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Skip Holtz
Skip Holtz (born 1964), American football coach, son of Lou Holtz; head coach at UConn, East Carolina, South Florida, and Louisiana Tech (118-98), then won three straight spring titles with the Birmingham Stallions (USFL 2022-23, UFL 2024) before leaving in December 2025.
Skittles (sport)
Skittles, a traditional European pin game and ancestor of ten-pin bowling, played with nine wooden pins in a diamond, rolled or thrown at with balls or cheeses; pub league sport of western England with many regional variants.
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Skylar Diggins-Smith, also listed as Skylar Diggins, is an American WNBA guard (born 1990, South Bend, Indiana) drafted third overall in 2013 by Tulsa; seven-time All-Star, 2014 Most Improved Player, 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist.
Skylar Thompson
Skylar Thompson, Kansas State quarterback drafted 247th overall by Miami in 2022; three-season Dolphins backup who started a 2022 playoff game, later with Pittsburgh Steelers.
Skyler Bell
Skyler Bell (born 2002, Bronx, NY) is a Buffalo Bills wide receiver, drafted 125th overall in 2026 from UConn, where he set school records with 101 catches, 1,278 yards, and 13 TDs in 2025 after transferring from Wisconsin.
Skyler Gill-Howard
Skyler Gill-Howard, Detroit Lions defensive tackle drafted 205th overall in 2026 out of Texas Tech; former Division II walk-on linebacker at Upper Iowa and Northern Illinois who gained 50 pounds, was a Burlsworth Trophy nominee, and made the Lions' roster as a rookie.
Skyler Thomas
Skyler Thomas (born 2003) is an NFL safety for the Chicago Bears, signed as a 2026 undrafted free agent after five seasons at Oregon State, where he had 191 tackles and was a senior team captain.
Slam dunk
Slam dunk: a basketball shot forcing the ball downward through the 3.05 m rim; first recorded 1936 by Joe Fortenberry, banned in college 1967-1976, showcased in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest since 1984.
Slam Dunk Contest
The Slam Dunk Contest is an annual NBA All-Star Weekend competition featuring judged dunks, first held in 1976 and held by the NBA since 1984.
Slap Shot
Slap Shot is a 1977 Universal comedy-drama directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd from her brother Ned's Johnstown Jets minor-league hockey experiences, starring Paul Newman as player-coach Reggie Dunlop; a cult classic about goon hockey.
Slavica Djukic
Slavica Djukic (Славица Ђукић), Serbian handball goalkeeper born 1960 in Veliko Gradište; Olympic gold 1984 with Yugoslavia, fourth 1988, fifth 1992 for Austria; 133 caps; three European Champions Cups.
Slavko Goluza
Slavko Goluža, Croatian handball center/left back born 1971 in Pješivac-Kula, two-time Olympic champion (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004), world champion 2003, later Croatia head coach with bronze at Euro 2012, London 2012, and Worlds 2013.
Slim Halderson
Slim Halderson (Haldor/Halldor Halldorson, 1900-1965), Canadian ice hockey forward with the Winnipeg Falcons; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold (nine goals in three games) and the 1925 Stanley Cup with the Victoria Cougars.
Sliotar
Sliotar: the leather-covered ball of hurling and camogie, 69–72 mm and 110–116 g under GAA Rule 4.4, now fluorescent yellow (Pantone 388), with chipped Smart Sliotars used in inter-county games.
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born 1993) is an American tennis player, 2017 US Open champion and 2018 French Open finalist who reached a career-high No. 3 ranking and won eight WTA singles titles including Miami 2018.
Slobodan Boskan
Slobodan Boškan (Слободан Бошкан), Serbian volleyball outside hitter born 1975 in Novi Sad; Olympic gold medalist at Sydney 2000 with Yugoslavia, 242 national-team caps, later coach and Vojvodina sports director.
Slobodan Miskovic
Slobodan Mišković (Слободан Мишковић), nicknamed Čile, Yugoslav handball player (1944–1997) of RK Crvenka; Olympic gold at Munich 1972, 1974 World bronze, 89 caps and 60 goals for Yugoslavia.
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team (Slovensko, SVK), governed by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF member since 1993; World gold 2002, silvers 2000 and 2012, first Olympic bronze 2022; ranked 9th.
Slovenia men's national basketball team
Slovenia men's national basketball team (Slovenian national selection, KZS): EuroBasket 2017 champions with MVP Goran Dragic and Luka Doncic; Tokyo 2020 fourth place; World Cup 2023 seventh; coached by Aleksander Sekulic.
Slugging percentage
Slugging percentage (SLG), or slugging average, is baseball's total bases per at-bat, weighting singles 1, doubles 2, triples 3, home runs 4; excludes walks. Career record: Josh Gibson .718.
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program represents Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. It began in 1915, won three national championships, and received the NCAA's first "death penalty" in 1987.
Smush Parker
Smush Parker (William Parker, born 1981, New York) is an American former NBA point guard from Fordham, undrafted, who started for the 2005-07 Lakers alongside Kobe Bryant, with whom he feuded publicly.
Smylie Kaufman
Smylie Kaufman (Carter Smylie Kaufman, born 1991), American golfer from Birmingham, Alabama; 2015 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winner with a final-round 61, later an NBC Sports and Golf Channel on-course analyst and host of The Smylie Show.
Snap (gridiron football)
Snap (gridiron football): the backward pass between the legs that starts every scrimmage play, made by the center. Types include under center, shotgun (QB 5-7 yards deep), and 7-15 yard long snaps for punts and kicks.
Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin, also known as Sonya, American tennis player born 1998 in Moscow; 2020 Australian Open champion, 2020 French Open runner-up, career-high No. 4, 2020 WTA Player of the Year.
Softball
Softball: bat-and-ball sport invented 1887 at Chicago's Farragut Boat Club by George Hancock; renamed softball in 1926; seven-inning WBSC rules; Olympic women's event since 1996.
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics: women's tournament, 21-27 July 2021, Yokohama and Fukushima. Japan beat USA 2-0 for a second straight gold; Canada took bronze; six teams competed.
Softball at the 2026 Asian Games
Softball at the 2026 Asian Games: women's softball at the 20th Asian Games in Anjo, Aichi, Japan, 26 September to 3 October 2026. Eight teams; Japan beat China 7-0 for gold, its seventh straight title; Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Softball at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): six-team women's round-robin tournament at OKC Softball Park (Devon Park), Oklahoma City, July 23–29, 2028, returning after Tokyo 2020; US leads all-time medals.
Softball at the Summer Olympics
Olympic women's fast-pitch softball tournament, also called softball at the Games; debuted Atlanta 1996, played 1996-2008 and Tokyo 2020, returns at LA 2028 in Oklahoma City; US leads with 3 golds.