NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Vikings WR RANDY MOSS signed autographs for about 700
     children on Saturday in Charleston, WV and said that his
     "failure to show up for a similar event last week in Florida
     was the result of a misunderstanding" (ST. PAUL PIONEER
     PRESS, 7/4)....Nike Chair PHIL KNIGHT was shown at the
     LINDSAY DAVENPORT-STEFFI GRAF final at Wimbledon, to which
     announcer DICK ENBERG noted that Knight "is a big tennis
     fan" (NBC, 7/4)....JOHN MCENROE appeared last night on "The
     Late Show" with David Letterman (THE DAILY)....ESPN's Dan
     Patrick, on the trophy awarded to TIGER WOODS for winning
     the Motorola Western Open: "He'll put his Wheaties in that
     thing tomorrow morning" ("SportsCenter", 7/4)....Rockets
     head coach RUDY TOMJANOVICH temporarily withdrew from his
     position as coach of USA Basketball on Monday citing medical
     reasons.  76ers coach LARRY BROWN will handle duties for
     next week's tournament in Puerto Rico (HOUSTON CHRONICLE,
     7/5)....Raptors F VINCE CARTER has extended his agreement
     with "embattled" agent TANK BLACK through 2011.  Carter, who
     is Black's only NBA client: "Tank is helping me realize all
     the goals I set for myself as a professional athlete" (CBS
     SportsLine, 7/3).  Meanwhile, Black issued a formal response
     to the NFLPA's disciplinary complaint that he had engaged in
     "illegal activity regarding the recruitment of former
     college football players."  His reply  "should arrive at the
     NFLPA offices today" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/6)....Former Univ.
     of MO men's basketball coach NORM STEWART, who retired this
     past April, will receive $945,000 for his move from coach to
     consultant to the chancellor at the school.  Half of the
     payment will come from the university's athletic budget, the
     other half from the chancellor's office budget (K.C. STAR,
     7/3)....COCA-COLA announced the recall of half-liter bottles
     of its Bonaqua Plus purified water on Friday because Polish
     Gov't scientists had detected coliform bacteria in the
     product.  The move marks the second Coca-Cola beverage
     recall in Poland in a week (N.Y. TIMES, 7/3).