Baseball
Angels: Agreed to one-year contracts with IF Justin Baughman, P Jason Dickson and C Bret Hemphill.
Astros: Hired Bing Devine as major-league scout.
Blue Jays: Signed P Chris Carpenter and OF Shannon Stewart to three-year contracts and 3B Tom Evans, IF Felipe Crespo and former Orioles P Nerio Rodriguez to one-year contracts. Renewed contract of P Robert Person.
Brewers: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Bill Pulsipher, P Rafael Roque and P Brad Woodall.
Marlins: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Jesus Sanchez, SS Alex Gonzalez and 3B Mike Lowell.
Mets: Named former Orioles coach John Stearns advance scout.
Basketball
NBA: Fined SuperSonics F-C Olden Polynice $5,000 for making obscene gesture toward fans while exiting court Monday.
Nets: Signed G Doug Overton.
Nuggets: Signed F Carl Herrera.
Trail Blazers: Activated G John Crotty. Placed F Carlos Rogers (tendinitis in right knee) on injured list.
Mystics (WNBA): Named Melissa McFerrin assistant coach.
College
NCAA: Added North Carolina State AD Les Robinson to Men's Basketball Selection Committee, beginning this summer.
Livingston: Women's basketball coach Tom Jernigan resigned.
Montana: Promoted interim basketball coach Don Holst to basketball coach.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Reassigned men's basketball coach Ric Cobb (28-81) to director of community outreach.
Football
Broncos: Promoted director of player personnel Neal Dahlen to GM.
Browns: Named Joe Collins player personnel director and Douglas C. Jones VP-finance and treasurer.
Eagles: Signed free-agent DT Mark Wheeler to four-year contract.
Lions: Signed DE Paul Spicer, G Dwayne Morgan and QB Cory Sauter.
Redskins: Re-signed QB Casey Weldon to two-year contract.
Seahawks: Signed TE Christian Fauria to three-year contract.
Hockey
NHL: Suspended Red Wings F Sergei Fedorov for five games for slashing Islanders' Zdeno Chara on Saturday.
Coyotes: Returned G Robert Esche and C Rob Murray to AHL Springfield.
Flyers: Recalled G Jean Marc-Pelletier from AHL Philadelphia.
Lightning: Recalled LW Brent Peterson from IHL Cleveland.
Stars: Recalled C Aaron Gavey from IHL Michigan.
Pub Date: 3/04/99