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PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions: the PGA TOUR's senior professional golf circuit for men 50 and older, founded 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, renamed Champions Tour in 2003; 28 events in 2026, five majors, Charles Schwab Cup season race.
Phantom BC
Phantom BC (Ghost Gang) is a league-owned women's 3-on-3 basketball club in Unrivaled, Miami, debuting January 2025; 4-10 in 2025, 11-3 top seed and 2026 championship runner-up to Mist BC.
Phi Slama Jama
Phi Slama Jama: nickname of Houston Cougars men's basketball, 1982-84, coined by Thomas Bonk; Guy Lewis coached Olajuwon and Drexler to three Final Fours, two title-game losses.
Phil Carmichael
Phil Carmichael (Phillip Patrick Carmichael), Australian rugby union fullback and centre, 1908 London Olympics gold medalist for Australasia; kicked four conversions and a penalty goal in the 32-3 Olympic final win over Great Britain.
Phil Clark
Phil Clark (Philip Corriston Clark, 1898-1985) was an American rugby union forward who won gold with the United States at the 1924 Paris Olympics; a Stanford graduate who became a geologist and petroleum engineer.
Phil Dalhausser
Phil Dalhausser, nicknamed "The Thin Beast", is an American beach volleyball player who won the 2008 Olympic gold and 2007 world championship with Todd Rogers, earning 38 FIVB titles.
Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito (born 1942) is a Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre, 1972 Summit Series scoring leader with 13 points, record-setting Boston Bruins goal scorer (76 goals in 1970-71), and co-founder of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Phil Ford
Phil Ford (Philip Jackson Ford Jr., born 1956) is an American basketball player: 1976 Olympic gold medalist, UNC's all-time leading scorer (2,290 points), 1978 national player of the year, and 1979 NBA Rookie of the Year with the Kansas City Kings.
Phil Hubbard
Phil Hubbard (Phillip Gregory Hubbard), born 1956 in Canton, Ohio, American basketball forward; 1976 Olympic gold medalist as Michigan freshman, 1979 Pistons first-round pick, 10 NBA seasons with Detroit and Cleveland, later NBA assistant coach.
Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson (born 1945, Deer Lodge, Montana) is an NBA coach and executive who won a record 11 championships with the Bulls and Lakers using the triangle offense and Zen-influenced methods, after a Knicks playing career.
Phil Kessel
Phil Kessel, American NHL winger from Madison, Wisconsin; drafted fifth overall in 2006 by Boston; two-time Stanley Cup winner (Pittsburgh 2016, 2017); NHL-record 1,064 consecutive games; 992 points in 1,286 games; U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah (born 2002) is an American football running back from Clemson, drafted 239th overall in round 7 of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys; 2,887 career rushing yards, third-team All-ACC 2024.
Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson, American golfer ('Lefty'), six-time major champion (three Masters, two PGA Championships, 2013 Open) with 45 PGA Tour wins; oldest major champion at 50 in 2021; joined LIV Golf in 2022.
Phil Nevin
Phil Nevin (Phillip Joseph Nevin, born 1971) is a former MLB first-overall draft pick, 2001 All-Star third baseman, and manager of the Los Angeles Angels, 2022-2023, with a 119-149 record.
Phil Niekro
Phil Niekro (1939-2020), "Knucksie," Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher; 318-274, 3.35 ERA, 3,342 strikeouts, 5,404 innings over 24 seasons, mostly with the Braves; 300th win at 46.
Phil Rizzuto
Phil Rizzuto, "the Scooter" (1917-2007), Yankees shortstop 1941-1956 and broadcaster for 40 years; 1950 AL MVP, nine pennants and seven World Series, Hall of Fame 1994, number 10 retired 1985.
Phil Simms
Phil Simms, quarterback for the New York Giants 1979-1993, Super Bowl XXI MVP (22 of 25, 268 yards, 39-20 over Denver), two-time champion, CBS analyst 1998-2024, not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Phil Taylor (darts player)
Phil Taylor (born 1960, Stoke-on-Trent), nicknamed The Power, English darts player; record 16-time world champion, 87 major titles, PDC founder in 1993, retired after 2018 final loss to Rob Cross.
Phil Verchota
Phil Verchota (Philip John Verchota, born 1956), American ice hockey left wing from Duluth, Minnesota; won 1980 Olympic gold with the Miracle on Ice team and captained the 1984 U.S. Olympic team; later a banking executive.
Phil Vickery (rugby union)
Phil Vickery, born 1976, English tighthead prop nicknamed Raging Bull; 73 England caps, 2003 World Cup winner, 2007 England captain, two Lions tours, Gloucester and Wasps.
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers, NBA team founded 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals, relocated to Philadelphia 1963. Three championships (1955, 1967, 1983), nine Finals appearances, all-time record 3170-2935, home at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Philadelphia Bell
Philadelphia Bell, WFL franchise 1974-1975, Philadelphia pro football team known for the Papergate attendance scandal and for hiring Willie Wood, the first Black pro football head coach since 1925; folded October 22, 1975.
Philadelphia Big 5
Philadelphia Big 5 (Big Five), an intracity college basketball association founded in 1955-56 among La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova, with Drexel joining women's play in 2024; Palestra-based round-robin, City Series champion, later Big 5 Classic.
Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles, NFL team in the NFC East founded July 8, 1933 from the Frankford Yellowjackets; three pre-Super Bowl NFL titles (1948, 1949, 1960) and Super Bowl wins LII and LIX, home at Lincoln Financial Field.
Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers: NHL expansion team (1967) in the Metropolitan Division, first expansion club to win the Stanley Cup (1974, 1975) as the Broad Street Bullies; rebuilding under GM Danny Brière after a playoff drought from 2020.
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies is an MLB team founded in 1883, recognized as the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise. They won World Series titles in 1980 and 2008.
Philadelphia Soul
The Philadelphia Soul was a professional arena football team based in Philadelphia, competing in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2019 and winning three championships.
Philadelphia WNBA team
Philadelphia WNBA team: an expansion franchise awarded June 30, 2025 as the WNBA's 18th team, owned by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment with a Comcast stake, playing in South Philadelphia from the 2030 season.
Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers, NFL quarterback (born 1981, Decatur, Alabama): Chargers 2004-2019 via the Eli Manning draft-day trade, Colts 2020, retired 2021, returned at 44 in December 2025 for three Colts games; 63,440 career passing yards, eight Pro Bowls, now coaches St. Michael Catholic High School.
Philip Witte
Philip Witte, born in Hamburg in 1984, is a German former field hockey forward who won Olympic gold with Germany at the 2008 Beijing Games.