2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1
The 2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1 was the 117th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organised by the RFU for the top tier English counties. This was the first season it would be officially known as Bill Beaumont Division 1 having previously been known as the Bill Beaumont Cup. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional sections (each divided into two pools, for a total of four) with the winners of each meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. Cornwall were the defending champions.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1
Due to changes to the County Championship format (more detail of this below) four new teams were added to the competition, with East Midlands and Northumberland joining the northern section, while Kent and Devon joined the south. East Midlands (winners) and Kent (runners up) were promoted after reaching the final of the 2016 County Championship Plate, while Northumberland and Devon were promoted by virtue of their performances in the competition over the past couple of seasons. It also saw a lucky escape for the likes of Yorkshire, who would have been playing tier 2 rugby this year were it not for the competition restructuring.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1
By the end of the group stages, Lancashire and Cornwall came top of their respective pools, winning all three of their games with a bonus point in each to qualify for the final in what would be the fourth county championship final between the two sides. Lancashire possibly had the harder time of it as they edged rivals Yorkshire by just one point with neither side playing each other due to the new format, while Cornwall won all their games.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1
In the Twickenham final, the first half started with Cornwall dominant in taking an 8-0 lead into the break - although they perhaps should have capitalized more on a Lancashire yellow card towards the end of the half. The second half was a completely different story, however, as Lancashire played some breath-taking rugby scoring three delightful tries to take the game 19-8, ending Cornwall's hope of a treble of championships, and claiming the 24th county championship title for the Red Rose.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition format
The 2017 County Championships saw a new competition structure introduced across all three divisions. In tier 1 there were now twelve teams instead of the eight from 2016, with six counties in the northern group, and six in the southern group. To complicate matters further, each county only played three games per group instead of five. This meant that some counties had two home games, while the others had just one. The RFU plans to switch this around the following year so that teams that played one home game in 2017 will get two during the 2018 competition - it is assumed that this is against the three teams in the group they did not play the previous season.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition format
At the end of the group stage the top teams with the best record from each group (north and south) advanced to the final held on 28 May 2017 at Twickenham Stadium. A further change will see relegation occur every two seasons instead of one, with points accumulated over the two seasons taken into consideration. This system will also apply to promoted teams in tier 2.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team
61 - 15 Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team
56 - 11 Cornwall away to Devon on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Team
Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player
Sam Goatley for Gloucestershire at home to Devon on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player
Calum Irvine for Yorkshire at home to Northumberland on 20 May 2017 James Moffat for Gloucestershire at home to Surrey on 20 May 2017 Matthew Shepherd for Cornwall at home to Hertfordshire on 20 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1, Competition records, Player
Calum Irvine for Yorkshire at home to Cheshire on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2
The 2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 was the 16th version of the annual English rugby union, County Championship organised by the RFU for the tier 2 English counties. This was the first season it would be officially known as Bill Beaumont Division 2 having previously been known as the County Championship Plate. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional pools (north/south) with four teams in each and the winners of each pool meeting in the final at Twickenham Stadium.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2
Due to changes to the County Championship format (more detail of this below) four new teams were added to the competition, with Hampshire (winners) and Staffordshire (runners up) coming up due to reaching the final of the 2016 County Championship Shield, while Warwickshire and Cumbria were also promoted by virtue of their performances in the competition during the past two seasons. The changes also meant that there were no teams relegated into the division.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2
Leicestershire and Hampshire won their respective groups to qualify for the Twickenham final, with Leicestershire being the more impressive with three easy victories. The first half of the final was fairly close with Leicestershire going in 8-0 up, but in the second half they added a further four tries to win their first ever Division 2 competition by a final score of 39-7. It was a well deserved win for Leicestershire who were by the far the strongest county in Division 2 this season and it would be no surprise if they are in the top division in a couple of year's time.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition format
The competition format was two regional group stages divided into north and south with four teams in each group. This meant that two teams in the pool had two home games, while the other two had just one. The top side in each group went through to the final held at Twickenham Stadium. The RFU plans to switch this around the following year so that teams that played one home game in 2017 will get two during the 2018 competition.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition format
Due to changes to the County Championships implemented for this competition there was no promotion for the Division 2 finalists as there had been in previous seasons. Instead, points will be accumulated over two seasons with the two most successful sides over that period being promoted to the top tier for the 2019 competition. The RFU has also introduced relegation to the division, with the bottom sides in each group over two years dropping to Division 3.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team
62 - 5 Durham County at home to Cumbria on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team
62 - 13	Hampshire away to North Midlands on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team
62 - 5 Durham County at home to Cumbria on 6 May 201762 - 13	Hampshire away to North Midlands on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team
Durham County at home to Cumbria on 6 May 2017Hampshire away to North Midlands on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Team
Warwickshire at home to North Midlands on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player
Richard Buck for Hampshire at home to North Midlands on 6 May 2017 Tom Johnson for North Midlands away to Warwickshire on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player
Ben Palmer for Warwickshire at home to North Midlands on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2, Competition records, Player
Pierre-Alex Clarke for Hampshire at home to Somerset on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3
The 2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3 was the 13th version of the annual English rugby union County Championship, organised by the RFU for the tier 3 English counties. This was the first season it would be officially known as Bill Beaumont Division 3, having previously been known as the County Championship Shield. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the fifth tier and below of the English rugby union league system.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3
Due to changes to the competition across the board, the Division 3 competition was reduced to eight teams (see the section below for more detail on this), divided into two pools (north and south) with the pool winners meeting in the final to be held at Twickenham Stadium. New teams to the division include Middlesex, who returned to Division 3 after missing the previous year, and Sussex who last took part in 2013. The reigning champions, Hampshire, were one of the promoted counties who were  playing in tier 2 in 2017.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3
At the end of the pool stage Oxfordshire and Sussex topped both of their groups to qualify for the final. This was not without some controversy as Oxfordshire managed to make the final despite only playing 2 of their 3 group games. With pool 1 on a knife edge going into the final game, Oxfordshire's opponents, Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, were unable to field a front row and the game was awarded to Oxfordshire and 5 points. By gaining the extra bonus point, Oxfordshire edged out group rivals, Buckinghamshire and Essex, who both had a superior for and against records.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3
Having said all this had Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire played it was probably likely that Oxfordshire would have won by a bonus point anyway. At the Twickenham final an exciting game finished 29-29 after 80 minutes, with Oxfordshire crowned Division 3 champions for the first time in the county's history by virtue of scoring more tries (5) than Sussex (4).


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition format
The Division 3 format was changed for the 2017 season. Where before there were ten teams playing in three pools, this was narrowed down to seven teams playing in two pools. The first pool had four teams with two of the counties playing two home games and the others just one - the RFU plans to switch this around the following year so that teams that played one home game in 2017 will get two during the 2018 competition. Pool 2 only had three teams due to the withdrawal of Middlesex who were supposed to take part, meaning that each team played one home game each. The top side in each group went through to the final held at Twickenham Stadium.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition format
Due to changes to the County Championships implemented for this competition, promotion between tier 3 and tier 2 has been introduced. This will be done over a two-year period, with points accumulated from the pool stages determining the promoted sides (one for each group), who will be turn replaced by the bottom two sides (one from each group) from tier 2.


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
30 - 10 Buckinghamshire at home to Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire on 13 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
37  - 8 Essex away to Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Essex away to Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire on 6 May 2017Oxfordshire at Twickenham against Sussex on 28 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Sussex at home to Dorset & Wilts on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Sussex away to Berkshire on 13 May 2017Berkshire away to Dorset & Wilts on 20 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Ed Phillips for Oxfordshire away to Buckinghamshire on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Pat Ockendon for Buckinghamshire at home to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire on 13 May 2017 Bradley Burr for Essex at home to Buckinghamshire on 20 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Carlos Casanova for Sussex at home to Dorset & Wilts on 6 May 2017


2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3, Competition records, Team
Carlos Casanova for Sussex away to Berkshire on 13 May 2017 Tom Finnie for Berkshire away to Dorset & Wilts on 20 May 2017


2017 Billboard Music Awards
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 21, 2017. The list of nominees was announced on April 10, 2017. Non -televised awards were announced on Billboard website the same day as the main ceremony.


2017 BinckBank Tour
The 2017 BinckBank Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 7 and 13 August in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was a continuation of the Eneco Tour but was renamed following a change in title sponsor. As such, it was the 13th edition, the first one under the name BinckBank Tour. It was also the 29th event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was won by Tom Dumoulin.


2017 BinckBank Tour, Teams
All UCI WorldTeam were invited as the race is part of the UCI World Tour. The race organisation also gave out wildcards to four UCI Professional Continental teams.


2017 BinckBank Tour, Schedule
The course for the race was announced in May 2017.


2017 BinckBank Tour, Classification leadership table
There are four principal classifications in the race. The first of these is the general classification, calculated by adding up the time each rider took to ride each stage. Time bonuses are applied for winning stages (10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders) and for the three "golden kilometre" sprints on each stage. At each of these sprints, the first three riders are given 3-, 2- and 1-second bonuses respectively. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification. The rider leading the classification wins a green jersey.


2017 BinckBank Tour, Classification leadership table
There is also a points classification. On each road stage the riders are awarded points for finishing in the top 10 places, with other points awarded for intermediate sprints. The rider with the most accumulated points is the leader of the classification and wins the blue jersey. The combativity classification is based solely on points won at the intermediate sprints; the leading rider wins the black jersey. The final classification is a team classification: on each stage the times of the best three riders on each team are added up. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the seven stages wins the team classification.


2017 Birling Gap incident
On 27 August 2017, Beachy Head and beaches including Birling Gap, in the English county of East Sussex, were evacuated following a suspected chemical leak. Visitors reported ill effects after the appearance of a "mist", and  233 people were treated at Eastbourne General Hospital, initially with a full chemical decontamination. Witnesses reported stinging and dried-up eyes, regardless of repeated eyewashes.


2017 Birling Gap incident
The identity of the gas was unclear, but chlorine was initially blamed. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service stated that "due to the symptoms and situation described", the gas was unlikely to be chlorine. Previous chemical emission clouds had drifted across from industrial units in Northern France; however, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) stated that in this incident such a scenario was unlikely due to weather models.


2017 Birling Gap incident
The MCA said that one line of investigation was a possible leak from a disturbed shipwreck, with the SS Mira, a 3,700-tonne First World War armed tanker sunk by a German mine on 11 October 1917, suggested as one potential source. Investigators from the MCA also looked at some 180 ships that passed through the area on 27 August 2017.


2017 Birling Gap incident
In 2018 BBC Sussex requested police, fire and ambulance logs under a freedom of information request. The National Police Air Service and Ministry of Defence were asked to help but said their aircraft could not fly in the circumstances. Helicopters could not be used to investigate the haze in case the gas was explosive. East Sussex Fire Service used gas detection equipment, but could not detect anything as the cloud had dispersed.


2017 Birling Gap incident, Reaction
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, called for an urgent inquiry to determine the cause.


2017 Birling Gap incident, Defra report
A report conducted by Defra into the incident was inconclusive as to the precise source of the release due to the absence of samples to determine the chemicals involved. The report did rule out land-based sources in either England or France but suggested that the cloud most likely originated from a ship or its cargo in the English Channel.


2017 Birmingham Bowl
The 2017 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The twelfth edition of the Birmingham Bowl featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference against the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 11:00 AM CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.


2017 Birmingham Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders against the South Florida Bulls and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.


2017 Birmingham Bowl, Teams, South Florida Bulls
South Florida entered the game as the defending Birmingham Bowl champion, their 2016 team having defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 46–39 in overtime. This was the Bulls' third Birmingham Bowl; in addition to their 2016 victory, the 2006 Bulls defeated the East Carolina Pirates, 24–7 in the inaugural game when it was known as the PapaJohns.com Bowl.


2017 Birmingham City L.F.C. season
The 2017 season is Birmingham City Ladies Football Club's seventh season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs. It is the club's first season as a fully integrated set-up of men's side Birmingham City FC. It is also the club's first season under manager Marc Skinner, following David Parker's departure in December 2016.


2017 Birmingham City L.F.C. season
Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.


2017 Birmingham City L.F.C. season, First team
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2017 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election
The 2017 mayoral election in Birmingham, Alabama, took place on August 22, 2017, alongside municipal races for the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Board of Education. In a field of twelve candidates, Randall Woodfin came in first ahead of incumbent William A. Bell. As neither reached the 50 percent threshold, a runoff election was held on October 3, 2017, when Woodfin was elected with over 58 percent of the vote.


2017 Birthday Honours
The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom were announced on 16 June; the honours for New Zealand were announced on 5 June and for Australia on 12 June.


2017 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades, i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc., and then by divisions, i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.


2017 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Australia
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 for Australia were announced on 12 June 2017 by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove.


2017 Birthday Honours, Cook Islands
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Cook Islands with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Grenada
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Grenada with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Papua New Guinea
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Papua New Guinea with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Solomon Islands
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Solomon Islands with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Tuvalu
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Tuvalu with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours, Saint Lucia
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Lucia with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2017 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 5 June 2017.


2017 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 Bitburger Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken in Germany from 31 October to 5 November 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament
The 2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifteenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Bitburger Open championships which has been held since 1988. This tournament was organized by the 1. BC Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, with the sanctioned from the BWF.


2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken in the Germany.


2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix Gold event.


2017 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for the 2017 tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 93rd running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 19, 2016, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Nik Juarez, Actress won the race by a head over runner-up Lights of Medina. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club supplied a purse of $300,000 for the 93rd running. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.87. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day record attendance of 50,339. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day and the sixth largest for a thoroughbred race in North America in 2017.


2017 Blacktown state by-election
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Blacktown on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of John Robertson (Labor). Robertson served as state Leader of the Opposition from 2011 until 2014.


2017 Blacktown state by-election
The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections Cootamundra and Murray.


2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election
As part of the local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 42 seats of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were up for election. The majority of members elected were independents, replacing the previous Labour administration.


2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election, Changes between 2017 and 2021
In March 2018 Gareth Davies (Cwm), Plaid Cymru's only councillor in the area, resigned from the party.


2017 Blancpain GT Series
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series was the fourth season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season started on 2 April in Misano and ended on 1 October in Barcelona. The season featured ten rounds, five Endurance Cup rounds and five Sprint Cup rounds.


2017 Blancpain GT Series, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. On 7 November, the SRO announced the calendar was finalised.


2017 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race during Sprint Cup rounds and the pole-sitter during Endurance Cup rounds also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 Blancpain GT Series, Championship standings
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the inaugural season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia, Calendar
On 19 October 2016, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details. The series started at Sepang on 8 April and ended at Zhejiang on 15 October, as the event at Zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the ruling Communist Party of China scheduled its 19th National Congress for the period.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 23 April at Monza and ended on 1 October in Barcelona. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The Sprint Cup round in Barcelona became an Endurance Cup round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup was the fifth season of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the fourth with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The series started at Misano on 2 April and ended at the Nürburgring on 17 September. Zandvoort would make its return on the schedule after a one-year absence, replacing the round in Barcelona, but on 7 November the SRO announced the finalised calendar, confirming Zandvoort had been replaced by Zolder. The finalised calendar also showed the series would return to the Hungaroring.


2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club
The 2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the third season of the SRO Group's Blancpain GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The Blancpain GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. The "Iron" categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars.


2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The series started at Misano on 2 April and ended in Barcelona on 1 October. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced by a round in Silverstone. On 7 November, the SRO announced the calendar was finalised, confirming the series would go the Hungaroring to support the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.


2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.


2017 Blaublitz Akita season
2017 Blaublitz Akita season. The annual club slogan was "突". The team won the first J3 title on December 3, 2017


2017 Blaublitz Akita season, Squad
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2017 Blind T20 World Cup
The 2017 Blind World T20 also known as 2017 Blind T20 World Cup was a T20I tournament which was also the second edition of the Blind T20 World Cup for blind cricketers, held in India from 30 January to 12 February. India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the finals to win their second Blind T20 World Cup. Ten teams, hosts India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, South Africa, Nepal, Australia and New Zealand took part, playing in 48 matches.


2017 Blind T20 World Cup
Hosting the T20 World Cup for the Blind for the second time after the inaugural edition in 2012, India were the defending champions and were the favourites to win the title.


2017 Blind T20 World Cup
The final of this tournament was held in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangaluru between arch rivals India and Pakistan and it was a high scoring match. Pakistan batted first and scored 197/8 in their entire 20 overs and in reply India lost only one wicket and chased the mammoth total of 198.


2017 Blind T20 World Cup, Format
In the group stage, each team had to play against all the other teams which were competing for the title. Following this the teams finishing in top four progressed to the semi finals.


2017 Blind T20 World Cup, Venues
Delhi IIT Ground, Sardar Vallabhbai Stadium, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Dwaraka DDA Ground, Delhi Siri Fort, Nahar Singh Stadium of Faridabad, Delhi Saket DDA Ground, Holkar Stadium, Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, MIG Cricket Club, Bandra (East), Brabourne Stadium, Pune PYC Ground, Rajagiri College Ground – Cochin, Karnataka State Cricket Association Ground, Alur., KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anatapur, Mulapadu cricket Ground (Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground), Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium were some of the stadiums which were given the permission to host the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup matches.


2017 Blind T20 World Cup, Venues
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad also hosted some of the matches of the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup


2017 Blind T20 World Cup, Group stage
A total of 48 matches were played between the 10 teams.


2017 Bloc Québécois leadership election
An 2017 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held on March 14, 2017 to choose a successor to Gilles Duceppe, who resigned on October 22, 2015 after the 2015 Canadian federal election. Rhéal Fortin, MP for Rivière-du-Nord, had been serving as interim leader since Duceppe's resignation. The election was initially scheduled for April 22, 2017 but ended on March 14, 2017 at the end of the nomination period, because there was only one candidate. Ouellet's tenure was controversial due to her staunch separatist views, and, following a leadership vote, she was forced to resign in June 2018.


2017 Bloc Québécois leadership election, Results
Being the only candidate, Martine Ouellet won the election by default at the end of the nomination period, on March 14, 2017. She was officially named leader on March 18, 2017.


2017 Bloomsburg Huskies football team
The 2017 Bloomsburg Huskies football team represents Bloomsburg University in the PSAC East division.


2017 Bloomsburg Huskies football team, Background, Previous season
In 2016 the Huskies were 6–5 and 4–3 in PSAC play.


2017 Blossom Cup
The 2017 Blossom Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Quanzhou, China, from 27 March–2 April 2017.


2017 Blossom Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Blossom Cup – Doubles
Han Xinyun and Ye Qiuyu won the title, defeating Hiroko Kuwata and Zhu Lin in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2017 Blossom Cup – Singles
Wang Qiang was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Liu Fangzhou 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2017 Boca Raton Bowl
The 2017 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2017, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The fourth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl featured the Conference USA champion Florida Atlantic Owls against the Mid-American Conference East Division champion Akron Zips. Kickoff was scheduled for 7:00 PM EST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game was officially known as the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl.


2017 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Florida Atlantic Owls against the Akron Zips and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.


2017 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams
Although FAU Stadium is the Owls' usual home field, the Zips served as the designated home team for the game.


2017 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Florida Atlantic Owls
This was Florida Atlantic's third bowl game in school history, first since 2008, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Owls won both of their previous bowl games (the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl).


2017 Boca Raton Bowl, Teams, Akron Zips
This was Akron's third bowl game in school history, first since 2015, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Zips previously lost one bowl game (the 2005 Motor City Bowl) and won one bowl game (the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).


2017 Bohemian F.C. season
The 2017 season was Bohemian F.C. 's 127th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the FAI Cup, the EA Sports Cup.


2017 Bohemian F.C. season, Club, Kits
Tailored by Hummel, the new shirt features the club's traditional red and black stripes, a new round collar, and the back of the jersey featured the famous club sign from Dalymount Lane.


2017 Bohol clashes
The 2017 Bohol clashes were armed conflicts that took place in April and May 2017 between Philippine security forces and Moro ISIL-affiliated militants led by members of the Abu Sayyaf in Inabanga, Bohol, Philippines. Three Philippine Army soldiers, a policeman, four terrorists and two civilians were killed during the initial firefight. Subsequent firefights between the remaining militants and security forces resulted in the deaths of all the Abu Sayyaf insurgents. A ranking officer of the Philippine National Police linked to Abu Sayyaf attempted to rescue some of the insurgents but was arrested.


2017 Bohol clashes
The clashes marked the first recorded operation of the Abu Sayyaf group in the Visayas region of the Philippines, far from their strongholds in the Sulu Archipelago.


2017 Bohol clashes, Background
Five days before the initial incident, the Armed Forces of the Philippines had detected the departure of a group of Abu Sayyaf from Indanan, Sulu bound for the Central Visayas. On 9 April 2017, the US Embassy in Manila issued a travel warning based on "credible" reports of kidnapping threats. A day before the first firefight, the AFP received reports of the presence of eleven armed men in three pump boats entering the Inabanga River in Bohol.


2017 Bohol clashes, The initial clash
A firefight between a joint Philippine Army and police force and the Abu Sayyaf began at approximately 5:00 in the morning of 11 April 2017 in Barangay Napo in the town of Inabanga. A Philippine Air Force plane conducted airstrikes against the Abu Sayyaf, while a Philippine Navy gunboat was deployed to block possible escape routes by sea. Three Philippine Army troopers, a policeman, two civilians and four Abu Sayyaf members were killed in the clash. Reports indicated that three extremist groups that have pledged allegiance to ISIL participated in the Bohol attack: a hard-line Abu Sayyaf faction known as the Marakat Ansar Battalion (called the Marakah al Ansar Battalion by another source), the Maute group and Ansar Khalifa Philippines.


2017 Bohol clashes, The initial clash, Aftermath
A day after the firefight, the body of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Muamar Askali, also known as Abu Rami, was recovered from the scene of the clash. Askali was implicated in the beheading of two Canadian hostages, John Ridsdel and Robert Hall in 2016, and German tourist Jürgen Kantner in February 2017. On 13 April, two days after the clash, another Abu Sayyaf fatality was recovered by security forces after being buried by his companions in Barangay Lonoy Cainsican in Inabanga.


2017 Bohol clashes, The initial clash, Aftermath
Two civilians killed in the firefight were initially tagged as Abu Sayyaf casualties. Government troops recovered M16 and M4 rifles, and bomb-making paraphernalia from the scene of the clash. The Armed Forces of the Philippines and civil authorities declared Bohol "cleared" a day after the firefight.


2017 Bohol clashes, Subsequent clashes
On 22 April 2017, four more Abu Sayyaf militants were killed during firefights in Bohol, including sub-leader and guide Joselito Melloria, also known as Abu Alih. Two weeks later, the AFP announced the arrest of Abu Saad, one of the three remaining Abu Sayyaf members who had evaded capture. A day later, Abu Saad was reported killed after attempting to escape while in police custody. The last two militants were finally located after they took a local resident hostage and were killed in a firefight against security forces on 15 May 2017.


2017 Bohol clashes, Subsequent clashes
On the evening of 22 April 2017, Police Supt. Maria Christina Nobleza, the deputy regional chief of the crime laboratory in the Davao Region, and her alleged lover, Reenor Lou Dungon, were arrested in a military checkpoint in Barangay Bacani, Clarin, Bohol. The two, authorities stated, were planning to rescue the remaining Abu Sayyaf members who were being hunted down by government troops. Dungon is said to be the brother-in-law of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Abu Solaiman.


2017 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2017 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Broncos' 81st season overall, seventh as a member of the Mountain West Conference and fifth within the Mountain Division. The Broncos played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bryan Harsin and first year quarterback Owen Smith, contributing to a monumental 2017 season with him in the command. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division. They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Oregon.


2017 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Award watch lists
Outland Trophy – Sr. OT Archie Lewis & Jr. DT David Moa


2017 Boise State Broncos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
At the Mountain West media days, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Broncos were picked as the overwhelming favorites to win the Mountain Division title, receiving 21 of a possible 28 first place votes. Sr . OL Mason Hampton was selected to the all-conference first team offense. Jr. DL David Moa and Jr. DB Tyler Horton were selected to the all-conference first team defense.


2017 Boise State Broncos football team, Game summaries, at Colorado State
Alexander Mattison set the Boise State record for yards from scrimmage with 286 yards. Mattison rushed for 242 yards on the ground and picked up 44 receiving yards.


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500
The 2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 68th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 3, 2017 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Report, Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.415 seconds and a speed of 173.064 mph (278.520 km/h).


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.373 seconds and a speed of 173.320 mph (278.932 km/h).


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.669 and a speed of 177.730 mph (286.029 km/h).


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. As part of the throwback weekend, Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett and Dale Jarrett also called a portion of the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4.


2017 Bol Open
The 2017 Bol Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bol, Croatia. The tournament’s first edition was held in late April 1991, and then again every year from 1996 to 2003. The tournament returned for 2016 as part of the WTA 125K series.


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


2017 Bol Open, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Bol Open – Doubles
Xenia Knoll and Petra Martić were the defending champions, but Martić chose not to participate. Knoll played alongside Maryna Zanevska, but they lost to Maria Sakkari and Sara Sorribes Tormo in the quarterfinals.


2017 Bol Open – Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung and Renata Voráčová won the title, defeating Lina Gjorcheska and Aleksandrina Naydenova in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2017 Bol Open – Singles
Mandy Minella was the defending champion, but lost to Alexandra Cadanțu in the semifinals.


2017 Bol Open – Singles
Aleksandra Krunić won the title, after Cadanțu retired at 3–6, 0–3.


2017 Bolivarian Games
The 2017 Bolivarian Games, officially the XVIII Bolivarian Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 11–25 November 2017, in Santa Marta, Colombia.


2017 Bolivarian Games, Host city selection
Ciudad Bolivar (Venezuela) and Santa Marta (Colombia) were the cities which decided to bid for hosting the Games. However, only Santa Marta submitted the official candidacy and later selected by ODEBO to host the 2017 Bolivarian Games.


2017 Bolivarian Games, Mascot
The mascot for these games was Ajaytuké, a sea urchin. The reason behind the choice of the mascot by the organizer is to convey the message to protect the animal and coral reefs.


2017 Bolivarian Games, Sports
The game featured 469 events from 54 disciplines and 34 sports in this edition of Bolivarian Games.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500
The 2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was the 15th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 26, 2017 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri. Will Power qualified on pole for the race, while Josef Newgarden won the race after gaining the lead on lap 217.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Background
On August 25, 2016, the IndyCar Series announced a multi-year deal with Gateway Motorsports Park—with the inaugural race scheduled for August 26, 2017. IndyCar's return to Gateway Motorsports Park marked the first premier-level open-wheel race in the Greater St. Louis area since 2003.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Background
In July 2017, the entire racetrack was resurfaced as part of an effort by the track to update and upgrade the venue. Both IndyCar and NASCAR supported the repaving project. Other major upgrades to the venue included new catch fences, paving part of the inside track, and expanding the SAFER barrier.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Background
The race saw the return of Sébastien Bourdais, who had not raced since fracturing his hip and pelvis in a violent crash during Indianapolis 500 qualifying.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, August 25. Will Power qualified on pole position with a two lap time of 47.4579 (189.642).


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
The newly repaved track surface, which had impressed drivers during testing, quickly became a source of concern after multiple incidents at the beginning of the race. Tony Kanaan's car spun on the pace lap and made contact with the SAFER barrier in turn 2. Kanaan was eventually able to re-enter the race three laps down, though his crash delayed the start of the race until lap 5. When the remaining field took the green flag, polesitter Will Power spun on the first green-flag lap of the race. The spin caused Power's car to hit the wall in turn 2. As Takuma Sato and Ed Carpenter attempted to avoid Power, the two cars made contact with each other. Both drivers subsequently contacted the wall, causing all three drivers to retire from the race.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
Josef Newgarden passed Will Power for the lead on the outside of turn 1 immediately prior to Power's spin-out. Newgarden maintained the lead until pitting on lap 60. Sébastien Bourdais then led the race for the next 5 laps until he was forced to pit as well. Max Chilton became the race leader for a single lap before also making a pit stop. As both Bourdais and Chilton were on alternate pit strategies, Newgarden remained the effective leader of the race.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
After Chilton's pit stop on lap 66, Newgarden officially regained the lead on lap 67. The third caution of the race came out when J. R. Hildebrand crashed into turn 4 on lap 102. During the caution period, all of the race leaders pitted. Hélio Castroneves beat Newgarden out of pit road to take the race lead.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
The green flag came back out on lap 112. By lap 155, Castroneves had extended his lead to just over three seconds ahead of Newgarden. During a pit stop on lap 157, Castroneves stalled while exiting his pit box. Although his crew was able to restart his car almost immediately, the long stop dropped Castroneves from leading the race to fourth place. The incident also gave the race lead back to Newgarden.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
The fourth caution occurred on lap 166 when Max Chilton spun into the outside wall of turn 4. During the caution, Chilton's teammate Tony Kanaan was called to the pit lane by team owner Chip Ganassi. Kanaan's car had been loose throughout the race, prompting Ganassi to park Kanaan's car for the remainder of the race. The decision was reminiscent of one from the previous race at Pocono, in which Ganassi parked Chilton's car.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
The race returned to green flag conditions on lap 174. A notable incident occurred on lap 181 between Conor Daly and Charlie Kimball. Daly, running in eleventh place at the time, got a run on Kimball. As Daly began to pass Kimball on the inside of the track, Kimball abruptly swerved to his left. Daly was furious, as it appeared that Kimballs move was a clear attempt to block him. The incident was reviewed, but no action was taken against Kimball.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
The fifth and final caution arose on lap 203 when Ryan Hunter-Reay entered turn 4 too high and brushed the SAFER barrier as he exited the turn. Simon Pagenaud gained the race lead over Josef Newgarden on lap 206 when both drivers made pit stops under caution.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
Newgarden regained the lead on lap 217 after passing Pagenaud on the inside as the two entered turn 1. During the pass, the two cars' tires made slight contact, sending Pagenaud to the outside of the track. Although a crash was avoided, Pagenaud was forced to lift off the gas to avoid hitting the outside wall. Scott Dixon, who had been running in third, seized the opportunity and passed Pagenaud as well.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Race
Shortly after retaking the lead, Newgarden pulled more than a second ahead of Dixon. Pagenaud held his position roughly a half-second behind Dixon. Newgarden held his position for the remainder of the race, clinching his fourth win of the season.


2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Results, Race
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Bonavista—Burin—Trinity in Newfoundland and Labrador on December 11, 2017 following the resignation of Liberal MP Judy Foote. The seat was held for the Liberals by Churence Rogers.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election
The by election was held on the same day as 3 others across Canada; Battlefords—Lloydminster in Alberta,  Scarborough—Agincourt in Ontario and South Surrey—White Rock in British Columbia.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Background, Constituency
Bonavista—Burin—Trinity is a rural constituency on Newfoundland Island. The riding contains the Bonavista Bay area, the Burin Peninsula and the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Background, Representation
The riding is considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Canada. The seat was vacated effective September 30, 2017, following the resignation of Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, from cabinet on August 24, 2017, and her resignation from parliament due to an illness in her family on September 30.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Campaign
Centreville-Wareham-Trinity Mayor and former president of the Federation of Municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador Churence Rogers defeated comedian Pete Soucy, provincial and federal Liberal party organizer Larry Guinchard, RCMP officer Dale Foote, and North Harbour farmer, former search and rescue coordinator, and 2008 Conservative Party candidate in St. John's South—Mount Pearl Merv Wiseman for the Liberal nomination.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Campaign
Teacher and guidance counsellor Mike Windsor was named the Conservative candidate. Windsor previously ran for the party in 2015 in the riding.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Campaign
Rumoured candidates for the Liberal nomination who ultimately did not run included former Progressive Conservative MHA Darin King and current Liberal MHAs Steve Crocker, Carol Anne Haley, and Dale Kirby. On September 22, 2017, MHA Mark Browne announced he would not be seeking the nomination. Lawyer Stacy MacDonald initially sought the Liberal nomination but withdrew on September 28.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Campaign
In the 2015 federal election, Foote won the newly created riding with 81% of the vote, the highest percentage of vote taken by a candidate nationally in that election.


2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity by-election, Campaign
The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on October 3, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no later than April 1, 2018, 180 days after the Chief Electoral Officer was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the Speaker.


2017 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The 2017 Bonnaroo Music Festival was held June 8 to 11, 2017 in Manchester, Tennessee. This marked the sixteenth consecutive festival since its inception in 2002. The attendance increased up to forty percent from the previous year, reaching more than 65,000 people. The headliners were Irish rock band U2, Canadian singer The Weeknd, American rapper Chance the Rapper, and American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.


2017 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Set lists
Here are the lists of songs performed at 2017 Bonnaroo by the headliners.


2017 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Line-ups
The information was taken from Pass the Aux website. Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.


2017 Boodles Challenge
The 2017 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 27 June to 1 July 2017 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 16th edition of the Boodles Challenge. As with last year, no player was declared champion.


2017 Boodles Challenge, Participants
On 21 June, the tournament organizers announced a preliminary list with 12 confirmed players for this edition:


2017 Boodles Challenge, Results, Day 1 (27 June)
The last two matches of the day were cancelled due to rain.


2017 Boodles Challenge, Results, Day 2 (28 June)
The Shapovalov vs Berankis match was cancelled due to rain, with the score tied 4–4 in the 1st set.


2017 Boost National
The 2017 BOOST National was held from November 14 to 19 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2017–18 curling season.


2017 Boost National
Many of the top European teams on the World Curling Tour could not attend, as they are playing in the 2017 European Curling Championships while the top American teams on the Tour are playing in the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials.


2017 Boost National
In the men's final, Team Bruce Mouat from Scotland won their first career Grand Slam title against the South Korean Olympic team, skipped by Kim Chang-min, who was playing in their first Grand Slam ever. The final was only the second men's final to not feature a Canadian team, and Mouat became the second non-Canadian skip to win a men's Grand Slam event and at the age of 23, became the youngest men's skip ever to win a Grand Slam event, eclipsing John Morris who won the 2004 Players' Championship at the age of 25.


2017 Boost National
In the women's final, the defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg rink defeated Lethbridge's Casey Scheidegger to win her 15th career grand slam, her second in a row.


2017 Bora–Hansgrohe season
The 2017 season for the Bora–Hansgrohe cycling team began in January.


2017 Borussia Dortmund team bus bombing
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2017 Boston Breakers season
The 2017 Boston Breakers season was the club's twelfth season overall, eighth consecutive season, and fifth season as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. They finished 9th in the 10 team league with a record of 4 wins, 13 losses, and 7 draws.


2017 Boston Breakers season, Players and coaches, Players
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2017 Boston Breakers season, Players and coaches, Mid-Season Roster Transactions
On June 21, it was announced the team re-signed goalkeeper Libby Stout as a keeper replacement for the injured Abby Smith. Stout has previously been initially waived by the team on May 10. On June 30, 2017, the Breakers waived defender Kylie Strom from the roster, and picked up forward Katie Stengel from waivers, who was released on June 28 by the Washington Spirit.


2017 Boston Breakers season, Regular season, 2017 Supporters Award
In 2017 the official supporters group of the Boston Breakers, The Boston Armada, began a tradition of awarding one player at each home game with a supporters award. This award recognizes a player's individual contribution to the team during the match.


2017 Boston Breakers season, Regular season, 2017 Supporters Award
The trophy for 2017 is representative of the unofficial mascot of the Boston Breakers, "Chunk", a British Bulldog owned by team President of Soccer Operations and Development, Lee Billard.


2017 Boston Cannons season
The 2017 Boston Cannons season was the seventeenth season for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. The Cannons came in trying to improve upon their 8-6 record in 2016. Although they were one of seven teams tied upon the top of the standings with an 8-6 record, the Cannons were one of three teams not given a playoff berth following tiebreaker procedures.


2017 Boston Cannons season
On December 20, 2016, it was announced that John Tucker would be returning to the Cannons as the team's offensive coordinator in 2017. Tucker was fired mid-season by the expansion team Atlanta Blaze after a 3-7 start.


2017 Boston Cannons season
On June 27, the 3-6 Cannons traded away Will Manny and Joe LoCascio to the New York Lizards for Dave Lawson and Chris LaPierre. On July 14, the Cannons announced that neither Lawson nor LaPierre would suit up for the team that season. Dave Lawson informed team officials that he would be retiring from the league while Chris LaPierre decided not to report to the team. The Cannons did not win another game on the year, finishing a league and franchise-worst 3-11.


2017 Boston City Council election
Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 2017. Nine seats in the Boston City Council (five district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 3, 4, 5, and 6 were unopposed. Four seats (districts 1, 2, 7, and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 26, 2017.


2017 Boston City Council election, At-large
Councillors Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley, Michael F. Flaherty, and Annissa Essaibi George were re-elected.


2017 Boston City Council election, District 1
The seat formerly held by Salvatore LaMattina was won by Lydia Edwards. LaMattina had announced in April 2017 that he would not seek re-election.


2017 Boston City Council election, District 2
The seat formerly held by Bill Linehan was won by Edward M. Flynn, son of former Mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn. Linehan had announced in February 2017 that he would not seek re-election.


2017 Boston City Council election, District 7
The seat formerly held by Tito Jackson (who lost in the Boston mayoral election) was won by Kim Janey.


2017 Boston College Eagles football team
The 2017 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Steve Addazio. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for third in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they lost to Iowa.


2017 Boston College Eagles football team, Schedule
Boston College announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Eagles hosted ACC foes Florida State, NC State, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest, and traveled to Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, and Virginia.


2017 Boston College Eagles football team, Schedule
The Eagles hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Central Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Notre Dame, an independent, and traveled to Northern Illinois who is also from the MAC. Boston College met UConn from the American Athletic Conference at Fenway Park in late November.


2017 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team
The 2017 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represents Boston college during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles are led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his twenty ninth season. They play home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This is the team's 51st season playing organized men's college soccer and their 13th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2017 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team, Roster
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2017 Boston Marathon
The 2017 Boston Marathon was the 121st running of the Boston Athletic Association's mass-participation marathon. It took place on Monday, April 17 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts). Geoffrey Kirui won the men's race in 2:09:37 and Edna Kiplagat won the women's race in 2:21:52.


2017 Boston Marathon
Kathrine Switzer at age 70 ran the marathon under bib number 261, the same number she had worn 50 years previously in 1967, finishing in 4:44:31. That number was then retired from all future Boston Marathons. Women were not allowed to run marathons until 1972, but she registered under the name K. V. Switzer.


2017 Boston Marathon, Course
The event ran along the same winding course the Marathon has followed for many decades —26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km) of roads and city streets, starting in Hopkinton and passing through six Massachusetts cities and towns, to the finish line beside the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square.


2017 Boston Pizza Cup
The 2017 Boston Pizza Cup was held from February 8 to 12 at the Rotary Spirit Centre in Westlock, Alberta.


2017 Boston Pizza Cup, Qualification process
Twelve teams qualified for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:


2017 Boston Red Sox season
The 2017 Boston Red Sox season was the 117th season in the team's history, and their 106th season at Fenway Park. They finished with a 93–69 record, the same as their previous season, two games ahead of the second-place New York Yankees. It was also the team's first season in 15 years without David Ortiz, due to his retirement. The Red Sox won their second straight American League East championship, the first time the team won the division (which was established in 1969) in consecutive years; it was their ninth division title overall. In the postseason, they lost the American League Division Series in four games to the eventual 2017 World Series champions, the Houston Astros.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Opening Day, April 3 vs. Pittsburgh
Reigning AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello made his first opening day start of his career, going 6 1⁄3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits in the win. The Red Sox bats could only get one hit off of Pirates starter Gerrit Cole through 4 2⁄3 innings but then strung together six 2-out hits.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Opening Day, April 3 vs. Pittsburgh
Jackie Bradley Jr. started the rally with a triple of the right field wall, Pablo Sandoval legged out an infield single, Sandy León laid down a bunt down the third base line, Dustin Pedroia with a single down the middle, which plated Pablo Sandoval, Andrew Benintendi with a three-run shot in the Pirates bullpen and Mookie Betts reached second on another infield single and a throwing error by the shortstop Jordy Mercer. Hanley Ramírez made the third out and Cole's day was over.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Opening Day, April 3 vs. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh got to Porcello in the seventh, where he gave up three hits and three runs, two of them inherited by Matt Barnes. Barnes eventually got out of the inning. Neither team would score in the remainder of the game and Craig Kimbrel closed out the game on one hit and one hit batsman.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
April 3–6, vs. PittsburghIn his Red Sox debut, Chris Sale struck out seven Pirates batters in his 7 shut-out innings. He received no run support until a three-run walk-off shot by Sandy León in the 12th inning. Game three of the series was postponed and rescheduled for April 13. Red Sox won the series 2–0 (8–3 runs)April 7–10, in DetroitIn the series opener, Steven Wright gave up four runs in 6 2⁄3 innings.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Down by four runs going into the eighth, the Red Sox put a five spot on the board, including a three-run shot by Pablo Sandoval, only to have the bullpen give up two more runs to win it for the Tigers. In game two, Boston took an early 1–0 lead, but that's all they would get. Detroit scored four times against Eduardo Rodríguez and dropped two games in a row. With several players already down with the flu, Andrew Benintendi threw up during the sixth inning in the outfield but could finish the game.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Rick Porcello gave up eleven hits but the Tigers could only push four players across the plate. In late game heroics, Boston scored four times to take the lead in the eighth. Craig Kimbrel gave up one run but eventually closed the game. Chris Sale went 7 2⁄3 innings, striking out 10 Tigers and allowing only two runs in the final game of the series, but that was enough for Detroit. Boston only scored once on a bases loaded, nobody out situation against Justin Verlander in the second inning.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Red Sox lost the series 1–3 (14–17 runs)April 11–12, vs. BaltimoreDrew Pomeranz went 6 innings of one-run ball in his season debut. Boston up by one run, scored three runs each in the seventh and eighth inning to put the game out of reach. In the second game of the odd two-game series against a division rival, Steven Wright was pulled after 1 1⁄3 innings, giving up 8 runs on as many hits. The bullpen allowed four more runs over the course of the game.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
A rally in the middle innings, where Boston scored 5 runs in three consecutive innings, fell way short. Red Sox tied the series 1—1 (13–13 runs)April 13, vs. PittsburghIn the makeup game from the opening series of the season, Eduardo Rodríguez allowed two first innings runs before settling in. Down by two runs coming into the eighth, the Pirates allowed three men to reach with one out, two via base on balls. Mookie Betts scored the go-ahead run from first on a Hanley Ramírez double, but the close play at the plate was successfully challenged.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Xander Bogaerts eventually drove in Hanley and Craig Kimbrel shut the door. Red Sox won the series 1–0 (4–3 runs)April 14–17, vs. Tampa BayRick Porcello was shelled for 8 runs in 4+1⁄3 innings, the most since April 19, 2015 vs. Baltimore. Down by 8 runs coming into the ninth, the Red Sox rallied for three, but that was all they could get. The doubles streak of Mitch Moreland ended after seven consecutive games. Chris Sale pitched another gem in his third start and won his first game of the season.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
He allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings, striking out 12 Rays batters. Moreland scored twice, on a solo shot in the second and a Sandy León groundout, providing the only runs for Boston. Drew Pomeranz didn't make it through the fifth with five allowed runs, but the Red Sox out-hit the Rays 17–7. Pablo Sandoval ripped his team-leading fourth home run of the season onto the green monster.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
On Patriots' Day, the Red Sox played their traditional 11 am game and quickly scored four runs in the first two innings, after Tampa Bay took a two-run lead in the first. Steven Wright gave up three runs, one of them earned, in six innings of work. The bullpen kept the Rays off the scoreboard and Craig Kimbrel struck out the side for his sixth save of the season. Red Sox won the series 3–1 (18–19 runs)April 18–20, in TorontoBrian Johnson outpitched Marcus Stroman in a game where both teams connected for 27 hits.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
The Jays rallied for three runs in the ninth, but came one run short. Rick Porcello allowed three unearned runs but received no run-support and the Red Sox where shut out for the first time this season. In the rubber match, Chris Sale pitched another great game with 8 shut out innings, striking out 13. The save streak of Craig Kimbrel ended on 25 on a lead-off home run by Kendrys Morales, he eventually got the win, striking out five of the seven batters he faced. Mookie Betts drove in three in the tenth on a two-out double.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Red Sox won the series 2–1 (12–11 runs)April 21–23, in BaltimoreThe Red Sox where shutout for the second time in three games. Dustin Pedroia had to leave the game in the eighth, after a controversial slide with his raised cleats into second base by Manny Machado. The Red Sox could not hold on to their 2–0 lead in the second game. Baltimore scored four times in the fourth and Steven Wright was pulled early. Eduardo Rodríguez pitched six shut out innings, allowing only one hit.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
He was aided by six runs and the first 5-for-5 performance by Andrew Benintendi of his career. Matt Barnes was ejected in the eighth on would be retaliation pitch against Machado, which hit his bat just inches away from his head. Barnes was eventually suspended for four games. Red Sox lost the series 1–2 (8–8 runs)April 26–27, vs. New YorkThe first game of the would-be three-game series was rained out and rescheduled for mid-July. In both games Rick Porcello and Chris Sale were given virtually no run support. Both allowed three runs, two earned.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Sale struck out ten, but allowed 8 hits. Down just 0–1, Sale was back on the mound for the ninth, in which he gave up three straight hits, before being pulled with no outs recorded. Red Sox lost the series 0–2 (1–6 runs)April 28–30, vs. Chicago (NL)The bats came to life with the reigning World Series champion in town. Boston scored five in the first off Jake Arrieta. The Cubs rallied in the seventh but came up short. An early 3–0 lead was lost in the seventh on account of two errors in the same play by the Boston defense.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, April
Steven Wright started his last game of the season, he opted for season-ending surgery five days later. The Red Sox got to their former closer Koji Uehara in the eighth inning, with the game being tied at two, for four runs. Hanley Ramírez hit home runs in back-to-back games. Eduardo Rodríguez pitched another good game with one run allowed over six frames. Matt Barnes became the team's leader in pitcher wins with 3. Red Sox won the series 2–1 (15–13 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 1–4, vs. BaltimoreMookie Betts got plunked by a 95-mph Dylan Bundy fastball in the first game of the series, but no warnings were issued and there weren't any further actions by either team. Rick Porcello gave up two runs in six innings. Baltimore scored three times in the 8th inning, aided by three Red Sox errors. Chris Sale threw behind Manny Machado in the first inning and both benches were warned. Orioles reliever Donnie Hart threw a pitch at Andrew Benintendi's head but was not ejected nor disciplined for his action.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
Sale picked up the win, allowing only three hits in 8 innings. He struck out 11. Kevin Gausman was ejected in the second inning of game three, in which he hit Xander Bogaerts with a 77-mph curveball. Later in the game, Adam Jones was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with homeplate umpire Sam Holbrook. Drew Pomeranz became the first Red Sox starter with three wins in his 5 1⁄3 innings of work. The bullpen pitched a shutout and Craig Kimbrel picked up his tenth save of the season, striking out the side on 12 pitches. In the final game of the series, emotions cooled down and there were no further retaliations. Kyle Kendrick, in his first start for Boston, surrendered six runs in the loss. Baltimore connected for 17 hits. Red Sox tied the series 2–2 (14–17 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 5–7, at MinneapolisMatt Barnes gave up a walk-off home run to former AL MVP Joe Mauer, after the Red Sox rallied for two runs in the ninth to tie the game. Eduardo Rodríguez pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. The bats came alive in the second game of the series, scoring eight runs in the second inning. The bases were empty with two outs before Chris Young started a rally with a solo home run. Nine batters reached base, eight of them via the hit and one of them on an error.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
Boston put three more runs on the board, including another home run by Young and by Sandy León. Rick Porcello went seven innings of one-run ball. In the rubber match, finally Chris Sale received decent run support. Boston tagged the AL ERA leader, with 0.66, Ervin Santana for three runs in the first inning, a Dustin Pedroia solo home run and an absolute blast by Andrew Benintendi with Xander Bogaerts on first, which left the ballpark.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
After Boston extended the lead to four, Sale struggled in the fifth and the Twins tied up the game, only to give up a two-run home run to Sandy León which barely left the park. Up by three in the eighth, Matt Barnes gave up a home run and could not make an out. Lefty Robby Scott got the out against the lefty batter but a run scored on the sacrifice fly. With the tying run on third and only one out, Craig Kimbrel came in in a high-leverage situation and struck out both batters he faced.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
In a 39-minute top of the ninth, seven consecutive players reached base safely with one out, before Deven Marrero grounded out. The inning was extended on a fielding error. Four more batters reached base safely, including three consecutive walks. Chris Young, the 15th batter of the inning, became the third out. Except for Marrero, every hitter in the line-up reached base safely; ten runs came across the plate to score. Santana allowed six runs in the game, all of them earned. He allowed only three runs in his previous six starts combined. Sale extended his 10+ strikeout streak to six. Red Sox won the series 2–1 (32–12 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 9–11, at MilwaukeeThe Brewers tagged Drew Pomeranz for six runs in four innings in the loss. Boston narrowed the gap to two runs in the fifth but Heath Hembree allowed three more runs in the sixth. Kyle Kendrick also allowed six runs in his start, a hole too deep for the offense to climb out of. Both teams collected 49 hits in the first two games combined. Coming into the game with a career ERA of 5.26 in day games, as opposed to his 3.36 ERA in night games, Eduardo Rodríguez pitched a three-hit, one-run game over six frames.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
He was pinch hit for in the seventh. Boston left the go-ahead run stranded at third with nobody out in the top of eighth. Craig Kimbrel was again summoned from the bullpen in a non-save situation, with the go-ahead run at first and one out in the bottom of the eighth. He struck out Eric Thames, allowed an infield hit and the runner from second advanced to third on a wild pitch. Kimbrel ended the threat with another strikeout. In the top of the ninth, Christian Vázquez walked and Deven Marrero reached on an error. Mookie Betts put three runs on the board with his fifth home run of the season. Kimbrel struck out the side on a total of nine pitches to secure the win—it was the third immaculate inning in Red Sox franchise history. Red Sox lost the series 1–2 (15–19 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 12–14, vs. Tampa BayRed Sox lost the series 1–2 (12–19 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 16–17, at St. LouisRed Sox won the series 2–0 (11–7 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 18–20, at OaklandRed Sox lost the series 1–3 (20–22 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 23–25, vs. TexasRed Sox won the series 3–0 (26–12 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 26–28, vs. SeattleRed Sox won the series 2–1 (9–5 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, May
May 29–31, at ChicagoRed Sox won the series 2–1 (21–13 runs)


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August
On August 9, the Red Sox defeated the Rays, 8–2, to extend their winning streak to eight games. In the fifth inning, Rick Porcello struck out the side on nine pitches; it was the fourth immaculate inning in franchise history and second of the season, following one by Craig Kimbrel on May 11.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August
August 25–August 27, vs. Baltimore OriolesThis three-game series was played on the inaugural Players Weekend, when MLB players are allowed and encouraged to put nicknames on the back of their uniforms. For the opening game, the nicknames used by Boston's starting lineup were as follows:


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August
The August 25 game, a 16–3 win by Baltimore, was notable for the Red Sox making an illegal player re-entry late in the game, which went undetected at the time. With the Orioles leading by 13 runs, position player Mitch Moreland pitched the ninth inning for Boston, with Hanley Ramírez entering the game to play first base, resulting in loss of the designated hitter. Ramírez should have taken Chris Young's position in the batting order (seventh).


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, August
However, with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Young batted in his (former) seventh position in the order, which is an illegal player re-entry. Young hit a single, and the game ended three batters later, with Young's hit having no bearing on the outcome of the game. The illegal player re-entry appears to be unique in MLB history.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Sign stealing revelations
In September 2017, the Red Sox were fined for their role in stealing signs from the rival New York Yankees. On February 4, 2020, MLB Network journalist Peter Gammons reported that former Red Sox player Chris Young, who left the Red Sox following the 2017 season, told him that Young was the mastermind of the Red Sox' Apple Watch scheme, telling him "I started the whole Apple Watch thing. I got it from when I was with the Yankees."


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Sign stealing revelations
Young later denied to SportsNet New York (SNY) that he told this to Gammons, and Gammons retracted his comments via Twitter, stating that Young's "word is gold." In reporting Young's denial, SNY also revealed that Young had in fact been interviewed by MLB officials as part of the 2017 investigation against the Red Sox and that multiple sources told the sports news agency that Young was in fact a leader of the team's 2017 Apple Watch scheme.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Season standings, Red Sox team leaders
Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played   AVG qualified batters: Benintendi, Betts, Bogaerts, Bradley, Moreland, Ramirez Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played   ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Pomeranz, Porcello, Sale


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Game log, Grand slams
The Red Sox were the only American League team not to hit a grand slam during the 2017 season.


2017 Boston Red Sox season, Awards and honors
Started game in CF due to injury of Mike Trout


2017 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 2017 was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic mayor Marty J. Walsh won re-election to a second term, defeating District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson, and two long-shot candidates, Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley.


2017 Boston mayoral election
A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, with Walsh and Jackson advancing into a November runoff election. In the November election, Walsh secured a landslide victory, winning by a two-to-one margin. A total of 109,034 of the city's approximately 392,000 registered voters cast a ballot in the November election. The voter turnout of 27.80% was down ten percentage points from the 2013 mayoral election, which generated more excitement as the first Boston mayoral race in a generation without an incumbent.


2017 Boston mayoral election, Endorsements
By October 2017, ten of the 13 Boston City Council members endorsed Walsh for re-election. Ayanna Pressley remained neutral due to her husband being employed by the mayor, and Andrea Campbell declined to comment on her preference.


2017 Boston mayoral election, Endorsements
The editorial boards of both of Boston's major daily newspapers endorsed Walsh. The Boston Globe editorial board endorsed Walsh for a second time, citing his excellence in handling housing and the city's vibrancy during this first term. The Boston Herald editorial board also endorsed Walsh, saying the newspaper was wrong not to give their endorsement to Walsh in 2013.


2017 Botswana earthquake
The 2017 Botswana earthquake was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake which occurred in the Central District of Botswana.


2017 Botswana earthquake
It is the second largest earthquake recorded in Botswana next to the 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Maun which occurred in 1952.


2017 Botswana earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake which happened at 19:40, local time according to the US Geological Survey. It was felt for 30 seconds in the country's capital of Gaborone and was reportedly felt in neighboring South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland. At least 36 students were injured in a stampede sparked by the earthquake.


2017 Botswana earthquake, Geology
The epicenter area of the earthquake is covered by wind-blown sediments and there is no trace of a fault at the surface prior to the earthquake. The phenomenon was suspected to be an artificial earthquake allegedly caused by hydraulic fracking activity in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. This speculation has been dismissed by the Botswana Geoscience Institute saying that the earthquake was natural, taking note that the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 29 km (18 mi).


2017 Botswana earthquake, Geology
Geophysical investigation of the epicenter region show that the earthquake is natural, related to deep mantle fluids moving up the crust and causing the extensional reactivation of an ancient thrust fault. Slip along a low-angle segment of the fault caused a slight ground deformation at the surface detectable only by satellite radar technology.


2017 Boucherville municipal election
The 2017 Boucherville municipal election was an election that was held on the 5th of November 2017 to elect Boucherville's mayor and eight councillors as part of the 2017 Quebec municipal elections.


2017 Boucherville municipal election
Jean Martel and his party's eight candidates were elected. The voter turnout was 47.7%.


2017 Boucherville municipal election
The election results were made available on the website of Québec's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.


2017 Boundary Ford Curling Classic
The 2017 Boundary Ford Curling Classic was held from November 24 to 27 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan as part of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format.


2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by second-year head coach Mike Jinks and played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Previous season
The Falcons finished the 2016 season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Preseason
In a preseason poll of league media, Bowling Green was picked to finish in third place in the East Division.


2017 Box Office Entertainment Awards
The 48th Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Box Office Entertainment Awards (GMMSF-BOEA), honored the personalities, movies and TV programs in the Philippines, held on May 14, 2017 at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. Vice Ganda, Coco Martin, Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo lead winners at the annual awards. The awards night was aired on ABS-CBN's Sunday's Best on May 21, 2017.


2017 Box Office Entertainment Awards, Winners selection
The GMMSF honors Filipino actors, actresses and other performers' commercial success, regardless of artistic merit, in the Philippine entertainment industry. The award giving body selects the high-ranking Philippine films of 2016 based on total average rankings at box office published results as basis for awarding the three major categories in the awarding ceremonies, The Phenomenal Box Office Star, The Box Office King and The Box Office Queen.


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic
The 2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Charlottesville, United States, from 24–30 April 2017.


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic – Doubles
Jovana Jakšić and Catalina Pella won the title, defeating Madison Brengle and Danielle Collins in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic – Singles
Taylor Townsend was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic – Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Caroline Dolehide in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2017 Boys' U19 Volleyball European Championship
The 2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Slovakia and Hungary from 22 to 30 April 2017. The top six teams qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship.


2017 Boys' U19 Volleyball European Championship, Awards
At the conclusion of the tournament, the following players were selected as the tournament dream team.


2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification
This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.


2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification, Direct qualification
Host countries,  Slovakia and  Hungary, qualified for final round directly.


2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification, Qualification
The winners of each pools and the two second placed teams qualified for final round. Because Pool H has only three teams. The second placed teams will cut the result which they play with the fourth ranked teams before consider the qualified teams.


2017 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification, Qualification, Ranking of the second placed teams
There was a pool which competed with three teams while the others had four teams. So, the result of fourth placed teams of each pools would be cut off before consider the qualified teams.


2017 Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2017 Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the bi-annual Continental Cup, played by nine countries from March 20–25, 2017 in Monterrey, Mexico. Mexico won the tournament beating Chile in the finals. The two former teams along with Puerto Rico have qualified for the U19 World Championship


2017 Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Final standing
J. Flores,R. Stephens,M. Sarabia,J. Cabrera,L. Hernández,D. González,S. Ramírez,A. Téllez,G. Gardea,B. Estrada,J. Cabrera,D. González


2017 Brabantse Pijl
The 2017 Brabantse Pijl was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 12 April 2017. It was the 57th edition of the Brabantse Pijl and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.


2017 Brabantse Pijl
Italian Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain–Merida) won the race in a sprint ahead of previous victor Petr Vakoč of Quick-Step Floors.


2017 Brabantse Pijl, Teams
Twenty-four teams were invited to take part in the race. These included nine UCI WorldTeams and fifteen UCI Continental Circuits#UCI Professional Continental teams.


2017 Bradford Bulls season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2017 season. This is the Bulls 3rd season in the Championship. They come into this season as Championship Shield winners after defeating the Sheffield Eagles 27-16 in the Championship Shield Final.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, August 2016
It was announced that French international Jean-Philippe Baile left the Bulls by mutual consent after playing just one game in the 2016 season. During the same week, newly formed League 1 side Toronto Wolfpack signed Bulls prop Dan Fleming on a one-year contract. Tongan winger Etu Uaisele also left Bradford after being sent on loan to Dewsbury Rams, he returned home to Australia following his release. Fullback Richie Mathers announced his retirement shortly after the defeat by Dewsbury Rams. Super League side Warrington Wolves signed Bradford centre and former player Matty Blythe on a one-year deal.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, August 2016
Captain Adrian Purtell announced that he would join the London Broncos on a two-year deal, shortly after second rower Jay Pitts joined the departing Purtell to join London. Veteran prop forward Rhys Lovegrove announced his retirement from the sport after suffering from a recurring head injury, he joined the backroom staff. The first signings for the 2017 season came in the form of London trio; winger Ilies Macani, centre Alex Foster and prop forward Jon Magrin, all on two year deals. Towards the end of the month the Bulls announced that former academy graduate and club legend Leon Pryce would be returning on a one-year deal in order to finish his career at the Bradford Bulls.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, September 2016
Lucas Walshaw made his loan deal at Dewsbury Rams into a permanent one by signing a two-year contract. Wakefield Trinity Wildcats centre/second row Jason Walton became the 5th signing for the 2017 season by putting pen to paper on a two-year deal at the Bulls. Bradford born prop forward Ross Peltier signed a two-year deal with the Bulls from local side Keighley Cougars.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, October 2016
Long serving academy loose forward Danny Addy and New Zealand prop forward Mitch Clark both signed one year deals at Hull Kingston Rovers. Due to Hull KR's relegation both of their contracts were voided and had the option to re-sign for the Bulls, however both decided to honor their contracts with the Hull side. Ex-Bradford player Phil Joseph signed a two-year deal to rejoin the club after a lack of game time at Salford Red Devils, shortly after the Bulls announced the signing of Australian loose forward Lachlan Burr from the Gold Coast Titans on a one-year deal. Bradford were due to sign Manly Sea Eagles forward Blake Leary however negotiations fell through at the vital point of talks.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, November 2016
Second-row forward Kurt Haggerty retired from playing rugby league to further his coaching career, he signed on the backroom staff for new Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack.. Second rower Tom Olbison also signed a one-year extension to his contract. Prop forward Steve Crossley announced that he had signed for Toronto for the upcoming season. Huddersfield Giants announced the signing of prop Paul Clough from the Bulls, in addition to this stand off Lee Gaskell signed a 4-year deal with the Giants. During this month, owner Marc Green placed the club in administration for the third time in 4 years due to outstanding tax owed to HMRC. Meanwhile, Huddersfield announced the signing of Dale Ferguson from the Bulls on a two-year deal.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, December 2016
Due to the club being in administration, no signings were made in December. According to the administrator there were a number of bids for the club include a couple from multi-millionaires hoping to invest in Odsal Stadium and its surrounding lands. However non of these were successful.