Baseball
Boston Red Sox -- Will not offer arbitration to OF Tom Brunansky, DH Andre Dawson, P Joe Hesketh and P Frank Viola, making them free agents.
California Angels -- Offered arbitration to DH Chili Davis.
Florida Marlins -- Claimed P Brian Barnes off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and placed him on the 40-man roster.
Houston Astros -- Will not offer arbitration to OF Kevin Bass and OF Milt Thompson, making them free agents. Outrighted OF Ken Ramos to Triple-A Tucson.
Kansas City Royals -- Named Mike Jirschele manager, Mike Alvarez returns as pitching coach and Tom Poquette returns as hitting coach at Triple-A Omaha. Named Ron Johnson manager, U. L. Washington coach and Gary Lance pitching coach at Double-A Wichita. Named John Mizerock manager and Tom Burgmeier and Sixto Lezcano coaches at Single-A Wilmington. Named Brian Poldberg manager and Mike Mason and Rafael Santana coaches Single-A Springfield. Named Al Pedrique manager, Theo Shaw pitching coach and Cliff Pastornicky batting coach at Single-A Spokane. Bob Herold will return as manager and Jose Tartabull and Rick Keeton will return as coaches at Rookie League Fort Myers.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Retained Rick Dempsey, manager, of Triple-A Albuquerque; Jon Debus, manager, of Single-A Vero Beach and Joe Vavra, manager, of Single-A Yakima. Named John Shelby manager of Double-A San Antonio; Ron Roenicke manager of Single-A San Bernardino and John Shoemaker manager of Rookie League Great Falls.
New York Yankees -- Will not offer arbitration to IF Mike Gallego, making him a free agent.
San Diego Padres -- Named Jerry Royster manager and Dean Treanor pitching coach at Double-A Memphis.
San Francisco Giants -- Offered salary arbitration to OF Darryl Strawberry.
Texas Rangers -- Named Johnny Oates manager.
Toronto Blue Jays -- Will not offer arbitration to P Danny Cox, P Dave Stewart and SS Dick Schofield, making them free agents.
Basketball
Boston Celtics -- Signed G Greg Minor.
College
Patriot League -- Named Navy goalie Doug Williams Defensive Player of the Week.
Nevada-Las Vegas -- Announced the resignation of Jim Weaver, athletic director. The Board of Regents voted to accept the buyout of the contract of former basketball coach Rollie Massimino.
Football
NFL -- Fined San Francisco 49ers CB Deion Sanders and Atlanta Falcons WR Andre Rison $7,500 for fighting in Sunday's game.
Chicago Bears -- Placed FB Merril Hoge on the reserve/retired list.
Cincinnati Bengals -- Signed QB Jim Ballard to the developmental squad.
Kansas City Chiefs -- Signed WR Allen DeGraffenreid to the practice squad and waived RB Antony Daigle from the practice squad.
Miami Dolphins -- Signed G-C Kevin Brothen. Placed G Houston Hoover on injured reserve.
Philadelphia Eagles -- Signed DT Oscar Shorten to the practice squad.
CFLs -- Released LB Mike Kerr.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) -- Released DE Anthony Bailey.
Las Vegas Posse (CFL) -- Transferred DE Jason Medlock to the injured list, effective Oct. 28.
Horse racing
New York Racing Association -- Announced the resignation of president Gerry McKeon.
Soccer
Cleveland Crunch (NPSL) -- Signed G Otto Orf and D Tim Tsirambidis.