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Baron Davis
Baron Davis (Baron Walter Louis Davis, born 1979, Los Angeles) is a former NBA point guard, 1999 No. 3 pick out of UCLA, two-time All-Star, and leader of the 2007 "We Believe" Warriors upset of Dallas, now an entrepreneur and producer.
Barrie Colts
Barrie Colts, Ontario Hockey League junior team in Barrie, Ontario, founded 1995; play at Sadlon Arena; won the 2000 J. Ross Robertson Cup and reached the 2000 Memorial Cup final; owned by John Careri since 2026.
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds (Barry Lamar Bonds, born 1964) is MLB's all-time leader in home runs (762) and walks (2,558), a seven-time NL MVP with Pittsburgh and San Francisco, still outside the Hall of Fame.
Barry Hall
Barry Hall, AFL power forward (born 1977), played 289 games and 746 goals for St Kilda, Sydney Swans, and Western Bulldogs; captained Sydney's 2005 premiership and entered the AFL Hall of Fame in 2017.
Barry Hearn
Barry Hearn OBE is an English sports promoter and founder of Matchroom Sport (1982), who as PDC and World Snooker chairman commercialized darts and snooker, chaired Leyton Orient, and received an OBE for services to sport.
Barry J. Sanders
Barry J. Sanders (Barry James Sanders), son of NFL great Barry Sanders, is a former running back who played at Stanford 2013-2015 and Oklahoma State in 2016 as a graduate transfer, then joined EA Sports on Madden instead of pursuing the NFL.
Barry Larkin
Barry Louis Larkin, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame shortstop (1986-2004), 1995 NL MVP, first shortstop with a 30-homer/30-steal season, 1990 World Series champion, elected to Cooperstown in 2012.
Barry Maister
Barry Maister (born 1948), New Zealand field hockey centre forward, NZ Olympian #235; won gold with the 1976 Montreal Black Sticks, played three Olympics with brother Selwyn, later NZOC secretary-general and IOC member 2010-2018.
Barry Odom
Barry Odom, American college football coach; former Missouri linebacker; head coach at Missouri 2016-19 (25-25), UNLV 2023-24 (19-8, 2023 Mountain West Coach of the Year), and Purdue from December 2024; Arkansas defensive coordinator 2020-22.
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders, Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma State running back (1988) and Detroit Lions star (1989-1998), rushed for 15,269 NFL yards, won the 1997 MVP, and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
Barry Switzer
Barry Switzer, Oklahoma football head coach 1973-88 (157-29-4, .837, three national titles), later Dallas Cowboys coach 1994-97 and Super Bowl XXX winner; nicknamed The King.
Barry Trotz
Barry Trotz, born 1962 in Winnipeg, is a Canadian hockey executive and former NHL coach who won the 2018 Stanley Cup with Washington and ranks fifth with 914 coaching wins.
Barry Zito
Barry Zito, MLB left-handed starting pitcher; 2002 AL Cy Young winner with Oakland Athletics, record $126M San Francisco Giants contract, 2012 World Series champion, later Nashville songwriter.
Bart Scott
Bart Scott, former NFL linebacker (Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, 2002-2012), undrafted from Southern Illinois, 1 Pro Bowl, 25.0 sacks, later CBS and ESPN New York analyst.
Bart Starr
Bart Starr (Bryan Bartlett Starr, 1934-2019), Green Bay Packers quarterback 1956-71, won five NFL titles and Super Bowls I and II (MVP both), 1966 NFL MVP, Hall of Fame 1977, later Packers coach 1975-83.
Barthelemy Chinenyeze
Barthelemy Chinenyeze, French middle blocker (born 1998, Coudekerque-Branche), two-time Olympic volleyball champion Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024; clubs Toulouse, Tours, Vibo Valentia, Milan, Lube Civitanova, Fenerbahçe.
Bartolo Colón
Bartolo Colón (Big Sexy), Dominican MLB pitcher (1997-2018), 247-188, 4.12 ERA, 2,535 strikeouts, 2005 AL Cy Young with the Angels; career wins leader among Latin American-born pitchers; 2012 testosterone suspension; 2024 Hall ballot drew five votes.
Bas van de Goor
Bas van de Goor (Sebastiaan Jacques Henri van de Goor, born 1971) is a Dutch middle blocker, 1996 Olympic volleyball champion and two-time Olympic MVP, later founder of the Bas van de Goor Foundation for diabetes and sport.
Baseball
Baseball: bat-and-ball sport, two teams of nine, nine innings, MLB's 162-game season. Origins via debunked 1839 Doubleday myth and 1905 Mills Commission; Hall of Fame in Cooperstown since 1939.
Baseball (ball)
Baseball (ball): the regulated sphere of cork-and-rubber core, yarn windings, and stitched leather cover used in baseball; 5 to 5.25 oz, 9 to 9.25 inches, 108 stitches; MLB and NPB versions differ in seam height.
Baseball (TV series)
Baseball, also known as Ken Burns Baseball, is a 1994 PBS documentary series by Ken Burns telling baseball's history in nine two-hour episodes called "innings," drawing 43 million viewers.
Baseball America
Baseball America, also called BA, is an American baseball media company founded by Allan Simpson in February 1981, bought by Miles Wolff in 1982 and moved to Durham, NC, known for draft, prospect, minor league, and college baseball coverage.
Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic baseball tournament at Tokyo 2020, held 28 July–7 August 2021; six teams competed, with Japan winning gold over the United States and the Dominican Republic taking bronze.
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), held 21-27 September 2026 in Okazaki and Toyohashi, Japan: eight teams, won by South Korea, which beat Japan 3-1 in the final for a fifth straight title; Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Baseball at the Summer Olympics
Baseball at the Summer Olympics: men's Olympic tournament, demonstration sport 1900-1988, official medal sport 1992-2008 and at Tokyo 2020 and LA 2028, paired with softball, Cuba leads medals.
Baseball bat
Baseball bat: the batter's club, solid wood in MLB (max 2.61 in diameter, 42 in long), aluminum/composite elsewhere; BBCOR and USABat/USSSA standards, sweet spot physics, and 2025 torpedo bats.
Baseball Canada
Baseball Canada, legally the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball, is the national governing body for amateur baseball in Canada, incorporated in Ottawa in 1964 and running nine national championships each summer.
Baseball cards
Baseball cards are trading cards showing baseball players, originally given away in cigarette and candy packs from the 1860s and now a collectibles market with individual sales in the millions.
Baseball color line
The Baseball color line, or Baseball color barrier, was a period of segregation that lasted roughly six decades, ending when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Baseball field
Baseball field, or diamond: the playing area for baseball, with a fixed 90-foot square infield, 60 ft 6 in pitching distance, and variable outfield dimensions set by each ballpark.