Sports
- "Black diamond", a difficulty rating in Alpine skiing
- A Black Diamond District, a high school conference of the Virginia High School League
- Black Diamond Australian Football League, an Australian rules football competition in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions of New South Wales.
- Black Diamond Conference, a high school conference of the Illinois High School Association
- Black Diamond Trophy, a college football trophy that went to the winner of the annual West Virginia University and Virginia Tech football game
- Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer, known as "Black Diamond"
- Clinton Morrison, Irish/English footballer, known as "Black Diamond"
- "Black Diamond" the Bison, mascot for Point Park University
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—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
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