BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City: Signed 2-year player contract with Idaho Falls (Pioneer).
Texas: Fired manager Buck Showalter.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston: Extended contract of manager Phil Garner through 2008. Fired pitching coach Jim Hickey.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
JACKHAMMERS: Promoted assistant general manager Kelly Sufka to executive vice president and general manager.
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington: Signed president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld to extension.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Carolina: Signed CB Christian Morton to practice squad. Released CB Billy Parker from practice squad.
Cleveland: Re-signed NT Babatunde Oshinowo to practice squad.
Green Bay: Signed CB Patrick Dendy from practice squad. Placed DT Kenderick Allen on IR. Signed LB Spencer Havner to practice squad.
Indianapolis: Waived K Martin Gramatica. Signed TE Jerome Collins
Kansas City: Signed DB Justin Phinisee to practice squad.
New England: Signed CB Chidi Iwuoma. Signed OT Sean Bubin to practice squad.
St. Louis: Signed LB Isaiah Kacyvenski. Released S Dwaine Carpenter.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Boston: Assigned F Petr Kalus down to Providence (AHL).
Columbus: Assigned LW Alexandre Picard to Syracuse (AHL).
Montreal: Assigned D Patrick Traverse to Hamilton (AHL).
N.Y. Rangers: Assigned G Stephen Valiquette to Hartford (AHL).
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
WOLVES: Signed G Dieter Kochan, RW Sean McMorrow and D Jon Insana. Reassigned F Chad Painchaud to Gwinnett (ECHL). Designated F Adam Smyth for reassignment. Released RW Chaz Johnson, D Justin Kurtz and D Brian Lee.
LACROSSE
NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE
SHAMROX: Signed D Cam Woods and D Darryl Gibson to one-year contracts and G Brandon Miller to a two-year contract.
