Castle Pines Golf Club Founder JACK VICKERS yesterday was named the 11th recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony will take place Sept. 4 at Denver Country Club. PGA Tour Commissioner TIM FINCHEM in a statement said, "Jack Vickers was a gracious host of The International for 21 years and remains a great ambassador for golf with a strong commitment to charity." The inaugural International was played in '86 (PGA Tour).
NAMES: Jaguars G ZANE BEADLES "gave $750,000 to his alma mater’s football program, the largest donation ever made by a former player" to the Univ. of Utah. The gift "includes a designation of $500,000 to the Zane Beadles Sports Medicine Center and $250,000 to the Zane Beadles Offensive Line Scholarship" (DESERET NEWS, 7/29)....SCP Auctions yesterday announced that it has "obtained the Texas A&M jersey" that Browns QB JOHNNY MANZIEL "wore for all six of his home games at Kyle Field" during his '12 Heisman season. The auction house "estimates a winning bid of about $100,000" for the auction, which will take place online August 6-23 (ESPN.com, 7/28)....Former LOCOG Chair SEBASTIAN COE has “pulled out of the race to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust.” He reportedly was the government’s “preferred candidate for the role,” but Coe said that he “did not have the ‘capacity’ for the job” (PA, 7/29)....Tennis player MILOS RAONIC was “invited to the Embassy of Canada” in DC yesterday to “receive a personal tour by Ambassador GARY DOER” (ATPWORLDTOUR.com, 7/28)....The Hawks won the Golden Matrix Award for Best In-Game Feature at the annual Information Display & Entertainment Association conference for their “unique NBA fan ‘Code of Conduct’ videos,” which parodies hit songs “Blurred Lines” and “Wrecking Ball” (AJC.com, 7/28)....Former U.S. diver GREG LOUGANIS sold his 3,385-square-foot home in Malibu for $1.8M. He listed the home for sale in April “at just shy” of $3M (LATIMES.com, 7/28).
