Penguin Club sets July 20 bocce social

Penguin Club sets July 20 bocce social

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State Penguin Club will hold the annual Debra L. Hinkle Football Scholarship Bocce Social on July 20 at Cassese’s MVR.

The tournament, which is open to everyone, starts at noon. A buffet lunch will be served at 2 p.m. Lunch and beverages are included in the registration fee. Prices are $55 for non-Penguin Club members and $50 for Penguin Club members. For couples, the price is $100 for non-members and $95 for members.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Debra L. Hinkle Scholarship Endowment to support YSU Athletics. For more information contact the Penguin Club at (330) 941-2351. The deadline for registration is July 12.

Correction

Canfield’s Rachel Tinkey and Poland’s Taylor Miokovic were selected as the All-American Conference Red Division’s co-Players of the Year. Tinkey’s name was omitted from Monday’s list of AAC honorees.

Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dies

SAN DIEGO

Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn has died of cancer at 54.

Gwynn’s sweet left-handed swing made him one of San Diego’s best-loved athletes. He was nicknamed “Mr. Padre” during his 20-year major league career.

He had been on a medical leave from his job as baseball coach at San Diego State, his alma mater, since late March. Agent John Boggs said Gwynn died Monday in suburban Poway.

Gwynn had two operations for cancer in his right cheek between August 2010 and February 2012. The second surgery was complicated, with surgeons removing a facial nerve because it was intertwined with a tumor inside his right cheek.

Sports figures pay respects to Noll

PITTSBURGH

Former Pirates manager Jim Leyland, Steelers radio analyst Tunch Ilkin and former Steelers John Banaszak and Jon Kolb were among the city’s sports figures who waited in a long line with those paying respects to former Steelers head coach Chuck Noll.

Noll, 82, died Friday of natural causes.

“The best of all time,” Leyland told television station WTAE. “Four Super Bowls and four wins. In my mind, he was the greatest football coach that there ever was.”

Monday was the second day for visitation at the John A. Freyvogel Sons funeral home on Centre Avenue. A funeral Mass will be held this morning at Saint Paul Cathedral on North Dithridge Street in Oakland.

Cavs’ Irving takes batting practice

CLEVELAND

Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving tried his hand at baseball, at least for one night.

Irving took fly balls and participated in batting practice with the Cleveland Indians before Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Irving, wearing an Indians No. 2 batting practice jersey with his name on the back, dressed in an empty locker in Cleveland’s clubhouse before taking the field.

Irving was greeted warmly by several of Cleveland’s players. He was hugged by Nick Swisher, who referred to him as “Uncle Drew,” the character Irving plays on television commercials. Irving also received a glove from Mike Aviles and a bat from Michael Bourn to go along with some good-natured pointers on how to handle himself when he was on the field.

Sen. Reid rejects Redskins invite

WASHINGTON

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won’t attend a Washington Redskins home game until the football team changes its name.

In a letter Monday to the team’s president, Reid called the Redskins name a racial slur that disparages the American people. The Nevada Democrat, who said he represents 27 tribes in his state, rejected Bruce Allen’s invitation to a Redskins home game until the team does the right thing and changes its name.

Staff/wire reports