Disgruntled Pittsburgh Steelers superstar Antonio Brown revealed on Twitter Tuesday that he met with team owner Art Rooney II, and said that both parties feel it is “time to move on” after a highly successful nine-year partnership. Brown has been angling for a trade via social media for weeks, and recently addressed his beef with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in a lengthy Twitter Q&A.
Brown also shared a message for the rest of the league. On Instagram, Brown said that if a team had “guaranteed money” to offer, they should reach out to him. Brown also requested that fans and media quit using “AB” as a nickname, and instead refer to him solely as “Mr. Big Chest.”
Is Mr. Big Chest the worst nickname in sports? It certainly makes the shortlist. We polled the FTW staff to come up with 11 of the lamest nicknames used by active athletes.
Antonio Brown - "Mr. Big Chest"
I can't wait for Al Michaels to scream "MR. BIG CHEST!" when Brown makes a huge play.
Shaun White - "The Flying Tomato"
Shaun White earned this nickname "The Flying Tomato" as a young'un because he had red hair and flew around on a snowboard. It was dumb then and it remains dumb now. He hates the nickname, as he should, because it makes him sound like something tossed at a putrid comedian and not an accomplished athlete. - Nate Scott
Jimmy Garoppolo - "Jimmy GQ"
Jimmy GQ breaks a cardinal rule by adding an unnecessary extra syllable to "Jimmy G," a already perfectly usable nickname. Garoppolo's handsome, we get it, enough already.
Russell Westbrook - "Brodie"
According to ESPN, "Brodie" is the name of Westbrook's dog, and he adopted the nickname for himself - but also uses it for his brother?
DeAndre Hopkins - "Nuk"
Hopkins revealed years ago that he's named "Nuk" after a brand of pacifier that he used as a child. Although most fans will pronounce the name as "nuke," commercials for Nuk on YouTube reveal that it's actually pronounced like "nook," as in "nook and cranny" or the Barnes and Noble tablet.
Dean Ambrose - "The Lunatic Fringe"
Dean Ambrose, to his credit, became massively popular in the WWE despite having one of the most ridiculous nicknames in the company's history. Had WWE just dropped "fringe" everything would be fine, but "the lunatic fringe" sounds like the product of a terrible corporate brainstorming session.
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Brock Lesnar - "The Beast Incarnate"
While we're talking about WWE, we'd be remiss not to mention Brock Lesnar, who was downgraded from "The Conqueror" to "The Beast Incarnate." The name's simply way too long, and it's never sounded cool when anyone other than Paul Heyman says it.
Anthony McFarland - "Booger"
According to McFarland, he got the name as a 2-year-old when his older sister began relentlessly teasing him for “being a booger.”
Kawhi Leonard - "The Claw"
Kawhi Leonard has gigantic hands, but “The Claw” doesn’t feel like a fitting nickname for arguably the best two-way player in the NBA, and it spawned a truly horrible hand-shaped logo. It sounds like the name of a minor DC Comics villain.
