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Eddie Jones (basketball)
Eddie Jones (born 1971, Pompano Beach, Florida) is a former NBA shooting guard/small forward, 10th overall pick in 1994. Three-time All-Star, three-time All-Defensive Second Team, 2000 steals leader with the Hornets; played for the Lakers, Hornets, Heat, Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Pacers.
Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (1936-2020), American college basketball coach; won 806 Division I games and was the first coach to take four schools, Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma State, to the NCAA Tournament; three Final Fours; Naismith Hall of Fame 2020.
Eddy Curry
Eddy Curry (born 1982, Harvey, Illinois) is a retired NBA center, 2001 fourth overall pick from Thornwood High School, Bulls and Knicks scorer at the center of the 2005 DNA-testing dispute, later 2012 champion with Miami.
Eder
Eder: name of several athletes, chiefly Éder Francis Carbonera, Brazilian volleyball Olympic champion (Rio 2016), and Simon Eder, Austrian biathlete with 3 World Cup wins; also alpine skier Michael Eder and ski jumper Lisa Eder.
Eduard Koksharov
Eduard Koksharov (Эдуард Александрович Кокшаров), Russian handball left wing (1975–2026): Olympic gold 2000, world gold 1997, 1,110 international goals; later coached Russia and Meshkov Brest.
Eduard Sibiryakov
Eduard Sibiryakov (Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков), Soviet volleyball attacker born 1941 in Chelyabinsk, won Olympic gold at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968, plus 1962 world and 1967 European titles.
Edward Skorek
Edward Skorek (Szabla), born 1943 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, is a Polish volleyball Hall of Famer who captained Poland to 1974 World Championship and 1976 Montreal Olympic gold, with 284 national caps.
Edy Tavares
Edy Tavares (Walter Samuel Tavares da Veiga), Cape Verdean 2.20 m center for Real Madrid since 2017; EuroLeague all-time leader in blocks (544) and rebounds (2,134), three-time Best Defender, 2023 Final Four MVP; injured left knee MCL April 2026.
Egor Dëmin
Egor Dëmin (born 2006, Moscow) is a Russian NBA guard-forward for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 8th overall in 2025 from BYU after Real Madrid's youth system; rookie record 34 straight games with a three.
EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the top European men's handball club competition, organized by the European Handball Federation since 1993-94 and decided each year at the FINAL4 in Cologne.
Ekaterina Antropova
Ekaterina Antropova, born 2003 in Akureyri, Iceland, is an Italian opposite spiker, 202 cm, Olympic champion Paris 2024, 2025 world champion, Serie A1 record scorer with Savino Del Bene Scandicci, now at Eczacıbaşı.
Ekpe Udoh
Ekpe Udoh (Ekpedeme), Oklahoma-born Nigerian-American center, Michigan and Baylor player, 2010 NBA sixth overall pick by Golden State, seven NBA seasons, 2017 EuroLeague champion and Final Four MVP with Fenerbahce, now Atlanta Hawks assistant coach.
Elen Bunatyants Shakirova
Elen Bunatyants-Shakirova (Элен Бунатьянц-Шакирова), born 1970 in Mary, Turkmenistan, is a Russian center, 1992 Olympic basketball gold medalist with the Unified Team, three-time Olympian, EuroBasket medalist, and former WNBA player with Houston and Charlotte.
Elena Buenavida
Elena Buenavida (born 2004, Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is a Spanish guard for Valencia Basket and Spain; EuroBasket 2025 silver, 2026 World Cup bronze, Minnesota Lynx development contract for 2027.
Elena Delle Donne
Elena Delle Donne (born 1989, Wilmington, DE) is a retired American WNBA forward, 2015 and 2019 MVP, 2019 champion with Washington, first 50/40/90 player, 2016 Olympic gold medalist, and Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2026 inductee.
Eleonora Fersino
Eleonora Fersino, born in 2000 in Chioggia, is an Italian volleyball libero who plays for Numia Vero Volley Milano in Serie A1 and Italy's national team.
Elfrid Payton
Elfrid Payton (born 1994, Gretna, Louisiana) is an American NBA point guard, 10th pick of the 2014 draft, All-Rookie First Team, known for triple-doubles with Orlando and play for five teams including the Hornets and Pelicans.
Elgin Baylor
Elgin Baylor (1934-2021), Lakers forward 1958-71, first above-the-rim player; 27.4 ppg career, 71-point game, 61 in a Finals game, 1959 Charleston civil rights boycott, no championship.
Eligibility for the NBA draft
NBA draft eligibility: rules requiring US players to be 19 and one year out of high school, international players 22 or early entry, NCAA withdrawal deadlines, and the 2005 CBA one-and-done age limit.
Elijah Harkless
Elijah Harkless (EJ), born 2000, is an American undrafted NBA guard (6'3", 195 lb) from UNLV; played for the Utah Jazz on a two-way deal, then signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons in July 2026.
Elisa Mevius
Elisa Mevius (born 2004, Rendsburg) is a German 3x3 basketball player, Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024, 2025 World University Games champion, and Oregon college guard after two Siena seasons.
Ellie the Elephant
Ellie the Elephant, or Big Ellie, is the New York Liberty WNBA mascot introduced in 2021 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn; named for Ellis Island, honoring P.T. Barnum's 1884 Brooklyn Bridge elephant march, known for the Ellie Stomp, Telfar bags, and viral fashion.
Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk
Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (born 1978, Gjøvik) is a Norwegian former handball line player, Olympic champion 2008, world champion 1999, and three-time European champion, with 215 caps and 598 goals.
Elton Brand
Elton Brand, born 1979, is a former NBA forward and Duke star, first overall 1999 draft pick, two-time All-Star, co-Rookie of the Year 2000, and Philadelphia 76ers general manager 2018-2026.
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes, "The Big E" (born 1945, Rayville, Louisiana), NBA power forward/center, Houston star of the 1968 Game of the Century, 1968 first overall pick, rookie scoring champion, 12x All-Star, 1978 NBA champion with Washington, Hall of Fame 1990.
Emanuel
Emanuel (Emanuel Fernando Scheffer Rego, born 1973, Curitiba) is a retired Brazilian beach volleyball player; only man to play the first five Olympic beach volleyball tournaments, with 2004 gold, 2008 bronze, 2012 silver, three world titles, and a record 151 international gold medals.
Emanuel Sharp
Emanuel Sharp (born 2004) is an Israeli guard drafted 45th overall in 2026 by the Sacramento Kings; a Houston record-holder with 309 career three-pointers and 2025 NCAA runner-up.
Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor (Chukwuemeka Noubuisi Okafor), born 1982, American NBA center; UConn 2004 NCAA champion and Final Four MOP, second overall 2004 pick by Charlotte Bobcats, 2004-05 Rookie of the Year, 10 seasons, neck injury hiatus 2013-2018.
Emiko Miyamoto
Emiko Miyamoto (宮本恵美子, later Terayama; 1937-2023), Japanese volleyball right-side player for Nichibo Kaizuka; 1962 World Championship MVP and gold medalist with the Witches of the Orient, and 1964 Tokyo Olympic women's volleyball champion.
Emil Jakobsen
Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen (born 1998, Kerteminde) is a Danish handball left wing for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and Denmark, with Olympic gold 2024 and silver 2020 and World Championship titles 2021, 2023, 2025.