BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore: Claimed RHP Anderson Garcia off waivers from Mets, assigned him to Bowie (EL).
Minnesota: Placed LHP Francisco Liriano on 15-day DL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona: Named Jerry Dipoto dir. of player personnel and A.J. Hinch dir. of player development.
Cincinnati: Optioned OF Chris Denorfia to Louisville (IL).
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA: Named Michael Curry VP basketball operations and Josh Wachs VP, community relations.
Milwaukee: Traded F Joe Smith to Denver for F Ruben Patterson.
AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Quad Cities: Named Acie Earl VP of basketball operations and asst. coach.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Signed DT Delbert Cowsette to 1-yr deal
Kansas City: QB Jeff Smoker agreed to 2-yr deal.
New Orleans: Signed DE Javon Nanton, G Stefon Wheeler and DT Josh Williams. Waived DE Tommy Davis, LB Cie Grant and FB Jamar Martin.
Seattle: Signed G Jason Murphy. Waived TE Mike Gomez
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Anaheim: Signed C Travis Green to 1-yr deal.
Philadelphia: D Eric Desjardins retired.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Re-signed D Tim Wedderburn.
SOCCER
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York: Acquired M Dema Kovalenko and M Shawn Kuykendall from D.C. United for partial allocation.
COLLEGE
Augusta State: Named Laura Coble women’s golf coach.
Michigan: C Zack Gibson is joining basketball program after transferring from Rutgers.
ORAL COMMITMENT
FOOTBALL
Illinois: Marcus Thomas, DB, Morgan Park
Miami, Ohio: Ryan Kennedy, QB, Libertyville.
