2014 Pirelli World Challenge, Championship standings, Manufacturers' Championships
In addition, one bonus point was awarded to the pole-winning manufacturer. In the table below, the manufacturer's top finishing position is shown, with pole winner in bold.


2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by head coach Paul Chryst and played their home games at Heinz Field. They were a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was Pitt's second season as a member of the ACC. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Houston.


2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
On December 18, head coach Paul Chryst resigned to become the head coach at Wisconsin. He finished with a three-year record of 19–19. Offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph was the Panthers interim head coach in the Armed Forces Bowl.


2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 128th season as a member of the National League, 133rd season overall, and 14th season at PNC Park. The regular season began with a win at home against the Chicago Cubs on March 31 and ended with a loss at Great American Ball Park against the Cincinnati Reds on September 28. The Pirates finished the regular season in second place for the second consecutive year in the National League Central Division with 88 wins and 74 losses.


2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The team clinched their second consecutive playoff berth with a victory on September 23. Also for the second consecutive season, however, the Pirates finished in second in their division behind the defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The team secured one of two NL Wild Card spots, as well as home field advantage for the 2014 National League Wild Card Game. However, they lost the October 1 playoff game to the San Francisco Giants, thus eliminating them from the 2014 postseason.


2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Three members of the 2014 Pirates were selected to represent the National League in the All-Star Game. In addition, two Pirates players were named NL Player of the Month: Andrew McCutchen in June and Josh Harrison in August. During the 2014 season, the franchise season attendance record (2,435,867, set during PNC Park's inaugural 2001 season) was broken on September 21, the final home game of the season and 23rd sellout of the year (tying the franchise sellout record set in 2013). The new record stood at 2,442,564 until being broken in the 2015 season.


2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Roster, Transactions
The Pirates were involved in the following transactions during the 2014 season:


2014 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Statistics, Player, Pitching
† – Denotes player was acquired during season. ‡ – Denotes player was relinquished during season.


2014 Pittsburgh Power season
The 2014 Pittsburgh Power season was the fourth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. They played their home games at the Consol Energy Center. The 2014 season marked the franchise's first-ever winning season, after the Power victory over the Philadelphia Soul, 57-56, on June 14. A week later on June 20, the Power clinched their first-ever playoff berth with a 57–27 win over the Iowa Barnstormers. The Power finished the regular season 15–3, but lost in their first-ever playoff game to the Orlando Predators in the conference semifinals by a 56–48 score.


2014 Pittsburgh Power season
The team had been coached by Derek Stingley, however he was fired after a 63–53 loss to the Cleveland Gladiators in the team's first game of the season. He was replaced by Ron James as the franchise's coach.


2014 Pittsburgh Power season, Standings
x - Clinched playoff berthz - Clinched division and conference's best record


2014 Pittsburgh Power season, Schedule, Regular season
The Power began the season at home against the Cleveland Gladiators on March 15. They hosted the Philadelphia Soul in their last regular season game on July 26.


2014 Pittsburgh Power season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated July 31, 201424 Active, 13 Inactive


2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season
The 2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season is the club's fifteenth  season of existence. It is the Riverhounds' fourth season playing in the USL Professional Division. It is the second season the Riverhounds played at Highmark Stadium, a 3,500 capacity soccer specific stadium.


2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season, Background
After a modestly successful first season at Highmark Stadium, the Riverhounds, aided by investments of new majority owner Terry "Tuffy" Shallenberger, aimed to make headway on last season's 7th-place finish.


2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season, Pre-Season Activity, October
On October 29, the Riverhounds held a press conference to announce the re-signings of two players:


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 82nd season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. It also marked the 15th season under leadership of general manager Kevin Colbert and the eighth under head coach Mike Tomlin.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The Steelers honored the 40th anniversary of their first Super Bowl winning team, Super Bowl IX, during their Week 13 game against the New Orleans Saints at Heinz Field on November 30. (The Steelers played the Super Bowl at Tulane Stadium that year.) The team wore a special patch and honored the players at halftime. Though it also serves as the team's annual alumni weekend, the team did not wear their alternate 1934 "Bumblebee" throwbacks for this game. Instead, the Steelers wore the "Bumblebee" jerseys vs. the Indianapolis Colts on October 26.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season
They managed to improve from their 8–8 record from each of their previous two seasons with their week 15 victory against the Atlanta Falcons, and ensured their first winning season since 2011. They also clinched a playoff berth for the first time since that same year with their week 16 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The Steelers won the AFC North division title, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card round of the playoffs by a score of 30–17.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The Steelers became the first team in NFL history to have a 4,500-yard passer, 1,500-yard receiver and 1,300-yard rusher in the same season. This season holds the record for the most points the Steelers have ever scored with 436, which was possible in part by goring the Colts 51-34, and goring the Ravens 43-23 in back-to-back weeks. Until 2020, this was the last time the AFC South got swept at the hands of the Steelers. There were ten instances of the Steelers scoring 27 points or more. The Steelers went 9-1 in those games, with their only loss being by a field goal.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Steelers started their 2014 season at home against the Browns. In the first quarter, the Steelers would score first when Shaun Suisham kicked a 36-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. However, the Browns were able to tie it up when Billy Cundiff kicked a 39-yard field goal for a 3–3 game. The Steelers would score 24 unanswered points to end the first half with LaGarrette Blount running for a 7-yard TD to retake the lead 10–3.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
In the 2nd quarter, the Steelers continued their domination when Ben Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on a 35-yard TD for a 17–3 lead followed by Le'Veon Bell running in for a TD from 38 yards out to increase their lead to 24–3 followed by Suisham nailing yet another field goal from 34 yards out as they led 27–3 at halftime. After the break, in the 3rd quarter, the Browns went to work as Isisah Crowell ran for 2 touchdowns:  from 3 and 15 yards out for a 27–10 and 27–17 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
In the 4th quarter, the Browns managed to come within a TD as Cundiff nailed a 25-yard field goal for a 27–20 game. Later on, Brian Hoyer hooked up with Travis Benjamein on a 9-yard TD pass to tie the game up 27–27. Regardless, Roethlisberger was able to move his team down the field and eventually, Suisham kicked the game-winning 41-yard field goal to win it 30–27 for the Steelers' only 3 points of the 2nd half.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
With the win, the Steelers started their season 1–0 for the first time since 2010 and in turn handed the Browns their 10th straight regular season opening loss.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens
After a close home win over the Browns, the Steelers traveled to Baltimore to take on the Ravens on Thursday Night Football. The Ravens scored first in the first quarter when Joe Flacco found Owen Daniels on a 2-yard TD pass for a 7–0 lead. They increased their lead in the 2nd quarter as Justin Tucker nailed a 30-yard field goal for a 10–0 lead. The Steelers finally got on the board when Shaun Suisham kicked a 25-yard field goal for a 10–3 game at halftime.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens
Returning after the break, the Steelers went back to work and were able to move down the field for Suisham to kick another field goal from 43 yards out to come within 4 with for a 10–6 game. However, the Ravens started to take control later on when Flacco found Daniels again on a 1-yard TD pass making the score 17–6. In the 4th quarter, the Ravens sealed the game with 3 field goals kicked by Tucker from 23, 22, and 20 yards out for a 20–6, 23–6, and 26–6 final score.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens
The Steelers were held without a touchdown in a game for the first time since their 20-3 loss to the 49ers in 2011. The team dropped to 1–1.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: at Carolina Panthers
After a rough loss to the Ravens, the Steelers traveled down south to take on the Panthers. In the first quarter, the Panthers scored first when Graham Gano kicked a 40-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. However, the Steelers were able to tie it up when Shaun Suisham kicked a 42-yard field goal for a 3–3 game. In the 2nd quarter, the Steelers increased their lead with 2 more field goals from 24 and 45 yards out for leads of 6–3 and then 9–3 at halftime.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: at Carolina Panthers
In the 3rd quarter, the Steelers got back to work as Ben Roethlisberger hooked up with Antonio Brown on a 7-yard TD pass for a 16–3 lead. Gano got the Panthers within 10 with another field goal from 40 yards out for a 16–6 game. However, the Steelers pulled away as Roethlisberger found Brown again on a 7-yard TD pass for a 23–6 lead. In the 4th quarter, Cam Newton found Greg Olson on a 37-yard TD Pass coming within 10 23–13.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: at Carolina Panthers
However, the Steelers pulled away as Robert Golden recovered a fumble in the end zone for a 30–13 game. Later on, LaGarrette Blount ran for a 7-yard TD increasing their lead to 37–13. The Panthers tried their hand at coming back but could only come away with 6 points as 2nd-string QB Derek Anderson found Kelvin Benjamin on a 35-yard TD pass (with a failed 2-point conversion) for an eventual final score of 37–19.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
After a huge win on the road, the Steelers returned home for a game against the Buccaneers. The Bucs scored first when Mike Glennon found Mike Evans on a 7-yard TD pass for a 7–0 lead. They increased their lead when Patrick Murray kicked a 50-yard field goal for a 10-lead. The Steelers finally got on the board when Shaun Suisham nailed a 25-yard field goal to come within a TD, 10–3 followed by Ben Roethlisberger hooking up with Antonio Brown on an 11-yard TD pass to tie the game up at 10–10.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the 2nd quarter, Roethlisberger found Brown again this time on a 27-yard TD pass to take the lead 17–10 at halftime. After the break, Doug Martin ran for a TD from 3 yards out to tie the game back up, 17–17. The Steelers pulled away as Roethlisberger found Heath Miller on a 5-yard TD pass for a 24–17 lead. In the 4th quarter, the Bucs pulled within 4 when Murray kicked a 27-yard field goal for a 24–20 game. Driving down the field, the Bucs were able to complete the comeback attempt as Glennon found Vincent Jackson on a 5-yard TD pass for a final score of 27–24.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
After a tough home loss, the Steelers traveled down south again to take on the Jaguars. The Jags scored first as Josh Scobee kicked a 43-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead for the only score of the first quarter. The Steelers answered to tie the game when Shaun Suisham kicked a 24-yard field goal for a 3–3 game. They eventually took the lead when Ben Roetlisberger found Michael Palmer on a 1-yard TD pass to take a 10–3 lead. The Jags pulled within 4 before halftime when Scobee nailed a 35-yard field goal to make it a 10–6 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars
In the 3rd quarter, the Jags came within a point as Scobee kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it a 10–9 game for the only score of the quarter. In the 4th quarter however, Brice McCain picked off Jags QB Blake Bortles and returned the interception for a 22-yard TD increasing their lead to the eventual final score of 17–9.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
The Steelers traveled back up north to Cleveland to take on the Browns. In the first quarter, the Steelers score the only 3 points as Shaun Suisham nailed a 20-yard field goal to take a 3–0 lead. The Browns however scored 21 unanswered points in the 2nd quarter when Isaiah Crowell ran for a 5-yard TD to take a 7–3 lead followed by Brian Hoyer hooking up with Jordan Cameron on a 51-yard TD pass for a 14–3 lead before finally Ben Tate ran for an 8-yard TD and took a 21–3 lead at halftime.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
The Browns continued their domination day in the 3rd quarter when Billy Cundiff kicked a 40-yard field goal for the only score of that quarter. In the 4th quarter, they sealed the game when Ben Tate ran for a 1-yard TD making the score 31–3. The Steelers drove down the field and Ben Roethlisberger found Lance Moore on a 26-yard TD pass for a final score of 31–10.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
With the loss, the Steelers fell to 3–3 and last place in the AFC North.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Houston Texans
Following a terrible loss to the Browns, the Steelers returned home for a duel against the Texans on Monday Night Football. The Texans started out strong when Ryan Fitzpatrick found Alfred Blue on an 11-yard pass for a 7–0 lead and the only score of the first quarter. In the 2nd quarter, the Texans increased their lead as Randy Bullock nailed 2 field goals from 39 and 38 yards out for 10–0 and 13–0 leads.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Houston Texans
The Steelers finally got on the board and scored 24 unanswered points:  first starting with Shaun Suisham who nailed a 44-yard field goal for a 13–3 game followed up by Ben Roethlisberger finding Martavis Bryant on a 35-yard TD pass for a 13–10 game and eventually took the lead on Antonio Brown's 1-yard TD pass to Lance Moore 17–13 and lastly Roethlisberger hooking up with Le'Veon Bell on a 2-yard TD pass for a 24–13 halftime lead.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Houston Texans
After a scoreless 3rd quarter, the Texans came within 8 as Bullock kicked a 31-yard field goal for a 24–16 game not long before the Steelers responded with 2 of their own from Suisham when he got them from 30 and 40 yards out for leads of 27–16 and 30–16. Finally, Fitzpatrick was able to find Arian Foster on a 1-yard TD pass and this led to the final score of 30–23.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts
After a tough win over the Texans, the Steelers stayed home for a game against the Colts. In the first quarter, the Colts scored first as Adam Vinatieri nailed a 31-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. However, the Steelers took the lead later on in the quarter when Ben Roethlisberger found Markus Wheaton on an 18-yard TD pass for a 7–3 game. In the 2nd quarter, the Steelers would score again increasing their lead as Roethlisberger found Martavis Bryant on a 5-yard TD pass for a 14–3 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts
This was followed by William Gay picking off Andrew Luck and returning it 33 yards for a TD as they increased their lead to 21–3. The Colts however responded as Andrew Luck threw a 21-yard TD pass to Dwayne Allen for a 21–10 game. However, the Steelers pulled away as Roethlisberger would find Antonio Brown on 2 consecutive TD passes:  from 8 and 47 yards out to increase their lead at first from 28–10 to 35–10.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts responded with 10 straight points first being Luck who found T. Y. Hilton on a 28-yard TD Pass for a 35–17 game followed by Vinatieri kicking a 23-yard field goal before halftime to make the score 35–20. The Steelers went back to work in the 3rd quarter as Roethlisberger and Bryant hooked up again on a 2-yard TD pass to increase their lead making the score 42–20.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts however were able to come within 8 later on when Ahmad Bradshaw ran for a 12-yard TD followed by Luck finding Donte Moncrief on a 31-yard TD pass to make the score 42–27 and then 42–34. In the 4th quarter, it was all Steelers when a penalty was enforced on Luck in the end zone for a safety making the score 44–34. The Steelers were able to seal the game later on when Roethlisberger found Heath Miller on an 11-yard TD pass for a final score of 51–34.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Roethlisberger set franchise records with 522 yards passing and six touchdowns while picking up his 100th victory in his 150th start. Roethlisberger's yardage total was the fourth highest in NFL history. He became the first player in NFL history to go over 500 yards passing twice as the Steelers won consecutive games for the first time this season.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Steelers stayed home for a 3-game home stand and for a Sunday Night duel against the Ravens. The Ravens scored first when Joe Flacco hooked up with Torrey Smith 35-yard TD pass to take a 7–0 lead for the only score of the first quarter. In the 2nd quarter, the Steelers managed to tie the game up when Ben Roethlisberger found Le'Veon Bell on a 5-yard TD pass for a 7–7 game. They eventually took the lead when Roethlisberger found Martavis Bryant on a 19-yard TD pass to make it a 14–7 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens came within 4 as Justin Tucker kicked a 46-yard field goal to make it 14–10 game. However, the Steelers would manage to go ahead by 12 before halftime when Roethlisberger found Markus Wheaton on a 47-yard TD pass followed by a successful 2-point conversion for a 22–10 lead at halftime. After a scoreless 3rd quarter, the Steelers came out strong and went back to work in the 4th when Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on a 54-yard TD pass making the score 29–10.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens responded with a big play as Jacoby Jones ran a 108-yard kickoff return for a TD to make it a 29–17 game. Roethlisberger found Bryant again on an 18-yard TD pass to make the score 36–17. This was followed by the Ravens trying their hand at coming back when Flacco found Crockett Gillmore on a 1-yard TD pass (with a failed 2-point conversion) for a 36–23 score. But the Steelers were able to seal the game when Roethlisberger found Matt Spaeth on a 33-yard TD pass for a final score of 43–23, to give each team 49 points in their two meetings. The Ravens would Peter Jackson the series in the playoffs.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
A week after passing for a franchise-record six touchdowns against Indianapolis, Roethlisberger duplicated the feat to lead Pittsburgh to its third consecutive win. The 12 touchdown passes over the last two games broke the NFL record of 11 set by Tom Flores for Oakland in the AFL in 1963 and matched by New England's Tom Brady in 2007.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Jets
The Steelers then traveled further east to take on the Michael Vick-led Jets. The Jets scored in the first quarter when Nick Folk scored a 23-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. This was followed by 2 touchdowns by the Jets as Michael Vick found T.J. Graham and Jace Amaro on 67-yard and 5-yard TDs for scores of 10–0 and 17–0. The Steelers got on the board before halftime as Shaun Suisham nailed a 53-yard field goal for a 17–3 halftime score.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Jets
In the 3rd quarter, the Jets went back to work as Folk scored a 30-yard field goal for a 20–3 game. The Steelers would then score 10 points in the 4th quarter:  Suisham's 27-yard field goal to get within 2 TDs followed by Ben Roethlisberger hooking up with Martavis Bryant on an 80-yard TD pass to come within a TD. The Jets got the ball back and Vick took knees to end the game with a final score of 20–13. With the loss, the Steelers dropped to 6–4.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Jets
The Jets had forced 4 takeaways against the Steelers. Ben who had thrown 12 touchdowns and no picks in the 2 games before this one had thrown only 1 touchdown pass and threw 2 interceptions. On a positive note, Roethlisberger had thrown 13 touchdown passes and 2 interceptions in the last 3 games alone.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at Tennessee Titans
After a tough loss to the Jets, the Steelers traveledto LP Field to take on the Titans. In the first quarter, the Steelers scored first when Shaun Suisham kicked a 49-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. They increased their lead as William Gay picked off Zach Mettenberger and returned it 28 yards for a TD for a 10–0 lead. The Titans finally got on the board when Bishop Sankey ran for a 9-yard TD for a 10–7 game. However, the Steelers pulled away as Suisham kicked another field goal from 23 yards out for a 13–7 lead.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at Tennessee Titans
In the 2nd quarter, it was all Titans when Ryan Succop kicked a 20-yard field goal to come within 3, 13–10. They eventually took the lead when Mettenberger found Nate Washington on an 80-yard TD pass and led the game 17–13 at halftime. After the break, the Titans went back to work in the 3rd quarter with Mettenberger finding Chase Coffman on a 4-yard TD pass for a 24–13. In the 4th quarter, the Steelers staged a comeback when Le'Veon Bell ran for a 5-yard TD to come within 4, 24–20.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at Tennessee Titans
Then Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on a 12-yard TD pass later on in the quarter to retake the lead 27–24. The defense was able to hold off the Titans offense and recovered the onside kick with less than 2 minutes remaining, sending the Steelers to 7–4 going into their bye week.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at Tennessee Titans
Le'Veon Bell ran for 204 yards, an NFL high for a single game so far in 2014. It was also the best game by a Steelers running back since 2010. This was the Steelers' only game outside of the Eastern Time Zone time zone during the 2014 season.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
Coming off of their bye week, the Steelers traveled back home to take on the Saints. In the first quarter, the Steelers scored when Shaun Suisham nailed a 49-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead for the only score. They increased their lead when Suisham kicked a 31-yard field goal for a 6–0 game. The Saints took the lead as Drew Brees found Benjamein Watson on a 15-yard TD pass for a 7–6 game. This was followed up by Brees finding Eric Long on a 4-yard pass for a 14–6 halftime lead.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
After the break, the Saints got back to work as Brees found Nick Toon on an 11-yard TD pass to go ahead 21–6. The Steelers were able to pull within 8 as Le'Veon Bell ran for a 1-yard TD for a 21–13 game. The Saints pulled away as Brees found Kenny Stills on a 69-yard TD pass for a 28–13 game. In the 4th quarter, the Steelers scored another field goal thanks to Suisham kicking it from 47 yards out for a 28–16 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
However, the Saints pulled away as Brees hooked up with Marques Coltson on a 3-yard TD pass for a 35–16 game. Ben Roethlisberger would throw his 2 touchdowns of the whole game both to Antonio Brown as time expired from 4 and 3 yards out with successful 2-point conversions tacked on with scores of 35–24 and a final score of 35–32.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
After a tough loss at home, the Steelers traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals. After a scoreless first quarter, the Steelers were the first to score in the 2nd when Ben Roethlisberger found Heath Miller on a 1-yard TD pass for a 7–0 lead. Afterwards, the Bengals would tie it at 7–7 when Andy Dalton hooked up with Jermaine Gresham on a 10-yard TD pass. They took the lead when Dalton ran for a 20-yard TD himself for a 14–7 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Steelers wrapped up the scoring of the first half coming within 4 when Shaun Suisham kicked a 22-yard field goal for a 14–10 game at halftime. The Steelers retook the lead in the 3rd quarter when Roethlisberger found Le'Veon Bell on a 10-yard TD pass for a 17–14 game. However, the Bengals took the lead back when Dalton found A. J. Green on an 81-yard TD pass to make the score 21–17.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
In the 4th quarter, it was all Steelers when they scored 25 consecutive points:  First coming within 1 as Suisham kicked a 44-yard field goal for a 21–20 game followed by 3 straight touchdowns:  Le'Veon Bell ran for a 13-yard TD with a successful 2-point conversion as they retook the lead 28–21, followed by Roethlisberger finding Martavis Bryant on a 94-yard TD pass to move ahead 35–21 and finally Bell ran for another TD from 22 yards out for the eventual final score of 42–21.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the win, the Steelers improved to 8–5 with their odds of winning the AFC North and playoff hopes looking really bright.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons
After a huge win over the Bengals, the Steelers traveled down south to take on the Falcons. In the first quarter, it was all Steelers as Shaun Suisham scored 2 38-yard field goals for 3–0 and 6–0 leads. In the 2nd quarter, the Steelers would increase their lead when William Gay picked off Matt Ryan and returned the interception 51 yards for a TD for a 13–0 game. The Falcons finally got on the board when Ryan found Devin Hester on a 17-yard TD pass to shorten the lead to 13–7.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons
Le'Veon Bell would wrap up the scoring before halftime with a 1-yard run for a 20–7 halftime lead. In the 3rd quarter, it was all Falcons as Matt Bryant kicked 2 field goals:  from 28 and 22 yards out to shorten the lead to 20–10 then 20–13. The Steelers however managed to pull away in the 4th quarter when Bell ran for a 13-yard TD for a 27–13 game. The Falcons tried their hand at coming back when Ryan found Roddy White on a 4-yard TD pass for a 27–20 game. With minutes left, the Steelers recovered the onside kick and moved down the field. Ben Roethlisberger took knees to end the game with that final score.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons
With the win, the Steelers improved to 9–5 and endured their first winning season since 2011.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Atlanta Falcons
Ben Roethlisberger set a new Steelers franchise passing yardage record, surpassing his previous franchise record from 2009. He also became the sixth QB in NFL history to record a win against all other teams in the NFL. Le'Veon Bell also broke the Steelers franchise record of yards from scrimmage, breaking the mark held by Barry Foster. William Gay also set a new Steelers franchise record when he recorded his third interception return for a touchdown on the year.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
After a close win against the Falcons, the Steelers returned home for a game against the Chiefs. They were facing a WIN AND IN scenario for the playoffs. They would score first in the first quarter when Shaun Suisham kicked a 23-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. The Chiefs managed to tie it up later on in the quarter when Cairo Santos nailed a 35-yard field goal for a 3–3 game. The Chiefs took the lead in the 2nd quarter when Santos kicked a 25-yard field goal for a 6–3 game.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
The Steelers later on in the quarter retook the lead as Le'Veon Bell ran for a 1-yard TD for a halftime score of 10–6. After the break, the Steelers got back to work in the 3rd quarter as Ben Roethlisberger found Antonio Brown on a 3-yard TD pass for a 17–6 game. In the 4th quarter, the Chiefs came within 8 when Santos kicked another field goal from 43 yards out for a 17–9 game. The Steelers however pulled away as Suisham kicked a 20-yard field goal for a 20–9 game. Santos would later on kick a 23-yard field goal for the eventual final score of 20–12.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
With the win, the Steelers improved to 10–5 and endured their first playoff appearance since 2011.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Antonio Brown finished the game with 122 catches on the season, the third-highest single-season total in league history while Jamaal Charles was held to his second-lowest rushing total of the season.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
After clinching a playoff spot, the Steelers stayed for a Sunday Night Football duel against the Bengals with the AFC North division title on the line with them also riding a 3-game winning streak.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
In the first quarter, the Steelers took an early lead when Antonio Brown ran a punt return 71 yards for a touchdown for a 7–0 game. The Bengals tied it up when Andy Dalton found Giovani Bernard on a 17-yard TD pass for a 7–7 game. The Bengals took the lead in the 2nd quarter when Mike Nugent kicked a 39-yard field goal for a 10–7 game. But the Steelers managed to tie the game up 10–10 when Shaun Suisham kicked a 29-yard field goal.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
This was followed up by the Steelers retaking the lead as Ben Roethlisberger found Martavis Bryant on a 21-yard TD pass for a 17–10 lead followed by Suisham kicking another field goal from 25 yards out for a 20–10 halftime lead. After a scoreless 3rd quarter, both teams traded touchdowns in the 4th:  Dalton found Jermaine Gresham on a 4-yard pass to shorten the lead to 20–17, but the Steelers pulled away as Roethlisberger found Brown on a 63-yard pass to seal the game with the final score being 27–17.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
With the win the Steelers finished 11–5 and won their first division title since 2010. Also they swept the Bengals for the first time since 2011.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Roethlisberger tied Drew Brees for top passer in 2014 with 4,952 yards, Le'Veon Bell finished 2nd in rushing yards with 1,361, and Antonio Brown finished 1st in receiving yards with 1,698 and tied for 2nd in receiving touchdowns with 13. The Steelers offense finished 2nd in total yards per game (411.1), tied for 1st in yards per play (6.2) and 7th in points per game (27.2). The defense finished 18th in total yards allowed per game (353.4), 27th in passing yards allowed per game (253.1), 6th in rushing yards allowed per game (100.3) and 18th in points per game (23.0)


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. #6 Baltimore Ravens
Ben Roethlisberger was sacked five times and threw two interceptions in the loss, eliminating the Steelers from the playoffs. Baltimore's 13-point victory was the fourth-biggest win by a road team in Steelers postseason history. The Steelers fell to 9–1 when facing a team for a third time in the same season since the 1970 merger, 9–2 overall in such situations. The Ravens advanced to the divisional round for the sixth time since 2008. It would also mark safety Troy Polamalu's final game in a Steelers' uniform, as he announced his retirement on April 9, 2015.


2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Transactions
The Steelers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014 season:


2014 Players Championship
The 2014 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 41st Players Championship.


2014 Players Championship
Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse, with a winner's share of $1.8 million.


2014 Players Championship
With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March, four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win. They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.


2014 Players Championship
Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.


2014 Players Championship
This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole, which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness. If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning.


2014 Players Championship
Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Tiger Woods (2001, Masters).


2014 Players Championship, Venue
This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).


2014 Players Championship, Field
The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:


2014 Players Championship, Field
Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)


2014 Players Championship, Field
Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson


2014 Players Championship, Field
Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani


2014 Players Championship, Field
Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari


2014 Players Championship, Field
Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete,following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and  1983 (Jerry Pate, neck).


2014 Players Championship, Round summaries, First round
Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.


2014 Players Championship Finals
The 2014 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals was the seventh edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2014 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place at Butlin's Minehead in Minehead, England, between 28–30 November 2014.


2014 Players Championship Finals
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having won his third PDC major title by defeating Phil Taylor 11–7 in the 2013 final, but he lost in the second round to Terry Jenkins.


2014 Players Championship Finals
Gary Anderson won his second major PDC title after beating Adrian Lewis 11–6 in the final.


2014 Players Championship Finals, Qualification
The top 32 players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit qualified for this event.


2014 Players Championship Finals, Draw
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2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
The 2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (also known as the 2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Championship Grand Final for sponsorship purposes) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 29 March 2014 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.


2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
It was originally planned, that the event would take place in Bangkok, Thailand, but due to the political unrest in the country the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association decided to relocate the event. This was the first professional tournament at the Guild Hall since the 2005 Grand Prix.


2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Ben Woollaston in the last 32.


2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
Barry Hawkins won his second ranking title by defeating Gerard Greene 4–0 in the final. This was Greene's first ranking final.


2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final, Prize fund and ranking points
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:


2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final, Seeding list
The players competed in 12 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.


2014 Players' Championship
The 2014 Players' Championship was held from April 15 to 20 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. It was the fourth and final Grand Slam of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour.


2014 Players' Championship
On the men's side, Edmonton's Kevin Martin won a record eighth Players' Championship, which was his final Players' win before retirement. On the women's side, Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones won a record fifth Players' title.


2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400
The 2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth and penultimate event of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 14–16 November at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, at Phillip Island, Victoria.


2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400
It was a horrible start to the weekend for Kiwis Shane van Gisbergen and Fabian Coulthard as they came together after turn 1 at the start Race 33 Qualifying. Fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin claimed pole for Race 33 and converted it to a win. Triple Eight Race Engineering teammates Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup finished second and third respectively.


2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400
Whincup managed to claim pole and win for Race 34. The win for Whincup also meant that he secured the 2014 Championship, and his sixth V8 Supercar Championship title. Closest championship rivals Lowndes finished the race in second place and Mark Winterbottom in third place.


2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400
Whincup and McLaughlin started on the front row for Race 35, but it was McLaughlin who took the lead from Whincup at turn 2 on the first lap. At a quarter race distance, the Safety Car was called out after David Wall ran wide at the final turn. This meant that all cars were called in to do mandatory pit stops, as well as Garth Tander taking the lead from McLaughlin in the process. Tander and McLaughlin remained together for the rest of the race until the final lap. After the final corner on the last lap, Tander's car ran out of fuel. This allowed McLaughlin to snatch the lead only metres before the finish line and take the race win, with Tander coasting to second place. Winterbottom narrowly beat pole sitter Whincup to the line to finish third.


2014 Plymouth City Council election
The 2014 Plymouth City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election was won by the Labour Party, who maintained their overall majority. The UK Independence Party gained representation on the council for the first time, and this was the only election in which the party won seats in Plymouth.


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Background
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 22 May 2014 as part of the 2014 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2010. In that election, eleven Conservative candidates and eight Labour candidates were elected. As the previous election had coincided with a general election, sitting councillors were elected with a citywide turnout of 62%.


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Background
Ahead of the election, the council was split between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, with Labour holding a narrow overall majority.


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Background
Labour gained a Southway seat in 2013 in a by-election after elected Conservative councillor Tom Browne resigned. As Browne had been elected in 2010, winning Labour councillor Jonny Morris was up for re-election in 2014.


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Overall results
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2010 election.


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Overall results
After the previous election, the  composition of the council was:


2014 Plymouth City Council election, Aftermath
Turnout in this election fell to 37%, compared to 62% when the defending councillors were last elected. Following this election, the Labour group had a majority of councillors. This meant that Labour group leader Tudor Evans remained the leader of Plymouth City Council. The UK Independence Party won seats on the council for the first time, and came second in several seats in the city with close results in St Budeaux and Plymstock Radford wards.


2014 Plzeň municipal election
Plzeň municipal election in 2014 was held as part of 2014 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 10 and 11 October 2014. ANO 2011 received the highest number of votes but Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) won the same number of seats in the City's assembly. Civic Democratic Party ruled in Plzeň more than 20 years but was expected to lose its positions and receive only 10% of votes. In an electoral upset, ODS received more than 17%. Leader of local Civic Democrats Martin Baxa said that he believes that ODS was the actual victor of the election. Voter turnout was 33.73%.


2014 Plzeň municipal election
The coalition between Civic Democratic Party, Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Citizens Patriots was formed on 18 October. Social Democrat Martin Zrzavecký became Mayor of Plzeň while Civic Democrat Baxa his First Deputy.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, ANO 2011
Centrist ANO 2011 was led by MP Pavel Šrámek. ANO was considered one of the front-runners in the city. ANO wanted to focus on analysis of city's public debt and on Traffic. Šrámek stated that he would organise European Capital of Culture more humbly.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL)
Centrist KDU-ČSL was led by Petr Náhlík. KDU-ČSL aimed at traffic and city's debt during the election.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, Citizens Patriots (OPAT)
Local party OPAT was formed in July 2014 by parties Občané.cz and Patriots. I was led by Marcel Hájek. OPAT won support of many celebrities from Plzeň such as Director Václav Chaloupek or Ice Hockey Player Michal Dvořák.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
Centre-right ODS was led by incumbent Mayor Martin Baxa. Baxa stated that the main task for incoming City Council would be European Capital of Culture 2015 and use of its potential. Party was expected to lose heavily and many visible personas of ODS left the party and ran for different formations. Party focused during its campaign to presenting its successes in previous years. Priorities for 2014-2018 were European Capital of Culture, continuity of Traffic buildings and Tram Line to Borská pole.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
Centre-left ČSSD was led by Martin Zrzavecký. ČSSD ruled in grand coalition with ODS since 2010. Party's priorities was drawing subsidies from European Union, investment to Science and Traffic. ČSSD was front-runner according to polls.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, Right Choice for Plzeň (PVP)
Local party led by Vladimír Duchek. The party focused on building of infrastructure and fight against gambling.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Parties contesting the election, TOP 09
Centre-right TOP 09 was led by MP Ondřej Ženíšek. TOP 09 aimed for European Capital of Culture and closure of the city to cars. It also opposed Gambling in the city and corruption.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Campaign
Civic Democratic Party led campaign with slogan "Pilsen is different" with subtitle "We didn't play a theatre, we build it." Party's billboards used blue colour which contrasted with campaign of other parties that used white colour. ODS presented itself by successes of its rule over the city in previous term. Campaign of Civic Democrats was awarded by 8 Golden Ballot Awards. Campaign of ODS was manufactured by Adam Hejl, Michal Kupilík and Petr Sokol.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Campaign
Civic Democratic Party was expected to receive less than 10% of votes and ANO 2011 was front-runner along with Czech Social Democratic Party. Civic Democratic Party eventually came second and won 10 seats. The same number was won by ANO 2011 and Social Democratic Party.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Reactions
Civic Democratic leader Martin Baxa was amazed by result of his party. He stated that ODS was de facto victor of the election. He stated that voters appreciated successes of the previous council. He was also glad that he received highest number of votes of all candidates.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Reactions
Pavel Šrámek also considered the result a success. He stated that "History never asks how much you win but if you win. Both strongest parties, ODS and ANO 2011 expressed intention to negotiate with all other parties with exception of Communists.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Reactions
Leader of Social Democrats Martin Zrzavecký admitted disappointment with the election. "None of us expected ODS to be that successful and we are third and can't be satisfied as we should be. Zrzavecký expressed will to negotiate with ANO 2011 and ODS.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Coalition formation
Coalition talks started soon after the election. Media talked about Martin Baxa, Martin Zrzavecký and Pavel Šrámek as possible candidates for Mayor. Coalition needed to consist of at least 3 parties. Coalition was formed on 18 October 2014. Civic Democratic Party formed Council with Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party and Citizens Patriots. Coalition has majority of 27 seats. Social Democrat Zrzavecký became the mayor while Civic Democratic leader Baxa became deputy Mayor. Council consists of 4 Civic Democrats, 3 Social Democrats, 1 Christian Democrat and 1 Citizen Patriot.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Coalition formation
Czech Social Democratic Party originally planned to form coalition with ANO 2011 and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party but changed mind due to alleged unreliability of Pavel Šrámek.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Coalition formation
Election of the new council was held on 6 November 2014. Martin Zrzavecký was elected new Mayor while Martin Baxa became his first Deputy. Roman Zarzycký was elected Chairman of the control committee which is position traditionally held by leader of opposition.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Later development
Council then organised European Capital of Culture in 2015. Martin Baxa was responsible for the project as a Deputy for Culture. The project was positively received by MEPS and citizens of Plzeň. On 7 December 2015 Supreme audit office released report that criticised that one third of Subsidies wasn't pumped. City and council disagreed with the report and submitted objections. Complex report on the project was released in June 2016. It praised economical impac on the city. Visitors spent over 500 Million Czech crowns in the city and new jobs were created.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Later development
In February 2015 Chairman of control committee and ANO 2011 politician Roman Zárzycký was charged that he broke into a computer of his ex-wife and stole intimate information about her business and used it for his opportunity. Jury concluded in December 2016 that Zárzycký got this information from his sons mobile and that Zárzyck didn't commit a misconduct he was charged with. Zárzycký got access to his wife's Facebook conversation from his son's mobile. Information there showed that his wife was smoking weed and regularly drinking. Zárzycký was alleged to use this information along with intimate photographs of his ex-wife during a dispute over a custody of their children. Jury concluded that concerns over children were stronger than protection of mail secret


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Later development
Pavel Šrámek resigned on his position in regional ANO in October 2015. It was speculated that it was a result of the election and Šrámek's failure to form a coalition. Šrámek refused these speculations and stated it was dueto his work in the Parliament.


2014 Plzeň municipal election, Aftermath, Later development
Michal Dvořák left the council on 20 April 2017 and was replaced by Petr Chvojka. Dvořák was charged with allegations of corruption.


2014 Po Toi Island ship collision
On 5 May 2014, the cargo ship Zhong Xing 2 and the container ship MOL Motivator collided off Po Toi Island near Hong Kong, resulting in Zhong Xing 2 sinking. All but one of Zhong Xing 2′s 12-man crew were left missing and presumed dead; a rescue operation was conducted by Chinese authorities, and a fishing vessel rescued one man, Zhong Xing 2′s sole survivor.


2014 Po Toi Island ship collision, Background
The accident involved the 300 metres (980 ft) 79,400 ton Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship MOL Motivator, registered in the Marshall Islands with a crew of 24, and the 97-metre (318 ft) long Chinese ship Zhong Xing 2, carrying a cargo of cement with 12 crew. MOL Motivator was travelling from Hong Kong to Yantian, while Zhong Xing 2 was travelling from Hebei to Haikou.


2014 Po Toi Island ship collision, Accident
The collision occurred around 2:30 local time on the morning of 5 May, 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the southwest of Po Toi Island. Poor visibility has been blamed for the collision, after heavy rain fell through the night; and Hong Kong experienced a "powerful" thunderstorm. Heavy rainfall and lightning may have caused problems with the ships' radars.


2014 Po Toi Island ship collision, Rescue efforts
A fishing vessel passing by rescued a man in his forties from mainland China; 25 minutes later, he was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital, Wan Chai, where he was treated for minor scratches.


2014 Po Toi Island ship collision, Rescue efforts
A rescue attempt spanning naval and aerial searching was launched, co-ordinated by the Guangdong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. A fixed-wing aeroplane; seven Hong Kong Marine Police vessels; three fireboats; two diving vessels; and a helicopter belonging to the Government Flying Service of Hong Kong; more than ten Chinese vessels; and three Chinese helicopters; were sent in search of the missing vessel. The crew of a helicopter observed an oil slick and floating debris, but no survivors. It is considered possible that the ship sank with only one survivor, the other eleven men trapped on board, and they are "feared dead".


2014 Pocono 400
The 2014 Pocono 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 8, 2014, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular superspeedway, it was the 14th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the race, his second of the season and his first at Pocono. Brad Keselowski finished second, while Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Larson (who placed as the highest finishing rookie) rounded out the Top 5. Behind Larson, the other top rookies in the race were Austin Dillon (17th) and Michael Annett (20th).


2014 Pocono 400
Earnhardt, Jr. was the fourth straight different driver from Hendrick Motorsports to win at Pocono, following Jeff Gordon's rain-shortened win in August 2012 and Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne in the June and August 2013 (respectively) races.


2014 Pocono 400, Previous week's race
Jimmie Johnson held off a four-lap charge by Brad Keselowski to win the FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway. It was Johnson's second straight win after his Coca-Cola 600 victory the week before; he joined Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano as the only multiple race winners of the season. He led 272 of 400 laps in a performance he described as "incredible", with an "awesome" race car.


2014 Pocono 400, Report, Background
Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°. However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°. The front stretch at Pocono Raceway is 3,740 feet long, the longest at the track. The back stretch, is 3,055 feet long, while the short stretch, which connects turn two with turn three, is only 1,780 feet long. Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner after winning the race in 2013.


2014 Pocono 400, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the Pocono 400 was released on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 11:09 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race which meant no one failed to make the race.


2014 Pocono 400, Practice, First practice
Brian Vickers was the fastest in first practice with a time of 49.764 and a speed of 180.854 mph (291.056 km/h).


2014 Pocono 400, Qualifying
Denny Hamlin won the pole for the race with a time of 49.610 – a new track record – and a speed of 181.415 mph (291.959 km/h). "It's a tough balance, but we really just made the car a lot better," Hamlin said. "Each session our balance got a little bit better and we were able to get a little bit more speed out of it. That's kind of what you want to do, play it enough in the first few rounds to get to the final round where you go all out. Good job by our FedEx Ground Toyota team. We didn't test up here, we're one of the only teams that didn't test, but it's good to at least have a good Friday."


2014 Pocono 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 50.764 and a speed of 177.291 mph (285.322 km/h).


2014 Pocono 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 51.251 and a speed of 175.606 mph (282.610 km/h). Aric Almirola had to change his transmission after fluid started leaking out of it with 15 minutes left in practice. It was initially thought that he lost an engine.


2014 Pocono 400, Race, First half, Start
Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag at 1:20 p.m. but Brad Keselowski took the lead from him to lead lap one. The first caution of the day came out at lap 32 for a fire in the inside wall in turn 3. The fire apparently was in the area where pyrotechnics were launched during the pre-race ceremonies. After getting into the rear of Jamie McMurray and damaging the front of the car on the ensuing restart, points leader Matt Kenseth wound up going a lap down on lap 50. Keselowski led the first 56 laps until he came in to pit and Jeff Gordon took the lead for one lap before handing it to Tony Stewart.


2014 Pocono 400, Race, First half, Start
The second caution of the race came out on lap 60 for debris in turn three in the middle of green flag stops. Debris on the back stretch, from J. J. Yeley's car, brought out the third caution of the race on lap 72. Stewart took the lead from Keselowski on the restart. A spin in turn 1 by Dave Blaney brought out the fourth caution on lap 80. Kurt Busch took the lead from Stewart on lap 84, before Stewart regained the lead from Busch five laps later. Rookie Kyle Larson led his first ever lap in Sprint Cup competition on lap 102, before Jimmie Johnson found his way to the lead for the first time at lap 109; he pitted not long after, ceding the lead to another rookie, Michael Annett.


2014 Pocono 400, Race, Second half
Stewart re-took the lead on lap 112 after the green flag stops cycled through, while team-mate Kevin Harvick had a flat tire four laps later. The fifth caution of the race came out on lap 118 for fluid on the race track. Stewart was too fast entering pit road and had to serve a drive-through penalty, handing the lead to Keselowski. Justin Allgaier led his first ever lap on lap 134, before Danica Patrick brought out the sixth caution, by crashing at turn three. The seventh caution of the race came out with 18 laps to go. Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle were involved.


2014 Pocono 400, Race, Second half, Finish
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the lead from Brad Keselowski with five laps to go and took the checkered flag. He inherited the lead after Keselowski dropped back to try to remove the piece of trash on his grill. "That's unfortunate for him," Earnhardt said. "He had me beat. I couldn't get to him. It's real hard to pass here. I've lost some in strange ways. It feels good to win one like that. Brad definitely had the better car. I'll own up to that, but we won the race." Keselowski stated that his car "was running really hot" and that he thought it "was going to blow up".


2014 Pocono IndyCar 500
The 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500 was the twenty-first running of the event, and was an IndyCar Series race held on July 6, 2014, at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was the eleventh in the 2014 IndyCar Series season. Juan Pablo Montoya won the pole and later went on to win the race, which was the fastest 500 mile automobile race of any kind in history.


2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Summary
Juan Pablo Montoya secured the pole position with a 2-lap average speed of 223.871mph. There were 16 lead changes among 5 drivers. There was only one caution period for 6 laps when Graham Rahal spun and made wall contact in turn 1 on lap 158. Montoya went on to win the race from the pole, leading 45 laps and defeating Helio Castroneves by 2.34 seconds. The race was completed in only 2 hours, 28 minutes, for an average speed of 202.402 mph, the fastest 500-mile race of any kind in motorsport history.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election
Municipal elections were held in Capital City of Podgorica and eleven other municipalities of Montenegro on 25 May 2014.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Electoral system
Voters in Podgorica determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 3% may enter the Assembly.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Electoral system
The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Campaign
Socialist People's Party (SNP) decided to run independently under the slogan "youth, wisdom and courage", with Aleksa Bečić as ballot carrier.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Campaign
New Serb Democracy (NSD) and Movement for Changes (PzP) decided to run together within Democratic Front alliance, with coalition leader Miodrag Lekić, as ballot carrier.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Campaign
For this local elections ruling Coalition for European Montenegro is composed by Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Liberal Party (LP) as minor coalition member, with Slavoljub Stijepović as ballot carrier.


2014 Podgorica City Assembly election, Campaign
Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided to form a pre-election alliance with Positive Montenegro (PCG) under the name the "European Look of Podgorica", with Dragan Bogojević as ballot carrier.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2014 Poinsettia Bowl was post-season American college football bowl game held on December 23, 2014, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The tenth edition of the Poinsettia Bowl pitted the Navy Midshipmen against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. The game began at 6:30 p.m. PST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union and is officially known was the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl
The Midshipmen accepted their invitation after earning a 7–5 record in their first 12 games of the season. The Aztecs had a record of 7–5. Navy won the game by a score of 17–16.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Navy Midshipmen against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams
This was the fourth overall meeting between these two teams, with San Diego State leading the series 3–0. It will be a rematch of the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl, which saw the Aztecs defeat the Midshipmen by a score of 35–14.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, Navy Midshipmen
On May 6, 2014, organizers announced that they had reached a deal with Navy to play in the Poinsettia Bowl in 2014. After defeating the South Alabama Jaguars for their sixth win of the season on November 28, bowl director Bruce Binkowski extended an invitation to play in the game.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, Navy Midshipmen
This was Navy's fourth Poinsettia Bowl, giving them the most appearances in the game's history. In addition to the aforementioned 2010 game, the Midshipmen also appeared in the inaugural 2005 game where they defeated Colorado State 51–30 as well as the 2007 game where they lost to Utah 35–32. It will also be the Midshipmen's final game as an FBS Independent team before they join the American Athletic Conference as a football-only member for the 2015 season.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, Navy Midshipmen
After the game, Navy became the third team to win a bowl game for the 2014 season after trailing in the 4th quarter. The Midshipmen entered the night 0-5 after trailing in the 4th quarter this season and hadn't won such a game since November 22, 2013 at San Jose State. It marked the Midshipmen's 2nd straight bowl game win; second time in school history (2004 and 2005 seasons), making it they're 4th consecutive win this season.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
After finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record, the Aztecs accepted their invitation to play in the game.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
This was San Diego State's third Poinsettia Bowl; in addition to the aforementioned 2010 game, they also appeared in the 2012 game, losing to the BYU Cougars by a score of 23–6.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Players of the Game
After the game coverage officially ended, it was announced on ESPN that Navy Midshipmen fullback, Chris Swain, #37 was chosen as the 2014 Poinsettia Bowl's "player of the game" with a team leading 8 rushes for 72 yards.


2014 Poinsettia Bowl, Players of the Game
Poinsettia Bowl game trophies were awarded after the game: the "most valuable defensive player of the game" went to senior linebacker Jordan Drake, #13. The "most valuable offensive player of the game" was awarded to junior quarterback Keenan Reynolds, #19 who was 3 for 7 passing for 17 yards and 19 yards rushing with 2 touchdowns.


2014 Point Optical Curling Classic
The 2014 Point Optical Curling Classic was held September 26-29 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the 39th edition of the event. The event was held on Week 5 of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The event had a purse of $41,000 The winning team won $11,000.


2014 Point Optical Curling Classic
The Mike McEwen rink from Winnipeg won their second Point Optical Classic, defeating Toronto's John Epping rink in the final. It is the McEwen rink's second WCT win of the season, after having previously defeated Team Epping at the 2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard.


2014 Polaris Music Prize
The 2014 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 22, 2014 at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Actor Jay Baruchel was the host of the ceremony.


2014 Polaris Music Prize
The grand jury for the 2014 award consisted of Adam Bowie of The Daily Gleaner, Lorraine Carpenter of CultMTL, Stephen Cooke of the Chronicle-Herald, Jessica Émond-Ferrat of Métro's Montreal edition, Luke Fox of Exclaim!, Melody Lau of Much, Julia LeConte of NOW, Stephanie McKay of the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Mark Teo of Aux, and freelance music journalists Liisa Ladouceur and Alan Ranta.


2014 Polaris Music Prize
Tanya Tagaq won the award for her album Animism. During the gala before the award winner was announced, Tagaq had given what was widely considered the standout performance of the evening, performing in front of a scrolling list of names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and garnering the event's only standing ovation.


2014 Polaris Music Prize, Longlist
The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 19 at the Sled Island festival in Calgary, Alberta. Nominations were announced by Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Mark Sasso of Elliott Brood, broadcaster Dave Hodge and Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi.


2014 Polaris Music Prize, Longlist
On June 24, the prize committee amended the longlist to include Greg MacPherson's album Fireball, announcing that the album had made the Top 40 in the voting but was erroneously omitted due to a tabulation error. The committee opted not to drop another album from the longlist to compensate for MacPherson's addition, and went into the second round of voting with a 41-album longlist.


2014 Polish Super Cup
The 2014 Polish Super Cup was held on 9 July 2014 between the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa winners Legia Warsaw and the 2013–14 Polish Cup winners Zawisza Bydgoszcz. Zawisza Bydgoszcz won the match 3–2, winning the trophy for the first time in their history.


2014 Polish local elections
The 2014 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on November 16, 2014 and second on November 30, 2014.


2014 Polish local elections
The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections. The local elections were seen as a test to the ruling Civic Platform and Polish People's Party centre-right conservative liberal coalition government under Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, after then Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the President of the European Council.


2014 Polish local elections, Background
It was the first election for new PM and Civic Platform's Leader Ewa Kopacz. Also it had been a test for Law and Justice after good results in latest European Parliament elections in Poland.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
The 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 29th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 3 May at Hockenheim and finished on 18 October at the same circuit, after nine race meetings, with two races at each event. It was a support championship for the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 driver Philipp Eng was crowned champion at the final round of the season, with a third-place finish good enough to give him the drivers' championship by two points, ahead of QPOD Walter Lechner Racing's Michael Ammermüller. Eng started the season with a victory at Hockenheim, and won two more races during the campaign, including a race win at the August Red Bull Ring meeting that he had been previously disqualified from, before a successful appeal was heard in October. He ultimately recorded 17 points-scoring finishes from 18 attempts, including 9 podiums. Ammermüller was the season's most prolific driver, taking six pole positions and six victories during the year, and had the most podium finishes with ten. Third place in the championship went to Christian Engelhart of Konrad Motorsport, another three-time race winner during 2014.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Eng's teammate Sven Müller finished fourth in the overall championship, with five podium finishes, which saw him finish as the highest placed rookie driver during the season. Nicki Thiim, teammate to Ammermüller at QPOD Walter Lechner Racing, won both Sachsenring races to finish fifth in the championship.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Other drivers to win races during the season were Team 75 Bernhard's Earl Bamber – who was leading the championship at mid-season with victories at Hockenheim and the Red Bull Ring – before electing to focus on his ultimately successful Porsche Supercup campaign, while Konrad Motorsport's Christopher Zöchling and FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport driver Connor De Phillippi won at Oschersleben and the Hungaroring respectively.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
In the B-class championship for amateur drivers, the title was won by Rolf Ineichen, another Konrad Motorsport driver. Ineichen won 12 races, set 14 pole positions and recorded 15 fastest laps from the 18 races to be held during the season. He won the championship by 37 points ahead of Team GT3 Kasko driver Ralf Bohn, who won at Oschersleben. Third place in the championship went to Wolf Nathan of Land Motorsport, who won three races, including a weekend sweep at the Nürburgring.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Bohn's teammate Daniel Allemann was the only other race winner in class, taking victories at the Norisring and Hockenheim. In the teams' championship, the performances of Ammermüller and Thiim – including a 1–2 finish in the season-ending race – allowed QPOD Walter Lechner Racing to take the title by a single point ahead of Team Deutsche Post by Project 1.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Championship standings, A-class
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
The 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England, France and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It was a multi class championship, with drivers grouped based on their ability and experience into three classes: Professional, Professional-Amateur 1 (Pro-Am 1) and Professional-Amateur 2 (Pro- Am 2). It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
The 2014 season was the twelfth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 19 races at 10 meetings. 18 of the races were held in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, with the other race in support of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
For the majority of the season, the championship battle revolved around Redline Racing team-mates Josh Webster and Michael Meadows, running under the Samsung UHD TV Racing banner. Meadows won more races than Webster – Meadows with nine overall wins plus a further two class wins, while Webster took five overall wins with a further class win – but Webster's greater consistency allowed him to take the overall championship by nine points, ahead of the two-time defending champion Meadows.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Webster finished each race as one of the best three finishers in class, including the overseas round at Le Mans, where he was seventh overall. Third place in the championship went to Paul Rees, who took a race victory at Rockingham, and three further podium finishes. The only other drivers to take race victories were Ben Barker, who achieved an overall victory at Le Mans – as well as two victories in the guest car in the opening Brands Hatch round – and Daniel Cammish, who took a win in the guest car at the final round. Redline Racing were comfortable winners of the teams' championship, finishing almost 200 points clear of In2Racing, the next best team.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
In the Pro-Am championships, Justin Sherwood won the Pro-Am 1 title by 41 points, largely due to him competing in more rounds of the series than any other driver in the class. Only twice did a Pro-Am 1 driver reach the overall podium, as Karl Leonard achieved a second-place finish at Donington Park, while Pepe Massot took a third-place finish at Croft. Massot was later regraded as a professional driver after his strong performances at Croft, and in qualifying at Snetterton. In Pro-


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Am 2, although Peter Kyle-Henney scored more championship points in total, the best seven rounds scoring system allowed Steven Liquorish to claim the championship title by a single point. Liquorish took six race wins over the course of the season, while Kyle-Henney took four wins. Third place went to three-time winner Will Goff, with two wins each for Carol Brown at Knockhill, Paul Donkin at Croft, and Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who achieved his double at Silverstone.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Entry list
For the 2014 season, a new car was utilised with the introduction of the seventh generation Porsche 911 – the Porsche 991 – to replace the Porsche 997 model.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Race calendar and results
The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 23 September 2013. The championship reduced from 20 rounds in 2013 to 19 rounds, after the inclusion of a single joint race, with the Porsche Carrera Cup France, in support of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, replacing the races at Oulton Park. The French round was only the second time the championship has held an international round, after the 2011 race in Germany. All other rounds were held in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season and featured two races at each meeting.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Championship standings, Drivers' championships, Overall championship
† — At Le Mans, Víctor Jiménez did not finish the race but was classified for completing over 90% of the race distance.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Championship standings, Drivers' championships, Pro-Am championships
1 — Pepe Massot scored pole position points towards the Pro-Am 1 championship standings at Snetterton, before being regraded as a professional driver for the races.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
The 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the eighth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 10 May in Misano and finished on 26 October in Monza, after seven rounds with two races at each event. Matteo Cairoli won the drivers' championship driving for Antonelli Motorsport, which won the teams' championship.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Michelin Cup
The Michelin Cup is the trophy reserved to the gentlemen drivers.


2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, Championship standings, Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Scholarship Programme
The Scholarship Programme Cup is the trophy reserved to the under-26 drivers elected by Porsche at the beginning of the season.


2014 Porsche Supercup
The 2014 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 22nd Porsche Supercup season. It began on 11 May at Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 2 November at Circuit of the Americas, after ten scheduled races, all of which were support events for the 2014 Formula One season.


2014 Porsche Supercup, Race calendar and results
An updated race calendar was released on 12 June, with the round at the Sochi Autodrom being replaced by a round at the Circuit of the Americas.


2014 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 37th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 21 April until 27 April 2014. Sixth-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title.


2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
Mona Barthel and Sabine Lisicki were the defending champions but Lisicki decided not to participate. Barthel played alongside Eva Birnerová, but lost in the first round to alternates Antonia Lottner and Anna Zaja.


2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Cara Black and Sania Mirza in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles
Maria Sharapova was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Ana Ivanovic in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season
The 2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season marked the club's 18th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 132nd season in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).


2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season
The 2014 season was the first to feature the club's newly adopted unified club structure, whereby the club’s AFL listed players were granted permission to play for the Port Adelaide reserves team in the SANFL, rather than be drafted to other SANFL clubs as in previous seasons.


2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season
The club's AFL team (seniors) is known as the Power, whilst it's SANFL team (reserves) is known as the Magpies.


2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season, Squad for 2014
Statistics are correct as of end of 2014 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.


2014 Port Adelaide Football Club season, Squad for 2014
SANFL List:Steven Summerton (Captain), Jake Johansen, Louis Sharrad, Angus BruggemannBen Haren, Danny Butcher, Matt Venter, Nathan Krakouer, Ben Sawford, Henry SlatterySam Gordon, Anthony Biemans, Zac Hawkins, Robbie Young, Aseri Raikiwasa * These players are only eligible to play for the SANFL reserves team and not for the AFL senior team


2014 Port Huron Patriots season
The 2014 Port Huron Patriots season was the third season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2014 Port Huron Patriots season
In June 2013, the Patriots agreed to terms with the CIFL to return for the 2014 season. On April 11, 2014, Jude Carter fired Head Coach Demar Cranford for "a lack of leadership and team performance."


2014 Port Vila Shield
The 2014 Port Vila Shield  was the 2nd edition of the Port Vila Shield, which placed the teams from the 2013-14 TVL Premier League against each other in a cup format. This cup acts a sort of warm-up for the second part of the league in the following months. The competition was held at the Port Vila Municipal Stadium.


2014 Portland State Vikings football team
The 2014 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Providence Park. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place.


2014 Portland State Vikings football team
On November 26, head coach Nigel Burton was fired. He finished at Portland State with a five-year record of 21–36.


2014 Portland State Vikings football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Cal Poly on September 20 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.


2014 Portland Thorns FC season
The 2014 season is the Portland Thorns FC's second season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer  in the United States.


2014 Portland Thorns FC season, Club, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Portland Thorns FC season, Match results, Regular season, Results summary
Last updated: August 17, 2014Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2014 Portland Thorns FC season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper


2014 Portland Thunder season
The 2014 Portland Thunder season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Matthew Sauk and played its home games at the Moda Center. With a 5–13 record in the regular season, the Thunder qualified for the playoffs. However, they were defeated in the conference semifinals by the Arizona Rattlers by a 52–48 score.


2014 Portland Thunder season, Schedule, Regular season
The Thunder's inaugural game took place on March 17, at home against the San Jose SaberCats. The team hosted the Spokane Shock in its last regular season game on July 26.


2014 Portland Thunder season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated July 31, 201424 Active, 16 Inactive


2014 Portland Timbers season
The 2014 Portland Timbers season was the 4th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Background
The Timbers finished the 2013 season in 1st place in the Western Conference, however it wasn't until December 13, 2013 that it was announced they would be playing in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League due to a rule change. Replacing the MLS Cup runner-up, the top team in the non-Supporter Shield conference would get the spot in Champions League.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Background
The Timbers announced they would be partnering with the San Jose Earthquakes and USL Pro team Sacramento Republic FC on January 23. The Timbers will send 2 players on loan to Sacramento Republic and not participate in the MLS Reserve League.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Western Conference standings
Updated to matches played on September 25, 2013 01:00 EDTSource: gue Soccer (MLS), the top flight MLSSoccer.com(W1) = Western Conference champion; (WC) = Qualifies for playoffs via wild-card. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff contention.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Overall standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2014 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Results summary
Last updated: August 12, 2014Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2014 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
Eight groups of 3 teams will be drawn, with each group containing at least one Mexican club and one American club.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.


2014 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Roster and Statistics
All players contracted to the club during the season included. Regular season stats updated on November 29, 2014.


2014 Portsmouth City Council election
The 2014 Portsmouth City Council elections took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council's seats were contested using the first-past-the-post voting system, alongside elections to the European Parliament. The ruling Liberal Democrat group lost control of the council to No overall control, with UKIP making 6 gains to win their first seats on the Council.


2014 Portsmouth City Council election
Following the elections, a Conservative minority administration was formed, replacing the previous Liberal Democrat majority that had governed Portsmouth since 2009. This administration was formed with the support of Labour and UKIP


2014 Portsmouth City Council election, Ward results
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2010.


2014 Portugal Open
The 2014 Portugal Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the Portugal Open for the men and the 18th for the women, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour, and of the International-level tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from April 26 through May 4, 2014.


2014 Portugal Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Portugal Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Portugal Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Portugal Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Portugal Open – Men's Doubles
Santiago González and Scott Lipsky were the defending champions and successfully defended their title by defeating Pablo Cuevas and David Marrero in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8].


2014 Portugal Open – Men's Singles
Stanislas Wawrinka was the defending champion, but withdrew before the event started. Carlos Berlocq won the title, defeating Tomáš Berdych in the final, 0–6, 7–5, 6–1.


2014 Portugal Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Portugal Open – Women's Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but they decided not to participate. Cara Black and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Eva Hrdinová and Valeria Solovyeva in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 Portugal Open – Women's Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was the defending champion, but withdrew before the event started.


2014 Portugal Open – Women's Singles
Carla Suárez Navarro won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak
The 2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak was an outbreak of legionellosis in multiple cities of the Lisbon district in Portugal, caused by the release of Legionella bacteria from the cooling towers of a fertilizer plant in Forte da Casa, Vila Franca de Xira. It began on 7 November 2014 and affected mostly people in Póvoa de Santa Iria, Forte da Casa and Vialonga, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira. Paulo Macedo, the Portuguese Health Minister, declared the outbreak extinct on 21 November. The outbreak resulted in 375 cases and 12 casualties.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 7 November 2014, authorities were alerted about an unusually large number of patients infected with Legionella: in 24 hours, the Vila Franca de Xira hospital received 27 patients with this infection and there were six more cases in other hospitals in Lisbon. The patients were from Forte da Casa, Póvoa de Santa Iria, Vialonga, in Vila Franca de Xira, and also from Bucelas, Loures and  Samora Correia, Benavente. The municipality of Vila Franca de Xira promptly asserted that tests carried out by the municipal water and sanitation authority (SMAS) did not find any evidence of Legionella in the tap water.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
By midday on 8 November, there were already 59 known cases. At the end of the same day, there were 90 known cases of Legionella infections, including 1 fatality. Authorities stated that the first fatality was a 59-year-old male that was a heavy smoker and died 3 hours after arriving at the hospital.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 9 November, the number of cases was updated to 120. Two more people, a 66-year-old male and an 81-year-old female, both with preexisting conditions, died in the hospital, raising the number of fatalities to 3. 6 more people were in critical condition. In the afternoon, the number of cases was reported to be 180 and 4 fatalities. 24 people are in the intensive care unit.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 11 November, the World Health Organization declared the Legionella outbreak in Portugal a major public health emergency.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 12 November, there were 302 known cases and 7 fatalities related to this outbreak, with 49 people in intensive care units and two more deaths under investigation. Cases in Luanda, Angola and Lima, Peru were suspected to be connected to the outbreak.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 13 November, there were 311 cases and 7 fatalities. The two cases that had been observed abroad were found to be unrelated to this outbreak.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 17 November, there were 331 cases and 8 fatalities.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 21 November, there were 336 cases and 10 fatalities. The outbreak was declared to be over.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Timeline
On 4 December, a 43-year-old man died from Legionella, raising the number of fatalities to 11.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Sources
A total of 20 locations were examined on 8 November. Another 5 locations, 4 factories and 1 hotel, were examined on 9 November.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Sources
On 11 November, Solvay confirmed that the first results from their factory in Póvoa de Santa Iria came positive for Legionella, but the results of more comprehensive tests, done at Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute (INSA) were not available yet. These tests included samples from other factories in the region, such as Adubos de Portugal (ADP) and Central de Cervejas. Later on the same day, it was also reported that the ADP factory would be further investigated. It was expected that the new investigation would shed some light on whether there was criminal activity behind the outbreak.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Sources
On 21 November, it was confirmed that the ADP factory was the source of the outbreak.


2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak, Prevention measures
Authorities recommended people to avoid taking showers and using high-pressure water sources as well as avoiding air-conditioning devices and places where airborne water particles are present. Blood donations in some parts of the affected district were halted.


2014 Portuguese Socialist Party prime ministerial primary
The 2014 Portuguese Socialist Party prime ministerial primary was held on 28 September 2014 and was the first primary open for non members of the Socialist Party and it elected the party's candidate for Prime Minister for the 2015 general election. It's the first time in Portugal that a party has an open primary. There were only two candidates running, António José Seguro current general secretary of the party and António Costa current mayor of Lisbon. António Costa won the primary by a landslide, achieving about 68% of the votes against the 32% of António José Seguro.


2014 Portuguese Socialist Party prime ministerial primary
After the first results were announced, Seguro conceded defeat and resigned as Secretary-General of the Party.