BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Claimed 1B Rico Brogna off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Suspended OF Carlos Beltran without pay for refusing to report to the team's Florida training complex for rehabilitation.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Luis Polonia on a contract for the remainder of the 2000 season. Designated INF Wilson Delgado for assignment.
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Purchased the contract of INF Tomas Perez from Scranton-Wilkes-Barre of the International League.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Activated RHP Rich Loiselle from the 15-day disabled list. Designated INF Luis Sojo for assignment.
Western Baseball League
FEATHER RIVER MUDCATS—Announced the resignation of Joe Cates, general manager. Named Andrew Volpp interim general manager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS—Signed G Randy Brown to a three-year contract.
DETROIT PISTONS—Signed F Grant Hill and traded him to the Orlando Magic for G Chucky Atkins and F Ben Wallace.
NEW JERSEY NETS—Agreed to terms with F Johnny Newman on a multiyear contract. Named Eddie Jordan, Mike O'Koren and Lawrence Frank assistant coaches.
ORLANDO MAGIC—Traded F Matt Harpring to the Cleveland Cavaliers for F-C Andrew DeClercq. Signed G Dee Brown to a one-year contract.
PHOENIX SUNS—Re-signed F-C Corie Blount to a two-year contract.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Re-signed G Avery Johnson.
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Signed G Desmond Mason to a three-year contract.
TORONTO RAPTORS—Signed F Tracy McGrady and traded him to the Orlando Magic for a future first-round draft pick.
VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES—Signed F Tony Massenburg.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS—Released P Andrew Bayes.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed QB Billy Joe Hobert. Waived QB Pete Gonzalez.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed G Will Shields to a one-year contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Waived CB Jeff Harris. Signed DT Noel Scarlett.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed WR Andre Hastings to a one-year contract.
XFL
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY—Named Drew Pearson vice president and general manager.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Promoted general manager Tom Richardson to president, NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises.
BOSTON BRUINS—Agreed to terms with G John Grahame on a two-year contract.
CALGARY FLAMES—Agreed to terms with C Jason Weimer, F Miiko Elomo and F Jason Botterill.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed C Bill Bowler, LW Sean Selmser and D Andrei Sryubko.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Re-signed D Yan Golubovsky and F Marc Rodgers to one-year contracts, and Maxim Kuznetsov to a three-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Named Guy Carbonneau supervisor of prospects development.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed LW Mike Watt.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Signed F Taylor Pyatt to a three-year contract. Promoted Bill Kain to vice president, corporate sales, and Larry Fitzpatrick to ticket sales manager. Named Julie Favos corporate marketing manager, Cliff Gault group sales manager, Brian Reynolds outside ticket sales representative and Adam Ortiz group sales representative.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed F Josef Beranek.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed D Andrei Zyuzin to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed F Michal Sivek to a three-year contract.
International Hockey League
CHICAGO WOLVES—Re-signed Kevin Cheveldayoff, general manager, and John Anderson, coach.
East Coast Hockey League
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Signed LW Mike Hartman. Agreed to terms with D Bob MacIsaac and RW Ben Gustavson on contracts for the 2000-01 season.
Western Professional Hockey League
TUPELO T-REX—Signed F Blake Sorensen.
OLYMPICS
U.S. SPEEDSKATING—Named Tom Cushman western regional coach, Matt Vraa interim northern regional coach, Stephen Gough assistant national short track coach, Tony Goskowicz and Scott Koons U.S. Olympic education center development coaches, and John Monroe development coordinator.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY METROSTARS—Promoted Ernesto Motta to director of Spanish broadcasting and communications. Named Orlando Conguta manager of team affairs and international games coordinator.
World Indoor Soccer League
ARIZONA THUNDER—Placed MF Greg Veatch on the injured reserve list. Signed MF Mark Kerlin.
UTAH FREEZZ—Waived MF Matt Hein.
GENERAL
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Named Stephen E. Jackson director of corporate sales.
COLLEGE
BAYLOR—Named Mark Lumley, Brandi Landry and Chris Kuhlmeyer assistant softball coaches.
BRIDGEPORT—Named William Khan men's assistant basketball coach.
BROWN—Named Kim Yancey women's assistant basketball coach.
CANISIUS—Announced the resignation of Hilary Nichols, women's tennis coach.
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY—Named Gary Roberts men's golf coach.
EASTERN ILLINOIS—Named Adam Howarth men's soccer coach.
ELON—Announced the school will compete in women's indoor and outdoor track and field during the 2000-01 academic year. Named Jackie Sgambati women's track and cross country coach.
FRANCIS MARION—Named Art Inabinet baseball coach.
GEORGIA TECH—Named Karen Copeland director of women's basketball operations and Sharon Krueger assistant head coach for women's swimming.
IOWA—Announced the resignation of Beth Beglin, field hockey coach. Named Tracey Grisebaum field hockey coach, Lisa Cellucci assistant field hockey coach and David Sandstrum ticket manager.
KING'S, PA.—Named Raymond Joseph women's soccer coach.
MANHATTANVILLE—Named Frank Amadio, Jr. assistant athletic trainer.
MARQUETTE—Named Tod Kowalczyk men's assistant basketball coach.
MINNESOTA-MANKATO—Named Christina Ruff assistant softball coach.
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH—Named John Zoellner softball coach and Dane Neumeister coordinator of sports information and coordinator of intramural sports and recreation.
OHIO STATE—Named Bruce Parkhill men's assistant basketball coach.
QUINNIPIAC—Named Karen Byrne women's basketball caoch.
SAN JOSE STATE—Named Mike Chisolm director of broadcasting and sales and Joshua Francois director of marketing.
SETON HALL—Named Tracy King assistant sports information director and Eric Liebler men's basketball administrative assistant.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE—Signed Willie Jeffries, football coach, to a contract extenstion through 2001 and Cy Alexander, men's basketball coach, to a contract extenstion through 2004.
SMU—Named Chris Johnson director of basketball operations.
STANFORD—NAmed Julie Rousseau women's assistant basketball coach.
TOLEDO—Named Brian DeBenedictis assistant sports information director.
VALPARAISO—Named Tyler Wingard, track and field coach, and Ryan Hoover men's assistant basketball coach.
VANDERBILT—Named Carla Williams assistant director of athletics for future revenue sports.
WEST ALABAMA—Named Phillip Bryant women's volleyball coach.
WRIGHT STATE—Announced Dayton University senior F Cain Doliboa and Bowling Green sophomore G Seth Doliboa are transferring to the school.