Baseball Orioles -- Agreed to terms with P Jim Poole, P Jeff Williams, P John O'Donoghue and C Jeff Tackett on one-year contracts.
Chicago Cubs -- Agreed to terms with OF Sammy Sosa on a one-year contract.
Chicago White Sox -- Agreed to terms with OF Lance Johnson on a three-year contract.
Cincinnati Reds -- Agreed to terms with P Tim Pugh, P Bobby Ayala, P Larry Luebbers, P Ross Powell, P Scott Robinson, P Scott Service, P Jerry Spradlin, C Dan Wilson, C Darron Cox, IF Tim Costo and OF Keith Gordon on one-year contracts.
Colorado Rockies -- Agreed to terms with 3B Charlie Hayes on a one-year contract.
Kansas City Royals -- Agreed to terms with P Kevin Appier and P Bill Sampen on one-year contracts.
Minnesota Twins -- Agreed to terms with P Kevin Tapani and OF Derek Lee on one-year contracts.
New York Yankees -- Agreed to terms with P Melido Perez on a four-year contract.
Pittsburgh Pirates -- Agreed to minor-league contracts with 1B Russ Morman and OF Tim Leiper.
San Diego Padres -- Agreed to terms with 3B Gary Sheffield on a one-year contract.
San Francisco Giants -- Agreed to terms with P Trevor Wilson on a one-year contract.
Seattle Mariners -- Agreed to a one-year contract with P Russ Swan.
?3 Eastern League -- Named John Levenda president.
Basketball
Dallas Mavericks -- Signed G Lamont Strothers to a 10-day contract. Waived G Tracy Moore.
Denver Nuggets -- Signed former Washington Bullets F Tom Hammonds. Placed C Robert Werdann on the injured list.
Colleges
Big Ten -- Suspended Wisconsin G Andy Kilbride and Northwestern F Cedric Neloms and F Matt Purdy one game for fighting.
Army -- Fired basketball coach Tom Miller because of his poor relationship with his players.
Colgate -- Announced it will drop its 106-year-old intercollegiate baseball program after the spring season.
Colorado College -- Hockey coach Brad Buetow resigned under fire amid a school investigation into alleged NCAA violations.
U. of Colorado -- Named former Navy head football coach Elliot Uzelac guards and centers coach.
Mercyhurst -- Named Joe Kimball football coach.
St. Mary's -- Named Heather Kimble volleyball coach.
San Francisco -- Suspended basketball C Rich Klein from the team for failure to follow academic regulations.
Southern Cal -- Named Mike Riley offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Syracuse -- Named Chris Rippon defensive secondary coach.
Temple -- Named Deon Chester wide receivers coach and Kent Schoolfield running backs coach.
Football
Buffalo Bills -- Fired GM Bill Polian.
Hockey
New York Rangers -- Sent F Alexei Kovalev, D Joby Messier and Peter Andersson to AHL Binghamton.
San Jose Sharks -- Assigned F Jaroslav Otevrel and F Ray Whitney to IHL Kansas City. Waived F Michel Picard.
Horse racing Thoroughbred Racing Associations -- Announced that David Vance was elected president of the board of directors.