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Paul Silas
Paul Silas (1943-2022), NBA forward and head coach; Creighton 20.5 ppg/21.6 rpg; three championships (Boston 1974, 1976; Seattle 1979); coached Hornets, Cavaliers, Bobcats.
Paul Sturgess (basketball)
Paul Sturgess (born 1987), "Tiny" Sturgess, English 7 ft 7 in–7 ft 8 in center; Guinness tallest pro basketball player 2011; Harlem Globetrotters 2011–2013, Texas Legends, Cheshire Phoenix; later tallest living actor.
Paul Sunderland
Paul Benedict Sunderland (born 1952) is an American sportscaster and volleyball outside hitter who won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, was USVBA MVP in 1977, 1979, and 1982, and became NBC's Olympic volleyball voice and the Lakers' second play-by-play announcer.
Paul Westhead
Paul Westhead, American basketball coach, only coach to win both an NBA title (Lakers 1980) and WNBA title (Mercury 2007); father of the Run and Gun offense, NBA record 183-224.
Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal (1950-2021), American NBA guard and coach; 1974 champion with Boston, five-time All-Star with Phoenix, 1976 Finals star, Hall of Fame 2019; coached Suns to 1993 Finals.
Paula
Paula (Paula Renata Marques Pequeno, born 1982, Brasília) is a Brazilian volleyball player who won Olympic gold in women's volleyball at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, plus 2006 world silver.
Pauletta Foppa
Pauletta Foppa (born 2000, Amilly) is a French handball line player (pivot) for Brest Bretagne Handball and France. Olympic gold Tokyo 2020, world champion 2023, European champion 2018, Paris 2024 silver.
Pauley Pavilion
Pauley Pavilion, Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, is UCLA's on-campus arena, opened June 11, 1965, home of Bruins basketball, volleyball and gymnastics; 40 NCAA titles, $136M 2010-12 renovation, capacity about 13,800.
Pauline Astier
Pauline Astier (born 2002) is a French point guard for the New York Liberty and France; Bourges product, USK Prague player, 2026 FIBA Europe SuperCup MVP, 2026 World Cup finalist.
Pauline Coatanea
Pauline Coatanea, born 1993 in Saint-Renan, is a French right wing handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball; Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, European champion 2018, Champions League finalist 2021, Brest captain.
Pavao Jurina
Pavao Jurina (Pavle Jurina, Павле Јурина), Croatian handball right back for Yugoslavia, born 1955, died 2011; 1984 Olympic gold medalist, 1982 world silver medalist, 140 caps, later coach in Italy.
Pavel Sukosyan
Pavel Sukosyan (Павел Алексеевич Сукосян), Russian handball goalkeeper born 1962 in Krasnodar; 2000 Sydney Olympic champion, two-time world champion, and world record holder for returning to play at age 55.
Pavels Selivanovs
Pāvels Seļivanovs (Pavel Aleksandrovich Selivanov), born 1952 in Riga, Latvian volleyball player; Olympic gold 1980 and silver 1976 with the USSR, two-time world and four-time European champion, later Riga council deputy and Latvia coach.
Payton Pritchard
Payton Pritchard, Boston Celtics guard (born 1998, Tualatin, Oregon), drafted 26th overall in 2020 out of Oregon; 2024 NBA champion and 2024-25 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
PBA season 50 draft
PBA season 50 draft (2025 PBA Rookie Draft), held September 7, 2025 at SM Mall of Asia Music Hall; 122 applicants; Geo Chiu first overall to Terrafirma, Panopio third to Blackwater, Brickman seventh to Meralco.
PBC CSKA Moscow (ПБК ЦСКА Москва)
PBC CSKA Moscow (ПБК ЦСКА Москва), founded 1923, is a Moscow basketball club with 8 continental titles (1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2019), 24 Soviet and 30 Russian championships, excluded from the EuroLeague since 2022.
Peja Stojaković
Peja Stojaković (Predrag Stojaković), Serbian basketball forward born 1977, 1996 draft pick 14, 13 NBA seasons with Kings, Pacers, Hornets, Raptors, Mavericks; 2011 NBA champion, 3-time All-Star, 2002 world champion, FIBA Hall of Fame 2024.
Pelle Larsson
Pelle Larsson (Pelle Gustav Gösta Larsson), Swedish NBA guard born 2001 in Nacka; drafted 44th overall in 2024 by Atlanta, traded to Miami Heat; Arizona college standout, Sweden EuroBasket 2025 scorer.
Penny Hardaway
Penny Hardaway (Anfernee Deon Hardaway, born 1971) is an American coach and former NBA guard, 3rd pick of 1993, 4x All-Star with Orlando, now Memphis Tigers head coach since 2018.
Penny Taylor
Penny Taylor (Penelope Jane Taylor, born 1981, Melbourne) is a retired Australian basketball forward, three-time WNBA champion with the Phoenix Mercury, 2006 World Championship MVP, three-time Olympian, and 2023 FIBA Hall of Fame inductee.
Pepe Sanchez
Pepe Sanchez (Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown), Argentine basketball point guard born 1977 in Bahía Blanca; first Argentine in the NBA (76ers, 2000), 2004 Olympic gold medalist, ACB career with Alicante, Unicaja, Barcelona, Real Madrid.
Perry Ellis (basketball)
Perry Michael Ellis (born 1993, Wichita, Kansas) is an American forward, a Kansas Jayhawks star (1,798 career points) who went undrafted in 2016 and built an overseas career across eight countries, most recently Japan's B.League with Fukui.
Personal foul (basketball)
A personal foul in basketball is illegal physical contact with an opponent, such as holding, pushing, or obstructing their movement, and is the sport's most frequently assessed infraction.
Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats, Australian NBL men's basketball team founded 1982 as Westate Wildcats. Record 10 NBL championships (most recent 2020), 16 Grand Finals, 35 straight Finals seasons; play at RAC Arena.
Petar Fajfric
Petar Fajfrić (Петар Фајфрић), Serbian left winger, 79 caps for Yugoslavia, Olympic handball gold at Munich 1972, World Championship bronze 1970 and 1974; died 2021 of COVID-19.
Petar Metlicic
Petar Metličić is a Croatian former handball player, born in 1976 in Split, who captained Croatia from 2007 to 2009 and won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich, "Pistol Pete" (1947-1988), American NBA guard and LSU legend; NCAA record 3,667 points at 44.2 ppg, five-time All-Star, 1977 scoring champion, Hall of Fame 1987.
Peter Blange
Peter Blange, born in 1964 in Voorburg, the Netherlands, is a retired Dutch volleyball setter who captained the national team to the 1996 Olympic gold medal and holds the Dutch record of 500 international matches.
Peter John Ramos
Peter John Ramos Fuentes, Puerto Rican 7'3" (2.21 m) center born 1985 in Fajardo; drafted 32nd overall by Washington Wizards in 2004, played 6 NBA games, then 20 clubs in 8 countries and Puerto Rico's national team.
Peter Rost
Peter Rost (born 1951, Leipzig) is a German handball player, coach, and functionary; not the swimmer Peter Drost or speed skater Patrick Roest. He captained East Germany to 1980 Olympic gold, won 1974 world silver, and earned 216 caps with 339 goals.