2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston University Terriers defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 5–3 to earn their 8th Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Jack Eichel was named tournament MVP.


2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
With the addition of the UConn Huskies to Hockey East, the tournament was reformatted to include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.


2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2015 Hockey India League
The 2015 Hockey India League (known as the Hero Hockey India League for sponsorship reasons), abbreviated as HIL 2015, was the third season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. The tournament began on 22 January 2015 with the final on 22 February 2015.


2015 Hockey India League
Ranchi Rays and Dabang Mumbai debuted in this season. The prize money for this edition was announced to be 2.5 Crores INR. Ranchi Rays emerged the champions of the season after beating Punjab Warriors in the final.


2015 Hoff Open
The 2015 Hoff Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Moscow, Russia between 8 and 14 June 2015.


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


2015 Hoff Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the main draw:


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


2015 Hoff Open – Doubles
It was the first edition of the tournament. Renzo Olivo and Horacio Zeballos won the title, defeating Julio Peralta and Matt Seeberger in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2015 Hoff Open – Singles
It was the first edition of the tournament. Daniel Muñoz de la Nava won the title, defeating Radu Albot in the final, 6–0, 6–1.


2015 Hofstra Pride softball team
The 2015 Hofstra Pride softball team represents Hofstra University in the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The Pride compete in the Colonial Athletic Association and are led by first-year head coach Larissa Anderson. Hofstra plays its home games at the Hofstra Softball Stadium in Hempstead, New York. Legendary head coach and NFCA Hall of Fame member Bill Edwards retired after the 2014 season, and chose associate head coach Larissa Anderson to be his successor. On April 19, 2015, the stadium was renamed in his honor.


2015 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 12 April 2015 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.


2015 Holiday Bowl
The 2015 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 38th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference and USC from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game started at 7:40 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN (also on ESPN Radio). The Badgers defeated the Trojans 23–21.


2015 Holiday Bowl, Teams
This was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with USC leading the series 6–0 before this game. The last time these two teams met was in 1966 when #5 USC defeated the unranked Badgers 38–3 in a regular season non-conference game.


2015 Holland Hills Classic
The 2015 Boels Rental Hills Classic is a one-day women's cycle race held in the Netherlands, from Sittard to Berg en Terblijt over 131.4 km on 29 May 2015. The race had a UCI rating of 1.1.


2015 Holland Ladies Tour
The 2015 Boels Rental Ladies Tour also known as the 2015 Holland Ladies Tour is the 18th edition of the Holland Ladies Tour, a women's cycle stage race in the Netherlands. The tour is part of the 2014 women's road cycling calendar and was held 1 September to 6 September. The tour has six stages, including an individual time trial. The tour starts with the first stages in and around   Tiel and concludes with a hilly stage in Limburg. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.


2015 Holland Ladies Tour, Preview
The favorites for the overall title are Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans), Amy Pieters (Liv-Plantur), Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv) and Lisa Brennauer (Velocio-SRAM). For Ellen van Dijk (who won the Tour in 2013) it his her first race after she broke her collarbone in the 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France. She had a speedy recovery and went to a high altitude training, but it is unknown what her shape is.


2015 Holland Ladies Tour, Preview
For the sprint stages the most important sprinters will be: Kirsten Wild (Hitec), Jolien D'hoore (Wiggle-Honda) and Lucy Garner (Liv-Plantur).


2015 Holland Ladies Tour, Stages, Stage 4
German Time Trial World Champion Lisa Brennauer (Velocio-SRAM) won the time trial, two seconds ahead of Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans). During the time trial it started raining after Brennauer and Van Dijk were finished, which was a disadvantage for the riders finishing later. Brennauer was very happy winning in het world champion rainbow jersey. Van Dijk, who won the time trial previous year and the 2013 World Time Trial Champion broke her collarbone at the 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France. She was also happy with her result and gave her confidence that she was well recovered. With winning the time trial Brennauer also took the lead in the general classification.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400
The 2015 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on October 18, 2015, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 269 laps – extended from 267 laps with a green-white-checker finish – on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 31st race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, fifth race of the Chase and second race of the Contender Round. Joey Logano won the race, his fifth of the season. Denny Hamlin finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch rounded out the top–five.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400
Brad Keselowski won the pole for the race and led 28 laps on his way to a ninth–place finish. Matt Kenseth led a race high of 153 laps before being spun out by Logano with five laps remaining and finished 14th. The race had 21 lead changes among nine different drivers, as well as seven caution flag periods for 39 laps.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400
This was the 13th career victory for Logano, fifth of the season, second at Kansas Speedway and fourth at the track for Team Penske. Logano left Kansas with a 13–point lead over Hamlin. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Ford left Kansas trailing Chevrolet by 47–points in the manufacturer standings.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400
The Hollywood Casino 400 was carried by NBC Sports on the broadcast NBC network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Report, Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Report, Background
Joey Logano entered with a six–point lead over Kevin Harvick. Martin Truex, Jr. entered third seven–points back. Denny Hamlin entered fourth eight–points back. Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards entered tied for fifth nine–points back. Jeff Gordon entered seventh 11–points back. Brad Keselowski entered eighth 13–points back. Ryan Newman entered ninth 19–points back. Kyle Busch entered 10th 23–points back. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. entered 11th 32–points back. Matt Kenseth entered 12th 45–points back.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for the Hollywood Casino 400 was released on Monday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four cars were entered for the race. All were entered in the previous week's race at Charlotte. The two driver changes for this weekend's race were Will Kimmel attempting to make his second career start in the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford and Brian Scott returning to the seat of the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, First practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.785 and a speed of 194.349 mph (312.774 km/h).


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski won the pole for the race with a time of 27.678 and a speed of 195.101 mph (313.985 km/h). He said afterwards that he was "still kind of shaking. I’ve always felt like Darlington is the hardest qualifying session of the year, but this is harder. You’re right on the fringe of being wide open.” After qualifying 14th, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said that his car "was tight in the middle of 3 and 4 all day, but we were trying to work on it ... and I just barely missed. I liked some things I saw today, and I think the car has good speed.” Casey Mears went to a backup car after hitting the wall in qualifying. As a result, he started the race from the rear of the field.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.427 and a speed of 189.960 mph (305.711 km/h).


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.574 and a speed of 188.983 mph (304.139 km/h).


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, First half, Start
Under clear blue Kansas skies, Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 2:34 p.m. He began pulling away from the field after the first five laps. After 15 laps, Kevin Harvick cued his radio to say he thought there was a vibration in the car and that "it's going to blow up." Despite this, he passed Keselowski for the lead in turn 4 on lap 29. The first caution of the race flew on lap 30 for a single-car wreck in turn 2. J. J. Yeley suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. After making his stop, crew chief Rodney Childers told Harvick that the cause of the vibration was a loose right-rear wheel weight. This caution period was longer than normal as drivers were radioing into NASCAR race control that the oil hadn't been thoroughly cleaned up.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 40. Joey Logano passed Harvick on the outside in turn 4 to take the lead on lap 51. The second caution of the race flew on lap 64 for a single-car spin on the backstretch. Exiting turn 4, Tony Stewart got loose and spun out. Carl Edwards exited pit road with the race lead after taking just right-side tires.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 70. Matt Kenseth passed his teammate on the outside in turn 2 to take the lead on lap 73. The third caution of the race flew on lap 109 for a single-car spin on the backstretch. Exiting turn 2, Kyle Larson got loose and spun out. Kenseth and Logano swapped the lead on pit road, but Kenseth left pit road with it.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 115. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 155 for a single-car wreck in turn 1. Austin Dillon suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano swapped the lead on pit road, but Kenseth exited pit road with it.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 160. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. made an unscheduled stop on lap 165 for a loose wheel. After the race, he said that he felt "pretty sure we had an issue. We had a lot of wheels shaking, tires shaking because of the wheels spinning inside the tire. Every set we had today except for one didn’t shake. Every set shook, but it’s a completely different kind of thing when the wheel is not tight.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
We don’t know which one it was we came in so quick it didn’t beat up the wheel enough to give us a real indication of which one it was. I knew we needed to come down pit road. We had a fast car, just never really had good track position and got behind. We didn’t come here to run second or top five we don’t need that we need a win. We had to try to go out there and win and we just got behind.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 170 for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Clint Bowyer got loose, overcorrected and slammed the wall head-on. Describing the incident, he said that he had been "following Gordon there and I started to catch him back. I went in and he kind of took my line away and I tried to pull down and as soon as my headlight got out and got some air in it, man it turned me.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted with 89 laps to go. Joey Logano drove underneath Kenseth on the backstretch to take back the lead with 88 laps to go. Kenseth didn't allow him to drive away, however, and took back the lead with 81 laps to go. Logano passed him back to take the lead again with 80 laps to go. The two of them drag-raced through the tri-oval with Kenseth winning the battle with 72 laps to go.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Martin Truex, Jr. kicked off the final cycle of pit stops with 54 laps to go. Matt Kenseth surrendered the lead to make his final pit stop with 53 laps to go and handed the lead to Jimmie Johnson. He pitted with 52 laps to go and handed the lead to Ryan Blaney. Kevin Harvick was tagged for removing equipment from his pit box – the fuel can got stuck in the fuel receptor and slid out of the pit box – and was forced to serve a stop and go penalty.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
He said after the race that he was "lucky to come out of it as good as we did with our team. We didn't have a great weekend, a lot of things falling on and off, and now we've got to go to Talladega and have a good week. All in all, it could have been a lot worse, and everybody kept digging." Martin Truex Jr. was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. After the race, Truex said that his team had a "tough day. We were in good shape before the penalty.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
We fought hard on the car all day got much better right when we got the penalty. We were fast at the end, but not enough time to get back up there." Blaney made his stop with 47 laps to go and handed the lead to Carl Edwards. He pitted with 43 laps to go and handed the lead to Paul Menard. He pitted with 37 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Matt Kenseth.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The sixth caution of the race flew with 24 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 2. In front of race leader Matt Kenseth, Justin Allgaier got loose and slammed the wall. Jimmie Johnson opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 20 laps to go. Johnson was no match for Kenseth on old tires who passed him with ease for the lead. However, Joey Logano was hot on his tail in the closing laps. Kenseth blocked Logano's advance going into turn 3 with six laps to go. Coming to five to go, Kenseth ran into lap traffic and it allowed Logano to close in and Kenseth went up the track to block him again. Rounding turn 1, Logano turned him and send him spinning. This brought out the seventh caution of the race with five to go.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
After the race, Logano said that the incident was "good hard racing. He raced me hard, so I raced him hard back. The fact that we’re the only team that can relax now is going to pay big dividends going into Martinsville. To make a lot of these guys nervous going into Talladega is part of the strategy." Kenseth spoke on the incident saying that it's difficult "to drive a car with the rear tires off the ground.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
I was moving around the best I could, Joey (Logano) was a lot tighter, a lot faster on the short run, but we were so much better on the long run. I could still kind of get up to the top and get a run and get around him. We caught those two lapped cars, ‘Crazy’ (spotter) told me I was clear and I was, I pulled up in front of him and he just lifted my tires off the ground and he wrecked us."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with two laps to go. Joey Logano drove off to score the victory.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Logano said afterwards that the race "was a fun race. What a great Shell/Pennzoil Ford. I couldn’t be prouder of what this team is doing now… That was good, hard racing. We race each other really hard. I feel like I got fenced twice down the straightaways. He raced me hard so I raced him hard back. It’s just hard racing. That’s the way I race. If I get raced like that I’ll race the same way. I just couldn't be more proud of this team.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
To be sitting in such a good position going into Talladega makes us feel real, real good. The fact that we’re the only team that can relax right now, is gonna pay big dividends once we get to Martinsville. Everyone is a little bit nervous. Our goal is to still win the race. Even though we've moved on to the next round, our goal is still to win that race and try to get some guys nervous for next week. That's the kind of strategy of this Chase.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following a seventh–place finish, Ryan Blaney said that it wasn't "a bad run for us. We started off pretty good, we we’re running up front towards the start of the day and we kind of lost the track position a little bit towards the middle of that race. Our car kind of went away; some of that was traffic and the other part was kind of handling. “But (the team) did a good job of getting us back where we needed to be, at the end of the race, where it mattered.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After placing 10th in his 20th and final career start at Kansas Speedway, Jeff Gordon said that his car was "absolutely horrible. We were absolutely as far off as you could be. I don’t know. The thing qualified amazing and ever since we put it in race trim it just is not comfortable, hasn’t felt good, and we’ve struggled with it. That was one of the hardest top 10s I’ve ever had to go through. I’m proud of the team. They fought hard and that’s why we’re where we’re at. But gosh, that was ugly.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Speaking on the incident with five laps to go, Matt Kenseth – who finished 14th – said that Logano "was a little bit tighter on that short run than I was and I couldn’t get away from him. All day we had him pretty good. I still thought I was going to be able to stay in front of him. I saw those lapped cars coming and tried getting a couple of runs off the top there and I was plenty clear, got up in front of him and he just decided to take us out.”


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
He also added that he "pulled up in front of him, and he lifted my tires off the ground and wrecked me. I won't talk to Joey. I don't have anything to talk to him about really. I mean, you make decisions every minute behind the wheel. To me, strategically, that doesn't seem like such a great decision for him. But that's how they wanted to win. ... I'm one of the only guys that hasn't been into it yet with Joey. I always raced him with a ton of respect. I actually have been one of his biggest fans. I'm not anymore."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
There is no question that Kenseth blocked Logano repeatedly over the final few laps. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver admitted as much after the race. There is also no question that Logano had a wheel alongside Kenseth’s right-rear corner on Lap 249, only to be squeezed into the SAFER barrier.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
MRN turn announcer Dave Moody giving his take on Joey Logano spinning Matt Kenseth out.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Members of the NASCAR media gave their take on the incident involving Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano. Dave Moody of the Motor Racing Network, who had the call on the incident for the radio network, said that "Sunday’s fireworks were a simple case of two drivers racing aggressively and giving no quarter with an important race on the line" and that it was "what stock car racing is all about; two drivers racing their guts out in pursuit of the checkered flag, with no excuses and no apologies. Kenseth did what he had to do to maintain the lead Sunday, and Logano did what he had to do in response."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Larry McReynolds of Fox Sports said that he didn't "see anything wrong that went on there at the end of the race Sunday at Kansas. Naturally, Matt doesn't see it that way and trust me, I totally get it. The man was desperate to get the win to guarantee that he and his team moved onto the next round of the Chase."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Darrell Waltrip of Fox Sports said that he "didn't see anything wrong with what happened. Matt needed to win that race to have any chance to advance to the next Chase round. True, Joey had already punched his ticket to the next round two weeks ago winning at Charlotte. Sure he could have played it safe, backed off and finished second to Matt but why back off? He had a fast race car.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
The kid is paid to win races for his sponsors, owner and team, plus don't lose sight of this: If he backs off and lets Matt win, then he's going to have to face Matt and his extremely fast Toyota in the next round of the Chase. If you have a chance to eliminate a major competitor for the championship, then that's the smart play. Simply backing off and letting Matt win really isn't a good idea in the big picture.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Jerry Jordan of Frontstretch.com said that the actions of Logano proved he "is afraid of what the Toyota driver is capable of and that he wanted to do all he could to ensure they wouldn’t battle each other in the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Nate Ryan of NBC Sports said that while there's "no alliterative witticism in the NASCAR vernacular to describe the practice of deliberately impeding another driver’s progress (blocking)," there's "one truism about the maneuver" in that "[i]t comes with consequences.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
In ESPN.com's weekly Turn 4 series, five of their motorsports writers answered the question of whether "that Joey Logano dump of Matt Kenseth 'quintessential NASCAR,' as Brian France said it was."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Ricky Craven said plainly that while what happened was great, he's "not of the opinion one driver spinning another for the win can be considered 'quintessential NASCAR.' Ricky Rudd would have 24 wins associated with his Cup career, except a win was taken from him because NASCAR declared his bump of Davey Allison on the final lap at Sonoma a foul. What we saw from Joey and Matt may be an example of 'quintessential Chase,' but not NASCAR."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Ryan McGhee said he doesn't know if he "would go that far," but he "had no problem with it...I think the people that do have a problem with it (at least those who aren't Matt Kenseth) are swayed more by the names involved than what actually happened. If that had been Dale Junior instead of Logano and Kyle Busch instead of Kenseth, everyone else would be saying what France said."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
John Oreovicz's answer to the question was a simple "yes" and noted that many of the historic moments in NASCAR did "involve contact and controversy -- the '79 Daytona 500, Richard Petty and David Pearson banging their way to the line a few years earlier, or much more recently, Brad Keselowski's bump and run on Jeff Gordon at Texas last year. Dale Earnhardt's legend was made by the style of aggressive driving that Logano demonstrated on Kenseth, and that's the kind of stuff that France and his marketing executives wish would happen a lot more often."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Bob Pockrass differed with Oreovicz with a simple "no" and that he considers "quintessential NASCAR" to be "Ricky Craven-Kurt Busch at Darlington. Logano was blocked a few times and he made a decision to hold his line to force the issue and dump Kenseth. He didn't clearly have the position and he didn't make a mistake or lose control of his car. It wasn't out-of-bounds dirty, but it wasn't clean. If the points were reversed and Logano had to win to advance, it would have been viewed with much more understanding. As Kurt Busch said Tuesday: 'I'd hate to be Logano at this point because you can win one race. You have got five more after that.'"


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Race, Post-race, Media comments
Marty Smith said "sure" and Logano technically "didn't wall Kenseth. He put a bumper to him. If Matt wins that race, Joey has to deal with Matt the rest of the way. And Matt can win anywhere. If I'm Kenseth, there's no way Logano wins a championship. But Kenseth is nicer than I am. What Logano did is fine, as long as he knows he has one coming and doesn't moan about it when Kenseth sends him. You heard Logano in Victory Lane at Kansas: he said he was walled twice and wasn't going to stand for it. All's fair when the checkers are in the air."


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Media, Television
NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.


2015 Hollywood Casino 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race from the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post handled pit road on the radio side.


2015 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2015 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Tom Gilmore and played their home games at Fitton Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 6–5, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in fourth place.


2015 Home United FC season
The 2015 season is Home United's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election
2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election determined the leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, who will stand as candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the subsequent parliamentary election, which took place on 9 October 2016 and 23 October 2016.


2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election, Candidates
Andrius Kubilius, which had led the party since 2003, in March 2015 (after municipal councils elections) announced that he will not stand for leadership election.


2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election, Results
Gabrielius Landsbergis became party's leader and led party to the Seimas elections of 2016, in which the party achieved its best result since 1996.


2015 Homs car bombing
The 2015 Homs car bombing was a twin-explosion car bombing that killed 16 and injured many more. It occurred near a hospital in al-Zahra, an Alawite populated, government-controlled Neighborhood east of Homs' old city. The attack came five days after the government and rebels agreed on a local ceasefire in the western al-Waer suburb.


2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
The 2015 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth race of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on Sunday April 26, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States at Barber Motorsports Park, the sixth time the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was run. It was won by Josef Newgarden for the CFH Racing team. Graham Rahal took second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Scott Dixon who races for Chip Ganassi Racing came in third. The top finishing rookie in the race, as he was in all three previous rounds in this years series, Gabby Chaves who finished 16th in the race as he did in the previous round.


2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Report, Race results
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto
The 2015 Honda Indy Toronto was an open-wheel motorsport event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada over June 12–14, 2015. The event marked the 29th annual edition of the Toronto Indy, and the tenth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. The headline race on the Sunday was the 31st IndyCar race to be held at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) street circuit.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto
Josef Newgarden led home teammate Luca Filippi for a CFH Racing 1–2 finish, with the podium completed by Team Penske driver Hélio Castroneves. Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya finished seventh, but his championship lead was reduced to twenty-seven by his Penske teammate Will Power, who finished fourth.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Race background
Due to Toronto hosting the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games, the race – held traditionally in mid-July – was moved to June to avoid conflicting with the games. Exhibition Place was unavailable in July and August as it will be converted into Pan Am Park, in order to host various games events including beach volleyball, gymnastics and cycling.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Race background
Honda Indy Toronto organizers had begun discussions with Canadian Tire Motorsport Park about moving the IndyCar race to its permanent motorsports facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario for one year in the event that a replacement date at Exhibition Place could not be found. It would have been the first IndyCar race to have been held at the venue formerly known as Mosport since the 1978 Molson Diamond Indy, won by Danny Ongais.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Race background
An agreement was eventually made to host the race in June following the cancellation of the Grand Prix of Houston, with the Toronto Indy set to return to July for 2016.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Race background
The weekend also included races for Indy Lights, the Pro Mazda Championship, the U.S. F2000 National Championship, SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Super Trucks, IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada and the Canadian Touring Car Championship.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Report, Free practice
Two practice sessions were held on Friday June 12, with Juan Pablo Montoya posting the fastest time in both practice sessions. An additional practice session was held the next morning with Hélio Castroneves posting the best time.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Report, Qualifying
23 cars entered for qualifications for the race. The format was for "shootout" qualification rounds later on Saturday afternoon to determine pole position and the starting positions for the rest of the field. Will Power secured the pole position with teammates Simon Pagenaud and Montoya landing the second and third positions for Team Penske, with Scott Dixon taking fourth position, completing the second row for Chip Ganassi Racing.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Report, Race summary
At the start of the race, the track was still wet from a large thunderstorm which had moved through the area just before the start. As a result, all the cars started out on wet tires. Pole driver Will Power held the lead for the first 30 laps, with Simon Pagenaud trying to overtake him several times, until he pitted under the first of the race's two full course cautions, which came out due to James Jakes having minor contact and stalling at Turn 5. As Power pitted, the lead passed on to Penske teammate Hélio Castroneves.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Report, Race summary
Castroneves held the lead until the second full course caution, when debris from Stefano Coletti's car was left on circuit at Turn 8. Josef Newgarden took the lead before it passed to CFH Racing teammate Luca Filippi on lap 58, before Tony Kanaan took the lead on lap 60. Three laps later, Castroneves re-took the lead which he held for four laps. After pitting, the lead fell to rookie Rodolfo González who held the lead for five laps as Newgarden and Filippi battled for second position. Gonzalez was ultimately forced to pit for fuel which handed the lead back to Newgarden. Newgarden held the lead until the checkered flag, to take his second victory of 2015. Filippi followed him home in second, to record CFH Racing's first 1–2 finish, with Castroneves taking third for Team Penske.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Media, Television
The race was broadcast live by NBCSN in the United States and by Sportsnet on City and Sportsnet One in Canada. The event was also televised internationally by ESPN's ESPN Player across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.


2015 Honda Indy Toronto, Media, Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the IndyCar Radio Network and simulcast on Sirius / XM satellite radio and IndyCar.com.


2015 Honduran Cup
The 2015 Honduran Cup was the 10th staging of the Honduran Cup and the first edition since 1998. Club Deportivo Olimpia are the defending champions. The 2015 Honduran Cup is referred to as the Copa Presidente de Honduras for sponsorship reasons. The cup is a creation of the Honduran government funded by money allocated to national security fund. Its purpose is to support the growth of sport to detract the youth from vices and to promote national tourism for rural towns.


2015 Honduran Cup
The cup was contested by 64 teams from the top 3 divisions of the country. There was a total of 10 teams from La Liga Nacional (First Division), 27 from Liga de Ascenso (Second Division) and 27 from Liga Mayor (Third Division). It was the first cup in which teams outside the top division participated. Some stipulations included that the lower seeded team hosted the matchup and five substitutions were allowed. The first 4 rounds were single match with penalties if match ended in ties. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were home-and-away while the one-match final was hosted in a neutral venue.


2015 Honduran Cup, Schedule and format
The first round schedule was announced on 14 November 2014. The final will be a single match to be held at Estadio Nilmo Edwards in La Ceiba.


2015 Honduran Cup, Quarterfinals
The draw was done at President's House on 20 March.


2015 Honduran Supercup
The 2015 Honduran Supercup was a match arranged by the Honduran Liga Nacional which was scheduled to take place on 8 August 2015 between C.D. Motagua, winners of the 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional (Apertura) and C.D. Olimpia, winners of the 2015 Honduran Cup. This would have been the third edition of the Honduran Supercup and the first one since 1999; however the match appears to have been abandoned with no disclosed reason.


2015 Honduran protests
The 2015 Honduran protests was mass protests and social demonstrations in Honduras consisting of nonviolent resistance rallies led by the grassroots opposition movement that began a street protest campaign against the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez after corruption scandals rocked the country in 2015.


2015 Honduran protests, Protests
Strikes began on 29 May with protesters coming in their tens of thousands, protesting in a countywide movement against corruption. Anti -corruption marches was on the rise and rallies was taking place all across the country. Protesters waved red-white-red flags and chanted the national anthem, also saying Our Central American Spring, referring to the wave of protests in Central America.


2015 Honduran protests, Protests
Hundreds of thousands blocked streets and formed human chains, using nonviolent resistance demonstrations and formed protests across June–July demanding social reforms and the resignations of the entire cabinet of Juan Orlando Hernandez. Demonstrators also called on an investigation into the scandals. Protesters persisted the pot-banning protests and continued.


2015 Honduran protests, Protests
Protesters muted roads, used candlelight’s in solidarity with the 2015 Guatemalan protests and protested peacefully against the government. Anti -corruption pickets was also held by other cities nationwide, not only Tegucigalpa. Rallies raged on despite calls for an end to protest by Orlando. Social media also called on the movement to protest against corruption scandals in other countries, even though a trend of anti-corruption protests is rising.


2015 Honduran protests, Protests
Thousands participated in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience movement in the country as strikers saw worker protests and angry citizens joined the protesters. 25,000 protesters marched onto the presidential palace. The unprecedented wave of massive demonstrations and the largest protest movement in Honduras since 1980 saw no police actions.


2015 Honduran protests, Protests
Demonstrators participated in their last rallies in July–August which was still large, with 20,000 participants. Furious at corruption, demonstrators called on the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez and protesters waved torches and used candles despite furore over the government. Street protests had become smaller in late-August, being the last action of protest in the country in 2015.


2015 Hong Kong ATP Challenger
The 2015 Hong Kong ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Hong Kong, between 27 January and 1 February 2015.


2015 Hong Kong ATP Challenger, Singles main draw Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hong Kong ATP Challenger – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yi Chu-huan won the title, defeating Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2015 Hong Kong ATP Challenger – Singles
Twenty-year-old British player Kyle Edmund won the tournament, defeating Tatsuma Ito in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2015 Hong Kong Community Cup
The 2015 Hong Kong Community Cup was the 2nd Hong Kong Community Cup, an annual Hong Kong football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and Season Play-offs. The match was contested by Kitchee, the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League winners, and South China, champions of the 2014–15 Hong Kong Season Play-off. It was held at Mong Kok Stadium on 20 September 2015.


2015 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2015 Hong Kong Sevens was the 40th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the sixth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.


2015 Hong Kong Sevens, Format
As in the last tournament, there will be a main draw with the fifteen World Series core teams and one invited team, and a qualifying tournament featuring twelve teams, the winner of which will be given core status in the next series.


2015 Hong Kong Sevens, Teams
The teams confirmed for both the World Series and World Series Qualifier events at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens are listed below:


2015 Hong Kong Sevens, Match officials
The match officials for the 2015 Wellington Sevens are as follows:


2015 Hong Kong Sevens, Main draw
The draw was announced on 16 February. All times UTC +08:00.


2015 Hong Kong Super Series
The 2015 Hong Kong Open Super Series was the twelfth Superseries tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament was contested in Kowloon, Hong Kong from November 17–22, 2015 with a total purse of $350,000. A qualification will occur to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open
The 2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 12 to 18.


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles
Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková were the defending champions, but chose not to participate. Alizé Cornet and Yaroslava Shvedova won the title, defeating Lara Arruabarrena and Andreja Klepač in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles
Sabine Lisicki was the defending champion, but she withdrew before the tournament began due to a knee injury.


2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles
Jelena Janković won the title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents
Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents
The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination. The Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Heavy metal content in domestically used water
Portable water that is used in Hong Kong indicated high levels of heavy metal when it was tested. The heavy metals include lead and nickel. The discovery was made in 2015 when the Democratic Party undertook the responsibility of testing the water that was used at Kai Ching Estate. Hong Kong Housing Authority also discovered the presence of heavy metal in the water that was used was higher in comparison to the World Health Organization standards.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Heavy metal content in domestically used water
Since lead water pipes have been used in the past there are certain acceptable limits of lead occurrence in drinking water where Hong Kong standard limit is at 10 micrograms of lead per litre. Helena Wong who is a member of the Democratic Party led to the exposure of the presence of high levels beyond the set standard of lead occurrence in domestic used water in an estate in Kowloon City. The source that resulted to high level of lead in the water was the illegal welding at the joints of the water pipes. After the discovery was made the government tried to shift the blame to the contractor but the contractor rejected the blame. The contractor claimed that his organisation was responsible for the installation of outside pipes thus didn't undertake the mandate to install the pipes inside the building.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Lead standards
Lead is a toxicant that can cause serious and irreversible health damage. Children are especially vulnerable to its effects. Due to the historic usage of lead water pipes, many jurisdictions have legal limits on safety levels of lead content in drinking water. Hong Kong standards limit the acceptable lead content of drinking water to 10 micrograms of lead per litre, the same standard as Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. For comparison, the United States allows 15 micrograms while Mainland China allows 10 micrograms per litre.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
On 5 July 2015, Democratic Party legislator Helena Wong exposed the lead contamination in tap water at Kai Ching Estate, a newly constructed public housing estate in Kowloon City. Samples had been sent for testing at one of the six laboratories authorised by the government. According to the Water Supplies Department, the public monopoly supplier of potable water, the contamination was caused by illegal soldering at the joints of water pipes. Government officials attempted to pass the blame onto a building contractor.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
The contractor in turn rejected the accusation, saying that he had installed outside piping and had no role in installing pipes inside the building to each apartment. He asserted that materials used by his firm were approved by the housing authorities, and suggested the government may have not diligently checked the presence of prefabricated materials used in constructing other parts of the public housing projects.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
On 13 July 2015, after being identified by the WSD as being accountable for pipe work of Kai Ching Estate, licensed plumber Lam Tak-sum refuted HA's accusation, saying he was only responsible for the pipes connecting the water mains to water tanks of blocks, and that his scope excluded pipe work inside the flats and testing of water quality. However, Leung Chung-lap, assistant director of WSD, rebutted Lam's claim and said records showed that LP was also responsible for the pipelines into flats.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
Public disquiet further intensified after the press and public discovered throughout the following months of more and more instances of lead contamination, including in schools and on other premises. Of the 11 public rental housing estates with lead in water identified as of 10 September 2015, six were built by Yau Lee Construction Company, two by China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, two by Paul Y Engineering, and one by Shui on Group. However, the plumbing in public estates may be built by a subcontractor.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
In the case of Kai Ching Estate where the scandal began, the plumbing contractor was the Ho Biu Kei Construction & Engineering Company. The head of Ho Biu Kei responded that the construction materials he used were approved by the authorities, and that his company was only responsible for the plumbing on the outside of the building, not the plumbing in the flats. The interior plumbing comprises prefabricated components manufactured by Shenzhen Hailong Construction Products Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
On 25 September 2015, the Task Force on Excessive Lead in Drinking Water set up by the government released a preliminary finding that solder joints were the cause of the lead contamination, as previously asserted by the Water Supplies Department. The task force also found that copper alloy fittings leach lead, but not to an excessive degree. Elemental analysis of solder from Kai Ching Estate found it comprises up to 41 per cent lead, or 585 times the British Standard of 0.07 per cent.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Discovery and cause
Helena Wong revealed in early November that Chief Secretary Carrie Lam and a Health Department official had separately asked Wong in July, shortly after she made her revelations, for the name of the laboratory that conducted the tests. Wong herself refused to identify the laboratory she mandated, and added that laboratories had received queries from the government, leading to fears that the government was attempting end the affair by putting pressure on laboratories not to perform any further tests.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings
Samples of water contaminated with lead have been identified at a range of public and private buildings of various ages, but especially in public housing estates constructed in the past decade. Individual buildings and institutions have commissioned water testing at their premises across the city. The government is conducting testing at many schools and public estates.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Housing
Lead has been found in the water of numerous public housing estates, particularly those opened in the past decade. In addition to Kai Ching Estate, these include Kwai Luen Estate (Kwai Chung), Hung Hom Estate, Tung Wui Estate (Wong Tai Sin), Choi Fook Estate (Choi Wan), Un Chau Estate (Sham Shui Po), Ching Ho Estate (Sheung Shui), Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, and four other as of 10 September 2015. As of the same date, 64 other public housing developments were tested but no excessive lead contamination found. This does not necessarily clear these estates of the possibility of contamination, as the number of tests completed to date varies in each location and the testing has not been exhaustive of each housing block or drinking water tap.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Housing
Lead contamination has also affected private residential developments. Property management company Savills Guardian conducted testing at The Caldecott, a luxury estate in Kowloon Tong built in 2004, and found 19 micrograms of lead per litre of water sourced from a kitchen tap. A water sample from The Austin, a newly built luxury development atop Austin station, was found to contain 41 micrograms of lead per litre.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Schools
Lead contamination was discovered at numerous schools. SKH St. Thomas' Primary School in Sham Shui Po, the first case, where test results on potable water were 330% above WHO guidelines was disclosed by Apple Daily on 23 August. Another Kowloon school, St. Francis of Assisi's Caritas School (SFACS) in Shek Kip Mei, reported contamination above WHO standards in three out of five samples taken from its premises.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Schools
One sample was found to contain 220 mg of lead per litre of water; two other samples, from the kitchen and canteen, were found to have 25 mg and 26 mg of lead per litre, respectively. This spurred the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to urge the government to test water in all of Hong Kong schools, and give financial assistance and issue guidelines to schools opting to have their own water supply tested. However, Secretary for Education Eddie Ng refused, saying that as many schools had since installed water filters for their drinking fountains and faucets, and that students themselves had started bringing their own drinking water supplies, the government would prioritise water standards at public housing estates.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Schools
The Baptist Rainbow Primary School in Wong Tai Sin announced the discovery of water contamination on 31 August 2015. It marked the first time that lead contamination had been found in an older building. The school was built in 1984.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Contaminated buildings, Schools
The English Schools Foundation collected more than 300 water samples for testing from its 21 schools across Hong Kong. It announced in September 2015 that samples from four schools (King George V School, Sha Tin College, South Island School, and West Island School) contained elevated levels of lead. The ESF subsequently shut off the sources of contaminated water.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction
The lead contamination of water has resulted in a public outcry and intense media scrutiny.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Palliative measures
From 10 July, the government commenced supplying free bottled water to households in all affected estates, numbering 30,000 in total. It was subsequently revealed that some 6.5 million bottles of AS Watson water were supplied to affected residents up to end of October, at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of HK$40 million.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Palliative measures
In early November, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam announced that households affected by a tainted water would receive rebates of up to HK$660 (US$85) on their water bills. The four main water pipe contractors for the affected estates agreed to install temporary pipes and undertake permanent replacement at a total cost of HK$140 million as a gesture of goodwill. They also agreed to pay HK$20 million in compensation to affected tenants without any admission of responsibility.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
Pre -empting the government confirmation of high concentration of lead at Kai Ching Estate, Chiang Lai-wan pro-establishment legislator from the DAB claimed that the Democratic Party's test results were scaremongering. Later, the media reported that her husband, Raymond Leung Hai-ming, was an independent non-executive director of China State Construction, the contractor of Kai Ching Estate. Chiang's speech led to a doubt on the involvement of conflict of interests in her position.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong urged the government to thoroughly investigate the scandal. On 16 July 2015, Neo Democrats legislator Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Labour Party legislator Cyd Ho Sau-lan invoked Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (PNP) to investigate the crisis. The motion was passed in geographical constituency by a margin of 3 votes but failed in the split voting arrangement with Functional Constituencies dominated by pro-establishment legislators. On 22 July 2015, the Democratic Party legislator Wu Chi-wai tabled the same motion on the LegCo panel on housing, but this was again rejected by the pro-establishment lawmakers by a margin of 11:8.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
On 13 August, the government appointed a Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water chaired by Mr Justice Andrew Chan, with Alan Lai as Commissioner.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
On 20 August, the Housing Authority's tender committee announced that it would delay the tendering process for construction of four new public housing estates. Some of the contractors bidding on these developments were blamed for causing lead contamination of water in previous estates they had built.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
As Secretary for Education Eddie Ng initially refused to test the water supply in all kindergartens or install water filters to help protect the health and welfare of highly vulnerable children, uproar only abated when Chief Secretary Carrie Lam announced on 3 September that tests would be conducted on supplies to kindergartens across the territory to ensure the safe potable water for the most vulnerable schoolchildren. The government's handling of the crisis caused CY Leung's support rate to hit a new low since he came to power in 2012.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
Results of a survey released in early September showed Leung was disapproved of across all demographics. Approvals amounted to 22 percent and disapprovals were at 62 percent – a net popularity of negative 39 percentage points; similarly, the satisfaction rate for the HK government stood at 21 percent while its dissatisfaction rate was at 50 percent – a net of negative 29 points.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
In September 2015, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) opened an investigation into whether corruption or abuse of power contributed to the lead contamination incident. The case was submitted to the ICAC by the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and People Power in July.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Political reaction
In May 2016, after a one year long investigation, an inquiry commission formed by the government concluded that the incident has been a "collective" failure of numerous government departments. No specific person or department has been found guilty. On 11 July 2016, a meeting was held for LegCo House Committee to discuss "Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water" released by the government previously. Lawmakers condemned that, in light of the scandal, no government officials had stepped down under the current Principal Officials Accountability System, and Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam even did not offer an apology. They criticised that the accountability system existed in name only.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Sanctions for contractors
Four main contractors were barred from tendering seven new projects involving construction of 18,000 flats under HA from March to September 2015. In August 2015, main contractors installed water filters for affected households and do the replacement or cleaning of water filters regularly. On 6 November 2015, the Tender Committee from the Housing Authority Committees suspended them from submitting tenders to one year.


2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents, Reaction, Sanctions for contractors
In November 2015, main contractors announced that they would pledge $20 million for paying the water bills of 29,000 affected households for about a year. Contractors were required to change all the pipes inside the affected households. The non-compliant water pipes in common areas of 11 affected public estates have been progressively replaced since March 2016, starting with Kwai Yuet House at Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate on 17 October 2016.


2015 Hong Kong local elections
The 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 22 November 2015. Elections were held to all 18 District Councils with returning 431 members from directly elected constituencies after all appointed seats had been abolished.


2015 Hong Kong local elections
A record-breaking 1.4 million voters, or 47 per cent of the registered voters, went to cast their votes. The pro-Beijing camp retained its control of all 18 councils with the Beijing-loyalist party  Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) maintained the largest party far ahead of other parties. The pan-democrats failed to seize control of the Kwai Tsing District Council, a traditional stronghold of the pan-democrats.


2015 Hong Kong local elections
Both sides lost their heavyweight incumbent Legislative Councillors. Albert Ho of the Democratic Party and Frederick Fung of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) who were both elected through District Council (Second) constituency lost their seats while Civic Party's Kenneth Chan failed to take a seat in the Southern District. DAB's incumbent legislators Christopher Chung and Elizabeth Quat both lost their seats to pro-democracy newcomers in which Chung lost his long hold seat to a relatively unknown "umbrella soldier" Chui Chi-kin.


2015 Hong Kong local elections
Activists in the 2014 Occupy protests, who are dubbed the "umbrella soldiers", had better-than-expected results with eight of them winning a seat by beating some incumbents. The pan-democrat Neo Democrats became the best performers in the election, winning 15 out of their 16 bids and doubled their seats from 7 to 15 seats.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Boundary changes
As proposed in the Democratic Party's modified electoral reform package passed in 2010, all appointed seats were abolished in this election. After a review on the number of elected seats for each District Council having regard to the population forecast in mid-2015, the Electoral Affairs Commission proposed to increase 19 elected seats in 9 District Councils:


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Boundary changes
The total number of elected seats for the 2015 elections was increased by 19 from 412 to 431. Additionally, the boundaries of the Eastern and Wan Chai Districts were adjusted by transferring the Tin Hau and Victoria Park district council constituencyareas from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Umbrella movement
The 2014 Hong Kong protests sparked a fierce tussle between the pan-democrats and pro-Beijing camp as the democrats hailed a "civic awakening" while the pro-Beijing camp mobilised supporters to condemn the 79-day street blockade as an affront to the rule of law. The November District Council election was to be seen as the first big electoral test of the post-Occupy era. Both camps said events to come would have a bigger effect on voters, while the extent to which a political awakening among the city's youth would lead them to turn out to vote remains unclear. The pan-democrats encouraged young people who participated in the Occupy movement to register and vote in the district council poll.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Lead-in-water scandal
The lead-in-water scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party legislator, Helena Wong Pik-wan announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination. The Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong. The lead contamination scandal caused widespread concern among the public in which the Democratic Party made a major comeback by being the first to reveal the scandal while the pro-Beijing camp was told to downplay the issue.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, HKU pro-vice-chancellor selection controversy
An alleged political interference behind the University of Hong Kong governing council's rejection of Johannes Chan's recommended appointment to the post of pro-vice-chancellor in charge of staffing and resources. Chan, dean of the Faculty of Law sparked its climax in October 2015. The decision has received international condemnation, and is being viewed as part of a Beijing-backed curtailing of academic freedoms that will damage Hong Kong's academic reputation.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Polling irregularities
Following the last election in 2011, pan-democrats have complained of irregularities in voter registration records, and a number of candidates who lost in marginal seats made allegations of electoral fraud to the police. The government was criticised for failing to address the issue back in 2006 after alleged instances where multiple voters had registered under a same address surfaced.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Polling irregularities
Before the last day for voters to check and update their particulars in order to vote in November, and for the public to report suspicious cases, the pan-democratic parties lodged a flood of complaints to the Registration and Electoral Office on 24 August 2015 about the records of over 550 voters with suspicious or false residential addresses on the eve of the election, and warning they could be "the tip of the iceberg".


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Catholic bishop's anti-gay pastoral letter
On 5 November 2015, the Catholic bishop of Hong Kong John Tong urged his flock to consider candidates' views on gay rights when voting in the district council elections in a pastoral letter, as certain social movements "are challenging and twisting" the city's core values on marriage and family.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events, Catholic bishop's anti-gay pastoral letter
"In the upcoming district council election and future polls, I urge all believers … to consider candidates' and their parties' stance on family and marriage issues, as well as their position on" a law to ban discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, Tong wrote The pan-democratic parties - who have often found common cause with the Catholic Church on matters of democracy and human rights - criticised Tong's remarks. People Power legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, who is openly gay, criticised Tong's message and said it reflected a backward view of social movements and possibly deviated from the Vatican's line. A spokesman for the Labour Party said Tong's view was "obviously different" from the remarks of Pope Francis, who in 2013 said: "If [homosexuals] accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them? They shouldn't be marginalised. The [homosexual] tendency is not the problem."


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Parties
In the pro-Beijing camp, the flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) filled a total of 171 candidates in the contest, followed by the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions with a total of 51 candidates of which 3 of them were also DAB members. The two relatively new pro-Beijing parties, the middle-class-oriented New People's Party (NPP) and the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) developed their forces at district level since their creations in 2011 and 2012 respectively.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Parties
The New People's Party got 4 of the 12 candidates elected in 2011 and at least eight incumbent councillors had since joined the party, while a merger with Civil Force, a local political group with strongholds in the New Territories East, brought the number up to 30. The NPP had a total of 42 contestants while the BPA had 16, slightly fewer than another pro-business party, the Liberal Party's 20 which four of the Liberal candidates failed to avoid direct competition with other pro-Beijing parties and would have to fight a fellow pro-Beijing candidate.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Parties
The largest pro-democratic party Democratic Party filled 95 candidates, a sharp decline from the 2011 election's 132. The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) came after the Democrats with 26 candidates, followed by the Civic Party's 25, Neo Democrats's 16, Labour Party's 12, People Power's 9, Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre's 6 and League of Social Democrats's 5.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Parties
Many new pro-democracy groups formed by young people after the Occupy movement, including the Youngspiration, the Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power, which aimed at Wong Tai Sin District Council, the North of the Rings, which worked in Sheung Shui and Fanling in North District, the Kowloon East Community which had its eyes on Kwun Tong District Council, and some other groups. More than 40 activists were running in the district council elections and some of them were with the "nativist" agenda. While most Umbrella candidates have joined a co-ordination mechanism run by pan-democratic parties to avoid clashes between allies, six of them refused to do so and are running against the Democratic Party in areas where the party has had a close fight with the pro-establishment camp in previous elections.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Candidates
A record-high 951 nominations were received for which six nominees withdrew their candidatures before the deadline. A total of 66 seats were uncontested, 10 fewer than in 2011, in which almost all of them went to the pro-Beijing camp. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong claimed 20 unclaimed seats, followed by New People's Party with seven and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) with six seats, while the Liberal Party took two. Two Legislative Council members Alice Mak Mei-kuen and Kwok Wai-keung of the FTU in Kwai Tsing's Wai Ying and Eastern District's Provident retained their seats without contest.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Candidates
The Legislative Council members elected through District Council (Second) constituency in 2012, the former chairman of the Democratic Party Albert Ho and former chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) Frederick Fung faced fierce challenges in their Tuen Mun's Lok Tsui and Sham Shui Po's Lai Kok constituencies. Ho faced 5 rivals including former president of the Law Society of Hong Kong Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, radical localist group Civic Passion's Cheng Chung-tai and three other independent candidates. Fung faced his former party member Eric Wong Chung-ki and FTU's Chan Wing-yan.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties and candidates, Candidates
Ho and Fung eventually lost their District Council seat and will have to adopt a new constituency for LegCo elections. Another District Council (Second) legislator, FTU's Chan Yuen-han and District Council (First) legislator, DAB's Ip Kwok-him are stepping down from Wong Tai Sin's Lung Sheung and Central and Western District's Kwun Lung, meaning that they will retire from their constituencies in next year's Legislative Council election.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
A historic turnout rate of 47 percent turnout rate was recorded in the election, of which ten constituencies with the highest turnout rates were all middle-class residential districts. The pro-Beijing camp remained control of all 18 District Councils with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) the largest party far ahead of the others with 119 seats. The pan-democracy camp failed to reclaim control of the Kwai Tsing District Council which they won majority of the elected seats but was balanced by the appointed seats in the last election. Both pan-democrats and pro-Beijing camp won 19 seats in the Sha Tin District Council but pro-Beijing retained control with the ex officio seat of the Sha Tin Rural Committee Chairman.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
Two pro-democracy District Council (Second) "super seat" legislative councillors Albert Ho and Frederick Fung were unseated by newcomers, while another pro-democracy figure James To kept his seat in Olympic and became the only one of the three pro-democracy super seat lawmakers to be able to seek a re-election in the same constituency in the next year's Legislative Council election .


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
In Lai Kok, Fung won 2,432 votes, 99 short of won by his challenger, 25-year-old Chan Wing-yan supported by both the DAB and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), while Fung’s former ally Eric Wong Chung-ki, who also stood against him in the same constituency, won 215 votes. In Lok Tsui, Albert Ho won 1,617 votes, 125 fewer than former Law Society of Hong Kong president Junius Ho, while radical democrat  Civic Passion's Cheng Chung-tai took 391 votes.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
At least eight candidates inspired by the 2014 Occupy protests scored unexpected success, with Chui Chi-kin, almost unknown to the public before he was elected, beat DAB legislator Christopher Chung with 2,017 votes against Chung's 1,829 votes in Yue Wan. Another DAB legislator Elizabeth Quat also lost her seat in Chung On to pro-democracy Labour Party Yip Wing. Wong Chi-ken, another of the dozens of 'Umbrella soldiers' ran under the banner of Kowloon East Community, won 1,729 votes against incumbent Fung Kam-yuen in Lok Wah North, who scored 1,246 votes.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
Clarisse Yeung, who ran in Tai Hang constituency, won 1,398 votes, 250 more votes than Gigi Wong Ching-chi of the New People's Party (NPP). In Whampoa East, Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) legislator Priscilla Leung, who won 2,314 votes and beat 24-year-old Yau Wai-ching, another “Umbrella soldier” of Youngspiration, by fewer than 300 votes. Another Youngspiration candidate Kwong Po-yin defeated incumbent Kowloon City District Council chairman Lau Wai-wing by 39 votes in Whampoa West.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
The Neo Democrats, a breakaway group of the Democratic Party, fared especially well, winning 15 of 16 district seats they contested which made their total seats jumped from 8 to 15. The Civic Party won 10 seats in total, although legislator Kenneth Chan failed in his bid to run in South Horizons East and to secure an entry ticket to a super seat next year. The Democratic Party won one more seat and scored 43 in total. Several second-tier figures, including vice-chairman Lo Kin-hei and chief executive Lam Cheuk-ting, scored victories in Lei Tung II and Shek Wu Hui respectively, while others like vice-chairman Andrew Wan lost in Shek Yam.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
The FTU, which its district councillors had dropped their dual membership of DAB and FTU to rally behind Chan Yuen-han in the District Council (Second) "super seat" in the 2012 Legislative Council election, won 27 seats in total under the FTU banner solely and secured a qualification to nominate a candidate for the "super seat" in next year's election. The New People's Party, although having formed an alliance with the Civil Force, suffered unexpected defeats in Sha Tin as many veteran Civil Force district councillors were defeated by pro-democratic new faces. In Hong Kong Island, chairwoman Regina Ip's Legislative Council constituency, the NPP also lost a few seats such as Tai Hang and Tai Koo Shing East.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Outcome
A total of eight victors were employees of state-owned enterprises. The local subsidiary of China Travel Service announced on its website after the election that six of their employees had won seats. The CTS staff association praised “the ‘love the country love Hong Kong’ and society-serving spirit of the CTS staff ...[and their]... substantial contributions to the group’s involvement in Hong Kong’s social affairs”. There were two others in addition to the six from CTS, and some had stood for election previously. None had disclosed their relationships with the state-owned firms in their official election platforms.


2015 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath, Cheng Wing-kin case
Cheng Wing-kin, an online radio host, was revealed and He offered localist groups more than HK$850,000 for each of them to take on pan-democrat contenders in specified constituencies, including the offers of between HK$150,000 and HK$200,000 to five individuals, including Youngspiration's Baggio Leung Chung-hang, upon the instructions of a Putonghua-speaking “Boss Li”, whom was allegedly from Beijing’s United Front Work Department. Leung declined and publicised the offer, in eventually led to Cheng being convicted for engaging in corrupt conduct at the election.


2015 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 71st Hong Kong–Macau Interport is an association football match held in Hong Kong on 14 November 2015. Hong Kong captured their 55th title by winning 2–0.


2015 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
The 2015 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season started on Thursday, April 16 and will end with the Holland Series, taking place in September.


2015 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
Eight teams will participate in the 2015 season. DSS was promoted from the Honkbal Overgangsklasse after defeating Mampaey The Hawks in the relegation series at the end of the 2014 season. Despite losing the relegation series, Mampaey The Hawks were reinstated into the league in February 2015 after AdoLakers withdrew and dissolved. DSS, UVV and Mampaey The Hawks are the only three current clubs to never have won a Holland Series.


2015 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup XXVII was the 27th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 4 January 2015 at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.


2015 Hopman Cup
Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group advanced to the Final.


2015 Hopman Cup
France were the 2014 champions. In that tournament's final the French team of Alizé Cornet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Poland 2–1, but they failed to defend their title. Agnieszka Radwańska recorded an impressive win over Serena Williams in the final, ultimately carrying the Polish team to their first Hopman Cup title with a 2–1 victory over the United States.


2015 Hopman Cup, Entrants, Seeds
On 1 October, the full line-up for the event was announced.


2015 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group A, Czech Republic vs. Italy
Fabio Fognini was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Czech was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However, a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Czech republic (see above).


2015 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group B, Australia vs. Poland
Matthew Ebden was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Poland was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However a match was still played in which the score was 8-6 to Poland (see above).


2015 Hopman Cup, Group stage, Group B, France vs. Poland
Since Poland had already won the group and clinched a berth in the Final with their win in the men's singles match, the mixed doubles rubber comprised just a single tiebreak set by agreement between the teams (see above). Poland retired after first set.


2015 Horizon FC season
Horizon Football Club is a Burmese football club, founded in 2012. On September 6, Horizon FC was promoted for the first time to the Myanmar National League through GFA FC.


2015 Horizon FC season, Players, 2015
The squad for the 2015 MNL-2. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Horizon League Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Horizon League Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–23. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Indiana. Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Horizon League Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The league's six teams will be seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They will then play a double-elimination tournament.


2015 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament began on March 3, 2015, with the championship game on Tuesday, March 10. First round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were hosted by Valparaiso, because the Crusaders won the regular season conference championship. Since Valparaiso won its semifinal game, it also hosted the championship game. Only eight of the nine teams in the conference played in the Horizon League Tournament, as Milwaukee has been deemed ineligible for postseason play for the 2014–15 season.


2015 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams were seeded by 2014–15 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third and fourth seeds received byes to the quarterfinals.


2015 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of higher seeds. Second round and semifinals hosted by No. 1 seed. Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed.


2015 Horizon League Softball Tournament
The 2015 Horizon League softball tournament was held at Oakland Softball Stadium on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan from May 6 through May 9, 2015. The tournament winner earned the Horizon League's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were broadcast on ESPN3.


2015 Horizon League Softball Tournament, Format
The Horizon League Tournament takes the top 6 teams and places them in a double elimination tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 get a bye to the 2nd Round.


2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament, held from March 9–15, concluded the 2014–15 season of the Horizon League. For the first time, every game was available on an ESPN Network. Rounds 1 & 2 were on ESPN3, with the semifinals on TWCS and simulcast on ESPN3. The championship was on ESPNU. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 9 Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2014–15 Horizon League season record. The top 7 teams received a first-round bye.


2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:


2015 Horsham District Council election
The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17, which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.


2015 Horsham District Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2015 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Denne
David Sheldon was elected as a Liberal Democrat in Denne ward in 2011, the year when this seat was last up for election, he resigned from the party in 2014.


2015 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Roffey North
Independent candidate Nicholas Butler stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2011 in Roffey North.


2015 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Southwater
Former  Horsham Football Club manager, Gary Charman, stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Southwater following the council rejecting the football clubs planning application for a stadium at Hop Oast. The location of the ground falls into the Southwater ward and was opposed by the Conservative councillors representing the ward at the time. A different application at the same location was approved in 2017.


2015 Hougang United FC season
The 2015 season is Hougang United's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2015 Houston Astros season
The 2015 Houston Astros season was the 54th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, their 51st as the Astros, third in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 16th season at Minute Maid Park.


2015 Houston Astros season
The Astros made the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and the first time since moving to the American League. They defeated the New York Yankees in the Wild Card Game before taking the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals to five games in the Division Series, nearly pulling off a major upset.


2015 Houston Astros season, Spring training
After a five-year gap in contact with the Astros organization, former first baseman Jeff Bagwell accepted a formal invitation from manager A. J. Hinch to be a guest instructor in spring training.


2015 Houston Astros season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2015 Houston Astros season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2015 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
The 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 0–8 in Southland play to finish in last place.


2015 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Previous season
The 2014 season was the Huskies' first official season in the Southland Conference for football. The Huskies opened a new on-campus stadium. The first game in the new stadium was played on September 6, 2014 vs McMurry University. Husky Stadium on the Dunham Field. The Huskies finished the 2014 season with a 2–9 overall record and a 1–7 record in Southland Conference play to finish in 10th place.


2015 Houston Cougars football team
The 2015 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 68th year of season play for Houston. The team was led by first-year head coach Tom Herman and played its home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston. The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They finished the season 13–1, 7–1 in American Athletic play to win a share of the West Division title.


2015 Houston Cougars football team
Due to their head to head win over Navy, they represented the West Division in the inaugural American Athletic Championship Game where they defeated Temple to become American Athletic Conference champions. As the highest ranked team from the "Group of five", they received an automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Florida State.


2015 Houston Dash season
The 2015 season is the Houston Dash's second season as a professional women's soccer team. As a member of the National Women's Soccer League, United States' top-flight women's league, the Dash's schedule includes 20 total games (10 home, 10 away) against eight other NWSL teams. The Dash look to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history after finishing in last place during their inaugural season. The 2015 regular season began on April 10, 2015.


2015 Houston Dash season, Background, College draft
The Houston Dash selected University of Virginia and U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Morgan Brian with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. The Dash also traded away the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft and a second round pick in the 2016 College Draft to Portland Thorns FC for a player to be named later.


2015 Houston Dash season, Background, Preseason
Colours: Green = Houston Dash win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.


2015 Houston Dash season, Season review, April
The new-look Houston Dash kicked off the year's NWSL action with a 2-0 win over the Washington Spirit at BBVA Compass Stadium. Offseason acquisition Carli Lloyd scored the opening goal in first half stoppage time, and last season's club top goalscorer Kealia Ohai put away the second goal five minutes into the second half. The Dash looked revamped in attack and, defensively, collected their first shutout of the season.


2015 Houston Dash season, Squad
The following is a list of players who were under contract with the Houston Dash at any point during the 2015 season.


2015 Houston Dash season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper


2015 Houston Dynamo season
The 2015 Houston Dynamo season was the club's tenth season of existence, and their first under new head coach Owen Coyle.


2015 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Houston will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.


2015 Houston Dynamo season, Television
For the 2015 season, Root Sports Southwest serves as the English broadcaster of all 22 non-national Major League Soccer matches. The one-year deal with ROOT SPORTS' regional network includes a 30-minute pregame and postgame show for each game. Games and weekly programing had aired the previous two seasons on Comcast SportsNet Houston, which was purchased out of bankruptcy court by DirecTV and AT&T in October 2014 and rebranded as Root Sports Southwest.


2015 Houston Dynamo season, Television
Root Sports initially cancelled the three-year deal signed in 2013 with CSN Houston before agreeing on this new deal with the Dynamo. In comparison, the Dynamo lose airtime by way of a weekly show and daily coverage on CSN's daily newscast but gained a higher distribution to homes in Houston that weren't subscribed to Comcast and therefore did not have access to Comcast's exclusive sports network.


2015 Houston Dynamo season, Television
On the Spanish side, Telemundo Houston returns as the Dynamo's broadcast partner for the second consecutive season. The Telemundo-owned Houston station signed up for 10 Dynamo games in 2015, a three-game increase from the 2014 season. Five of those matches will air live on TeleXitos, available over-the-air on KTMD's secondary channel 47.2, and select games on TeleXitos include a 30-minute pregame and a 30-minute postgame show. Games on Telemundo, channel 47.1, air deferred at 11 p.m. on the night of the match due to scheduling conflicts with national programming (of which includes Telemundo's home games telecast of Liga MX sides León and Pachuca).


2015 Houston Dynamo season, Television
The remaining 12 games of the regular-season will be carried by MLS' national TV partners, including 8 on the Univision family of networks, which shows the Dynamo's appeal to a national Hispanic audience due to its Honduran trio (Boniek, Garrido and López) and the addition of Mexican international Erick Torres.


2015 Houston Texans season
The 2015 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League and the second under head coach Bill O'Brien.


2015 Houston Texans season
Houston started the season 2-5, making fans think they were going towards another losing season. This included blowout losses to the Atlanta Falcons (21–48) and against the Miami Dolphins (26–44). However, the Texans rolled the rest  of the season, going 7-2 afterwards. The 2015 season marked the first time the Texans beat the Colts in Indianapolis, helped in part by third–string quarterback Brandon Weeden. The Texans matched their win total from the 2014 season, finishing 9–7, and gained their first division title and postseason trip since 2012, but were shutout, 30–0, at home by the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round.


2015 Houston Texans season
The 2015 Houston Texans were featured on the HBO documentary series Hard Knocks.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In the 2015 season opener, the Houston Texans took on the Kansas City Chiefs with Brian Hoyer in his first regular season start as the Texans' quarterback. Hoyer's first pass was intercepted which eventually led to a Kansas City touchdown. The Chiefs managed to score another 7 points off of turnovers to take a 14–0 lead with 4:28 left in the first. Houston finally managed to get on the board late in the 1st quarter following a 4-yard pass to DeAndre Hopkins from Hoyer.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
With Randy Bullock missing the extra point the Texans trailed 14–6 with 0:46 left in the 1st. Following another dismal quarter for the Texans, Kansas City led 27–9 at halftime. Houston managed to shut out the Chiefs for the entire second half and with almost 6 minutes left in the game brought Ryan Mallett in as quarterback, who led the team on two scoring drives. Nonetheless the Texans couldn't manage a comeback and fell to the Chiefs 27–20.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
This is the first time since 2009 where the Texans lost their season opener. Houston kicker Randy Bullock became the first player to miss a point-after attempt following a rule change for the 2015 season, which requires the ball to be snapped from the 15-yard line.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
Ryan Mallett was given the starting quarterback position against the Panthers. The Texans' only lead of the game came in the first quarter following a 43-yard field goal from Randy Bullock. Following 10 unanswered points from Carolina in the 2nd quarter, Houston trailed 3-10 going into halftime. Early in the third quarter Houston tied the game at 10 a piece. A Carolina touchdown late in the 3rd quarter and another early in the 4th sealed a Panthers victory as the Texans couldn't manage a comeback. With the loss Houston dropped to 0–2, their worst start since the 2008 season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Texans hosted the 1-1 Buccaneers at home, looking for their first win of the 2015 season. Both Houston and Tampa Bay punted the ball on their first possession, before Houston scored first with Ryan Mallett connecting with DeAndre Hopkins for a 5-yard touchdown pass. With Randy Bullock's extra point good, the Texans took a 7–0 lead with 4:58 left in the first quarter. Tampa Bay managed to get on the board with their first possession of the 2nd quarter, with Kyle Brindza making a 58 yard long field goal to trail 3–7.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Both teams punted on their next possession, with the Texans committing the first turnover of the day with a Ryan Mallett pass being intercepted by Kwon Alexander. The Buccaneers capitalized on the turnover in just 50 seconds, with Jameis Winston throwing a 32-yard pass to Charles Sims. With Brindza missing the extra point, Tampa Bay led Houston 9–7 with 3:51 left in the half. Receiving the ball back, Bullock missed a 43-yard field goal.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay received the ball to start the 2nd half, however Winston threw an interception that was caught by Quintin Demps. The Texans settled for 3 points off the turnover with Bullock making a 34-yard field goal. The kicking problems continued for the Buccaneers after Brindza missed a 41-yard field goal with 7:21 left in the 3rd, then again from 33 yards with 10:56 left to play. Following another missed field goal for Tampa Bay, Houston went 77 yards in just 5 plays to score a touchdown with an Alfred Blue 20 yard rush.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With Bullock missing his 2nd extra point attempt of the season, the Texans extended their lead to 16–9 with 9:19 left to play. The Texans extended their lead with a 19-yard field goal from Bullock to lead 19–9 with 1:15 left to play. With Brindza missing his 3rd field goal of the day (this time from 57 yards), the Texans held on to secure their first win of the season. The Buccaneers were completely shut out during the second half while the Texans scored 12 unanswered points.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Atlanta Falcons
Ryan Mallett was named the starting quarterback for the 3rd straight game of the 2015 season for Houston. After a dismal 1st half, the Falcons led the Texans 28–0. In the fourth quarter with the Texans trailing 42–0, Mallett was pulled in favor of Brian Hoyer. Hoyer immediately performed better, passing for 2 touchdowns. However, to add insult to injury on what was already a bad day, with 1 second left to play on 4th and goal, Houston fumbled the ball with Nathan Stupar recovering it for an 84-yard touchdown. Taking the knee on a two-point conversion, the Falcons finished with a 48–21 victory.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Despite a dismal performance four days earlier, Ryan Mallett was named the starter for the Texans. On the other side, Andrew Luck was inactive for the second week in a row, nursing a shoulder injury. Despite suffering from a viral infection, Matt Hasselbeck was named the starting quarterback for the Colts.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Off to a promising start, Houston turned over the ball inside the red zone after a Mallett pass to Arian Foster was tipped and caught by Mike Adams. Indianapolis capitalized on the turnover with a 48-yard field goal from Adam Vinatieri to take a 3–0 lead with 6:32 left in the 1st. The Colts further extended their lead with a 4-yard pass from Hasselbeck to former Texan Andre Johnson to lead 10–0 with 1:27 left in the first. Ending the 1st quarter, Houston trailed 0–10 with the ball on their own 34.