Re: Best/Worst nicknames in sports or otherwise
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LindenCy
Assuming you mean worst, then totally agree.
Yes, definitely mean worst.
Re: Best/Worst nicknames in sports or otherwise
Best:
Fred "The Mayor" Hoiberg
Worst:
Tie between Honey Badger and Johnny Football (or Johnny Heisman or whatever they call Johnny Manziel these days)
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djcubby
Anything ever used by Chris Berman.
He should have to live with the nickname Chris "Cockle" Berman the rest of his life.
Whooop!!
Re: Best/Worst nicknames in sports or otherwise
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cychhosis
I always thought Tulane should be the Highways.
Nice one!
I smell a related (but separate) thread.
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Doc
My nominees for best:
"Oil Can" Boyd
Albert "Joey" Belle :jimlad:
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Oil Can Boyd is right up there for Best
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A favorite of mine: Al Hrabosky - The Mad Hungarian
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A couple of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:
Jose Batista - "Joey Bats"
Frank Thomas - "The Big Hurt"
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favorites:
Johnny Football
Fred Ex -fred jackson
big donkey - adam Dunn or as hawk calls him biggin
Bird man
the big ticket kevin garnett
kung fu panda pablo sandoval
money- Darius Reynolds
the mayor - fred hoiberg
the big hurt -frank thomas
hate
the beard - brian wilson
superman - dwight howard
the swami - chris berman
Honey badger - forgot his name
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Both Honey Badger and Johnny Football were pretty sweet nicknames, in a vacuum.
Once the media latched on and beat you to death with it, they started to wear thin.
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Jared Lorenzen - Pillsbury Throwboy
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CylentButDeadly
Jared Lorenzen - Pillsbury Throwboy
Or the "Hefty Lefty"
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Best:
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler.
Karl "The Mailman" Malone.
Ozzie "The Wizard" Smith.
David "Goldenballs" Beckham.
Worst:
I'm with the "Anything from Chris Berman" crowd. My worst of the worst from him is...
Jake "Daylight come and ya gotta" Delhomme.
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Matt "The professional hitter" Stairs
Joey Batts
Demitri "The Meathook" Young
The Duranchula
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CysRage
Is Ellen permabanned or is he/she coming back?
I appreciate the likes but does anybody know if Ellen was permabanned or not?