Name Recognition

We've always enjoyed bizarre names, they give us a good chuckle, and there seems to be no more fertile field for names that are fun to say than the world of sports. Where else will you find God Shamgodd, SirValiant Brown, Majestic Mapp and his brother Scientific, Albert Pujols (if he weren't a perennial MVP candidate, he'd no doubt still be famous merely for the proper pronunciation of his last name)? Cherokee Parks? Picabo Street? Orenthal? We could go on for hours, of course.

So, we're going to try a new little feature here in The Search. Each week, we'll lay out for you the sports names that made us the most chuckle-y during the course of the week, and we welcome your contributions. Disclaimer: this is in no way intended to poke fun at the people themselves, their families, various cultures, traditions, languages, etc., but simply an effort to entertain in an admittedly childish fashion. If you can't see the unintentional comedic genius of a name like Scientific Mapp, well, we just can't help you.

Since it's the first week, we'll take it a little light. And we'll be searching like a hawk going forward:

-Jrue Holiday, G, High School -- UCLA hoops recruit, one of the top-rated points in the class of '08.
-Melquan Bolding, F, High School -- Louisville hoops recruit.
-Tjaart Van Der Walt, Golfer
-BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, Ole Miss