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Babben Enger-Damon
Babben Enger-Damon (Barbra Mette Stockfleth Enger-Damon), born 19 September 1939 in Oslo, Norwegian cross-country skier; won 3x5 km relay gold at Grenoble 1968 with Aufles and Mørdre-Lammedal, Norway's first women's team Olympic gold.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didriksen, also known as Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911–1956), American multi-sport athlete; 1932 Olympic gold in javelin and 80m hurdles, silver in high jump; LPGA founder with 41 wins and 10 majors.
Babe Rockefeller
Babe Rockefeller, James Stillman Rockefeller (1902–2004), American rower and banker; won 1924 Olympic gold in men's eights for the USA, later president of National City Bank, grandson of William Rockefeller.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth Jr., 1895–1948), the Sultan of Swat and Bambino, American MLB slugger and pitcher; 714 home runs, 60 in 1927, inaugural 1936 Hall of Fame class, Yankees number 3 retired.
Babe Slater
Babe Slater (Colby Edmund Slater, 1896-1965), American rugby union player, two-time Olympic gold medalist (1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris) and captain of the 1924 U.S. team; first UC Davis alumnus to win Olympic gold.
Babel
Babel is a two-player board game by Uwe Rosenberg and Hagen Dorgathen, published by Kosmos in Germany in 2000, in which players build temples and attack their opponent's.
Babett Peter
Babett Peter, born 1988 in Oschatz, is a retired German left back with 118 caps, a 2007 World Cup, 2009 Euro, and 2016 Olympic gold; now Eintracht Frankfurt Women's sporting director.
Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari Phogat (born 1989, Balali, Haryana) is an Indian freestyle wrestler, sister of Geeta Phogat: 2010 CWG silver, 2014 CWG gold, 2018 CWG silver, 2012 world bronze, 2016 Olympian, Arjuna Award 2015.
Baboo Nimal
Baboo Nimal (Baburao Narasappa Nimal, 1908–1998), Indian field hockey player from Khadki, Maharashtra, affiliated with Bombay; won gold in men's hockey for British India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Baby Bonnie Hood
Baby Bonnie Hood, Bulleta (バレッタ) in Japan, is Capcom's Little Red Riding Hood-inspired human bounty hunter in Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior, 1997), the only full human and only gun-using fighter in the series.
Baby Shaker
Baby Shaker: 99-cent iPhone game by Sikalosoft, sold on Apple's App Store April 20, 2009; players shook the phone until X marks appeared over a crying baby's eyes; removed after two days following outrage and an Apple apology.
Baby Steps (video game)
Baby Steps: physics-based open-world walking simulator by Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch, published by Devolver Digital, released September 22, 2025 on PS5 and PC; players manually control each leg of Nate, a 35-year-old, to climb a mountain.
Bac Ninh FC
Bắc Ninh FC, Vietnamese football club founded late 2023 in Bắc Ninh province, won back-to-back promotions from the Second Division to the First Division (2025-26) and then to the V.League for 2026/27 after beating PVF-CAND 5-4 on penalties in the playoff.
Bacary Sagna
Bacary Sagna, born 1983 in Sens, France, is a former right-back for Auxerre, Arsenal, Manchester City, Benevento and Montreal Impact; 65 France caps, Euro 2016 finalist, FA Cup 2014 winner.
Baccarat
Baccarat (Baccara) is a casino banking card game where players bet on Player, Banker, or Tie hands nearest 9. Variants: Punto Banco, Chemin de Fer, Baccarat Banque; Banker bet edge 1.06%.
Bachendri Pal
Bachendri Pal (born 1954) is an Indian mountaineer, the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest, on 23 May 1984; Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee and longtime head of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation.
Baciga
Baciga (Báciga) is a Uruguayan fishing-type card game, a variant of Chorizo and Escoba, named for a declared three-card combination summing to 9 or less worth 2 points; played with a 40-card Spanish deck, captures totalling 15, and a 21-point target.
Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood is a cooperative first-person zombie shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in 2021, a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead with a rogue-lite card system.
Back alley
Back Alley, or Back Alley Bridge, is a North American military-origin trick-taking card game with varying hand sizes, random trumps, joker bloopers, and board bids.
Back to the Dawn
Back to the Dawn (动物迷城) is a 2025 prison escape RPG by Metal Head Games and Spiral Up Games, released 17 July 2025 after Early Access from 2 Nov 2023. Play fox reporter Thomas or panther agent Bob, with 21 in-game days, 100+ quests, and multiple endings.
Back to the Future: The Game
Back to the Future: The Game is Telltale Games' five-episode 2010 point-and-click adventure set after Back to the Future Part III, with Christopher Lloyd as Doc, AJ LoCascio as Marty, and Bob Gale advising.
Back-pass rule
Back-pass rule: IFAB Law 12 provision, introduced 1992, banning goalkeepers from handling deliberate kicks or throw-ins from team-mates; extended 1997 with the six-second rule, replaced by an eight-second corner-kick sanction in 2025.
Backboard (basketball)
Basketball backboard: the regulated panel behind the rim, made of tempered glass (FIBA Level 1, NBA) or acrylic and polycarbonate for residential hoops; dimensions, rebound tests, and material tradeoffs.
Backbone (company)
Backbone is a San Francisco gaming hardware and software company founded by Maneet Khaira in 2018 that makes the Backbone One and Backbone Pro snap-on smartphone controllers and companion app.
Backcountry (film)
Backcountry is a 2014 Canadian survival horror film written and directed by Adam MacDonald, starring Missy Peregrym and Jeff Roop, about a couple lost while camping.
Backgammon
Backgammon, also known as shesh besh, is a two-player board game in which each player moves fifteen checkers by dice rolls, aiming to bear them off first.
Backlash (2000)
Backlash (2000) was the WWF's second Backlash pay-per-view, held April 30, 2000 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., where The Rock beat Triple H with Shane McMahon as guest referee to win the WWF Championship.
Backlash (2001)
Backlash (2001), WWF pay-per-view, April 29, 2001, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois; third Backlash event; main event saw Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H beat Undertaker and Kane for the tag titles with three championships on the line.
Backlash (2002)
Backlash (2002) was the WWF pay-per-view of April 21, 2002 at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, where Hollywood Hulk Hogan beat Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship; the fourth Backlash and the last under the WWF name.
Backlash (2003)
Backlash (2003), WWE pay-per-view, April 27, 2003, Worcester Centrum; fifth Backlash and first under WWE name; Goldberg's WWE in-ring debut win over The Rock; Lesnar retained the WWE title against Cena; 345,000 buys.