2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The 2015 edition of E3 Harelbeke was 215.3 kilometres (133.8 miles) in length. It started in the Belgian municipality of Harelbeke, where there was a 2.8-kilometre (1.7-mile) neutral zone before the official start. Initially, the route headed north, but after a short distance it turned south-east to reach the town of Avelgem after 12.8 kilometres (8.0 miles). The route then turned north-east through Oudenaarde and reached the first climb, the Katteberg, after 32 kilometres (20 miles). The route briefly went south-east again to reach the second climb, the Leberg, 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) later.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
Between the Katteberg and the Leberg, there were two flat sections of cobbles, the Holleweg and the Haaghoek. The race then entered a long loop without any significant climbs, though it did include the Paddestraat, another flat section of cobbles. This loop first went north-east, reaching Burst after 62.5 kilometres (38.8 miles), then south to Appelterre-Eichem. The loop turned west at this point, travelling through Geraardsbergen after 86 kilometres (53 miles).


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The third climb came after 99.9 kilometres (62.1 miles) at La Houppe. This was the longest climb of the day at 3.4 kilometres (2.1 miles) in length. The course then turned north to reach the Berg Stene climb after 108.5 kilometres (67.4 miles). The next four climbs came in quick succession over the next 18 kilometres (11 miles): the Boigneberg, the Eikenberg (the first of the cobbled climbs), the Stationberg and the Taaienberg. A 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) flat section followed, as the course travelled south-west through Ronse, before a turn to the north to tackle the next climb.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
This was the Knokteberg, which came after 142.6 kilometres (88.6 miles), and it was followed by another turn to the east and the climb of the Hotondberg after 146.6 kilometres (91.1 miles). The Rotelenberg (after 155 kilometres (96 miles)) and the Kortekeer (after 156.6 kilometres (97.3 miles)) were the next two climbs as the route again approached Oudenaarde.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
After turning south at Leupegem, there were 53 kilometres (33 miles) remaining. With 46.2 kilometres (28.7 miles) remaining, the riders climbed the Kapelberg. The next section was expected to be the key part of the race: the climbs of the Paterberg and the Oude Kwaremont. The Oude Kwaremont was the final cobbled climb of the day; at the top of the climb there were 37.7 kilometres (23.4 miles) left to the end of the race. In past editions of the race this was the section where a decisive breakaway was formed; the combination of the two climbs was also a major feature of the Tour of Flanders.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The route continued south to the penultimate climb of the day, the Karnemelkbeekstraat, with 29.7 kilometres (18.5 miles) remaining, then turned north-west for the final part of the race. This section was mostly flat; the only climb was the Tiegemberg with 18.7 kilometres (11.6 miles) to the finish line. It was expected that riders dropped in the hilly section of the course would try to regain contact on this section. The route continued west and finished where it had started in Harelbeke.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Teams
As E3 Harelbeke was a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. Seven Professional Continental teams received wildcard invitations.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
E3 Harelbeke was part of the spring classics season. It was therefore suited to the riders who rode in the several other similar races through the early part of the season, such as Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the Tour of Flanders and Dwars door Vlaanderen, which were often raced over the same roads.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
The winner of the 2014 E3 Harelbeke, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo) was one of the major pre-race favourites, although his early-season form had been mixed and he had won just one race in 2015 to that point. The team's preparation for the race was also affected by the suspension of the team manager, Bjarne Riis, by the owner Oleg Tinkov, following the team's poor results.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
The other principal favourite was Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), who won the race in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Although he too had had a relatively unsuccessful Milan–San Remo, finishing seventh, he had shown good form in other races in the season. However, one of his most important teammates, Stijn Devolder, crashed in Dwars door Vlaanderen earlier in the week, potentially affecting Cancellara's chances.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
The Etixx–Quick-Step team was also expected to feature in the race. Although Tom Boonen, the leader of the team and a five-time winner of the race, had crashed at Paris–Nice and was absent with injury, the team had several other riders who could compete for the win. These included Niki Terpstra, who was second in 2014, Zdeněk Štybar and Stijn Vandenbergh.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
Other favourites included Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team), Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo), Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas (both Team Sky). Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) also entered the race as he had in Dwars door Vlaanderen; he was preparing for cobbled stages at the Tour de France rather than competing for the win.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Early stages
The race started without Filippo Pozzato (Lampre–Merida), the 2009 champion, who missed the race due to illness. Shortly after the start, a breakaway was formed by six riders. These were Sjoerd van Ginneken (Team Roompot), Sean De Bie (Lotto–Soudal), Dries Devenyns (IAM Cycling), Sébastien Turgot (AG2R La Mondiale), Kristian Sbaragli (MTN–Qhubeka) and Andrea Dal Col (Southeast Pro Cycling). The first significant event took place on the Haaghoek cobbles after about 40 kilometres (25 miles). A water bottle came loose and caused a large crash in the main peloton.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Early stages
A large number of riders crashed, including Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), Sebastian Langeveld (Cannondale–Garmin), Robert Wagner (LottoNL–Jumbo), Lars Boom (Astana) and John Degenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin). Most of the riders were able to continue, but Cancellara, one of the favourites to win the race, was forced to abandon it in significant pain. It was immediately clear that he would miss Gent–Wevelgem; soon afterwards it was announced that he had two broken vertebrae and would miss the rest of the spring classics season.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Early stages
Over the next 70 kilometres (43 miles), the breakaway continued to build their lead over the peloton; with 100 kilometres (62 miles) to race, they had a lead of around six minutes, although Dal Col was dropped. Shortly afterwards, the peloton climbed the Taaienberg, where Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team), Matteo Trentin (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Matti Breschel (Tinkoff–Saxo) attacked and were soon joined by Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal). This breakaway was soon brought back by Team Katusha. Nairo Quintana was dropped during this period of racing and abandoned the race.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Early stages
Tinkoff–Saxo, along with Team Sky, took up the chase in earnest and reduced the breakaway's lead to under two and a half minutes with 67 kilometres (42 miles) left. BMC Racing Team joined in the chase and halved the lead over the next 20 kilometres (12 miles). Van Ginneken was dropped, leaving three riders in the leading group.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Paterberg−Oude Kwaremont
The riders then entered the crucial section of the Paterberg and Oude Kwaremont. Devenyns attacked alone from the breakaway group, while Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo) attacked the peloton. Vanmarcke was riding the climb in the gutter to one side of the road. He slipped in the mud and had to put a foot down on the cobblestones; this damaged his shoe and left him unable to clip into his pedal, reducing his ability to apply power on the climbs.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Paterberg−Oude Kwaremont
He continued with the broken shoe over the Paterberg and Oude Kwaremont until he was able to change it on a flat section of road. Vanmarcke was in a small group of riders that earned a gap on the Paterberg, but they were caught soon afterwards. At this point there a chase group of around 30 riders, half a minute behind Devenyns as they entered the Oude Kwaremont.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Paterberg−Oude Kwaremont
Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) led the peloton on the first part of the climb, until he was attacked by Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), who was followed by Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx–Quick-Step). After a brief period, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo) bridged across to Thomas and Štybar; the three riders then caught and dropped Devenyns. The gap between the leading three and the peloton quickly reached 25 seconds, then was reduced to 15 seconds by BMC.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Final stages
The gap expanded again to 45 seconds at the foot of the final climb, the Tiegemberg; on the climb, BMC's pressure reduced the lead by 20 seconds and dropped several riders from the chasing group. At the top, with 17 kilometres (11 miles) left, Oss was leading the group, while Greg Van Avermaet, BMC's team leader, was a couple of places further back. Van Avermaet was riding on the wheel of Alexandr Kolobnev (Team Katusha), who missed a corner and was forced to brake. Van Avermaet also braked; this action caused him to somersault over his handlebars and crash, injuring him and taking him out of contention for the rest of the race.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Final stages
With Van Avermaet injured, BMC were no longer riding at the front of the group and the breakaway's lead quickly grew to 50 seconds, with only Team Katusha's Luca Paolini leading the chase. The gap was reduced slightly to 40 seconds as the riders entered the last 5 kilometres (3.1 miles). With 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) left, Thomas attacked the lead group and Štybar waited for Sagan to respond. Sagan, however, was unable to chase Thomas, who built a gap ahead of the other two. Štybar eventually gave chase, but he was unable to catch Thomas.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Race report, Final stages
After the race, he attributed his loss to two seconds' hesitation. Thomas continued alone to win the race ahead of Štybar by 25 seconds. Sagan, meanwhile, was both caught and left behind by the main chase group and finished 30th, over a minute behind Thomas. In the main peloton, Matteo Trentin was led out by his teammates Stijn Vandenbergh and Yves Lampaert. Another teammate, Niki Terpstra, was able to block Alexander Kristoff as he attempted the sprint and Trentin took the third podium place, 38 seconds behind Thomas and 13 seconds behind Štybar.


2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
The 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the EAFF East Asian Cup, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in China in 2015. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2014.


2015 EAFF East Asian Cup, Final tournament, Final stage
The final stage was held in Wuhan, Hubei, China on August 2 to 9, 2015.


2015 EAFF East Asian Cup, Final ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.


2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads
Below are the squads for the 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup tournament, held in China PR. There were 23 players in each squad, including 3 goalkeepers.


2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
The 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup was the fifth edition of the EAFF Women's East Asian Cup, an international women's football tournament organised by the East Asian Football Federation. Nine of ten EAFF member nations entered the tournament. Only Mongolia did not participate.


2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup, Preliminary round 1
Hosts Guam advanced to the next round with two wins.


2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup, Final round, Matches
The final stage was held in Wuhan, China on August 1 to 8, 2015. Venue: ChinaDate: 1 – 8 August 2015 All times listed are local (UTC+8).


2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup, Final ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.


2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup Final squads
Below are the squads for the 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup tournament, held in China on August 1 to 8, 2015. There were 23 players in each squad, including 3 goalkeepers.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
The 2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Blenheim, New Zealand, from 24–28 February 2015. The tournament was the sixth edition of the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, and the first to be held in New Zealand. All matches will be held at Horton Park.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
The winner of the tournament, Fiji, qualified directly for the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup, to be played in Bangladesh. It was Fiji's first tournament win, and they consequently became only the second ICC East Asia-Pacific side to qualify for the World Cup, with Papua New Guinea having won all previous editions. Papua New Guinea defeated Vanuatu in a playoff to gain entry to the 2015 World Cup Qualifier, with the chance to gain the final spot at the World Cup. Two other East Asia-Pacific under-19 sides, Australia and New Zealand, are ICC full members, and thus qualified directly for the World Cup.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Teams and qualification
Teams were unchanged from the 2013 tournament, played on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Preparation
Fiji, along with Papua New Guinea the only side to have appeared at every EAP Under-19 Trophy, trained at Buckhurst Park, Suva, with Australian Shane Jurgensen serving as the team's coach for the tournament. The PNG under-19s, nicknamed the Garamuts after a type of slit drum, are to be coached by John Ovia, with assistance from New Zealander Dipak Patel, the coach of the country's senior side. PNG will be captained by Lou Toua, the brother of Olympic weightlifter Dika Toua. Samoa is to be coached by Uala Kaisara, a former Samoan national team player, while Vanuatu will be coached by Shane Deitz.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Fixtures
The tournament incorporated a single round-robin, with each team playing the other once. Fixtures overlapped with the group stages of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, being hosted in Australia and New Zealand at the same time (Blenheim is not hosting any World Cup matches).


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Fixtures
After the conclusion of the three-round round-robin, the second and third-place teams (Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu) played off for the right to progress to the 2015 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier. Papua New Guinea won the playoff by 69 runs. On the same day, the first and fourth-place teams (Fiji and Samoa) played a friendly match, which Fiji won by 154 runs. Neither of those matches is included in the table above.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average, are listed in this table.


2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship
The 2015 EBSA European Snooker Championships was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 2 June to 13 June 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic  It was the 24th edition of the EBSA European Snooker Championships and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by 9th seed Michael Wild who defeated Jamie Clarke 7–4 in the final. As a result, Wild was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.


2015 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship
The 2015 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships took place from 21 to 26 March 2015 in Qawra, Malta. The tournament was won by the number 4 seed Darryl Hill of Mannin who defeated England's Louis Heathcote 6–3 in the final to win the championships, as a result Hill was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.


2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 54th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, the Harvard Crimson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finished above fifth place in the standings received a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.


2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advanced to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams played against each other. The winners of the semifinals played in the championship game while the losers played in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals were single-elimination games. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2015 EMF miniEURO
The 2015 EMF miniEuro was the six edition of the EMF miniEURO for national Small-sided football teams, and the fourth governed by the European Minifootball Federation. It was hosted in Vrsar, Croatia, from 21 to 27 September 2015.


2015 EMF miniEURO, Draw
The final tournament draw was held in Vrsar on 15 June 2015.


2015 EMF miniEURO, Knockout stage
The knockout stage matches, which includes quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and the final, were all played on 25 and 26 September 2015. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės
2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometru lenktynes (ENEOS 1000 km race) was a 16th running of ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, a touring car and GT endurance racing event held in Lithuania, at Palanga circuit , 2 kilometers away from resort town Palanga on July 16–18, 2015.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės
Race was won by Jonas Gelžinis, Ignas Gelžinis and Tautvydas Barštys who drove for Juta-KG Group team. Nerijus Dagilis, Nemunas Dagilis and Robertas Kupčikas finished second for Balpol-15 min powered by Oktanas Racing and Steve Vanbellingen, Erik Qvick, Dirk Vanrompuy and Tom Vanrompuy took final podium position for Belgian Qvick Motors team.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
For the first practice session, all teams were divided into two groups. 2013 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės winners General Financing-Autopaslauga by Pitlane confirmed their favourite status, as Jeroen Bleekemolen went fastest in first practice session with a laptime of 1:12.796. Juta-KG Group and MOPTRANS-Club PORT by JR Motorsport also impressed with their speed, as they completed top three.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
Algirdai Racing Team with Aquila CR1 was fastest in other group, but slower than Porsche of General Financing-Autopaslauga by Pitlane. Ramūnas Čapkauskas of Algirdai Racing Team damaged his car in the first practice session, but the team managed to repair it before the start of second practice session, where he showed best lap time of 1:12.920


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
"Blue Ghost Racing Team" driver Modestas Jakas crashed his Toyota Celica heavily in the second practice session. Luckily, he wasn't injured, but his team was forced to withdraw from the race.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Qualifying
Jeroen Bleekemolen, who drove for General Financing - Autopaslauga by Pitlane, qualified on pole with best lap time of 1:09.679. Jonas Gelžinis from Juta Racing was second, less than half a second behind Jeroen Bleekemolen (Lap time 1:10.090). Algirdai Racing Team's Ramūnas Čapkauskas took third position, driving Aquila CR1 prototype (Lap Time 1:10.156).


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Qualifying
Qualifying was red-flagged several times. At the end of the first phase of qualifying, Daniel Colembie went off the track and heavily damaged his BMW M4. His JR Motorsports teammate Simas Juodviršis also crashed, this time in top 10 shootout. Team was unable to rebuild both cars before the race, therefore Daniel Colembie and his co-drivers Michael Verhagen and Ward Sluys withdrawn from the race.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Qualifying
Some drivers were unable to improve their lap time due to crash of Simas Juodviršis, as qualification was cancelled early. Defending race winners, Liqui Moly Racing Team Lithuania, did not advance to top 10 shootout: Kazimieras Vasiliauskas qualified in 12th position.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Race
Jeroen Bleekemolen led early stages of the race, as Jonas Gelžinis and Robertas Kupčikas closely followed him in second and third. Ramūnas Čapkauskas retired from the race after only 50 laps due electronic failure of his Aquila CR1 prototype. 70 laps into the race unexpected heavy rain caught many fast drivers, including Dainius Matijošaitis with BMW M4, Edvinas Arkušauskas with BMW E90 EDVA, Marius Steponavičius with BMW M3 GT2 and Arūnas Mrazauskas with Lexus IS-F, who crashed heavily. Only Mrazauskas was able to continue the race after lengthy repairs in pitlane, as all other drivers retired. Due to crashes, safety car was deployed several times.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Race
Rain stopped only 100 laps later. As the race track began to dry, two race-leading Porsches took a gamble and pitted for slick tyres. However, the risk didn't paid off as the rain started to fall again. Both cars stayed on track on slick tyres as Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ignas Gelžinis hoped that the rain will stop soon. However, this was a crucial mistake for Bleekemolen, who missed a breaking point on the wet track and crashed into the barriers. He managed to return to pitlane for repairs, but lost 14 laps and the race lead in the process.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Race
Battle for the lead continued between Juta-KG Group and Balpol-15min powered by Oktanas Racing, as the two teams were separated by only a few seconds during majority of the second part of the race. However, 30 laps until the end of the race Nerijus Dagilis ran out of fuel and was forced to stop at the track. His Porsche was pulled back to pitlane, but after this mistake his team lost 6 laps and all chances to win a race. That left Ignas Gelžinis comfortably in front. For the final stint he handed the car over to Tautvydas Barštys, who easily crossed the finish line in first place. This was first win for Tautvydas Barštys in 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, second win for Ignas Gelžinis, and a record-breaking fifth win for Jonas Gelžinis.


2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, Race
Former Formula 1 drover Michael Bleekemolen and his co-driver Rene Steenmetz was running fifth as the race was coming to an end. However, after mechanical problems with his Renault Clio he was forced to retire from the race when only six laps were remaining. In the process, he dropped to sixth place, as all other drivers were six laps behind.


2015 EPZ Omloop van Borsele
The 2015 EPZ Omloop van Borsele was the 13th running of the Omloop van Borsele, a women's cycling event in 's-Heerenhoek, the Netherlands. There was an individual time trial over 19.9 kilometres (12.4 miles) on 24 April – categorised as a national event – and a 1.2-category road race over 137 kilometres (85.1 miles) on 25 April 2015.


2015 EPZ Omloop van Borsele, Results, Time trial
The individual time trial was held on 24 April over a distance of 19.9 kilometres (12.4 miles). For the fourth time in a row Ellen van Dijk won the time trial.


2015 EPZ Omloop van Borsele, Results, Road race
The road race was held on 25 April over a distance of 139 kilometres (86.4 miles).


2015 ESF Women's Championship
The 2015 ESF Women's Championship was an international European softball competition that was held in Rosmalen, Netherlands from July 19 to July 25, 2015.


2015 ESPY Awards
The 2015 ESPY Awards was the annual ESPY Awards held annually with 32 awards in total being handed out, honoring the best in sports. They were presented on July 15, 2015 and hosted by actor and comedian Joel McHale from the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. For the first time in its 23-year history, the ceremony was broadcast on ABC.


2015 ESPY Awards, Presenters
The following are a list of presenters in order of appearance:


2015 ESPY Awards, In Memoriam
The In Memoriam was first presented by journalist Robin Roberts giving tribute to fellow sports broadcaster Stuart Scott followed by singer Nate Ruess singing his single Moment to a video montage and honoring the following:


2015 East Cambridgeshire District Council election
The 2015 East Cambridgeshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the East Cambridgeshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team
The 2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team represents East Carolina University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Pirates play their home games at Clark–LeClair Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Cliff Godwin, in his first season at East Carolina.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Pirates finished the season 7th in Conference USA with a record of 33–26, 16–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, losing in the second round, but failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, February
The Pirates opened their season on February 13 against Virginia, as part of a home-and-home series. The Pirates traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2014, and were swept in a three-game series. Once again, the Cavaliers swept the Pirates, this time over the first weekend of the 2015 season. The Pirates struggled offensively, and scored just five runs over the entire series. Josh Sborz collected two saves for Virginia. The following Wednesday, the Pirates were scheduled to visit Old Dominion, but bad weather caused a postponement until April. The following week, the Pirates' home game against the Monarchs on the 25th was also pushed until March 4.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, February
On the second weekend of the season, weather related issues caused a shakeup to the schedule of the annual Keith LeClair Classic hosted by ECU. All Friday games were cancelled, and Michigan, who was originally scheduled to participate (along with Liberty and  St. John's), was replaced by UNC Greensboro. East Carolina went 1–2 on the weekend, defeating St. John's and UNC Greensboro, but falling to Liberty, to win the classic for the third consecutive year.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, February
The Pirates closed the month of February (and opened the month of March in the finale) with a three-game series against Albany. Originally, ECU was scheduled to play in the annual Irish Classic in Cary, North Carolina, but it was cancelled due to weather. The Pirates swept the Great Danes over the three game series, outscoring them by a cumulative score of 24–7.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, March
In the Pirates' first midweek game of March, they traveled to rival NC State and lost by a score of 0–7, extending their losing streak against the Wolfpack in Raleigh to five games. The following day, the Pirates returned home and hosted Old Dominion in the makeup game of a February 25 postponement. In their 9–7 win, East Carolina broke a 5–5 deadlock with two runs in both the seventh and eight innings, and despite allowing a run in both the eight and ninth innings, held on for their sixth victory of the season.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, March
In their first weekend series in March, the Pirates hosted Monmouth. After the game scheduled for Friday, March 6 was pushed back to Saturday, March 7, as part of a doubleheader, ECU swept the doubleheader against the Hawks, shutting out Monmouth in both games. In the first game of the doubleheader, a 2–0 victory, Evan Kruczynski threw a complete game, two hit shutout. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Pirates scored six runs in the first inning to coast to a 9–0 win. ECU completed the sweep with a 3–2 win on Sunday.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, March
In the second week of March, the Pirates opened with a pair of midweek games. They lost the first game to Campbell 4–9, before rebounding to defeat UNC Greensboro, 8–1. It was the Pirates' second win over UNC Greensboro on the season, after having defeated them on February 21. Over the weekend of March 13, the Pirates traveled to Elon, North Carolina, to play a three-game series with Elon. For the second straight weekend, the Pirates picked up a three-game sweep, after sweeping Monmouth the previous weekend. East Carolina scored 41 runs in the series.


2015 East Carolina Pirates baseball team, Season, March
The Pirates hosted Princeton, out of the Ivy League, for a two-game midweek series from March 17–18. The Pirates swept the Tigers over the two game series to improve their record on the season to 15–6 and extended their winning streak to six games. Following the midweek series against the Tigers, ECU hosted VCU, a traditional midweek opponent, for a three-game weekend series. The Pirates dropped both the first and last games of the series, dropping their first weekend series since opening weekend against Virginia.


2015 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. This was East Carolina's second season as members of the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2015 East Carolina Pirates football team
McNeill was fired at the end of the season. He finished with a six-year record of 42–24.


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


2015 East Dorset District Council election
The 2015 East Dorset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 in order to elect members of the East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2015 East Dorset District Council election, Background
Before the election, the Conservatives controlled the council with 30 councillors, whilst the Liberal Democrats with just six seats were the only other party on the council. However, in December 2014 the former leader of Dorset County Council councillor Spencer Flower was suspended from the Conservative party after being charged by police and both Flower and his wife Toni Coombs stood for re-election as independents at the 2015 election. As they were the only candidates in Verwood West ward they were elected without opposition.


2015 East Dorset District Council election, Background
In three other wards, Crane, Handley Vale and Verwood East, the Conservative candidates were also unopposed. This meant 12 wards had elections in 2015 with a total of 66 candidates contesting them.


2015 East Dorset District Council election, Background
Boundary changes since the last election in 2011 reduced the number of councillors from 36 to 29. These changes also reduced the number of wards to 16, with four wards electing three councillors, five electing two and seven electing one.


2015 East Dorset District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 24 of the 29 seats. The only three contested seats that were not won by the Conservatives, were won by the Liberal Democrats, who won both seats in Wimborne Minster, as well as one seat in Colehill East.


2015 East Hampshire District Council election
The 2015 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the East Hampshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats, the only other party to hold representation on the council, lost three seats to the Conservatives, all in Whitehill. Three Conservatives and both Liberal Democrats were unopposed in the election, and thus were returned automatically.


2015 East Hertfordshire District Council election
The 2015 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the East Hertfordshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 East Lindsey District Council election
The 2015 East Lindsey District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of East Lindsey District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party won overall control of the council from NOC.


2015 East Lindsey District Council election, Council composition
IND - Independent Lab - Labour LI - Lincolnshire Independents LD - Liberal Democrats


2015 East Malaysian floods
High intensity rainfall since 17 January 2015 caused major flooding across several parts of Sarawak and Sabah. Around 13,878 people had been evacuated with one teenage girl became the only casualty.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Background
According to a paper published by Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD) in 2012 titled "Malaysia Climate Change Scenarios", the northeast monsoon has become more intense. There were drier months corresponding with heavier rainfalls in the past 10 years. As part of the northeast monsoon, continuous rain affected most areas in Sarawak including Johor in West Malaysia and parts of Sabah. MMD in a statement on 4 January said Kuching Division was expected to receive 900mm of rain while other divisions in Sarawak would receive between 400mm to 500mm of rain.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Background, Preparation
Sarawak had been raising its level of preparedness since 7 January as the meteorological department had forecast continuous rain in Sarawak. Around 3,417 personnel from various departments and agencies were ready to be mobilised to disaster and flood areas. The Sarawak state government put 239 lorries, 178 four-wheel-drives, three helicopters, a Royal Malaysian Air Force plane and three jet skis on standby. Operators at Sg Nyigu Light Industrial area, Bintulu were advised to clear industrial waste from their compounds in order to prevent flash floods from happening.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
On 19 January, the floods had left many low-lying areas in the south of the state of Sarawak submerged in water thus forcing the people there to evacuate. A total of 22 relief centres opened in Kuching Division. More than 2,000 people evacuated from Kuching and its surrounding areas. A total of 1,015 villagers from 264 families in Kampung Simpok were evacuated to a relief centre in Sekolah Kebangsaan St Peter Kampung Simpok, Padawan. A main water pipe in Padawan also burst, leaving 20,000 villagers without water supply. There were also several landslides at Jalan Puncak Borneo, Kuching.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
As of 22 January, there were 3,373 evacuees in Kuching and 1,598 evacuees in Samarahan Division. Samarahan residents blamed on poor drainage system as the cause of floods. On 26 January, only two relief centres left open in Samarahan. The Kuching Division and coastal area of Simunjan were declared flood free.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
The flood also affected the central region of Sarawak especially in Mukah and Balingian. On 19 January, a boat capsized in the Mukah river and a teenage girl became the first casualty of the flood. As on 22 January, there were 34 evacuees in Mukah. On 26 January, strong water currents swept two cars off Jalan Tatau, Bintulu. However, nobody was hurt during the incident. Rising water levels at Sungai Sebungan, Sebauh had forced 300 villagers to move to higher grounds. Only one relief centre was left open in Mukah on 26 January. On January 27, flooding at Kuala Tatau had caused 198 people from 73 families to evacuate from their homes.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
In northern Sarawak, the flood also affected the Pan Borneo Highway which links Sarawak with Brunei and Sabah. On 20 January, pupils from Sekolah Kebangsaan Siang, Lawas were evacuated in anticipation of floods in the morning. As of 22 January, the number of evacuees from Limbang has risen to 1,244 people. A total of 9 schools were closed at Limbang and 5 schools were closed at Lawas. Limbang petrol station was also crowded due to public fear of limited supply of petrol. Flood victims at Baram claimed that they did not receive sufficient food ration for their daily needs. As of 26 January, one relief centre left open in Marudi while 356 people from 117 families still left in three relief centres at Limbang. On 30 January, flash floods occurred in Miri.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
On 19 January, a total of 3,201 people were evacuated from their homes due to floods. A total of 39 relief centres opened on that day. As of 22 January, the overall flood situation in Sarawak had improved. The total number of evacuees had decreased from 10,000 to 6,249 people. A total of 27 schools were closed in Sarawak. As of 26 January, only 835 people from 265 families were still in relief centres. On 29 January, floods receded almost completely in Sarawak, where only 19 people from 6 families stayed in Sebauh relief centre. No major thefts were reported during the period of flooding in Sarawak. Plantations and timber operations in Sarawak has not been affected by floods.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sabah
In Sabah, more than 500 families are currently seeking shelter at seven relief centres with the number of evacuees keep increasing. Around 2,700 students were affected as 11 schools were closed due to the floods. As of 23 January, 39 schools with 7,000 students were affected by the flooding. The number of evacuees however continued to decrease as water levels began receding in several parts of Beaufort and Membakut.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Responses, Locals
Malaysia — Prime Minister Najib Razak instructed the relevant agencies to channel aid to the people affected by floods immediately. He said he had been monitoring the situation over the past three days and would continue to monitor the situation. Several officers from the agencies under the Malaysian Finance Minister has visit the flood areas in Sarawak and announced that all flood aid will be given to both Sarawak and Sabah. The Ministry of Finance agreed to distribute RM 500 to each of the 1,691 evacuated families in the state.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Responses, Locals
In Sabah, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) branch of Beaufort activated its party machinery to help flood victims in the district. Federal Ministry of Rural and Regional Development also allocated RM 850,000 for infrastructure improvements in flood affected villages at the northern region of Sarawak. The federal government also delivered 1,240 safety vests to Sarawak.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Responses, Locals
On 19 January, Sarawak chief minister Adenan Satem assured that the flood situation is under control and preparations were done for evacuation centres. Kuching barrage which was built as part of Sungai Sarawak Regulation Scheme in 1997, has helped to mitigate the flood problem around Kuching city. A new disaster unit would also be set up under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development of Sarawak. The ministry also proposed that lively and meaningful activities such as motivational and health talks should be carried out to relieve the stress of flood victims. In Sibu, Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) engineer claimed that the Sibu flood mitigation project has been successful in keeping water out of the area except for low-lying areas which were due to inadequate drainage system.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Responses, Locals
Automobile manufacturer Perodua offered discounts on selected vehicle parts and free services for Perodua car owners affected by floods in Sarawak. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) will receive seven Toyota Hilux four-wheel-drive and nine lorries in March or April in order to tackle future flood situation in Sarawak.


2015 East Malaysian floods, Responses, International
Brunei — A large group of Brunei non-governmental organisations and volunteers in a convoy of 31 four-wheel drive vehicles crossed the Brunei–Malaysia border to deliver aid on Limbang and Lawas in Sarawak. The convoy delivered food, bottled water, clothes and other form of assistance to all victims in the area.


2015 East Northamptonshire District Council election
The 2015 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the East Northamptonshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election
The 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country. All 67 seats were contested. The Conservatives retained control of the council, surpassing the 34-seat majority threshold with 51 seats, down 2 from the last election.


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


2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Carl Torbush. The 2015 season was their first season since 2003, when the program was discontinued. They played their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium, located on the campus of Science Hill High School. For the 2015 season, the Buccaneers were classified as an FCS independent school, meaning they had no athletic conference affiliation in football for the season. However, they will become football members of the Southern Conference in 2016, a league that ETSU rejoined for non-football sports in 2014 after a nine-year absence. They finished the season 2–9 with wins over Warner and Kentucky Wesleyan.


2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team, Roster and staff
NOTE:  Most redshirt players practiced with the team during 2014 during the program's first signed class. That first signed class is redshirted while they practice entirely during the 2014 season.


2015 East Village gas explosion
A gas explosion occurred in the afternoon of March 26, 2015, in a building located at 121 Second Avenue, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The explosion was caused by an illegal tap into a gas main. The explosion caused two deaths, injured at least nineteen people, four critically, and the resulting fire completely destroyed three adjacent buildings at 119, 121, and 123 Second Avenue between East 7th Street and St. Marks Place.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Background
In August 2014, a meter reader for Consolidated Edison, the utility company that delivers natural gas, electricity, and steam in New York City and in the metropolitan area, discovered that someone had illegally tapped into the 1+1⁄2-inch (3.8 cm) gas line which serviced the "Sushi Park" Japanese restaurant at 121 Second Avenue, the only part of the building authorized to receive gas service from Con Edison. The illegal taps were serving some of the apartments in the building.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Background
Con Ed turned off the gas to the building for 10 days until the taps were removed and the plumber who did the work certified to the city's Building Department that it had been completed. Neither the Building Department nor Con Edison were required by law to verify that the work had been done.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Background
In the days before the explosion, work was ongoing in the building for the installation of a new 4-inch (10 cm) gas line to service the apartments in 121 Second Avenue. Con Edison workers inspected the installation just an hour before the explosion, but did not pass it, for reasons not related to safety. The new line was locked off and not operational.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Background
The row of buildings along Second Avenue between East 7th and 8th Streets had landmark status due to being part of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2012.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Background
The date for the original construction of the Queen Anne style building at #121 is not known, but it was altered around 1886; the Greek Revival one at #123 was built around 1834 and altered to the Neo-Grec style in 1913 by George F. Pelham; and the building at #125, which was designed by Pelham in the Renaissance Revival style, was built in 1901. All three buildings were 5-story tenements, with #121 and 123 being old-law buildings, and #125 being a new law tenement.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Explosion
On the day of the explosion, Con Edison investigators had inspected a new gas pipe installation at 121 2nd Avenue, which remained turned off, and left about 2:45 PM. Shortly afterwards, the owner of the restaurant smelled gas and called the landlord of the building, but they neither reported it to Con Edison nor called 9-1-1.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Explosion
When the contractor in charge of the work being done and the landlord's son opened the basement door, an explosion occurred, with the front of the restaurant being blown out across the street. The first emergency calls started about 3:17 PM. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "The initial impact appears to have been caused by plumbing and gas work that was occurring inside 121 Second Avenue." Eleven other buildings were evacuated as a result of the explosion, and Con Edison turned off the gas to the area. Several days later, some residents were allowed to return to some of the vacated buildings. City officials, including de Blasio, said they suspect that leaking natural gas was the cause of the explosion.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Explosion
The explosion sparked a seven-alarm fire with 250 firefighters involved; four firefighters were treated for injuries.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Explosion, Probable cause
According to law enforcement sources, the working theory is that one or more gas lines were surreptitiously tapped over several months using a device that was attached to the gas line with hoses siphoning gas to other lines. The siphoning apparatus was dismantled or hidden on Thursday before Consolidated Edison conducted an inspection. As soon as the utility inspectors left, an attempt to resume the diversion of gas went awry, setting off the explosion.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Impact
The three adjacent buildings at 119, 121, and 123 Second Avenue, on the North-West corner of East Seventh Street and Second Avenue were all completely reduced to rubble by the early morning of March 27, 2015. An adjacent building, 125 2nd Avenue, was severely damaged but is still standing.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Impact
Residents of 144 apartments in eleven buildings were evacuated. Multiple residents and families in the impacted area lost their homes.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Impact
Four restaurants were completely destroyed, all located on the first floors in the collapsed buildings: East Noodle ramen shop at 119 Second Avenue; Sushi Park, a Japanese restaurant at 121 Second Avenue; and two restaurants at 123 Second Avenue: Pommes Frites—a Belgian fries shop—and Sam's Deli. An adjacent storefront in 125 Second Avenue was badly damaged. A month later, many businesses in the neighborhood were still recovering economically from the explosion, including six businesses, such as Burp Castle, which remained closed more than a week after the explosion and six that were destroyed in the explosion. The Good Old Lower East Side, a nonprofit social organization in the neighborhood, organized fundraising and donation drives to help people affected by the explosion.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Impact
Two men were killed in the explosion. The men, who had been in Sushi Park – a storefront restaurant in 121 Second Avenue – were identified as Moises Ismael Locón Yac, a 27-year-old employee of the restaurant; and Nicholas Figueroa, a 23-year-old customer on a date at the restaurant. They were initially reported missing and their bodies were found dead three days later on March 29 in the debris of the explosion and fire in the 121 Second Avenue building.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Investigation
The FDNY's Fire Marshals, the NYPD's Arson and Explosive Unit, the New York City Department of Investigation, and the Manhattan District Attorney's office all conducted investigations into the incident. Detectives were proposing to charge the parties responsible for the explosion with criminally negligent homicide. In 2016, four people were indicted for manslaughter: Maria Hrynenko, the building's owner and her son Michael (now deceased), Athanasios Ioannidis, an unlicensed plumber, Dilber Kukic, a general contractor, and one for record tampering, Andrew Trombettas, a licensed plumber.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Investigation
Officials focused on plumbing and gas line work that was done in the 121 2nd Avenue building, and they were looking into whether a gas line in the building, meant only for the restaurant on the first floor, was tapped into inappropriately. There were no permits issued for work to be done at 121 2nd Avenue after November 2014, according to the New York City Department of Buildings.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Investigation
Two roommates who subletted an apartment at 129 2nd Avenue—three buildings away from one of the collapsed structures—reportedly planned to sue the city for $20 million each.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Indictments and arrests
On February 11, 2016, Cyrus Vance, Jr., the District Attorney for New York County (Manhattan) announced the indictment and arrest of five people in connection with the explosion, including building owner Maria Hrynenko and her son; a plumber who used his city license to allow others to do work for him; the unlicensed plumber who did the work; and a contractor, Dilber Kukica. The charges included manslaughter and negligent homicide.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Indictments and arrests
According to media reports, the indictments claim that the explosion was the result of an illegal scheme to tap a legal gas line serving the ground-floor restaurant to provide gas service to the renovated apartments on the floors above. Although lawyers for the indicted people were not immediately available for comment after the announcement of the indictments and arrests, earlier, a lawyer for the building owner had blamed Con Edison for the blast, saying that "They should have shut off the main valve."


2015 East Village gas explosion, Indictments and arrests
On November 14, 2019, Maria Hrynenko, 59, Athanasios "Jerry" Ioannidis, 63, and Dilber Kukic, 44, were found guilty in State Supreme court in Manhattan of manslaughter and other charges. Michael Hrynenko Jr. had also been charged, but died while awaiting trial. Andrew Trombettas, a plumber who sold his credentials to Ioannidis, pled guilty to lesser charges in January 2019.


2015 East Village gas explosion, Site redevelopment
A building designed by Morris Adjmi Architects now occupies the site.


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


2015 Eastern District Council election
The 2015 Eastern District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council.


2015 Eastern District Council election
The most surprising result was Chui Chi-kin, an "umbrella soldier" inspired by the 2014 Hong Kong protests almost unknown to the public before he was elected, beat DAB legislator Christopher Chung Shu-kun with 2,017 votes against Chung's 1,829 votes in Yue Wan.


2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 7–5, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.


2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. The Colonels were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.


2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
Their game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.


2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
On November 23, Hood was fired. He finished at Eastern Kentucky with an eight-year record of 55–38.


2015 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2015 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Creighton. The Eagles played their home games at Rynearson Stadium and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. The team finished 1–11, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season
In 2015, the  Eastern Province Kings will participate in the Currie Cup and the Vodacom Cup competitions. The  Eastern Province U21 team will also play in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A and the  Eastern Province U19 team in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A. As part of the Southern Kings franchise, a number of players will also participate in friendlies for this franchise.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Players, Player list
The following players were named in a pre-season training squad:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Players, Vodacom Cup squad
The following players were included in their 2015 Vodacom Cup squad:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Vodacom Cup, Log
The top four teams in each section will qualify to the quarter finals, with their final log positions determining their seedings in the quarter finals. In the quarter finals, the teams that finish first in each section will have home advantage against the teams that finish fourth in the other section and the teams that finish second in each section will have home advantage against the teams that finish third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals will then play each other in the semi-finals, with the higher-placed team having home advantage.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Vodacom Cup, Log
The two semi-final winners will then meet in the final. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Log points* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Points scored in away matches* Fewest red cards* Toss of a coin


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Vodacom Cup, Player Statistics
The following table shows players statistics for the 2015 Vodacom Cup season:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Vodacom Cup, Player Appearances
The following players appeared for the Eastern Province Kings during the 2015 Vodacom Cup:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Log
The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division was:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Player Appearances
The player appearance record in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division is as follows:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Log
The final league standings for the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A were:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Log
The top four teams qualified to the semi-finals, with the higher-placed team having home advantage.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Log
Points breakdown:  * 4 points for a win  * 2 points for a draw  * 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less  * 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21 Provincial Championship, Player Record
The player record in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A is as follows:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship
The final league standings for the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A were:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship
The top four teams qualified to the semi-finals, with the higher-placed team having home advantage.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19 Provincial Championship, Player Record
The player record in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A is as follows:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Varsity Rugby
The Eastern Province Kings Rugby Academy is based at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth and most of the academy players played Varsity Rugby; either for the  NMMU Madibaz in the Varsity Cup or for the  NMMU Young Guns in the Under-20 competition.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Varsity Rugby
The following players were included in the Varsity Rugby squads:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks
The Eastern Province Rugby Union announced their squads for the 2015 Under-18 Craven Week, the 2015 Under-18 Academy Week and the 2015 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments on 20 May 2015:


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-18 Craven Week
The 2015 Under-18 Craven Week competition was held between 13 and 18 July 2015 in Stellenbosch. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-18 Academy Week
The 2015 Under-18 Academy Week competition was held between 6 and 9 July 2015 in Vanderbijlpark. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-16 Grant Khomo Week
The 2015 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition was held between 6 and 9 July 2015 in Oudtshoorn.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-13 Craven Week
The 2015 Under-13 Craven Week competition was held between 29 June and 3 July 2014 in White River.


2015 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-18 LSEN Week
The 2015 Under-18 LSEN Week (for Learners with Special Educational Needs) competition was held between 29 June and 2 July 2015 in Worcester.


2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his eighth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They failed to reach the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2011.


2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana State on September 19 is considered a non conference game.


2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election
The 2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 14, approximately one third of the members of Eastleigh Borough Council in England as one of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. The local authority holds its elections in three years out of four ('by thirds').


2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election, Results
Liberal Democrats maintained their majority group, slightly reduced by two councillors to hold 38 of the 44 councillors across its 14 wards. The gains were of two seats to Conservatives and no other seats changed hands.


2015 Eastleigh Borough Council election, Results, Ward by ward
Sarah Bain later left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent councillor in August 2017.


2015 East–West Shrine Game
The 2015 East–West Shrine Game, the 90th staging of the all-star college football exhibition, was held on January 17, 2015, at 4:00 PM EST, and featured NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players and a few select invitees from Canadian university football. The game featured more than 100 players from the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2015 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The game was held in St. Petersburg, Florida, at Tropicana Field, and benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children. The game was broadcast on the NFL Network.


2015 East–West Shrine Game
The East–West Shrine Game Pat Tillman Award was given to Jake Ryan (LB, Michigan); the award "is presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service. The award is about a student-athlete's achievements and conduct, both on and off the field."


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election
The 2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election was the 5th gubernatorial election of Ebonyi State. Held on April 11, 2015, the People's Democratic Party nominee Dave Umahi won the election, defeating Edward Nkwegu of the Labour Party.


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, PDP primary
The Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi defeated 7 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 541 votes. Other contestants in the primary were Paulinus Igwe Nwagu, Aja Nwachukwu, Offia Nwali, Paul Okorie, Hycinth Ikpo, Michael Ude Udumanta and Onyebuchi Chukwu, who was absent. 592 delegates voted in the election.


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, LP primary
Edward Nkwegu, CEO of Edon Group clinched the party ticket.


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 9 candidates contested in the election. Dave Umahi from the PDP won the election, defeating Edward Nkwegu from the LP.


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Aftermath
After the election, Edward Nkwegu from the Labour Party challenged the outcome of the election at the Ebonyi State Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal. The LP candidate told the tribunal to cancel the elections on the ground that the election was marred by irregularities and substantial non compliance with the provisions of the electoral act and some provisions of the Nigerian constitution. Edward Nkwegu also said that the election was marred by corrupt practices and that Dave Umahi did not score majority of the lawful votes cast.


2015 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Aftermath
The tribunal dismissed the petition for lack of merit and upheld the election of Dave Umahi. The case was taken to the Appeal court, sitting in Enugu State. Delivering the judgement, the Appeal court affirmed the election of the PDP candidate, Dave Umahi and dismissed the appeal of the LP candidate for being functionally useless and lacking in merit. The case was also taken to Supreme court. On the judgement day, the Supreme court dismissed the petition for lacking merit.


2015 Ecuador Open Quito
The 2015 Ecuador Open Quito was an ATP tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Ecuador Open as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador from February 2 through February 8, 2015.


2015 Ecuador Open Quito, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Ecuador Open Quito, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko won the title, defeating Víctor Estrella Burgos and João Souza in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–3).


2015 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles
Víctor Estrella Burgos won the title, defeating Feliciano López in the final, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5) .


2015 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2015 Ecuadorian protests
The 2015 Ecuadorian protests were a series of protests against the inheritance tax laws introduced by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. The protests began during the first week of June; becoming more organized and growing to hundreds of people on 8 June 2015. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians protested throughout Ecuador against President Correa and the controversial inheritance tax laws he introduced. The opposition and demonstrators protested stating that Correa wanted to follow "the same path as Venezuela’s government", creating a "criminal war of classes" while President Correa stated that the protests were aimed at destabilizing the government and such measures were for combatting inequality.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Throughout his presidency, Correa has been a controversial figure. Correa describes himself as an advocate of "socialism of the 21st century", a term referring to a form of democratic socialism previously used by Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. though he has also been described Correa as "a left-wing populist".


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Political science scholars George Philip and Francisco Panizza also claimed that like his allies Morales and Chávez, Correa should be categorized as a populist, because he appealed "directly to the people against their countries' political and economic order, divided the social field into antagonistic camps and promised redistribution and recognition in a newly founded political order."


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background
The Washington Post characterized Correa's ideological approach as having contradictions however, and compared him to other pink tide presidents such as Bolivia's Evo Morales and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. Though Correa, an economist, did not attack Ecuador's private sector like Chávez and Ecuador's socioeconomic environment flourished with decreased poverty, he did follow Chávez's example of filling the Supreme Court of Ecuador with his allies and attempted to silence critics. Such actions have resulted in Correa being accused of authoritarianism, nepotism, attacking dissidents and curtailing freedom of speech.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background
Though Correa had brought stability to the poor who supported him, he combatted with other social groups such as the media, the Catholic Church, bankers and indigenous groups, saying that those who protested against him were part of "a wealthy oligarchy", a similar approach to what his ally Nicolás Maduro did to those who opposed him.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background, Economic policies
Following years of heavy revenues from high oil prices that Correa experienced during his eight years as president, Ecuador experienced a 50% reduction in oil revenues. The government then cut its 2015 fiscal budget by 4% and initiated controversial economic measures that affected most Ecuadorians; both the middle class and the poor. In March 2015 when constitutional changes were proposed to allow the re-election of the president and government officials indefinitely while other labor and land ownership rules were submitted, protests numbered in thousands occurred in Quito that were organized by indigenous communities, unions and students.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Background, Economic policies
In June 2015, when the government proposed bills to tax inheritances up to 77.5% and a 75% tax on real estate capital gains to counter loss in oil revenue, protests in Ecuador became widespread, with protesters demanding Correa out and compared actions by the government to that of the Venezuelan government. According to economists, the proposed policies would damage Ecuador's economy and population since 95% of businesses are family owned.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events
Protests began on 8 June 2015 and continued after President Correa temporarily withdrew the proposed bills from legislation on 15 June.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 8 June
Near the headquarters of Correa's party, Alianza País, about 1,000 people, both opposition and pro-government demonstrated with 100 police on standby.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 10 June
Thousands of protesters wearing black in "mourning" demonstrated in the capital city of Quito for the second time in a week. Government supporters confronted the opposition protesters leading their own chants under an Alianza País banner. In other parts of the city, opposition and pro-government groups clashed.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 24 June
Guillermo Lasso led a march to the National Assembly of Ecuador to demand the permanent withdrawal of the proposed taxes instead of a temporary shelving of the legislations. The Ecuadorian government stated that the leaders of the protests held the following day would be responsible for any "vandalism".


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 24 June
Workers and trade unionists, mainly from the Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores (FUT), demonstrated in Quito denouncing Correa's policies, calling them "anti-popular" and were planning a national strike. Mesías Tatamuez, leader of FUT stated that the protests were not related to those concerned about taxes and that the protests were not aimed at the "destabilization" of the Ecuadorian government as President Correa had stated. The workers protests involved the sweeping of streets to represent the "cleansing" of corruption from the Ecuadorian and the burning of an Alianza País flag.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 25 June
In Guayaquil, Correa's birthplace, Mayor Jaime Nebot invited demonstrators of all ages to participate with about 400,000 people, or about 20% of the city's population participating. The demonstrators gathered in light blue and white colors of Guayaquil's flag with Nebot stating that he was not protesting against Correa but the "totalitarian system" he said Correa wanted to "impose". Public buildings near the march were decorated by the Ecuadorian government with the Central Bank office building having a banner denouncing the accumulation of wealth and while Nebot was speaking, the volume of the building's loudspeakers that was sending pro-government messages was turned higher.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 25 June
In Quito, demonstrated congregated on Shyris Avenue and Mayor Mauricio Rodas denounced the new taxes that were promoted by President Correa.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 2 July
In Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and other cities, thousands protested against Correa days before Pope Francis' visit to the country. The Ecuadorian government held a countering rally at the president's palace.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Timeline of events, 9 July
Hundreds protested outside of the Alianza País headquarters protesting against the taxes along with what they called autocratic and corrupt actions performed by the Ecuadorian government. The protesters waited for Pope Francis to complete his visit to Ecuador before protesting again.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Public opinion
According to Cedatos-Gallup International polls from six major cities in Ecuador between 10 and 11 June, 70% of Ecuadorians disapprove of the real estate tax and 72% disapprove of the inheritance tax. Cedatos also observed President Correa's popularity drop from around 60% in recent years to 42% in 2015.


2015 Ecuadorian protests, Controversies, Internet
While protesters were demonstrating in Quito and Guayaquil, some internet users were unable to connect to a network with explanations ranging from network over-saturation to the use of signal jammers by the Ecuadorian government. The use of peer-to-peer applications increased during the protests due to the network problems with Opposition Senator Andres Paez recommending the use of the FireChat app. The media also reported Denial-of-service attacks and the creation of fake media accounts to falsify reports. It has also been reported that the Ecuadorian government uses "troll centers" to attack their opposition.


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


2015 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2015 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 58th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 67th overall. The Eskimos finished with a 14-4 record and in first place in the West Division for the first time since 2003. The team won the franchise's 14th Grey Cup championship 26–20 over the Ottawa Redblacks in their first Grey Cup appearance since 2005.


2015 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2015 CFL Draft took place on May 12, 2015.


2015 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, Notable transactions
*Later traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers**Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats


2015 Edmonton Eskimos season, Preseason
On June 14, 2013, it was announced that the Edmonton Eskimos would host their 2015 preseason game at the new Shell Place in Fort McMurray against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on June 13, 2015. As part of the deal, the game was broadcast nationally on TSN. The game was played here due to scheduling conflicts with the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup at Commonwealth Stadium and to broaden the Eskimos' fanbase. The Eskimos' second pre-season game, against the BC Lions, will also be displaced from the team's usual home stadium due to the Women's World Cup. That game will instead be played at Thunderbird Stadium on the main campus of the University of British Columbia.


2015 Edmonton Eskimos season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International player updated 2015-11-23 • 46 Active, 5 Injured, 7 Six-Game Injured, 8 Practice Roster


2015 Edmonton Rush season
The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 10th in franchise history. After an 0-2 start to the season, the Rush picked up where they left off in 2014, winning 13 of their last 16 games to win the West division. They then defeated the Calgary Roughnecks in the division finals, winning game 1 of the 2-game series followed by the tie-breaker. The Rush then beat the Toronto Rock two games to none in the finals, winning their first-ever NLL Championship.


2015 Edmonton Rush season
2015 was the final season in Edmonton for the Rush, as they moved to Saskatchewan after the season ended.


2015 Edmonton Rush season, Regular season, Finalstandings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2015 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Rush made the following selections:


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash
On March 10, 2015, a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the United States Army crashed off the coast of the Florida Panhandle during a training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, killing all eleven people on board. The helicopter was reported missing during foggy conditions at 8:30 PM. The helicopter was assigned to the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, based in Hammond, Louisiana.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight
The UH-60M helicopter was on a night training flight on March 10, 2015 when it disappeared. The Marines on board the helicopter were supposed to be dropped off by the helicopter and make their way ashore to simulate an over-the-beach landing. They had conducted a similar exercise earlier in the day. The helicopter flew into dense coastal fog that night and disappeared, approximately five minutes after takeoff.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Passengers and crew
There were eleven people on board the helicopter at the time, of whom seven were U.S Marines assigned to a special operations unit and four were U.S Army soldiers and members of the Louisiana National Guard. The Black Hawk helicopter was piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) George Wayne Griffin Jr., 37, and CW4 George David Strother, 44; both were members of the 1st Battalion (Assault) of the 244th Aviation Regiment, a unit of the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG).


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Passengers and crew
The Marines on the helicopter were assigned to Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Raiders Team 8231, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Helicopter
The helicopter, assigned tail number 13-20624, was new. Sikorsky installed the engines in August 2014, completed flight tests on the aircraft that December, and maintenance personnel ferried it from NAES Lakehurst in Lakehurst, New Jersey to Hammond in January 2015. At the time of the accident it had approximately 60 hours of flight time.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
At approximately 1945 CST, CW4 Griffin was briefed on weather conditions prior to launch; the UH-60M piloted by CW4 Griffin and CW4 Strother (operating under callsign MOJO 69) took off with another LAARNG UH-60M at 2016 CST to perform the training exercise. CW4 Strother was recorded saying "Gee, it's dark as (expletive). That don't help none," shortly after takeoff. Once MOJO 69 crossed the shoreline, they entered what the investigation later called a Degraded Visual Environment at approximately 173 seconds after takeoff; the other UH-60M did not follow MOJO 69 into the fog, choosing instead to turn east and hover. Four seconds after one of the aircrew noted they were over the water, CW4 Griffin noted "Yeah, it's too dark to see the (expletive) water."


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
After entering the fogbank, both pilots of MOJO 69 started exhibiting signs of spatial disorientation, according to both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice transmission transcripts; MOJO 69 came to zero knots indicated airspeed and began flying backwards almost immediately after losing visual references. This deviated from the mission path, and CW4 Griffin, the pilot-in-command, failed to announce the deviation, providing evidence that he had become disoriented without realizing it.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
MOJO 69 turned on their position light and asked the other helicopter's flight crew to put on their position light as well; the other helicopter's crew radioed back that they could not see MOJO 69. During this time, MOJO 69 flew backwards for approximately 20 seconds before CW4 Griffin announced he was "coming back to the right ... pulling back to the East", not realizing he had instead turned to the north. As MOJO 69 continued backwards, it turned right about the yaw axis and took a nose-up pitch attitude of 20 degrees.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
Approximately 56 seconds after the first signs of spatial disorientation, CW4 Strother announced "we climbed up in it" and asked "where's our airspeed?" Both pilots showed "increasingly erratic flight control inputs" and had "anxious verbal exchanges" at this point: CW4 Griffin commanded rapid climb and descent maneuvers and put the aircraft into a spin. CW4 Strother asked "G-Wayne, what are you doin'?" and asked him to climb; CW4 Griffin responded that he was "climbin' up" after approximately twenty seconds and CW4 Strother warned him about the spin five seconds after that.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
Approximately 96 seconds after first showing spatial disorientation, CW4 Griffin asked CW4 Strother to take the controls,  but both pilots were unable to regain control of the aircraft. CW4 Griffin warned CW4 Strother to "watch the collective" twice and took the controls back 8 seconds after relinquishing them to CW4 Strother. CW4 Strother suggested engaging the autopilot, but this was not successful as the aircraft was already "outside the required flight parameters",  and CW4 Strother first warned CW4 Griffin they were "in a bad right turn", then to "watch your altitude, attitude G-Wayne attitude, level" in quick succession.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Events
The last recorded cockpit voice transmission was CW4 Strother urging "climb, climb". MOJO 69 crashed into Santa Rosa Sound, approximately 125 seconds after entering the fog. Both the speed and angle of impact were not survivable.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Search
Debris from the crash was found on March 11 at 2 AM around Okaloosa Island. The search for the passengers, which focused on waters east of Navarre, Florida, was hindered by heavy fog in the area. On the morning of March 11, a spokesman for the Eglin Air Force Base said that human remains had been found in the area of the search. The wreckage was later found in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water off the coast of Navarre.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Flight, Search
By March 12, the bodies of two soldiers on board the helicopter had been recovered, and by March 17, all 11 bodies from the crash had been recovered and identified.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Investigation
A later investigation conducted by LAARNG and USSOC concluded that the cause of the crash was spatial disorientation, resulting in the pilots crashing into the Santa Rosa Sound. Contributing causes included the pilots' choice to fly in weather and visibility that did not meet minimum requirements and a breakdown in aircrew communication, both before and during the mission.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Investigation
CW4 Griffin had been briefed on March 7 that operations with night vision goggles could be conducted under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) only, establishing minimum requirements for the cloud ceiling [1,000 feet (300 m)] and visibility [3 miles (5 km)]; these requirements were subsequently included and acknowledged on all mission briefing sheets.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Investigation
Contrary to these VMC minima requirements, both helicopters took off in conditions with low clouds and poor visibility; Hurlburt Field, which was the closest weather facility to the accident site, was showing visibility of 1 mile (1.6 km) and a cloud ceiling of 300 feet (91 m) at 1958 and 2058 CST that night.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Investigation
In addition, prior to takeoff, an observer at the drop zone called Hurlburt Field to receive a weather report at 1926 CST, concerned that he could not see the lights of the 300 feet (91 m) tall control tower, which was approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) from his position. The observer voiced his concerns about the visibility by telephone to Master Sergeant (MSgt) Thomas Saunders, one of the Marines assigned to fly on MOJO 69 that night. CW4 Griffin stated he was unconcerned, as his flight path would keep him away from the tower and that he had the required ceilings to fly the mission.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Investigation
CW4 Strother and the rest of the MOJO 69 aircrew did not challenge CW4 Griffin's decision to proceed with the mission in the face of deteriorating weather, because of their confidence in CW4 Griffin's judgment and piloting skill. This occurred despite individuals exhibiting trepidation about "the weather and the lack of ambient illumination". In addition, once CW4 Griffin began exhibiting spatial disorientation, the transfer of controls and assistance with interpreting flight instruments "were not adequately executed" and the two pilots were unable to assist each other to flight under instrument meteorological conditions effectively.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Memorials
A year after the crash, friends and families of the crash victims participated in the Marine Raider Memorial March, carrying heavy rucksacks over a 770-mile long (1,240 km) course from Florida to North Carolina. Seven teams of two or three people participated; each team marched over a 11-mile (18 km) segment before being relieved by another team for the next segment, with the march scheduled to complete on March 21. The marchers bore a paddle recovered from the wreck and upon arriving at Camp Lejune, presented it to the commanding officer of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion. A documentary film covering the march was released in October.


2015 Eglin Air Force Base helicopter crash, Memorials
A memorial sculpture was unveiled in Navarre Park in November 2016, with the names of the 11 servicemen engraved. The memorial, which was designed by local artist Randy New and built by Corey Swindle in Alabama, was organized by a group of 35 community leaders. The memorial is the destination of the annual Rucking for Raiders march from Auburn University; the 210-mile (340 km) march started in 2017 to honor Raider Team 8231.


2015 Egypt Cup Final
The 2015 Egypt Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015 Egypt Cup, the 83rd season of Egypt's premier football cup. It has played on 21 September 2015.


2015 Egypt Cup Final
Zamalek, the winners of the previous final, faced Al Ahly; both of the clubs share rivalry in Cairo; Zamalek won the match 2–0 to win their third consecutive title and thereby claiming their 24th title.


2015 Egypt Cup Final
The winner was going to play against the 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League winner in the 2015 Egyptian Super Cup; however as Zamalek won both the league and the cup they played against Al Ahly, the runner-up in both the league and the cup, in the Super Cup. The winner was also going to qualify for the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup but as both of the teams qualified for the 2016 CAF Champions League the berth was given to the 4th placed team in the league, Misr El Makasa.


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Background
It was the 47th time that Al Ahly reach the final (most recently in 2010 against Haras El Hodoud) winning a record of 35 title (two shared with Zamalek). Zamalek has reached the final 37 times; winning the Cup 23 times (two shared with Al Ahly).


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Al Ahly
Al Ahly, of the Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 15 January 2015, playing home to Second Division team Tahta, winning 6–1 with goals by Walid Soliman, Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Nagieb, Mohamed Rizk and Emad Moteab (2).


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Al Ahly
On 13 August 2015 they played their second match at home to El Gouna, most of El Gouna players was from the youth academy; in result Al Ahly won 13–0, the game started with an early own goal from Shams El Dien Said then El Said scored two goals in two minutes, other goals scored by John Antwi (4), Ramadan Sobhy, Ahmed Fathy, Malick Evouna, Gedo, Hussein Sayed and Hossam Ghaly. The quarterfinal match played on 16 August 2015 at home against Ittihad El Shorta, the math ended 5–0 with goals from El Said, Sobhy, Moamen Zakaria and Moteab (2).


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Al Ahly
On 16 September 2015 their semifinal match was also at home against Petrojet, Mohamed Ragab gave Petrojet the lead by a quick counter-attack in the middle of the first half, but Sobhy scored the equalizer on the 42nd minute; in the second half Sayed scored on the 70th minute and Fathy ended the match with a beautiful solo-goal on the 89th minute.


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Zamalek
Zamalek, also of Premier League, started the tournament on the first round on 11 January 2015 at home against Second Division team Nogoom El Mostakbal, Zamalek has played the match with the reserve team, resulting Mohamed Hamam scoring the opener for Nogoom Al Mostakbal early in the second half; giving them the lead for only 7 minutes as Ahmed Ali Kamel scored the equalizer on the 59th minute and the winning goal on the 87th minute.


2015 Egypt Cup Final, Route to the final, Zamalek
The second match was on 15 August 2015 at home against Haras El Hodoud, the match ended 3–1, Mostafa Fathi scored two goal in two minutes and Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq scored a goal in the 87th minute, Mohamed Ramadan scored the only goal for Haras El Hodoud from the spot. The third match was on 18 August 2015, they traveled  to Alexandria to play against Al Ittihad, the match ended goalless but they won on penalties. The semifinal played away on 17 September 2015 against previous runner-up Smouha, Smouha played the game focusing on the attack but Genesh saved all of the attempts on goal, resulting the match to end goalless, Zamalek won the match 4–3 by penalties.


2015 Egypt bus accident
The 2015 Egypt bus accident occurred on 21 March 2015 when a bus fell off a bridge near Giza in Egypt. It plunged into a canal, killing at least 35, many of whom worked for a private construction company.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election
Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was not in session.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election
In preparation for the election, security was tightened across the country with at least 185,000 troops supporting police, president Sisi made a televised appeal for Egyptians to vote, and in mid-October, public sector employees were given half a day's holiday to encourage them to take part. The strikingly low turnout, in some areas close to only 10%, with "many angry at the government and its policies", was widely regarded as a set-back for the administration and a success for calls to boycotts from oppositional movements.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The parliament is made up of 596 seats, with 448 seats elected through the single member districts, 120 elected through party bloc vote in which party list should win 50%+ votes to win all seats however if no list achieved the threshold, a second round held between top two parties and the list with the most votes wins. Party list contain quotas for youth, women, Christians, and workers.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Single member districts consists of 1-member district, 2-member districts, 3-member district and 4-member districts, winner should win 50%+ of the votes, if no one achieved the threshold a second round held between top candidates (candidates number should be the double of contested seat number) and the candidate with the most votes wins. In addition, 28 are selected by the president. The  government commission that set the rules for the 2015 parliamentary elections  drastically reduced the number of "list seats" (candidates who shared party affiliations or other alliances, and whose ranks had to include people under the age of thirty-five, women, Christians, and other traditionally underrepresented groups) from the 2011 election."


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, First phase: Upper Egypt & West Delta
In the first phase, elections were held from 17 to 28 October 2015 in the fourteen governorates of the Upper Egypt and West Delta regions, namely the governorates of Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Asyut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matruh.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, First phase: Upper Egypt & West Delta
For these governorates, the first round of elections took place on 18 to 19 October for Egyptian residents, while it took place on 17 to 18 October for Egyptian expatriates. Runoffs were held on 27 to 28 October for Egyptians residents, and on 26 to 27 October for Egyptian expatriates.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, First phase: Upper Egypt & West Delta
Nominations started on 1 September, and lasted until 12 September (with the exception of the Qena and Qoss districts, which were extended until 15 September), though candidates had until 15 September to submit the necessary medical tests. Campaigning for the first phase started on 29 September and ended on 15 October.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, Second phase: Central and East Delta
In the second phase, elections took place from 21 November to 2 December 2015 in the remaining nine governorates of the Central Delta and East Delta regions, namely the governorates of Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Monufia, Gharbia, Kafr el-Sheikh, Sharqia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, Second phase: Central and East Delta
For these governorates, the first round of elections took place on 22 to 23 November for Egyptian residents and 21 to 22 November for Egyptian expatriates. Runoffs were held on 1 to 2 December for Egyptian residents, and on 30 November to 1 December for Egyptian expatriates.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Procedure, Second phase: Central and East Delta
Campaigning  started on 2 November and ended on 20 November 2015.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Candidates
On 16 September, the High Elections Committee announced the initial list of accepted candidates. While nine electoral lists were accepted, five more lists were rejected, including two of the three lists of the Egypt coalition (Egyptian Front & Independent Current Coalition) as well as the lists of Upper Egypt's Voice, Call of Egypt and Knights of Egypt. After appealing to court, all rejected lists but the one by Upper Egypt's Voice were admitted. The final list of candidates for the first phase was announced on 28 September.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Candidates
A total of 7 electoral lists are contesting the 120 fixed-list seats available in the four regional constituencies:


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Candidates
In the first phase, 2,573 individual candidates contested in 226 individual seats. Many parties are fielding individual candidates both on joint electoral lists and contesting the list-based seats.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Results, Expatriates
The results for expatriate voting during the first phase were announced on 20 October 2015.


2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, Boycotts
A number of parties boycotted the election, claiming that the process was unfair. These included the following:


2015 El Fahs train accident
On 16 June 2015, a collision took place between a train and a lorry, in El Fahs, Tunisia, resulting in 19 deaths and 98 injuries. The main cause of the accident was the lack of a barrier at the level crossing.


2015 Electra Israel Open
The 2015 Electra Israel Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. This marked the return of the tournament, which was last held in 2010. It took place in Ra'anana, Israel between 31 March and 5 April.


2015 Electra Israel Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Electra Israel Open – Doubles
Mate Pavić and Michael Venus won the title, defeating Rameez Junaid and Adil Shamasdin in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2015 Electra Israel Open – Singles
Nikoloz Basilashvili won the title, defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.