2012 Championship League Darts, Prize money
The amount of prize money awarded to the winner, runner-up and semi-finalists of the tournament is:


2012 Championship League Darts, Tournament dates
The tournament took place over nine days throughout September, October and November 2012. One group was played on each day. The dates were as follows:


2012 Championship League Darts, Tournament dates
The tournament took place at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex.


2012 Championship League Darts, Tournament dates
Note: Raymond van Barneveld chose not to compete in the tournament. Vincent van der Voort withdrew due to medical issues, Andy Smith will take his place in group 4 with Steve Beaton taking up the new final spot in group 8.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 1
Played Tuesday September 25, group 1 was won by Wes Newton who qualifies for the winners group. Andy Hamilton and James Wade were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 2
Played Wednesday September 26, group 2 was won by Justin Pipe who qualifies for the winners group. Mark Webster and Kevin Painter were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 3
Played Thursday September 27, group 3 was won by Ronnie Baxter who qualifies for the winners group. Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 4
Played Tuesday October 16, group 4 was won by Phil Taylor who qualifies for the winners group. Andy Smith and Mervyn King were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 5
Played Wednesday October 17, was won by Simon Whitlock who qualifies for the winners group. Colin Lloyd and Wayne Jones were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 6
Played Thursday October 18, was won by Dave Chisnall who qualifies for the winners group. John Part and Terry Jenkins were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 7
Played Tuesday October 30, was won by Jamie Caven who qualifies for the winners group. Richie Burnett and Colin Osborne were knocked out.


2012 Championship League Darts, Group stage, Group 8
Played Wednesday October 31, group 8 was won by Mark Walsh who qualifies for the winners group.


2012 Championship League Darts, Winners group
Played Thursday November 1, and was won by Phil Taylor.


2012 Champs-Élysées Film Festival
The first edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival was held from 6 to 12 June 2012, with actors Lambert Wilson and Michael Madsen presiding. During the first edition, more than 15,000 people attended, with more than 50 films screened. Besides the Official Selection of American Independent Films, the Festival's main event, three other non-competitive selections were presented: French Galas, American Galas and Oscar Nominated Foreign Language Films. A competitive Official Shorts Selection was also showcased. A tribute to Harvey Weinstein was held to celebrate his career and a retrospective of 11 of his films was shown throughout the week. Three Audience Prizes (Best American Feature-Length Film, Best American Short Film, Best French Short Film) were presented during the Closing Ceremony, held at the Publicis Cinema.


2012 Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Official Selection, Short Films
The Official Selection of Short Films comprises more than 30 films, which were selected by a French industry team as well as four major film school programs: University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Columbia University's Columbia University Film Festival for the United States and Paris-based film school La Femis for France.


2012 Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Official Selection, Short Films, American Shorts Competitive Selection
New York University Tisch School of the Arts Shorts Selection


2012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open
The 2012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 27 August and 2 September 2012.


2012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open – Doubles
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Riccardo Ghedin were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan defeated Lee Hsin-han and Peng Hsien-yin 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the tournament.


2012 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open – Singles
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was the defending champion but chose to participate at the 2012 US Open instead. Dudi Sela won the final 6–1, 7–5 against Yuichi Sugita.


2012 Changchun Yatai F.C. season
The 2012 Changchun Yatai F.C. season is Changchun's 7th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League. Changchun will also be competing in the Chinese FA Cup.


2012 Changchun Yatai F.C. season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Changchun Yatai F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Changchun Yatai F.C. season, Players, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Channel O Music Video Awards
The 9th Annual Channel O Music Video Awards were held at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa on 17 November 2012. The nominees were unveiled at an announcement party in Johannesburg on 21 September 2012. Kenyan hip hop group Camp Mulla topped the list with four nominations, but failed to bring home an award. Among those who will be performing are Davido, Ice Prince, Khuli Chana, M.anifest, Camp Mulla and Zeus.


2012 Charleston Battery season
The 2012 Charleston Battery season was the club's twentieth season of existence. It is the Battery's third consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.


2012 Charleston Battery season, Background
The Charleston Battery are coming off their inaugural year of playing in the USL Professional Division, the highest division of soccer under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella, and the third division in the American soccer pyramid. The Battery, finished fourth in the American Division of USL Pro, and had the fifth best overall record in the league. In the USL Pro Playoffs, the Battery lost to the eventual champions, Orlando City in extra time.


2012 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
The 2012 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Jay Mills and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.


2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger
The 2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Charlottesville, United States between October 29 and November 4 2012.


2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey and Dominic Inglot were the defending champions but Inglot decided not to participate. Huey played alongside Bobby Reynolds. John Peers and John-Patrick Smith defeated Jarmere Jenkins and Jack Sock 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2012 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Singles
Izak van der Merwe was defending champion but defeated in the semifinals by Denis Kudla. Kudla went on to win the title after defeating Alex Kuznetsov 6–0, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Chatham Cup
The 2012 ASB Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 85th knockout football competition.


2012 Chatham Cup
The 2012 competition has a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Competition is run in three regions (northern, central, southern) until the quarter-finals, from which stage the draw is open. In all, 124 teams entered the competition.


2012 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2012 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon)in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fourth.


2012 Chelsea L.F.C. season
The 2012 season was Chelsea's second season in the FA WSL.


2012 Chelsea L.F.C. season, FA WSL
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2012 Chelsea L.F.C. season, FA WSL, Results summary
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2012 Chelsea L.F.C. season, FA Women's Cup
Chelsea entered the competition in the fifth round as an FA WSL team. They beat The Seagulls and The Belles before they demolished Arsenal in the semi-finals. Chelsea were through the FA Women's Cup Final for the first time in the cup history, alongside Birmingham City . But they were unable to hold their lead in the full-time and even in the extra time. They were defeated in the penalty shoot-out.


2012 Chelsea L.F.C. season, FA WSL Continental Cup
In the new format of the competition, Chelsea were named in group B alongside Arsenal, Liverpool and Lincoln Ladies. Chelsea could only manage to get 3 points in the group stage and were eliminated from the last match of the group stage.


2012 Cheltenham Borough Council election
The 2012 Cheltenham Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.


2012 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result
The result of the election saw the Liberal Democrats retain control of the council with no change in the number of seats they held. The Conservatives lost one seat whilst the People Against Bureaucracy group gained one.


2012 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Ward results
Note: due to an error by the poll clerk at St Christopher's Church polling station in Warden Hill, where voters' unique numbers were written on the reverse of ballot papers, 412 votes had to be discounted by the returning officer. Had these votes changed the result of the election, it would have to have been re-run. As it was, these votes would not have changed which candidate was elected.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Betfred Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on 16 March 2012.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Fourteen horses ran and the steeplechase was won by 8/1 shot Synchronised, who was trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by Tony McCoy. Synchronised completed the course in a time of 6 minutes 36.19 seconds and won by a distance of 2¼ lengths from second-placed The Giant Bolster.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Kauto Star was attempting to win the Gold Cup for the third time and made a prominent start, but was weakened by a poor jump at the eighth fence and pulled-up by jockey Ruby Walsh before the tenth of the 22 fences.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The Gold Cup was sponsored by Betfred for the first time. Betfred had purchased The Tote, sponsors of the race since 1980, in June 2011.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
Fourteen ran in the race; the Irish-trained Quel Esprit made the card but did not run. Ten completed the course, three were pulled-up by their jockeys during the race, and one, What A Friend, fell at the second fence.


2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Synchronised, ridden by jockey Tony McCoy:


2012 Cherwell District Council election
The 2012 Cherwell District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Cherwell Council in England. This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.


2012 Chesapeake Bayhawks season
The 2012 Chesapeake Bayhawks season is the 12th season for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. The Bayhawks were looking to rebound after a semifinal loss in the 2011 MLL playoffs to Boston.


2012 Chesapeake Bayhawks season, Off-season, Draft
The first Chesapeake Bayhawk to be drafted in 2012 was long-stick midfielder C.J. Costabile. He was the 5th overall pick, and netted 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points in 3 years at Duke. The Bayhawks drafted 9 total men from the draft.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
The 2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix presented by ShopAutoWeek.com was an IZOD IndyCar Series race that was held on June 3, 2012 on The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the sixth race of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Originally scheduled to run over 90 laps, it was shortened to 60 laps. The race was won by Scott Dixon for the Chip Ganassi Racing team. Dario Franchitti finished second, and Simon Pagenaud clinched third.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
Preparations for the race were overshadowed by speculation over IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard's job, after he tweeted that some team owners were trying to get him fired. Dixon claimed pole position for the race, the first IndyCar event in Detroit since 2008, and maintained his lead throughout the race. After 38 laps, James Hinchcliffe hit a dislodged piece of the track and continued straight into the tire wall. Further investigation discovered that the track was disintegrating in various places, and the event was red flagged.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
After a two-hour break, in which track officials ripped out the damaged sections of track and filled the holes with concrete, the race was restarted, shortened to 60 laps. Rain also started to fall lightly, and shortly after the restart a caution was issued when Hélio Castroneves spun. Dario Franchitti gained four places after the red flag, benefiting from his softer red tires, to finish second behind his teammate.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
There were four cautions, totalling 12 laps during the race. It was Dixon's first win of the season and the 28th of his career, which moved him up to second in the drivers' standings. Of the 25 drivers that started, 19 completed the race, two retired after contact and four retired due to mechanical issues. Justin Wilson recorded the fastest lap of the race, completing a circuit in 1:12.0651.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Background
The IndyCar series had not visited Detroit since 2008, when Justin Wilson won the race after taking the lead in the last 20 laps when Hélio Castroneves was penalized for blocking him. The following year's scheduled race was cancelled due to lack of funding, and the failure to secure sponsorship for the event. In September 2011, the Detroit City Council approved plans for the race to be held on the weekend of June 1–3, 2012. A month later, it was confirmed that the race would be run in 2012, sponsored by the Chevrolet arm of Detroit-based manufacturer General Motors.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Background
Roger Penske was one of the main advocates of the series returning to Detroit, and his company provided $6 million to improve the course on Belle Isle Park. Over 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of concrete was laid down across the paddock and the race course, and the lighting and drainage were both repaired in the lead up to the event. The race was scheduled for the weekend after the Indianapolis 500, a slot that had previously been held by the Firestone 550 at the Texas Motor Speedway. The move created tension with Eddie Gossage, the track director in Texas.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Background
Prior to the race, Will Power was the points leader, with 200 points, while Castroneves and James Hinchcliffe each had 164 points to place second and third respectively. The configuration was the 2.07 miles (3.33 km) long track used in 2007 and 2008. It is a tight street course on which overtaking is difficult, and previewing the race, Tony DiZinno claimed it had "often been a mundane race." Four racers participating in the 2012 event were previous winners on the course: Castroneves, Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Wilson. In contrast, 11 of the 25 drivers had not previously participated in an IndyCar race at Belle Isle, and four of the drivers had only competed once: in the 2008 race.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Background
The previous weekend's Indianapolis 500 had, according to an agency report, been "a breathtaking event, the kind that’s certain to be talked about through the years", and provided a boost to the series, with the race receiving its highest Nielsen rating since 2008. The series hoped to maintain that momentum into the Detroit race, but instead focus shifted to off-track issues when the series' CEO, Randy Bernard posted a message on Twitter claiming that some of the team owners were trying to oust him.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Background
The coup was based upon the owners' disgruntlement with the increasing cost of the Dallara DW12 chassis, and fines given out for the use of inapproved parts in races earlier in the season. Bernard spoke to the team owners on the Saturday prior to the Detroit race, and reported that the matter was settled, in an attempt to place attention back on the race, but by that stage, the media had spent Friday and Saturday investigating the coup, rather than previewing the race and the track.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held on the Friday before the race: each lasted for an hour. A third session, also an hour long, took place on the Saturday morning prior to qualifying. The first session provided limited opportunities to the drivers due to heavy rain and standing water on the course. As a result, only 11 of the 25 entrants participated in the session, of which Takuma Sato set the fastest time. Conditions improved during the second practice, and all 25 drivers set times. Will Power was quickest; marginally over a tenth of a second faster than Wilson.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Ryan Briscoe, Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan completed the top five, all recording times within half a second of Power. In the third practice, Scott Dixon recorded the fastest time, trailed by Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Briscoe and Wilson also lapped the track in under 72 seconds to finish among the five quickest drivers.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying took place over three rounds: the drivers were split into two groups for the first round, in which the top six from each group progressed to the next round. Dixon was the fastest from the first group, followed by Pagenaud and Hunter-Reay within half a second of his time. Wilson, Sébastien Bourdais and Sato were the other drivers to advance to the second round. In the second group, Power set the fastest overall time in the first round, and Alex Tagliani was close behind him, also setting a faster time than Dixon.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Graham Rahal, E.J. Viso, Hélio Castroneves and Briscoe also qualified for the next stage. Power was once again the fastest driver in the second round, leading Dixon and Tagliani. The top-three drivers were separated by less than a tenth of a second. The other three drivers to continue to the third round, the "Firestone Fast Six", were Pagenaud, Viso and Hunter-Reay. Rahal, who finished in seventh was just four thousandths of a second behind Hunter-Reay.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The top six drivers were split evenly by engine; half running Honda engines, and the other half Chevrolet. It was also the first time in the 2012 season that six different teams were represented in the third qualifying round. Hunter-Reay and Power traded fastest times early in the session before Pagenaud and Viso went quicker. Power and Dixon then set times under 71 seconds, and then improved upon their own laps to finish as the top-two. Dixon set the fastest time; 1:10.3162: just four thousandths of a second quicker than Power.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Tagliani was third, joined on the second row by Pagenaud, while Viso and Hunter-Reay qualified on the third row of the grid. Rahal and Simona de Silvestro were both subject to ten-place grid penalties for engine changes made in mid-May, dropping them to 17th and 25th on the grid respectively. Rubens Barrichello was also given a ten-place penalty for changing his chassis between qualifying and the race, placing him 24th.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
The race, the sixth of the season, began at 3:30 p.m. EST, and was televised live in the United States on ABC. Scott Dixon held his lead from pole position, with Will Power behind him. Justin Wilson made light contact with a wall during the first lap of the race, and pitted shortly after due to a flat right-rear tire. The team discovered additional damage to the suspension that required lengthy repairs, but he was able to return to the race.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
During the fifth lap, some teams reported that parts of the track were deteriorating, but it was not felt that any action needed to be taken. Three laps later, Rubens Barrichello, who had gained four places started suffering mechanical problems, which forced him to retire from the race after eleven laps. Wilson set the fastest lap of the race during the ninth lap, completing a circuit in 1 minute 12.0651 seconds. On lap 10, Ryan Hunter-Reay blocked Ryan Briscoe from passing him, drawing a warning from race director Beaux Barfield.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
Sébastien Bourdais, who, along with Alex Tagliani and Oriol Servia, was running his first street race of the season without a Lotus engine, had made it to seventh before suffering mechanical problems which curtailed his race after 24 laps. James Jakes, who was suffering from problems with his brakes throughout the early part of the race eventually retired on lap 36, having spent ten laps in the pits earlier trying to resolve the issue.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
On lap 39, James Hinchcliffe fell victim to the deteriorating track. Going through turn six, he struck a large piece of asphalt that had lifted from the track. After hitting his front wing, it then went under the car and propelled it into the air. With no traction, Hinchcliffe was unable to control his car and was sent into the tire wall.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
Hinchcliffe was angry after the race, and claimed that the track should have been fixed earlier: "The fact that (race control) let it go as far as they did, essentially waiting for someone to crash as a result of it before they did something, is very unsafe." He said that the track had lifted much earlier in the race, but that the drivers had been forced to keep avoiding the debris, which was on the racing line.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
On the same lap, Takuma Sato clipped the curb going into turn 12 and lost control of his car before hitting the wall, forcing his retirement. The two crashes drew a full track caution, and the cars drove behind the safety car for six laps before a red flag was given on lap 45.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
The track had been patched up prior to the weekend's racing using a synthetic rubber compound, and it had remained secure throughout the practice and qualifying sessions, as well as the Grand-Am and Indy Lights races. However, the Dallara DW12's aerodynamic ground force effects acted to pull the compound out. After assessing the track conditions, the decision was made to attempt to repair the track and restart the race. Marshalls and track workers started to pull the loose strips up from the track, and a quick drying concrete was used to fill the troughs.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
The repairs were held up for a short time when a crew was despatched to collect more of the concrete, as the on-site resources had been used up, but eventually the race director was happy the race could restart. Kanaan and Power drove around to survey the repairs, acting as driver representatives, and although Kanaan particularly did not sound confident that they would hold up, they agreed to try and continue racing. There was some confusion about the rules of the restart; no repairs were allowed, and the teams could change tires, but had to remain on the same compound. This led to J.R. Hildebrand suffering a one lap penalty as his car required repair work, and a number of drivers being angered at having to stay on the harder tires, which were the slower compound.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
After a two-hour delay, the race was restarted. Rahal suffered clutch problems on the restart, which placed him two laps down, while the other drivers ran behind the safety car, during which the marshalls showed the areas in which repair work had been conducted. Just prior to the restart, there was a short rain shower which made the track slightly slippy. Power lost one position on the restart, dropping to third. Franchitti, who was the closest driver to the front to have the softer compound red tires fitted gained two positions on the restart, moving up to fourth.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race
The restart only lasted for six corners, before Castroneves spun in the wet conditions, and was then struck by Ed Carpenter. On the next corner, Josef Newgarden had slid into the wall and stalled, and a full-track caution was again called. The race was restarted with nine laps remaining, and Franchitti once more gained a position, passing Pagenaud to gain second. However, the race was almost immediately under a yellow flag again as E.J. Viso was spun by Marco Andretti, and stalled in the middle of turn four. From the ensuing restart, Dixon managed to maintain the lead from Franchitti, and the two Chip Ganassi Racing drivers completed a second successive one-two finish.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race, Race results
Notes: Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.


2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Post-race
The race, which was moved from ABC to ESPNEWS because of the red flag delay, averaged 843,189 viewers, earning a 0.6 Nielsen rating. The final ten laps were significantly lower, averaging just 157,137 viewers. Bud Denker, the chairman of the Detroit Grand Prix Association announced shortly after the race that the track would be improved and lengthened for 2013. He suggested that most of the track around turn ten would be removed and relaid, and significant work would be carried out in turns five, six, seven, eleven and twelve. The track would be extended between turns two and five, using a long straight which would allow cars to reach 175–180 miles per hour. The result of the alterations would be an additional 0.4 miles (0.64 km) of track, creating a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) circuit.


2012 Chiapas gubernatorial election
The 2012 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Chiapas was held on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Incumbent Chiapas Governor Juan Sabines Guerrero of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) is retiring due to mandatory term limits, which limit all Mexican state governors to one, six-year term. The Chiapas gubernatorial election coincided with the 2012 Mexican presidential and general elections.


2012 Chiba earthquake
The 2012 Chiba earthquake (千葉県東方沖地震, Chiba-ken Toho-oki Jishin, lit. "Offshore Eastern Chiba Earthquake") occurred along the northeastern coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan at 21:05 JST (12:05 UTC) on Wednesday, 14 March 2012. Although its epicentre lay just offshore near Chōshi city, the shallow magnitude 6.1 Mj earthquake produced considerable shaking inland through much of the Bōsō Peninsula and lower Ibaraki Prefecture. It occurred as a result of normal faulting in a seismically quiet region, possibly in response to the magnitude 9.0 Mw 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.


2012 Chiba earthquake, Effects
Despite its considerable magnitude the earthquake caused only localised light to moderate structural damage in Chiba, owing in part to Japan's advanced earthquake engineering. The most significant effects occurred in Chōshi and Katori cities, where a few walls collapsed and several buildings sustained damage. In Funabashi city an elderly resident suffered a fatal heart attack during the quake, and a falling object caused one minor injury in Kisarazu city.


2012 Chiba earthquake, Background
A seismically volatile country, Japan frequently experiences natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. The entire archipelago forms a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a massive belt of volcanoes and trenches. The largest of the islands, Honshu is characterised by numerous inland fault systems and large subduction zones which are a result of the interaction between several tectonic plates. At the junction of the continental Okhotsk Plate and the oceanic Philippine Sea and Pacific plates lies the populous Kantō Region, which has had a long history of devastating earthquakes.


2012 Chiba earthquake, Background
Situated on the Bōsō Peninsula in eastern Kantō, Chiba Prefecture is surrounded by a region of complex tectonic settings. To the south the Philippine Sea Plate is subducted beneath Okhotsk Plate creating the offshore Sagami Trench; the Pacific Plate subducts the region from the east, forming the Japan Trench. Despite this Chiba Prefecture has experienced relatively little effects from earthquakes. Since 1923 most events have occurred well offshore, within the magnitude 5.0–6.0 Mj range, at somewhat shallow focal depths. The most significant earthquake, known as the 1987 Chiba-ken Toho-oki earthquake, occurred on 17 December 1987.


2012 Chicago Bears season
The 2012 Chicago Bears season was the franchise's 93rd season in the National Football League, as well as the ninth and final under head coach Lovie Smith. The team played at Soldier Field for the tenth season since its reconstruction in 2001.


2012 Chicago Bears season
The Bears entered the 2012 season looking to improve on their 8–8 record in 2011. They acquired wide receiver Brandon Marshall from the Miami Dolphins, who had played with Bears Quarterback, Jay Cutler with the Denver Broncos from 2006–2008. The Bears were expected to be a wild card team by ten ESPN experts, and four NFL.com analysts predicted that the team would finish second in the NFC North.


2012 Chicago Bears season
By the season's midpoint, the Bears had proven to be among the league's elite teams, having a record of 7–1 in their first 8 games, something they had not accomplished since their 2006 Super Bowl season, along with a scoring differential of +120, which led the league. The team trailed the San Francisco 49ers in scoring defense with 15 points per game allowed, and third in scoring offense with 29.5, trailing the New England Patriots and Houston Texans.


2012 Chicago Bears season
The defense also recorded six interceptions returned for touchdowns in the first seven games of the season, an NFL record; the Bears then recorded two more in the season, one shy of the record set by the 1961 San Diego Chargers. However, during the second half of the season, the Bears went 3–5, and after scoring 19 touchdowns in the first eight games, the Bears scored ten fewer in the second half of the season.


2012 Chicago Bears season
Despite defeating the Detroit Lions in the season finale to have a record of 10–6, the Minnesota Vikings, who had a better division record than Chicago, defeated the Green Bay Packers 37–34, ending the Bears season. As a result, the Bears became the first team since the 1996 Washington Redskins to start the season 7–1 and miss the playoffs. On December 31, Smith was fired, and was replaced by Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman.


2012 Chicago Bears season
The Bears finished the season by leading the NFL in takeaways with 44, sixth in third-down efficiency (35.5 percent) and eighth in sacks with 41, while ranking third in the league in fewest points allowed with 277; Chicago was the lone team in the top five in that category to not qualify for the playoffs. The Bears also had a +20 turnover margin, second behind the New England Patriots; the Bears and New York Giants were the only teams in the top eleven of the category to not make the playoffs.


2012 Chicago Bears season
This would be the last winning season for the Bears until 2018.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes
On January 3, the team fired eleven-year general manager Jerry Angelo. In the search for a new general manager, the Bears considered New York Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross, San Diego Chargers director of player personnel Jimmy Raye III, New England Patriots director of pro personnel Jason Licht, and Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery, along with in-house candidate Tim Ruskell (Ruskell and the Bears would mutually part ways on January 30). The hunt later narrowed down to Emery and Licht, and Emery was ultimately chosen as the new general manager on January 28.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes
Offensive coordinator Mike Martz later resigned from his position, and on January 7, the Bears promoted offensive line coach Mike Tice to Martz's role. On January 8, Tim Holt was hired to take Tice's place. In the team's search for a new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach after Shane Day's resignation, they originally considered former Bears quarterback coach Greg Olson (though he later declined) and Alex Van Pelt. Tice had expressed interest in hiring Dirk Koetter, who worked with Tice in Jacksonville, though Koetter would later be hired by the Atlanta Falcons. The Bears eventually hired former Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates. The team also re-signed special-teams coordinator Dave Toub back on the team to a two-year extension; Toub had been among the candidates for the Miami Dolphins head coach position, but failed to get hired.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes
The Bears, after head athletic trainer Tim Bream left for Penn State, promoted former assistant athletic trainer Chris Hanks to Bream's role, as well as director of rehabilitation Bobby Slater to Hanks's role. The Bears' scouting team was expanded after hiring Chris Ballard as director of pro scouting, Marty Barrett as college scouting director, while adding seven new scouts and four scouting assistants. Among the new scouts is former Bears cornerback Dwayne Joseph, who was hired as a pro scout.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes
Chicago opened free agency with an NFC North-leading $24 million in cap space.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
The first transaction of 2012 was on January 6, when the Bears signed Donovan Warren, Reggie Stephens, and Draylen Ross to future/reserve contracts. On March 13, the first day of free agency, Chicago acquired wide receiver Brandon Marshall from the Miami Dolphins for two third round draft picks, along with Jason Campbell and Blake Costanzo. The following day, Eric Weems was signed, followed by Michael Bush eight days later. The final signing of March was New York Giants receiver Devin Thomas.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On April 4, the Bears signed cornerbacks Kelvin Hayden and Jonathan Wilhite, and offensive guard Chilo Rachal on April 18. The following day saw Chicago signing Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes. The first signings of May occurred on May 10, when the Bears signed John McCargo, DeMario Pressley, and Cheta Ozougwu, and 13 days later, Nate Collins was signed. On June 15, the Bears signed Cornelius Brown and Cory Brandon. Two days later, Chicago signed Lorenzo Booker.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
The first departures were on March 1, when the Bears released Anthony Adams and Frank Omiyale. Six days later, the Bears announced that they will not bring back quarterback Caleb Hanie, who was subsequently signed by the Denver Broncos. On March 23, the Bears lost Marion Barber to retirement, and unrestricted free agent Corey Graham to the Baltimore Ravens. Three days later, Zack Bowman was signed by the Minnesota Vikings, followed by Amobi Okoye to Tampa Bay on April 7.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
On April 19, the Bears released Max Komar, and Winston Venable was released on May 3. Eleven days later, Chicago waived Levi Horn, Reggie Stephens, and Andre Smith. On June 12, Donovan Warren was released, followed by Nathan Enderle and Mansfield Wrotto on June 14. On July 17, undrafted free agent Alvester Alexander was released.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2012 draft class
In the first round, the Bears selected Boise State defensive end Shea McClellin with the 19th overall pick. Though McClellin played defensive end and linebacker at college, Bears general manager Phil Emery stated that McClellin will exclusively play defensive end with the Bears. In the second round, the Bears traded their second round pick (50th overall) and their fifth rounder (150th overall) to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for their second rounder (45th overall), which was used on South Carolina wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2012 draft class
Emery considered Jeffery one of the best receivers in the draft, placing him ahead of Justin Blackmon and Michael Floyd. In round three, the Bears drafted Oregon State safety Brandon Hardin 79th overall, despite missing the entire 2011 college football season with a shoulder injury. Hardin's selection marked the eighth consecutive year the team spent a draft pick on a safety. In the next round, the Bears selected Temple tight end Evan Rodriguez. Though he played tight end, he was envisioned as a fullback by the team, and was primarily intended to be a blocker.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2012 draft class
Rodriguez stated that he has been a blocker at Temple during Al Golden's tenure as offensive coordinator. The Bears closed out the draft by drafting two cornerbacks, Nevada's Isaiah Frey (184th overall) and TCU's Greg McCoy (220th overall), despite the team already having six cornerbacks. McCoy was sixth in the nation in kickoff return yards, having averaged 30.6 yards per return, and scoring two touchdowns. Draft analysts gave the Bears draft grades mainly C's. The entire draft class was signed by May 15.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Undrafted free agents
After the conclusion of the draft, the Bears announced coming to terms with eleven undrafted free-agents.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason workouts, Rookie minicamp
51 rookies worked out with the team at Rookie Minicamp, consisting of closed two-hour practices. The rookies included 6 draft picks, 11 undrafted free agents and 34 others.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason workouts, OTA workouts
On May 22, the Bears began their organized team activity (OTA) workouts, with workouts being from May 29–31 and June 4–7, with a mandatory full squad workout in June. Under the new collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFLPA, offseason programs will last 9 weeks, instead of the former 14 weeks, and will be in 3 phases. In the first phase, activities were limited to strength, conditioning, and physical rehabilitation, with only strength and conditioning coaches allowed on the field. Players cannot wear helmets, and footballs are limited to quarterbacks and their receivers.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason workouts, OTA workouts
In the second phase, all coaches are allowed on the field, and players will perform 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 non-contact drills. In the third and final phase, players may wear helmets, but one-on-one drills involving the offense and defense are prohibited. Running back Matt Forté skipped the workouts due to a contract dispute. Middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, cornerback Charles Tillman, wide receiver Devin Hester and kicker Robbie Gould did not attend the workouts. Tight end Matt Spaeth, rookie receiver Alshon Jeffery, receiver Johnny Knox and cornerback Jonathan Wilhite were present, but did not participate. Julius Peppers held out of team drills, and Chauncey Davis was called to take first team reps at defensive end. Kyle Adams replaced Spaeth at tight end. Dom DeCicco and Nick Roach replaced Urlacher at linebacker. Patrick Mannelly also did not practice due to an injury.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason workouts, Minicamp
During Bears minicamp, Matt Forte still held out, and remained unavailable. Forte had a July 16 deadline to agree to a long-term deal, and eventually signed it on the day of the deadline. Newcomer Michael Bush was called to take Forte's place before the signing.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training Camp
The team held training camp at Olivet Nazarene University for the eleventh consecutive year, which ran from July 25 to August 17. The Bears held their annual Family Fest at Soldier Field on August 3 in front of a crowd of 27,352.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training Camp
The first transaction of Training Camp occurred on July 26, when the Bears traded with the Buccaneers, with the Buccaneers sending Brian Price to Chicago in exchange for an undisclosed 2013 NFL Draft pick. The last signing of July happened two days later, when Jeremy Ware was signed. The first acquisition of August was former Bears receiver Rashied Davis after Devin Thomas announced his retirement, and Derek Walker was signed the next day.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training Camp
The first departure during Training Camp was David Teggart on July 28, and on August 5, Devin Thomas announced his retirement. The final two departures before preseason occurred on August 7, when the Bears released Tyler Hendrickson, and August 8, when Draylen Ross was released.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
The Bears' preseason schedule was announced on April 4, 2012. The Bears took on the Broncos, Peyton Manning, and former Bear Caleb Hanie, playing in their first game as Broncos, a game the Bears lost 31–3. Though safety Major Wright was able to intercept Manning, and rookie Shea McClellin managed to sack Hanie in the first quarter, the team, playing without Jay Cutler, Matt Forté, Brian Urlacher, and Julius Peppers, the offense failed to convert any third down attempts, and only managed to get into Broncos territory once in the first half, which resulted in Josh McCown getting sacked.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
The defense also allowed Denver to convert 8 out of 16 third down conversions. In the second half, the Broncos scored three touchdowns on Xavier Omon's run, Brock Osweiler's pass to Jason Hill, and Adam Weber's pass to Cornelius Ingram. In the second game, the Bears faced rookie first-round draft pick Robert Griffin III and the Redskins, and forced Griffin to fumble.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
The Bears would lead 30–10, but Washington would take the lead in the fourth quarter after scoring 21 points on two Kirk Cousins passes and a Brandon Banks punt return, but Robbie Gould would tie the Bears record (that he himself set) for the longest field goal to give the Bears the victory. Against the defending champion New York Giants, though Cutler only completed 9 of 21 passes for 96 yards, he threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall, and Gould kicked two field goals.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
The Giants would go on to score two touchdowns in the second-quarter, and led 17–7, though the Bears would later regain the lead 20–17. Late in the fourth quarter, Bears rookie Isaiah Frey intercepted a David Carr pass that was tipped by Anthony Walters to give the Bears the victory.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
In the final preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, a frequent preseason opponent, the Bears took an early lead that they never relinquished for the rest of the game on two Josh McCown touchdown passes, an interception return by rookie Greg McCoy, and a blocked punt returned 22 yards for a touchdown by Brittan Golden, leading to a Bears 28–20 victory.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Schedule
The team's schedule was announced on April 17. Besides the team's divisional opponents, the Bears played the AFC South, NFC West, along with the Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers. The team had the twentieth strongest schedule in the NFL, tied with the Detroit Lions, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs with opponents having a combined record of 126–130 (.492) in 2011. The team captains for the season remained the same as the previous season; the Bears selected Jay Cutler, Roberto Garza, Patrick Mannelly, Julius Peppers and Brian Urlacher as captains.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Bears opened the season against the Indianapolis Colts and first overall draft pick Andrew Luck at Soldier Field. The Bears opened the game on a sour note when Jay Cutler's pass to Matt Forte was intercepted by Jerrell Freeman and returned for a touchdown, giving the Colts a 7–0 lead. Cutler would only complete 30 percent of his passes (3 of 10) for 21 yards for a 4.9 passer rating.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Despite this, in the second quarter, Cutler would complete 15 of 17 for 228 yards, one touchdown and a passer rating of 80.5, as the Bears would score twice on a Michael Bush 1-yard touchdown run and Brandon Marshall's 3-yard touchdown catch to give Chicago a 14–7 lead. The Bears defense was not able to sack Luck, but the Colts offense was only able to convert 1 of 4 third down attempts, and Tim Jennings was able to intercept Luck. In the third quarter, the Bears scored on a 6-yard rushing touchdown by Forte to increase the lead to 31–14.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
In the final quarter, Luck threw his first career touchdown to Donnie Avery to close the gap by 13 points, but the Bears would retaliate when Cutler threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery. The Colts attempted to score, but Luck's pass would be intercepted by Jennings with less than two minutes left in the game.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
With the win, the Bears opened the season with a 1–0 record. The 41 points scored by the Bears were the most in a season opener since the 1986 season, when the Bears defeated the Cleveland Browns 41–31, and is also the first time the Bears scored 41 points without a defensive/special teams touchdown since 1993.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Green Bay Packers
In a Thursday Night showdown against the rival Green Bay Packers, the Bears struggled throughout much of the game, and the offense was only able to muster one touchdown and 168 yards. Quarterback Jay Cutler was sacked seven times, and completed 11 of 27 passes for 126 yards with one touchdown, four interceptions and a 28.2 passer rating. Cutler's counterpart Aaron Rodgers was sacked five times, and ended the game by completing 22 of 32 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown, an interception and a passer rating of 85.3.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Green Bay Packers
In the first quarter, Packers kicker Mason Crosby opened the game with a field goal, and the Bears would fall behind even more when Packers holder Tim Masthay threw a pass to tight end Tom Crabtree on a fake field goal. In the third quarter, Matt Forte sustained an ankle injury (originally reported as a high ankle sprain), and was lost for the game. After Cutler was later intercepted by Tramon Williams, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs dropped a possible interception, as Green Bay later increased the lead on another field goal.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Green Bay Packers
The Bears would later score on a Robbie Gould field goal, but the Packers later scored ten points (a Crosby field goal and a Rodgers 26-yard touchdown pass to Donald Driver) in 21 seconds early in the fourth quarter. After Tim Jennings intercepted a Rodgers pass, Cutler connected with Kellen Davis to narrow the score to 23–10 with 6:49 left in the game, but the Packers would hold for the win.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams
Attempting to bounce back from the Week 2 loss to the Packers, the Bears faced the St. Louis Rams. Throughout the course of the game, the Bears defense sacked Rams quarterback Sam Bradford six times, marking the first time the Bears defense has recorded at least five sacks in back-to-back games since the team's 2001 season. The six sacks increased the Bears season sack total to 14, which led the league, and is the most they have recorded in the first three games since 1987.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams
On the offensive side, however, Jay Cutler completed only 17 of 31 passes for 183 yards and an interception (by Cortland Finnegan; Finnegan appeared to fumble on the return, and the ball was recovered by Bears receiver Devin Hester, but the fumble was overturned), and a mere passer rating of 58.9. With running back Matt Forte out for the game, the Bears rushing attack ran for 103 yards and Michael Bush ran for a 3-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein kicked a 56-yard field goal, the longest in Soldier Field history. In the fourth quarter, Bears cornerback Tim Jennings deflected a Bradford pass intended for Danny Amendola to Major Wright, who returned the interception 45 yards for a touchdown.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
In week 4, the Bears played against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football in Dallas. After a scoreless first quarter and Robbie Gould's field goal, Charles Tillman intercepted Tony Romo, returning the pick for a touchdown. The interception would be the first of Romo's five interceptions. Romo would later hit Miles Austin for a 10-yard touchdown. In the second half, Cutler was able to hit Devin Hester on a 34-yard touchdown pass to extend the Bears lead.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
Later, Romo's pass was intercepted by Bears linebacker Lance Briggs, who then returned the interception for a touchdown to increase the lead 24–7. The pick-six marked Bears' fourteenth forced turnover, which led the league, and also leads the league in interceptions (11). Cutler would then throw another touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Cutler would have his highest performance of the season, completing 18 of 24 passes for 275 yards, along with two touchdowns. His 140.1 passer rating was the third highest of his career. Marshall caught seven passes for 138 yards, a season-best. With 34 seconds left in the game, Romo was replaced by former Bears quarterback Kyle Orton, who threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten, and the Cowboys had a two-point conversion, but the Bears would then win 34–18.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
With the win, the Bears shared the NFC North lead with the Minnesota Vikings with a 3–1 record.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
In week 5, the Bears recorded the highest margin of victory of the season, defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars 41–3. In the first quarter, the Bears scored first on a Robbie Gould 32-yard field goal, though Jacksonville would respond in the next quarter on Josh Scobee's 31-yard kick. In the second half, the Bears broke the deadlock by kicking another field goal and cornerback Charles Tillman returning a Blaine Gabbert interception 36 yards for a touchdown, breaking former Bears safety Mike Brown's franchise record for the most pick-sixes in a career.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Tillman also tied Donnell Woolford for the most interceptions by a cornerback in team history. In the fourth quarter, the Bears scored on Jay Cutler's 10-yard touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery. Chicago would then extend their lead on Cutler's 24-yard pass to Brandon Marshall to increase the lead to 27–3. Bears linebacker Lance Briggs would then intercept Gabbert and score on a 36-yard return.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Briggs and Tillman would become the first pair in league history to return interceptions for touchdowns in consecutive games, and the Bears became the first team in NFL history to return five interceptions for touchdowns in the first five games of a season. The Bears would close out the game with backup running back Armando Allen scoring on a 46-yard touchdown run.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The victory improved the team's record to 4–1. The victory is the most lopsided win for the Bears since their 1985 44–0 victory over the Cowboys, and the 38 points scored in the second half are the most since the team scoring 49 second half points in the 1941 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions
Coming off a bye week, the Bears battled rival Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. The team kept the Lions from scoring until the fourth quarter, and forced four takeaways. The first turnover forced was in the first half, when Lance Briggs stripped the ball from Mikel Leshoure, which was recovered by Julius Peppers. The second and third turnovers were forced in the third quarter on Zack Bowman's muffed punt recovery, and Brian Urlacher recovering Joique Bell's fumble. The final turnover occurred when Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford's pass was intercepted by D. J. Moore.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions
The Bears struck first on Jay Cutler's touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall, and Robbie Gould kicked a field goal to increase the first half score to 10–0. During the game, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh threw Cutler to the ground, injuring his ribs. Cutler was eventually replaced by Jason Campbell for a play, before returning to the game.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions
In the second half, Gould kicked another field goal, and prevented the Lions from scoring until the final 36 seconds of the game, when Stafford threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Broyles to narrow the margin to six points, but the Bears sealed the victory by recovering the ensuring onside kick.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Carolina Panthers
In Week 8, the Bears donned their 1940s throwback uniforms against the Carolina Panthers, who had the worst record in the NFC. The Bears scored first on Matt Forte's 13-yard touchdown run, which would be countered by Justin Medlock's 34-yard field goal. The Panthers then took the lead on Louis Murphy's fumble recovery; Panthers quarterback Cam Newton ran with the ball, and lost the ball when Bears safety Major Wright tackled him at the 1-yard line. The ball rolled into the endzone, where Murphy recovered it.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Carolina Panthers
Medlock would then kick three more field goals, and by the fourth quarter, the Panthers led 19–7. The tide eventually turned when Panthers punter Brad Nortman shanked a 6-yard punt, and Jay Cutler hit Kellen Davis on a 12-yard touchdown pass with less than seven minutes left in the game. On the first play of the Panthers' next drive, Tim Jennings intercepted Newton and returned the pick 25 yards to regain the lead 20–19, after Cutler's two-point conversion passing attempt was intercepted. Medlock later kicked another field goal to reclaim the lead 22–20 with 2:27 left in the game. Cutler would lead the Bears downfield, and Gould kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give Chicago the victory. The kick was Gould's tenth game-winning field goal, and the first since 2010.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Against the Tennessee Titans, the Bears recorded a franchise record 28 points in the first quarter. The Bears defense recorded five turnovers; Charles Tillman recorded four forced fumbles by stripping Kenny Britt and Jared Cook once, and Chris Johnson twice (a league first), while Brian Urlacher recorded an interception. The Bears scored the first touchdown of the game when Sherrick McManis blocked Brett Kern's punt, which was recovered by Corey Wootton, who returned the blocked punt five yards for his first career touchdown.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
The Titans later recorded a safety when J'Marcus Webb was penalized for illegal-hands-to-the-face while blocking in the end zone. The Bears then scored on Matt Forte's eight-yard run, followed by Urlacher intercepting Matt Hasselbeck and returning the pick for another touchdown. Jay Cutler later hit Brandon Marshall to end the quarter with the Bears leading 28–2. The Bears became the first team in league history to score a touchdown pass, a touchdown run, an interception returned for a touchdown, and a kick/punt blocked for a score in a quarter.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
Titans kicker Rob Bironas later ended the half on a 39-yard field goal. The Titans would finally score a touchdown on Hasselbeck's 30-yard touchdown pass to Nate Washington in the third quarter. After Robbie Gould's three field goals, the Bears scored two more touchdowns on Cutler's passes to Marshall. With ten minutes left in the game, Johnson scored on an 80-yard run to narrow the score to 51–20, but the game would still be out of reach for the Titans.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans
With the win, the Bears improved to 7–1. The 51 points scored by the Bears were the most by the team since the 1980 victory over the Green Bay Packers, when the team triumphed 61–7. The points scored were also the highest by the Bears in a road game since their 1963 win over the Los Angeles Rams by a score of 52–14. In addition, Urlacher was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week while McManis was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. It was the first time teammates have won weekly awards since 2008.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Houston Texans
In a game that various analysts considered a potential Super Bowl XLVII preview, the 7–1 Bears faced the also 7–1 Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football, in a game waged in the rain. The first half proved disastrous for Chicago, as Kellen Davis had the ball stripped by former Bear Danieal Manning, and recovered by Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins. Shayne Graham later kicked a 20-yard field goal to give Houston the first points of the game. On Chicago's next possession, Michael Bush fumbled, and the Texans recovered again.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Houston Texans
The Texans drive wouldn't last long, as Tim Jennings would intercept Matt Schaub. However, the Bears failed to take advantage of the turnover, as Jay Cutler's pass would get intercepted by Manning. A quarter later, Jennings once again intercepted Schaub, which set up a Robbie Gould 51-yard field goal. Later in the quarter, Justin Forsett broke a 25-yard run to the Bears 3-yard line, which set up Arian Foster's 2-yard touchdown catch.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Houston Texans
Late in the first half, Cutler was hit by Dobbins, giving him a concussion, which sidelined him for the rest of the game, and was replaced by Jason Campbell. With less than two minutes left in the third quarter, Gould hit a 24-yard field goal to draw the Bears within four points, but Graham would make a 42-yarder to increase the deficit to seven with less than five minutes left in the game. Gould had attempted a 48-yard field goal earlier in the fourth quarter, but the ball hit the left upright.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Houston Texans
The loss snapped Chicago's six-game winning streak, the longest since their seven-game streak in 2006, and dropped Chicago to a 7–2 record, and 0–3 all-time against the Texans.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
The Bears faced off on Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers in a battle of backup quarterbacks between Jason Campbell and Colin Kaepernick after Jay Cutler and Alex Smith were lost for the game due to concussions. With Campbell and Kaepernick making their first starts of the 2012 season, the game marked the first time two quarterbacks made their first starts of the season on Monday Night Football in a non-strike season (besides Week 1) since 1979 between Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks Vince Ferragamo and June Jones in Week 12.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
In Kaepernick's first career start, he completed 16 of 23 passes for 243 yards with two touchdowns and a 133.1 rating, while Campbell struggled, completing 14 of 22 passes for 107 yards with one touchdown, two interceptions and a 52.7 passer rating. Campbell was also sacked six times, including 5.5 times by Aldon Smith, the most by an individual on Chicago's opposing team. After David Akers made a 32-yard field goal, and the Bears went three-and-out, Kaepernick completed a 57-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Williams to give the 49ers a 10–0 lead in the first quarter.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
In the second quarter, 49ers running back Kendall Hunter scored on a 14-yard run, followed by Akers' 37-yard field goal. In the second half, the 49ers continued their dominance, with Kaepernick hitting Michael Crabtree on a 10-yard touchdown pass, which was countered by Campbell hitting Brandon Marshall on a 13-yard pass. In the final quarter, Akers hit a 32-yard field goal, and San Francisco recorded a safety when Campbell fumbled while getting sacked, with the ball being recovered by Bears offensive lineman Chilo Rachal in the endzone, making the final score 32–7.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
The loss dropped Chicago to a 7–3 record, tying them with the Packers for the division lead. The loss was the eighth consecutive loss at Candlestick Park since 1985.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Bears fought their rival Minnesota Vikings in Week 12. The game was an injury-laden game for both teams, with a total of seven players lost for both teams, with Chicago losing five (Lance Louis [knee], Chris Spencer [knee], Matt Forte [ankle], Devin Hester [concussion], and Charles Tillman [ankle]), while Minnesota lost Kyle Rudolph and Harrison Smith to concussions. The Bears first offensive play resulted in Matt Forte fumbling for the first time all season when he ran into Evan Rodriguez, and had the ball recovered by Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings then scored on Blair Walsh's 40-yard field goal. The Bears then struck back when Nick Roach stripped the ball from Adrian Peterson, which was recovered by Tillman. Jay Cutler, returning from the concussion he sustained two weeks prior, moved the ball downfield to the Vikings one-yard line, where Michael Bush ran in to give the Bears the lead. The Bears closed out the quarter with a 10–3 lead after Gould kicked a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Bears scored again on Bush's second one-yard touchdown run.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
On the ensuing extra point, holder Adam Podlesh faked the kick and ran in to give the Bears two points. Chris Conte would eventually intercept Christian Ponder at the 48-yard line and return the interception 35 yards to the Vikings 13-yard line. Cutler then hit Matt Spaeth in the left corner of the end zone to increase the score to 25–3. Early in the second half, Minnesota would record their first touchdown of the game on Ponder's two-yard pass to Rudolph, and Gould would then make a 46-yard field goal late in the third quarter to end the game with a Chicago victory.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
In his return, Cutler completed 15 of 17 passes for 117 yards with one touchdown and a 115.0 passer rating in the first half, and would end the game with stats of 23 of 31 passes completed for 188 yards with one touchdown, one interception and an 86.5 passer rating. Receiver Brandon Marshall recorded 12 catches for 92 yards, and passed the 1,000 yards receiving mark for the sixth time in his career with 1,017 yards, making him the first Bears receiver to record 1,000 yards in a season since Marty Booker in 2002.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
With the win, Chicago improved to 8–3, snapping their two-game losing streak.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Bears hosted the 6–5 Seattle Seahawks in Week 13, who had lost five of their first six road games. The Bears started the game strong, with Brian Urlacher forcing Marshawn Lynch to fumble, and the ball was recovered by Kelvin Hayden, and Jay Cutler eventually hit Earl Bennett on a 12-yard touchdown pass. The Bears would later fail twice to expand their lead; first, Lovie Smith called for Michael Bush to run up the middle on fourth-and-one at the Seattle 15, and he was stopped for no gain. On the second occasion, Bennett dropped a potential 62-yard touchdown pass.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks capitalized on the two blunders, with rookie quarterback Russell Wilson hitting Golden Tate on a 49-yard pass, and eventually scored on Lynch's 4-yard touchdown run. Wilson would complete 23 of 37 passes for 293 yards with two touchdowns and a 104.9 passer rating while rushing for 71 yards on nine carries. Seattle then took the lead on Steven Hauschka's 31-yard field goal to close the half. Seattle would have scored a touchdown on the previous play, but Braylon Edwards dropped the potential 10-yard touchdown pass in the end zone.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the third quarter, Chicago regained the lead on Cutler's 12-yard touchdown pass to Matt Forte, but Wilson would lead the Seahawks 97 yards to take back the lead on a touchdown pass to Tate. Cutler would then hit Brandon Marshall on a 56-yard pass to set up Robbie Gould's game-tying 46-yard field goal. In overtime, the Seahawks won the toss, and Wilson took the offense 80 yards, and threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Sidney Rice. On the play, Major Wright hit Rice while he was catching the ball, appearing to knock Rice unconscious and the ball out of his hands, but the review upheld the touchdown, giving Seattle the victory.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The loss dropped Chicago down to 8–4, once again tying them with the Packers for the NFC North lead. The 459 yards allowed are the most by the team all season.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks
This would mark Urlacher's final game in a Bears' uniform. Urlacher was inactive for the final four games of the 2012 season, and he retired from the NFL on May 22, 2013.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Minnesota Vikings
Two weeks after their last meeting, the Bears faced the Vikings again, this time in Minnesota. During pregame warmups, the Bears lost kicker Robbie Gould to a left calf sprain, and was replaced by punter Adam Podlesh, though Gould would eventually kick the Bears extra points and an onside kick. Like the previous meeting, the game was injury-laden for the Bears, having lost Brian Urlacher, Tim Jennings, Stephen Paea and Earl Bennett before the game, while Henry Melton, Shea McClellin, Craig Steltz and Sherrick McManis were lost during the game.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Minnesota Vikings
On the game's first play from scrimmage, Adrian Peterson broke free for a 51-yard gain, and scored on a one-yard touchdown run a few plays later. On Chicago's first drive, Jay Cutler's pass intended for Alshon Jeffery was intercepted by Josh Robinson, who returned the pick to the five-yard line, setting up Peterson's second one-yard touchdown run. Peterson would end the game rushing for a Vikings-record 104 yards. The Bears would finally score on Cutler's 23-yard touchdown pass to Jeffery to end the first half.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings, however, scored once again when rookie Harrison Smith intercepted Cutler and returned the pick 56-yards for a touchdown. Cutler would later be lost for the game due to a neck injury when he was hit by Everson Griffen, and was replaced by Jason Campbell, who threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall to bring the Bears seven points behind. Marshall caught ten passes for 160 yards in the game, and surpassed Marty Booker's 2002 franchise season reception record with 101. However, Gould's onside kick was recovered by Kyle Rudolph, ending the game with a Vikings victory, and snapping the Bears six-game winning streak in the rivalry.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Minnesota Vikings
With the loss, the Bears dropped to 8–5. The loss is the sixth straight by the Bears in December, dating back to the 2011 season. The Bears also dropped behind the Packers in the NFC North after the latter defeated the Detroit Lions 27–20.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Bears donned their 1940s throwbacks in their second game against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC North showdown, with a division title on the line for the Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Bears scored on Jay Cutler's 15-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. However, the Packers scored three unanswered touchdowns on Aaron Rodgers' touchdown passes to James Jones. The defending league MVP completed 23 of 36 passes for 291 yards, along with the touchdown passes.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
Cutler completed 12 of 21 passes for 135 yards with one touchdown, one interception and a 72.5 passer rating, and was sacked four times. After the Packers scored their first touchdown on Rodgers' touchdown pass to Jones late in the first half, Cutler's pass intended for Devin Hester was intercepted by Casey Hayward, which then became an eight-yard touchdown pass. The Packers then opened the second half when Rodgers threw another touchdown pass to Jones.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery was later flagged for pass interference, nullifying a touchdown pass, and the Bears had to resort to Olindo Mare-substituting for Robbie Gould-kicking a 34-yard field goal. On the Bears following drive, they went three-and-out, and on the punt return, Randall Cobb threw a lateral to Jeremy Ross, who fumbled the ball. Anthony Walters then recovered the ball, but the Bears failed to capitalize on the turnover, failing to gain a yard, and the team had to resort to Mare's second 34-yard field goal. However, the Packers would hang on to defeat Chicago 21–13, clinching the NFC North.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
With the Bears' sixth straight loss to the Packers in the rivalry, the Bears dropped to 8–6. The ten penalties committed for 91 yards by the Bears are a season high.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals
The Bears fought to continue their playoff chances against the Arizona Cardinals, with a loss knocking the Bears out of contention. Jay Cutler began the game having his first six passes fall incomplete, though he ended the game completing 12 of 26 for 146 yards and a touchdown. The Bears started the game on a strong note when Cardinals running back Beanie Wells fumbled the ball, and was recovered by Zack Bowman in the end zone, giving the Bears the lead. Arizona then settled for Jay Feely's 49-yard field goal.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals
On the following drive, Matt Forte broke free for a 36-yard run, followed by Brandon Marshall's 30-yard catch reaching the Cardinals 4-yard line, where Forte ran in untouched to increase the score to 14–3. The Cardinals later tried a fake field goal instead of attempting a 50-yard field goal, but failed. Later in the game, D. J. Moore muffed Dave Zastudil's punt, which was recovered by Arizona's Michael Adams. However, the Cardinals were only able to get a field goal.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals
On Chicago's final possession of the first half, Cutler completed all of his passes, and the Bears scored on Cutler's 11-yard pass to Marshall. In the second half, Charles Tillman intercepted Ryan Lindley, and had the pick returned 10-yards for a touchdown. The interception return is the eighth by the team, one shy of the NFL record. Lindley was later replaced by Brian Hoyer, who was also ineffective, having a pass intercepted by Kelvin Hayden, who took it 39 yards to the Arizona 10. The Bears failed to take advantage of the interception, as Olindo Mare's field goal was blocked by Adrian Wilson, which was recovered by Justin Bethel, who returned the blocked kick 82 yards for the Cardinals lone touchdown.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals
With the win, the Bears kept their playoff hopes alive, as their record improved to 9–6. In order for the Bears to qualify for the playoffs, they must defeat the Lions in Week 17, while having the Packers defeat the Vikings.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
In the final week of the season, the Bears played their second game against the Lions with a spot in the playoffs on the line. The Bears fell behind the Lions after the Bears drive stalled, and Jason Hanson kicked a field goal. Chicago then struck back, with Jay Cutler throwing a swing pass to Earl Bennett, who ran 60 yards for the touchdown; the pass is the longest completion of the season for the Bears. On the eventual kickoff, Joique Bell fumbled, and the Bears scored on a field goal.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
In the second quarter, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Julius Peppers, who reached Detroit's 10-yard line, and Matt Forte later scored on a one-yard run. The Bears recorded another takeaway when Tim Jennings intercepted Stafford and returned the pick to Detroit's 23-yard line, and the Bears scored another field goal. Detroit scored the final points of the half on Stafford's 25-yard touchdown pass to Kris Durham to make the score at halftime 20–10 in Chicago's favor. In the second half, the Lions scored again on Stafford's 10-yard touchdown pass to Will Heller.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
The Bears then had to settle for Olindo Mare kicking another field goal after Cutler failed to connect with Brandon Marshall. Chicago later had to kick another field goal when Cutler again failed to connect with Marshall. The Lions then drew within two points when Stafford threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Brian Robiskie. However, Detroit would fail to score again and keep Chicago from running out the clock.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
With the win, Chicago eliminated the New York Giants from playoff contention, but the Bears would also miss the playoffs after the Vikings defeated the Packers 37–34. The Bears ended the season with a 10–6 record.


2012 Chicago Bears season, Statistical leaders, Regular season
Stats updated to the end of the season (Week 17).


2012 Chicago Bears season, Statistical leaders, Statistical league rankings
Stats updated to the end of the season (Week 17).


2012 Chicago Cubs season
The 2012 Chicago Cubs season was the 141st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 137th in the National League and the 97th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the NL Central with a record of 61–101, their worst record since 1966. The Cubs began the season at home on April 5, 2012 against the Washington Nationals and finished the season at home on October 3 against the Houston Astros.


2012 Chicago Cubs season
The season marked the first season with Jed Hoyer as General Manager and Theo Epstein as President of Baseball Operations. It also marked the first season with Dale Sveum as manager. The season also marked the last season with the Houston Astros in the National League Central as they would move to the American League West in 2013.


2012 Chicago Cubs season
The season also marked the first season in the Cubs rebuilding project under Theo Epstein that would break their 108-year World Series drought and lead the Cubs to the 2016 World Series championship.


2012 Chicago Cubs season
The season was the last full season with the Cubs for Alfonso Soriano, who would be traded at the 2013 trade deadline.


2012 Chicago Cubs season
During the offseason, the Cubs would acquire future All-Star Anthony Rizzo from the San Diego Padres. During the season, the Cubs would also acquire players that would play important roles during their 2016 World Series season: Travis Wood was acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds on December 23, 2011, Albert Almora was drafted on June 4, Jorge Soler was signed as an amateur free agent on June 30, and Kyle Hendricks was acquired via a trade with the Texas Rangers on July 30.


2012 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2b = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


2012 Chicago Cubs season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2012 Chicago Fire season
The 2012 Chicago Fire season was the club's 17th year of existence, as well as their 15th season in Major League Soccer and their 15th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.


2012 Chicago Fire season
The Fire began the regular season with a 1–1 tie on March 17, 2012 when they were hosted by the expansion team Montreal Impact in their first Major League Soccer home game. The Men in Red concluded the regular season hosting D.C. United at the Toyota Park on October 27, 2012.


2012 Chicago Fire season
The Fire qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the twelfth time in their fifteen competitive seasons and for the first time since 2009. The team was eliminated from the playoffs after a 1–2 home loss to Houston Dynamo in the Knockout Round match on October 31, 2012.


2012 Chicago Fire season
At the end of the season, Chicago Fire's defender, Austin Berry, has been awarded the 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year Award, while the club's captain Logan Pause has won the 2012 MLS Fair Play Award.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2012 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Results summary
Last updated: October 27, 2012Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, MLS Fair Play Award
Chicago Fire's midfielder and captain, Logan Pause, has been awarded the league's 2012 Fair Play Award. Over the course of 32 matches played this season, Pause has accumulated only 11 fouls and no yellow or red cards.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, MLS Rookie of the Year
Chicago Fire's defender Austin Berry, selected number nine overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, has been awarded the league's 2012 Rookie of the Year Award. Berry has started in 28 games and scored three goals, one in his debut match. Berry collected the most votes in all three categories: players, media and club management.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Chicago is in the #9 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Miscellany, International roster slots
Chicago has 8 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots. No slot trades involving Chicago have been reported.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Miscellany, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: *2014 MLS SuperDraft round 4 pick from Real Salt Lake. Future picks traded: *2013 MLS Supplemental Draft round 1 pick to Vancouver Whitecaps FC. At the time of the trade, this pick was equivalent to a round 3 SuperDraft selection.


2012 Chicago Fire season, Miscellany, MLS rights to other players
It is believed Chicago maintains the MLS rights to Carlos Bocanegra and Freddie Ljungberg, as each of these players declined contract offers by the club and signed overseas on free transfers.


2012 Chicago Marathon
The 2012 Chicago Marathon was the 35th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, Illinois and was held on Sunday, October 7. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the fourth and final World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. Tsegaye Kebede won the men's race in a course record of 2:04:38 hours and Atsede Baysa was the women's winner in a personal best of 2:22:03. A total of 37455 runners finished the race (20688 men, 16767 women).


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
The focus of the women's race was Liliya Shobukhova, who had won the race three times consecutively but had dropped out of the Olympic marathon. Kenya's Lucy Wangui Kabuu was the second-fastest entrant with a best of 2:19:34 hours. Other prominent entrants included Ethiopians Atsede Baysa and Merima Mohammed. Tsegaye Kebede and Wesley Korir, runners-up in 2010 and 2011 respectively, were the principal contenders for the men's race.


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
Demonstrating the depth of the field, the men's race had thirteen runners in the pack by the halfway point (timing 1:02:54) – all of them Kenyan or Ethiopian. By the time the two pacemakers (Shadrack Kosgei and Merkabu Birke) had dropped out around the 30 km mark, Tsegaye had assumed the head of the pack. Laban Korir and Michael Kipyego had fallen away at that point. Tsegaye accelerated and a succession of four sub-4:40 miles reduced the lead pack to himself, Tilahun Regassa, Sammy Kitwara and Feyisa Lilesa. Wesley Korir was twenty seconds behind after 35 km.


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
With one mile left, only Feyisa remained alongside Tsegaye, but the latter steadily pulled away in the final section of the race to win by a margin of fourteen seconds with a course record 2:04:38 hours. Feyisa took the runner-up spot and Tilahun completed the podium half a minute later. Kitwara and Wesley Korir were next to finish. Dathan Ritzenhein closed his race quickly to place ninth, the first non-East African to finish, with a personal record 2:07:47.


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
The women's race also had a number of contenders left as the race reached the half marathon mark in 1:11:15 hours, with two Russians, three Kenyans and four Ethiopians in the pack of nine. Kabuu seized the lead after this point and by 30 km she had divided the pack in two, with Fatuma Sado, Caroline Rotich and Rita Jeptoo all five seconds ahead of Atsede, Shobukhova and Werknesh Kidane. Merima Mohammed was the first prominent race drop-out. Over the next 5 km Fatuma faded away and Atsede had pushed her way back to the front.


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
Rotich soon fell behind and the final mile stretch became a hotly contested duel between Atsede and Jeptoo. Atsede was the one to reach the line first by a very narrow margin – 2:22:03 to Jeptoo's 2:22:04. Kabuu took third while Shobukhova finished quickly for fourth place. Renee Metivier Baillie was the first American home in a personal record run of 2:27:17 for eighth.


2012 Chicago Marathon, Summary
The men's wheelchair race was won by Josh Cassidy and Tatyana McFadden defended her women's title.


2012 Chicago Pythons season
The 2012 Chicago Pythons season was the first and only season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2012 Chicago Pythons season
On December 9, 2011 it was announced that the Vipers and the Evansville Rage would become the 5th and 6th expansion teams for the 2012 CIFL season. The Vipers will host only three games for the 2012 season and also have availability to host for the playoffs should they qualify. Co -owners Richard Petroski Jr. and Michael Duran are both looking to bring back a positive image for Chicago CIFL teams as last two have left a bad taste in the fans mouths.


2012 Chicago Pythons season
The team was originally scheduled to play their home games at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, but later decided to play at the Megaplex in Homer Glen, Illinois. The team began the season as the "Chicago Vipers," but changed their names to the Chicago Pythons four weeks into the season when the Mike Duran became the sole owner of the team.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Players, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated May 1, 201219 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Port Huron Patriots
In the first ever regular season game for the Vipers and Patriots, it was a tale of two halves. The Patriots started the scoring on an 8-yard run by Tracey McIntyre less than two minutes into the game followed by a 39-yard pass from Darryl Johnson to Jose Morris to grab a 14-0 Patriot lead. Chicago answered on a 4-yard touchdown run by Bill Ziemba, but the Patriots extended their lead to 20–7 as Johnson and McIntyre hooked up for a 25-yard touchdown pass.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Port Huron Patriots
Chicago quarterback Anthony Kropp added a 1-yard touchdown run and Port Huron capped the first quarter scoring on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to Morris. The Patriots' first points of the second quarter came from a safety when the snap was over the head of Kropp and recovered by the Vipers in the end zone. Darryl Johnson threw his fourth touchdown of the half on a 7-yard pass to Dan Johnson. The Patriots added an 11-yard touchdown run by McIntyre to close the first half scoring.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Port Huron Patriots
The Vipers outscored the Patriots 21–6 in the third quarter and pulled within 11, trailing 46–35. The third-quarter scoring was started by Chicago, who on a 12-yard pass from Kropp to Dan Carter. Port Huron quarterback Darryl Johnson added a 3-yard touchdown run to keep the Patriots' lead at 25. The next four scores in the game belonged to the Vipers. Kropp threw another touchdown pass to Dominique Jackson, this one 27 yards and Khyree Copeland added a touchdown run from 2 yards to end the third quarter.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Port Huron Patriots
The 11-point lead heading into the fourth quarter quickly disappeared as defensive back Lawrence Harvey intercepted Johnson and returned it for a 13-yard touchdown. Just 30 seconds into the final quarter and the lead was trimmed to just four. The Vipers took their first lead of the game as Johnson completed a pass to Dominique Jackson at the Port Huron 16. Jackson fumbled the football and it was picked up by Dan Carter at the 5-yard line and taken in for a touchdown. Julie Harshbarger added the extra point and Chicago led 49–46. The game-winning score came with just over two minutes to play as Mark Carter scored from 1-yard out to put the Patriots up 52-49. Chicago had one last chance to tie the game, but Harshbarger's kick was no good as time expired.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 3: vs Dayton Silverbacks
In the first quarter Sawyer hit a wide-open Tyler Waller on a 26-yard pass play and it was quickly 6–0 as the extra point was blocked. After a safety it was 8–0 Dayton after the first quarter.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 3: vs Dayton Silverbacks
In the second quarter after Chicago kicker Julie Harshbarger missed a 27-yard field goal Evan sawyer capped off an eight-play drive with a six-yard run and with the extra point made it 15–0 Silverbacks, but the Vipers came right back and scored with less than a minute to go in the first half; Anthony Kropp connected with Dan Carter, who made a one-handed catch in the end zone and it was 15-6 Silverbacks. Just seconds later the Silverbacks answered with a six-yard pass from Evan Sawyer to Bruce Peters and it was 21–6 at the half.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 3: vs Dayton Silverbacks
After the Silverback defense stopped the Vipers at their own 14, two plays later Evan Sawyer scored on an eight-yard run and a Zach VanZant extra point made it a 27-6 Dayton lead. Chicago came back with a score of their own on an Anthony Kropp nine-yard pass to Dan Carter; the extra point was good and it was 27–13 Dayton. Dayton put it away after Sawyer scampered in on a one-yard run with 1:19 left in the third quarter and it was 34–13 Silverbacks after the third quarter.


2012 Chicago Pythons season, Regular season, Week 3: vs Dayton Silverbacks
In the final quarter, Dayton's Chris Stanford hit Lawrence Green on a four-yard pass and Marcus Fails intercepted a pass and ran it in from 25 yards out and it was a 48-13.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season
The 2012 Chicago Red Stars season is the fourth season of the soccer club; the season it competed was the only season of the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Major events
After the end of the 2011 season the Red Stars and other WPSL and former WPS teams formed a more professional league the WPSL Elite, the other teams included:


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad, Second squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Regular-season standings, Results summary
Last updated: 22 July 2012Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad statistics, Top assists
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012 Chicago Rush season
The 2012 Chicago Rush season was the 11th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Bob McMillen and played their home games at Allstate Arena. The Rush finished the season 10–8 and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.


2012 Chicago Rush season, Schedule
The Rush began the season at home against the Tampa Bay Storm on March 10. Their regular season concluded on July 21 on the road against the Cleveland Gladiators.


2012 Chicago Rush season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated July 21, 201219 Active, 10 Inactive


2012 Chicago Sky season
The 2012 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2012 Chicago Sky season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Sky's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.


2012 Chicago Slaughter season
The 2012 Chicago Slaughter season was the team's sixth season as a professional indoor football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of sixteen teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Chicago Slaughter were members of the United Conference.


2012 Chicago Slaughter season
Under the leadership of owner Jim McMahon, and head coach Steve McMichael, the team played their home games at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.


2012 Chicago Slaughter season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 8, 201225 Active, 0 Inactive


2012 Chicago White Sox season
The 2012 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 113th season in Chicago and 112th in the American League. On October 6, 2011, Robin Ventura was designated to be the new manager.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason
White Sox GM Kenny Williams called the 2012 season a "rebuilding" year. In doing so, the Sox made some big moves in the offseason by trading away or letting big name free agents leave. Mark Buehrle became a free agent and decided to follow his former manager, Ozzie Guillén, and sign with the Miami Marlins. The White Sox closer during the 2011 season, Sergio Santos, was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Left fielder Juan Pierre became a free agent and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. Power hitting right fielder Carlos Quentin, was traded to the San Diego Padres. The White Sox did however sign or acquire young talent, including players like José Quintana, Néstor Molina, Simón Castro, Pedro Hernández, Jhan Mariñez, Héctor Giménez, Damaso Espino, Erik Morrison and Osvaldo Martínez. The White Sox signed former Cub and Indian, Kosuke Fukudome, to be the team's fourth outfielder.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, April
The White Sox started the season with their new manager Robin Ventura. In Ventura's first game managed on April 5, the Sox lost 3-2 at Texas. Ventura didn't have to wait long for his first MLB victory as the next day the Sox won 4-3 thanks to a 9th-inning home run by Alex Ríos. Then the Sox lost their first series of the season by dropping the finale to the Rangers 5-0. They went to Cleveland for a two-game series, but three games was scheduled to play, but one game was postponed due to rain.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, April
The Sox swept the Indians there. On April 13, the Sox played their first home game of the season against the Tigers and won that game 5-2 and went on to take two out of three to win their first home series of the season. The Sox hosted the Orioles when they dropped three of four to finish their first homestand with a 3-4 record. Then they embark on their west coast trip for six games, three for each city. The Sox swept the Mariners and lost two of three to the Athletics.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, April
On April 21 during the second game of the series in Seattle, Philip Humber threw the 21st perfect game in MLB history with 96 pitches thrown with 9 strikeouts in the 4-0 win. In the final game of the series in Oakland on April 25, Paul Konerko hit milestone home run number 400. The Sox travelled back home to host the Red Sox and dropped their first three of a four-game set. The Sox avoided the sweep by beating the Red Sox 4-1 behind a great performance by Gavin Floyd.


2012 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season, Monthly summaries, April
Konerko had a great first month of the season as he batted .383 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI while winning Player of the Week from April 23 through April 29. The White Sox lost five of their last six games to close out April but finished the month with a record of 11-11 and outscored their opponents 85-82.