Sports People

Jim Harrick, who coached UCLA to its first NCAA basketball championship in 20 years last spring, has signed a new five-year contract that will take him through the 1999-2000 season… . Nebraska wingback Riley Washington was arraigned in Lancaster (Neb.) County Court on charges of attempted second-degree murder and using a gun to commit a felony in connection with a shooting outside a convenience store.

Hennepin (Minn.) County authorities issued an arrest warrant for Minnesota Timberwolves guard Isaiah Rider, accusing him of violating his probation stemming from a 1994 assault conviction. A Hennepin County District Court judge sentenced Rider on Sept. 7 to two years’ probation after he was convicted of fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly kicking a woman at a Mall of America sports bar March 12, 1994.

Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, ranked 25th in the world, used powerful ground strokes to defeat top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vacario for the second time this season, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at the Toshiba Classic in Carlsbad, Calif. Sanchez Vicario aggravated her ailing hamstring in the first game of the second set. The initial injury happened Tuesday night against Canada’s Patricia Hy-Boulais… . Former UCLA basketball coach Gary Cunningham, athletic director at Fresno State since 1986, was introduced as the new A.D. at UC Santa Barbara.