Minnesota's ice-golf tournament, and more

Minnesota's ice-golf tournament

Few people would think of playing golf in Minnesota in February. But last week, the Cloquet Rotary Club of Carlton, Minn., invited locals to play a few rounds on frozen Chub Lake, with holes drilled into the ice. Competitors used hockey sticks, canoe paddles, and tennis rackets to hit a tennis ball around the course. The 12th annual “Hook and Slice on Ice” tournament was played strictly for fun, but the event raises around $20,000 for local charities every year, paying for scholarships and books. “It’s a win-win for everybody,” said “golfer” Chris Erickson.

New basketball dynamo stands 4 feet 5 inches

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Move over, Muggsy Bogues—another diminutive basketball player is poised to take the sport by storm. Julian Newman, 11, is point guard for the Downey Christian School varsity basketball team in Orlando, even though he stands all of 4 feet 5 inches tall. A dynamo on the court, the 5th-grader was promoted to the high school varsity team after scoring 91 points during a middle school game, and has since helped the big guys to an 18–5 record. “He has a great future once he hits a growth spurt or two,” said talent scout Joe Davis.

Strangers save New Yorker from subway death

A drunken New Yorker was saved from death beneath a subway train this week when a trio of strangers jumped onto the tracks to rescue him. The unidentified young man fell onto the tracks and lost consciousness early on Sunday morning as a train approached. Garrett O’Hanlon, a U.S. Air Force cadet from Texas, leaped to the man’s aid, and he was soon joined by New Yorkers Dennis Codrington and Matt Foley. Between them, the three heroes managed to haul the injured man back onto the platform before disaster struck. “I couldn’t watch a man die,” said O’Hanlon.