Georgia Tech basketball had the “Lethal Weapon 3:”
NC State basketball had “Fire and Ice:”
The Houston Rockets’ Twin Towers - Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson
Not a popular one really, but the SF Giants’ Pacific Sack Exchange: Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell (although legend has it that a newspaper contest to nickname the pair was actually won by “A Great Pair of Knockers”).
The Boston Bruins’ Kraut Line - Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer, Woody Dumart, all of whom came from Kitchener, Ontario, btw.
The Boston Bruins’ Uke (Ukrainian) Line - John Bucyk, Vic Stasiuk, Bronco Horvath
The 1984 Cubs had the Daily Double at the top of their lineup: Bob Dernier and Ryne Sandberg.
As I recall the 1970s NFL, once the Vikings had the Purple People Eaters and the Steelers had the Steel Curtain, then *every *team had to name their defense, whether or not they were particularly notable.
I always liked U of Houston’s basketball team, Phi Slamma Jamma (although not a subset of the team, so it doesn’t qualify).
Very briefly, the Mets had the Mobile Outfield – Cleon Jones, Tommy Agee, and Amos Otis, all from Mobile Alabama. Of course, being the Mets, they traded away the best of the three.
The Mets also had “The Best (Defensive) Infield Ever” in 1999: John Olerud, Edgardo Alfonzo, Robin Ventura, and Rey Ordonez. Sports Illustrated came up with the nickname, which was a pretty accurate description for their defense that year.
Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon and Clyde “The Glide” Drexler!
Not long before that was the Bruise Brothers, Joey Kocur and Bob Probert.
The Fab Four: the star-studded midfield of the Brisbane Lions 2001-2003 threepeat team. Included captain Michael Voss, Jason Akermanis, Nigel Lappin and Simon Black (Australian Football League).
Louisville’s “Doctors of DunK”
Michigan’s “Fab Five”
Boston Celtics “Big Three” - Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen.
Actually, they are the “New Big Three”. The original Celtics “Big Three” was Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish.
The “Blitzburgh Defense” of the 1995 Steelers as they went to Super Bowl XXX.
Going way back, The $100,000 Infield of the Philadelphia A’s in the 1910s.
I think you meant “Sock Exchange,” not “Sack Exchange.”
Triple Crown Line: Dave Taylor, Charlie Simmer, and Marcel Dionne.
Here are more nicknames for hockey lines.
When the Ducks won the cup in 2007, I fondly called the top line of the Ottawa Senators, “The ASH Line”, because they got shut down and burned often when they were on the ice against the Ducks defense…Alfredsson, Spezza and Heatley.
University of Nebraska defense - Blackshirts