Contract Extension

Moves Baseball WHITE SOX: Recalled C Miguel Olivo from Double-A Birmingham. Football FALCONS: Waived LB Jeff Kelly. Signed WR Kahlil Hill from practice squad. TEXANS: Signed OT Char-ron Dorsey. Waived G-C Troy Andrew. Hockey DEVILS: Signed C Scott Gomez to multi-year contract. KINGS: Agreed to multi-year contract extension with D Mattias Norstrom. STARS: Sent F Blaz Emersic and F Fraser Claire to AHL Utah. Returned F Greg Chambers, D Maxime Fortunus, D Bryan Hamm and F Reilly Layden to junior teams.

THE ISSUE: The contract of Columbia Association President Maggie J. Brown expires in April. Half of the board of directors wants "a different style of management," according to Phil Marcus, board member from Kings Contrivance, and believes that Brown should not be given a contract extension of more than one year. What do you think? YOUR VIEW: Send e-mail responses by Thursday to howard.speakout@baltsun.com. A selection of responses will be published next Sunday. Please keep your responses short and include your name, address and telephone number.

Moves Baseball DIAMONDBACKS: Traded former Orioles 2B Roberto Alomar to White Sox for player to be named and cash. PHILLIES: Placed LF Pat Burrell on 15-day DL. Purchased contract of OF Lou Collier from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. RANGERS: Placed P Jeff Nelson (Catonsville) on 15-day DL. Recalled P Ryan Snare from Triple-A Oklahoma. Basketball BUCKS: Signed G Mike James. CAVALIERS: Signed F Robert Traylor. KNICKS: Acquired G Jamal Crawford and F Jerome Williams from Bulls for F Othella Harrington, G Frank Williams, C Dikembe Mutombo and C Cezary Trybanski.

Baseball Major League Baseball: Named Ralph Nelson vice president, umpiring. Astros: Acquired C Carlos Maldonado from Mariners for IF Carlos Hernandez, and assigned Maldonado to Double-A Round Rock. Reassigned IF Adam Everett to minor-league camp. Devil Rays: Optioned P Jim Morris and P Jeff Sparks to Triple-A Durham. Reassigned P Matt White and P Bobby Seay to minor-league camp. Rangers: Optioned OF David Hulse, C Cesar King, SS Kelly Dransfeldt, P Danny Kolb, P Doug Davis and P Ryan Glynn to Triple-A Oklahoma City P Joaquin Benoit to Double-A Tulsa.

BaseballDevil Rays: Placed P Jim Mecir on 15-day DL. Optioned P Eddie Gaillard to Triple-A Durham. Recalled P Alan Newman from Durham.Mets: Optioned OF Terrence Long to Triple-A Norfolk.Rochester (Triple-A): Assigned P Jason Rogers to Double-A Bowie.BasketballMystics (WNBA): Named Jenny Boucek assistant coach.Harlem Globetrotters: Named Bernie Bickerstaff, former NBA Wizards coach, executive in charge of basketball.CollegesCoppin State: Announced resignation of Tiffany Green, women's basketball assistant coach.

Baseball Angels: Signed P Bryan Ward and assigned him to Triple-A Edmonton. Claimed 2B David Eckstein off waivers from Red Sox. Expos: Signed 1B Lee Stevens to two-year contract extension. Rangers: Optioned P Johnathan Johnson to Triple-A Oklahoma. Basketball Bulls: Signed C Dragan Tarlac. Kings: Signed G-F Predrag Stojakovic to multi-year contract extension. 76ers: Agreed to terms with G Jermaine Jackson and F Toni Kukoc. College Maryland: Junior co-captains Nick Downing (Redmond, Wash.