Who has the best name in sports?

[HarleyQuinn 0]

QB Bubby Brister, always loved hearing that name.

 

QB Jim Plunkett

 

WR James Jett

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

Priest Holmes for me. It's the most flexible name ever, I could just as easily see him assassinating the cultural elite as I could see him being a top level male pornstar.

 

I always thought "Tyson Chandler" screamed horrible soap opera name, not 7ft professional basketball player.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Mike "Como Esta" Husted

 

Jared JACK!

[Ced 0]

Too bad Shammgod and Miroslav are in different sports. I'd kill for the obligatory "God vs Satan" headlines.

[Justice 0]

It's not 'technically sports', but I always thought Chris Moneymaker in the Poker Circuit was an incredibly lucky name.

[Crimson Platypus 0]

There was a Browns running back called Ben Gay a few years ago.

Nota Bengay III is a pro golfer.

 

What about retired b-baller World B. Free? It's pretentious as hell, but come on.

Tree Rollings

He was talking about this guy:

 

 

 

Ben Gay

[Cartman 0]

I laughed at Scientific Mapp so I looked it up to see if it was real...Came across a nice list:

 

Andy Masur's Top 10 Sports Names of the Century:

 

10. Razor Shines -- MLB (baseball)

9. Wonderful Monds -- Minor League Baseball

8. Hakan Loob -- Former NHL

7. Dat Nguyen (pronounced Win)--- NFL

6. Duany Duaney --- College Basketball

5. World B. Free --- Former NBA

4. Majestic Mapp --- College Basketball

3. Scientific Mapp --- College Basketball

2. Xray Hipp --- College Basketball

1. I.M. Hipp --- College Basketball

 

Honorable Mention:

 

God Shamgod --- NBA

Plaxico Burress --- College Football

Fennis Dembo --- Former College Basketball

Manute Bol --- Former NBA

Scoonie Penn --- College Basketball

Commander King --- College Basketball

Bubakar Aw (pronounced OW) --- Boxing

 

Sleepy Floyd --- Former NBA

 

Garth Butcher --- NHL tough guy

[Just John 0]

Stromile Swift (Grizzlies)

[nl5xsk1 0]

I don't think ones that the player legally changed his name (World B Free) or uses a nickname (Tree Rollins) should count. I mean, Sleepy Floyd was listed as an honorable mention, and his real name is Eric Floyd ... that's not to exciting at all.

 

It should really be limited to an athletes legit birthname.

 

My vote goes to Mario Lemieux ... the first name is pretty 'meh' but I'm pretty sure Lemiuex means something like "the best" or something comparable in French. Any time one of the best that's ever played a sport has "The Best" for their last name, it's pretty fitting.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Granville Waiters

Baskerville Holmes

Uwe Blabb

Not their names anymore but, Lew Alcindor, and Cassius Clay.

[nogoodnick 0]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Earvin "Magic" Johnson. I know Magic isn't his real name but it might as well have been.

 

I always liked NFL players with bad ass names like Kenyon Rambo, TJ Slaughter, Tank Williams, and Arnaz Battle.

 

And who can forget former NBA player Ala Abdelnaby?

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Some actual MLB players...

 

Dusty Rhodes

Jigger Statz

Rusty Kuntz

Mike Tyson

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I always loved Bart Starr.

[The Czech Republic 0]

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/ruben_boumtje_boumtje/

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

"Razor Shines" has got to be a comic book villain, a real person cannot be named "Razor Shines"

[tominator89 0]

I thought James Thrash was a cool name. Too bad he sucks.

[razazteca 0]

Major Applewhite played college football at University of Texas.

[Guest sek69]

Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, its funny to watch a Packers game and hear how the annoucers don't even try to pronounce his name. The first couple times I thought they had a guy named Kay Gee-Bee.

[nogoodnick 0]

Fuamatu Ma'afala. Thats a bad Ma'afala.

[yankovic fan 0]

I am still waiting for Priest Holmes to have a monster game and see a headline that says "Priest molests XXXXX's defense" (XXXXX = whatever team it occurs against).

[Vern Gagne 0]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the former NFL player.

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

I want Razor Shines to fight Priest Holmes.

[nogoodnick 0]

I am still waiting for Priest Holmes to have a monster game and see a headline that says "Priest molests XXXXX's defense" (XXXXX = whatever team it occurs against).

Versus the Cowboys "Priest molests Boys defense"

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I saw Bubakar Aw mentioned up there for boxing? I remember he played college basketball at Georgetown with a guy named Ya-ya Jia. Awesome team, that was.

[Lando Griffin 0]

Pork Chop Womack

Little John Flowers

Pisa Tinoisamoa

Brandon Manumaleuna

Gino Guidugli

[Art Sandusky 0]

John David Booty, backup quarterback at USC right now, if no one's mentioned him yet.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I saw Bubakar Aw mentioned up there for boxing? I remember he played college basketball at Georgetown with a guy named Ya-ya Jia. Awesome team, that was.

Is that the team with Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje?

[Art Sandusky 0]

Dikembe Mutumbo is always fun to say.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

 

In this photo, South Africa's Mbulelo Botile whoops the lesser named Paul Ingle

[Red Baron 0]

David Seaman (English goalie)\

Coco Crisp

Uwe Krupp

Ramzi Abid (NHL)

Tie Domi