Sports People

Raul Mondesi of the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms on a four-year, $36 million contract that could be worth $60 million over six years - the richest in team history. … Didier Cuche ended a two-year drought for the Swiss men’s downhill ski team, registering his first World Cup triumph, as the powerful Austrians failed to finish among the top five in Kitzbuehel, Austria. … Goalie Manon Rheaume - who gained fame for playing one period of an exhibition game for the Tampa Bay Lightning - made the final cut for the Canadian women’s Olympic team.