Sports People

Boxer Tommy Morrison was arrested in Fort Scott, Kan., on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and for violating the terms of a suspended sentence for carrying a loaded handgun… . Northern Arizona’s Ben Howland was named Big Sky Conference men’s basketball coach of the year… . Briefly upstaged by a rat that scurried through the stands, 16-year-old Venus Williams won her home-state debut, beating Ginger Helgeson Nielsen 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 as the 11-day, $4.45-million Lipton Tennis Championships began at Key Biscayne, Fla.