You can’t tell the history of the NFL without Red “Galloping Ghost” Grange, Dick “Night Train” Lane or “Mean” Joe Greene. Nor can you do it without Reggie White, the “Minister of Defense,” Deion ...

When my family moved to the Kansas City area when I was in elementary school, I wasn’t yet a Royals fan. But as an avid ...

As you've likely heard by now, MLB is going to let its hair down a little and hand over the game to the youth for a weekend, allowing players to—among other things—put nicknames on the backs of their ...

Why don’t ballplayers have good nicknames anymore? Sure, in baseball there is Alex (A-Rod) Rodriguez, in football Calvin (Megatron) Johnson, and in basketball LeBron (King) James, but that’s only ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Kate Hua/Daily. Buy this photo. PASADENA, Calif. — There was a youth football player roaming the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Splendid Splinter, Broadway Joe, The Golden Bear, Magic, Dr. J, Night Train, Oil Can, Joltin’ Joe, The Iron Horse, Catfish, Shoeless Joe, Pistol Pete, ...

The NHL has a rich history of cool nicknames. Classic monikers like The China Wall, Old Poison or the Golden Jet evoke memories of larger than life stars, while memories of legendary moments can be ...

A couple of weeks ago, the Democratic National Committee coined a nickname for Donald Trump: dangerous Donald. This fell somewhere short of the sublime. The alliteration was pleasing enough, but the ...

It’s funny, but I only noticed it recently, when I went back into teaching. Schools used to be wonderful bastions of ribald nicknames, both for staff and students. My principal was a rather good ...