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YugiNoob
01/28/21 3:48:37 PM
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I tried to stay relatively recent, and if theyre old players, they should be pretty famous :3

Big Ben
King James
Prime Time
Splash Brothers (2 players)
Big Unit
Black Mamba
Beast Mode
Coco Crisp
Gronk
Big Papi
Greek Freak
Honey Badger
Mugsy
Slim Reaper
MadBum
Diesel
Winnie the
Megatron


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BignutzisBack
01/28/21 3:49:24 PM
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Muggsy and Winnie the are the only two I don't recognize.

Unless that's for muggsy bogues


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The Trent
01/28/21 3:49:44 PM
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megatron is still the coolest one, easy

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ApherosyLove
01/28/21 3:50:07 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Big Ben
Beast Mode
Gronk
Megatron


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YugiNoob
01/28/21 3:52:39 PM
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BignutzisBack posted...
Muggsy and Winnie the are the only two I don't recognize.

Unless that's for muggsy bogues
Yeah I guess I was... SHORT a G there :3

Also as a hint, Winnie the is one of those nicknames thats in the middle of the name. So _____ Winnie the _____

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Mizznox
01/28/21 3:54:49 PM
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Recognize all but Honey Badger. Well, not sure I'd heard the "Winnie the ___" nickname, but it looks like my assumption was right. Haven't seen "Slim Reaper" used in a long time, dude's had a few nicknames but they never really seemed to stick - most just go with his initials nowadays.

Coco Crisp just seems a little weird being there - Yeah "Coco" is a nickname, but it's what he's always gone by as far as I'm aware and Crisp is his real last name. Like Magic Johnson, just obviously not as famous, lol.
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Shotgunnova
01/28/21 3:55:29 PM
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Big Ben
King James
Prime Time
Big Unit
Black Mamba
Gronk
Big Papi
Mugsy
MadBum

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01/28/21 3:56:01 PM
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ApherosyLove
01/28/21 3:56:24 PM
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Wait, Black Mamba is Kobe right?

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Mizznox
01/28/21 3:56:42 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Also as a hint, Winnie the is one of those nicknames thats in the middle of the name. So _____ Winnie the _____

Oh, so it's not referring to Pooh Richardson? Because I see that listed as a nickname for him, too.

Pujols?
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YugiNoob
01/28/21 3:57:26 PM
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Yups :D

Albert Winnie the Pujols :3

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YugiNoob
01/28/21 3:59:50 PM
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Mizznox posted...
Recognize all but Honey Badger. Well, not sure I'd heard the "Winnie the ___" nickname, but it looks like my assumption was right. Haven't seen "Slim Reaper" used in a long time, dude's had a few nicknames but they never really seemed to stick - most just go with his initials nowadays.

Coco Crisp just seems a little weird being there - Yeah "Coco" is a nickname, but it's what he's always gone by as far as I'm aware and Crisp is his real last name. Like Magic Johnson, just obviously not as famous, lol.
Yeah, but I kinda figured that just Coco might be too common a nickname :<

And Durantula is probably too obvious lol


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Calwings
01/28/21 4:04:53 PM
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I recognized all of them. And yeah, both Muggsy and Coco went beyond nicknames and those players were actually addressed by those names during games by the announcers and media. Coco even legally changed his name to Coco later in his career because he was so used to it.
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YugiNoob
01/28/21 4:07:24 PM
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But Muggsy was still a nickname though, right? He never legally changed his name like Coco? I mean tons of players are called by their nicknames in game :<

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Choco
01/28/21 4:07:51 PM
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The Trent
01/28/21 4:08:17 PM
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how fuckin lame is splash brothers
like you couldn't even get individual nicknames you fuckin lames

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Mizznox
01/28/21 4:09:00 PM
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The Trent posted...
how fuckin lame is splash brothers
like you couldn't even get individual nicknames you fuckin lames

But Steph is the Skyfucker
(and Chef Curry, and the "Stephortless" thing is constantly thrown around)
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YugiNoob
01/28/21 4:09:30 PM
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Eh, Curry has some nicknames. Not sure about Thompson though.

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WaterLink
01/28/21 4:12:47 PM
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Big Ben - Ben Roethlisberger
King James - Lebron James
Prime Time - Deion Sanders
Splash Brothers (2 players) - Steph Curry/Klay Thompson
Big Unit - Randy Johnson
Black Mamba - Kobe Bryant
Beast Mode - Marshawn Lynch
Coco Crisp - Dunno
Gronk - Rob Gronkowski
Big Papi - David Ortiz
Greek Freak - Giannis, dunno how to spell his last name off my head lol
Honey Badger - Tyrann Mathieu
Mugsy - Bogues
Slim Reaper - Kevin Durant
MadBum - Dunno
Diesel - Shaq
Winnie the - Dunno
Megatron - Calvin Johnson

So Coco Crisp, MadBum, and Winnie are the only ones idk. Rest I all knew immediately.

Edit: Now I'm looking back at all the other answers and yeah all 3 I didn't know were MLB players which makes sense given I don't really follow the MLB much

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King Rial
01/28/21 4:19:23 PM
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Winnie's the only one I didn't know. All the rest I got right away.

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Calwings
01/28/21 4:20:14 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
But Muggsy was still a nickname though, right? He never legally changed his name like Coco? I mean tons of players are called by their nicknames in game :<

Not to that extent though. Muggsy was always referred to as Muggsy, to the point where the nickname basically became his default name and his given name was never mentioned at all. For all of the others besides Muggsy and Coco, they had their nicknames, but their given names were still what was used the majority of the time in the broadcasts and media. But for Muggsy and Coco, the vast majority of fans have no idea what their real names even are without googling them. They're past the point of merely being nicknames.
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Vladimir
01/28/21 4:21:41 PM
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Ill think of some hockey ones for those who are fans..

The Great One
Sid the Kid
The Great 8
Finnish Flash
Super Mario
Dominator
Jumbo Joe
The Eagle
Rocket
CuJo
Mr. Hockey
Magic Man
Mr. Universe
King
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E32005
01/28/21 4:23:00 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Coco Crisp
not a nickname, i dont think

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YugiNoob
01/28/21 4:27:28 PM
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The Great One and Super Mario are the only hockey ones I know lol.

What about people like Babe Ruth or Magic Johnson though? I would guess that most people know their real names, but theyre referred to by their nicknames to the point that it pretty much was their real name. Still though, the fact of the matter is that Muggsy remains a nickname until its legally changed, no matter how much its used over his real name.

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YugiNoob
01/28/21 4:27:48 PM
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E32005 posted...
not a nickname, i dont think
As mentioned earlier, not anymore

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Calwings
01/28/21 4:37:08 PM
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Vladimir posted...
Ill think of some hockey ones for those who are fans..

I only know three of those (Great One, Sid The Kid, and Super Mario) because I only very loosely follow hockey compared to the other three.
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King Rial
01/28/21 4:41:40 PM
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Maybe it's because I'm from Detroit, but you two not knowing Mr. Hockey has me slightly triggered. Y'all better not be Canadians, because you might be kicked out of the country. lol

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Flockaveli
01/28/21 4:49:19 PM
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YugiNoob posted...
Eh, Curry has some nicknames. Not sure about Thompson though.
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YugiNoob
01/28/21 4:50:41 PM
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I have the excuse of living in Hawaii. We dont have any professional sports teams, let alone ones that need an ice rink lol. Hell, I think Ice Palace might be the only skating place here, and its tiny lol

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RetsuZaiZen
01/28/21 4:51:36 PM
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All of them

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Calwings
01/28/21 4:53:45 PM
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King Rial posted...
Maybe it's because I'm from Detroit, but you two not knowing Mr. Hockey has me slightly triggered. Y'all better not be Canadians, because you might be kicked out of the country. lol

No, I seriously just watch that little hockey. I only watched hockey a little bit as a kid in the mid-late 90's (when I was growing up in Miami and the Florida Panthers had just come into existence) and in the past couple of years (I now live in St. Louis and the Blues actually became really good for once) so everything in between those two and everything before the 90's that isn't Wayne Gretzky is completely unknown to me.
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Naysaspace
01/28/21 4:54:49 PM
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Big Ben - Ben Rothlisburger
King James - Lebron
Prime Time - ???
Splash Brothers (2 players) - Klay Thompson and Steph Curry
Big Unit - Randy Johnson
Black Mamba - ??? Kobe was Mamba, who's Black Mamba?
Beast Mode - Marshawn Lynch
Coco Crisp - D. Julio Lugo
Gronk - Gronk
Big Papi - David Ortiz
Greek Freak - Giannis Antetekoumpo
Honey Badger - ???
Mugsy - ???
Slim Reaper - ???
MadBum - Madison Bumgartner
Diesel - ??? Shaq was Big Diesel, but he was Big X (Big Cactus, etc)
Winnie the - ???
Megatron - That guy from the Lions

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Mizznox
01/28/21 4:55:28 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
Black Mamba - ??? Kobe was Mamba, who's Black Mamba?

Still Kobe, lol
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Naysaspace
01/28/21 4:56:30 PM
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I also thought they called shaq Big Diesel because he liked batteries

D-cell

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PatrickMahomes
01/28/21 4:59:42 PM
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honey badger the GOAT

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krazychao5
01/28/21 5:08:49 PM
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Vladimir posted...
Ill think of some hockey ones for those who are fans..

The Great One - wayne greatskii
Sid the Kid - fuckboi crybaby loooser
The Great 8 - ovi
Finnish Flash - teemu selanne?
Super Mario - mario lopez
Dominator - hashek
Jumbo Joe - hoe thornton
The Eagle - eddie belfour?
Rocket - maurice richard?
CuJo - curtis joseph
Mr. Hockey - gordy <3
Magic Man - datsyuk <3
Mr. Universe - realy unsure
King - lundvquist?
Mule - franzen


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King Rial
01/28/21 5:11:25 PM
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Calwings posted...
No, I seriously just watch that little hockey.
I watch as much Hockey as I watch Soccer. That is to say none. But, and as I mentioned maybe it's because I'm from Detroit, not knowing Mr. Hockey is like not knowing Babe Ruth.

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CanuckCowboy
01/28/21 5:16:35 PM
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Dont know splash brothers, megatron, greek freak, or winnie the

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CanuckCowboy
01/28/21 5:21:19 PM
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I lol'd at mario lopez.

Also these guys are genuine legends of their sport, but can ce recognize even one of them?

The Condor
The Canadian Beast
DMC
Miracle Boy
The Bulldozer
Rooftop
Barspiniac

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WaterLink
01/28/21 5:28:09 PM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
I lol'd at mario lopez.

Also these guys are genuine legends of their sport, but can ce recognize even one of them?

The Condor
The Canadian Beast
DMC
Miracle Boy
The Bulldozer
Rooftop
Barspiniac

Dunno any of those lol. I mean Darren McFadden was called "Run DMC" but he's not an NFL legend. I suppose he's sort of a college football legend finishing #2 in the heisman two years in a row but I doubt that's who you're talking about.

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CanuckCowboy
01/28/21 5:30:01 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Dunno any of those lol. I mean Darren McFadden was called "Run DMC" but he's not an NFL legend. I suppose he's sort of a college football legend finishing #2 in the heisman two years in a row but I doubt that's who you're talking about.

Nope. TBF its a sport that most cemen could name maybe 2 or 3 athletes from total. I put those guys in it though.

Ill be happy if anyone even guesses the sport tbh. lol. The last nickname should help narrow the sport down at least though.

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brestugo
01/28/21 5:37:49 PM
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Got 'em all.

I like that Shaq gave himself nicknames regularly i.e. the big Aristotle "because as he said, you are what you repeatedly do."

My favorite was "the big sewer: because Shaq said, ""I got all kinds of shit going through my system"

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WaterLink
01/28/21 5:42:02 PM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
Nope. TBF its a sport that most cemen could name maybe 2 or 3 athletes from total. I put those guys in it though.

Ill be happy if anyone even guesses the sport tbh. lol. The last nickname should help narrow the sport down at least though.

I figured it out lol. Won't try to spoil it, but now that I know what the sport is, I will say I enjoyed Miracle Boy's video game as a kid. I believe that was the first time I ever heard Sublime as well.

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