2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Originally, the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida (host of the 2016 Tournament) was slated to host the tournament for a second consecutive year, but in November 2014, the NCAA awarded the Amway Center with first and second-round games for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament  As a result, the XL Center hosted the tournament in 2017, with the tournament returning to Orlando in 2018.


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


2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 5th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was played at Westcott Field on the campus of SMU in Dallas on November 10 and 12.


2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.


2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Broadcasting
The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPNU.


2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards, All-Tournament Team
The following 11 players were named to the American Athletic Conference's All-Tournament team. A record six players from SMU were selected for the team.


2017 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the East Carolina Softball Complex on the campus of the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina from May 10 through May 13, 2017. The event determined the champion for the American Athletic Conference for the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded Tulsa won the Tournament for the second year in a row and earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2017 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
Entering the Tournament, Tulsa was defending champion, while UCF had won in 2015. Former member Louisville won the first Tournament in 2014.


2017 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Format and seeding
The American's seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. They then played a single-elimination tournament with the top seed receiving a single bye.


2017 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Emily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa.


2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.


2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 1 to 5, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, home field of the regular season champion UCF Knights in Orlando, Florida. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Connecticut Huskies were the defending tournament champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 3–1 first round loss to the Memphis Tigers. South Florida won the tournament by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with UCF in the final. The conference tournament title was the first for the South Florida women's soccer program and for their head coach, Denise Schilte-Brown.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season
The 2017 American Athletic Conference football season is the 26th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the fifth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference, and the fourth season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5), meaning that the conference shares with the other G5 conferences one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games. The conference game schedule for the 2017 season was released on February 9, 2017.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day
The American Athletic Conference Media Day took place July 18– in Newport, Rhode Island.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches
Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2016 season


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches
* Randy Edsall coached UConn from 1999–2010, and is returning in 2017. UConn was a member of the Big East from 2004–2012. † Major Applewhite was hired to replace Tom Herman in December 2016 at Houston and coached the Cougars in their 2016 bowl game.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, Schedule
The conference's schedule was released on February 9, 2017. The regular season began on August 27, 2017, when South Florida visits San Jose State. The first conference games played on September 9. The conference season ended with the AAC Championship game on December 2, 2017.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
American Athletic Conference bowl games for the 2017 season are:


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.


2017 American Athletic Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2018 NFL draft.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 5th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 12, 2017.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
Defending regular season champions, SMU, retained their title, and won the 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The Mustangs were the conference's sole berth in the NCAA Tournament, where they reached the round of 16. There, they lost to North Carolina.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason All-AAC Teams
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-AAC awards and teams
Cal Jennings, F, So., UCFMatias Pyysalo, M/F, Sr., UCFYoni Sorokin, M, Fr., UCFJacob Hauser-Ramsey, B, Jr., UConnAbdou Mbacke Thiam, F, Jr., UConnAdrian Billhardt, F, Fr., USFRicardo Gomez, M, Sr., USFJordan Cano, B, Sr., SMUMauro Cichero, M, Sr., SMUGarrett McLaughlin, F, So., SMUMichael Nelson, GK, R-Sr., SMUDivin Fula Luzolo, B, Sr., Temple


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-AAC awards and teams
Hattabiou Barry, M, Fr., UCFLouis Perez, M, Fr., UCFAndreas Steineger, B, Jr., UCFDavid Sanz, M, So., CincinnatiDylan Greenberg, B, R-Sr., UConnScott Levene, GK, R-Sr., UConnBen Roberts, B, So., MemphisDavid Zalzman, M, Jr., MemphisJared Rice, B/M, Sr., SMUAlan Camacho Soto, F, Fr., TempleThibault Candia, F, So., TempleRollie Rocha, M, Sr., Tulsa


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-AAC awards and teams
Hattabiou Barry, M, UCFLouis Perez, M, UCFYoni Sorokin, M, UCFJosh Burnett, M, UConnBlaise N’Gague, M, UConnAdrian Billhardt, F, USFJosue Monge, M, USFTalen Maples, B, SMUAlan Camacho Soto, F, TempleDarri Sigthorsson, B, TempleJoe Ruiz, M, Tulsa


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans
Three players in the conference were named All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews.com.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Awards, Postseason awards, All-Americans
Three players in the conference were named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.


2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, MLS SuperDraft
Two players from the conference were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. This included Michael Nelson and Mauro Cichero, both of SMU.


2017 American Canadian Tour
The 2017 American Canadian Tour is the 31st season of the American Canadian Tour. The series began at Lee USA Speedway on April 8, and ends  at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 14. Nick Sweet is the defending champion.


2017 American Canadian Tour, Driver's championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. * – Most laps led.


2017 American League Championship Series
The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven games after falling behind three games to two. The home team won every game in the series.


2017 American League Championship Series
This was the first time in history that the ALCS and NLCS teams were from the four most populous U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.


2017 American League Championship Series
For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; this ALCS was sponsored by Camping World and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World.


2017 American League Championship Series
The Astros would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in seven games, winning their first World Series championship in franchise history.


2017 American League Championship Series, Background
The Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox 3–1 in the 2017 American League Division Series (ALDS). This is the Astros' fifth appearance in a League Championship Series, and their first since transferring from the National League to the American League. Their only previous LCS win came in the 2005 National League Championship Series; they lost in 1980, 1986, and 2004. They are also the first AL West team to make it to the ALCS since 2011.


2017 American League Championship Series, Background
The Yankees upset the heavily-favored Cleveland Indians 3–2 in the ALDS to advance. This is the Yankees' 16th appearance in the ALCS, and their second as a Wild Card. Their last ALCS appearance came in the 2012 American League Championship Series where they got swept by the Detroit Tigers. They had won in 11 of their previous 15 appearances. This is the sixth straight year in which an AL East team has made it to the ALCS.


2017 American League Championship Series, Background
This was the second postseason match-up between these two teams, with the Astros defeating the Yankees in the 2015 American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium. This was also the first ALCS to not feature any American League Central Division teams since 2010.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In a pitcher's duel, Dallas Keuchel and Masahiro Tanaka allowed no runs through the first three innings before the Astros scored in the bottom of the fourth. José Altuve hit an infield single and stole second base, before Carlos Correa drove him in with an RBI single. Yuli Gurriel drove in Correa to give the Astros a 2–0 lead. Keuchel recorded ten strikeouts, allowing four hits and no runs in seven innings. Tanaka pitched six innings with three strikeouts and allowed two earned runs. Chad Green relieved Tanaka and threw two scoreless innings. Ken Giles was brought in with one out in the eighth for a five-out save. He struck out four of six but allowed a home run to Greg Bird before striking out Jacoby Ellsbury swinging to end the game. It was his second save of this postseason.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Justin Verlander threw a complete game, allowing one run and five hits while striking out 13. Carlos Correa opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a home run off of starter Luis Severino that barely scraped over the right field wall. It was reviewed for fan interference, as a child reached his glove over the wall in an attempt to catch it. Todd Frazier answered for the Yankees in the fifth with an RBI ground-rule double that was lodged in the center-field fence after a two-out double by Aaron Hicks.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In the bottom of the ninth, José Altuve singled with one out off of Aroldis Chapman. Correa hit a walk-off double to right field, as Gary Sanchez did not field the ball cleanly at home plate and Altuve scored the winning run, giving the Astros a 2–0 series lead heading to New York.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the bottom of the second inning, Todd Frazier opened the scoring with a three-run home run after two two-out singles off of Charlie Morton. The Yankees piled on five more runs in the fourth inning. After a leadoff ground-rule double and two-out walk, Chase Headley's RBI single made it 4–0 Yankees. A hit-by-pitch to Brett Gardner loaded the bases before Morton was relieved by Will Harris, who threw a wild pitch to let Frazier score before a three-run home run by Aaron Judge made it 8–0.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
CC Sabathia did not allow a run in six innings pitched, striking out five. In the top of the ninth inning, Dellin Betances entered in relief only to walk the first two batters before getting pulled for Tommy Kahnle. A single by Cameron Maybin loaded the bases, then one out later, walk to Alex Bregman forced in a run, but José Altuve hit into the game-ending double play as the Yankees' won Game 3 8–1.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Game 4 began as a pitcher's duel. The Yankees' Sonny Gray threw five scoreless innings, allowing only one hit while Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. threw six shutout innings with one hit. With the bases loaded in the top of the sixth on two walks and a catcher's interference call, Yuli Gurriel cleared them with a double off of David Robertson to put the Astros up 3–0. The next inning, a Starlin Castro fielding error allowed Marwin González, who doubled, to score, increasing the lead to 4–0.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the bottom of the seventh, Aaron Judge hit a home run, chasing McCullers from the game. Chris Devenski entered in relief only to allow a triple to Didi Gregorius and a sacrifice fly to Gary Sánchez, cutting the lead to 4–2. In the bottom of the eighth, Todd Frazier and Chase Headley both singled, with the latter tripping on his way to second base and evading José Altuve's close tag to remain safe at second.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
As Ken Giles entered the game, a Brett Gardner groundout made the score 4–3 before Judge doubled into left field, tying the game at 4–4. Gregorius singled and Sánchez doubled in two runs to complete the Yankees comeback, now up 6–4. Aroldis Chapman entered in the top of the ninth inning, pitching a 1-2-3 inning to get his first save of the series and third this postseason as the Yankees rallied to tie the series at two games all.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the top of the second inning, Yulieski Gurriel hit a leadoff double, but was stranded with three consecutive groundouts. In the bottom half of that inning, Starlin Castro hit a two-out double and was driven in by Greg Bird's single. Next inning Chase Headley hit a leadoff single and scored on Aaron Judge's one-out double. In the fifth, after a single and walk, back-to-back two-out RBI singles by Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius made it 4–0 and knock starter Dallas Keuchel out of the game. Gary Sánchez provided insurance with a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Brad Peacock. Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven shutout innings and Tommy Kahnle pitched two innings to close. The Yankees were now one win away from the World Series.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Facing elimination, Justin Verlander threw seven shutout innings for the Astros, striking out eight. The Astros struck first in the bottom of the fifth off of Luis Severino. After two walks, Brian McCann drove in the first run with a double, then another walk loaded the bases before José Altuve's two-run single put Houston on the board 3–0. In the top of the eighth, Aaron Judge hit a home run to cut the lead to 3–1, but the Astros increased their lead in the bottom of the inning, starting with an Altuve lead off home run off of David Robertson.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The solo HR by Judge would be the final run the Yankees would score in the series. After a double and single, Alex Bregman's two-run double made it 6–1. One out later Evan Gattis's sacrifice fly off of Dellin Betances made it 7–1 Astros. Ken Giles pitched a scoreless ninth as the Astros forced the first LCS Game 7 in either league since 2012. This was Houston's third ever win in a game facing elimination in a postseason series and the first since the 2015 American League Wild Card Game.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
In the winner-take-all game to decide the AL pennant winner, Aaron Judge made a leaping catch to rob Yuli Gurriel of a solo homer in the bottom of the second inning. CC Sabathia allowed the first run of the game on a home run to Evan Gattis in the fourth, In the next inning, Tommy Kahnle entered the game in relief for the Yankees, but he would soon give up a home run to José Altuve to make the lead 2-0.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Two singles later, with former Yankee Brian McCann at the plate he lined a double to extend the Astros lead to four. For the Astros, Charlie Morton pitched five innings, allowed one walk and struck out five. Lance McCullers Jr. entered in relief, pitching four scoreless innings to close out the game and earn his first career save. McCullers ended the game throwing 24 straight curveballs; a Greg Bird flyout to George Springer was the final out of the game, sending the Astros to the 2017 World Series.


2017 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Astros advanced to their first World Series in 12 years, becoming the first team to win pennants in both leagues. Houston's victory made this just the fifth best-of-seven series (following the 1987, 1991, and 2001 World Series, and the 2004 National League Championship Series which the Astros played in), and the first ALCS, in which the home team won all seven games.


2017 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
After the 2019 season, former Houston Astros pitcher Mike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitly steal their opponents' signs and relay it to their hitters. MLB and opened an investigation into this sign stealing allegation and found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 championship season and parts of 2018, as well. MLB suspended A. J. Hinch and Astros' general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year; the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day.


2017 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Alex Cora, who was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox manager in 2018-2019, was also suspended for the 2020 season, but in a separate investigation of that team, and parted ways with that team a day after the Astros sanctions were announced. Carlos Beltrán, who was just hired by the Mets during the 2019-2020 off-season, mutually agreed to part ways after he was the only then-player called out by name for his role in the sign stealing scandal. Yankees star player Aaron Judge said that the Astros should be forced to vacate their title and that the players involved should have been punished. On their 2017 World Series championship, he said: "I just don't think it holds any value with me. You cheated and you didn't earn it."


2017 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Game 7 was Joe Girardi's final game as Yankees manager as 5 days after the game the Yankees announced that he would not be coming back for the 2018 season. He would be replaced by former Yankee Aaron Boone. After serving as an analyst for MLB Network for a few years, Girardi would later join the Philadelphia Phillies as manager in 2020.


2017 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Astros would improve to 3-0 in series versus the Yankees when they beat them again in the 2019 AL Championship Series in six games. In the series, Jose Altuve became just the fifth player to hit a walk-off pennant-winning homer in the LCS-era (1969-present).


2017 American League Division Series
The 2017 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series held to determine the participating teams in the 2017 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners (seeded 1-3) and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff—played in two series.


2017 American League Division Series
For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; Doosan acquired presenting sponsorship to the ALDS, and thus the series was officially known as the American League Division Series presented by Doosan.


2017 American League Division Series
The Astros would go on to defeat the Yankees in the ALCS, then win the 2017 World Series over the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the Astros first-ever World title.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York
This was the fourth postseason meeting between the Indians and Yankees, with Cleveland winning two of the three previous series including both times in the ALDS (1997 and 2007). The Yankees won the 1998 ALCS.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 1
Cy Young Award candidate Corey Kluber was not tapped for this start to give him full rest. Thus, the Indians started Trevor Bauer, who befuddled the Yankees. He was followed by strong bullpen innings by Andrew Miller and Cody Allen, resulting in only the fourth shutout the Yankees experienced all season. The Indians loaded the bases on a double, single, and walk with no outs off Sonny Gray in the second inning, but scored just one run on Roberto Pérez's double play. Jay Bruce's two-run home run in the fourth after a walk extended the Indians' lead to 3–0.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 1
After getting out of a bases-loaded one-out jam that inning, Adam Warren allowed a leadoff single in the fifth to José Ramírez, who moved to third on two wild pitches before scoring on Bruce's sacrifice fly off Jaime García for the game's final run as the Indians took a 1–0 series lead with a 4–0 win.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 2
Former Indians ace CC Sabathia faced off against current Indians ace Corey Kluber. Kluber lasted just 2+2⁄3 innings, giving up a season-high six runs. Gary Sánchez's two-run home run after a walk in the first put the Yankees up 2–0, but the Indians loaded the bases with one out on an error, walk, and hit-by-pitch before Carlos Santana tied the game with a two-run single. The Indians again loaded the bases in the second on a single, error, and intentional walk when Jason Kipnis's RBI single put the Indians up 3–2.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 2
In the third, Sánchez singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on Starlin Castro's single to tie the game. After a Greg Bird single, Aaron Hicks's three-run home run put the Yankees up 6–3, chasing Kluber. Bird's two-run home run after a walk off Mike Clevinger extended the Yankees' lead to 8–3, but in the sixth, Sabathia was pulled by manager Joe Girardi with one on and one out.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 2
Later with two on and two outs, controversy occurred when relief pitcher Chad Green was charged with a hit by pitch on Lonnie Chisenhall to load the bases. Replays showed the ball to have hit the knob of the bat, which would have resulted in a strikeout on the foul tip to end the inning. Despite Yankees' catcher Gary Sánchez insisting that Girardi challenge it, Girardi decided not to do so, extending the inning. Two pitches later, Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam to bring the Indians within one. They tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on a home run by Jay Bruce off David Robertson before winning it in the 13th when Austin Jackson walked off Dellin Betances, stole second and scored on a walk-off single off the bat of Yan Gomes.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 3
With their season on the line, the Yankees started Masahiro Tanaka for Game three against the Indians' Carlos Carrasco. Tanaka pitched brilliantly, confusing Indians hitters for seven shutout innings with his splitter. Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge robbed Francisco Lindor of a two-run home run in the top of the sixth to preserve the scoreless tie. Yankees first baseman Greg Bird scored the game's only run on a home run off former Yankee reliever Andrew Miller in the seventh inning. The Indians threatened to score in the eighth and ninth innings, but relievers David Robertson and Aroldis Chapman managed to preserve the shutout and keep the Yankees' season alive.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 4
After lasting only 1⁄3 innings against the Minnesota Twins in the 2017 American League Wild Card Game, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino bounced back with seven strong innings. The Indians gave up seven runs on the night, but just one earned, as the Yankees took advantage of the Indians' four errors on the night. In the second, Starlin Castro reached on an error and moved to second on Roberto Perez's passed ball before Todd Frazier's double and Aaron Hicks's single scored a run each. After Brett Gardner singled and stole second, Aaron Judge's two-run double made it 4–0 Yankees.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 4
An errant throw on Gardner's ground ball with the bases loaded next inning off Mike Clevinger made it 5-0 Yankees. The Indians made it 5–2 on a two-run home run by Carlos Santana in the fourth and 5-3 after a home run by Roberto Pérez in the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, Frazier reached second on an error off Danny Salazar, moved to third on a ground out, and scored on a Brett Gardner sacrifice fly off Tyler Olson. Next inning, a home run from Sánchez off Bryan Shaw, the only earned run the Yankees scored, put them up by four runs again. Reliever Tommy Kahnle earned the save for a tired bullpen as the Yankees tied up the series and forced a decisive fifth game in Cleveland.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 5
The series returned to Cleveland for the fifth and decisive final game. Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius hit home runs in back-to-back at bats in the first and third innings (two-run home run) to give the Yankees a 3–0 lead. The Indians sliced into the lead with four straight one-out singles, the last two by Roberto Pérez and Giovanny Urshela, in the bottom of the fifth, chasing Yankee starter CC Sabathia.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 5
In the top of the ninth with closer Cody Allen on the mound, the Yankees got runners on by a base hit by Aaron Hicks, who advanced to second on an error by Austin Jackson. A walk by Todd Frazier brought Brett Gardner to the plate with two on and two out. After a 12-pitch at bat, Gardner hit an RBI single scoring Hicks. Frazier then scored when Jay Bruce's throw bounced away from Francisco Lindor to make it 5–2. Aroldis Chapman pitched a two-inning save for his second save of the series.


2017 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 5
The Yankees clinched the ALDS when Chapman struck out Jackson, and completed the series comeback, becoming just the seventh team to come back from a 2–0 deficit in a division series since the wild-card format was introduced in 1995. The Yankees previously accomplished this feat in 2001 against the Oakland Athletics. They are also just the second team to do it twice in the Division Series after the Boston Red Sox, who accomplished this in 1999 (also against the Indians) and 2003 (also against the Athletics).


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston
This was the first postseason meeting between the Astros and Red Sox.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 1
The Astros got to work quickly against Chris Sale in Game 1 when Alex Bregman and José Altuve hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to jump out to a quick 2–0 lead. The Red Sox answered with a run of their own in the top of the second when Sandy León drove in Mitch Moreland with an RBI single; however, the chance for more was cut off when Josh Reddick threw Dustin Pedroia out trying to take third on the play.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 1
Rafael Devers would tie the game in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to bring it to 2–2. Justin Verlander would end the threat there and hold the Red Sox to those two runs over six innings. In the bottom of the fourth, Marwin González laced a double to right-center to drive in two more runs while Altuve hit his second home run of the game, and second off Sale, in the fifth.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 1
Brian McCann continued the onslaught of Sale in the sixth when he hit a two-run single off Joe Kelly to bring the score to 7–2. Sale ended his day with five IP, seven earned runs, and three home runs allowed in his first postseason start. Altuve made Astros history in his next at-bat, homering for the third time of the game against Austin Maddox. He became the first Astros player to hit three home runs in a postseason game and just the ninth player ever to do so. It was the first time since Pablo Sandoval hit three homers off Verlander in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series. Joe Musgrove pitched a perfect ninth to seal the Astros victory and give them a 1–0 start to the series.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 2
For the second straight day, the Astros defeated the Red Sox 8–2. Carlos Correa got the offense going with a two-run home run in the first inning off Drew Pomeranz. Jackie Bradley Jr. got Boston on the board in the second inning with an RBI single with two on. George Springer hit his first home run of the postseason in the bottom of the third while José Altuve drove in another run with a single after an Alex Bregman double.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 2
Dallas Keuchel went 52⁄3 innings with seven strikeouts and one earned run while Pomeranz did not make it out of the third inning while giving up four earned runs and giving up two home runs. The Astros broke the game open in the sixth. Eduardo Rodríguez allowed a leadoff single and subsequent hit-by-pitch. Springer's forceout off Addison Reed moved Marwin González to third before he scored on Bregman's sacrifice fly. After an intentional walk, Correa hit a two-run double, then Evan Gattis rounded out the inning with an RBI single. The Red Sox got a run in the ninth when Christian Vázquez singled with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Bradley Jr.'s RBI single before Ken Giles shut things down and gave the Astros a 2–0 advantage going into Boston for Game 3.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 3
In Game 3, Houston, looking for a sweep, jump to a 3–0 lead when George Springer singled to lead off the first, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Josh Reddick's single, then Carlos Correa hit a two-run home run one out later. However, Doug Fister and four relievers held the Astros scoreless for the rest of the game. The Red Sox loaded the bases with no outs in the second on two singles and a walk, but scored only once on Sandy León's single.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 3
Next inning, Mitch Moreland doubled with two outs and scored on Hanley Ramírez's double. Francisco Liriano relieved starter Brad Peacock and allowed a two-run home run to Rafael Devers that put the Red Sox up 4–3. The score remained that until the Red Sox blew the game open in the seventh. Lance McCullers Jr. allowed a leadoff walk and single, then Moreland singled to load the bases off Chris Devenski. Ramírez's double scored two and Devers's single scored another. Joe Musgrove relieved Devenski after getting an out, Jackie Bradley Jr.'s three-run home run capped the scoring at 10–3 Red Sox. Addison Reed and Carson Smith pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth, respectively, as the Red Sox forced a Game 4.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 4
Trying to force a return to Houston for Game 5, the Red Sox sent 2016 AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello to the mound to try and stifle the Astros offense while Charlie Morton was tasked with helping the Astros advance. The Astros struck first when George Springer scored on a groundball hit by José Altuve that resulted in a double play in the first inning. The Red Sox promptly responded with a home run by Xander Bogaerts in the bottom of the frame.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 4
Springer reclaimed the lead for the Astros with an RBI single in the top of the second while Morton was able to escape a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the inning. Chris Sale was brought in for relief in the fourth and tossed four scoreless innings. In response, the Astros brought in Justin Verlander in the fifth to shut down the Sox, but not before Andrew Benintendi launched a 2-run homer to grab a 3–2 lead. Those would be the only runs Verlander gave up in his 21⁄3 innings of work.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 4
Alex Bregman rocked a game-tying shot in the top of the eighth off Sale, his second of the series. After giving up another hit, Sale's day was done. Craig Kimbrel was brought in and gave up a walk before Josh Reddick gave the Astros the lead on a two-out single to make it 4–3. Carlos Beltrán added an RBI double in the top of the ninth for an insurance run. Ken Giles, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning, gave up a leadoff inside-the-park home run to Rafael Devers in the bottom of the ninth.


2017 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Boston, Game 4
He then retired the side to send the Astros to their first American League Championship Series and their first postseason series win since 2005. The Red Sox were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round for the second year in a row, having been swept by the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 American League Division Series. This was the first postseason series victory for the Astros since the 2005 National League Championship Series.


2017 American League Wild Card Game
The 2017 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 postseason that was played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. The game was televised nationally by ESPN. The game took place on October 3 at Yankee Stadium, with the Yankees winning 8–4, thus eliminating the Twins from the postseason and advancing the Yankees to the AL Division Series (ALDS), in which they defeated the Cleveland Indians, 3–2.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was Minnesota's first playoff appearance as a Wild Card team, and their first postseason appearance since the 2010 American League Division Series. After clinching their spot, the Twins named Ervin Santana as their starting pitcher. Miguel Sanó was left off of the roster because of his injured left shin. The Twins had an 85–77 record and finished in second place in the AL Central, 17 games behind the Indians.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was New York's sixth playoff appearance as a Wild Card team, and their first postseason appearance since the 2015 American League Wild Card Game. Luis Severino started for the Yankees. With a 91–71 record, the Yankees finished in second place in the AL East, two games behind the division-winning Red Sox.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was the fifth postseason meeting between the two clubs, with the Yankees winning all four previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2010 American League Division Series in which the Yankees swept the Twins in three games. This loss also extended the Twins' postseason losing streak to 13 games; ten of those games were against the Yankees.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The Twins did not waste any time getting to Severino, with Brian Dozier hitting a leadoff home run. This was followed by a walk to Jorge Polanco and another home run, this one by Eddie Rosario, to put the Twins quickly up 3–0. After allowing a single by Eduardo Escobar and a double by Max Kepler, Severino was relieved after only recording one out, marking the shortest appearance by a Yankees starting pitcher in postseason history. Chad Green relieved Severino and recorded consecutive strikeouts to end the inning.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The Yankees quickly responded, however, tying the game in the bottom of the first inning on a three-run home run by Didi Gregorius as Twins starter Ervin Santana also struggled, throwing 41 pitches in the inning. Brett Gardner's home run in the next inning gave the Yankees the lead. In the top of the third, after loading the bases with one out, Green was replaced by David Robertson. Robertson induced a potential double-play ground ball from Byron Buxton, but the Yankees weren't able to get the speedy Buxton out at first, allowing the Twins to tie the game at 4.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
José Berríos relieved Santana (who had thrown 64 pitches in the first two innings) to start the bottom of the third, and the Yankees quickly pounced on the right-hander. Gary Sánchez doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on an RBI single by Greg Bird to give the Yankees the lead.. In the bottom of the fourth, rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run to extend the Yankee lead to 7–4.


2017 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Tommy Kahnle relieved Robertson, who had thrown a career-high 3+1⁄3 innings, all scoreless, to finish the sixth inning and threw 2+1⁄3 shutout innings of his own. In the bottom of the seventh, a two-out bases-loaded walk to Aaron Hicks further extended the Yankees' lead to 8–4. Closer Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth inning in a non-save situation for the Yankees to end the game and advance the Yankees to the ALDS.


2017 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The 32nd American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 17, 2018, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2017.


2017 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The nominees for film and television were announced on January 9, 2018.


2017 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Film, Spotlight Award
The Spotlight Award recognizes outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries that are typically screened at film festivals, in limited theatrical release, or outside the United States.


2017 American Ultimate Disc League season
The 2017 American Ultimate Disc League season was the sixth season for the league. The San Francisco FlameThrowers won the championship, the team's first title. The league featured twenty-four teams in four divisions, and for the first time, teams played interdivisional games. Eleven Sports Network joined the league as a broadcast partner for the first time, broadcasting a limited slate of games.


2017 American Ultimate Disc League season, Regular season, Cross Coast Challenge
For the first time in the AUDL, cross-divisional games were held, counting towards the team's regular season record. Only the top two teams from each division in 2016 were involved in Cross Coast Challenge matches.


2017 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason
Championship Weekend was held August 26 and 27 at Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard in Montreal, Canada. The venue was chosen because of Montreal's support for their team, the Montreal Royal. The Dallas Roughnecks, Toronto Rush, Madison Radicals and San Francisco FlameThrowers qualified for the semifinals.


2017 Americas Challenge
The 2017 Americas Challenge  was a curling challenge taking place from January 27 to 29 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, Minnesota. The challenge round was held to determine which nation would qualify for the last Americas Zone spot at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship. Brazil and the United States played a best-of-five series to determine the winner in both the men's and women's event.


2017 Americas Challenge, Background
The World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the United States. However, the World Curling Federation allows for other member nations in the Americas Zone (i.e. Brazil) to challenge Canada and/or the United States for berths to the World Championships. As hosts, Canada received an automatic berth to the 2017 World Men's Championships.


2017 Americas Challenge, Background
Canada finished higher than the United States at the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, and thus received an automatic berth to the 2017 World Women's Championships, meaning Brazil was allowed to challenge the United States rather than Canada for a berth to the 2017 World Championships. This was Brazil's fourth men's challenge of the United States, after challenges in 2015, 2010 and 2009 proved to be unsuccessful. This was the first women's Americas Challenge.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship was the second series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures
The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 6 September 2016.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States and Uruguay. Argentina XV are the defending champions.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 3 February 2017 – the tournament's opening day.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
1 With only one scrum half named in the squad, Juan Manuel Lescano was later added to the team.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
2 Jaguares player Ignacio Larrague and Lautaro Bazán were called up to the squad ahead of the second round.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
3 On 15 February Germán Schulz was drafted into the squad from the Pumas 7's side.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
4 On 22 February, Emiliano Boffelli and Facundo Gigena were released by their Super Rugby side to gain game time after injury.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
5 Gabriel Ascárate was released by his Super Rugby side to gain game time after injury.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
Brazil's initial 26-man squad ahead of their opening game against Chile.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
1 Caíque Silva and Pedro Bengaló, who is uncapped, were called up to the squad ahead of Brazil's clash against the United States.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
2 Cléber Dias, Ariel Rodrigues, Robert Tenório and Endy Willian were added to the squad ahead of the third round game against Uruguay.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
3 Gabriel Paganini was added to the squad ahead of Brazil playing Argentina XV in round 4.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
4 Luan Almeida, Lucas Duque and Luca Tranquez were added to the squad ahead of the final round.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
On 23 January, Anscombe named an extended squad of 29 players ahead of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
1 On 16 February, Lucas Albornoz was called up to the squad as injury cover for Matt Beukeboom.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
2 On 22 February, English based player Brett Beukeboom joined the squad ahead of playing Uruguay, while Kainoa Lloyd earned his first call up as cover for Taylor Paris.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
1 On 8 February Martín Mendoza was called up as injury cover for Tomás Dussaillant.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
2 Nelson Calderón and Sebastián Valech were called up ahead of the third round match against Argentina XV.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
3 Ernesto Ugarte was called up to the squad on 21 February as injury cover for Gonzalo Martínez, while Matías Contreras returned to the squad after recovering from injury.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
1 Spike Davies and Peter Tiberio were called up to the squad ahead of the second round game against Brazil.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
1 Manuel Diana, Lucas Durán, Martín Espiga, Nicolás Freitas and Ignacio García were call called up to the squad ahead of the second round game against Argentina XV.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
2 Juan Manuel Gaminara, Mario Sagario and Andrés Vilaseca returned to the squad after recovering from injury, while Lorenzo Surraco joined the squad ahead of the third round clash with Brazil.


2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
3 Ahead of round 4, Gastón Mieres returned to the team after recovering from a shoulder injury.


2017 Americas Rugby League Championship
The 2017 Americas Rugby League Championship was the second tri-nation rugby league competition between the national teams of the USA, Canada and Jamaica. The United States would defend its title with a clean sweep of the tournament just like in 2016.


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger
The 2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 11 and 17 September 2017.


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Doubles
Sadio Doumbia and Calvin Hemery were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Jonathan Eysseric won the title after defeating Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys 6–3, 5–7, [10–4] in the final.


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Singles
Malek Jaziri was the defending champion and successfully defended his title.


2017 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Singles
Jaziri won the title after defeating Matteo Berrettini 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 7–5 in the final.


2017 Amman incident
On 23 July 2017, an incident involved the deputy director of security of the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan who shot and killed two Jordanians after being attacked by one of them in an apartment belonging to the embassy.


2017 Amman incident
According to the Israeli Foreign ministry, the official was attacked with a screwdriver, and then shot and killed the attacker. A Jordanian landlord was also inadvertently shot by the official and later pronounced dead. The attacker was a carpenter who came to install furniture at an apartment rented by the embassy either inside or near the Israeli embassy compound.


2017 Amman incident
According to Jordan's Public Security Directorate its investigation concluded that the cause of the initial altercation was a dispute over late delivery of furniture. Israel denies this.


2017 Amman incident, Background
Tensions between Israel and Jordan were high following the 2017 Temple Mount shooting on 14 July, new security measures, and rioting following the shooting. The spokesperson for the Jordanian government condemned Israel's closure of the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa mosque and called on them to reopen it immediately to worshipers. Subsequently, following criticism of Israel for not doing so, King Abdullah II in a phone call on 16 July with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack, called for calm, and reopening of Al-Aqsa.


2017 Amman incident, Background
On 16 July the Parliament of Jordan criticized the Temple Mount closure and held a prayer service in honor of the attackers. Atef Tarawneh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives praised the attackers, calling them "martyrs who were defending Palestinians", while also blaming "Israeli occupation" as the reason for the attack.


2017 Amman incident, Background
On Friday 21 July, a protest was held in Amman by Islamist and leftist groups against the new security measures on the Temple Mount.


2017 Amman incident, Shooting
On 23 July, the deputy director of security of the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan was attacked with a screwdriver. The official then shot and killed the attacker. A Jordanian landlord was also inadvertently shot and later pronounced dead. The attacker was a carpenter who came to install furniture at an apartment rented by the embassy either inside or near the Israeli embassy compound.


2017 Amman incident, Shooting
The attacker was identified as 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, and the landlord Christian orthopaedic surgeon Bashar Hamarneh.


2017 Amman incident, Diplomatic showdown
Jordan refused to allow the evacuation of the Israeli embassy personnel, leading to a diplomatic crisis. Citing the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Israel refused any investigation of the security officer. 30 Israeli embassy staff, including the wounded guard remained in the embassy that was surrounded by Jordanian forces.


2017 Amman incident, Diplomatic showdown
On the evening of 24 July, a phone call was held between Benjamin Netanyahu and Abdullah II of Jordan in which the king asked that the metal detectors be removed from the Temple Mount. Later that evening Jordan permitted the embassy staff including the injured security officer to return to Israel. Haaretz reported that the staff was allowed to leave after he had given an account of the incident to the Jordanian authorities in the presence of embassy staff. Later that night, Israeli authorities removed metal detectors from the entrance to the Temple Mount.


2017 Amman incident, Diplomatic showdown
According to a report from 27 July in the Jordanian newspaper Al-Rad, Jordan is refusing to allow the return of the Israeli ambassador and her staff to Jordan unless Israel provides official guarantees that the security officer will be put on trial. Later in the day King Abdullah II denounced Netanyahu's behavior and called for the security officer to stand trial. While conveying royal condolences to the family of the attacker, the Jordanian monarch's representatives states that Jordan views both the attack and the killing of the attacker and as a crime.


2017 Amman incident, Investigation
The Jordanian and Israeli investigations differ. According to Jordan's Public Security Directorate's investigation, the Jordanian teen attacked the Israeli security officer and wounded him, following a verbal argument over the late delivery of furniture. The wounded Israeli security then shot at the attacker.


2017 Amman incident, Investigation
On the other hand, Ziv the Israeli security guard claimed that the attack was nationalistically motivated. Israeli political sources told Ynet that according to an initial investigation it appears the security guard behaved properly under the circumstances. The security guard was stabbed three times, twice in the back and once in the chest. The sources also said that the landlord was hit after Ziv tripped when the attacker crept up behind him. Ynet claimed that Israel apologized to the Jordanians for his death and will pay the family financial compensation. However, no public apology was issued.


2017 Amman incident, Aftermath
Concurrent to attempting to evacuate the Israeli diplomatic mission, the event was under gag order by the Israeli Military Censor during the evening and night of the incident.


2017 Amman incident, Aftermath
Jewish ultra-orthodox pilgrims to Tomb of Aaron in Jordan claimed that on the night of the incident, Jordanian police allegedly raided the hotel they were staying in, and forbade the group members to pray saying that Jewish prayer is forbidden in Jordan, threatening the tourists with arrest should they pray. Further, the Jordanians are said to have confiscated religious paraphernalia such as tefillin and Tallitot. Some 20 members of the group were forbidden by police to leave their hotel. The Israeli foreign ministry said they were in contact with the group and had advised them to keep a low profile.


2017 Amman incident, Aftermath
In November 2017 Israel reportedly threatened to shelve the Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project until the embassy was reopened. Jordanian Media Affairs Minister Mohammed Momani stated Jordan would not allow the reopening of the embassy until the security guard was brought to trial.


2017 Amman incident, Reactions
The family of the attacker staged a protest in Amman in the night following the incident, calling for the death penalty to be applied against the Israeli security official and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. In response, Oren Hazan, a member of the Israeli Knesset tweeted "our neighbors from east to the Jordan [river], who we protect their behinds day and night, and give water to, need some re-education. It's starting to feel like a goodbye."


2017 Amman incident, Reactions
The family of the attacker (Jawawdeh) demanded that the death penalty be imposed on the Israeli deputy. The attacker's father described him as a "martyr", although he was not sure if his son would carry out a politically motivated attack.


2017 Amman incident, Reactions
During the funeral of the attacker on 25 July that took place in the Al-Wihdat Palestinian refugee camp, the crowd chanted "Death to Israel". The flag of Israel was painted on the ground before entrance to the mourning tent of Jawawdah, so that mourners would step on the flag prior to entering the tent. The father of the attacker, Zakaria Jawawdah, said he was willing to rescind his demands for an investigation if Israel removed security measures at the Temple Mount. The family of the doctor Hamarneh, also placed an Israeli flag in front of the church where a funeral was held.


2017 Amman incident, Reactions
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi said in an interview with CNN on 26 July "Absurd [are] some of the reactions that are coming of Israel which are trying to show this as if the ambassador and the suspect were under siege and were somehow liberated and celebrating them as heroes coming back home. This is really absurd. This is a criminal case and I think it is in everybody’s interest that it is pursued as such." "Jordan acted legally and morally [by complying to international laws on diplomatic mission]. It is upon Israel to do the same and allow for justice to take its course and to stop provocative behaviours that distort the facts here."


2017 Amman incident, Reactions
Protestors in Amman gathered around the embassy on Friday 28 July, some shouting "death to Israel" and demanding the cancellation of the peace treaty with Israel. Jordanian security forces tried to disperse the protesters that wanted to see the official face trial.


2017 Amstel Gold Race
The 2017 Amstel Gold Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 16 April. It was the 52nd edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the sixteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.


2017 Amstel Gold Race
It was won for the fourth time by Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors), defeating Team Sky's Michał Kwiatkowski in a two-up sprint finish. Michael Albasini from Orica–Scott completed the podium, leading home a small group ten seconds in arrears of the lead duo. Gilbert's win, coupled with a win two weeks prior at the Tour of Flanders, made him the third rider to win both races in the same year – after Eddy Merckx and Jan Raas.


2017 Amstel Gold Race
After a 14-year hiatus, there was also a women's version of the Amstel Gold Race of 121 km, following the same parcours. This race was won by Anna van der Breggen.


2017 Amstel Gold Race, Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Six UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 24-team peloton.


2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race)
The fourth edition of the Amstel Gold Race for Women was a road cycling one-day race held on 16 April 2017 in the Netherlands. It was the sixth event of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 17 categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 121.6 km. It was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen.


2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race)
It was the first edition of the women's Amstel Gold Race after a 14-year hiatus. With the reboot of the women's event and the creation of a women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in addition to La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, the women's season has the same trio of Ardennes classics as the men's. Van der Breggen won all three races in 2017.


2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Route
The race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, covering 121.6 km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of Limburg, followed by three 17.6 km loops centering around Valkenburg which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race. The Cauberg was addressed four times; its last crossing was also the last climb of the day. From the top of the Cauberg, there was a 1.7 km run-in to the finish line in Berg en Terblijt.


2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Teams
Twenty-one teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Results
Race officials were unable to split  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (WM3 Pro Cycling) and  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Orica–Scott) in the photo-finish for the third place.


2017 Anaheim protests
On the evening of February 22, 2017, protests erupted in Anaheim, California, over the altercation between an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Ferguson and unnamed 13-year-old that occurred on February 21 and was recorded on a bystander's cell phone camera. In the incident that sparked the protests, a 13-year-old boy was grabbed by an off-duty LAPD officer outside the officer's house, and the 13-year-old's acquaintances tried to confront the officer. The officer took out his handgun and fired one shot near a group of youth; nobody was injured. The 13-year-old and another boy were arrested.


2017 Anaheim protests, Background
On the afternoon of February 21, a number of teenage boys were involved in an altercation with an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer. The unnamed officer and one of the boys got into an argument, which prompted one of the boys to threaten the officer. The officer drew his gun and shot away from the boys causing a fight between them and the officer. One unidentified 13-year-old was arrested and taken to the Orange County Juvenile under suspected allegations of criminal threat and battery. Additionally, a 15-year-old boy was arrested under suspicion of assault and battery, but was subsequently released to his parents.


2017 Anaheim protests, Background
The officer was not arrested, nor has he been identified, but has been placed on administrative leave by the LAPD.


2017 Anaheim protests, Protesting
The next evening, several protestors gathered in the neighborhood where the altercation and shooting occurred. The protests began calmly as the individuals encouraged peaceful protests, although chants expressing concerns over police brutality and child maltreatment eventually started. The uprising led to damage to the officer's property, including his garage door and truck. The protesters were retained by other protesters before others threw garbage and bricks at Anaheim police officers.


2017 Anaheim protests, Aftermath
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait expressed concern about the video that showed the altercation between the officer and boys, and said the city is committed to an investigation on the incident. It was determined that the gun fired by the officer was not his service weapon.


2017 Anaheim protests, Aftermath
LAPD Officer Kevin Ferguson was not charged with any crimes, despite allegations of excessive force, and questionable legal standing to detain the child.


2017 Anaheim protests, Aftermath
The family of a child involved in the altercation filed suit against Kevin Ferguson and the LAPD, which were later dropped.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election
The 2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on November 18, 2017, the APGA nominee Willie Obiano won re-election, defeating Tony Nwoye of the APC.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election
Willie Obiano won APGA gubernatorial candidate after emerging the sole candidate. He picked Nkem Okeke as his running mate. Tony Nwoye was the APC candidate with Dozie Ikedife as his running mate. 37 candidates contested in the election.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Anambra State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APGA primary
The APGA primary election was held on August 15, 2017. Willie Obiano emerged the sole candidate after scoring 1,070 to a 'yes' and 'no' votes.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on August 26, 2017. Tony Nwoye won the primary election after defeating  11 other candidates. His closet rival was Andy Uba who had 931 votes.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state were 88,793, accredited voters 457,311, total number of votes cast was 448,771, while number of valid votes were 422,314. 6,457 votes were rejected.


2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 422,314 represents the 37 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Willie Obiano. Blue represents LGAs won by Tony Nwoye.


2017 Ando Securities Open
The 2017 Ando Securities Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tokyo, Japan, on 6–12 November 2017.


2017 Ando Securities Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Ando Securities Open – Doubles
Rika Fujiwara and Yuki Naito were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after defeating Eri Hozumi and Junri Namigata 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2017 Ando Securities Open – Singles
Zhang Shuai was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Mihaela Buzărnescu in the final, 6–4, 6–0.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season
Andy Murray's 2017 tennis season officially began at the Qatar Open.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Exhibitions and Qatar Open
Prior to the Qatar Open, Murray played in the exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championship, where he lost in the semi-finals to David Goffin before beating Milos Raonic in the third-place play-off. This event occurred prior to the 2017 season (December 29–31st)


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Exhibitions and Qatar Open
Murray competed at the Qatar Open for the first time since 2014, when he lost in the second round. He competed in the tournament as the top seed, entering the tournament on a 24-match win streak. He extended that streak with a first round win against Jérémy Chardy, a second round win against Gerald Melzer, and a quarterfinal win against Nicolás Almagro. In the semi-final he beat Tomáš Berdych (Murray's hundredth career win against a top ten opponent) in straight sets. Murray lost in the final against Novak Djokovic in three sets, to make their head-to-head record 25–11 in favor of Djokovic. Murray saved three championship points in the second set, but was not able to win the decider.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Murray entered the Australian Open as the top seed, and began his campaign for a first title in Melbourne with straight-set wins over Illya Marchenko, Andrey Rublev, and Sam Querrey. Murray was then stunned by Mischa Zverev in four sets. Throughout the match, Zverev used aggressive tactics and a serve-and-volley style of play to bamboozle Murray.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Dubai Tennis Championships
Murray's next tournament was the Dubai Open. After straight-set wins over Malek Jaziri and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Murray won a thrilling three-set match against Phillipp Kohlschreiber, saving seven match points in a second-set tiebreak he eventually won 20–18. Murray followed this up with a victory against Lucas Pouille to reach the final, where he beat Fernando Verdasco in straight sets to win a first Dubai title.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
Upon entering Indian Wells, Murray was stunned by world No. 129 Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and French Open, Monte-Carlo Masters
After missing a month due to an elbow injury, Murray competed in the Monte-Carlo Masters where he received a bye in the first round before defeating Gilles Müller in straight sets. Murray was then upset by world No. 24 Albert Ramos Viñolas in the next round despite having a 4–0 lead in the third set.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and French Open, Barcelona Open
In the Barcelona Open, Murray advanced to the quarterfinals after a walkover over Bernard Tomic and a straight sets victory over Feliciano López. He then defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas in three sets, rebounding from his defeat in the Monte-Carlo Masters, but lost in the semifinals to Dominic Thiem in three sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and French Open, Madrid Open
Murray then competed at the Madrid Open where he defeated Marius Copil in straight sets in the second round but lost in the third round to Borna Coric in straight sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and French Open, Italian Open
Murray was the defending champion at the Italian Open however his title defense ended in a straight sets defeat against Fabio Fognini.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and French Open, French Open
In the French Open, Murray defeated Andrey Kuznetsov and Martin Klizan in four sets before defeating Juan Martin del Potro and Karen Khachanov in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. He then defeated Kei Nishikori in four sets to reach the semifinals where he lost to eventual finalist Stan Wawrinka in five sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season, Queen's Club Championships
Murray then played at the Queen's Club Championships where he was the two-time defending champion, however he lost in the first round to Jordan Thompson in straight sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season, Wimbledon Championships
Murray then entered the Wimbledon Championships as the defending champion, despite sustaining a lingering hip injury beforehand. He defeated Alexander Bublik and Dustin Brown in straight sets to reach the third round. He then defeated Fabio Fognini in four sets and Benoît Paire in straight sets to progress into the quarterfinals. He then lost to Sam Querrey in five sets.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Hip injury and end of Season
The loss to Sam Querrey in the Wimbledon quarterfinals officially ended Murray's 2017 tennis season as Murray was forced to withdraw from all the following tournaments as a result of his hip injury, despite attempting to participate at the US Open. As a result, he did not qualify for the ATP Finals and his world ranking fell to World No. 16, his lowest ranking since May 2008. Despite not playing in an official tournament again in 2017, he returned to the court to play a charity match against Roger Federer in Glasgow.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Andy Murray in 2017, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.


2017 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Andy Murray had a 25–10 (71.4% of wins) match win-loss record in the 2017 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 2–3 (40.0% of wins). The following list is ordered by number of wins:(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)


2017 Angola Cup
The 2017 Taça de Angola was the 36th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola.


2017 Angola Handball Super Cup
The 2017 Angola Handball Super Cup (11th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2016 league champion and Interclube, the 2016 cup winner. Interclube won its 5th title.


2017 Angola Handball Super Cup
The 2017 Women's Super Cup (11th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, the 2016 women's league champion and Petro de Luanda, the 2016 cup winner. Petro Atlético was the winner, making it is's 9th title.


2017 Angola Super Cup
The 2017 Supertaça de Angola (30th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, the 2016 Girabola champion and Recreativo do Libolo, the 2016 cup winner. Primeiro de Agosto won the match, making it its 8th super cup win.


2017 Angola Women's Handball League
The 2017 Angola Women's Handball League was the 38th edition, organized by the Federação Angolana de Andebol (Angolan Handball Federation). The tournament was held from July 10–22, 2017 in Luanda, contested by 7 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto.


2017 Angola Women's Handball League, Participating teams
ASACasa do Pessoal do Porto do LobitoElectro do LobitoMarinha de GuerraPetro de LuandaPrimeiro de AgostoProgresso do Sambizanga


2017 Angola Women's Handball League, Final standings
Team squad: Albertina, Belinha, Cândida, Cajó, Carol, Dalva, Elizabeth, Jú, Helena, Juliana, Lurdes, Marta, Mwasesa, Rossana, Sílvia, Teresa Head Coach: Morten Soubak


2017 Angolan legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Angola on 23 August 2017, although voting was delayed until 26 August at 15 polling stations due to bad weather on election day. The top candidate of the winning party automatically becomes President after the election in accordance with the new 2010 Constitution. The ruling party MPLA headed by João Lourenço was widely expected to win. Preliminary results show that MPLA won with a clear margin. The final results were released on 6 September 2017.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Background
Initially it was thought that long-time President José Eduardo dos Santos would lead the ruling MPLA into the election before possibly stepping down in 2018, but in December 2016 the MPLA designated João Lourenço, the Minister of Defense and Vice-President of the MPLA, as the party's top candidate and therefore its presidential candidate. Lourenço was viewed as strongly loyal to dos Santos. Bornito de Sousa was designated as the party's vice-presidential candidate.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Background
In April 2017, the Council of the Republic, which acts as an advisory body to the President, proposed holding the election on 23 August 2017. It was announced on 26 April that dos Santos had formally approved the proposed date.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Background
In early July 2017, National Electoral Commission (CNE) stated that it was expecting 3,000 national and international election observers in the country during the elections.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Background
On 21 July 2017, the National Assembly approved legislation that would keep top security officials (the chiefs of the army, police and intelligence) in place for eight years, thereby preventing presidents from choosing the occupants of those posts at will.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Background
The official campaign period ran from 22 July to 21 August.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Electoral system
The 220 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 130 are elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with seats allocated proportionally. 90 are elected in 18 five-seat constituencies, using the d'Hondt method. Voters must be at least 18 years old and not have an undischarged bankruptcy, criminal conviction, dual citizenship or have been declared insane. Candidates must be at least 35 years old.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Electoral system
In terms of the 2010 constitution, "the individual heading the national list of the political party or coalition of political parties which receives the most votes in general elections... shall be elected President of the Republic and Head of the Executive" (Article 109).


2017 Angolan legislative election, Results
Preliminary results released shortly after the election showed the MPLA with 64.8% of the vote. Final results released by the electoral commission on 6 September 2017 showed the MPLA receiving 61% of the vote, giving it a parliamentary majority of 150 out of 220 seats and ensuring that João Lourenço would become President.


2017 Angolan legislative election, Opposition appeal
On 27 August Samakuva challenged the election results. On 8 September, UNITA filed a lawsuit claiming evidence of voter fraud. However, the Constitutional Court rejected the opposition's appeal on 13 September. It was announced that Lourenço would be sworn in on September 26, 2017.


2017 Angus Council election
Elections to Angus Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight wards, created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, form of proportional representation. A total of 28 councillors were elected, one less than in 2012.


2017 Angus Council election
Following the 2012 election the Scottish National Party formed the administration on the Council. Cllr Ian Gaul (Kirriemuir and Dean) was appointed Leader of the Council at the subsequent statutory meeting; Cllr Paul Valentine (Montrose) became Depute Leader; and Cllr Helen Oswald (Carnoustie and District) was elected Provost.


2017 Angus Council election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2017 Annapolis mayoral election
The 2017 Annapolis mayoral election was held November 7, 2017 in Annapolis, Maryland. Mike Pantelides, the incumbent mayor, ran for a second term as Mayor. Democratic nominee Gavin Buckley won the election with 61.06% of the vote, becoming the city's next mayor.


2017 Ansan Greeners FC season
The 2017 season is Ansan Greeners FC's 1st season of existence. They will participate in the K League Challenge as well as the FA Cup.


2017 Ansan Greeners FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Ansan Greeners FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Ansan Greeners FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Ansan Greeners FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Antalya Open
The 2017 Antalya Open was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 1st edition of the Antalya Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Kaya Palazzo Resort in Belek, Antalya Province, Turkey, from June 25–July 1.


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


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


2017 Antalya Open – Doubles
Robert Lindstedt and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the title after Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić retired trailing 5–7, 1–4 in the final.


2017 Antalya Open – Singles
Yūichi Sugita won his first ATP World Tour title, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–4).


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


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì
The 2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manerbio, Italy between 21 and 27 August 2017.


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Doubles
Nikola Mektić and Antonio Šančić were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Doubles
Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys won the title after defeating Mikhail Elgin and Roman Jebavý 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5] in the final.


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Singles
Leonardo Mayer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Antonio Savoldi–Marco Cò – Trofeo Dimmidisì – Singles
Roberto Carballés Baena won the title after defeating Guillermo García López 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 in the final.


2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship is the 116th official edition of Antrim GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Antrim. The tournament consists of 13 teams with the winner representing Antrim in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a straight knock-out format.


2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship
St. Paul's, St. James' and St. Mary's return to the senior championship in 2017.


2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship
Erin's Own GAC, Cargin were the defending champions after they defeated St. Gall's in the 2016 final.


2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship, Round 1
10 of the 13 senior clubs play in this round. The 5 winners and the 3 teams who received byes compete in the quarter-finals. The 5 losing teams exit the championship.


2017 Antrim Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The 5 Round 1 winners and the 3 teams who received byes in Round 1 compete in this round. The losing teams exit the championship.


2017 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship is the 117th staging of the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Antrim County Board in 1901. The winners receive the Volunteer Cup.


2017 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
Ruairí Óg, Cushendall won in 2016, defeating Loughgiel Shamrocks by 1-15 to 1-12


2017 Anzac Test
The 2017 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Canberra Stadium. It was the 18th and last Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. The match was played on 5 May 2017.


2017 Anzac Test
The Australian team was announced on 26 April, while the New Zealand team was announced on 30 April with the starters and 18th man named on 4 May.


2017 Anzac Test, Squads
1 - Josh Papalii was originally selected to play but was withdrawn due to suspension. His original replacement, Shannon Boyd, also withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jake Trbojevic who was 18th Man. 2 - Aaron Woods was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Andrew Fifita.


2017 Anzac Test, Women's Test
A Women's rugby league match between the Australian Jillaroos and New Zealand Kiwi Ferns served as the curtain-raiser for the main game.


2017 Anzac Test, Women's Test
Australia initially named a squad with 25 players on April 26. This was then finalised to 20 in preparation for the Trans-Tasman Test.


2017 Anzac Test, Women's Test
New Zealand named their 18 player squad in preparation for the Trans-Tasman Test on April 26.


2017 Apache Warrior 400
The 2017 Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 1, 2017, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 29th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, third race of the Playoffs and final race of the Round of 16.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Report, Background
Dover International Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States. Since opening in 1969, it has held at least two NASCAR races. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Report, Background
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, First practice
Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.147 seconds and a speed of 162.550 mph (261.599 km/h).


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.407 and a speed of 160.664 mph (258.564 km/h).


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.998 seconds and a speed of 156.535 mph (251.919 km/h).


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.877 seconds and a speed of 157.363 mph (253.251 km/h).


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, First stage
Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag and led the early part of the race. On lap 25, Kyle Larson took the lead from Truex. Larson would lead the race until Truex regained the lead on lap 60. On lap 82, a round of green-flag pit stops began. On lap 86, the first caution of the race came out during green-flag pit stops when Jeffrey Earnhardt spun coming into pit road and hit the barrels at the entrance to pit road.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, First stage
At the time of the caution, Kyle Busch was leading as he and a few other drivers had yet to pit including Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Danica Patrick, and David Ragan. The race would be red-flagged for 15 minutes to replace the barrels at the entrance to pit road. The leaders pitted on lap 88 and Keselowski won the battle off pit road. The race returned to green flag on lap 93 and Keselowski would hold onto the lead to win Stage 1, which concluded on lap 120.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, Second stage
After the first stage ended, the second caution of the race came out. The leaders pitted, and Kyle Busch left pit road first. Matt Kenseth was penalized for speeding on pit road. The race returned to green on lap 128 and Kyle Busch would continue to lead. On lap 151, Larson took the lead from Kyle Busch. On lap 167, the third caution of the race came out when Reed Sorenson blew an engine. Under this caution, the leaders pitted and Truex won the battle off pit road.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, Second stage
The green flag came back out on lap 174 and Truex initially held the lead until getting passed by Larson in turn 2. On lap 219, Kevin Harvick made an unscheduled green-flag pit stop for a vibration. Larson held onto the lead and won Stage 2, which ended on lap 240.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, Final stage
Following the conclusion of the second stage, the fourth caution of the race came out. The leaders came to pit road under the caution and Larson maintained the lead. However, Larson could not maintain speed after having to shut off his engine and restart it, which dropped him back to fifth for the restart and gave Chase Elliott the lead. The green flag came back out on lap 249 and Elliott held onto the lead. Elliott's lead would continue to grow as the race remained green. On lap 319, a round of green-flag pit stops began.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, Final stage
Race leader Elliott pitted on lap 325, giving the lead to Kyle Busch, he pitted 5 laps later and gave the lead to Jimmie Johnson. Under this round of pit stops, Kurt Busch had a commitment line violation. Johnson pitted from the lead on lap 334 and gave the lead to Keselowski. He, Austin Dillon. and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. pitted on lap 340 to complete the cycle of green-flag pit stops and give the lead back to Elliott. Elliott continued to hold onto the lead. On lap 373, Denny Hamlin hit the wall and slowed down on the track.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Race, Final stage
He was able to make it to pit road with a broken axle with the race remaining green. In the closing laps, Kyle Busch started catching Elliott as Elliott was getting caught in lapped traffic. Coming to the white flag on lap 399, Kyle Busch took the lead from Elliott. Kyle Busch held onto the lead to win the race. Following the race, Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch, and Kasey Kahne were eliminated from the playoffs.


2017 Apache Warrior 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2006 race winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


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


2017 Apatin Open darts
2017 Apatin Open is a darts tournament, which will take place in Apatin, Serbia in 2017.


2017 Apia International Sydney
The 2017 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 124th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 8 January through 14 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.


2017 Apia International Sydney
The women's main-draw ranking cut-off was 29, making it the highest cut-off of any WTA tournament in the world in the past year.


2017 Apia International Sydney, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team


2017 Apia International Sydney, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Apia International Sydney, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Apia International Sydney, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Apia International Sydney, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop, 3–6, 5–7.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles
Viktor Troicki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gilles Müller.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles
Müller went on to win his first ATP title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together this year. Hingis played alongside Coco Vandeweghe, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tímea Babos and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the final to Babos and Pavlyuchenkova, 4–6, 4–6.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
The 2017 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 124th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 8 January through 14 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles
Johanna Konta won the title, defeating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team
The 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team represented the Appalachian State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Beaver Field.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team, Schedule and results
Appalachian State announced its 2017 football schedule on November 14, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 19 home and 36 away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers hosted Sun Belts foes Arkansas State, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Texas–Arlington, and Texas State and traveled to Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Little Rock, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team, Schedule and results
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship will be contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and will be hosted by Georgia Southern.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team, Schedule and results
Appalachian State finished 11th in the conference which eliminated the Mountaineers to compete in the tournament which ended the season for the team.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Scott Satterfield. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to earn a share of the Sun Belt championship for the second consecutive year. They received an invite to the Dollar General Bowl where they defeated Toledo for the second consecutive year in a bowl game.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Previous season
The Mountaineers finished the 2016 season 10–3, 7–1 to earn a share of the Sun Belt championship, the school's first conference championship since joining the FBS in 2014. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Toledo.


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Schedule
Appalachian State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers hosted Sun Belt foes Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, North Mexico State, and Louisiana–Lafayette, and traveled to Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State


2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Schedule
The Mountaineers hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Savannah State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and traveled to Georgia from the Southeastern Conference and UMass, who is independent from a conference.


2017 Arab Athletics Championships
The 2017 Arab Athletics Championships was the twentieth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place from 15–18 July 2017 at Rades Athletic Stadium in Radès, close to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. Around 400 athletes from 18 nations attended the event.


2017 Arab Athletics Championships
A series of grand prix track and field meetings were organised by the Arab Athletics Federation in order to promote qualification for the 2017 World Athletic Championships.


2017 Arab Club Championship
The 2017 Arab Club Championship was the 27th season (not including 1990) of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UAFA Club Cup to the Arab Club Championship. The competition was won by Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis, who defeated Jordanian side Al-Faisaly 3–2 after extra time in the final to secure a joint-record third title.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Allocation of entries
The following team entries allocation was announced by the Union of Arab Football Associations on 20 June 2016. Each association was given entry either to the qualifying play-off or to the group stage based on the FIFA World Ranking of the associations on 2 June 2016. Only teams who were champions or runners-up of either their nation's league or one of their nation's cup competitions were allowed to participate in the tournament.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Teams
The following 20 teams from 18 associations entered the competition.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Venues
The following three venues were chosen to host all matches from the group stage onwards.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Qualifying play-off
The qualifying play-off was held between 14 September 2016 and 4 March 2017. The three winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the nine direct entrants.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Group stage
From the group stage onwards, the tournament was held in Egypt in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria. Twelve teams participated in the group stage, divided into three groups. The draw for the groups took place on 5 May 2017 in Cairo. The top team of each group along with the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.