Sports People

Hall-of-Famer Rick Barry was hired as coach of the newly named New Jersey Shorecats expansion franchise in the U.S. Basketball League. … Jack Ryan, swimming coach at Florida and Army for 37 years, has died of liver cancer at age 78. … A freshman forward on the Nebraska women’s basketball team, Amanda Cleveland, has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, which prevents bone marrow from producing blood cells.

Marshall Davis Miles, who met boxing great Joe Louis as a young fighter and became his manager and lifelong friend, has died. He was 92. … A judge has upheld a misdemeanor assault conviction against former Virginia basketball guard Courtney Alexander and sentenced him to 48 hours in jail.