In Sports
- Alex Higgins (1949–2010, nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins"), Northern Irish snooker player
- Christopher Higgins, American hockey player
- David Higgins, Irish golfer
- John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
- Johnnie Lee Higgins, free agent wide receiver in the NFL
- Mark Higgins, British rally car driver
- Pinky Higgins, baseball player, manager, and scout
- Shaun Higgins, Australian rules footballer
- Roy Higgins, Australian jockey
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)