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Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 is a role-playing game based on the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, developed by Larian Studios, released for PC in 2023, and winner of Game of the Year 2023.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (SoA) is BioWare's 2000 AD&D 2nd-edition isometric RPG for Interplay/Black Isle, set in Amn, built on the Infinity Engine with real-time-with-pause combat, followed by Throne of Bhaal and the 2013 Enhanced Edition.
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal is BioWare's 2001 expansion to Shadows of Amn, set in Tethyr, raising the XP cap to 8 million (level 40), adding Watcher's Keep and Sarevok as a companion.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 Snowblind Studios action RPG for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and GBA, set in D&D's Forgotten Realms, with two-player local co-op, three classes, and a 2021 4K re-release.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a 2004 hack-and-slash action RPG by Black Isle Studios for PS2 and Xbox, a direct sequel to Dark Alliance, with five classes, item crafting, and a 2022 re-release.
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is a 256-page D&D 5th edition adventure book by Wizards of the Coast, released September 17, 2019, taking characters from levels 1 to 13 from Baldur's Gate into Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, featuring Zariel, soul coins, and infernal war machines.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is a 2012 remaster of BioWare's 1998 role-playing game Baldur's Gate, developed by Overhaul Games and led by founding BioWare developer Trent Oster.
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (TotSC) is BioWare and Interplay's 1999 expansion pack for Baldur's Gate, adding Ulgoth's Beard, Durlag's Tower, and the Ship of Balduran, raising the XP cap to 161,000, and later bundled into the Enhanced Edition.
Baleal Surfers Point
Baleal Surfers Point: surf zone at Baleal, a tombolo-linked peninsula 5 km north of Peniche, Portugal. Sheltered beginner beach breaks (Baleal Norte, Prainha, Cantinho da Baía), the Lagide left reef, WNW swell, NE wind, surf camps since 1993.
Bali Green Surf
Bali Green Surf (Bali Green Surf School) is a surf school on Bali's southwest coast, based at Jalan Drupadi No. 9 in Seminyak, offering lessons for all skill levels.
Bali United F.C.
Bali United F.C. (Serdadu Tridatu) is an Indonesian professional football club in Gianyar, Bali, founded 15 February 2015 from Persisam Putra Samarinda; two-time Liga 1 champion and first Indonesian club listed on the stock exchange (PT Bali Bintang Sejahtera Tbk, 2019 IPO).
Balin Miller
Balin Scott Miller (2002–2025), Alaskan alpinist and first soloist of Denali's Slovak Direct, also soloed Reality Bath and the French Connection; died at 23 rappelling off the end of his rope on El Capitan's Sea of Dreams.
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 (association football)
The association football ball is defined by IFAB Law 2: spherical, 68–70 cm, 410–450 g, 0.6–1.1 atm, with FIFA Quality marks required in official competitions. Covers construction, panel history from the 32-panel classic to the 2026 Trionda, and aerodynamics.
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).
Ball of the Century
Ball of the Century: Shane Warne's first Ashes delivery, a leg break that bowled Mike Gatting at Old Trafford on 4 June 1993, named by Robin Marlar and regarded as cricket's most famous ball.
Ball tampering
Ball tampering in cricket: illegally changing the match ball's condition (sandpaper, mints, bottle tops, sweetened saliva) to aid swing. Key cases: Waqar 2000 first ban, Tendulkar 2001, 2006 forfeited Oval Test, 2018 Sandpapergate, COVID saliva ban.
Ball x Pit
Ball x Pit (BALL x PIT), by Kenny Sun and Friends, published by Devolver Digital, is a 2025 brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite released October 15, 2025; sold 300,000 copies in five days, over 1 million total, on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch.
Baller League
Baller League: six-a-side indoor football league founded in Germany by Felix Starck, Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski; expanded to UK (KSI president, 2025) and USA (IShowSpeed, 2026); German operations suspended 2026.
Baller League UK – Season 1
Baller League UK Season 1 (2025): the inaugural British six-a-side indoor football competition, 12 teams at London's Copper Box Arena, won by Sharky's SDS FC 4-3 over MVPs United at The O2.
Ballkani
Ballkani, officially FC Ballkani, is a professional football club based in Suhareka, Kosovo, founded in 1947. It won its first Kosovo championship in 2022 and later became the first Kosovar club in a UEFA group stage.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) is football's annual individual award, created in 1956 by France Football, now co-organised with UEFA, voted by international journalists; a women's award was added in 2018.
Ballon d'Or Féminin
Ballon d'Or Féminin: annual award by France Football for the world's best female footballer, first given in 2018 to Ada Hegerberg. Voted by 50 journalists; Aitana Bonmatí won 2023-2025.
Balloon Kid
Balloon Kid (バルーンファイトGB) is a 1990 Game Boy platformer by Pax Softonica and Nintendo, sequel to Balloon Fight; Alice floats through eight auto-scrolling stages to rescue her brother Jim.
Balls Mahoney
Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner, 1972–2016), American hardcore wrestler, ECW chair-swinging "Freak", three-time ECW tag champion, later WWE ECW brand 2006–2008; died of a heart attack at 44.
Baloot
Baloot (البلوت) is Saudi Arabia's most popular card game, a four-player partnership trick-taking game derived from French Belote, played with 32 cards, Hokum and Sun contracts, projects, and a 152-point sakka.