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This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to professional basketball, although a few notable nicknames from the U.S. college game are included. Players
[1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name. The word often distinguishes personal names from nicknames that became proper names out of former nicknames. English examples are Bob and Rob, nickname variants for Robert.
In 2013 Margaret Butler (vocalist) met Tony Hunt (guitar/keys) in the club Tonic where future GGOOLLDD bassist Nick Ziemann was a bartender. Hunt gave Butler a track he had been working on that evening and later Butler penned a few words to the first song, "Gold", which was finished within the week.
"The Fighting Quaker" – Smedley Butler, U.S. general "Flagellum Dei" (Latin for Scourge of God,) – Attila the Hun, Turkic [2] ruler of the Huns who is renowned for many successful campaigns against Rome [3] "The Fool of Owari" – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese daimyō "Foul Weather Jack" – Vice-Admiral John Byron RN, British 18th century admiral
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
Margaret Butler may refer to: Lady Margaret Butler (died 1539), Irish noblewoman; Margaret F. Butler (1861–1931), American physician and professor; Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond (died 1542), Irish noblewoman with the married name Butler; Margaret K. Butler (1924–2013), American mathematician who specialized in early computer software
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Stories from the world of football are satirised in "reports" by E.I. Addio (a reference to the football chant Ee Aye Addio) about the mythical and notoriously under-performing club Neasden F.C., which plays in the depressing North Circular Relegation League, with quotes from its manager "tight-lipped, ashen-faced supremo Ron Knee (59)" and ...