December 17, 1996
Baseball
Cardinals: Traded P Cory Bailey to Rangers for P David Chavarria and player to be named.
Giants: Agreed to terms with former Orioles P Jim Poole on two-year contract. Acquired IF Mark Lewis from Tigers for 1B Jesus Ibarra. Lewis agreed to one-year contract.
Indians: Acquired OF Trenidad Hubbard from Giants for P Joe Roa to complete Nov. 13 Matt Williams trade.
Mariners: Agreed to terms with OF Lou Frazier. Signed OF Dan Rohrmeier and P Bill Wertz to minor-league contracts.
Phillies: Named Al LeBeouf manager of Double-A Reading and Ken Oberkfell manager of Single-A Piedmont.
Royals: Agreed to terms with P Bob Scanlan. Reached terms with 3B Scott Cooper, who played last year in Japan, on minor-league contract.
Basketball
NBA: Named Lakers C Shaquille O'Neal Player of the Week.
Lakers: Waived F Trevor Wilson.
WNBA: Signed G Michelle Edwards, G LeJuana Hardmon, G Andrea Stinson and G Penny Toler.
College
ECAC: Named Salisbury State senior G John DeRichie South Region Player of the Week.
Clemson: Received oral commitment from McDonogh two-time All-Metro soccer D Pablo Webster.
Illinois: Named former Tulane coach Buddy Teevens offensive coordinator.
Morgan State: Junior DL Willie Thompson (3.79 GPA) was chosen to GTE Academic All-America first team.
Ohio State: Promoted Mike Jacobs to offensive coordinator.
Nevada-Las Vegas: Basketball C Eric Lee withdrew from team.
Hockey
NHL: Named Flyers C Eric Lindros Player of the Week.
Avalanche: Recalled F Josef Marha and D Eric Messier from AHL Hershey.
Devils: Recalled D Kevin Dean from AHL Albany.
Islanders: Recalled C Nick Vachon from IHL Utah. Sent RW Mick Vukota to Utah.
Lightning: Assigned LW Brent Peterson to AHL Adirondack.
Oilers: Assigned C Colin Schmidt and C Jeff Daw to ECHL Wheeling.
Sharks: Assigned RW Jan Caloun to AHL Kentucky. Recalled LW Andrei Nazarov from Kentucky and C Ray Whitney from IHL Utah.
Whalers: Assigned G Tripp Tracey to ECHL Richmond.
Bandits (AHL): Sent RW Andrew Shier to ECHL Richmond.
Pub Date: 12/17/96