Sports People

Ron Shumate, who led Southeast Missouri State through some lean years as it adjusted to Division I status, was fired with the basketball program facing an NCAA investigation. … Jim Bolus, 54, a racing writer, Kentucky Derby historian and author, died of an apparent heart attack after an evening jog with his wife. … Picabo Street, the two-time World Cup and ex-world downhill champion, and 1994 Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe head the 44-member U.S. Alpine ski team selections.

Old Dominion signed women’s basketball coach Wendy Larry to a new three-year contract with an annual base salary of $120,000. … Arizona State fullback Jeff Paulk was arrested for aggravated assault in the beating of another nightclub patron in Phoenix.