Sports People

Michael Johnson has withdrawn from Sunday’s Prefontaine Classic track and field meet in Eugene, Ore., because of a sore right hamstring. … One of Florida State’s top football prospects, wide receiver Randy Moss, was dismissed from the team, a week after admitting he smoked marijuana in violation of his probation. … Sim Iness, who won the Olympic gold medal in the discus throw in 1952 and became the first person to surpass 190 feet in the event a year later, died of a heart attack in Porterville, Calif. He was 65. … Spain’s Angel Edo prevailed in a mass sprint in Crotone, Italy, to win the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy cycling race. Italy’s Silvio Martinello placed third in the sprint and retained the pink jersey of overall leader. … Philadelphia Flyers right wing Mikael Renberg will undergo surgery today for a lower abdominal strain that benched him for 28 games last season. … Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali filed a $500,000 lawsuit in Los Angeles against a film production company for allegedly allowing his picture to be used on a telephone credit card without his permission.