, with both matches aired on BHT1. There were some speculations that the first leg would be postponed to 26 April to avoid clashes with the semifinal of the Champions League, but in the end, the first leg remained on the same date with the kick off at 18:30.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Pre-match
Unlike the two last finals, in which Željezničar also played, this time the ticket price wasn't raised but rather remained the same as the prices for the regular tickets for the league matches, €2,5 for the south stand (the stand were The Maniacs are), €4 for the north stand and €5 for the west stand. Also, organized attendance of away fans were not allowed as the ban on organized arriving of away fans was in force since October 2011 and was still not lifted by the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Pre-match
The kick off for the second leg was set at 20:00, on Wednesday 16 May. Just like in the first leg, no organized attendance of away fans was allowed. Two days before the match, on 14 May, Željezničars players went to Hercegovina, Međugorje, where they had their last trainings. They also wanted to accommodate to the surrounding and weather, but also to be close to the city of Široki Brijeg. They decided to leave Sarajevo earlier that day then planned because of sudden unseasonal snowfall.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Pre-match
Before the match, Željezničar was in a more than a 3-year unbeaten streak in national cup, with the last lost match dating to 24 September 2008 against Zvijezda in the first round of 2008–09 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup. Since then, they played 26 matched in the national cup, winning in 16 of those matches and drawing 10, with a goal difference of 45 to 8. They won two of the last three national cups, since they lost the final in 2009–10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup to Borac on an aggregate score of 3:3 after two draw matches. Borac won the cup because of more scored away goals.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Matches
Both team managers said that in the final the two best clubs of the season are clashing and that these are probably the most important matches of the season for both clubs since the teams almost already secured a place in European competition at that moment. They also said that the biggest motive will be to gain a trophy and that only small differences and luck will decide the winner. None of the sides had bigger problems with bookings or injuries for the first leg. Nevertheless, manager of Široki Brijeg, Marijan Bloudek, admitted that Željezničar is the better side at the moment, with the many records and the league position proving that, but with his team very close behind and with realistic chances to win.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Matches
Before the second leg, the atmosphere in Široki Brijeg was intense, since if their team wins, this would be the first trophy in five years. Škripari, the ultras fan of the team, made some announcements before the match to bring more people to the stadium. Many managers and sport workers came to the final, not only from Bosnia and Herzegovina but also from the region.


2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup Final, Matches
Both teams had much respect for the opponent and said for them that they are, along with them, the best team in the league this year and that only small differences and luck will decide the winner, but again that their team will have more reasons to be happy at the end of the match, which could have been seen in the comment the managers given to the press. While Široki Brijeg didn't have any problems with suspended or injured players, Patrick Nyema Gerhardt, Željezničar's standard player, would miss the game because of booking.


2012 Bosnian municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2012. Parties, independent candidates, party or coalition lists had to register by 25 May 2012. 87 political parties and 293 independent candidates were certified to stand in the election.


2012 Boston Breakers season
The 2012 Boston Breakers season, is the club's seventh overall year of existence, fourth consecutive year, and first year as a member of the WPSL Elite League


2012 Boston Breakers season, Match results, WPSL EL
Note: Results are given with Boston Breakers' score listed first.


2012 Boston Breakers season, Club, Roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of June 1, 2012.


2012 Boston College Eagles football team
The 2012 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Spaziani and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. Boston College finished the season 2–10 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last of six teams in Atlantic Division.


2012 Boston College Eagles football team
On November 25, Boston College's athletic director, Brad Bates, announced that Spaziani has been relieved of duties as head coach of the Eagles.


2012 Boston Marathon
The 2012 Boston Marathon took place in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday April 16, 2012. It was the 116th edition of the mass-participation marathon. Organized by the Boston Athletic Association, it was the first of the World Marathon Majors series to be held in 2012. A total of 22,426 runners started the race. The competition was held in hot running conditions, reaching 88 degrees Fahrenheit (31° Celsius) that afternoon, and some of the 27,000 registered runners opted to take up the organizers' offer to defer their entry until the 2013 race.


2012 Boston Marathon
Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop won the elite men's and women's races respectively. Josh Cassidy and Shirley Reilly were the winners of the wheelchair racing section. In the masters section, Uli Steidl won the men's marathon and Svetlana Pretot (ninth overall) was the women's champion.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Build up
The champions from 2011, Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel, announced their intentions to try to defend their titles at the start of the year. A large number of fast elite runners were invited to compete at the event, most of them being Ethiopian or Kenyan. Mutai was the pre-race favourite, with his two most prominent rivals being 2010 Boston winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot and 2010 New York City Marathon champion Gebre Gebremariam. Levy Matebo and Wilson Chebet were the other fastest runners, who entered the competition with personal bests under two hours and six minutes. Defending women's champion Kilel was not the fastest entrant in her section: Russia's Galina Bogomolova and Ethiopians Aselefech Mergia and Mamitu Daska had better personal bests. Sharon Cherop (third at the 2011 race) and Firehiwot Dado (reigning New York champion) were also prominent competitors.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Build up
The most prominent American athletes, such as 2011 Boston top-five finishers Ryan Hall, Desiree Davila and Kara Goucher, missed the 2012 edition of the Boston race as they focused their preparations towards the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics instead.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Men's race
In the men's race, fifteen runners reached the halfway point in a time of 1:06:11 hours (some minutes slower than previous years). Soon after, Mathew Kisorio upped the pace and reduced the leading pack to himself, Matebo, Mutai, Chebet, Wesley Korir and Laban Korir. After 18 miles (29 km) Kisorio and Matebo had broken away and defending champion Mutai had pulled out of the race altogether.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Men's race
As the course began its uphill stage, Kisorio slowed significantly and Matebo held a clear lead at 23 miles. However, he too began to slow and Wesley Korir, who had kept a more even pace, made his way up the field and took the lead at 25 miles (40 km). Korir won in a time of 2:12:40 hours with Matebo over twenty seconds behind. The rest of the midpoint leaders slowed in the latter stages and Kenya's Bernard Kipyego and American Jason Hartmann moved up to take third and fourth place.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Women's race
The women's field was reduced in calibre before the start as Bogomolova, Aselefech Mergia and Mamitu Daska were all pre-race withdrawals. The race began slowly—the runners responding to the heat—and it was not until 12.5 miles (20 km) that the large pack of elite runners began to break up. By the halfway point Agnes Kiprop and Rita Jeptoo had fallen half a minute behind. Upon reaching the first major uphill section after 17 miles (27 km), Caroline Rotich, Diana Sigei Chepkemoi and Genet Getaneh progressively fell behind the leading pace. A volunteer attempting to assist the leading runners by handing them some water actually disrupted the pack at 18 miles (29 km) and defending champion Caroline Kilel dramatically slowed soon after, eventually dropping out at 40 km.


2012 Boston Marathon, Race description, Women's race
The final section of the race at Heartbreak Hill saw Firehiwot Dado fall out of contention, leaving just a Kenyan trio of Sharon Cherop, Georgina Rono and Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to battle out the medal positions. Cherop increased the pace and at the 25-mile mark (40 km) Rono had slipped behind and just Cherop and Sumgong remained. The two engaged in a battle to the finish and it was the 2011 runner-up Cherop who came out on top, recording a time of 2:31:50 hours, with Sumgong finishing just two seconds behind. Rono made it a Kenyan podium sweep as she was next to cross the line just over a minute later.


2012 Boston Pizza Cup
The 2012 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 8 to 12 at the Encana Arena in the Edgeworth Centre in Camrose, Alberta. The winning team of Kevin Koe represented Alberta at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.