Straight shooter

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As I was heading out onto the Palestra concourse at halftime of tonight's Penn-Columbia game, I heard public address announcer Rich Kahn announce the participants in the free throw shooting contest. One of them sounded like "Jack Schoo-ar," which caught my attention. I turned around, and there indeed was veteran Associated Press writer Jack Scheuer getting ready to face off against a Penn student whose name I didn't pick up.

Lo and behold, Scheuer won easily. I'm not sure exactly how many free throws he made, but it was definitely a majority of them. His form was pretty good, too, with decent arc and more than enough power. Of course, if anyone would know how to shoot the ball well, it's Scheuer -- he's been covering college basketball in Philadelphia since 1968, and was inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2002.

So congratulations, Jack. And if you're reading this, yeah, that was me cheering you on from the corner of the stands. I hope you'll excuse my lack of objectivity on this one.