Moves
Baseball
ANGELS: Named Orlando Mercado bullpen coach and Steve Soliz bullpen catcher.
BLUE JAYS: Named Tom Filer pitching coach for Triple-A Syracuse and former Oriole Merv Rettenmund minor-league hitting instructor.
PADRES: Signed P Carlton Loewer to minor-league contract.
PIRATES: Agreed to one-year contract with IF Abraham Nunez.
TIGERS: Sent P Jason Jimenez outright to Triple-A Toledo.
Basketball
NBA: Named Lakers G Kobe Bryant Western Conference Player of the Week and Celtics G Paul Pierce Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Suspended SuperSonics F Rashard Lewis one game without pay for shoving fist into face of Heat's Travis Best on Saturday. Fined Jazz C Greg Ostertag $7,500 for failing to leave court and head to locker room immediately after ejection Sunday.
CAVALIERS: Placed G Bimbo Coles on injured list with bruised left quadriceps. Activated F Darius Miles.
College
ACC: Named Wake Forest F Josh Howard men's basketball Player of the Week and Georgia Tech Chris Bosh F Rookie of the Week.
BRIGHAM YOUNG: Announced retirement of defensive coordinator Ken Schmidt.
BUCKNELL: NSCAA named D Mike Lookingland (Loyola High) to men's soccer Mid-Atlantic first team.
CCBC-ESSEX: NJCAA named M Abe Kante to men's soccer Division I All-America first team. Named Ed Resende (C. Milton Wright) honorable mention.
JOHNS HOPKINS: NSCAA named M Adam Hack and F Chad Tarabolous to men's soccer Mid-Atlantic first team. Named M Daniel Brienza to second team and G Gary Kane to third team.
KENTUCKY: Football coach Guy Morriss resigned.
UMBC: Signed D Chris Dunlap (Calvert Hall) and A-M Sean Stevens (Calvert Hall) to men's lacrosse letters of intent. NEC named G-F Kareem Washington men's basketball Player of the Week.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S: NEC named G Landy Thompson (Archbishop Spalding) men's basketball Rookie of the Week.
SOUTHERN UTAH: Named Gary Andersen football coach.
UCLA: Fired football coach Bob Toledo. Named assistant director of academic services Ed Kezirian interim football coach.
Football
PACKERS: Claimed T Jerry Wisne on waivers from Rams. Placed G-T Barrett Brooks on waivers.
SEAHAWKS: Waived LB Terry Killens. Claimed LB J.R. Johnson from Saints.
High schools
DULANEY: NSCAA named senior men's soccer M Eric Frey scholar All-American.
Hockey
NHL: Named Sabres RW Miroslav Satan Player of the Week.
CAPITALS: Recalled RW Andreas Salomonsson and C Trent Whitfield from AHL Portland. Placed G Olie Kolzig on IR. Reassigned C Colin Forbes to Portland. D Steve Eminger left team to join Team Canada for world junior championships Dec. 26-Jan. 5.
PANTHERS: Placed G Jani Hurme on IR with inflamed knee.
STARS: Placed LW Ulf Dahlen (sprained ankle) and LW Kirk Muller (fractured rib) on IR.
Soccer
BLAST (MISL): Named Bobby McAvan coach.