Athlete Phrases

Phrases

• Agent Zero (Nickname of basketball player Gilbert Arenas)
• Air Canada (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• Air Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• Air Zaire (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• Athlete's foot
• Baby Bull (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Cepeda)
• Baby Gramps (Nickname of basketball player Greg Oden)
• Baby Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Harold Miner)
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Bam Bam (Nickname of baseball player Hensley Meulens)
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Bean Burrito (Nickname of basketball player Nick Young)
• Beast or Perk (Nickname of basketball player Kendrick Perkins)
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Baby (Nickname of basketball player Glen Davis)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
• Big Cat (Nickname of baseball player Andres Galarraga)
• Big Country (Nickname of basketball player Bryant Reeves)
• Big Dog (Nickname of basketball player Glenn Robinson)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
• Big Mac (Nickname of baseball player Mark McGwire)
• Big Nasty (Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson)
• Big Papi (Nickname of baseball player David Ortiz)
• Big Poison (Nickname of baseball player Paul Waner)
• Big Puma (Nickname of baseball player Lance Berkman)
• Big Red (Nickname of basketball player Arvydas Sabonis)
• Big Shot Becky (Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon)
• Big Shot Bob (Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry)
• Big Six (Nickname of baseball player Christy Mathewson)
• Big Smooth (Nickname of basketball player Charlie Villanueva)
• Big Snacks (Nickname of basketball player Jerome James)
• Big Sofo (Nickname of basketball player Sofoklis Schortsanitis)
• Big Z (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Zambrano)
• Big Z (Nickname of basketball player Zydrunas Ilgauskas)
• Bird Man (Nickname of basketball player Chris Andersen)
• Bit player
• Black Jack (Nickname of baseball player Jack McDowell)
• Black Jesus (Nickname of basketball player Amare Stoudemire)
• Black Mamba (Nickname of basketball player Kobe Bryant)
• Black Mike (Nickname of baseball player Mickey Cochrane)
• Black Moses (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Blue Moon (Nickname of baseball player John Odom)
• Boat race (Cockney rhyming slang for face)
• Boom Dizzle (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Brazilian Blur (Nickname of basketball player Leandro Barbosa)
• Broadway Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Namath)
• Bron Bron (Nickname of basketball player LeBron James)
• Buc The World (Nickname of basketball player Greg Buckner)
• Buffet of Goodness (Nickname of basketball player Channing Frye)
• Bullet Joe (Nickname of baseball player Charles Rogan)
• Bye Bye (Nickname of baseball player Steve Balboni)
• Captain Bly (Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven)
• Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
• Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
• Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Charlie Hustle (Nickname of baseball player Pete Rose)
• Chicken Man (Nickname of baseball player Wade Boggs)
• Chocolate Thunder (Nickname of basketball player Darryl Dawkins)
• Clyde the Glide (Nickname of basketball player Clyde Drexler)
• Connie Mack (Nickname of baseball player Cornelius McGillicuddy)
• Cool Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Montana)
• Cool Papa (Nickname of baseball player James Bell)
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
• DaWhite Howard (Nickname of basketball player David Lee)
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Defende Reboundo (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• Det the Threat (Nickname of basketball player Detlef Schrempf)
• Dice K (Nickname of baseball player Daisuke Matsuzaka)
• Ditty Bop (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Doc Howard (Nickname of basketball player Dwight Howard)
• Does it make sense to jump out of a warm bed into a cold cereal? (Quaker Oats advertising slogan)
• Dollar Bill (Nickname of basketball player Bill Bradley)
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Donnie (Nickname of baseball player Don Mattingly)
• Downtown Freddie (Nickname of basketball player Fred Brown)
• Dragon Slayer (Nickname of baseball player Josh Fogg)
• Earl the Pearl (Nickname of basketball player Earl Monroe)
• Earl the Squirrel (Nickname of basketball player Earl Boykins)
• Egg and spoon race
• El Caballo (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Lee)
• El Contusione (Nickname of basketball player Manu Ginobili)
• El Duque (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Hernandez)
• El Presidente (Nickname of baseball player Dennis Martinez)
• El Sid (Nickname of baseball player Sid Fernandez)
• El Toro (Nickname of baseball player Fernando Valenzuela)
• Everyday Eddie (Nickname of baseball player Eddie Guardado)
• For the high jump
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Get the jump on
• Ghostface (Nickname of basketball player Joel Przybilla)
• Go and jump in a lake
• Go-Go Gadget Arms (Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett)
• Golden Graham (Nickname of basketball player Joey Graham)
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Gorgeous George (Nickname of baseball player George Sisler)
• Grits N Gravy (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Ground Hog Day (Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan)
• Hair Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Half Man Half Amazing (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• His Airness (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• His Heinous (Nickname of basketball player Bill Laimbeer)
• Hop, skip and jump
• Hot Plate (Nickname of basketball player John Sam Williams)
• Hot Rod (Nickname of basketball player Rodney Hundley)
• Hungry Hungry Hilton (Nickname of basketball player Hilton Armstrong)
• Jack jump over the candlestick (line from nursery rhyme)
• Jump at the chance
• Jump bail
• Jump down my throat
• Jump for joy
• Jump in with both feet
• Jump off
• Jump out of your skin
• Jump rope
• Jump ship
• Jump someone's bones
• Jump start
• Jump the broomstick
• Jump the couch
• Jump the gun
• Jump the line
• Jump the queue
• Jump the shark
• Jump the track
• Jump through hoops
• Jump to it
• Jump to the wrong conclusion
• Leadoff hitter (A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first)
• Major player
• On the jump
• One jump ahead of
• Piss like a race horse
• Play the race card
• Player's please (John Player & Sons advertising slogan)
• Race against the clock
• Race against time
• Race for the taste, the honey sweet taste!, the honey-nutty taste of Honey Nut Cheerios (Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan)
• Race proven performance (Kumho Tires advertising slogan)
• Race to the bottom
• Rat race
• Sack race
• Shock jock
• Take a running jump
• Team player
• That cat won't jump
• The Amazing Race (US TV show)
• The Big Guy (Nickname of Arthur Carlson (Gordon Jump))
• The Cannonball Kid (Nickname of tennis player Roscoe Tanner)
• The Master Race
• The human race
• The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong (quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes