Sports People

Dominique Moceanu, the 13-year-old who dazzled judges and fans in winning the National Gymnastics Championships all-around title, returned to earth in the event finals - falling off the uneven bars and teetering on the balance beam at New Orleans. Dominique Dawes won the floor and the uneven bars, was fourth in the vault and third on the beam. … Howard Shannon, who led Virginia Tech to its first NIT and NCAA basketball tournament appearances, died Wednesday of lung cancer in Plano, Texas. He was 73. … At Nashville, Tenn., Marcus Fentress, a 6-foot-1 junior defensive back at Maplewood High School, died Friday of cardiac arrest at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He collapsed on Tuesday during a practice in 96-degree temperature.