NAMES & FACES: ABC News' Tom Foreman reported on LPGA
player Karrie Webb, who "is to women's golf what Tiger Woods
is to the men." LPGA player Laura Davies feels you "can
make a direct comparison for the women's game, she's as good
as [Tiger Woods] is in the men's game." Foreman: "Webb's
success came so quickly and unexpectedly, she has struggled
to take it all in. The [Australian] country girl often
seems ill at ease when small cities of fans follow her."
Foreman added, "Out of golf circles, Webb is barely noticed,
but that's OK with her" (ABC, 7/20)....Anna Kournikova is
participating in the A&P Tennis Classic, an exhibition
tournament held in NJ. Promoter John Korff: "Anna has to do
something to start justifying her bigness, but if she stays
basically where she is in the rankings, this phenomenon can
keep going this way for the next 10 years" (Bergen RECORD,
7/21)....CA-based K-Swiss broke this week a new 30-second TV
spot featuring Browns rookie WR Dennis Northcutt, touting
the company's new line of training footwear and apparel.
The ad is part of K-Swiss' 2000 marketing campaign, which
also features spots with tennis player Cecil Mamiit and
Royals OF Mark Quinn. All three spots will air on networks
such as ESPN, MTV, BET and WB (K-Swiss).
NOTES: In St. Paul, Gordon Wittenmyer reports that the
first 10,000 attendees to tonight's Indians-Twins game will
receive a Tony Oliva bobblehead doll. Wittenmyer writes
that the promo is "bigger than home runs, cooler than Ken
Griffey Jr., the Twins' most popular promotion since Kirby
Puckett made it to the big leagues." Twins Dir of Marketing
Patrick Klingler noted the team has "doubled the number of
bobbleheads available" for fans since the first two nights
of the promo (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 7/21)....TX-based AIM
Technologies has signed a deal for its FANCARD.net fan-
loyalty program with the WNBA Rockers (AIM Technologies).
