BURLINGTON, N.C. -- JR Smith stepped into a hornets nest in his first college golf tournament, and it had nothing to do with his high score.
The 36-year-old two-time NBA champion was literally stung by hornets while completing his round Tuesday for North Carolina A&T on the second day of Elon's Phoenix Invitational.
"To get stung on the basketball court or in an arena, never happens," said Smith, now a freshman walk-on. "That's one of the very few things you don't have to worry about [in basketball] -- other animals. When I got stung, I was like 'No way.