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Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon: world's oldest annual marathon, run since 1897 from Hopkinton to Boston on Patriots' Day; B.A.A.-organized, qualifying-time entry, wheelchair division pioneer, world-record-ineligible downhill course.
Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox, formerly Boston Americans, MLB American League East team founded 1901 in Boston. Nine World Series titles (1903-2018), home at Fenway Park since 1912, ended the 86-year Curse of the Bambino in 2004.
Boston Scott
Boston Scott (Boston Nealand Scott, born 1995) is a retired NFL running back from Baton Rouge, a Louisiana Tech walk-on and 2018 sixth-round pick who played six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, became the 'Giant killer' with 10 TDs vs. New York, and later joined esports org Dignitas.
Boston United F.C.
Boston United F.C., the Pilgrims, an English football club founded 1933 in Boston, Lincolnshire; Northern Premier League founder member and four-time champions, Conference winners 2002, Football League 2002-2007, National League since 2024.
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, the Glorioso, is a Rio de Janeiro multi-sport club formed 8 December 1942 by merging Club de Regatas Botafogo (1894) and Botafogo Football Club (1904); Brasileirão champion 1968, 1995, 2024 and Libertadores winner 2024, now run as a SAF under John Textor.
Botanicus
Botanicus is a 2024 worker placement board game by Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini, published by Hans im Glück, for 2–4 players growing botanical gardens; it made the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024 recommendation list and has the Das Gewächshaus expansion.
Both Gach
Both Gach (born 1999, Austin, Minnesota) is a South Sudanese-American 6-6 wing; Utah/Minnesota NCAA player, 2022 undrafted, EuroCup winner with JL Bourg, now ASVEL EuroLeague, South Sudan national team.
Botham's Test, 1981 Headingley
Botham's Test is the 1981 Headingley Ashes Test in which England, following on 227 behind, won by 18 runs after Ian Botham's 149 not out.
Botic van de Zandschulp
Botic van de Zandschulp, Dutch tennis player (born 1995, Wageningen), career-high ATP No. 22, 2021 US Open quarterfinalist from qualifying, and giant-killer who beat Alcaraz (2024 US Open), Nadal (2024 Davis Cup), and Djokovic (2025 Indian Wells).
Botifarra
Botifarra is a Catalan point-trick card game for four players in fixed partnerships, using a Spanish 48-card deck and arising around 1940 as a variant of Manilla.
Botola
Botola (البطولة, from Arabic buṭūla, championship): Morocco's professional football league, run by the LNFP under FRMF delegation. Botola Pro 1 has 16 clubs over 30 matchdays; it is Africa's highest-rated league in Opta's global ranking.
Botond Storcz
Botond Storcz, born 1975 in Budapest, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker who won three Olympic golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and later coached the national team.
Bottleneck (K2)
Bottleneck (K2): a 91-m couloir at about 8,200–8,300 m on the Abruzzi Spur, 400 m below K2's summit, crossed by all main routes beneath a 90-m serac; site of most K2 deaths, including 11 in the 2008 disaster.
Boubacar Kamara
Boubacar Bernard Kamara, French midfielder/centre-back born 1999 in Marseille; Marseille academy product, Aston Villa player since July 2022 on a free transfer, 5 France caps, Euro 2024 squad, contract to 2030.
Boudewijn Zenden
Boudewijn 'Bolo' Zenden (born 1976, Maastricht) is a Dutch former left-sided winger and midfielder who won league titles with PSV and Barcelona, the 2004 League Cup with Middlesbrough, and played in the 2007 Champions League final with Liverpool; 54 Netherlands caps.
Bouillotte
Bouillotte, French vying card game of the Brelan family, introduced around the French Revolution; four players, 20-card pack, three cards plus a turned card; ancestor of Poker, supplanted by it.
Bouldering
Bouldering is a form of ropeless rock climbing on short routes called problems, typically under 6 meters high, with falls cushioned by crash pads at the base.
Boule lyonnaise
Boule lyonnaise, also called sport-boules, is a precision boules sport in which players roll steel balls toward a jack or knock away opponents' balls with a running throw.
Boules at the Mediterranean Games
Boules at the Mediterranean Games: Sport-Boules (progressive and precision shooting, raffa, pétanque) within the four-yearly ICMG Mediterranean Games since 1951; Taranto 2026 golds went to France (Marsens, Groléaz), Slovenia, and Tunisia.
Boules sports
Boules is a family of target ball games, chiefly pétanque, boule lyonnaise, jeu provençal, and raffa, in which metal balls are thrown toward a small wooden jack; governed internationally since 1985, contested at the World Games.
Boules sports at the World Games
Boules sports at the World Games: pétanque, lyonnaise, and raffa competitions at the IWGA's multi-sport event, on the program since London 1985, with France leading the all-time medal table.
Bouna Sarr
Bouna Sarr, born 1992 in Lyon, Senegalese right-back and former winger; FC Metz, Marseille, Bayern Munich (2020-24, three Bundesliga titles, 2021 Club World Cup); 2021 AFCON winner with Senegal; returned to Metz in 2026 after 818 days out.
Bouncer (cricket)
Bouncer (cricket): short-pitched fast delivery rising toward the batter's chest or head; also called bumper. Limited to two per over in Tests and ODIs, one in T20Is; defined by Law 41.6 shoulder-height rule; central to the 1932-33 Bodyline controversy.
Bound for Glory (2024)
Bound for Glory 2024, TNA Wrestling's October 26, 2024 pay-per-view at Wayne State Fieldhouse, Detroit; Slamovich won the Knockouts Title, The Hardys won the tag titles, Nemeth retained over Hendry.
Bound for Glory (2025)
Bound for Glory 2025 (BFG 2025) was TNA Wrestling's 21st annual flagship pay-per-view, held October 12, 2025 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, where Mike Santana won the TNA World Championship from Trick Williams.
Bound for Glory (2026)
Bound for Glory (2026), TNA Wrestling's 22nd annual flagship pay-per-view, held October 11, 2026 at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida; Leon Slater won the TNA World Championship from Nic Nemeth, and ODB, Amazing Red, and Konnan entered the Hall of Fame.
Boundary (cricket)
Boundary (cricket): the edge of the playing field and the four or six runs scored when the ball reaches it, governed by MCC Law 19, including rope rules, boundary catches, and overthrows.
Bourre
Bourre (bourré, Booray, Boo-Ray) is a Louisiana Cajun trick-taking gambling card game of French origin for 2–8 players, best with seven; anyone who plays and wins no trick must match the pot.
Bow and arrow
Bow and arrow: a limb-and-string projectile weapon storing muscular energy. Main types are recurve (Olympic), compound (1960s pulley design with let-off), longbow, and crossbow; draw weights range from 15 to 200 lbs.
Bow Echo (horse)
Bow Echo (foaled 1 March 2023) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred colt by Night of Thunder who retired unbeaten in 6 starts, winning the 2000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, and Sussex Stakes in 2026 for trainer George Boughey.