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Björn Borg
Björn Borg (born 1956), Swedish tennis champion known as the Ice Man; won 11 Grand Slam titles (6 French Open, 5 Wimbledon 1976-80), 109 weeks at No. 1, retired at 26 in 1983.
Bjørn Borgen Hasløv
Bjørn Borgen Hasløv (born 1941, Copenhagen) is a Danish retired rower of Roforeningen KVIK who won gold in the men's coxless fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with Hansen, Petersen, and Helmudt.
Bjørn Dæhlie
Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 1967, Elverum) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and businessman: 8 Olympic golds and 12 medals, 9 World Championship golds, 46 World Cup wins, six overall titles, VO2 max 96.
Bjorn Ferm
Björn Ferm (Björn Bernt Ewald Ferm), Swedish modern pentathlete born 1944 in Jönköping; 1968 Olympic individual gold with 4964 points, beating András Balczó by 11 points; 6th at Munich 1972.
Bjorn Ferry
Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete born 1978 in Stensele, won the 2010 Vancouver Olympic 12.5 km pursuit gold, first Swedish male biathlon champion since 1960, later SVT expert.
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo (born 1993, Pittsburgh) is an American former pro tennis player, 2011 French Open boys' champion over Dominic Thiem, ATP singles high No. 99, and coach-husband of 2025 Australian Open winner Madison Keys.
Bjorn Lind
Björn Lind (Björn Johan Lind, born 1978), Swedish cross-country sprint skier; double gold medalist at Turin 2006 in individual sprint and team sprint with Thobias Fredriksson; 2005/06 sprint World Cup winner.
BK Häcken
BK Häcken (Bollklubben Häcken), football club founded 2 August 1940 on Hisingen, Gothenburg; men won Allsvenskan 2022 and Svenska Cupen 2016, 2019, 2023, 2025; women won Damallsvenskan 2025 and the inaugural UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026.
Black (video game)
Black (2006) is a single-player first-person shooter by Criterion Games, published by EA for PS2 and Xbox on February 28, 2006, known for destructible environments, weapon feel, and Metacritic scores of 77–79.
Black & White (video game)
Black & White (Lionhead Studios, EA, March 2001) is a PC god game set in Eden, known for its reinforcement-learning Creature AI, good/evil alignment system, Metacritic 90, 2.5 million PC sales, Creature Isle expansion, Black & White 2, and unavailability on digital stores.
Black belt (martial arts)
Black belt (martial arts): dan-grade rank marker from Jigoro Kano's Kodokan judo (1880s), with colored intermediate belts added by Koizumi (1926) and Kawaishi (1935); adopted by karate, taekwondo, and BJJ.
Black Caviar
Black Caviar (2006-2024), nicknamed Nelly, Australian Thoroughbred sprinter by Bel Esprit out of Helsinge; unbeaten in 25 starts, 15 Group 1 wins, 2012 Royal Ascot Diamond Jubilee winner; died of laminitis after her ninth foal.
Black Desert Online (검은사막)
Black Desert Online (검은사막) is Pearl Abyss's buy-to-play open-world action MMORPG, launched in Korea in December 2014 and the West in March 2016, known for action combat, node-worker economy, life skills, and grind-heavy RNG progression.
Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios, formerly Dragonplay, was Interplay's internal RPG division formed in 1996 under Feargus Urquhart; it developed Fallout, Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale, published BioWare's Baldur's Gate, and was shut down by Interplay in December 2003.
Black Lotus (Magic: The Gathering)
Black Lotus (Magic: The Gathering), Alpha 1993, Christopher Rush art; zero-cost artifact adding three mana of any color; Power Nine member, Vintage-restricted, Reserved List; record $3,000,000 sale.
Black Mesa (video game)
Black Mesa: Crowbar Collective's Valve-licensed Source-engine re-imagining of Half-Life (1998); 2004 mod origins, 2012 free mod, 2015 Early Access, full release March 2020 with rebuilt Xen.
Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话：悟空)
Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话：悟空) is a 2024 action role-playing game by the Chinese studio Game Science, adapting Journey to the West and widely called China's first AAA game, selling over 10 million copies in three days.
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗)
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗) is Game Science's second Black Myth title, a single-player action RPG starring the Taoist ghost-catcher Zhong Kui. Announced at Gamescom August 20, 2025; 15-minute gameplay trailer August 20, 2026; no release date; PC and consoles.
Black Opal
Black Opal (ბლექ ოპალ) is a luxury casino opened February 2023 at 30 Pekini Avenue, Tbilisi, Georgia, in the Onyx Hotel/Pekini Plaza; 13 tables, 115 slots, five poker variants, Ruby-Diamond-Black Opal status cards, open 24/7.
Black Sox Scandal
Black Sox Scandal: 1919 World Series fix by eight Chicago White Sox players, also called the Chicago Black Sox conspiracy. Indicted 1920, acquitted 1921, banned for life by Commissioner Landis; myths about Comiskey's cheapness debunked.
Black Widow (video game)
Black Widow is Atari's 1982 color vector arcade twin-stick shooter, also known as a Gravitar conversion kit, in which a spider defends a web from insects using two joysticks; remade as Black Widow: Recharged in 2021.
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers F.C. (Arte et Labore), English club founded 5 November 1875 at Blackburn, based at Ewood Park since 1890; three league titles (1912, 1914, 1995), six FA Cups, 2002 League Cup, founding member of the Football League and Premier League.
Blackforestwave
Blackforestwave: standing river-surfing wave in the Metzelgraben canal, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, run by blackforestwave e.V. since 2021; 4.5 m wide, pump-free, lowerable, ~80,000 euros, rebuilt as blackforestwave 2.0 from 2026.
Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2
Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2, an upcoming Hinterland Studio first-person survival RPG sequel to The Long Dark, set in Harmont one year after the Aurora, adding co-op, Will to Live, and Permalife; Early Access planned for 2027.
Blackheath F.C.
Blackheath F.C. (Blackheath Rugby), founded 1858 by old boys of Blackheath Proprietary School, is the oldest open rugby union club in continuous existence; FA founder that withdrew in 1863, RFU founder 1871, now in the Champ at Well Hall, Eltham.
Blackjack Mulligan
Blackjack Mulligan, the ring name of Robert Deroy Windham (1941/1942–2016), was an American professional wrestler, a 6-foot-9 outlaw-style heavyweight best known as half, with Blackjack Lanza, of The Blackjacks.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C., the Seasiders or Tangerines, is an English club founded 1887, based at Bloomfield Road. Won the 1953 FA Cup 4-3 over Bolton in the Matthews Final; second in the top flight 1956; now in League One.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blacksad: Under the Skin is a 2019 narrative adventure game by Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, published by Microids, based on the Blacksad comics; detective John Blacksad investigates a 1950s New York boxing scandal, Metascore 65.
Blackwater Bossing
Blackwater Bossing, formerly Blackwater Elite, is a PBA basketball team from Caloocan City owned by Dioceldo Sy of Ever Bilena. Joined the PBA in 2014; renamed Bossing in 2020 after Vic Sotto; ended a record 29-game losing streak in 2022.
Blackwood convention
Blackwood convention: contract bridge slam convention invented by Easley Blackwood in 1933; 4NT asks for aces (5♣ 0/4, 5♦ 1, 5♥ 2, 5♠ 3), 5NT asks for kings; variants include Roman Key Card Blackwood and Gerber.