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Klenie Bimolt
Klenie Bimolt (Klena Geertje Bimolt, born 1945) is a Dutch breaststroke swimmer, 1964 Tokyo Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay and 1962 European silver medalist, who also competed at Mexico 1968.
Klete Keller
Klete Keller, also Klete Derik Keller, American freestyle swimmer born 1982 in Las Vegas; two Olympic relay golds (2004, 2008) among five medals, later convicted for the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot and pardoned by Trump in 2025.
Kliff Kingsbury
Kliff Kingsbury, Air Raid quarterback-turned-coach: Texas Tech head coach 2013-18 (35-40), Arizona Cardinals head coach 2019-22 (28-37-1), USC analyst 2023, Washington Commanders OC 2024-25 with Jayden Daniels, Rams assistant head coach 2026.
Kliment Kolesnikov
Kliment Kolesnikov (Климент Колесников), Russian backstroke swimmer born 2000 in Moscow; world record holder 50 m backstroke 23.55, six-time 2018 Youth Olympic champion, Tokyo 2020 silver and bronze, 2025 world champion as a neutral athlete.
Klitschko brothers
Klitschko brothers: Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxers, first brothers to hold world heavyweight titles simultaneously and all major belts in 2011; Vitali later mayor of Kyiv.
Kloepper
Kloepper is a four-player trick-taking card game from Columbia, Illinois, USA, a relative of Sheepshead in the Schafkopf family, using a 24-card pack with black queens, jacks, and diamonds as trumps.
Klondike (solitaire)
Klondike solitaire, the seven-column, four-foundation patience game bundled as Windows Solitaire since 1990; draw-1 and draw-3 variants, 81.945% thoughtful winnability, Vegas scoring, and history.
Klong!
Klong! (Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure) is a 2016 deck-building board game by Paul Dennen from Renegade Game Studios and Schwerkraft-Verlag: thieves raid a dragon's dungeon, noise markers trigger dragon attacks, and only escapees score. Mensa Select 2017, Kennerspiel recommendation 2018.
Klonoa
Klonoa (Kaze no Klonoa, "Klonoa of the Wind") is Namco's 2.5D side-scrolling platformer series begun with Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PS1, 1997), followed by Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (PS2, 2001), a 2008 Wii remake, and the 2022 Phantasy Reverie Series remaster.
Kluft
Kluft is the Dutch variant of the card game Yaniv (Nepali Dhumbal/Jhyap): only the top discard is drawable, jokers never substitute in runs, and a Kluft call can be challenged with Onderkluft for a 15-point penalty.
Knack (video game)
Knack is a 2013 action platformer developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony as a PlayStation 4 launch exclusive, directed by PS4 architect Mark Cerny.
Knaves
Knaves, also grouped with Polignac (jeu des Valets), is a trick-taking card game for 2-6 players, best with three: score 1 point per trick, lose points for captured Jacks (J♥ -4 to J♠ -1), first to 20 wins.
Knekro
Knekro (Sergio García, KNekroGamer), Spanish streamer and YouTuber born 1984 in Madrid; League of Legends pioneer, Pokémon Stadium champion of Spain, KOI content creator, 1.3M Twitch followers.
Knicks–Pacers rivalry
Knicks–Pacers rivalry: NBA Eastern Conference playoff feud between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, eight postseason series from 1993 to 2025, defined by Reggie Miller, Spike Lee, and Pacers wins in 2024 and 2025.
Knife game
Knife game, also called five finger fillet, nerve, or bishop: a hand-eye challenge of stabbing a knife between spread fingers on a table. Popularized by Aliens (1986), Rusty Cage's 2011 Knife Song, and Red Dead Redemption minigames.
Knife throwing
Knife throwing: throwing a knife so the blade sticks in a target, as a competitive sport (WKTL, ISKTA, EuroThrowers rules), recreation, and circus act; formats include rotational and no-spin throwing.
Knight (chess)
Knight (chess): the L-shaped jumping piece, N in algebraic notation, two per side. Derived from the horse of Indian chaturanga and Persian shatranj; worth about three pawns, strongest in closed positions and on outposts.
Knight Lore
Knight Lore: 1984 ZX Spectrum isometric arcade adventure by Ultimate Play The Game (Chris and Tim Stamper), third Sabreman game, first Filmation engine, 40-day werewolf curse, Golden Joystick Game of the Year 1984.
Knight Riders Cricket Ground
Knight Riders Cricket Ground (Knight Riders Cricket Field at Fairplex), Pomona, California: purpose-built Major League Cricket stadium, home of Los Angeles Knight Riders, built in about 100 days in 2026 and planned 2028 Olympic cricket venue.
Knightthrough
Knightthrough: a Breakthrough variant from Stanford's GGP competition, played on 8x8 with 16 forward-only chess knights per side; win by reaching the far rank or capturing all enemy knights; an AI research benchmark in Ludii and MCTS studies.
Knock out whist
Knock out whist, or Knockout Whist (also called Trumps, Scrounge, or Rat), is an elimination plain-trick card game for 2 to 7 players: seven hands shrink from 7 cards to 1, and anyone winning no trick is knocked out.
Knock rummy
Knock rummy, also called Poker Rum, is a rummy card game for 2 to 5 players in which anyone may knock to end the hand at any turn.
Knockout
A knockout (KO) is a fight-ending result in combat sports in which a contestant cannot continue after legal strikes, classically counted out by the referee for ten.
Knorri
Knorri, also Hörri, is an old Finnish beating card game for 3-8 players with a 52-card pack: diamonds trump, clubs are hard, players collect cards in phase 1 then shed them in phase 2; last player holding cards loses.
Knowshon Moreno
Knowshon Moreno (born 1987, Belford, NJ) is a former NFL running back from Georgia, drafted 12th overall by Denver in 2009; 3,616 career rushing yards, 27 TDs, best season 2013 (1,038 yards, 10 TDs), final year 2014 Miami.
Knoxville Smokies
Knoxville Smokies, Chicago Cubs Double-A Southern League team in Knoxville, Tennessee, at Covenant Health Park since 2025; also Tennessee Smokies 2000-2024, nickname used since 1925.
Knuckle curve
Knuckle curve (KC), also called spike curve: a curveball gripped with the index-finger knuckle or nail on the ball. Curveball movement with added flutter; about 2% of MLB pitches; used by Kimbrel, Darvish, Brash.
Knuckleball
Knuckleball, a nearly spinless baseball pitch that flutters unpredictably; thrown with fingernails gripping the ball at 50-85 mph; used almost exclusively by rare specialists like Dickey, Niekro, and Wilhelm.
Knucklebones
Knucklebones (astragali, astragaloi, tali) are sheep or goat ankle bones used since the Neolithic as dice, jacks-style dexterity game pieces, divination lots, and ritual objects, from Egyptian senet to Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna (ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ) is Sega's red echidna from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994), guardian of the Master Emerald on Angel Island, Sonic's gliding, climbing rival, later voiced by Idris Elba in films and a 2024 Paramount+ series.