Sports People
Florida State basketball coach Pat Kennedy informed school officials that he would leave to accept the same position at DePaul. … Nigeria’s star goalie Joseph Dosu, feared paralyzed after a car crash hours after his team beat Kenya 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier, is out of danger and he hopes to play again in 1998. … Norman Cleaveland, 96, who won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 1924 U.S. rugby team that defeated the heavily favored French team, died Sunday at his Santa Fe, N.M., home.
Marcus Camby said he will donate about $150,000 to the University of Massachusetts sometime in late summer or early autumn, fulfilling a promise he made when the school was penalized by the NCAA for the former All-American’s actions in accepting gifts from an agent. … Darcy Regier, who worked for the New York Islanders for 11 years, was introduced as the new general manager of the Buffalo Sabres.