2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The drawn final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan and pre-match comments from Tomás Mulcahy and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The replay was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of The Saturday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The drawn match was preceded by the Galway against Waterford minor hurling final which started at 1.15pm and was won by Waterford, their first minor title in 65 years.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
A peak Irish television audience of 1.3 million people watched RTÉ's coverage of the drawn final with an average audience of 885,000 viewers, a 64% share of the available television audience.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
This All-Ireland final was the 50th championship meeting of Cork and Clare; however, it was their first meeting in an All-Ireland decider. Cork held the balance of power in all previous meetings between the two, having recorded 34 championship victories to Clare's eleven. There had been four drawn games. Both sides last met in the 2013 Munster semi-final, when Cork recorded a 0-23 to 0-15 victory. It was their seventh successive championship defeat of Clare, extending the record which stretches back to the 1998 Munster semi-final when Clare last defeated Cork. In total it was the fifth meeting between the counties in 2013, with Clare having won the first three before Cork prevailed in the Munster semi-final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Cork, who last played in the final in 2006 when they lost by three points to Kilkenny, were bidding to win the title for the first time since 2005 while Clare, who last reached the final in 2002, had won their last All-Ireland in 1997.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Build-up
In Ennis a big screen was erected at Abbey Street car park in the town centre to screen live coverage of the final. Bookmakers made Cork slight favorites to win at 5/6 with Clare at 6/5. Before the 2013 Munster championship started Cork were priced at 16/1, and Clare at 22/1 to win the All-Ireland Final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Hurling Stars of the 1980s Team
The GAA announced on 26 August that a special Hurling Stars of the 1980s team, a specially-chosen line-up of players who were unsuccessful in winning an All-Ireland medal would be acknowledged on finals day before the senior final. The names of the players were put forward by a panel of All-Star and former All-Star selectors who covered Gaelic games for the print and broadcast media during the 1980s.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Referee
Offaly based referee Brian Gavin was named as the referee for the 2013 All-Ireland final on 26 August. The Clara native took charge of his second final after having previously taken charge of the 2011 Final, and also the All-Ireland championship final at minor level in 2004 and under-21 level in 2006.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Team news
Cork made one change to the team that played in the semi-final against Dublin with Brian Murphy returning from injury and being named in the wing-back position, with Tom Kenny being omitted. Murphy had been out of action since June when he suffered a collarbone injury in a club match. Clare stated the game with the same fifteen which started the semi-final win over Limerick.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details - Drawn game, Summary
Clare got the opening score of the third minute with a point from Darach Honan. and were ahead by 0-12 to 0-10 at half time. After 40 minutes Conor Lehane scored the opening goal of the game with a shot past the goalkeeper from the right and into the net to make the score 1-10 to 0-14. Cork got a second goal in the 57th minute when goalkeeper Anthony Nash hit a 20-yard free to the net after Luke O'Farrell had been fouled.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details - Drawn game, Summary
With seven minutes left on the clock, Cork captain Patrick Cronin hit a shot to the top left corner of the net to level the game. Patrick Horgan looked to have won it for Cork with a point in the last minute. Added on time of two minutes was already up when Clare right-back Domhnall O'Donovan received the ball out on the left before hitting the ball over the bar just as he was tacked to tie up the match. The referee blew the final whistle after 2 minutes and 38 seconds to bring the match to a replay three weeks later.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Clare captain Pat Donnellan said that he was "delighted to have another day out, With ten or 15 seconds to go, we thought we were coming home with nothing. We're just delighted to have another day out and we'll look forward to it."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with analysis from Donal Óg Cusack, Ger Loughnane, and Ollie Moran. Also in that programme, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and captain Pa Cronin were interviewed by Michael Lyster from the Cork team hotel, the DT hotel in Dublin. Marty Morrissey who was at the Clare team hotel, the Clyde Court Hotel, interviewed Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald and captain Pat Donnellan.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Build-up
The replay match was fixed for Saturday 28th rather than a traditional Sunday because the ladies Gaelic football finals are scheduled for the following Sunday, the 29th and are not going to be moved to another date which happened in 2012. The GAA have predicted that the replay will be a sell-out even with the 5pm throw-in time and it will be the first senior final to be played under floodlights. The GAA confirmed that there will be ticket reductions for the replay similar to the 2012 replay with stand tickets priced at €50 (down from €80) and terrace tickets at €25 (down from €40).


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Build-up
Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy commented on the replay saying  “It’s more of a game now than it is a final." The replay will be the sixth time that the sides have played each other in 2013. Clare selector Louis Mulqueen thinks that if Clare seize moment in the replay they can kickstart a golden era for the county saying "I still think if they could win the All-Ireland on Saturday we'd be talking about the golden era. But they still have to make the breakthrough and the quicker they make that breakthrough the better."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Build-up
Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald is concerned about the number of games the team has played in 2013 saying ""Since the start of February we've been flat out because we played the league campaign at a championship pace, So, I'd be saying to myself: 'Will these games catch up on them?' That's the only concern, but it doesn't seem to have. They seem to be good. I think the only really flat game we had was that Tipperary league game."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Referee
James McGrath was named as the referee for the replay on 18 September. It will be McGrath's second final after he was in charge of the 2012 Replay final between Kilkenny and Galway.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Team news
The Cork team for the replay was named on 25 September with Cian McCarthy being  named in place of Jamie Coughlan in the half forward line. Clare named an unchanged team for the replay and also for the third game in succession. There had been speculation that Darach Honan could be replaced before throw-in after he failed to make an impact in the drawn game. A couple of hours before the start of the match, Shane O'Donnell was told that he would be starting the match in place of Darach Honan.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details - Replay, Summary
John Conlon got the opening score of the game, a point in the second minute. A hat-trick of goals in the 6th, 14th and 19th minutes at the hill 16 end from late call-up Shane O'Donnell put Clare on the way to a four-point lead of 3-9 to 1-11 at half time. Anthony Nash had blasted a 20-metre free past 12 Clare players on the line for a goal that brought Cork back to within three points in the 16th minute. Clare then led by eight points but Cork had drawn level, 1-16 to 3-10, by the 52nd minute.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details - Replay, Summary
With 18 minutes left the scores were level at 1-16 to 3-10 and they were level again with ten minutes left when Séamus Harnedy scored with a low shot to the net to make the score 2-16 to 3-13. In the 61st minute, Clare's Conor McGrath ran at goals and fired the ball high to the left corner of the net for Clare's fourth goal. Darach Honan, who came on as a second-half substitute, got Clare's fifth goal in the 71st minute after he received the ball on the right and managed to get as far as the Cork goals before pushing the ball past the goalkeeper with the ball rolling over the line.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details - Replay, Trophy presentation
Clare captain Patrick Donnellan accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president Liam O'Neill in the Hogan Stand and gave a speech in which he thanked the Clare panel, selectors, and back room team for their work throughout the year. The Clare team then embarked on a lap of honor around Croke Park.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald felt Clare were the better team over the two games saying " In my opinion over the two days we were the better team, I think Cork are a fantastic hurling team, but I really believe that we were the better team over the two days, We’re 2013 All-Ireland champions and it feels so good. I’m so proud of them young boys. They did it and fair play to them.”Fitzgerald speaking the morning after the game said “I suppose it still has not sunk in, but it is one of immense satisfaction.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
I am still the same. I am still so thrilled for the lads." Fitzgerald also said that it hurt that people did not trust him saying "My one objective was for Clare to win. I wasn't trying to do anything else, only to try and make sure Clare would win. It does hurt when people would cut your throat and knife you in the back. It isn't nice." Seven members of Clare's All-Ireland winning side were picked in The Sunday Game hurling team of the year.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Man of the match Shane O'Donnell who got 3-3 said the county's win means “absolutely everything” revealing that he did not know he was starting until hours before the game. O'Donnell was named by The Sunday Game as the man of the match for the replay on the night of the match. At the teams celebration banquet at the Clyde Court Hotel in Dublin, he received his award from GAA President Liam O'Neill and Michael Lyster.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy acknowledged Clare's win saying  "There is no disgrace in getting beaten by a team like Clare, you have to acknowledge they deserved their victory". Former Waterford hurler, John Mullane writing in the Irish Independent praised Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald and said "starting with Shane O'Donnell was a masterstroke".


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Jamesie O'Connor also writing in the Irish Independent believes that Clare have reached the summit earlier than expected saying "With the way Clare finished the year I think the consensus now is that the best team in the country came out on top, it's hard to believe that the hurling year gave us what it did, especially with the old order contesting the league final back in April. They will be back in 2014 but on a far more level playing pitch. Roll on 2014."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Former Offaly All Ireland winner and hurling analyst Daithí Regan thinks that the Clare system was the key as best team of the summer won out, saying "The big question now is, how many can Clare win with this crop of young lads. I was talking to Jamesie O’Connor after the game about what we can expect from this side over the next few years. He made the point that it’s a high-octane, high-energy game that Clare play. And it takes its toll and makes demands on players.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
But they’re at such an age profile at the moment that they’ll want more. When the celebrations die down, they’ll go back at it and you know I think because of their age profile they’ll be hungry and burnout won’t be an issue." Double All Ireland winning manager Ger Loughnane is confident that this is the start of a golden era for hurling in Clare, saying "“This has been a magical year – the best year I can remember for hurling, but you know we have the prospect that next year and the year after will be even better." British newspaper The Guardian in its editorial section, hailed the 'ancient Irish' game of hurling as a beacon of sporting courage and commitment, Hopefully the Gaelic Athletic Association will do all sports fans everywhere a massive favour and produce DVD copies of this memorable game, where Clare emerged victorious."


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
In 2017, after three years of under-performing, former Clare manager Ger Loughnane criticized the team that won the title saying "it was the greatest fluke of all time, they didn't beat either Tipperary or Kilkenny - the Litmus test in this era, until they show consistency and beat a big team in a big game, you'd have to say that this Clare team are over-rated.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Homecoming
The Clare team arrived back in Ennis at 9.30pm on the day after the game on an open top bus. The team traveled by train from Heuston Station in Dublin to Limerick and then by bus to Ennis. En route they stopped at Cratloe, Sixmilebridge, Newmarket on Fergus, and Clarecastle. There was a reception held at Tim Smyth Park in Ennis which was attended by 30,000 people. Both sets of players, the senior panel and the under 21 winning panel were introduced on stage by MC's Syl O'Connor of Clare FM and RTÉ's Marty Morrissey.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Homecoming
On 2 October, a Clare 'A' team played a Clare 'B' team in the annual GOAL challenge which was played in Sixmilebridge. The match was a 13 a side game with the 'A' team winning by 7-3 to 6-4. A crowd of 6,000 fans attended the match where Shane O’Donnell required a Garda escort to get him to the team bus after the game. On 4 October, Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald along with players Shane O'Donnell and Patrick Donnellan and the Liam MacCarthy Cup appeared as guests on The Late Late Show.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Awards
The nominations for the 2013 GAA-GPA Hurling All-Stars were announced on 2 October with Clare receiving thirteen nominations with Cork receiving nine. Cian Dillon and Patrick O’Connor were the only Clare players not nominated. The final team selection was made on 6 November before the team were presented with their awards two days later at a banquet at Croke Park. Clare's won eight places on the All-Stars team with David McInerney, Brendan Bugler, Pat Donnellan, Colm Galvin, Conor Ryan, Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins and Conor McGrath all winning awards.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Awards
Cork won three awards with Anthony Nash, Séamus Harnedy and Patrick Horgan being named on the team. The three nominations for the GPA Hurler of the Year were Tony Kelly and Pádraic Collins of Clare, and Anthony Nash of Cork. Also announced were the three nominations for the GPA Young Hurler of the Year which were Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins, and David McInerney from Clare.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Awards
Tony Kelly of Clare was named Young Hurler of the Year and Hurler of the Year for 2013 at the All Stars award ceremony on 8 November at Croke Park.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 40th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It was won by Cork, who defeated Monaghan in the final.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Monaghan. This was the third of three All-Ireland Ladies' football finals between 2008 and 2013 that saw Cork play Monaghan. They had also met in the 2011 final. Cork claimed their eighth All-Ireland title in nine years after they got the better of Monaghan by 1–10 to 1–9. Cork led 1–6 to 0–6 at half-time thanks to a Valerie Mulcahy goal. A second half penalty goal from their goalkeeper, Linda Martin, helped Monaghan lead by a point with eight minutes remaining but Juliet Murphy and Mulcahy added late points as Cork edged it by a solitary point. The match was broadcast live on TG4.


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Elaine Harte2 Ann Marie Walsh (c)3 Angela Walsh4 Bríd Stack5 Briege Corkery6 Rena Buckley7 Geraldine O'Flynn8 Deirdre O'Reilly9 Juliet Murphy10 Nollaig Cleary11 Annie Walsh12 Doireann O'Sullivan13 Ciara O'Sullivan14 Valerie Mulcahy 15 Rhona Ní Bhuachalla


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes: Orlagh Farmer for Ní Bhuachalla (half time)Orla Finn for Annie Walsh (49)Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Farmer (52)A Barrett for Ann Marie Walsh (60)


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Linda Martin2 Grainne McNally3 Sharon Courtney4 Christina Reilly5 Laura McEnaney 6 Ellen McCarron7 Aoife McAnespie8 Amanda Casey9 Y. Connell 10 Therese McNally (c)11 Caoimhe Mohan 12 Cora Courtney 13 Catriona McConnell14 Eileen McKenna15 Ciara McAnespie


2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Eileen McElroy for Aoife McAnespie (half time)Niamh Kindlon for Mohan (56)


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2013 was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1964. The draw for the 2013 fixtures took place in October 2012. The championship began 31 May 2013 and ended on 14 September 2013.


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Clare were the defending champions and retained their title after defeating Antrim 2-28 to 012 in the final.


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 14 September 2013 to determine the winners of the 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 50th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Clare of Munster and Antrim of Ulster, with Clare winning by 2-28 to 0-12.


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Clare and Antrim was their second ever championship meeting and their first in an All-Ireland final. Clare were appearing in their third final in five years, while Antrim were lining out in their first ever All-Ireland decider.


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Clare went two points ahead after five minutes, with Cathal O'Connell scoring two early frees. Conor McCann opened Antrim's account after seven minutes, and although the score line stood at 0-4 to 0-2 after 11-and-a-half minutes, Antrim failed to score again for a further 13 minutes. Antrim's use of the short puck-out strategy was not proving a success with the Saffrons particularly caught in the 20th minute, as Davy O'Halloran controlled possession from Ger Dixon's puck-out and fired the reigning champions to a 0-13 to 0-2 lead. O'Halloran fired Clare's opening goal in the 23rd minute. Further points were added before Shane O'Donnell's 27th-minute goal gave Clare a 2-16 to 0-3 lead. Antrim added another point before the short whistle to reduce the deficit to 18 points.


2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Antrim were sluggish after the restart with Kelly and O'Halloran scoring points for Clare inside the opening minute. Ciaran Clarke forced Clare goalkeeper Ronan Taaffe into a great save in the 35th minute, however, scores from O'Connell and O'Halloran handed Clare a 22-point lead in the 37th minute. Clarke, Chris McGuinness and Niall McKenna pegged back points for the Saffrons, while at the opposite end it could have been worse for the Ulster side but for the brilliance of Dixon who pulled off fine saves in the 46th and 56th minutes. Antrim worked hard late on with Clarke and substitute Michael Bradley taking scores, but it was too little too late as Clare powered to a 22-point win.


2013 All-Pac-12 Conference football team
The 2013 All-Pac-12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pac-12 honors for the 2013 Pac-12 season. The Stanford Cardinal won the conference, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 38 to 14 in the Pac-12 Championship game. Stanford then lost to the Big Ten champion Michigan State Spartans in the Rose Bowl 20 to 14. Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey was voted Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton was voted Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.


2013 All-Pro Team
The 2013 All-Pro Teams were named by the Associated Press (AP) the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and the Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2013 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2014 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book. Any player selected to any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro". The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and was released January 28, 2014. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2013 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press All-Pro teamAPt = Tied for First-team All-Pro in the AP voteAP-2 = Associated Press Second-team All-ProAP-2t = Tied for Second-team All-Pro in the AP voteAP = AP chose no separate punt returnerAP = AP chose no separate special teams playerx-one voter selected only one running back. y-one voter did not select a fullback. PFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL teamSN = Sporting News All-Pro teamKR = Kick returnerPR = Punt returner


2013 All-SEC football team
The 2013 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2013 Southeastern Conference football season.


2013 All-SEC football team
The Auburn Tigers won the conference, beating the Missouri Tigers 59 to 42 in the SEC Championship. Auburn then lost the national championship to the ACC champion FSU Seminoles 34 to 31.


2013 All-SEC football team
Auburn running back Tre Mason, a unanimous AP selection, was voted the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, also a unanimous AP selection, was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2013 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2013 Allan Cup
The 2013 Allan Cup was the 2013 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey. This was the 105th year the trophy will be awarded. The 2013 Allan Cup was contended in Red Deer, Alberta, hosted by the Bentley Generals of Hockey Alberta from April 15 to April 20, 2013.


2013 Allan Cup, Notes
Late in the third period of the round robin game between Bentley and Rosetown, the Generals were leading 1-0 with less than a minute to play. Generals goalie Dan Bakala shot the puck the length of the ice into an empty net to score a goal. It is unknown if this rare event is the first in Allan Cup history.


2013 Allsvenskan
The 2013 Allsvenskan, part of the 2013 Swedish football season, was the 89th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2013 fixtures were released on 14 December 2012. The season started on 31 March 2013 and ended on 3 November 2013. IF Elfsborg were the defending champions, having won their sixth title the previous season.


2013 Allsvenskan
Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 20th Allsvenskan title and 17th Swedish championship overall, in the 29th round on 28 October 2013 when they won 2–0 in the away fixture against reigning champions IF Elfsborg at Borås Arena. This was Malmö FF's third Swedish championship of the 21st century having won their last title in the 2010 Allsvenskan season.


2013 Allsvenskan
A total of 16 teams contested the league: 13 returning from the 2012 season and three that were promoted from Superettan.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The annual pre-season kick-off meeting was held in Stockholm on 25 March 2013. All managers accompanied with a key player for their team were interviewed by the two hosts Petter Johansson and Jens Fjellström about the upcoming season and their expectations as well as what team they held as favourites to win the title. Hans Backe acted as a commentator and did a short analysis after each of the teams presentation. Only Malmö FF's Rikard Norling held his own team as the title favourite. Eight managers out of 16 believed that IF Elfsborg would win the title.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The remaining managers placed their bets on AIK (three votes), Malmö FF (two votes), IFK Göteborg (two votes) and BK Häcken (one vote). The entire attendance consisted of the clubs' managers, key players and media experts. When asked about Elfsborg's chances to defend their title, only 36.5% of the audience believed that they could. The attendance voted IF Elfsborg as the title favourites (29.7% of the votes) with Malmö FF (22.4% of the votes) and AIK (14.5% of the votes) closely after.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The attendance also predicted that Syrianska FC (33.4% of the votes) and IF Brommapojkarna (30.1% of the votes) were the two favourites to be relegated. When asked about the top goalscorer, a majority of the audience voted for Djurgårdens IF's Erton Fejzullahu. For the top assisting player the audience placed their bets on BK Häcken's Martin Ericsson.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The season started on 31 March 2013 with three fixtures. The first match to be played was the Gothenburg derby between BK Häcken and IFK Göteborg which was moved to Ullevi for this specific match, the match ended in a 3–0 win for last years 7th positioned IFK Göteborg. The remaining five fixtures of the first week were played on 1 April 2013 with the match between the reigning champions IF Elfsborg against one of the title favourites AIK at Borås Arena as the most prominent fixture that day, the matched in a 2–2 draw.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Early on IFK Göteborg established themselves in first position after a win in the second round and didn't lose a match until in the seventh round in the away game against AIK, this match was also the first league match AIK won at their new home ground Friends Arena. Helsingborgs IF overtook Göteborg as leaders in the same round. Until the seventh round the main top teams had been Malmö FF who had held onto second position from the third round, Helsingborg, and surprisingly Mjällby AIF.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The reigning champions and title favourites Elfsborg started the season with four drawn matches in a row before finally managing a win in the fifth round against Djurgårdens IF. The remaining title favourites AIK and Häcken were positioned 9th and 7th respectively after seven rounds. The teams that were voted most likely to be relegated Syrianska FC and IF Brommapojkarna were positioned 14th and 15th respectively after seven rounds with under-performing Djurgårdens IF occupying 16th and last place.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
After the seventh round Helsingborg continued their streak of wins which ensured them to stay in pole position after ten matches had been played. A draw in the Scanian derby against Malmö FF on 29 May ended their winning run of six matches, this was also Malmö's fifth match without winning since their win against Östers IF in the fifth round. This streak of matches made Malmö FF drop to fourth place in the league after ten rounds.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
In the same time IFK Göteborg had continued to collect points despite their loss against AIK and were two points after leaders Helsingborg in second place. Elfsborg had also overtaken Malmö FF after four straight wins after their four initial draws in the start of the league. AIK and Häcken were still stuck in no man's land in the middle of the table after ten rounds, positioning themselves 10th and 9th respectively. In the other end of the table Syrianska and Brommapojkarna had managed to improve their form and were positioned 13th and 12th respectively. The two last teams after ten rounds were Öster and Djurgården.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
In the coming ten rounds a quartet of teams would establish themselves as favourites for the league title. The positions in the top started to change around the 16th round of games when AIK managed to gain contact with the top teams and cling on to a third position in the table, passing IFK Göteborg in the process. Malmö FF gained momentum in the top and rose to a second place while Helsingborg where still top of the table. Elfsborg dropped to a fifth place. After the 20th round the same four teams still topped the table.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Malmö FF passed Helsinborg in the same round and took the lead for the first time this season, three points ahead of Helsingborg. IFK Göteborg and AIK were placed third and fourth respectively on the same number of points as Helsingborg, 38 points, although with lesser goal difference. Elfsborg followed in fifth place, seven points after Helsingborg, IFK Göteborg and AIK and ten points after Malmö FF. One of the biggest upsets this far in the season was last years runners up and one of the title favourites, Häcken.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Häcken was twenty points behind Malmö FF at this point of the season and in 12th position with only three points ahead of the relegation zone. In the battle to avoid relegation Syrianska and Brommapojkarna were placed 15th and 16th respectively in the relegation positions with Halmstad in 14th place. Syrianska had only managed to collect ten points at this point and were eight points behind Brommapojkarna and Halmstad who both had 18 points. Djurgården who had started the season in the relegation zone managed to escape upwards in the table in the 11th week of games and were placed 10th after 20 rounds.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
During the last ten rounds of the league Malmö FF, Helsingborg, IFK Göteborg and AIK continued to battle for the title. The most important developments happened in the 24th and 25th round when IFK Göteborg first defeated AIK at home and in the next week Malmö FF proceeded to win against Helsingborg away. Malmö had also defeated IFK Göteborg at home in the 21st round. At this point Malmö was one point ahead of IFK Göteborg, six points ahead of Helsingborg and eight points ahead of AIK.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Although it seemed obvious that Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg were the only title contender left at this point, AIK would continue to chase the two teams while Helsingborg would continue to drop. In the other end of the table Syrianska was confirmed for relegation after a loss against fellow relegation competitor Brommapojkarna in the 26th round. Östers IF was dragged into the relegation battle as Brommapojkarna rose up the table. In the last round Halmstad drew against Brommapojkarna to confirm the relegation of Öster, Halmstad qualified for the relegation play-offs against GIF Sundsvall who finished third in 2013 Superettan and Brommapojkarna managed to stay in the league.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Both Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg lost their matches in the 27th round while Helsingborg and AIK won their matches, making the title race live into the last rounds. However, as Malmö FF still held the lead they had a chance to secure the title with two wins in the last three rounds. After winning at home against Brommapojkarna in the 28th round after a late goal Malmö travelled to reigning champions Elfsborg in Borås to clinch the title in the 29th round.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Up until this point AIK had continued to win while Helsingborg and IFK Göteborg had staggered making AIK the only title contender left. It was highly uncertain if the match in Borås would be played as the St Jude storm had made weather conditions in the south west of Sweden unfit for football. However the match was played and Malmö FF won the match and thus the league title with a 2–0 result after two goals by Guillermo Molins.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
This result also confirmed AIK as runners-up and the last round of the league would only determine which of IFK Göteborg, Helsingborg and Kalmar FF would take the third and final European qualifier position in the table. IFK Göteborg managed to finished third by winning for the first time in five rounds. Kalmar passed Helsingborg in the last round to claim the bronze medal.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Reigning champions Elfsborg finished sixth and BK Häcken, previously one of the favourites for the title prior to the season, finished 10th. Helsingborgs Imad Khalili, who had belonged to IFK Norrköping for half of the season, became top scorer with 15 goals as he scored on a penalty in the 90th minute of the last match. The favourite to become top scorer prior to the season, Djurgårdens Erton Fejzullahu, scored seven goals. Malmö FF's Magnus Eriksson made the most assists with 14, Eriksson also made the most points with 25, this included 11 goals and 14 assists. BK Häcken's Martin Ericsson, who was the favourite prior to the season to make the most assists, finished the season with four assists.


2013 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris
For the first time in the league's history, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 8 November 2013. Usually some of the awards from the annual "Fotbollsgalan" hosted by the Swedish Football Association included Allsvenskan players. "Fotbollsgalan" also introduced an "Allsvenskan player of the year" award in recent years, however that award will no longer be awarded due to the introduction of Allsvenskans stora pris. The nominations for the 2013 season were officially announced on 6 November 2013. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text.


2013 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 2012 season and three promoted teams from the 2012 Superettan. One of the two promoted teams for the 2012 season managed to stay in the league, Åtvidabergs FF.


2013 Allsvenskan, Teams
Örebro SK and GAIS were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2012 Superettan champions Östers IF and runners-up IF Brommapojkarna. Öster returned to Allsvenskan after five seasons after their relegation in 2006, two which were spent in the third tier. Brommapojkarna participated in their fourth Allsvenskan season, they last played in Allsvenskan during the 2010 season. This was notably the first time Brommapojkarna were promoted directly without play-offs.


2013 Allsvenskan, Teams
GIF Sundsvall as 14th-placed team lost their Allsvenskan spot after losing to third-placed Superettan team Halmstads BK 6–4 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff. This was the first time since 2008 that the Superettan team beat the Allsvenskan team and only the fourth time since the play-offs between Allsvenskan and Superettan was introduced in 2000. Halmstad made their Allsvenskan return after only one season in Superettan, having been relegated at the end of the 2011 season.


2013 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches
The 2013 Allsvenskan season encountered one incident involving thrown items and supporter violence, with that match needing to be suspended. This was the first time an Allsvenskan match was suspended since the troublesome 2011 Allsvenskan season when three matches had to be suspended.


2013 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Djurgårdens IF vs. Mjällby AIF
The match on 8 April 2013 at Stockholms Stadion between Djurgårdens IF and Mjällby AIF was suspended after 37 minutes of play, after Mjällby had scored the first goal of the match. Following the goal, several supporters started throwing items on the pitch. Mjällby defender Gbenga Arokoyo was hit in the stomach by a pear thrown by a supporter while celebrating Mjällby's goal.


2013 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Djurgårdens IF vs. Mjällby AIF
On 12 April 2013 the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) announced that the match would continue at a later date and that play would resume at the specific minute and with the standing result when the original match was suspended. No attendance would have been allowed. Djurgården was also given a 15,000 SEK fine. Mjällby filed an appeal for a 3–0 fixed result in their favour on 26 April 2013, and on 7 May 2013 the SvFF decided to award Mjällby a 3–0 fixed-result victory for the match.


2013 Allsvenskan, League table, Positions by round
Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.


2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum
The Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum (French: référendum sur la Collectivité territoriale d'Alsace) was a referendum held on Sunday, 7 April 2013 in Alsace, France, which aimed at the creation of the single territorial collectivity of Alsace through the merging of the regional council of Alsace and the departmental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.


2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum
Even though there was a 57.65% majority of "Yes" votes, the project was not approved: indeed, the "Yes" side needed to win in both departments (and at least 50% overall) with at least a 25% share of the vote from eligible voters (188,027 votes in Bas-Rhin and 130,439 votes in Haut-Rhin). The project was rejected by 55.74% of the voters in Haut-Rhin, whereas the "Yes" side won only a 22.90% share from eligible voters in Bas-Rhin.


2013 Alsace single territorial collectivity referendum, Opinions, Political parties
NB: These are the opinions expressed by the national boards of each party, even if there might be different opinions inside the parties.


2013 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts. This is the first year that the event was held at a pre-determined neutral site since 2001. UMass Lowell, which would join the conference following the season and was a tenant of the park, served as the host of the tournament. Second-seeded Binghamton defeated first-seeded Maine in the championship game, which was played at Rhode Island's Bill Beck Field due to scheduling issues.


2013 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.


2013 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 America East Men's Basketball Tournament began on March 9 and concluded with the championship game on March 16. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played on March 9 and 10 at SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY, while the 2013 championship game was held on March 16 at the home of the highest remaining seed. The winner earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.


2013 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
Although the conference had nine members, only eight participated in that year's tournament. Boston University, which left the America East after the season to join the Patriot League, had been barred from conference postseason play. America East bylaws allowed the conference to prevent a departing member from participating in its postseason tournaments, and the America East chose to enforce this rule against Boston University.


2013 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2013 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 14 edition of the America East Conference Men's Lacrosse Tournament  and took place from May 2 to May 4 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. The winner of the tournament received the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Four teams from the America East conference will compete in the single elimination tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record.


2013 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Standings
Only the top four teams in the America East conference advanced to the America East Conference Tournament.


2013 America's Cup
The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held on San Francisco Bay, in September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Oracle Team USA defended the America's Cup by a score of 9 to 8, after winning eight consecutive races from Race 12 onwards. Team New Zealand won the right to challenge for the cup by winning the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. The 34th America's Cup's race sequence was the longest ever, by both number of days and races, and the first since the 25th America's Cup to feature both teams in a match point situation. For the first time since 1995, the format changed to the best-of-17.


2013 America's Cup, Background
The Golden Gate Yacht Club defeated Société Nautique de Genève in the 2010 America's Cup to become the Defenders of the America's Cup. The first Challenger of Record for the 34th Cup was Club Nautico di Roma, and a joint press conference was held on May 6, 2010 to plan for the event. The planning process was to include definition of new rules, an independent management team, definition of a new class of boats created in conjunction with all teams, regular racing in multiple venues and provision for increased television and online coverage.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol
The Protocol for the 34th America's Cup was published on September 13, 2010.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Boats
Two new classes of boat were announced. AC72 wing-sail catamarans are being used for the America's Cup races and the AC45 class, a scaled-down one-design version of the AC72, was used for the preliminary training and racing until boats built to the AC72 rules became available. The amended AC72 Class Rule version 1.1 was published on February 22, 2011.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Boats
The AC72 can reach speeds averaging about 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) with peaks over 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph); that speed can be as much as 1.8 to slightly over twice the actual wind speed. This is significantly faster than the previous ACC boats that reached speeds of 11 to 13 knots (20 to 24 km/h; 13 to 15 mph).


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, America's Cup World Series
In order to increase global awareness, and hence attract sponsors for the teams, an America's Cup World Series was held over the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. The winner of each annual series was declared the America's Cup World Series Champion for that season. There were three regattas in 2011, five in 2012, and two in 2013. Each regatta lasted for one week and had approximately 6 days of racing, including official practice. Each AC World Series regatta was a combination of match and fleet racing. AC45 one-design catamarans were used for each World Series regatta.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Cost reduction
Officials adopted rules for the 2013 America's Cup to reduce costs and thereby attract more challengers:


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Cost reduction
Despite these measures, the cost of mounting a competitive challenge likely  exceeds US$100 million.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Youth America's Cup
In addition to using the AC45 catamarans for the initial world series races, they are used in the nationality-based 'Youth America's Cup' (YAC). The smaller scaled down AC45 version of the AC72 with similar characteristics to the AC72 enables younger competition sailors to master the techniques used to sail this style of catamaran before they progress to the AC72 boats. The YAC began in 2013, when both first and second places were taken by New Zealand entries.


2013 America's Cup, Protocol, Youth America's Cup
The winning team included Peter Burling, Blair Tuke, Jono Spurdle, Sam Meech, Andy Maloney, Jason Saunders and Guy Endean.


2013 America's Cup, Venue
On July 8, 2010, Oracle Team USA announced that San Francisco was "the only city in the USA under consideration to host the 34th America's Cup” match. At the time, KGO-TV and Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian sports newspaper, reported that Rome-Fiumicino, Italy was challenging San Francisco to host the event. Oracle Team USA confirmed that San Diego, Newport and Long Beach were considered earlier as possible venues for this event.


2013 America's Cup, Venue
A key parameter in deciding the venue was reliability of the wind and weather patterns so that pre-published television schedules would be virtually guaranteed to show racing rather than suffering endless postponements which was a significant problem for TV audiences watching the 2010 America's Cup. In early December 2010, BMW Oracle Racing became concerned that a full and final agreement with San Francisco would not be completed in time to comply with the requirement to announce the location of the cup venue on December 31, 2010. As a result, negotiations were activated with Newport, Rhode Island, as a potential venue for the cup. However, on December 31 San Francisco was officially awarded the right to host the 2013 America's Cup.


2013 America's Cup, Teams
Initially, fourteen yacht clubs submitted notices of entry within the deadline, but two were declined and ten withdrew. Club Nautico di Roma was originally named as the Challenger of Record, but after their team Mascalzone Latino withdrew, the Challenger of Record became the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, sponsoring Artemis Racing. Other notable teams that withdrew included former Cup holder Alinghi and the Energy Team from Yacht Club de France.


2013 America's Cup, Teams
On August 2, 2012, the America's Cup Event Authority announced that four challenging teams would compete for the right to challenge Oracle Team USA, the only team that represented the defending Golden Gate Yacht Club. These teams were Artemis Racing (the Challenger of Record) representing Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet, Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Luna Rossa Challenge representing Circolo della Vela Sicilia and the White Tiger Challenge representing Sail Korea Yacht Club. Luna Rossa, a late entry, formed a partnership with Team New Zealand where they would share design and testing information. Following Sail Korea's withdrawal in March 2013, the number of challengers dropped to three.


2013 America's Cup, Course
The course for the 34th America's Cup was specially designed to take advantage of the San Francisco Bay, to bring the racing within easy viewing of the shore for the first time. The starting area was furthest away from the shore, close to the Golden Gate Bridge. The boats were only allowed to enter the starting box two minutes before the usage of the starting gun. The boat entering on port tack was allowed to enter ten seconds before the starboard tack boat. This is to reduce the danger of having two boats travelling at up to 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) heading towards each other into the starting area.


2013 America's Cup, Course
The length of the course varies, but is around 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) and generally takes about 25 minutes to complete. During the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup on the same course, some races were raced with an extra lap around the leeward and windward gates. This seven leg course is around 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi), taking approximately 45 minutes to sail.


2013 America's Cup, Course
The racecourse is delineated by a boundary. Going outside of the boundary draws a penalty which is indicated by blue lights on board the boats. The green lights on board the boats will flash whenever the boat is within three boatlengths of the boundary, or a mark. Whichever boat enters the three boatlength circle around a mark, they will generally have mark rights and be allowed to round without worrying about the other boat. The exception is when there is an overlap between the two boats. If an overlap exists, room must be made to ensure both boats round the mark safely. The maximum time for a race is 40 minutes after which the race is stopped.


2013 America's Cup, Course
If a penalty is awarded against a boat, a moving penalty line is calculated and placed two boat lengths behind them, advancing on a direct heading to the mark or the wind (depending which leg). The penalised boat must slow their Velocity Made Good such that their boat falls behind the penalty line. This is calculated in real time by computers, and indicated to the teams on the water via the lights and direct radio communication.


2013 America's Cup, Course
Alcatraz Island is a unique part of the racecourse for this event. For the first week of the event, San Francisco Bay experienced flood tides during the America's Cup races. As water flowed into the bay, there was a cone close to the Island where the incoming tide was noticeably less than the rest of the racecourse. On the upwind leg, when boats have to sail against the flood tide, tactical use of this cone was crucial.


2013 America's Cup, Results, Challenger determination
The challenger was determined in the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series. Emirates Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Cup and therefore the right to challenge Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup.


2013 America's Cup, Results, Cheating penalty
An international jury found Oracle Team USA guilty of cheating during the America's Cup World Series warmup event in 2012 when they placed bags of lead pellets in their 45-foot catamarans to add additional weight outside of allowed areas. Penalties imposed included expelling three team members,  a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point. This last penalty meant that Oracle had to win 11 races to retain the trophy, while New Zealand only needed to win 9 races to lift the cup.


2013 America's Cup, Results, Cup matches
The 34th America's Cup was held between challenger Team New Zealand and defender Oracle Team USA on a five-leg course on San Francisco Bay. One point was awarded for winning a race, and a total of nine points were needed to win the cup. Due to the two race penalty assessed on Oracle Team USA, they needed 11 wins to defend the cup.


2013 America's Cup, Results, Cup matches
1 Oracle's victories in races 4 and 8 did not award points, due to the penalty imposed by the jury. 2 Oracle used their postponement card after race 5, canceling the second race scheduled for September 10. 3 With Team New Zealand leading during the third leg, the second race on September 14 was abandoned by the race committee due to the wind exceeding the allowed maximum. 4 Both races on September 17, and the second races on both September 18 and September 19, were postponed due to the wind exceeding the allowed maximum beyond a reasonable start time.


2013 America's Cup, Results, Cup matches
5  With Team New Zealand well ahead in light winds near the end of the fourth leg, the first race on September 20 was abandoned by the race committee due to the race exceeding the 40-minute time limit. 6 Both races on September 21 were postponed by the race committee due to the wind direction not permitting a fair laying of the race course. 7 Due to the late start of race 16, a second race was not sailed on September 23 due to the 2:40pm cutoff time for racing.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 1: September 7
The 34th America's Cup began in stark contrast to the one-sided races that dominated the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. Team New Zealand, skippered by Dean Barker, led at the first mark, and held the lead for the second leg, which was the first leg to be facing downwind. Oracle Team USA was 4 seconds behind Team New Zealand at the bottom mark, and during the upwind third leg the lead changed several times. Team New Zealand led at the top mark by 25 seconds, and kept the lead until the finish line, winning by 36 seconds.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 1: September 7
Race two began as the previous one ended, with Team New Zealand in front, despite the aggressive prestart by Oracle's skipper Jimmy Spithill. Team New Zealand led the whole race, and completed the victory by 52 seconds to lead 0–2 in the overall scoreline.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 2: September 8
Oracle Team USA had better luck in the initial stages of Race three, as Spithill luffed Team New Zealand at the reach mark to successfully draw a penalty. Oracle held the lead for the first downwind leg, and were 18 seconds to the good heading into the upwind third leg. The pivotal moment of the race occurred when Barker brought the New Zealand boat back on port tack within three boat lengths of the boundary.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 2: September 8
Oracle was forced to tack away due to the boundary rights, even though they were on starboard, which would have otherwise have had right of way. The 29 second lead at the top mark was held by Team New Zealand all the way to the finish. They ultimately crossed the finish line 28 seconds ahead of Oracle, making the scoreline 0–3 to Team New Zealand.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 2: September 8
Race four again started well for Oracle, leading around the reach mark by 6 seconds. Although Barker pushed hard for the whole race, Spithill was able to hold off Team New Zealand, resulting in a finish 8 seconds ahead of Barker. Due to the penalty imposed by the International Jury, Oracle did not score a point, leaving the New Zealand remaining 3 points ahead.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 3: September 10
Oracle's defeat in race five by one minute and five seconds was so emphatic that the Americans played their one and only Postponement Card to call off the scheduled second race. Team New Zealand had once again been behind from the start all the way to the bottom of the race course. Once heading back upwind however, the New Zealand boat was noticeably faster and gained the lead with ease. A top mark delta of 1:17 effectively ended the race, and gave Spithill plenty of time to consider his options. The score at the end of the day was 0–4, to Team New Zealand.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 4: September 12
Day four opened with the news that Oracle had changed their tactician. John Kostecki, who had raced on San Francisco Bay for decades, was dropped, and Sir Ben Ainslie, the skipper of Oracle's backup boat was brought on in his place. Another change was the noticeably lighter winds compared to the earlier days of racing.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 4: September 12
Race six followed a familiar refrain, with Oracle ahead at the start and holding that lead to the bottom of the downwind leg. After rounding the mark 12 seconds behind, Team New Zealand once again took over sailing into the wind. The highest number of tacks seen thus far was unable to prevent Team New Zealand from gaining 55 seconds during the third leg, and the 44 second lead at the top mark was extended to 47 seconds at the finish.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 4: September 12
Team New Zealand led from start to finish in Race 7. After a run of being behind at the start, Barker was strong in the windward position off the line and was able to beat Oracle Team USA by a substantial amount at the reach mark. Along with another substantial gain during the third leg, Oracle Team USA could not counter Team New Zealand's progress and finished a 1:06 behind. Team New Zealand closed the day in a dominant position of 0–6.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 5: September 14
Race eight brought Team New Zealand to the brink of disaster. Leading from the start to midway up the third leg, Team New Zealand was tacking back to starboard to once again cover Oracle. However, a lack of hydraulic power at a crucial moment during the turn meant that the large wingsail did not move in time. The boat's starboard hull rose out of the water and Aotearoa, Team New Zealand's boat, came within a degree of capsizing. To add insult to injury, Barker was penalised for failing to give way to Oracle, who was on starboard tack at the time. The New Zealand boat followed Spithill to finish 52 seconds behind.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 5: September 14
Oracle's victory completed the penalty imposed by the International Jury, allowing them to accrue points for any subsequent victories.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 5: September 14
Team New Zealand were ahead during the third leg of the day's second race, but it was abandoned by the Race Committee due to the wind exceeding the 22.6-knot (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph) allowable maximum (23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) minus the 0.4 knots (0.74 km/h; 0.46 mph) tide).


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 6: September 15
Race nine showed Oracle Team USA at their best. Spithill again won the start, and extended the lead at every mark including for the first time, a notable gain against the Kiwi boat on the upwind leg. Recording consecutive victories for the first time allowed Oracle to obtain a point, with the score at 1–6.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 6: September 15
Team New Zealand won race ten by 16 seconds, in what was widely reported as one of the most exciting America's Cup races of all time. Barker looked to have been left behind by Spithill at the startline, but just managed to hold an overlap as the AC72s entered the three boat length circle at the reach mark. Team New Zealand took the 3 second lead, and increased it to 11 seconds at the second mark. Oracle again showed their new competitiveness during the upwind beat, and the lead changed three times.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 6: September 15
As the boats approached the top mark on split tacks, Barker slowed the boat, and then aimed down to pass under Oracle at speed. The top mark split was only 1 second as Oracle rounded in front of the shore, and Aotearoa rounded the other mark. With the race still too close to call during the downwind leg, Spithill made the call to dip behind Team New Zealand rather than jibe. The gap almost instantly became 100 metres. Barker was able to hold this lead to the finish to take the series to 1–7.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 6: September 15
In the post race press conference Barker said “If you didn’t enjoy today’s racing you should probably watch another sport.”


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 7: September 17
High winds postponed racing on day seven. Both teams were keen to race, and headed out to the starting area. However the start time for the first race was pushed back several times due to the 20.1-knot (37.2 km/h; 23.1 mph) wind limit, and with the wind continuing to increase, at 1:31 pm the Race Committee made the postponement official.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 8: September 18
Team New Zealand led all the way to win race eleven by 15 seconds, to move to match point in the race for the Cup. During the pre-start, Barker maneuvered in front of Spithill and then delayed both boats from crossing the start line until well after the gun had gone. Oracle performed well on the upwind beat, but Team New Zealand covered well, and the boats rounded opposite marks 17 seconds apart. At the final mark, Barker kept Aotearoa between Oracle and the mark, and the rounding was well below the usual speed. Team New Zealand were able to accelerate away leaving Oracle almost stationary in the water on the sprint to the finish line, taking the score to 1–8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 8: September 18
The second race of the day suffered a 15-minute wind delay postponement. The postponement came at the same as the boats hit the start line. Barker had perfected a time on distance sprint to the line, to obtain a lead on the way to the reach mark. The boats made their way back to the starting area, but the wind and the strong outgoing tide combined to confirm the postponement of racing for the day.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 9: September 19
Barker was aggressive in the pre-start phase of the first race of Day 9. It did not pay off, and Spithill was able to get into a position where Team New Zealand was forced to keep clear. From that lead off the start line, Oracle led the whole race to win race twelve by 31 seconds. During the upwind leg, Oracle's performance was excellent. They were able to sail on their foils at speeds approaching 32 knots (59 km/h). Oracle gained their second point to take the score to 2–8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 9: September 19
The start time for the second race of the day was pushed back several times due to the wind exceeding the allowed limit. At one point the teams were able to enter the starting box, but the wind then exceeded the limit again. Racing was then postponed for the day, allowing Oracle to keep alert for another day.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 10: September 20
Day ten brought the lightest winds seen in the 34th America's Cup. The start of the first race was pushed back by five minutes, due to the need to shift one of the marks on the start line. Oracle had the better start in the 8-knot (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) winds, and luffed Team New Zealand at the reach mark. The first downward leg was very different from the rest of the racing, as neither boat was able to sail on its foils.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 10: September 20
Aotearoa appeared to be the stronger boat in the light breeze, and rounded the leeward gate 1:42 ahead of the Americans. The New Zealand boat continued to extend their lead during the third leg and the main concern turned to whether they would be able to cross the finish line within the 40 minute race limit. Unfortunately for them, despite being ahead by more than 1,000 metres in winds of between 7 and 11 knots (13 and 20 km/h; 8.1 and 12.7 mph) near the end of the fourth leg, with 90% of the race complete, the time expired forcing the abandonment of the race.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 10: September 20
The resail of race thirteen began at 2:33pm in 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) of wind. Spithill attempted to hook Barker during the pre start to gain advantage, but Barker managed to prevent Oracle from gaining the overlap. Team New Zealand led over the line, and took a 3-second lead around the reach mark. The pivotal moment of the race came towards the end of the second leg. Team New Zealand were slightly ahead and tried to cross in front of Oracle who had the starboard tack advantage.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 10: September 20
Spithill had to evade the Kiwi boat, and gained a penalty for the infraction. With the boats still close heading into the leeward gate, Barker fluffed his lines, and Aotearoa ended up being forced to jibe twice in quick succession. Oracle sped away to begin the third leg leaving the Kiwis almost non-moving. That effectively caused the result the race, and Oracle confirmed their third point by 1:24 at the finish. The New Zealanders' largest defeat of the Cup to date brought the score to 3–8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 11: September 21
It had rained earlier in the day, with wind from the south, about 90 degrees from the desirable direction, at the time day eleven racing was scheduled to be undertaken. The race committee pushed the start back several times, hoping that the wind would turn enough to allow racing. This did not happen by the start cut off time, and weather again forced postponement of the day's racing.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 12: September 22
Racing on the 22nd of September brought the America's Cup into its third week, equalling the previous longest regatta in Cup history, the 31st America's Cup. A whale was also spotted in San Francisco Bay, bringing enough of a concern that it was tracked to ensure it would not affect racing.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 12: September 22
Race fourteen was another start-to-end win by Oracle. Starting in the leeward position, Spithill again luffed Barker hard substantially past the reach mark. This set up a strong lead for the first downwind beat. On the upwind leg Team New Zealand were able to close the lead, and at one point had to dip under the American boat. However, they could not utilise the advantage to enough effect, and Oracle led well around the top mark. Team New Zealand once again closed the lead about halfway down the fourth leg, but could not make the pass. Oracle won by 23 seconds, to bring the score to 4–8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 12: September 22
Team New Zealand led off the line for race fifteen, but the leeward position of the Oracle Team USA boat allowed them to round the reach mark first. A huge downwind leg from the American boat saw them round the leeward gate 1 minute ahead of Team New Zealand. Team New Zealand did not give up, and were able to cut Oracle's lead in half by the windward gate, but were unable to make up the rest of the gap. Oracle had their best day in the race yet, winning both races to bring the score to 5-8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 13: September 23
The start of race sixteen was delayed for 30 minutes while the race committee waited for the wind to increase. Emirates Team New Zealand took the leeward position at the start line but Oracle Team USA was able to sail on their foils, and sailed over on top of the New Zealand boat to lead by five seconds at the reach mark. At the second mark, the New Zealand team were 13 seconds behind Oracle and after a tacking duel upwind to the third mark, Oracle was able to obtain the wind advantage for the downwind leg. Oracle sailed conservatively downwind gaining a 21-second lead for the fourth mark, which they extended to 33 seconds by finish line. The score was now 6–8. It was Oracle's 5th straight win.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 13: September 23
The earlier delay meant no second race for the day, as it would have exceeded the cutoff time of 2:40pm.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 14: September 24
Race seventeen saw two penalties at the start against Emirates Team New Zealand. During the prestart, Dean Barker made his move too early, allowing Spithill to hook Barker. Oracle then took full advantage of their windward-leeward right of way, forcing Barker to attempt to stay out of the way. Due to the extremely low boat speed at the time, Team New Zealand was unable to avoid the American boat, and there was contact between the two AC72s as a second penalty was awarded against the New Zealand boat.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 14: September 24
By the time the penalties had been completed, Oracle had accelerated away to find themselves ahead by 18 seconds at the reach mark. Oracle built on this to obtain a 29-second lead to leeward gate, although this was trimmed to 19 seconds at the end of the third leg. Oracle went on to win by 27 seconds and cut Team New Zealand's lead to 7–8.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 14: September 24
"We're not going to stop--we're going to keep going all the way to the end", said Spithill. "We really want this. You can sense it on board". Barker called this defeat "an absolute shocker" as he ended in "a really dead spot".


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 14: September 24
In race eighteen the New Zealand boat led at the start and up to the first mark. They set the speed record of the series, reaching 47.57 knots (24 m/s; 88 km/h; 55 mph) as they rounded the mark, to lead by 5 seconds. They kept the lead during the first downwind run, but Oracle took the lead at the first crossing on the upwind leg, after Team New Zealand made a poor tack. Team New Zealand had starboard tack advantage and the lead at the time, but did not properly cover Oracle. The American boat was sailing on their foils, and was able to sail past Team New Zealand without much difficulty. Oracle went on to lead by 57 seconds at the windward gate and kept the lead for the rest of race, winning by 54 seconds.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 14: September 24
This result tied the series 8–8 and forced a winner-take-all race. Spithill called this win "very impressive" and said, "It gives us a lot of confidence going into tomorrow", saying that Wednesday will be "the most exciting day in the history of our lives. We wouldn't want to be anywhere else".


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 15: September 25
The final day of the 34th America's Cup brought only the third winner-takes-all match in Cup history (previous such matches had occurred in 1920 and 1983). Barker and Spithill had also both moved into the top 5 all time America's Cup skippers during this regatta.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 15: September 25
Team New Zealand had port entry advantage, and were able to convert this into the leeward position at the start line and a lead around the reach mark. Oracle had a moment where both bows dipped into the water, slowing them to open some separation between the two boats. The first downwind leg saw both boats foiling at around 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph), at times well within 100 metres (330 ft) of each other. Team New Zealand took the lead into the upwind third leg, but were unable to hold it. Oracle once again showed their upwind foiling ability and were able to pass with ease. Team New Zealand and Barker refused to give up, but in the absence of any mistakes from Oracle, they confirmed their victory 9–8 by 44 seconds on the line to the cheers of the crowd.


2013 America's Cup, Progress of the regatta, Day 15: September 25
At the press conference following the race, Barker said his team was "[feeling] pretty smashed, they are feeling it pretty bad", whilst Spithill said Team New Zealand were a "tough team".


2013 America's Cup, Safety issues concerning the AC72
The power and speed of the catamarans used in the America's Cup has attracted criticism since the AC72 rule was announced. Oracle's first AC72 pitch-poled in October 2012 after only eight days of sailing. Though there were no injuries to the crew, the yacht was heavily damaged as the tide pulled it outside the bay into the Pacific Ocean. On May 9, 2013, Swedish team Artemis' first AC72 yacht flipped, resulting in the death of Olympic gold medalist Andrew James Simpson. Stephen Barclay, CEO of the America's Cup Event Authority, promised a full inquiry into the events leading to Simpson's death and appointed a review committee to investigate both the Oracle and Artemis accidents, and to make recommendations for increasing the safety of the sailors.


2013 America's Cup, Broadcasting
The NBC Sports Group acquired the American television broadcast rights in 2012, making it the first time the race would be on network TV since 1992.


2013 America's Cup, Broadcasting
The first two races aired on NBC with subsequent races airing live on NBC Sports Network. The races were also broadcast live and available on demand on the official America's Cup YouTube channel.


2013 America's Cup, Broadcasting
To enhance television coverage, America's Cup officials developed LiveLine, a system that inserts graphics into live shots from helicopters similar to the first down line graphics system used on American football broadcasts. LiveLine would be used to show distance between boats, boat speed, course boundaries and marks, boat paths, wind speed and ocean current direction. Race yachts carried military grade GPS tracking and telemetry systems to enhance the accuracy of measurements.


2013 America's Cup, Broadcasting
The system, developed by Sportvision, Inc., the America's Cup Event Authority, and NBC Sports Network, won the George Wensel Outstanding Technical Achievement Award at the 33rd Sports Emmy Awards.


2013 America's Cup, 35th America's Cup
Only moments after the win by Oracle Team USA, Hamilton Island Yacht Club in Queensland, Australia issued a challenge for the 2017 America's Cup. The  challenge was accepted by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, which remained  defender. Australian billionaire Bob Oatley was said to be financially backing the Hamilton Island Yacht Club as the Challenger of Record.


2013 America's Cup, 35th America's Cup
HIYC withdrew its challenge on 18 July  2014 and in November 2014 it was announced that Bermuda would host the 2017 America's Cup.


2013 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2013 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the first postseason tournament in men's soccer for the American Athletic Conference (The American) following the 2013 split of the original Big East Conference along football lines. The "Big East" name was purchased by the seven non-FBS football schools of the original conference, while the Big East charter was retained by the FBS schools now operating as The American. Including the history of the original Big East, which is jointly claimed by both successor conferences, this was The American's 18th men's soccer tournament.


2013 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Held at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, the South Florida Bulls won the title.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season
The 2013 American Athletic Conference football season was the 23rd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the first after the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until July 2013. The charter of the former Big East was retained by The American, henceforth the legal status as the 23rd season overall.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season
UCF as The American's Champion earned the league's last automatic berth for a BCS Bowl Game. Following the 2013 college football season, the BCS (1998–2013) will be replaced by a four team playoff system. Starting in 2014, The American will lose its Automatic Qualifier (AQ) status, and fall into the "Group of Five" with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season
In its first year, the conference consisted of 10 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, South Florida, Temple, and UCF. Conference members began regular-season play on August 29 when UCF hosted Akron. Conference play started on September 7 when Temple hosted Houston. The regular season concluded on December 7. The following match-ups were not seen in conference play in 2013: Cincinnati–UCF, Connecticut–Houston, Louisville–SMU, Memphis–Rutgers, and South Florida–Temple. Louisville–SMU and Memphis–Rutgers will not be seen in any year in The American play as Louisville and Rutgers are leaving for the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, in 2014.


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


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season
Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, and Syracuse were co-champions with identical 5–2 records. Louisville received the Big East BCS bid. As the Big East BCS representative, the Cardinals defeated Florida 33-23 in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl. In other bowl games, Cincinnati defeated Duke 48-34 in the Belk Bowl 48-34 with interim coach Steve Stripling. Rutgers lost to Virginia Tech 13-10 in the Russell Athletic Bowl, while Syracuse in their final game as a Big East member defeated former Big East member West Virginia 38-14 in the Pinstripe Bowl. In Pittsburgh's final game as a Big East member, the Panthers lost to Ole Miss 38-17 in the BBVA Compass Bowl.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Preseason, Coaching changes
Three teams have new head coaches for the 2013 season. Tommy Tuberville replaces Butch Jones at Cincinnati, Willie Taggart replaces Skip Holtz at South Florida and Matt Rhule has taken over for Steve Addazio at Temple.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll
The 2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll was announced at the 2013 American Athletic Conference Media Day in Newport, Rhode Island on July 30, 2013.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Bowl Games
Note: The American Athletic Conference did not have enough bowl eligible teams to send a representative to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Players of the week
Following each week of games, American Athletic Conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR - Deontay Greenbury HoustonWR - DeVante Parker, LouisvilleOT - Eric Lefeld, ^ CincinnatiOT - Jamon Brown, LouisvilleOG - Jordan McCray, UCFC - Jake Smith, LouisvilleTE - Blake Annen, CincinnatiTE - Tyler Kroft, RutgersQB - Blake Bortles, UCFRB - Storm Johnson, ^UCFRB - Paul James, RutgersK - Jake Elliot, MemphisRS - Ralph David Abernathy IV, CincinnatiRS - Demarcus Ayers, Houston


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL - Jordan Stepp, CincinnatiDL - Marcus Smith, LouisvilleDL - Martin Ifedi, MemphisDL - Aaron Lynch, USFLB - Terrance Plummer, UCFLB - Yawin Smallwood, UConnLB - Tyler Matakevich, TempleCB - Jacoby Glenn, UCFCB - Charles Gaines, LouisvilleS - Calvin Pryor, LouisvilleS - Hakeem Smith, LouisvilleP - Tom Hornsey, Memphis


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR - Anthony McClung, CincinnatiWR - J.J. Worton, UCFWR - Jeremy Johnson, SMUOT - Chris Martin, UCFOT - DeAnthony Sims, HoustonOG - Sam Longo, CincinnatiOG - John Miller, LouisvilleC - Betim Bujari, RutgersQB - Teddy Bridgewater, LouisvilleTE - Mike McFarland, USFRB - William Stanbeck, UCFRB - Marcus Shaw, USFK - Shawn Moffitt, UCFRS - Janarion Grant, Rutgers


2013 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL - Silverberry Mouhon, CincinnatiDL - Shamar Stephen, UConnDL - Lorenzo Mauldin, LouisvilleDL - Luke Sager, USFLB - Greg Blair, CincinnatiLB - Preston Brown, LouisvilleLB - DeDe Lattimore, USFCB - Deven Drane, CincinnatiCB - Zach McMillian, HoustonCB - Kenneth Acker, SMUS - Clayton Geathers, UCFP - Trevon Stewart, HoustonP - Richie Leone, Houston


2013 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The 2013 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the 18th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference originally known as the Big East Conference. Following a period of turmoil and near-constant turnover of membership, culminating in a split into two leagues along football lines, the schools that sponsor FBS football sold the Big East name to the non-FBS schools, which began operating as the Big East Conference in July 2013. The FBS schools are operating under the original Big East charter with the new name of American Athletic Conference.


2013 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
This was the final season n the Big East/American for two member schools. Louisville and Rutgers will leave in 2014, respectively for the  ACC and Big Ten.


2013 American Express – TED Open
The 2013 American Express – TED Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 9 and 15 September 2013.


2013 American Express – TED Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 American Express – TED Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2013 American Express – TED Open – Doubles
The defending champions were Karol Beck and Lukáš Dlouhý decided not to participate. Jamie Delgado and Jordan Kerr won the title, defeating James Cluskey and Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2013 American Express – TED Open – Singles
Dmitry Tursunov was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Mikhail Kukushkin won the title, defeating Illya Marchenko 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2013 American Indoor Football season
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2013 American Indoor Football season
The 2013 American Indoor Football season was the eighth season of American Indoor Football (AIF). The Harrisburg Stampede defeated the Cape Fear Heroes 57-42 to win the 2013 AIF Championship.


2013 American Le Mans Monterey
The 2013 American Le Mans Series Monterey was an auto racing event held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, near Monterey, California on May 9–11, 2013. The four-hour race was the third round of the 2013 American Le Mans Series season. Germans Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr defended their 2012 Monterey win with overall victory for Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, while Luhr became the winningest driver in American Le Mans Series history. Scott Tucker and Marino Franchitti took P2 honors for Level 5 Motorsports, while Mike Gausch and Luis Díaz won the PC category. Corvette Racing's Jan Magnussen and Antonio García led GT and Henrique Cisneros, Jr. and Nick Tandy won in GTC.


2013 American Le Mans Monterey, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 American Le Mans Monterey, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 American Le Mans Series
The 2013 American Le Mans Series was the fifteenth and final season of the International Motor Sports Association GT Championship being labeled as the American Le Mans Series, before merging up with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014.


2013 American Le Mans Series
As the IMSA and Grand-Am merger was announced on September 5, 2012, between NASCAR Holdings (Grand-Am's owner) and Panoz Motorsports, the 2013 season was the transition season as both series were now held under the NASCAR Holdings banner. As such, this is the 43rd season of the series dating back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship.


2013 American Le Mans Series
It began on March 16 with the 61st running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and ended with the 16th running of the Petit Le Mans on October 19. At the seventh round in Baltimore, Muscle Milk Pickett Racing successfully defended their 2012 Prototype One championship.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Calendar
The calendar was announced October 18, 2012. The race at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas, was previously announced in June 2012, and a combined event with the Rolex Sports Car Series at Road America was announced on September 28, 2012. The event at Mid-Ohio, a joint weekend with the IndyCar Series, was not renewed. The event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was initially scheduled on May 18. However, with this date conflicting with the 24 Hours Nürburgring, the series opted to move the event up one week to May 11. The event was also shortened from 6 hours to 4 hours.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships
Points were awarded to the top ten cars and drivers which complete at least 70% of their class winner's distance. Teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race. Drivers were required to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to earn points, except for the Long Beach event which required only 30 minutes. Drivers are required to complete a particular amount of the minimum number of laps in order to earn points. The number of laps vary depending on the course size.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships, Team championships
Teams with full season entries are awarded points in the team championships. Teams which participated in a partial season or on a race-by-race basis are not included in these championships.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships, Team championships, PC standings
All teams utilize the Oreca FLM09 chassis with Chevrolet LS3 engine.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships, Team championships, GTC standings
All teams utilize variations of the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships, Driver championships
Drivers who participated in races but failed to score points over the course of the season are not listed.


2013 American Le Mans Series, Championships, Driver championships, PC standings
Drivers in the PC category are allowed to drive for more than one car during an event. If a driver is in each car for a minimum of two hours each, he is allowed to score the points from whichever car he chooses.


2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
The 2013 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was an auto race held on the Long Beach road course in Long Beach, California on April 20 and 21, 2013. The seventh running of the Long Beach event for the American Le Mans Series, this was the second round of the 2013 season. The race weekend was shared with the IndyCar Series, which ran the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Germans Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr of Muscle Milk Pickett Racing won the race for the third year in succession.


2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach
The PC category was led by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett of CORE Autosport, while Scott Sharp and Guy Cosmo's Extreme Speed Motorsports entry was victorious in the P2 class. The BMW Team RLL squad scored a one-two victory, led by Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin; Henrique Cisneros, Jr. and Sean Edwards won the GTC class for NGT Motorsports.


2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 American League Championship Series
The 2013 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox won the series 4 games to 2. The series was the 44th in league history, and was the first postseason meeting between the two teams. Fox aired all games in the United States.


2013 American League Championship Series
To reach the 2013 ALCS, the Red Sox (East Division champions, 97–65) defeated the AL Wild Card Game-winning Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, 3 games to 1. The Tigers (Central Division champions, 93–69) defeated the AL West Champion Oakland Athletics in the ALDS, 3 games to 2.


2013 American League Championship Series
The Red Sox would go on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, winning their eighth World Series championship.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Five Tiger pitchers (Aníbal Sánchez, Al Alburquerque, José Veras, Drew Smyly and Joaquín Benoit) combined to strike out 17 and hold the Red Sox hitless for 8+1⁄3 innings. Starter Sánchez struck out 12 and walked six through six shutout innings, but was lifted after throwing 116 pitches. Daniel Nava broke up the no-hitter with a one-out single in the ninth off Benoit. He was then lifted for a pinch-runner, former Tiger Quintin Berry, who stole second base with two outs but was stranded there when Xander Bogaerts popped to shortstop to end the game. Benoit lost the no-hitter, but he earned the save, and the Tigers held on to win 1–0. The only run of the game scored in the sixth when Jhonny Peralta, the only player with multiple hits in the game (three), drove in Miguel Cabrera with an RBI single.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Sunday, October 13, 2013 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Tiger starters continued their mastery of Red Sox hitters, this time with Max Scherzer on the mound. Scherzer no-hit Boston through the first 5+2⁄3 innings, struck out 13, and allowed just one run on two hits overall, leaving the game after seven innings with a 5–1 lead. The Tigers got a run in the second inning, when Víctor Martínez doubled, went to third on a Jhonny Peralta single, and scored on a single by Alex Avila. In the top of the sixth, the wheels came off for Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Miguel Cabrera hit a one-out home run over the left-field wall to start the scoring. Prince Fielder followed with a double off the left-field wall, then Martínez hit his second double of the night to score Fielder. One out later, Alex Avila hit a two-run homer to right, making the score 5–0. Scherzer allowed his lone run in the bottom of the frame, when Dustin Pedroia doubled to drive in Shane Victorino. That ended a string of 23 consecutive scoreless innings by Tiger pitching, going back to Game 5 of the ALDS against Oakland.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Tiger manager Jim Leyland used four relief pitchers in the bottom of the eighth inning, none of whom was very effective. José Veras allowed a one-out double to Will Middlebrooks, and Drew Smyly was brought in to face Jacoby Ellsbury, whom he promptly walked. Al Alburquerque struck out Victorino for the second out of the inning, but Pedroia followed with a single to load the bases. Leyland went to his closer, Joaquín Benoit, to face David Ortiz. On a first-pitch changeup, Ortiz hit a grand slam to tie the game at 5–5.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Torii Hunter, in pursuing it to try to make the catch, flipped over the east side of the low Fenway Park bullpen wall at right field where the Nikon advertising sign was, as bullpen cop Steve Horgan raised his arms in celebration slightly behind him, while 2 other Red Sox catchers inside the bullpen had a shock on their faces on Hunter's injury. Hunter had injured himself while trying to make the play.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Other teammates from both teams rushed inside the Red Sox bullpen including some teammates from the Tigers, while bullpen cop Steve Horgan held the bullpen door open for the teammates to check on him. Hunter later got up and reports that he is doing alright as he left the bullpen. Meanwhile, after Koji Uehara pitched a perfect ninth, Boston scored the winning run in the bottom of the frame. Jonny Gomes led off with an infield single-off reliever Rick Porcello, and advanced to second on a throwing error by Tiger shortstop José Iglesias. Porcello threw a wild pitch, allowing Gomes to reach third. Jarrod Saltalamacchia followed with a walk-off RBI single to left, giving the Red Sox a wild 6–5 comeback win.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the bottom of the second, an electrical problem sidelined the game for 17 minutes. However once the game resumed, Game 3 resembled Game 1, featuring outstanding pitching from both teams. Boston's John Lackey gave up four hits and no runs in 6+2⁄3 innings and struck out eight. Detroit's Justin Verlander, who had not yet allowed a run in the postseason, pitched 6+1⁄3 shutout innings before allowing a home run to left field off the bat of Mike Napoli. Verlander would exit after eight innings pitched, giving up four hits and striking out ten.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Boston escaped a jam in the bottom of the eighth inning when a walk to Austin Jackson and a single by Torii Hunter put runners on first and third with one out. But Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa struck out slugger Miguel Cabrera, then Koji Uehara came on and struck out Prince Fielder on three pitches to end the threat. Uehara then completed the ninth inning to earn the save. For Cabrera, this was the first time in 33 career postseason games that he failed to reach base.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Red Sox sent Jake Peavy to the mound looking to build a commanding 3–1 series lead. However, Peavy struggled in his only start of the series. After a scoreless first inning, Peavy gave up a leadoff single to Víctor Martínez to start the second inning. He then walked both Jhonny Peralta and Alex Avila to load the bases. After Omar Infante was robbed on a diving catch by right fielder Shane Victorino, Austin Jackson walked on four pitches to give the Tigers a 1–0 lead.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
José Iglesias then hit a potential double-play grounder to second, but Dustin Pedroia bobbled the ball and was only able to force Jackson at second, allowing Peralta to score. Torii Hunter then doubled to score Avila and Iglesias. Hunter would then score on a single to center field by Miguel Cabrera, making the score 5–0 after two innings. In the fourth inning, the Tigers chased Peavy from the game with a ground-rule double by Infante and an RBI single by Jackson. Brandon Workman then replaced Peavy on the mound. After Jackson stole second base, Iglesias sacrificed him to third.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
One out later, Cabrera singled to score Jackson and make the score 7–0. For the Tigers, Doug Fister scattered eight hits over six innings, striking out seven and giving up only one run on a series of hits in the sixth, capped by an RBI single from Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Shane Victorino and Jacoby Ellsbury would later plate runs of their own off the Tiger bullpen, but it was not enough and the Tigers took Game 4 by a score of 7–3 to even the series at two games apiece.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Tiger leadoff hitter Austin Jackson, struggling with an .091 postseason batting average coming into the game (3–for–33) was dropped to eighth in the batting order by manager Jim Leyland. He responded by reaching base four times (two hits and two walks) while driving in two runs.


2013 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Thursday, October 17, 2013 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan