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2027 Women's Softball World Cup
WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals 2027, 5–11 April in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia; eight-team finals of the 2026/2027 two-stage World Cup; winner qualifies directly for LA28 Olympics; first Australian hosting since 1965.
2027 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2027 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships is an under-20 men's international ice hockey tournament in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada, running from December 2026 to January 2027.
2028 IIHF World Championship
2028 IIHF World Championship, men's ice hockey worlds, hosted by France in Paris and Lyon, 12–28 May 2028; 16 teams, 64 games; bid confirmed at the 2024 IIHF Annual Congress in Prague.
2028 Men's European Volleyball Championship
CEV EuroVolley 2028, the 2028 men's European volleyball championship run by the CEV. Teams qualify via the revamped European League (four slots each in 2026 and 2027), VNL ranking, hosting, or as defending champion Poland.
2028 NFL draft
The 2028 NFL draft, awarded May 19, 2026 to Minneapolis, is the league's annual player selection meeting hosted for the first time by Minnesota with the Vikings and MSE, following Washington, D.C. in 2027.
2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship
CEV EuroVolley 2028 Women, the 2028 Women's European Volleyball Championship, a 24-team CEV national-team event co-hosted by four countries including Spain (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Slovakia; Spain hosts a senior European volleyball championship for the first time.
2028 World Cup of Hockey
2028 World Cup of Hockey: eight-nation best-on-best ice hockey tournament run by the NHL and NHLPA in February 2028, hosted in Calgary, Edmonton, and Prague; fourth edition after 1996, 2004, and 2016.
2029 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
2029 FIBA Asia Cup qualification: FIBA's process from August 2026 to determine the 16 teams for the Asia Cup 2029, via Pre-Qualifiers (18 teams, two rounds) and Qualifiers joining the 16 teams from the 2025 Asia Cup in Jeddah.
2029 IIHF World Championship
2029 IIHF World Championship, men's ice hockey worlds hosted by Slovakia in Bratislava and Kosice, 11-27 May 2029; only applicant, voted through at IIHF Congress.
2030 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
2030 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: FIBA's women's national-team championship, awarded to Japan and to be played in Tokyo, November 26 to December 8, 2030; first Asian edition since China 2002.
2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup: men's national-team basketball tournament hosted by France, 29 August to 14 September 2031, in Lille, Lyon, and Paris; awarded 22 April 2026; first European edition since Spain 2014.
2035 Men's Rugby World Cup bids
2035 Men's Rugby World Cup bids: World Rugby's host selection (Oct 2025–Nov 2027) for RWC 2035, with declared bids from Japan, Spain ('Bridge the World'), and an Argentina-led South American consortium; Saudi Arabia withdrew.
3 on 3 ice hockey
3 on 3 ice hockey (3x3) is a hockey variant with three skaters plus a goalie per team on smaller ice, used for NHL overtime, Youth Olympic mixed-nation tournaments since 2020, and the IIHF's Ultimate Hockey discipline proposed for the 2030 Olympics.
3–4 defense
The 3–4 defense is a base American football front aligning three down linemen and four linebackers, introduced to the NFL around 1974 and the source of the zone blitz.
3,000-hit club
The 3,000-hit club is the informal group of 33 MLB players with 3,000 career hits, from Cap Anson (1897) to Miguel Cabrera (2022); Pete Rose leads all players with 4,256 hits.
3:16 game
The 3:16 game is the January 2012 AFC wild-card playoff in which Tim Tebow's Broncos beat Pittsburgh 29-23 in overtime on an 80-yard TD to Demaryius Thomas, named for 316 passing yards and John 3:16 coincidences.
300 strikeout club
300 strikeout club: informal MLB group of pitchers with 300+ strikeouts in a season; 19 modern-era members in 38 instances; record 383 by Nolan Ryan (1973); Randy Johnson and Ryan lead with six seasons each.
3ICE
3ICE is a North American professional 3-on-3 ice hockey league founded by E.J. Johnston, debuting 2022, playing two 8-minute running-time halves with penalty shots instead of power plays, awarding the Patrick Cup to eight Hall-of-Famer-coached teams.
3x3 basketball
3x3 basketball, also written 3x3 or three-on-three, is FIBA's half-court basketball discipline: 10-minute games to 21 points, 12-second shot clock, 1- and 2-point shots, Olympic since Tokyo 2020.
3x3 basketball at the 2026 Asian Games
3x3 basketball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya 2026): men's and women's half-court 3x3 tournaments in Nagoya, Japan, September 2026. South Korea won its first men's gold, beating Qatar 19-10; Japan took the women's title.
4 Nations Face-Off
4 Nations Face-Off: NHL/NHLPA best-on-best international hockey tournament with Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States; inaugural 2025 edition in Montreal and Boston, won by Canada 3-2 in overtime over the USA on Connor McDavid's goal.
4–3 defense
4–3 defense: American football base front with four down linemen, three linebackers (Sam, Mike, Will), and four defensive backs; one-gap run defense credited to Tom Landry's Giants and Bill George's middle linebacker.
40–40 club
40-40 club: MLB players with 40+ home runs and 40+ stolen bases in one season. Seven members: Canseco (1988), Bonds (1996), Rodriguez (1998), Soriano (2006), Acuña (2023), Ohtani (2024, also 50-50), Crow-Armstrong (2026).
50 Greatest Players in NBA History
50 Greatest Players in NBA History: honorary 1996 NBA 50th anniversary team chosen by a 50-member panel, announced by David Stern Oct. 29, 1996; all 50 were later named to the 2021 NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
50–40–90 club
The 50–40–90 club, sometimes called the 180 club, is an unofficial basketball honor for shooting 50% on field goals, 40% on threes, and 90% on free throws.
500 home run club
The 500 home run club: 28 MLB players with 500+ career home runs, from Babe Ruth (1929) to Miguel Cabrera (2021); covers records, steroid-era prestige erosion, and Hall of Fame effects.
7 Days in Hell
7 Days in Hell: 2015 HBO mockumentary (also styled a sports comedy special) by Jake Szymanski and Murray Miller, starring Andy Samberg and Kit Harington in a fictional seven-day Wimbledon match inspired by the 2010 Isner–Mahut marathon.
A Football Life
A Football Life is an NFL Films-produced documentary series on NFL Network since 2011, profiling NFL players, coaches, executives, teams, and moments; it debuted with Bill Belichick, wired for sound for an entire season.
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own (1992) is Penny Marshall's comedy-drama about the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, and Madonna; it grossed $107.5 million and inspired a 2022 Amazon series.
A League of Their Own (2022 TV series)
A League of Their Own (2022) is a Prime Video comedy-drama by Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham, reimagining the 1992 film about the 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with queer and Black storylines; canceled in 2023 after one season.