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Earl Young
Earl Verdelle Young (born 1941, San Fernando, California), American quarter-miler and Abilene Christian alumnus; 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x400 m relay with a 3:02.2 world record, sixth in the 400 m, and two 1963 Pan American Games relay golds.
Earle Meadows
Earle Meadows (1913-1992), American pole vaulter, 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist at 4.35 m; shared 1937 world records of 4.48 and 4.54 m with USC teammate Bill Sefton, the "Heavenly Twins."
Earle Wells
Earle Leonard Wells (1933–2021), New Zealand sailor and Olympian No 205; with Danish-born skipper Helmer Pedersen won Flying Dutchman gold in Pandora at Tokyo 1964, New Zealand's second Olympic sailing gold.
Early access
Early access: a video game funding model where consumers buy and play alpha or beta builds while developers use funds and feedback to finish the game. Formalized by Steam's Early Access program, launched March 20, 2013 with twelve titles; known for abandonment risk and Steam's 12-month no-update note.
Early history of American football
Early history of American football, 1869-1906: Rutgers-Princeton first game, soccer-to-rugby transition, Walter Camp's scrimmage and downs rules, 1905 deaths crisis, Roosevelt reforms, and the 1906 forward pass.
Early history of video games
Early history of video games: Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device (1948), Nimrod (1951), OXO (1952), Tennis for Two (1958), Spacewar! (1962), Magnavox Odyssey and Pong (1972), and the disputed question of the first video game.
Early Paralympic classification schemes (1A–6, B1–3)
The early Paralympic classification schemes were medical, impairment-based systems, with spinal-cord classes 1A–6 and visual classes B1–3, that governed Paralympic sport from 1960 until the late 1980s.
Earned run average
Earned run average (ERA) is a baseball statistic measuring how many earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, credited to Henry Chadwick and officially adopted in 1912.
Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers (Earnie Dee Shaver, 1944-2022), "The Acorn," Alabama-born American heavyweight boxer, 74-14-1 with 68 knockouts, twice a title challenger (Ali 1977, Holmes 1979), famed as one of boxing's hardest punchers.
Earth Defense Force
Earth Defense Force (Chikyū Bōeigun) is a Sandlot/D3Publisher third-person shooter series begun in 2003 on PS2, pitting four soldier classes against giant alien hordes; EDF5 sold 1 million, EDF6 (2022) has 147 missions.
EarthBound
EarthBound (MOTHER 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushu) is a 1994 SNES RPG by Shigesato Itoi, released in North America in 1995; it sold poorly, became a cult classic, and was re-released on Wii U, 3DS, and Switch Online.
EarthBound 64
EarthBound 64 (Mother 3, MOTHER3) was the cancelled Nintendo 64 sequel to EarthBound, begun on SNES, moved to 64DD then cartridge, shown at Spaceworld 1999, cancelled August 2000, later released as GBA Mother 3 in Japan only.
EarthBound Halloween Hack
EarthBound Halloween Hack, also called Radiation's Halloween Hack: Bad Fur Day Edition, is a 2008 ROM hack of EarthBound by Toby Fox, made for Starmen.Net's Halloween Funfest; it originated Megalovania and precedes Undertale.
Earthdawn
Earthdawn: fantasy tabletop RPG by FASA, released 1993, set in Barsaive, linked to Shadowrun's magic cycle. Step dice system, adepts, Disciplines, 15 Circles; editions from FASA, Living Room Games, Redbrick, and FASA Games' Fourth Edition.
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim: 1994 Shiny Entertainment run-and-gun platformer for Sega Genesis, character by Doug TenNapel, published by Interplay; million-seller with sequels, cartoon, and comic.
Earthworm Jim 2
Earthworm Jim 2 is a 1995 run and gun platform game by Shiny Entertainment, the sequel to Earthworm Jim, starring an earthworm in a robotic suit.
East Africa at the Cricket World Cup
East Africa was a composite cricket team from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia that played in the inaugural 1975 Cricket World Cup, losing all three matches.
East Africa cricket team
East Africa cricket team: composite ICC Associate side (1966–1989) representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, later Zambia; played the 1975 World Cup, losing all three matches, and the 1979, 1982, 1986 ICC Trophies.
East Bengal Club (ইস্ট বেঙ্গল ক্লাব)
East Bengal Club (ইস্ট বেঙ্গল ক্লাব), or East Bengal FC, is a Kolkata football club founded 1 August 1920, ISL 2025-26 champion, and one side of the Kolkata Derby rivalry with Mohun Bagan, which it leads all-time.
East Germany at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
East Germany competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City with 4 athletics athletes, winning 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.
East Germany national football team
East Germany national football team (DDR, DFV), 1952-1990; only World Cup appearance 1974, beating West Germany 1-0 via Sparwasser in the states' only competitive meeting; Olympic gold 1976; merged into DFB at reunification.
East Stirlingshire F.C.
East Stirlingshire F.C., the Shire, is a Scottish football club in Falkirk founded 1881, now in the Lowland League East; Scottish Division Two champions 1931-32 and Alex Ferguson's first management job in 1974.
East–West Shrine Bowl
East–West Shrine Bowl (Shriners Children's East-West Bowl): annual college football all-star game, first played December 26, 1925 at Ewing Field, San Francisco; oldest US college all-star game, benefiting Shriners Children's and showcasing NFL draft prospects.
Eastbourne borough
Eastbourne Borough FC, "The Sports", is an English non-league club at Priory Lane, Eastbourne. Founded 1965 as Langney FC; reached the Conference Premier 2008-2011; relegated to the Isthmian League in 2026.
Easter egg (media)
Easter egg (media): an intentionally hidden joke, message, or feature in software, games, or film. Coined at Atari circa 1979 for Warren Robinett's hidden 'Created by Warren Robinett' room in Adventure; earlier hidden credits exist.
Eastern College Athletic Conference
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a 1938 collegiate athletic conference whose ECAC Esports division (inaugural season 2017) is one of the big four North American collegiate esports leagues, with 27 titles and 440+ schools.
Eastern Counties Football League
The Eastern Counties Football League, known as the Thurlow Nunn League, is an English football league founded in 1935 for clubs in East Anglia, playing at steps 5 and 6 of the National League System.
Eastleigh F.C.
Eastleigh F.C., the Spitfires, formerly Swaythling Athletic, is an English non-league club founded in 1946 in Southampton, playing at the Silverlake Stadium in the National League, fifth tier, since promotion as 2013-14 Conference South champions.
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, Cleveland Browns linebacker, born 2002 in Mission Viejo, CA; undrafted 2025 after Oregon State and USC; first-team All-Pac-12 in 2023.
Eastside Surf
Eastside Surf (이스트사이드서프) is a surf school and rental shop at 6 Changni-gil, Hyeonnam-myeon, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, near Jukdo and Ingu beaches; beginner lessons 80,000 won, distinct from the Wildwood NJ namesake.