Baseball
Cleveland Indians -- Signed 3B Jim Thome to afour-year contract with a club option for the 1998 season.
San Francisco Giants -- Announced that KNBR Radio has purchased a limited partnership in the team.
Seattle Mariners -- Optioned P Jeff Williams to Triple-A Calgary. Reassigned P TravisBuckley, P Derek Lowe, P Ron Villone and C Chris Widger totheir minor-league camp.
Basketball
NBA -- Fined Denver Nuggets F LaPhonso Ellis$3,500 for an elbowing foul Friday night.
Charlotte Hornets -- Activated F Larry Johnson and F ScottBurrell from the injured list. Placed G Rumeal Robinson onthe injured list with strained ligaments in his left foot.
Minnesota Timberwolves -- Activated G Micheal Williams fromthe injured list. Placed G Stanley Jackson on the injuredlist.
College
NCAA -- Placed the South Carolina State athletic program on twoyears probation for recruiting and eligibility violations inmen's and women's track and field and men's tennis.
Atlantic 10 Conference -- Extended a full conference membershipto Xavier University, effective 1995.
Barton County CC -- Named Pat Smith men's basketball coach.
Eastern Washington -- Announced the retirement of women's basketball coach Bill Smithpeters.
Illinois -- Announced that F T. J. Wheeler was arrested on charges of speeding and drunken driving and will not travel to Purdue for Illinois' regular-season finale Sunday.
Monmouth, N.J. -- Announced the resignation of athletic director Wayne Szoke. Named Marilyn McNeil athletic director, effective April 15.
St. Peter's -- Named Mark Collins football coach.
Stanford -- Named Vaughn Williams defensive backs coach.
Football
New York Giants -- Signed DB-KR Joey Smith.
Washington Redskins -- C Jeff Bostic announced hisretirement.
Baltimore CFL Colts -- Signed OG Dietrich Lockridge and OT Shahriar Pourdanesh.
British Columbia Lions -- Named John Payne offensive coordinator; Jody Allen receivers coach; Dave Easley linebackers coach; Gary Hoffman offensive line coach; Gene Gaines secondary coach; and Michael Gray defensive line coach.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) -- Re-signed free agent OL Scott Douglas.
Las Vegas Posse (CFL) -- Named Jeff Reinebold secondary coach. Signed LB Greg Battle.
Hockey
Buffalo Sabres -- Sent LW Matthew Barnaby, DDenis Tsygurov to AHL Rochester. Recalled C Todd Simon from Rochester.
Hartford Whalers -- Recalled C Mike Tomlak and GFrank Pietrangelo from AHL Springfield under emergency conditions.
Rochester Americans (AHL) -- Recalled C Chris Bright fromECHL South Carolina.
Central Hockey League -- Suspended C Brian Wells of theWichita Thunder for two games for a head butting incident on March 8.
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Horse racing Monmouth Park -- Named Larry Collmus track announcer.
Soccer
NPSL -- Suspended Wichita Wing ChicoBorja for one game and fined him anundisclosed amount for misconduct toward a referee during aMarch 6 game against St. Louis. Suspended St. Louis Ambush Jeff Robben for two games and fined him an undisclosedamount for his unnecessary play during a March 6 game against Wichita.
Cleveland Crunch (NPSSL) -- Activated D Scott Uderitz from the disabled list.
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Tennis
WTA Tour Players Association -- Executive director and chiefexecutive officer Gerard Smith announced his resignation,effective no later than July 1st.