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Boneyards

Boneyards: name shared by the 48-hour Boneyard Blast softball tournament in Reno, Nevada; Boneyard Skateparks in Clarksville, TN and Cheshire, England; and several US music venues and dog bars.

Bong Jung Geun

Bong Jung Geun (봉중근, also Jung Keun Bong), South Korean left-handed pitcher born 1980 in Seoul. MLB 2002-04 with Braves and Reds, 2008 Olympic baseball gold with Korea, LG Twins closer, 2009 WBC All-Tournament Team.

Bonga Surf School

Bonga Surf School (Bonga Surf Family ASD), Porto Ferro near Alghero, Sardinia; founded 2013 by longboarder Marco "Bonga" Pistidda; three-level surf and SUP courses, Surf Therapy, SurFedAut, Girl Surf Power; 4.7/5 reviews.

Bongcloud Attack

Bongcloud Attack (Bongcloud Opening), 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2, ECO C20: a meme chess opening that forfeits castling and blocks development; famous for the 2021 Carlsen–Nakamura Double Bongcloud draw.

Bonk (series)

Bonk (PC Genjin, PC原人) is a video game series of 2D platformers starring a big-headed caveman mascot of NEC's PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, beginning with Bonk's Adventure (1989) by Red Company, Atlus, and Hudson Soft.

Bonnie Blair

Bonnie Blair (Bonnie Kathleen Blair-Cruikshank), born 1964 in Cornwall, New York, American speed skater; most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian with five golds and one bronze; only woman to win the Olympic 500 m at three straight Games (1988, 1992, 1994).

Bonnie Mealing

Bonnie Mealing (Philomena Alecia Mealing-Johnston, 1912-2002), Australian backstroke swimmer; 100 m backstroke world record holder 1930-1932 and silver medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

Bonnie Stoll

Bonnie Stoll, American former pro racquetball player and personal trainer, was Diana Nyad's head handler and coach for the 2013 Cuba-to-Florida swim; co-founder of BravaBody and EverWalk; portrayed by Jodie Foster in Nyad.

Bonus (basketball)

Bonus (penalty situation) in basketball: once a team exceeds its team-foul quota (NBA/FIBA four per quarter, NCAA seven and ten per half, NFHS five per quarter), subsequent common fouls award free throws; thresholds and formats differ by rulebook.

Boo Carter

Boo Carter (Orlando Boo Carter) is a college football defensive back and punt returner from Chattanooga, Tennessee, who played 2024-25 at Tennessee, earned 2024 SEC All-Freshman honors, was dismissed in November 2025, and transferred to Colorado for 2026.

Boo Kullberg

Boo Kullberg (Anders Boo Georg Kullberg, 1889-1962), Swedish gymnast, won 1912 Olympic gold in the Swedish system team event and introduced Swedish gymnastics in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1913.

Boobie Feaster

Boobie Feaster (Ethan Feaster) is a USC Trojans wide receiver, No. 1, a reclassified four-star recruit from DeSoto High School in Texas who entered college at 17 in 2026.

Boobie Miles

James "Boobie" Miles is a former Texas high school running back whose career-ending 1988 knee injury became a central story of the book and film Friday Night Lights.

Boog Powell

Boog Powell (John Wesley Powell, born 1941) is a former MLB first baseman and left fielder, 1970 AL MVP and two-time World Series champion with the Baltimore Orioles, later known for Boog's BBQ at Camden Yards.

Booger McFarland

Booger McFarland (Anthony Darelle McFarland), former LSU and NFL defensive tackle, No. 15 pick in 1999, two-time Super Bowl champion (XXXVII, XLI), now an ESPN college and NFL analyst and NFL PrimeTime co-host.

Boogie Knight

Boogie Knight, born Jeremiah Knight, is an American football wide receiver who played at Akron and Louisiana-Monroe, then won X League rookie of the year in Japan.

Booker T (wrestler)

Booker T is the ring name of Robert Booker Tio Huffman, an American wrestler who won 21 titles in WCW and is a six-time world champion.

Boom Beach

Boom Beach is Supercell's free-to-play combat strategy game (soft-launched November 2013) set in a tropical archipelago where players fight the Blackguard, run Task Force Operations, and since April 2026 play on Windows PC.

Boomer Esiason

Boomer Esiason (Norman Julius Esiason), left-handed NFL quarterback for Bengals, Jets, Cardinals; 1988 AP MVP with 3,572 yards, 28 TDs; later CBS broadcaster and cystic fibrosis foundation founder.

Boomtown

Boomtown (La Fièvre de l'Or) is a 2004 auction card game by Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti for 3–5 players, where winning bids are paid to neighboring players; 2005 Spiel des Jahres recommendation.

Boop

boop. is a 2022 two-player abstract strategy board game by Scott Brady, published by Smirk & Laughter Games; a cat-themed update of Gekitai in which placing pieces pushes neighbors and three cats in a row wins.

Bop It

Bop It, a Hasbro Parker Brothers handheld electronic audio game created by Dan Klitsner (first released 1996/1997), issues voice commands like Bop it, Twist it, Pull it; over 30 million sold, with Solo and Pass It modes.

Bora Kostic

Bora Kostic (Borivoje Kostić, 1930–2011), Yugoslav left winger for Red Star Belgrade; 580 games and 539 goals for the club, captain of Yugoslavia's 1960 Olympic gold team, and runner-up at the 1960 European Nations' Cup.

Bora Milutinović

Velibor "Bora" Milutinović (Велибор Милутиновић), born 1944, Serbian football manager who coached five different nations at five consecutive World Cups (Mexico 1986 to China 2002) and eight national teams in total.

Border–Gavaskar Trophy

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: the India-Australia Test cricket series trophy, instituted 1996-97 and named for Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar; India lead 22-19 in Tests since inception, Australia won the 2024-25 edition 3-1.

Borderlands (film)

Borderlands is a 2024 American science fiction action comedy directed by Eli Roth, starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart, based on Gearbox's Borderlands video games.

Borderlands (series)

Borderlands: Gearbox Software and 2K's looter-shooter FPS/RPG series begun in 2009, known for procedural billions of weapons, cel-shaded art, Pandora, Handsome Jack, Borderlands 3's 5-million-unit launch, and Borderlands 4 (2025) on Kairos.

Borderlands (video game)

Borderlands is Gearbox Software's 2009 shooter-looter for 2K, set on Pandora, blending FPS combat with Diablo-style procedural weapon loot; it founded a four-game, roughly $1 billion franchise.

Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 (2012) is Gearbox Software's shooter-looter sequel on Pandora, pitting four-player co-op Vault Hunters against Handsome Jack and Hyperion; Metacritic 89, over 30 million units sold, highest-rated mainline Borderlands game.

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 is Gearbox Software's 2019 looter-shooter, the fourth main Borderlands entry, released September 13, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and Epic Games Store PC, with four Vault Hunters, dynamic co-op scaling, and a Metacritic of 81.