Baseball
AL: Named White Sox 2B Ray Durham Player of the Week.
NL: Named Pirates C Jason Kendall Player of the Week.
Diamondbacks: Recalled P Clint Sodowsky from Triple-A Tucson.
Phillies: Fired Del Unser, director of player development; Don Blasingame, coordinator of instruction; George Culver, roving pitching instructor; and Don McCormack, roving catching instruction. Named Lee Elia director of minor-league instruction and Dallas Green interim director of player development. Promoted Gary Ruby from pitching coach at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to minor-league pitching coordinator.
Pirates: Activated P Rich Loiselle from 15-day DL. Optioned P Elmer Dessens to Triple-A Nashville.
Yankees: Activated DH Chili Davis from 60-day DL. Optioned OF Shane Spencer to Triple-A Columbus.
Basketball
Washington (WNBA): Placed G Adrienne Shuler (right ankle) on injured list. Activated C Alessandra Santos de Oliveira.
College
NCAA: Removed New Mexico State men's basketball program from probation after accepting school's final report on incidents of junior college transfer credits.
Alabama A&M;: Extended contract of men's basketball coach L. Vann Pettaway through 2003.
Goucher: Kathy Frick resigned as women's lacrosse and field hockey coach to assume same positions at her alma mater, Bloomsburg.
Johns Hopkins: Named 1994 graduate Todd Cavallaro men's assistant lacrosse coach; he had been top assistant at Washington College.
Football
Broncos: Released DT Duane Ashman, WR Kevin Jordan, G Craig Novitsky, QB Doug Nussmeier, P Mike Panasuk and CB Carl Kidd.
Dolphins: Waived DE Mike Chalenski, DE Josh Taves, WR Michael Timpson and TE Syii Tucker.
Giants: Waived WR John Washington.
Eagles: Signed S Dana Hall and S Anthony Marshall to one-year contracts. Released FB A. J. Jelks, QB Mike McCoy, PK Jaret Holmes and TE Kevin Hickman.
Jaguars: Signed DE Daryl Price. Waived WR Jermaine Ross.
Jets: Waived LB Chris Wing, G Eric Bateman, DT Victor 'f Tuatagaloa and FB Keith Lozowski.
Lions: Signed DT Matt Keneley. Cut S Sean Hill. Placed DE Jerome Davis on IR.
Packers: Waived P Jason Davis.
Hockey
Bruins: Arbitrator ruled that G Rob Tallas will earn $625,000 this season.
Flames: D Steve Smith, an assistant coach last season, came out of retirement.
Flyers: Re-signed C Perry White to three-year contract and D Steve McLaren to one-year contract.
Maple Leafs: Agreed to terms with F Igor Korolev on multi-year contract.
Oilers: Agreed to terms with G Bob Essensa on one-year contract.
Rangers: Signed G Kay Whitmore.
Senators: Re-signed RW Phil Crowe to one-year contract.
Soccer
U.S. Soccer: Named Tom King chief operating officer of U.S. Soccer Federation.
Pub Date: 8/18/98