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Penalty (gridiron football)
Penalty (gridiron football): rule-imposed sanction for a foul, usually 5, 10, or 15 yards, with acceptance/declination, offsetting, half-the-distance cap; NFL 2024 rate 4.33% of plays, led by false start and holding.
Penalty (ice hockey)
Penalty (ice hockey): rule infraction punished by penalty-box time (minor 2 min, double minor 4, major 5, misconduct 10, game misconduct) or a penalty shot; also delayed calls, penalty killing, and NHL vs IIHF differences.
Penei Sewell
Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions offensive tackle (No. 58), seventh overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft from Oregon; three straight First-Team AP All-Pro nods (2023-25), four Pro Bowls, 2019 Outland Trophy winner from American Samoa.
Peng Shuai (彭帅)
Peng Shuai (彭帅), born 1986, Chinese tennis player; first Chinese world No. 1 (doubles, 2014), Wimbledon 2013 and Roland Garros 2014 champion with Hsieh Su-wei; 2021 sexual assault allegation against Zhang Gaoli led to WTA's China boycott.
Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State Nittany Lions football: Penn State University's Big Ten football program, two-time national champion (1982, 1986), playing at Beaver Stadium; Matt Campbell became 17th head coach in December 2025 after James Franklin.
Penny Hardaway
Penny Hardaway (Anfernee Deon Hardaway, born 1971) is an American coach and former NBA guard, 3rd pick of 1993, 4x All-Star with Orlando, now Memphis Tigers head coach since 2018.
Penny Taylor
Penny Taylor (Penelope Jane Taylor, born 1981, Melbourne) is a retired Australian basketball forward, three-time WNBA champion with the Phoenix Mercury, 2006 World Championship MVP, three-time Olympian, and 2023 FIBA Hall of Fame inductee.
Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers, Australian NRL rugby league club founded 1967 in Penrith, NSW; six premierships including four straight 2021-2024 under Ivan Cleary; home BlueBet Stadium, new stadium 2027.
Pep Hamilton
Pep Hamilton, American football coach from Charlotte, NC; NFL offensive play caller for Colts, Browns-era, Texans; QB coach for Herbert, Luck, Mills; now Maryland Special Assistant to the Head Coach (2026).
Pepe Sanchez
Pepe Sanchez (Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown), Argentine basketball point guard born 1977 in Bahía Blanca; first Argentine in the NBA (76ers, 2000), 2004 Olympic gold medalist, ACB career with Alicante, Unicaja, Barcelona, Real Madrid.
Per Johan Axelsson
Per Johan Axelsson (Pebben, P.J. Axelsson), born 1975 in Kungälv, Swedish left wing; entire NHL career with Boston Bruins (797 games, 287 points), Olympic gold 2006 and Frölunda SM gold 2005.
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, McGill Graduates' Stadium, Montreal Alouettes and McGill home field; opened 1915, smallest CFL stadium, about 23,000 seats on Mount Royal.
Percy Harvin
Percy Harvin, NFL wide receiver and kickoff returner (Vikings, Seahawks, Jets, Bills, 2009-2016); 2009 Offensive Rookie of the Year, 87-yard kick return TD in Super Bowl XLVIII; retired 2016 with hip injuries, briefly returned with Buffalo.
Percy Rees
Percy Montague Rees (1883–1970), English field hockey outside-right for Barnes Hockey Club who won gold with England at hockey's 1908 Olympic début, later Unilever's chief accountant and a Military Cross recipient.
Perfect game (baseball)
Perfect game (baseball): retiring all 27 batters with none reaching base; 24 official MLB perfect games, first by Lee Richmond in 1880, most recent Domingo Germán in 2023, only postseason one by Don Larsen in 1956.
Perfect game (bowling)
Perfect game (bowling): a 300 score from twelve consecutive strikes in ten-pin bowling, ten frames plus two bonus balls; USBC- and PBA-recognized, with the 900 series of three straight 300s achieved by only 40 bowlers.
Perry Ellis (basketball)
Perry Michael Ellis (born 1993, Wichita, Kansas) is an American forward, a Kansas Jayhawks star (1,798 career points) who went undrafted in 2016 and built an overseas career across eight countries, most recently Japan's B.League with Fukui.
Personal foul (basketball)
A personal foul in basketball is illegal physical contact with an opponent, such as holding, pushing, or obstructing their movement, and is the sport's most frequently assessed infraction.
Personnel grouping (gridiron football)
Personnel grouping (gridiron football): two-digit code, first digit running backs, second tight ends, e.g., 11 = 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR. Drives NFL substitution, defensive nickel/dime matching, and play-calling; 11 personnel dominates since the spread era.
Perth Bears
Perth Bears, NRL expansion club entering the Telstra Premiership in 2027 as the 18th franchise, based in Perth, Western Australia; revives the North Sydney Bears name (1908 foundation club) and Perth's Western Reds legacy; coached by Mal Meninga, home ground HBF Park.
Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats, Australian NBL men's basketball team founded 1982 as Westate Wildcats. Record 10 NBL championships (most recent 2020), 16 Grand Finals, 35 straight Finals seasons; play at RAC Arena.
Pesäpallo
Pesäpallo (pesis, Swedish boboll) is Finland's national bat-and-ball game, a 1920s Finnish adaptation of baseball by Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, marked by a vertical pitch, zig-zag base paths, jokers, and the Superpesis league.
Pétanque
Pétanque, a French boules sport born in 1907 at La Ciotat, Provence, from jeu provençal via Jules Lenoir and Ernest Pitiot; played feet together in a circle, governed by the FIPJP and FFPJP.
Petar Fajfric
Petar Fajfrić (Петар Фајфрић), Serbian left winger, 79 caps for Yugoslavia, Olympic handball gold at Munich 1972, World Championship bronze 1970 and 1974; died 2021 of COVID-19.
Petar Metlicic
Petar Metličić is a Croatian former handball player, born in 1976 in Split, who captained Croatia from 2007 to 2009 and won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Petco Park
Petco Park: downtown San Diego MLB ballpark, home of the Padres since April 8, 2004; $474 million Predock/HOK design in East Village, 40,209 fixed seats, catalyst of the Ballpark District redevelopment.
Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso, the Polar Bear, is an American MLB first baseman (born 1994, Tampa) who set the Mets' franchise record with 264 home runs, won the 2019 NL Rookie of the Year with a rookie-record 53 homers, and signed a five-year, $155 million Orioles deal in December 2025.
Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll (born 1951) is an American football coach: USC head coach 2001-09 with two national titles, Seahawks coach 2010-23 winning Super Bowl XLVIII, and Raiders head coach in 2025 (3-14, fired January 2026).
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Pete Crow-Armstrong (PCA), born 2002, Cubs center fielder; Mets' 2020 first-rounder (19th) traded for Javier Báez in 2021; 2025 Gold Glove, 30/30/30 season; 2026 MVP candidate with 45 HR, 41 SB.
Pete Dye
Pete Dye (1925-2020), American self-taught golf course architect; with wife Alice created Harbour Town, TPC Sawgrass, Kiawah Ocean Course, Whistling Straits; railroad ties, pot bunkers, island greens; World Golf Hall of Fame 2008.