2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, History
The 2014 Championship Game was the fourth held in the Big Ten's 119-year history, and the first to feature the conference's new division alignment of East and West. The first three games, in 2011, 2012, and 2013, were played under the previous division alignment of Legends and Leaders.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams
Multiple members of both teams' coaching staff have worked together in the past. In 2004 Gary Andersen, current-Badgers head coach, was the defensive line coach under Urban Meyer, then head coach of the Utah Utes. Together Utah finished the 2004 season 11-0. After that season Meyer became head coach for the Florida Gators and Gary Andersen became defensive coordinator for the Utes. Ohio State's co-offensive coordinator Tom Herman and Wisconsin's defensive coordinator Dave Aranda both attended college together, at California Lutheran University, and were roommates for a semester.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State
Ohio State came into the Big Ten Championship Game ranked #5 in the AP Poll. With their starting quarterback, redshirt freshman J. T. Barrett, out for the rest of the season after suffering a fractured ankle against Michigan the previous week, redshirt sophomore Cardale Jones would receive the first start of his career. The Buckeyes defense was led by Joey Bosa who was the 2014 Big Ten defensive player of the year.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State
With only one loss on their record, from Virginia Tech in week 2, OSU defeated Michigan State to take the lead of the Big Ten East division on November 8th.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State
The Buckeyes offense was ranked 5th in points scored with 44.1 points per game, and was fairly balanced with 246 passing yards per game compared to 257 rushing yards per game. The Buckeyes defense was ranked 29th in points against, allowing an average of 22.9 points per game.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
Wisconsin came into the Big Ten Championship Game ranked #11 in the AP Poll. The Badgers were led by the 2014 Big Ten offensive player of the year, running back Melvin Gordon, who had set numerous school, Big Ten and NCAA records throughout the season and led the league in rushing yards (2,260) and touchdowns (26).


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
At the start of November the Big Ten West division was a four-way tie between the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Golden Gophers and Badgers. The Badgers clinched the Big Ten West division by defeating their rivals, Minnesota, in the last game of the season.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
The Badgers offense was ranked 15th in points scored with 37.5 points per game, and was centered around the rushing game which was 3rd overall with 334.3 rushing yards per game compared to their 147.8 passing yards per game which came in at 119th overall.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
Their defense, despite having to replace all front seven starters, was ranked in the top 10 for all four defensive categories, 2nd in total defense with 260.3 yards per game, 4th in scoring defense with 16.8, 8th in rushing defense with 103.8 yards allowed per game and 2nd in passing defense with 156.6 yards allowed per game.


2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Scoring summary
Kickoff time: 8:18 p.m. • End of Game: 11:54 p.m. • Total elapsed time: 3 hours 36 minutes


2014 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 13 through March 16, 2014 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament was the 16th annual Big Ten Tournament and third and final year to feature 12 teams. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Michigan in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Michigan State's fourth tournament championship (tying them with Ohio State for the most championships) and second championship in three years. Branden Dawson was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2014 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2013 Tournament.


2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the first tournament in conference history, and was played between March 20 and March 22, 2014 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The winner of the tournament was the Wisconsin Badgers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other on Saturday in the final.


2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2014 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 24th postseason tournament to determine the champion of the Big Ten Conference. The defending champion was Indiana. The tournament was held from November 8–16, 2014.


2014 Big Ten Softball Tournament
The 2014 Big Ten Softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 8 through May 10, 2014. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2014 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament from March 6 through March 9 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals games was televised on the Big Ten Network and the championship was on ESPN. Nebraska defeated Iowa to win their first Big Ten Title in women's basketball history. With that win, the Cornhuskers received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.


2014 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2013–14 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.


2014 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:


2014 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 13–15, 2014 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The champion Cal Poly Mustangs received the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2014 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight teams qualified for the 2014 Big West Tournament. In the semifinals, the highest seed played the lowest seed, while the remaining two teams matched up.


2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11–15, 2014. The first two rounds will take place at Walter Pyramid while the semifinals and championship will be at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight teams will qualify for the 2014 Big West Tournament. Seeds 1 & 2 receive a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 receive a single bye. The first round features 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest remaining seed moves on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moves on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The lowest remaining seed from the quarterfinals moves on to play seed 1 in the semifinals while the other remaining seed plays seed 2 in the semifinals.


2014 Bikini Basketball Association season
The 2014 Bikini Basketball Association season was the second season of the Bikini Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 21 and ended on August 23 with a championship series on September 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Illinois Heart went undefeated during the regular season and won their second consecutive BBA Championship.


2014 Bikini Basketball Association season, Regular season
The Houston Inferno, Miami Spice, and reigning league champion Illinois Heart franchises all returned for 2014. The league expanded to include a new team dubbed the Atlanta Storm. In late May, the league released its 2014 schedule with league play set to begin on June 21 and conclude on August 30. Each team was scheduled to play 6 games over 11 weeks with the league taking July 5 and August 9 as bye weeks.


2014 Bikini Basketball Association season, Regular season
However, the Miami Spice folded just before the season started and they were dropped from the schedule. This meant each remaining team was scheduled to play 4 games over 10 weeks with the season ending on August 23. Illinois ended the regular season a perfect 4–0, Houston split for a 2–2 record, and expansion Atlanta was winless at 0–4.


2014 Bikini Basketball Association season, Playoffs
The league announced a three-team playoff to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27, 2014. The Atlanta Storm hosted the Houston Inferno in the first round for the right to face the Illinois Heart in the Finals. Houston won the first game but fell to Illinois in the second, giving the Heart back-to-back BBA playoff championships.


2014 Bill Beaumont Cup
The 2014 Bill Beaumont Cup, also known as Bill Beaumont Cup Division One, was the 114th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organized by the RFU for the top tier English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 South or National League 2 North). The counties were divided into two regional pools with the winners of each pool meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. New counties to the competition were the two finalists from the 2013 County Championship Plate final – Northumberland (winners) and North Midlands (runners-up) who replaced Durham and Kent. Lancashire were the defending champions.


2014 Bill Beaumont Cup
The northern group was won by Lancashire, qualifying for their sixth successive final by winning all three games, although they had some stiff opposition from rivals Yorkshire and Cheshire on the way. They were joined by Cornwall, also making their second successive final, who won the southern section in a similar manner, with close wins against Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire getting them through. Both of the newly promoted counties, Northumberland and North Midlands, made an instant return as they were relegated to the 2015 County Championship Plate at the end of the competition.


2014 Bill Beaumont Cup
In what was a repeat of the previous seasons final, Lancashire once again defeated Cornwall. Cornwall who were looking to win the championship for the first time in 14 years, actually led 23-10 at half-time, but fell apart in the second, as a rampant Lancashire side scored four tries to finish as victors 38-26. Lancashire's outstanding player of the tournament was Fylde's Chris Johnson, who scored 60 points over the competition, including 4 tries, while Lewis Vinnicombe, playing for Truro in Tribute Western Counties West, was excellent for Cornwall with 4 tries overall.


2014 Bill Beaumont Cup, Competition format
The competition format was two regional group stages divided into north and south, with each team playing each other once. This meant that two teams in the pool had two home games, while the other two had just one. The top side in each group went through to the final held at Twickenham Stadium on 1 June 2014.


2014 Billboard Music Awards
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held on May 18, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM Central. The show was hosted by Ludacris.


2014 Billboard Music Awards
Justin Timberlake won 7 out of his 11 nominations, including Top Artist, Top Male Artist and top Billboard 200 Artist for The 20/20 Experience. Other winners included Imagine Dragons who won five of their 12 nominations and Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. scoring four trophies each. Lorde had 12 nominations. Katy Perry had 10 nominations, including top artist, top female and Hot 100 artist. Miley Cyrus received nine nominations, including top artist, top female, Hot 100 artist and top streaming artist. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had eight nominations, including top duo/group. At the ceremony, Jennifer Lopez received the Icon Award.


2014 Billboard Music Awards
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards had performances by Shakira, One Republic, John Legend, Lorde, Jason Derulo, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, among others. It was produced by Dick Clark Productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan were executive producers, with Barry Adelman, Mark Bracco, and Larry Klein as producers.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case
2014 Birbhum gang rape case involves a gang rape which took place on 21 January 2014 in Birbhum district of West Bengal. When a 20-year-old tribal girl of Subolpur village was gang-raped by a group of people, as a punishment ordered by Salishi Sabha, a village kangaroo court, for having affair with a boy of a different community.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case
On 19 September 2014, a district court found all 13 persons accused guilty and sentenced them to 20 years imprisonment, the minimum sentence under the section (376(D) of IPC.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Incident
The incident took place on 21 January 2014 at Subolpur (Subhalpur) village within Labhpur police station area in the tribal-dominated Birbhum district. Previously, on 20 January, "summoned" by the Salishi Sabha, the victim and her boyfriend were caught, and detained through the day and night, they allegedly tied to a tree and also assaulted. Next, they were ordered by the kangaroo court to pay a Rs 50,000 fine. When the girl was unable to pay the fine, the gang rape was ordered.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Incident
The Salishi Sabha, a kangaroo court was organised by the Gram Sabha, a village-level self-government institution, under the leadership of an elected Gram Panchayat leader. Sunil Soren, head of the Salishi Sabha also was involved in the rape.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Aftermath
After the incident received international news coverage, especially as it came three days after, Madhyamgram rape and murder case made headlines, where a 16-year-old girl employee of a fitness centre was gang-raped twice in a moving vehicle in Kolkata, in October 2013. Thereafter her family were hounded out of their home and then she was set ablaze at their new residence.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Aftermath
Soon, the Birbhum Superintendent of police C. Sudhakar was removed after the incident. The state governor, M. K. Narayanan called for a ban on such courts should be put down by all state governments.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Aftermath
Government of West Bengal banned kangaroo courts, especially among the tribal-dominated areas. Though there were some demonstrations by tribal leaders who claimed they were part of their tradition and such moves would constitute interference in the community's ways of dispensing judgment. On 24 January 2014, the Supreme Court of India directed the District Judge of Birbhum to submit a report. Then, on 28 March, setting a judicial precedent, the Supreme Court in suo motu notice directed the West Bengal government to take "concrete actions" in the case.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Arrests
While the girl was admitted at the local hospital in Suri, Birbhum for medical examination and treatment, her family lodged a complaint with Labhpur police station on 22 January. Subsequently, an FIR was registered, the police arrested 13 persons, including Balai Mardi (the oldest accused, age 58), Sunil Kisku allies Sunil Soren (35, the head of Salishi Sabha), Chana Mardi (25), Madan Mardi (29), Suresh Mardi (22), Kartik Mardi (age 20), Jetha Tudu (21), Lalu Murmu (26), Balu Tudu (57), Ram Soren (20), Jotha Mardi (50), Babon Mardi (the youngest accused, age 19) and Debraj Mondal. One of the suspects was absconding, but was subsequently nabbed. However, when the police first raided the village to make arrest, a section of villagers opposed and additional personnel were called in.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, Arrests
As the public response grew, a four-member forensic team from Kolkata visited the village and the spot and collected samples for forensic test, and took statement from the villagers about the incident.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, The case
On 18 April 2014, investigating officer Partha Ghosh, filed a 416-page charge sheet in the case at before at Bolpur court naming the 13 accused. Thereafter in July, they were charged under sections 364(A) (kidnapping for ransom), 342 (wrongful confinement), 376(D) (gang rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC, at Bolpur Court additional district and sessions judge, Siddhartha Roy Choudhury.


2014 Birbhum gang rape case, The case
On 19 September 2014,  additional district and sessions judge Siddhartha Roy Choudhury in his judgement found the accused guilty under 342 (wrongful confinement), 376(D) (gang rape) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC and sentenced them to 20 years imprisonment.


2014 Birmingham City Council election
The 2014 Birmingham City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Birmingham City Council election
All results are compared to 2010 as that is the term which expired in 2014.


2014 Birmingham City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2014 Birmingham City Council election, Results by ward, Longbridge
N.B. Cruise left the Labour Party in August 2015 and now sits as an Independent.


2014 Birthday Honours
The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2014 in the United Kingdom, on 9 June 2014 in Australia, on 2 June 2014 in New Zealand, on 14 June 2014 in Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia and Belize.


2014 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.


2014 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom
The 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours list was published on 14 June 2014 by The London Gazette.


2014 Birthday Honours, Australia
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2014 for Australia were announced on 9 June 2014.


2014 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 2 June 2014.


2014 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2014 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2014 Bitburger Open was the fifteenth Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany October 28 until November 2, 2014 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2014 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The 2014 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 90th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 16, 2014, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Javier Castellano, Stopchargingmaria won the race by a scant neck over runner-up Vero Amore. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:49 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club raised the purse to $500,000 for the 90th running. This made The Black-Eyed-Susan Stakes the third highest payout for a race restricted to three-year-old fillies. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.79. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 34,756. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was the second best crowd ever for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day behind only 2013.


2014 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election
The 2014 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Blain by-election
A by-election for the seat of Blain in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 12 April 2014. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member and former Northern Territory Chief Minister Terry Mills. Mills resigned in reaction to being removed as CLP leader and Chief Minister in March 2013 in a party room coup by Adam Giles. The CLP margin in the Palmerston-based seat was 13.2 points.


2014 Blain by-election
On 3 April 2014, a week after the writ was issued for the by-election, three indigenous CLP MPs resigned from the party and moved to the crossbench. Had the CLP failed to hold Blain, it would have been reduced to a minority government and would have needed the support of at least one of the four independents to stay in office. Although Blain was a comfortably safe CLP seat on paper, the average swing against governments at by-elections in greater Darwin/Palmerston was 12 per cent.


2014 Blain by-election
An NT News face-to-face poll of 200 voters in Blain took place from 8 to 10 April which indicated a 12-point swing away from the CLP.


2014 Blain by-election, Results
A recheck of all election night counts was conducted on Sunday 13 April, and early distribution of preferences was carried out on Tuesday 15 April. Final vote figures were published by NTEC on the evening of 22 April—the deadline for arrival of postal votes.


2014 Blain by-election, Results
The CLP claimed victory on election night, with the night's count indicating they had retained the seat by a 3.2 per cent margin on a two-party-preferred basis, with a 10 per cent swing against them. The official declaration of the poll took place on the morning of Wednesday 16 April 2014. Despite coming close to winning the seat, Bahnert was not again the ALP candidate for Blain at the 2016 election.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
The 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fourth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 21 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 1000 km Nürburgring events.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
The main trophy of the series, the Pro Cup for drivers, was won by Laurens Vanthoor of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT squad; Vanthoor won each of the last two races to be held during the season, winning at Spa with René Rast and Markus Winkelhock at the Nürburgring with César Ramos and Christopher Mies. Vanthoor finished 36 points clear of his nearest rivals, Steven Kane, Andy Meyrick and Guy Smith, driving a Bentley for M-Sport. The trio also won two races during the season, at Le Castellet and Silverstone. The season opening round was won by ART Grand Prix, with drivers Grégoire Demoustier, Álvaro Parente and Alexandre Prémat. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT were the winners of the teams' championship, finishing 32 points clear of M-Sport and HTP Motorsport.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
Despite not winning a race over the course of the season, Scuderia Villorba Corse drivers Stefano Gai and Andrea Rizzoli were the winners of the Pro-Am Cup. Francesco Castellacci finished in third position; having been a part of the Villorba Corse line-up with Gai and Rizzoli earlier in the season, Castellacci contested the final round with AF Corse. The highest-placed race winners were Henry Hassid and Nick Catsburg, who finished fourth in the championship, as the only crew to win more than one event in the Pro-Am Cup.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
Scuderia Villorba Corse won the teams' championship, three points ahead of TDS Racing. AF Corse's Peter Mann and Francisco Guedes won the Gentlemen Drivers' Trophy, finishing eight points clear of GT Corse by Rinaldi pairing Alexander Mattschull and Frank Schmickler, who won three races to the single victory of Mann and Guedes. AF Corse also denied GT Corse by Rinaldi the teams' title, by just a single point.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series, Calendar
In November 2013, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2014 calendar. The calendar was the same as the previous season. The race at Circuit Paul Ricard was held on Saturday evening, finishing in night-time conditions.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series, Championship Standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.


2014 Blancpain Endurance Series, Championship Standings
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


2014 Blancpain GT Series
The 2014 Blancpain GT Series season was the first season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 2 November in Baku. The season featured twelve rounds, five Blancpain Endurance Series rounds and seven Blancpain Sprint Series rounds.


2014 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.


2014 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


2014 Blancpain GT Sprint Series
The 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series is the second season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the first with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.


2014 Blancpain GT Sprint Series, Calendar
The series will start at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France on 21 April and end at Baku World Challenge in Azerbaijan on 2 November. The seven-event calendar contained largely the same events as FIA GT Series, with the addition of races at Brands Hatch in the Great Britain and Algarve in Portugal, and the pullout of Circuito de Navarra, Spain.


2014 Blancpain GT Sprint Series, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. The pole-sitter in the qualifying race also received one point, entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2014 Blaublitz Akita season
2014 Blaublitz Akita season. The annual club slogan was "挑". The headquarters and practice facilities were transferred from Nikaho to Akita.


2014 Blaublitz Akita season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Blekinge county election
Blekinge County in Sweden held a county council election on 14 September 2014 on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2014 Blekinge county election, Results
There were 47 seats, the same number as in 2010. The Social Democrats won the most seats at 19, a loss of one seat.


2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election
The 2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held June 14, 2014 to choose a successor for Daniel Paillé who resigned on December 16, 2013 due to health reasons.


2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election
Voter turnout in the election was 58.5%, up from the 2011 leadership election, with approximately 19,000 members voted by telephone to elect Daniel Paillé's successor.


2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election, Official candidates
Candidates who have submitted the $15,000 registration fee and 1,000 signatures gathered from at least 25 ridings.


2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election, Official candidates, Mario Beaulieu
Bealieu argues that the BQ should more strongly emphasize Quebec independence and accuses Bellavance of wanting to water down sovereignty to win votes.


2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election, Official candidates, André Bellavance
Has said that for the Bloc to revive itself it must become more than a coalition of sovereigntists.


2014 Bloomington Edge season
The 2014 Bloomington Edge season was the team's ninth overall, third as the Bloomington Edge and second as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL). One of nine teams in the CPIFL for the 2014 season, the Edge finished the regular season with a 5-7 record, failing to qualify for the postseason.


2014 Blossom Cup
The 2014 Blossom Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Quanzhou, China, on 3–9 March 2014.


2014 Blossom Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Blossom Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Irina Buryachok and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but both players decided not to participate.


2014 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Chan Chin-wei and Xu Yifan won the title, defeating Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2014 Blossom Cup – Singles
Varatchaya Wongteanchai was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but lost in the first round to Dalila Jakupović.


2014 Blossom Cup – Singles
Zarina Diyas won the tournament, defeating Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season
The 2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season is the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2014 Bluegrass Warhorses season
The franchise was first announced in May 2013. Owner Eric Taylor announced that the Warhorses would be playing at the Alltech Arena on the grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park. In July, it was announced the Warhorses would be a member of the Continental Indoor Football League. Harry Lewis was introduced in August as the team's first head coach. In March 2014, the team's financial troubles forced the cancellation of its last four home dates, and moved the league to try to arrange sufficient road dates to allow the team to complete the season.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl
The 2014 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2014 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The first edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, it featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies. The game began at 6:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Marshall beat Northern Illinois by a score of 52–23.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams
This was the eighth overall meeting between these two teams, with Northern Illinois previously leading the series 4–3. The previous time these two teams met was in 2001.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
After finishing the regular season with a 12–1 record and winning their first Conference USA championship over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 26–23, the Thundering Herd accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
This was Marshall's second Florida bowl game; they had previously won the 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, defeating the FIU Panthers by a score of 20–10.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Northern Illinois Huskies
After finishing the regular season with an 11–2 record and winning the MAC Championship Game over the Bowling Green Falcons by a score of 51–17, the Huskies accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl.


2014 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Northern Illinois Huskies
This was Northern Illinois' second bowl game in South Florida; in their most high-profile game to date, they had appeared in the 2013 Orange Bowl, losing to the Florida State Seminoles by a score of 31–10.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season
The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fifth for the  Boels Dolmans Cycling Team, which began as the Dolmans Landscaping Team in 2010. The main new rider for the team was the Time Trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk, after have ridden 5 years for Specialized–lululemon. After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead won also the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later three times in second place in the later World Cup races and keeping the lead in the overall World Cup classification. In begin April, after a solo of 30 km Ellen van Dijk won the Tour of Flanders World Cup race.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Roster
The main new rider for the team was Ellen van Dijk. The Dutch world time trial champion who finished third in the UCI world Ranking and third in the overall World Cup signed a three years contract for Boels–Dolmans after have ridden 5 years for Specialized–lululemon.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, February: Qatar
The team started the season with the Ladies Tour of Qatar in February. Lizzie Armitstead finished in fifth place in stage 1 and finished second in stage 3.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, March – April: Classic races
In the first classic race of the season, the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Armitstead was part of the front group of three riders, who made it to the finish together. She lost the sprint and finished third. A few days later, Ellen van Dijk finished fourth in the 2014 Le Samyn des Dames. The first victory for the team was at the Omloop van het Hageland. Armitstead had broken clear with Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) and edged her out in a two-way sprint.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, March – April: Classic races
It was her first victory since winning the British national title in June 2013 and her first win at an international race since a previous triumph at Omloop van het Hageland in March 2012. On 13 March Armitstead finished third at the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo. Two days later was the first world cup race of the season, the Ronde van Drenthe. With 16 km to go, after riding the VAM mountain for the last time, Van der Breggen (Rabobank/liv) got an advantage of over 1' 30" on the chasing group.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, March – April: Classic races
Ellen van Dijk closed about the whole gap and launched Armitstead who rode to Van der Breggen. Armitstead outsprinted Van der Breggen in the final and won the race. Armitstead said after the race that it was her best achievement after winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and thanked Van Dijk for chasing down Van der Breggen. At the end of the month, on 30 March, was the second World Cup race, the Italian Trofedo Alfredo Binda. Both Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead where part of the front group. Van Dijk was the lead out for Armistead in the sprint who finished second behind Johansson. Van Dijk finished eighth. On the same day was Gent–Wevelgem where Janneke Ensing finished second.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, March – April: Classic races
On 7 April Ellen van Dijk won the World Cup race Tour of Flanders after a solo of 30 kilometres. Van Dijk attacked on the Kruisberg and built up an advantage of over a minute on the chasers Armitstead, Johansson (Orica-AIS) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Hitec Products). Behind Van Dijk, Armitstead won the sprint of the chasing group ahead of Johansson. According to Van Dijk it was after her time trial victory at the World Championships in 2013, her major victory of her career. At the Energiewacht Tour the team had several podium spots, without winning a stage.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, March – April: Classic races
Armitstead finished second in stage 1 and third in stage 2 and 4. In stage3b, a team time trial over 15.1 km, the team finished second behind Specialized–lululemon. At the World Cup race La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Armitstead was one of the fastest riding up the final hill but was beaten just before the finish line on the top by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo Liv). It was her third consecutive second place in a World Cup race. Ellen van Dijk closed with a 10th place the top-10. At the end of April, Ellen van Dijk won for the third consecutive the time trial at the Omloop van Borsele. The day afterwards Van Dijk finished third in the road race that ended with a bunch sprint.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, May
At the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs begin May, Ellen van Dijk finished second in the prologue, two seconds behind Marianne Vos. Apart from that the stage race didn't bring really results for the team. On the same day of the prologue Nina Kessler finished third at the Ronde van Overijssel. In the inaugural Brititsh Women's Tour, Armitstead had between stage 2 and stage 4 the red jersey for the best British rider, but lost it in the last stage to Lucy Garner.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, May
After stage 4 Emma Trott announced that she would retire from professional cycling after the inaugural Women's Tour ends on 11 June. She didn't want to be a professional cyclist anymore and moved to New Zealand. At the same time The Women's Tour took place, Megan Guarnier was in Mexico for the Pan American Cycling Championships. She won the bronze medal in the time trial on 8 May and two days later the silver medal in the road race. Later the month she also won the silver medal in the road race at the United States National Road Race Championships.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, May
The main riders of the team didn’t go to China for the Tour of Chongming Island World Cup and the Tour of Chongming Island (stage race), including World Cup leader Armitstead  and Ellen van Dijk. Kessler was the best rider of the team in the World Cup race and finished 17th. At the end of May, at the Boels Rental Hills Classic sponsored by the team sponsor, Ellen van Dijk and Katarzyna Pawłowska were part of front group that consisted of six riders. At the end of the race the front group consisted of three riders including Van Dijk. With an uphill finish, Van Dijk lost the sprint from Johansson (Orica-AIS) and finished second ahead of Amy Pieters (Giant-Shimano). Van Dijk won the mountain classification of the race.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, June: Spain and National Championships
After the recon of the World Championships courses in Ponferrada, the team started in the Spanish Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria. After the last climb of the race, Lizzie Armitstead was at the front with only a few rirders. At the finish Armitstead was beaten by Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv) and finished second. A few days later started the stage race Emakumeen Euskal Bira. Armitstead finished fourth and second in the first two stages and Megan Guarnier finished twice fifth in the later two stages, concluding with the sixth place overall.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, June: Spain and National Championships
At the end of the month were the national championships in Europe. Christine Majerus won in Luxembourg both the time trial and the road race. In the Netherlands, the teams' home county, Ellen van Dijk finished second at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, only 0.02 seconds behind Annemiek van Vleuten (Rabo Liv). Katarzyna Pawłowska also finished second at the national time trial championships in Poland. Armitstead won bronze at the British National Road Race Championships.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, July: Stage races
The team aimed with Megan Guarnier for a top-5 in the overall standings at the Giro d'Italia Femminile. After the prologue where Ellen van Dijk finished eight, Guarnier finished fifth in the first stage. She was in eighth position in the general classification and climbed up to the fifth place after stage 2. After losing time in stage 6, she was in tenth place in the overall standings. However, she rode strong in stage eight where she finished 5th and climbed up to the 7th place in the general classification where she also ended after the concluding ninth stage.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, July: Stage races
Other riders of the team started the day afterwards in the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, where the team was on the podium after almost every stage. Christine Majerus finished second in the prologue behind Lisa Brennauer. Demi de Jong was the best youngest rider. Lizzie Armitstead won the first stage beating Lisa Brennauer and Evelyn Stevens both from Specialized–lululemon on the line. She took the lead in the points and mountains classification. Romy Kasper won in her own neighborhood stage 2, including the combatitive award, after beating her breakaway companion Reta Trotman. It was for Kapser her first international victory.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, July: Stage races
Armitstead finished third. De Jong lost after this stage the best young rider's jersey. In stage 4, Armitstead rode again clear with Stevens, but this time she lost from her on the line and finished second. In the fifth stage Armitstead won the bunch sprint behind the breakaway group of two riders. After the final stage 6 Armitstead finished second in the general classification. After keeping the points classification jersey after stage 2 and losing her mountains classification jersey a few times, Armitstead both won the overall points and mountains classification. The team also started in the BeNe Ladies Tour with as best results a fourth place in the final stage 2b for Megan Guarnier.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, July: Stage races
At the first edition of the La Course by Le Tour de France, on the same course and same day as the last stage of the men's Tour de France, Ellen van Dijk attacked multiple times and was the only women who was able to get clear for a few laps with a maximal advantage of over half a minute. Besides of her Armitstead and Kasper attempted to ride away from the peloton, but none were successful. The race ended with a bunch sprint. Armitstead felt in the last kilometre and the team did not finish in the top-10.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, August–September
At the Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT, the team finished third in the team time trial, with a good prospect of the team's goal to win a medal at the World Championships. In begin September Ellen van Dijk won the time trial of the Boels Rental Ladies Tour, with a 12 seconds gap over her main rival Lisa Brennauer. Her first international time trial victory of the season. With the other stages ending in a bunch sprint and sprinters winning the bonification seconds, Van Dijk finished third in the general classification.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, Season, August–September
A final time trial test for Ellen van Dijk before the World Championships was the Chrono Champenois ITT. Halfway the 33.40 kilometres (20.8 miles) time trial she had a 39 seconds advantage over Hanna Solovey, but she finished second 8 seconds behind her because she lost about a minute after riding the wrong direction.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, UCI World Ranking
The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.


2014 Boels–Dolmans season, UCI World Ranking
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team finished third in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.


2014 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2014 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Bryan Harsin and played their home games at Albertsons Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 12–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division championship. They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions. As the highest ranked team from the "Group of five", they received an automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Arizona. It was the Broncos third appearance and victory in the Fiesta Bowl.


2014 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, at UConn
The first meeting between the two schools ended with Boise taking the win. Boise State would take the early lead with a fumble recovery from Tanner Vallejo for a touchdown. Boise State would trail in the second quarter 7–10, but Boise State QB Grant Hedrick would throw a touchdown pass to Matt Miller to take the lead again. UConn would close the gap to 3 points in the third quarter and headed into the fourth quarter trailing by 3, but Jonathan Moxey made a key fourth quarter interception, stepping in front of UConn's Deshon Foxx at the UConn 37-yard line.


2014 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, at UConn
That led to a 9-yard touchdown pass from Hedrick to Miller in the back of the end zone. Boise State would get their second interception with four minutes left in the fourth quarter, this time by Donte Deayon who ripped the ball from receiver Geremy Davis and ran 50 yards down the right sideline for the score thus sealing a 38–21 Boise State victory.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500
The 2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 65th running of the event that traces its lineage to the 1957 Rebel 300, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on April 12, 2014, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race was contested over 374 laps – extended from 367 laps due to two attempts at a green–white–checker finish – on the 1.366 miles (2.198 km) oval, it was the eighth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500
Kevin Harvick of Stewart-Haas Racing won the race, his second win of the season and first at Darlington, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five. The race was also the first Darlington race won by a polesitter since Dale Jarrett, in the 1997 Rebel (then a 400-mile race). The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (8th), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (23rd). It was the longest race in Darlington Raceway history.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Previous week's race
Joey Logano passed Jeff Gordon on the final lap to score the victory in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. "Talk about a lot of emotion," Logano said. "You feel like you are about to win the race and then the caution comes out when you come to take the white and you’re like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.'" “That was a great battle,” said Gordon. “At one point I thought we had a shot at it. We got a pretty good restart.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Previous week's race
Joey was right on me and I was pretty loose in one and two, and I wish I had gone a little bit higher in three and four. But, he got that run off of four and he got in the back of me, and I thought I was going to wreck, so at that point I was like second would be good."


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Report, Background
Darlington Raceway is a four-turn 1.366 miles (2.198 km) oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people. Matt Kenseth was the defending race winner after winning the 2013 race.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the Bojangles' Southern 500 was released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 9:07 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four drivers were entered for the race.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, First practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.679 and a speed of 177.665 mph (285.924 km/h). Kyle Larson was forced to go to a backup car after hitting the wall in turn 1.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, Second practice
Ryan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.447 and a speed of 179.167 mph (288.341 km/h).


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 26.802 and a speed of 183.479 mph (295.281 km/h). “I was on the bottom all day in practice and Rodney felt like in order to get the pole you were going to need to run the top after we ran our first run,’’ Harvick said. “That is the driver in him that is why he is good to have sitting there watching because he knows what is going on and he can relay.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying
Also having Tim Fedewa up on top as a former driver knowing what is going on to relay what you need to do. We moved up and picked up in the second (session), felt like I didn’t roll through there fast enough. In the last (session), felt like I rolled through there pretty good. It all worked out. Knockout qualifying paid off for us today. We were able to save the best for last.” Harvick's car had to go through tech inspection three times before he could take his car onto the track for qualifying.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying
“It just seemed like the machine was a little bit off there for qualifying,’’ Rodney Childers said of NASCAR’s measuring device. “A lot of people had left-rear toe issues. We rolled through the first time and saw what it was and did what we always do to fix that amount, and we rolled back through again and it read the same thing again, which it shouldn’t have. It’s part of the process. It’s up to the teams to get it right. Different teams have different tools in order to know whether they’re going to be good or not.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying
We haven’t got the right tools developed yet to know that. It’s something we’ve got to work on at (Stewart-Haas Racing). NASCAR works hard every week to try to get their machine closer and closer and more consistent. It’s a two-way street. We’ve got to do a better job.’’ The only driver that failed to qualify was David Reutimann.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race began at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time with Kevin Harvick leading the field to the green flag. He didn't hold the lead for long as Joey Logano passed him to take the top spot.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The first caution of the race flew on lap 41 after rookie Ryan Truex slammed the wall in turn 3. David Ragan stayed out to lead a lap when Gordon pitted. Ragan made his stop the next lap and Gordon assumed the lead.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted on lap 47 and Kevin Harvick took the lead for the first time on the restart.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The second caution of the race flew on lap 59 after Travis Kvapil slammed the wall in turn 3. Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the lead by taking just two tires while Harvick took four.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted on lap 64 and Matt Kenseth took over the lead from his teammate.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The third caution of the race flew on lap 93 after rookie Michael Annett slammed the wall in turn 2.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 125 after rookie Cole Whitt slammed the wall in turn 1. David Ragan also slammed the wall in turn 2.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Kevin Harvick surrendered the lead on lap 180 to make his pit stop. Brad Keselowski took over the lead.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Keselowski ducked onto pit road on lap 183. Kasey Kahne assumed the lead.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 201 after Paul Menard slammed the wall in turn 1. Kahne swapped the lead with Kevin Harvick on pit road with the former stall being behind the start/finish line, but he exited as the leader.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted on lap 208 and Harvick took over the lead.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Austin Dillon and A. J. Allmendinger rubbed together in turn 2. Allmendinger's left-rear tire began rubbing real bad. He was saved by the sixth caution of the race on lap 222 after Aric Almirola clipped Danica Patrick and spun out in turn 2. Brian Vickers exited pit road with the lead thanks to taking two tires.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Debris in turn 2 brought out the seventh caution of the race on lap 247. Vickers swapped the lead with Jeff Gordon with the former pitting at the entrance of pit road. He exited pit road as the leader.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The eighth caution of the race flew with 96 laps to go for debris on the backstretch after Paul Menard slammed the wall exiting turn 2. Greg Biffle exited pit road as the leader thanks to taking just two tires.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted with 89 laps to go and Kevin Harvick took the lead.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
While trying to enter pit road with 49 laps to go, Brian Vickers spun out and about blocked the entrance. He was almost rammed by Marcos Ambrose trying to get his car facing the right direction. He did get it going the right direction, but had to come back down pit road to serve a drive-through penalty not passing to the inside of the pit road commitment line.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. assumed the lead when Harvick made his stop with 46 laps to go, but he missed the entrance to pit road and did not lead a lap. With 44 laps to go, Kasey Kahne took his car to the garage after slamming the wall in turn 2.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The ninth caution of the race flew with ten laps to go after Joey Logano's engine expired. Jimmie Johnson exited pit road as the leader by taking just two tires. Denny Hamlin was busted for speeding and had to drop to the tail end of the field.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Debris in turn 3 that came from the No. 32 of Travis Kvapil brought out the tenth caution of the race with three laps to go. With the caution falling this close to the end, the race went into overtime.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Even though the inside line had been the preferred line all night, Johnson chose to restart on the outside. The race restarted with two laps to go on the first green-white-checker attempt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the lead from his teammate. They only made it half a lap before the caution flew for the eleventh time after Kurt Busch lost his momentum exiting turn 2, got turned by Clint Bowyer and slammed the inside wall head on.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
The race restarted with two laps to go on the second green-white-checker attempt. Earnhardt got an excellent start to get ahead of Harvick, but Kevin with four tires passed Dale on two and took the victory. “This is the one race I told Rodney (Childers, crew chief) I wanted to win,” said Harvick. “We were able to put it all together, but this is the Southern 500, this is as big as it gets in NASCAR racing. It feels great.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
It’s allowed us with the way the points system is to go for wins and not have to worry about the bad weeks too much,” he said. “Really proud for these guys and looking forward to the last 10." “It's a little disappointing to come that close because I know I don't really run that well here and the opportunities to win are going to be very few compared to other tracks,” said Earnhardt Jr. “It hurts a little bit to come that close because we worked so hard to try to win races.


2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, Race
Running second is great but nobody is going to really remember that. But we're proud of it.” “Yeah, just very happy to finish there in the top three,” said Johnson. “I thought we had a shot at a win. I think if things stayed green after our last pit stop, we had a good chance at it, good shot at it. I'm happy with (crew chief) Chad's (Knaus) decision to go with two, and there were enough cars that took two that it gave us a little bit of a cushion, maybe enough of a cushion to make it four or five laps there.”


2014 Bolivarian Beach Games
The 2014 Bolivarian Beach Games, officially the II Bolivarian Beach Games, is an international multi-sport event held from December 3-12, 2014 in Huanchaco, Peru. Peru also hosted the inaugural edition in 2012, with Lima as the host city. Athletes from six Bolivarian countries and three invited countries (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Paraguay) participated in these Games.


2014 Bolivarian Beach Games, The Games
The Games took place in Huanchaco Sport Center, a sport complex already used for 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo.


2014 Bolivarian Beach Games, The Games, Mascot
Huanchaquin is the mascot for this edition of Bolivarian Beach Games. Created by designer José Raúl Quiroz Flores, the mascot is inspired from caballito de totora.


2014 Bolivian general election
General elections were held in Bolivia on 12 October 2014, the second to take place under the country's 2009 constitution, and the first supervised by the Plurinational Electoral Organ, a newly created fourth branch of government. Incumbent President Evo Morales was re-elected for a third term.


2014 Bolivian general election
Bolivian voters elected the President and Vice President of the Republic, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Senate, as well as the five first directly elected deputies to the Andean Parliament.


2014 Bolivian general election, Background
In April 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the first term of President Evo Morales did not count towards constitutional term limits as the constitution of Bolivia had since been amended. On 20 May, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera signed a bill into law in the presence of MPs, members of the armed forces and Movement for Socialism representatives. He said: "President Evo Morales is constitutionally permitted to run for re-election in 2015." This was despite Morales not having made an announcement to run. Unnamed opposition leaders said they would appeal the ruling in trying to overturn it.


2014 Bolivian general election, Background, Election schedule
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said in November 2013 that it is considering holding the election in October 2014, so any second round of presidential voting could take place in December, the traditional month for presidential elections. The TSE formally convened the election for 12 October 2014. Registration for new voters opened on 10 May and ran through to 9 June. Formal inter-party alliances needed to be finalized by July 14 to appear on the ballot. Campaign advertising was permitted only from 12 September to 8 October. Bolivia observes limits on electoral activity in the days immediately preceding an election, and special restrictions on election day.


2014 Bolivian general election, Electoral system
The president was elected using a modified form of the two-round system; a candidate would be elected in the first round if they received over 50% of the vote, or if they received over 40% of the vote and were at least 10 percentage points ahead of their nearest rival. If neither threshold were, a run-off was planned for 7 December.


2014 Bolivian general election, Electoral system
Each of the nine departments had four Senators, whilst the 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies were elected from 63 single-member districts (uninominal) and 60 from multi-member (plurinominal) districts. The number of seats in each department was apportioned according to their population, as determined by the 2012 national census.


2014 Bolivian general election, Electoral system
Senators and deputies in the plurinominal seats were elected based on parties' vote share in the presidential contest. Deputies from the uninominal seats were elected by a separate vote. In cases of an exact tie in the uninominal seats, a run-off would have been held on 9 November. Indigenous or Campesino seats were chosen by the usos y costumbres of minority groups.


2014 Bolivian general election, Electoral system
Each candidate was required to have an elected alternate from the same party. All candidate lists had to alternate between men and women; in the uninominal districts, the alternates were required to be from the opposite gender.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates
Five parties (including one party alliance) contested the presidential elections.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Movement for Socialism
Sitting President Evo Morales Ayma and Vice President Álvaro García Linera are seeking re-election, following victories in 2005 and 2009. Their candidacy was endorsed by the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (MAS-IPSP) at its 18th anniversary gathering in March 2013 and its Seventh General Congress in October 2013.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Without Fear Movement
The center-left Without Fear Movement (MSM) nominated party founder, and 2000–2010 Mayor of La Paz Juan del Granado as its candidate for president on November 11, 2013. Both the party and its candidate were allies with the first Evo Morales administration, and the MSM ran on a joint slate with the MAS-IPSP in the 2009 election, but the alliance ruptured shortly afterwards.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Democrat Unity Coalition
The largest opposition parties—the Democrats (MDS), National Unity Front (UN; convener of the Broad Front), and Without Fear Movement—held a variety of talks discussing possible alliances from late 2013 through June 2014. On June 17, the Democrats and National Unity announced the formation of the Democrat Unity Coalition (Spanish: Concertación Unidad Demócrata; CUD). CUD's candidates for president and vice president were UN leader Samuel Doria Medina and Ernesto Suárez, respectively. Suárez is the former governor of Beni and leader of the Beni First party, which collaborated in the formation of the MDS.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Democrat Unity Coalition, Democrat Social Movement
Rubén Costas, governor of Santa Cruz department, founded the Democrat Social Movement to contest the 2014 elections. The party fused Costas' Truth and Social Democracy (VERDES) party, Renewing Freedom and Democracy (Libertad y Democracia Renovadora; LIDER), and Popular Consensus, although the merger was not legally recognized. Costas was chosen as the party's presidential nominee at its National Congress on December 15, 2013. However, the party entered into an alliance with the National Unity Front, and supported the latter group's candidate Samuel Doria Medina.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Democrat Unity Coalition, Broad Front
National Unity Front, the party led by Samuel Doria Medina, named its alliance for 2014 the Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio). Doria Medina, a presidential candidate in 2005 and 2009, was the presumed candidate for the Front for months. On December 23, 2013, the Broad Front and the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) signed an agreement to present a common candidate, to be selected by an internal primary election. Leaders of both parties said they were seeking a coalition with the Democrats and the Without Fear Movement.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Democrat Unity Coalition, Broad Front
On April 19–20, 2014, the Broad Front held a poll of its members in the nine departmental capitals of Bolivia. Doria Medina received a majority of 69% among the 2,652 people polled, making him the party's official presidential candidate. Other candidates participating were: indigenous leader Rafael Quispe of CONAMAQ, political scientist Jimena Costa and MNR faction leader Erick Morón. While the party did not officially announce the vote totals received by other contenders, the newspaper La Razón reported that Costa received 14%, Quispe 10%, and Morón 6%.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Christian Democratic Party
Former president Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party, which had recently been part of the PODEMOS opposition front. His running mate was Tomasa Yarhui, a lawyer and former Minister of Campesino Affairs.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Green Party
The Green Party, led by Margot Soria Saravia and affiliated with the Global Greens, sealed an alliance with the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu (CONAMAQ) to campaign jointly for the 2014 elections. CONAMAQ leader Rafael Quispe had considered heading the ticket, but he publicly stated that his organization's goal is not to win the presidency but to gain independent representation in the Plurinational Assembly: "God willing I am wrong, but I don't think that we will arrive to power yet in 2014, as we have discussed [among ourselves].


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Green Party
We could put in assembly members and those assembly members will have to work for a Plurinational State and in [the] 2019 [elections] we would arrive in power to transform the Colonial State into a Plurinational State." The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia separately committed to contest the elections in alliance with CONAMAQ, and independently of the MAS and other major parties (Without Fear, National Unity, or Social Democrat).


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Green Party
On June 26, the Green Party finalized its candidates: Fernando Vargas, leader of the indigenous communities of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory for president, and Margot Soria Saravia for vice president.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Other alliances among parties
Official alliances between parties allow for joint candidates and ballot lines. These must be finalized by the July 14 deadline for candidacies. Aside from the Democrat Unity Coalition, other political forces engaged in alliance talks.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Other alliances among parties
The largest opposition parties—the Democrats (MDS), National Unity Front (UN; convener of the Broad Front), and Without Fear Movement—held a variety of talks discussing possible alliances from late 2013 through June 2014. In the end, the Democrats and National Unity were able to reach an agreement, while the Without Fear Movement remained separate.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Other alliances among parties
Seven smaller parties—Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Nationalist Democratic Action, New Republican Force, Civic Solidarity Union, Front for Victory, Andean Amazonic Power, and Colla Power—reported progress towards a common alliance on June 18. The bloc would be called United for Bolivia (Unidos por Bolivia), and a congressional deputy involved in alliance talks promised it would be finalized on June 25. Several of these parties—Nationalist Democratic Action, New Republican Force, the faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement led by Johnny Torres, as well the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB), and New Citizen Power (NPC)—threw their support behind the Christian Democrats and candidate Jorge Tuto Quiroga.


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Eligible parties
As of November 2013, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal deemed twelve political parties eligible to participate in the election at a national level:


2014 Bolivian general election, Parties and candidates, Eligible parties
Eleven further applications were still being considered as of November 9, 2013.


2014 Bolivian general election, Policy issues, Energy policy
The incumbent MAS-IPSP has proposed building a nuclear power plant, while the opposition Christian Democrats and Without Fear Movement oppose the development of nuclear energy. The Christian Democrats describe the move as dangerous and likely to generate international opposition, while the Without Fear Movement describes a power plant as a megaproject "that will leave nothing for the people."


2014 Bolivian general election, Opinion polls
An unnamed poll in April 2013 suggested in an hypothetical race Morales would get 41% and Samuel Doria Medina would get 17% of the vote. A poll conducted by Página Siete in February 2014 showed Morales would get 45.7% of the vote, Medina would get 13.4%, Rubén Costas would get 9%, and Juan del Granado would get 4%. According to poll conducted by Ipsos in August 2014 Evo Morales would get 59% and Samuel Doria Medina would get 17% of the vote.


2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, along with the European Parliament elections, 2014. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2018.


2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
21 seats were contested, including 2 seats in the Horwich and Blackrod ward following the resignation of Labour councillor Lindsey Kell. The Labour Party won 13 seats, the Conservatives won 5 seats, UKIP won 2 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.


2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:


2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2014 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Horwich and Blackrod ward
Two seats were up for election. Stephen Pickup will have to stand again for election in 2016 and Alan Bury in 2018.


2014 Bonaire League
The 2014 Bonaire League season was the 46th season of the Bonaire League.


2014 Bonaire League, Teams
Nine teams compete in the league with SV Juventus defending its title from the 2013 season. The number of teams for 2014 remains the same with no relegation or promotion from the previous season. All clubs play their games at Stadion Antonio Trenidat in Rincon. The stadium has a capacity of 1,500 people.


2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival was held June 12–15, 2014 in Manchester, Tennessee, United States, and marked the 13th time the festival has been held since its inception in 2002.


2014 Boodles Challenge
The 2014 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 17 to 21 June 2014 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 13th edition of the Boodles Challenge. Robin Haase won the title.


2014 Boodles Challenge, Participants
On 23 May, the tournament organisers announced a list of 10 players that would participate in the tournament:


2014 Boodles Challenge, Results, Day 3 (19 June)
1Djokovic withdrew from the match to prevent further injury to his right wrist, in order to be able to compete at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.


2014 Bosnian general election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October 2014. Voters elected the national Presidency and House of Representatives, as well as the Presidents and legislatures of the two entities.


2014 Bosnian general election
While Bosniak Bakir Izetbegović was the only member of the tripartite presidency to be re-elected, Serb Mladen Ivanić was chosen as the first president. Izetbegović said: "In the next four years, I expect the presidency to be a strong engine driving this country forward on the path of reform toward reaching our most important goal — to become a rightful member of the union of free and democratic European nations." Ivanić said that "people in Bosnia-Herzegovina are exhausted and tired of quarrels and confrontations, trapped in a vicious circle of economic crisis, enormous unemployment. They are depressed from a lack of ideas on how this situation could change. This must change." He further added that everyone's interest was served by cooperating with both the United States and Russia.


2014 Bosnian general election, Electoral system
The three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In Republika Srpska voters elect the Serb representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and Croat members.


2014 Bosnian general election, Electoral system
The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.


2014 Bosnian general election, Results, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Representatives
Reg . - Mandates from regional electoral units; Com. - Mandates from compensation listsSource -


2014 Boston Breakers season
The 2014 Boston Breakers season, is the club's ninth overall year of existence, fifth consecutive year, and second year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.


2014 Boston Breakers season, Club, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Boston Breakers season, Standings, Results summary
Last updated: August 3, 2015Source:Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2014 Boston Breakers season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper


2014 Boston Brownstone fire
On March 26, 2014, at 2:42 p.m., a nine-alarm fire broke out in a four-story brick row house at 298 Beacon Street in the Back Bay of Boston. Two Boston Fire Department firefighters died fighting the blaze: Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh, 43, of West Roxbury, and Firefighter Michael Kennedy, 33, of Hyde Park. Lieutenant Walsh was from BFD Engine Company 33 and FF. Kennedy was from BFD Ladder Company 15. The fire also injured eighteen others, including thirteen firefighters. The fire was believed to have been started by welders working on a nearby iron railing. On June 9, 2014, a report was released concluding that Walsh and Kennedy's deaths were both accidental.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire
Firefighters responded at 2:42 p.m., where a fire was spreading upward from the basement fanned by winds traveling at 40 miles per hour. Deputy Fire Chief Joe Finn, the incident commander, reported that the bodies of two firefighters were found in the basement of the building. The fire companies that both men were assigned to were the first to arrive at the scene. Firefighters then rushed into the building to rescue residents from the upper floors while Walsh and Kennedy ran with a hose down to the basement, where the fire was believed to have originated. The District Fire Chief in charge ordered a second alarm immediately.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire
A basement window had broken open and allowed high winds to further fuel the fire, which scorched at both men. Two to three minutes into the incident, the men placed a "Mayday" call over their radios signaling they were trapped. Despite rescue efforts, it took about half an hour to recover Kennedy, who was then transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Another 13 firefighters were injured during the search, though their injuries were not life-threatening. A small explosion knocked a number of firefighters down a staircase inside the row house, causing burns and musculoskeletal injuries. It took firefighters until the evening to recover Walsh, who was pronounced dead at the scene.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire
Some of the apartments' residents were rescued from the top floor of the brownstone building, but none were hurt. The fire marks the first time a Boston firefighter has been killed on the job since 2009. Among those who witnessed the fire was Tom Brady, who decided to evacuate with his wife after watching it unfold from their neighboring home.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire, Timeline
Below is a timeline of events that took place prior to and during the fire.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire, Cause
The firefighters died after the fire, aided by strong winds, trapped them in the basement of the brownstone and prevented their colleagues from rescuing them. It has also been suggested that the 45-mile-per-hour winds which helped fuel the fire also triggered an explosion, which also trapped them in the basement. The precise reason the firefighters died after getting trapped remains unknown, but one proposed scenario involves the fire burning through their hose line, cutting off their ability to fight the fire around them.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, The fire, Cause
On April 4, a number of fire officials, including Boston Fire Commissioner John Hasson, blamed the fire on sparks originating from welding being done on a nearby iron railing. The welders, according to these officials, were operating without a permit and apparently tried to warn others after the fire started. However, the welders did not call 9-1-1, which prompted Ken Donnelly and other Massachusetts politicians to call for criminal charges to be brought against the welding company.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, Aftermath
The funeral for Walsh was held on April 2, 2014, at St. Patrick's Church in Watertown, Massachusetts. Thousands of firefighters attended the service, as did Archbishop Sean O'Malley. Walsh was buried next to his father, also a former firefighter. Marty Walsh, the mayor of Boston, appeared at the funeral, and said, "We stand in awe of what he did last week." Edward Walsh's widow, Kristen, asked the Boston Fire Department to find her husband's wedding ring, which they were able to do, after which they gave it to her. Another funeral was held for Kennedy the following day, at Holy Name Church. Kennedy's cousin, Davin Patrick Kennedy, was among those who spoke at the service.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, Aftermath
On April 22, the Boston Herald reported that Franklin Knotts, the property manager of the building where the fire killed the two firefighters (located at 298 Beacon Street), had filed an affidavit against D&J Iron Works, the Malden-based welding company whose employees had been blamed for starting the fire. In his affidavit, Knotts accused the employees working on the railing on an adjacent building (located on 296 Beacon Street) of driving away from the fire in their truck. The lawsuit itself was filed by Herbert Lerman, who is the executor of the estate of the building's owner, Michael J. Callahan. The supposed president of D&J Iron Works, Giuseppe Falcone, responded that this company does not exist and that he was therefore not responsible for the fire in any way.


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, Aftermath
A criminal investigation formally concluded in April 2015. No criminal charges were pressed against D&J Ironworks for the nine-alarm fire, and according to a statement from Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley, the yearlong in-depth investigation revealed that while carelessness caused a pair of welders to accidentally start the fire at 298 Beacon St. on March 26, 2014, their actions did not constitute reckless or knowing endangerment of human life - hence, no involuntary manslaughter charges. “We cannot in good faith seek criminal charges for an accident, even one with consequences so tragically devastating,” said Conley. “Some 60 years of Massachusetts jurisprudence have made clear that negligence, even gross negligence, is in the hands of our civil courts.”


2014 Boston Brownstone fire, Aftermath
In March 2016, a report released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health concluded that the Boston Fire Department was partly to blame for the deaths of Walsh and Kennedy.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team
The 2014 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were ]. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play place fourth in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they lost in overtime to Penn State.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ UMass
The Eagles opened up the season with a dominating 30–7 win over rival Massachusetts. After a slow start for both teams, ending the half 6–0 BC, the game opened up as BC scored three touchdowns on three possessions to open the second half, using their considerable size advantage to overpower the Minutemen's defensive line. UMass managed to get on the board in the third quarter with a 77-yard passing touchdown but could not muster anything else against a stifling BC defense. The victory was BC's eighth in row in the series, with the next meeting scheduled for 2016.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ UMass
Quarterback Tyler Murphy shined in his debut, throwing 173 yards for 1 touchdown and rushing 118 yards and 1 touchdown. Sophomore running backs Tyler Rouse and Myles Willis contributed to an overall-team 338 yard rushing attack with 87 and 57 yard efforts, respectively. Senior wide receiver Josh Bordner caught 81 yards and 1 touchdown. Two freshman kickers, Alex Howell and Joey Launceford made their debuts as well, both attempting two field goals (Howell 1/2, both on 44 yard attempts, Launceford 2/2, 21 yards and 28 yards made).


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
BC lost its home opener in a renewed Big East matchup against Pitt, by a score of 30–20. After Pitt scored an opening drive field goal, BC answered quickly with a 51-yard run by Tyler Murphy, and a subsequent 1-yard touchdown run by Tyler Rouse. However, that was all the Eagles could muster in the first half, with Pitt dominating both sides of the ball, especially in the ground game. Pitt back James Conner ran for 213 yards and a touchdown on 36 carries, while Pitt's star wide receiver Tyler Boyd caught 72 yards and 2 touchdowns through the air.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
BC managed to get two scores late in the second half, but couldn't close the gap enough to make it interesting, as Pitt cruised to the victory. Tyler Murphy once again led the Eagles in rushing, gaining 92 yards and touchdown while throwing for 134 yards and a touchdown. Shakim Phillips caught 78 yards and a touchdown for Boston College.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
Boston College completed a historic upset victory over the #9 ranked Trojans on an emotional night remembering the September 11 attacks and BC alum Welles Crowther, who lost his life while helping others to safety. The Eagles wore red bandana themed shoes, gloves and helmets, honoring Crowther's signature red bandana for which he was known. The game was on primetime television, drawing a full house and many notable attendants, including Heisman Trophy winners from both teams, USC's Marcus Allen and BC's Doug Flutie, as well as USC alum, Will Ferrell. The victory was the Eagles' first against USC in the five games played between the teams, and the Eagles' first victory against a top 10 team since beating Notre Dame in 2002.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
The story of the night was the domination of the ground game, in both directions, by the Eagles. As a team, they gained 452 yards rushing while holding the Trojans to 20. Tyler Murphy was the hero, rushing for 191 yards on the night, featuring a 66-yard scoring run to seal the game late in the 4th quarter. Myles Willis and Jonathan Hilliman contributed with 89 yards gained each, with Hilliman scoring twice. Sherman Allston had a huge 54 yard scoring run in the second quarter to give the Eagles the 20–17 lead.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
Tyler Rouse also scored once on 29 yards gained. The Trojans succeeded in the air where they couldn't on the ground, with Cody Kessler throwing for 317 yards and four touchdowns, but it was not enough to overcome the Eagle's ability to control the ball and the time of possession. BC's defense also succeeded in pressuring Kessler, sacking him five times on the night.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
After a failed onside kick attempt by the Trojans, the Eagles ran out the clock and emerged victorious, causing the crowd to rush the field and celebrate with the team.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
1st quarter scoring: USC - George Farmer 8-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick), USC – Heidari  52-yard field goal,


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
2nd quarter scoring: BC – T. Rouse 4-yard run (J. Launceford kick failed), USC - Javorius Allen 51-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick), BC – J. Hilliman 3-yard run (Launceford kick), BC – S. Alston 54-yard run (Launceford kick)


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
3rd quarter scoring:  BC - Hilliman 1-yard run (Launceford kick)


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, USC
4th quarter scoring: BC - Launceford 25-yard field goal, USC - Nelson Agholor 10-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick), BC - T. Murphy 66-yard run (Launceford kick), USC - Darreus Rogers 14-yard pass from Kessler (Andre kick)


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Maine
BC gained its third victory of the year against FCS opponent and regional "rival" Maine in a 40–10 dominating affair. After a clumsy first half, which saw Maine score its first touchdown against a BC team since 1915, a blocked extra point, and an interception by Tyler Murphy, the Eagles recovered in the second half, dominating the line and scoring three touchdowns while allowing none to seal the victory. Murphy once again flourished on the ground, rushing for 99 yards and two scores, one coming off a career-long 71 yard touchdown run in the first quarter.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Maine
He also threw for 130 yards and a score. True freshman Darius Wade took over for Murphy late in the game, testing the waters by throwing one six yard pass. The running backs saw large success, with freshman Marcus Outlaw running for 107 yards, Jonathan Hilliman scoring two touchdowns on 98 yards gained, Shermon Allston rushing for 57 yards, and Myles Willis gaining 48 yards, totaling 413 team yards gained. Josh Bordner also caught one touchdown and 64 yards on three catches to lead the receivers.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
Despite early success, BC was defeated 24–21 by Colorado State in a similar game to the loss vs. Pittsburgh. Both offenses sputtered in the start of the first half, with BC picking off Colorado State twice, once in the red zone, to keep the game scoreless. The Eagles running game scored twice in the second quarter with Jonathan Hilliman rushing for almost 100 yards and a score. The Rams got on the board late in the half to go into the locker room 14–7.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
After trading touchdowns to open the second half, the Rams picked off Tyler Murphy and had a chance to take the lead on the drive, but were stopped on a crucial 4th down conversion. However, BC went three and out following the 4th down stop, and Colorado scored on the subsequent drive, converting a touchdown on a 4th and 10 from the 12 yard line, taking the 24–21 lead. BC would take the ball with 1:02 left in the game but failed to move the ball down the field to try for a game-tying field goal.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ NC State
The Eagles won their first conference game on the road at North Carolina State. Both teams offenses prevailed early as they traded touchdowns on five straight drives to open the game. The Eagles prolific running attack led by Tyler Murphy scored three times, with the usual suspects, Jonathan Hilliman, Murphy, and Sherman Alston, each scoring once on the ground. The Wolfpack answered twice in the first quarter but never managed another point in the game against a timely BC defense, who forced two turnovers in the second half.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ NC State
NC State's defense warmed up as well, only allowing a field goal until late in the fourth quarter. NC State opened up the second half by throwing an interception to Brian Mihalik, who returned the ball to the eight yard line, but managed to hold the Eagles to a field goal. An hour-long weather delay was implemented immediately following the interception due to lightning strikes in the area. Although not scoring, the Eagles ate up a huge chunk of the clock in the second half, keeping the ball out of the hands of the Wolfpack offense.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ NC State
With 5 minutes left in the game, Tyler Murphy sealed the win with a 27-yard score to put the Eagles up by 16. He finished the day with 135 yards and two scores rushing and 101 yards passing. Hilliman ran for 85 yards and a score, Alston for 53 yards and a score. Dan Crimmins and Josh Bordner both caught three receptions for 38 and 17 yards, respectively. Due to the kicking inconsistency of freshmen Alex Howell and Joey Launceford, another freshman kicker, Mike Knoll, made his collegiate debut, nailing a 28-yard attempt.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Clemson
The Tigers managed to stave off a BC upset bid in a tight contest in Chestnut Hill. After both defenses held in the first quarter, the Tigers and Eagles traded touchdowns, with Clemson tacking on a field goal to take a 10–7 into the half. Another scoreless quarter out of the half, BC took the 13–10 lead early in the fourth but the Tigers responded on the following drive, taking 17–13 lead back.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Clemson
The Eagles had a chance to score on four straight pass attempts into the endzone late in the fourth, but did not manage to make a reception on any attempt, two of which were dropped by wide open receivers. Murphy finished the day with only 55 yards rushing, his first game of the season not scoring on the ground. He also threw for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Charlie Callinan caught 64 yards on three receptions.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Wake Forest
The Eagles managed to hold off a late Wake Forest comeback after dominating early, to earn their 5th win of the season and 2nd in ACC play. After taking a 17–0 lead into the locker room, highlighted by two Jonathan Hilliman scores on the ground, one for 33 yards, the Eagles continued to dominate early in the second half, taking a 23–3 lead early in the fourth quarter off a touchdown catch by Shakim Phillips. It looked all but over but the Deacons mounted a surge, scoring twice in a 90 seconds to cut the lead to 23–17.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Wake Forest
But it too little too late as the Eagles defense held, with Justin Simmonds intercepting John Wolford's pass late in the fourth to secure the victory. It was the Eagles' third road victory of the season, and Tyler Murphy's second game without scoring a rushing touchdown; he rushed for 77 yards. Hilliman finished with 101 yards and two scores, and David Dudeck caught 58 yards on 3 receptions


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
The Eagles became bowl eligible for the second straight year with a 33–31 victory over the Hokies. Virginia Tech came out of the gate gunning, scoring a touchdown on a 95-yard drive in less than three minutes. Although BC's offense would not respond in the first quarter, their defense stiffened up, not allowing another touchdown during the half. The Eagles scored early in the second quarter on an 8-yard pass from Tyler Murphy to Charlie Callinan, his first touchdown catch of the season.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
VT would respond with a field goal, but allowed a 68-yard touchdown run by Myles Willis on the ensuing Eagles drive, to go behind 14–10. The Hokies would attempt a field goal to end the half, but it was blocked by Truman Gutapfel. The Eagles scored early in the second half on a 2-yard touchdown throw to Marcus Outlaw, Murphy's second touchdown throw of the game, matching his season high. The extra point was missed though, which continues to be a major problem for the Eagle's kicking team.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
Later in the quarter, BC punted the ball but Virginia Tech's Deon Newsome fumbled the return, and it was recovered by BC's Matt Milano. Although they were within 10 yard of the endzone, BC only managed to tack on a field goal to their lead, making it 23–10. Early in the fourth quarter, the Hokies faced a 4th and 9 on their own 34 yard line, but elected to fake a punt and converted the first down, eventually scoring a touchdown later in the drive to cut the lead to 6.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
After forcing an Eagles three-and-out, the Hokies continued to move the ball, and scored again, taking the 24–23 lead. BC managed to regain the lead on the next drive, nailing a 44-yard field goal to take the 26–24 lead. After forcing a VT three-and-out, BC held the ball on a 3rd and 10 from their own 43, when Tyler Murphy ripped off a 57-yard touchdown run to give them a 33–24 cushion with three minutes to go.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
This cushion proved pivotal as the Hokies managed to score a touchdown with 28 seconds remaining, and were forced to attempt an onside kick, which was recovered by the Eagles who subsequently ran out the clock for the victory. The win was the fourth road victory of the season for BC, who are perfect away from home so far. This was also the second victory in a row against the rival Hokies, who lead the all-time series 15–8.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Virginia Tech
Tyler Murphy became the school's leading rusher by a QB, passing BC legend Doug Flutie, doing so in only 9 games as an Eagle. He finished the day with 122 yards rushing and a score, as well as 110 yards passing and two scores. Myles Willis ran for 79 yards and a score.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Eagles home field woes continued as they lost to ACC newcomer Louisville in a 38–19 match. Despite battling closely through three quarters, the Cardinals sealed the win with three fourth quarter interceptions of Tyler Murphy, preventing the Eagles from catching up on the scoreboard. It was an off day for most of the Boston College Eagles, as they rushed for a combined 166 yards, well short of their 264 per game average. Murphy threw for 149 yards and score, with four total interceptions, but on a positive note, he passed 1,000 yards rushing on the season, continuing to lead the NCAA in rushing yards by a QB.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State
Once again an Eagles upset bid fell short against the #1 ranked team (AP Poll) in the nation, Florida State Seminoles. A tight defensive battle matched by a back and forth offensive affair led to a 17–17 score late in the fourth quarter. FSU staved off the upset with a game-winning field goal in the dying seconds of the game, winning 20–17. Both teams missed a field goal during the game but BC especially missed their opportunities, eventually allowing Jameis Winston and the Seminoles to their 27th straight victory.


2014 Boston College Eagles football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
The Eagles ended the regular season on a high note, defeating rival Syracuse on senior day by a score of 28–7, avenging the previous year's season-finale defeat at the Carrier Dome. The win matched the previous season's mark with seven, both seasons finishing 7–5 before entering bowl season.