Former Utah State basketball coach Gordon E. “Dutch” Belnap, 63, has been named Weber State’s new athletic director. He will assume the position on April 17… . Young America kept Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes from clinching a spot in the America’s Cup defender finals at San Diego and joined the fight over Conner being allowed to change keels in mid-round. During the prestart maneuvers in the semifinal race, Young America tactician John Kostecki raised a red protest flag on the running backstay.

Ken Nicholson, 62, a former sports information director and director of of publications at Montana State University, died in Seattle of complications from pancreatitis… . Middle-distance runners Lyubov Kremlyova of Russia and Violeta Beclea of Romania have been suspended for four years each for failing drug tests, the International Amateur Athletic Federation said in Monte Carlo, Monaco.