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Ball Arena
Ball Arena, known as the Pepsi Center until 2020, is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, home to the Nuggets, Avalanche, and Colorado Mammoth since opening in 1999.
Bando
Bando is a traditional Welsh stick-and-ball team sport, related to hurling and shinty, popular in Glamorgan until the late nineteenth century and revived from 2025 by Campau Celtaidd Cymru.
Bandu Patil
Bandu Patil (1936–1988) was an Indian field hockey player who won Olympic gold at the 1964 Tokyo Games and Asian Games silver in 1962.
Bandy
Bandy: eleven-a-side ice team sport with a ball and curved sticks on a football-pitch-sized rink, governed by the FIB (founded 1955, Stockholm); strongest in Russia and the Nordics, IOC-recognized.
Barrie Colts
Barrie Colts, Ontario Hockey League junior team in Barrie, Ontario, founded 1995; play at Sadlon Arena; won the 2000 J. Ross Robertson Cup and reached the 2000 Memorial Cup final; owned by John Careri since 2026.
Barry Maister
Barry Maister (born 1948), New Zealand field hockey centre forward, NZ Olympian #235; won gold with the 1976 Montreal Black Sticks, played three Olympics with brother Selwyn, later NZOC secretary-general and IOC member 2010-2018.
Barry Trotz
Barry Trotz, born 1962 in Winnipeg, is a Canadian hockey executive and former NHL coach who won the 2018 Stanley Cup with Washington and ranks fifth with 914 coaching wins.
Batey
Batey (also batu): the Taíno ball game of the Greater Antilles and the stone-bordered plaza where it was played, with rubber ball, no hands, teams of 10-30, and a modern revival; distinct from the Dominican sugar-settlement meaning of batey.
Beattie Ramsay
Beattie Ramsay (William Beattie Ramsay, 1895-1952), Canadian ice hockey player; won gold with the Toronto Granites at Chamonix 1924 (5 games, 10 goals), later coached Princeton and played one NHL season with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Beckett Sennecke
Beckett Sennecke (born 2006) is a Canadian ice hockey right wing for the Anaheim Ducks, who selected him third overall in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
Becky Kellar
Becky Kellar (Rebecca D. Kellar-Duke), born 1975 in Hagersville, Ontario, is a Canadian former ice hockey defenseman, national team member 1997-2010, who won Olympic silver in 1998 and gold in 2002, 2006, and 2010, plus four world titles.
Bees IHC
Bees IHC refers to the Berkshire Bees Ice Hockey Club, formerly Bracknell Bees, founded 1987 by John Nike; Superleague champions, EPIHL 2006/07 double winners, now mothballed NIHL National side based in Slough.
Bell Centre
Bell Centre (Centre Bell), Montreal's downtown multipurpose arena, opened March 16, 1996 as the Molson Centre; home of the NHL Montreal Canadiens, over 21,000 seats, largest NHL capacity.
Ben Bishop
Ben Bishop (born 1986, Denver) is a retired American NHL goaltender, 6'7", who played for St. Louis, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles, and Dallas, was a three-time Vezina finalist (2014, 2016, 2019), and retired in 2021-23 from a knee injury.
Ben Kindel
Ben Kindel (born 2007, Coquitlam, BC) is a Canadian center for the Pittsburgh Penguins, drafted 11th overall in 2025 from the WHL's Calgary Hitmen after a 99-point season; NHL rookie with 35 points in 2025-26.
Benjamin Jamieson
Benjamin Jamieson (1874-1915), Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2; later a Canadian Pacific Railway conductor.
Benjamin Weß
Benjamin Weß (Wess), German field hockey midfielder born 1985 in Moers, two-time Olympic gold medalist (Beijing 2008, London 2012) with Germany, 178 senior caps, brother of Timo Weß, club Rot-Weiss Köln.
Bert Duncanson
Bert Duncanson (Albert Gordon Duncanson, "Spunk", 1911-2000), Canadian ice hockey forward and Elmwood Millionaires junior star, won 1932 Olympic gold with Canada at Lake Placid, scoring against Germany.
Bert Plaxton
Bert Plaxton (Herbert Alfred Wellington Plaxton, 1901-1970), Canadian ice hockey forward; brother of Hugh, cousin of Rod; won 1928 St. Moritz Olympic gold with Canada, playing two games, scoring two goals; later a lawyer.
Betsey Armstrong
Betsey Armstrong (Elizabeth Anne Armstrong, born 1983), American water polo goalkeeper from Ann Arbor, Michigan; USA national team starter 2006-2014, 2008 Olympic silver, 2012 Olympic gold, FINA Player of the Year 2010.
Bevan George
Bevan George (Bevan Christopher George, born 1977, Narrogin, Western Australia) is an Australian field hockey fullback; Kookaburras 1999-2008, 208 caps, Olympic gold Athens 2004, bronze and captaincy Beijing 2008, OAM 2005.
Bicycle polo
Bicycle polo (cycle polo, bike polo, polo-vélo) is a team sport invented in Ireland in 1891 by Richard J. Mecredy, a 1908 London Olympics demonstration sport won by Ireland, now split into grass and hardcourt versions.
Bill Cleary, Jr.
Bill Cleary, Jr. (William John Cleary Jr., born 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts), American ice hockey forward; Olympic silver 1956 and gold 1960, Harvard record-setting scorer, Harvard head coach (1989 NCAA title), and athletic director.
Bill Cockburn
Bill Cockburn (William Hastings Cockburn, 1902-1975), Canadian ice hockey goaltender; captain of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, 1931 Allan Cup winner and 1932 Lake Placid Olympic gold medallist, the only goaltender to captain Team Canada at the Olympics.
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott (William Clyde Elliott II, born 1955) is a NASCAR Hall of Fame driver from Dawsonville, Georgia; 1988 Cup champion, 44 wins, 55 poles, 1985 Winston Million winner, record 16 Most Popular Driver Awards, Class of 2015.
Bill Peacock
Bill Peacock (William Peacock, 1891-1948), Paisley SC water polo player; Olympic gold with Great Britain at Antwerp 1920, 3-2 final win over Belgium; reserve 1912 and 1924; five Scottish titles 1910-14. Not the sprinters Eulace or Jonnie Peacock.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart, full name William Donald Stewart, is a Canadian-born former NHL defenseman who became an Italian citizen and played for Italy at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.
Billy Brennagh
Billy Brennagh (William Thomas Edmund Brennagh, 1877-1934), English-born Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2.
Billy Burns
Billy Burns (William Lawrie Burns, 1875-1953) was a Canadian lacrosse player who won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2; later a CPR conductor.
Billy Christian
Billy Christian (William David Christian, born 1938, Warroad, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey forward, 1960 Olympic gold medalist who scored the tying and winning goals against the USSR, 1964 Olympian, Christian Brothers stick company co-founder, father of Dave Christian.