2012 sports calendar
Date | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|
Jan. 2 | NCAAF | Rose Bowl - (9) Wisconsin vs. (6) Oregon |
Jan. 2 | NCAAF | Fiesta Bowl - (4) Stanford vs. (3) Oklahoma St. |
Jan. 2 | NHL | Winter Classic: Rangers vs. Flyers (Citizens Bank Park, Phila.) |
Jan. 3 | NCAAF | Sugar Bowl - (13) Michigan vs. (17) Virginia Tech |
Jan. 4 | NCAAF | Orange Bowl - (23) West Virginia vs. (14) Clemson |
Jan. 9 | NCAAF | BCS Championship Game - (New Orleans) (2) Alabama vs. (1) LSU |
Jan. 16 | Tennis | Australian Open |
Jan 28-29 | NHL | Skills competition & All-Star Game |
Feb. 5 | NFL | Super Bowl (Indianapolis) |
Feb. 26 | NASCAR | Daytona 500 |
Feb. 26 | NBA | All-Star Game (Orlando, Fla.) |
Feb 27 | NHL | Trade deadline |
March 13 | NCAAB | Men's Basketball Tournament begins |
March 13 | NCAAB | Women's Basketball Tournament begins |
April 2 | NCAAB | Men's Basketball Championship (New Orleans) |
April 3 | NCAAB | Women's Basketball Championship (Denver) |
April 4 | MLB | Opener between Marlins and Cardinals at new Marlins ballpark |
April 5 | MLB | Opening Day (seven games) |
April 5 | Golf | The Masters (Augusta, Ga.) |
Apr 7-10 | NHL | End of regular season and start of the playoffs |
April 26 | NFL | Draft (New York City) |
April 28 | NBA | Playoffs begin |
May 5 | Horses | Kentucky Derby (Louisville, Ky.) |
May 19 | Soccer | UEFA Champions League final (Munich, Germany) |
May 27 | IndyCar | Indianapolis 500 |
May 27 | Tennis | French Open |
Early June | NHL | Stanley Cup final |
June 14 | Tennis | U.S. Open (The Olympic Club, San Francisco) |
June 15-26 | NCAABB | College world series |
June 25 | Tennis | Wimbledon (London) |
June 30 | Cycling | Tour de France |
July 1 | Soccer | Euro 2012 final (Kiev, Ukraine) |
July 1 | NHL | Free agency opens |
July 10 | MLB | All-Star Game (Kansas City) |
July 19 | Golf | British Open (Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England) |
Jun 22-23 | NHL | Entry draft, in Pittsburgh |
July 27-Aug. 12 | Oly. | Summer Olympics (London) |
Aug. 9 | Golf | PGA Championship (The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C.) |
Aug. 27 | Tennis | U.S. Open (New York City) |
Aug. 30 | NCAAF | Regular season begins with a handful of Thursday games. |
Sept. 1 | NCAAF | First big Saturday games. |
Sept. 6 | NFL | Regular season begins |
Sept. 25 | Golf | Ryder Cup (Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Ill.) |
Early Oct. | NHL | Regular season begins |
Oct. 3 | MLB | End of regular season |
Nov. 18 | NASCAR | Chase finale (Homestead, Fla.) |
