Following the performances of the Canadian, American and Argentine teams at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, some commentators have suggested the Lions conduct a shortened tour the Americas in the future.

New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions in the 2011 NFC wild-card playoff game 45-28.

In 2011 the Padthaway Netball Club, also called the Lions, has more than seven different teams for netball.

She is also the subject of Betty King's 1974 biographical novel Margaret of Anjou, Alan Savage's 1994 novel Queen of Lions, Anne Powers ' historical romance The Royal Consorts, and Susan Higginbotham's 2011 novel The Queen of Last Hopes.

On February 11, 2011, Miramax entered a home entertainment agreement with Lions Gate Entertainment, Echo Bridge Entertainment, Media Blasters and StudioCanal to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax library on DVD and Blu-ray.

In 2010 the Santa Rosa Lions beat the Tularosa Wildcats, and in 2011 the Santa Rosa Lions beat the Eunice Cardinals.

It was released on Blu-ray with the US 97 minutes cut for the first time on 4 October 2011 by Lions Gate Entertainment.

Established in 2011, the John Lions Award for Contribution to Open Software is open to high school and undergraduate university students enrolled in an Australian secondary or tertiary institution.

Due to the installation of a retractable roof at BC Place, the Lions played at a temporary stadium located at Empire Field for the 2010 season and for the first five regular season games of the 2011 season.

The Lions are also the only Western Canada team to have won the Grey Cup at home, having done so in 1994 & 2011, while also becoming the only team to beat an American based franchise in a championship game, a feat accomplished in the former game.

As of 2011 the BC Lions Football Club Executive Committee consisted of four people: David Braley, Owner, BC Lions Football Club-Governor, CFL ; Dennis Skulsky, President & CEO-Alternate Governor, CFL ; Wally Buono, General Manager & Vice President, Football Operations, Alternate Governor, CFL ; and George Chayka, Vice President, Business.

The Lions managed to gain promotion to the Scottish Second Division the following year, and returned to the First Division after back to back league championships, on 6 August 2011.

In 2011 the Detroit Lions became the first ever NFL team to select a Lombardi Award winner in two consecutive NFL Drafts.

* Dayton Dutch Lions WFC ( 2011 -)

* The Lions Gate Bridge was again featured as the set of 2011 film Final Destination 5 released August 12, 2011.

* Ken Lehmann – player ( LB ), 2011 ( Ottawa Rough Riders 1964 – 71 ; BC Lions 1972 ).

* Don Matthews – builder, 2011 ( Edmonton Eskimos as assistant coach 1977 – 82 ; BC Lions as head coach 1983 – 87 ; Toronto Argonauts as head coach 1990, 1996 – 98, 2008 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders as head coach, 1991 – 93 ; Baltimore Stallions as head coach 1994 – 95 ; Edmonton Eskimos as head coach 1999 – 2000 ; Montreal Alouettes as head coach 2002 – 06 ).

* Danny McManus – player ( QB ), 2011 ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1990 – 92 ; BC Lions 1993 – 95 ; Edmonton Eskimos 1996 – 97 ; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1998 – 2005 ; Calgary Stampeders 2006 ).

Since its launch, Talksport has held the rights to the Premier League, Football League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup, League Cup, England internationals, Euro 2004, Euro 2012, 2006 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, domestic Twenty20 cricket, 2009 Twenty20 World Cup, England's winter cricket tours to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and India, Aviva Premiership, 2011 Rugby World Cup, British and Irish Lions tours to South Africa and New Zealand, Super League, Rugby League World Cup, The Open Championship, Ryder Cup, and World Title Boxing fights.

Joseph Vincent " Joe " Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012 ), sometimes referred to as " JoePa ," was an American college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011.

The Mountain Lions have competed in 10 Southern Football League Grand Finals since 2007, becoming Premiers and Champions twice in going undefeated ( 2010 & 2011 )), and winning the 2012 Premiership.

In addition, it received the International High Quality Trophy at Monde Selection's World Quality Selections in 2010, and a Grand Gold Medal in 2011.

The Mansura Trophy was awarded for this new propulsion system in May 2011.

Prost continued to compete in the Andros Trophy, winning the title with Toyota in 2006 / 07, 2007 / 08 and 2011 / 2012.

After an impressive underdog triumph in making the playoffs in 2010, and Coach Sacco finishing third in Jack Adams Trophy voting, the Avs failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2011.

They won the Campbell Bowl as Western Conference playoff champions in 2011 and have won the Presidents ' Trophy, having recorded the best regular season record in the NHL for the past two seasons ( 2010 – 11 and 2011 – 12 ).

The Canucks have won the Presidents ' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular season record in the 2010 – 11 and 2011 – 2012 seasons.

The LCCHS Marching Cougars had an extremely successful 2011 Marching Season, receiving 20 + Caption Trophy Awards.

In 2011 Thomas won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins, and he also won the Conn Smythe Trophy ( Stanley Cup playoffs MVP ) in 2011 and the Vezina Trophy ( best goaltender in the NHL ) in 2009, and 2011.

The 2011 game was also the first Alamo Bowl to feature the season's Heisman Trophy winner, Baylor's Robert Griffin III.

The Lindsay Award is considered to be the companion of the Hart Memorial Trophy — fourteen players have won both trophies for the same season: Guy Lafleur ( 1976 – 77 and 1977 – 78 ), Wayne Gretzky ( 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85 and 1986 – 87 ), Mario Lemieux ( 1987 – 88 and 1992 – 93 and 1995 – 96 ), Mark Messier ( 1989 – 90 and 1991 – 92 ), Brett Hull ( 1990 – 91 ), Sergei Fedorov ( 1993 – 94 ), Eric Lindros ( 1994 – 95 ), Dominik Hasek ( 1996 – 97 and 1997 – 98 ), Jaromir Jagr ( 1998 – 99 ), Joe Sakic ( 2000 – 01 ), Martin St. Louis ( 2003 – 04 ), Sidney Crosby ( 2006 – 07 ), Alexander Ovechkin ( 2007 – 08 and 2008 – 09 ) and Evgeni Malkin ( 2011 – 12 ).

The India national cricket team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka.

2011 saw the 3rd XI win the Embee Trophy and narrowly miss out on the Premier Division championship.

The winner of the Big Ten Football Championship Game, started in 2011, receives the Stagg Championship Trophy, named in his honor.

The 2011 Collier Trophy Selection Process is scheduled for Monday, March 13, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia.

The Thunderbirds program has also yielded three Hec Crighton Trophy winners, Jordan Gagner in 1987, Mark Nohra in 1997, and, most recently, Billy Greene in 2011.

The Dinos have also won the Hardy Trophy conference championship 13 times, including four consecutive wins in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

From 1998 to 2011, the wild-card team has been assigned to play the division winner with the best winning percentage ( outside of their own division ) in one series, and the other two division winners meet in the other series.

From 1998 to 2011, the wild-card team has been assigned to play the division winner with the best winning percentage ( outside of their own division ) in one series, and the other two division winners meet in the other series.

The 2011 winner was The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.

However, in November 2011, leaders of the US Marine Corps announced they will stay with current M4 Carbines and M16A4s and not adopt an IC competition winner.

The 2011 World Championship took place at Northampton on September 10 with 2 Paul Harrison the winner of the Gold Roof.

The 2011 World Championship Final took place at Kings Lynns Norfolk Arena on Saturday 17 September with 871 Mark Simpson winner of the Gold Roof.

The 2011 World Championship was held at Skegness in August with 677 Eddie Darby the winner of the Gold Roof for the next 12 months.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

* Sophie Clarke ( 1989-), winner, CBS-TV Survivor, season 23 ( fall 2011 ), from Willsboro.

* Words and Music: Only four musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had ( co -) written the Book ( non-sung dialogue and storyline ) and the Score ( music and lyrics ): 1958 winner The Music Man ( Meredith Willson – award for Book and Score did not exist that year ), 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( Rupert Holmes – who also won for Book and Score ), 1996 winner Rent ( Jonathan Larson – who also won for Book and Score ), and 2011 winner The Book of Mormon ( Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score ).

* Red Bull Racing – a Formula One team based in Milton Keynes, England, World Constructor's Championship winner of 2010 and 2011, and produced the car for the 2010 and 2011 F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel.

For the 2011 – 12 CONCACAF Champions League, the qualifying clubs are MLS Cup 2010 champion Colorado Rapids, Supporters ' Shield winner Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS Cup runner-up FC Dallas, and 2010 U. S. Open Cup champion Seattle Sounders FC.

Toronto FC also qualified as winner of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

From 2011 onward, the winner of the Championship Final is promoted to the Premiership, replacing that league's bottom team.

The son of Hat Trick, Dabirsim was honored with Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt Award winner in 2011.

Ballabriggs, the winner of the 2011 Grand National.

DARPA declared a winner on December 2, 2011 ( the winning entry was submitted 33 days after the challenge began )-the winner was " All Your Shreds Are Belong To U. S ." using a combination system that used automated sorting to pick the best fragment combinations to be reviewed by humans.

On 18 February 2011, after an injury-time winner from Martyn Waghorn at home to Bristol City, Leicester had climbed to 7th in the table and just one point off a play-off place.

* Adam Riess ( born 1969 ), Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 2011.

* David Seidler, screenwriter of " The King's Speech ," 2011 Oscar winner ; former resident, Great Neck H. S.