All-Name Teams #24

Featuring names from across the world of sports

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what’s in a name?
— Poet and writer Helen Hunt Jackson

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All-Book Team
Bio Kim — golf
Matt Read — hockey
Jarrad Page — football
Chad Pennington — football
Rick Story — mixed martial arts

All-Literature Team
Connor Hamlett — football
Junior Hemingway — football
Marco Huck — boxing
Dontari Poe — football
Dante Scarnecchia — football

All-Word Team
Tyler Chatwood — baseball
Danny Gabbidon — soccer
Boris Said — motorsports
Tris Speaker — baseball
Ed Werder — sports reporter

Procedural Note — If you’re wondering why there are five people per team: Basketball was my favorite sport as I grew up, and since the rules of basketball (last time I checked) allow five players per team on the court, I’m going with five-person All-Name Teams.

— Bruce William Deckert

All-Name Teams #13

Featuring names from across the world of sports

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
— Charles Spurgeon

All-Holy Team 1
Jamie Bestwick — BMX (bicycle motocross)
Evander Holyfield — boxing
Peerless Price — football
Mike Singletary — football
James Worthy — basketball

All-Horror Team 1
Derek Boogaard — hockey
Frank Gore — football
Tom Gores — basketball exec
Dante Scarnecchia — football
John Skelton — football

All-Saints Team 1
Moses Kingsley — basketball
Mark Lazarus — TV sports exec
Isaac Redman — football
Isaiah Roundtree — football
Noah Syndergaard — baseball

All-Name Teams #8

Featuring names from across the world of sports

He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to
death — his death on the cross. For this reason God raised him
to the highest place … and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
— the apostle Paul*

At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
     Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
     Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
— the apostle John**

All-Cross Team
Troy Aikman — football
Carlo Costly — soccer
Na’il Diggs — football
Paul “The Truth” Pierce — basketball
Danny Woodhead — football

All-Resurrection Team
Skylar Diggins — basketball
Gregg Easterbrook — writer
Dashon Goldson — football
Mark Lazarus — sports TV executive
Dante Scarnecchia — football

All-Divine Team 2
Emmanuel Adebayor — soccer
Dale Earnhardt Sr. — auto racing
Gary Emanuel — football
Robert Godhigh — football
Jesus Montero — baseball
• All-Divine Team 1

* Philippians 2:8-9, Good News Translation
** John 20:14-16, New International Version

Do you believe Jesus of Nazareth has the greatest name, the highest value, the best brand in the universe? Or do you see some other person as being a cut above?

A further question: At the end of the day, who is your go-to person?

I hope and pray that you and I will know as our go-to person the One who truly has the preeminent name.

— Bruce William Deckert