AUTO RACING
NASCAR: Fined Bob Temple, crew chief for Robby Gordon, $50,000 and docked car owner Jim Smith 25 championship points for an unapproved intake manifold. Fined Michael McSwain, crew chief for Ricky Rudd, $25,00, suspended crew member Marc Smith until March 31 and docked Rudd 25 championship points and Glen Wood 24 owner points for an unapproved spoiler adjustment. Fined Pete Rondeau, crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Dave Charpentier, crew chief for John Andretti, $10,000 apiece; Trip Bruce, crew chief for Denny Hamlin, and Stephen Yeagle, crew chief for C.W. Smith, $2,500 apiece; Stanton Hover Jr., crew chief for Andy Belmont, and Chris Showalter, crew chief for Jack Sprague, $2,000, apiece; Jimmy Elledge, crew chief for Casey Mears, Harold Holly, crew chief for Bobby Hamilton Jr., Jim Penland, crew chief for Mike Skinner, Robert Leslie, crew chief for Kerry Earnhardt, and Beau Tiffany, crew chief for Larry Gunselman, $1,000 apiece; and Ricky Pearson, crew chief for Stanton Barrett, Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief for Chad Chaffin, Steve Kuykendall, crew chief for Mike Harmon, and Randy Seals, crew chief for Casey Atwood, $500 apiece for infractions found during inspections.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore: OF Matt Diaz elected to become a free agent.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston: RHP Juan Gutierrez and RHP Fernando Nieve agreed on one-year contracts.
Milwaukee: INF Lyle Overbay, INF Bill Hall and RHP Ben Hendrickson agreed on one-year contracts.
San Diego: RHP Andy Ashby and 1B-OF-C Robert Fick agreed on minor league contracts.
Washington: Signed RHP Chad Cordero.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
GARY: Traded RHP Bryan Shartzer and C Rickey Clinton to Evansville of Frontier League for RHP Mike Schaefer and OF Terrence McClain.
JOLIET: Traded OF Corey Paul and 1B Gary Burnham to Bridgeport of Atlantic League for future considerations.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Charlotte: Placed G Steve Smith on the injured list. Signed G Matt Carroll.
Dallas: Placed C Eric Dampier on the injured list. Activated C DJ Mbenga.
Denver: Named Doug Moe assistant coach. Reassigned Michael Cooper, assistant coach, within the organization.
Golden State: Placed G Luis Flores on the injured list. Activated F Troy Murphy..
Portland: Placed G Derek Anderson on the injured list. Activated F Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
San Antonio: Placed F-C Sean Marks on the injured list. Activated G Mike Wilks.
Utah: Placed G Raul Lopez on the injured list. Activated G Keith McLeod.
Washington: Placed G Juan Dixon and C Peter John Ramos on the injured list. Activated G Larry Hughes and F Kwame Brown.
WNBA
Seattle: Re-signed F Lauren Jackson.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta: Named Alex Gibbs consultant, Clancy Barone tight ends coach and Jeff Jagodzinski assistant head coach and offensive line coach.
Dallas: QB Drew Bledsoe signed a three-year contract.
Miami: Released QB Jay Fiedler, S Arturo Freeman, S Shawn Wooden and DE Jay Williams.
New England: Named Joel Collier assistant secondary coach and Harold Nash assistant strength and conditioning coach. Released DB Earthwind Moreland, DL Buck Rasmussen, G Wilbert Brown and TE Zeron Flemister.
Seattle: Tim Ruskell named president of football operations and general manager.
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Austin: Waived WR-LB Anton Paige.
Grand Rapids: Released FB-LB Michael Blair.
Nashville: Signed WR-LB Lindsay Fleshman.
New York: Signed OL-DL Chad Pegues. Waived OL-DL Will Burnett.
COLLEGE
Cheyney: Named Kevin Faulkner football coach.
Elon: Named Louis Clyburn, Mark Collins and Nick Toth assistant football coaches.
Mississippi: Named Hugh Freeze assistant athletics director for football external affairs.
Oregon: Michael Gray named defensive line coach.
Temple: John Chaney, men’s basketball coach, suspended himself for one game.
Western Carolina: Named Marcus Satterfield wide receivers coach.
Yale: Amy Backus, women’s basketball coach, retired to take an athletic administration position with school.
LETTERS OF INTENT
FOOTBALL
St. Francis: Doug Rorabaugh, LB, Bishop McNamara.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
St. Francis: Mandy Cap, Minooka.
