Larry Playfair formed a defensive pair with Lindy Ruff. 
A couple of years ago, the Yankees rotation included Johnson, Wang, and … Small.
I guess somebody should mention Marion Butts.
This is whom I came cast my write-in ballot for.
On the down side, Dallas Mavericks center Uwe Blab (pronounced Uvay Blopp).
For just plain unattractive names, baseball brothers Dane and Garth Iorg (pronounced "“Orj”). Those are sci-fi movie monster names.
And I never felt envious of former hockey player Uwe Krupp.
1970s baseball pitcher Dick Pole.
Adrian Dullard and son Anthony Dullard in the VFL.
Here’s one to watch next season: Whitney Mercilus, defensive end for the Fighting Illini. (Pronounced as in “Ming the Merciless”)
Indian Cricketer Napoleon Einstein has got to be a contender.
Indy car racer Will Power.
I still go with:
Miroslav Satan (as mentioned earlier)
Nick Swisher (sounds like he strikes out all the time)
Kosuke Fukudome is clearly, clearly, clearly the all time winner!
This is cheating a bit since the guy technically isn’t an athlete, but a man by the name of Richard Lapchick just released his annual report related to blacks in baseball. The last name by itself is sort of unfortunate if the guy has any daughters, but “Dick Lapchick” stands on its own.
There was also Eric Plunk, who never did lead the league in the HBP category.
I saw Dan Uggla in a Minor League game before he made it to the show. My first thought was, “that’s just unfortunate.” His middle name, though, is “Cooley,” so that helps.
Evan Longoria is not a bad name in its own right, but he’s just one letter away from being a Desperate Housewife.
A little different, but Carlos May wore number 17 for the White Sox, and was born on May 17th. He got to wear his birthday on his back!
You forgot to include Ben Roethlisberger in the really, really cool names list 
He goes by Rich – at least he did back when he was a professor at the college I attended. His father, Joe, was the head basketball coach at St. John’s for years. The family name is Czech, and thus would have originally been “Lapčík”. I guess whoever Americanized the spelling didn’t anticipate how unfortunate it would look a century or so down the road.
The NBA Atlanta Hawks’ Zaza Pachulia.
Filling out the list of baseball pitchers: Rollie Fingers and Bill Hands.
And there was a time when the Pittsburgh staff included Bob Veale, Bob Moose, and John Lamb.
Cleveland Gary once lead the NFL in rushing touchdowns while playing for the (then-)Los Angeles Rams, who began in Cleveland.
I remember a Sports Illustrated story when he was still in college. The sports information director at the school wanted to nickname him “Buffalo” just so he’d have three Rust Belt cities in his name. Sadly, it never caught on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Gay Poor guy. Having the same name as a muscle and joint pain reliever…
The state of Pennsylvania produced what might have been both
the most fitting and the most ridiculous names in the history of
North American football:
Steve SMEAR (LB/DL Penn State & Montreal Alouettes)
Bernie ZBRZEZNJ, yes, that’s Z-B-R-Z-E-Z-N-J (QB Penn, pronounced “Zabrenzie”)
Smear was all-CFL and played for two Grey Cup champs.
Ivy Leager Zbrzeznj was not pro material, and went to law school.
It’s a shame Harry Caray never got to announce him.