Pink Ribbon Golf Classic to be held on July 16

July 6, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

The annual Pink Ribbon Golf Classic will be held at Tippecanoe Country Club on July 16. All proceeds from this event will go directly to the American Cancer Society. The cost is $99 per person for this 18-hole scramble. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Lunch is included, along with a Chinese auction and raffle. For further details, contact Donna Mowrey at 330-207-9630 or Nancy Felton at 330-533-2712.

Golf benefit set for cancer patients

The seventh annual Sunshine Benefit Golf Outing to defray the medical costs of a Boardman couple suffering from cancer will be July 21 at Lakeside Golf Course.

Proceeds will be donated to Carl and Lucy Seidita, the parents of Kimberly, 17, and Carl Jr., 15. Carl is fighting stage-three inoperative pancreatic cancer while Lucy has oral cancer and requires a feeding tube.

The 9 a.m. shotgun start at Lakeside is a three-player scramble that costs $225 per team. Deadline to purchase tickets is June 16.

For more information, call 330-507-3734, 330-397-7652 or 571-292-0264.

Rivers, Collins to serve as Olympic analysts

NBA coaches Doc Rivers and Doug Collins will serve as basketball analysts for NBC during this summer’s Olympics.

The network announced an announcer lineup for the London Games full of familiar faces Thursday. Bob Costas will serve as prime-time host for the ninth time. Al Michaels and Dan Patrick will handle that role for NBC’s live weekday and weekend daytime coverage. Eight-time Winter Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno will work as a reporter. Collins and Rivers have worked as TV commentators during stints between coaching jobs.

Couples golf clinic and wine tasting July 20

Diamondback Golf Course on Leffingwell Road will be hosting a couples short game clinic and wine tasting on July 20 from 6-8 p.m. The cost is $30 per couple. The featured wine will be Silver Oak cabernet sauvign 2005-2007. For more information, contact Mike Murphy at 330-881-6627 or Murph280@gmail.com.

NFL shifting start time of doubleheaders

Tim Tebow was leading the Broncos on yet another improbable last-minute comeback, and fans in New York, Dallas and other football-mad markets didn’t get to see the end.

The NFL announced a scheduling change Thursday aimed at preventing such moments. The league is shifting the start time of the second game of its Sunday TV doubleheaders by 10 minutes to ensure fewer fans miss any of the action on the field.

The late afternoon matchups on CBS and Fox will kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET instead of 4:15. Late games not on that week’s doubleheader network will still start at 4:05.

Robinette captures Immaculate Heart 5K

Paul Robinette, 31, won the Immaculate Heart of Mary festival 5K with a time of 16:27 on June 7.

Bryce Baker, 15, was second followed by Todd Perron (17:11).

Amanda Fire won the overall female division in 19:58, followed by Shannon Rech (20:51) and Jen Love (21:06).

Chase Kern, 13, set a new age group record with a time of 17:24. In the mens 70-over division, 77-year-old Tom Frederick ran 31:15 and 88-year-old Lou Lodovico ran 31:23.

For complete results and more info go to www.ihmfestival5K.webs.com.