Favorite nicknames

Wombat

 

Johnny "Short Bus" Taylor.

It was not a compliment.

 

William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Nate "The Kitchen" Newton
Gerald "The Ice Cube" McNeil

 

Andre “Red Light” Racicot was a savage handle for a goalie. I believe it was imposed by fans and media, not his teammates.

 

Jim Bouton was known as "Bulldog" in his Yankee years,
but Gary "Ding Dong" Bell called him "Ass Eyes" on the Pilots.

 

Pittsburgh division, Part Deux.

Mario Lemieux had a couple of them, "Super Mario" and "Le Magnifique."

Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock
Bill Cowher "The Chin"
Casey Hampton "Big Snack"
James Harrison "Deebo"
Kordell "Slash" Stewart
Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III
Willis "Weegie" Thompson

Somebody already mentioned Jerome "The Bus" Bettis, right?

Taking it back outside of Pittsburgh, I had forgotten about Claude "Pepe" Lemieux.

 

One of the funniest lines I've ever seen, from Mike Downey: "When Ron Darling and Rob Deer talk on the phone, I'll bet they address each other by their first names."

 

Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy.

And to jump back into boxing, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.

 

Temple had a basketball player named Bill Mlkvy who was the Owl without a vowel

 

Cecil "Stud" Cantrell, player/manager of the Tampico Stogies.
Young Rick Rhoden, for as long as he lives.

 

This reminds me of Kim King, "The Young Lefthander." Georgia Tech play-by-play man called him that when he played quarterback for Tech in the 1960s, and continued calling him that through almost through more than 20 years as Ciraldo's color analyst. King was "The Young Lefthander" right up until he died at age 59.

 

When God made Man, He made him outta string. He had a little left, so He made that little thing. When God made Woman, He made her outta lace. He didn't have enough, so He left that little space. Thank you, God!

Somebody needs to explain to me why the hell that movie isn't on HBO Max.