Matthew Horovitz is one of the lucky few down in Brazil in the World Championships and has an update on Tuesday's practice on .com's blog.

Katie Smith, Tina Thompson and Tamika Catchings also checked in with blog entries on their experiences.

Katie writes about transitioning from the WNBA Championship to USA Basketball and marvels at playing with Candace Parker. Tamika and Tina also are enjoying playing with the phenom and having two special young fans with them - Tina's son, Dyllan and Tamika's nephew, Cannon.