Moves
Baseball
CARDINALS: Agreed to terms with P Jeff Fassero on one-year contract.
DODGERS: Sold contract of P Kevin Beirne to Osaka of Japanese Pacific League and P Jeff Williams to Hanshin of Japanese Central League.
INDIANS: Acquired IF Travis Hafner and P Aaron Myette from Rangers for C Einar Diaz and P Ryan Drese. Named Tim Tolman field coordinator.
MARINERS: Agreed to terms with IF John Olerud on two-year, $15.4 million contract.
PADRES: Agreed to terms with former Orioles OF Brady Anderson on minor-league contract.
PIRATES: Agreed to terms with INF Abraham Nunez on a one-year contract.
RANGERS: Agreed to terms with P Rudy Seanez on minor-league contract.
REDS: Agreed to terms with former Orioles P Jimmy Haynes to one-year contract with player option for 2004.
RED SOX: Named Mike Griffin pitching coach and U.L. Washington hitting coach of Triple-A Pawtucket.
WHITE SOX: Agreed to terms with DH Frank Thomas on one-year contract.
Basketball
LAKERS: Activated F/C Samaki Walker. Waived C Soumaila Samake.
SPURS: Placed G Emanuel Ginobili on injured list. Activated C Mengke Bateer.
SUNS: Activated F Jake Tsakalidis. Placed F Tom Gugliotta on injured list.
College
DELAWARE STATE: Announced that senior F Sergey Stephanenkov has left men's basketball team and returned to Russia.
HOUSTON: Named Art Briles football coach.
MARYLAND: Announced that LB E.J. Henderson has been named finalist for Chuck Bednarik Trophy as nation's best defensive player.
TEXAS A&M;: Named Dennis Franchione football coach.
TULANE: Accepted invitation to play Hawaii football team in inaugural Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Day.
Hockey
AVALANCHE: Placed D Adam Foote on injured reserve, retroactive to Tuesday, with groin injury.
BLACKHAWKS: Recalled D Steve McCarthy from AHL Norfolk.
BLUE JACKETS: Activated C Tyler Wright. Recalled D Duvie Westcott from AHL Syracuse.
BLUES: Placed G Tom Barrasso on injured reserve. Recalled G Cody Rudkowsky from AHL Worcester.
ISLANDERS: Recalled F Eric Godard from AHL Bridgeport.
PREDATORS: Recalled G Jan Lasak from AHL Milwaukee.
SHARKS: Named Tim Hunter assistant coach. Traded D Marcus Ragnarsson to Flyers for D Dan McGillis.
Soccer
MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE: Announced that Sockers F Carlos "Chile" Farias and Kixx G Peter Pappas have been named offensive and defensive Players of the Month for November.
WORLD CUP: Announced that Hyundai Motor Co. has exercised its option to remain a sponsor through the 2006 tournament in Germany.
Soccer
MISL standings
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 10 3 .769 -
Cleveland 7 4 .636 2
Harrisburg 5 7 .417 4 1/2
Blast 4 8 .333 5 1/2
W L Pct. GB
Milwaukee 10 2 .833 -
Kansas City 5 6 .455 4 1/2
San Diego 6 10 .375 6
Dallas 3 10 .231 7 1/2
Yesterday's result
Milwaukee 10, San Diego 7
Today's games
Blast at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Clev. at Harrisburg, 7:35 p.m.
Tomorrow's game
Dallas at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. Colleges
Soccer
NCAA tournaments
Men's quarterfinals
Today UConn (17-5) at Maryland (19-4), 1 Clemson (14-4-3) at Stanford (16-4-2), 10 Penn State (16-7) at UCLA (15-3-3), 10 Tomorrow Creighton (17-3-2) at Boston College (18-4), 1
Women's semifinals
(At Austin, Texas) Yesterday Portland 2, Penn State 0 Santa Clara 2, North Carolina 1
Women's final
(At Austin, Texas) Tomorrow Portland vs. Santa Clara, 3
Women's lacrosse
Johns Hopkins
2003 schedule
2-28 North Carolina 5 p.m.
3-2 Duke noon
3-8 William & Mary 11 a.m.
3-11 Pennsylvania 3:30 p.m.
3-14 at Ohio State 7 p.m.
3-16 at Ohio noon
3-21 Davidson 7 p.m.
3-28 x-vs. N'western 1 p.m.
3-30 at Vanderbilt noon
4-7 Penn State 4 p.m.
4-12 at Maryland TBA
4-16 at Villanova 7 p.m.
4-23 at American 4 p.m.
4-25 Geo.Washington 7 p.m.
4-30 at Towson 3 p.m.
5-30 at George Mason 1 p.m.
x-at Nashville, Tenn.