Sports and ice cream are among my favorite things.  (And NOT Dippin’ Dots… clearly NOT the “ice cream of the future.”)  They didn’t have “Last Licks” ice cream shops when I was growing up, but I suspect that if they did, I might have frequented them.

“Last Licks,” termed the “Sports Bar for Kids,” has four locations, including one in New York City and three in Westchester, N.Y., and even has clever sports star-inspired names for some of their flavors, including Brandon Jacobs’ “Louisiana Pecan Crunch,” Tiki Barber’s “Tiki-Tacchio,” and Mike Richter’s “Ricky Road.”  Among the fun sundaes available at Last Licks include the Mint Messier, the Lickey Mantle, and Ali’s Knockout Sundae.

Fun, indeed, which made me think of some other historical sports figures whose names might make appropriate flavors.  Sure, there’s the obvious ones like Darryl’s Strawberry and anything involving David Cone, but I want to go a little more obscure.

• Frenchy Bordargaray Vanilla
• Darryl Dawkins’ Chocolate Thunder
• Dennis Rasmussen Raspberry
• Napoleon Lajoie Neopolitan
• Van Lingle Mango
• Cookie Rojas and Cream
• Elvis Patterson’s Toasted Almond