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Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr (born 1965) is an American basketball coach and former player, head coach of the Golden State Warriors since 2014 with four NBA titles, a 73-win season, and nine championships counting five as a player with the Bulls and Spurs.

Steve Nash

Steve Nash, born 1974 in Johannesburg and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, is a Canadian Hall of Fame point guard, two-time NBA MVP (2005, 2006) with the Suns' Seven Seconds or Less era, 10,335 career assists, later Brooklyn Nets head coach (94-67) and 2025 Suns senior adviser.

Steve Novak

Steve Novak (born 1983, Libertyville, IL) is a former NBA forward, Marquette standout, and 2006 second-round pick who played 11 seasons for nine teams as a pure three-point specialist, leading the NBA in 3P% (47.2) with the 2011-12 Knicks.

Steve Sheppard

Steve Sheppard (Steven Bernard Sheppard, born 1954, New York), nicknamed Bear, American basketball player; 1976 Olympic gold medalist with the USA men's team, University of Maryland standout, and two-year NBA player with Chicago and Detroit.

Steve Smith (basketball)

Steve Smith (basketball): NBA shooting guard 1991-2005, drafted 5th by Miami, All-Star 1998, 2003 NBA champion with San Antonio, 2000 Olympic gold medalist, later NBA TV broadcaster.

Steve Timmons

Steve Timmons (born 1958, Newport Beach, California) is an American volleyball player who won Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 and bronze in 1992, was 1984 Olympic MVP, pioneered back-row hitting, and played for Il Messaggero in Italy.

Steve Wojciechowski

Steve Wojciechowski, born in Severna Park, Maryland, is a basketball coach and former Duke point guard, 1998 NABC National Defensive Player of the Year, longtime Duke assistant, Marquette head coach 2014-21 (128-95), and 2025 Utah Jazz assistant.

Steven Adams

Steven Adams (born 1993, Rotorua, New Zealand) is a New Zealand NBA center for the Houston Rockets; drafted 12th in 2013 by Oklahoma City, he led the NBA in offensive rebounding in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

Stevin Smith

Stevin "Hedake" Smith (born 1972) is an American former basketball player from Dallas who starred at Arizona State, played briefly for the Dallas Mavericks, and went to prison for the 1994 point-shaving scandal.

Stine Bredal Oftedal

Stine Bredal Oftedal, born 1991 in Oslo, is a Norwegian handball center back who captained Norway to Olympic gold at Paris 2024, after bronzes in 2016 and 2020.

Stine Skogrand

Stine Ruscetta Skogrand (born 1993, Bergen) is a Norwegian right back and captain of Ikast Håndbold; Olympic gold 2024 and bronze 2020, World Championship gold 2015, EHF EURO titles 2016, 2020, 2022.

Streetball

Streetball is informal, self-officiated basketball played on urban playgrounds, usually 3-on-3 half court with one basket and a check-ball restart. Related to FIBA 3x3, recognized 2007; famous courts include Rucker Park and the Drew League.

Sue Bird

Sue Bird (Suzanne Brigit Bird), born 1980, American point guard who played 19 WNBA seasons for the Seattle Storm, won four WNBA titles and five Olympic golds, and retired as the league's all-time assists leader.

Sun Mingming (孙明明)

Sun Mingming (孙明明, born 1983) is a Chinese former basketball player and actor who, at 7 ft 8.98 in, is recognized by Guinness as the tallest active basketball player.

Super League Basketball

Super League Basketball is the operator of Great Britain's elite men's and women's professional basketball competitions, formed in July 2024 by former British Basketball League clubs.

Susanne Munk Lauritsen

Susanne Munk Lauritsen (Susanne Munk Wilbek), born 1967 in Hvorslev, is a Danish handball goalkeeper, 171-cap international, 1996 Olympic and 1997 world champion with Viborg HK, now Viborg assistant and goalkeeper coach.

Suzie Mcconnell

Suzie McConnell (Suzanne Theresa McConnell-Serio), born 1966, Pittsburgh point guard; Olympic gold 1988 and bronze 1992; NCAA assist records at Penn State; Cleveland Rockers player and 2004 WNBA Coach of the Year with Minnesota Lynx.

SV.League

SV.League (SVリーグ), Daido Life SV.League, Japan's top volleyball league launched October 2024 from the V.League; 10 men's clubs in 2025-26, targeting world's No.1 league by 2030.

Svenja Brunckhorst

Svenja Brunckhorst (born 1991, Rotenburg (Wümme)) is a German former basketball player, 179 cm, who captained Germany to 3x3 Olympic gold in Paris 2024, the first German basketball Olympic medal, and now manages women's basketball at ALBA Berlin.

Svetlana Anastasovska-Obućina

Svetlana Anastasovska-Obućina (Светлана Атанасовска-Обућина), Serbian handball player born 1961 in Belgrade; Yugoslav international with 157 caps, Olympic silver 1980 and gold 1984, bronze 1982 Worlds; not the younger EHF player Svetlana Obucina born 1979.

Svetlana Antipova Zaboluyeva

Svetlana Antipova Zaboluyeva (Светлана Антипова-Заболуева), also competed as Svetlana Antipova and Svetlana Zaboluyeva, is a Russian basketball player who won 1992 Olympic gold and seven Russian titles with CSKA Moskva.

Svetlana Badulina

Svetlana Badulina (Светлана Бадулина), born 1960 in Moscow, is a Russian volleyball player who won Olympic gold with the Soviet Union at the 1980 Moscow Games, later playing as Svetlana Safronova.

Svetlana Dasic Kitic

Svetlana Dašić-Kitić (Светлана Дашић-Китић), known as Ceca, Bosnian handball center back born 1960 in Tuzla; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980 with Yugoslavia; IHF World Player of the Year 1988 and 2010 IHF vote winner as best female player ever.

Svetlana Korytova

Svetlana Korytova (Светлана Вадимовна Корытова), born 1968, Russian volleyball player with Uralochka Yekaterinburg; Olympic gold 1988 with the Soviet Union, silver 1992 with the Unified Team, world champion 1990.

Svetlana Mugoša-Antić

Svetlana Mugoša-Antić (Светлана Мугоша-Антић), born 1964 in Podgorica, Montenegrin handball pivot; Olympic gold 1984 and fourth 1988 with Yugoslavia, fifth 2000 with Austria; 153 plus 45 caps; World silver 1990 and bronze 1999.

Svetlana Nikishina

Svetlana Nikishina (Светлана Дмитриевна Никишина, married Kunysheva), born 1958, Soviet volleyball setter; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist with USSR and Uralochka Yekaterinburg.

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

Sviatoslav (Svi) Mykhailiuk, Ukrainian NBA guard-forward born 1997 in Cherkasy; Kansas record-setting shooter, 47th pick in 2018 draft, seven NBA teams, 2024 champion with Boston, now Utah Jazz wing.

Swin Cash

Swin Cash (Swintayla Marie Cash), born 1979, American basketball forward and executive; three WNBA titles, two Olympic golds, two NCAA championships, 2022 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee, former Pelicans senior VP.

Sydney Kings

Sydney Kings, Australian professional NBL basketball club founded 1987, based at Afterpay Arena (Qudos Bank Arena), coached by Brian Goorjian; six championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2022, 2023, and 2026.

Sydney Taylor (basketball)

Sydney Leah Taylor is an American basketball guard for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. Undrafted in 2024, she became the league's highest-scoring undrafted rookie in 2026.