Eau Claire (Wisconsin)

Tedy Bared

What was your welcome-to-the-NBA moment? "Putting on the jersey for the first time. I think it was my birthday [Oct. 13]. It was a preseason game. Just putting on that jersey and walking on the court."

SANDY McLACHLINDRESDEN, ONT.Sandy, 16, won the women's world horseshoe pitching title in Eau Claire, Wis. She pitched a world-record 88.2% ringers to beat Diane Cantin of Saint Raymond, Que., who also set a world...

JACQUI MITCHELLNEW YORK

That summer the storms rolled in every few days, so that no sooner would the rivers I fished begin to clear than another thunderstorm would blow in, usually after dark. The next morning would break leaf-wet and...