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Bobby Roode
Bobby Roode (Robert Francis Roode Jr., born 1976), Canadian wrestler; TNA star 2004-2016 (Beer Money, longest TNA World Heavyweight reign at 256 days), NXT Champion 2017, now a WWE producer after neck fusion surgery.
Bobby Rosenfeld
Bobby Rosenfeld, born Fanny Rosenfeld, was a Canadian athlete who won relay gold and 100 m silver at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, then became a sportswriter.
Bobby Ryan
Bobby Ryan (born 1987), American NHL right wing, second overall 2005 draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks; played for Anaheim, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings, 569 points in 866 games, 2020 Bill Masterton Trophy winner.
Bobby Seay
Bobby Seay (Robert Michael Seay, b. 1978), American left-handed relief pitcher, 2001-2009 with Devil Rays, Rockies, Tigers; 2000 Olympic gold medalist; 1996 first-round draft loophole free agent.
Bobby Shantz
Bobby Shantz (Robert Clayton Shantz), born 1925, American left-handed pitcher 1949–1964; 1952 AL MVP (24-7), eight straight Gold Gloves 1957–64, 1957 ERA title, last living Philadelphia Athletic.
Bobby Stewart
Bobby Stewart, American former pro boxer and counselor at Tryon School for Boys, discovered young Mike Tyson, taught him boxing basics, and introduced him to trainer Cus D'Amato in Catskill, N.Y., launching Tyson's championship career.
Bobby Thomson
Bobby Thomson (1923–2010), the Flying Scot, was a Glasgow-born MLB outfielder for the New York Giants who hit the 1951 "Shot Heard 'Round the World" off Ralph Branca; 264 career home runs, not a Hall of Famer.
Bobby Unser
Bobby Unser (1934-2021), American racing driver, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1968, 1975, 1981), two-time USAC champion, and dominant Pikes Peak Hill Climb figure; brother of four-time winner Al Unser.
Bobby Valentine
Bobby Valentine (Bobby V), born 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut, is a former MLB player and manager of the Rangers, Mets, Red Sox, and Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines; 2000 NL pennant, 2005 Japan Series title, 1999 dugout disguise.
Bobby Wagner
Bobby Wagner, born 1990, is an NFL linebacker from Utah State drafted 47th overall in 2012 by Seattle; Super Bowl XLVIII champion, 11-time All-Pro, Seahawks all-time tackles leader (1,564), third player ever with 2,000 career tackles, and 2025 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year.
Bobby Weaver
Bobby Weaver (Robert Brooks Weaver, born 1958), American freestyle wrestler, 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 48 kg, Lehigh University's only Olympic champion, 1979 World silver medalist, National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member.
Bobby Witt Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr. (Robert Andrew Witt Jr., born 2000) is the Kansas City Royals' star shortstop, drafted 2nd overall in 2019, a 3x All-Star with a 2024 batting title, 30/30 seasons, and an 11-year, $288.7M extension.
Bobby Zamora
Bobby Zamora, English centre-forward; clubs Brighton, Tottenham, West Ham, Fulham, QPR; 28 goals in 194 Premier League games, two England caps, 2005 play-off final winner, 2010 Europa League finalist.
Bobo Brazil
Bobo Brazil, ring name of Houston Harris (1924-1998), American professional wrestler from Benton Harbor, Michigan; WWE Hall of Fame 1994, 1962 NWA World title win over Buddy Rogers, Coco Butt finisher, pioneer for Black wrestlers.
Bobsledder
A bobsledder is an athlete who competes in bobsleigh, pushing the sled over the first 50 meters and steering it down an ice track at up to 150 km/h.
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh, also called bobsled, is a winter sliding sport on the Olympic program since Chamonix 1924, now with four events: two-man, four-man, two-woman, and women's monobob, raced over four heats on ice tracks at speeds above 130 km/h.
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, also called bobsled, features two-man, four-man, two-woman, and women's monobob events over four heats on an ice track; held every Games since Chamonix 1924 except Squaw Valley 1960, with Germany leading the medal table.
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) is Canada's non-profit national governing body for bobsleigh and skeleton, based in Calgary. It fields national teams to IBSF World Cup circuits and the Olympics, funded about $1.8M federally in 2024/25.
Bobsleigh World Cup
Bobsleigh World Cup, IBSF season-long circuit of about eight races November to February on artificial tracks in 2-man, 4-man, 2-woman, and women's monobob; Laura Nolte led the 2025/26 women's standings.
Boca Barranca
Boca Barranca, Costa Rica: a left-hand rivermouth point break near Puntarenas and Puerto Caldera, the country's second longest left after Pavones, with 300-800 m rides, best on south swells from May to September.
Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors (Club Atlético Boca Juniors), Argentine football club founded 3 April 1905 in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Six Copa Libertadores, 18 Conmebol titles, home at La Bombonera (54,000), Superclásico rival of River Plate.
Bocce
Bocce (Italian bocci) is an Italian boules sport: players roll 107 mm, 920 g balls toward a 40 mm pallino on a 26.5 x 4 m court, scoring by closeness; distinct from boccia and pétanque.
Boccia
Boccia (Italian for "to bowl") is a Paralympic precision ball sport with no Olympic counterpart, played by athletes with neurological impairments in classes BC1-BC4, throwing six balls toward a jack.
Boccia classification
Boccia classification divides Paralympic boccia athletes into sport classes BC1-BC4 by impairment impact, via four-stage evaluation by panels of a physiotherapist, technical classifier, and medical doctor under World Boccia rules.
Bodacious (bull)
Bodacious, the yellow 1,900-pound Charbray bucking bull owned by Sammy Andrews, competed 1992-1995, bucked off 127 of 135 riders, injured Tuff Hedeman, won PRCA and PBR titles, and died in 2000.
Bode Miller
Bode Miller (born 1977, Easton, New Hampshire) is an American former alpine ski racer: six Olympic medals including 2010 super-combined gold, four world titles, 33 World Cup wins, and two overall globes (2005, 2008).
Bodhana Sivanandan
Bodhana Sivanandan, born 2015, is an English chess prodigy from Harrow, London, who became the youngest woman grandmaster in history at age 11 at the 2026 Women's Chess Olympiad.
Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding: a judged physique sport of maximal muscle size, symmetry, and low body fat, founded by Eugen Sandow (first contest 1901), with Mr. Olympia since 1965, volume-load-driven hypertrophy training, and drug-tested natural federations.
Bodycam (video game)
Bodycam is a tactical multiplayer FPS by French studio Reissad Studio, in Unreal Engine 5, Steam Early Access June 7, 2024, body-camera view with no HUD, modes including Wingman, Body Bomb, and Zombies.
Bodyline
Bodyline, or fast leg theory, was England's 1932–33 Ashes tactic of bowling fast short balls at Australian batsmen's bodies with packed leg-side fields, devised by Douglas Jardine to curb Don Bradman; it caused a diplomatic row and rule changes.