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NAMES & FACES: NBA SLAM DUNK CONTEST ATTRACTS MARQUEE NAMES

          DUNK YOU VERY MUCH: Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Tracy
     McGrady, Steve Francis, Jerry Stackhouse and Larry Hughes
     will compete in this year's NBA slam dunk contest, to be
     held during next month's All-Star Weekend in Oakland
     (HoopsTV.com, 1/18)....ESPN's Ric Bucher, on the U.S.
     Olympic Basketball team's selection of Ray Allen over
     Carter:  "They had to send the veterans on this team to
     Puerto Rico last summer to earn this Olympic berth, and I
     think the committee wanted to reward them for that and not
     bring in a guy like Vince Carter, who because of his
     stardom, ... might overshadow some of the players that spent
     last summer getting them to the Olympics" (ESPN, 1/18).
          STILL MAGICAL: BUSINESS FIRST OF BUFFALO's Rick Maloney
     writes that despite having "lost his starting position,"
     Bills QB Doug Flutie's "value as a product endorser has not
     lessened."  Kim Zayotti of MA-based Woolf Associates,
     Flutie's marketing agency: "We've been getting more calls
     than ever.  I don't think at this point his not playing the
     last couple of weeks has had any effect whatsoever on his
     endorsements."  Production of Flutie Flakes, "easily the
     top-selling product marketed by" PLB Sports, will continue,
     and "plans are being discussed about the launch of a third
     box" later this year (BUSINESS FIRST OF BUFFALO, 1/17).
          'ROUND THE CLUBHOUSE: GOLF WORLD BUSINESS reported that
     Hale Irwin has inked a deal with CA-based Carnoustie "to
     create his own golf apparel line."  Hale Irwin by Carnoustie
     will debut its fall 2000 collection of "high-end Italian-
     made knit shirts" at next month's PGA Merchandise Show in
     Orlando.  Meanwhile, Srixon has signed Jean Van de Velde to
     a "multiyear ball and glove deal" (GOLF WORLD BUS., 1/18). 
          

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