publication date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 (part of Spring 2016)

category: Sports

clue: You'd expect a guy nicknamed Johnny Football to work harder to stay in that sport.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Joanna Woods


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