Nike signed a multi-year agreement with the WUSA to outfit the Washington Freedom, while adidas signed on to sponsor the San Diego Spirit and the Boston Breakers. The league negotiated a two-year deal for adidas to outfit Spirit players and staff members. The league had previously announced that Kappa would outfit the Carolina Courage and that Uhlsport would outfit the Bay Area CyberRays, the New York Power and the Philadelphia Charge. The Atlanta Beat is the only team in the eight-team league that has not yet announced a uniform supplier. Allsport named official photographer Allsport and the WUSA have reached a multi-year agreement for the Los Angeles-based company to become the official photographer for the WUSA. UNC retires Fair, Parlow and Confer jerseys The University of North Carolina retired the jerseys of Philadelphia’s Lorrie Fair and Atlanta’s Cindy Parlow during a halftime ceremony at the Tar Heels-University of Virginia men’s basketball game on Jan. 24. Fair wore No. 14 at Chapel Hill; Parlow wore No. 22. UNC also retired the No. 7 jersey worn by alumna Robin Confer, who was drafted by the Boston Breakers, during the men’s basketball game against Marquette on Jan. 13. While at Carolina, Confer helped lead the Tar Heels to three NCAA Championships in 1994, 1996 and 1997. As a senior, she was named Most Valuable Offensive Player of the 1997 NCAA Tournament. She currently ranks fourth in UNC history in total points with 209. Fair’s alma mater recognized her for her play on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team that captured the silver medal, and for winning the 1999-2000 Honda Women’s Soccer Award (national player of the year) and North Carolina’s 2000 Patterson Medal (outstanding women’s senior student-athlete). Fair joins forward Kelly Smith (Seton Hall University) as Charge players who have had their college jerseys retired. Parlow, a four-year starter at UNC between 1995 and 1998, scored 189 career points, which ranks seventh overall in the program’s history. Parlow was also a member of the 1996 and 1997 teams, which won NCAA Championships. She swept the Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award in both 1997 and 1998. Parlow has been a member of the U.S. national team since 1996 and started at forward on the 1999 U.S. World Cup Women’s gold medal team.