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‘Game of Thrones’ Night King threw a javelin and became a sports star on Twitter

by James Dator
Updated
James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Neither the NFL nor College Football season hasn’t started yet, but on Sunday night the Night King had the best throw of the year on Game of Thrones and Twitter had fun with it.

There were NBA jokes.

NFL jokes.

MLB jokes.

Track and Field jokes.

How many athletes do you know that can hit a moving dragon with an ice spear at 400 yards in full stride? The Night King has a future.

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