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Dyson Daniels
Dyson Daniels (born 2003, Bendigo, Australia) is an Atlanta Hawks guard, No. 8 pick in 2022 via G League Ignite; 2024-25 steals leader (229), Most Improved Player, All-Defensive First Team, $100M extension.
Džanan Musa
Džanan Musa, Bosnian small forward born 1999 in Bihać; 2018 NBA first-round pick (29th, Brooklyn Nets), later EuroLeague champion with Anadolu Efes and Real Madrid, ACB MVP 2022, now with Dubai Basketball.
E. J. Harnden
E.J. Harnden (Eric J. Harnden, born 1983, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian curler, Olympic gold medallist at Sochi 2014 as second on Team Brad Jacobs, four-time Brier champion, retiring after the 2025-26 season.
E. J. Jenkins
E.J. Jenkins (born 1998) is an NFL tight end, #84 for the Philadelphia Eagles; undrafted 2023 Jets signee from Georgia Tech, former college wide receiver, Super Bowl LIX champion with one career catch, a 7-yard touchdown.
E. J. Sandusky
Edward "E.J." Sandusky, American former college football coach, first adopted child of Jerry and Dottie Sandusky; played football at Penn State 1991-92 and is married to Maureen Sandusky.
E. J. Williams Jr.
E.J. Williams Jr., wide receiver from Phenix City, Alabama; Clemson 2020-2022, transferred to Indiana; 2025: 36 catches, 438 yards, 6 TDs; signed undrafted by Las Vegas Raiders in 2026. Not the 1928-2019 Virginian of the same name.
Earl Boykins
Earl Boykins, born 1976 in Cleveland, is a 5'5" former NBA point guard, second-shortest player in league history behind Muggsy Bogues; undrafted in 1998, he played 13 seasons, 652 games, 5,791 points, and now coaches at USC.
Earl Campbell
Earl Campbell, "The Tyler Rose" (born 1955), Heisman-winning Texas running back and first pick of the 1978 NFL Draft; three straight NFL rushing titles with Houston Oilers, 9,407 career yards, Hall of Fame 1991.
Earl Little Jr.
Earl Little Jr., Ohio State safety from Fort Lauderdale; Alabama 2022 signee, FSU 2025 second-team All-ACC with 76 tackles and 4 interceptions; transferred to Ohio State January 2026.
Earl Manigault
Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1944-1998), Harlem streetball legend, 6'1" leaper called the greatest NBA player never; derailed by heroin and prison, redeemed via the Goat Tournament and HBO's Rebound.
Earl Monroe
Earl 'The Pearl' Monroe (born 1944), NBA guard for the Baltimore Bullets and New York Knicks; 1968 Rookie of the Year, 1973 champion, Hall of Fame 1990, NBA 75 member.
Earl Morrall
Earl Morrall (Earl Edwin Morrall, 1934–2014), NFL quarterback for 21 seasons with six teams; 1968 NFL MVP with the Colts and starter for the 1972 perfect-season Dolphins; three Super Bowl rings.
Earl Thomas
Earl Thomas III (born 1989) is a former NFL free safety, Legion of Boom original, Seahawks' only Super Bowl champion, 7-time Pro Bowler, and 2010s All-Decade selection.
Earl Watson
Earl Watson (Earl Joseph Watson, born 1979, Kansas City, Kansas), UCLA point guard, 13-season NBA veteran (878 games), and Phoenix Suns head coach 2016-2017 with a 33-85 record; later Raptors assistant and 2026 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Earl Weaver
Earl Weaver (1930-2013), the Earl of Baltimore, Hall of Fame manager of the Orioles 1968-82 and 1985-86; 1,480 wins, .583, four pennants, 1970 World Series title, 96 ejections.
Earl Woods
Earl Dennison Woods (1932-2006), retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Green Beret, father and first coach of golfer Tiger Woods, whom he nicknamed after a Vietnamese officer friend; author of Training a Tiger.
Early history of American football
Early history of American football, 1869-1906: Rutgers-Princeton first game, soccer-to-rugby transition, Walter Camp's scrimmage and downs rules, 1905 deaths crisis, Roosevelt reforms, and the 1906 forward pass.
Earned run average
Earned run average (ERA) is a baseball statistic measuring how many earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, credited to Henry Chadwick and officially adopted in 1912.
East–West Shrine Bowl
East–West Shrine Bowl (Shriners Children's East-West Bowl): annual college football all-star game, first played December 26, 1925 at Ewing Field, San Francisco; oldest US college all-star game, benefiting Shriners Children's and showcasing NFL draft prospects.
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, Cleveland Browns linebacker, born 2002 in Mission Viejo, CA; undrafted 2025 after Oregon State and USC; first-team All-Pac-12 in 2023.
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn ballpark of the Dodgers from 1913 to 1957, built by Charles Ebbets in Pigtown for $750,000; site of Jackie Robinson's debut era, first televised MLB game, and 1955 World Series title; demolished 1960.
Eben Etzebeth
Eben Etzebeth, South African rugby union lock (No 4) for the Springboks and Sharks, most-capped Springbok ever after passing Victor Matfield's record in 2024; 2019 World Cup winner, 2023 champion, enforcer role, 12-week eye-gouge ban in 2025-26.
Ebuka Okorie
Ebuka Okorie (Chukwuebuka Charles Okorie, born 2007, Nashua, NH) is an American NBA point guard for the Detroit Pistons, drafted 17th overall in 2026 by Oklahoma City after leading ACC scoring at 23.2 ppg as a Stanford freshman.
Echiko Maeda
Echiko Maeda (前田悦智子, later Tamura Echiko), born 1952 in Tokyo, is a Japanese volleyball player who won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 1974 Tehran Asian Games, and the 1977 World Cup, playing for Sanyo Denki.
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League) is the AA-level minor professional ice hockey league below the AHL; founded 1988-89 with five teams, it has 30 teams in 2025-26 and 776 alumni who reached the NHL.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Ed "Too Tall" Jones (Edward Lee Jones), defensive end born 1951, first overall pick of the 1974 NFL Draft from Tennessee State; 15 seasons, 224 games with the Dallas Cowboys, 106 sacks, Super Bowl XII champion, 6-0 boxer in 1979-80.
Ed Allan
Ed Allan (Edward Allan, born 2004) is a Collingwood AFL midfielder, 2022 draft pick 19 from Claremont, son of Ben Allan; 2025 Rising Star nominee, 2026 tagger, contracted to 2030. Distinct from Sturt SANFL footballer Ed Allan (born 1999).
Ed Belfour
Ed Belfour (Edward John Belfour, "Eddie the Eagle"), born 1965 in Carman, Manitoba, is a Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (2011) who won 484 NHL games, the 1999 Stanley Cup with Dallas, and 2002 Olympic gold.
Ed Cooley
Ed Cooley (born 1969) is an American college basketball coach, head coach of Georgetown since 2023 after 12 seasons at Providence (242-153, 2022 Naismith Coach of the Year) and Fairfield.
Ed Davis (basketball)
Ed Davis (Edward Davis, born 1989) is an American former NBA center-forward, 13th pick in 2010 out of North Carolina; played 12 seasons for eight teams as a rebounder, later charged in a 2026 gambling case.