Baseball
Atlanta Braves -- Agreed to terms with 2B Mark Lemke ($1.25 million), 3B Jose Oliva and P Brad Woodall on one-year contracts. Offered SS Jeff Blauser salary arbitration.
Boston Red Sox -- Agreed to terms with IF Luis Alicea ($800,000), IF Terry Shumpert ($250,000) and OF Wes Chamberlain ($350,000) on one-year contracts. Tendered contracts to 3B Scott Cooper, IF Tim Naehring and 1B Mo Vaughn, making them eligible for arbitration.
California Angels -- Signed player-coach Pedro Guerrero to a contract with Double-A Midland.
Cleveland Indians -- Agreed to terms with P Bud Black on a minor-league contract and invited him to spring training.
Chicago Cubs -- Agreed to terms with 1B Mark Grace on a one-year contract. Declined to tender contracts to OF Glenallen Hill and OF Derrick May, making them free agents.
Chicago White Sox -- Re-signed free-agent P Kirk McCaskill for two years at $1.5 million. Re-signed free-agent P Jose DeLeon to a one-year contract.
Cleveland Indians -- Agreed to terms with P Bud Black on a minor-league contract for $350,000; he got $3 million last year with the San Francisco Giants.
Colorado Rockies -- Agreed to terms with P David Nied, P Armando Reynoso, P Lloyd Peever and IF Roberto Mejia on one-year contracts.
Detroit Tigers -- Agreed to terms with P Joe Boever on a $1.15 million, two-year deal and IF Juan Samuel on a minor-league contract worth $325,000 if he makes the majors. Re-signed DH Kirk Gibson for $1.3 million.
Florida Marlins -- Signed free-agent 3B Terry Pendleton, who had been with the Atlanta Braves, to a one-year contract with a club option for 1996. Signed free-agent P John Burkett for two years with an option for a third. Re-signed free-agent IF Jerry Browne to a one-year contract for $650,000.
Houston Astros -- Agreed to terms with OF Luis Gonzalez on a one-year contract worth $1.4 million, a cut of $230,000.
Kansas City Royals -- Signed free-agent C Pat Borders, who had been with the Toronto Blue Jays, to a one-year contract for $310,000; he earned $2.5 million in 1994. Re-signed C Brent Mayne ($625,000) for one year. Tendered offers to P Kevin Appier, P Tom Gordon, P Rusty Meacham and IF David Howard. Did not tender a contract to P Jose DeJesus.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Signed IF Dave Hansen ($325,000) to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with P Rick Gorecki and OF Roger Cedeno.
Milwaukee Brewers -- Declined to offer a contract to C-OF B. J. Surhoff, who earned $2.3 million last year; agreed to terms with him on a minor-league deal worth $7,000 a month. Did not tender an offer to P Jaime Navarro.
New York Mets -- Agreed to terms with former Orioles 1B David Segui on a one-year contract worth $600,000.
Oakland Athletics -- Agreed to terms with IF Mike Bordick ($1.35 million) and P Dave Leiper ($160,000) on one-year contracts. Agreed to terms with P Bob Welch on a minor-league contract and invited him to spring training as a nonroster player; Welch, who earned $2.9 million last year, will get $225,000 and no performance bonuses. Offered salary arbitration to P Steve Ontiveros. Declined to offer a 1995 contract to P Bobby Witt.
Philadelphia Phillies -- Agreed to terms with P David West ($950,000), P Larry Mitchell, 2B Mickey Morandini ($975,000) and OF Tom Marsh. Signed free-agent OF Randy Ready to a minor-league contract.
Pittsburgh Pirates -- Agreed to terms with P Jim Gott and P Denny Neagle (Arundel) on one-year contracts; Gott got $900,000, and Neagle got $720,000.
St. Louis Cardinals -- Signed P Cris Carpenter and P Jeff Parrett to minor-league contracts. Signed C Scott Hemond ($350,000). Resigned 1B Gerald Perry ($295,000), P Vicente Palacios and former Orioles P John Habyan ($300,000) to one-year contracts. Announced that they would offer arbitration to P Rheal Cormier, P Ken Hill, P Rich Rodriguez, OF Ray Lankford and 3B Todd Zeile. Announced that they would not offer arbitration to P Mike Perez, P Omar Olivares and OF Bernard Gilkey.
San Diego Padres -- Agreed to terms with IF Scott Livingstone ($400,000) and P Bill Krueger ($230,000) on one-year contracts.
San Francisco Giants -- Agreed to a one-year, $400,000 contract with P Trevor Wilson. Will not offer arbitration to free-agent P Bill Swift and P Mike Jackson. Tendered contracts to P Rod Beck and CF Darren Lewis. Agreed to terms with 1B Todd Benzinger on a minor-league deal and a side agreement that would pay him $250,000 in the majors.
Seattle Mariners -- Agreed to terms with 1B Tino Martinez ($1 million), P Dave Fleming ($750,000) and C Chad Kreuter ($555,000) on a one-year deal.
Texas Rangers -- Agreed to terms with P Kenny Rogers on a one-year contract. Announced that they would offer arbitration to 3B Dean Palmer and C Ivan Rodriguez. Announced that they would not offer arbitration to P John Burkett.
Toronto Blue Jays -- Declined to offer salary arbitration to free-agent P Todd Stottlemyre. Sent IF Sharnol Adriana to from ++ Triple-A Syracuse to Double-A Knoxville.
Basketball
Boston Celtics -- Signed F Tony Dawson to a second 10-day contract.
Orlando Magic -- Placed C Tree Rollins on the injured list with a lower back strain.
College
Arkansas -- Announced that junior F Corliss Williamson will forgo his senior year of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.
Central Connecticut State -- Dismissed QB Sam Tirone from the football team for violating team policy.
Columbia -- Named Armond Hill men's basketball coach.
Hampton -- Named Byron Samuels men's basketball coach.
Mercyhurst -- Announced the resignation of men's basketball coach Bill Morse.
Oregon State -- Named East Carolina coach Eddie Payne men's basketball coach.
New Mexico -- Named Don Flanagan women's basketball coach.
Football
Atlanta Falcons -- Agreed to terms with DB Elbert Shelley.
Cincinnati Bengals -- Signed unrestricted free-agent DE Mike Flores, who had been with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Indianapolis Colts -- Signed free-agent K Mike Cofer.
Kansas City Chiefs -- Signed free-agent QB Rich Gannon to a two-year contract.
FTC New England Patriots -- Re-signed unrestricted free-agent DE Mike Pitts (Poly).
Philadelphia Eagles -- Signed free-agent DE Daniel Stubbs. Announced resignation of assistant to the president George Azar.
Washington Redskins -- Traded DE Shane Collins to the San Francisco 49ers for a 1996 draft pick.
Hockey
NHL -- Suspended Hartford Whalers D Glen Featherstone four games without pay for an oral confrontation with fans and throwing his helmet into the crowd.
Boston Bruins -- Sent G John Blue to AHL Providence.
Buffalo Sabres -- Traded D Ken Sutton to the Edmonton Oilers for LW Scott Pearson.
Dallas Stars -- Acquired LW Greg Adams, RW Dan Kesa and a 1995 draft pick from the Vancouver Canucks for RW Russ Courtnall. Traded former Washington Capitals RW Alan May to the Calgary Flames for an undisclosed 1995 draft pick. Recalled C Jamie Langenbrunner from OHL Peterborough.
Edmonton Oilers -- Signed RW Marko Tuomainen to a three-year contract. Traded LW Scott Pearson to the Sabres for D Ken Sutton. Assigned D Gord Mark to AHL Cape Breton.
Florida Panthers -- Recalled D Dallas Eakins from IHL Cincinnati.
Los Angeles Kings -- Agreed to terms with RW Vitali Yachmenev. Sent D Arto Blomsten to IHL Phoenix. Recalled LW Jeff Shevalire from IHL Phoenix.
Montreal Canadiens -- Assigned G Martin Brochu and C Craig Ferguson to AHL Fredericton.
New Jersey Devils -- Sent D Kevin Dean on loan to AHL Albany.
New York Islanders -- Recalled C Craig Darby from IHL Denver.
New York Rangers -- Traded G Corey Hirsch to the Vancouver Canucks for C Nathan LaFayette. Traded C Ed Olczyk to the Winnipeg Jets for a 1995 fifth-round draft choice. Claimed LW Troy Loney off waivers from the Islanders.
Ottawa Senators -- Traded G Craig Billington to the Bruins for a 1995 eighth-round draft pick. Traded C Bill Huard to the Quebec Nordiques for the right to D Miko Stromberg and a 1995 fourth-round pick.
Philadelphia Flyers -- Traded D Garry Galley to the Sabres for D Petr Svoboda.
Pittsburgh Penguins -- Traded C Martin Straka to the Senators for C Troy Murray and D Norm Maciver. Signed C Chris Wells to a multi-year contract. Traded D Greg Brown to the Winnipeg Jets for future considerations. Sent D Peter Taglianetti and D Greg Hawgood to IHL Cleveland and D Greg Andrusak to the Canadian national team. Recalled LW Jeff Christian from Cleveland.
Quebec Nordiques -- Returned D Aaron Miller to AHL Cornwall. Recalled D Jon Klemm from Cornwall.
St. Louis Blues -- Traded D Daniel Laperriere to the Senators for a conditional draft selection.
San Jose Sharks -- Traded LW Gaetan Duchesne to the Panthers for a 1995 sixth-round draft choice.
Toronto Maple Leafs -- Traded D Drake Berehowsky to the Penguins for D Grant Jennings. Traded C Mike Eastwood to the Winnipeg Jets for RW Tie Domi. Returned LW Ken Belanger and D David Harlock to AHL St. John's. Traded D Gord Kruppke to the Detroit Red Wings for future considerations.
Vancouver Canucks -- Traded D Gerald Diduck to the Chicago Blackhawks for minor-league F Bogdan Savenko and a draft choice. Traded D Jiri Slegr to the Oilers for RW Roman Oksiuta.
Winnipeg Jets -- Recalled C Tavis Hanson from AHL Springfield.
Washington Capitals -- Traded G Rick Tabaracci to the Calgary Flames for a conditional fifth-round pick in either the 1995 or 1996 entry draft. Obtained D Igor Ulanov and C Mike Eagles from the Jets for third- and fifth-round picks in the 1995 draft. Announced that LW Trevor Halverson was sent on loan from ECHL Hampton Roads to AHL Portland. Announced that Portland signed D Alexander Alexeev.
Minnesota Moose (IHL) -- Signed D Chris Imes, runner-up in voting for the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player, through next season.
Soccer
Minnesota Thunder (USISL) -- Signed D Don Gramenz, M Mark Abboud and F Amos Magee to one-year contracts.