Baseball Baltimore Orioles -- Signed IF Sam Horn (.248, 14 HRs, 45 RBI in games) and IF Juan Bell (.000, 0, 0) to 1-year contracts.
Chicago Cubs -- Renewed contracts of OF Jerome Walton (.263, 2, 21) and P Lance Dickson (0-3, 7.24). Agreed to 1-year contracts with P Mike Harkey (12-6, 3.26) , P Jeff Pico (4-4, 4.79), OF Doug Dascenzo (.253, 1, 26), OF Dwight Smith (.262, 6, 27), SS Jose Vizcaino (.275, 0, 2), C Joe Girardi (.270, 1, 38), C Hector Villanueva (.272, 7, 18).
Cincinnati Reds -- Signed P Scott Scudder (5-5, 4.90) and 1B Terry Lee (.211, 0, 3) to 1-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of C Joe Oliver (.231, 8, 52), P Jack Armstrong (12-9, 3.42), P Tim Layana (5-3, 3.49) and 1B Hal Morris (.340, 7, 36).
Houston Astros -- Agreed to terms with OF Steve Finley (.256, 3, 47) on a 1-year contract.
Milwaukee Brewers -- Agreed to terms with 3B Gary Sheffield (.294, 10, 67) and P Jaime Navarro (8-7, 4.46) on 1-year contracts. Renewed the contract of 1B George Canale (.077, 0, 0).
New York Yankees -- Named Ron Hansen major-league scout.
Philadelphia Phillies -- Agreed to terms with P Pat Combs (10-10, 4.07 ERA) and P Bob Scanlon, and OF Ron Jones (.276, 3, 7) on 1-year contracts.
Pittsburgh Pirates -- Signed P Rick Reed (2-3, 4.86 in 13 games) and 3B Jeff King (.245 14, 53) to 1-year contracts.
Texas Rangers -- Signed IF Jack Daugherty (.300, 0, 6 in 125 games) and IF Jeff Huson (.240, 0, 28) to 1-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of P Kevin Brown (12-10, 3.60), P Kenny Rogers (10-6, 3.13, 15 saves) and C Chad Kreuter (.045, 0, 2).
San Francisco Giants -- Signed P Jeff Brantley (5-3, 1.56) to a 1-year contract.
Basketball
NBA -- Fined G Darrell Walker, Washington Bullets, $4,500, and F Dale Ellis, Milwaukee Bucks, $2,000, for their roles in an incident following a game on March 1.
Boston Celtics -- Re-signed G Charles Smith to a 10-day contract. Placed F Dave Popson on the injured list.
Los Angeles Clippers -- Waived G Jay Edwards.
San Antonio Spurs -- Received league permission to sign G David Wingate.
College
Trans-America Athletic Conference -- Named Arnold D. Fielkow commissioner.
San Francisco -- Named Bill Hogan athletic director.
Tennessee State -- Announced the resignation of Ron Abernathy, basketball coach.
Pro football Atlanta Falcons -- Named Robert April special teams-tight ends coach.
Cleveland Browns -- Named Jerry Simmons strength and conditioning coach.
Los Angeles Rams -- Signed RB David Lang.
Phoenix Cardinals -- Named Carl Hairston scout.
Hockey
rv,5 Hartford Whalers -- Traded C Ron Francis, D Ulf Samuelson, Grant Jennings to the Pittsburgh Penguins for C John Cullen, D Zarley Zalapski, RW Jeff Parker. Also, sent RW Chris Tancill, C James Black and D Jergus Baca to Springfield (AHL).
New Jersey Devils -- Fired John Cunniff, coach. Named Tom McVie coach.
Vancouver Canucks -- Signed D Doug Lidster to a multi-year contract.
Washington Capitals -- Called up RW Jeff Greenlaw (17 goals, 17 assists, 93 penalty minutes in 50 games) from Baltimore (AHL).