The Top Nickname Bracket: The Opening Round

Above is the Bracket of the All-Time Sports Nicknames.  Sean and Max worked entirely too hard on this bad boy, argued entirely too much over the seeding, and over the final 65 names.  We set out to make a bracket of 32, but before we knew it there was a list of 75 nicknames generally associated with sports figures throughout history.  Cut from the list were CP3, KG, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, The HoneyBadger, Butterbean, and Pee Wee Reese.  There’s no real rules.  Different people have different opinions about what makes a good nickname.  Major points for rhyming and creativity, but general association of the nickname with the person has to count (You can say William Perry all you want and most sports fans won’t know who you’re talking about.  Refridgerator Perry? Different Story.)  We polled 13 (yes, 13 of our closer friends), had them fill out brackets and figured a winner from there.  Here’s the results from the first round with the results from the ...