Explain One Name: tell the story behind your account name; plus open thread
Explain One Name: tell the story behind your account name; plus open thread
Easing our way into the long All-Star Break
We haven’t had this long a break since the pandemic, so this is your chance to explain the story behind your account name.
My story is on the boring side. Apricot is not my real last name… (I am not sure if that is obvious?)
I lived with a pug for a few years whose fur coloring is officially termed “apricot”:
So for many many years, my online names have been variations of Apricot, including at AthleticsNation.com, where I posted a lot in the 2000’s. For better or worse, this was the flagship blog that was bred and cloned to become the mega-empire of varying employer goodness, SBNation.com.
I lurked at GSOM since its founding with only occasional posts until in the 2010s when I posted enough for Nate P to recruit me as an official site writer. I also wrote for BBallBreakdown.com for a while, and I believe they required a first and last name for authorship, so I went with Eric Apricot.
My current name of Eric Apricot looks enough like a name that most people don’t bug me about my identity, so I can remain the secret burner account of Steve Kerr. I’ve been reading what you all have been saying about my offense by the way, and I’m pretty salty about it.
Today’s dunk tournament post is also an open thread. Please move any topics not about usernames over there.
I'm practically a newbie here and in the sports community as a whole because this is the only one I've ever semi-actively joined even though I've been a long time kurker and subscriber to various media. I've watched basketball in the Philippines as a kid and if you don't know it by now, Filipinos are crazy about basketball. After immigrating here, I was introduced to American football by my brother-in-law, to baseball by my ex-fiance's family and to hockey by my husband. As an introvert, I'm more comfortable following threads and liking posts than actually posting comments. If there's been an uptick in the likes, that's probably my doing.
My handle is a play on the name (Homer of the Simpsons, my avatar) and an homage to Eric Apricot's awesome lip reading skills in his E1Ps. I'm an unapologetic Bay Area homer without rose-colored glasses for the Dubs, the Giants, the Sharks and the 49ers. I'm also a big fan of Eric Apricot and his E1Ps with all the basketball education he provides and the joy he gives through the celebration audits and lip reading.
Edited to add: I also wanted to express my appreciation to this article, EA. It's such a great idea! I love all the posts and value all I've learned about each username. Thank you!