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High Limit Racing

High Limit Racing, co-founded by Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet, is a national 410 winged sprint car series launched in 2023 that expanded in 2024 to rival the World of Outlaws with big purses and charters.

High low jack

High low jack, another name for All Fours (also Seven Up, Old Sledge; descendant Pitch/Setback), a 17th-century English trick-taking card game scoring one point each for high, low, jack, and game.

High on Life (video game)

High on Life is a 2022 comedic first-person shooter by Squanch Games and Justin Roiland, featuring talking alien guns fighting a cartel that uses humans as drugs; biggest 2022 Game Pass launch, 7.5 million players, Metacritic 67.

High on Life 2

High on Life 2 (2026) is Squanch Games' comedic first-person shooter sequel to High on Life, released February 13, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, with skateboarding replacing sprinting and talking alien guns; ESRB M, Metacritic 75.

High school baseball in the United States

High school baseball in the United States is interscholastic baseball played under National Federation of State High School Associations rules, with each state association running its own seasons and championships.

High school football

High school football: American football played at US secondary schools under NFHS rules (Texas uses NCAA rules). Over 1 million boys play 11-player football annually; notable for Friday night culture, concussion and heat safety issues, and fast-growing girls flag football.

High School Story

High School Story is a 2013 mobile simulation game by Pixelberry Studios where players found and run a high school, recruit classmates, and date; it ended service in 2022 after inspiring a Choices adaptation.

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is an Intel-developed link encryption specification, licensed by Digital Content Protection LLC, protecting copyrighted video over HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, and other links; versions 1.0 through 2.3, broken academically in 2001.

High-definition remasters for PlayStation consoles

High-definition remasters for PlayStation consoles: PS2/PS3 games re-released in 1080p on PS3, starting with God of War Collection (17 November 2009) and The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (2011), largely by Bluepoint Games.

Highest unclimbed mountain

Highest unclimbed mountain: Gangkhar Puensum (གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ), 7,570 m, Bhutan's highest peak, unclimbed due to Bhutan's 1994/2003 mountaineering bans; five failed attempts 1985–1986.

Highguard

Highguard: free-to-play 3v3 PvP raid shooter by Wildlight Entertainment (ex-Apex Legends/Titanfall devs), revealed at The Game Awards 2025, launched January 26, 2026, shut down March 12, 2026 after overwhelmingly negative reception.

Highland Football League

Highland Football League (Scottish Highland League, Breedon Highland League): semi-professional football league in northern Scotland, founded 1893 at Inverness, Britain's most northerly senior championship, tier 5 of the Scottish pyramid with 18 clubs and a promotion play-off to SPFL League Two.

Highland games

Highland games: Scottish cultural festivals featuring heavy events such as caber toss, stone put, hammer, and weight throws, plus dancing and piping; held worldwide, governed in Scotland by the RSHGA.

Highlands park

Highlands Park FC, the Lions of the North, a Johannesburg football club founded in 1959, dominant in the whites-only NFL, sold to Jomo Sono in 1983, revived in 1990 and 2003, reached the PSL in 2016, sold its status to TS Galaxy in 2020.

Higurashi When They Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に)

Higurashi When They Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に) is Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion's 2002 murder-mystery horror sound novel set in Hinamizawa, adapted into anime by Studio DEEN (2006) and Passione (GOU/SOTSU 2020-21), with a new Studio DEEN anime announced in 2026.

Hikaru Nakamura (中村光)

Hikaru Nakamura (中村光) is an American chess grandmaster, born in Japan in 1987, who is a five-time United States champion, 2022 Fischer Random world champion, and prominent streamer.

Hikaru Shida (志田 光)

Hikaru Shida (志田 光), born 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. AEW star since 2019, three-time AEW Women's World Champion, former Ice Ribbon and OZ Academy titleholder.

Hiking

Hiking: recreational walking on trails or natural paths, from day walks to long-distance treks. Also called rambling or bushwalking. Key facts: 28% higher energy cost than flat walking, 183.2 million US outdoor participants in 2025, Ten Essentials safety system.

Hikuleo (wrestler)

Hikuleo (ヒクレオ), real name Tautuiaki Taula Koloamatangi, born 1991, Tongan-American NJPW Bullet Club heavyweight; won Strong Openweight and Tag Team titles 2023; now WWE's Talla Tonga.

Hilary Knight

Hilary Knight (Hilary Atwood Knight, born 1989) is an American ice hockey forward, five-time Olympian and two-time gold medalist, record 10-time IIHF world champion holding Women's World Championship records of 67 goals, 53 assists, and 120 points.

Hilary Smart

Hilary Smart (Hilary Hurlburt Smart, 1925-2000), American Star class sailor; won 1948 London Olympic gold with father Paul Smart as crew, the first father-son gold in the same Olympic sport.

Hilbert van der Duim

Hilbert van der Duim (born 1957, Beetsterzwaag) is a Dutch former long-track speed skater, world allround champion 1980 and 1982, European champion 1983 and 1984, known for the bird-droppings excuse and skating one lap too soon.

Hilda James

Hilda James (Hilda Marjorie James-McAllister, 1904-1982), "The English Comet", British swimmer; 1920 Antwerp relay silver, world freestyle records 220y-440y, introduced six-beat crawl to England, ISHOF 2016.

Hilda Strike

Hilda Strike (1910-1989), Canadian sprinter, won silver in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, both in world-record times, losing the 100m gold to Stanisława Walasiewicz.

Hilde Gerg

Hilde Gerg is a German former alpine ski racer who won the 1998 Olympic slalom gold and bronze in the combined at Nagano, with 20 World Cup victories.

Hilde Goldbach

Hilde Goldbach, later Hilde Lahr (born 1900), Austrian sprinter for Danubia Vienna; set the women's 300 m world record of 46.9 s in 1920 and multiple Austrian 200 m records.

Hilde Schrader

Hilde Schrader (Hildegard Emma Schrader, 1910–1966) was a German breaststroke swimmer who won the 200 m breaststroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and held world records.

Hildegard Brehmer

Hildegard Brehmer, German runner for SC Charlottenburg Berlin; ran second leg (2:45) of the 3 x 800 m relay world record 8:04.0, Berlin, 24 June 1928, FSFI era; distinct from Christina Brehmer and Hildegard Falck.

Hildegard Falck

Hildegard Falck (Falck-Kimmich, née Janze), born 1949, West German 800 m runner; first woman officially under two minutes (1:58.5, Stuttgart 1971), world record holder 1971-73, and 1972 Munich Olympic 800 m champion in 1:58.55.

Hildrun Laufer Claus

Hildrun Laufer-Claus (Hildrun Claus), born 13 May 1939 in Dresden, East German long jumper; 1960 Rome Olympic bronze medalist and world record holder (6.40 m in 1960, 6.42 m in 1961).