2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
The Blues also won game two by the same score of 2–1, as defenceman Barret Jackman scored the winning goal with 50.4 seconds remaining in the third period. The Kings then began their four-game winning streak in the series, first with a 1–0 victory in game three, as Quick stopped all 30 Blues shots on goal, and Slava Voynov providing Los Angeles' lone score. Williams and Anze Kopitar then scored 76 seconds apart in the third period of game four to help give Los Angeles a 4–3 victory.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
In game five, Blues defenceman Alex Pietrangelo tied the game with 44.1 seconds remaining in regulation, but Voynov scored at 08:00 of overtime and the Kings won, 3–2. Los Angeles then closed out the series with a 2–1 victory in game six, as forward Dustin Penner scored the winning goal with 0.2 seconds left in the second period.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Ottawa Senators
This was the fourth playoff meeting for these two teams, all occurring over the last seven seasons, with Pittsburgh winning the previous two. Their most recent meeting was in the 2010 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. The Penguins won all three games in the regular season series.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (7) Ottawa Senators
The Penguins eliminated the Senators in five games. Evgeni Malkin recorded a goal and an assist in Pittsburgh's 4–1 victory in game one. In game two, Sidney Crosby recorded his second career playoff hat trick as the Penguins went on to win, 4–3. The Senators then took game three, 2–1, after Daniel Alfredsson tied the game with a short handed goal with only 22.6 seconds left in regulation, and Colin Greening scored the game winner at 07:39 of the second overtime period. But, Pittsburgh came back with a 7–3 victory in game four, with Kris Letang recording four assists. James Neal recorded his first career playoff hat trick in Pittsburgh's 6–2 win in game five to close out the series and help the Penguins advance to the Conference Finals.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (4) Boston Bruins vs. (6) New York Rangers
This was the tenth playoff series between the teams, with Boston having won six of the nine previous series. They last met in the 1973 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which the Rangers won in five games. The Rangers won two of the three games in the regular season series.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (4) Boston Bruins vs. (6) New York Rangers
The Bruins eliminated the Rangers in five games. Brad Marchand's goal at 15:40 of overtime gave Boston a 3–2 victory in game one. In game two, five different Boston players scored goals, giving them a 5–2 win. The Bruins then won game three, 2–1, as Daniel Paille scored the game winner with 03:31 left in regulation after the puck deflected off of Henrik Lundqvist's head, popped into the air and then bounced in an area around the goal crease where the Rangers goalie lost sight of it. The Rangers avoided elimination in game four, as Chris Kreider scored at 07:03 of overtime, redirecting Rick Nash's shot into the Bruins net, giving New York a 4–3 victory. But Boston was victorious in game five, 3–1, scoring three unanswered goals, including two from Gregory Campbell.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings
This was the sixteenth playoff meeting for these two teams, with Chicago having won eight of the previous fifteen series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2009 Western Conference Final, which Detroit won in five games. The Blackhawks won all four games in the regular season series.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings
The Blackhawks came back from a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Red Wings in seven games. In game one, Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in about three minutes apart in the third period, as Chicago broke a 1–1 tie to win, 4–1. Henrik Zetterberg then recorded two assists, leading the Red Wings to a 4–1 victory in game two. Detroit also won game three, 3–1, as goalie Jimmy Howard made 39 saves out of 40 shots, and Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored in 31 seconds apart in the second period.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings then gave the Blackhawks their first three-game losing streak all season, as Howard made 28 saves in Detroit's 2–0 victory in game four. But Chicago began their comeback in the series in game five as Andrew Shaw scored two goals in a 4–1 win. In the third period of game six, the Blackhawks scored three straight goals from three different players, including one on a penalty shot by Michael Frolik, to overcome a one-goal deficit and eventually win 4–3.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings
Brent Seabrook scored at 03:35 of overtime to give Chicago a 2–1 victory in game seven to advance to the Conference Finals. This was the Red Wings’ last game ever as a Western Conference team, effectively ending their rivalry with the Blackhawks. They moved to the Eastern Conference the following season.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) Los Angeles Kings vs. (6) San Jose Sharks
This was the second playoff series meeting for these two teams. Their first meeting was in the 2011 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which San Jose won in six games. The two teams split their four-game regular season series.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) Los Angeles Kings vs. (6) San Jose Sharks
In a series where the home team won all games, the Kings outlasted the Sharks in game seven at the Staples Center to advance to the Conference Finals. Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick stopped all 35 San Jose shots in a 2–0 home victory in game one. In game two, the Kings' Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis scored power play goals in 22 seconds apart with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, overcoming a one-goal deficit to win, 4–3.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) Los Angeles Kings vs. (6) San Jose Sharks
With the series moving to HP Pavilion, Logan Couture's goal at 01:29 of overtime gave the Sharks a 2–1 victory in game three. San Jose then evened the series in game four with another 2–1 victory after building a 2–0 second period lead. In game five back at the Staples Center, the Kings limited the Sharks to 24 shots on goal and Quick recorded his second shutout in the series in a 3–0 win for Los Angeles. The series then ended with two consecutive 2–1 games: Joe Thornton and T.J. Galiardi scored for San Jose in game six at HP Pavilion, and Justin Williams scored both Los Angeles goals in game seven at the Staples Center.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (4) Boston Bruins
This was the fifth playoff series for these two teams, with each team having won two of the four previous meetings. This was also the third time that they met in a Wales/Eastern Conference Final, having met at this stage in their two previous playoff meetings; in 1991 the Penguins lost the first two games to the Bruins but went on to win the next four, and the next year (1992) they swept the Bruins out of the playoffs; the Penguins went on to win the Stanley Cup in both years. The Pittsburgh Penguins made it to their third Conference Finals since 2008, while the Boston Bruins were making their second appearance in three years. The Penguins won all three games in the regular season series, all three games by one goal.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (4) Boston Bruins
The Bruins swept the top seeded Penguins, as Boston goalie Tuukka Rask recorded his first two career playoff shutouts, and only allowed two Pittsburgh goals throughout the sweep. Penguins forwards Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Jarome Iginla, Pascal Dupuis and James Neal had scored between them 28 goals and 64 points during the first two rounds, but against the Bruins they were outscored 12–2 with Dupuis recording a single assist. The Penguins had scored 13 power-play goals in the first 11 games, but went 0-for 15 on the powerplay in the Conference Final.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (4) Boston Bruins
David Krejci had two goals in the Bruins' 3–0 game one victory. In game two, the Bruins recorded six goals and Rask limited the Penguins to only one goal. Patrice Bergeron then scored at 15:19 of the second overtime period of game three to give Boston a 2–1 win. Finally in game four, Adam McQuaid scored at 05:01 of the third period, the only goal in the game, to give the Bruins a 1–0 win and a trip to the Cup Finals.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (4) Boston Bruins
This marked the first time since 1979 that the Penguins were swept in a playoff series; the Bruins also swept the Penguins out of that year's playoffs. During the 2012–13 season trade deadline, the Bruins were close to acquiring Iginla from the Calgary Flames, but he chose the Penguins instead; Milan Lucic said after the series that Iginla's spurning of Boston ignited the sweep of Pittsburgh, suggesting "When a guy chooses another team over your team, it does light a little bit of a fire underneath you."


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
This was the second playoff series for these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1974 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which Chicago won in five games. The Blackhawks won two of the three games in the regular season series. The Chicago Blackhawks made it to their third Conference Finals since 2009, while the Los Angeles Kings were making their second straight appearance.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
The Blackhawks defeated the Kings in five games by extending Los Angeles' road playoff losing streak to six, and they gave the Kings their first home playoff loss in game four. Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa scored back-to-back goals in their 2–1 victory in game one, Four different Chicago players scored unanswered goals in their 4–2 win in game two, forcing Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick to be replaced by backup Jonathan Bernier midway through the second period.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
Quick then made 19 out of 20 saves, and Justin Williams and Slava Voynov scored Los Angeles' two unanswered goals, in the Kings' 3–1 win in game three. But in game four, Chicago's Marian Hossa scored the game-winning goal 70 seconds into the third period to give the Blackhawks a 3–2 win. Patrick Kane then recorded a hat trick, including the game-winning goal at 11:40 of double overtime, to give Chicago a 4–3 victory in game five and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 1978 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, where Boston won in a four-game sweep. The teams did not meet in the regular season because of the intra-conference restriction for the season because of the lockout. This was Boston's nineteenth Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in 2011 where they defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. This was Chicago's twelfth Finals appearance. They last advanced to the Finals in 2010, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals to feature two Original Six teams since 1979.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If the list were to exceed ten skaters because of a tie in points, then goals will take precedence.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television
The 2013 playoffs marked the second year of a contract between the NHL and Comcast's NBCUniversal to air the Stanley Cup playoffs in the United States. As part of the deal, local coverage from regional sports networks could co-exist with national broadcasts by NBC and associated channels NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network during the first round. The NBC Sports Group's family of channels would then gain exclusive rights to the conference semifinals and beyond.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television
National Canadian English-language coverage is split between CBC and the TSN family of networks, including TSN2. French-language telecasts are broadcast on RDS and RDS2.


2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Television
For the first time since they started broadcasting Stanley Cup playoff games in 2006, NBC televised Saturday primetime contests in the second and third rounds instead of in the afternoon. The delayed start of the playoffs caused afternoon conflicts with NBC's coverage of the French Open, among other events in late May.


2013 Star World Championships
The 2013 Star World Championships were held in San Diego, United States between August 28 and September 8, 2013.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series
The 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2013 edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the highest level of esports competition for StarCraft II. The tournament series' Global Finals were won by South Korean professional player Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format
The 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series introduced large scale changes after the inaugural 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, turning the World Championship Series into the highest level of StarCraft II competition and culminating in the Global Finals at BlizzCon. Based on the format of the Global StarCraft II League (GSL), three Premier Leagues were formed - Korea, Europe, and America. Each region also contained a Challenger League that fed into Premier,  in reaction to Korean dominance across all WCS leagues.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format
Korea's WCS Premier League returned to Global StarCraft II League (GSL) branding, with all three seasons fully run by GOMTV, marking the end of the Ongamenet Starleague (OSL). All WCS leagues featured three seasons of regular play, with cross-regional Season Finals pitting the top-placing players of each region against each other.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format
Non -WCS events which covered some prize pool, online coverage, and qualification requirements were allowed to become sanctioned events and give out WCS Points to count towards qualification and seeding in the Global Finals.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Format, Seeding
All sanctioned events, including Premier Leagues and non-WCS tournaments, gave out WCS Points to players based on their ranking and the event's WCS Points prize allocation. The sixteen highest-ranking players received invites to the Global Finals, seeded into a bracket based on their rank. As there were two players tied for the 16th seed, a tie-breaker match was held prior to the commencement of the Global Finals.


2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series, Results, Global Finals
The WCS Global Finals were held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of BlizzCon 2013. They featured bracket play throughout the event, ending with Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin victorious.


2013 State of Origin series
The 2013 State of Origin series was the 32nd time the annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams was played entirely under 'state of origin' rules. It was the first series to be administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission which was created in a major re-structure of the sport's administration in Australia.


2013 State of Origin series
Queensland were to host two home matches this year, however the ARLC Commission announced in November 2012 a new five-year cycle which would see New South Wales instead host two home matches this year, as well as in 2016, the Maroons to host two home matches in 2014 and 2017 and the remaining match in 2015 to be hosted at a neutral venue.


2013 State of Origin series
Former Canberra, Queensland and Australian captain Mal Meninga continued on as coach of the Queensland side, looking to continue his winning run having won the previous seven series. New South Wales was coached by former Canberra, NSW and Australia captain Laurie Daley, who took over from yet another former Canberra, NSW and Australia teammate Ricky Stuart who moved on from State of Origin duty following the 2012 series to coach Parramatta.


2013 State of Origin series
Queensland won the State of Origin series by winning two of the three matches; thus stretching their record-breaking State of Origin winning streak to eight years and thus defending their shield. Cameron Smith won the Wally Lewis Medal for being the best player in the series.


2013 State of Origin series
The 2013 series set a new State of Origin television ratings record for a whole series since the 2001 introduction of the ratings system.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
Like both of his predecessor as New South Wales coach Craig Bellamy and  Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley was brought in to coach against Mal Meninga, who captained Canberra to their premiership in 1990 NSWRL season when all three played under him. The Blues team to play in the opening game for the 2013 series saw a host of changes from the incumbent side from game three last year. Four debutants were selected by Daley to join the squad: Blake Ferguson, James Maloney, Andrew Fifita and Josh Reynolds.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
Current Sydney Roosters and former New Zealand Warriors five-eighth Maloney replaced Todd Carney to partner Mitchell Pearce in the halves, keeping with the same halves partnership for the Roosters so far in the 2013 NRL season and continuing the trend where no incumbent NSW five-eighth since 2000-2001 has gone on to play in the first game of the following series. Ferguson, who usually plays centre for his club and in other representative matches, made his debut on the right wing whilst Cronulla forward Fifita earned his spot on the interchange. Reynolds joined the squad late in preparation after winning an audition between him and Rabbitohs player John Sutton, who were selected by Daley to fill the vacant interchange spot left by Kurt Gidley after he withdrew from the squad due to injury shortly after the team was announced.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
Other major changes to the NSW team included Jarryd Hayne moving from the wing to replace the injured Brett Stewart at fullback. Captain Paul Gallen moved back into the front-row making way for Ryan Hoffman to return to the Blues squad for the first time since 2008.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
The Blues started off strongly in Game 1 with a try to Jarryd Hayne in the 5th minute seeing them 6-0 in front. Subsequent penalties saw the Blues extend the lead to 8-0 after Maloney kicked a penalty goal in the 19th minute. Jennings pounced on a loose ball that came from a repeat set and scored under the posts after ploughing through 5 defenders. This saw the Blues with a 14-0 lead at the break. Queensland came up with several opportunities to score in the first half including Boyd almost crossing in the corner, however the Blues defence came rushing in every time to defuse any chance.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
Tempers flared seconds from half time when Gallen landed two punches at Myles sending him on report.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
Darius Boyd scored in the corner for Queensland in the 61st minute making the score 14-6. This would be the final result in the game with all the points being scored on the southern end of the field.


2013 State of Origin series, Game I
After the match due to criticism of the match officials for not sending Paul Gallen to the sin bin but placing him on report for punching Nate Myles the NRL introduced an automatic sin bin for anyone throwing a punch.


2013 State of Origin series, Game II
The announced Maroons squad for game two saw significant changes to their forward pack and interchange. Long time Queensland campaigners prop forward David Shillington and lock Ashley Harrison were dropped in favor of Nate Myles and Corey Parker respectively, whilst Chris McQueen was promoted from the bench to fill Myles' second row spot. Manly Sea Eagles halfback Daly Cherry-Evans and Canberra Raiders second rower Josh Papalii made their debuts on the bench after both were standing reserves for the first match.


2013 State of Origin series, Game II
There were minimal changes for the Blues squad in the second game in the series. Josh Dugan, who earlier in the season was sacked from the Canberra Raiders for repeated off field disciplinary issues then subsequently signed for the St George Illawarra Dragons almost two months later, took up the fullback spot due to  Jarryd Hayne succumbing to a club game injury whilst Brett Stewart remained unavailable for selection. Wests Tigers prop forward Aaron Woods replaced James Tamou in the front row who was suspended from the match after he was charged with high-range drink driving.


2013 State of Origin series, Game II
Winger Blake Ferguson was also stood down from the squad shortly after he was announced in consequence of a publicized off field drama where he was charged with indecent assault. Ferguson's replacement was Nathan Merritt who made his debut at age 30. The match also happened to coincide with the change in Prime Minister of Australia, most notably delaying the start of the match by 15 minutes. This led to the pre-match entertainment of the Stafford Brothers to be extended by 10 minutes.


2013 State of Origin series, Game II
In the second half, after a fight broke out in the ruck four players were sin-binned: Queensland's Brent Tate and Justin Hodges, and New South Wales' Trent Merrin and Greg Bird. This ruling was roundly criticized by former State of Origin greats in post-game analysis.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
New South Wales captain Paul Gallen was unable to recover from a sustained injury and was subsequently ruled out of the series decider. James Tamou returned from disciplinary suspension to rejoin the front-row and replace Gallen, whilst Robbie Farah was handed the captaincy role. Other changes saw James McManus and Boyd Cordner replace Nathan Merritt on the wing and Josh Reynolds on the bench, respectively. Fullback Jarryd Hayne was once again ruled out due to an ongoing hamstring injury. No changes in game three were made for Queensland.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
Queensland extended their record to eight consecutive series in a decider that featured a streaker, and the post-Olympics attendance record for Stadium Australia. The attendance of 83,813 beat the previous record of 83,702 set just 10 days earlier for a rugby union Test between The Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions. Unlike in the first two games, the decider was closely contested in the first half with both sides getting across the line inside the first half-hour.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
In the 10th minute, Johnathan Thurston weaved his way through some lazy Blues defence after a shift to the left broke down, to score next to the posts. He converted his own try to give the Maroons a 6-0 lead. The ensuing set resulted in Thurston adding another 2 points after James Maloney was penalised for a shoulder charge on the kicker Cooper Cronk. QLD lead 8-0 after 15 minutes. The Blues hit back in the 25th minute after consecutive penalties and some clever work by Josh Morris saw James McManus score in the corner. The conversion by James Maloney was unsuccessful leaving the score at 8-4 and that's how it remained at half time, with Queensland producing some desperate defence to prevent NSW from scoring.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
Both sides started the second have in a rather pensive mood before NSW seemed to gain the ascendancy in field position and general flow of the match. That changed at the 60 minute mark after repeated errors by the Blues lead to QLD receiving their first penalty in over 40 minutes. The Maroons capitalised on this opportunity with Justin Hodges scoring off a deft short ball from Cooper Cronk. Johnathan Thurston missed the sideline conversion keeping the scores at 12-4.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
With just over 10 minutes to go Trent Merrin steadied some disorganised play by straightening and barging through a terrible attempted tackle by Corey Parker, to score right under the sticks. James Maloney made no mistake with the conversion taking the score to 12-10.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
The Blues looked to go on the attack from the ensuing restart, gaining 60m in 4 plays before a badly misdirected pass from Mitchell Pearce ricocheted off Josh Dugan's shoulder and cost the Blues 15m. James Maloney ended up hoisting the ball into the heavens which Billy Slater climbed high to mark with Ryan Hoffman and Andrew Fifita giving away a penalty for tackling him in the air. The Maroons proceeded cautiously with only 5 minutes left on the clock.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
Realising the shortage of time, Robbie Farah attempted to kick for a 40/20 to give the Blues one last crack at QLD's line but came up short. Darius Boyd returned the kick in fantastic fashion making a 40m run leaving several NSW chasers in his wake. Cameron Smith then ducked down a short side making a break before passing to Corey Parker who in-turn offloaded the ball back to his captain who made a determined charge for the NSW line only to be brought down inches short.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
With the Blues shot defensively, QLD looked to shift the ball before a streaker who by then had run 80m to get in the way of play tripped over and fell right amongst the players. QLD ended up getting across the line through Matt Scott but was disallowed the try because of the interference to play. The resulting decision, a neutral infringement, afforded QLD a scrum with the loose head and feed given their superior field position. It ended with James Maloney taking a superb reflex catch of a Johnathan Thurston kick.


2013 State of Origin series, Game III
The ball came out to the Blues captain Farah who then went for the all or nothing kick across field which James McManus was unable to take, knocking the ball into touch. QLD retained their shield and extended their dynasty to 8 straight Origin series victories. Cameron Smith was awarded the Wally Lewis medal for player of the series.


2013 State of Origin series, Teams
The 18th & 19th man are reserves to cover for any forthcoming injuries and, unless chosen, do not actually play.


2013 State of Origin series, Teams, New South Wales Blues
1 - Blake Ferguson was originally selected to play in game two but was withdrawn after being suspended by the NRL. He was replaced by Nathan Merritt. 2 - Paul Gallen  was originally selected to play in game three but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Aaron Woods as prop, and Robbie Farah as captain. 3 - Kurt Gidley  was originally selected to play in game one but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Josh Reynolds.


2013 State of Origin series, Teams, Queensland Maroons
1 - Martin Kennedy  was originally selected as 18th man in game two but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jacob Lillyman.


2013 State of the Union Address
The 2013 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 113th United States Congress. It was Obama's fourth State of the Union Address and his fifth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, John Boehner, accompanied by Joe Biden, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.


2013 State of the Union Address
It was simulcast online by the White House website as an "enhanced version" with accompanying graphics for key points of the address.


2013 State of the Union Address, Seating and guests
Continuing with the tradition started in 2011, members of the 113th United States Congress sat together regardless of which party they were affiliated with.


2013 State of the Union Address, Seating and guests, Guests
Clinton Romesha, recipient of the Medal of Honor was invited by Michelle Obama, but declined so as to celebrate his wedding anniversary with his wife and friends.


2013 State of the Union Address, Seating and guests, Designated survivor
The designated survivor is the member of the president's cabinet who does not attend the address in case of a catastrophic event, in order to maintain a continuity of government. The designated survivor for the 2013 State of the Union Address was United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address was, in the words of CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, "a companion to the ideological offensive in his inauguration speech." The New York Times added: "Obama did not match the lofty tone of his inauguration speech, but the address was clearly intended to be its workmanlike companion. In place of his ringing call for a more equitable society was a package of proposals that constitute a blueprint for the remainder of his presidency. Some would require legislation; others merely an executive order."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
The speech was dominated by domestic issues such as debt & deficit reduction, infrastructure measures, the economy and need to reinvigorate the middle class, gun control, minimum wage, early education and immigration. Obama declared "Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and we can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger." But despite this Obama noted that it is now his generation's task to "reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth — a rising, thriving middle class."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
“Every day,” he said, “we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills to get those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?”“We gather here knowing that there are millions of Americans whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded,” Obama said early in his remarks  explaining the rationale behind his middle class agenda. “Our economy is adding jobs, but too many people still can’t find full-time employment. Corporate profits have rocketed to all-time highs, but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
During his speech Obama called on Congress to hike the minimum wage to $9 an hour, proposed the addition of three more urban manufacturing hubs and asked Congress "to help create a network of 15 of these hubs and guarantee that the next revolution in manufacturing is made right here in America." He also called on Congress to invest $50 billion on rebuilding roads and bridges and announced a bipartisan commission to improve the voting system. The bipartisan  commission has the task to investigate voting irregularities that led to long lines at polling sites in the November 2012 election. Studies indicate that these lines cost Democrats hundreds of thousands of votes. The commission will be led by the chief counsel of the Obama presidential campaign, Robert Bauer, and a legal adviser to Mitt Romney’s campaign, Ben Ginsberg.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama proposed universal preschool for 4-year-olds and linking some federal grant decisions to research schools on their ability to keep tuition costs in check. And he urged Congress to put his full gun control agenda (i.e. background checks in all gun sales, the prevention of anyone buying guns for resale to criminals, a ban on semi-automatic weapons that mimic military weapons, and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds) up for a vote. "Senators of both parties are working together on tough new laws to prevent anyone from buying guns for resale to criminals.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because these police chiefs, they're tired of seeing their guys and gals being outgunned. Each of these proposals deserves a vote in Congress. They deserve – they deserve a simple vote." Obama used the line "They deserve a vote" four more times than in the prepared remarks in effort to create empathy. The U.S. president proposed to Congress to make high-quality preschool available to every child, provide tax credits for businesses to hire and invest, promote more scientific research and development, further shift cars and trucks away from gasoline, and invest in infrastructure.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama called for "modest" reforms to Medicare in his speech, continued his push for Congress to act on immigration reform and proposed a paycheck fairness act intended to make it easier for women to fight salary discrimination without losing their jobs, the development of new alternative energy hubs in the country, and to help people refinance their mortgages at today's lower interest rates. With respect to Medicare he argued that the United States can't just cut its way to prosperity.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
On climate change, Obama promised executive action if Congress failed to address what he called a litany of evidence that the nation and the world face such as more frequent and powerful storms, wildfires and drought: "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," he said. "I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama thus advocated a transition to more sustainable and environment-friendly sources of energy, such as wind and solar, in order to reduce America's dependence on oil. Obama also proposed the creation of an Energy Security Trust dedicated to shifting the country's cars and trucks off oil. "We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it's too late."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
"It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country – the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead," the president said. "It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few." Obama said that deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. "A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs – that must be the North Star that guides our efforts."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama's State of the Union address included a call to "set party interests aside, and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future." "And let's do it without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors," he continued to applause, mainly from Democrats. "The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next. We can't do it.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Let's agree, right here, right now, to keep the people's government open, and pay our bills on time, and always uphold the full faith and credit of the United States of America." "Nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime." Obama said. "It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
On foreign policy Obama announced in the context of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that he would bring home half of all U.S. troops by February 2013 and end the war there the following year. Barack Obama called for a free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union and announced his intent to complete negotiations on a "Trans-Pacific partnership". He also addressed drone oversight, the 2013 North Korean nuclear test, Iran's nuclear program and the Middle East in the context of the Syrian Civil War.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama warned the North Korea's reclusive government that it faced further isolation, swift retaliation and a United States bent on improving its own missile defense systems. He spoke about the reduction of nuclear stockpiles in cooperation with Russia: "We'll engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals and continue leading the global effort to secure nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands." "In defense of freedom, we'll remain the anchor of strong alliances, from the Americas to Africa, from Europe to Asia. In the Middle East, we will stand with citizens as they demand their universal rights, and support stable transitions to democracy."


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
Obama called for lawmakers to work together to be more effective by successfully solving problems regardless of party divisions: "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem. They don't expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue. But they do expect us to put the nation's interests before party." Obama closed his speech with a reference to his second inaugural address ending by saying that all Americans share the same title: "We are citizens. It's a word that doesn't just describe our nationality or legal status. It describes the way we're made.


2013 State of the Union Address, Topics
It describes what we believe. It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations; that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others; and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter in our American story."


2013 State of the Union Address, Responses
Senator Marco Rubio a Republican of Florida, delivered the official Republican response to the 2013 State of the Union Address. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul delivered the Tea Party's rebuttal to Obama's  2013 State of the Union Address. The BBC reported reactions from US newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. Additional reactions from US newspapers was gathered by the website al.com.


2013 State of the Union Address, Responses
The official Libertarian response was given by Carla Howell, the Executive Director of the Libertarian National Committee.


2013 State of the Union Address, Responses
The official Green Party response was given by Jill Stein, the party's 2012 presidential candidate.


2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
The 2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team represented Stephen F. Austin State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lumberjacks were led by seventh-year head coach J. C. Harper and played their home games at Homer Bryce Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team, Stephen F. Austin Radio Network
All Lumberjacks games aired on KTBQ 107.7 FM and listened to online.


2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
On February 4, J. C. Harper announced his coaching staff would be altered for the 2013 season. Chris Traux was promoted to offensive coordinator after serving on the offensive side of the ball for seven seasons. Lance Guidry was brought in from Western Kentucky to become the new secondary coach. Arlington Nunn changed coaching positions to become the new running backs coach, Jeremy Moses became the quarterbacks coach, and Devin Ducote became the defensive backs coach.


2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team, Before the season, 2013 recruits
23 athletes signed on to join Stephen F. Austin for the 2013 football season.


2013 Stetson Hatters football team
The 2013 Stetson Hatters football team represented Stetson University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Roger Hughes and played their home games at Spec Martin Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. This was the first season the school had sponsored football since 1956. They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in a tie for ninth place.


2013 Stock Car Brasil season
The 2013 Stock Car Brasil season was the 35th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 3 at the Interlagos and ended on December 15 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Pirelli return to the championship after a five-season absence, replacing Goodyear as tyre supplier.


2013 Stock Car Brasil season, Race calendar and results
A twelve-round calendar was announced on 5 December 2012, with Brasília host two races and Goiânia receiving the category after eleven seasons. Londrina and Rio de Janeiro that the track was to be demolished  will not host a race in 2013. Also was confirmed the fifth edition of Stock Car Corrida do Milhão at last round of the season.


2013 Stock Car Brasil season, Race calendar and results
In July, the round of Goiânia was removed from the calendar, and replaced with a second race at Cascavel. The round scheduled to be held in Brasília was moved to November. All races were held in Brazil.


2013 Stockholm Ladies Cup
The 2013 Stockholm Ladies Cup was held from September 20 to 22 at the Danderyd Curling Arena in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format, and the purse for the event was 200,000 SEK, of which the winner, Silvana Tirinzoni, received 70,000 SEK. Tirinzoni defeated Michèle Jäggi in the final with a score of 3–2.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
The 2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the sport of American football during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as first-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This was the team's eighth season under the helm of Chuck Priore. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York and attempted to build on their second straight appearance in the FCS playoffs but missed the playoffs after a 3–5 CAA, 5–6 overall record.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Previous season
Stony Brook won a program record ten games including their first victory over a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, Army, and a playoff victory over Colonial Athletic Association champion Villanova. The Seawolves advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs falling to the Montana State Bobcats 16–10. The Seawolves were broadcast/streamed for a record seven games and attendance levels reached record levels with 5,826 average attendance per game.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Before the season, Losses
RB Miguel Maysonet, QB Kyle Essington, WR Kevin Norrell, OL Michael Bamiro, DB Dominick Reyes and Cedrick Moore were among the major losses for the team. Bamiro being an unusual case in which he exhausted his collegiate eligibility but missed the NFL draft while being draft eligible. Maysonet, Norrell, Bamiro, and Moore were among those that signed free agent contracts with NFL teams. Maysonet played a crucial role in Stony Brook's running game being a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Broadcasting
The 2013 season brought Stony Brook football to the ESPN Radio Network for the first time ever. ESPN Radio Network will broadcast all Seawolves football games in Long Island as it looks to expand its footprint in the region. Champions Radio Network (ESPN Network in Long Island) broadcast all Seawolves football games across the Island in two frequencies. Stony Brook will have one game displayed on ESPN3 and two games under the NBC network with the possibility of a third one being added on Rivalry week. Additional games streamed online in the Patriot League Sports Network (vs. Colgate) and Stony Brooks own streaming service.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Schedule
Stony Brook joins the Colonial Athletic Association and will be facing eight conference opponents. The Seawolves will play a 12-game schedule, taking advantage of an NCAA rule that allows FBS teams to schedule 12 games in years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays. Originally, Stony Brook scheduled Boston College for the first week of the season, however, due to a schedule conflict with the ACC, Boston College was forced to drop Stony Brook and picked up Villanova. As a result, Stony Brook scheduled Penn in an organized scrimmage with eleven regular season games.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island
Stony Brook will travel to Kingston to open up their 2013 regular season against the Rams. Stony Brook looks to open up the season with a win for the second consecutive season while Rhode Island looks to earn their first victory since 2011 after a win less 2012 campaign. This will be the first ever meeting between both programs.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Stony Brook will travel to Amherst to face off against the Buffalo Bulls for the second time in three years. After a 35–7 loss at Amherst back in 2011, the Seawolves will look to upset their in-state SUNY rivals and even the series. Buffalo leads the all-time series 1–0.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Game summaries, Villanova
What will be an exciting rematch of the first round of the 2012 FCS playoffs. The Seawolves look to win their second game in as many matches against Villanova. As first year members of the CAA, Stony Brook will travel to Villanova Stadium to face-off against the preseason top-picked Wildcats. Stony Brook leads all time series 1–0.


2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team, Game summaries, Albany
Stony Brook will face Albany, on rivalry week, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium renewing a rivalry last played in 2011. Stony Brook and Albany previously played yearly as members of the Northeast Conference until 2007. Arguably the most heated rivalry between state universities in New York, Albany will look to continue its dominance of the series, while Stony Brook looks to extend their series streak after a 31–28 victory in the Football Championship Series playoffs in 2011. Albany leads the all-time series 9–5


2013 Strade Bianche
The 2013 Strade Bianche was the 7th edition of the international one-day cycling race Strade Bianche. The race was held on 2 March 2013, on the same route of the previous edition. The race started in Gaiole del Chianti and ended in Piazza del Campo in Siena.


2013 Strade Bianche
The race was won by Cannondale's rider Moreno Moser, the nephew of Francesco Moser. His team-mate Peter Sagan was second and Rinaldo Nocentini of Ag2r–La Mondiale was third. Moser attacked together with Juan Antonio Flecha with 17 km to go, chased down the four fugitives Michael Schär, Maxim Belkov, Giairo Ermeti and Aleksejs Saramotins, and attacked again for a solo breakaway on the final climb in the last kilometer.


2013 Strade Bianche, Teams
The start list includes 17 teams – 11 ProTeams and 6 Professional Continental Teams – and a total of 136 riders. Among them were the 2012 winner Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack–Leopard), Cannondale talents Peter Sagan and Moreno Moser, the 2006 Milan – San Remo winner Filippo Pozzato of Lampre–Merida, the 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) and the 2009 Vuelta a España winner Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team.


2013 Strathcona County municipal election
The 2013 Strathcona County municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Alberta Legislative Assembly passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.


2013 Strathcona County municipal election
The citizens of Strathcona County, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight councillors (one from each of eight wards), five of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (three from subdivision #2, and one from each of subdivisions #3 and #4), and five of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (supporters in Sherwood Park and Fort Saskatchewan). Strathcona County includes Sherwood Park, an urban service area deemed equivalent of a city.


2013 Strathcona County municipal election, Results, Public School Trustees
The Elk Island Public School Board consists of nine trustees, one from Lamont County, two from Fort Saskatchewan, three from Sherwood Park (subdivision 2), one from Strathcona County north (subdivision 3), one from Strathcona County south (subdivision 4), and one from the County of Minburn No. 27.


2013 Strathcona County municipal election, Results, Separate School Trustees
The Elk Island Catholic Separate School Board consists of seven trustees, four from Sherwood Park, one from Camrose, one from Vegreville, and one from Fort Saskatchewan.


2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season
The 2013 season was Strømsgodset's 7th season in Tippeligaen following their promotion back to the top flight in 2006. It was Ronny Deila's sixth season in charge, and he led them to their first Tippeligaen title since 1970. In the cup they were knocked out by 2. Divisjon side Asker and they were knocked out of the UEFA Europa League by Jablonec in the 3rd qualifying round after beating Debreceni in the 2nd round.


2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Squad
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2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2013 Strømsgodset Toppfotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2013 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
The 2013 StuSells Oakville Tankard was held from September 5 to 8 in Oakville, Ontario as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events were held in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$34,000, of which the winner, Brad Jacobs, received CAD$8,000, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$24,000, of which the winner, Sherry Middaugh, received CAD$5,000.


2013 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
Jacobs successfully defended his title by defeating Kevin Koe with a score of 4–3, while Middaugh defeated Cathy Auld with a score of 5–4 in an extra end.


2013 StuSells Toronto Tankard
The 2013 StuSells Toronto Tankard was held from October 11 to 14 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's event was held as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour, while the women's event was held only as part of the 2013–14 Ontario Curling Tour. The men's event was held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's event was held in a round robin format.


2013 StuSells Toronto Tankard
The purse for the men's event was CAD$45,000, of which the winner, Glenn Howard, received CAD$15,000, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$15,000, of which the winner, Allison Flaxey, received CAD$5,000. In the men's final, Howard defeated Mike McEwen with a score of 6–3, while in the women's final, Flaxey defeated Mary-Anne Arsenault with a score of 6–2.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500
The 2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 3, 2013, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 316 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the second race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Carl Edwards of Roush Fenway Racing won the race, his first win in 70 races. Jimmie Johnson finished second while Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Background
Phoenix International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway. The standard track at Phoenix International Raceway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's first two turns are banked from 10–11 degrees, while the third and fourth turns have an 8–9 degree banking. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 3 degrees, and the back stretch has a 10–11 degree banking. The racetrack has seats for  55,000 spectators.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Background
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 47 points, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. stood in second with 42 points. Mark Martin and Brad Keselowski followed in third and fourth with 41 points each, and was one ahead of Ryan Newman in fifth. Greg Biffle with 38 was one point ahead of Danica Patrick, as Michael McDowell with 35 points was one ahead of J. J. Yeley and Clint Bowyer. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with nine points, three points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford was in the third position with four points. Denny Hamlin was the race's defending winner.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Background
The race was the first of the season to remove roof cameras to lessen turbulent air impact, and will be removed for two-thirds of the points races.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race on March 1 and March 2, 2013. The first session lasted 85 minutes long, while the second was 55 minutes long. The third session lasted for 50 minutes. Matt Kenseth was quickest with a speed of 137.023 miles per hour (220.517 km/h) in the first session, 0.047 miles per hour (0.076 km/h) faster than Kyle Busch. Martin was just off Kyle Busch's pace, followed by Hamlin, Carl Edwards, and Johnson. The session was paused temporarily after debris prompted a caution.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-three cars were entered for the qualifying session held on March 1. Martin clinched his fifty-sixth pole position of his career, with a time of 26.073 seconds, which was a new race record. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kasey Kahne. Johnson qualified third, Kyle Busch took fourth, and Gordon started fifth. Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Hamlin, Kenseth, and Newman rounded out the first ten positions.


2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Report, Post-race
On March 7, NASCAR fined Denny Hamlin $25,000 for saying that the then-new Gen 6 cars did not race as well as the previous-generation car, citing difficulty passing. Because Hamlin publicly refused to pay the fine, NASCAR instead took $25,000 off his race  winnings instead.


2013 Sudan Premier League
The 2013 Sudan Premier League is the 42nd edition of the highest club level football competition in Sudan. Al-Hilal are defending champions.


2013 Sudan floods
Continuous and heavy rains in much of Sudan, starting in early August 2013, resulted in flood damage in at least 14 of 18 Sudanese states. Over 300,000 people are reported to have been affected, with over 25,000 homes reported destroyed. Government agencies report that nearly 50 people have been killed.


2013 Sudan floods, Flooding
As of 22 August 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 320,000 people, or families, are affected. On 19 August, the WHO had estimated that about 250,000 people have been forced from their homes, with the Ministry of Health reporting 45 deaths and 70 injuries. Property damage was reported in 14 of the 18 Sudanese states and the WHO stated concern about the effect to public health of the collapse of an estimate 53,000 pit latrines. Flash floods continued to pose a danger in late August 2013.


2013 Sudan floods, Flooding
The states affected are Khartoum, Northern, River Nile, Gezira, Red Sea, Sennar, North Kordofan, Gedaref, North Darfur, Blue Nile, White Nile and South Darfur, Kassala, and South Kordofan, according to the Ministry of Health. The Humanitarian Aid Commission further reports affected populations in Abyei and West Kordofan.


2013 Sudan floods, Flooding
The capital Khartoum was reported to be suffering its worst flooding in 25 years, after flash floods struck urban areas earlier in August. While Khartoum is vulnerable to flash floods because of poor drainage and urban planning, the 2013 floods were particular severe. More than 15,000 homes in Khartoum are reported destroyed, with thousands more damaged. The most damage in Khartoum occurred in Shar El-neel, Ombadah, and Karari. In Blue Nile, floods from heavy rains destroyed almost 12,000 houses in Damazine, El Roseires, Giessan, and Bau, with Damazine reporting the most damage.


2013 Sudan floods, Discrepancies in reported numbers
There are discrepancies between the numbers of affected given by different Sudanese agencies. The Ministry of Health estimates 66,895 affected households, while the Humanitarian Aid Commission estimates 105,964 households, as of 22 August 2013. Assuming five people per Sudanese household, the HAC estimate implies 530,000 affected individuals.


2013 Sudan floods, Response
The Government of Sudan is leading and coordinating the emergency response. The Humanitarian Aid Commission activated the National Flood Task Force on 18 August. There has been public criticism of the government response. MP Al-Fadil Hag Suleima, head of the parliamentary subcommittee on Legislation and Justice, accused the administration of Omar al-Bashir of negligence in its response to the floods, and also stated that the states' governments were locating houses on flood plains for financial gain.


2013 Sudan floods, Response
Sudanese bloggers have been harshly critical, accusing the Khartoum state government of hiring companies associated with the ruling National Congress Party to build failed sewage and infrastructure projects. In response, two Khartoum state ministers accused Facebook bloggers of being "seculars" do not believe in the "act of God." The public outcry over the government response is seen as giving fresh energy to attempts to ignite an "Arab Spring-style uprising."


2013 Sudan floods, Response
Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, the United States, South Korea, Ethiopia, Germany, Japan and Egypt have pledged humanitarian aid to flood victims. In response to the floods,a youth-led initiative called "Nafeer" was founded by Dr Amjed Farid and Gesr Centre to assist victims.


2013 Sudirman Cup
The 2013 Sudirman Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the Sudirman Cup. It was held from May 19–26, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 31 teams have confirmed their participation, for the second time, twelve teams competed in the elite group to battle for the title.


2013 Sudirman Cup, Host city selection
Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne submitted bids for 2013 Sudirman Cup. On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation awarded the championships to Kuala Lumpur after Melbourne withdrew its bid and making Kuala Lumpur as the sole candidate.


2013 Sudirman Cup, Seedings
The seedings for teams competing in the tournament were released on March 7, 2013. It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world ranking. The tournament was divided into three groups (initially four groups, but because of South Africa withdrawn, Philippines and Kazakhstan redrawn to enter Groups 3), with twelve teams in the elite group competing for the title. Eight teams were seeded into second groups and ten teams were seeded into third groups. The draw was held on May 7, 2013.


2013 Sudirman Cup, Group 1, Knockout stage
The draw for the quarterfinals was held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on May 21, 2013.


2013 Sudirman Cup, Group 1, Play-offs
The draw for the Play-offs was held on May 30, 2013.


2013 Sudirman Cup, Group 1, Play-offs, Bracket
• Singapore and  Hong Kong are relegated to Group 2


2013 Sudirman Cup Group 1 group stage
This article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2013 Sudirman Cup Group 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2013 Suffolk County Council election
Elections to Suffolk County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009.


2013 Suffolk County Council election
Labour and the Conservatives were the only parties with candidates standing in all sixty-three electoral divisions.


2013 Suffolk County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2013 Suffolk County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
The Conservative Party won a total of 39 seats, a net loss of sixteen, retaining  a reduced overall majority of three seats. The Labour Party regained their position as the largest opposition party, making a net gain of 11 seats. The UK Independence Party also made gains, winning nine seats on the County Council. The Liberal Democrats lost seats to the Conservatives and to Labour, winning the same number of seats as they won in 2005, seven. Three independent candidates were elected, while the Green Party retained their two seats.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
Results across the county were far from uniform. In the Suffolk Coastal district area, the Conservatives held their own, and in the Babergh district they actually made a net gain of 1 seat (Hadleigh) from the Liberal Democrats.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
Mid Suffolk saw just one seat (Stowmarket South) change hands by a single vote, with UKIP gaining from the Conservatives. The Conservatives also made a net loss of two seats in St Edmundsbury after losing two seats to UKIP in Haverhill and one to an Independent in Bury St Edmunds, but then regained Hardwick from the Liberal Democrats. In other districts, however, the Conservatives lost significant ground. In Ipswich, they were reduced to a sole representative in the town after losing 4 seats and thus reversing the gains they had made in the 2009 election. After almost wiping the board in 2009, the party also suffered major losses in Waveney with 7 seats transferring to Labour and UKIP. A further two divisions switched from Conservative to UKIP in Forest Heath.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
Labour made a strong recovery in Ipswich, with the party almost completely recovering from its heavy losses in the town in 2009 and returned to the Council with its best cohort since 2005 taking 10 of the 13 seats. The party also made a modest recovery in the Waveney area with a further 5 gains from the Conservatives. This though, was still 4 seats short of the 9 seats they secured in 2005. In other areas of the county, the Labour recovery failed to gain traction. They won no seats in Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury, which all had Labour councillors until 2009.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
The Liberal Democrats made losses in three of the four seats where their incumbent councillors were not seeking re-election but held the seven seats where they had sitting councillors.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
The Green Party retained its two seats with increased majorities in each, but were unable to add to their tally.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Summary
Independent councillors Richard Kemp and Trevor Beckwith retained their seats, and were joined by David Nettleton, who gained one of the Tower seats in Bury St Edmunds from the Conservatives.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation
With 39 seats and a third successive victory, the Conservatives were able to form a working majority of 3 in the new Council, with Cllr Mark Bee (Beccles) elected as Council Leader. Cllr Mark Bee retired as Leader in May 2015 and returned to the back benches. He was subsequently replaced by Cllr Colin Noble (Row Heath), who narrowly defeated rival Cllr Jenny Antill (Cosford) in the ensuing leadership election.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation
The Conservatives' majority was cut to 1 in May 2016 with the loss of Haverhill Cangle to UKIP. Four months later, Hadleigh was gained by the Liberal Democrats in a further by-election and the Conservatives lost their overall majority although continued to run the Council as a minority administration for the remainder of its term.


2013 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation
Labour leader Sandy Martin (St John's) became leader of opposition, and David Wood (Peninsula) became Lib Dem group leader.


2013 Sugar Bowl
The 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game featured the Florida Gators of the SEC and the Louisville Cardinals of the Big East. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM ET. Louisville was selected to their first Sugar Bowl after a 10–2 regular season that culminated in a share of the Big East title. Florida was picked as the other half of the matchup following an 11–1 campaign.


2013 Sugar Bowl
As two touchdown underdogs, the Louisville Cardinals beat the Gators 33–23. In recognition of his performance during the game, Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was named the game's most valuable player.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams
The 2013 Sugar Bowl marked the third meeting between Florida and Louisville, with Florida holding a 2–0 advantage coming into the game. The previous meeting was on October 24, 1992, in a 31–17 win for the Gators.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Florida
Florida started the season with 7 straight wins before suffering their only regular season loss against rivals Georgia. The Gators ended the season 11–1 and were SEC Eastern Division Co-Champions. Because of their loss to Georgia, Florida did not play in the 2012 SEC Championship Game against Alabama. However, because Alabama was playing in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, Florida was selected as an at-large pick to replace Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Florida
Florida came into the game with one of the nation's best defenses. In the regular season, Florida allowed an average of only 12.9 points per game, which was third in the FBS, and allowed only 5 passing touchdowns while making 19 interceptions. The Gators' defense was led by first-team All-America safety Matt Elam. On offense, the Gators were led by All-SEC running back Mike Gillislee, who came into the game with 1,104 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Florida
This was the Gators' 9th Sugar Bowl appearance; they had previously appeared in the 2010 game against Cincinnati, where they won 51–24. Florida had a 3–5 record in the Sugar Bowl coming into the game.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Louisville
Louisville started the season with a 9–0 record before dropping back-to-back games against Syracuse and Connecticut. In their regular season finale, the Cardinals were able to beat Rutgers 20–17 in a come from behind victory to clinch a share of the final Big East title. Louisville ended the season with an overall record of 10–2.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Louisville
Louisville entered the game averaging 31 points and 425.67 yards of offense per game. The Cardinals offense was led by Big East Offensive Player of the Year Teddy Bridgewater, who came into the game with 3,452 yards passing yards and 25 passing touchdowns. Louisville's ground game was led by running backs Jeremy Wright and Senorise Perry, who combined for 1,445 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, First half
Louisville scored on the first offensive play of the game when Louisville cornerback Terell Floyd intercepted Jeff Driskel and returned the ball 38 yards for a touchdown. Louisville further extended their lead to 14–0 on a 1-yard touchdown run by Jeremy Wright. Florida finally got on board in the second quarter with a 33-yard field goal from Caleb Sturgis to make it 14–3. Louisville responded with a 27-yard field goal from John Wallace to make it 17–3. After forcing Florida to punt, Louisville extended their lead 24–3 on a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to DeVante Parker. Florida was able to close the gap towards the end of the second quarter on a 4th down, 1-yard touchdown run from Matt Jones to make the score 24–10 going into halftime.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Second half
Florida opened the second half on with an onside kick. However, Florida was unable to recover the onside kick, giving Louisville the ball at Florida's 19-yard line following personal foul penalties on Florida. Taking advantage of the good field position, the Cardinals scored on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Teddy Bridgewater to Damian Copeland. The extra point was blocked, however, giving Louisville a 30–10 lead. Louisville had a few more opportunities in the third quarter to extend their lead. The Cardinals defense recovered a fumble at Florida's 4-yard line.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Second half
However, after Bridgewater was sacked twice on drive, placekicker John Wallace missed a 43-yard field goal. After forcing Florida to punt on the ensuing drive, Louisville was able to drive to Florida's 9-yard line. However, after an illegal block penalty that backed up the Cardinals to the 24-yard line, John Wallace's 41-yard field goal attempt was blocked.


2013 Sugar Bowl, Game summary, Second half
Early in the 4th quarter, Florida drove to Louisville's 9-yard line. Florida came up empty, however, after Louisville's Andrew Johnson intercepted Jeff Driskel in the endzone. Taking advantage of the interception, Louisville extended their lead to 33–10 on a 30-yard field goal from John Wallace. On the ensuing kickoff, Florida's Andre Debose returned the ball 100 yards to cut the lead down to 33–17. After forcing Louisville to punt, Florida was able to cut further into the lead on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Driskel to Kent Taylor. Florida's two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful, however, making the score 33–23 with 2:13 left in regulation. Florida was unable to recover the ensuing onside kick, and Louisville was able to hold on for the victory after getting a 1st down.


2013 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The 2013 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 22nd edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held from 9–17 March 2013 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Australia was the winner after defeating Malaysia in the final.


2013 Sultan of Johor Cup
The 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup was the third edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup. It was held in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 22 to 29 September 2013.


2013 Sultan of Johor Cup
The number of teams for this year’s cup is the same compared to the previous tournament where six teams competed.


2013 Sultan of Johor Cup
India defeated Malaysia 3–0 in the final match to win the cup.


2013 Summer Deaflympics
The 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 2013 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 22-ра лятна глуха олимпиада), was an international multi-sport event that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013. The marathon had been held before in Füssen, Germany on 21 July. Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with Copenhagen, which has hosted two Summer Deaflympics.


2013 Summer Deaflympics
The 2013 games was to be held in Athens, Greece, but the city decline the hosting rights citing no Organising Committee for the event and economic turmoil in the country.


2013 Summer Deaflympics, Sports
The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:


2013 Summer Tour
The 2013 Summer Tour was a co-headlining tour by American bands Matchbox Twenty and the Goo Goo Dolls. Beginning in June 2013, the tour supported the band's albums, North and Magnetic respectively. The tour included more than 30 dates in the United States and Canada.


2013 Summer Tour, Background
After the California Mid-State Fair announced their 2013 concert lineup, media outlet began to speculate of the joint tour between the two bands. They were later paired for the Ravinia Festival. Rob Thomas confirmed the outing on March 15, 2013, during an interview on 96.5 TIC FM. Thomas explained many summer tours are a "package deal" and feels it more fun to tour with others. He continued to say, "You are putting together that whole night of music from the minute people sit down. You want to have what is going to feel like a whole night that everybody is going to enjoy [… ] It's not going to be one band for one group of people, and one band for another".


2013 Summer Tour, Gross
Total available gross: 413,418 tickets sold, $15.5 million from 42 shows


2013 Summer Tour, Critical reception
The tour received good feedback from music critics. For the concert in Saratoga Springs, Andrew Champagne (The Saratogian) stated the show was energetic and crowd pleasing. He went on to say, "The three acts combined to play for over three hours and provided plenty of high points on a gorgeous summer evening, The fans in the pavilion and on the lawn were all too happy to oblige". At the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Nick Krewen (Toronto Star) gave the show three out of four stars.


2013 Summer Tour, Critical reception
He writes, "Their musicianship was solid, if not spectacular, songwriter Johnny Rzeznik, relied more on the strength of the songs than their reliance on technology". Katie Foglia (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) called the show at the First Niagara Pavilion overwhelming. She explained, "After the sun faded, an introductory video hit the screens. The energy was palpable. although marketed as co-headliners, it became clear that the Goo Goo Dolls just started the show—and Matchbox Twenty ended it".


2013 Summer Tour (Toni Braxton)
The 2013 Summer Tour was the third concert tour by American pop/R&B singer Toni Braxton. The tour kicked off in Las Vegas on August 9, 2013 and ended in Atlanta on August 31, 2013. Toni's sisters, Trina and Towanda Braxton, were featured on the tour as background singers.


2013 Summer Universiade
The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade, was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 university athletes from 162 countries participated in 13 mandatory and 14 optional sports, making the 2013 Universiade the biggest ever in the history of the event. For the first time in history a Cultural Universiade was also included, with many festivals and shows held simultaneously with the sporting events. The Universiade was organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and by the authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan.


2013 Summer Universiade, Bidding process
Kazan had bid twice for the Universiade; the first attempt was for the 2011 Summer Universiade, but Kazan lost to Shenzhen by just two votes. The city applied again for the 2013 Summer Universiade, and won the right to host the Universiade.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Transportation
Prior to the Universiade, Kazan International Airport was totally rebuilt as a hub, the new Kazan-2 transit rail-bus terminal was built, the old Kazan-1 rail terminal was rebuilt, and the fast rail aeroexpress with Siemens trains was inaugurated between the Kazan-1 rail terminal downtown and the airport.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Transportation
Zones of activity of the Universiade were connected by renewed highways with two-level flyovers, including the completed "Big Kazan Ring" with a new LRT (fast tram). In addition, a Kremlin bridge over the Kazanka River was rebuilt. The key transportation connector to the sporting and other venues from the Universiade Village was the Kazan Metro (subway) that had been built in 2005 and was expanded before the Universiade.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Transportation
A large part of design works was carried out by JSC Institute Tatdorproject (autoroads, pedestrian crosses, transport junctions), Roszheldorproject (arrangement of intermodal transportation),  Energoprojekt (reconstruction of Kazan International Airport), etc.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Transportation
The Cultural Universiade was held in the Cultural Park at Palace Square downtown near the Kazan Kremlin, at various theatres and performance venues in the Kremlin, and at other places throughout the city.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Venues
A total of 27 new stadia were built as venues for the event. The Games used 64 venues in all, 36 of which were constructed specifically for the 2013 Summer Universiade. The 64 venues were concentrated in 4 zones across the city of Kazan. These included the area of Pobeda Avenue with the Kazan Area, the Aquatics Palace of Water Sports, the Combat Sports (Boxing) Palace, and the area of Orenburgsky Trakt where the Universiade Village was located, as well as the Tennis Academy and Gymnastics Palace. In addition, many sports venues for training functions were located elsewhere in Zarechye (Novo-Savinovsky and Airbuilders districts), and some of them in downtown Kazan.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Universiade Village
The Universiade Village is a residential neighborhood for 14,500 residents that was constructed within the Kazan Federal University campus to house competitors and officials during the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade. Nearly 400 sporting and cultural events have been staged on the campus since it opened its doors in 2010. Shortly after the first move-in phase, an open-air step aerobics marathon was held that brought together up to 1,000 Universiade Village residents. The campus had already hosted football, volleyball, and chess championships that can rightfully be called ‘international’ as a number of international students competed in them.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Torch relay
The length of the relay was about 104,000 kilometers, and 2,013 torchbearers were enlisted to participate in the relay. After touring through 51 cities on five continents, the torch arrived in Vladivostok on 24 January, and on 25 January, the Russian leg of the Universiade torch relay began. The Russian section of the Universiade Torch Relay was held between January and July 2013. The Universiade Torch Relay celebrations took place in 30 cities across Russia, as well as 44 cities and towns of municipal districts of Tatarstan. The torch arrived at the Kazan Arena on the night of 6 July for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Medals
A total of 351 sets of medals were distributed during the two weeks of the competition. The medal design featured a globe emblazoned with the emblem and logo of the Universiade, and surrounded by a circle featuring the slogan of the Universiade.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Opening and closing ceremonies
The 2013 Summer Universiade opening and closing ceremonies were held on 6 and 17 July 2013, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Premier Dmitry Medvedev in attendance accordingly. The ceremonies took place in the new Kazan Arena stadium with a seating capacity of 45,000 people.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Opening and closing ceremonies
Notable songs performed during the opening ceremony, composed by Igor Krutoy include;


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Opening and closing ceremonies
In the handover segment of the closing ceremony, the Korean branch of the boy group EXO performed their hit song "Wolf", the title track from their first full-length album XOXO, at the closing ceremony while Russian artists as Serebro and Zemfira made a huge shows.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Sports
For the first time in the history of the Universiades, twenty-seven sports were included in Kazan 2013.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Sports
The optional sports chosen were badminton, beach volleyball, belt wrestling, boxing, canoeing, chess, field hockey, rugby sevens, sambo, shooting, synchronized swimming, rowing, weightlifting, and wrestling. Of the optional sports chosen, belt wrestling, boxing, sambo, rugby sevens, and synchronized swimming made their debut at the 2013 Summer Universiade.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Participants
A total of 162 nations were officially entered prior to the opening ceremony. In the list below, the number of athletes from each nation is given in parentheses. The largest national teams were from Russia, Ukraine, Canada, the U.S., Poland, Japan and China.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Medal table
In 18 May, 2017, the rankings of the Women’s Heptathlon and 1,500m were updated further to the suspension of two Russian female athletes by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the medal table is changed. :


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Medal table
On August 8, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the disqualification of several athletes who participated in the competition due to the retesting of the anti-doping exams, with which several medals are redistributed.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Medal table
Russia got almost half of gold medals and more than a quarter of all medals. This is more than any other nation in this games and in the history of Universiades. The media explained this by the fact that the Russian team featured nineteen reigning Olympic champions, who were listed as students, more than all other teams taken together, in an apparent attempt to make a good impression in Russian language media. There were 67 Universiade records, 38 of them set by Russian athletes.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Medal table
On 19 July 2013, Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian athletes, and responded to criticism by saying that all critics of Russia’s achievements should take Viagra.


2013 Summer Universiade, The games, Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2013 Summer Universiade is shown as follows:


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Logo, emblem and mascot
Every Universiade logo must contain the Latin letter "U", designating a sporting event held under the auspices of the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The logo of the 2013 Summer Universiade represents a vertical rectangular design that comprises the words "Universiade", "Kazan", "Russia", "2013" and the five stars of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Logo, emblem and mascot
The emblem of the 2013 Summer Universiade takes its origin from an image of a tulip, a common element of Tatar ornaments that symbolizes revival.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Logo, emblem and mascot
Uni, a kitten rendering of the symbolic winged snow leopard, was chosen as the mascot for the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade. The winged snow leopard is the national symbol of the Republic of Tatarstan. A stylized version of this creature is represented on Tatarstan’s coat of arms.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Slogan
Each Universiade host city chooses a slogan for their edition of the Games, according to their ideals and goals, and as approved by FISU. The slogan of the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade was ‘U are the world’, which has two meanings: ‘You are the world’ and ‘Universiade is the World’.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Partners
The League of Partners was founded in November 2010 to ensure a multilateral partnership between business circles and the Kazan 2013 Organizing Committee. The League includes the companies that signed partnership agreements with the Executive Committee of the 27th World University Summer Games. The main mission of the League of Partners is to enlist the support of corporations through a partnership contract with the Kazan 2013 Executive Committee, and also to consolidate all efforts under the unified vision of the Universiade. To achieve that, the partner companies were to implement joint projects aimed at further developing specialized industries that will be part of the Kazan 2013 legacy.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Tickets
Tickets price ran between 700 and 6000 Russian rubles for the opening and closing ceremonies, and 30 to 200 RR for sporting events. Tickets began to be sold on the Internet one year before the Universiade.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Media support
Some 1,200 journalists from 170 countries were assisted by the Main Press Center (MPC), the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) at Kazan Arena, and the International Info Center at Universiade Village.


2013 Summer Universiade, Marketing, Media support
The games were televised by Eurosport as well as by 12 other international and 3 Russian TV networks.


2013 Summer Universiade, Legacy
After the Universiade, the venues and stadia were to be consigned over to high schools and universities of Kazan, to children and youth sport schools, and to Olympic reserve schools. The Universiade Village was to be integrated into the main campus of the Federal University system.


2013 Summer Universiade, Legacy, Coins
The Central Bank of Russia issued commemorative coins dedicated to the 27th Summer Universiade Kazan 2013, including silver 3-ruble and 25-ruble, and gold 50-ruble, coins along with 10,000 ruble coins soon to appear in the banks of Russia. The Bank also planned to put into circulation two kinds of 10-ruble base-metal coins to mark the Universiade. These commemorative coins are accepted without limitation for all types of payment as legal tender in the Russian Federation.


2013 Summer Universiade venues
The 2013 Summer Universiade, held in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, used a large number of new and reconstructed venues for the various events, residential complexes for the athletes, and transportation infrastructure.


2013 Summer Universiade venues, Universiade Village
The Universiade Village is a reception, accreditation, accommodation and information centre of the Games. Village will host over 13,000 people. Total area of the residential zone is 274,000 sq. metres. It was built mainly in 2010-2011


2013 Summer Universiade venues, Sport venues
All venues (except Skeet shooting Centre in Verkhneuslonsky District) are situated in Kazan city.


2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester, Michigan. Nebraska–Omaha was not eligible. South Dakota State claimed their first tournament championship and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament. Nebraska–Omaha, in its first year in the Summit League and second at the Division I level, was not eligible for the tournament due to NCAA reclassification rules.


2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Daniel Telford of South Dakota State was named Tournament Most Valuable Player, recording a pair of doubles and driving in the only run of the championship game.


2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the 2013 post-season tournament for Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. The tournament took place March 9–12, 2013 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Only Nebraska–Omaha was ineligible for the 2013 tournament due to its NCAA Division I transition. Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used when necessary.


2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure
The following rules define the tiebreaking procedure for The Summit League tournament. If there are multiple ties, the ties shall be broken in descending order. Once a tie is broken using the procedures below, it shall remain broken for purposes of all future comparisons. Tiebreaker procedures are used only to determine seeds for the league tournament.


2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Two-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between two teams:


2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Tiebreaking procedure, Multiple-team tiebreaking criteria
The following criteria is applied to break ties between more than two teams:


2013 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship was held at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 9 March until 12 March.


2013 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament, Player honors
Most Outstanding Player - Nicole Seekamp (South Dakota)All-Tournament Team - Gabby Boever, South Dakota State; Ashley Eide, South Dakota State; Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota (MVP); Tempestt Wilson, South Dakota.


2013 Summit League men's soccer season
The 2013 Summit League men's soccer season will be the 8th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The venue for the 2013 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament has yet been announced.


2013 Summit League men's soccer season
The defending regular season champions are the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, but the school left for the Horizon League at the end of the 2012–13 school year. The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the defending tournament champions.


2013 Summit League men's soccer season, Summit League Tournament
The format for the 2013 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament will be announced in the Fall of 2013.


2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at M. L. Tigue Moore Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana from May 22nd to May 26th, 2013. The tournament returned to the double-elimination format used prior to the two year experiment with pool play in 2011 and 2012. Florida Atlantic won their first tournament championship and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Florida Atlantic joined the conference in 2006, and left for Conference USA after the 2013 season.


2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage before playing a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket then played a championship final. Troy claimed the top seed over South Alabama and Louisiana–Lafayette earned the third seed over Western Kentucky by tiebreaker.


2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Brendon Sanger was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Sanger played for Florida Atlantic.


2013 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 8 to March 11 at the Summit Arena and the Convention Center Court. The Tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The Semifinals games was televised on the Sun Belt Network, with the championship game on ESPN, on Monday March 11.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
The 2013 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 13th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2013 season, Sun Belt football consisted of eight members: Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, and WKU.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
This was the first season for two teams in Sun Belt football; and the final season of Sun Belt play for a third. Georgia State was one of the six charter members of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976, but left the league in 1981, 20 years before the conference began sponsoring football in 2001 and nearly 30 years before the school started its football program in 2010. The Panthers returned to the Sun Belt in 2013 during a major wave of realignment that dramatically affected the conference. Also joining the Sun Belt in 2013 was Texas State, which left the WAC after only one season in that league. WKU was in its last season of Sun Belt play, as it will join Conference USA in 2014.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
Due to NCAA transitional rules, Georgia State, coming from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association, was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play. South Alabama and Texas State, which both began transitions from FCS in 2011, were now eligible for postseason play and a conference championship.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, Award watch lists
The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, Sun Belt Media Day, Coaches Poll
Louisiana-Lafayette & ULM tied for conference pre-season champions. Louisiana-Lafayette is listed as #1 because of 1st place votes.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
All Sun Belt teams are located in the Central Time Zone except for Georgia State, which is in the Eastern Time Zone. Start times for non-conference games are local for the Sun Belt team; for conference games, starting times are local for the home team.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Bowl games
In 2013, the SBC placed 2 teams in bowl games, while 5 other teams were bowl-eligible but not selected for bowl games. The conference went 2-0 with Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette both winning.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, All-Sun Belt/American Team
Honorable Mention: Arkansas State: Adam Kennedy, Chris Stone; Georgia State: Ulrick John, Joseph Peterson; Louisiana-Lafayette: Jacob Maxwell, Dominique Tovell; Louisiana-Monroe: Kolton Browning, Centarius Donald;  South Alabama Jay Jones, Aleem Sunanon ; Texas State: David Mayo, Mike Orakpo; Troy: Jordan Chunn, Bryan Holmes; Western Kentucky: Willie McNeal, Forrest Lamp.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, All-Sun Belt/American Team, All-Americans
Western Kentucky's Antonio Andrews was named 1st team All-American by SI for All-Purpose team.


2013 Sun Belt Conference football season, Home attendance
†Western Kentucky played first game at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee vs. Kentucky (Counted as home game). Total attendance, average attendance and percent of capacity figure calculated based only on games in L.T. Smith Stadium