Sports People

Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson, 45, has signed with the San Antonio Texans of the CFL… . Monty Cartwright, track and field coach at Southern Oregon State College for the past 10 years, was named the school’s athletic director… . Florida football players Johnie Church, Teako Brown and Ernie Badeaux received one-game suspensions for what coach Steve Spurrier described as “conduct detrimental to the university.” The three will sit out the Gators’ season-opener against Houston on Sept. 2… . Riley Washington, a Nebraska football player, was jailed on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting incident at a convenience store. … Gloria Chadwick, an international ski racing administrator who was especially dedicated to furthering women’s crosscountry competition, died Sunday at her home in Lake Placid, N.Y. She was 63.