2009 Calendar For Sporting Events

July 7 - 80th MLB All-Star Game -
Busch Stadium
St. Louis

July 10-12 - Davis Cup - Quarterfinals

July 11 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Chicagoland Speedway,
Joliet, Illinois

July 13-19 - British Open Men's Golf Championship -
Westin Turnberry Resort (Alisa Championship Course), Scotland, UK
(The third major of the season)

- PGA's U.S Bank Championship, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

- ATP's Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden

- ATP's Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

- WTA's Internazionali femminili di tennis di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

- WTA's ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic

July 20-26 - LPGA's Evian Masters, Evian-Les-Baines, France

- ATP's Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana

- ATP's Hamburg Open, Hamburg, Germany

- WTA's Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia

- WTA's Gatein Ladies at Bad Gastein, Austria

through - - Churchill Downs Opens
July 25 Spring meet - 52 days of racing
Louisville, Kentucky

through - - Belmont Park Opens
July 26 Spring/Summer Meet - 64 days of racing
Elmont, New York

- WTT Pro League season begins

- 96th Tour de France


July 26 - Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
Cooperstown, NY

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Indianapolis, Indiana

July 29- - Saratoga Race Course Opens
September 7 Saratoga Race Course Meet - 36 days of racing
Saratoga, NY

July 29 - 14th MLS All-Star game -
at at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah

July 27 - - PGA's Buick Open, Grand Blanc, Michigan
August 2
- ATP's Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles, California

- ATP's Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad, Switzerland

- ATP's Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia

- ATP's Orange Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland

- Ricoh Women's British Open
Royal Lytham &St. Annes, Lancashire, England

- WTA's Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, California

- WTA's Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey


August
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August 2 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Pocono Raceway,
Long Pond, Pennsylvania

August 3-9 - WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio

- PGA's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Reno, Nevada

- ATP's Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington D.C.

- WTA's East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, California

August 8 - Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony

August 9 - Pro Football Hall of Fame Game - Canton, Ohio

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen International,
Watkins Glen, New York

August 10-16 - 90th PGA Championship -
Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minnesota
(Golf's final major of the season)

- ATP's Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

- WTA's Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Cincinnati, Ohio

August 16 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Michigan International Speedway,
Brooklyn, Michigan

August 17-23 - PGA's Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, North Carolina

- The Solheim Cup, Sugar Grove, Illinois

- ATP's Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Cincinnati, Ohio

- WTA's Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

August 21-30 - 63rd Little League Baseball World Series
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

August 22 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Bristol Motor Speedway,
Bristol, Tennessee

August 24-30 - PGA's The Barclays, Jersey City, New Jersey

- LPGA's Safeway Classic, Portland, Oregon

- ATP/WTA's Pilot Pen, New Haven, Connecticut

August 24- - US Open - Flushing, New York
September 6 (Tennis' last major of the season)


September
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Sept. 1-7 - PGA's Deutsche Bank Championship, Boston

- LPGA's CN Canadian Women's Open, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sept. 6 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Atlanta Motor Speedway,
Hampton, Georgia

Sept. 7 - Labor Day

Sept. 8-13 - PGA's BMW Championship, Lemont, Illinois

Sept. 10-14 - NFL Kickoff Weekend

Sept. 11- - Belmont Park re-opens
Oct. 25 Belmont Park Fall Championship Meet - 33 days of racing
Elmont, New York

Sept. 12 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Richmond International Raceway,
Richmond, Virginia

Sept. 13 - WNBA regular season ends

Sept. 14-20 - LPGA's Samsung World Championship

- WTA's Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China

- WTA's Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada

Sept. 18-20 - Davis Cup - Semifinals

Sept. 20 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at New Hampshire Motor Speedway,
Loudon, New Hampshire

Sept. 21-27 - PGA's The Tour Championship, Atlanta

- LPGA's Longs Drugs Challenge, Danville, California

- ATP's Open de Moselle, Metz, France

- ATP's BCR Open Romania, Bucharest, Romania

- WTA's Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea

- WTA's Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

through- - Arlington Park Race Course Opens
Sept. 27 98 days of racing
Arlington Hts, Illinois

Sept. 27 - 36th Berlin Marathon

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Dover International Speedway,
Dover, Delaware

Sept. 28 - - Navistar LPGA Classic, Prattville, Alabama
Oct. 4
- ATP's Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand

- WTA's Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan


October
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October 4 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Kansas Speedway,
Kansas City, Kansas

October 5-11 - ATP's China Open, Beijing, China

- ATP's AIG Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan

- Bell Micro LPGA Classic, Mobile, Alabama

- WTA's China Open, Beijing, China

October 11 - 32nd Chicago Marathon

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California,
Fontana, California

October 12 - Columbus Day

- Thanksgiving Day (Canada)

October 12-18 - Kapalua LPGA Classic, Maui, Hawaii

- ATP's Shanghai Masters, Shanghai, China

- WTA's Generali Ladies Linz, Austria

- WTA's Japan Women's Open, Osaka, Japan

October 17 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Lowe's Motor Speedway,
Concord, North Carolina

October 18 - 34th Amsterdam Marathon

October 19-25 - China LPGA event

- ATP's Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

- ATP's IF Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden

- WTA's Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

October 25 - MLS Regular Season Ends

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Martinsville Speedway,
Martinsville, Virginia

October 26 - - LPGA's Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, Incheon, South Korea
November 1
- ATP's BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria

- ATP's St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia

- ATP's Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France

- WTA's FORTIS Championships Luxembourg, Luxembourg

October 28- - Aqueduct re-opens
through
December 31 Aqueduct Fall Meet - 39 days of racing
Ozone Park, New York

October 31 - Halloween


November
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November 1 - Daylight Saving Time ends

- 40th New York City Marathon

- NASCAR Sprint Cup at Talladega Superspeedway,
Talladega, Alabama

November 2-8 - LPGA's Mizuno Classic, Mie, Japan

- ATP's Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

- ATP's Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland

- Sony Ericsson Championships, Doha, Qatar

November 3 - Election Day

November 6-7 - 26th Breeders' Cup World Championships
hosted by Oak Tree Racing Assocation
at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California

November 8 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Texas Motor Speedway,
Fort Worth, Texas

November 9-15 - ATP's BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

- LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Guadalajara, Mexico

November 15 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Phoenix International Raceway,
Avondale, Arizona

November 15-22 - Grey Cup Playoffs

November 21-23 - Davis Cup Final

November 22 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway,
Homestead, Florida

November 22-29 - Barclays ATP Finals, London, England

- LPGA Tour Championship, Houston, Texas

November 26 - Thanksgiving

November 29 - 97th Grey Cup - Calgary


December
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December 4-6 - Davis Cup - Final

December 5 - Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

December 12 - SWAC Championship Game
Legion Field, Birmingham, AL

December 19 - 2nd St. Petersburg Bowl
Big East vs Conference-USA - St. Petersburg, FL
at Tropicana Field - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)

December 22 - Winter begins

December 24 - Christmas Eve

December 25 - Christmas Day

December 26 - Boxing Day (Canada - Many Regions)

- 9th Meineke Car Care Bowl
ACC vs Big East - Charlotte, NC
at Bank of America Stadium - 4:30 pm ET (ESPN)

- 8th Emerald Bowl
ACC vs Pac-10 - San Francisco
at AT&T Park - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)

December 27 - 12th Music City Bowl
SEC vs ACC - Nashville, TN
at LP Field - 8:15 pm ET (ESPN)

December 29 - 2nd EagleBank Bowl
ACC vs Navy, Army - Washington DC
at RFK Stadium - 4:30 pm ET (ESPN)

- 20th Champs Sports Bowl
ACC vs Big Ten - Orlando, FL
at Citrus Bowl - 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)

December 31 - New Year's Eve

- 42nd Chick-fil-A Bowl
ACC vs SEC - Atlanta
at Georgia Dome - 7:30 pm ET (ESPN)