BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Announced the contract of Tom Burgmeier, pitching coach, will not be renewed.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to a one-year contract extension through 2001 with manager Tom Kelly.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed RHP John Sneed off waivers from Philadelphia. Designated OF Marty Cordova for assignment.
Midwest League
DAYTON DRAGONS—Named Donnie Scott manager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS—Signed F Pete Chilcutt, G Michael Hawkins, G Matt Maloney, F Anthony Miller, G Larry Robinson and F Jason Sasser.
NEW JERSEY NETS—Signed G Kevin Ollie.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed F Pete Mickeal, G Lavor Postell, G John Celestand, C Felton Spencer, F Stephen Howard and C Jonathan Kerner.
CHARLOTTE HORNETS— Signed G Caswell Cyrus.
International Basketball Association
MAGIC CITY SNOWBEARS—Signed F Nathan Green.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed RB Errict Rhett on injured reserve.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Re-signed DB Jason Moore to the practice squad. Waived TE Adam Newman. Placed LB Chris Gizzi on waivers.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed RB Paul Shields. Waived WR Joey Kent. Signed OL Tim Ridder to the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released TE Greg DeLong.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed DE Roy Barker. Placed DE Michael Boireau on injured reserve.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed CB Ralph Brown on injured reserve. Re-signed LB Kevin Lewis.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Released WR Mikhael Ricks.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Signed F Darcy Hordichuk. Reasigned G Scott Langkow to Orlando of the IHL. Placed D Adam Burt, LW Hnat Domenichelli, D Gord Murphy, D Rumun Ndur and C Patrik Stefan on injured reserve.
BOSTON BRUINS—Signed G Peter Skudra to a one-year contract and LW Ivan Huml to a three-year contract. Returned Huml to Val D'Or of the QMJHL.
CALGARY FLAMES—Claimed F Dwayne Hay off waivers from Tampa Bay.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Blair Atcheynum, F Mark Bell, F Chris Herperger, D Doug Zmolek, D Nolan Baumgartner and D Chris McAlpine to Norfolk of the AHL. Released F Kris King.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Placed C Steve Yzerman on injured reserve. Assigned D Todd Gill and F Jason Williams to Cincinnati of the AHL and G Ken Wregget to Manitoba of the IHL.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed G Jose Theodore to a two-year contract. Assigned D Barry Richter, D Miloslav Guren, F Jason Ward and F Matt Higgens to Quebec of the AHL.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned F Derek Armstrong, F Manny Malhotra, F Jeff Ulmer and G Jean-Francois Labbe to Hartford of the AHL; F Pavel Brendl to Calgary of the WHL; and F Jamie Lundmark to Moose Jaw of the WHL.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Assigned G Roman Cechmanek to Philadelphia of the AHL.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed G Garth Snow to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL for a 25-game tryout.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Assigned G Johan Hedberg to Manitoba of the IHL.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Assigned G Dieter Kochan to Detroit of the IHL. Placed D Paul Mara, D Petr Svoboda, D Bryan Muir, D Sergey Gusev, D Andrei Zyuzin, C Steve Martins and LW Jaroslav Svejkovsky on injured reserve.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Assigned D Bryan Helmer to Kansas City of the IHL.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed D Sergei Gonchar to a four-year contract.
American Hockey League
ALBANY RIVER RATS—Assigned C Doug Stienstra and D Alex Johnstone to Adirondack of the UHL.
International Hockey League
ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS—Released F Colin Anderson and F B.J. Kilbourne. Assigned LW Wade Brookbank to Oklahoma City of the CHL and D Vladimir Sicak and G Shep Harder to Greenville of the ECHL.
East Coast Hockey League
JACKSON BANDITS—Signed Brad Ewing, general manager, and Derek Clancey, coach, to multiyear contract extensions.
West Coast Hockey League
IDAHO STEELHEADS—Re-signed D Roy Mitchell.
International Hockey League
CHICAGO WOLVES—Released RW Peter Armbrust, C Trevor Baker, F Blaz Emersic, D Kevin Schmidt and G Joe Dimaline.
United Hockey League
MOHAWK VALLEY PROWLERS—Signed G Jonathan Pelletier, F Jason McVeigh, F Ronald Perry and D Jamie Weatherston. Agreed to terms with D Jake Harney.
COLLEGE
FLORIDA A&M—Named Kelcey Scott women's assistant basketball coach.
HIRAM—Named Sean McDonnell men's basketball coach.
NEW MEXICO STATE—Announced G Dennis Desmond has left the team.