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Stan Mikita
Stan Mikita (Stanislav Gvoth, 1940-2018), Slovak-born NHL center, played 22 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks; 1,467 points, four Art Ross, two Hart, two Lady Byng, 1961 Stanley Cup, curved-stick pioneer.
Stan Musial
Stan Musial (Stanley Frank Musial, "Stan the Man"), 1920-2013, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder and first baseman 1941-1963; 3,630 hits, .331 average, 475 home runs, three NL MVPs, three World Series titles, Hall of Fame 1969 first ballot.
Stan Smith
Stan Smith (born 1946, Pasadena, CA) is an American tennis player, 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon champion, world No. 1 in 1972, and namesake of the best-selling Adidas Stan Smith shoe; Hall of Fame president since 2011.
Stan Van Gundy
Stan Van Gundy (born 1959), NBA head coach of the Heat, Magic, Pistons, and Pelicans, 554-425 regular season, 2009 NBA Finals with Orlando; brother of Jeff Van Gundy, later a TNT and Prime Video analyst.
Stan Wagner
Stan Wagner (Ulysses Stanley Wagner, 1908–2002), Canadian ice hockey goaltender; Allan Cup 1931 with Winnipeg Hockey Club and 1932 Winter Olympics gold with Canada; later a northern aviation pilot and manager.
Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka, known as Stan the Man, is a Swiss tennis player who won the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, and 2016 US Open.
Stanford Cardinal
The Stanford Cardinal, formerly the Stanford Indians, are the athletic teams of Stanford University in Stanford, California, best known for the Big Game football rivalry with UC Berkeley.
Stanford Cardinal football
Stanford Cardinal football: Stanford University's NCAA Division I FBS team, now in the ACC (joined 2024). Two claimed national titles (1926, 1940), 15 conference championships, home at Stanford Stadium, annual Big Game rivalry with California.
Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium: Stanford Cardinal football venue in Stanford, California, opened 1921 with the Big Game, rebuilt 2006 at 50,424 seats; hosted Super Bowl XIX and 1994 World Cup matches.
Stanislav Kulinchenko
Stanislav Kulinchenko (born 1971) is a retired Russian handball playmaker who won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, the 1997 world title, and the 1996 European championship with Russia.
Stanislav Petukhov
Stanislav Afanasyevich Petukhov (Станислав Афанасьевич Петухов), born 19 August 1937 in Moscow, is a Soviet ice hockey forward-defender, Dynamo Moscow 1956–68, Olympic champion 1964 and bronze medalist 1960, later Dynamo coach.
Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup, or Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, is the NHL's championship trophy, donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, first won by Montreal AAA in 1893, NHL-exclusive since 1926-27.
Stanley Cup Finals
Stanley Cup Final, NHL's annual best-of-seven championship series between conference winners for the Stanley Cup; NHL-exclusive since 1926-27, best-of-seven since 1939; recent champions Florida Panthers (2025) and Carolina Hurricanes (2026).
Stanley Cup playoffs
Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason tournament; 16 teams, four best-of-7 rounds, division-based bracket with wild cards; champion wins the Stanley Cup, awarded to NHL playoff champion since 1926-27.
Stanley Johnson (basketball)
Stanley Johnson (born 1996) is an American forward, 2015 NBA draft eighth pick by Detroit, later Pelicans, Raptors, Lakers, and Spurs; 449 NBA games, 6.2 PPG, now in Japan's B.League with Gunma.
Starlin Castro
Starlin Castro (Starlin DeJesus Castro), Dominican MLB infielder born 1990, four-time All-Star with Cubs, Yankees, Marlins, Nationals; record six RBI in 2010 MLB debut, 1,722 career hits, .280 average.
Starling Marte
Starling Javier Marte (born 1988, Santo Domingo) is a Dominican MLB outfielder, 2x All-Star and 2x Gold Glove winner, career .284 with active-leading 361 steals and 107 outfield assists, now with the Royals.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena, formerly Philips Arena, is Atlanta's NBA arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks since 1999 and the Atlanta Dream from 2027, with a 16,888 basketball capacity and a $192.5 million 2017-18 renovation.
State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium, formerly University of Phoenix Stadium, is the Arizona Cardinals' NFL stadium in Glendale, Arizona, opened 2006, with a retractable roof and roll-out natural grass field; host of Super Bowls XLII, XLIX, LVII and NCAA Final Fours.
State of Origin results and statistics
State of Origin results and statistics: Queensland vs New South Wales rugby league series since 8 July 1980. Queensland leads 27 series and 73 matches to NSW's 18 and 63; first game won 20-10 at Lang Park.
State of Origin series
State of Origin series: annual three-game NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons rugby league series, begun 8 July 1980 at Lang Park (Queensland 20-10), birth-state eligibility, not Test caps.
Staten Island Yankees
Staten Island Yankees, the "Baby Bombers": New York–Penn League short-season Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees, 1999–2020, six league titles, played at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, eliminated in MLB's 2020 minor league reorganization and replaced by the independent FerryHawks.
Steagles
Steagles: 1943 NFL team formed by the wartime merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers (officially the Phil-Pitt Combine); co-coached by Neale and Kiesling, finished 5-4-1.
Steel Curtain
Steel Curtain: nickname of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive line (Joe Greene, Ernie Holmes, L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White) and later the whole defense; a play on Iron Curtain, backing four Super Bowl wins.
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player (born 1966, Vastervik), six-time Grand Slam singles champion (Australian 1985/87, Wimbledon 1988/90, US Open 1991/92), world No. 1 in singles and doubles, famed serve-and-volleyer, later coached Roger Federer.
Stefan Joksimović
Stefan Joksimović (born 2008) is a Slovenian basketball guard for Baskonia and the 2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket MVP, a projected 2027 NBA Draft first-round pick.
Stefan Liv
Stefan Liv (Patryk Śliz), Swedish goaltender born in Gdynia 1980; HV71 legend with three Swedish titles, 2006 Olympic and World gold; died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.
Stefan Saliger
Stefan Saliger, born 1967 in Limburg an der Lahn, German field hockey player, 174 caps, Olympic gold 1992 Barcelona, European champion 1991, three Champions Trophy wins, clubs Limburger HC, Harvestehuder THC, Uhlenhorster HC.
Stefan Tewes
Stefan Tewes (born 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr), German field hockey goalkeeper, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist (2-1 final vs Australia), brother of Jan Peter Tewes; 37 caps, 1991 European champion, later co-founder of Coffee Fellows.
Stefanie Dolson
Stefanie Dolson (Big Mama Stef), born 1992, American WNBA center, 6-5, drafted 6th overall 2014 by Washington Mystics; 2021 champion with Chicago Sky, 2x All-Star, 2x NCAA champion at UConn, first Olympic women's 3x3 gold (Tokyo 2020), now Seattle Storm.