THE TEN COOLEST SPORTS CLIQUES OF ALL TIME!

Today the WST pays tribute to the coolest cliques in sports.  These groups had it all: attitude, loyalty, personality, skill, style.  Most importantly, they weren't just teammates, they were friends. 

10. The Four Horseman

Members: Ric Flair.  Arn Anderson.  Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham and J.J. Dillon (manager)

-The first gang of Pro Wrestling.  They had all the titles.  They dressed in the best clothes.  Ate at the best restaurants and partied with the prettiest girls. They also stomped the shit out of any and all challengers and made it cool to be a villain.

9. Cincinnati Nasty Boys

Members: Ron Dribble, Norm Charlton, and Randy Myers.

-The three relievers Combined for 44 saves during 1990 season along with 8.5 scoreless innings en route to the Reds World Series sweep over the Oakland A’s.  Seriously, all three dealt more fire than your local herb man.

8. The Purple People Eaters

Members: Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and Gary Larsen.

-One NFL MVP, two Hall of Fame jackets, and 19 Pro Bowls between the Vikings' D-Line.  If you ever heard the phrase “Meet at the Quarterback,” you have these brothers to thank.  Personally, I prefer their alternate “Purple Gang” nickname.

7. The Broad Street Bullies

Members: Dave “Hammer” Schultz, Bobby Clarke, Bob “Hound” Kelly, Phil Esposito, and Bill Barber.

They may not be number one, but they have the best nickname by a mile.    The Philadelphia Flyers of 1975 and '76 were skilled enough to win back-to-back Stanley Cups and mean enough that the starting line kicks it in eternal Hell with the likes of John Dillinger, Lizzy Borden, John Wilkes Booth, Benedict Arnold and of course, Nixon.

6. The Bermuda Triangle

Members: Mike Singletary, Otis Wilson, Wilbur Marshall.

-The Linebacking corps of the 85 Bears vaunted “46” defense would be higher but with so many stars on that unit, it’s not really fair.  Nice Shorts though fellas. 

On a side note; Singletary may be the Hall of Famer of the trio, but I hear Marshall and Wilson were so tough that season; they’d cut your throat and bang your wife.

5. The Fab Five

Members: Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.

-The GREATEST College hoops class ever recruited.  Baggy shorts, black socks and a genuine hate for the system.  Take it away Jalen…

4. RUN-TMC

Members: Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin.

-Bet you forgot these three balled out together.  The Warriors triad only combined forces for two seasons, but they could run, gun, play team ball and were the highest scoring trio in the NBA in 1991.  And do you see those Huxtable sweaters?  SWAG.

3. The Fearsome Foursome

Members: Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy, And Rosey Grier.

-The most dominant defensive line of all time was also the most Hollywood.  All four got their acting and singing on, which is a little weird when you take into the account the chaos created when they took the field together.

2. The Bad Boys

Members: Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, John Salley, Adrian Dantley, Mark Aguirre, Rick Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson.

-Many fellow Chicagoans will string me up for this… 

I mean the rivalry with the Bulls, the “Jordan Rules,” the fact that a team from punk-ass Detroit cracked the top two.

But when you really think about it, the Pistons were pretty fucking cool.  They were tough, hard-nosed Midwestern answer to the glitzy Lakers of the West Coast and insufferable Celtics of the East Coast.

For all the heat guys on that Detroit endure; people here in the windy city would change their tune real quick if one any of them had ever ended up in a Bulls-oh wait…

 

Fuck Isiah though. I wish him nothing but misery.

1. The Dream Team

Members: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Christian Laettener.

-Honestly, what’s cooler than getting together with friends of similar high skill to take the world by storm? What’s cooler than being so good, your foes want to take pictures with you…BEFORE competition.  What’s cooler than running a group of Alpha Males; no weak links?

The dream team was like a real life Justice League and will go down as the coolest collection of athletes ever assembled.

-WST