halfcourt shot

Sporting events, fearing that fans who've paid top dollar to see their favorite team will grow bored and go home, like to fill every moment of downtime with something to keep the aforementioned fans riveted. To be fair, some of the activities are fun to watch, especially the half-court shot contests at basketball games where fans have hit the shot and won $1 million, $500K, $250K, 50K, a new car,

For all of us who've ever written a tuition check for a college education (ours or our offspring's), this is a pretty sweet shot. Lem Turner, from Illinois, and an incoming freshman at Ball State University, nailed the halfcourt shot in front of 3600 or so classmates the other night, thus insuring that his folks (or student loan officer) wouldn't be cutting a big check for his university matricula