Across a myriad of sports, nicknames are an essential piece to holding teams together, confusing opponents, and having fun at your teammate’s expense. Most nicknames come from an unfortunate moment in a player’s career, a funny miscue, or something they physically resemble. Players usually come to terms with their nicknames, yet some are so outrageous or borderline offensive that some just can’t get over them, yet they never stop. Here are some of the worst nicknames in the history of sports, nicknames that will never go away.

• Doug “Muscle Hamster” Martin
• Caron “Tuff Juice” Butler
• Harold “Baby Jordan” Miner
• Freddi “Fred Ex” Mitchell
• Shaun “Flying Tomato” White
• Steve “Franchise” Francis
• Glen “Big Baby” Davis.

Doug Martin declared that Muscle Hamster was, “the worst nickname ever,” in an interview with NFL AM. “I can’t shake it. It started in college, back in Boise, with our linemen. I have a lot of bigger friends, and they’d call me the Muscle Hamster because of how much I could lift in the weight room.” Martin has a successful NFL career despite hating the nickname he still has, bursting onto the fantasy football scene after scoring 52 points on Week 9 in 2012, becoming a high commodity for the rest of the year. Some athletes give themselves nicknames, such as Kobe “Black Mamba” Bryant or “Scaroline” Black. Nicknames are also popular at Academic Magnet, with Andrew “Iceberg” Alberg, Darius “D1 Dario” Nwokike, and Nate “The Great” Schlosser. Nicknames remain a crucial part to sports, and will definitely remain a key part to sports across all levels, whether they are good or bad.