Poland Sports Briefs
Old Dutch Mill Golf Course to host charity scramble
A golf scramble will be held on July 28 at the Old Dutch Mill Golf Course, 2745 Grandview Road, Lake Milton, in honor of Michael “Bub” Markota. The youth, who has Down Syndrome, recently graduated from Western Reserve High School. All proceeds will benefit the Multiple Disabilities program at Western Reserve High School.
The cost is $65 per person for advance tickets and $75 per person the day of the event. There must be four people per team. Tickets include lunch, dinner, and beverages.
There will be cash awards and 50/50 raffle tickets, as well as baskets. For more information, call Dave Markota at 330-503-8534.
BB Baseball to host camp
BB Baseball will be conducting an instructional camp on Aug. 5 at the Westminster College baseball field in Wilmington, Pa.
The camp instructors will be Westminster head baseball coach Tim Mulligan and professional baseball scout and head coach at Carnegie Mellon University, Claudio Reilsono.
The camp will cover all aspects of the game and will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 1 p.m.
To register, visit www.bbbaseballskills.com or call 724-699-5117 for more information.
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.
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.
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.
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl pits Big Ten vs. MAC
This year’s Little Caesars Pizza Bowl has been set for Dec. 26, and the title sponsor has agreed to stay on for at least two more seasons. The bowl announced that Little Caesars Pizza would remain the sponsor through the 2013 bowl. The bowl has ties with the Mid-American Conference and the Big Ten. Purdue beat Western Michigan 37-32 last year. This season’s game will mark the 11th straight season the bowl will be held at Detroit’s Ford Field. It was previously played at the Pontiac Silverdome.