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Badminton players from Jiangsu
Badminton players from Jiangsu, China, produced by the Nanjing Sport Institute provincial team founded 1971: Sun Zhi'an, Yang Yang, Zhao Jianhua, Ge Fei, Gu Jun, Zhang Jun, Cai Yun, Shi Yuqi, He Bingjiao, Lu Guangzu.
Badminton players of the Americas, Africa and Oceania
Badminton players of the Americas, Africa and Oceania are international competitors from these three regions. Africa features leaders like Anuoluwapo Opeyori, and Oceania lists 26 Australian and 17 New Zealand players.
Badminton World Federation
Badminton World Federation (BWF), formerly International Badminton Federation (IBF), founded 5 July 1934 in London, renamed 2006; badminton's international governing body, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, 204 member associations, weighted voting, president Patama Leeswadtrakul.
Bailey Smith
Bailey Smith (born 2000) is an AFL midfielder, drafted pick 7 by the Western Bulldogs in 2018, traded to Geelong in 2024; 2025 All-Australian, joint AFLCA Champion Player, third in the Brownlow Medal.
Bailey Zappe
Bailey Zappe, quarterback from Victoria, Texas; played at Houston Baptist and Western Kentucky, set 2021 FBS single-season records with 5,967 yards and 62 TDs, drafted 137th overall by the Patriots in 2022, later Chiefs and Browns.
Baker Bowl
Baker Bowl (National League Park), Philadelphia ballpark at Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue, Phillies home 1887-1938; rebuilt 1895 with cantilever steel-and-brick design, 1903 collapse killed 12, short 281-foot right field, Babe Ruth's final at-bat.
Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield (born 1995) is an NFL quarterback, 2017 Heisman winner at Oklahoma, first overall 2018 pick of the Browns, now Tampa Bay Buccaneers starter and franchise-record contract holder.
Bakshish Singh
Bakshish Singh (Bakshish Sandhu Singh, 1929–1970), Indian field hockey right back with Punjab Police; won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold and 1958 Asian Games silver; distinct from a 1924-born wrestler of the same name.
Balbir Singh, Sr.
Balbir Singh Sr. (Balbir Singh Dosanjh, 1923-2020), Indian field hockey centre-forward who won Olympic gold in 1948, 1952, and 1956, scored a record five goals in the 1952 final, captained the 1956 team, received the Padma Shri in 1957, and managed India's 1975 World Cup-winning side.
Balk
Balk: an illegal, deceptive pitching motion in baseball with runners on base; runners advance one base. 13 listed acts, 1898 origin, 1988's 924-balk season, and MLB's 2023 two-disengagement limit.
Balkrishan Singh
Balkrishan Singh was an Indian field hockey full-back and coach who won Olympic gold as a player at Melbourne 1956 and as coach at Moscow 1980.
Ball
Ball: the spherical object used instead of a puck in hockey-family sports such as field hockey, ball hockey (street hockey), and floorball; FIH, ISBHF, and IFF set standards for each game's ball.
Ball (gridiron football)
Oval leather ball of gridiron football: a prolate spheroid, 11–11¼ inches, 14–15 ounces, inflated 12.5–13.5 psi, made by Wilson in Ada, Ohio, with league-specific NFL, NCAA, NFHS, and CFL rules.
Ball Arena
Ball Arena, known as the Pepsi Center until 2020, is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, home to the Nuggets, Avalanche, and Colorado Mammoth since opening in 1999.
Ball badminton
Ball badminton (बॉल बैडमिंटन) is an Indian racquet sport from Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, played since 1856 with a yellow woolen ball on a 12 x 24 m court, five a side, governed by the BBFI (formed 1954).
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles, American League East MLB team at Oriole Park at Camden Yards since 1992; moved from St. Louis as the Browns in 1954; three World Series titles (1966, 1970, 1983), Earl Weaver era, Ripken's streak, Rubenstein ownership.
Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)
Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899), original NL/AA franchise, won three straight NL pennants 1894–1896 under Ned Hanlon with inside baseball; stars sold to Brooklyn, folded 1899; 1901 AL successor became the Yankees.
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens, NFL AFC North team founded 1996 after Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore; named via Baltimore Sun fan poll after Edgar Allan Poe's poem; two-time Super Bowl champions (XXXV, XLVII), play at M&T Bank Stadium.
Bam Adebayo
Bam Adebayo (Edrice Femi Adebayo), Miami Heat center-forward drafted 14th in 2017 out of Kentucky; three-time All-Star, five-time All-Defensive pick, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and scorer of the NBA's second-highest single-game total, 83 points in 2026.
Bam Adebayo's 83-point game
Bam Adebayo's 83-point game: verified NBA performance, March 10, 2026, Heat 150-129 Wizards; second-highest single-game total ever behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100, with NBA-record 36 free throws made on 43 attempts.
Banana Ball
Banana Ball, also called Banana Ball rules of the Savannah Bananas, is an 11-rule fast baseball variant with inning points, a two-hour limit, fan foul-ball outs, and a six-team BBCL touring league.
Bando
Bando is a traditional Welsh stick-and-ball team sport, related to hurling and shinty, popular in Glamorgan until the late nineteenth century and revived from 2025 by Campau Celtaidd Cymru.
Bandu Patil
Bandu Patil (1936–1988) was an Indian field hockey player who won Olympic gold at the 1964 Tokyo Games and Asian Games silver in 1962.
Bandy
Bandy: eleven-a-side ice team sport with a ball and curved sticks on a football-pitch-sized rink, governed by the FIB (founded 1955, Stockholm); strongest in Russia and the Nordics, IOC-recognized.
Bank of America Stadium
Bank of America Stadium, formerly Ericsson Stadium, is a 75,037-seat open-air stadium in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, home to the NFL's Carolina Panthers since 1996 and MLS's Charlotte FC since 2022, now undergoing a $1.3 billion renovation through 2030.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (Gin Kings), PBA team owned by Ginebra San Miguel Inc. of San Miguel Corporation; most popular PBA club, eleven titles, Tim Cone coach, won the 2026 Commissioner's Cup over TNT.
Barbarian F.C.
Barbarian F.C. (Baa-Baas), the invitational rugby union club founded in England in 1890 by W.P. Carpmael, with no ground or subscription, famous for the 1973 All Blacks match and black-and-white hoops.
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech tennis player, born 1995 in Brno): two Grand Slam singles titles (Roland Garros 2021, Wimbledon 2024), seven women's doubles majors with Katerina Siniakova, three Australian Open mixed doubles titles, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic doubles gold.
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (Strycova), Czech tennis player, former WTA doubles World No. 1 with 32 doubles titles, two-time Wimbledon doubles champion with Hsieh Su-wei (2019, 2023), 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, retired 2023, now Czech Billie Jean King Cup captain.
Barkevious Mingo
Barkevious Mingo, NFL outside linebacker from West Monroe, Louisiana; LSU star drafted sixth overall by Cleveland in 2013; 126 games, 12.5 sacks, six teams in six seasons, one Super Bowl.