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Big Three (Miami Heat)
The Big Three (Miami Heat): LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, 2010-2014; four straight NBA Finals, championships in 2012 and 2013, formed after 'The Decision' with discounted contracts.
Big Three (Spain)
Big Three (Spain), los tres grandes: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético de Madrid, the dominant clubs of La Liga. They hold 76 of 93 league titles and 70.5% of measured club economic variables (2008–2019).
Big Three (tennis)
Big Three (tennis) refers to Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, who won 66 Grand Slam titles between 2003 and 2023; Djokovic holds the record 24 majors and Nadal a record 14 French Opens.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a Disney mine-train roller coaster, the 'wildest ride in the wilderness,' designed by Tony Baxter; opened at Disneyland in 1979, with versions at Walt Disney World (1980), Tokyo Disneyland (1987), and Disneyland Paris (1992).
Big two
Big Two (鋤大地, Choh Dai Di, Da Lao Er, Pusoy Dos) is a four-player Chinese climbing card game, 13 cards each, where the 2 is the highest rank, the 3 of diamonds opens, and players shed singles, pairs, triples, and five-card poker hands.
Big Van Vader
Big Van Vader (real name Leon Allen White, also Bull Power) was an American professional wrestler and former NFL lineman, a three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
Big Walk
Big Walk: cooperative online walker-talker by House House (Untitled Goose Game), published by Panic, released August 4, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Switch 2; 2-12 players, proximity voice chat as core mechanic.
Big wave surfing
Big wave surfing: riding waves of roughly 20 feet or more, from Hawaiian paddle-in roots at Waimea Bay to tow-in surfing at Jaws and Nazaré; records, The Eddie, and injury risk.
Big3
BIG3 is a professional half-court 3-on-3 basketball league founded in 2017 by Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, played under Fireball3 rules: first to 50 points, 14-second shot clock, three 30-foot four-point circles. Eight teams, summer CBS broadcasts, 2026 brings its ninth season and a public-listing merger.
Bigfoot 200
Bigfoot 200: 200.1-mile point-to-point ultramarathon in Washington's Cascades from Mount St. Helens to Randle, first held 2015 by Destination Trail; 44,082 ft gain, 107-hour cutoff, Triple Crown of 200s middle race.
Bijan Robinson
Bijan Robinson (born 2002) is an Atlanta Falcons running back from Tucson, drafted eighth overall in 2023 out of Texas; 2025 NFL leader with 2,298 scrimmage yards, first-team All-Pro, and record $75 million extension.
Bilateral T20I series between full members
A bilateral T20I series between full members is a multi-match Twenty20 International cricket series between two full-member nations, typically two to five matches, distinct from ICC global events.
Bill Allen
Bill Allen (William Charles Allen) is an American competitive sailor who won Soling gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics crewing for Buddy Melges, and a renowned E Scow racer.
Bill Baillie
Bill Baillie (1934–18) was a New Zealand distance runner, sixth in the 1964 Olympic 5000 m, who set world records for 20,000 m and one hour in 1963 and won 15 New Zealand titles.
Bill Baker
Bill Baker (William Robert Baker, born 1956) is an American defenseman who won 1980 Olympic hockey gold with the "Miracle on Ice" team, scored the tying goal against Sweden, played 143 NHL games, and became an oral surgeon.
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett (William Melvin Barrett), American swimmer, UCLA 1980-82; set 200m IM world record 2:03.24 at 1980 Olympic Trials, boycotted Moscow Olympics, won three NCAA 200-yard IM titles, captained UCLA's 1982 NCAA title team.
Bill Beaumont
Bill Beaumont (born 1952) is an English former rugby union lock who captained England to the 1980 Grand Slam and the 1980 Lions tour of South Africa, then served as World Rugby Chairman 2016-2024 before Brett Robinson succeeded him.
Bill Becklean
Bill Becklean (William Russell Becklean, born 23 June 1936, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American rowing coxswain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after coxing Yale's crews.
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick, American football coach; six Super Bowls as Patriots head coach (2000-2023), two more with the Giants; 302-165 regular-season record; UNC head coach since December 2024.
Bill Bentsen
Bill Bentsen (William Bruce Bentsen, 1930–2020), American Olympic sailor: bronze Flying Dutchman Tokyo 1964 and gold Soling Munich 1972 crewing for Buddy Melges, later a leading racing rules administrator.
Bill Bidwill
Bill Bidwill (1931-2019), longtime owner of the Arizona Cardinals, sole owner from 1972, moved the team from St. Louis to Arizona in 1988, reached the 2008 Super Bowl, and pioneered NFL minority hiring.
Bill Bowerman
Bill Bowerman (1911–1999), University of Oregon track coach 1948–1972, won four NCAA titles, coached 33 Olympians, co-founded Nike with Phil Knight, and invented the waffle sole using his wife's waffle iron.
Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner (William Joseph Buckner, 1949–2019), American MLB first baseman and left fielder over 22 seasons (1969–1990) with the Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox, Angels, and Royals; 2,715 hits, 1980 NL batting title, and the famous Game 6 error in the 1986 World Series.
Bill Carr (olympedia 40578)
Bill Carr (William John Carr, 1876-1942), Irish-born American rower with Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eights at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Not the 1932 sprinter Bill Carr.
Bill Carr (olympedia 78205)
Bill Carr (William Arthur Carr, 1909-1966), American quarter-miler, Olympedia athlete 78205; won 1932 Olympic 400m gold in world record 46.2 and relay gold in 3:08.2; career ended by 1933 car crash.
Bill Cartwright
Bill Cartwright (James William Cartwright, born 1957) is a 7-foot-1 American center, third pick of the 1979 NBA Draft, Knicks All-Star, three-time Bulls champion 1991-93, and Bulls head coach 2001-03.
Bill Cleary, Jr.
Bill Cleary, Jr. (William John Cleary Jr., born 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts), American ice hockey forward; Olympic silver 1956 and gold 1960, Harvard record-setting scorer, Harvard head coach (1989 NCAA title), and athletic director.
Bill Cockburn
Bill Cockburn (William Hastings Cockburn, 1902-1975), Canadian ice hockey goaltender; captain of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, 1931 Allan Cup winner and 1932 Lake Placid Olympic gold medallist, the only goaltender to captain Team Canada at the Olympics.
Bill Cooper
Bill Cooper (William Hunting Cooper, 1910-1968), American sailor and UCLA-trained engineer with Douglas Aircraft; won 8 metres class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita, crewing for his uncle Owen Churchill.
Bill Cowher
Bill Cowher (William Laird Cowher, born 1957) is a former NFL head coach who led the Pittsburgh Steelers 1992-2006, going 149-90-1, winning Super Bowl XL, and entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020; now a CBS analyst.