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2014 NBA draft
2014 NBA draft, held June 26, 2014 in New York; 60 picks, 54 played in NBA. Cleveland won the lottery at 1.70% and took Andrew Wiggins No. 1; Nikola Jokic, picked 41st, became the class's best player.
2014 NBA Finals
2014 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat 4-1 in a rematch of 2013, winning their fifth title; Kawhi Leonard won Finals MVP with 17.8 ppg.
2014 NBA playoffs
2014 NBA playoffs: the San Antonio Spurs (62-20) beat the Miami Heat 4-1 in a Finals rematch for their fifth title; Kawhi Leonard was Finals MVP, and the series' plus-70 margin set a Finals record.
2014 New England Patriots season
2014 New England Patriots season: NFL team's 55th season under Bill Belichick; went 12-4, won AFC East, beat Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl XLIX on Malcolm Butler's interception for the franchise's fourth title.
2014 NFL Draft
2014 NFL Draft, held May 8-10, 2014 at Radio City Music Hall; 256 picks. Jadeveon Clowney went first overall to Houston; Khalil Mack, Sammy Watkins, Blake Bortles, and Johnny Manziel headlined the class.
2014 NFL season
2014 NFL season: 95th NFL season ending with Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona, won by the New England Patriots. Aaron Rodgers was MVP; the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson cases dominated off-field coverage.
2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team: 14-1 Urban Meyer squad that won the first College Football Playoff title, beating Alabama 42-35 and Oregon 42-20 after a 59-0 Big Ten championship game despite losing three quarterbacks to injury.
2014 Ryder Cup
2014 Ryder Cup, the 40th Europe-USA golf matches at Gleneagles, Scotland, September 26–28: Paul McGinley's Europe beat Tom Watson's USA 16½–11½ for a third straight win, built on a 7-1 foursomes run; Jamie Donaldson clinched.
2014 San Francisco Giants season
2014 San Francisco Giants season: the MLB campaign in which the 88-74 Giants won the Wild Card Game, NLDS, NLCS, and a seven-game World Series over Kansas City, their third title in five years, behind Madison Bumgarner's 0.43 ERA Series.
2014 Seattle Seahawks season
2014 Seattle Seahawks season: defending Super Bowl champions, 12-4, NFC West and No. 1 seed, beat Packers in OT NFC title game, lost Super Bowl XLIX 28-24 to New England on a goal-line interception.
2014 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2014 Stanley Cup Finals: Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 4-1, June 4-13, 2014, winning the Cup on Alec Martinez's double-overtime goal in Game 5.
2014 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, the NHL's first under its division-based fixed-bracket format, ended with the Los Angeles Kings beating the New York Rangers 4-1; the Kings set records with 26 games, a 3-0 comeback, and 7-0 in elimination games.
2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Women's singles at Wimbledon 2014 (Ladies' Singles): Petra Kvitova (CZE, seed 6) beat Eugenie Bouchard (CAN, seed 13) 6-3, 6-0 on 5 July 2014 in 55 minutes for Kvitova's second title; Bouchard was the first Canadian Grand Slam singles finalist.
2014 World Series
2014 World Series: San Francisco Giants beat Kansas City Royals 4-3; Game 7 won 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium behind Madison Bumgarner's five scoreless relief innings; Bumgarner unanimous MVP; Giants' third title in five years; first road Game 7 win since 1979.
2014–15 Atlanta Hawks season
2014-15 Atlanta Hawks season: NBA campaign in which Atlanta went a franchise-record 60-22, won the Southeast Division, had a 19-game streak and 17-0 January, and was swept by Cleveland in its first Eastern Conference Finals.
2014–15 Cleveland Cavaliers season
2014-15 Cleveland Cavaliers season: LeBron James's return year; 53-29, first in Central Division under rookie coach David Blatt; lost 2015 NBA Finals 4-2 to the Warriors with Love and Irving injured.
2014–15 College Football Playoff
2014–15 College Football Playoff: inaugural four-team CFP (2014 season). Oregon beat Florida State 59–20 in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State beat Alabama 42–35 in the Sugar Bowl, and No. 4 Ohio State won the first CFP title, 42–20 over Oregon, January 12, 2015, Arlington.
2014–15 Golden State Warriors season
2014-15 Golden State Warriors season: Steve Kerr's first year as coach, 67-15 record, Stephen Curry MVP with record 286 threes, and a 4-2 NBA Finals win over Cleveland for the franchise's first title since 1975, with Andre Iguodala as Finals MVP.
2014–15 National League 2 South
The 2014–15 National League 2 South was an English rugby union season won by Henley Hawks, who earned promotion to National One, while Shelford, Dings Crusaders, and Lydney were relegated.
2014–15 NBA season
The 2014-15 NBA season, the league's 69th, ran from October 28, 2014 to June 16, 2015. The 67-15 Golden State Warriors, led by first-year coach Steve Kerr and MVP Stephen Curry, beat LeBron James's Cavaliers 4-2 for the title.
2014–15 NFL playoffs
2014–15 NFL playoffs: January–February 2015 postseason ending in Super Bowl XLIX, where the Patriots beat the Seahawks 28–24 on Malcolm Butler's goal-line interception of Russell Wilson with 20 seconds left.
2014–15 NHL season
The 2014–15 NHL season was the 98th season of the National Hockey League, won by the Chicago Blackhawks, who took the Stanley Cup over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2015 AFL draft
2015 NAB AFL Draft, held November 24, 2015 in Adelaide; Jacob Weitering went No. 1 to Carlton. First draft under the points-based father-son/academy bidding system and future-pick trading; GWS matched four academy bids.
2015 AFL season
2015 AFL season: 119th Australian Football League season, 23 rounds from April 2. Hawthorn beat West Coast 16.11 (107) to 8.13 (61) for a third straight premiership; Nat Fyfe won the Brownlow with 31 votes.
2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team went 14-1 under coach Nick Saban, winning the SEC title and the national championship by beating Clemson 45-40 in January 2016.
2015 ATP World Tour
2015 ATP World Tour: the men's professional tennis circuit for the 2015 season. Novak Djokovic won three Grand Slams, six Masters 1000 titles, and the ATP Finals, becoming the first player to earn $20 million in one season.
2015 Carolina Panthers season
2015 Carolina Panthers season: NFL campaign in which Carolina went 15-1, started 14-0, and Cam Newton won MVP, but lost Super Bowl 50 to Denver 24-10 on February 7, 2016.
2015 Davis Cup
2015 Davis Cup, won by Great Britain 3-1 over Belgium at Flanders Expo, Ghent, 27-29 November 2015; Andy Murray beat David Goffin to clinch Britain's first title since 1936, winning 11 rubbers that year.
2015 Denver Broncos season
2015 Denver Broncos season: Gary Kubiak's first year as head coach; 12-4, fifth straight AFC West title, and a 24-10 Super Bowl 50 win over Carolina behind the NFL's No. 1 defense, with Von Miller as Super Bowl MVP.
2015 FIBA Asia Championship
2015 FIBA Asia Championship, held 23 September-3 October 2015 in Changsha, China; China beat the Philippines 78-67 in the Final for a 16th title and Rio 2016 Olympic qualification.