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2026 UNLV Rebels football team
2026 UNLV Rebels football team, Dan Mullen's second season, 59th UNLV season in the reshaped Mountain West at Allegiant Stadium; 4-2 overall, 2-0 conference, opened with a 21-27 loss to Memphis on FOX.
2026 Unrivaled season
2026 Unrivaled season: second season of the 3-on-3 women's basketball league by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, Jan 5 to early March 2026, eight clubs, 56 games; Mist BC beat Phantom BC 80-74 for the title.
2026 US Border Patrol shooting in Portland, Oregon
January 8, 2026 Border Patrol shooting in Portland, Oregon: six agents in unmarked cars shot Venezuelan couple Luis Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras during a targeted vehicle stop at an Adventist Health clinic; no video was found.
2026 US Darts Masters
The 2026 US Darts Masters was a PDC World Series of Darts tournament in New York City on June 25 and 26, 2026. Luke Humphries won back-to-back titles.
2026 US Open – Day-by-day summaries
2026 US Open, Flushing Meadows, August 23-September 13, 2026. Zverev beat Shelton for the men's title; Rybakina beat Sabalenka for the women's; record 1.2 million attendance and 3:33 a.m. quarterfinal finish.
2026 US Open – Men's singles
2026 US Open men's singles (Aug 23-Sep 13, 2026, New York): top seed Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 for his second major; Shelton had upset defending champion Alcaraz.
2026 US Open – Mixed doubles
2026 US Open Mixed Doubles Championship: second edition of the revamped Fan Week stand-alone event; Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik beat Bencic/Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, [10-6] in the Arthur Ashe final.
2026 US Open – Women's singles qualifying
2026 US Open women's singles qualifying: 128-player, three-round event August 24–28 in New York, won by Zheng Qinwen, Liutova, Montgomery, Kalieva and 12 others for 16 main-draw spots.
2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships, the US national track and field championships, held July 23–26, 2026 at Icahn Stadium, New York City, the first USAs in New York since 1991, an off-year meet with no world team selection; Sha'Carri Richardson won the 100 m in 10.77.
2026 USC Trojans football team
The 2026 USC Trojans football team represents the University of Southern California in the 2026 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season, its third as a Big Ten member.
2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship
2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship, the third rung of the USF Pro Championships (formerly Indy Pro 2000) ladder: 18 races, eight events; Jack Jeffers of Exclusive Autosport won the title with 430 points over Leonardo Escorpioni, earning a $593,056 INDY NXT scholarship.
2026 USF2000 Championship
2026 USF2000 Championship, USF Pro Championships ladder series; won by Sebastian Garzon (DEForce Racing, 383 points) over Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick; 18 races, $409,816 scholarship to USF Pro 2000.
2026 USL Championship season
2026 USL Championship season, second-division US men's pro soccer league campaign: 25 clubs, kickoff March 7, 2026, Brooklyn FC and Sporting Jax new, CBS/ESPN broadcast, USL Premier and pro/rel coming by 2028.
2026 USL Cup
The 2026 USL Cup (Prinx Tires USL Cup), third edition of the USL interleague cup for all 43 Championship and League One teams, was won by Louisville City FC, which beat defending champion Hartford Athletic 1-0 in the October 4, 2026 final on Aiden McFadden's 12th-minute goal.
2026 USL League One season
The 2026 USL League One season is the eighth season of USL League One, the third-tier American men's soccer league, with 17 clubs playing a 32-game regular season.
2026 USL League Two season
2026 USL League Two season: 31st season of the USL's pre-professional summer league (1,005 regular-season games, 35-team playoffs). Vermont Green FC won a second straight title, beating Flint City Bucks 2-1 on August 1 at Atwood Stadium.
2026 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football team
2026 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football, second season of UTRGV's FCS program in the Southland Conference under Travis Bush at Vackar Stadium; 3-3 through Oct. 10 after a record 9-3 inaugural 2025 season.
2026 Utah State Aggies football team
2026 Utah State Aggies football team: Utah State University's FBS team in its first Pac-12 season under second-year coach Bronco Mendenhall, with offensive coordinator Robert Anae; 2-4 overall, 1-1 Pac-12 through October 9, 2026.
2026 Utah Tech Trailblazers football team
2026 Utah Tech Trailblazers football team: Utah Tech University's FCS squad in its first Big Sky Conference season under head coach Lance Anderson, playing home games at Greater Zion Stadium in St. George; 0-7 (0-4 Big Sky) through seven games.
2026 Utah Utes football team
2026 Utah Utes football team: University of Utah's Big 12 FBS squad, first season under head coach Morgan Scalley at Rice-Eccles Stadium; 5-0 start with wins over Idaho, Arkansas, Utah State, Iowa State, and Kansas.
2026 UTEP Miners football team
2026 UTEP Miners football team, UTEP's first Mountain West season after 21 years in Conference USA, coached by Scotty Walden; opened 1-5 (0-2 MW) with a 51-0 loss at Oklahoma and a 51-10 win over Texas Southern.
2026 UTSA Roadrunners football team
2026 UTSA Roadrunners football team, the University of Texas at San Antonio's 16th FBS season under Jeff Traylor in the American Conference. Off to a 5-1 start (2-0 conference), tied for first, with Owen McCown at quarterback.
2026 Uzbekistan Super League
2026 Uzbekistan Super League (Oʻzbekiston Superligasi), top-division football season run by UzPFL, 16 clubs, 27 February to 27 December 2026, GotSport scheduling, first dedicated Superleague-2026 regulations, Neftchi leading Pakhtakor.
2026 V-League Collegiate Challenge
The 2026 V-League Collegiate Challenge, fifth season of the revived Philippine collegiate V-League, was held at Gameville Central Park, Mandaluyong; National University beat FEU in five sets for the men's title, its first since 2022.
2026 Valorant Champions
VALORANT Champions 2026, or Champions Shanghai, is Riot Games' season-ending VALORANT world championship, September 24 to October 18, 2026, in Shanghai; 16 teams from four regions compete for a $2,250,000 prize pool, with NRG defending its 2025 title.
2026 Valorant Champions Tour
2026 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT 2026), Riot Games' fourth VALORANT esports season, January–October 2026: triple-elimination Kickoff, Masters Santiago and Masters London, Path to Champions replacing Ascension, ending at Champions Shanghai.
2026 Vancouver municipal election
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, held October 17, 2026, elected Vancouver's mayor, 10 councillors, 7 Park Board commissioners, and 9 school trustees, plus 3 Capital Plan and 2 plebiscite questions; Pete Fry led the unofficial mayoral results over incumbent Ken Sim.
2026 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
2026 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, SEC program in Nashville under Clark Lea; first nine-game SEC schedule, 3-3 start (0-3 SEC) after wins over Austin Peay, Delaware, and NC State.
2026 Venezuela earthquakes
The 2026 Venezuela earthquakes were a magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 seismic doublet that struck northern Venezuela 39 seconds apart on 24 June 2026, killing more than 6,300 people.
2026 Vermont gubernatorial election
2026 Vermont gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026: Republican incumbent Phil Scott seeks a sixth term against Democratic/Progressive nominee Amanda Janoo; Vermont requires a majority vote, with the legislature deciding if none reaches 50 percent.