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Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Wallace, NBA forward-center (1974- ), UNC star drafted 4th in 1995; 16 seasons with Washington, Portland, Detroit, Boston, New York; 4x All-Star, 2004 Pistons champion, early stretch big, 'ball don't lie'.
Rasheer Fleming
Rasheer Fleming (born 2004) is an NBA forward for the Phoenix Suns from Camden, New Jersey; drafted 31st overall in 2025 by Minnesota after playing at Saint Joseph's, where he made the All-Atlantic 10 First Team.
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, also Rasmus Lauge, Danish handball centre back/left back (born 1991) for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg; three world titles, two European titles, 2024 Olympic gold with Denmark.
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler (Sual Bop), 1979-2018, American NBA forward from Philadelphia; La Salle product drafted 53rd overall by Miami Heat in 2002; played 13 seasons for eight teams, 7.5 PPG; died in a 2018 car crash with wife Leah LaBelle.
Ray Allen
Ray Allen (born 1975) is an American former NBA shooting guard, Hall of Famer (2018), two-time champion (2008 Celtics, 2013 Heat), 10-time All-Star, and retired record holder with 2,973 career three-pointers.
Ray Jackson (basketball)
Ray Jackson, Austin, Texas-born Fab Five forward for Michigan (1991-95), scored 1,262 career points, reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA finals, and was the only Fab Five member never to play in the NBA.
Raymond Felton
Raymond Felton, born 1984 in Marion, South Carolina, is a retired NBA point guard (2005-2019), drafted 5th overall by Charlotte, 2005 NCAA champion and Bob Cousy Award winner at North Carolina.
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto, founded 1931, is the basketball section of Real Madrid and record holder of European basketball titles, with 11 European Cups (2023 most recent), 38 Spanish leagues, 29 Copas del Rey, and the best EuroLeague round-robin win rate of the past decade.
Rebecca Lobo
Rebecca Lobo (Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin), born 1973, American basketball Hall of Famer: led UConn to the 1995 undefeated NCAA title, won 1996 Olympic gold, was an original WNBA New York Liberty player, and is ESPN's lead women's basketball analyst.
Rebound (basketball)
Rebound (basketball): recovering a missed shot, split into offensive (same team as shooter) and defensive rebounds; credited individually or as team rebounds, measured by chances, REB%, and uncontested rebounds.
Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach (Arnold Jacob Auerbach, 1917–2006), Boston Celtics coach and executive; won 9 NBA titles as coach including 8 straight, 16 total, and broke the NBA's color barriers as draft pioneer and first to hire a black head coach.
Reed Sheppard
Reed Sheppard (born 2004) is an NBA guard for the Houston Rockets, third overall pick of the 2024 draft from Kentucky, known for 52.1% college 3-point shooting and record combine vertical.
Reggie Bullock
Reggie Bullock Jr. (born 1991) is an American NBA guard-forward from Kinston, N.C.; UNC product drafted 25th overall in 2013 by the Clippers; 11-season 3-and-D wing for seven teams and LGBTQ-rights advocate.
Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)
Reggie Jackson, NBA point guard born 1990 in Pordenone, Italy; Boston College; 2011 first-round pick (24th) by Oklahoma City; played for OKC, Detroit, Clippers, Denver, and Philadelphia; 2023 NBA champion with Denver.
Reggie Lewis
Reggie Lewis (Reginald C. Lewis, 1965-1993), Boston Celtics shooting guard/small forward, 1987 first-round pick from Northeastern, 1992 All-Star averaging 17.6 career points, died at 27 of sudden heart failure after conflicting cardiac diagnoses.
Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller (Reginald Wayne Miller), born 1965, is a Hall of Fame shooting guard who played 18 seasons with the Indiana Pacers, scored 25,279 points, retired as the NBA's three-point leader with 2,560 makes, and became a lead TV analyst.
Reggie Theus
Reggie Theus (Reggie Wayne Theus), born 1957, American NBA guard, two-time All-Star with the Bulls and Kings, 19,015 career points, later NBA and college coach, now Bethune-Cookman's athletics vice president and head coach.
Regla Bell
Regla Bell (Regla Maritza Bell McKenzie, born 1970, Havana) is a Cuban volleyball outside hitter who won Olympic gold in 1992, 1996, and 2000, plus World Championship and World Cup titles; Hall of Fame 2024.
Regla Torres
Regla Torres (Regla Radameris Torres Herrera, born 1975, Havana), Cuban middle blocker; three straight Olympic volleyball golds 1992-2000, youngest champion at 17, FIVB Player of the 20th Century, Hall of Fame 2001.
Reid Priddy
Reid Priddy (William Reid Priddy, born 1977, Richmond, Virginia) is an American volleyball outside hitter, four-time Olympian, 2008 gold and 2016 bronze medalist, and 2019 Manhattan Beach Open champion.
Rene Toft Hansen
René Toft Hansen, Danish handball line player born 1984 in Rybjerg; Olympic gold 2016, European champion 2012, world champion 2019; clubs included AG København, THW Kiel, Veszprém, Benfica, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg; retired 2025.
Rex Chapman
Rex Everett Chapman, born 1967, is a former NBA shooting guard drafted 8th overall in 1988 by Charlotte; 12 seasons, 14.6 PPG, later a Twitter personality and addiction-recovery advocate.
Ricardo Lucarelli
Ricardo Lucarelli (Ricardo Lucarelli Santos de Souza), Brazilian outside hitter born 1992 in Contagem; Rio 2016 Olympic champion and Best Outside Spiker, 2019 World Cup and 2021 VNL winner, clubs Minas, Taubaté, Trentino, Civitanova, Piacenza, JTEKT Stings.
Ricci Luyties
Ricci Luyties is an American former volleyball player and coach who won a 1988 Olympic gold medal as the US men's setter, after starting on four UCLA championship teams.
Rich Duwelius
Rich Duwelius (Richard Lloyd Duwelius, born 1954, Benton, Kentucky) is an American volleyball player who won gold with the US men's team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, played at Ohio State and professionally in Italy, and later coached in Connecticut.
Rich Lambourne
Rich Lambourne (Richard Edward Lambourne), American volleyball libero born 1975 in Louisville, Kentucky; 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 2012 Olympian, BYU 1999 NCAA champion, later U.S. beach national team coach.
Richard Hamilton (basketball)
Richard 'Rip' Hamilton (born 1978), UConn 1999 NCAA champion and 7thoverall 1999 pick, was a 6-7 shooting guard and three-time All-Star who led the 2004 champion Detroit Pistons in Finals scoring (21.4 ppg), had his No. 32 retired by both the Pistons and UConn, and averaged 17.1 points over 921 NBA games.
Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson, born 1980, is a retired NBA forward (2001-2018) who played for eight teams including the Nets and Cavaliers, won the 2016 NBA title, and is now an ESPN lead game analyst.
Richard Pitino
Richard Pitino, son of Rick Pitino, is an American college basketball coach: head coach at Xavier since 2025, formerly FIU, Minnesota (2014 NIT title), and New Mexico; 262-204 career record.
Richard Schuil
Richard Schuil (born 1973, Leeuwarden) is a Dutch volleyball player who won 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold indoors, then partnered Reinder Nummerdor in beach volleyball, winning three European titles and nine World Tour golds before retiring in 2013.