Derrick Rose
publication date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 (part of Spring 2015)
category: 
Sports
clue: A knee-injury-prone Chicagoan by any other name would score as sweetly.
explanation: Rose played for the Chicago Bulls in between frequent injuries. The Shakespearean phrasing of the clue was a play on his last name. more…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Richard Slominsky, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Erik Bates
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