Sports People

Jerry Cowhig, a running back on the 1946 Notre Dame football team that snapped Army’s 25-game winning streak died Dec. 6 in Van Nuys, Calif. He was 74… . Americans Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer set a track record, taking a World Cup luge doubles silver medal on the run that hosted the 1992 Winter Olympic events in La Plagne, France… . Outfielder Mickey Tettleton and the Texas Rangers agreed to a $2.5 million, two-year contract.