While not all athletes can have a mockable name like Ivana Mandic or Sally Mangina, sometimes, with a little help from their closest (in proximity) friends, a row of ordinary last names can be turned into pure comedic gold. Here are our 6 favorite instances of just that.

In the fast-paced world of TV sports journalism, mistakes are bound to happen. You might mislabel a player's chyron, misspell a team name, or get a stat wrong. And there's always the odd unthinkably racist headline that makes its way to the screen. But there's still no excuse for these egregiously inappropriate or patently absurd errors that eagle-eyed citizen journalists have captured and posted to the Internet for our collective enjoyment and head-shaking.

Not everyone can have parents who love and respect them, just ask UNC Charlotte center Ivana Mandic, who we feel should seriously consider jumping on the bandwagon and changing her name to either "Cincodos" or at the very least "Metta World Mandic." In any event, here's our list of 22 other athletes whose parents hate them.

WWE Champion and genuine badass CM Punk just gave up "not beating the crap out of Chris Brown" for Lent. He and the Rihanna-bashing R&B singer have been in a quickly escalating war of words on Twitter. After Mr. Punk mentioned his desire for "curb stomping that turd," Mr. Brown then inaccurately accused Punk of taking steroids — perhaps the lamest comeback in Twitter-war history. Mr. Punk, tired of wasting time on "a sad, cowardly little boy" like Brown, created this video last night, challenging Brown to a fight with the proceeds going to a women’s shelter of his choosing. So let's all spend our Ash Wednesday praying our brains out that this brawl actually takes place.

Meet 'Zim Bear', the ungodly mutant spawn of Rays coach Don Zimmer and a bear. Isn't he/it terrifying? Of course he/it is. Great news though, according to the Rays promotional schedule, this hideous creep-beast will be given away at the June 29th Rays home game. That's right, given away. For free! So if your kids happen to be in the market for a stuffed animal/person that will more than likely be the emotionally damaging first step in their growing up to be a serial killer, mark your calendars!

If there's one thing spectators of live sporting events are eager to exercise — if not their own bodies — it's their right to publicly embarrass opposing coaches, players, the referees, fellow fans, and even ex-boyfriends with a well-placed piece of cardboard; a right for which they are paying more and more each year. And as the cost of ticket prices continues to go up, it's understandable that the number of hateful, homemade signs are increasing as well. Collected here are our favorite examples of these awesomely obnoxious signs of our times.

Sometimes the way to get into a player's head is to give him an image he'll never get out of it.

When it comes to taunting free throw shooters there are some basic do's and don'ts. Do, for example, any clever, creepy, disgusting and/or downright mean-spirited thing you can think of to distract the shooter. And don't, not even for a minute, worry about the fact that the person you are distracting is a real human being with feelings. That's it. Those are the rules. Now enjoy these 12 hilariously awesome applications of them.

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And everyone thought Jeremy Lin's jump from sleeping on a couch to dominating the NBA was impressive.

The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. couldn't end racism. The elections of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama couldn't end racism. But CNN thinks an above-average Asian point guard has a good shot. First let's see if Jeremy Lin can end the Knicks' decade-long tendency for finishing the season below .500, then we can judge him on his ability to solve humanity's centuries-long tendency to hate one another based on skin color. And if CNN was referring only to the end of racism towards Lin himself, they might want to check with their journalistic brethren at The New York Post and ESPN. Pretty sure the answer is a flat "nope."