Tom Abbott (Photo by Curt Littlecott) A Mercer alumnus will be calling the shots for the Olympic golf events in Tokyo. Tom Abbott, a 2004 graduate and 2015 inductee in the Mercer Athletic Hall of Fame, will be one of the NBC Sports announcers for the men’s and women’s golf …

The Lakewood YMCA is still holding registration for its annual Family Golf Scramble. The nine-hole tournament is scheduled for July 31 at Maplehurst Country Club. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. Play begins at 9 a.m. The cost is $45 per person, which includes a cart, food and prizes. Today’s breaking …

Spectators had to wait an extra year for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but the weeks-long tournament has now arrived. As usual, broadcast networks are going all-out with their coverage of the Olympics. During the 2016 Rio Olympics, the United States broadcast 6,755 hours of Olympic action. Canada itself produced over …