Best Sports Nicknames.

[CKY_ROX]

Air Canada
The king
Big Ben
The Cat
The Rocket

[MeShawn]

Neon Deion
"Wince" Carter
E-Cry Manning (:-b)
Godzilla
Zo
The Moose


Oh, and I almost forgot...MeShawn

[ljthockey]

The Great One ( Wayne Gretzky)
Prime Time (Deion Sanders)
SpiderMan (Andre Rison)
Pac Man ( Adam Jones)

[PackerAttack84]

Pac Man ( Adam Jones)

Cadillac (Carnell Williams)

[Guttpuppy]

"Sultan of Swat" Babe Ruth.

Couple for Merce...

"Pops" Willie Stargell
Dave Parker "The Cobra"

[Mercer Boy]

-ButterBean dont know his real name, just some huge boxer

I believe his real name is Eric Esch or something like that. His true nickname is "King of the Four Rounders" though.

I could give you some of my nicknames for players, but they are all raunchy.

[Manja]

The Answer

What's the question? Yeah... I've never been an AI fan. I always thought (and still do) think he's overrated.

"The Nigerian Nightmare" - Christian Okoye

His daughter goes to my school.. It's awesome. I get to see him on his huge harley every day.

Anyways...

Air Apparent (Kobe)
The Playmaker
The Great White Hope (Mark Madsen... and other crazy white basketball player)

[PackerAttack84]

Broadway Joe (Joe Namath)
Say Hey Kid (Willie Mayes)
Crazy Legs (Elroy Hirsch)
The Admiral (David Robinson)
Mailman (Karl Malone)
The Answer (Allen Iverson)
The Glove (Gary Payton)
The Dream (Hakeem Olajuwon)

[DUKE]

711 = Chad Johnson
"The Nasty Boys" = (Dibble,Charlton,Myers)
Baby Faced Assassin=Marc Anotonio Barrera
Night Train Lane= Dick Lane
James "Lights Out" Toney

[Atog]

Guaran-sheed (Rasheed Wallace during last year's playoffs when he guaranteed a win)
The Professor (Igor Larionav)
Cujo (Curtis Joseph)
The Dominator (Dominick Hassek)
The Wizard of Oz (Chris Osgood)
(what is it with Red Wings and their goalies?)
The Little Ball of Hate (Pat Verbeek)


It's not a nickname but the phrase "Darko Time" carries a special meaning in the vocabulary of Detroiters.