2026 Calendar
Notable events across all Fantasy Life categories
MLB
MLB Division Series
Brewers (Buckley) vs Padres (Theo) · Dodgers (Wu) vs Braves (Todd) · Yankees (Jens) vs Rays · Guardians (Fryar) vs White Sox. Wild Card Series ended Oct 1; Phillies (Mitchell) and Astros (Shep) were eliminated there, Cubs (Tim) lost the Wild Card round
Oct 3–10
Film
Verity
Hathaway (Korch) · $34.4M domestic
Oct 2
NASCAR
Chase Race — Las Vegas
Larson (Molmen) finished 2nd and leads the Chase; Briscoe (Jens) won
Oct 4
Film
The Social Reckoning
Sorkin — Jeremy Allen White (Shep)
Oct 9
MLB
NLCS & ALCS Begin
NLCS opens Oct 11, ALCS opens Oct 12 (Game 7s Oct 19 / Oct 20)
Oct 11–12
NASCAR
Chase Races Continue
Charlotte (Oct 11) · Phoenix (Oct 18) · Talladega (Oct 25) · Martinsville (Nov 1). No eliminations in 2026 — all 16 drivers race all 10 Chase races
Oct 11 – Nov 1
Country
IMF World Economic Outlook — October 2026
Final annual GDP growth figures for Country scoring · released during the Annual Meetings in Bangkok (Oct 13 local = Mon night Oct 12 US ET)
Oct 13
NBA
NBA Season Opens
2026–27 regular season begins — Knicks vs 76ers (Buckley), Thunder vs Spurs (Feder/Wu)
Oct 20
FL Trip
Fantasy Life Trip to Solvang Charleston
Annual league trip
Oct 22–25
MLB
MLB World Series
Game 1 Oct 23 at the better regular-season record · Game 7 (if needed) Oct 31
Oct 23–31
MLS
MLS Regular Season Ends — Decision Day
Last day to move Columbus (Fryar) and Minnesota (Wu) off the bottom of the table
Nov 7
NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Championship
Season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway — most points over the 10-race Chase wins (no winner-take-all Championship 4). Final standings 1st–5th earn bonus points
Nov 8
MLS
MLS Cup Playoffs Begin
Wild Card games Nov 18, then best-of-3 Round One (Nov 20 – Dec 2)
Nov 18
Film
Focker-in-Law
Ariana Grande (Tim)
Nov 25
Film
Behemoth!
Pascal (Mitchell)
Dec 4
MLS
MLS Cup
MLS Championship Final, hosted by the team with the better regular-season record
Dec 18
Film
Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel — Pascal (Mitchell) · Hemsworth (Fryar) · Pugh (Fryar)
Dec 18
Film
Dune: Part Three
Villeneuve — Chalamet (Jamzee) · Zendaya (Wu) · Pugh (Fryar) · Pattinson & Taylor-Joy (Buckley)
Dec 18
NCAAF
College Football Playoff — First Round
CFP first-round games at campus sites
Dec 20
Film
Jumanji: Open World
Dwayne Johnson (Theo)
Dec 25
Stock
Stock Market Year-End Close
Final YTD % change locked in for scoring
Dec 31
NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Playoffs Begin
Chase opens at Darlington (Cook Out Southern 500). 16 drivers, 10 races, no eliminations
Sep 6
NFL
NFL Season Begins
2026 regular season kicks off
Sep 10
Tennis
US Open Finals
Rybakina beat Sabalenka (Fryar) in the women's final (Sep 12); Zverev (Theo) beat Shelton in the men's final
Sep 12–13
Film
Primetime
A24 — Pattinson (Buckley) · $26.1M domestic
Sep 25
NHL
NHL Season Opens
2026–27 regular season begins (84-game schedule)
Sep 29
MLB
MLB Wild Card Series
Best-of-3 rounds. Cubs (Tim), Phillies (Mitchell) and Astros (Shep) eliminated; Brewers, Dodgers, Guardians, Padres, Braves and Yankees advanced
Sep 29 – Oct 1
Film
The End of Oak Street
Hathaway (Korch) · $54.2M domestic
Aug 14
NCAAF
College Football Season Opens
2026 FBS regular season kicks off
Aug 29
NASCAR
Regular Season Ends — Coke Zero Sugar 400
Daytona. NASCAR category frozen at the regular-season finish (Chase points reset after this race)
Aug 29
Tennis
US Open Tennis Begins
Grand Slam — USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, NY
Aug 31
Film
Moana (live-action)
Dwayne Johnson (Theo) · $126.2M domestic
Jul 10
Tennis
Wimbledon
Sinner (Buckley) beat Zverev (Theo) in the men's final; Nosková beat Muchová in the women's final (no drafted women reached the final)
Jun 29 – Jul 12
Country
FIFA World Cup 2026 — Knockout Stage
Round of 32 through Semifinals (Jun 28 – Jul 15). Co-hosts USA (Wu) and Canada (Buckley) and Brazil (Feder) fell in the Round of 16; Norway (Fryar) and Switzerland (Theo) in the quarterfinals; France (Shep) lost the semifinal to Spain; Germany (Jens) and the Netherlands (Tim) went out in the Round of 32
Jun 28 – Jul 15
Country
FIFA World Cup Third Place Match — France vs England
Shep (France) · Country bonus points
Jul 18
Country
FIFA World Cup Final — Spain vs Argentina
Spain (Jamzee) won the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 1–0 over Argentina (Molmen) after extra time (Torres, 106')
Jul 19
Golf
The Open Championship
Ryan Fox won at Royal Birkdale, one stroke ahead of Cameron Young — no drafted player in the mix
Jul 16–19
Film
The Odyssey
Nolan — Damon (Molmen) · Holland (Feder) · Zendaya (Wu) · Hathaway & Bernthal (Korch) · Theron (Mitchell) · Pattinson (Buckley) · $620.6M domestic
Jul 17
NASCAR
Brickyard 400
Cup Series — Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jul
Film
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Marvel — Holland (Feder) · Zendaya (Wu) · Bernthal (Korch) · Pugh (Fryar) · $954.7M domestic
Jul 31
Tennis
French Open (Roland Garros)
Zverev (Theo) won the men's title on Parisian clay
May 24 – Jun 7
NHL
Stanley Cup Finals — Golden Knights vs Hurricanes
Hurricanes (Jamzee) won the Stanley Cup in six games over Golden Knights (Tim); Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe at 37
Jun 2 – Jun 14
NBA
NBA Finals — Spurs vs Knicks
Knicks (Buckley) won the NBA Finals over Spurs (Wu)
Jun 3 – Jun 19
Golf
US Open (Golf)
Wyndham Clark won at Shinnecock Hills (Burns 2nd; Scheffler (Wu) tied for 4th)
Jun 18–21
Country
FIFA World Cup 2026 — Group Stage
48 teams · Hosted across USA, Canada & Mexico · Group stage complete (Jun 11–27); the Round of 32 ran Jun 28 – Jul 3
Jun 11 – Jun 27
Film
The Devil Wears Prada 2
20th Century Studios — Hathaway (Korch) · Streep · Blunt · Tucci — $209M domestic
May 1
Golf
PGA Championship
Aaron Rai won at Aronimink; Rahm (Shep) finished 2nd
May 14–17
Film
The Mandalorian & Grogu
Lucasfilm — Pascal (Mitchell) · Allen White (Shep) — $137M domestic
May 22
NBA
NBA Conference Finals
Spurs (Wu) beat Thunder (Feder) in West · Knicks (Buckley) beat Cavaliers (Jens) in East
May
NHL
NHL Conference Finals
Golden Knights (Tim) and Hurricanes (Jamzee) advance to Stanley Cup Finals
May
NCAAB
NCAA Championship — Final Four
Michigan (Jamzee) won 69-63 over UConn (Fryar)
Apr 5–7
Golf
The Masters
McIlroy (Molmen) won back-to-back; Scheffler (Wu) runner-up
Apr 9–12
NBA
NBA Playoffs — First Round
First round complete
Apr 18–30
NHL
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs — First Round
First round complete
Apr 19–May 1
Country
IMF World Economic Outlook — Spring 2026
Spring GDP growth forecasts published Apr 2026
Apr 16
Awards
Academy Awards (Oscars)
98th Oscars — Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles. Jessie Buckley (Molmen) won Best Actress for Hamnet
Mar 15
MLB
MLB Opening Day
2026 regular season begins
Mar 26
NCAAB
NCAA Tournament — March Madness
First Round through Elite Eight complete
Mar 19–29
MLS
MLS Season Opens
2026 MLS regular season underway
Mar 1 →
Music
Grammy Awards
68th Annual Grammy Awards — Crypto.com Arena, LA. Bad Bunny (Mitchell) won Album of the Year; Kendrick Lamar (Tim) & SZA (Korch) won Record of the Year; Lady Gaga (Feder) won Best Pop Vocal Album
Feb 1
NASCAR
Daytona 500
Great American Race — Daytona International Speedway
Feb 15
NFL
Super Bowl LX
Seahawks (Tim) beat Patriots (Feder) — Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Feb 8
NCAAF
CFP National Championship
Indiana (Korch) beat Miami (Wu)
Jan 19
Tennis
Australian Open
Alcaraz (Todd) won the men's title; Rybakina beat Sabalenka (Fryar) in the women's final
Jan 18 – Feb 1
NFL
NFL Conference Championships
AFC & NFC title games
Jan 25