The New York Mets rewarded outfielder Lance...

The New York Mets rewarded outfielder Lance Johnson with a $10-million, two-year contract extension through 1999.

Golf

U.S. Open winner Steve Jones, who had a run of six birdies on the front nine, and Bob Gilder shot nine-under-par 64s to share the first-round lead in the $1.2-million Kapalua International in Hawaii. Fred Couples shot an eight-under 63 on a shorter course. . . . Hale Irwin shot a five-under 67 to take the lead after the first round of the Senior Tour Championship at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Miscellany

The United States’ World Cup qualifying game against Guatemala next month will be moved from Guatemala City to Honduras, FIFA said. The soccer game, scheduled for Dec. 21, originally was scheduled for Mateo Flores Stadium, where 84 fans were killed in a stampede last month.

Russia’s Elena Likhovtseva reversed an Olympic tennis defeat and upset Mary Joe Fernandez, 6-3, 6-1, in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland.

Mike Rozier, the 1983 Heisman Trophy winner, remained hospitalized in New Jersey with gunshot wounds while the search continued for his assailant.

Jurisprudence

An ex-federal marshal agreed to join former Ram cornerback Darryl Henley in a plot to kill a judge and Henley’s former girlfriend, according to tapes played Thursday in federal court. Henley, 30, awaits sentencing on drug charges. . . . Former Yankee pitcher Steve Howe was sentenced to three years’ probation and 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor weapons-possession charge. . . . A rape charge filed against Purdue tight end Jon Blackman in July has been dismissed by a county prosecutor in Lafayette, Ind., and his suspension from the team was lifted. . . . Missouri defensive back Shad Criss was suspended for the remainder of the season, two days after being arrested for harassing and assaulting a 20-year-old woman.