Birdie (golf score)
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 (head coach firing day after NFL regular season)
"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…
Bolts (Brooklyn FXFL football team)
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…
Bonehead Play or Boner (“Merkle’s Boner”)
"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…
Borough Hall (side-arm pitch in Brooklyn)
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
"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…
Box Ball (Boxball)
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…
Boxing Mecca (Madison Square Garden nickname)
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…
Boys in Blue (New York City Football Club or NYCFC nickname)
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…
Bracketology (Bracketologist)
"Bracketology" is a term that began to describe the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament. A "bracketologist" examines the college…
Bragging Rights
When the New York Giants play the New York Jets in preseason, it's for "bragging rights" -- the right to brag about being the best team in New York City, even if the game itself is…
Bridegrooms (Brooklyn baseball team)
"Bridegrooms" was a 19th-century nickname of the Brooklyn club that later became the Brooklyn Dodgers, now the Los Angeles Dodgers. Several of the team's players were recently…
Bridge (card game)
The card game of "bridge" or "bridge whist" was popularized by the whist players of New York City as early as 1893. The game's origins remain a mystery. (Oxford English…
Broadway Blueshirts
The New York Rangers hockey team doesn't play on Broadway, but they do play in blue shirts. The Rangers were founded in 1925; the nickname "Broadway Blueshirts" appears in print by…
Broadway Bowl
If the New York Jets (representing the American Football Conference) play the New York Giants (representing the National Football Conference) in the Super Bowl, what would the game be nicknamed?…
Broadway Show League
In the 1950s, the cast of several Broadway shows played each other in a friendly game of baseball. They weren't quite the Yankees, but they were, perhaps, the Damn Yankees. The Broadway Show…
Bronx Beauty (nickname of lightweight boxer Al Singer)
American boxer and world lightweight champion Al Singer (1909-1961) was born on New York City's Lower East Side, but lived in the Pelham section of the Bronx. He had two boxing nicknames --…
Bronx Bomber (nickname of lightweight boxer Al Singer)
American boxer and world lightweight champion Al Singer (1909-1961) was born on New York City's Lower East Side, but lived in the Pelham section of the Bronx. He had two boxing nicknames --…
Bronx Bombers (New York Yankees nickname)
"Bronx Bombers" is a popular nickname of the New York Yankees baseball team. The Yankees originally played in Manhattan in 1903, but opened Yankee Stadium in the Bronx in 1923.…
Brooklyn Bombers (Brooklyn Dodgers nickname)
"Bronx Bombers" is the famous nickname of the New York Yankees of the American League. The Brooklyn baseball team in the National League (nicknamed the "Robins" and…