Auto racing
PacWest -- Named Danny Sullivan IndyCar driver for 1995.
Baseball
Orioles -- Signed free-agent P Rich DeLucia and free-agent 2B Junior Noboa.
Boston Red Sox -- Claimed P Heath Haynes off waivers from the Montreal Expos.
California Angels -- Purchased the contracts of P Erik Bennett, P Ken Edenfield, P Shad Williams and OF Marquis Riley from Triple-A Vancouver and added them to the 40-man roster. Purchased the contracts of P Bill Simas from Double-A Midland and added him to the 40-man roster. Purchased the contract of P Jeff Schmidt from Single-A Lake Elsinore and added him to the 40-man roster.
Chicago Cubs -- Named Ferguson Jenkins pitching coach and John Young special assistant to the general manager. Purchased the contracts of P Terry Adams, P Mike Walker, P Derek Wallace and IF Cris Conlon from Triple-A Iowa and P Ottis Smith, P Amaury Telemaco, C Mike Hubbard, IF Brant Brown and OF Pedro Valdes from Double-A Orlando.
Cincinnati Reds -- Announced that manager Marc Bombard, pitching coach Jim Thrift and trainer John Young will return to Triple-A Indianapolis.
Cleveland Indians -- Claimed P Steve Dixon off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
St. Louis Cardinals -- Announced that P Doug Creek, P Frank Cimorelli and IF Dan Cholowsky cleared waivers and were sent outright to Triple-A Louisville.
San Diego Padres -- Claimed P Erik Plantenberg off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
New Britain Red Sox -- Double-A Eastern League team changed its name to the Hardware City Rock Cats.
Basketball
Chicago Bulls -- Activated C Bill Wennington and F Jud Buechler from the injured list.
Golden State Warriors -- Traded F Chris Webber to the Washington Bullets for F Tom Gugliotta and first-round draft choices in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
Orlando Magic -- Activated C Geert Hammink from the injured list. Waived F-C Keith Tower.
Seattle SuperSonics -- Named Bob Weiss assistant coach.
Washington Bullets -- Signed F Juwan Howard to a multi-year contract.
Colleges
NCAA -- Placed the University of Mississippi football program on four years' probation for recruiting violations.
Butkus Award -- Announced that Illinois' Dana Howard, Colorado's Ted Johnson and Nebraska's Ed Stewart are finalists for the award given to the best linebacker.
ACC -- Named Maryland middle hitter Kelly Malins first-team all-conference, Maryland middle hitter Sherry Smith second team all-conference and Maryland setter Eden Kroeger all-freshman.
CIAA -- Named Bowie State FS Chris Banks all-conference first team and Bowie State DE Tracy Ledbetter all-conference second team.
Brockport State -- Announced the resignation of football coach Ed Matejkovic.
Florida State -- Suspended CB James Colzie one game for academic reasons.
Georgia -- Signed AD Vince Dooley to a five-year contract extension through June 1999.
Pittsburgh -- RB Curtis Martin announced that he will turn pro. He gained 1,132 yards in 1993 and had 251 yards against Texas in this year's opener before suffering a season-ending injury.
Southern -- Suspended K Duane Fuller.
Football
Arizona Cardinals -- Signed RB Mark Higgs for the remainder of the season.
Buffalo Bills -- Placed WR Bucky Brooks on IR. Signed WR Damon Thomas.
Chicago Bears -- Waived WR Darwin Ireland.
Miami Dolphins -- Waived T David Ware. Signed OT Tim Irwin.
Hockey
Toronto Maple Leafs -- Sent C Guy Leveque on loan to the Canadian national team.
IHL -- Signed a tentative agreement with the Professional Hockey Players Union on a new collective bargaining agreement through the 1995-96 season.
Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) -- Sent female G Manon Rheaume to ECHL Tallahassee.
Tennis
USTA -- Announced that the Davis Cup team will play its 1995 opening-round matches against France on Feb. 3-5 in St. Petersburg, Fla.