Slang terminology used on
Jim Rome's
radio show. Here's a partial list:
- A Raunchy Chick From the Barrio - pro tennis player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario for her not so good looks
- America's Bandwagon - the Dallas Cowboys
- America's Most Skilled Fat Men - a group of overweight athletes who are able to avoid injury, i.e. Cecil Fielder, Kirby Puckett, etc.
- American Beauty - Green Bay Packers tight-end Mark Chmura for having sex with his 17 year-old babysitter at an after-prom party. (Allegedly)
- Arthritis Sabonis - Portland Trailblazers center Arvidis Sabonis (very bad joints)
- ATM - Seattle Supersonics guard Gary Payton for getting held up with over $60,000 worth of cash and jewelry on his person.
- Barry Manilow - Joe Montana
- Blob (the) - a portly female sports radio host officially referred to as the Fabulous Sports Babe
- Blue Hair - elderly folk
- Bong Morris - Bam Morris, Pittsburgh Steelers running back, for his arrest on possesion of marijuana
- Chernobyl - Tommy Lasorda for the manager's tendency to "melt down," i.e., lose his temper
- Chowderhead - resident of Boston
- Cocaine Wayne - football coach Wayne Fontes, for his prior cocaine possesion arrest
- D-Cup - reference to USC football coach John Robinson's enormous breasts
- Dionne Ewing - Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks, for having "manhole cover" like nasal passages similar to Dionne Warwick
- Fat Antonio - San Antonio affiliate, for being named as having the most overweight citizens in the nation in a survey
- Fresh Prince - NBA player Robert Horry due to his resemblence to actor Will Smith
- Fresneck - Fresno, California affiliate
- Gangsta Hooper - Nick Van Exel for shoving a referee and past violent behavior
- Goateater - baseball player Kevin Mitchell, so called when players wondered what happened to a goat that the Chicago Cubs were using for good luck
- Godfather (the) - Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis (from Davis' supposed secretive, megalomaniacal role on his team)
- Ike Cox - Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, who was charged with beating his wife. In reference to singer Ike Turner who was arrested for beating his wife, Tina Turner
- Isiah McGyver - NBA player Isiah Rider, for making a bong out of a Sprite can
- Jabba the Popovich - reference to NBA coach Greg Popovich's likeness to Jabba the Hutt
- Jurassic Evans - reference to the age of NFL quarterback Vince Evans, who at 40 played for the Raiders
- Moellered - To be intoxicated. From former University of Michigan football coach Gary Moeller's incident where he was drunk and told the police to "take me to jail boys" rather than take a taxi home
- Multicolored Fishwrap (the) - USAToday
- Nintendo Griffey - baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. for playing the game so effortlessly that it looks like he's playing a video game
- Nutty Professor (The) - NFL head coach Dennis Green, reference to the Eddie Murphy movie character who kept getting fatter and fatter
- Quittick Bowe - boxer Riddick Bowe, who joined the Marines only to quit 3 days into boot camp
- Serta - NBA player Elden Campell, for appearing to be half asleep when he plays
- Shashank Graf - Stefi Graf's father Helmit, who has spent time in prison for tax evasion
- USS Parcells - Football coach Bill Parcells, for his rather large girth
This is a work in progress.
Source: http://www.jimrome.com/