BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston: Contracts of hitting coach Ron Jackson and pitching coach Dave Wallace will not be renewed.
Kansas City: Named Muzzy Johnson special assistant to general manager.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS: Fired manager Dusty Baker.
Colorado: First base coach/outfield coach Dave Collins resigned.
San Francisco: Fired manager Felipe Alou.
FRONTIER LEAGUE
Windy City: Sold contract of C Charlie Lisk to San Diego Padres.
NATIONAL Basketball ASSN.
Charlotte: Signed F Melvin Ely for 1 year.
Golden State: Signed F Matt Barnes, F Dijon Thompson and F Anthony Roberson.
L.A. Clippers: Signed G Dawan Robinson.
L.A. Lakers: Signed C Mamadou N’Diaye and F Marcus Douthit.
Memphis: Michael Heisley agreed to sell majority share to investment group.
Miami: Signed G Antonio Burks.
Minnesota: Signed F Vin Baker, F Paul Shirley and G Tyrone Ellis..
New Jersey: Signed F Brandon Bowman, F Darvin Ham, F Awvee Storey and F Matt Walsh.
New York: Signed F Elton Brown, G Milone Clark, C Paul Miller, and F Nikoloz Tskitshvili.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NFL: Suspended Tennessee DT Albert Haynesworth 5 games for flagrant unnecessary roughness against Andre Gurode of Dallas on Sunday.
Cleveland: Waived OL Alonzo Ephraim.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL: Suspended Toronto D Pavel Kubina 1 game for cross-checking incident on Detroit’s Jiri Hudler during Sunday’s preseason game.
Atlanta: Reassigned F Alex Bourret, F Joey Crabb, F Jason Krog, F Derek MacKenzie, F Kyle Wanvig, D Mark Popovic and D Boris Valabik to Wolves.
Buffalo: Placed C Chris Thorburn on waivers.
Nashville: Signed F Kim Staal for 1 year.
Phoenix: Waived RW Tyson Nash.
