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The Best Nicknames in Sports Right Now Are... - Is there a better, more suitable nickname in all of sports right now than Marshawn Lynch's "Beast Mode"? The nickname fits the rugged Seattle Seahawks running back's roughshod rushing style and will be front and center at Super Bowl XLIX this Sunday. But the awesome nickname got us thinking about other great monikers in sports today. Read on for more, they're all here.(Photos from left: Christian Petersen/Getty Images, Stephen Dunn/Getty Images, Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Beast Mode - When you run with reckless abandon and carry opposing players on your back like Marshawn Lynch does, you've rightfully earned the nickname "Beast Mode." Once the Seattle Seahawks running back flips that switch, it's usually a long, ugly day in the office for defenders.(Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Black Mamba - Kobe Bryant owns one of the most appropriate monikers in sports. The Black Mamba is the second-longest venomous snake in the world, able to kill a human in less than 20 minutes, similar to the way Kobe snuffs out defenders. (Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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The Brow - Anthony Davis's nickname is pretty self-explanatory as it stems from the hair between his eyebrows that the New Orleans Pelicans star refuses to get rid of. A unibrow to match a unique game. Nothing low brow about that. (Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Gronk - You know you've made it when part of your last name almost gets used like a verb. That's the case for New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski. Gronk puts the smash in smashmouth football, regularly inviting contact and collision from defenders. (Photo: Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

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The Beard - Like Anthony Davis, Houston Rockets' James Harden's nickname is pretty self-explanatory. Long (facial) hair, don't care. Fear The Beard!(Photo: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

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Megatron - At 6-foot-5, 236 pounds with a huge wingspan and skills to match his freakish frame, Calvin Johnson has been churning out highlights throughout his eight seasons with the Detroit Lions. Like the statuesque Decepticon of Transformers fame, Johnson's ability is truly out of this world. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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The Big Fundamental - Credit Shaquille O'Neal with giving Tim Duncan his on-court handle. It's quite fitting for the future Hall-of-Famer who's game isn't loud or thrilling to watch, but it's very much effective. The five NBA championship rings Timmy owns prove the latter to be fundamentally true.(Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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Boogie - Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins actually got the nickname from former Kentucky assistant and ex-NBA player Rod Strickland. The former point guard claimed that Cousins had a lot of "boogie" in his game, being able to pull off guard-like moves with his 6-foot-11 frame. Pretty cool. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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CP3 - Some of sports best nicknames come without a big background story. Take Los Angeles Clippers star point guard Chris Paul, for example. Take his initials of CP and add his jersey No. 3 and "CP3" was born. Nice and easy...like his game. (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)

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King James - When you've been the center of the NBA kingdom since you were 17-years-old and you're enjoying the riches and spoils of being arguably the best basketball player on the planet, you deserve to be called a king. Ain't that right, LeBron? (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)

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Revis Island - Darrelle Revis is definitely owner to one of the cooler nicknames in all of sports. The New England Patriots veteran cornerback earned the moniker for his penchant for shutting down star wide receivers and making them feel like they were on an island alone out there on the field.(Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Born Ready - Lance Stephenson earned his stripes playing pickup hoops in Coney Island, Brooklyn. By the time he was a teenager, Stephenson had earned a streetball name at New York City's famed Rucker Park for being a manchild and dominating grown men much older than him.(Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)