2017 Finnish government crisis
The 2017 Finnish government crisis followed the Finns Party leadership election held on 10 June 2017. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Centre Party) and Minister of Finance Petteri Orpo (National Coalition Party) announced on 12 June that they would no longer cooperate in a coalition government with the Finns Party after Jussi Halla-aho was elected party chairman. The crisis resolved on 13 June when twenty MPs defected from the Finns Party's parliamentary group, forming what would eventually become the Blue Reform party. Sipilä's government retained a majority in Finland's parliament as the Blue Reform continued as a member of the coalition.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Background
Prior to the crisis, the Finns Party had 37 MPs in the Finnish parliament and was represented in the Sipilä Cabinet by five ministers. Timo Soini, the long-time chair of the party and Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced in March 2017 that he would step down at the upcoming party conference in Jyväskylä, scheduled for June. Sampo Terho, the Minister for European Affairs and Culture, and Jussi Halla-aho, a Member of the European Parliament, emerged as the strongest candidates to succeed Soini. The party establishment was believed to support Terho against Halla-aho, a hardline critic of immigration and multiculturalism.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Background
In the leadership election on 10 June, Halla-aho won majority of the party members' votes in the first round and was thus elected chair of the Finns Party. On the same day, Laura Huhtasaari, Teuvo Hakkarainen and Juho Eerola, all aligned with Halla-aho, were elected vice chairs of the party. Upon his election, Halla-aho pledged to take the party in a more nationalistic and Eurosceptic direction. The result was described a "revolution" by Helsingin Sanomat and Prime Minister Juha Sipilä stated that the Finns Party was not the same party as before.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Events
In the morning of 12 June, Sipilä and Minister of Finance Petteri Orpo, the leaders of the Centre Party and National Coalition Party respectively, negotiated on the continuation of the coalition government with Halla-aho at Kesäranta. Soon after, Sipilä and Orpo both tweeted that they would not cooperate with Halla-aho's party. Ending the coalition with the Finns Party was accepted by the parliamentary groups of the Centre Party and the NCP.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Events
It was expected that Sipilä would soon formally ask President Sauli Niinistö to remove his cabinet from office. Opposition leaders Ville Niinistö and Li Andersson demanded a snap election to be held, but the Centre Party and the NCP were expected to form a new government with the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats without a new election. This government coalition would have had 101 MPs, the narrowest possible parliamentary majority.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Events
However, on 13 June, twenty MPs left the Finns Party parliamentary group and formed a new group called the New Alternative. Its members included Soini, Terho and all other cabinet ministers that had formerly represented the Finns Party. The New Alternative was willing to continue as a member of the government coalition, which was approved by Sipilä and Orpo and their parliamentary groups. The new government coalition had 106 MPs. The crisis did not cause changes to the composition of Sipilä's cabinet. On 19 June, Terho announced that a new party would be formed based on the New Alternative parliamentary group under the name Blue Reform.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Views on the crisis
According to Halla-aho, Sipilä expelled the Finns Party from the government because he could not accept Halla-aho's demand to follow the immigration policy agreed in the government programme. Sipilä and Orpo said that they and Halla-aho did not share the same values and also found it problematic that Halla-aho was going to lead his party from Brussels instead of becoming a cabinet minister in Helsinki.


2017 Finnish government crisis, Views on the crisis
Blue Reform members explained their departure from the Finns Party by alleging that Halla-aho's supporters had hijacked the party. Soini blamed the far-right nationalist group Suomen Sisu for the schism within the party. Tiina Elovaara, one of the defecting MPs, reported witnessing Halla-aho's supporters making Nazi salutes during the party conference in Jyväskylä, later specifying she was referring to a specific photograph taken at the conference. However, the accusation was later debunked as the picture was taken on the day following the election and actually depicted participants engaging in show-of-hands voting. Halla-aho pointed out that he had been democratically elected chair by Finns Party members.


2017 Finnish municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April. The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected. Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.


2017 Finnish municipal elections, Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.


2017 Finns Party leadership election
The 2017 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 10, 2017, to elect the new chair of the Finns Party. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.


2017 Finns Party leadership election
The incumbent party chair Timo Soini, who had led the party since 1997, did not run for the leadership this time. MEPJussi Halla-aho and Sampo Terho, Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport, were considered the strongest candidates to succeed him. Leena Meri and Veera Ruoho, two Members of the Finnish Parliament, and Riku Nevanpää, a local politician, also ran for party chair. Raimo Rautiola, another local politician, initially stood for election but pulled out of the race on 5 June.


2017 Finns Party leadership election
The election was won by Halla-aho who received 949 votes in the first round, 56% of the total vote. Terho received 629 votes. In addition, Laura Huhtasaari was chosen as the first deputy leader, while Teuvo Hakkarainen and Juho Eerola won the races for second and third deputy leaders of the party, respectively. The incumbent party secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo maintained her position after a vote.


2017 Finns Party leadership election
These selections were characterised by newspaper Helsingin Sanomat as a takeover by the anti-immigration wing of the Finns party, from the allegedly more moderate followers of the former leader Soini. Halla-aho's rise to power was described as a "unique event in Finnish political history" by the Prime Minister and Centre leader Juha Sipilä. According to Bloomberg News, the results of the leadership election put the future of the ruling coalition in jeopardy. On 12 June, both Sipilä and NCP leader Petteri Orpo tweeted that in their view, they could not carry on co-operating with Halla-aho-led Finns Party.


2017 Finns Party leadership election
On 13 June, twenty Members of Parliament left the Finns Party parliamentary group and formed a new group of their own, called New Alternative (which later became a party called Blue Reform). Included in this group of defectors were former leader and current Foreign Minister Soini, as well as all the other Finns Party Ministers (Terho, Jari Lindström, Jussi Niinistö, Pirkko Mattila) and Speaker of Parliament Maria Lohela.


2017 Finsbury Park attack
The 2017 Finsbury Park attack was a terror-attack in Finsbury Park, London, England, on 19 June 2017. A van was driven into pedestrians in Finsbury Park, London, by Darren Osborne, causing one death and injuring at least nine people. This occurred near the Muslim Welfare House, 100 yards (90 m) from Finsbury Park Mosque. A man who had earlier collapsed and was receiving first aid died at the scene. The incident was investigated by counter-terrorism police as a terrorist attack. On 23 June, Darren Osborne of Cardiff was charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder. In early February 2018 at Woolwich Crown Court, he was found guilty on both counts and was sentenced to life imprisonment.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Background
Three attacks—described by Prime Minister Theresa May as "...bound together by the single, evil ideology of Islamist extremism"—had occurred in the UK since March 2017: at Westminster on 22 March, in Manchester on 22 May, and at London Bridge on 3 June. Following these, there were increased reports of revenge attacks against Muslims, and mosques had been targeted as a response to recent Islamist attacks.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Background
The Finsbury Park Mosque has previously attracted negative media attention. The radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was convicted for terrorism-related charges in both the UK and the United States, served as its imam from 1997 to 2003. The mosque was shut down in 2003. In 2005, it re-opened under a new management team. Since then, it has actively promoted better interfaith community relations.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Background
In December 2015, a man holding a can of petrol attempted to ignite it and throw it into the building.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Events
On 19 June 2017, at approximately 00:15 BST (UTC+1), a hired van rammed several pedestrians at the junction of Whadcoat Street and Seven Sisters Road, 100 yards (90 m) from Finsbury Park Mosque in London.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Events
A group of Muslims had earlier performed tarawih, night time prayers held in the month of Ramadan, when they came across a collapsed man at a bus stop. While rendering first aid they were rammed, and ten were injured. The collapsed man, Makram Ali, died at the scene, and post-mortem findings indicated that he died of multiple injuries.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Events
Witnesses said the driver was beaten until the imam of the mosque, Mohammed Mahmoud, calmed down the crowd, prevented them from assaulting the perpetrator, and appealed for the driver to be handed over to police. Those beating him were held back by the imam and few other men, and the attacker was pinned down at the scene until police arrived. Witnesses quoted the driver as saying "I want to kill all Muslims", "this is for London Bridge", "I did my bit", "you deserve it" and "kill me". The imam was described by the mosque's chief executive as "the hero of the day", and praised by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Events
Officers were called at 00:20 BST, the Metropolitan Police said, describing it as a major incident. London Ambulance Service said eight people were taken to local hospitals and two others were treated at the scene. The suspect was taken into custody shortly after the incident.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
Flowers and messages were left close to the scene of the attack and a candlelight vigil was held at 8 pm on 19 June. Flags were flown at half mast in Jersey on 19 June as a mark of respect for people caught up in the Finsbury Park attack. The Penshaw Monument and the Magistrates' Court building in Keel Square in Sunderland was lit up in red, white and blue as a mark of respect following the incident, the Union Flag was also flying at half mast at Sunderland Civic Centre and Burnley Town Hall.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
Mohammed Kozbar, the Chairman of the Finsbury Park Mosque, expressed condolences and condemnation of the attack via Twitter. The attack was condemned by Christian, Sikh, and Jewish leaders. Representatives of the Muslim Council of Britain and the Ramadhan Foundation, as well as several local Labour politicians claimed the incident represented rising Islamophobia in the United Kingdom.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
The incident was described by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, as a terrorist attack. During a visit to the Finsbury Park mosque, Prime Minister Theresa May praised London's multicultural community and promised more security for places of worship and an increase in the efforts against extremism, including Islamophobia. Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, whose constituency includes Finsbury Park, said he was shocked and that his thoughts were with those and the community affected by the event. May and Corbyn both visited the Finsbury Park mosque and community leaders on 19 June.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
Prince Charles visited Finsbury Park Mosque on 21 June, where he met community leaders and conveyed a message from Queen Elizabeth II. He relayed that she was shocked by the attack, especially considering that the victims had been attending Ramadan prayers.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
The reactions to the attack also included responses by political and religious leaders, media and the general public from other nations, as well as international organisations.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
Following the attack, Mohammed Kozbar, chairman of the Finsbury Park mosque, said that the mosque had received multiple death threats.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Reactions
Detective Superintendent Mark Gower and Claire Summers received OBEs for their services to the police response to and investigation of terrorist incidents including the Finsbury Park attack as part of the 2019 New Year Honours.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Investigation
The Metropolitan Police said a 47-year-old male, believed to be the van driver, was detained by members of the public and arrested in connection to the incident. Witnesses reported seeing three people leave the van involved in the incident, but police later announced that they had only one suspect. Osborne later claimed that an accomplice had been "getting the drinks in" at the time. The incident was investigated by counter-terrorism police.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Investigation
A police spokesperson said the driver would be subject to a mental health evaluation. The van involved in the incident was reported to have been hired in Pontyclun, Wales. Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said South Wales Police worked with officers from London on the investigation.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Investigation
Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement that police had declared the attack a terrorist incident within eight minutes. Cressida Dick, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, confirmed that the attack was being treated as terrorism. The suspect was initially charged with attempted murder, but was later charged for "the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism" including murder and attempted murder.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Darren Osborne of Cardiff, Wales, perpetrated the attack. Osborne, a father of four, was 47 at the time of the attack. He grew up in Weston-super-Mare. UK Security Minister Ben Wallace said he was not known to the security services prior to the attack. Osborne's neighbours in Pentwyn, where he had lived for several years, described him as aggressive and strange, but claimed he was not a racist.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Neighbours described him as a family man, who was heard singing with his children in the kitchen just hours before the attack, while others believed he and his partner had separated, living in a tent in woodland in recent months, and he was often seen shouting at her in the street.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Osborne's sister said he had attempted to commit suicide a few weeks prior to the attack, and that he had asked after the attempt to be committed in a psychiatric hospital, but was declined by authorities. She further said he was taking anti-depressant medication. He had issues with drug and alcohol abuse, and had been unemployed for ten years. He had prior convictions for violence, including a two-year prison term. He was also convicted of burglary, property crimes and possession of drugs.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Sarah Andrews, Osborne's estranged partner, told detectives that he showed no signs of racism or extremism until three weeks before the attack. According to her, he had been angered by Three Girls, a BBC docudrama about the Rochdale child sex abuse ring, and he began to accuse all Muslims of being rapists. He radicalised within a month, influenced by far-right anti-Muslim material he accessed.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Osborne turned against Muslims in the wake of the London Bridge attack on 3 June 2017. He is reported to have hired a van in the vicinity of Cardiff, several days before the attack and slept in it during the night. On the eve of the attack he drove to London, three hours driving distance, prior to carrying out the attack. Witnesses from a Cardiff pub said he had announced the day before the attack his intention to attack the Al-Quds day march which was held earlier on the day of the attack.


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Attacker
Osborne testified in court that he expected Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan to attend the march, and hoped to kill both. The Crown Prosecution Service said the comments on a note left in Osborne's van "displayed Osborne’s resentment towards senior politicians, public figures and Muslims in general".


2017 Finsbury Park attack, Conviction and sentence
On 21 December 2017, Darren Osborne pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism-related murder and attempted murder. The trial was held in January 2018 at Woolwich Crown Court and on 1 February, Osborne was found guilty on both counts. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 43 years with simultaneous terms for murder and attempted murder.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination
The 2017 Fipronil eggs contamination is an incident in Europe and Asia involving the spread of fipronil insecticide which contaminated human consumed chicken eggs and egg products.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Issue
Chicken eggs were found to contain fipronil and distributed to 15 European Union countries, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. Approximately 700,000 eggs are thought to have reached shelves in the UK alone. Fipronil contaminated eggs may have been sold for a long time prior to the discovery of high levels. Fipronil was used in a remedy to destroy the poultry mite.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Initial actions
Authorities in the Netherlands were alerted by an anonymous source in November 2016 that fipronil was being used in poultry farms, but failed to communicate the findings. In July/August 2017 millions of chicken eggs were blocked from sale or withdrawn from the market in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France after elevated levels of fipronil were discovered by the Dutch food and product safety board. About 180 Dutch farms were temporarily shut down. In early August, Aldi reported removing all eggs for sale in their German stores as a precaution.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Investigations
Because the use of fipronil is illegal in the production of food for human consumption in Europe, a criminal investigation has been initiated.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Investigations
Early investigation led to two companies: ChickFriend, a provider of pest control services in the Netherlands, suspected of knowingly using and selling DEGA-16 mixed with fipronil to hundreds of chicken farmers, and Poultry Vision in Belgium, accused of selling DEGA-16 mixed with fipronil to ChickFriend. DEGA-16 is a cleaning and sanitising natural product that is approved to clean chicken stables. The Dutch owners of ChickFriend were arrested during a large scale operation conducted by Dutch law enforcement agencies on the 10th of August. First results of an investigation by Belgian police led to the discovery of 6 cubic metres (210 cu ft) of fipronil that Poultry Vision had imported from a chemical manufacturing company in Romania.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Investigations
The Dutch Safety Board announced on the 8th of August 2017 that an official investigation has been initiated. On the 21st of April 2021 the two main suspects have been sentenced to one year incarceration each.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Investigations
In South Korea, authorities found fipronil-contaminated eggs, which were produced in Namyangju, on August 14, 2017. E-mart, Homeplus, and Lotte Mart stopped selling eggs temporarily on the same day.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, History, Investigations
Scientific tests carried in Germany on imported eggs to Malta found that eight of twenty had traces of fipronil, and the Maltese were informed to take measures in limiting the consumption to not more than two eggs per day.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, Reported fipronil concentrations
The Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) of fipronil in eggs is set at the detection limit of 0.005 mg/kg within the European Union, as is outlined in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005. Fipronil is classed as a WHO Class II moderately hazardous pesticide, and has a rat acute oral LD50 of 97 mg/kg.


2017 Fipronil eggs contamination, Reported fipronil concentrations
The Dutch food and product safety board (NVWA) reported that the test results of one batch of eggs originating from one poultry farm in the Netherlands exceeded the threshold of 0.72 mg/kg. Eggs containing fipronil values above this threshold could have possible negative health effects.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400
The 2017 FireKeepers Casino 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 18, 2017 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the two-mile (3.2 km) D-shaped oval, it will be the 15th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Report, Background
The race will be held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 35.857 seconds and a speed of 200.798 mph (323.153 km/h).


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Qualifying
Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 35.616 and a speed of 202.156 mph (325.339 km/h).


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 36.293 seconds and a speed of 198.385 mph (319.270 km/h).


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 36.474 seconds and a speed of 197.401 mph (317.686 km/h).


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, First stage
Kyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 3:20 p.m. There were reports early on of trash bags circulating in the air, with one landing on the front stretch and bringing out a caution on the seventh lap. Due to the timing of the early caution, NASCAR decided to move the scheduled competition caution back five laps from it would've originally flown on lap 20.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, First stage
Back to green on lap 11, this run was a short 14-lap burst that concluded with the competition caution on lap 25.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, First stage
Four laps after the lap 30 restart, Martin Truex Jr. passed Larson going into Turn 3 to take the lead and drove on to win the stage on lap 60. Caution flew moments later for the conclusion of the stage. Larson returned to the lead under the caution when he exited pit road first. During this run, Erik Jones was running in the top-10 when he made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel on lap 41.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Second stage
After going back to green on lap 68, the race settled into a green flag run that lasted the entire length of the stage that was only broken up by green flag stops starting on lap 107. Larson pitted from the lead the following lap, followed by Kyle Busch three laps later, giving the lead to Brad Keselowski. He pitted on lap 113 and the lead cycled back to Larson.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Second stage
As was the case in the first stage, Truex passed Larson exiting Turn 4 to retake the lead on lap 116, drove on to win the second stage on lap 120 and caution flew for the end of the stage. Unlike the first stage, Truex beat Larson off pit road to maintain the lead.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Final stage
The race settled into another green flag run after the restart on lap 128, which was disrupted by Ryan Sieg spinning out, in front of race leader Truex, in Turn 4 with 50 laps to go, bringing out the fifth caution. Busch exited pit road with the race lead. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. restarted from the tail-end of the field for speeding on pit road.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Final stage
Back to green with 46 to go, everyone was on the razor's edge of making it to the end on fuel (with a fuel run at Michigan falling roughly between 40 and 45 laps). That dilemma went out the window, however, when debris in Turn 2 brought out the sixth caution with 21 to go. Tony Stewart, co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing, tweeted after the race it was "a shame that so many drivers and teams day was ruined by the results of another 'debris' caution towards the end of the race today."


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Final stage
Busch failed to fend off Larson on the restart with 15 to go and lost the lead to him going into Turn 1. Caution flew the following lap when Clint Bowyer tagged the wall in Turn 2. After the race, Bowyer said he was "sitting there seventh with 20 laps to go reeling them in thinking this was our day, and then a debris caution forces a restart (referencing the proceeding debris caution)." He added that restarts are realistically "the only times you can pass, so everyone was racing hard, and I got into the wall. It killed our day.”


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Final stage
On the following restart with 10 to go, a domino-effect stack-up rounding Turns 1 and 2 resulted in Danica Patrick being hit exiting Turn 2, sliding down the apron and slamming the inside wall on the backstretch, therefore bringing out the eighth and final caution.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Race, Final stage
Restarting with five to go, Denny Hamlin, who restarted aside Larson, lost the spot to Chase Elliott and third to Joey Logano. Larson held off Elliott in the closing laps to score the victory.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Media, Television
Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on FS1 for the third consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Michigan winner, Jeff Gordon and two-time winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little,  Chris Neville and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Media, Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and five-time Michigan winner Rusty Wallace announced the race in the booth while the field is racing on the front stretch.


2017 FireKeepers Casino 400, Media, Radio
Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside of turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
The 2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2017 IndyCar Series. The race was held on March 12, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the city's temporary street circuit. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais, coming from last place on the grid.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Background
Prior to the 2017 running of the event, many of the streets used for the circuit were repaved. However, a series of bumps caused by the repaving in the turn 3 area caused several cars in support races to lose control. As a result, the turn was reconfigured, with the outside wall moved back 40 feet and curbing added to the inside of the corner, making the turn sharper and slower.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying for the event took place on Saturday, March 11. Will Power grabbed pole position, marking the seventh time that the Australian had qualified first at St. Petersburg. His time of 1:01.0640 (at an average of 106.12 mph (170.12 km/h)) stood nearly two-tenths faster than second place qualifier Scott Dixon's and confirming St. Petersburg's status as the slowest track on the calendar. Rounding out the top six were James Hinchcliffe, Josef Newgarden, Takuma Sato, and Tony Kanaan. Defending champion Simon Pagenaud struggled during qualifications, relegating him to a 14th place start.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Qualifying
Sébastien Bourdais brought out the lone red flag of qualifying after crashing into the outside barriers in turn 13 during his out lap. Under new IndyCar regulations, Bourdais was parked for the remainer of the session for bringing out the red flag. Having not completed a lap, Bourdais was relegated to starting 21st and last.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
The race was held on Sunday, March 12. The beginning of the race saw Will Power protect his first place start, while James Hinchcliffe managed to pass Scott Dixon for second place. While the entire field made it through the first turn cleanly, the second and third turns caused issues. Coming through turn 2, Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball made contact, sending Rahal into a spin and sending Kimball toward the outside wall in turn 3, where he collected Carlos Muñoz. Hélio Castroneves, Ed Jones, and Mikhail Aleshin also suffered damage in the incident. The incident brought out the first full-course caution of the event.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
On the restart on lap 5, Hinchcliffe immediately moved into the lead with a move around the outside of turn 1 and began to pull away, extending his lead to over four seconds by lap 12. On lap 14, Power suddenly dived into the pits with a puncture, sending him to the back of the field. Leaving the pits, Power ran over an air hose, which incurred a drive-through penalty and put him even further behind the leader. Scott Dixon moved into second place after Power's emergency pit stop.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
On lap 20, the first round of green flag pit stops began, with several drivers further down the order, including Sébastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud, being some of the first in. However, the race's second full-course caution came out in the middle of this pit sequence on lap 26, when Tony Kanaan and Mikhail Aleshin made contact in turn 4, littering the track with debris. The caution forced the top seven drivers in the race to pit during the caution and lose large amounts of track positions.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
In the pit lane, Spencer Pigot, who had been running fifth prior to the pit stop, suffered a failure and subsequent explosion of the left-rear brake on his car, eventually forcing him out of the race. Following the pit stops for the leaders, Pagenaud was the leader of the race, with Bourdais and Marco Andretti in second and third.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
Racing resumed on lap 30 with no major action up front. Further back, Scott Dixon briefly lost acceleration on his car, sending him well down the order. In turn 2, Conor Daly and Ryan Hunter-Reay made contact, but both were able to avoid significant damage. On lap 37, the lead of the race changed hands again when Sébastien Bourdais was able to pass Simon Pagenaud in turn 1. Bourdais quickly began to pull away.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
The second round of green flag pit stops began on lap 50, this time with no interruption from a caution period. After the cycle was complete, Bourdais and Pagenaud remained first and second, while Will Power moved up to third, though Power's early pit stops meant that he was off-sequence from the rest of the leaders. Up front, Bourdais began to expand his lead even farther than on the previous stint, as his team had no concerns about saving fuel that others had. Farther back in the field, Scott Dixon had begun to move back up through the field after his earlier woes, slotting into seventh place by lap 75.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
The final round of green flag pit stops began on lap 77, when the off-sequence Power brought his car in. Alexander Rossi also pitted due to a leak in one of his tires. Once again, Bourdais emerged in front of Pagenaud and Power as the race leader. During this sequence, Takuma Sato suffered from a delayed pit stop after a wheel-gun jammed, causing the Japanese driver to lose a few positions. Dixon continued his climb back through the field, emerging from the sequence with fourth place.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
Shortly after the end of the pit-stops, Power slowed severely on track with an issue with the fuel-feed. Despite efforts to get the issue fixed without bringing the car into the pits, Power was black flagged for running too slowly and eventually retired from the race due to a mechanical issue.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
Up front, the last laps proved no issue for Bourdais, who had, by the end of the race, pulled out over 10 seconds on second place Pagenaud. Third place went to Dixon, who was able to recover from his early race issues, but was also puzzled by the caution that came out after Kanaan and Aleshin made contact. Rounding out the top five were Andretti Autosport teammates Hunter-Reay and Sato, both of whom had dealt with crashes during the practices leading up to the race.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report, Race
Bourdais' victory came after starting in last place and in his first race driving for Dale Coyne Racing since 2011. The win marked his 36th in American Open-Wheel Racing, breaking a tie between himself and Bobby Unser for sixth on the all-time wins list. For Bourdais, it was his first win since Detroit during the previous season. For Dale Coyne Racing, the win was the team's first since 2014, when Carlos Huertas took victory at the Houston street circuit.


2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Results, Race
Notes: 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.


2017 First Data 500
The 2017 First Data 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 29, 2017, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 505 laps -- extended from 500 laps due to an overtime finish, on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track (extended from 500 laps), it was the 33rd race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, seventh race of the Playoffs, and first race of the Round of 8.


2017 First Data 500, Report, Background
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.


2017 First Data 500, Practice, First practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.846 seconds and a speed of 95.415 mph (153.556 km/h).


2017 First Data 500, Practice, Final practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 20.056 seconds and a speed of 94.416 mph (151.948 km/h).


2017 First Data 500, Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.622 and a speed of 96.504 mph (155.308 km/h).


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 1, Start
Joey Logano led the field to the green flag at 3:16 p.m, Ty Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wrecked in turn two on lap 37 to produce the first caution of the afternoon. NASCAR had planned to have a competition caution at lap 45 but chose to use the first true caution for the competition period.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 1, Start
The race restarted on lap 45 and it remained green for 18 laps, The second caution of the race flew on lap 63 when David Ragan spun out in turn 4, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the free pass under caution.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 1, Start
The race restarted on lap 69 and it remained green for 19 laps,  Contact between Danica Patrick and A. J. Allmendinger sent his car sliding on lap 87, bringing out the race’s third caution.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 1, Start
Brad Keselowski, targeting Sunday’s race as a must-win, outran Kyle Busch by 1.1 seconds to win the race’s first stage on lap 130, Completing the top 10 were Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Kasey Kahne, Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 132 to complete stage one.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 2
The race restarted on lap 140 and it remained green for 122 laps.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Stage 2
The race’s second stage ended with a tense battle for the lead between Brad Keselowski and arch-rival Kyle Busch. They bumped fenders with three laps remaining in the stage, Keselowski eventually winning the race to the finish line by 1.1 seconds. Following in the top 10 were Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer and Jimmie Johnson, The fifth caution of the race flew to complete stage two.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 272 and it remained green for 32 laps, The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 304 when Kyle Larson, who fell out of the playoffs last week at Kansas Speedway, lost control of his car and crashed into the inside wall on the backstretch,  Larson finished 37th, his second consecutive finish of 35th or worse.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 314 and the seventh caution of the race flew three laps later when Erik Jones spun out in turn 4, Ryan Newman won the free pass under caution.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 322 and it remained green for 40 laps, The eighth caution of the race flew on lap 362 when Landon Cassill spun out in turn 4, There was no free pass under this caution.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 368 and it remained green for 91 laps, The ninth caution of the race flew on lap 459 for a single-car wreck in turn 2, A Carl Long crash brought the leaders to the pits for key stops. Chase Elliott’s crew returned his car to the track first. He was leading when Long’s wreck occurred. Elliott was followed out of the pits by Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 465 and it remained green for 28 laps, The tenth caution of the race flew on lap 493 when Joey Logano spun out in turn 2, Chris Buescher won the free pass under caution.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 497 and the eleventh caution of the race flew on the final lap when race leader Brad Keselowski chose the outside line with Elliott running on the inside. Elliott ran Keselowski's car up the race track to take the lead until Hamlin raced to his back bumper, made contact and spun Elliott into the wall and crashed, sending the race into overtime.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Overtime
The race restarted with two laps to go, Kyle Busch overtook Denny Hamlin to win the Round of 8 opener at the 70-year-old, half-mile track in southwest Virginia.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Overtime
Busch guaranteed himself a spot in the final four at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the victory and a chance to win his second championship. Busch won his first title in 2015.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Overtime
Points leader Martin Truex Jr. finished second, followed by Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick. The race ended under caution as a massive wreck broke out before Busch crossed the start-finish line that especially involving Harvick, Trevor Bayne, Hamlin, Blaney, Kenseth, Johnson,Suarez, Kahne, Ty Dillon, Paul Menard, Buescher, Kurt Busch, Danica Patrick, Cassill, and Cole Whitt. Denny Hamlin finished seventh.


2017 First Data 500, Race, Overtime, Post race
'There's a lot more tension on everyone else than there is us," a clearly pleased Busch said in victory lane. "Great win here today at Martinsville. We put ourselves in the right spot in the end, and there was just chaos unfolding and we took advantage. Just looking forward to going to Homestead. We can go out and race for wins and let everybody else have to worry."


2017 First Data 500, Media, Television
NBC Sports 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, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 First Data 500, Media, Radio
MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Fitzgibbon Cup
The 2017 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 101st staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by NUI Galway on 24 and 25 February 2017. Mary I retained the title after a 3-24 to 1-19 win against IT Carlow in the final.


2017 Fitzgibbon Cup, Format
Sixteen institutes of higher education compete in groups of four. Each team in a group plays all the other teams in the group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.


2017 Fitzgibbon Cup, Format
The four group winners play the four group runners-up in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final are played over a single weekend, usually the last Friday and Saturday in February.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election
The 2017 Five Star Movement leadership election was an Italian online primary election held on 21 September 2017 that determined the candidate to the premiership, for the general election in the following year.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election
After the election, the 31 years old Luigi Di Maio was elected candidate to the premiership and Political Head of the movement.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election, Background
The party's leader Beppe Grillo, would campaign in the 2018 election, but he would not be the candidate for the position of Prime Minister, even if many critics accused him of being, in case of an electoral win, the de facto head of the government. The Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Luigi Di Maio, was widely considered as the "front runner" and the most likely candidate for the premiership of Italy.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election, Background
Luigi Di Maio had been often labeled as the most pragmatic and "institutional", but also the less populist, Five Star politician; he is the son of a member of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement and he is considered the leader of the moderate and "governmental" faction of the movement.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election, Background
No other leading members of the M5S, such as Alessandro Di Battista (a populist politician, personal friend of Di Maio) or Roberto Fico (leader of the M5S left-wing faction and rival of Di Maio and Di Battista), will run for the office.


2017 Five Star Movement leadership election, Background
Di Maio's opponents were the Senator Elena Fattori (Vice President of the 9th Permanent Senate Committee) and six other city councilors. Many of them were almost unknown and this caused a lot of criticism, both from the Democratic Party, Lega Nord and Forza Italia, which considered this ballot a false primary election, with the only aim of appointing Di Maio as M5S candidate without any real challenger.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election
The 2017 mayoral recall election in Flint, Michigan was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in incumbent mayor Karen Weaver being re-elected.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election, Background
Karen Weaver, the first woman to serve as mayor of Flint, Michigan, took office in 2015 during the Flint water crisis, which remained a central issue in 2017.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election, Background
In August 2017 petitioners gathered sufficient signatures for a recall election. The recall election was a single election, rather than a two-stage process in which an initial decision on whether to recall Weaver would be followed by another election for a new mayor if necessary.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election, Background
The recall election followed a controversy relating to Weaver's support for a waste collection contract with Rizzo Environmental Services, a company involved in a corruption scandal that led to criminal charges against 17 people. The election also occurred amidst disagreement between Weaver and the City Council over the city's water provision.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election, Campaign
Weaver argued that the recall was motivated by racism and sexism. Her opponents criticized her for failing to work with the City Council and eroding public faith in government.


2017 Flint mayoral recall election, Campaign
In August 2017, Weaver filed a complaint that sought to cancel the recall election, alleging illegal behavior by those circulating the recall petition. The civil suit was dismissed later that month.


2017 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The 2017 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by third-year head coach Alex Wood. They played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.


2017 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
On November 20, head coach Alex Wood resigned. He finished at Florida A&M with a three-year record of 8–25.


2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
The 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Lane Kiffin. They finished the season 11–3, 8–0 in C-USA play to win the East Division title and represented the East Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they defeated North Texas to be crowned C-USA champions. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl, where they defeated Akron.


2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2016 season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for last place in the East Division.


2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Previous season
On November 27, head coach Charlie Partridge was fired. He finished at FAU with a three-year record of 9–27. On December 13, the school hired Lane Kiffin as head coach.


2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Schedule and results
Florida Atlantic announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Bethune–Cookman from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Navy from the American Athletic Conference and traveled to Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference and Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference.


2017 Florida Cup
The 2017 Florida Cup was the third edition of Florida Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. The event was played under two different formats, one with points awarded to the participating clubs' countries and the other a single-match knockout tournament.


2017 Florida Cup, Challenge, Format
The "Challenge" will be played in a format similar to the Davis Cup, in tennis. Each team will play two matches and score points for their country. A victory yields three points, a tie one point, and an extra point is awarded for the winner in penalty shootouts. The country with the most points wins the competition. The first tiebreaking criteria will be goal difference, followed by goals scored.


2017 Florida Gators baseball team
The 2017 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2017 college baseball season. The Gators competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his tenth season as Florida head coach.


2017 Florida Gators baseball team
The Gators entered the season hoping to build upon their performance in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, where they finished seventh at the 2016 College World Series after losses to eventual national champion Coastal Carolina and Texas Tech. In the 2017 season, the Gators won their first baseball national championship by defeating LSU two games to none in the championship series.


2017 Florida Gators baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2017 Florida Gators football team
The 2017 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. Florida played as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by third-year head coach Jim McElwain until his dismissal on October 28, after which defensive coordinator Randy Shannon served as the interim head coach until the end of the season.


2017 Florida Gators football team
Florida finished with a 4–7 record overall and were 3–5 in SEC play, good for fifth place in the Eastern Division. It was the program's second losing season since 1979.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
The 2016 season opener was highlighted by the rededication of Florida Field to honor Steve Spurrier, the all-time winningest head coach in Florida history, as the field was rebranded as Steve Spurrier-Florida Field. Florida yielded only 14 points over the first three games of the 2016 season, including a 38-point domination of SEC East rival Kentucky, and a shutout victory over the North Texas Mean Green. In the latter game, Gators starting quarterback Luke Del Rio exited the game with a knee injury and would not return.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
Austin Appleby was called to lead the offense for the next two games at Tennessee and Vanderbilt respectively. Tennessee, seeking revenge for the previous year's comeback by the Gators at The Swamp, quickly fell behind as the Gators entered halftime with a commanding 21–3 lead. However, the Gators experienced a colossal collapse in the second half as Tennessee stormed back with 35 unanswered points before Florida could score a touchdown late in the game, and the Gators left Knoxville with a stunning 28–38 loss on their record, the first of the season.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
At Vanderbilt, the Gators struggled to a 13–6 victory over the Commodores. The Gators' next game was to be against the LSU in Gainesville. However, it became apparent that week as the date of the game approached that Hurricane Matthew would likely devastate Florida's Atlantic coast. Because only a small deviation in the storm's destructive projected path would have brought severe weather to the immediate Gainesville area, the Saturday game was indefinitely postponed on Thursday. In the week that followed, heated negotiations between athletic directors Jeremy Foley of Florida and Joe Alleva of LSU.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
LSU refused to concede a home game in order to make up the game, so Florida agreed to travel to LSU on November 19. In exchange, LSU agreed to play the Florida game in Gainesville for the next two seasons. After an unplanned bye week, Florida cruised to a 40–14 victory over Missouri, a game in which Luke Del Rio made his return, as the Gators led into the originally scheduled bye week before the annual rivalry game against Georgia in Jacksonville.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
Florida led 14–10 after a back-and-forth first half before shutting out the Bulldogs 10–0 in the second half to earn their third consecutive victory over their rivals with a 24–10 win, earning a 6–1 record on the season. With Tennessee losing their third consecutive conference game the same day, Florida moved into November with a 2-game advantage over the Volunteers. However, the Gators would pick up their second conference loss the following week after a 31–10 blowout by the unranked Arkansas Razorbacks.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
Florida returned home for senior day against South Carolina the next week, defeating the Gamecocks 20–7 in Will Muschamp's first time back to The Swamp since his firing after the 2014 season. The Gators were now poised to secure the Eastern Division championship in the conference finale, the makeup game at LSU. The defense capitalized on numerous LSU turnovers while the offense put on a solid performance which included a 98-yard touchdown pass to put the Gators up 10–7 entering the fourth quarter.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Previous season
The game eventually came down to a fourth-and-goal play for LSU with three seconds remaining in the game, a play which was stuffed by the Gators defense, preserving an emotional 16–10 win in Death Valley to guarantee a berth in the 2016 SEC Championship Game against undefeated Alabama. Florida lost for the fourth straight year to rival Florida State 13–31 to close out the regular season, and was trounced 54–16 by Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. Florida accepted a berth in the 2017 Outback Bowl against Iowa, which the Gators easily won 30–3 to end the season at 9–4, earning Jim McElwain his only bowl victory at Florida.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Spring Game
The spring game, dubbed the Orange and Blue Debut, took place on April 7, in Gainesville.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Schedule
The Gators' 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home games, 3 away games, and 2 neutral site games in the regular season. The Gators hosted SEC opponents Tennessee, Vanderbilt, LSU, and Texas A&M. They traveled to Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina. They faced Georgia at a neutral site.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Schedule
Florida's non-conference schedule consisted of two home games: UAB and their rival Florida State. A third was scheduled for Sep 9 vs Northern Colorado, but was canceled due to inclement weather caused by Hurricane Irma. The season was opened against Michigan in the Advocare Classic.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
With 0:09 seconds left in the fourth quarter quarterback Feleipe Franks threw a 63 yard hail mary to wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland for the win.


2017 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia
Following the game, it was announced that Florida and Head Coach Jim McElwain would be parting ways and Defensive Coordinator Randy Shannon was to be promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season.


2017 Florida Launch season
The 2017 Florida Launch season is the fourth season for the Florida Launch of Major League Lacrosse. The Launch will try to improve upon their franchise and league-worst 3-11 record in 2016. It will be their first season under head coach Tom Mariano after Stan Ross resigned. Due to a renovation to FAU Stadium, the Launch will play their first two home games of the season at Spec Martin Stadium in Deland in partnership with Stetson University.


2017 Florida Launch season
On July 29, the Launch defeated the Boston Cannons 18-17 to clinch the franchise's first playoff spot and winning record at 8-6. On August 12, Florida's season came to an end in their first ever playoff game, 18-13 to the Ohio Machine.


2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The 2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles play their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 38th season at Florida State.


2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
Florida State finished the 2016 season with a 41–22 record, winning 16 conference games, and finishing as the runner-up in the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the thirty-ninth consecutive year, where they won the Tallahassee Regional but were eliminated by Florida in the Gainesville Super Regional. Prior to the start of the season, Florida State was picked to finish first in the Atlantic Division as well as the ACC, while shortstop Taylor Walls, catcher Cal Raleigh, infielder Dylan Busby and outfielder Jackson Lueck were named preseason All-American players.


2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
Despite failing to finish with a winning record in ACC play for the first time, the Seminoles went on to win the ACC Tournament to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament as the twelfth overall seed. Eventually advancing to the Super Regionals, Florida State went on to become just the 21st team to ever lose their first game and come back to win four straight to take the regional, going on to make their first appearance at the College World Series in five years. Nine players from the team were selected in the MLB Draft, the most for the school since 1995.


2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2017 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, MLB Draft
The following players were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft:


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 2017 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the sport of American football during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Seminoles competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and were led by eighth-year head coach Jimbo Fisher until he left to coach at Texas A&M before the final game of the regular season. They were then coached by interim head coach Odell Haggins. Home games were played at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
In 2016, the Seminoles won 10 games for the fifth straight season and appeared in the Orange Bowl, a fifth consecutive appearance in a major bowl game. Running back Dalvin Cook, defensive end DeMarcus Walker, offensive tackle Roderick Johnson and cornerback Marquez White went on to be selected in the NFL Draft.


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
Prior to the start of the season, Deondre Francois, Jacques Patrick, Cam Akers, Nyqwan Murray, Landon Dickerson, and Cole Minshew were named preseason All-ACC offensive selections while Derwin James, Tarvarus McFadden, Derrick Nnadi, Josh Sweat, Brian Burns, and Matthew Thomas were named preseason All-ACC defensive selections. In the pre-season media poll, Florida State was picked to finish first in the ACC Atlantic and win the conference title and Francois was picked as runner-up for ACC Player of the Year while Alec Eberle, McFadden, and James were named to the pre-season All-ACC team.


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
In the opening game against Alabama, quarterback Deondre Francois suffered a season ending knee injury which resulted in true freshman James Blackman being named the starter for the remainder of the season, leading to the program's worst start since 1976 although the Seminoles went on to become bowl eligible for the 36th consecutive year. Following the game against Florida, Jimbo Fisher resigned as coach; associate coach Odell Haggins was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
On December 21, 2017, an unofficial report was published on Reddit claiming that the Seminoles were not bowl eligible due to an NCAA rule stating that for an FCS opponent to be countable towards bowl eligibility, the FCS program must have awarded 90% of the FCS scholarship limit. Delaware State, an FCS team that lost to FSU earlier in the season, did not meet the 90% threshold set by the NCAA. Without this win, FSU stood at 5–6 on the season.


2017 Florida State Seminoles football team
However, on December 22, 2017, Florida State addressed the issue and stated that Delaware State verified its scholarship situation as eclipsing the 90-percent threshold. This, FSU claims, is due to an alleged established NCAA rule interpretation, allowing academic and other non-athletic scholarships to count towards the required threshold, however they did not reference the interpreted rule. The confirmation officially gave Florida State bowl eligibility, and allowed the team to play in the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.


2017 Florida State Senate 40th district special election
A special election for Florida's 40th Senate district took place on September 26, 2017 to fill a vacancy. Democrat Annette Taddeo defeated Republican Jose Felix Diaz, with approximately 23,000 votes to 21,000.


2017 Florida State Senate 40th district special election
The vacancy had been caused by Republican Senator Frank Artiles's resignation on April 21, 2017 after he unleashed a tirade of racist and sexist remarks to two African-American senators.


2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team
The 2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Steve Englehart. The Panthers played their home games at Florida Tech Panther Stadium, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus, and were members of the Gulf South Conference.


2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team, Schedule
Florida Tech announced its 2017 football schedule on April 11, 2017. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State.


2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team, Schedule
The Panthers will host only one non-conference game against Virginia University of Lynchburg and travel to McNeese State of the Southland Conference and North Greenville whom is independent from a conference.


2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team, Awards and milestones, Gulf South Conference honors
Five players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
The 2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 5, 2017, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway, it was the second race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and the 2,500th race in the history of the Cup Series. The race was won by the #2 Ford Fusion driven by Brad Keselowski for Team Penske.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Report, Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, First practice
Ryan Newman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.509 seconds and a speed of 187.875 mph (302.356 km/h).


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.118 and a speed of 190.398 mph (306.416 km/h). He said in his last qualifying run, he "was able to carry more speed and do some things with the car that I wasn't able to do in the first two runs. At that point I just didn't want to screw it up, because I felt like I'd gotten to the green, which I didn't do in the second round. I got to the green good, I got through (Turns) 1 and 2 good. I just needed to hit the bottom and get that left front on the line so that it would hook and get up off the corner. That was by far the best of the three laps, and we saved it perfectly for the end."


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Qualifying
Derrike Cope, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Michael McDowell, Cody Ware and Cole Whitt failed to post a timed lap because their cars didn't pass pre-qualifying inspection in time. This was a result of new procedures that require cars that fail any station of inspection to return to the garage to make adjustments.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Final practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.487 seconds and a speed of 188.015 mph (302.581 km/h).


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Stage 1
Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag at 2:48 p.m. Joey Logano and Jamie McMurray made contact exiting Turn 2, but both saved themselves from spinning and continued racing. A number of cars started pitting on lap 32. Harvick pitted on lap 38 and Ryan Newman took the lead. He pitted on lap 40 and the lead cycled back to Harvick. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth were given pass through penalty's for speeding on pit road.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Stage 1
Ryan Blaney made an unscheduled stop for a loose right-front wheel on lap 48. Earnhardt made an unscheduled stop on lap 71 for a shredded right-rear tire. Harvick won the first stage and the first caution of the race flew for the completion of the stage.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Stage 2
The race restarted on lap 94. Brad Keselowski made an unscheduled stop for a tire issue on lap 117. Two laps later, teammate Logano pitted. He was cited for speeding and served a pass through penalty. Keselowski un-lapped himself on lap 125 by passing Harvick on the high side in Turn 4. The next lap, another wave of green flag stops commenced. When Harvick pitted on lap 130, the lead cycled to Keselowski. Jimmie Johnson was given a pass through penalty for speeding on pit road.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Stage 2
Harvick powered by Keselowski on the backstretch to retake the lead on lap 143. Denny Hamlin made an unscheduled stop on lap 161 for a vibration. After pitting, he failed to get up to speed and reported that “something is broken.” He took his car to the garage and retired from the race with a track bar issue. Harvick won the second stage and the second caution flew on lap 171 for the end of the stage.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 178. The next round of green flag pit stops started with 118 laps to go. Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. were given pass through penalties for speeding.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
Debris in Turn 4 brought out the third caution with 86 to go.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 80 to go. Gray Gaulding lost an engine in Turn 4, bringing out the fourth caution with 63 to go. Keselowski exited pit road first, but came back down pit road for a loose wheel, related to unsecure lug nuts, and Harvick assumed the lead once more.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 56 to go. Austin Dillon, restarting on the outside line, spun his tires and backed up the cars lined up on the outside. Clint Bowyer tagged the wall in Turn 1 and made contact with Erik Jones. With 47 to go, Bowyer suffered a left-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the fifth caution. Newman, who was running fourth, was sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for a crew member being over the wall too soon when he pitted.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 42 to go. Two laps later, Newman came back down pit road, and subsequently went to the garage, for a battery issue. He returned to the race with 19 to go, but the same issue befell teammate Dillon with 17 to go. He was told not to pit and his car stalled on the apron in Turn 2, bringing out the sixth caution with 16 to go. Harvick exited pit road as the race leader, but was cited for speeding and sent to the tail end of the field on the restart.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
He said after the race that he "just made a mistake that I preach all the time that you don’t need to make – (don’t) beat yourself. Then you go out and make it yourself instead of following all the things you preach. That part is hard for me to swallow.” Kyle Larson inherited the lead.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 11 to go. Keselowski took second from Elliott on the restart and set his sights on Larson. With seven to go, they were side-by-side for the lead, with Keselowski emerging with the lead and scoring the victory.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Keselowski said in victory lane that this victory "kind of fell in our lap at the end, and my team put it all together when it counted. They gave me a great Autotrader Ford Fusion, and we were able to get by Kyle there at the end. I knew that he wasn't going to be easy to pass. His car was great, and I was able to make the right moves to get by him."


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing fourth despite a poor handling car early on, Kasey Kahne said he thought in the first 50 laps '"[ Oh] my god, this feels just like last year.' But then suddenly we figured out how to fix [the handling problems] and that was awesome."


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Race, Post-race, Infractions
Post-race inspection revealed that A. J. Allmendinger's car had three insecure lug nuts. On the Wednesday after the race, he was docked 35 points, fined $65,000 and his crew chief Randall Burnett was suspended three races.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Media, Television
The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was carried by Fox in the United States. Mike Joy, five-time Atlanta winner Jeff Gordon and three-time Atlanta winner Darrell Waltrip worked the race from the booth. Pit road was manned by Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum.


2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Media, Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Doug Turnbull.


2017 Food City 500
The 2017 Food City 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was scheduled for April 23, 2017, but was postponed until April 24, 2017 due to rain at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Food City 500, Report, Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.


2017 Food City 500, First practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.009 seconds and a speed of 127.843 mph (205.743 km/h).


2017 Food City 500, Qualifying
Qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to rain and Kyle Larson, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.


2017 Food City 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 14.890 seconds and a speed of 128.865 mph (207.388 km/h).


2017 Food City 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.925 and a speed of 128.563 mph (206.902 km/h).


2017 Food City 500, Race, First stage
The race was scheduled to be held on Sunday, April 23, but rain delayed it to Monday, April 24.


2017 Food City 500, Race, First stage
Kyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 1:11 p.m. The first caution flew on lap 54 when Kurt Busch bounced off Trevor Bayne exiting Turn 4, slid down the front stretch and hit the inside wall. Chris Buescher slammed into the back of Reed Sorenson while slowing down to avoid Busch. Buescher went on to finish last. This brought out the red flag for five minutes and 10 seconds to facilitate cleanup in Turns 1 and 2.


2017 Food City 500, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 71. It remained green the remainder of the stage, that was won by Larson, and went back under caution on lap 125 for the end of the stage.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 137. Martin Truex Jr. passed Larson in Turn 2 to take the lead on lap 202. The third caution flew on lap 210 when Kyle Busch suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 2.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 217 and the fourth caution flew the same lap when Dale Earnhardt Jr. suffered a right-front tire failure and slammed the wall in Turn 1. “We broke something in the oil system and oil got onto the tires,” Earnhardt told USA TODAY Sports. “We got into the wall.” He added that his crew "said there was some oil in the pit stall after our pit stop. I noticed when I was getting lined up double file for the restart the car was smoking.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Second stage
I just thought maybe we had a tire rub for some reason, but I couldn’t remember what might have caused that. And went into Turn 1 on the restart and the car went straight into the wall with oil all over the tires. Came into the garage there and they are working on where the hole in the system is. Just something is messed up, but that is going to be the finish for us."


2017 Food City 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 228. Truex won the second stage and the fifth caution flew for the conclusion of the stage. Landon Cassill opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 260 and Truex passed Cassill with ease exiting Turn 2 to retake the lead. David Ragan attempted to pass through the middle of teammate Cassill on top and Danica Patrick on the bottom exiting Turn 2 on lap 323, but Patrick hit him and sent them both spinning into the backstretch wall, bringing out the sixth caution.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 329 and Joey Logano, restarting on the outside line, took the lead from Truex on the restart. The seventh caution flew with 116 laps to go when Busch suffered another right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 3.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 110 to go. Jimmie Johnson made contact with Logano as he took the lead with 106 to go. The eighth caution flew with 80 to go when Erik Jones made contact with Gray Gaulding, cut his right-front tire and slammed the wall in Turn 3. A. J. Allmendinger clipped Jones's left-rear corner while trying to avoid him. Denny Hamlin assumed the lead by taking just 2 left side tires only. Larson restarted from the tail-end of the field for speeding on pit road.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 73 to go. Johnson took back the lead with 67 to go. The ninth caution flew with 37 to go when Kasey Kahne hit the wall in Turn 3 and was rear-ended by Paul Menard. Kevin Harvick took the lead by not pitting along with Hamlin who also did not pit. Truex exited pit road first and would've restarted third, but restarted from the tail-end of the field after he was busted for speeding on pit road.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 32 to go. Harvick held off challenges for his lead at first, but his old tires were no match for Johnson's four fresh tires and lost the lead to Johnson with 21 to go. Johnson drove on to score the victory.


2017 Food City 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“Yeah, it was kind of interesting because when the No. 42 (Kyle Larson) was there, it just created an environment to run the top and I wasn't as good on the top,” Johnson said in victory lane. “The No. 42, not being up there and that first couple of cars; the bottom was really where it was at for the short run. This Lowe’s Chevrolet was flying! This track has been difficult over the years and we really hit on something Saturday afternoon in that last practice session around the bottom and honestly, it's what I’ve been looking for here for 16 years and we finally figured it out. So, I'm very, very happy.”


2017 Food City 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Clint Bowyer, who finished second, said of the final pit stop that he believed "the 48 (of Johnson) was the other one (to take four tires) and he won the race, so the right strategy was there. The team effort was there. You know, that's what a weekend is all about. It's just been this long since I've won a race and here is pretty special. It would have been pretty cool to be over there in Victory Lane."


2017 Food City 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 17th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon and 12-time Bristol winner – and all-time Bristol race winner – Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2017 Food City 500, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which was also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett Mcmillan, Jim Noble, and Steve Richards covered the action on pit lane.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season
The Football Federation Tasmania 2017 season was the fifth season under the new competition format in Tasmania. The competition consists of three major divisions across the State of Tasmania,  created from the teams in the previous structure. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knock-out tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2017.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2017 NPL Tasmania
The 2017 NPL Tasmania season was played as a triple round-robin over 21 rounds, from 10 March to 19 August.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2017 NPL Tasmania, League Cup
A separate end of season finals series for the League Cup was again held using the same format as the previous year, which included the top six teams from the NPL Tasmania as well as the premiers from the Northern Championship and Southern Championship.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2017 Tasmanian Championships, 2017 Northern Championship
The 2017 Northern Championship is the fourth edition of the Northern Championship as the second level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (third level overall in Australia). The league will consist of 8 teams, playing 21 matches.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2017 Tasmanian Championships, 2017 Southern Championship
The 2017 Southern Championship was the fourth edition of the Southern Championship as the second level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (third level overall in Australia). The league will consist of 9 teams, playing 16 matches.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Women's Competitions, 2017 Women's Super League
The 2017 Women's Super League season was the second edition of the statewide Tasmanian women's association football league. The league was played as a triple round-robin over 21 rounds.


2017 Football Federation Tasmania season, Cup Competitions
The Milan Lakoseljac Cup competition also served as the Tasmanian Preliminary Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. Olympia entered at the Round of 32, where they were eliminated.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season
The 2017 Football Federation Victoria season was the fourth season under the new competition format for state-level football (soccer) in Victoria. The competition consists of seven divisions across the state of Victoria.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria
The 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria season was played over 26 rounds. The overall premier of this division qualified for the 2017 National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues champion for 2017.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, West
The 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 West was played over 28 rounds, with each team playing the teams in their conference twice and the other conference once. The top team at the end of the season was promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria, while the second placed team entered the promotion play-off.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, East
The 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 East was played over 28 rounds, with each team playing the teams in their conference twice and the other conference once. The top team at the end of the season was promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria, while the second placed team entered the promotion play-off.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, Grand Final
The NPL2 Season concluded with a single match between the winners of the leagues in the West and East sections, to determine the NPL2 Champion.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 Women's National Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in Victoria for women is known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the second season of the NPL Women's format. The 10 teams (including newly promoted South Melbourne), played each other 3 times for a total of 27 games.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2017 Victorian Regional Leagues
(For a full list of season honours, see individual Leagues)


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, Cup Competitions, 2017 Dockerty Cup
Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian qualifiers for the 2017 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 217 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.


2017 Football Federation Victoria season, Cup Competitions, 2017 Dockerty Cup
In addition to the two A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City), the four semi-finalists (Bentleigh Greens, Heidelberg United, Hume City and South Melbourne) competed in the final rounds of the 2017 FFA Cup.


2017 Football NSW season
The Football NSW 2017 season was the fifth season of football in New South Wales under the banner of the National Premier Leagues. The competition consisted of four divisions across the state of New South Wales. The Premiers of the NPL NSW Men's 1 qualified for the national finals, playing-off to decide the champion of the 2017 National Premier Leagues.


2017 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier League NSW Men's 1
The National Premier League New South Wales 2017 season was played over 22 rounds, with the regular season from March to August 2017.


2017 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier League NSW Men's 2
The 2017 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the fifth edition of the NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic association football competition in New South Wales. 14 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition.


2017 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier League NSW Men's 3
The 2017 National Premier League NSW Men's 3 was the fifth edition of the NPL NSW Men's 3 under the National Premier Leagues banner. 14 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds.


2017 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2017 NSW State League
The 2017 NSW State League was the fifth edition of the State League under the National Premier Leagues banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.


2017 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2017 National Premier League NSW Women's 1
The 2017 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the fourth edition of the NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 10 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.


2017 Football NSW season, 2017 Waratah Cup
Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2017 FFA Cup, with the top five clubs progressing to the Round of 32, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Sydney United 58). 147 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.


2017 Football NSW season, 2017 Waratah Cup
The competition was won by Hakoah Sydney City East, their 7th title, defeating APIA Leichhardt Tigers.


2017 Football NSW season, 2017 Waratah Cup
In addition to the three A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers), the six qualifiers (APIA Leichhardt Tigers, Bankstown Berries, Blacktown City, Hakoah Sydney City East, Hills Brumbies and Sydney United 58) competed in the final rounds of the 2017 FFA Cup.


2017 Football West State Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Football West State Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2017 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields and Great Southern regions.


2017 Football West State Cup
This knockout competition was won by Western Knights, their third title.


2017 Football West State Cup
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. The two finalists – Sorrento FC and Western Knights – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2017 Football West State Cup, Preliminary rounds
A total of 58 teams took part in the competition, from Perth-based and regional-based competitions.


2017 Football West State Cup, Final
The 2017 State Cup Final was played on 22 July 2017, at the neutral venue of Perth Plasterboard Centre Stadium.


2017 Football West season
The 2017 Football West season was the fourth season under the new competition format in Western Australia. The NPL premier Bayswater City qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, and were eliminated at the quarter-final stage.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues WA
The 2017 National Premier Leagues WA season was played over 26 rounds commencing in February 2017, followed by a Top 4 Finals series. A revised Relegation system for the bottom team will depend on whether the two Division 1 teams that meet NPL WA eligibility criteria finish in the top 4 of the league season. If either come first, the bottom team will be relegated, but if one comes second, third or fourth, then there will be a Promotion/Relegation playoff.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues WA, Finals
The Top Four Cup, known as the McInerney Ford Top Four Cup for sponsorship reasons, was played as a finals competition at the conclusion of the regular season.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues WA, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
As both Forrestfield United and South West Phoenix met the requirement criteria for NPL WA eligibility, if either came first in the league then they would be promoted to the 2018 NPL Western Australia. But as neither came first, then Forrestfield  as the highest of the two – that came either second, third or fourth – played a two-legged Promotion and Relegation Play-Off against Mandurah City.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 National Premier Leagues WA, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Forrestfield United won 6–3 on aggregate, and promoted to the NPLWA in 2018.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 WA State League Division 1
The 2017 Season is for the second tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. Western Knights were champions, having won the league with one week to spare.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 WA State League Division 1, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Morley-Windmills won 7–4 on aggregate, and promoted to the 2018 State League Division 1.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 WA State League Division 2
The 2017 WA State League Division 2 Season was the third tier domestic football competition in Western Australia. The top team at the end of the year was promoted to the 2018 WA State League Division 1, with the second, third and fourth teams qualifying to a two-round promotion/relegation playoff.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 Women's State League Premier Division
The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 7 teams play each other three times, for a total of 18 matches over 21 rounds.


2017 Football West season, League tables, 2017 Women's State League Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Bassendean Caledonians won 3–2 on aggregate, but were still not a part of the Women’s Premier League in 2018.


2017 Football West season, 2017 State Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Football West State Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2017 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields, and Great Southern regions.


2017 Football West season, 2017 State Cup
This knockout competition was won by Western Knights, their third title.


2017 Football West season, 2017 State Cup
The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Sorrento FC and Western Knights – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400
The 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 19, 2017, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and was also the final race for the Chevrolet SS which debuted at the 2013 Daytona 500, as its replacement for 2018 would be the Camaro ZL1.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300 and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Xfinity Series (then known as the Busch Series) has held its season-ending races at Homestead since 1995.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Kyle Busch was the first of the four drivers to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, winning the first race of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Kevin Harvick clinched the second spot in the Championship 4, winning the second race of the Round of 8 at Texas.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Martin Truex Jr. clinched the third spot in the Championship 4 after the Texas race based on points.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Brad Keselowski clinched the final spot based on points after the Phoenix race.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, First practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 31.269 seconds and a speed of 172.695 mph (277.926 km/h).


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Qualifying
Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 31.038 and a speed of 173.980 mph (279.994 km/h).


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 31.555 seconds and a speed of 171.130 mph (275.407 km/h).


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 31.543 seconds and a speed of 171.195 mph (275.512 km/h).


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Race, Final stage results
With the win at Miami, Truex is the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion. While Busch finished 2nd in the championship. Harvick finished 3rd in the championship, and Keselowski finished 4th of the Championship 4.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 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, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race. While the race itself aired on NBC, NBCSN aired NBCSN NASCAR Hot Pass, a simultaneous live feed dedicated to each of the Championship drivers, with commentary by Leigh Diffey and Dale Jarrett. Also, three different angles from in-car cameras and a track map tracked the driver's position and changes throughout the field.


2017 Ford EcoBoost 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Fordham Rams football team
The 2017 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Andrew Breiner and played their home games at Coffey Field as a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.


2017 Fordham Rams football team
On December 5, head coach Andrew Breiner resigned to become the quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State. He finished at Fordham with a two-year record of 12–10.


2017 Fordham Rams football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Rams will host Patriot League foes Lehigh, Holy Cross, and Bucknell, and will travel to Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown.


2017 Fordham Rams football team, Schedule
In 2017, Fordham's non-conference opponents will be Independent Army, Central Connecticut and Bryant of the Northeast Conference, Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference, and Yale of the Ivy League.