Baseball
Blue Jays: Designated IF Felipe Crespo for assignment. Purchased contract of OF Ryan Freel from Double-A Knoxville.
Braves: Renewed contracts of P Kevin Millwood and OF Andruw Jones.
Cubs: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Jeremi Gonzalez, P Felix Heredia, P Rodney Myers, P Kurt Miller and C Sandy Martinez.
Tigers: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Seth Greisinger, P Matt Anderson, P Mike Grzanich, C Robert Fick, IF Gabe Alvarez, IF Frank Catalanotto, IF Deivi Cruz, IF Jason Wood, OF Juan Encarnacion, OF Karim Garcia and OF Gabe Kapler.
White Sox: Agreed to terms with P Lorenzo Barcelo, P Kevin Beirne, P Chad Bradford, P Carlos Castillo, P Walker Chapman, P Scott Eyre, P Keith Foulke, P Dwayne Jacobs, P Sean Lowe, P David Lundquist, P Jason Olsen, P Jim Parque, P Mike Sirotka, P John Snyder, P Bryan Ward, C Mark Johnson, C Robert Machado, C Josh Paul, IF Mike Caruso, IF Carlos Lee, IF Jeff Liefer, IF Mario Valdez, IF Craig Wilson, OF Jeff Abbott, OF McKay Christensen, OF Tyrone Pendergrass, OF Brian Simmons and OF Chris Singleton on one-year contracts.
Basketball
Knicks: Placed G David Wingate (Dunbar) on injured list with tendinitis in right knee.
College
ECAC: Named Johns Hopkins' Joel Wertman to All-ECAC South men's basketball first team.
UAA: Named Johns Hopkins basketball players Joel Wertman and Leslie Ritter first-team all conference, Marjahna Segers second-team all-conference and Matt Geschke and Jake Stroman honorable mention.
The Citadel: Named Everette Sands assistant running backs coach.
Dickinson: Named Shellee Copley women's soccer coach.
Illinois State: Basketball C Sean Riley will not return for senior season.
UMBC: Head strength and conditioning coach Rob Slade resigned, effective May 1; he was named U.S. Sailing's fitness and strength coach.
Southeastern Louisiana: Men's basketball coach John Lyles resigned.
Football
Falcons: Agreed to contract with QB Danny Kanell.
49ers: Signed WR J. J. Stokes to seven-year contract believed to be worth $3.3 million a year with the last two years voidable.
Vikings: President of business operations Rand Gottlieb resigned.
Hockey
Blues: Assigned G Brent Johnson to AHL Worcester.
Bruins: Reassigned D Shane Belter to AHL Providence.
Canucks: Assigned RW Stewart Bodtker and RW Jonas Soling to AHL Syracuse.
Coyotes: Recalled G Scott Langkow from IHL Utah.
Stars: Assigned D Sergei Gusev and LW Dan Keczmer to IHL Michigan.
Pub Date: 3/06/99