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Catch ‘Pudge’
Rodriguez At
Greenberg
Invitational

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February 1 • 2018

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t’s winter, which makes it ABOVE: Former play golf with celebrities at the
the perfect time to think
invitational, but now’s the time
Detroit Tigers
about golf.
star Ivan “Pudge” to make reservations.
Rodriguez will
The lineup of award win-
“We’ll sell out the golf spots
receive the
ners at the Michigan Jewish
again,” she said.
Hank Greenberg
Sports Foundation’s 28th
Sponsorship opportunities are
Memorial Lifetime available, as are tickets for the
annual Hank Greenberg
Achievement
Memorial Golf Invitational
dinner program.
Award at the
was announced last week,
Contact foundation executive
Greenberg
and it’s led by a popular for-
director David Blatt at dblatt@
Invitational.
mer Detroit Tigers star.
michiganjewishsports.org, call
Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez,
(248) 763-1438 or go to
a 2017 inductee into the
michiganjewishsports.org.
Baseball Hall of Fame, will
The annual invitational fun-
receive the Hank Greenberg
draising raffle for a trip to the
Memorial Lifetime
Masters golf tournament also
Achievement Award
was announced last week.
on June 11 at Franklin
Raffle tickets are $100, and
Hills Country Club in
200 will be sold. The prize
Farmington Hills.
includes two tickets for the
Jeremy Schaap
Rodriguez played for
round on April 5, 6 or 7, 2019,
the Tigers from 2004-2008,
plus one night of lodging, hos-
helping lead them into the World
pitality at a VIP lounge, shuttle service
Series in 2006.
and a golf swing analysis
The Dick Schaap Memorial Award
Transportation isn’t included, and
for Media Excellence will be presented the raffle winner must be at least age
to his son, eight-time Emmy Award
21. The drawing will take place at the
winning ESPN reporter and author
invitational, but the winner doesn’t
Jeremy Schaap.
need to be present.
Dick Schaap and now Jeremy
Contact Blatt to buy a raffle ticket.
Schaap have been longtime partici-
pants in the dinner program that fol-
BIG BEN
lows golf at the invitational. In fact,
Birmingham Groves High School
Jeremy Schaap once again will be the
graduate Ben Agosto, 2006 Olympic
program’s emcee this year.
ice dancing silver medalist, will pro-
“The only times Jeremy hasn’t made vide analysis of the figure skating
it to the invitational is when he’s been
competition at the PyeongChang
on assignment with ESPN,” said invita- Winter Olympics.
tional spokeswoman Sari Cicurel.
He’ll be on a digital-only version of
Ian Burnstein, president of the
NBC Sports’ “Olympic Ice” figure skat-
board of directors of the Gary
ing show on NBCOlympics.com and
Burnstein Community Health Clinic
the NBC Sports app. The show will
on Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, will
debut Feb. 8 immediately following
receive the Barry Bremen Memorial
primetime coverage of figure skating
Inspiration Award.
on NBC and continue throughout the
The clinic offers free health and
competition.
dental services to low-income patients
Agosto, 36, who lives in Scottsdale,
who are uninsured.
Ariz., and works as a figure skating
The clinic doesn’t receive funding
coach and choreographer, including
from the federal government, and only Disney on Ice shows, retired from
about 1 percent of its annual budget
competitive figure skating in 2010.
comes from the state. Donations,
He’s the son of a Puerto Rican father
grants and fund-raising events provide and a Jewish mother whose family
financial support.
has roots in Romania and Russia. He
The invitational is a fundraiser for
graduated with honors from Groves in
the Karmanos Cancer Institute at the
2000 and was in the jazz band there. •
Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer
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Treatment Center, an award-winning
outpatient facility in Farmington Hills. yahoo.com.
Cicurel said there are spots open to

