BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Anaheim: Agreed to one-year contracts with RHP Francisco Rodriguez and C Wil Nieves.
Boston: Kevin Shea, director of media relations, resigned.
Kansas City: Agreed to one-year contracts with RHP Runelvys Hernandez, RHP D.J. Carrasco, RHP Miguel Asencio, RHP Kyle Snyder, RHP Brian Bass, RHP Joe Dawley, RHP Nate Field and RHP Brad Voyles, C Mike Tonis, OF Dee Brown, OF Byron Gettis, OF Rich Thompson, and OF Alexis Gomez.
Oakland: Promoted David Frost to assistant general manager and Billy Owens to director of player personnel.
Seattle: Agreed to one-year contracts with RHP Cha-Sueng Baek, RHP Jeff Heaverlo, RHP Rett Johnson, RHP Aaron Looper, LHP Bobby Madritsch, LHP Matt Thornton; INF Greg Dobbs, INF Ramon Santiago, INF Luis Ugueto, OF Jamal Strong and C Ryan Christianson.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati: Agreed to one-year contracts with RHP Matt Belisle, INF William Bergolla, RHP Juan Cerros, LHP Phil Dumatrait, INF Edwin Encarnacion, RHP Josh Hall, RHP Luke Hudson, INF Tim Hummel, RHP D.J. Mattox and RHP Brian Reith.
Milwaukee: Agreed to one-year contracts with RHP Tim Bausher, RHP Jeff Bennett, LHP Jorge De La Rosa, RHP Ben Hendrickson, RHP Chris Saenz, C Kade Johnson, C Chad Moeller and OF Brady Clark. Signed LHP Chris Michalak to a minor league contract.
St. Louis: Agreed to a seven-year contract with IB-OF Albert Pujols.
San Francisco: Agreed to a minor league contract with INF Damon Minor.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
RAILCATS: Signed RHP Chris Andel.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Fined Los Angeles G Gary Payton $15,000 and Golden State G Speedy Claxton $7,500 for their actions in a Feb. 18 game.
Dallas: Activated G Tony Delk from the IL. Placed G Travis Best on the IL.
Denver: Claimed C Michael Doleac off waivers from Atlanta. Placed C Francisco Elson on the IL.
Detroit: Activated F Tremaine Fowlkes from the IL.
L.A. Lakers: Activated F Brian Cook from the IL.
Memphis: Placed G Mike Miller on the IL. Activated G Troy Bell.
Minnesota: Activated C Michael Olowokandi from the IL. Released G Darrick Martin.
Orlando: Signed F Desmond Penigar to a 10-day contract.
Toronto: Placed G Vince Carter on the IL. Activated F Michael Bradley from the IL.
AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Long Beach: Released F Dennis Rodman.
FOOTBALL
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Toronto Argonauts: Signed RB Rashaan Salaam.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Los Angeles: Signed DS Keith Heyward.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL: Suspended Minnesota F Matt Johnson for five games, without pay, for his actions in a Feb. 19 game.
BLACKAWKS: Reassigned D Burke Henry to Norfolk (AHL).
Buffalo: Reassigned D Doug Janik to Rochester (AHL).
Calgary: Recalled F Lynn Loyns from Lowell (AHL).
Colorado: Placed D Rob Blake, retroactive to Feb. 9, and RW Travis Brigley, retroactive to Feb. 12, on IR. Recalled RW Mikhail Kuleshov from Hershey (AHL). Acquired D Bob Boughner from Carolina for a third-round draft pick and the rights to F Chris Bahen.
Dallas: Recalled G Ron Tugnutt from Utah (AHL). Assigned G Dan Ellis to Utah.
Edmonton: Placed F Radek Dvorak on IR. Recalled F Tony Salmelainen from Toronto (AHL).
Los Angeles: Placed G Roman Cechmanek on IR, retroactive to Feb. 19. Recalled C Michael Cammalleri and G Mathieu Chouinard from Manchester (AHL). Assigned RW Pavel Rosa to Manchester.
N.Y. Rangers: Reassigned C Cory Larose and D Lawrence Nycholat to Hartford (AHL).
Ottawa: Recalled C Sege Payer from Binghamton (AHL).
Philadelphia: Reassigned LW Boyd Kane to Philadelphia (AHL).
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: C Derek MacKenzie was recalled by Atlanta (NHL).
SOCCER
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
FIRE: Aquired G DJ Countess from Dallas for a 2005 conditional draft pick.
COLLEGE
Auburn: RB Brandon Jacobs has decided to transfer.
Mississippi: Signed David Cutcliffe, football coach, to a two-year contract extension through 2007.
SMU: The school is dropping its men’s track and cross country teams.
HIGH SCHOOL
Illiana Christian: Named Gerald DeYoung varsity softball coach.
