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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Jackson, 1969, Gulfport, Mississippi), American guard, LSU freshman scoring record holder (30.2 ppg), NBA No. 3 pick of 1990, suspended in 1996 for refusing to stand for the anthem.
Maider Telleria
Maider Tellería (Maider Tellería Goñi), Spanish field hockey player born 1973 in San Sebastián; won gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, played four Games (1992–2004), 45 caps, 6 goals for Spain.
Maja Grønbæk
Maja Grønbæk (Maja Corina Grønbæk, born 1971) is a Danish handball player, Olympic gold medalist with Denmark in women's handball at Sydney 2000; 22 caps, 38 goals; clubs IK Skovbakken and SK Aarhus Handbold.
Major Applewhite
Major Applewhite (born 1978) is an American college football coach, head coach of South Alabama since 2024 and former Houston head coach (15-11), ex-Texas quarterback and coordinator at Rice, Alabama, and Texas.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB): 30-club North American professional baseball league formed 1903 from the NL and AL; 162-game season, 12-team postseason, no salary cap, record $12.1B 2024 revenue, Commissioner-led governance with MLBPA collective bargaining.
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
The 1999 MLB All-Century Team, or Team of the Century: 30 greatest 20th-century players chosen by fan vote plus panel additions, honored at Turner Field; Rose elected, Clemente omitted.
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
MLB All-Star Game (Midsummer Classic): annual AL vs NL exhibition since July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park, created by Arch Ward; AL leads 48-45-3; swing-off tiebreaker first used 2025.
Major League Baseball draft
MLB draft (Rule 4 draft), annual amateur player draft held since June 8, 1965; reverse-standing order, 20 rounds, bonus pools since 2012, top-six lottery since 2023; Rick Monday first pick, 54 drafted Hall of Famers.
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
MLB Most Valuable Player Award: BBWAA-voted annual honor, one per league since 1931, after the Chalmers Award (1911-14) and League Award (1922-29). 30 voters per league, 14-9-...-1 scoring; Bonds won a record 7.
Major League Baseball Players Association
The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union for players on 40-man Major League rosters and roughly 5,500 Minor League players, founded in 1954 and unionized in 1966.
Major League Baseball postseason
The Major League Baseball postseason, or MLB playoffs, is the annual elimination tournament following MLB's regular season, in which 12 teams play four rounds culminating in the World Series.
Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
MLB Rookie of the Year Award (Jackie Robinson Award): BBWAA-voted honor for the best rookie in each league since 1949; first national winner Jackie Robinson 1947; renamed 1987; 2025 winners Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin.
Major League Baseball rosters
Major League Baseball rosters: the 26-man active roster (13-pitcher cap, 28 players from Sept. 1) and the 40-man roster governing options, waivers, Rule 5 protection, service time, and postseason eligibility.
Major League Baseball schedule
Major League Baseball schedule: the 2,430-game, 162-games-per-team regular-season calendar, built by the Commissioner's Office with Sports Scheduling Group; 2023 balanced format (52 division, 64 league, 46 interleague games), rivalry pairings, constraints, history, and travel research.
Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures
MLB tie-breaking procedures: since 2022, standings ties are settled mathematically (head-to-head, intradivision, intraleague, last-half records) instead of by Game 163 tiebreaker games, which ended with the 12-team playoff expansion.
Major League Baseball transactions
Major League Baseball transactions: the CBA-governed system of trades, free agency, waivers, options, arbitration, and the Rule 5 Draft, plus the 2026 CBA proposals reshaping rosters and free agency.
Major League II
Major League II is a 1994 American sports comedy directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger, and the sequel to Major League.
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's professional field lacrosse league in the United States, founded in 1999 by Jake Steinfeld and played from 2001 through 2020, when it merged into the Premier Lacrosse League.
Major League Rugby
Major League Rugby (MLR) is the professional rugby union league of the United States and Canada, formed in 2017 and launched in 2018 with seven teams.
Major League Volleyball (2026)
Major League Volleyball is a United States professional women's indoor volleyball league, formed from the 2025 unification of the Pro Volleyball Federation and MLV, with eight teams playing from January 2026.
Makai Lemon
Makai Lemon, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver (USC Trojans), 2026 NFL Draft first-round pick (20th overall), 2025 Biletnikoff Award winner; slot receiver with 79 catches, 1,156 yards, 13 TDs in 2025.
Makayla Timpson
Makayla Timpson (KK), born 2002 in Edison, Georgia, is an Indiana Fever forward-center drafted 19th overall in 2025 out of Florida State, where she set career records for rebounds (1,094) and double-doubles.
Makenzie Fischer
Makenzie Fischer, American water polo defender-attacker born 1997 in Laguna Beach; two Olympic golds (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) with sister Aria; Stanford record 288 goals; retired 2022.
Mako Vunipola
Mako Vunipola, New Zealand-born English loosehead prop (born 1991), 79 England caps, three Lions tours 2013/2017/2021, five Premiership titles and three European trophies with Saracens before Vannes.
Makoto Ito
Makoto Ito (伊藤 麻琴), born 2004, Japanese women's ice hockey forward for Toyota Cygnus; Youth Olympic gold 2020, 2025 Harbin Asian Games gold, 9th at Milano Cortina 2026. Distinct from the swimmer, boxer, and MMA fighter of the same name.
Maks Percic
Maks Percic (Maks Perčič), Slovenian ice hockey defenseman born 2004 in Maribor; won 3-on-3 gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, played BCHL junior hockey, and committed to Michigan Tech.
Maksim Mikhaylov
Maksim Mikhaylov (Максим Михайлович Михайлов), born 1988, Russian opposite spiker; Olympic gold London 2012, silver Tokyo 2020, bronze Beijing 2008; Zenit Kazan club player.
Makur Maker
Makur Maker, born 2000 in Nairobi, is a 6'11" Australian-South Sudanese center, cousin of Thon Maker, the highest-ranked recruit to commit to an HBCU (Howard), NBL22 champion with Sydney Kings, undrafted 2022, G League and South Sudan international player.
Mal Meninga
Mal Meninga (Malcolm Norman Meninga, born 1960, Bundaberg) is an Australian rugby league centre, 13th Immortal (2018), four-time Kangaroo tourist, Canberra captain of three premierships, and coach of Queensland, the Kangaroos, and the Perth Bears.
Malachi Fields
Malachi Fields, New York Giants wide receiver (#88), 2026 third-round pick (74th overall) from Virginia and Notre Dame; 6'4½", 218-lb contested-catch X receiver with 165 college catches for 2,479 yards and 16 touchdowns.