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Glossary of baseball terms
Glossary of baseball terms: official rules vocabulary (strike zone, infield fly, fielder's choice), statistics (batting average, OPS+, wOBA, wRC+, save, blown save), and slang (walk-off, can of corn, southpaw), with origins and 2023-2025 rule and Statcast additions.
Glossary of basketball terms
Glossary of basketball terms: reference vocabulary of the game, covering FIBA and NBA court areas (elbow, wing, block), actions (pick and roll, give-and-go), fouls, goaltending, and stats; FIBA rules differ from NBA rules in game length, fouls, and three-point distance.
Glossary of bowling
Glossary of bowling: the terminology of tenpin bowling, covering scoring marks (strike, spare, turkey, perfect game 300), pin leaves (split, baby split, bucket), and lane terms (pocket, Brooklyn, hook, gutter ball), with rule-based counts from PBA and USBC-style play.
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary of contract bridge terms: reference vocabulary of the card game bridge, covering auction, contract, book, dummy, vulnerability, conventions such as Stayman, Blackwood, 0314/1430, takeout double, matchpoints, IMPs, and duplicate tournament terms.
Glossary of cue sports terms
A glossary of cue sports terms, also called a glossary of pool and billiards terms, defining the vocabulary of pool, carom billiards, and snooker, the three principal cue sport disciplines.
Glossary of curling
Glossary of curling: reference list of curling terms (sheet, house, hammer, hog line, take-out, bonspiel, Brier) from Curling Canada, USA Curling, and World Curling rules, including 2026 sweeping regulations.
Glossary of cycling
A glossary of cycling is a reference list of bicycle terms, spanning formal ISO standards like ISO 8090, enthusiast jargon, and French racing words such as peloton.
Glossary of darts
Glossary of darts: reference vocabulary of the sport, covering oche (2.37 m throwing line), ton, 180 maximum, bogey numbers, nine-darter, Big Fish 170, madhouse, bust, and equipment terms like barrel, shaft, and flight.
Glossary of equestrian terms
Glossary of equestrian terms, also called Glossary of equestrianism, is a reference list of specialized vocabulary for horses, riding, and horse care, covering tack, gaits, and rider aids.
Glossary of golf
Glossary of golf: the specialized vocabulary of golf, including scoring terms (par, bogey, birdie, albatross), Rules of Golf terminology (penalty area, club-length), handicap terms, and match play terms like dormie and foursomes.
Glossary of motorsport terms
Glossary of motorsport terms: cross-discipline vocabulary of motor racing, covering F1, IndyCar, WEC, WRC, MotoGP and drag racing. Includes understeer/oversteer, flags, safety car vs VSC vs FCY, tyre compounds, and 2026 F1 terms like Overtake Mode.
Glossary of poker terms
Glossary of poker terms: reference vocabulary of poker, also called poker jargon or lingo. Covers betting actions (all-in, check-raise), forced bets (ante, blinds), hand names (set, nuts), tournament terms (bubble, satellite), and strategy terms (equity, pot odds, SPR).
Glossary of rowing terms
The glossary of rowing terms, also called a list of rowing terms, defines the sport's vocabulary: boat codes, the coxswain, stroke phases, and race formats like regattas.
Glossary of solitaire terms
Glossary of solitaire terms: patience vocabulary including tableau, foundation, stock, waste, free cells, reserve, run, and wrapping, with Klondike, Spider, and FreeCell differences.
Glossary of tennis terms
Glossary of tennis terms: reference list of tennis vocabulary, including love (zero), deuce, advantage, ace, let, break point, court lines, and shot names, per ITF and USTA definitions.
Gloucester Rugby
Gloucester Rugby, the Cherry & Whites, English rugby union club founded 1873, playing at Kingsholm Stadium in the Premiership; owned by Martin St Quinton, with Chris Boyd as Technical Director from 2026.
Glover Teixeira
Glover Teixeira (born 1979) is a Brazilian former UFC light heavyweight champion who won the title at 42 by submitting Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267, retired in January 2023 with UFC LHW records for finishes and submissions, and returned in 2026 to box Shogun Rua.
Glynn Saulters
Glynn Saulters (born 1945, Minden, Louisiana), American basketball guard; 1968 Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, record 2,134-point scorer at Northeast Louisiana (ULM), one ABA season with the New Orleans Buccaneers.
Gnav
Gnav, a traditional Norwegian and Danish one-card swap-and-bluff game of the Cuckoo family, played with 42 special cards or wooden pieces (21 ranks, two each, cuckoo highest, fool lowest) whose five matadors trigger special swap effects.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Croatian football club founded 26 April 1911 as Građanski, renamed Dinamo in 1945, Croatia 1993, Dinamo again 2000; 36 titles, 1967 Fairs Cup, Maksimir Stadium.
Go
Go (weiqi, baduk, igo) is an ancient 19×19 abstract strategy board game of surrounding territory. Key facts: territory vs area scoring, komi 6.5–7.5, 10^170 positions, AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol 2016, ~1,800 professionals.
Go (game)
Go (weiqi, baduk): ancient Chinese territory board game on a 19×19 grid, 3,000-4,000 years old, with professional traditions in Japan, Korea, and China and superhuman AI play since AlphaGo (2016).
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles, Dutch Eredivisie club from Deventer, founded 1902 as Be Quick, renamed Go Ahead 1905; four national titles (last 1933), first KNVB Cup 2025, stadium De Adelaarshorst.
Go And Surf
Go And Surf (Go&Surf), surf school founded 1996 at Labenne Océan and Ondres, Landes, France, by Landes instructors including Benoît Goxes; surf, bodyboard, and stand up paddle lessons, chalets 30 m from the ocean, and a week-long surf camp.
Go Fish
Go Fish, also called Fish, is a children's card game for 2-6 players using a 52-card deck: ask opponents for ranks you hold, draw from the stock on a miss, and win with the most four-card books.
Go Gi Hyeon
Go Gi Hyeon (고기현, also Ko Gi-Hyun), born 1986, South Korean short track speed skater; 2002 Olympic 1500 m gold and 1000 m silver, first women's Olympic 1500 m short track champion, later sports administrator and referee.
Go ranks and ratings
Go ranks and ratings: kyu/dan grade scale plus numerical systems (EGF GoR, AGA Elo-type, Glicko-2 on OGS); 100 points per rank, 1 dan = 2100 EGF, 2021 floor move to 30 kyu.
Go stop
Go-Stop (고스톱), also called Godori, is a Korean fishing card game played with the 48-card hwatu deck, derived from Japanese hanafuda and popular in Korea since the 1960s and 1970s.
Go, Cubs, Go
Go, Cubs, Go is the Chicago Cubs' 1984 victory anthem, written by folk singer Steve Goodman for WGN radio, played at Wrigley Field after every Cubs home win; Goodman died of leukemia days before the 1984 division clinch.
Goal celebration
Goal celebration: the gestures and rituals after scoring in football, permitted by IFAB Law 12 but limited (no shirt removal, no excess); famous examples include the Tardelli scream and Bebeto's baby rock.