NFL -- Adidas Shoe Contract Fits Johnson

PORTLAND - Adidas America Inc. has signed potential top NFL draft pick Keyshawn Johnson to a contract to endorse shoes that won't be officially licensed by the league.

The multiyear contract, announced yesterday, is worth more than $150,000 a year to Johnson, a USC All-America receiver.

But beginning this season, the NFL will outlaw the display of shoe logos other than its official footwear licensees, Nike Inc. and Reebok International Ltd. Violators can be fined $10,000, an NFL spokesman said.

Notes

-- Oakland traded safety Patrick Bates to Atlanta for a second-round draft pick, and acquired tackle Pat Harlow from New England for a second-round pick Oakland got hours earlier from San Francisco. Bates was a 1993 first-round draft pick. Harlow, a 1991 first-round pick from USC, played five seasons for the Patriots. The Raiders traded their second-round pick in the draft (46th selection overall) for the 49ers' second-round (57th overall) and fourth-round (124th overall) picks.

-- Arizona Coach Vince Tobin said no to Denver's trade offer for Eric Swann, the Cardinals' Pro Bowl defensive tackle. The Broncos offered Pro Bowl tight end Shannon Sharpe, wide receiver Mike Pritchard, defensive tackle James Jones and their 1996 first- and second-round picks.

-- A July 15 trial date was set in Rockwall, Texas, for Pittsburgh fullback Bam Morris, who pleaded innocent to two drug possession charges. Morris, the leading rusher in Pittsburgh's Super Bowl loss to Dallas, is free on $50,000 bond.

-- Steve Wallace, 31, a free-agent offensive tackle who played 10 seasons for San Francisco, signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.

-- Safety Bennie Blades, Seahawk receiver Brian Blades' brother, accepted a one-year, $1.7 million contract offer to remain with Detroit, his agent said. Blades, 31, has started for the Lions since his rookie season in 1988.

-- Defensive end Leonard Marshall, a starter on the New York Giants' 1986 and 1990 Super Bowl teams, re-signed with New York so he could retire as a member of the team. Marshall did not play last year.