Sports People

Fred Gruninger, the embattled athletic director who came under increasing fire in recent years as Rutgers struggled in football and basketball, will resign after 25 years. … Former world cycling champion Lance Armstrong was dropped by his Cofidis cycling team after negotiations broke down on a new contract. He has been taking chemotherapy for cancer for the past 12 months. … South Alabama decided not to seek $100,000 from Bill Musselman under a payback clause in his contract because Musselman, who quit as the school’s basketball coach, had threatened to sue for harassment.