On Jan. 31, 2005, Jordan Snipes heaved the ball the length of the court, and was the talk of the sports world. His shot with 0.6 seconds remaining turned a would-be 89-88 overtime loss at Randolph-Macon into a 91-88 win.

Luckily, the local ABC affiliate in Richmond still had a camera there at the end of the game. Their video not only made SportsCenter’s top 10 plays, it was top play No. 9, No. 7, No. 5, No. 3 and No. 1. The anchors said we would see it again on the ESPYs.

One problem — less than five months later, ESPN has snubbed the shot seen ’round the world. Snipes shot isn’t even on the ballot for Best Play. Surely we could have done without the X-Games “play” that was included.

Not that the shot hasn’t had lasting effects. Later in the season I saw women’s basketball players imitating it in a shootaround before an NCAA Tournament game. Heck — Randolph-Macon is even remodeling its gym completely this offseason, and that can’t be a coincidence. I wouldn’t want any reminder of that shot left either if I were there.