Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston: Purchased contract of OF Gabe Kapler from Pawtucket (IL). Placed RHP Matt Clement on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 15. Claimed RHP Kyle Snyder off waivers from Kansas City. Designated LHP Mike Holtz and OF Dustan Mohr for assignment.
Cleveland: Placed OF Casey Blake on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 14. Recalled OF Franklin Gutierrez from Buffalo (IL).
Seattle: Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Morrow.
Texas: Recalled LHP Fabio Castro from Oklahoma (PCL). Placed RHP John Wasdin on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 12.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta: Placed RHP John Thomson on 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Lance Cormier from Richmond (IL).
Cincinnati: Optioned INF Ray Olmedo to Louisville (IL).
Washington: Named Randy Knorr bullpen coach.
FRONTIER LEAGUE
Windy City: Agreed to terms with INF Casey Gordon.
Basketball
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Suspended Dallas G-F Jerry Stackhouse 1 game without pay for making unnecessary and excessive contact with Miami C Shaquille O’Neal during Game 4 of NBA Finals.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New England: Waived DL Remi Ayodele and WR Jakari Wallace.
N.Y. Jets: Signed FB Ben Moa.
Philadelphia: Signed LB Omar Gaither for 4 years.
San Francisco: Signed S Marcus Hudson.
Hockey
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Dallas: Named Andy Moog head of player development, Ulf Dahlen assistant coach, and Frank Provenzano assistant GM.
College
Rice: G Morris Almond withdrew from NBA draft and will return to men’s basketball team.
San Diego State: G-F Brandon Heath withdrew from NBA draft and will return to men’s basketball team.
Wisconsin: Extended contract of men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan through 2012-13.
