Important Sports Dates

This is my ever changing list of Important Sports Dates for the sports covered by satellite TV. Both DIRECTV® and Dish Network® have outstanding line-ups for the sports you most want to see. Check it out on the Sports Packages page. If something is missing, go to the Contact Us page and tell us what it is.

Dates by Sport

Baseball - College
Regionals begin - 6/1/2007
Super Regionals begin - 6/8/2007
NCAA College World Series begins - 6/15/2007
NCAA College World Series Championship - 6/22-24/2007

Baseball - Major League Baseball
Opening Night - 4/1/2007
Opening Day - 4/2/2007
All-Star Game at San Francisco - 7/10/2007
Division Series begins - 9/30/2007
Division Series begins - TBD
League Championship Series begins - TBD
World Series begins - TBD

Basketball - College Men
Selection Sunday - 3/10/2007
NCAA Tournament Opening Round - 3/13/2007
NCAA Tournament Round One - 3/15/2007
Final Four begins - 3/31/2007
National Championship Game - 4/2/2007 at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia

Basketball - College Women
Selection Sunday - 3/11/2007
NCAA Tournament First Round - 3/17/2007
NCAA Tournament Regionals - 3/24/2007
Final Four begins - 4/1/2007
National Championship Game - 4/3/2007 at St. Pete Times Forum

Basketball - NBA
Preseason begins - 10/3/2006
Opening Day - 10/31/2006
Regular Season ends - 4/18/2007
Playoffs begin - 4/21/2007
NBA Championship Game 1 - 5/TBD/2007

Basketball - WNBA
WNBA Draft - 4/4/2007
Opening Day - 5/19/2007
Regular Season ends - 8/19/2007
Playoffs begin - TBD
WNBA Championship Game - TBD

Football - NFL
Draft Day - 4/29/2007
Preseason begins - TBD
Regular Season begins - TBD
Playoffs begin - TBD
Conference Championships - TBD
Super Bowl XLII - TBD
AFC-NFC Pro Bowl TBD

Hockey: NHL
Opening Day - 10/4/2007
Regular Season ends - 4/8/2007
Playoffs begin - TBD
Stanley Cup Finals - TBD

Soccer - MLS
Opening Day - 4/7/2007
Season ends - 10/21/2007
MLS Cup Playoffs begin - TBD
MLS Cup Championship - 11/18/2007

Soccer - English Premier League
Season begins - 8/19/2006
Season ends - 5/13/2007

Soccer - Spanish Primera Liga
Season begins - 8/26/2006
Season ends - 6/17/2007

Soccer - UEFA Euro 2007
UEFA Cup
Qualifying Rounds - 7/13 to 8/24/2006
Qualifying Rounds - 9/14 to 9/28/2006
Group Stage - 10/19 to 12/14/2006
First Knockout Round - 3/8 to 2/22/2007
2nd Knockout Round - 2/14 to 3/15/2007
Quarter-finals - 4/5 and 4/12/2007
Semi-finals - 4/26 and 5/3/2007
Final - 5/23/2007

Champions League