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Shooting guard
Shooting guard (two guard, off guard): basketball's #2 perimeter position, a long-range scorer and perimeter defender. NBA SGs average 11.0 PPG, 36.1% on threes, 6'3"-6'6"; lowest-paid position; Jordan the archetype.
Shot clock
Shot clock: 24-second possession timer in basketball, invented by Danny Biasone and Leo Ferris of the NBA's Syracuse Nationals, adopted April 22, 1954; raised scoring from 79.5 to 93.1 ppg and saved the league.
Showtime (basketball)
Showtime Lakers: nickname for the 1979-1990 Los Angeles Lakers of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy, a fast-break dynasty that won five NBA titles (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) under coaches Paul Westhead and Pat Riley.
Sidney Moncrief
Sidney Moncrief (born 1957, Little Rock) is an American retired NBA shooting guard, Arkansas Razorbacks 'Triplets' star, fifth pick of the 1979 draft, 10 seasons with Milwaukee Bucks, first two Defensive Player of the Year winners (1983, 1984), five-time All-Star, 2019 Hall of Fame inductee.
Siegfried Voigt
Siegfried Voigt, born 1950 in Schneeberg im Erzgebirge, East German handball goalkeeper; 1972 Munich Olympics fourth place, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold (23-22 over USSR), World Championship silver 1974 and bronze 1978, 177 caps.
Sienna Betts
Sienna Betts, UCLA Bruins women's basketball forward, 6-4, from Centennial, Colorado; sister of Lauren Betts; No. 2 recruit in 2025 class, Big Ten All-Freshman Team, 2026 NCAA champion.
Sigita Strecen Mazeikaite
Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen (Sigita Strecen Mazeikaite), born 1958 in Panevėžys, Lithuanian handball player; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold and 1982 world champion with the USSR team, Eglė Vilnius club player, later coach in Germany.
Silje Solberg
Silje Solberg-Østhassel (born 1990, Bærum) is a Norwegian handball goalkeeper for Team Esbjerg; Olympic gold 2024, world champion 2015 and 2021, five-time European champion, twin sister of Sanna Solberg-Isaksen.
Sim Bhullar
Sim Bhullar (Gursimran Singh Bhullar), Canadian 7'5" center born 1992 in Toronto; first player of Indian descent to sign with and play for an NBA team (Sacramento Kings, 2015), later a long pro career in Taiwan.
Simeon Nikolov (Симеон Владимиров Николов)
Simeon "Moni" Nikolov (Симеон Николов), born 2006, is a 208 cm Bulgarian volleyball setter; 2025 World Championship silver medalist, formerly Levski Sofia, Long Beach State, and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, signed by Lube Civitanova until 2029.
Simon Hald
Simon Hald (Simon Hald Jensen, born 1994, Aalborg) is a Danish handball line player for Aalborg Håndbold and Denmark: four world titles (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025), Paris 2024 Olympic gold, and 2026 European gold.
Simon Pytlick
Simon Pytlick (Simon Bogetoft Pytlick, born 2000), Danish handball left back for SG Flensburg-Handewitt; world champion 2023 and 2025, Olympic gold 2024, Euro gold 2026, first EHF Excellence Awards MVP.
Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli (born 1996, Bolzano) is an Italian volleyball setter, captain of the national team and 2022 world champion, who debuted in Serie A1 at 17 and plays for Sir Susa Scai Perugia.
Sion James
Sion James (born 2002) is an American NBA guard-forward for the Charlotte Hornets, drafted 33rd overall in 2025 after four seasons at Tulane and one at Duke, known for defense and improved three-point shooting.
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Sioux Falls Skyforce, NBA G League affiliate of the Miami HEAT based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; founded 1989 in the CBA, three-time league champion (1996, 2005, 2016), plays at the Sanford Pentagon.
Skal Labissière
Skal Labissière, Haitian forward-center (born 1996, Port-au-Prince), Kentucky one-and-done, 28th pick of the 2016 NBA Draft; 152 NBA games with Sacramento and Portland, now a Capital City Go-Go G League standout and 2026 Wizards 10-day signee.
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Skylar Diggins-Smith, also listed as Skylar Diggins, is an American WNBA guard (born 1990, South Bend, Indiana) drafted third overall in 2013 by Tulsa; seven-time All-Star, 2014 Most Improved Player, 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist.
Slam dunk
Slam dunk: a basketball shot forcing the ball downward through the 3.05 m rim; first recorded 1936 by Joe Fortenberry, banned in college 1967-1976, showcased in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest since 1984.
Slam Dunk Contest
The Slam Dunk Contest is an annual NBA All-Star Weekend competition featuring judged dunks, first held in 1976 and held by the NBA since 1984.
Slavica Djukic
Slavica Djukic (Славица Ђукић), Serbian handball goalkeeper born 1960 in Veliko Gradište; Olympic gold 1984 with Yugoslavia, fourth 1988, fifth 1992 for Austria; 133 caps; three European Champions Cups.
Slavko Goluza
Slavko Goluža, Croatian handball center/left back born 1971 in Pješivac-Kula, two-time Olympic champion (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004), world champion 2003, later Croatia head coach with bronze at Euro 2012, London 2012, and Worlds 2013.
Slobodan Boskan
Slobodan Boškan (Слободан Бошкан), Serbian volleyball outside hitter born 1975 in Novi Sad; Olympic gold medalist at Sydney 2000 with Yugoslavia, 242 national-team caps, later coach and Vojvodina sports director.
Slobodan Miskovic
Slobodan Mišković (Слободан Мишковић), nicknamed Čile, Yugoslav handball player (1944–1997) of RK Crvenka; Olympic gold at Munich 1972, 1974 World bronze, 89 caps and 60 goals for Yugoslavia.
Slovenia men's national basketball team
Slovenia men's national basketball team (Slovenian national selection, KZS): EuroBasket 2017 champions with MVP Goran Dragic and Luka Doncic; Tokyo 2020 fourth place; World Cup 2023 seventh; coached by Aleksander Sekulic.
Smush Parker
Smush Parker (William Parker, born 1981, New York) is an American former NBA point guard from Fordham, undrafted, who started for the 2005-07 Lakers alongside Kobe Bryant, with whom he feuded publicly.
Son Mi Na
Son Mi Na (손미나, born 1964) is a South Korean handball goalkeeper who won Olympic silver at Los Angeles 1984 and gold at Seoul 1988, and recited the 1988 Athletes' Oath with Hur Jae.
Song Nina
Song Nina (宋妮娜), born 1980 in Anshan, Liaoning, is a retired Chinese volleyball setter, PLA Bayi player, and 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist with China's Golden Generation team.
Sonja Greinacher
Sonja Greinacher (born 1992, Essen), nicknamed Sunny G, German basketball player; Paris 2024 women's 3x3 Olympic gold medalist and tournament MVP with 56 points, Germany's first Olympic basketball medal; former Gonzaga player and 78-cap five-on-five international.
Sonny Vaccaro
Sonny Vaccaro (John Paul Vincent Vaccaro, born 1939) is a retired American sports marketing executive who signed Michael Jordan to Nike in 1984, created the Air Jordan era, ran the Dapper Dan Classic and ABCD camps, worked for Nike, Adidas, and Reebok, and helped originate the O'Bannon v. NCAA lawsuit.
Sonya Curry
Sonya Curry (born Sonya Alicia Adams), American educator, founder of the Christian Montessori School at Lake Norman, mother of NBA players Stephen and Seth Curry and Sydel Curry-Lee, author of the 2022 memoir Fierce Love.