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Hiroko Sakai
Hiroko Sakai (坂井寛子), born 1978 in Fukui, is a Japanese softball pitcher who won bronze at Athens 2004 and gold at Beijing 2008, plus 2002 Busan Asian Games gold.
Hiromi Itoh
Hiromi Itoh (伊藤大海), born 1997 in Hokkaido, is a left-batting, right-throwing pitcher for the NPB's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Japan's national team, winning baseball gold at Tokyo 2020 and pitching in the 2023 and 2026 World Baseball Classics.
History of amateur baseball in the United States
The history of amateur baseball in the United States traces unpaid play since the 1850s, from middle-class social clubs through company and municipal leagues to today's college game.
History of American football
American football's history traces its evolution from a soccer-like game played in 1869 and Yale rule codification to its 1932 demonstration at the Los Angeles Games.
History of baseball
History of baseball: the game's contested origins (Doubleday and Cartwright myths, rounders debate), the 1845 Knickerbocker rules and 1857 convention, rule evolution, the Deadball Era, 1947 integration, and the 2023 pitch-timer rules.
History of baseball in the United States
History of baseball in the United States: from 1840s children's game through the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, first openly professional team, leagues, Negro Leagues, integration, television, and modern rule changes.
History of basketball
History of basketball: invented by James Naismith in December 1891 at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School with peach baskets, a soccer ball, and 13 rules; spread by the YMCA, standardized by FIBA in 1932, and reshaped by the 1954 shot clock and 1979 NBA three-point line.
History of golf
History of golf: a stick-and-ball game that took form in 15th-century Scotland, first recorded in a 1457 parliamentary ban, given its first rules in 1744 and its 18-hole standard at St Andrews in 1764.
History of ice hockey
History of ice hockey: from the first recorded indoor game at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink on March 3, 1875, organized by James Creighton, through the 1908 founding of the IIHF, the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, the NHL, and the modern global game.
History of lacrosse
History of lacrosse: Indigenous North American medicine game (Baggataway, Tewaarathon), codified by George Beers in 1867, Canada's national summer sport, Olympic in 1904, 1908, and LA 2028 sixes.
History of rugby league
The history of rugby league, also called rugby league football, began with the 1895 split of 22 northern English clubs from the Rugby Football Union over payments to players.
History of rugby union
History of rugby union: from the 1823 William Webb Ellis legend at Rugby School, the 1845 first laws and 1871 RFU founding, through the 1895 split creating rugby league, to the 26 August 1995 Paris decision ending amateurism.
History of tennis
History of tennis, from medieval French jeu de paume and real tennis to Wingfield's 1873 lawn tennis, Wimbledon 1877, the four Grand Slams, the 1968 open era, and the Original 9.
History of the Buffalo Bills
History of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NFL/AFL franchise founded by Ralph Wilson in 1959; AFL champions 1964-65, four straight Super Bowl losses 1991-94, 17-year playoff drought, Josh Allen era, new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium opened 2026.
History of the Cleveland Browns
History of the Cleveland Browns: NFL team founded 1944 in the AAFC by Arthur McBride with coach Paul Brown; seven early titles, 1996 relocation to Baltimore, 1999 reactivation, and planned 2029 Brook Park dome.
History of the Kansas City Chiefs
History of the Kansas City Chiefs, founded 1959 by Lamar Hunt as the AFL's Dallas Texans, relocated to Kansas City 1963; AFL titles 1962-69, Super Bowls IV, LIV, LVII, LVIII, and planned 2031 move to a Kansas domed stadium.
History of the Los Angeles Rams
History of the Los Angeles Rams: NFL franchise founded in Cleveland in 1937, also the St. Louis Rams, four titles (1945, 1951, 1999, 2021), Greatest Show on Turf, and 2016 return to Los Angeles.
History of the National Football League
History of the National Football League: founded 1920 in Canton, Ohio as the APFA, renamed NFL in 1922; survived rival leagues, merged with the AFL in 1970, and grew into a 32-team league with over $100 billion in media rights.
History of the NFL championship
History of the NFL championship: how pro football's title was decided, from standings-based champions (1920-1931), the 1932 Bears-Spartans playoff and 1933 first NFL Championship Game, rival AFL and AAFC titles, to the Super Bowl era after the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Hit (baseball)
Hit (baseball): a batter reaches base on a batted ball in fair territory without an error or fielder's choice; four types (single, double, triple, home run), scored by the official scorer, and the basis of batting average.
Hit the Floor (TV series)
Hit the Floor: American sports drama created by James LaRosa, 2013–2018, about the LA Devil Girls dance team and LA Devils; three seasons on VH1, one on BET, canceled after 41 episodes.
Hitomi Kawabata
Hitomi Kawabata (川畑 瞳, born 1996) is a Japanese softball infielder for Denso who won gold in women's softball at Tokyo 2020, played every game, and also won Asian Games golds in 2018 and 2022 and the 2024 World Cup.
Hitting for the cycle
Hitting for the cycle: one batter hits a single, double, triple, and home run in one game; also called a natural cycle when in order. About two per MLB year; record three career cycles by six players.
Hitting streak
A hitting streak in baseball is a run of consecutive games with at least one hit; Joe DiMaggio's 56-game streak in 1941 remains the MLB record.
Hive BC
Hive BC (Hive Basketball Club) is an American professional women's 3-on-3 basketball team in Unrivaled, announced September 10, 2025 as an expansion club; coached by Rena Wakama, it debuted January 5, 2026 and finished its first season 4-10.
Hockey
Hockey: family of stick-and-goal team sports, chiefly field hockey (FIH) and ice hockey (IIHF), plus bandy, floorball, and street variants; origins contested between Canada, England, and French etymology.
Hockey 5s
Hockey5s (Hockey 5s) is the FIH's official five-a-side short format of field hockey, four field players plus a goalkeeper on a board-surrounded 40m x 23.7m court; debuted at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics, first World Cup in Oman 2024, goals scored from the attacking half.
Hockey East
Hockey East (Hockey East Association) is a NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey conference founded July 11, 1983, playing since 1984-85. Twelve men's programs, ten women's programs, ten men's NCAA titles, Lamoriello and Bertagna trophies.
Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto museum and honorary institution (est. 1943, at Brookfield Place since 1993) honoring ice hockey players, builders, and officials; home of the Stanley Cup and the world's largest hockey collection.
Hockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada, often abbreviated HNIC, is a Canadian television program that has broadcast NHL games on Saturday nights since 1952, a national viewing ritual.