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October 29, 2001
Sports stars attempting to avoid autograph hounds at hotels know that John Doe just won't do, especially when a sneaky pseudonym is available. For proof, just ask Homer Simpson (a.k.a. Charles Barkley) or Redd Foxx (Deion Sanders). Some other aliases:
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October 29, 2001

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Star

Alias

Michael Jordan

Leroy Smith (the player chosen instead of M J for Jordan's high school varsity hoops team)

Shaquille O'Neal

Vladimir Mondingo

Isiah Thomas

Raquel Welch

Alex Rodriguez

Pat Riley

Pat Riley

Mr. Patrick

Jose Lima

Jim Carrey

Alonzo Mouning

Batman

Terrell Davis

He DaMan

Sam Mitchell

Denzel Washington

Shawn Bradley

Smokey Robinson

Terry Porter

Tiger Woods

Greg Vaughn

Corey Genay (names of his son and daughter, respectively)

Julie Foudy

Julia Gulia ( Drew Barrymore's character in The Wedding Singer)

Dan Majerle

Dirk Diggler (the porn star played by Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights)

Robert Horry

Castor Troy ( Nicolas Cage's character in Face/Off)

Sam Perkins

Sheepdog Plankton (picked at random from a phone book)

Sports stars attempting to avoid autograph hounds at hotels know that John Doe just won't do, especially when a sneaky pseudonym is available. For proof, just ask Homer Simpson (a.k.a. Charles Barkley) or Redd Foxx ( Deion Sanders). Some other aliases:

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]

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