Sports People

Boca Raton lawyer James Shapiro has offered to buy the Florida Panthers from owner H. Wayne Huizenga for $75 million… . Two George Mason basketball players, leading scorer Nate Langley and forward Kevin Ward, were suspended indefinitely after being declared academically ineligible… . University of Nebraska basketball forward Charles Surles was suspended from the squad after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend… . Michael Stich has withdrawn from the Australian Open tennis championships to be held later this month in Melbourne, Australia, because of a nagging ankle injury… . Tom Gullickson was appointed to remain captain of the United States Davis Cup tennis team for another year… . Montana State center Quadre Lollis was named the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball player of the week after averaging 18 points.