Sports People

Hockey player Jason MacIntyre of the Phoenix Mustangs was kicked out of the West Coast Hockey League after being charged with second-degree assault for bashing another player with his stick. … Football player Dale Taylor, a 6-foot, 225-pound linebacker for Southern University who collapsed and died during conditioning drills, had the same condition that killed basketball players Reggie Lewis and Hank Gathers - an enlarged heart - a Baton Rouge, La., coroner said. … Utah State University running back Demario Brown has been convicted of misdemeanor assault for hitting another student during an argument.