Baseball

Athletics: Selected P Juan Perez from Triple-A Edmonton and placed him on the 40-man roster. Outrighted P Willie Adams, P Bill King, P Dave Telgheder, P Tim Kubinski and OF Mike Neill to Edmonton.

Blue Jays: Named Sal Butera third-base coach and Marty Pevey bullpen coach and catching instructor. Retained Jim Lett, bench coach; Mel Queen, pitching coach; and Gary Matthews, batting coach; for 1999.

Indians: Released former Orioles IF Jeff Manto and IF Ricky Gutierrez.

Marlins: Claimed OF Bruce Aven off waivers from Indians.

Royals: Fired Bruce Kison, pitching coach. Removed OF Chris Hatcher, C Tim Spehr and C Hector Ortiz from 40-man roster.

Colleges

Atlantic Coast Conference: Named Wake Forest's Dalawn Parrish (Howard High) Defensive Back of the Week.

Capital Athletic Conference: Named Goucher's Shannon Towner Volleyball Player of the Week.

Centennial Conference: Named Johns Hopkins' Michelle Dumler Volleyball Player of the Week.

Loyola: Named Jay C. Whipple director of athletic communications.

Football

Colts: Waived RB Zack Crockett. Signed RB Scott Greene.

Patriots: Activated WR Anthony Ladd from practice squad. Placed LB Bernard Russ (broken jaw) on IR.

Redskins: Released G Michael Batiste.

Hockey

Blackhawks: Sent RW Dennis Bonvie and D Jason Hamilton on loan to AHL Portland.

Canadiens: Agreed to terms with LW Brian Savage on two-year, $3.5 million contract.

Capitals: Assigned F James Black to IHL Chicago.

Flames: Sent D Rocky Thompson on loan to AHL Saint John.

Lightning: Named Jay Feaster assistant general manager, Don Murdoch director of hockey operations, Peter Mahovlich director of pro scouting and Rick Paterson associate coach.

Oilers: Activated C Doug Weight.

Penguins: Recalled G Jean-Sebastian Aubin from IHL Kansas City.

Stars: Activated D Dan Keczmer from injured list. Assigned F Jason Botterill to IHL Michigan.

Pub Date: 10/21/98