2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 14
Kansas City's Jeremy Guthrie pitched five solid innings and the Royals' bullpen was lights out during a 2–1 Game 3 victory that was less eventful and lower scoring than any of the Royals' previous postseason games. The Orioles struck first in the second inning, when Steve Pearce doubled and was then batted in by J. J. Hardy, but that was all the offense Baltimore would demonstrate. The Royals tied the score in the bottom of the fourth, as Lorenzo Cain scored from third base on an Alex Gordon ground ball.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 14
Kansas City then took the lead in the sixth, as Jarrod Dyson, pinch running for Nori Aoki, who had singled, moved from first to third base on a hit by Eric Hosmer, and then came to home plate on a sacrifice fly from Billy Butler. Royals closer Greg Holland was again effective in silencing any Orioles comeback attempts, retiring three straight batters in the top of the ninth to bring Kansas City within one win of the Fall Classic.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 14
This third game of the series had been originally slated for Monday, but was postponed to Tuesday due to inclement weather. Game 4, which had been slated for Tuesday, was subsequently moved to Wednesday.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 15
3:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 15
The Royals would need only two first-inning runs and solid pitching from Jason Vargas to propel themselves into the World Series with an 8–0 postseason record and complete the sweep of Baltimore. Kansas City's lone offensive rally began with Alcides Escobar reaching first base and Nori Aoki being hit by a pitch to move Escobar to second. Following a ground ball by Eric Hosmer, a missed catch error by the Orioles' Caleb Joseph enabled both Escobar and Aoki to score and Hosmer to reach second base. The Orioles' lone run came via a Ryan Flaherty solo home run. Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis again proved unhittable in relief, and closer Greg Holland recorded his fourth straight save.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series
The Royals faced the San Francisco Giants. The Royals were granted home-field advantage in the World Series after the American League won the All-Star Game.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 1, October 21
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 1, October 21
San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner was brilliant through seven innings of work, surrendering only one RBI—a Salvador Pérez home run—and getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning, and Hunter Pence delivered three RBIs, including a two-run home run, as the Giants handed the Royals their first postseason loss since Game 4 of the 1985 World Series. Kansas City's previously potent bats fell flat against Bumgarner.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 1, October 21
Trailing 4–0, they threatened briefly in the third inning when Lorenzo Cain came back from an 0–2 count to walk and load the bases with two outs, Omar Infante and Mike Moustakas having reached base previously. But Eric Hosmer grounded out with the bases loaded to preserve Bumgarner's shutout, broken up by only Perez's solo long ball.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 2, October 22
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 2, October 22
The Royals and Giants battled to a 2–2 stalemate through five innings, until Kansas City's offense ignited–and San Francisco's pitching melted–in the sixth. The Giants used five pitchers in one inning as Lorenzo Cain scored from second base on a hit by Billy Butler, Salvador Pérez hit a 2RBI double scoring Eric Hosmer and Terrance Gore, and Omar Infante blasted a home run to left field, scoring himself and Perez. The Giants went limp offensively after the Royals' five-run inning, and never closed the 7–2 gap. Kansas City's Kelvin Herrera–Wade Davis–Greg Holland relief lineup again kept the lead intact.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 2, October 22
The Royals' victory evens the World Series at one game apiece and thus forces a Game 5 on Sunday, October 26.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 3, October 24
5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 3, October 24
The Royals took a 2–1 series lead in the first tilt of the Fall Classic that was a closely contested pitchers' duel instead of a lopsided hitting spree, as Games 1 and 2 had been. Kansas City hung one run on the Giants in the top of the first inning (Alcides Escobar doubling, and then advancing to third and scoring on two ground outs). However, the majority of offense came in the sixth. Still holding onto a 1–0 cushion, the Royals began a two-run inning as Escobar singled. Alex Gordon doubled, scoring Escobar.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 3, October 24
Following a Lorenzo Cain ground out, San Francisco starter Tim Hudson, who had pitched 5 2/3 innings, was relieved by Javier López, but López could not completely shut down the Royals' offense, allowing Eric Hosmer to single to center field, scoring Gordon, before he struck out Mike Moustakas to end the inning.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 3, October 24
In the bottom of the sixth, the Giants gave Kansas City some pitching hiccups of their own. Brandon Crawford scored from first base on a Michael Morse double. Kelvin Herrera was then summoned to replace starter Jeremy Guthrie. Again, as with López in the top of the inning, the presence of the new pitcher Herrera did not immediately stop the bleeding for Kansas City, as Morse advanced to third base and then scored on respective Joe Panik and Buster Posey ground outs. Herrera kept San Francisco to a two-run inning as heavy hitting Pablo Sandoval grounded out.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 3, October 24
The Royals' bullpen, this time adding Brandon Finnegan to the usual late-inning Herrera–Wade Davis–Greg Holland lineup, kept the Giants at bay for the remaining three innings. Kansas City never recorded an insurance run to pad their 3–2 lead, but the closer Holland racked up three straight outs to secure a Royals victory without further rebut.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 4, October 25
5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 4, October 25
The World Series was forced to at least a sixth game back in Kansas City following a definitive and conclusive victory by the Giants in which they attacked the Royals' bullpen in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, especially rookie Brandon Finnegan, who surrendered five earned runs. Hunter Pence, Pablo Sandoval, and Joe Panik all had multi-RBI games for San Francisco.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 4, October 25
Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Omar Infante, and Salvador Pérez had combined for a four-run fourth inning for the Royals, who held a 4–2 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth, when the Giants tied the game with Pence and Juan Pérez RBIs, one with Jason Frasor pitching, the other with Danny Duffy on the mound. Finnegan then replaced Duffy prior to San Francisco's three-run sixth, which included a 2-RBI line drive from Sandoval and a Brandon Belt RBI single. The Giants added further insult to injury with a four-run seventh.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 4, October 25
The Royals never scored in the game outside of their four-run third inning, and this time it was the Giants who used an effective lineup of seventh, eighth, and ninth-inning relievers to quell any further Kansas City threat.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 5, October 26
5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 5, October 26
Madison Bumgarner was the only pitcher the Giants required to take a 3–2 lead in the World Series over the Royals, again puzzling Kansas City hitters as he had in Game 1. Kansas City starter James Shields was more effective than four games earlier, only surrendering two runs across seven innings of work, but the Giants added three runs insurance off Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis. San Francisco's five runs were delivered by only two batters: Juan Pérez, who batted in two, and Brandon Crawford, who drove in three.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 5, October 26
This was the fourth postseason shutout suffered by the Royals in franchise history, following Game 1 of the 1981 American League Division Series, Game 4 of the 1984 American League Championship Series, and Game 4 of the 1985 World Series.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 6, October 28
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 6, October 28
Lorenzo Cain drove in three runs, and Mike Moustakas batted in two as the Royals forced a decisive seventh game in domineering fashion, saddling Giants starter Jake Peavy for five earned runs as part of a seven-run second inning. Peavy's struggles came on the heels of a 7–2 Royals victory in Game 2 for which he was also charged with the loss. Contrarily, Kansas City's Yordano Ventura pitched seven innings and only surrendered three hits.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 6, October 28
Ventura honored St. Louis Cardinals outfielder and fellow Dominican Republic countryman Oscar Taveras, who had died two days earlier in a car crash, with the message "R.I.P. O.T. #18" scrawled onto his cap. When Kansas City turned to its bullpen, it appeared to save Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and Greg Holland for Game 7, using Jason Frasor and Tim Collins instead.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 7, October 29
7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 7, October 29
The Royals were 90 feet away from tying the decisive seventh game at three runs apiece in the bottom of the ninth, having trailed by a run for the previous five innings. Left fielder Alex Gordon hit a controversial two out single, which was dramatically followed up with two fielding errors by San Francisco's center fielder Gregor Blanco and left fielder Juan Perez, allowing Gordon to reach third standing up.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 7, October 29
Unfortunately for Kansas City, Salvador Pérez, the next batter, popped a ball up into foul territory on a 2–2 count, which was easily caught by Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval to give San Francisco their third World Series victory in five seasons and crush Kansas City's Cinderella run through the postseason. Madison Bumgarner worked on short rest for San Francisco; although he did not start the game, he came into relieve Jeremy Affeldt (who had himself relieved starter Tim Hudson) in the fifth inning and pitched five innings in a masterful performance that prevented the Royals' offense from igniting.


2014 Kansas City Royals season, Post-season, World Series, Game 7, October 29
Bumgarner was awarded a save; the win went to Affeldt. No scoring occurred after the fourth inning, when Pablo Sandoval came home  from third on a one-out hit to right field by Michael Morse. This would prove to be the World Series-winning run for the Giants. Prior to the fourth inning, both teams scored two runs each in the second inning. Alex Gordon and Omar Infante batted in the Royals' only runs.


2014 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 2014 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by head coach Charlie Weis for the first four games of the season and interim head coach Clint Bowen for the remainder of the season. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–8 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place.


2014 Kansas Jayhawks football team
On September 28, after starting the year 2–2 and going only 6–22 in two-plus seasons, head coach Charlie Weis was fired. Linebackers coach Clint Bowen was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas, as they have done since 1968. 2014 was the 119th season in school history. The Wildcats were led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 23rd overall and sixth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. Kansas State was a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they lost to UCLA.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Stephen F. Austin
This was the first meeting of the two teams and the first game of the season for both teams. The Lumberjacks entered the season picked #6 in the Southland Conference. After forcing the Lumberjacks to punt, Kansas State scored first and maintained the lead for the entire game. Tyler Lockett caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Jake Waters for a touchdown—the 19th career to move him within seven of his father Kevin Lockett's career school record. Kansas State won the game 55–16.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Stephen F. Austin
Kansas State achieved 29 first downs and 478 total offensive yards, averaging 7.9 yards per pass and 4.7 yards per carry, going 2–2 on fourth down attempts. Stephen F. Austin gave up 10 penalties for 69 yards and lost a fumble, but managed two touchdowns and 294 yards of total offense.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Kansas State won its first game and entered the game with a record of 1–0, while Iowa State had just come off a loss against North Dakota State. Prior to the game, Iowa State has lost 32 of its last 36 games against ranked opponents while Kansas State had won the last six meetings overall after last season's 41–7 win. When ranked, the Wildcats have defeated the Cyclones in 10 straight dating to 1994.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The game began with Kansas State taking an early lead 13–0 in the first quarter, but Iowa State scored a touchdown before the quarter concluded. That Iowa State touchdown was the first of four consecutive for the cyclones which led them in with a 28–20 lead at halftime. Neither team scored in the third period and Kansas State's defense continued the fourth quarter to prevent any score, allowing the Kansas State offense to produce two more touchdowns and a Wildcat victory 32–28. The comeback-from-behind victory was considered "defining" for Kansas State.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
During the game, Kansas State wide receiver Tyler Lockett caught a pass near the goal line on the sidelines. In this play, it appeared that his knee appeared touched a pylon. That event would by rule negate the catch. The Wildcats scored a touchdown on the next play, which prevented any additional video review. The Big 12 replay official and communicator were given a one-game suspension for failing to follow protocol.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn
This was the first road game for Auburn of the season and was the first ranked opponent for the Tigers. It was the second time Kansas State has faced a ranked non-conference opponent under Bill Snyder. Both teams were expected to utilize the "pop" (play-option) pass offensively. Before this game, the two programs had met three times in the past (1978, 1979, and 2007), all Auburn victories.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Auburn was first to put points on the board with 11:14 remaining in the first quarter when Daniel Carlson hit a 34 Yard Field Goal. Kansas State took the lead with 4:56 left in the second quarter when DeMarcus Robinson succeeded with a 3-yard run, and Jack Cantele kicked the extra point to put the score 7–0. Auburn answered quickly with 1:34 left in the same quarter when Ricardo Louis caught a 40-yard pass from Nick Marshall for a touchdown, completing a drive of 9 plays for 75 yards. Daniel Carlson's kick was good and the score at halftime was Auburn 10, Kansas State 7. Auburn maintained the lead for the remainder of the game.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Kansas State did manage to stop Auburn's rush offense effectively (holding them to just 55 yards in the first half), but could not stop their pass game. Auburn was able to capitalize on a 3–1 turnover margin and take advantage of Kansas State's mistakes and missed field goals. The final score was considered close ("Auburn had just squeezed out a 20–14 victory") with a final score of Auburn 20, Kansas State 14.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UTEP
The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and Kansas State have met twice in the past:  1947 and 1999. The 1947 meeting resulted in a Texas-El Paso victory of 20–6, and in 1999 Kansas State won 40–7. This game is the first time UTEP has traveled to the state of Kansas for football since the 1999 game against Kansas State. UTEP entered the game with a record of 2–1, their only loss to Big 12 member Texas Tech.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UTEP
When the game rolled around, Kansas State scored 10 points in the first quarter and went into the half with a comfortable 31–0 lead. UTEP did not score until the third quarter after Kansas State had 45 points. Kansas State's defense held UTEP to 23 yards of offense and one first down in the first half.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UTEP
The game play was slowed down for over 10 minutes when the officials had a hard time determining the proper ruling for an inadvertent whistle. Kansas State had blocked a punt and a UTEP player picked up the ball behind the line of scrimmage. The officials blew the play dead but then later ruled the ball was still "live" and let UTEP run the play again. In the end it did not matter as Kansas State won the game 58–28.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Texas Tech entered the game with a 2–2 record but ranked 11th in overall passing yards. On September 6, Texas Tech defeated UTEP 30–26, the same team that Kansas State defeated the previous week. The two teams have met 14 times in the past and the Red Raiders led the series 8 wins to 6. They first met on November 30, 1933, in Lubbock, Texas, where Texas Tech won 6–0. Kansas State had won the last three meetings between the two programs.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Texas Tech's quarterback Davis Webb entered the game ranked eighth nationally with 339 yards passing per game. Tech's Bradley Marquez caught six touchdown passes for the season to rank second nationally leads the Big 12. Conversely, Texas Tech is among the worst teams in the nation in turnover margin, having turned the ball over 9 times.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Kansas State took the lead in the first quarter when Curry Sexton caught a 48-yard pass from Jake Waters for a touchdown with 7:18 left in the first quarter. Matthew McCrane's kick made the score 7–0 and the Wildcats led the remainder of game. At halftime, Kansas State had a lead by 24–7. Tyler Lockett made 12 catches for 125 yards with two touchdowns while teammate Curry Sexton had nine catches for 128 yards, also for two touchdowns.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Texas Tech managed 301 total passing yards, averaging 6 yards per pas but could only muster a total of 46 rushing yards on 14 attempts. Comparatively, Kansas State made slightly less yardage passing (290) but managed 245 yards rushing for a total of 535 yards of offense. Texas Tech turned the ball over on 4 interceptions while Kansas State lost only 1 fumble. Kansas State's offense controlled the game, maintaining possession for just over 40 minutes to Tech just under 20 minutes.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
For penalties, Texas Tech committed 9 and gave up 89 yards compared to Kansas State's 1 penalty for 15 yards. Kansas State was 9–15 on third down compared to tech's 5–12, but both teams were 1–2 on fourth down attempts.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
The final score was Kansas State 45, Texas Tech 13, making it Kansas State's fourth consecutive victory over Texas Tech.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Both teams entered the game with one loss each and a possible conference championship on the line. When the game ended, Kansas State found itself back in the hunt for the national title  after receiving a little help from West Virginia, who defeated previously undefeated Baylor on the same day.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Statistically, Oklahoma lead in most every measure with 30 first downs to Kansas State's 17; 533 total yards to Kansas State's 385; and going 7–11 on third down compared to Kansas State's 5–11. Oklahoma also controlled the clock, having possession for a total of 32:18 compared to Kansas State's 27:42.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Oklahoma started by taking the lead with 4:58 left in the first quarter when Samaje Perine made a 2-yard dive for a touchdown, and Michael Hunnicutt's extra point put it to 7–0. Kansas State answered just 57 seconds later when Glenn Gronkowski caught a 62-yard pass from Jake Waters and Matthew McCrane put on the extra point to tie the game at 7–7.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
In the second quarter, Kansas State's Danzel McDaniel took an interception just 5 yards into the end zone for an easy touchdown to take the lead, but the Sooner's Sterling Shepard tied it up with a 47-yard pass from Trevor Knight. Scoring continued in the second quarter when the Wildcat's Tyler Lockett caught a touchdown pass to take the lead and Oklahoma's Hunnicut made good on a 38-yard field goal. At the half, the score was Kansas State 21, Oklahoma 17.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Oklahoma managed to tie the score in the third quarter when Blake Bell caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to tie the score 24 each with 9:32 on the clock, but Jake Waters made a 4-yard touchdown run to take the lead 31–24 to end the third quarter.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Oklahoma had a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter when Durron Neal caught a 9-yard touchdown pass to put the score at 31–30, but Kansas State's Travis Britz blocked the extra point. The final score was a Kansas State victory, 31–30.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Texas came into the game with a record of 3–4 (2–2 in conference play) and unranked. A strong defensive performance led to a Wildcat victory as Kansas State defeated Texas 23–0. Texas experienced their first shutout since 2004 against the Oklahoma Sooners.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Kansas State dominated statistically throughout the game achieving 22 first downs and 367 total yards of offense compared to Texas production of 12 first downs and 196 yards. Texas committed 7 penalties for 66 yards compared to Kansas State's 3 penalties for 25 yards. Kansas State controlled the ball for 39:14 of game time and never gave up the ball, where Texas was on offense for 20:46 and gave up one fumble. Kansas State's Matthew McCrane was responsible for 11 points with three field goals and two extra points. DeMarcus Robinson and Charles Jones pitched in for one rushing touchdown each.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State started the game with a 5–3 record (3–2 in conference play). The Cowboys had just come off their homecoming loss to West Virginia the previous week. Prior to this game, Oklahoma State led the series 37–23.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State scored in their opening drive by marching down the field and concluding when Tyreek Hill made a 2-yard run for a touchdown. Ben Grogan's kick made the score 7–0 OSU. But the ensuing kick-off by Oklahoma State resulted in Morgan Burns successfully running 86 yards for a touchdown. Matthew McCrane's extra point tied the score 7–7 with 11:36 on the clock in the first quarter. Kansas State's Charles Jones ran in for 6 yards with 4:16 left in the first and Kansas State held the lead for the remainder of the game.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Kansas State achieved 36 unanswered points until Ramon Richards made a 38-yard interception for a touchdown after the K-State starters were pulled from the game. With 4:49 left in the game, Matthew McCrane was sent out to make an attempt at a 53-yard field goal. The attempt was good and Kansas State won 48–14.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Kansas State's Tyler Lockett passed current Green Bay Packers star Jordy Nelson for second in school history in yards receiving, ending the game with 2,877 yards. He also tied Quincy Morgan with 23 career touchdown catches. He is trailing only his father Kevin Lockett in both categories, at 3,032 yards and 26 touchdowns.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, TCU
Kansas State travelled to play Texas Christian University the next week, who won their game earlier that same day at West Virginia. The Wildcats lost to the Horned Frogs 20–41.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA–Alamo Bowl
No . 14 UCLA jumped to a large halftime lead and held on for a 40–35 win over No. 11 Kansas State. Paul Perkins scored on a 67-yard run to give the Bruins a 40–28 lead with just over two minutes left in the game, and he helped recover an onside kick to seal the game after the Wildcats final score. He finished with a career-high 194 yards with two touchdowns, and was named the bowl's offensive most valuable player (MVP). UCLA ran for 331 yards, including 96 by Brett Hundley. After making a team-high 10 tackles, including three for a loss, the Bruins' Eric Kendricks was voted the game's defensive MVP. The win earned UCLA their second straight 10–3 season, and their first consecutive bowl victories since winning eight in a row from 1983 through 1991.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA–Alamo Bowl
UCLA's Hundley ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter, when he also completed nine of 11 passes for 85 yards. The Bruins led 31–6 at the half after holding Kansas State to just 87 total yards. However, the Wildcats rallied to score 15 straight points and controlled the ball for almost 13 minutes in the third quarter. They pulled to within 34–28 after a touchdown with five minutes remaining. The scoring drive was extended by two penalties by UCLA, who had 15 for an Alamo Bowl record 128 yards. UCLA responded with Perkins' touchdown run on a second-and-13 play, extending the lead to 40–28. The Wildcats came as close as 40–35 with 1:21 remaining after Tyler Lockett caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Jake Waters, but the comeback ended after their failed onside attempt.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA–Alamo Bowl
Hundley accounted for three touchdowns and threw for 136 yards, but completed only three of 13 passes after the first quarter. The UCLA defense had a season-high seven sacks after entering the contest averaging just 1.8 (22 in 12 games). Perkins finished the season as the Pac-12 rushing leader with 1,575 yards. Kendricks led the Football Bowl Subdivision with 149 solo tackles. Kansas State's Lockett had an Alamo Bowl record 13 receptions for 164 yards, and tied the bowl record with two TD receptions. His 249 all-purpose yards were also a bowl record. Waters was 31-of-48 passing for 338 yards, but was intercepted twice and lost a fumble.


2014 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Coaching staff
The following is a list of coaches at Kansas State for the 2014 season.


2014 Kansas elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4, 2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.


2014 Kansas elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback and Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer successfully ran for re-election to a second term in office. They defeated Jennifer Winn and her running mate Robin Lais in the Republican primary.


2014 Kansas elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Democrat Paul Davis, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, ran unsuccessfully in the general election with running mate businesswoman Jill Docking. Keen Umbehr appeared on the ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate along with running mate Josh Umbehr, a Wichita-based physician.


2014 Kansas elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office. He was opposed by Democrat A.J. Kotich.


2014 Kansas elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Kansas elections, Secretary of State, General election
Former Republican State Senator Jean Schodorf was the Democratic nominee for the general election. She was defeated by Kobach.


2014 Kansas elections, State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Ron Estes was re-elected to a second term in office. He defeated Democrat Carmen Alldritt.


2014 Kansas elections, Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger is not running for re-election to a fourth term in office. She has endorsed the Democratic nominee, Dennis Anderson, saying that he is more "dedicated to good public policy and [will] not use the office for political gain." Anderson lost the election to Ken Selzer.


2014 Kansas elections, Commissioner of Insurance, Republican primary
Beverly Gossage, David J. Powell, Ken Selzer, Clark Shultz and John M. Toplikar ran for the Republican nomination.


2014 Kansas elections, United States Senate
Republican Senator Pat Roberts ran for re-election to a fourth term. Greg Orman is running as an independent. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor won the Democratic primary, but withdrew his candidacy on September 3. After a court challenge, on September 18, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that his name would be taken off the ballot. Roberts was re-elected with about 53% of the vote, compared to Orman's 43%.


2014 Kansas elections, United States House of Representatives
Four U.S. Representatives from the state of Kansas were elected in 2014, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.


2014 Kansas elections, Kansas House of Representatives
Elections were held for all 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives.


2014 Kansas gubernatorial election
</noinclude>The 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Kansas, concurrently with the election of Kansas' Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


2014 Kansas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback ran for re-election to a second term. He was opposed in the general election by Democrat Paul Davis, the Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, and Libertarian attorney Keen Umbehr.


2014 Kansas gubernatorial election
The election was viewed as a referendum on Brownback's aggressive tax cutting initiatives and his conservative values. The consensus among The Cook Political Report, Governing, The Rothenberg Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, Daily Kos Elections, and others was that the contest was a tossup. Brownback won the election by a margin of 3.7%. Davis carried seven counties, all in eastern Kansas, five of which are home to four-year state universities. This was the last gubernatorial election in which a Democratic candidate won Jefferson County.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions
On 31 July 2014, a series of gas explosions occurred in the Cianjhen and Lingya districts of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, following reports of gas leaks earlier that night. Thirty-two people were killed and 321 people were injured.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, The explosions
Eyewitnesses reported a smell of gas and white smoke coming out of manholes near Kaisyuan 3rd Road and Ersheng 1st Road in Cianjhen District on 31 July 2014 at 20:46, over three hours prior to the incident. The explosions occurred later at 23:57 on Yisin Road, Ersheng Road, Sanduo Road and Guanghua Road.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, The explosions
Witnesses reported seeing fireballs soaring into the sky and flames reaching 15 stories high. The blasts ripped up roads, trapped and overturned cars and firetrucks, and caused a blackout to the electrical grid. About 6 km of road length were damaged. The explosions reportedly blew cars and motorcycles high up in the air; some vehicles and victims were found at the rooftops of buildings three or four stories high. One street had been split along its length, swallowing fire trucks and other vehicles.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, The explosions
Premier Jiang Yi-huah stated that there had been at least five blasts around the city. The blasts cut gas supplies to 23,600 households, electricity to 12,000 households, and water to 8,000 households.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, The explosions
Firefighters from Kaohsiung City, Chiayi City, Pingtung County, Tainan City and Taitung County rushed to the scene to extinguish the fires and help the rescue efforts. Some of the firefighters also sprayed water on the roads in the hope to reduce the ground temperature. During the incident, four firefighters lost their lives, with two of them going missing; the explosions also injured 22 other emergency workers. The Taiwanese army was also dispatched and arrived at the site within two hours after the initial explosion.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, The explosions
Emergency rooms in hospitals around Kaohsiung were packed with casualties that night, with most of them having suffered cuts and burns. Some of the injured people had to be carried to hospitals by trucks due to the lack of ambulances. All of the casualties were sent to more than 20 hospitals around the city, including Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Yuan's General Hospital, Armed Forces General Hospital, and Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospitals.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Rescue efforts
By the following morning, most of the fires had been fully extinguished or had burnt out by themselves, but a few remained. Paramedics, search and rescue dogs and helicopters swept the area looking for survivors. Heavy construction equipment was brought to the blast site to begin removing debris from the street. Schools and offices were closed on that day and residents were asked to leave their houses to smooth out the search and rescue operations.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Rescue efforts
By afternoon, hundreds of people who fled the explosion scenes had returned home after houses around the explosion areas had been declared safe by the city spokesman. They confirmed that no more explosions could happen and that all of the fire had been put out. Traffic restrictions were put in place on Sanduo, Guanghua, Yixin, and Kaisyuan Roads. Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau also closed the northbound exit from Sun Yat-sen Freeway to Sanduo Road. However, Kaohsiung MRT and buses were not affected by the search and rescue works.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Rescue efforts
To help the city in the rescue efforts, at 22:30 on Friday night the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) shut down their four sets of generators fed with liquid natural gas, even though none of their pipelines had been damaged during the explosions. The shutdown lowered Taiwan's total electricity output by 1,100 MW, or about 2.7% of the total capacity. The decision to stop the supply was reached after a discussion between the Kaohsiung City Government and the oil refinery CPC Corporation, so that road repair and other disaster relief work could proceed without interruption.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Rescue efforts
With their total generation expected to reach 36,970 MW in the peak hours of the coming week, Taipower has an excess capacity of 3,170 MW and thus can still meet the local energy demand in Kaohsiung. As a precaution, China Petrochemical Development Co., which also operates in Kaohsiung, reduced the gas pressure in its propene pipelines.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Rescue efforts
On Sunday, another 1,885 servicemen were deployed for the search and rescue operation at the explosion sites, bringing the total servicemen deployed during the incident to 5,567 people. Included among the servicemen were the chemical detection troops who continued to monitor any leaking gas. Equipment such as 22 ambulances, three chemical-detection vehicles, 13 excavators, 26 life detecting monitors, and other equipment were also being used in the rescue efforts. The rescue works attracted many passerby to watch, wander, or even for an "adventure date" in conjunction with Chinese Valentine's Day, a move considered disrespectful for the dead. The police had to ask them to leave and ask the public to stay away from the areas where the explosions occurred, citing the fragility of the ground or the ruined buildings around.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Immediate aftermath
The remaining 260 tons of propene inside the damaged pipes was vented out completely by Monday from both of their input and output points. Nitrogen gas was put into pipes ensuring all propene had been removed, a move which had been done earlier by the CPC. The Environmental Protection Administration also had dispatched personnel to Kaohsiung to assist local government in air pollution monitoring.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Immediate aftermath
On 5 August, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office issued the death certificates of two missing firefighters who had fought the fires caused by the gas explosions, despite their bodies having yet to be found. The prosecutors said that rescuers could not find the bodies and suspected that they might have been vaporized from the explosions.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Immediate aftermath
On 8 August, another gas leak was reported in Cianjhen District shortly before 7:50 a.m causing widespread panic among residents. People who lived within 150 meters radius of Kaisyuan 3rd Road were evacuated the city police department to Kaohsiung Municipal Guanghua Junior High School and Le Chyuan Elementary School, raising concern among residents over their safety. Authorities tried to pin down the source of the gas and they dispatched personnel to the intersection of Yisin and Kaisyuan Roads. The gas concentration level reading peaked at 5,000 ppm at around 11 a.m which was mostly methane. However, by 14:30 the concentration level finally dropped below 10 ppm. Early measurements indicated that at least four gases leaked were methane, propene, ethylene and butane.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Event, Immediate aftermath
On 9 August, the Kaohsiung City Government ordered LCY to halt all of operations until its plan to improve pipeline safety had been reviewed by the government. Should LCY refuse to do so, the government would notify the Taipower and Taiwan Water Corporation to stop providing the company with electricity and water respectively.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
The Minister of Economic Affairs Chang Chia-juch, acting as the Director of the Central Emergency Operation Center, suspected that the explosions were caused by a propene leak, and the firefighters could not extinguish the fires with water. Emergency workers had to wait until the gas had burnt away after the supply was shut down. It is suspected that the affected pipelines were those used for gas delivery to the petrochemical factory LCY Chemical Corp. (LCY; Chinese: 李長榮化學工業).


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
The affected pipelines were designed and constructed by the government-owned CPC Corporation. However, CPC said that the pipeline system did not show any sign of problems before the explosion. The gas pipelines were approved in 1990 by Vice President Wu Den-yih, who served as mayor of Kaohsiung from 1990 to 1998, and the construction was completed in 1994. The pipelines had not been properly inspected for 24 years.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
The Kaohsiung City Government found out that a 100-millimetre (4 in) pipeline delivering propene to Ren Da Industrial Park was found to encounter abnormal pressure between 20:40 and 21:00 the night the gas leak was discovered.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
Pressure in the LCY piping system used to transport propene from one of its suppliers began to show abnormality starting 20:00 Thursday night and 3.77 tons of propene leaked between 20:00 and 21:00 The company did not shut down the pipe until 23:40, 16 minutes before the first gas explosion occurred. The concentration of the propene at the explosion site was abnormally high at 13,000 ppm. In a press conference on Friday, LCY CEO said that the company is fully cooperating with the authorities in the investigation and the company will bear the responsibility if found guilty.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
During a press conference on Sunday at the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei, LCY said that it was the responsibility of CPC to design and check the gas pipes. CPC responded that the pipes belonged to LCY and CPC did not have any maintenance contract with them. LCY further explained that detecting pressure drops indicating gas leaks was the responsibility of the China General Terminal and Distribution Corporation (CGTD; Chinese: 華運倉儲), who transport LCY's petrochemicals through the pipes.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
LCY claimed they first detected abnormalities when the propene supply completely ceased at 8:49 p.m and returned to normal half an hour later. At 22:35, they detected further problems, shutting down transporting immediately. According to Kaohsiung's top environment official, though, 3.77 metric tons of gas had leaked already between 20:00 and 21:00, and the pipe system was only shut down at 23:40 - just 16 minutes before the explosion.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Investigation
On 5 August, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office (KDPO) retrieved documents and records related to propene transport after they raided LCY and CGTD offices a day before. Several employees were brought to the prosecutors office for questioning. To better investigate the causes of the accident, KDPO also invited domestic metal and petrochemical experts to the blast areas to collect evidence. On 18 December, the CEO and five employees of LCY Chemical, three employees of China General Terminal and Distribution, and three employees of the Kaohsiung Public Works Bureau were indicted for their role in the incident. The indictment charges these three groups with negligence, due to their failure to inspect or maintain the pipeline.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
President Ma Ying-jeou ordered full rescue efforts to help the blast victims. During his visit to Kaohsiung on Saturday to visit injured patients in hospitals and view the explosion sites, President Ma vowed to fully investigate the cause of the incident and to review the underground piping networks, stressing the need for a more comprehensive design and efficient management.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
During his inspection of the damage in Kaohsiung, Premier Jiang Yi-huah, ordered the Taiwanese national flag to be flown at half-mast for three days starting 5 August to commemorate the victims of the gas explosions and also the TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crash a week before in Penghu County.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Vice Premier Mao Chi-kuo said during the rescue and relief effort works that public utilities companies would work hard to resume power and water supplies within three to five days. Taiwan Power Company said that power supply to about 3,900 households in less-affected areas should resume in two days, while temporary overhead lines set up to supply the worst-hit areas were expected to allow electricity to resume in three days. Taiwan Water Corporation said that the city government agreed to temporary water pipelines to supply the affected areas within five days. However, there was no schedule set up to resume the gas supply for the affected areas.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu said that schools and offices in the affected districts were closed the day after the explosion to facilitate search and rescue. She ordered gas supply companies CPC Corporation and Hsin Kao Gas to cut off gas delivery along the gas pipelines after the first explosion occurred. Mayor Chen asked President Ma to study and review the underground petrochemical pipeline system in Kaohsiung to avoid similar accidents in the future, which could eventually involve rerouting to avoid densely populated areas. She also asked the central government to help Kaohsiung City Government to replace all of the ageing pipes, many of which have been in operation for a period of 20–30 years, and in some cases for more than 40 years.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
The Ministry of National Defense deployed around 1,600 soldiers for the rescue operations, including 131 transport vehicles, 29 ambulances, 3 fire trucks, 3 chemical-detection vehicles, 15 engineering machines and other equipment. The ministry also provided blast victims with free accommodations at military bases.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Mayor Chen's party, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), suspended all of their upcoming municipal and local election activities scheduled for November after an emergency meeting chaired by Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen. DPP also asked other municipalities and counties led by DPP to help with the rescue efforts in Kaohsiung. The ruling Kuomintang party also suspended all of their upcoming activities.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Several major festivals in Taiwan, such as Qixi Festival and Dadaocheng Fireworks Festival, were cancelled as a result of the incident.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
The Financial Supervisory Commission announced on Friday that it had instructed insurance companies to provide expedited insurance claims to all affected individuals and businesses in the area. They also stated that individuals and businesses may apply to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for assistance.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Public reactions towards the government have been largely negative, criticizing what was seen as a slow response by the authorities to stop and isolate the gas leak after it was first reported. In wake of the disaster, many local residents have said that the government should relocate the gas pipes away from their neighborhoods. One resident claimed that he had notified city authorities prior to the explosion when he smelled a gas odor near his apartment. However, authorities told him that the situation was under control and had been declared safe after police and firefighters arrived at the scene.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Reactions, Domestic
Kaohsiung city authorities responded to these criticisms by saying that had residents been evacuated prior to the explosions, there may have been even more fatalities, since most of the injured or dead were those on the roads at the time of the incidents. According to Taipower, staying indoors was the best precaution that could be taken for people facing such a disaster. The Kuomintang caucus of the Kaohsiung City Council sued Mayor Chen Chu for negligence that led to loss of life. The Democratic Progressive Party caucus responded by filing a lawsuit against former Kaohsiung mayor Wu Den-yih, for "illegitimately" allowing the pipelines to be buried. Wu then publicized documents stating that the pipes were installed before his leadership of Kaohsiung.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
A total of ten emergency shelters consisting of several schools and a cultural center were used for the 12,000 people who had evacuated overnight. Many people, including high school students, had volunteered to help the post-disaster relief efforts by helping with the relief supplies distribution and offering of other services, such as counseling.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Dozens of hotels around Kaohsiung offered temporary free lodging, laundry and washroom facilities for the people who were left homeless after their houses were damaged by the blast. Restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores also provided various kinds of supports.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Relief supplies and works, such as food, blanket, sleeping bags, bottled water, injury and emergency assistance, counseling and funeral arrangements, were made possible by the Tzu Chi Foundation, the Kaohsiung Branch of the Taiwanese Red Cross, the Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation and many other foundations. Religious rituals were also held at the blast sites for grieving relatives who had lost their loved ones.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Donations also came from enterprise sectors, such as Formosa Plastics Group, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., Foxconn, Kinpo Group, Acer Inc., HTC, E-United Group, Chailease Holding Co., MediaTek, Fubon Financial Holding Co., Capital Bus Company, Taipei Bus Company, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Tripod Technology, RT-Mart, Taiflex and many others. Companies such as FamilyMart, 7-Eleven, Chinese Television Service and Videoland Television Network also organized fund-raising drives and events for the blast victims. Taiwanese businesses operating in Beijing and Shanghai also joined in donating money for the blast victims.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin offered NT$200,000 to the families of the blast victims. Sean Lien and Ko Wen-je, candidates for Mayor of Taipei in the upcoming municipal elections on 29 November 2014, donated NT$2,000,000 and NT$400,000 respectively. In a joint statement, five leaders from the DPP-controlled counties and municipality pledged to donate one month of their salary to the blast victims, which are Chiayi County Magistrate Helen Chang, Pingtung County Magistrate Tsao Chi-hung, Yilan County Magistrate Lin Tsung-hsien, Yunlin County Magistrate Su Chih-fen and Tainan City Mayor William Lai.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Taiwanese singers such as Kenji Wu, Mayday, and Peter Ho and Chinese mainland singer Ding Dang joined the public in giving donations to support the blast victims, since many of their relatives also live in Kaohsiung.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
The Ministry of Culture launched a poetry drive to honor the blast victims posted on the ministry's Facebook page. Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai herself contributed a poem entitled If I Had Known Earlier (Chinese: 如果早知道).


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has been providing services to hold counselings to help residents to go through posttraumatic stress disorder by mobilizing medical personnel and social workers to the affected district areas. The services will be in place for the next two to three months.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
Despite the donations and support Kaohsiung had received, many victims complained that they had to wait in line for more than two hours to get them. Some people were also caught on camera pretending that they were the explosion victims or taking turns in group to get the donations several times more than what they were supposed to get.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Relief efforts
As of 7 August, a total NT$2.38 billion worth of donations had been received from companies and individuals, with another NT$1.6 billion funds agreed to be provided by the Executive Yuan.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Restoration works
The initial estimation of the total damage done to Kaohsiung City due to the blast reached around NT$1.9 billion for rebuilding the damaged roads and drainage system. However, the cost may arise higher if the cost to rebuild damaged buildings and to compensate victims are included in order to get their live back on track as soon as possible.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Restoration works
The rebuilding of the 6 km damaged road began on Monday by road resurfacing. Sanduo Road work was done by Maintenance Office of the Kaohsiung City Government, Yisin Road by New Construction Office and Kaisyuan Road by Water Resources Bureau. The restoration works included the repaving of the roads, reparation of the damaged sidewalks and replanting of trees along the road which would cost around NT$600 million. The restoration of the rain water drainage system under the road will take around three months which costs another NT$600 million.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Restoration works
Around 1,500 stores along the damaged roads are affected with the reconstruction work of the roads, which lead the owners to temporarily close their stores due to lack of customers. Some of the business owners at Kaisyuan Road are already looking for relocation than waiting for the roadwork to finish in months. The Economic Development Bureau had received registrations from 1,275 companies so far for compensation related to the disaster. The bureau added that the city government will give tax reductions for the affected stores and will construct temporary paths to allow access to the areas without roadworks, and businesses could also apply for social aid.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Restoration works
In the coming days after the explosions, restoration and reconstruction works had mostly been hampered, delayed or sometimes halted by heavy rain and the excessive flooding around the area due to the rain. Trenches created from the blasts were flooded and water flow was blocked due to the damaged sewage, culverts and drainage system. Water pipes had been utilized to minimize flooding in some areas of the city. Armies and fire fighters also were put on standby ready to be deployed with life rafts whenever needed.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Restoration works
On 20 November 2014, the Sanduo, Kaisyuan and Yishin Roads were finally opened again for traffic after restoration works. In the end of December 2014, in order to revive the economic activities to the affected stores and shops area, the Kaohsiung City Government held lucky draws and other promotional sales to attract consumption at those stores.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
Share prices of several Taiwanese petrochemical companies took a dive in the aftermath of the explosions, especially those operating in Kaohsiung, with LCY shares dropping 30% in the days following the explosion.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Woody Duh said that the ministry would set up a system soon to help check the underground pipelines and build a database for safety management in the future, starting from Kaohsiung and followed by other cities, municipalities and counties. Duh mentioned that relocation of the Kaohsiung underground pipelines would be considered once the roadworks are completed.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
Taipei City Government ordered mandatory inspections of all four major gas pipelines in Taipei within a week after reports of gas leakage smell in Zhongshan and Wanhua Districts for five consecutive days. Great Taipei Gas had earlier inspected the site and found no immediate danger, adding that the firm had sealed the leaks and plans to change the pipes. Still at Zhongshan District, the gas company did some maintenance work to the reported gas leak near Songjiang Road.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
On Friday, Taipei Deputy Mayor Chen Hsiung-wen led an inspection of a gas storage unit in Neihu District and said that underground gas pipelines crossing Taipei City carry low-pressure gas and do not carry any chemical substances. He also added that major gas suppliers are required to inspect all of their pipelines within a week. The city government also later on launched a website for Taipei residents to check what types of underground cables and pipelines running near their houses, ranging from electric lines, telecommunication lines, and pipelines used to transport sanitized water, waste water, rain water, natural gas and oil.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
Few days after the blast, Premier Jiang Yi-huah appointed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to gather and sort out Taiwan's entire underground petrochemical pipeline network information and to establish a management system to avoid similar accidents from happening in the future, adding that such a management system would help local governments to determine which petrochemical pipelines need to be relocated and which ones can stay in place.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, The petrochemical industry
A People First Party legislator called on the local governments to form agencies that deal with chemical hazards and employ trained professionals to oversee disaster management, and to better educate firefighters on the nature of different chemicals in order to make correct decisions and reduce casualties.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, Criticism and resignation of government officials
On 6 August, Premier Jiang Yi-huah and Economic Affairs Minister Chang Chia-juch came under fire and were asked to step down by demonstrators after Jiang's "Three Noes" remarks on 4 August stating that there were no need for a special provision bill, financial assistance through special budget allocation, and a dedicated agency to administer post disaster relief and reconstruction for Kaohsiung. Also on the same day, residents and DPP councilors of Kaohsiung City Council went to Taiwan Kaohsiung District Court to protest against LCY in an attempt to prevent the company from avoiding compensation payments over the gas blasts. Mayor Chen said that Kaohsiung City Government had frozen firm assets and properties worth around NT$1.9 billion as a precautionary measure.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, Criticism and resignation of government officials
On 7 August, in order to take the responsibility for the blast, Kaohsiung City Deputy Mayor Wu Hong-mo, Water Resources Bureau Director Lee Hsien-yi, Public Works Bureau Director Chen Tsun-yung and Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau Director Chen Tsun-yung tendered their resignation, a move which Mayor Chen praised and that she approved and stated that the resignation would take effect after the relief works ended.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, Criticism and resignation of government officials
In the evening, the Ministry of Economic Affairs issued a statement saying that Minister Chang Chia-juch and Deputy Minister Woody Duh had also tendered his resignation earlier at 10 a.m. to the Executive Yuan due to the difficult political environment as a result of persistent boycott by opposition parties over several economic policies in the past 1.5 years. Despite Premier Jiang Yi-huah efforts to persuade Chang to stay in his ministerial position, the Executive Yuan finally approved his resignation on 10 August and appointed Deputy Minister Woody Duh to replace Chang.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, Memorial services
Funerals for the deceased was held on the same day at Kaohsiung municipal mortuary, attended by Vice Premier Mao Chi-kuo, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, Minister without Portfolio Yang Chiu-hsing, DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen and also LCY Chairman Bowei Lee. Lee bowed his head to apologize to the families of the blast victims, promising them that the company would provide good financial compensation to them.


2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, Aftermath, Memorial services
On 12 August, a national religious service was held in Kaohsiung Arena, bringing together around 10,000 people from 30 local religious groups covering Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Taoism. President Ma Ying-jeou, who also attended the event, commended the soldiers and firefighters who risked their lives in saving life of the people. He reassured the audience that the government would provide the necessary assistance to help Kaohsiung residence back to their normal life as soon as possible. He also expressed his gratitude to the business and volunteers who had made generous contributions to the relief and reconstruction efforts after the blast disaster.


2014 Karjala Tournament
The 2014 Karjala Tournament was played between 6–9 November 2014. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, and one match in the Tegera Arena in Leksand, Sweden. The tournament was won by Sweden before Finland, making it the first time Sweden won the tournament since 1997. The tournament was part of 2014–15 Euro Hockey Tour.


2014 Karjala Tournament, Games
All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Leksand – (Central European Time – UTC+1)


2014 Karlanyurt clash
2014 Karlanyurt clash was an operation by the Russian police to clear a suspected house of militants. At least 7 people died in the operation. The dead included 3 officers and 4 militants.


2014 Karlanyurt clash, Events
Russian police forces claimed that the operation was launched to kill militants in a suspected house. Russian authorities also claimed that the operation was to also eliminate suspected militants that take part in the North Caucasian Insurgency, which has been going on despite an end to the Second Chechen War.


2014 Karlanyurt clash, Events
Amid the operation, the militants then barricaded themselves into the suspected house and a gun-battle soon took place. Russian authorities then claimed that during nighttime, the militants saw the time to attack with automatic weapons and grenades, and they opened fire on Russian policeman, killing 3 and injuring 5. However, the attack was repelled by Russian policemen. During the clash, 2 militants were allegedly killed as well, and the rest fell back to the house and were blocked by police. Several others were also killed as well.


2014 Karlanyurt clash, Events
According to Russian authorities, 2 militants remained in the house, and negotiations were being carried out. Detectives were inspecting the clash site, and the police siege continued. On January 15, Russian special forces claimed they had cleared the house, that all militants were killed, and the dead bodies were being identified. The Russian police announced that the active phase of the operation was over, and engineers were inspecting the house to find explosives. ITAR-TASS reported the gunmen put up fierce resistance.


2014 Karlanyurt clash, Events
One of the dead militants was Marat Idrisov, who Russian authorities claim was responsible for a string of attacks, including a car bomb attack in Pyatigorsk. Russian media claims that he allegedly stole large amounts of money from a local businessman, killing religious leaders, attacked law enforcers, and was involved in organized crime. Another militant killed was identified as Rustam Dagirov, a local from Karlanyurt who supplied equipment to militants.


2014 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 2014, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2014.


2014 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury
A committee headed by K. Shivarudraiah was appointed to evaluate the awards. He said that the committee watched 73 films watched in 45 days before shortlisting 12 for a "re-watch in the second round".


2014 Karshi Challenger
The 2014 Karshi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Qarshi, Uzbekistan between 19 and 24 May 2014.


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


2014 Karshi Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Karshi Challenger – Doubles
Chen Ti and Guillermo Olaso were the defending champions, but Olaso decided not to compete. Chen Ti played alongside Sriram Balaji and lost in the quarterfinals to Gong Maoxin and Peng Hsien-yin.


2014 Karshi Challenger – Doubles
Sergey Betov and Alexander Bury won the title, defeating Gong Maoxin and Peng Hsien-yin in the final, 7–5, 1–6, [10–6].


2014 Karshi Challenger – Singles
Teymuraz Gabashvili was the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 Karshi Challenger – Singles
Nikoloz Basilashvili won the title, defeating Chase Buchanan in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–2.


2014 Kashmir Valley attacks
On 5 December 2014, there were four different terror attacks at multiple places in the Kashmir Valley of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.


2014 Kashmir Valley attacks, Background
Elections to the state assembly of Jammu and Kashmir were going on and heavy voter turnout was recorded in the first two phases. The third phase of the election were due to be held in few days. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to hold two election rally, in Srinagar and Anantnag. The attacks were carried out just three days before the rally to disrupt the election.


2014 Kashmir Valley attacks, Attacks
Six terrorists attacked the Indian Army camp at Mohura in Uri. They attacked at 3:10 am IST on 5 December 2014. Soon the army retaliated. Eight army soldiers, including a Lieutenant-Colonel Sankalp Kumar of Punjab Regiment, three Jammu and Kashmir policemen and all the six terrorists were killed totalling to 17 people.


2014 Kashmir Valley attacks, Attacks
Two militants attacked state police at a temporary checkpoint in Ahmadnagar near Srinagar around 1:15 pm IST. They were killed and one of them was identified as Qari Asrar, the district commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.


2014 Kashmir Valley attacks, Attacks
Two grenade attacks, in Shopian district around 1.30 pm IST and the other in Tral of Pulwama district around 2 pm, were also carried out. There was no fatalities in Shopian whereas in Tral two civilians died and nine injured when the grenade blasted at the bus stand.


2014 Katanga train derailment
On 22 April 2014, a freight train derailed near the Katongola Bridge in Haut-Lomami Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The train was carrying hundreds of illegal passengers at the time of the crash. As a result, 48 people were killed and over 160 injured.


2014 Katanga train derailment, Background
The rail system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is poorly maintained and has fallen into a state of disrepair after years of conflict within the country. Much of the system was built during the colonial period and received few upgrades since the end of Belgian rule in 1960 until a recent program financed by the World Bank. Employees of the Congo Railway Company (SNCC), the country's public rail company, often sell illegal tickets to passengers to boost their income. Other people simply hop on trains as they travel to get around the country. Train crashes are fairly frequent as a result of the overloading and poor infrastructure. In 2007, more than 100 people were killed when a freight train derailed in Kasai Occidental.


2014 Katanga train derailment, Derailment
Between 10:00 and 11:00 local time (8:00–9:00 UTC) on 22 April 2014, a freight train derailed near Katongola, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Kamina in the Haut-Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The derailment included the train's two engines and 15 of 19 carriages.


2014 Katanga train derailment, Derailment
Although not a passenger train, it was carrying hundreds of passengers at the time of the crash. According to eyewitnesses, the train was filled with passengers both on the inside and on the roofs of the train cars. Although the crash occurred in the morning, rescuers did not arrive on scene until the early evening. Army medics and MONUSCO personnel were aided by a heavy crane in their efforts to free people trapped under piles of debris. Initial reports said as many as 63 people had been killed in the accident, but the death toll was later revised to 48. An additional 160 people were injured, 12 of them seriously.


2014 Katanga train derailment, Cause
The initial investigation suggested that the train was traveling at about 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph), which is above the 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) speed limit. The train was unable to slow sufficiently to get around a curve in the track and derailed. According to a government spokesman, the train apparently was speeding because of an engine failure.


2014 Kazakh Senate election
Senate elections were held in Kazakhstan on 1 October 2014.


2014 Kazakh Senate election, Seats
All 16 seats representing the regions of Kazakhstan were elected by the local legislative bodies (maslihats). 3,236 out of the 3,279 eligible legislatures voted in the election.


2014 Kazakh Senate election, Electoral system
The members of the Senate of Kazakhstan are nonpartisan, and are indirectly elected by the Maslihats every six years.


2014 Kazakh Senate election, Structure of Senate
Each region, and the cities of Almaty and Astana are represented by two senators, while 15 senators are appointed by the President of Kazakhstan.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup
The 2014 Kazakhstan Cup is the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition begins on 22 April 2014, and will end with the final in November 2014. Shakhter Karagandy are the defending champions, having won their first cup in the 2013 competition.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup
The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup, First round
The draw was conducted in 2014 at the offices of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. Entering this round are the 22 clubs from both the Premier League and First Division seasons. The matches took place on 23 April 2014.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final
The 2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 23rd final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Aktobe at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 22 November 2014 and was the final match of the competition.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
Kairat played a record 8th Kazakhstan Cup-final. They won 5 finals, the last time in the 2003 season against Tobol. Their last defeat in the final was in 2005, having lost 2–1 to Zhenis.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
It was the 3rd final for Aktobe. They had won only once, in the 2008 season against Alma-Ata. Their other defeat in the final was in 1994, having lost 1–0 to Vostok.


2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
Kairat and Aktobe played twice during the league season. On May 1, 2015 Aktobe won the first game 1–0 at Central Stadium. The only goal in the match was scored by Marat Khairullin. On June 6, 2015 Kairat crushed Aktobe with the score 7-1. Goals were scored by: Gerard Gohou (hat trick), Josip Knezevic (double), Zaurbek Pliyev, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (Kairat) and Oleksiy Antonov (Aktobe).


2014 Kazakhstan First Division
The 2014 Kazakhstan First Division was the 20th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. 15 teams to play against each other on home-away system. The top team gains promotion to the Premier League next season, while the second-placed team enters playoff series with the eleventh team of the Premier League.


2014 Kazakhstan First Division, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team. A team can use all of them on the field in each game.


2014 Kazakhstan First Division, Teams, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2014 Kazakhstan Futsal Cup
The 2014 Kazakhstan Futsal Cup was the 19th staging of the Kazakhstan Futsal Cup.


2014 Kazakhstan Futsal Cup, Venues
Matches of a group stage took place in "Tulpar Sportcomplex". Other matches took place on "Baganashyl-Zenit Sportcomplex".


2014 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup
The 2014 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup was the 12th edition of the Kazakhstan Hockey Cup, the national ice hockey cup competition in Kazakhstan. Tent teams participated and Yertis Pavlodar won its 1st cup.


2014 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 15 March 2014 and was finished in November. Aktobe were the defending champions having won their fifth league championship the previous year.


2014 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams
FC Vostok and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2013 season, and were replaced by FC Kaisar and Spartak Semey.


2014 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.


2014 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2014 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)
The 7th Kazakhstan President Cup was played from June 25 to June 29, 2014 in Astana. 6 youth teams participated in the tournament (players were born no earlier than 1998.)


2014 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Format
The tournament is held in two stages. At the first stage, six teams are divided into two qualification groups (A and B). Competitions of the first stage were held on circular system. The winners of the groups advance to the final, while the group runners-up meet to determine third place.


2014 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Statistics, Prize money
According to FFK, the prize fund of a tournament will make 20,000 $. "The teams which took 1, 2 and 3 place will be received, respectively 10,000, 6,000 and 4,000 $.


2014 Kazakhstan Super Cup
2014 Kazakhstan Super Cup was a Kazakhstan football match that was played on 9 March 2014 between the champions of 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League, Aktobe, and the winner of the 2013 Kazakhstan Cup, Shakhter Karagandy.


2014 Kazakhstan Super Cup
This match was played on 9 March at the Astana Arena. Brazilian Danilo Neco scored the only goal of the match in the 68th minute and FC Aktobe won their third Super Cup.


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup
The 2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kazan, Russia between 10 and 16 March 2014.


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


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players used Protected Ranking to gain entry into the main draw:


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Radu Albot and Farrukh Dustov were the defending champions, but they decided not to play together. Dustov played alongside Alessandro Motti, and Radu Albot was absent from the tournament.


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Flavio Cipolla and Goran Tošić won the title, defeating Victor Baluda and Konstantin Kravchuk in the final, 3–6, 7–5, [12–10].


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Singles
Oleksandr Nedovyesov was the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Singles
Marsel İlhan won the title, defeating Michael Berrer in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–3.


2014 Kehoe Cup
The 2014 Kehoe Cup was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition was ranked below the Walsh Cup and featured second and third tier counties and colleges from Leinster, Ulster and Connacht.


2014 Kehoe Cup, Format
16 teams compete in a straight knockout tournament. Drawn games go to extra time; if drawn after extra time, a replay is played.


2014 Kehoe Cup, Format
The 8 teams that lose in the first round go into the Kehoe Cup Shield, which is also a straight knockout tournament.


2014 Keio Challenger
The 2014 Keio Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Yokohama, Japan between November 10 and November 16, 2014.


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


2014 Keio Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Keio Challenger – Doubles
Bradley Klahn and Michael Venus were the defending champions, however Venus chose not to participate. Klahn partnered with Matt Reid and won the title, defeating Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7].


2014 Keio Challenger – Singles
Matthew Ebden was the defending champion but chose not to compete.


2014 Keio Challenger – Singles
John Millman won the title, defeating Kyle Edmund in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2014 Kelantan FA season
The 2014 season was Kelantan FA's 6th season in the Malaysia Super League and 19th successive season in the top flight of Malaysian football league system.


2014 Kelantan FA season
The campaign featured Kelantan's 3rd consecutive appearance in the AFC Cup because they were the 2013 Malaysia FA Cup's winner.


2014 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, FA Cup
Having finished as the champion of the last two consecutive seasons, Kelantan will begin their FA Cup campaign in the second round, having given a bye in the first round. The draw for the FA Cup's first and subsequent rounds was held on 29 November 2013 at Grand BlueWave Hotel, Shah Alam, Selangor. Kelantan will play against the winner of the first round match between Pahang Kuantan FA and Sabah.


2014 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Cup
The draw for the 2014 Malaysia Cup was held on 13 July 2014 at the Dewan Perdana, National Sports Institute  and Kelantan FA was drawn into a tough group containing JDT, their opponent from last season semi final ATM and Pulau Pinang.


2014 Kelantan FA season, Malaysia Cup, AFC Cup
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013 at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur. Kelantan, eligible as the winner of 2013 Malaysia FA Cup, was grouped in Group G and will start the campaign against Yangon United away from home on 26 February 2014.


2014 Kelantan FA season, Player statistics, Squad
Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red card(Player names in italics denotes player that left mid-season)


2014 Kelantan FA season, Sponsorship, Shirt sponsor
This is the incomplete list of Kelantan FA's current season sponsorship:


2014 Kelly Cup playoffs
The 2014 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started following the April 13th conclusion of the 2013–14 ECHL regular season.


2014 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record, making them the first team in league history to win the Brabham Cup in four consecutive seasons. The Reading Royals earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.


2014 Kenora District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Kenora District of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
Elections for Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. The United Kingdom element of the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections took place on the same day.


2014 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years.


2014 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, Reduction in size of council
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England released its final recommendations for changes to the Royal Borough in September 2013, reducing the size of the council to 50 members.


2014 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2014 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–6 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. They only played 11 games due to their November 19 game vs Buffalo being canceled due to inclement weather.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
The 2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition for the men and the seventeenth edition for the women, and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit respectively, each offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. The event took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on July 21–27, 2014.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw:


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Frank Dancevic and Peter Polansky were the defending champions, but Dancevic chose not to compete. Polansky paired with Adil Shamasdin and they won the title, defeating Chase Buchanan and James McGee in the final 6–4, 6–2.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
James Ward was the defending champion, but lost the re-match of the 2013 final to James Duckworth with the Australian winning the title this year, 6–3, 6–4.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Peangtarn Plipuech were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both chose to participate in Phuket instead.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Keri Wong in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Shelby Rogers was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Nicole Gibbs in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2014 Kentucky Derby
The 2014 Kentucky Derby was the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was scheduled to start at 6:24 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 3, 2014 at Churchill Downs and was run as the eleventh race on a racecard with thirteen races. The race was broadcast in the United States on the NBC television network. The attendance for the race was 164,906, the second-largest after the 2012 race with 165,307 spectators. The winner was California Chrome.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The Kentucky Derby is a race for 3-year-old Thoroughbred horses. The 2014 field was determined by a points system that was introduced in 2013.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Field
The Post Position Draw for the Kentucky Derby was held Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at the Churchill Downs Racetrack clubhouse. After the draw, California Chrome was installed as the morning line favorite at 5–2 entering the derby having won four straight stakes.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Field
Second favorite Hoppertunity was scratched on the Thursday prior to the Derby due to soreness. Post positions were moved up and Pablo del Monte was given slot 20. However, the connections of Pablo del Monte chose not to run and he was also scratched from the race.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Field
Jockeys José Ortiz and Irad Ortiz Jr. became the first brothers to race in the Kentucky Derby since 1984. It was the first Derby for each of them. Rosie Napravnik was riding in her third Derby, hoping to become the first woman rider to win the race.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Race description
Nineteen horses started, with 164,906 spectators gathered at Churchill Downs. It was the second-largest crowd in Kentucky Derby history. Uncle Sigh and Chitu set the early pace, as jockey Victor Espinoza held California Chrome back in third, a bit off the pace. Coming around the final turn, California Chrome and then fourth place Samraat made a move, surging past the pace setters. The two horses remained neck-and-neck for several strides before California Chrome broke away and coasted to finish line, winning by 1 3/4 lengths. Long-shot Commanding Curve came from well back to claim second, while Danza took third. Wicked Strong placed fourth and Samraat faded to fifth. For the win, California Chrome took home $1.418 million of the $2.178 million purse.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Race description
California Chrome became the first California-bred horse to win the Derby since Decidedly in 1962. For Espinoza, it was his second Kentucky Derby win, his first coming in 2002 when he rode War Emblem to victory. After the race, trainer Art Sherman called Espinoza's ride "perfect". At age 77, Sherman is the oldest trainer to win the race. His only previous experience at Churchill Downs was in 1955, when he was an exercise rider for Swaps. Swaps won the Derby that year. Interviewed after the race, Sherman emotionally remarked, "Well, when I went to Swaps' grave the other day I said a little prayer and it came true. I said I hope [California Chrome] is another Swaps."


2014 Kentucky Derby, Race description
By pedigree, California Chrome was an unlikely winner. The combination of his humble roots and those of his connections prompted the Associated Press to remark, "Even Hollywood couldn't have made this up." He is the offspring of a mare, Love the Chase, purchased for $8,000, and a stallion, Lucky Pulpit, that stood for a $2,000 stud fee. The horse is owned by "a couple of working stiff owners", Perry Martin and Steve Coburn, who spent what they could afford in the hopes of producing a great race horse. California Chrome trains at Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County. His Derby win was his fifth straight win, a streak which began in December 2013. His margin of victory in these races was a combined total of 26 lengths.


2014 Kentucky Derby, Race description
Coburn, who predicted that California Chrome would win the Derby, also predicted his horse would be the first California-bred winner of the Triple Crown. Rival trainers conceded it was plausible. Trainer Dale Romans, who had said California Chrome had no chance to win the Derby, remarked, "I was very, very wrong ... We might have just seen a super horse and a super trainer."


2014 Kentucky Derby, Race description, Results
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 23.04; 1⁄2 mile – 47.37; 3⁄4 mile – 1:11.80; mile – 1:37.45; final – 2:03.66. Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.04) (24.33) (24.34) (25.65) (26.21)


2014 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins
California Chrome was the only starter in the Derby who went on to win at the Grade I level. He was named the Horse of the Year in 2014 and 2016.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team
The 2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games in Cliff Hagan Stadium. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his sixth season at Kentucky.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team
Consensus All-American A. J. Reed (pitcher - first baseman) won numerous awards: Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, SEC Player of the Year, and John Olerud Award (two-way player).


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its Eastern Division. The team was led by head coach Mark Stoops, in his second year, and played its home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team started 5-1, but lost their final six games and finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in SEC play, and sixth place in the Eastern Division.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Braylon Heard's first-half touchdown runs of 73 and 43 yards spurred Kentucky to a season-opening, 59–14 rout of Tennessee–Martin on Saturday.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Quarterback Patrick Towles added a TD passing and running in his first career start for Kentucky, which outgained the Skyhawks 656–398. The Wildcats' sophomore threw for 370 yards, but Kentucky's tailbacks set the tone by flying through huge holes and scoring virtually untouched.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
The Wildcats' improved grasp of the Air Raid offense was supposed to be displayed through the air behind Towles, who won a three-man competition for the starting job. He definitely did his part in completing 20 of 29 attempts without an interception, but the backfield rushed for 234 yards and ended up showing the scheme's big-play potential.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Heard demonstrated that on both TDs, blazing through big holes on consecutive drives to put Kentucky up 21–0 and keep the air raid sirens blaring.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Towles wasn't fazed about his tailbacks stealing the spotlight because of how well he managed the offense. The Kentucky native made good reads, avoided sacks by getting rid of the ball quickly and most importantly, showed that he could quickly hit short and long throws.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
In between completions that moved the ball downfield, Towles hit several long ones to set up Kentucky scores. The first, a 44-yarder down the middle to Javess Blue, resulted in Kemp's 2-yard touchdown run soon after.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Towles followed with a 56-yard completion to Ryan Timmons to UTM's 39, a play that led to his 29-yard TD pass to freshman Blake Bone, who found a hole in the flat and then space en route to the end zone and a 28–0 lead.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Tennessee-Martin
Horton's 18-yard TD run came two plays after Towles' 36-yarder to Bone on the left sideline.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles threw for 170 yards and rushed for 59 more to lead the Wildcats to a 20-3 win over Ohio Saturday.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Towles completed 17 of 31 passes and one touchdown and led the Wildcats to their first 2-0 start since 2011. Although Kentucky's offense wasn't as explosive as last week's 59-14 rout of Tennessee Martin, it was enough to help the Wildcats avenge a 28-16 loss to the Bobcats in 2004.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Kentucky was without starting running back Braylon Heard who sat out because of a sprained ankle. Heard, a junior transfer from Nebraska, rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns in the team's opener last week.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Jojo Kemp and freshman Boom Williams split time in the backfield in Heard's absence. Williams led the Wildcats with 60 yards rushing on five carries, including a 53-yard touchdown run with 8:24 remaining in the first quarter.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Towles had six rushes of 10 yards or more on 22 attempts, including a 16-yard jaunt in the second quarter. Towles made successful completions to four different receivers, with sophomore receiver Ryan Timmons catching 10 passes for 95 yards, both career highs.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Dorian Baker had two catches for 41 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown reception to open Kentucky's scoring with 3:33 remaining in the first quarter.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Ohio
After two straight scoring drives to open the contest, Kentucky's offense managed just three points on its final four possessions of the first half. Towles completed 10 of 17 passes for 131 yards and one touchdown in the first two quarters. He added 46 yards on 13 carries.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Florida (2-0, 1-0 SEC) was an 18-point favorite in the game, no surprise given how lopsided the series has been. The Gators haven't lost to Kentucky (2-1, 0-1) since 1986 and haven't lost a game against the Wildcats at Florida Field since 1979.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
The streak looked to be in jeopardy several times late in the SEC opener for both teams.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Matt Jones' 1-yard plunge in triple overtime gave Florida a 36-30 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night, extending the Gators' winning streak in the Southeastern Conference series to 28 games.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Kentucky's Austin MacGinnis, who hit a 51-yarder to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, missed a 41-yarder to start the third extra frame.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
The play of the game was Florida's fourth-and-7 conversion in the first overtime. Jeff Driskel floated a ball to the back corner of the end zone and found Demarcus Robinson for a 9-yard score.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Robinson finished with 15 receptions for 216 yards and two scores. He tied Carlos Alvarez's school record for catches in a single game. No other Florida receiver caught more than two passes. Driskel completed 25 of 43 passes for 295 yards, with three touchdowns and an interception.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
On Kentucky's first play of overtime, Stanley Williams reversed field, outran several tackles and scored from 25 yards out. The Gators struggled to answer, but eventually did on the fourth-down play.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
The teams exchanged field goals in the second overtime. Florida could have found the end zone, but Driskel was late delivering the ball to Robinson near the front pylon.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Frankie Velez hit from 20-yard out to send it to the third extra frame.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Velez missed from 39 yards out in the fourth quarter that would have given Florida a little breathing room.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Austin Hardin, Florida's stronger-legged kicker, had a chance to win it regulation. But he pushed his 52-yarder wide right.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Florida trailed twice in the third quarter, falling behind 10-6 and then 17-13 on touchdown passes from Patrick Towles to Garrett Johnson.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida
Towles picked apart Florida's inexperienced secondary, throwing for 369 yards and three touchdowns. Johnson was his top target, finishing with six catches for 154 yards. He burned the Gators for a 60-yard touchdown, and then added a 33-yard score on the next drive.


2014 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Patrick Towles threw a 20-yard touchdown pass and scored on a 1-yard run, and Kentucky made three fourth-quarter interceptions to hold off Vanderbilt 17-7 on Saturday to end a 17-game Southeastern Conference losing streak.