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July 6th, 2007

The Decline And Fall Of The Sports Nickname

Over at Newsweek, Devin Gordon is lamenting the lost art of the sports nickname:

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2 Responses to “The Decline And Fall Of The Sports Nickname”

  1. Dave Lifton says:
    July 6, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    I fully agree. The simplicity of something like new nicknames like A-Rod and T-Mac must make Patrick Ewing glad that he missed this trend by about 10 years.

  2. odessasteps says:
    July 6, 2007 at 6:41 pm

    can we blame this on ESPN, especially Chris “hey Beerman”?

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