Sports People

U.S. Open champion Patrick Rafter met unexpected resistance from wild-card entry Peter Wessels of the Netherlands in the ABN AMRO indoor tennis tourney at Rotterdam, Netherlands before surviving 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1… . Olympic silver medalist Michelle Kwan signed an endorsement deal with Unilever Home and Personal Care to represent Deodorant Caress soap, beating her figure-skating rival, gold medalist Tara Lipinski, to the first major endorsement contract… . Notre Dame hired Dave Borbely, Stanford’s offensive line coach the past three years, as its new offensive line coach.