Baseball
United Baseball League: Postponed operations until further notice.
Columbia (Big South League): Independent, unaffiliated team in
Tennessee signed former Orioles P John Mitchell and named him player-coach.
Basketball
NBA: Suspended Magic F Horace Grant one game without pay and fined him $5,000 for hitting Cavaliers F Danny Ferry in face Wednesday night.
Pistons: Waived G Mark Macon.
College
Florida State: Named Chris Gobrecht, who had been at University of Washington, women’s basketball coach.
South Alabama: Named Cheryl Rice women’s basketball coach.
Texas Tech: Extended contract of women’s basketball coach Marsha Sharp through 2001.
Football
Dolphins: Signed QB Mike Buck.
Falcons: Signed S Louis Riddick.
Jaguars: Signed unrestricted free-agent QB Todd Philcox, who had been with Buccaneers.
Lions: Re-signed restricted free-agent CB Greg Jeffries.
Packers: Re-signed restricted free-agent S George Teague.
Redskins: Re-signed WR Leslie Shepherd.
Steelers: Signed G-T Bernard Dafney, who had been with Cardinals, to two-year contract.
Hockey
Flyers: Returned D Aris Brimanis to AHL Hershey.
Jets: Assigned D Brent Thompson to AHL Springfield.
Red Wings: Reassigned LW Curt Bowen to AHL Adirondack.
Sabres: Recalled C Scott Nichol from AHL Rochester. Assigned LW Barrie Moore and D Jay McKee to Rochester.
Whalers: Reassigned C Dale Junkin to AHL Springfield.
Pub Date: 4/12/96
