Baseball
Atlanta Braves -- Agreed to terms with C Francisco Cabrera, who drove in the winning runs in the 1992 NLCS, on a minor-league contract; he played in Japan last season.
California Angels -- Purchased the contract of IF Pete Coachman from Northern League Winnipeg.
Cleveland Indians -- Purchased the contract of C Pete Kuld from Northern League Thunder Bay and P Dennis Wiseman from Northern League Duluth-Superior.
Kansas City Royals -- Purchased the contract of 1B Jim Wilson from Winnipeg.
Milwaukee Brewers -- Purchased the contract of P Mark Futrell from Winnipeg.
Oakland Athletics -- Purchased the contract of P Jeff Bittiger and SS Mike Hankins from Winnipeg.
St. Louis Cardinals -- Purchased the contract of IF Ty Griffin from Northern League Sioux City.
Seattle Mariners -- Purchased the contract of P Jeff Pearce from Thunder Bay.
Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs -- (Northeast Independent League) -- Named former Cleveland Indians manager Doc Edwards manager.
Basketball
NBA -- Named the Utah Jazz's Jerry Sloan Coach of the Month.
Denver Nuggets -- Waived G Darnell Mee.
Houston Rockets -- Placed F Carl Herrera on the injured list.
Minnesota Timberwolves -- Placed G Chris Smith on the injured list.
Activated F Stacey King from the injured list.
New Jersey Nets -- Placed G Sean Higgins on the injured list. Activated G Sleepy Floyd.
Colleges
Sugar Bowl -- Announced that Nokia, a Finnish company that makes cellular phones, will sponsor the game for the next three ** years, replacing USF&G;, the sponsor for the past nine years.
Jersey City State -- Named Arnold Jeter associate football coach and defensive coordinator.
Louisiana State -- Named Mike Tolleson defensive tackles coach.Navy -- Named Brian Norwood cornerbacks coach; he had coached outside linebackers at Richmond.
Yale -- Named John Murphy men's assistant lacrosse coach.
Football
Houston Oilers -- Rescinded an offer to running backs coach Johnny Roland.
Jacksonville Jaguars -- Signed OL Ivory Dillard and LB Tom McManus.
San Diego Chargers -- Defensive coordinator Bill Arnsparger announced his retirement.
British Columbia Lions (CFL) -- Named Doug Bodie president.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) -- Named Urban Bowman assistant head coach and defensive line and special teams coach. Named Dieter Brock offensive coordinator. Announced that John Salvantis will return as offensive line coach.
Hockey
Los Angeles Kings -- Returned G Pauli Jaks to IHL Phoenix. Assigned C Gary Shuchuk to Phoenix for two weeks of conditioning.
St. Louis Blues -- Recalled RW Denny Felsner and D Jeff Batters from IHL Peoria.