Baseball
Chicago White Sox -- Minor-league OF Michael Jordan announced his retirement.
Cleveland Indians -- Extended their player development contract with the Canton-Akron Indians of the Double-A Eastern League for two years through 1998.
Basketball
Boston Celtics -- Signed G James Blackwell to a second 10-day contract.
Los Angeles Lakers -- Signed F Randolph Keys to a second 10-day contract.
Washington Bullets -- Activated G Rex Chapman from the injured list. Placed F Larry Stewart (Coppin State) on the injured list.
Rockford Lightning (CBA) -- Signed former four-time NBA All Star and former Bullets C Ralph Sampson as a player/assistant coach.
Fort Wayne Fury (CBA) -- Placed F Sean Tyson (Dunbar) on the injured list.
Nike/Lady Foot Locker -- Named Western senior F Chanel Wright and 19 others to the girls high school All-America team. Wright, who signed with North Carolina, will compete in the all-star game at 3 p.m. April 15 in Altoona, Pa.
Colleges
Baker -- Named Steve Schottel football coach.
Liberty -- Named George MacIntyre defensive coordinator.
Football
Arizona Cardinals -- Re-signed DE Chadrick Brown to a one-year contract.
Carolina Panthers -- Agreed to terms with KR Vernon Turner.
Chicago Bears -- Re-signed unrestricted free-agent WR Greg McMurtry.
Dallas Cowboys -- Signed S Greg Tremble.
Denver Broncos -- Signed unrestricted free-agent RB Aaron Craver, who had been with the Miami Dolphins. Signed T Broderick Thompson.
Houston Oilers -- Signed unrestricted free-agent QB Chris Chandler, who had been with the Los Angeles Rams.
Kansas City Chiefs -- Announced they have matched the two-year offer by the Jacksonville Jaguars made to OT Ricky Siglar.
Miami Dolphins -- Signed unrestricted free-agent TE Eric Green, who had been with the Pittsburgh Steelers, to a six-year contract.
New Orleans Saints -- Signed unrestricted free-agent LB Rufus Porter, a two-time Pro Bowl player for the Seattle Seahawks, to a three-year contract.
New York Giants -- Signed DL Ray Agnew to a four-year contract. Extended an offer sheet to restricted free-agent DT Robert Harris of the Minnesota Vikings.
San Francisco 49ers -- Signed DT Oliver Barnett and P Tommy Thompson. Waived FB Marc Logan.
Washington Redskins -- Re-signed unrestricted free-agent CB Darrell Green.
B.C. Lions (CFL) -- Signed QB Danny McManus to a two-year contract.
Hockey
Buffalo Sabres -- Announced the resignation of VP of operations Gerry Meehan, effective July 31.
Chicago Blackhawks -- Acquired holdout C Murray Craven (15 goals, 40 assists last season) from the Vancouver Canucks for C Christian Ruuttu (2 goals, 5 assists this year). Signed Craven to a multi-year contract.
Los Angeles Kings -- Recalled C Yanic Perreault and D Chris Snell from IHL Phoenix.
Montreal Canadiens -- Announced that C Sebastien Bordeleau has agreed to a three-year contract.
New York Rangers -- Signed F Peter Ferraro and F Chris Ferraro and assigned them to AHL Binghamton. Sent F Jim Hiller on loan from Binghamton to IHL Atlanta. Sent LW Mike Hartman on loan to IHL Detroit.
St. Louis Blues -- Announced that LW Basil McRae has been reassigned to IHL Peoria for conditioning.
Vancouver Canucks -- Recalled D John Namestnikov from AHL Syracuse.
Washington Capitals -- Suspended G Byron Dafoe, who had been on loan to IHL Phoenix, after he refused to report to AHL Portland.
Colonial Hockey League -- Awarded a franchise to Quad Cities to begin play in 1995-96.
Soccer
MLS -- Signed M-D Paul Bravo.