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Madness: A 192 foot basketball shot?

Michigan Public | By Mark Brush
Published March 14, 2012 at 5:09 PM EDT
The longest basketball shot? How can we really know?
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They have records for....

But how about the farthest basketball shot from a helicopter?Michigan's Rob Bliss claims his team set this record. From his tweet:

We're back! Check out this world record 192 ft. basketball shot from a helicopter for #MarchMadness!

Here's the shot, but where are the Guinness people and their clipboards?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prdEzW0Zadw

192 ft. is good, but these people claim a 219 ft. shot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlS5-H4gwDM

I prefer them on the court... Happy March Madness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AufYP9NOgUc
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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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