Moves
Baseball
ASTROS: Renamed Astros Field to Minute Maid Park.
BLUE JAYS: Announced pitching coach Mark Connor and bench coach Cookie Rojas have mutually agreed to leave the organization. Named Gil Patterson pitching coach.
DEVIL RAYS: Outrighted P Lee Gardner to Triple-A Durham.
MARINERS: Placed OF Chris Snelling on 60-day DL with knee injury. Purchased contract of former Orioles OF Eugene Kingsale from Class AAA Tacoma.
METS: Claimed IF Ramon Soler off waivers from Devil Rays and optioned Soler to Double-A Binghamton. Sent P Eric Cammack outright to Binghamton.
RANGERS: Placed OF Carl Everett on 15-day DL because of strained left hamstring muscle. Recalled OF Ryan Ludwick from Triple-A Oklahoma.
REDS: Optioned P Luis Pineda to Triple-A Louisville. Activated P Jose Silva from 15-day DL.
ROCKIES: Activated OF Benny Agbayani from 15-day DL. Optioned P Brian Fuentes to Triple-A Colorado Springs.
ROYALS: Placed P Jason Grimsley on 15-day disabled list with strained stomach muscle. Recalled P Jeff Austin from Triple-A Omaha.
YANKEES: Released OF Gerald Williams. Recalled OF Juan Rivera from Triple-A Columbus.
Basketball
NBA: Announced retirement of chief of security Horace Balmer.
College
BOWIE STATE: Signed G Shari Burgess (Milford Mill), F Tyhler Davis and G Kenyail Johnson to play women's basketball.
CLEMSON: Named Itoro Umoh-Coleman women's assistant basketball coach.
DELAWARE: Named Yale assistant Rob Neviaser assistant coach and current assistant Kyle Flood assistant head coach.
JOHNS HOPKINS: P Yani Rosenberg (Gilman) to ECAC Division III Southern Baseball First Team, OF Mike DePalma and SS Carl Ippolito honorable mention.
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Named Kerri Brinkoeter women's basketball coach.
TOLEDO: Named Nate Tuori assistant men's basketball coach.
UCLA: Announced LB Audie Attar has been dismissed from team for violation of team rules.
VIRGINIA TECH: Announced junior RB Keith Burnell will transfer to Delaware.
Football
CARDINALS: Signed WR Jason McAddley to three-year contract.
CHARGERS: Signed free-agent LB Donny Green to one-year contract.
JAGUARS: Signed free-agent G Daryl Terrell, who played the last three seasons with Saints.
TEXANS: Signed C Calvin Collins and G Craig Heimburger.
Hockey
NHL: Fined Red Wings $50,000 for not making players available to the media following Game 1 loss to Hurricanes in Stanley Cup Finals.
BLACKHAWKS: Reached agreement to extend affiliation with AHL Norfolk through 2002-03 season.
COYOTES: Re-signed D Dan Focht to multi-year contract.
OILERS: Exercised option on G Jussi Markkanen's contract.