Baseball
NL -- Suspended San Diego Padres P Andy Benes for five games for hitting Colorado's Alex Cole with a pitch last Wednesday.
Orioles -- Purchased the contract of P Mike Cook from Triple-A Rochester. Placed OF Jeffrey Hammonds on the 60-day DL.
Cleveland Indians -- Recalled C Jessie Levis from Triple-A Charlotte.
Kansas City Royals -- Agreed to terms with manager Hal McRae on a one-year contract extension.
San Diego Padres -- Named Ollie Goulston assistant director of scouting and player development.
Basketball
Phoenix Suns -- Agreed to terms with F A. C. Green on a five-year contract.
Colleges
NAIA -- Voted to replace its 32 districts with nine regions in an effort to strengthen the role of athletic conferences in championship qualification.
Senior Bowl -- Announced that the game will return to the North vs. South format (and abandon the AFC and NFC designation with no consideration of geography).
Anne Arundel CC -- Named assistant basketball coach Mike Tummings head coach to replace Rick Bloom.
Cornell -- Named Brian Smith and Adam Derengowski assistant wrestling coaches.
Dartmouth -- Named Jim Wilson men's swimming coach.
Kean -- Announced the resignation of offensive coordinator Ron Wisniewski. Promoted offensive line coach Tom Gallahue to offensive coordinator.
LeMoyne -- Named Delrena Braithwaite women's assistant basketball coach.
Montclair State -- Suspended women's track coach John Blanton, pending results of a state investigation.
Mount St. Vincent -- Named Al Jacoutot men's and women's cross country coach.
St. Mary's -- Named Rich Godbout men's and women's swimming coach.
Texas-Pan American -- Named Cindi LaRochelle Padgett women's golf coach.
Football
Green Bay Packers -- Signed WR Jason McGill to their practice squad.
New York Jets -- Placed RB Pat Chaffey on injured reserve. Signed TE Troy Sadowski. Activated CB Victor Green from the practice squad.
Washington Redskins -- Re-signed DL Jim Wahler. Waived S Todd Boyles.
Hockey
NHL -- Suspended Rangers D Kevin Lowe three games for a high-sticking incident against the Whalers on Sept. 25.
Detroit Red Wings -- Assigned LW Steve Maltais, LW Mark Pederson, C Tim Taylor, D Serge Anglehart, D Gord Kruppke and D Jason York to Adirondack of the American Hockey Leaue.
Hartford Whalers -- Assigned G Mike Lenarduzzi to Springfield of the American Hockey League.
Montreal Canadiens -- Assigned RW Oleg Petrov and RW Turner Stevenson to Fredericton of the American Hockey League.
New York Islanders -- Assigned D Bob McGill to Salt Lake of the International Hockey League.
Pittsburgh Penguins -- Assigned G Rob Dopson, RW Justin Duberman, RW Ed Patterson, C Todd Hawkins, LW George Zajankala and D Patrick Neaton to Cleveland of the American Hockey League.
St. Louis Blues -- Assigned F Nathan LaFayette to Peoria of the International Hockey League.
Vancouver Canucks -- Assigned D Yevgeny Namestnikov to Hamilton of the American Hockey League.
Soccer
U.S. National Team -- Signed D-M Alexi Lalas through the 1994 World Cup.