Big Apple Showcase Day is an annual race day (since 2013) held in May at Belmont Park for New York State-bred horses. The race was not held in 2024 as Belmont Park experienced reconstruction.…
In the spirit of "the Big Apple" itself, OTB has run the "Big Apple Triple" (New York State's version of the triple crown) since 1999. The first leg is the Mike Lee Stakes…
Daniel Jones is an American football quarterback drafted by the New York Giants out of Duke University in 2019. His ability to gain small chunks of yardage earned him the nickname "Danny…
The New York Knicks basketball team signed free agent for2ward Julius Randle for the 2019-2020 season. Randle's propensity to turn the ball over earned him the nickname “Big Apple…
American basketball player Ray Williams (1954-2013) was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and played in the NBA for both the New York Knicks (the team that drafted him with the tenth pick of the…
The Hudson Valley Renegades, a Minor League Baseball team High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, play in Fishkill, New York. In November 2024, the Renegades announced that the team would be…
"Big Blue" is the nickname for the New York Giants football club, who used to play in Yankee Stadium, but who now play in Giants Stadium in...ahhh...New Jersey. There are other "Big…
The "Big Dance" (also called "March Madness") is the NCAA Division I basketball tournament. The NCAA has trademarked "Big Dance" since 2002, but "big dance"…
"Big Sandy" is the nickname of the racetrack at Belmont Park, perhaps a reflection of the old 1920s "Big Apple" name for the New York racetracks and the "Big A"…
The BABE rally (Big Apple 2 Big Easy) features cheap cars in a race from New York City to New Orleans. The first BABE was in 2006. BABEAbout BABE2007We leave in May! Again!BigApple2BigEasy is a new…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Bingo (U.S.)Bingo is a game of chance played with different randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5×5…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Par (score)BirdieBirdie means scoring one under par (−1). This expression was coined in 1899, at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey. It…
"Black Monday" has been the name for various events -- usually bad -- that occur on a Monday. The National Football League's regular season ends with Sunday games; the head coaches…
The Brooklyn Bolts became one of four teams to open the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL), a professional football minor league, in 2014. The team name of "Brooklyn Bolts" was…
"Merkle's boner" occurred on September 23, 1908, when New York Giants baseball player Fred Merkle -- running from first base in the ninth inning of a 1-1 game -- saw the winning run…
A baseball definition was published in the 1943 Baseball Guide and Record Book: "Borough Hall -- Side-arm pitch in Brooklyn." The term refers to Brooklyn Borough Hall and was used by the…
"Bouncebackability" is the ability of a sporting team or competitor to come (or "bounce") back from a setback, such as a loss or an injury. "Sox Show Champ Class With…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Dictionary.combox·ball /ˈbɒksˌbɔl/ [boks-bawl]–noun a game played between two players on two adjoining squares or sections of a sidewalk or a playground, in which a…
Madison Square Garden is often called the "mecca," a puzzling term to many today. However, the term "mecca" was first applied to the second Madison Square Garden (at Madison…
The New York City Football Club (NYFC) is an American professional soccer club based in New York City that plays in Major League Soccer (MLS). "Boys in Blue" is a popular nickname of the…