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2026–27 PWHL season
2026–27 PWHL season: fourth Professional Women's Hockey League season, first with 12 teams after expansion to Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas, and San Jose; 180 games, two conferences, eight-team playoffs.
2026–27 Sacramento Kings season
2026-27 Sacramento Kings season, the NBA franchise's campaign at Golden 1 Center under coach Doug Christie, following a 22-60 season; drafted Darius Acuff Jr. 7th overall, waived DeMar DeRozan, signed Ben Simmons.
2026–27 San Antonio Spurs season
2026-27 San Antonio Spurs season: NBA season following the Spurs' 62-20, Finals-losing 2025-26 campaign. Opens Oct 20, 2026 vs Oklahoma City; Wembanyama extended through 2031-32; additions include Tobias Harris and Tarris Reed Jr.
2026–27 Toronto Maple Leafs season
2026-27 Toronto Maple Leafs season: first year under GM John Chayka and coach Jim Hiller after a last-place 32-36-14 finish; Sergei Bobrovsky signed, Gavin McKenna drafted first overall, 84-game NHL season opening September 29, 2026 versus Montreal.
2026–27 Toronto Raptors season
2026–27 Toronto Raptors season: 32nd NBA campaign under returning coach Darko Rajaković, headlined by Kawhi Leonard's trade from the Clippers after a 46-36 fifth-place finish in the East.
2026–27 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
2026–27 UConn Huskies men's basketball team: UConn's BIG EAST squad under Dan Hurley, defending national runner-up, preseason BIG EAST favorite with Silas Demary Jr. as Preseason Player of the Year.
2026–27 United Rugby Championship
2026–27 United Rugby Championship, sixth URC season; 16 clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy, South Africa; fixtures released 19 May 2026; Leinster defend title; final 19 June 2027.
2026–27 Utah Jazz season
The 2026–27 Utah Jazz season is the NBA franchise's 53rd season and fifth under coach Will Hardy, built around Darryn Peterson, Keyonte George, and Lauri Markkanen at the Delta Center.
2026–27 Washington Wizards season
2026-27 Washington Wizards season: 66th NBA season, opener Oct. 21, 2026 vs Milwaukee. Features No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa, Trae Young, Anthony Davis after a 17-65 2025-26 and draft-lottery win.
2026–27 Women's EHF Champions League
2026–27 Women's EHF Champions League, 34th edition of Europe's top women's club handball competition; 16 teams in two groups of eight, drawn 26 June 2026 in Vienna, started 5 September 2026, Metz defending champion.
2027 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
2027 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting: BBWAA vote headlined by first-timers Buster Posey and Jon Lester with Chase Utley returning, plus the December 2026 Contemporary Era managers/executives/umpires vote for the Class of 2027.
2027 CFL season
2027 CFL season: first CFL season opening Victoria Day Weekend, with an eight-team playoff format, 100-yard field and 15-yard end zones, TSN/DAZN broadcast deals, and the 114th Grey Cup in Regina on November 7, 2027.
2027 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
2027 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, men's U19 world championship in Pardubice, Czechia, June 26 to July 4, 2027; 16 teams, USA reigning champion from 2025.
2027 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2027: women's basketball championship of the Americas, July 3–11, 2027 in San Salvador, El Salvador; ten qualified teams; top four reach 2028 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
2027 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
2027 FIBA Women's Asia Cup (Division A), 32nd edition, July 11-18, 2027 at SM Seaside Cebu Arena, Cebu City, Philippines; Australia defend the title won by beating Japan 88-79 in the 2025 Shenzhen final.
2027 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup
2027 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup: the renamed Women's World Championship, held August 20–September 5, 2027 in the USA and Canada; 32 teams, eight pools, LA28 Olympic berths for the top three unqualified teams, $1.75M prize money.
2027 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2027 MLB All-Star Game, the 97th Midsummer Classic, scheduled July 13, 2027 at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs' fourth hosting (1947, 1962, 1990, 2027), awarded by Commissioner Manfred on August 1, 2025.
2027 Major League Baseball season
2027 Major League Baseball season: scheduled MLB championship season opening March 24, 2027 on Netflix, with the earliest traditional Opening Day (March 25), All-Star Game July 13 at Wrigley Field, and a lockout threat over a salary cap.
2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship
2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship: 12-team European field hockey tournament in London, 28 July to 8 August 2027, first 12-team edition, KETTLE EuroChamps27, LA 2028 Olympic qualifier.
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – Regional play-off and Final Qualification Tournament
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup regional play-offs and Final Qualification Tournament: Dubai, The Sevens Stadium, 8–18 November 2025; Belgium, Namibia, Samoa, Brazil; Samoa won the 24th and final Australia 2027 place.
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup qualifying
2027 Men's Rugby World Cup qualifying: World Rugby process filling 12 of 24 places for Australia 2027, via regional tournaments, play-offs, and the Dubai Final Qualification Tournament won by Samoa in November 2025.
2027 National Hockey League All-Star Game
2027 NHL All-Star Game, also called Honda NHL All-Star Game, planned Feb. 5-6, 2027 at UBS Arena: five national teams (Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA, World) in a 3-on-3 round-robin with $2 million prize, plus a youth skills event.
2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, March Madness, first 76-team edition after 2026 expansion from 68; 32 automatic qualifiers, 44 at-large, 12-game Opening Round in Wichita and Dayton, Final Four April 3 and 5, 2027 at Ford Field, Detroit.
2027 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
2027 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the March Madness women's championship, expands to 76 teams with a 12-game Opening Round March 17-18, regionals in Philadelphia and Las Vegas, and a Columbus Final Four.
2027 NFL draft
The 2027 NFL draft runs April 29 to May 1, 2027 in Washington, D.C., hosted with the Commanders and Events DC; Arch Manning and Dante Moore lead the projected class.
2027 PGA Tour
2027 PGA Tour season: 36-tournament FedExCup calendar announced August 26, 2026, opening with The American Express and The Sentry at Torrey Pines, adding the Sompo Championship, and serving as the transition year before the 2028 Championship Series.
2027 Six Nations Championship
2027 Guinness Six Nations Championship, men's rugby union tournament for England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales; five rounds 5 February to 13 March 2027, France defending champions, World Cup year.
2027 Super Rugby Pacific season
2027 Super Rugby Pacific season: 10-team southern hemisphere rugby union competition starting 12 February 2027, 17 rounds, 80 games, new top-six finals, Super Round in Christchurch, first Anzac Day Bledisloe Cup Test.
2027 WBSC Premier12
2027 WBSC Premier12, fourth edition of the WBSC's national-team baseball tournament, expanded from 12 to 16 teams; qualifiers in Barcelona and Zhongshan in 2026; Taipei Dome hosts opening rounds in November 2027.
2027 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Finals, July 19-25, 2027 at Rivets Stadium, Loves Park/Rockford, Illinois: six-team final stage of the WBSC tournament, with Japan chasing an eighth straight title against USA, Australia, Canada and others.