When you’re a childish internet writer such as myself, there really are some jokes that never get old. 

Case in point, when I have my fantasy baseball this season I’ll probably draft Mike Piazza in the latter rounds solely so I can make a joke for the tenth year in a row about how he loves stroking dingers.  I will be amused by this joke.

It doesn’t matter that I’m one month away from turning 30, I don’t see this type of behavior ending anytime soon, which explains why inadvertent sports headlines featuring certain last names can make me laugh with relative ease. 

But while names like Houston Nutt and Dick Pole certainly do the job, there are two names that have continually produced a frighteningly high percentage of giggle-worthy headlines.  They are the two names that never fail to deliver

Gay and Wang. 

The former appears frequently in this era with prominent Gays in the NBA (Rudy), NFL (Randall) and track and field (Tyson).  The latter appears only in reference to Taiwanese Yankees starter Chien Ming Wang but delivers just as much bang for the buck. 

It’s time to decide once and for all what name provides the most entertaining headlines.  It’s Gay vs. Wang.  Let’s break it down…

Headline: “Rudy feeling Gay in Philadelphia” 
Found on: NBA.com
Analysis:  Simple.  Intentional.  If you’ve got to write up a headline using a word like gay, you might as well use it as a synonym of “happy”.  And if one is to be gay, what better place to do so than in good ole Philly?

Headline: “Wang makes two dreams come true”
Found on: MLB.com
Analysis: One wang.  Two dreams fulfilled.  Seen a lot of movies with a similar theme.



Headline: “Gay won’t go easy on teammates”
Found on: Memphis Commercial Appeal
Analysis: We’re sure his teammates appreciate his relentlessness, but they probably wouldn’t mind if he took it a little easy on them. Nobody likes someone who’s too aggressive. 

Headline: “Yankees beat Wang in arbitration”
Found on: National Post
Analysis: Beating their Wang in an arbitration hearing?  Those damn Steinbrenners are always doing something inappropriate to get their way. 

Headline: “Gay could hit the market”
Found on: http://www.jetscentral.com/?p=991  

Analysis: And depending on where this is all going down, he might not be the only one either. 

Headline: “Red-hot Wang propels Yankees past Tigers”
Found via: http://www.awfulannouncing.com/
Analysis: Any time the words “red hot” and “wang” are in the same sentence, it’s going to be funny.

Headline: “Gay still sore from Osaka campaign”
Found on: www.iaaf.org
Analysis: Those Japanese sure do know how to party. 

Headline: “Wang provides lift for Yankees staff”
Found on: Houston Chronicle
Analysis: Double the fun with both Wang and staff in the same headline.  15 year olds and immature website owners around the country applaud.

Both names continually bring the heat.  And don't be fooled by thinking that the headline writers are just some innocent pawn in this game.  You can't convince me that they are laughing right along with us when they wrote "red hot Wang". 

After careful evaluation, the title of most amusing headline name goes to Chien Ming Wang of the New York Yankees.   Wangs make dreams come true. 

But he better watch his back, not only are the Gays prompting headlines in three different sports, With Leather.com has noted a rising prospect from Down Under who is gunning for the crown...