2021 sports calendar: Updated dates, schedules, games, and sporting events amid coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the worldwide sports calendar in March 2020. Here is an up-to-date list of all scheduled major events around the world.
Since March 2020, the sports world has been upended on a daily basis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The NBA and NHL immediately suspended their seasons as the playoffs closed in, college basketball abruptly cancelled conference tournaments and March Madness, Major League Baseball cancelled spring training, and much more.
Some sports came back sooner than others. UFC pushed to fight in empty arenas in Jacksonville, Fla., Las Vegas and on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. European soccer leagues slowly began scheduling empty-stadium matches. NASCAR arranged empty-speedway races after dabbling in iRacing. Horse racing rescheduled the Triple Crown and ran the Belmont Stakes in a quiet Belmont Park.
Later in the summer, the NBA, NHL, PGA Tour and MLB all worked toward re-scheduling their events. Whether in the NBA Bubble in Orlando, spectator-free courses across the country, or empty stadiums and arenas, sports is slowly trying to return to normalcy.
At SportsLine, we know how hard it is to keep track of it all. So we created the 365 Sports Calendar. Updated daily, it is meant for you -- and us -- to know what is coming up and where in this new sports world. As time goes on, we will continue to add, subtract and edit the calendar based on the latest scheduling information.
Stay tuned. Stay safe. And enjoy sports as it returns to us all.
365 SPORTS CALENDAR
Updated: Feb. 12, 2021 (adds entire NASCAR schedule)
FEBRUARY | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Feb. 11-14 | PGA Tour | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Pebble Beach, Cal. | |
Feb. 18-21 | PGA Tour | The Genesis Invitational | Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Cal. | |
Feb. 21 | NASCAR | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL | |
Feb. 25-28 | PGA Tour | Club de Golf Chapultepec | Mexico City | |
Feb. 25-28 | PGA Tour | Puerto Rico Open | Grand Reserve Country Club, Rio Grande, P.R. | |
Feb. 27 | MLB | Spring training games begin | Florida/Arizona | |
Feb. 28 | NASCAR | Dixie Vodka 400 | Homestead, Fla. | |
MARCH | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Mar. 4-7 | PGA Tour | Arnold Palmer Invitational | Bay Hill, Orlando | |
Mar. 7 | NASCAR | Pennzoil 400 | Las Vegas | |
Mar. 5-10 | NBA | NBA All-Star Break | ||
Mar. 11-14 | PGA Tour | The Players Championship | TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. | |
Mar. 14 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix | Phoenix | |
Mar. 17 | NFL | 2021 NFL league year begins | N/A | |
Mar. 18-21 | PGA Tour | The Honda Classic | PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. | |
Mar. 21 | NASCAR | Folds Of Honor QuikTrip 500 | Atlanta | |
Mar. 24-April 4 | ATP | Miami Open | Miami | |
Mar. 25-28 | PGA Tour | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | Austin CC, Austin, Texas | |
Mar. 25-28 | PGA Tour | Corales Puntacana | Puntacana, D.R. | |
Mar. 28 | NASCAR | Food City Dirt Race | Bristol, Tenn. | |
APRIL | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Apr. 1 | MLB | MLB season begins | Various | |
Apr. 1-4 | PGA Tour | Valero Texas Open | TPC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas | |
Apr. 8-11 | PGA Tour | The Masters | Augusta National GC | |
Apr. 10 | NASCAR | Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 | Martinsville, Tenn. | |
Apr. 11-18 | ATP | Rolex Monte Carlo Masters | Monte Carlo | |
Apr. 10-11 | WWE | WrestleMania 37 | Tampa | |
Apr. 15-18 | PGA Tour | RBC Heritage | Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C. | |
Apr. 17 | NCAAF | MEAC Championship Game | TBD | |
Apr. 18 | NASCAR | Toyota Owners 400 | Richmond, Va. | |
Apr. 19 | Running | Boston Marathon | Boston | |
Apr. 22-25 | PGA Tour | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | TPC Louisiana, New Orleans | |
Apr. 25 | NASCAR | Geico 500 | Talladega, Ala. | |
Apr. 29-May 2 | PGA Tour | Valspar Championship | Innisbrook, Palm Harbour, Fla. | |
Apr. 29-May 1 | NFL | 2021 NFL Draft | Cleveland | |
MAY | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
May. 1 | Horse racing | Kentucky Derby | Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY | |
May. 1 | NCAAF | SWAC Championship Game | TBD | |
May. 2 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas | Kansas City | |
May. 2-9 | ATP | Mutua Madrid Open | Madrid, Spain | |
May. 6-9 | PGA Tour | Wells Fargo Championship | Quail Hollow, Charlotte, N.C. | |
May. 9 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington | Darlington, S.C. | |
May. 9-16 | ATP | Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Rome | |
May. 13-16 | PGA Tour | AT&T Byron Nelson | TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas | |
May. 15 | Horse racing | Preakness Stakes | Belmont Park, Elmont, NY | |
May. 16 | NASCAR | Drydene 400 | Dover, Del. | |
May. 19-23 | PGA Tour | PGA Championship | The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C. | |
May. 18-21 | NBA | NBA Play-In Tournament | Various | |
May. 22 | NBA | NBA Playoffs begin | Various | |
May. 23 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA | Austin, Texas | |
May. 23-Jun. 6 | ATP/WTA | French Open | Roland Garros, Paris | |
May. 27-30 | PGA Tour | Charles Schwab Challenge | Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas | |
May. 30 | NASCAR | Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte | |
JUNE | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Jun. 3-6 | PGA Tour | The Memorial | Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio | |
Jun. 6 | NASCAR | Toyota/Save Mart 350 | Sonoma, Cal. | |
Jun. 10-13 | PGA Tour | RBC Canadian Open | St. George's Golf & CC, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | |
Jun. 13 | NASCAR | NASCAR All-Star Race | Fort Worth, Texas | |
Jun. 17-20 | PGA Tour | U.S. Open | Torrey Pines, San Diego | |
Jun. 20 | NASCAR | Ally 400 | Nashville, Tenn. | |
Jun. 24-27 | PGA Tour | Travelers Championship | TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Ct. | |
Jun. 26 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono - 1 | Long Pond, Pa. | |
Jun. 27 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono - 2 | Long Pond, Pa. | |
Jun. 28-Jul. 11 | ATP/WTA | Wimbledon | All-England Club, London | |
JULY | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Jul. 1-4 | PGA Tour | Rocket Mortgage Classic | Detroit GC, Detroit | |
Jul. 4 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisc. | |
Jul. 8-11 | PGA Tour | John Deere Classic | TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill. | |
Jul. 11 | NASCAR | Quaker State 400 presented by WalMart | Atlanta | |
Jul. 11-13 | MLB | MLB Draft | Various | |
Jul. 13 | MLB | MLB All-Star Game | Truist Park, Atlanta | |
Jul. 15-18 | PGA Tour | The Open Championship | Royal St. George's, Sandwich, Kent, England | |
Jul. 15-18 | PGA Tour | Barbasol Championship | Keene Trace GC, Nicholasville, Ky. | |
Jul. 18 | NASCAR | Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 | Loudon, N.H. | |
Jul. 22-25 | PGA Tour | 3M Open | TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. | |
Jul. 23-Aug. 8 | Olympics | 2021 Summer Olympics | Tokyo | |
Jul. 25 | MLB | Hall of Fame induction ceremony | Cooperstown, NY | |
AUGUST | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Aug. 5-8 | PGA Tour | WGC-FedEx St. Jude | TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn. | |
Aug. 5-8 | PGA Tour | Barracuda Championship | Old Greenwood GC, Truckee, Cal. | |
Aug. 8 | NASCAR | Go Bowling at The Glen | Watkins Glen, N.Y. | |
Aug. 9-15 | ATP | Rogers Cup | Toronto | |
Aug. 12-15 | PGA Tour | Wyndham Championship | Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC | |
Aug. 15 | NASCAR | Big Machine 400 at the Brickyard | Indianapolis Road Course | |
Aug. 15-22 | ATP | Western & Southern Open | Cincinnati | |
Aug. 19-22 | PGA Tour | The Northern Trust | Liberty National GC, Jersey City, NJ | |
Aug. 22 | NASCAR | FireKeepers Casino 400 | Brooklyn, Mich. | |
Aug. 26-29 | PGA Tour | BMW Championship | Caves Valley GC, Owings Mills, Md. | |
Aug. 28 | NASCAR | Coke Zero Sugar 400 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL | |
Aug. 30-Sept. 12 | ATP/WTA | US Open | New York | |
SEPTEMBER | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Sept. 2-5 | PGA Tour | Tour Championship | East Lake GC, Atlanta | |
Sept. 5 | NASCAR | Cook Out Southern 500 | Darlington, S.C. | |
Sept. 9 | NFL | NFL season begins | TBA | |
Sept. 11 | NASCAR | Federated Auto Parts 400 | Richmond, Va. | |
Sept. 18 | NASCAR | Bass Pro Shops Night Race | Bristol, Tenn. | |
Sept. 25-27 | PGA Tour | 2021 Ryder Cup | Whistling Straits GC | |
Sept. 26 | NASCAR | South Point 400 | Las Vegas | |
OCTOBER. | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Oct. 3 | MLB | Final day of MLB season | Various | |
Oct. 3 | NASCAR | YellaWood 500 | Talladega, Ala. | |
Oct. 10 | NASCAR | Bank of America ROVAL 400 | Charlotte Road Course | |
Oct. 10-17 | ATP | Rolex Shanghai Masters | Shanghai | |
Oct. 17 | NASCAR | AutoTrader Echopark Automotive 500 | Fort Worth, Texas | |
Oct. 24 | NASCAR | Hollywood Casino 400 | Kansas City | |
Oct. 31 | NASCAR | Xfinity 500 | Martinsville, Tenn. | |
NOVEMBER. | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |
Nov. 1-7 | ATP | Rolex Paris Masters | Paris | |
Nov. 7 | NASCAR | NASCAR Cup Series Championship | Phoenix | |
Nov. 14-21 | ATP | ATP Finals | Turin, Italy | |
DECEMBER. | ||||
Date | League | Event | Site | |