No One In Crowd Admits To Thinking of Chanting, "Airball!"

SPRINGFIELD, IL- Fans at a local middle-school-league basketball game were all reluctant to admit that they had thought briefly of chanting, "airball!", when a shot by Lion Heart Academy eighth-grader Jeremy Fintas missed the net entirely. The shot, which came in a game played against the New Found Christian Academy, caused fleeting thoughts of possibly shaming the 13-year-old by pointing out his shortcomings in a loud, mocking tone to appear in the New Found fans' minds. After the shot flew past the net and out of bounds, the brief thought of chanting the word popped up in the minds of every New Found parent and student in attendance, although it never came to fruition. The thought was also not spoken of whatsoever until one man mentioned it after the game, although there was an awkward unspoken understanding that they had all contemplated the shameful act. "I mean, c'mon, people, everybody knows you thought about it," said Jon Evans, parent of New Found player Rodney Evans. "Yeah. I thought about it. But c'mon, we all did."