Sports People

Cameron Dollar, whose four seasons at UCLA included the Bruins’ 1995 national championship, has been hired as an assistant coach at UC Irvine… . Jeff Gordon, winner of seven of the first 16 races on the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule, was the runaway leader of second-quarter balloting for driver of the year… . Mississippi basketball coach Rob Evans, who led the Rebels to their first 20-win season since 1938, has signed a two-year contract extension… . Boris Becker has entered the U.S. Open, ending speculation that his recent Wimbledon appearance would be his final Grand Slam event.

Saying he liked the “ultimate challenge” to build a hockey franchise from the ground up, former Washington Capitals general manager David Poile was introduced as GM of Nashville’s NHL expansion franchise… . NBA teenager Jermaine O’Neal appeared in court and received a 15-day suspended sentence and 100 hours of community service for disorderly conduct relating to a June 14 incident in which O’Neal and a friend were arrested after cursing officers outside a Columbia, S.C., mall… . Former Boston Bruins All-Star Cam Neely turned down an assistant coaching job with the Washington Capitals, 10 months after injuries forced him to retire.