Recently I have been doing some thinking and trying to come up with the best nicknames in sports. There are a few really sweet ones that I know so here they are. I know I'm going to be missing some, but let me know which other ones deserve to be on the list.
Derek Boogaard AKA "The Boogey Man" is arguably the NHL's best fighter. His job is to just go out there and pound whoever he sees. I respect Boogaard because he doesn't back down from anyone and fights a lot of other heavyweights throughout the league. This wouldn't be as good of a nickname if he wasn't a fighter, but since he is, it's great.
Shane Victorino AKA "The Flyin Hawaiian". Nobody on this planet hates Victorino more than me but he has an awesome name. It's not to often you see Hawaiian baseball players. The only one I can remember is Benny Agbayani and he could never pull off a sweet nickname like that.
Rich Garces AKA "El Guapo". I realize that he is no longer playing, but El Guapo means "the handsome one" and by no means did this fit his description. The Boston Red Sox reliever who was almost 300 pounds will never be forgotten.
Eric Mangini AKA"Mangenius". This just makes me laugh every time I hear this. By no means is this guy a genius, yet he goes about himself like he is.
Gilbert Arenas AKA "Agent 0" AKA "Hibachi". Arenas has said some things in the past that make me shake my head, but the guy has two solid nicknames. Not only that, but when this guy is healthy he can put up points in a hurry.
Jerome Bettis AKA "The Bus". Another retired athlete, I couldn't keep him off this list. This is a guy who definitely lives up to his nickname as he ran through defenders his whole career.
Other Notables:
HP Pavilion at San Jose- Home of the San Jose Sharks. AKA "The Shark Tank"
Mellon Arena- Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. AKA "The Igloo"
Chris Paul-CP3
Kevin Garnett- The Big Ticket
Felix Hernandez- King Felix
Monday, December 22, 2008
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Babe Ruth - The Great Bambino
ReplyDeleteBryant Reeves- Big Country
Pete Maravich - Pistol Pete (my favorite)
Frank Thomas - The Big Hurt
Dominik Hasek - The Dominator
How can you leave out pat the bat?
ReplyDeleteYou forgot the best one..
ReplyDeleteandres kirilenko - AK 47
(Russian, wears number 47)
You forgot Thunder and Lighting of the New York Football Giants
ReplyDeleteRandy Johnson "the big unit"
ReplyDeleteMark McGwire "big mac"
Matt Cain "sugar cane"
steve "the bandit" atwater retired safety from denver broncos
ReplyDeleteWalter Payton "Sweetness"
ReplyDelete"earth, Wind, and Fire" for the New York Football Giants runningbacks
willie mays "the sey hey kid" my fav
ReplyDeletepete rose "charlie hustle"
ron cey "the penguin"
dminique wilkins "the human hightlight film"
andre dawson "the hawk"
reggie jackson "mr october"
rich goosage "the goose"
thomas hearns "hit man"
"marvelous " marvin hagler
"smokin" joe frazier
"shoeless" joe jackson
Best Teammates Nicknames: Seattle Mariners 1990's as follows:
ReplyDelete1 Randy Johnson "The Big Unit"
2 Alex Rodriquez "A Rod"
3 Jay Buhner "Bone"
Notice a pattern here? :p
ernie banks "mr cub"
ReplyDeleteleon duram "the bull"
eddie "the eagle" edwards lol ski jumping in the i think 88 olympics. this one has to be the best
if anyone remembers the story please share it.
fred mcgriff "the crime dog"
Ebby calvin luke lelush "meat" ..bull durham
ozzie smith "the wizard of oz"
ReplyDeletebilly "white shoes " johnson
ed "too tall" jones
What about "the juice" is loose baby
ReplyDeletei wasn't gonna give him the time of day
ReplyDeleteMark Messier "the messiah "
ReplyDeleteWayne Gretzky "the Great One"
Lawrence Taylor the one and only "LT"
Mark Fydrich "the Bird"
Ervin "Magic" Johnson
George Gervin "the Ice man"
William Perry "the fridge"
Carton Fisk "Pudge"
Al Hrabosky "the mad hungarian"
"Broadway Joe " Namath
"Mean" Joe Greene
irvin "magic" johnson
ReplyDeletemicheal "air " jordan
clyde "the glide" drexler
Carl malone "the mailman"
dale earnhardt " the intimidater "
tony stewart "smoke"
richard petty "the king"
steve garvey "popeye"
i forgot the most important one. guess because it dont even seem like a nickname just his name:
ReplyDeletePaul "Bear" Bryant
elroy "Crazy legs " hurst
ReplyDelete"night train" lane ..not sure of first name befor my time
"wrong way" bo jackson lol,lol,lol,lol
ReplyDeleteroll tide
ReplyDeleteken stabler " snake"
ReplyDeletedennis "oil can " boyd
ReplyDeleteroger clemens "rocket man"
ReplyDeletesteve bedrosion "bedrock"
ReplyDeleteRoger Clemens "the rocket"
ReplyDeleteDennis Martinez "El Presidente"
Otis "OJ" Anderson
"Hacksaw" Reynolds
"Roger The Dodger" Staubach
Ken "the snake" stabler
Ron "Jawz" jaworki...aka "the polish rifle"
"Cool Joe" Montana
Half of the UFC and WWE
"Mercury" Morris
Bobby Knight "the general"
ReplyDeleteLarry Bird - The Hick From French Lick
ReplyDeleteJack Thompson - The Throwin' Samoan
Jimmy Wynn - The Toy Cannon
Walter "No Neck" Williams
labron james "king james"
ReplyDelete"the italian stallion" rocky balboa
the dr. julius erving
ReplyDeletechocalate thunder darryl dawkins
the answer allen iverson
the matrix shawn marion
half-man half-amazing aka vinsanity aka air canada
captain comeback jim harbaugh
the swamp florida gators
Bill "the spaceman" Lee
ReplyDelete"smokin'" joe frasier
"Iron" mike tyson
The Glove- Gary Payton
The Truth- Paul Pierce
All Classics!
"Concrete Chuck" Chuck Bedranick, last NFL player to go both ways in the NFL (late 50's-early 60's)
ReplyDeleteJohhny U John Unitas original Balt Colts
"The Bull" Greg Luzinski Phillies
"Bambi" I beleive his name was Lance Alworth of the old AFL San Diego Chargers
"Chocolate Thunder" Moses Malone
Wilt the Stilt Wilt Chamberlain
Can anyone say Neon Deion Primetime Sanders!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete"the steel curtain" steelers 70's defense
ReplyDelete"the purple people eaters" vikings d
" killer b's " dolpuins d 80s
"greg norman " the shark"
jack nickolous " the golden bear"
phil mickleson " lefty"
craig stadler "the walrus"
Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
ReplyDeleteIvan Rodriguez "pudge"
ReplyDeletejoe dimaggio "the yankee clipper"
george steinbrenner "the boss"
sammy "say it aint" sosa
ReplyDeleteDwight "Doc" Gooden
ReplyDeleteEarl "The Tyler Rose" Campbell
"Slammin" Sammy Sosa
Ted Williams "The Slendid Splinter"
Cal "Iron Man" Ripken
steve spurrier "the ball coach"
ReplyDeletemiami(fl) "the u"
mike (cant spell his last name) "coach k"
"iron "mike ditka
ReplyDelete"tuff" hedeman (rodeo cowboy)
Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon
ReplyDeleteLarry "Grandma Ma" Johnson
Raghib "Rocket" Ishmael
Larry "Chipper" Jones
Rod Smart XFL
ReplyDelete"He Hate Me"
Anthony "Spud" Webb
ReplyDeleteDulymus "Deuce" Mcallister
Jevon "The Freak" Kearse
ReplyDeleteEldrick Tiger Woods
ReplyDeletePervis "Never Nervous" Ellison
ReplyDeleteGeorge "The George Foreman Grill" Foreman
ReplyDeleteMuhammad Ali "The Greatest"
ReplyDelete"The Express" - Nolan Ryan
ReplyDeleteDavid "The Admiral" Robinson
ReplyDeleteDennis "The Worm" Rodman
David "Big Papi" Ortiz
ReplyDelete"Hammerin' Hank Aaron
ReplyDeleteMaurice "rocket" Richard..... His brother..... the Pocket Rocket... Henri...
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure "hammerin' Hank" was Hank Greenburg
ReplyDeleteJeffery "the Hackman" leonard
ReplyDeleteBlack Jack Mcdowell
ReplyDeleteShawn "The Reign Man" Kemp
ReplyDeleteAndre risen AKA Spiderman
ReplyDeleteLebron James AKA King James AKA the Chosen one
Kobe Bryant AKA The Black Mamba
"the Jake" Jacobs field
ReplyDeleteThe Ted-- turner field
The mistake by the lake--- cleveland's old stadium
"nomar" garciaparra
ReplyDeleteAndre "bad moon" rison :-)
ReplyDelete"Phi Slamma Jamma" - U of Houston B-ball (early 80's)
ReplyDelete"Hammerin' Hank" - Hank Aaron
"Yogi" - Lawrence Berra
"Little General" - Johnny Bench
"The Iron Horse" - Lou Gehrig
"Catfish" - James Hunter
"Flyin's Hawaiian" - Shane Victorino
hoho
ReplyDeleteFab 5... Michigan state freshmen
ReplyDeleteglenn "big baby" davis
ReplyDeleteglenn "big dog" robinson
ReplyDeletethe king--- richard petty
ReplyDelete" world b. free" don't know real name...
"chocholate thunder" was darryl dawkins
"the nasty boys" reds bullpen-- rob dibble et. al.
rob "veg" dibble
ReplyDelete"00"-jim otto
ReplyDelete"black hole"-raiders stadium
lou the toe groza big daddy lipscomb john henry johnson wahoo mc daniel
ReplyDeleteClyde - Walt Frazier
ReplyDeleteEarl The Pearl Monroe
we can leave the nascar names off this is supposed to be sports nicknames and nascar is an expensive hobby but not a sport
ReplyDeletemanny "the pacman" pacqiao
ReplyDeletelouisiana lightning
ReplyDeleteKenny Smith "The Jet"
ReplyDeleteJason Terry "JET"
Hassan Adams "Hot Sause Adams"
Lute Olson "The Silver Fox"
Andre Igoudala "Iggy, The Flying Iguana"
Earl Monroe "The Pearl"
Ray Allen "Suger Ray"
Shaq "The Diesel Formerly, The DesertDiesel"
Amare Stoudemire "STAT"
Damon Stoudamire "Mighty Mouse"
Ladanian Tomlison "Baby LT"
Dwight Howard "Superman"
Dennis Rodman "The Worm"
Larry "Legend" Bird
Stephon Marbury "Starbury"
Whoever put the fab 5 was from michigan state is retarded
ReplyDeleteLionel 'Little Train' James - Charger running back
ReplyDeletejustin "the great" llanto
ReplyDeleteJohn "The diesel" Riggins"
ReplyDeleteKen "The Hawk" Harrelson
NOAMR was NOT a nickname. its his freakin given name. its his fathers name spelled backwards/ mistake by the lake refered to the whole city of cleveland, not just the stadium.
ReplyDeleteoops nomar.. bad spelling
ReplyDeletenasty boys were dibble, charlton, and myers
ReplyDeletenever heard ray allen refered to as sugar ray. i'm from CT and went to uconn with RAY RAY. yet to hear sugar ray, but RAY RAY all day!
ReplyDeleteALL DAY (adrien peterson)
ReplyDeletenot only was fab 5 lame, but the "genius" put michigan STATE freshmen.
ReplyDeletefulton county stadium- "the launch pad"
ReplyDeletechristian Okoye- "the nigerian nightmare" (just plain nasty cheifs RB, carrer cut horribly short by injuries)
ReplyDeleteDr. Dunkenstein anyone????
ReplyDeleteJack "The Assassin" Tatum
ReplyDeleteGary "Wagon Wheels" Collins
Dean "The Dream" Meminger (sp?)
Bob "Big Cat" Lanier
What about Barry the great Sanders
ReplyDeleteWalter Payton, Sweetness
ReplyDeleteJerry Quarry, The Bayone Bleeder
ReplyDeleteLarry "Grandmama" Johnson
ReplyDeleteJamal "silk" Wilkes
David "SkyWalker" Thompson
Chuck "Rifleman" Person......Nuff said!
El Cato Grande, Andres Gallaraga, E.T Magee, The White Rat, Whitey Herzog, Mr. Baseball George Brett. And Charlie Hustle need I say more
ReplyDelete"Mr. Big Shot" Chauncey Billups
ReplyDeleteRichard "Rip" Hamilton
Tayshaun "Tay" Prince
Rasheed "Sheeeeeed" Wallace
"Big" Ben Wallace
Antonio "Dyess" McDyess
Will Bynum-- "Bynumite"
Phillip "Flip" Saunders
Mike "The Moose" Mussina
Roger "The Rocket" Clemens
Steve Yzerman "The Captain" "Stevie Y"
Nick Lidstrom "The Swede"
Kris Draper "Drapes"
Henrick Zetterberg "Hank" "Z"
"Hammering Hank" Aaron
Johan "The Mule" Franzen *my favorite
Darren McCarty "DMAC"
Jiri "Happy" Hudler
Chris "Ozzie" Osgood
Johnathan "Big E" Ericsson
"Big Ben" Roethlisberger
Kirk Maltby "Malts"
Niklas "Kroner" Kronwall
Chris "Cheli" Chelios
Gordie "Mr. Hockey" Howe
Valterie "Flips" Filpula
Pavel Datsyuk "Pavs" "Dats"
Darren "Helmer" Helm
Justin "Abby" Abdelkader
Dan "Clears" Cleary
Tomas "Homer" Holmstrom
Ville "Billy" Leino
Mikael "Sammy" Samuelsson
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