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.
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> <img src=http://themax.mlblogs.com/ds.jpg> 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... <img src=http://www.hollywoodcollectibles.com/autographed/memorabilia/sports/collectibles/authentic/Basketball/8x10%20Photos/Larry_Bird_Photo1_mid.jpg>
Couple more greats from the NBA: George "The Iceman" Gervin <img src=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/438964603_65129cbffb.jpg?v=0> "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>
chocolate thunder don't recall, did Barry Sanders have a nickname? Most fun to watch athlete of all time.