Best or favorite athlete nick names

McMahon's characterization of Ditka as Sybil certainly re branded Iron Mike, lol.

A few Joe's.

Mean Joe Greene and Broadway Joe not to mention Shoeless Joe, Joltin' Joe and Joe Louis who became the Bronx Bomber.


Quote from nazzdack:

Jack "The Assasin" Tatum
Craig "Iron Head" Hayward
Jack "Hack Saw" Reynolds
Steve "Mongo" McMichael
Scottie "No Tippin' " Pippen (He is rumored to be "thrifty" with his money and unfamiliar with the concept of giving gratuities.)
Mike "I'll endorse anything" Ditka
James "I'll let anybody blow me" Worthy
Dennis "How am I still alive" Rodman
Lenny "Can I sign with the Phillies or Mets for 1 year" Dykstra
Charles "Round Mound of Rebound" Barkley
Joe "Yankee Clipper" DiMaggio
Yogi "Einstein" Berra......................
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Thanks for the responses, but is their any nickname better than A-Roid?

Opposing teams fans now chant, AAAAAAAA-Roid, AAAAAAAA-Roid, AAAAAAAA-Roid...

Reminds me of when Darryl Strawberry would play at opposing stadiums, the crowd would chant:

D...A...R...R...R...Y...L slowly, because Strawberry seemed to be dim witted...

For those who don't remember Daryl Strawberry, he is the NY Mets baseball player who some said looked like Pokey (Gumby's horse)...

<img src=http://www.gumbyworld.com/memorylane/pokey.gif>

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Strawberry's mug shot below, poor guy was a pretty damn good baseball player, but lots of problems off the field...just like his fellow Met, Dwight "Doc" Gooden.

Their nicknames in the early days with the Mets were "Straw and Doc."

<img src=http://shoutingthomas.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/14/strawberry.gif>
 
Here is one of my favorites, classic to this day:

Dr. J

<img src=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_nothingbutnet/images/2008/11/19/dr_j.jpg>
 
One other:

Bird

AKA: Larry Legend

You know who I mean...especially you Lakers and Magic fans...



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Couple more greats from the NBA:

George "The Iceman" Gervin

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"Pistol" Pete Maravich

<img src=http://blog.kir.com/archives/images/Pistol%20Pete2.jpg>
 
Chicago's Finest...

Nike and MJ should have started an airline together...

Can't you see a jet plane with the Nike Swoosh on the tail, and the airline named "Air Jordan."

<img src=http://adamsalamon.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/jordan.jpg>
 
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