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For decades teams chose not to draft European point guards, believing that they didn't have a feel for the NBA game. The Spurs considered choosing one in the second round of the 1999 draft, says general manager R.C....

ERAZEM LORBEKThe 6'10" forward from Slovenia, after dunking on a Michigan State teammate during practice: "I took you to the school."

Skied•Mount Everest, by Davo Karnicar of Slovenia. The 38-year-old ski instructor became the first to descend uninterrupted from the 29,035-foot summit to the base camp at 17,472 feet on skis, a trip that took five...

Spin CycleSteve Rapp washed out before the first turn of the U.S. Superbike Championship race in Elkhart Lake, Wis., but he was unhurt, returned to the race after a restart (with a new bike) and finished seventh.

Marie Patrick, Salem, N.J.BasketballPatrick, a sophomore forward-center at Salem Community College, is fourth among the National Junior College Athletic Association's Division II women players in scoring, with a...