Nickname retirement backfires on Kevin Long.

Having grown weary of the nickname Spanky, Kevin Long There are four famous people named Kevin Long:

Kevin Long (skateboarder) is a professional skateboarder
Kevin Long (football) is a former football player with the USFL Chicago Blitz (and later the NFL).
Kevin Long (baseball) is a batting coach for the New York Yankees.

threw a mock-retirement party for the name in LA. However, a typo typo - typographical error in the widely-circulated party flier listed the name as "Spunky spunk·y
adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal
Spirited; plucky.

spunki·ly adv. ." By all accounts this new name is spreading with gusto among friends and sponsors.

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