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Hope Solo
Hope Solo (born 1981, Richland, Washington), American goalkeeper, 202 USWNT caps 2000-2016, two Olympic golds, 2015 World Cup, four IFFHS World's Best Woman Goalkeeper awards, Hall of Fame 2022.
Hopetown (video game)
Hopetown is an upcoming narrative-first journalistic cRPG by Longdue Games, a Disco Elysium spiritual successor with ex-ZA/UM staff including Martin Luiga and narrator Lenval Brown. Kickstarted at 450% of goal; unreleased, PC first.
Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup, ITF's official mixed-nation tennis team event (one man, one woman per country; singles and mixed doubles). Founded 1989 in Perth, played there 1989-2019, revived 2023 in Nice, Canada champions 2025 in Bari.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a children's game of throwing a marker onto numbered chalked squares and hopping through them; attested 1801, known as rayuela, marelle, campana, xarranca, and 跳房子.
Horace (video game series)
Horace is a British video game series starring a blue character on the ZX Spectrum, created by William Tang for Beam Software with three games in the early 1980s.
Horace Ashenfelter
Horace "Nip" Ashenfelter (1923–2018), American steeplechaser and FBI agent, won the 1952 Helsinki Olympic 3,000m steeplechase in a world-best 8:45.4, beating Soviet favorite Vladimir Kazantsev; 17 national titles, 1952 Sullivan Award.
Horace Bonser
Horace Robert Bonser (1886-1934), American trap shooter of the Cincinnati Gun Club; won team trap gold at Antwerp 1920 (US team 547, his score 93) and placed fifth in the individual trap with 87.
Horace Grant
Horace Grant (born 1965), NBA power forward from Clemson, drafted 10th overall in 1987 by the Bulls; four-time champion (1991-93 Bulls, 2001 Lakers), 17 seasons, 11.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.
Horace Hogan
Horace Hogan, ring name of Michael Allan Bollea, is an American retired professional wrestler, the nephew of Hulk Hogan, best known for his 1998 to 2000 run in WCW.
Horacio Esteves
Horacio Esteves (Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela), Venezuelan sprinter born 1941 in Yaritagua, died 1996; three-time Olympian who ran a hand-timed 10.0 for 100 m in 1964, then a shared world record, and won Pan American and Central American and Caribbean relay medals.
Horizon (video game series)
Horizon is Guerrilla Games' action RPG series for Sony, starring hunter Aloy in a far-future, machine-ruled post-apocalypse; mainline entries Zero Dawn (2017) and Forbidden West (2022) plus VR, Lego, MMO, and co-op spin-offs, over 38 million sold.
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West: Guerrilla Games open-world action RPG, sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, released February 18, 2022 on PS4/PS5; Aloy explores post-apocalyptic western US; Metacritic 88; $212M budget; Burning Shores expansion.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is Guerrilla's April 19, 2023 PS5-exclusive story expansion, set in a volcanic-archipelago Los Angeles, adding Seyka, new machines, a Horus finale, 6-8 hour story, Metascore 81, and review-bombed 4.7 user score.
Horizon Hunters Gathering
Horizon Hunters Gathering: Guerrilla Games' three-player co-op action game in the Horizon universe, announced February 2026 for PS5 and PC; playtested twice, then reportedly rebooted in August 2026 with live-service elements removed.
Horizon League
Horizon League: NCAA Division I athletic conference of 12 Midwestern universities, founded 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference, renamed Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and Horizon League in 2001; headquartered in Indianapolis.
Horizon Steel Frontiers
Horizon Steel Frontiers is a free-to-play MMORPG set in the Horizon universe, developed by South Korean company NCSOFT with Guerrilla Games, announced at G-Star 2025 and due in 2027.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn is an open-world action role-playing game by Guerrilla Games, released for PlayStation 4 in 2017. It follows the tribal outcast Aloy through a post-apocalyptic Earth dominated by animal-like machines.
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is the sole 2017 expansion for Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4, adding the Banuk region The Cut, new machines (Scorcher, Snowclaw, Fireclaw), a level 60 cap, and a Metacritic 83.
Hornby Railways
Hornby Railways: British model railway brand founded via Frank Hornby's 1920 clockwork trains under Meccano Ltd, later Tri-ang; known for UK 00 gauge (1:76, 16.5 mm) train sets, RailRoad ranges, TT:120, and HM7000 DCC control.
Hornet (Hollow Knight)
Hornet is the fictional princess-protector of Hallownest from Team Cherry's Hollow Knight, a recurring boss voiced by Makoto Koji, and the protagonist of Hollow Knight: Silksong (September 4, 2025), set in Pharloom.
Hornswoggle
Hornswoggle is the leprechaun wrestling character of Dylan Postl (born 1986, Oshkosh, Wisconsin), WWE 2006–2016, also known as Swoggle, last WWE Cruiserweight Champion (68 days, 2007) and the anonymous Raw General Manager.
HORSE (poker)
HORSE poker is a fixed-limit mixed-game format rotating through Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Stud Eight-or-Better; a WSOP staple since 2006 and part of PokerStars' WCOOP.
Horse breeding
Horse breeding: controlled mating of domestic horses (Equus caballus) for riding, racing, draft, and conservation. Domesticated ~5,500 years ago; modern lineage spread from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe ~4,200 years ago; today uses AI, embryo transfer, ICSI, and genetic testing.
Horse race (Horse_Race)
Horse race names two table games: a card game where four Aces race along a card course as the dealer flips the deck, with betting, Calcutta auction and drinking variants, and a domino game of the Fives Family (Seven-Toed Pete) with all doubles as spinners.
Horse race (Horserace)
Horse Race (Race Horse, Seven-Toed Pete variant) is a Fives Family domino game for 2-4 players with a double six set, all doubles as spinners, scoring multiples of five, played to 61 points; commercialized as RaceHorse by Ferman Rice in 1990.
Horse racing
Horse racing: sport of running horses at speed, mainly Thoroughbreds on the flat or Standardbreds in harness; ancient Olympic roots, first £40 purse under Richard I, UK industry worth £4.1 billion, US fatality rate 1.23 per 1,000 starts under HISA.
Horse racing in the United States
Horse racing in the United States: Thoroughbred, Standardbred, and Quarter Horse pari-mutuel racing dating to colonial times, home of the Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown, regulated nationally since 2020 by HISA with fatality rates falling to 1.04 per 1,000 starts in 2025.
Horseball
Horseball (horse-ball) is a team equestrian sport from Argentine pato, codified in France in 1979: four riders a side pass a six-handled ball and score through a 3.50 m ring; FEI-recognised since 2004, FIHB-governed, France dominant.
Horserace (drinking game)
Horserace, also Horse Race or Racing Aces (German Pferderennen, Ass-Rennen), is a drinking card game where four Aces race along a track of face-down cards, players bet drinks on a suit, and the dealer flips cards to move horses.
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA): private nonprofit self-regulatory body created by the 2020 Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, overseen by the FTC, enforcing uniform Thoroughbred racetrack safety and anti-doping rules; distinct from state racing commissions and from HIWU, its ADMC enforcement agency.