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This is a list of sportspeople with nicknames. Aviation sport "Mungo" = Mike Mangold, [1] "The Quick Corsican" = Nicolas Ivanoff, [2] "Witt" = Steve Wittman, [3]
Big Three, The Three Tenors, GOATs= Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal,Novak Djokovic Boom Boom Boris, The Lion of Leimen, Baron von Slam = Boris Becker [8] The Barcelona Bumblebee = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario [9] [10] [11]
List of college nickname changes in the United States List of college team nicknames in the United States Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots
The addition of "ette" or "Lady" to team nicknames angers some proponents of women's athletics, who call their use sexist — and comes across as a tired anachronism to many 21st century girls ...
NBA nicknames have taken on lives of their own over recent decades. Historically very good, the current generation has been known to crank out some terrible monikers for hoops stars.
"The Bad Boys" (the Original from 1986 to 1991) – Isiah Thomas (Zeke / The Captain), Bill Laimbeer (The Black Hat / The Darth Vader of the NBA), Joe Dumars (Mister Louisiana), Rick Mahorn (The Baddest Bad Boy of Them All / The Master of Being Bad), Vinnie Johnson (The Microwave), John Salley (The Spider), Dennis Rodman (The Worm / The Rebound ...
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
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