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he 33rd annual Hank 
Greenberg Memorial 
Golf & Tennis 
Invitational last month at 
Franklin Hills Country Club 
was a star-studded event.
There was groundbreaking 
ESPN, CBS Sports and now 
NBC Sports sportscaster 
Andrea Joyce, who was at the 
invitational to receive the Dick 
Schaap Memorial Award for 
Excellence in Media. 
The award was presented 
by Dick Schapp’s son Jeremy 
Schapp, an 11-time Emmy 
Award-winning ESPN 
journalist.
A native of Dearborn 
Heights, Joyce graduated from 
the University of Michigan 
in 1976 and worked early in 
her career at WDIV-TV in 

Detroit. She still has family in 
the area.
Joyce’s husband, Harry 
Smith, the former host of CBS 
News’ morning programs 
for 17 years, was at the 
invitational to watch his wife 
be honored. They’ve been 
married since 1986.
There was Martin 
Shichtman, the recipient of 
the Barry Bremen Memorial 
Inspiration Award. Now 
retired, Shichtman was the 
founding director of the 
Center for Jewish Studies at 
Eastern Michigan University. 
Adam Bremen presented 
the award named after his 
“Great Imposter” father to 
Shichtman.
There was longtime Detroit 
sports talk show host Mike 

Stone, who once again served 
as the emcee for the popular 
after-dinner sports panel 
discussion at the invitational 
a few months after his 
retirement from the airwaves. 
Of all the stars who 
gathered June 10 at Franklin 
Hills, the one who arguably 
shined the brightest was 2005 
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee 
Wade Boggs, the recipient of 
the Hank Greenberg Lifetime 
Achievement Award.
Hank’s son Steve Greenberg 
presented the award.
“This was one of the best 
groups of award recipients 
we’ve had. They were 
incredible,” said Stuart Raider, 
president of the Michigan 
Jewish Sports Foundation, 
which organizes and presents 

the invitational.
Boggs was a member of 
the sports panel along with 
Schaap and Joyce.
“They were fabulous,” 
Raider said. 
Boggs was fabulous all day 
and into the evening.
“You could tell he really 
appreciated being there,” 
Raider said. “He was very 
cordial and candid with 
everyone he met.”
How candid?
“He said he’s very unhappy 
with the players who took 
steroids during the era when 
he played,” Raider said. 
“Baseball is like a religion for 
him. He has great respect for 
the game.”
While Boggs said the stars 
accused of taking steroids 

Outspoken Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs 
and the two other honorees were 
big hits at the Hank Greenberg 
Memorial Golf & Tennis Invitational.

Stars Shine at 
Franklin Hills

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

SPORTS

PHOTOS BY MASSERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY

LEFT: Greenberg 
Invitational sports 
panel emcee Mike 
Stone and panelists 
Jeremy Schaap, 
Andrea Joyce and 
Wade Boggs listen to 
a question from the 
audience.
BELOW: This banner 
greeted Greenberg 
Invitational guests at 
Franklin Hills Country 
Club. 

