Sports People

Once one of the greatest linebackers in football history, pro wrestling newcomer Lawrence Taylor, 255 pounds, delighted the capacity crowd of more than 15,000 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn., by pinning Bam Bam Bigelow in a 15-minute affair… . Buffalo Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek was charged with drunken driving early Sunday after being stopped for speeding in Amherst, N.Y… . Harvey Penick, heralded as one the greatest golf instructors for his work with Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Kathy Whitworth, Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls and many others, died at the age of 90 at his home in Austin, Texas, after a lengthy illness.