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Thomas & Mack Center
Thomas & Mack Center: multipurpose arena at UNLV in Las Vegas, opened 1983 for ~$30 million, home of Runnin' Rebels basketball, the National Finals Rodeo since 1985, and the NBA Summer League.
Thomas Arnoldsen
Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen (born 2002, Skanderborg) is a Danish handball centre back for Aalborg Håndbold; Olympic, world, and European champion with Denmark, unbeaten in 33 caps, CL top scorer 99 goals in 2025/26.
Thomas Briels
Thomas Briels, born 1987 in Wilrijk, Belgium, is a field hockey player, four-time Olympian, Red Lions captain, 2018 world champion, Rio 2016 silver and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist with 359 caps.
Thomas Bryant
Thomas Bryant (born 1997) is an American NBA center-forward, Indiana alum, 2017 second-round pick, 2023 champion with Denver, now a Cleveland Cavaliers backup big.
Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup is the world men's team badminton championship, held every two years since 1982 and staged alongside the women's Uber Cup since 1984.
Thomas du Toit
Thomas du Toit (born 1995, Cape Town), nicknamed The Tank, is a South African Springbok prop and 2019 Rugby World Cup winner who played for the Sharks, then Bath from 2023, winning the 2025 Premiership and Challenge Cup double before rejoining the Sharks for 2026/27.
Thomas Ford (American football)
Thomas Ford Jr. (born c. 1981, Seattle) is an American college football coach and Idaho Vandals' 37th head coach since December 2024, the program's first African American head coach; former Linfield star running back, Simon Fraser and Stadium HS head coach.
Thomas Haugh
Thomas Haugh, Florida Gators senior forward (6-9, 215) from New Oxford, Pa.; 2025 national champion sixth man, 2026 All-American averaging 17.1 points, returned for 2026-27 as a 2027 NBA draft prospect.
Thomas Jones (American football)
Thomas Jones (Thomas Quinn Jones, born 1978, Big Stone Gap, VA), NFL running back from Virginia; 7th overall pick in 2000 by Arizona; 12 seasons, 10,591 rushing yards, 68 TDs; 2008 Pro Bowl with Jets.
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player, the "King of Clay"; 1995 French Open champion, world No. 1 from 12 February 1996, 44 ATP titles, comeback after a 1989 drunk-driving accident.
Thomas Rawls
Thomas Rawls (born 1993) is a former NFL running back, undrafted in 2015 out of Central Michigan, whose 830-yard, 5.6-yards-per-carry rookie season with Seattle ended with a broken ankle; he finished with 1,336 career rushing yards.
Thomas Robinson (basketball)
Thomas Robinson (born 1991) is an American forward from Washington, D.C., a Kansas star drafted fifth overall by Sacramento in 2012 who played 313 NBA games and later a 13-country international career.
Thomas S. Ricketts
Thomas S. Ricketts, also known as Thomas Stuart Ricketts, is an American financier and owner of the Chicago Cubs, which his family bought for $845 million in 2009.
Thomas Saggese
Thomas Saggese (born 2002) is an MLB utility player for the St. Louis Cardinals; drafted 145th overall by Texas in 2020, traded in 2023, 2023 Texas League MVP, MLB debut September 10, 2024.
Thomas Sorber
Thomas Sorber (born 2005, Trenton, NJ) is an NBA forward-center drafted 15th overall in 2025 by the Oklahoma City Thunder after one All-Big East Third Team freshman season at Georgetown, later sidelined by foot surgery and a torn right-knee ACL.
Thon Maker
Thon Maker, born 1997 in South Sudan, is an Australian 7-foot forward-center drafted 10th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2016, the first straight-from-high-school draftee in over a decade, later playing in Europe, Asia, and Saudi Arabia.
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh's circular multipurpose home of the Pirates and Steelers from 1970 to 2000, cost $55 million, hosted two World Series titles, and was imploded in February 2001.
Three seconds rule
Three seconds rule (règle des trois secondes): basketball rule limiting an offensive player to three consecutive seconds in the lane during frontcourt possession; the NBA alone adds a defensive three-second technical foul, absent in FIBA and NCAA.
Three-peat
A three-peat is the winning of three consecutive championships by one participant in sports, a term coined by Lakers coach Pat Riley, who trademarked it in 1988.
Three-Point Contest
Three-Point Contest (NBA All-Star Saturday Night shooting event, also Three-Point Shootout), held since 1986; Larry Bird, Craig Hodges, and Damian Lillard share the record of three titles; Lillard won 2026 with 29 points over Devin Booker's 27.
Three-point field goal
Three-point field goal: a basketball shot from behind the three-point arc worth three points. NBA line 23'9" (22' corners), FIBA 6.75 m; first used in the 1945 Hobson scrimmage, ABL 1961, ABA 1967, NBA 1979-80.
Throwball
Throwball: non-contact net sport for two teams of seven who catch and throw the ball, rally scoring to 25. Originated as a 1930s women's game in England and Australia; developed in India under the Throwball Federation of India (1985).
Thunderstruck (2012 film)
Thunderstruck is a 2012 American children's sports fantasy comedy directed by John Whitesell, starring NBA star Kevin Durant as himself, in which a high school benchwarmer magically gains Durant's basketball talent.
Thur Borren
Thur Borren (Arthur Thurman Borren, born 1949, Eindhoven) is a New Zealand field hockey player; he won gold with New Zealand at Montreal 1976 and placed ninth at Munich 1972, brother of Olympian Jan Borren.
Thurman Munson
Thurman Munson (1947-1979), New York Yankees catcher and captain, No. 15 retired; 1970 AL Rookie of the Year, 1976 AL MVP, seven All-Star nods, three Gold Gloves; died piloting a Cessna Citation at Akron-Canton Airport.
Thurman Thomas
Thurman Thomas (The Therminator), Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame running back, 1988-99; 1991 NFL MVP, four straight Super Bowls, 12,074 rushing yards, No. 34 retired.
Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter, Brazilian center born 1985 in Joinville; 2014 NBA champion with San Antonio Spurs, first Brazilian-born NBA title winner; now Chicago Bulls head coach.
Tian Qing
Tian Qing (田卿), born 1986 in Hunan, is a retired Chinese badminton player; with Zhao Yunlei she won 2012 Olympic women's doubles gold and the 2014 and 2015 World Championships.
Tibor Weißenborn
Tibor Weißenborn, German field hockey midfielder born 1981 in West Berlin; Olympic gold 2008 and bronze 2004, World Cup 2002/2006, 324 caps; later head coach of Rot-Weiss Köln women.
Tie Domi
Tie Domi (Tahir Domi), Canadian NHL enforcer born 1969 in Windsor, Ontario; played 1,020 games for Rangers, Jets, Maple Leafs; record 333 fights, 3,515 penalty minutes, third all-time; Leafs all-time PIM leader; father of Max Domi.