BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore: 2B Brian Roberts agreed to 1-year contract.
Cleveland: SS Jhonny Peralta agreed to 1-year contract.
Kansas City: OF Chad Allen and INF Benji Gil agreed to minor league contracts.
N.Y. Yankees: RHP Scott Erickson agreed to minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Named Andres Reiner special assistant to baseball operations.
Texas: C Gerald Laird, LHP C.J. Wilson and OF Jason Botts agreed to 1-year contracts.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta: RHP Carlos Almanzar agreed to minor league contract.
Cincinnati: RHP Luke Hudson agreed to 1-year contract and sent outright to Louisville (IL). First-base coach John Moses retired.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Boston: Assigned F Gerald Green to Florida (NBDL).
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Named Steven Wilks defensive backs coach.
Cincinnati: Signed coach Marvin Lewis to 2-year extension through 2010.
Detroit: Named Mike Barry assistant offensive line coach, Clayton Lopez defensive backs coach and Fred Reed defensive assistant.
Dallas: Named Freddie Kitchens tight ends coach, Chris Palmer quarterbacks coach and Vincent Brown inside linebackers coach.
Houston: Re-signed G Fred Weary.
Indianapolis: Signed K Shane Andrus, WR Montiese Culton, OL Bo Lacy, DB Chris Laskowski, DB Brandon Lynch, DE Gabe Nyenhuis, RB Vashon Pearson, K Dave Rayner, WR Dan Sheldon, DE Justin Brown, WR Roscoe Crosby, LB Nick Hannah, TE Joey Hawkins, DB Eric Hill and C Mike Johnson and WR John Standeford. Allocated Brown, Crosby, Hannah, Hawkins, Hill and Johnson to NFL Europe.
New Orleans: Named Marion Hobby defensive line coach and Tony Oden defensive assistant and secondary coach.
LACROSSE
NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE
NLL: Awarded team to Chicago to begin play in 2007.
Chicago: Named Kevin Loughery Jr. governor.
OLYMPICS
USA Basketball: Named Gail Goestenkors, Dawn Staley and Mike Thibault assistants for women’s world championship and 2008 Olympics.
SOCCER
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Columbus: Traded M Marcus Storey to Houston for 2007 2nd-round supplemental draft pick.
COLLEGE
Illinois State: Named David Ross assistant football coach.
Indiana: Men’s basketball coach Mike Davis resigned, effective at end of season.
Loyola: Women’s soccer signings: Sara Maness, GK, Wauconda; Sarah McPartlan, MF, Prairie Ridge, Cynthia Morote-Ariza, F, St. Ignatius; Heather Ribiero, MF, Prairie Ridge/Univ. of Illinois
Tennessee: Suspended senior F Simplice Njoya indefinitely from men’s basketball team for conduct detrimental to the team.
Valparaiso: Women’s soccer signings: Anneliese Michl, MF, Deerfield Stevenson; Jessie White, MF, Buffalo Grove
Wisconsin: Named John Settle running backs coach.
