Pro football history is littered with players that have interesting nicknames, so it was really difficult to trim this list down to a top ten. Here are some that didn’t make the cut: “Mean” Joe Greene, BenJarvus Green-Ellis “The Law Firm”, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders, Christian Okoye “The Nigerian Nightmare”, Ed “Too Tall” … Read More
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The 10 Best Baseball Nicknames of All Time
Baseball may have the best list of all-time nicknames, so it was really hard to trim down to just ten. Some classics that didn’t make the list, but deserve honorable mention, are George Herman “Babe” Ruth, “Hammerin’” Hank Aaron, “Yogi” Berra, “Cool Papa” Bell, “Joltin’ ” Joe DiMaggio, Stan “The Man” Musial, Ron Cey … Read More
The 10 Best Basketball Nicknames of All Time
The NBA Finals, between Miami and San Antonio for the second straight year, ended tonight with the Spurs winning another title, so this list post will be of the top 10 nicknames in basketball. With apologies to the legends whose nicknames are known to even non-basketball fans, like Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Michael “Air” Jordan and Julius … Read More
The 10 Best Hockey Nicknames of All Time
I’ve promised myself that I would continue posting one of the things I’ve enjoyed the most since I started this blog, which is the “list” posts. So starting this week I’m going to publish a series of posts listing the ten best nicknames in each of the four major sports, beginning with hockey since the … Read More
R.I.P. Dr. Jack Ramsay
Jack Ramsay coaching the Buffalo Braves in the 1970s I was saddened to hear of the recent death of former NBA coach Jack Ramsay, one of the league’s classiest people who had a Hall of Fame coaching career, and was a tremendous ambassador for the game as a game analyst for ESPN after his coaching … Read More
Rayonsports.com’s Fifth Anniversary
On April 28, 2010, I wrote the first few posts on this blog, which, as my “about” page explains, is my family’s idea of a place for me to vent on the world of sports instead of yelling obscenities at the television. I was unemployed when I first started the blog, so there were many … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Three Yards And A Cloud of Dust?
‘Skins Chris Hanburger trying to decapitate New York’s Tom Kennedy in epic 1966 72-41 NFL game The final regular season edition of my “Throwback Thursday” feature highlights a game played between two old NFL Eastern Division rivals, the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. The two clubs will close out the 2013 regular season with … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Holy Roller
Two old American Football League Western Division rivals, the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, meet on this week’s NFL schedule. A game between these two clubs, played on September 10, 1978, is this week’s Thursday Throwback feature game. Like many of the featured games in this series so far, it became legendary because of … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Ice Bowl
With the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers slated to meet in this week’s NFL schedule, the Thursday Throwback feature of the week was a no-brainer. It’s one of the most storied games in NFL history, and it was played between these two teams on New Year’s Eve, 1967, for the NFL Championship. It remains … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The “Heidi” Game
Two old American Football League rivals, the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders, hook up on this week’s NFL schedule, and that makes this week’s Thursday Throwback feature an easy choice. It was a game played between these 2 teams on November 17, 1968 that turned into one of the most famous games in pro … Read More