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Bilyal Makhov

Bilyal Makhov (Билял Махов), Russian super-heavyweight wrestler born 1987 in Nalchik; three-time freestyle world champion (2007, 2009, 2010), 2015 double-style Worlds bronze medalist, London 2012 upgraded gold, later doping-disqualified, signed but never fought in UFC.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Binghamton Rumble Ponies, formerly Binghamton Mets, Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the New York Mets since 1992 at Mirabito Stadium; four Eastern League titles (1992, 1994, 2014, 2025), record 90-46 championship season in 2025.

Bingo (American version)

Bingo (American version), or 75-ball bingo: US/Canadian bingo played with 75 balls and a 5x5 B-I-N-G-O card of 24 numbers plus a free center, won by lines or patterns; popularized by Edwin Lowe from 1929 Beano.

Bino Bini

Bino Bini (1900–1974), Italian sabre fencer from Livorno, club C. S. Fides. Won team sabre gold at Paris 1924, team silver and individual bronze at Amsterdam 1928, and 1926 European sabre bronze.

Binokel

Binokel (Swabian Benoggl) is a Swabian trick-taking card game played with a 40-card Württemberg double deck, featuring melds, bidding from 150, and a Tapp; it is the direct ancestor of American Pinochle.

Biological passport

Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), WADA anti-doping program since 2009; monitors blood and urine markers longitudinally via a Bayesian adaptive model, with haematological, steroidal, and developing endocrine modules, to detect doping indirectly.

Biomutant

Biomutant (バイオミュータント) is a 2021 open-world post-apocalyptic action RPG by Sweden's Experiment 101, published by THQ Nordic; martial arts combat, mutations, crafting, six tribes, two endings, later PS5, Series, and Switch versions.

Bionicle

Bionicle (BIONICLE), LEGO's 2001-2010 biomechanical action-figure line from Technic parts with a deep transmedia mythology; rebooted 2015, retired 2016; saved LEGO from financial crisis.

BioShock

BioShock (2007), 2K Boston/2K Australia first-person shooter set in the undersea city Rapture, spiritual successor to System Shock 2; plasmids, Big Daddies, Ken Levine, over half a billion dollars retail revenue.

BioShock (series)

BioShock series: retrofuturistic FPS franchise by Ken Levine and Irrational Games, published by 2K. BioShock (2007), BioShock 2 (2010), Infinite (2013); Rapture, plasmids, Big Daddies; 25 million sold; BioShock 4 at Cloud Chamber delayed.

BioShock 2

BioShock 2 is a 2010 first-person shooter by 2K Marin, published by 2K Games, set 10 years after BioShock in Rapture; player is Subject Alpha, the first Big Daddy; Metascore 88.

BioShock Infinite

BioShock Infinite (2013) is Irrational Games' first-person shooter set in the flying city of Columbia, starring Booker DeWitt rescuing Elizabeth; sold ~11 million copies, PC Metascore 94, Switch port 2020 by Virtuos.

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea is a two-part 2013-2014 DLC by Irrational Games sending Booker and Elizabeth to a pre-fall Rapture, rebuilt in the Infinite engine; Episode 1 (Nov 12, 2013) is combat-based, Episode 2 (Mar 25, 2014) stealth-based with Elizabeth playable.

BioShock: The Collection

BioShock: The Collection is 2K's 2016 remaster of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite with all single-player DLC, Imagining BioShock commentary, 1080p/60fps by Blind Squirrel Games; Switch port 2020.

BioWare

BioWare: Canadian RPG studio founded February 1, 1995 in Edmonton by doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip; creator of Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age; acquired by EA in 2008.

Bir Bahadur Chettri

Bir Bahadur Chettri (born 1955) is an Indian field hockey goalkeeper from Bengal who played at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, where India finished seventh, and won gold in the men's tournament at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Bird's Opening

Bird's Opening is the chess opening starting 1.f4, a reversed Dutch Defence named for Henry Bird; ECO A02–A03, main reply 1...d5, sharpest test the From's Gambit 1...e5, rare in classical play and used as a blitz surprise weapon.

Birdie (Street Fighter)

Birdie is a Street Fighter character, a British punk and chain fighter who debuted as a 1987 NPC, became playable in Street Fighter Alpha, and returned redesigned and comedic in Street Fighter V with the Break Time V-Skill.

Birdo

Birdo (Catherine) is a pink egg-shooting dinosaur character in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise, debuting as a boss in Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) and Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988); noted for transgender representation and spin-off roles.

Birger Holmquist

Birger "Bigge" Holmquist (1900–1989), Swedish ice hockey and bandy forward; Europe's best player at Chamonix 1924, Olympic silver 1928, four Swedish titles with IK Göta, Hall of Fame 2012.

Birger Rosengren

Birger "Bian" Rosengren (1917–1977), Swedish footballer, right halfback for IFK Norrköping and captain of Sweden's gold-medal 1948 London Olympic football team; 9 caps, five Swedish titles.

Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper who won Olympic gold at the 1932 and 1936 Winter Games and silver in 1948, considered among the greatest ski jumpers ever.

Birger Sorvik

Birger Sorvik (Knut Birger Sörvik, 1879-1978), Swedish artistic gymnast from Göteborgs GF; won 1908 London Olympic gold in the men's team combined, Swedish system, with Sweden first of eight teams on 438 points; brother of Olympians Haakon and Leif Sörvik.

Birgit Fischer Schmidt

Birgit Fischer Schmidt (Birgit Fischer-Schmidt), German sprint kayaker born 1962, won 8 Olympic golds and 4 silvers from 1980 to 2004 for East Germany and Germany, plus 27 world titles.

Birgit Meineke

Birgit Meineke (Meineke-Heukrodt), born 1964 in Berlin, East German freestyle swimmer; 1982 triple world champion, five-time 1983 European champion, multiple world record holder, and victim of the GDR's Oral-Turinabol doping program; later a surgeon.

Birgit Peter

Birgit Peter, married name Peter-Händle, is a German rower born in 1964 who won Olympic gold for East Germany in 1988 and unified Germany in 1992.

Birgit Rockmeier

Birgit Rockmeier (born 1973, Moosburg an der Isar) is a retired German sprinter, twin of Gabi Rockmeier, who won 2001 world 4x100 m relay gold (awarded 2004) and 2002 European 4x400 m relay gold.

Birgit Schutz

Birgit Schütz (later Schiller), born 1958 in Brandenburg an der Havel, is an East German rower who won gold in the women's eight at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and 1978 world silver, rowing for SG Dynamo Potsdam.

Birgit Treiber

Birgit Treiber (born 1960, Oschatz), East German backstroke swimmer for SC Einheit Dresden; Olympic silver 100/200 m backstroke 1976, bronze 1980; 1975 world champion 200 m back; four world records; later a Leipzig dentist.