"The odds were certainly against Kerem Ozguz, then an 18-year-old high school senior who stood to make $25,000 if he could make two of three basketball shots during last year's graduation festivities."
"He swished one, and then another, of the half-court shots during the Aliso Niguel High School Grad Nite. Ozguz was swarmed by classmates as the second shot barely rippled the net."
"But when he went to collect his money, the company that guaranteed the payout allegedly backed out of the deal." He had to hire a lawyer, and ended up with only $17,000 after attorneys' fees, The LA Times reports here.