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Duane Swanson

Duane Alexander Swanson (1913-2000), American basketball player, UCLA and Universal Studios AAU player, won gold with the United States at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the first Olympic basketball tournament; later played NBL for Sheboygan.

Dubai Basketball

Dubai Basketball (Dubai BC) is a professional basketball club founded in 2023, based at Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai. It joined the ABA League in 2024-25, entered the EuroLeague in 2025-26 on a five-year wildcard, and won the 2025/26 ABA title.

Dublin GAA

Dublin GAA is the county board administering Gaelic games in Dublin, Ireland, based at Parnell Park. It holds 31 football and 6 hurling All-Ireland titles, won six-in-a-row, and manages 5,500 teams amid urban population growth.

Dubs (mascot)

Dubs II, Alaskan Malamute, is the University of Washington Huskies' 14th live mascot, serving since 2019; live UW mascots date to 1922, all malamutes since 1959, managed by Anne-Lise Knight.

Duce Staley

Duce Staley, born 1975 in Tampa, Florida, is a former NFL running back for the Eagles and Steelers, now the Cleveland Browns' running backs coach.

Duckpin bowling

Duckpin bowling is a small-ball variant of ten-pin bowling from Baltimore, played with a 5-inch fingerless ball, 9.4-inch pins, three rolls per frame, and no recorded sanctioned 300 game.

Duco Telgenkamp

Duco Telgenkamp, Dutch field hockey forward (born 2002, The Hague), Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024 after the decisive shoot-out goal against Germany, 2023 European champion and top scorer, Kampong then Amsterdam, owner of Revived.

Duhan van der Merwe

Duhan van der Merwe (born 1995, George, South Africa) is a rugby union winger for Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland, the nation's record men's try scorer (35 tries in 52 games), and a two-time British & Irish Lions tourist (2021, 2025).

Duje Krstulovic

Duje Krstulovic (Dujam Krstulović), Croatian basketball player born 1953 in Split; KK Jugoplastika forward, 203 cm, Olympic gold 1980, World Championship 1978, EuroBasket 1977 with Yugoslavia.

Duke Blue Devils

Duke Blue Devils: athletic teams of Duke University, Durham, N.C., ACC members named for French WWI soldiers (les Diables Bleus) in 1922; football won the 2025 ACC title under Manny Diaz.

Duke Blue Devils football

Duke Blue Devils football: Duke University's ACC football program, first played 1888, home at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium since 1929. Eight ACC titles; 2025 outright ACC champions under Manny Diaz, first since 1962.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team is Duke University's program in Durham, North Carolina, with five NCAA championships and a record 148 AP No. 1 rankings.

Duke Johnson

Duke Johnson (Duke Johnson Jr.), NFL running back 2015-2022 from Miami (FL); Browns, Texans, Dolphins, Bills; Miami's all-time leading rusher, third-round 2015 pick, receiving specialist.

Duke Snider

Duke Snider (Edwin Donald Snider, "The Duke of Flatbush"), 1926-2011, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers; hit 407 home runs, led the 1950s in homers and RBI, won the 1955 and 1959 World Series, inducted 1980.

Duluth Curling Club

The Duluth Curling Club, founded in 1891 in Duluth, Minnesota, is the second-largest curling club in the United States, based at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center since 1976.

Dunc Munro

Dunc Munro (Duncan Brown Munro, 1901-1958), Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey defenseman; captained Canada to 1924 Olympic gold with 16 goals, won the 1926 Stanley Cup as Montreal Maroons captain, later coached the Maroons.

Duncan Keith

Duncan Keith, Canadian NHL defenceman (born 1983, Winnipeg), three-time Stanley Cup champion with Chicago Blackhawks, two-time Norris Trophy winner, 2015 Conn Smythe, two Olympic golds, Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

Duncan Robinson

Duncan McBryde Robinson, born 1994, is an American professional basketball forward for the Detroit Pistons who set the Miami Heat's record with 1,202 three-pointers made.

Dunedin Blue Jays

Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State League Single-A minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays since 2021 (earlier 1978-79, 1987-2020), playing at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida; 282 alumni reached MLB.

Dung Dung Sylvanus

Sylvanus Dung Dung (Dung Dung Sylvanus, born 1949) is an Indian field hockey right-back from Simdega, Jharkhand, who won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 2016 Dhyan Chand Award.

Dunlop Sport

Dunlop Sport is the tennis, squash, and golf equipment brand of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, rooted in the 1888 Dunlop tire invention, with ATP tour ball leadership, Srixon and XXIO sister brands, and players like Jack Draper.

Durham Bulls

Durham Bulls, originally Durham Tobacconists, are the Triple-A International League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays in Durham, North Carolina. Founded 1902; famous for Bull Durham (1988), DBAP, and 17 league titles.

Dusan Mandic

Dušan Mandić (Душан Мандић), born 1994 in Kotor, is a Serbian water polo attacker with Olympic gold in 2016, 2020, and 2024 plus 2012 bronze, Paris flagbearer and MVP, formerly of Pro Recco, now Ferencváros.

Dusko Pijetlovic

Duško Pijetlović (Душко Пијетловић), Serbian water polo center born 1985 in Novi Sad; four Olympic medals (gold 2016, 2020), 2015 World Championship MVP, retired 2024 then returned with Radnički Kragujevac.

Dustin Brown (ice hockey)

Dustin Brown is a retired American ice hockey right winger who played 18 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, captaining them to Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014.

Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown, German-Jamaican tennis player nicknamed Dreddy, born 1984 in Celle; beat Rafael Nadal at Halle 2014 and Wimbledon 2015, career-high No. 64, serve-and-volley stylist.

Dustin Byfuglien

Dustin Byfuglien, born 1985 in Roseau, Minnesota, is a retired NHL defenseman (6'5", 260 lb) who won the 2010 Stanley Cup with Chicago as a converted forward, the first Black US-born player to do so, then starred for the Winnipeg Jets on defense.

Dustin Harris

Dustin Harris (Dustin Alexander Harris), born 1999, Tampa, is an MLB left fielder/first baseman for the San Diego Padres; drafted by Oakland in 2019, traded to Texas in the Mike Minor deal, debuted 2024.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson (born 1984) is an American golfer with 24 PGA Tour wins, two majors (2016 U.S. Open, 2020 Masters), 135 weeks as world No. 1, and LIV Golf's 2022 individual title; he captains 4Aces GC.

Dustin Martin

Dustin Martin (born 1991, Castlemaine) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played 302 games and kicked 338 goals for Richmond, winning the 2017 Brownlow Medal, three premierships, and a record three Norm Smith Medals.