Baseball Atlanta Braves -- Agreed to terms with OF Keith Mitchell (.318 in ABs) and OF Melvin Nieves on one-year contracts.
Boston Red Sox -- Signed SS Tim Naehring (.109 in 55 ABs) to a one-year contract.
Chicago Cubs -- Agreed to terms with 3B Gary Scott (.165 in 79 ABs) and C Rick Wilkins on one-year contracts.
Kansas City Royals -- Signed P Hipolito Pichardo to a one-year contract.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Agreed to terms with P Kip Gross and IF Greg Smith (Glenelg) on one-year contracts.
Milwaukee Brewers -- Signed OF Darryl Hamilton (.311, 57 RBI) to a two-year contract.
New York Mets -- Agreed to terms with P Julian Vasquez and IF Tito Navarro on one-year contracts.
Seattle Mariners -- Agreed to terms with C Greg Pirkl and OF Patrick Lennon on one-year contracts.
Texas Rangers -- Agreed to terms with P Hector Fajardo, C Bill Haselman and IF Jose Hernandez.
Toronto Blue Jays -- Agreed to terms with P Mike Timline, P Ricky Trlicek and OF Robert Perez on one-year contracts.
Basketball
NBA -- Suspended 76ers F Jayson Williams for two games and fined him $10,000 for fighting in a game Thursday against the Hornets. Fined 76ers F Charles Barkley $2,000 for throwing the ball at J. R. Reid. Fined Reid $7,500 for throwing several punches. Fined F Anthony Frederick and G-F Kenny Gattison of the Hornets and C Manute Bol, C Dave Hoppen, G Brian Oliver and F Charles Shackleford of the 76ers $500 for leaving the bench during the fight.
Charlotte Hornets -- Activated C Mike Gminski from the injured list. Placed F Johnny Newman (fractured bone in shooting hand) on the injured list.
Colleges
Baylor -- Announced the resignations of Skip Cox, associate athletic director, and Marie Abel, assistant athletic director.
Northwestern -- Announced that basketball F Evan Pedersen istransferring to St. Louis.
Oregon State -- Announced that F Mario Jackson has left the basketball team.
L Stanford -- Named Bill Singler football special teams coach.
Tennessee -- Suspended G Orlando Berry from the basketball team indefinitely for team rules violation.
William Paterson -- Men's basketball coach Dominick Pelosi resigned.
Football
Miami Dolphins -- Signed DE Tim Downing.
New York Jets -- Signed TE Corwin Anthony.
Hockey
Boston Bruins -- Signed D Gord Hynes.
Calgary Flames -- Sent F Martin Simard to Salt Lake City (IHL).
Chicago Blackhawks -- Sent F Dean McAmmond and F Jeff Jackson to Indianapolis (IHL).
Detroit Red Wings -- Sent F John Garpenlov to Adirondack (AHL).
Quebec Nordiques -- Sent D Dan Lambert to Halifax (AHL).
New Jersey Devils -- Recalled C Alexander Semak and D Myles O'Connor from Utica (AHL).
Pittsburgh Penguins -- Activated F Shawn McEachern, who had been on the U.S. Olympic team.
St. Louis Blues -- Assigned C Michel Mongeau to Peoria (IHL).
Washington Capitals -- Signed D Brad Schlegel (Canadian Olympic team) and assigned him to Baltimore (AHL).