BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston: Agreed to 2-year affiliation agreement with Lancaster (California League).
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta: Signed G Lionel Chalmers, G Cedric Bozeman, F Andre Brown, F Kaniel Dickens, F Matt Freije and C Andreas Glyniadakis.
L.A. Clippers: Signed F Ryan Humphrey, G Dawan Robinson and F Jawad Williams.
New York: Waived F Maurice Taylor.
Philadelphia: Exercised 4th-year option on F/G Andre Iguodala.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS: Claimed DB Marcus Maxey off waivers from Chiefs; placed WR Airese Currie on IR.
NFL: Fined Carolina DE Al Wallace $7,500 for 4th-quarter hit on Tampa Bay QB Chris Simms on Sept. 24.
New Orleans: Placed DE Rob Ninkovich on injured list. Signed DE Eric Moore from practice squad.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Blackhawks: Signed F Jeff Hamilton.
Buffalo: Assigned F Drew Stafford and F Clarke MacArthur to AHL Rochester.
Calgary: Signed D Andrew Ference to 3-year extension.
Carolina: Traded D Jack Johnson and D Oleg Tverdovsky to Kings for F Eric Belanger and D Tim Gleason.
Colorado: F Steve Konowalchuk retired.
Dallas: Recalled LW Loui Eriksson from AHL Iowa.
Montreal: Signed LW Guillaume Latendresse to 3-yr deal. Assigned F Andrei Kostitsyn, F Mikhail Grabovski, D Dan Jancevski, D Ryan OByrne, D Jean-Philippe Cote and D Andre Benoit to AHL Hamilton.
N.Y. Islanders: Signed G Mike Dunham.
N.Y. Rangers: Assigned D Daniel Girardi and F Greg Moore to AHL Hartford.
Tampa Bay: Assigned D Andy Delmore, D Matt Smaby and LW Mitch Fritz to AHL Springfield.
SOCCER
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
MLS: Suspended D.C. United D Facundo Erpen 1 game, fined $500 for violent conduct and failure to leave field in an orderly fashion in a Sept. 23 game.
COLLEGE
Morton: Named Larry Lanciotti head women’s basketball coach and Julie Pohlman assistant women’s basketball coach.
Northeastern State: School is dropping Redmen nickname.
Western Carolina: Named Christine Hornak softball coach.
