Baseball
Cleveland Indians -- Signed P Jim Poole to a minor-league contract.
Basketball
Denver Nuggets -- Signed G Greg Grant to a 10-day contract. Released G Eldridge Recasner.
Los Angeles Lakers -- Signed F Lloyd Daniels and F Randolph Keys for the rest of the season.
Phoenix Suns -- Activated G-F Richard Dumas. Placed F Wayman Tisdale (strained left rib) on the injured list.
College
NCAA -- Reinstated Arizona basketball G Damon Stoudamire.
Kentucky -- Named Bernadette Locke-Mattox women's basketball coach.
Wisconsin -- Fired Stan Van Gundy, men's basketball coach.
Football
Detroit Lions -- Re-signed DL Dan Owens.
Jacksonville Jaguars -- Signed DE Jeff Lageman, CB Mickey Washington.
New Orleans Saints -- Released DB Carl Lee.
Birmingham (CFL) -- Announced the team will be called the Barracudas. Signed QB Reggie Slack.
Shreveport Pirates (CFL) -- Signed WR Fernando Evans.
Hockey
Chicago Blackhawks -- Returned F Steve Dubinsky, F Tony Horacek and F Daniel Gauthier to Indianapolis of the IHL.
Florida Panthers -- Signed D Magnus Svensson.
New Jersey Devils -- Acquired D Shawn Chambers and RW Danton Cole from Tampa Bay for C Alexander Semak and RW Ben Hankinson. Sent D Jaroslav Modry to Albany of the American Hockey League. Recalled D Kevin Dean and C Sergei Brylin from Albany.
Winnipeg Jets -- Recalled LW Michal Grosek from Springfield of the AHL. Assigned C Luciano Borsato to Springfield.