Sports People

Guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was placed on the injured list by the Denver Nuggets because of a sore left foot. … Former North Carolina State basketball star Charles “Hawkeye” Whitney pleaded innocent to federal charges he kidnapped and robbed a White House lawyer. A May 28 trial date was set. … British boxer Nigel Benn, who retired after losing March 2, said he will challenge Ireland’s Steve Collins for the WBO title in June.