Tag Archives: football

Touchdown! The Greatest Super Bowl Winner Names

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Arto

The glory. The adulation. The Budweiser®. These are just some of the great perks of winning the Super Bowl, like the Denver Broncos did in yesterday’s championship game. Winners’ names live forever as the top football achievers of their time. … Continue reading →

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Funny Names in the News 115, With Laphroaig Scotch, Cookie Roof, Vontaze Burfict, and Ivo van Hove

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Dave

  HELLO FOLKS! Welcome to another fun-filled edition of Funny Names in the News, Number 115.  We’ll start off with an amazing comment spotted a while ago on the Facebook page of the delicious Laphroaig scotch. They said Laphroaig 18 was “Emphatic. … Continue reading →

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FNITN 114 – with Funny Bird Names and Dick Trickle and Norman Smurthwaite

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Dave

What’s crack-a-lackin’ folks? It’s another star-studded edition of Funny Names in the News. I told Arto I was gonna write this last night (and wrote those first two sentences then) but sleep happens and I’m writing this now as your morning … Continue reading →

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Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Fannie Cranium

We at the BoFN love names with alliteration. Say it with me. Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith. While Smith is not a funny name, add a color and you get a whole lot more. Let’s get the ball rolling. What’s black … Continue reading →

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Knute Rockne

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Fannie Cranium

Norwegian born, American football player and coach, Knute Rockne emigrated in 1893 with his parents from Voss, Norway, when he was five-years-old. Young Knute learned football in his new home town of Chicago, where he played for his high school … Continue reading →

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