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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Huge arenas, thousands of boozed-up fans in fancy dress, and more singing than an Irish Bar during happy hour – welcome to the global phenomenon that is professional darts. The players themselves only ...

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 ...

There have been many great nicknames in the annals of sports history: "Magic"..."Primetime"..."Chocolate Thunder"..."Bill Wennington"—great players seem to require great nicknames.