2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
I'd say our shot-to-score ratio might have been a little bit ahead of theirs and opportunities that came our way we seemed to take. We created a few chances that we didn’t take but we’d always encourage our boys to go for it and great to see the likes of Brian Fenton back himself deep in the second half. He was very unlucky (with an effort that struck the post) but that’s what we’d always encourage.”


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice speaking to RTÉ Sport after the match said that he was disappointed with the below-par performance of his team saying "We didn’t perform, we didn’t play as well as we can play, I think you have to give a lot of credit to Dublin as well. They played very well, they outworked us, they played the game at their terms. They managed to really tackle us high up the pitch, really slow us down and at the same time get bodies back. So as I said, you have to give them credit but under performed as well."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
Former Dublin footballer Ciarán Whelan, writing in the Herald, felt the 2015 Dublin team was probably the best to pull on the jersey saying: "I think it is fair to day at this point that this team is probably the greatest team ever to put on the Dublin jersey and the sacrifices that they have made is finally being rewarded on the top stage. It is a truly remarkable achievement to win so many Leinster, All-Ireland and National league wins and we should savour every moment as these periods of success have been few and far between over the past thirty years."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
Jim McGuinness, writing in the Irish Times, felt that the weather completely dominated the game and that Alan Brogan's introduction was critical saying "There were 29 turnovers in the first half alone and they were caused by the rain as much as by player error. What he (Alan Brogan) did for his point is well worth any young player studying. If you watch it back, he was making decisions during that entire run up the pitch as he carried the ball.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Reaction
Even though the ball never left his hands it is clear he is thinking: will I give it here or not? Give it now or not? He kept taking the right option the whole way up the pitch – in a crunch moment of the All-Ireland final when Dublin had what was still a precarious lead on a day of treacherous weather. And eventually, he took the perfect decision in kicking the ball over the bar. He also won a break down at the far end when Rory O’Carroll broke a ball away from Kieran Donaghy. So he was involved in a couple of big moments. He showed great patience all season in terms of using whatever game time he was given and it was a classy performance here."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Trophy presentation
Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton  accepted the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghaíl in the Hogan Stand.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Celebrations
The Dublin team had a homecoming celebration on 21 September on O'Connell Street. The event began at 7.15 pm with a stage erected to the south of the Spire. The team arrived on an open-top bus for the celebrations before heading out to the Parnells GAA club, the club of captain Stephen Cluxton.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Broadcasting
The match shown live on television in Ireland on The Sunday Game from 2.15 pm on RTÉ Two. RTÉ television coverage was presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was by Ger Canning with comments by Martin Carney. Sky Sports also showed the match live with Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney presenting and Peter Canavan, Jim McGuinness and Senan Connell providing in-studio analysis.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Related events
Elsewhere in the world, soldiers paused to watch the game. A banner welcoming refugees was also displayed during the game.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2015 fixtures took place on 9 October 2014 live on RTÉ2. The championship began on 3 May 2015 and ended on 6 September 2015.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny were the defending champions and successfully retained the title following a 1-22 to 1-18 defeat of Galway.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Changes from 2014 Championship
Penalties must now be struck on or behind the 20 metre line and only the goalkeeper is allowed on the goal line. Previously 3 defenders were allowed.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Changes from 2014 Championship
If a foul has been committed the referee can allow play to continue for up to 5 seconds if he considers it to be to the advantage of the offended team. Previously there was no advantage rule in hurling.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Qualifier group
Red background (row 4) are relegated and play in the Christy Ring Cup the following year. The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup are promoted in their place to the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Championship.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 1
The teams beaten in the Leinster and Munster quarter-finals and semi-finals of the provincial championships play each other. The draw was held on 22 June.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers, Round 2
The four winners of Round 1 play in two games. The draw was held on 6 July.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Quarter-finals
The beaten finalists in the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of Round 2 in two "quarter-finals".


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Semi-finals
The Leinster and Munster provincial champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 6 September, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Donal Óg Cusack, Henry Shefflin, Anthony Daly, Michael Duignan, Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy and Cyril Farrell unanimously selected Kilkenny's TJ Reid as the Sunday game player of the year.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
On 5 November, the 2015 All Star Award winners were announced with the awards ceremony being held on 6 November in the National Convention Centre in Dublin. All Ireland champions Kilkenny have seven award winners with runners-up Galway receiving four awards. Winning an award for the first time were Colm Callanan, Joey Holden, Daithi Burke, Tadhg de Burca, Cathal Mannion, Ger Aylward and Maurice Shanahan. T. J. Reid of Kilkenny was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Tadhg de Búrca of Waterford being named as the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 128th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 6 September 2015. Kilkenny retained their title beating Galway by 1-22 to 1-18. The win was the 36th All-Ireland title for Kilkenny and the 11th under Brian Cody.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Henry Shefflin and Anthony Daly. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney with studio analysis from J. J. Delaney, Ollie Canning and Jamesie O'Connor.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The match was the third most-watched event on Irish television in 2015, with an average audience of 739,600.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
For the first time since 2011, the final did not go into a replay.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
This was the 41st championship meeting between the two sides, with Kilkenny dominating the series with 29 victories. Galway had beaten Kilkenny on 9 occasions while there have been two drawn games. In their most recent meeting Kilkenny defeated Galway by 1-25 to 2-15 in the 2015 Leinster final on 5 July.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The two sides had previously played six times in All-Ireland finals, with Kilkenny once again dominating by winning four of the previous deciders (1975, 1979, 1993, 2012). Galway's lone All-Ireland defeat of Kilkenny came in 1987, while there has been one drawn decider.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Kilkenny were hoping to retain their All-Ireland crown and claim an 8th All-Ireland title in ten years. Victory would also ensure an 11th All-Ireland title under the management of Brian Cody and a 36th All-Ireland title over all. Galway were hoping to win their first All-Ireland title since 1988.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Kilkenny were favorites to win the match, priced at 1/2 with Paddy Power, with Galway priced at 2/1 and the draw at 9/1. If the match was a draw it would be the fourth year in a row that the match would have finished in a draw.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Cork All-Ireland-winning team of 1990, who won the title following a 5-15 to 2-21 defeat of Galway, were the jubilee team that were presented to the crowd before the final.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards  received 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges got 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders were entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets were given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations were each allocated about 200 tickets, as were the jubilee teams and mini-7s which played at half-time.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Galway's ticket allocation was expected to be around 7,000 as the county was contesting both the senior and minor All-Ireland finals. 5,000 tickets went to Kilkenny as it is a smaller county with fewer clubs, while another 1,000 will be given to clubs in Tipperary due to their participation in the All-Ireland minor final.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The tickets that were allocated to the participating counties were divided among the clubs. Senior hurling clubs got the biggest allocation while intermediate and junior clubs also got a smaller share. Football clubs  received a lower percentage. The allocation was based on the number of members and the number of teams in each club.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The match was shown live on a big screen at Eyre Square in Galway.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Related events
The 2015 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final between Galway and Tipperary was played as a curtain-raiser to the senior final. Galway won the game on a 4-13 to 1-16 scoreline.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Officials
On 24 August 2015 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, led by Wexford referee James Owens. His umpires on the day were James Dunbar, John Clarke, David Owens (Askamore) and Ian Plunkett (Marshalstown). Tipperary’s Johnny Ryan was the standby referee. The other linesman was James McGrath (Westmeath) and the sideline official was Owen Elliott (Antrim). Owens has also refereed the 2007 All-Ireland minor final, the 2008 All-Ireland under-21 final and the 2015 All-Ireland club final.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Team news
Both Kilkenny and Galway named unchanged sides for final. Jackie Tyrrell and Richie Power both returned to the Kilkenny squad after recovering from injury.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Joe Canning got the first score of the game from a close-range free after two minutes. Johnny Coen blocked a goal-bound shot from Walter Walsh after four minutes with the scores level at two points each. In the fourteenth minute with Galway leading by two points, Walter Walsh burst in from the right and hand passed to TJ Reid who shot low into the back of the net to put Kilkeeny into a one-point lead. After twenty three minutes, Joe Canning pointed another free to put Galway back in front by one.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Jason Flynn then pointed a free from long range to increase the lead to two points a minute later. Jason Flynn got his third point of the game in the twenty eighth minute to put four between the sides. With a minute to half time, a dangerous high foul by Johnny Coen on Colin Fennelly earned him a yellow card when most people including all members of the Sunday Game panel expected a red card. Half-time score was Kilkenny 1-8 Galway 0-14. The first score of the second half came after four minutes with Conor Fogarty scoring from a free.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
TJ Reid then scored with another free and then a sixty five to level the scores. David Collins then got a point to put Galway back in front before Richie Hogan again got the equalizer. After forty nine minutes, Conor Whelan with the help of HawkEye put just one point between the sides with a shot from a very tight angle on the right. With six minutes to go Colin Fennelly pointed after Joe Canning had earlier missed from a free to put Kilkenny four points in front.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Summary
Conor Whelan missed a goal chance for Galway with four minutes to go when his weak shot went low passed the left post. Colin Fennelly then got a second point to put five between them with two minutes to go. Two quick points from Michael Fennelly and Walter Walsh put seven between them before Joe Canning scored a goal with a low shot to the net from a free for the final score of the game. The final score is Kilkenny 1-22 Galway 1-18.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Kilkenny manager Brian Cody was happy with the second-half performance from his players after trailing by three points, speaking to RTÉ Sport he said "In the first-half, Galway were outstanding, They really hit us, they really knocked us back in different ways and we struggled to get into our rhythm. We went in at half-time three points down and that’s not a bad position to be in and I thought the second-half response from our players was magnificent.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
I thought the relentless spirit, attitude and hurling that they showed was top class and it was a hard fought victory, there’s no doubt about that. “Colin Fennelly revealed that a half-time speech from Jackie Tyrrell provided Kilkenny with the inspiration they needed in the second-half, saying "“Jackie Tyrrell at half-time, the speech he made was absolutely amazing, Jackie may have only one or two years left maybe and young lads hearing that coming on, it’s amazing. His speech at half-time was absolutely unbelievable, He spoke. Richie Power spoke and Michael Fennelly spoke and they’re probably the three senior lads of the team and whatever they said went through to us and we came out in the second-half and did the business."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Galway manager Anthony Cunningham speaking to RTÉ Sport after the game said "Unfortunately we came out second-best there in the second-half, having had a nice lead there at half-time, Congratulations to Kilkenny, they were the better team there in the second-half. We just had a few unforced errors there really; we only returned 1-4 in the second-half, But no fault to any of our players. They gave it some, some effort, it was some battle there. A few unforced errors there in the second-half, maybe a couple of decisions went against us at the start of the second-half. Kilkenny, with all their experience and their guile and their craft, a tremendous team, they punished us."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Nicky English writing in the Irish Times was impressed by how Kilkenny performed in the second-half saying "Whatever Cody said at half- time worked because Kilkenny came out a different team. They’d reorganised themselves and they came back out and dictated the pace from the word go. They closed the gap straight away and got into the lead and were well on top in all areas. They closed down the space that Galway had been able to create in the full-forward line and Galway were reduced to scraps."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Cyril Farrell writing in the Irish Independent called it a tough defeat for Galway to take especially after a great first half in which they took the game to Kilkenny saying "Unfortunately for Galway, Cody's team got the upper hand in those vital early stages of the second half and drove on to dominate the match. The problem was they were up against a team managed by the greatest hurling manager in the game's history and we knew that Kilkenny would come out with all guns blazing in the first ten to 15 minutes of the second half."


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with analysis from Donal Óg Cusack, Liam Sheedy, and Ger Loughnane. On the man of the match award shortlist were Michael Fennelly, T. J. Reid and David Burke, with Michael Fennelly winning the award which was presented by GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail at the City West hotel in Dublin.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Trophy presentation
Kilkenny captain Joey Holden  accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president Aogan O' Fearghail in the Hogan Stand.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details, Celebrations
The Kilkenny team returned home on the 7 September were the homecoming event was held at Nowlan Park in Kikenny City at 5.45pm where up to 12,000 people attended. The team arrived at Kilkenny Castle before boarding an open-top bus for the journey to Nowlan Park.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 42nd edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1974. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It commenced on 14 June 2015.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers
The ten teams beaten in the provincial championships contest the qualifiers. Two matches are played in a preliminary round to eliminate two teams. The eight remaining teams play four matches and the four winners play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
The four provincial champions play the four winners from the qualifiers.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Dublin. Cork defeated Dublin by two points in what an RTÉ Sport report described as "largely a defensive affair" and a "tight encounter". For the Dublin manager, Gregory McGonigle, it was his fourth defeat to Cork in an All-Ireland final. The two sides were level at half-time with 0–5 each.


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Martina O'Brien2 Marie Ambrose3 Bríd Stack 4 Aisling Barrett5 Vera Foley6 Deirdre O'Reilly7 Geraldine O'Flynn8 Rena Buckley9 Briege Corkery10 Ciara O'Sullivan (c)11 Aisling Hutchings12 Annie Walsh13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Aine O'Sullivan 15     Doireann O'Sullivan


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Roisín Phelan for O'Flynn (15)Eimear Scally for Á. O'Sullivan (39)Orla Finn for Hutchings (42)Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Walsh (49)


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Ciara Trant2 Olwen Carey3 Muireann Ni Scanaill 4 Fiona Hudson5 Sorcha Furlong 6 Sinead Finnegan 7 C. Barrett 8 Molly Lamb9 Sinéad Goldrick10 Noëlle Healy11 Amy Connolly12 Carla Rowe 13 Niamh McEvoy14 Lyndsey Davey (c)15 Hannah Noonan


2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:K. Flood for Noonan (half time)Nicole Owens for Barrett (39)Niamh Collins for Hudson (47)Sarah McCaffrey for Connolly (51)N. Rickard for Goldrick (56)


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship, Overview
Kildare are the defending champions, having beaten Roscommon in the 2014 All-Ireland final.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2015 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter county football competition between all 32 counties in Ireland. Four competitions were contested in each of the provinces and the winners of each provincial championship entered the all-Ireland series. The competition was sponsored for the first time by EirGrid.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Tyrone defeated Tipperary in the final on a 1-11 to 0-13 scoreline.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland championship for since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The draws for the various 2015 fixtures took place in October 2014. The championship began on 27 May 2015 and ended on 12 September 2015.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Clare were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial decider. Limerick won the title following a 0-26 to 1-7 defeat of Wexford in the final.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
These matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland by TG4:


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 12 September 2015 to determine the winners of the 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 52nd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Wexford of Leinster and Limerick of Munster.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The homecoming event for the winning Limerick team took place on 17 September in front of Limerick City and County Council’s corporate headquarters at Merchants Quay. The homecoming was postponed from its original date of 14 September due to the bad weather.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Background
Wexford last won the competition in 1965, which was also their only title. Limerick have won on four occasion, in 1987, 2000, 2001 and 2002.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Background
The Cross of Cashel winners trophy which was first introduced in 1967, will be awarded to the winning captain for the last time before being replaced with a new trophy for the following year.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Television coverage
The All-Ireland final was broadcast live as part of GAA Beo on TG4. Mícheál Ó Domhnaill presented the programme with analysis from John Allen and Diarmuid Lyng. Brian Tyers was the lead commentator with Pat Fleury acting as co-commentator.


2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, Match, Team News
Limerick announced an unchanged team from the semi-final win against Galway for the final. Wexford also announced and unchanged side for the final.


2015 All-Pro Team
The 2015 All-Pro Teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), the Sporting News (SN), for performance in the 2015 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2016 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011  NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2015 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and was  released January 12, 2016. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press first-team All-ProAP-2 = Associated Press second-team All-ProAP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP votePFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-NFLSN = Sporting News All- Pro


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
AP named two inside linebackers; SN and PFWA named one.


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
AP named three outside linebackers in 2015 due to a 2nd-place tie vote.


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
AP named three special teams players: kicker, punter, kick returner.


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
SN named four special teams players: K, P, KR, punt returner.


2015 All-Pro Team, Key
PFWA named five special teams players: K, P, KR, PR, special teams.


2015 All-SEC football team
The 2015 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2015 Southeastern Conference football season.


2015 All-SEC football team
The Alabama Crimson Tide won the conference, beating the Florida Gators 29 to 15 in the SEC Championship.


2015 All-SEC football team
Alabama running back and Heisman Trophy recipient Derrick Henry was unanimously voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2015 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2015 Allan Cup
The 2015 Allan Cup was the 2015 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey and the 107th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament was contended in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador from April 13 to April 18, 2015 and hosted by the Clarenville Caribous. All games were played at the Eastlink Events Centre.


2015 Allan Cup
The championship game between the Bentley Generals and South East Prairie Thunder was a rematch of the 2009 final. The Prairie Thunder defeated the Generals by a score of 2-0 to win their second national title.


2015 Allan Cup, Information
This year's Allan Cup was the first played in Newfoundland and Labrador since 1985. It was the third consecutive trip to the Allan Cup for the host Clarenville Caribous, who lost the previous two championship games.


2015 Allan Cup, Information
The Atlantic region was awarded Quebec's berth for this year's Allan Cup, in addition to its regular spot. As a result, the champions from the Newfoundland's Central West Senior Hockey League (Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts) and New Brunswick's North East Senior Hockey League (Lameque Au P'tit Mousse) were given automatic berths into the Allan Cup. In Ontario, the OHF and defending Allan Cup champions Dundas Real McCoys defeated Northern Ontario's Kenora Thistles to win the Renwick Cup.


2015 Allan Cup, Information
In the West, the South East Prairie Thunder of Manitoba swept the Rathgaber Cup series against Saskatchewan's Rosetown Red Wings to return to the Allan Cup for the sixth time in seven years. British Columbia did not present a team for the McKenzie Cup series, thus allowing Alberta's Chinook Hockey League champion (Bentley Generals) to take the Pacific region uncontested and advance directly to the Allan Cup.


2015 Allan Cup, Awards
Bill Saunders Award (Tournament MVP): Steve Christie (South East Prairie Thunder)All Star Team


2015 Allerdale Borough Council election
The 2015 Allerdale Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Allerdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Allsvenskan
The 2015 Allsvenskan, part of the 2015 Swedish football season was the 91st season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2015 fixtures were released on 21 January 2015. The season started on 4 April 2015, when BK Häcken visited newly promoted Hammarby IF at Tele2 Arena and ended on 31 October 2015. Malmö FF were the defending champions from the 2014 season.


2015 Allsvenskan
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2014 season and two that were promoted from Superettan.


2015 Allsvenskan
IFK Norrköping became champions on 31 October 2015, after a 2–0 defeat over defending champions Malmö FF in the last round. The win helped IFK Norrköping win the league with a margin of three points ahead of IFK Göteborg and five points clear of third-placed team AIK. By winning the league IFK Norrköping qualified for the second qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, while runners-up IFK Göteborg and third-placed AIK will be competing in first qualifying round of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The fourth-placed team Elfsborg will also play in Europa League if they or one of the top three teams win 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.


2015 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The annual pre-season kick-off meeting is  held at Scandic Infra City in Upplands Väsby on 23 March 2015. Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams will be interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league.


2015 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The season started on 4 April 2015 with two fixtures, an early afternoon fixture between newcomers Hammarby IF and last year's fifth placed team BK Häcken at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm followed by the match between Kalmar FF and Helsingborgs IF at Guldfågeln Arena. The rest of the fixtures of the first round were spread out during the two following days. The defending champions Malmö FF will start the season with an away fixture against newcomers GIF Sundsvall at Norrporten Arena on 6 April 2015.


2015 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The first few match weeks include a number of high-profile matches, Malmö FF faced last years third placed team AIK in a home fixture on 9 April 2015 and last year's runners-up IFK Göteborg in an away fixture on match day three on 12 April 2015. Matchday seven featured both a Scanian derby between Malmö FF and Helsingborg on 3 May 2015 and a Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby on 4 May 2015.


2015 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
During the 26th round of play, a record was set as the total attendance for the season surpassed 2 million spectators. The previous record of 1,956,042 spectators was set in 1957–58.


2015 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris
For the third year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 5 November 2015. The nominations for the 2015 season were officially announced on 2 November 2015. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. IFK Norrköping received the most nominations with six nominations while AIK received five nominations and IFK Göteborg received four nominations. Djurgårdens IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations and Falkenbergs FF and Malmö FF received one nomination each.


2015 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams will contest the league, including fourteen sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Superettan. Both of the promoted teams for the 2014 season managed to stay in the league, Falkenbergs FF and Örebro SK.


2015 Allsvenskan, Teams
Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2014 Superettan champions Hammarby IF and runners-up GIF Sundsvall. Hammarby returned to Allsvenskan after five years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2009 season. This was Hammarby's 47th season in the league. Sundsvall returned to Allsvenskan after two years absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This was Sundsvall's 15th season in the league.


2015 Allsvenskan, Teams
Gefle IF as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team Ljungskile SK 4–1 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.


2015 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Allsvenskan, Play-offs
The 14th-placed team of Allsvenskan meets the third-placed team from 2015 Superettan in a Two-legged tie on a home-and-away basis with the team from Allsvenskan finishing at home.


2015 Alps Tour
The 2015 Alps Tour was the 15th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. In July, it was announced that all Alps Tour events, beginning with the Alps de Andalucía, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for a winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for a winner of a 72-hole event.


2015 Alps Tour, Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2016. Since the second-place and sixth-place finishers earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the seventh-place finisher received the fifth card.


2015 Alé–Cipollini season
The 2015 women's road cycling season was the fifth for the  Alé Cipollini cycling team, which began as the Mcipollini-Giordana in 2011.


2015 Alé–Cipollini season, UCI World Ranking
The 2015 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2015 women's road cycling season.


2015 Alé–Cipollini season, UCI World Ranking
Ale Cipollini finished 9th in the 2015 ranking for UCI teams.


2015 Amado checkpoint protest
The 2015 Amado checkpoint protest took place on May 27, 2015, when approximately seventy-five protesters held a demonstration at the United States Border Patrol checkpoint along Arivaca Road in Amado, Arizona, about 35 miles south of Tucson.


2015 Amado checkpoint protest
Established in 2007, the checkpoint is the smallest of the eleven Border Patrol checkpoints near the U.S.–Mexico border in southern Arizona, with only four or five agents manning the post at a time. It is located in a rural area outside the town of Amado, on the main road to Arivaca, a small community near the international border. The demonstrators cited privacy concerns, the nuisance of having to go through the checkpoint, and the potential for racial profiling as reasons for the protest, and want it removed. Smaller demonstrations also occurred at other checkpoints in the area, the nearest located a few miles south of Amado, in Agua Linda, along Interstate 19, but the Amado protest was the largest. In anticipation of the protest, 50 Border Patrol agents manned the checkpoint to help keep order.


2015 Amado checkpoint protest
Government authorities say the checkpoints are "vital to catching immigration violations, drug smugglers and human traffickers," but some local residents are unhappy about having to answer the Border Patrol agents' questions every time they pass through. Border Patrol official Manny Padilla, who manages the Tucson Sector of the international border, commented on the Amado protest; explaining that stopping people inside the United States is a "crucial component" of the strategy to stop illegal drug and human smugglers, who operate on both sides of the border. Padilla also said: "It's very difficult to stop all traffic at the immediate border."


2015 Amado checkpoint protest
A sign in support of the checkpoint was posted a few hundred feet from where the demonstration was held, reading "Citizens of Arivaca, Moyza, Amado, & Sasabe Support Our BP Checkpoint".


2015 Amarillo Venom season
The 2015 Amarillo Venom season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise, sixth as the "Amarillo Venom", and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Venom were led by head coach Julian Reese. The defensive coordinator was Daniel Snyder, receivers coach was John King, assistant coach was Barrett Allen, wide receivers coach was Craig Fulton, special teams coach was Donna Welch, and the trainer was Nathan Johnson.


2015 Amarillo Venom season
The Venom were the 2013 champions of the Lone Star Football League, just one season before it merged with the Champions Professional Indoor Football League and several other teams to form Champions Indoor Football. The Venom were one of nine teams in the CIF for the 2015 season. The Venom played their home games at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas.


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Season summary
The Venom's announced schedule for the 2015 season was disrupted when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015. The Gladiators' schedule has them visiting the Venom once in April and hosting the Venom once in May, just as the Stars were supposed to, but replaces the originally scheduled March 14 road game against New Mexico with a home game against the Dodge City Law.


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Season summary
The Venom hosted a number of themed nights and special events at and before home games during the season. Education Night on April 25 offered family packs of 4 tickets for $20 plus a free youth-sized replica Venom jersey for the first 500 children. On May 2, the tea, held both a "Head to Toe Expo" offering makeup and fashion tips and a "Mother/Daughter Football Clinic" where coaches answered questions, offered insights, and had participants run plays on the field to better understand the game.


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 2, the CIF named quarterback Nate Davis as the Offensive Player of the Week. For Week 7, the CIF named defensive linesman Silvio Diaz as the Defensive Player of the Week and kicker Jacob Felton as the Special Teams Player of the Week. For Week 10, the CIF named linebacker Blake Adams as the Defensive Player of the Week and kicker Jacob Felton as the Special Teams Player of the Week.


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Schedule, Regular season
1 Rescheduled after the New Mexico Stars withdrew from the league on February 22, 2015.


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated March 31, 201525 Active, 0 Inactive


2015 Amarillo Venom season, Standings
x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed


2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election
The 2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives gained two seats and thereby retook control of the council.


2015 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Ward results
Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This may have been 2011, 2013 or 2014.


2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–23. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell. Stony Brook claimed their fifth tournament championship and the Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it transitions from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.


2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Cameron Stone was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Stone, a sophomore pitcher for Stony Brook, recorded two saves in 4.1 perfect innings of work out of the Seawolves bullpen. He closed out all three wins for Stony Brook.


2015 America East Conference Softball Tournament
The 2015 America East Conference Softball tournament will be held at University Field on the campus of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York from May 7 through May 9, 2015. The tournament will earn the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The tournament will only have the championship series broadcast. The championship will be available on AmericaEast.tv with Andrew Bogush and Scott Greene providing the call.


2015 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 America East Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 4, 8 and 14, 2015. For the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, the entire tournament took place on campus sites with the higher-seeded school hosting each game throughout the championship. The winner of the championship, Albany, earned an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2015 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 16th edition of the America East Conference Men's Lacrosse Tournament and took place from April 30 to May 2 that year at John Fallon Field in Albany, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament received the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Four teams from the America East conference will compete in the single elimination tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record.


2015 America East Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Standings
Only the top four teams in the America East conference advanced to the America East Conference Tournament.


2015 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 7 and concluded with the championship game on March 13 at the higher remaining seed. The winner earned an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 19 through May 24. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 season. East Carolina claimed their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
All eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.


2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Hunter Allen was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Allen, a shortstop for East Carolina, was 9 for 18 over the course of the event, scoring 6 runs. He was 3 for 5 and scored 2 runs in the final game.


2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. The first football championship game for The American, it was hosted by the Houston Cougars, West Division champion, and featured the Temple Owls, East Division champion. It was broadcast on ABC.


2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Houston
The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They finished the season 13–1, 7–1 in American Athletic play to win a share of the West Division title. Due to their head to head win over Navy, they represented the West Division in the inaugural American Athletic Championship Game. This was their first conference championship game since 2011, when they were Conference USA. They were aiming for their first conference championship since 2006.


2015 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Temple
The Temple Owls were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in American Athletic Conference play to finish as champions of the East Division. This was their first division title since 2009, when they tied with Ohio for the MAC West title. They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Championship Game. The Owls were aiming for their first conference title since winning the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1967 and their first major conference title in school history.


2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.


2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.


2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 3rd edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. First round matchups were held at campus sites on Saturday, November 7, while the semifinals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL.


2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. All eight teams qualify for the event. Connecticut claimed the third seed over Tulsa based on its win over second seeded South Florida. UConn and Tulsa tied in the regular season, and both lost to top seeded SMU. Memphis took the seventh seed based on its head to head win over Cincinnati.


2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the UCF Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida from May 7 through May 9, 2015. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded UCF won the tournament and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were televised; the quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the American Digital Network while the championship was broadcast on ESPN2.


2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Former member Louisville won the only previous event, in 2014, and then departed for the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Format and seeding
The American's 7 teams were seeded based on their conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.


2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Samantha McCloskey was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. McCloskey was a catcher for UCF.


2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was an postseason women's tournament was held from March 6–9, 2015 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and will decide the champion of the 2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season. The teams in the conference will compete in an eleven team single elimination tournament with the addition of Tulsa and Tulane for an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. UConn beat South Florida in the final 84–70 to win its second straight AAC Tournament Championship.


2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system is used. Teams seeded 6-11 will have to play in the opening round and teams seeded 1-5 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.


2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the third edition of the American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. The event is held at Westcott Field on the campus of SMU in Dallas, Texas.


2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament, Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top eight teams qualify for the event, with SMU and Houston not participating.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season
The 2015 American Athletic Conference football season is the 25th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the third since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, and the second season with the new College Football Playoff in place. Under the playoff system, The American is no longer an Automatic Qualifying conference (AQ), and is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of the conference was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, now the highest-ranked member of the G5 will receive a bid to one of the six major bowls.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season
The American consists of 12 members: Cincinnati, East Carolina,  Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, UConn, and new member Navy. In June 2015, the Collegiate Commissioner's Association announced that it will postpone final rankings until after the annual Army–Navy Game if Navy or Army are in contention for a spot in the semifinals or a New Years Six bowl. If Navy is the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion and loses to Army, it would be replaced by next highest-ranked Group of 5 champion in the New Years Six Bowl.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season
Memphis, Cincinnati, and UCF were declared Co-Champions for the 2014 season, with each team having a conference record of 7–1. Memphis finished the season ranked 25th after defeating BYU 55–48 in 2OT in the Miami Beach Bowl. UCF was defeated by NC State in the St. Petersburg Bowl, and Virginia Tech defeated Cincinnati in the Military Bowl. With less than 11 minutes left on the game clock in the Armed Forces Bowl, Houston trailed Pittsburgh by 25 points, but the Cougars went on to win by a score of 35–34. It was the biggest fourth quarter comeback in bowl history. Florida defeated East Carolina 28–20 in the Birmingham Bowl.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season, American Athletic Conference Media Day
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Media Day was held at the Hyatt Regency Newport in Newport, Rhode Island on August 3, 2015.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes, Changes after 2014 season
* On December 1, 2014, Chad Morris (formerly Offensive Coordinator at Clemson) was hired by SMU as its new head football coach, replacing June Jones, who resigned on September 8, 2014, citing "personal issues".


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes, Changes after 2014 season
* On December 11, 2014, Philip Montgomery (previously Offensive Coordinator at Baylor) was hired by Tulsa as its new head football coach, replacing Bill Blankenship, who was fired December 2, 2014.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes, Changes after 2014 season
* On December 15, 2014, Tom Herman (formerly Offensive Coordinator at Ohio State) was hired by Houston as its new head football coach, to replace Tony Levine, who was fired after three seasons on December 8, 2014.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes, Changes during 2015 season
* George O'Leary resigned as UCF's head football coach after twelve seasons. Quarterbacks coach Danny Barrett was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Schedule, Week 15
Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Demarcus Ayers, HOUWR – Keyarris Garrett, TULOT – Parker Ehinger, CINOT – Taylor Fallin, MEMOG – E.K. Binns, NAVYOG – Eric Lofton, TEMPC  – Kyle Friend, TEMPTE – Bryce Williams, ECUQB – Paxton Lynch, MEMQB – Keenan Reynolds, NAVYRB – Marlon Mack, USFRB – Jahad Thomas, TEMPK  –  Jake Elliott, MEMRS – Demarcus Ayers, HOU


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Will Anthony, NAVYDL – Matt Ioannidis, TEMPDL – Nate D. Smith, TEMPDL –  Tanzel Smart, TULNLB – Zeek Bigger, ECULB – Elandon Roberts, HOULB –  Tyler Matakevich^, TEMPLB – Nico Marley, TULNCB – Jamar Summers, CONNCB – Deatrick Nichols, USFS  – Trevon Stewart, HOUS  – Alex Wells, TEMPP  – Spencer Smith, MEM


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Shaq Washington, CINWR – Isaiah Jones, ECUOT – Alex Cooper, HOUOT – Dion Dawkins, TEMPOG – Ryan Leahy, CINOG – Thor Jozwiak, USFC –  Deyshawn Bond, CINTE – Sean Price, USFQB – Greg Ward Jr., HOURB – Kenneth Farrow, HOURB – Chris Swain, NAVYK – Andrew Gantz, CINRS – Rodney Adams, USF


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Silverberry Mouhon, CINDL – Julian Campenni, CONNDL – B.J. Singleton, HOUDL – Eric Lee, USFDL – Eric Wilson, CINLB – Montese Overton, ECULB – Steven Taylor, HOULB – Auggie Sanchez, USFCB –  William Jackson III, HOUCB – Sean Chandler, TEMPS – Andrew Adams, CONNS – Adrian McDonald, HOUP – Caleb Houston, UCFP – Mattias Ciabatti, USF


2015 American Athletic Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2016 NFL draft.


2015 American Indoor Football season
The 2015 American Indoor Football season was the tenth season of American Indoor Football (AIF). The regular season began March 20, 2015, and ended on May 23, 2015. Each team will played an 8-game schedule, with the exception of the Maryland Eagles, who were scheduled to play a 4-game schedule, all on the road. The top 4 teams in the league advanced to the playoffs that began on May 30, 2015.


2015 American Indoor Football season, Pre-season
The 2015 offseason saw major change for the AIF, as the defending champion Baltimore Mariners and Cleveland Patriots both folded and the Rochester Raiders suspended operations. The Cape Fear Heroes left the league to join the X-League Indoor Football. The league had also announced the expansion of the Buffalo Lightning and the Carolina Silverhawks. The Silverhawks had planned on playing in 2015, but decided to plan for 2016 expansion. With only 3 teams remaining from the 2014 season, the AIF expanded on October 10 into Reading, Pennsylvania by taking in the previously independent ASI Panthers.


2015 American Indoor Football season, Pre-season
Also joining later in the day on October 10, was the Saginaw Sting, from the Continental Indoor Football League. Just 5 days later, the Chicago Blitz, who had previous announced they would be joining the X-League, joined the AIF. Finally, on December 23, 2014, the Savannah Steam announced they were leaving the X-League to join the AIF.


2015 American League Championship Series
The 2015 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2015 World Series. The series is the 46th in league history. The series was broadcast by Fox and Fox Sports 1 in the United States, with Fox airing Game 1 and Fox Sports 1 airing Games 2–6. Sportsnet, a property of Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, simulcast Fox and Fox Sports 1's coverage in Canada. Game 1 took place on October 16, and the series ended with the Royals winning Game 6 on October 23.


2015 American League Championship Series
This was the second ALCS matchup between Kansas City and Toronto; the Royals previously rallied from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Blue Jays in seven games in the 1985 ALCS.


2015 American League Championship Series
The Royals would go on to defeat the New York Mets in the World Series in five games, winning their first World Series championship in 30 years.


2015 American League Championship Series, Background
The Kansas City Royals finished the season with a 95–67 record, winning the American League Central division title for the first time since that division was created in 1994. Their season win total was the most since winning 97 games in 1980. The Royals defeated the Houston Astros in five games in the American League Division Series (ALDS), advancing to their second straight ALCS and eighth overall.


2015 American League Championship Series, Background
The Toronto Blue Jays made it to the postseason for the first time since winning the 1993 World Series, finishing the season 93–69 to clinch the American League East title. Playing in their first ALDS in team history, the Blue Jays overcame a 2–0 deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers in five games and move on to the ALCS. It was their first ALCS appearance since 1993, and sixth overall.


2015 American League Championship Series, Background
The Blue Jays won four of seven games against the Royals in the 2015 regular season.


2015 American League Championship Series, Background
This was the second time in seven ALCS appearances the Royals held home field advantage. The other was 1977, when Kansas City lost Games 4 and 5 of the best-of-5 series at Royals Stadium to the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Kansas City opened the scoring in the third inning off of Marco Estrada when Alex Gordon hit a leadoff double and scored on Alcides Escobar's one-out double, then after a groundout, Escobar scored on Lorenzo Cain's single. Salvador Pérez added a home run in the fourth to give the Royals a 3-0 lead. In the eighth, a hit-by-pitch and single off of LaTroy Hawkins was followed by Eric Hosmer's RBI double and Kendrys Morales's sacrifice fly to make it 5–0 Royals. Meanwhile, Edinson Vólquez pitched six scoreless innings, surrendering only two hits to earn his first postseason win. The Royals' touted bullpen completed the shutout, making this just the sixth time all season that Toronto was held to no runs.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
This game marked the fourth time that the Royals rallied back from a multi-run deficit to win in this post-season. The Blue Jays struck first in the third on back-to-back leadoff doubles by Kevin Pillar and Ryan Goins off of starter Yordano Ventura. They made it 3–0 in the sixth when Edwin Encarnacion followed a leadoff single and walk with an RBI single, then Troy Tulowitzki hit a one-out RBI double. Going into the 7th inning, David Price had retired 18 consecutive batters since a leadoff single to Alcides Escobar in the bottom of the first inning.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
However, Ben Zobrist led off the seventh inning with a pop-up to shallow right field; second baseman Ryan Goins tracked the ball back and waved off charging right fielder José Bautista, but inexplicably ducked out of the way at the last moment and allowed the ball to drop for a single. After Lorenzo Cain singled, Eric Hosmer's single, Kendrys Morales's groundout, and Mike Moustakas's single scored a run each to tie the game. After Salvador Perez struck out, Alex Gordon's RBI double put the Royals up 4–3. Aaron Sanchez relieved Price and allowed an RBI single to Alex Rios.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Royals added another run in the eighth when Moustakas followed back-to-back two-out walks off of Aaron Loup with an RBI single Wade Davis pitched a scoreless ninth despite allowing a leadoff single and walk as the Royals' 6–3 win gave them a 2–0 series lead. This was David Price's seventh consecutive playoff loss, tying him with Randy Johnson for the all-time record. He did record 18 consecutive outs, setting a Blue Jays franchise record.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Toronto's high powered offense finally came to life in Game 3. After the Royals scored a run in the first off of Marcus Stroman when Alcides Escobar hit a leadoff triple and scored on Ben Zobrist's groundout, Ryan Goins's single with runners on second and third put the Blue Jays up 2–1 in the third. After a walk, Josh Donaldson's RBI single made it 3–1 Blue Jays.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Royals cut the lead to 3–2 in the third when Eric Hosmer hit into a forceout at second with runners on first and third, but the Blue Jays blew the game open in the bottom half. After a leadoff single and walk, Troy Tulowitzki's three-run home run made it 6–2 Blue Jays. Russell Martin then walked and scored on Kevin Pillar's double. Kris Medlen relieved Cueto and after getting two outs, allowed a home run to Josh Donaldson to make it 9–2.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the fifth, Stroman's wild pitch with runners on second and third made it 9–3, then after a walk, Mike Moustakas's RBI single made it 9–4 Blue Jays, who added another run in the bottom of the inning on Ryan Goins's home run. They added another run in the eighth on José Bautista's RBI single with two on off of Franklin Morales. In the ninth, Liam Hendriks allowed a leadoff single and subsequent double. After Lorenzo Cain's sacrifice fly and Hosmer's single scored a run each, Roberto Osuna relieved Hendriks and allowed a two-run home run to Kendrys Morales before retiring the next two batters to end the game.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Royals got to Toronto starter R. A. Dickey early in Game 4, with a two-run home run from the second batter of the game, Ben Zobrist. After a walk, stolen base, and single, a passed ball scored another run for the Royals, then after a groundout, Mike Moustakas's sacrifice fly made it 4–0. Alex Rios's home run made it 5–0 next inning and Dickey was pulled from the game after allowing a walk and hit-by-pitch. Kansas City put up 5 total runs in the first 2 innings to chase Dickey from the game.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Liam Hendriks entered in as the long reliever for the Blue Jays and pitched 4.1 scoreless innings from the second to the sixth and finished with 13 outs from 12 batters faced, breaking the playoff record for more-outs-than-batters-faced performances. Jim Lindsey previously held the mark with eight outs from seven batters faced in 1930, while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Royals starter Chris Young, who had split time in the starting rotation and the bullpen, pitched 4+2⁄3 innings. The Blue Jays scored their only runs of the game in the third on Josh Donaldson's ground-rule double with runners on first and second followed by José Bautista's sacrifice fly. Kansas City's bullpen then shut the Blue Jays down for the rest of the game. Meanwhile, the Royals' offense exploded, adding nine runs in the final three innings.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the seventh, after LaTroy Hawkins allowed a walk and two singles to load the bases with no outs, Alcides Escobar hit a sacrifice fly off of Ryan Tepera, who then threw a wild pitch to let another run score. After Ben Zobrist walked, Lorenzo Cain's RBI single and Eric Hosmer's sacrifice fly scored a run each. Next inning, the Royals loaded the bases off of Tepera when Escobar hit another sacrifice fly, then a single reloaded the bases before Cain's two-run single made it 12–2 Royals.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In an effort to save his bullpen and to the amusement of some fans and players, Toronto manager John Gibbons elected to bring utility infielder Cliff Pennington to pitch the top of the ninth with two on and two outs. This marked the first time that a position player pitched in a playoff game. Pennington allowed a single to load the bases before Escobar's two-run single capped the game's scoring at 14–2 Royals. Franklin Morales pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to give the Royals a 3–1 series lead.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 5 appeared to be a pitchers' duel early on. Toronto starter Marco Estrada and Kansas City starter Edinson Vólquez dominated early on, with the first run of the game on Chris Colabello's home run in the second. Things began to unwind for Volquez in the bottom of the sixth as he walked two batters and hit a third to load the bases. Volquez then walked Edwin Encarnación to force in a run.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
With Troy Tulowitzki coming to the plate, Royals manager Ned Yost opted to pull Volquez in favor of Kelvin Herrera; however, Tulowitzki promptly lined a bases-clearing double off the center-field wall to make the score 5-0. That proved to be more than enough for Estrada, who only surrendered a home run from Salvador Pérez with two outs in the eighth in his 7+2⁄3 innings of work.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Blue Jays added to their lead off of Danny Duffy, who allowed back-to-back two-out doubles in the seventh to Josh Donaldson and José Bautista, then a one-out single to Tulowitzki in the eighth and RBI double to Kevin Pillar. Roberto Osuna pitched a perfect ninth to keep Toronto's season alive and send the series back to Kansas City.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
This would be the final postseason game played with sliding pits instead of a traditional full dirt infield, as the Blue Jays would install a new dirt infield at Rogers Centre prior to the start of the 2016 season.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Ben Zobrist opened the scoring two batters into the bottom of the 1st with a home run to left field off of David Price. Mike Moustakas added another home run for Kansas City in the 2nd inning, but this one was not without controversy. It was a liner right at the right-center field wall, where a fan reached out and caught the ball at the top corner of the wall. The ball was initially ruled a home run, but Toronto wanted the play reviewed.


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The Fox commentary crew of Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds, and Tom Verducci seemed confident that the ruling would be overturned, but the ruling of a home run stood with the play being too close to overturn. Buck, Reynolds, and Verducci would later call it a good call by the reviewing crew upon viewing further replays and upon fully understanding the configuration of the outfield wall, but debated the call several times throughout the broadcast.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Toronto got on the board in the fourth when José Bautista blasted a home run off the Royals Hall of Fame sign in left field. The Blue Jays would threaten again in the fifth when starter Yordano Ventura gave up consecutive walks to lead off the inning. However, he settled down and induced two pop-outs, which then brought up eventual AL MVP Josh Donaldson. Donaldson hit a hard line-drive towards 3rd base, but Moustakas was able to come up with a spectacular diving catch to end the inning.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
In the bottom of the seventh, Moustakas reached base on a broken bat blooper to center-field. Salvador Pérez next hit a deep fly ball to left field. Left fielder Ben Revere then one-upped Moustakas' earlier catch with a leaping catch at the top of the left-field wall. Revere then tried to double up Moustakas at 1st, but Moustakas got back in time to leave it at one out.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Ryan Goins then kept the good defense going by making a sliding stop on a hard Alex Gordon grounder to get Gordon out at 1st, to make it two outs, but Moustakas reached 2nd on the play. At this point David Price was taken out of the game in favor of right hander Aaron Sanchez to face Alex Ríos. On a 1-2 pitch, Rios hammered a ball to left field for a single that drove in Moustakas to give Kansas City a 3-1 lead.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
In the top of the eighth, Kansas City manager Ned Yost brought in Ryan Madson to get the Royals through the inning after Kelvin Herrera kept Toronto scoreless for the last 1+2⁄3 innings. Yost would say after the game he put in Madson because of the impending rain: he didn't want to bring in closer Wade Davis early in case there was a lengthy rain delay which could prevent him from pitching the 9th. Revere hit a high chopper to Alcides Escobar and beat the throw to 1st base for a lead-off infield single.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Up next was Josh Donaldson, but he remained hitless on the night when Madson got him to strike out for the first out. Madson faced Bautista next who promptly blasted a two-run home run down the left-field line to tie the game at 3. Madson then walked Edwin Encarnación, forcing Yost to pull Madson from the game in favor of Wade Davis. Davis induced a pop-out from Chris Colabello, before throwing a wild pitch against Troy Tulowitzki which allowed Encarnacion to advance to 2nd. It was only Davis' second wild pitch of the season.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Facing a 3-2 count against Tulowitzki, the rain started to fall in Kansas City. Davis got Tulowitzki to swing and miss for a strike out to end the inning, but Yost's fears came true as the grounds crew brought out the tarp for a rain delay, meaning Davis would have a lengthy wait between pitching appearances if he was even able to return depending on the length of the delay.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
After a 45-minute rain delay, Toronto manager John Gibbons sent out closer Roberto Osuna to pitch the bottom of the eighth. Lorenzo Cain worked an 8-pitch walk to get on base. Eric Hosmer was up next and worked a 2-2 count before driving a ball to the right field corner for a hit, and Cain ran on contact. Bautista fielded the ball and threw to second while Cain was flying around the base. As soon as Royals third base coach Mike Jirschele saw Bautista throw to 2nd, he waved Cain home.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
By the time the throw reached second base, Cain was already well past third and by the time Tulowitzki's throw to home reached catcher Russell Martin, Cain was sliding past home for the go-ahead run. It was the second time of the 2015 post-season that Cain had scored from first base on a single from Hosmer. On the play, Cain went from 1st to home in under 10.5 seconds.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Davis came back in to pitch the top of the ninth after having waited just over an hour between in-game pitches. Martin greeted Davis with his first hit of the series on a single to center-field. Dalton Pompey then came in to run for Martin and promptly stole 2nd base to put the tying run in scoring position. Then on a 2-2 pitch into the dirt to Kevin Pillar, Pompey stole third and Perez could not scoop up the ball to even make a throw. That put a runner on third with no outs and a 3-2 count to Pillar.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
After a foul ball, Davis missed on a pitch inside to walk Pillar to put runners on the corners with no outs. Dioner Navarro came in to pinch-hit for Goins with Toronto needing a catcher to replace Martin. On a 1-1 pitch, Davis got a called strike that was high and outside. The Toronto dugout not only started complaining about that, but they believed Davis should've been called for a quick pitch balk, which would have brought the tying run home. Instead it was a 1-2 count and Davis got Navarro to swing and miss for the first out.


2015 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
However, Pillar stole 2nd on the pitch to leave the Royals without a double-play chance and thus putting two runners in scoring position. That brought up Revere who worked a 2-1 count when Davis threw a called strike, which appeared to be a ball, to make it a 2-2 count. On the next pitch, Revere swung and missed for the second strikeout of the inning, bringing up Donaldson with two runners in scoring position in a 4-3 game. On a 2-1 pitch Donaldson grounded out to 3rd for the final out to clinch back-to-back AL Pennants for the Kansas City Royals.


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Alcides Escobar, who batted .478 in the series with 2 doubles and a triple, was named 2015 ALCS MVP.


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2015 ALCS (4–2): Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays


2015 American League Division Series
The 2015 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2015 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners (seeded 1-3) and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff— played in two series. Fox Sports 1 carried the majority of games in the United States, while Sportsnet primarily simulcast Fox Sports 1's coverage in Canada.


2015 American League Division Series
MLB Network had exclusive coverage of Game 3 of the Kansas City Royals–Houston Astros series in both the United States and Canada, and Game 2 of the Toronto Blue Jays–Texas Rangers series in the U.S. only (Sportsnet, co-owned with the Blue Jays by Rogers Communications, simulcast MLB Network's coverage for the latter). The ALDS began on October 8 and ran until October 14. The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals had home field advantage in this round of the playoffs. With the New York Yankees being eliminated by the Astros in the AL Wild Card Game, this is the first time in ALDS history that all four ALDS teams were expansion teams.


2015 American League Division Series
This was the first ALDS appearance for both the Astros and Blue Jays. Toronto's last postseason berth came in 1993, the final season of the two-round playoff format. Houston, on the other hand, made its first playoff appearance as an American League team; the franchise's preceding postseason berth came in 2005 while a member of the National League. The Blue Jays and the Rangers, and the Astros and the Royals, met for the first time in postseason play.


2015 American League Division Series
This was the second time (and first since 2001) that both ALDS winners overcame a 2–1 series deficit to advance to the ALCS.


2015 American League Division Series
The Royals would go on to defeat the Blue Jays in the ALCS, then win the 2015 World Series over the National League champion New York Mets, the Royals first World Series title since 1985.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 1
The Astros quickly quieted a raucous Kansas City crowd by scoring 2 runs in the 1st inning, both coming on RBI groundouts from Colby Rasmus and Evan Gattis respectively. José Altuve would add an RBI single in the 2nd to give Houston a 3–0 lead. Kendrys Morales would get the Royals on the board with a home run in the bottom of the frame to make it 3–1.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 1
A 49-minute no-dome delay prompted Kansas City manager Ned Yost to pull starter Yordano Ventura from the game, while Houston stuck with Collin McHugh who would only surrender another shot from Morales in the 4th in 6 innings. The Astros bullpen would shut out Kansas City from there while George Springer and Rasmus would add shots to provide Houston with all the insurance runs they would need to steal home field advantage from the Royals in taking a 1–0 series lead.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 2
Early on, this game looked like a mirror image of the first game with Houston taking a quick 3–0 lead in the first 2 innings on an RBI double from Colby Rasmus in the 1st, and then a 2 RBI single from George Springer in the 2nd. And just like Game 1, Kansas City added a home run in the bottom of the 2nd, this time from Salvador Pérez to make it 3-1 heading into the 3rd.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 2
Rasmus continued his hot hitting in the 3rd with a home run to give the Astros a 4–1 lead, but in the bottom of the 3rd the Royals got the run back when Ben Zobrist grounded into a double play, which scored Alex Ríos from 3rd base to make it 4–2.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 2
The score would remain 4-2 until the bottom of the 6th, where the Royals mustered the first of their many comebacks of this postseason. With the Astros threatening to take a 2–0 series lead back to Houston, where the Royals would have to face eventual AL Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel, Lorenzo Cain got a rally started with a double. Eric Hosmer then drove him in with an RBI single. Two batters later, with the bases now loaded, the Astros brought in Josh Fields to face Perez. Fields threw 4 straight balls to walk in the game-tying run. Fields did recover and struck out the next 2 batters to get out of the jam, but now the game was tied at 4.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 2
In the bottom of the 7th Will Harris relieved Fields, but surrendered an immediate triple to Alcides Escobar. Zobrist then drove in Escobar with an RBI single to give Kansas City the 5–4 lead. That was all the vaunted Royals bullpen needed as Ryan Madson and Wade Davis pitched scoreless 8th and 9th innings respectively to take game 2 and even the series at 1-game apiece.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 3
Dallas Keuchel had assembled a perfect 15–0 record at Minute Maid Park during the regular season, and he continued his winning ways with another win in Game 3. It was initially a pitchers' duel between Keuchel and Edinson Vólquez until Keuchel surrendered his only run of the game on a Lorenzo Cain home run. The Royals' lead didn't last long though, as in the bottom of the 5th, catcher Jason Castro, not known for his hitting, got a hold of a 1-out, 2-strike pitch for a two-run single up the middle for the first postseason hit of his career.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 3
Carlos Gómez added an RBI single in the 6th, and Chris Carter added a homer in the 7th on his way to a 3-hit night. Closer Luke Gregerson surrendered a home run to Alex Gordon in the 9th, but he closed out the Royals from there to put the Astros one win away from advancing to the 2015 ALCS.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 4
Kansas City opened the scoring of this game with a 2-run homer from Salvador Pérez in the top of the 2nd. However, Carlos Gómez and Carlos Correa hit home runs in the bottom of the 2nd and 3rd innings respectively to tie the game. Correa would drive in another run in the 5th with a double to give Houston a 3–2 lead. Then in the 7th, Correa hit another home run, this time driving in 2 runs, followed immediately by a Colby Rasmus home run to give the Astros a lead of 6–2.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 4
Now trailing by four runs and six outs away from being eliminated from the postseason, Kansas City opened the eighth with five straight singles off relievers Will Harris and Tony Sipp, with RBI hits by Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer making it 6–4 and loading the bases with no outs. Kendrys Morales followed with a hard, one-bouncer off Sipp's glove. The ball took two more hops and got past the top of Carlos Correa's mitt, rolling into center field as two runs scored to tie it at six. Alex Gordon's RBI groundout off Luke Gregerson later in the inning put Kansas City ahead. Hosmer launched a two-run homer in the ninth and Wade Davis pitched a 2-inning save to save the Royals' season.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 4
This marked the second time in franchise history that Kansas City had rallied from a four-run deficit after seven innings to win a postseason game. The first came in 2014, when the Royals trailed the Oakland Athletics 7–3 in the eighth of their AL Wild Card Game before eventually winning in the 12th.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 4
These are the only two instances in Major League history of a team taking a must-win game after trailing by four runs after seven innings., though the Boston Red Sox trailed by seven runs in the middle of the seventh inning while on the brink of elimination in Game 5 of the 2008 American League Championship Series.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
Johnny Cueto was 2 pitches away from potentially having a perfect game. The first was a pitch that Evan Gattis hit down the left field line and was fielded by Mike Moustakas in foul territory. Had Moustakas had a clean throw to 1st, Kansas City would have been out of the inning, but Moustakas' throw was off the mark, bringing 1st-baseman Eric Hosmer off the bag, and Hosmer couldn't hang onto the ball to tag out Gattis, thus giving Gattis a base hit.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
On the next pitch, Luis Valbuena sent the ball into the Astros bullpen for a 2-run home run. That would be the last baserunner Cueto would allow, as he retires the last 19 Astros batters he faced. Cueto became the first pitcher to retire the last 19 batters he faced in a postseason game since Roy Halladay's no-hitter in 2010 where he retired 21 in a row.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
In the 4th, Lorenzo Cain reached base on a single. Then Hosmer hit a single to center field with Cain running on the pitch. Center fielder, Carlos Gómez, slipped onto his backside when he fielded the ball, which allowed Cain to go all the way home to make it a 2–1 game. This would be the first of 2 times during the postseason that Cain would score from 1st base on a single from Hosmer.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
In the 5th, Salvador Pérez reached base when he was hit by a Collin McHugh pitch. The next batter, Alex Gordon hit a ball to deep right-center field, which bounced into the stands for a ground rule double to put runners on 2nd and 3rd. At this point Houston brought in Mike Fiers to replace McHugh on the mound to face Alex Ríos. On a 1-1 pitch, Rios hit the ball down the left-field line that got by the 3rd baseman for a double to score both runners and give Kansas City a 3–2 lead. Alcides Escobar then bunted Rios to 3rd for the 1st out of the inning. Ben Zobrist then hit a ball to right-center field, which was enough to get Rios home with a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 4–2 lead.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
Dallas Keuchel was brought in for a relief appearance on just 2 days of rest in the 8th inning and quickly surrendered a double to Escobar down the right-field line. After Zobrist lined out to José Altuve at 2nd, Keuchel intentionally walked Cain to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Hosmer popped out for the 2nd out to bring up Kendrys Morales. Keuchel worked a 1-2 count when he just missed outside to make it a 2-2 count.


2015 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 5
On the next pitch, Morales lined the ball to the left-center field bleachers for a 3-run home run to just about put the game away. Wade Davis pitched a perfect 9th with Paulo Orlando making the final out with a catch against wall to send the Royals to back-to-back ALCS appearances for the first time since 1984-'85.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 1
David Price took the mound in search of his first playoff win as a starter, and coming into the game he was 0–3 lifetime against the Texas Rangers in the postseason. Opposing him was Yovani Gallardo, who provided the Rangers with their only two victories against Toronto in the regular season, and had been one of the few starters in the majors who had been able to shut down the Blue Jays' bats. In the top of the third inning, Price hit leadoff hitter Rougned Odor with a pitch.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 1
One out later, Delino DeShields hit a single up the middle scoring Odor for the first run of the game. A few batters later, Adrián Beltré gave Texas a 2–0 lead with an RBI single. The Jays cut the lead in half in the fourth thanks to an infield single by Edwin Encarnación scoring Ben Revere. After Price once again hit Odor in the top of the fifth inning, Robinson Chirinos hit a fly ball home run to give the Rangers a 4–1 lead.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 1
The Jays would claw back to within a run before Odor hit a line drive home run into the visitor's bullpen in right field, giving the Rangers breathing room and the eventual 5–3 win. The injury bug hit both clubs, as Beltre was forced to leave due to a nagging back injury and was replaced by Hanser Alberto. Josh Donaldson left in the fifth inning with a possible concussion, after being hit by the knee of Odor after a slide during an attempted double play, and José Bautista left in the top of the ninth due to a hamstring cramp.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 2
Delino DeShields doubled to lead off the game off of Marcus Stroman, then scored on Shin-Soo Choo's single. After a Prince Fielder single moved Choo to third, catcher Russell Martin's error on Mitch Moreland's fielder's choice made it 2–0 Rangers. The Blue Jays cut it to 2–1 on Josh Donaldson's one-out home run in the bottom of the inning off of Cole Hamels. In the top of the second, Rougned Odor drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Hanser Alberto's sacrifice fly.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 2
In the bottom of the inning, with runners on second and third on an error and double, Martin's single and Kevin Pillar's double scored a run each, tying the game. In the fifth, Pillar hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Ben Revere's single to give the Blue Jays the lead. DeShields singled to lead off the top of the eighth. Brett Cecil relieved Stroman and allowed a sacrifice bunt, then a strikeout before Mike Napoli's pinch-hit RBI single tied the game, which went into extra innings.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 2
In the top of the 14th, LaTroy Hawkins allowed three straight two-out singles, the last of which to Alberto scoring a run. Liam Hendriks relieved Hawkins and allowed an RBI single to DeShields. Ross Ohlendorf pitched a scoreless bottom of the inning for the save as the Rangers took a 2–0 series lead heading to Arlington. The contest was the fourth longest (in terms of innings played) in Division Series history, and the second-longest in ALDS history.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 3
In a do-or-die Game 3, the Blue Jays sent Marco Estrada to the hill. Opposing him was Martín Pérez, making his first career start and appearance against the Blue Jays. Estrada was sharp throughout his start, only running into trouble late. Perez lost control of the strike zone in the fourth inning after intentionally walking Edwin Encarnación, and he eventually gave up a walk to Troy Tulowitzki making it 2–0 Jays before getting a double play ball off the bat of Dioner Navarro to end the inning.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 3
In the sixth inning, Perez got into trouble again after two straight singles by Josh Donaldson and José Bautista, forcing the Rangers to go to Chi Chi Gonzalez to try to end the threat. After walking Edwin Encarnación and loading the bases with nobody out, the Blue Jays bad luck struck again as Chris Colabello hit a ball right to first baseman Mitch Moreland, who completed a 3-2-3 double play to put the Jays rally in jeopardy.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 3
The next batter in the inning, Tulowitzki, worked Gonzalez to a full count and then on the sixth pitch drilled a three-run home run that broke the game open. The Rangers only threatened in the seventh inning, and Estrada was pulled after back-to-back hits by Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton with one out. The Jays went to Aaron Loup for a favorable lefty-lefty matchup which resulted in an RBI groundout by Rougned Odor. The Jays then went to Mark Lowe to face Robinson Chirinos who worked him to a full count and then on the eighth pitch of the at-bat caught Chirinos looking to end the inning, Roberto Osuna came on and pitched a perfect ninth as Toronto forced Game 4.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 4
After the Blue Jays forced Game 4, the Rangers turned to Derek Holland to end the series. Opposing him was knuckleballer R. A. Dickey, making his first postseason start. The Blue Jays jumped on Holland for three runs in the first inning on a single by Ben Revere and home runs by Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello. A Kevin Pillar home run in the second inning made it 4−0 Toronto. A walk by Donaldson and a double by José Bautista chased Holland and put runners on second and third with no one out.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 4
Colby Lewis came on in relief of Holland and allowed a fielder's choice ground out from Edwin Encarnación, getting Bautista out at third but allowing Donaldson to score to make it 5−0. A double by Colabello scored Encarnacion to make it 6–0. A fly ball by Troy Tulowitzki was the second out, Russell Martin walked and Pillar struck an RBI single to score Colabello and make it 7−0 after three innings.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 4
In the bottom of the third, Shin-Soo Choo scored on a wild pitch from Dickey to cut the lead to six, but that was the only run Dickey would allow in 4+2⁄3 innings. David Price relieved Dickey and got Shin-Soo Choo to fly out on his first pitch to end the fifth. In the seventh, another RBI single by Pillar scored Martin and pushed the lead back to seven runs.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 4
Although the Rangers tried to chip away at the lead, scoring a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth off Price to cut the lead to four runs but Aaron Sanchez came on and struck out Drew Stubbs to end the threat. Osuna retired the Rangers in order in the ninth inning to force a game 5 back in Toronto.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
Prior to the loser-go-home deciding Game 5 between the Blue Jays and Rangers, thousands of fans signed a petition to play the game with the Rogers Centre's retractable roof open. The dome was kept closed due to fears that operating the roof during cold temperatures would cause it to be stuck in the open position.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
An RBI single by Prince Fielder in the first and a homer by Shin-Soo Choo in the third gave the Rangers an early lead over Marcus Stroman and the Jays. The Jays fought back to tie it with an RBI double by José Bautista in the third and a home run by Edwin Encarnación in the sixth.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
The 53-minute seventh inning was laden with controversy. At the top of the inning, with Rougned Odor on third and two outs, Russell Martin was in the process of throwing the ball back to the mound after Aaron Sanchez delivered a pitch, but the ball hit Choo's bat and bounced toward third base. Odor observed this and ran to home to score the go-ahead run, though the play was initially ruled a dead ball by home-plate umpire Dale Scott and the run was voided.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
Rangers manager Jeff Banister came out to argue and after a discussion, the umpires awarded the run to Texas, citing rule 6.03a – that Choo was not intentionally interfering with the throw back to the pitcher. Since Choo was in the batter's box interference could not be called and the play was ruled a live ball. The game was delayed 18-minutes while angry home fans tossed beer cans and garbage on the field. During this time, a video review from the umpires was on confirming with a rules check, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons announced he was playing the game under protest.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
The turning point in the game came during the bottom of the seventh inning, when the Rangers made three consecutive errors; a fielding error by Elvis Andrus, a throwing error by first baseman Mitch Moreland (that was thrown at Andrus), and a missed catch error, also by Andrus, loaded the bases with nobody out.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
Ben Revere proceeded to hit into a fielder's choice to first, with Moreland throwing to home, where pinch runner Dalton Pompey slid into the catcher Chris Gimenez to prevent the chance of a double play; after a Texas review, the play stood, and no interference was called. At that point the Rangers' sinker-baller Sam Dyson relieved Cole Hamels. Josh Donaldson hit a ball just over the glove of Rougned Odor. Odor recovered and threw the ball to second base for a force out but the tying run scored and left runners on first and third.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
The next batter, José Bautista, hit a three-run home run off Dyson to give the Blue Jays a 6–3 lead. He would flip his bat before running the bases, an action widely applauded by Blue Jays fans and several media outlets but considered unsportsmanlike by some observers. The benches would clear afterward, when Edwin Encarnación threw up his hands to the fans in an attempt to discourage any more garbage being thrown on the field but Dyson interpreted that as Encarnación showboating. At the end of the inning, Dyson and Troy Tulowitzki got into an argument after Dyson touched Tulowitzki on the buttocks when the former was walking back to his dugout, and the benches cleared once again. There were no ejections or punches thrown in either bench-clearing incident.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
Roberto Osuna would record a five-out save, and at the age of 20, became the youngest pitcher in American League history to record a save in the postseason, as well as the second-youngest pitcher in Major League history to do so.


2015 American League Division Series, Toronto vs. Texas, Game 5
The game marked the third time in the history of the Division Series in which a team lost the first two games at home, but came back to win the series. This also marked the first time that a Toronto-based team in the Big Four won a postseason round since the Maple Leafs’ series victory in the first round of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.