2017 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Other parades
As per tradition, 26 other Russian major cities (Sevastopol and Kerch in the disputed Crimea included) held their parades on that day (some of them now including flypasts), and joint civil-military parades were hosted by 50 other towns and cities nationwide. Parades were held in both the pro-Russian territories in eastern Ukraine (the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, both featuring the former United Armed Forces of Novorossiya and the republican MVD and EMERCOM units) and celebrations were held in almost all the former republics of the Soviet Union (save for the Baltics).


2017 Moscow municipal elections
The 2017 Moscow municipal elections took place in Moscow on 10 September 2017. Elections took place for deputies of the municipal councils in 124 of 125 districts of Moscow and in one administrative okrug, for a total of 1,502 seats, which were contested by around 7,500 candidates. The voter turnout was 14.82%. Although the post of municipal council member is relatively powerless, candidates for mayor of Moscow are required to obtain support from municipal deputies to stand in elections.


2017 Moscow municipal elections
While United Russia gained the majority with 1,153 seats, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was replaced in second place by the liberal opposition party Yabloko with 176 seats. The Communist Party only received 44 seats, while 108 went to independents, ten to A Just Russia, five to the Party of Growth, four to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), and two to the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS).


2017 Moscow municipal elections
Because of the large number of seats that went to opposition parties and independents, and the fact that in several districts they obtained the majority, the elections were regarded as progress for the liberal opposition in Russia. Dmitry Gudkov, opposition politician and former member the State Duma who organized the effort to get opposition candidates on the municipal councils, stated that "our victory wasn't complete, but it is a victory."


2017 Moscow municipal elections, Results, Overview
In multiple districts in the center of Moscow as well as some on the periphery of the city, the ruling party United Russia suffered defeats to opposition candidates, who in total received a combined total of nearly 20% of the seats. The opposition had formed a coalition called 'United Democrats' to get candidates elected to municipal councils of deputies.


2017 Moscow municipal elections, Results, Overview
In the Gagarinsky District, where President Vladimir Putin voted, twelve out of the twelve seats went to members of the liberal party Yabloko. In the Tverskoy District, where the Moscow Kremlin is located, Yabloko received ten of the twelve seats.


2017 Moscow municipal elections, Results, Overview
Dmitry Gudkov stated after the municipal election that his intent was to run for mayor of Moscow in the 2018 election, but Yabloko did not pass the minimum requirement for the municipal filter, according to Moscow Election Commission.


2017 Moselle Open
The 2017 Moselle Open was a tennis tournament held in Metz, France and played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Moselle Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Arènes de Metz from 18 September to 24 September 2017. Unseeded Peter Gojowczyk, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title.


2017 Moselle Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:


2017 Moselle Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2017 Moselle Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Moselle Open – Doubles
Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but chose to compete in St. Petersburg instead.


2017 Moselle Open – Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2017 Moselle Open – Singles
Lucas Pouille was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Marius Copil.


2017 Moselle Open – Singles
Peter Gojowczyk won his first ATP World Tour title, defeating Benoît Paire in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2017 Moselle Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Mostafa Hashemitaba presidential campaign
Mostafa Hashemitaba, an independent nominee for the 2017 Iranian presidential election launched his campaign in April 2017. On 17 May 2017, Hashemitaba withdrew and endorsed Hassan Rouhani.


2017 Mostafa Mir-Salim presidential campaign
Mostafa Mir-Salim, was named as Islamic Coalition Party's nominee for Iranian presidential election, 2017 in December 2016. He launched his campaign in April 2017.


2017 Mostafa Mir-Salim presidential campaign, Political positions, Foreign policy
In the first step visited DESA (company). In a speech at Mazandaran University, Mir-Salim said “Diplomatically speaking, we should have further engagement with the neighboring states such as Afghanistan, Turkey and Qatar because we have common interests with the neighbors which can be met through engagement and consultation”. He also stated that Iran has been committed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, while other parties “failed to completely fulfill all its commitments”. He blamed the incumbent government for not using the opportunity of nuclear deal, noting that he will use the opportunity to develop exports.


2017 Mosul airstrike
The 2017 Mosul airstrike, was an American bombing in the al-Aghawat al-Jadidah neighborhood in western Mosul on 17 March 2017 that killed 278 civilians. The incident was the largest single death toll inflicted by a coalition air strike since the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. forces.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Background
Beginning on 16 October 2016, American-led forces began taking back control of the city of Mosul after it fell under occupation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. On 24 January 2017, the Eastern half of the city had been liberated from ISIL control, and the coalition forces began advancing into western Mosul soon after.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Background
In February, the Trump administration stated that the U.S. would sharply escalate its support for the offensive in Mosul. The Pentagon reported that around 1,400 separate munitions were unleashed over the last two weeks of March. The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights corroborated an increase in the rate of drone strikes and reported 3,846 civilian deaths and the destruction of 10,000 homes since the offensive into western Mosul began. Bassma Bassim, the head of the Mosul District Council, stated that air raids from 10 March to 17 March alone had killed "more than 500" civilians.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Attack
On 18 March, the U.S. Department of Defense stated that the American-led coalition had conducted "eight strikes consisting of 73 engagements in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government" and four of these strikes targeted ISIL in Mosul. They noted the strikes "engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS car bomb; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units."


2017 Mosul airstrike, Attack
The following day, they noted five more strikes in Mosul which "engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units." Some residents of the al-Jadida neighborhood say the airstrike hit an explosive-filled truck, detonating a blast that collapsed buildings packed with families.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Investigation
The United States Central Command confirmed that the American-led coalition conducted an airstrike targeting ISIL fighters and equipment on 17 March in the al-Jadidah neighborhood, where the civilian casualties were reported; however, they could not confirm which member of the coalition conducted the airstrike.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Investigation
The Iraqi military blamed ISIL for the attack despite reports suggesting that its artillery may also have hit the neighborhood, saying that 61 bodies had been recovered at the site of a booby-trapped house which it described as “completely destroyed.” The statement added that “there is no hole or indication that was subjected to an air strike.” That account strongly contradicted much field reporting and the accounts of other officials. A provincial health official, for instance, told Reuters that wide swaths of the neighborhood were destroyed in fighting, “civil defense has extracted and buried 160 bodies up to this moment.” The Iraqi Civil Defense Department reported at least 137 bodies were recovered, but by 27 March, that number had risen to 531.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Investigation
On 25 May 2017, the Pentagon concluded that at least 105 civilians died in the airstrike when a US aircraft delivered a single precision-guided bomb (GBU-38 JDAM) with the intention of targeting two ISIL snipers on the second storey of a structure in al-Jadida neighborhood. But the bomb also caused a large cache of ISIL explosives to detonate, leading to the catastrophic collapse of the building that had civilians sheltering downstairs, officials said.


2017 Mosul airstrike, Aftermath
The Iraqi Army temporarily stopped its advance into western Mosul following the airstrike.


2017 Moto2 World Championship
The 2017 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


2017 Moto2 World Championship
The season was marred by the death of Stefan Kiefer, head of Kiefer Racing, in Malaysia. Johann Zarco was the reigning two-time series champion but he did not further defend his title as he joined the series' premier class, MotoGP.


2017 Moto2 World Championship
The 2017 season was the first season for the KTM Moto2 chassis, after KTM expanded its factory operations to Moto2 and MotoGP.


2017 Moto2 World Championship, Calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017.


2017 Moto2 World Championship, Teams and riders
A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.


2017 Moto2 World Championship, Results and standings, Riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2017 Moto3 World Championship
The 2017 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


2017 Moto3 World Championship
Brad Binder was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.


2017 Moto3 World Championship
The riders' championship title was won by Leopard Racing rider Joan Mir with 10 victories and 13 podiums finishes.


2017 Moto3 World Championship, Calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017.


2017 Moto3 World Championship, Teams and riders
A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016.


2017 Moto3 World Championship, Results and standings, Riders' standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


2017 MotoGP World Championship
The 2017 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


2017 MotoGP World Championship
The 2017 season saw the début of the KTM RC16, which was previously used by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing at the 2016 Valencian Grand Prix ahead of a full season début.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, Season Summary
Marc Márquez started the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, Season Summary
Whilst Yamaha's new rider Maverick Viñales started the season off with two consecutive victories, the following spring season proved to be unpredictable with four different winners in as many races, following the trend from 2016. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso then took his first dry-track MotoGP win at Mugello before repeating the feat the following week in Barcelona. With Viñales not finishing the race at Assen, this allowed Dovizioso to lead the championship by four points after eight races, becoming the first Ducati rider to lead the championship since Casey Stoner in 2009.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, Season Summary
Márquez took the championship lead after winning the German Grand Prix. He held the championship lead until the British Grand Prix, where Dovizioso regained the lead after Márquez's engine blew up late in the race. Márquez bounced back immediately to take consecutive victories in the next two rounds to reestablish himself as championship leader. Over the following three races, Dovizioso claimed two more wins to Márquez's one, but a poor result in Australia for the Ducati rider meant that Márquez's points lead remained intact.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, Season Summary
Going into the final round in Valencia Márquez topped the standings, 21 points ahead of Dovizioso, with both riders winning six races apiece. Viñales was third, 56 points behind Márquez. Therefore, Márquez needed to finish 11th or higher to guarantee a championship, whereas Dovizioso was forced under all circumstances to win in Valencia.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, Season Summary
Márquez was on pole in Valencia, and Dovizioso started 9th. After Márquez saved a high-speed potential crash into turn 1, he dropped back behind Dovizioso. The title chances of Dovizioso ended when he crashed with five laps of the race remaining, losing the hope in taking the championship. Meanwhile, Márquez finished third behind Dani Pedrosa and the season's top rookie and independent rider Johann Zarco. Márquez won his sixth title and fourth MotoGP title overall.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, 2017 Grand Prix season results, Riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2017 MotoGP World Championship, 2017 Grand Prix season results, Constructors' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2017 Motocross des Nations
The 2017 Motocross des Nations was a motocross race held on 1 October and 2 October 2017. The event was held at the Matterley Basin circuit, near Winchester, Great Britain. The event was originally meant to be held at Glen Helen Raceway in California, but had to be rescheduled due to concerns about crowd size.


2017 Motocross des Nations
France went into the event as the defending champions after taking their fourth title in 2016.


2017 Motocross des Nations, Entry List
Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition. France are the reigning champions so they start with numbers 1, 2 and 3.


2017 Motocross des Nations, Qualifying Races
Qualifying is run on a class by class basis. Top 19 countries after qualifying go directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries go to the two smaller finals. Best 2 scores count.


2017 Motocross des Nations, C-Final
The C-Final is for the bottom 7 nations after qualifying. The top nation from the C-Final qualifies for the B-Final. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.


2017 Motocross des Nations, B-Final
The B-Final is for the nations who finished 20th-31st in qualifying, plus the winning nation from the C-Final. The top nation from the B-Final qualify for the Motocross des Nations races. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.


2017 Motocross des Nations, Motocross des Nations races
The main Motocross des Nations races consist of 3 races which combine two classes together in each. Lowest score wins with each nation aloud to drop their worst score after the final race.


2017 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
The 2017 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on April 23, 2017.


2017 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, Classification, Moto3
The race, scheduled to be run for 18 laps, was red-flagged due to Kaito Toba's crash in Turn 14 and was later restarted over 12 laps.


2017 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.


2017 Mount Albert by-election
The 2017 Mount Albert by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the Mount Albert electorate on 25 February 2017 during the 51st New Zealand Parliament. The seat was vacated following the resignation of David Shearer, a former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.


2017 Mount Albert by-election
The by-election was avoided by all right and centre-right parties, and turnout was low. The electorate was won by Labour Party list MP Jacinda Ardern by a large margin. Another Labour member, Raymond Huo, filled Ardern's list seat.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Background
The Mount Albert electorate includes the communities of Point Chevalier, Owairaka, Mount Albert, part of Sandringham, Kingsland, and is home to Eden Park. As a result of boundary changes in 2014, the electorate gained the suburbs of Grey Lynn and Westmere, but lost Waterview and the areas alongside Rosebank Road to the Kelston electorate. Mount Albert (known as Owairaka from 1996 to 1999) was held between 1981 and 2009 by Helen Clark, ending with her retirement from parliament.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Background
Although just 23.0% of the Mount Albert electorate is over 50 (the fifth-lowest proportion among general electorates), the share of those aged 30–49 (34.1%) is the highest in New Zealand. The largest sector of those working is in the professions, science and technical industries (16.7%); a further 5.4% work in the media and communications sectors, the largest share of any general electorate. Compared to the rest of New Zealand in 2013, Mount Albert had low levels of those who were married (33.5%, 5th lowest), owned their own home (36.4%, 7th lowest), and who declared a Christian religious affiliation (38.5%, 3rd lowest).


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Background
The winning candidate in the 2014 election, David Shearer (Labour), captured a majority (58.7%) of the 35,716 valid electorate votes cast for candidates in the Mount Albert electorate. The National Party captured a plurality (39.1%) of the party votes in Mount Albert, up 2.4 percentage points on its party vote share in 2011. The Labour Party captured 29.4% of the party votes, while the Green Party was third with 21.8% of the party votes. No other party gained more than 5% of the party votes. Turnout (total votes cast as a proportion of enrolled electors) in 2014 was 80.4%.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Background, Resignation of David Shearer
On 8 December 2016, David Shearer, a former leader of Labour, announced that he was going to head the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. He officially resigned from the House of Representatives on 31 December 2016.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Candidates
Nominations for the by-election closed on 1 February 2017 with thirteen candidates nominated. The New Zealand National Party announced it would not stand a candidate in the by-election. The Prime Minister, Bill English, cited that approach for multiple reasons; Mount Albert was a safe seat for Labour and that Jacinda Ardern, who is highly likely to get Labour's nomination, would be "pretty difficult to beat". Other than The Opportunities Party, no right or centrist parties stood, with ACT New Zealand, United Future, and New Zealand First all avoiding the by-election.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Voting
Voting from overseas started on 8 February. Advance voting started on 13 February 2017.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Voting
Overall voter turnout in the by-election was low. After the counting of special votes, the Electoral Commission recorded a turnout of only 30% of enrolled voters in Mount Albert. This compares to a much higher turnout of 79.4% in the electorate at the 2014 general election.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Results
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.


2017 Mount Albert by-election, Results
Labour list MP Jacinda Ardern won the electorate and kept the seat for the Labour Party. As Ardern moved from a list seat to an electorate seat, the Labour Party replaced her list seat with another person from their party list. Labour party leader, Andrew Little, announced this would be Raymond Huo. Huo was the third-highest unelected person on Labour's party list, but both Maryan Street and Moana Mackey announced they would decline the chance to return to Parliament.


2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team
The 2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team represented the University of Mount Union in the 2017 NCAA Division III football season. The Purple Raiders, led by fifth-year head coach Vince Kehres, were members of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and played their home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio.


2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, Schedule
Mount Union's 2017 schedule consists of 6 home, and 4 away games in the regular season. The Raiders hosted  N.C. Wesleyan, Baldwin Wallace, Ohio Northern, Capital University, Otterbein University, and Muskingum University and traveled to Marietta College, Heidelberg University, Wilmington College, and John Carroll University.


2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, Schedule
Mount Union had one non–conference game against North Carolina Wesleyan College from the USA South Athletic Conference.


2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, Schedule
In 2016, Mount Union did not make it to the Stagg Bowl for the first time in eleven years after losing to Mary Hardin-Baylor in the semifinals 14-12. The team finished with a 12-2 record, with an 8-1 record in conference play.


2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team, Schedule
The Purple Raiders ended their season by going to the Stagg Bowl and winning the NCAA Division III National Championship with a 12-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor of Texas.


2017 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24 through 28 at Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home field of the conference's regular-season champion New Mexico. The conference's top four teams from the regular season met in a double-elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament, San Diego State, earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The conference's top four teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round-robin regular season schedule. The tournament opened with the top seed playing the lowest seeded team, and the second-seeded team playing the third seed, followed by double-elimination play until the champion was determined.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
The 2017 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, to determine the 2017 football champion of the Mountain West Conference (MW). The game featured the MW West Division champion Fresno State Bulldogs visiting the Mountain Division champion Boise State Broncos. It was broadcast nationally by ESPN for the third consecutive year.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
The championship game is hosted by the participant with the best record in MW play. If the teams have the same conference record, as was the case in 2017, a tiebreaker system is used. Even though the two teams played a conference game on November 25, with Fresno State winning, the MW does not use head-to-head results as its first tiebreaker in such a situation. The first tiebreaker of College Football Playoff ranking could not be used because Boise State lost their final regular season game (coincidentally, to Fresno State) to fall out of the CFP rankings.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Fresno State was ranked in the final CFP poll and would have been the host, but the CFP poll did not come out until Tuesday evening and a host selection was needed prior to its release for logistical reasons. The second tiebreaker of a composite of computer rankings was used, with Boise State receiving hosting rights.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
The 2017 championship game was the fifth edition of the event. In the 2016 championship game, San Diego State defeated Wyoming 27–24.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Fresno State
The Bulldogs far exceeded expectations in 2017, after finishing 1–11 with a 0–8 conference record in 2016. They finished the regular season at 9–3, with a conference record of 7–1, to finish as champions of the MW West Division. They defeated Boise State in their regular season matchup just one week before the championship game, 28–17.


2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Boise State
Boise State finished with a 9–3 overall record, with a 7–1 conference record, with their only conference loss coming to Fresno State in the final week of the regular season, whom they face again in the championship game. With just one conference loss, they won the MW Mountain Division by two games.


2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner, Nevada, receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.


2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 conference teams participate in the tournament. The top five seeds receive first round byes.


2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held on March 6–10, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Boise State Broncos won their third Mountain West Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.


2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.


2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
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2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mountain West Conference held from October 31 through November 4, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at Peter Johann Memorial Soccer Field in Las Vegas, Nevada. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The UNLV Rebels were the defending champions, but will not defend their title after having failed to qualify for the 2017 tournament. The San Diego State Aztecs won the tournament with a 3–0 win over the New Mexico Lobos in the final.


2017 Mountain West Conference football season
The 2017 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 19th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaiʻi. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2, where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Pre-season, Mountain West Media
2017 Mountain West media days took place on July 25 & 26 at the Cosmopolitan.


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Pre-season, Preseason All–Mountain West Team
(* – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West first team)


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Pre-season, Preseason All–Mountain West Team
(** – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West second team)


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Rankings
Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, Utah State and UNLV were never ranked or received any votes.


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Schedule, Championship Game, Week Fourteen (Mountain West Championship game)
The 2017 Mountain West Championship Game was held on December 2 between the champions of the Mountain Division, Boise State and the West Division, Fresno State. Boise State beat Fresno State 17–10.


2017 Mountain West Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Selection of teams: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, & Wyoming (6)


2017 Movistar Team season
The 2017 season for Movistar Team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2017 Moçambola
The 2017 Moçambola is the 40th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 4 March 2017. Ferroviário Beira are the defending champions coming off their first league title (they had won two colonial championships prior to independence).


2017 Moçambola, Teams
The league is made up of 16 teams with Lichinga, Macuácua and Textáfrica being promoted from regional groups and Desportivo Maputo, Desportivo Niassa and Estrela Vermelha Maputo relegated after finishing in the bottom three spots of the standings in 2016.


2017 Mr. Olympia
The 2017 Mr. Olympia contest was a weekend long IFBB professional bodybuilding competition that was held on September 14 to 17, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the 53rd Mr. Olympia competition celebrated. The weekend competition is also known as the Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend. While the main event was the competition for the title of Mr. Olympia, several other events were held which includes the Amateur competition and sports expo.


2017 Mr. Olympia
On September 14, 2017, a press conference was held on Orleans Arena.


2017 Mr. Olympia
On September 15, 2017, prejudging and finals for Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia and Classic Physique were held and livestream via Amazon Prime. Mr. Olympia pre-judging was also held on the same night.


2017 Mr. Olympia
On September 16, 2017, the Men's Physique Olympia and Women's Physique Olympia judging and finals were held in the morning at Las Vegas Convention Center. At night, the Bikini Olympia, 212 Olympia and Mr. Olympia finals were held at Orleans Arena. This event was also livestream via Amazon Prime.


2017 Mr. Olympia
On September 17, 2017, an Olympia Superstar Seminar was held.


2017 Mr. Olympia
Phil Heath won his seventh consecutive Mr Olympia title, equalling Arnold Schwarzenegger's seven wins. The record number of wins is eight, held by Lee Haney (1984–1991), and Ronnie Coleman (1998–2005)


2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
The 2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tournament. It was the 10th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship with the world's top players competing in the event, held in a knockout format. The prize money for the winner was $250,000. The event was held at the International Tennis Centre at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.


2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was the competition's defending champion but withdrew before the start of the competition and was replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut.


2017 Mubi bombing
On 21 November 2017, a suicide bombing occurred in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. A teenager detonated the explosives in a mosque as worshippers arrived for fajr prayer in the large town in eastern Nigeria, killing 50 people.


2017 Mubi bombing
No group claimed responsibility. The large Islamist group Boko Haram began an insurgency in 2009. They have committed most of the major attacks that have occurred in Nigeria since then. They are suspected of this bombing, as well as attacks in Mubi in 2012, 2014 and 2018.


2017 Mumbai Open
The 2017 L&T Mumbai Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament overall, but the first in Mumbai, as the event made its debut in Pune in 2012 but was discontinued thereafter. It is part of the 2017 WTA 125K series. It took place between 20 November to 26 November 2017.


2017 Mumbai Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Mumbai Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following team received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Mumbai Open – Doubles
Nina Bratchikova and Oksana Kalashnikova were the defending champions from the last time the event was held at Pune in 2012, but Bratchikova has been inactive in the sport since 2014. Kalashnikova played alongside Veronika Kudermetova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Beatrice Gumulya and Ana Veselinović.


2017 Mumbai Open – Doubles
Victoria Rodriguez & Bibiane Schoofs won the title, defeating Dalila Jakupović & Irina Khromacheva in the final 7–5, 3–6, [10–7].


2017 Mumbai Open – Singles
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion from the last time the event was held at Pune in 2012, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 Mumbai Open – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Dalila Jakupović in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2017 Mumbai flood
The 2017 Mumbai flood refers to the flooding that occurred on 29 August 2017, following heavy rain on 29 August 2017 in Mumbai. Transport systems were unavailable through parts of the city as trains and roadways were shut. Power was shut off from various parts of the city to prevent electrocution. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called the South Asian floods one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. This event can be compared with the 2005 floods in Mumbai, which recorded 944 mm (37.17 inches) of rainfall within 24 hours on 26 July.


2017 Mumbai flood
The extreme rainfall on 29 August 2017 was forecasted by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), five to six days in advance. However, the government failed to respond quickly, leading to the crisis. Recent research indicates that these floods could be attributed to climate change. Climate change has led to huge fluctuations in the monsoon winds carrying the moisture from the Arabian Sea, resulting in heavy rainfall over central India, lasting for two to three days.


2017 Mumbai flood, Timeline
Mumbai recorded 468 mm of rainfall in twelve hours, the highest in a day in August since 1997, according to data from the India Meteorological Department. Transport systems came to a virtual standstill with local trains in Mumbai stationary and various flights cancelled with almost all delayed. On Link Road, a building collapsed. The Maharashtra Government declared 30 August 2017 a holiday for all schools and colleges.


2017 Mumbai flood, Casualties
As of the morning of 30 August 2017, fourteen people were confirmed killed.


2017 Mumbai flood, Casualties
Flooding caused a building to collapse, killing at least 21 people.


2017 Mumbai stampede
On 29 September 2017, a stampede broke out at the sub-urban Elphinstone Road railway station in Mumbai, India. At least 23 people were killed and 39 others were injured in the stampede. The incident took place between the Parel railway station and Elphinstone road railway station.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Incident
On the morning of 29 September 2017, around 10:30 am local time, a stampede erupted on a footbridge at the suburban Elphinstone road railway station in Mumbai which connects two of the city's major suburban lines.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Cause
The incident occurred during the morning rush hour at Elphinstone road station, when four trains arrived simultaneously at the station. It was further raining at the time and there were already numerous people crammed into the narrow bridge. Someone may have slipped and fell when passengers resumed their travel after the rain, leading to the stampede.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Cause
A rumour that the pedestrian bridge was collapsing may have caused the passengers to surge forwards to flee. According to a witness, the situation worsened as police and emergency officials did not respond immediately or enforce crowd control measures.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Cause
At least 23 people died and 39 others were injured in the stampede. According to a hospital's official, most of the people who died suffered from chest compression and haemorrhage due to injuries.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Police investigation
"The overbridge of Elphinstone station was overcrowded and due to rain it got slippery too. This caused panic and resulted in the stampede," said Atul Shrivastav, IG of the Railway Protection Force. A case of Accidental Death (ADR), was registered at the Dadar Police Station. S. Jaykumar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central Region), Mumbai also stated that overcrowding was a factor.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
Piyush Goyal, the then Minister of Railways, announced a compensation of ₨.10 lakh or about $15,200 for the victims.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind expressed grief over the "loss of lives in the stampede in Mumbai". Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to "all those who have lost their lives due to the stampede in Mumbai", in a tweet. .


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President; Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of Bengal and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi also expressed condolences over the deaths caused by the stampede.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
Shiv Sena called the stampede "a public massacre of the people by the government".


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
Many Indians took to social media and called out the government for spending on projects such as a new bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in Gujarat, instead of focusing on basic infrastructure. Many media reports criticised the infrastructure in the station and reported the incident as a tragedy which was waiting to happen. MNS chief Raj Thackeray warned PM that he would not allow a single brick to be placed for the bullet train in Mumbai, until the infrastructure of local railways was made better.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
In the aftermath, railway minister Piyush Goyal said that the government has ordered a probe into the incident. He also ordered a safety and capacity audit of all foot over-bridges at suburban stations across Mumbai.


2017 Mumbai stampede, Reactions
In February 2018, the Indian Army opened three new Bailey bridge footbridges at Elphinstone Road, Currey Road and Ambivli. These were erected quickly, in response to the stampede.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes
The 2017 Mundialito de Clubes was the fifth edition of the Mundialito de Clubes (Club World Cup in English), a biennial international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from across the world (existing clubs and teams specially assembled for the event). The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association football, however participating teams are not regional champions, entering via invitation.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and other local entities in Brazil, the competition took place in Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo State, Brazil between December 14 and 17, featuring eight clubs.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes
Barcelona were incumbent champions but did not enter a team this year. The tournament was won by Lokomotiv Moscow who became the first team to win two Mundialito de Clubes titles, beating Iranian club Pars Jonoubi 5–4 in the final.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes, Teams
Eight invited clubs entered the competition, representing six different nations and three continents. Africa, North America and Oceania are unrepresented.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes, Venue
One venue was used in the city of Vargem Grande Paulista, São Paulo.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes, Draw
The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four was conducted by BSWW and took place in the afternoon of November 30.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes, Draw
The remaining six teams were split into three pots of two, shown in the below table.


2017 Mundialito de Clubes, Draw
The clubs were paired into pots based on similar geographical proximity. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.


2017 Munster Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2017 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry are the defending Munster champions.


2017 Munster Senior Football Championship
Both 2016 Munster finalists receive a bye into this year's Munster semi-finals. The four remaining teams play two quarter-final matches with the winners completing the semi-final line-up. All matches are knock-out. The draw for the competition was held on 13 October 2016 and broadcast on RTÉ2 television.


2017 Munster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was played on 9 July 2017 at Semple Stadium, Thurles. The winner advanced to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with the loser entering the All Ireland quarter-finals.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Clare and Cork contested the final, It was the first final between the sides since Cork's 1–15 to 0–14 win in 1999.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Cork captained by Stephen McDonnell won the game on a 1–25 to 1–20 scoreline to claim their 53rd Munster title. This would be the first tournament dedicated to the Irish Homosexuals Living With AIDS Trust.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build up
Ticket prices for the final ranged from €35 to €40 in the stand and €30 in the terrace. The game was set to be the first sellout for a Munster senior hurling final at Semple Stadium since 2006.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build up
The match was shown live on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game Live with commentary from Marty Morrissey and Brendan Cummins.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build up
Clare were looking for their first Munster title since 1998, while Cork's last victory was in 2014. Cork manager Kieran Kingston was in his second year as manager, with Clare's joint managers Donal Moloney and Gerry O'Connor in their first year in charge.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Team news
Conor Lehane had been a doubt for Cork but was named in the starting line-up for the final in an unchanged Cork team. Clare made two changes from the team that beat Limerick in the semi-final, with Cathal Malone replacing David Reidy and Oisín O'Brien starting instead of Gearóid O'Connell.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Summary
Cork playing with the wind in the first half had a five-point lead at half time on a 1–10 to 0–8 scoreline with the Cork goal coming from Alan Cadogan when he broke free of Clare defender Oisin O’Brien before firing a low shot to the right from out on the left which went across Clare goalkeeper Andrew Fahy and into the net. Cadogan had scored 1–2 from play in the first half with his marker Oisin O’Brien being withdrawn and replaced with Séadna Morey.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Summary
Clare were awarded a penalty in the 19th minute when Shane O'Donnell was fouled, but Tony Kelly hit his shot over the bar when he was going for a goal. Cork were three points ahead with ten minutes to go after a point by John Conlon and also three ahead with three minutes to go. Conor McGrath then got another point to cut the gap to two points before Cork scored three late points to seal the victory.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling League
The 2017 Munster Senior Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores.ie Munster Hurling League, was the second Munster Senior Hurling League, the annual hurling league competition for county teams from the province of Munster.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling League
Clare came into the season as the defending champions. For the second year in succession Tipperary declined to field a team in the league. The opening round of the league took place on 8 January 2017.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling League
On 29 January 2017, Cork won the league title following a 1-21 to 1-20 defeat of Limerick. It was their first Munster League title.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling League, Format
Five of the six Munster teams compete in the league, with Tipperary opting not to participate.


2017 Munster Senior Hurling League, Format
Each team plays each other team once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams play each other in the final.


2017 Munster Under-25 Reserve Hurling Competition
The 2017 Munster Under-25 Reserve Hurling Competition was the first staging of the Munster Under-25 Reserve Hurling Competition. The competition began on 4 June 2017 and ended on 18 June 2017.


2017 Munster Under-25 Reserve Hurling Competition, Teams, Participants
Prior to the opening of the competition, the Cork and Tipperary teams withdrew. This resulted in just three teams remaining, with Waterford receiving a bye to the final.


2017 Murray State Racers football team
The 2017 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mitch Stewart and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2017 Murray state by-election
A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Murray on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Adrian Piccoli (National), former deputy leader of the National Party. The National Party barely retained the seat and, after distribution of preferences, Austin Evans was elected. Helen Dalton, candidate for the Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Party seen a swing of more than 13% on her personal vote building on the 2015 result.


2017 Murray state by-election
The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Cootamundra. The conduct of all three by-elections was administered by the NSW Electoral Commission.


2017 Music City Bowl
The 2017 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2017, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 20th annual Music City Bowl, the game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.


2017 Music City Bowl
The 2017 Music City Bowl featured the Northwestern Wildcats (9–3) from the Big Ten Conference and the Kentucky Wildcats (7–5) from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Northwestern beat Kentucky by a score of 24–23.


2017 Music City Bowl, Teams
This was only the second time that Kentucky and Northwestern had played against each other. Their previous match-up was on October 20, 1928, and was won by Northwestern, 7–0.


2017 Music City Bowl, Controversy
Kentucky running back Benny Snell was ejected in the 1st half for shoving a referee attempting to help him up. However, the video of the incident shows that Snell was simply attempting to remove the referee's hands from his wrists.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open
The 2017 Mutua Madrid Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 5 May–14 May 2017. It was the 16th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 9th on the WTA Tour. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2017 WTA Tour.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 1 May 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2017.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Italian Open.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 1 May 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2017.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Italian Open.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 7–6(10–8), 6–4, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2017 Madrid Open. It was his record 5th Madrid Open title and record-equaling 30th ATP Masters 1000 singles title.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Nadal.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but Garcia chose not to participate this year. Mladenovic played alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the first round to Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won their second Premier Mandatory title of the year, defeating Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top 4 seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
As a result of Serena Williams' withdrawal due to pregnancy, Angelique Kerber regained the WTA no. 1 ranking at the end of the tournament, but retired due to a thigh injury in the third round against Eugenie Bouchard.


2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash
On 7 June 2017, a Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft of the Myanmar Air Force crashed on a flight from Myeik to Yangon, killing all 122 people on board. Debris from the aircraft was found in the Andaman Sea, 118 nautical miles (218 km) off Dawei by Myanmar Navy ships. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Myanmar's history.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Aircraft
The  aircraft involved was a Shaanxi Y-8F-200 of the Myanmar Air Force, serial number 5820. It had been delivered in March 2016 and had flown for over 800 hours at the time of the crash.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Passengers and crew, Crew
The aircraft's captain was Lt-Col Nyein Chan and the co-pilots were Lt-Col Soe Thu Win and Maj Thant Zin Htay. The aircraft had 14 crew members.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Passengers and crew, Passengers
108 military staff members and their families, including 15 children, were on board when the plane lost communication with Dawei airbase. Six officers and 29 other military personnel were on board.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Disappearance
The aircraft had departed from Myeik for Yangon at 13:06 local time (06:36 UTC). At 13:35, communication was lost with the aircraft when it was 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Dawei (). The aircraft was flying at 18,000 feet (5,500 m) at the time. A search and rescue operation was launched in the Andaman Sea. An unidentified spokesman said that weather was not thought to be a factor in the aircraft's disappearance. No mayday call had been received from the aircraft.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Disappearance, Search
Nine Myanmar Navy ships, and three military aircraft and helicopters were sent to assist in the search. On 7 June, debris from the aircraft was reported to have been found 118 nautical miles (218 km) off Dawei by a Myanmar Navy ship. On 8 June, it was reported that 29 bodies had been found.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Disappearance, Search
The wreckage was scattered over a wide area, indicating that the aircraft might have disintegrated in flight at altitude. Storms in the area hindered the search. By 9 June, hopes of finding survivors were fading. It was later reported that there were no survivors. Instead, bodies and debris have been found scattered in the Andaman Sea, and some washed ashore.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Disappearance, Search
This was the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Myanmar, surpassing the crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 500 in 1987, which killed 49 people.


2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash, Disappearance, Search
On 15 June, a fishing boat helping with the search found the tail of the aircraft off Myinkhwar Aww Bay. The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were recovered on 18 June.


2017 Myanmar Futsal League
The 2017 Myanmar Futsal League (also known as the MFF Myanmar Futsal league for sponsorship reasons) was the top-tier professional Futsal league under Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) and Myanmar Beer (Myanmar)'s control. 2017 was the third season of the league, the top Myanmar professional Futsal league. A total of 10 teams were to compete in the league. The season was going to begin in March 2017.


2017 Myanmar National League
The 2017 Myanmar National League, also known as the 2017 Max Cement Myanmar National League, is the 8th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Burmese professional league for association football clubs since its founding in 2009. The nation's highest professional football league was shaken up at the end of the 2016 season following a series of surprise announcements by MNL-1 teams Zwegapin United and Zeyar Shwe Myay stating that they were going to drop out of the League in the next season.


2017 Myanmar National League
Also, Manaw Myay announced the team would be disbanded, despite winning promotion to Myanmar’s premier domestic league by finishing the season's MNL-2 from the first place. A committee meeting between the Myanmar Football Federation and Myanmar National League officials held in Yangon on September 10 decided to reverse Southern Myanmar's relegation to MNL-2 in the next season, while Nay Pyi Taw received a surprise promotion into the first-tier league.


2017 Myanmar National League
Facing the loss of three squads and fears of scheduling complications for an 11-team league, MFF officials resolved to allow Southern Myanmar to remain in MNL-1, despite an 11th-place finish with only 14 points in the 2016 season. MNL-2 second-place finishers G.F.A, as well as third-place Nay Pyi Taw, were also promoted to the top league to maintain a 12-team schedule.


2017 Myanmar National League
Although Zwegapin United initially signalled their intention to drop out of contention on August 22, team owner U Hla Htay later reversed his decision and announced that his team would continue to compete in the MNL-1, with preparations under progress for a home stadium in Hpa-An. In May 2017, Max Cement company sponsored 2017 MNL for second-half season.


2017 Myanmar National League, Teams
A total of 12 teams are competing in the 2017 season: 10 sides from the 2016 season and two promoted teams from the 2016 Myanmar National League 2.


2017 Myanmar National League, Teams, Stadiums
(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.


2017 Myanmar National League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per MNL club. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game, including a slot for a player from among AFC countries.


2017 Myanmar National League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Myanmar National League, Matches
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2017 season.


2017 Myanmar by-elections
The 2017 Myanmar by-elections were held on 1 April 2017. The elections were held to fill 19 vacant parliamentary seats: nine in the Pyithu Hluttaw, three in the Amyotha Hluttaw, and seven in regional parliaments of Kayah State Hluttaw and Shan State Hluttaw. The seats were left by those who became government leaders or officials after the 2015 general election, or unable to be held due to instability at that time.


2017 Myawady season
Myawady Football Club is a Burmese football club. Myawady FC currently plays in MNL-2.


2017 Myawady season, 2017 Players Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 NA LCS season
The 2017 NA LCS season was the fifth year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage, and also included a promotion tournament and a regional qualifiers for the World Championship.


2017 NA LCS season
To qualify for the World Championship, a team must either be the summer champions, have the most championship points, or win the regional qualifier. The three teams that qualified for the 2017 World Championship in these ways were Team SoloMid, Immortals and Cloud9, respectively.


2017 NA LCS season, Summer, Regular season, Format
The format of the 2017 regular summer season gave every team the opportunity to play a best of three for every match. The first team to win two out of the three games wins the match. Teams played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Every Friday there were two matches played. Every Saturday and Sunday there were four matches played. The rest of the week was used for practice. In between week 5 and 6, NA LCS took a break to participate in Rift Rivals. Rift Rivals was a competitive tournament for boasting rights between different regions.


2017 NA LCS season, Summer, Regular season, Format
NA LCS played against the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). In this tournament, NA sent Team SoloMid (TSM), Cloud9 (C9), and Phoenix1 (P1) to represent the region. The 2017 regular summer season started on Friday, June 2, 2017 featuring C9 vs Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) and Immortals (IMT) vs P1. The final day of the 2017 regular summer season was Sunday, August 6, 2017 featuring C9 vs Echo Fox (FOX), Team Liquid (TL) vs Team Dignitas (DIG), TSM vs CLG, and FlyQuest (FLY) vs P1. By the end of the 2017 regular summer season, there were nine weeks of competition and over 200 games played.


2017 NA LCS season, Summer, Playoffs, Format
The top six teams of the regular season got to play in the Summer Playoffs. The Summer Playoffs consists of three rounds: Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals. The top two teams automatically qualify for Semifinals while the four other teams played in the Quarterfinals. The winners of the Quarterfinals move onto the Semifinals. With the use of dynamic seeding, the highest seed team, regular season, played against the lowest seed team that moved onto the Semifinals. The second highest seed team, regular season, played against the other team. The two winners of the Semifinals played for first place in the Finals while the two losers played for third place.


2017 NA LCS season, Promotion tournament, Format
The promotion tournament for the 2018 spring split was played between the bottom two NA LCS teams and the top two CS teams from the 2017 summer split. This tournament was a three-day event. On the first day, a NA LCS team vs a CS team. The winners from day one go onto the winners bracket, day two, where they play against each other to determine who will get to play in the NA LCS next split.


2017 NA LCS season, Promotion tournament, Format
The losers from day one go onto the losers bracket, day two, where they play against each other to determine who will get a final chance to qualify for the NA LCS next split. On day three, the winner of the losers bracket plays against the loser of the winners bracket. The winner of day three will play in the NA LCS next split. This was the last promotion tournament of the NA LCS. Next split the NA LCS will be franchising teams.


2017 NA LCS season, Promotion tournament, Results, Day 3
Team Liquid and Phoenix1 both won the promotion tournament, but they are not guaranteed a seat next split. The 2018 NA LCS Spring Split has implemented franchising so no team is guaranteed a spot.


2017 NA LCS season, Regional qualifiers, Format
The Regional Qualifiers is played between 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th highest point holders. There are three rounds. The first round was played between the 4th and 5th point holders. The second round was played between the winner of the first round and the 3rd point holder. The final round is played between the winner of the second round and the 2nd point holder. The winner of the last round will get the last seat to qualify for Worlds.


2017 NA-120 by-election
There was a by-election in the Pakistani parliamentary constituency of NA-120 on 17 September 2017, following the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office. PML (N) candidate Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif secured 61,745 votes and defeated Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.


2017 NA-120 by-election, Background
Following the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office, a by-election was triggered in his NA-120 constituency.


2017 NA-120 by-election, Background
Immediately, speculation arose of PML (N) choosing the current Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif as a candidate for NA-120 as well as Prime Minister. Later on, however, Shehbaz Sharif was said to be continuing his position as Chief Minister of Punjab until 2018, ruling him out as a candidate. Subsequently, Nawaz Sharif’s wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, was chosen as the candidate for PML (N).


2017 NA-120 by-election, Campaign
The main challenger of Kulsoom Nawaz for the seat was Dr. Yasmin Rashid of PTI, who also contested the seat in 2013. She ran primarily on the issue that Nawaz Sharif and PML (N) were “corrupt” and that they did not do much for the constituency. The PML (N) campaign was run by Nawaz’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who claimed that the Supreme Court ruling was unfair and that Nawaz Sharif was the legitimate Prime Minister.


2017 NA-120 by-election, Result, Result
Kulsoom Nawaz won this seat for PML (N), albeit with a much reduced majority of 14,646 due to gains by PTI and small Islamist Parties.


2017 NACAM Rally Championship
The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was the tenth season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 9 March in Leon, Mexico, and ended 25 November in Colima, Mexico, after five events held in Canada and Venezuela.


2017 NACAM Rally Championship
Costa Rico's two events were dropped from the championship and replaced with events in Venezuela (Rally Isla de Margarita) and a new third rally in Mexico, the Rally Colima. The Mexican round of the World Rally Championship, Rally Guanajuato Mexico was included in place of the long running RAC 1000 Rally.


2017 NACAM Rally Championship
Defending champion, Citroën driver Ricardo Triviño won his eighth NACAM championship. Triviño won the second and third rounds of the championship, Rally Montañas Sierra Fría Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico and Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs in New Richmond, Canada and was second at the season opening event Rally Guanajuato Mexico. Triviño scored no further points, but had sufficient points to be well clear of all challengers. Mitsubishi driver Francisco Díaz Mendoza finished second in the points with two second places and only just over half the points scored by Triviño. Four drivers finished tied for third place.


2017 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is being held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 80th annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The opening game round started on March 15, and the National Championship Game was played on March 21.


2017 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 2017 NAIA results
Texas Wesleyan won their 2nd national title, defeating Life University (Ga.) 86 to 76. It was Texas Wesleyan's 13th appearance in the NAIA Tournament. It was their 4th elite eight and final four, and second title game. 2017 was the 9th straight year without a back-to-back winner. Texas Wesleyan became the 16th program to win two or more national titles with its win. Life finished the season earning its second all-time runner-up title.


2017 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured thirty-two teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game was won by the Union Bulldogs of Barbourville, KY over the Cornerstone Golden Eagles of Grand Rapids, MI by a score of 72 to 69.


2017 NAIA Football National Championship
The 2017 NAIA Football National Championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between November 18 and December 16 of 2017. The tournament will conclude on December 16 with a single game, played as the 62nd Annual NAIA Football National Championship . The game featured two undefeated teams that met in the semifinal round of the 2016 tournament, including the defending national champions, the #1-ranked Saint Francis Cougars. Their opponent was the #2-ranked Reinhardt Eagles, in only the 5th year of the program's existence. In the end, it was Saint Francis that prevailed by a final score of 24-13. This was only the 5th time a team has managed back-to-back championships in the history of NAIA football.


2017 NAIA Football National Championship
The championship game was played at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. This was the 4th consecutive time the championship game was played at this venue after the prior six games were played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. A total of sixteen teams were selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country. The field included twelve conference champions who received automatic bids. The field was filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions. First-round seedings were based on the final edition of the 2017 NAIA Coaches' Poll, with certain minor modifications given based on geographic considerations. Each subsequent round was re-seeded based on the rankings of all teams advancing to that round.


2017 NAIA Football National Championship
Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 18, after the first round results were known.


2017 NAIA Football National Championship
Semifinal pairings were confirmed by the NAIA on November 25, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.


2017 NAIA Football National Championship
Saint Francis senior quarterback Nick Ferrer was awarded the Rawlings Award for most valuable player in the NAIA prior to the championship.


2017 NAIA football rankings
One human poll made up the 2017 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. When the regular season was complete, the NAIA conducted a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was taken after completion of the 2017 NAIA Football National Championship.


2017 NAIA football rankings, Poll release dates
The poll released a spring edition of the rankings on April 10, 2017. A complete schedule of poll release dates will be:


2017 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the last (postseason) poll of the 2017 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.


2017 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.


2017 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 23rd season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. The season began with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 24, 2017, and ended with the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17. Johnny Sauter entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. This was the final season for Brad Keselowski Racing and for Red Horse Racing.


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports won the driver's championship with a second-place finish in the season finale, Kyle Busch won the owner's championship for the fifth consecutive season, and Toyota won the manufacturer's championship.


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
This was the second year that the Truck Series (and the Xfinity Series) had a playoff system. Three of the four "championship 4" drivers (who are shown below), were the same as last year's; the only difference being Austin Cindric in it instead of Timothy Peters.


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Schedule
The season's schedule comprises 23 races, and was released on May 5, 2016. Fox, FS1, and Fox Business will televise every race in the United States.


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Results and standings, Drivers' standings
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6


2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 31st season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Jet Tools 150 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 19 and concluded with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation 125 presented by Carl Deputy & Son Builders at Dover International Speedway on September 29. Justin Haley was the defending Drivers' Champion. Harrison Burton won the championship, eight points in front of Todd Gilliland.


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Schedule
All of the races in the 2017 season - with the exception of the JustDrive.com 125 - were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Results and Standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-fourth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 at Tucson Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts at Kern County Raceway Park on November 4. Todd Gilliland was the defending drivers' champion and he won the championship again in 2017, becoming the first back-to-back champion in the West Series since Mike Duncan in 2004 and 2005.


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Schedule
All of the races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.


2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
The 2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the tenth season of the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and the thirteenth season organized by NASCAR Mexico. The series returned after one-year hiatus. It was the first season with PEAK as the series' title sponsor. It began with the Difrenosa 120 at Autódromo Monterrey on March 26 and concluded with the Gran Premio FedEx at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on November 12. Rubén García Jr. entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Abraham Calderón won his second career championship.


2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
In 2017, was created the NASCAR FedEx Challenge Series and NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series as supporting series of NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series.


2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, Results and Standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series
The 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the eleventh season of the NASCAR Pinty's Series. Beginning on May 21 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the season consisted of thirteen races at eleven different venues in Canada. The season ended at Jukasa Motor Speedway on September 23. Cayden Lapcevich is the defending Drivers' Champion. Alex Labbé won the championship when the Green Flag dropped at the last race, as there were not enough entries for Labbé to lose that many points that Kevin Lacroix could have taken the championship. Labbé won the championship by a 16-point margin over Lacroix.


2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series, Results and Standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the ninth Racecar Euro Series season, and the fifth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Anthony Kumpen enters the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 class. Stienes Longin entered the season as the defending Elite 2 champion, but he will not defend his title as he moved up to the Elite 1 class.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
In the Elite 1 class, Alon Day won his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 53 points over Anthony Kumpen. In the Elite 2 class, Thomas Ferrando won his first Elite 2 title, finishing ahead of PK Carsport's Guillaume Dumarey by 91 points. Knauf Racing, represented by the No. 37 team, won their first (and only) team's championship title.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The season also included one non-championship event, the Trofeo Angelo Caffi, which was held at a temporary track that were laid down for the 2017 Bologna Motor Show and was won by Lorenzo Marcucci.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings, Elite 1
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-third season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 15. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. 2017 marked the first season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Doug Coby won the championship, six points in front of Timmy Solomito.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Schedule
The All-Star Shootout and the Southern Slam 150 did not count towards the championship. The Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen, the Icebreaker 150, City of Hampton 150 and the Thompson 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv. Eleven of the eighteen races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.


2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Results and Standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 36th season of the Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by the NASCAR in the United States. The season began with the PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Daniel Suárez was the defending drivers' champion while Toyota was the defending manufacturer's champion, although Suárez couldn't defend his title due to him racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
During the season, races were broadcast by Fox Sports and NBC Sports for the third consecutive year.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
William Byron of JR Motorsports won the driver's championship with a third-place finish in the season finale. Team Penske won the owner's championship while Chevrolet won the manufacturer's championship.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
This was the second year that the Xfinity Series (and the Truck Series) had a playoff system. Two of the four "championship 4" drivers (who are shown below), were the same as last year's, the only differences being William Byron and Daniel Hemric were in it instead of Daniel Suárez and Erik Jones, who both moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 2017. Also, three of the four of them (Byron, Sadler, and Allgaier) all drove for JR Motorsports.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
As Hemric, the other driver in the "championship 4", drove for Richard Childress Racing, that meant that the "championship 4" was composed entirely of Chevrolet drivers. Also ironically, Sadler and Allgaier both ended up finishing in the same positions in the standings as they did in 2016, second and third, respectfully.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Schedule
The initial schedule, comprising 33 races, was released on May 5, 2016. A final schedule with some modifications made in conjunction with broadcast partners Fox and NBC was released on July 27, 2016.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Schedule
The Fox and NBC broadcast networks aired four races each, where the rest aired on pay channels FS1 and NBCSN.


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1–10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2017 NATC Motorcycle Trials Season
The 2017 NATC trials season was the 44th season. It consisted of eight trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Women's Pro. It began on 2 April, with round one in Texas and ended with round eight in Rhode Island on 25 June.


2017 NATC Motorcycle Trials Season, Season summary
Patrick Smage would claim his ninth NATC Trials Championship in 2017.


2017 NATC Motorcycle Trials Season, 2017 NATC trials season calendar, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in each class. All eight rounds counted for the Pro class, and the best of seven in Expert and Women's Pro classes were counted.


2017 NBA All-Star Game
The 2017 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 19, 2017, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2016–17 season. It was the 66th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 192–182. Anthony Davis was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player after scoring 52 points, the most ever by a player in an NBA All-Star Game. The game was televised nationally by TNT and TBS in the United States.


2017 NBA All-Star Game
The NBA initially planned to hold the 2017 All-Star Game at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Charlotte Hornets; it would have been the second time that Charlotte hosted the All-Star Game, following the 1991 event at the now-demolished Charlotte Coliseum. On August 19, 2016, the NBA chose to move the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans, due to controversy surrounding North Carolina's "bathroom bill", commonly known as HB2. It was the first major sporting event in the United States to be relocated for political reasons since 1990; in that instance, the National Football League (NFL) relocated Super Bowl XXVII out of Tempe, Arizona, because the state did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act/HB2 became law in March 2016. It banned, among other things, North Carolinian city governments from passing ordinances that protect members of the LGBT community from discrimination. Charlotte already passed such an ordinance in February 2016. However, when HB2 went into effect, it terminated said ordinance. Consequently, talks about the National Basketball Association pulling its All-Star Game from Charlotte began to rise.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
Factors into this relocation threat was that out of all major professional sports leagues, the NBA reportedly has the largest LGBT fanbase. Another was that the NBA fanbase skewed much younger on average, and younger Americans are more supportive of LGBT rights.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
In the days after HB2 was signed, Dallas and especially Atlanta both suggested they could host the All-Star Game if the NBA removed it. Atlanta made their public suggestion to the NBA less than a week after HB2 passed, mentioning it had vetoed a similar bill and had success with hosting other major events of a similar size. In response, however, the NBA stuck with Charlotte. On April 5, NBA analyst and former player Charles Barkley voiced his support to move the All-Star Game. He joined other newspaper journalists, including journalists from The Guardian and The Washington Post, who advised the NBA to do the same.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
On April 10, a group of six US Senators wrote to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, telling him to move the game in response to HB2. Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy also spoke out in favor of moving the game. Two days later an Oakland city council member announced her intention for Oakland to host, again using HB2 as the primary reason for moving the game.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
During the Board of Governors meetings, the NBA announced they did not have plans to remove the game from Charlotte and did not vote to; however, Silver said HB2 remained a problem and, according to an official press release, was also concerned about Charlotte's capability to host because of HB2. Silver next spoke about the issue on April 21 at the Associated Press Sports Editors commissioner meetings and on ESPN's Mike and Mike morning radio show. During both appearances he stated the NBA would rather work with the state and city governments to help change the law than issue a definitive statement. However, he also made clear the game would move if HB2 wasn't changed.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
On June 2, Silver met with reporters to discuss the future of the All-Star Game, stating the league was "looking at alternatives"; however, he went on to say, "...it [would not be] productive to draw a line in the sand, and we'd be moving on if I didn't think there were constructive discussions going on in North Carolina right now." Six days later, Barkley again spoke out on the subject, merely repeating his thoughts that the game should be moved.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
On July 12, The Associated Press reported that several well-known technology companies had written a letter to Silver telling him to move the game, using HB2 as their main reason for doing so. Silver gave an update later that day during a league conference, again saying no vote had been taken on whether to move the game. However, he did say, "...the calendar is not our friend." Silver also said the final decision would be made by summer's end.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
On July 21, the NBA pulled the All-Star Game from Charlotte, and New Orleans was the frontrunner to replace it. New Orleans previously hosted the All-Star Game in 2008 and 2014. The same day, the NBA confirmed these rumors to be true with a press release, saying they hope to award Charlotte the game in 2019. On August 19, the NBA selected New Orleans as the new location to host the All-Star Game.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, Relocation
Ticket prices plunged ahead of the All-Star weekend. According to data compiled by resale ticket market research firm TicketIQ, the price of the cheapest ticket available on the resale market two days before the game was down 71% from the previous All-Star Game in Toronto. The Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group, speculated that the drop in prices was due to fans becoming "tired of the league's political agenda." TicketIQ Founder and CEO Jesse Lawrence cited 'All-Star Fatigue' as a possible reason for the decline, given the city's recent hosting of the game.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Coaches
The Golden State Warriors had the best record in the Western Conference, therefore making Steve Kerr the Western Conference head coach. Brad Stevens, coach of the Boston Celtics, was the head coach for the Eastern Conference team. While the Cleveland Cavaliers had the best record in the Eastern Conference at the time, the Cavaliers coach, Tyronn Lue, was ineligible to coach in the All-Star Game in 2017, due to the fact he was the coach in 2016. The honor instead went to the coach of the second place team, Boston.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The rosters for the All-Star Game are selected through a voting process. The starters for the first time are chosen by not only the fans, but also by the media and current NBA players. Fans make up 50% of the vote, and NBA players and media each comprise 25% of the vote. The two guards and three frontcourt players who receive the highest cumulative vote totals are named the All-Star starters. NBA head coaches vote for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which can be players on their own team.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Each coach selects two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player is to be selected, coaches are encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game starters were announced on January 19, 2017. Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors were named the backcourt starters in the East, earning their fourth and third all-star appearances, respectively. LeBron James was named a starter to his 13th career all-star game, tying Dirk Nowitzki for most selections among active players.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Joining James in the East frontcourt was Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls, his third consecutive selection, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, his first all-star selection in his young career, and the first Buck to be named an all-star since Michael Redd in 2004. Giannis became the first Greek basketball player to participate in the all-star game.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and James Harden of the Houston Rockets were named to the starting backcourt in the West, earning their fourth and fifth all-star appearances, respectively. In the frontcourt, Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors was named to his eighth career all-star game, along with Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, their second and fourth all-star selections, respectively.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game reserves were announced on January 26, 2017. The West reserves include Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings, Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers, and Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz. Jordan and Hayward were selected as all-stars for the first time in their respective careers.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The East reserves include Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics, John Wall of the Washington Wizards, Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks, and Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets, who was selected as an all-star for the first time in his career. Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks was named as a replacement for Kevin Love due to Love suffering a knee injury.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Kevin Love was unable to participate due to a knee injury. Carmelo Anthony was selected as Kevin Love's replacement.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Celebrity Game
The 2017 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game was played on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Celebrity Game
The game was a matchup of Team East vs. Team West, coached by ESPN SportsCenter hosts Michael Smith and Jemele Hill, respectively. The game featured 23 players, including actors Ansel Elgort, Caleb McLaughlin, & Romeo Miller, and TV host Nick Cannon. The game also includes two NBA legends, Jason Williams, and Baron Davis, as well as Lindsay Whalen and Candace Parker of the WNBA.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Celebrity Game
The game ended up being the second most lopsided game in Celebrity Game history to date. The East Team's 88 points were the most ever scored by one team, and their 29-point margin of victory was the second largest ever. Even though last year's MVP and the East Team player Win Butler scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, his teammate Brandon Armstrong won the 2017 All-Star Celebrity Game MVP award with 16 points and 15 rebounds.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Rising Stars Challenge
Embiid was unable to participate due to a knee injury. Abrines was named as Embiid's replacement. Mudiay was unable to participate due to a back injury. Hernangómez was named as Mudiay's replacement.


2017 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Skills Challenge
Embiid was unable to participate due to a knee injury. Jokić was named as Embiid's replacement.


2017 NBA Awards
The 2017 NBA Awards were the first annual awards show by the National Basketball Association (NBA), held on June 26, 2017 at Basketball City at Pier 36 in New York City, New York, and hosted by musician Drake.


2017 NBA Awards, Fan Awards
Fan Awards are fan-voted categories in which voting is done online on the league's official website and using social media hashtags.


2017 NBA Finals
The 2017 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2016–17 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers four games to one. This Finals was the first time in NBA history the same two teams had met for a third consecutive year. The Cavaliers sought to repeat as champions after winning the championship in 2016, while the Warriors won their first meeting in 2015.


2017 NBA Finals
Golden State earned home court advantage with a 2016–17 regular season record of 67–15, while Cleveland finished the regular season with a 51–31 record. The Warriors entered the 2017 Finals after becoming the first team in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, while the Cavaliers entered the 2017 Finals with a 12–1 record during the first three rounds of the postseason. The Warriors' 15–0 start in the playoffs is the most consecutive postseason wins in NBA history and their 16–1 record is the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoff history. Golden State's Kevin Durant was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). Durant won the Finals MVP award unanimously, receiving all 11 Finals MVP votes.


2017 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
This was the Golden State Warriors' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals and ninth appearance overall, having come short of back-to-back titles in the 2016 NBA Finals by losing in seven games after having a 3–1 lead. With the acquisition of free agent Kevin Durant in the offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a "Superteam" by the media and fans, forming a new All-Star "Big Four" of Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.


2017 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
The team equaled their 2014–15 regular-season record of 67–15, their second most wins in franchise history. They won the Pacific Division title and Western Conference Championship for the third consecutive season. The club became the fastest team in NBA history to clinch a playoff berth, achieving the feat on February 25, 2017, two days earlier than last season when they clinched on February 27, 2016.


2017 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
They also became the first team in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals, and the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Entering the Finals, this twelve game win-streak tied third for the most consecutive wins in the postseason. The Warriors also entered the Finals with the largest playoff points differential in NBA history, with a +16.3 winning margin per game.


2017 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers
This was the Cleveland Cavaliers' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and fourth appearance overall, seeking to repeat as NBA champions. This was also the seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance for LeBron James, and the sixth for James Jones (who technically qualified for the 2011 NBA Finals along with James, but did not play).